The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-05-03
NEWS ITEMS.

toria in Darmstadt.
More earthquake shocks occurred in
Carniola. AustriaHungary.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt has resigned as
civil-Scrvice commissioner.
The assailant of Ii Hung Chang has
been ordered to life imprisonment.
The door of the Missioners Convent, at
Brussels, was blown to pieces by a bomb
The prosecution in the case against Os-
!, car Wilde completed the presentation OF
its testimony.
1t is stated that the employees of the
government printing office will be added
to the civil-scrvicc list.
1t is stated that John E. RiSley, United
States minister at Copenhagen, will be APP
pointed consul general at Havana.
For the week ended Tuesday 1872 patents
were issued by the patent office, OF winch
four were to residents of Maryland.
Counsel for ex-Consul Waller, who is
imprisoned at St Pierre, will push his case
to the last resort to secure his release.
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represented by some member of his cabi-
net at the great kiel naval celebration.
Miss Grace Chisolmn. an English lady,
was the first woman to receive the degree
of PHI d. at the University of Gottingen
Ambassador Eustis communicated to
the French government his instructions
for an inquiry into the case of eX-Consul
| Waller.
The Postotice Department authorities
are preparing for the next postal congress,
which will meet in Washington two years
hence.
In the Greek parliamentary elections cN-
Prime Minister Tricoupis leader of the
opposition, was unseated, and only about
ten of his supporters elected.
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| The recent eyolutions of Admiral
and the Caribbean sea have demonstrated
the need of a coalng station in. that region
for American ships.
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1t is stated that in the approaching cam
paign in Kentucky Ex-Governor McCreary
will represent the sound-money principles
thereby taking issue with Senator Black
burn. who has declared for free coinage
of silver.
1t is reported that May is the date fixed
for the ratification of the Chinese-Japan
csc treaty of peace. Japan, it is said, will
shortly reply to the Russian, German and
French protests. The Mkado was attack
ed by a chill
Secretary of the Navy Herbert has or
dered three warships to Nicaraguan ports
in order to protect American interests in
the vicinity of the canal should the pres
ent disorder lead to revolution in that
country.
Steps have been taken by the American
Public Health Association for the forma-
ton of national organization of bacteri
ologists, with view to an Improvement
in the quality of water supplied the centres
of population.
The Trabig Commercial Company, of
Laramie, Wyo., has made an assignment
to E. NJ Crumline The liabilities are
$4,000; assets nominally 100000. The
direct cause of the failure was 4 fire
month ago, by which the firm lost $4,000.
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Advices from the capital of Nicaragua
state that a commission of arbitration is
proposed to pass on the demands of Great
Britain in excess of the ST. 800 claim, and
that if Nicaragua agrees to pay in two
weeks the above-named amount the British
troops are to be Immediately withdrawn.
The bursting of the dam of the great
dyke at Bouzey, France, by which over Il
hundred lives have been lost, is not the
first accident that has occurred there. In
1885 Il break caused the destruction of
some property, and in 1892 there was Il
second accident. The wall of the dam had
bulged during the last two years.
G. A. r. Hall in Elyria, Ohio, was al
most demolished Monday morning by a
terrible gas explosion. A gas jet was in
some way opened without being lit Sun
day night, and filled the place with gas.
When Janitor Martin Elder struck a match
in the hall Monday morning heavy ex-
ploson followed Fidcr was terribly
burned.
From Cuban insurgents sources comes
the story of Il battle between the insur
gents and the Spanish troops in which the
latter were routed and many killed. Gen.
Salcedo, Spanish commander operating
against Gen. Maceo, the insurgent leader,
claims Il great victory and reports that
many of the insurgents were killed and
wounded.
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Republican leaders are represented as
anxious to conciliatc the frcc-silvcr Gle
ment in their party, and with this object
in view are discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of
nominating Senator Dubois, of Idaho, for
Vice President. Thus far the republicans
have rather lodged the responsibility of
committing their party to any definite pol
icy upon the silver question.
LARGE CROPS.
The Savannah News makes the prcdic-