The Washington bee., 1895-09-14
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary of Current Events--The Worlds
Doings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.
General.


of EIbridge T. Gerry, is much improved.
Conflicts have occurred again between
the Italians and. Brazilians in Minas-
GeraeS, Brazil.
The United States training ship Es-
sex, from Newport, r. L, arrived at
Plymouth, England.
The general census of San Salvador,
Just concluded, shows the number of in
habitants to be $4,000.
The nomination of Mgr Kennedy as
rector Of the American College in Rome
has been confirmed.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Congressman Jonathan P. Dol
lvar, Of Iowa, and Miss Louise Pearson.
MI Beerbohm Tree, the actor, fell
and dislocated his shoulder while per-
forming in the last act Of Fedora" at
Hull.
an address at the opening Of the Jeffer-
son county fair at Martins Grove, West
Virginia.
The Legislative Council Of Tasmania
has rejected the Universal Suffrage
bill, which was recently passed by the
Assembly.
General Gascoigne will sail on the
Allan line steamer Partisan on Sep
TENDER 10 to assume command Of the
troops in Canada.
A freight train on the Erie railroad
was wrecked near Lakewood and thir-
teen cars were completely demolished.
No one was injured.
Congressman Isreal F. Fisher, of
Brooklyn, is to be married at Baltimore
to Miss Clara Groedel, who is well
known in society in that city.
There was large gathering Of peo-
ple to greet Mgr. Satolli upon his ar
rival at Duluth MINI. During the day
he shook hands with 5000 people.
The Rev. Brook HEREFORD, formerly of
Boston, but now of Hampstead, Eng
land, will sail on the steamer Gallia to-
day on visit to the United States.
M. Herbette, the French Ambassador
to Germany, will leave Berlin, and not
return to the capital until after the
Sedan fetes.
1t is reported that Prince Won Hohen-
lobe, the German Chancellor, will arrive
at st. Petersburg to-day, and that the
Car will receive him at the Peterhof
Palace.
The convent at Ribordone, village
in the Province of Turin, Italy, has been
partly destroyed by fire. Eight women
injured.
Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, at pres
ent Governor of Ceylon, will succeed
Lord Wenlock as Governor of Madras.
The latter's tenure of office expires in
December.
William Butcher, a negro, was taken
from Jail at Hickman, KY, and shot to
death, because in a quarrel with some
negroes he threw brick which struck
a white man.
Secretary Lamont issued an order
a. eH,o x4s,
forty-five stars. The new star repre-
sents Utah, which will become State
July next.
Princess Louise Sophie Of Schleswig-
Holstein, wife Of Prince Frederick Leo
pold Of Prussia and younger sister of
the Empress Of Germany, gave birth to
q son yesterday.
The striking miners at Isphenning,
Mich are being held in check by the
militia, which has been called out to
guard the men who are working the
steam shovels.
Prince Henry, the brother of the Ger
man Emperor, will retire from the COM
mand Of the German war ship Woerth
after the naval manoeuvreS, and will be
appointed Rear-Admiral.
The official report of the French
wheat crop shows 120,000,000 hectolitres,
as against 121, 100000 in 1894. It was ex-
DScte0 CnaC the crop OIL 1000 WOulQ hot
exceed 100000 hectolires.
An immense landslide began last
evening near the town of Bray, twelve
miles southeast Of Dublin, menacing
the destruction Of the great main con-
veying the water supply Of Dublin.
Minister DENLY. in behalf of his diplo-
matte colleagues at Pekin, has asked
the Chinese government to replace, in
the Yangtse Kiang, the buoy and bea-
cons that were removed during the re-
cent war.
Ex-Postmaster-G Bissell, who is
spending a few days with his family at
Marion, Mass, denies that the President
offered him a place on the Supreme
Court bench.
It was announced yesterday after
noon that the bond syndicate had de-
posted s2,5O0,00O in gold at the SUBJ
treasury to the credit of the govern
ment The deposit brought the gold re-
serve to s1O0,115,172.
A hurricane, accompanied by heavy
rain, visited Lisbon and the surround
ing country last night. A large tract Of
territory Is flooded by the heavy rain
and overfowing streams, doing great
damage to property.
One hundred and forty-five boys and
one hundred and ffty-six girls from
DR.. Barnardo's Homes for Orphan and
Wait Children started from Liverpool
for Canada, where homes have been or
will be found for them.
A new journal, the Paris Poste, an
nounces that Baron Mohrenheim, the
Russian Ambassador to France. will
shortly retire and that he will be sue
ceeded by M. Nelidoff, at present Rus
sian Ambassador to Turkey.
President Judge Thayer, of Common
Pleas Court No. 4, at Philadelphia,
handed down an opinion deciding that
the city could take the Liberty bell to
the Atlanta exposition
Archduke Ladislaus met with an ac-
cident while out shooting at BUDAPEST.
The Archduke was out hunting Wild
cats when his gun was prematurely dis
charged, its contents lodging In one OF
his feet, INJECTING a severe wound.
There has been severe fighting in the
Congo country. between the Belgian
troops and Mahdist forces. A desperate
battle was fought in the AIDA district
IN which Lieut.. Cassart and nineteen
men were killed.
The Parliamentary Bimetallic Com
mittee have issued circular request
ing all members Of the House of Com
mons to cooperate with the committee
in voting at the next session of the
House in favor Of resolution for a re-
form Of the currency.
The Cologne Gazette publishes a des.