The Washington bee., 1895-10-12
This WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary Of Current Events-1he Worries
Doings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers
General.

Manitoba is ready to revolt on the
question of parochial schools.
Spain, it is reported, will shortly sen'
twenty-five more battalions to Cuoa.
Many vessels were wrecked in the
recent heavy gales on the great lakes
Peary, the Arctic explorer, says ne
will never again attempt to reach the
Pole.
Full settlement has been reached bS
the conflicting interests of the Whlshes
Trust.
A great gale in England has been
attended with loss of life and shlppihs
disasters.
The Prince of Wales denies any con-
nection with the Rose challenge for the
America cup.
Yale defeated Cambridge on Manhat-
tan athletic field by winning eight OF the
eleven events.
Harry Wright, the famous baseball
manager and player. is critically Ill at
Atlantic City. N. ].
Republicans. State Democrats and the
Chamber of Commerce unite on fusion
ticket in New York city.
Capt r. D. Evans, Fighting Bob'
has been assigned to the command Of
the new battleship Indiana.
Father Wagner, Of st, Joseph, Mo.
is charged with abducting hfteen-
year-old girl of his parish.
Formal orders placing Major Gene
raj Nelson A. Miles in command of the
United States Army will be issued.
The Democratic convention Of Che
mango county. N. Y. endorsed Presl-
dent Cleveland for a third term.
The crack American steamer St.
Louis cut down her time four hours
in her last trip across the Atlantic
Columbia College opened for Its one
hundred and forty-second year with zoo
instructors and an increased number or
students.
Or. Parkhurst, in New York city. has
written a letter. asking for new COM
mittee of Seventy to inaugurate new
reform campaign.
Guatemala's Secretary Of Finance has
awarded the contract to build a new
custom house at Port Barrios to 5. Mil
Ter. an American.
The new American line steamer St
Paul made an average of q knots an
hour in q run up the coast from the
Delaware capes.
Charles Lynn's filibustering expedi-
ton. which carried $500 rifles and am
munition to the insurgents, is believed
to have landed safely in Cuba.
The new French torpedo boat Le-
forban made thirty-one knots an hou1
on her trial trip, the fastest time ever
recorded for q steam vessel.
The Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon
has been wrecked, and is probably
total loss. This Is the third Spanish
warship wrecked within year.
An earthquake shock was felt at We
mona, ILL., The shock was so violent that
a great deal Of damage was done to ths
coal mines In the vicinity.
China has responded to England's
demands by degrading Viceroy Lin, OF
the province OF Scz-Chuen for his SYM
pathy with the recent Chengtu mission
outrages.
The police commissioners Of New
York have directed resumption of the
use of the night club by the police, and
the Good Government Clubs denounce
the action.
Thomas A. Lynch, whom the New
York police locked up as a common
drunkard, died in Bellevue Hospital
from a fractured skull, and there is
evidence Of foul play.
The wedding of the Duke Of Marlbor-
ough and Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt is
announced for November IA at ST.
Thomass Church. Fifth avenue. New
York city.
Since the hot spell in August Patrick
Casey, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, has grown
in height from feet to feet 2 inches.
and In weight from 120 pounds to 16S
Now he has lost the power Of speech
Reported charges by Supt. Lathrop
against Principal Keeper Connaughton,
of Sing Sing prison, bring out the ale
CATION that CARLYLE w. Harris tried sui
eide by poison the day before his exc
cution-
The monthly statement of the public
debt issued by the Treasury Depart
ment shows the debt on Sept. 80, less
cash in the Treasury, to have been
s94l, ,0S9, ,636, an increase for the month
of 81, ,S34,6
NJ Lebon. the French minister of
commerce. announces that a contract
has been signed for laying subma-
rine cable between Brest and New
York, and for a link between the
French cable system and the Antilles
The United States Geodetic Survey
has established a line between the
Golden Gate at San Francisco and the
mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, which
will be of use in forming exact lines
of longitude and in determining the
precise 81 pc of the earth.
VIM. Patche went into Thornton's
deer park near Varna. Ill. on Sunday.
The animals are known to be ferocious,
and danger signs warn trespassers to
keep out. Yesterday Patches torn and
mangled body was found dangling
form the horns of a large deer. Life
had been extinct for hours.
Father Fran-is Dent. who gained no
toriety by his fight in the courts against
Bishop Ryan. of Buffalo, and the minor
order of St. Francis. because he was ex-
PEELED from that organization, was ar
rested in the Court House in Brooklyn
and locked up in default Of $2,500 bail
The charge against him is perjury.
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