The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-02-08

The rank of lieutenant general has been
conferred by Congress upon Major General
Schoticld.
The annual appropriation bills are rep
resented as being in favorable position
upon the Senate calendar.
In the election held in Argentina Mon
day for members of the House of Deputies
| the radicals scored Il great victory
Brigadier General Comstock of the En-
| gnecr Corps. has been retired. having
| passed the SiXtv-four wear limit
|
Madame JoniauX has been coveted in
Brussels of killing her relatives for insur-
| ancc has been sentenced to death
Emperor William Sunday gave an audi
encc to Count Herbert Bismark, who made
to his Majesty personal report.
| EX-Quccn Lillioukolnni has been az
| rested At Honolulu on Il charge OF aiding
the recent revolutionary movement.
Measures have been taken in Germany
for the relief of the families who have been
made destitute by the Elbc disaster.
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The House killed the Reilly Pacific
| Railroad funding bill by adopting a mo-
| ton to recommit it. The vote was l - to 100.
| 1t is stated that arrangements have been
perfected for Il new bond issue Of
$1,000, 900, Geo to restore the gold reserve.
The United States Supreme Court has
| rendered a decision adverse to Broker
Chapman, the recalcitrant Sugar Trust
witness.
Har,,ie's portrait of his late wife. Il
| daughter of Senator Cullom, has recently
| been added to the Corcoran Art Gallery
| collection.
1t is probable that the Blaine house in
| Augusta NAV be purchased by the Maine
Legislature and converted into an ENecu-
| tive Mansion.
| When Rev Madison c. Peters writes
his book on the New York Tammany ring
he will need his ink terrifying by extra
| doses of gall
| EARTHQUAKES are of daily occurrence in
| TuAtepec, Mexico. where smoke is issuing
| from the crater of a volcano long supposed
| to he extinct
| An encounter between Portuguese troops
| and rebels at Maraqueen. Delagoa BAY re
suited in the killing of two hundred of the
latter and seven white soldiers
The bill for the retirement of Associate
Justice Jackson, of the United States SUI
| preme Court. has been favorablv reported
by the Senate judiciary commitre.
|
| No word has been received at the Navy
| Department concerning the identity of the
hunting party from the cruiser Concord.
said to have been kidnapped i'll China.
|
| Henri Rochcfort the socialist editor who
| has been eXilcd from France since 1889.
returned to Paris Sunday and was given
an enthusiastic welcome by his admirers.
Robert Louis Stevensons love of ad-
venture was inherited from his mother, Il
Scotchwoman. who revealed III Wilson's
Tales of the Border and @loried in adj
| venture.
RepreSentative-elcct Miles, of MARYLAND:
Representative Mckaig, of Maryland, and
Naval Officer Compton, were among the
| callers, of PoStmaster-Gcneral BiSScll on
Monday.
The greater part Of the proceedings of
Congress this week will be occupied in a
consideration Of the appropriation bills.
with possible references to the financial
| question.
Count Tornielli Brusat Di Vergano late
| " Italian ambassador to Great Britain has
been appointed ambassador to France in
succession to SignOr ReSsman. who was
recently recalled.
| The notorious Algerian bandit Arcski
and nine of his followers have been con-
demned to death. Five other members of
| the band have been sentenced to terms of
| penal seryitude.
| Topeka Kansas. is a progressive place
and since the Legislature opened up bust
ness there forty-two poker rooms have
been opened in the city for the con-
venience of the members.
\ party Of officers from the United States
cruiser Concord, while hunting on the
Chinese mainland, accidentally shot a man
and a party of natives captured the whole
party and carried them into the interior.
Queen Victorias address to Parliament
promises an amendment of the landlord
and tenant law in 1rela nd. Welsh discs
Enlistment and local option. The Queen
| expresses regret at the Armenian outra geS.
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| The prospects of currency legislation
are reported as decreasing day by day.
| The Presidents recommendations have
been indorScd by leading business men
and commercial bodies throughout the
| country.
The Chinese peace ENJOYS did not have
liIenary power to treat for peace. and they
have been advised to return to their own
country. There was severe fighting at
| Wei Hal VI ii before the forts were cap
turcd
An American correspondent. who has
| visited the region of Armenia where Turk
| l>h outrageS were committed last fall. con-
| firms the stories of atrocities and also
! throws some ligh on the methods of Ar
merriam revolutionists.
The Walters art gallery. in Baltimore
is hen" fitted with electric lights, and Nr.
! Harry Walters. who has succeeded to its
| ownership, will throw the collection open
to the public view on certain days for
charitable objects.
The intense cold in China is impending
the operations of the japanese army.
About Wci-Hai-Wei the operations of the
fleet have been impedcd by Snow-StormS-
An attempt to recapture the forts WAS made
| by The Chinese. hut repulsci.
| Alexandra Dumas is no "rccnhorn in
business matters. When his publisher
| offered 800 for Il Atfairc Clemcnccau
he didn't make scene He simply saltcd
| the novel down and waited for better
| times. They came AT last and he rot $1,000
| for his work
NOW is THE TINE.