Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-28
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
| A freight wreck on the Southern railway
at Chatham, Pittsylvania county, Satur-
day, caused damage estimated at $1,000 or
$4,000.
Emperor William was thirty-six years
old yesterday, and feature of the cele-
bration in Berlin was an address to the
army concerning it's achievements in the
| Franco-Prussian war.
NJ Ribot has formed a ministry for
France. taking the portfolio Of finance in
addition to the premiership.
| Maj. John Gilbert, known all over the
corrected the proofs of the first Mormon
| Bible, died at Palmyra, n. Y, Saturday,
aged ninety-three years.
Judge Alfred Vaple, a noted jurist and
| author Of law books in Ohio, died Saturday
at Cincinnati, aged siXty-five years.
John Weeks, aged thirteen years, yes
terday hanged himself in Wayne village.
| Me. He was dead when found.
Two children of Italian laborers were
burned to death in Boston yesterday by the
| overturning of lamp.
1t is reported from Rio de Janeiro that
| eX-President Peixoto Is sinking rapidly,
| and his death is expected at any hour.
| The Stockton Hotel, Cape May, n. j..
| was sold at sheriff's sale Saturday to VIII
| liam c. Kean, jr, of Philadelphia, repre-
senting John F. Betz and Thomas Robb,
for s7O,3JO. 1t cost sGO0,OO0 in 1869.
The British steamship Michigan and the
Observation-Disclosures steamer Schiedam
| collided off the French coast Saturday
| night. The Schiedam will go to Rotterdam
| for repairs.
| A fire which started on the fourth floor
Of the Hotel Castle, corner of 103d street
| and Amsterdam avenue, New York last
night, caused a loss Of s1O0,OOo Forty
| three families lived in the hotel, but all
escaped unframed
The blizzard which struck Buffalo. y. Y,
several days ago continues. The street
cars are running on nearly schedule time,
but railway traffic is impeded. and the tel
egraphic service is demoralized
A fire that broke out at Elmore Ohio,
last night destroyed five two-story brick
buildings on Main street causing a loss
of SS5,ooo. Two girls employed in the Amer
lean House, Maggie Flynn and Mary
O'Malley, jumped from the second-story
wiz dows. and both received injuries which
may prove fatal
The London Times Shanghai correspon-
dent says that when Teng Chow was bonn
barded by the Japanese the mission COL
lege and residences. two hundred yards
north of the city, were In the direct line
of fire. The shells fell in the city, many of
them round the mission premises, over
which the American flag waved. A mis-
sionary named Hayes put off in a boat,
waving the American and white flags. He
got close to the japanese ships, but his
hail was ignored, the Japanese steaming
away. Next day the Yorktown arrived.
Judge John Erskine died at his home at
friendly attitude during the days of recon-
struction, when he was appointed by Pres
ident Johnson, Judge Erskine succeeded in
changing the current Of the ill-wili that
was directed toward him, and won the con-
fdence and love Of all Parties. He made
a thorough judge. and only one of his de-
cisicns was ever reversed.
At a meeting Of sympathizers with the
strikers In Brooklyn yesterday afternoon
resolutions were adopted favoring the for
fixture Of the street railway charters and
the operation Of the lines by the city:
College Hall, the principal hall of the
Rhode Island College of Agriculture End
Mechanic Arts at Kingston, was partially
DESTROYED by fire yesterday.
A cabinet council was held yesterday at
Madrid, at which it was decided TO In
crease the duty on foreign wheat 10 30
cents per hectOlitre, and to raise the rail-
way freight charges on grain from the sea
to the interior. A cabinet crisis is thus
averted.
Gen. Nodzu of Japan announces that he
declined an offer made to him by q Tartar
chief from kirin, who recently arrived at
the Japanese camps. The chief offered the
services of 10000 men to join the japanese
in attacking Moukden and to avenge Chi
neSe crueltieS The natives of Liaoyang,
Manchuria. have also petitioned the Jap
anese to speedily occupy that city.
John Jones, eighteen years old. son or
James Jones, a farmer of Cecil county.
Nd, was found drowned in a pond near his
home Saturday morning: He had left home
with his uncle, James w. Poor, on Friday
night, and since then Poor has not been
seen. Foul play is suspected.
Naval Constructor r. W. Armstead was
fatally injured Saturday at Mare Island,
Cal, by the parting of a two-inch hawser
attached to the stone dry dock caisson.
AS it was being floated from the dry dock
entrance the hawser struck him across
his forehead. breaking his skull. He died
yesterday. His body will be taken to Nir-
ginia.
There was intense excitement in the
Washington senate Saturday, when Senator
Sergeant rose and demanded of Senator Z.
w. Taylor an explanation of publication
over his signature which Sergeant read, to
Intimate that Senators Foote, Campbell
and himself were supporting Ankeny for
Sergeants excitement was
at times beyond his control and he told
Taylor that if he mpugned the motives OF
himself and his colleagues for voting for
Ankney he was a contemplate liar. Tay-
Tor explained that he referred to the lobby
Of Pierce county men, who came over to
coerce him CTaylor) to vote for Ankeny.
Sergeant accepted the apology.