Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-01
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

DR.. John E. Plouff was shot and MORALLY
wounded in San Francisco Saturday by d.
J: McGaugey. a young man formerly en-
charged McGaugey with taking letters from
his waste basket with view of blackmail-
ing him.
Peace has been restored In Peru, accord
ing to advtces received at Buenos Ayres.
The Archbishop of Saragossa, Spain, II
dead. aged eighty-five years. He was con-
secrated archbishop IN 1877.
Illinois and South Dakota report heavy
rains. causing great rejoicing among farm
ers. who had begun to fear that their crops
would be ruined.
Nice yesterday among the household of
Queen Victoria, owing to an outbreak OF
fire In the apartment Of one Of the Indian
attendants. For time the greatest con-
fusion prevailed, but the hotel employees
and others quickly extinguished the flames
The sessions Of the reichstag have adj
journed until April q
Anthony c. Hestng. long the publisher Of
German of Chicago, is dead.
Rev. II. B. Ridgaway, president Of the
Garrett Biblical Institute. has died at
Evanston, Ill.
Toby is opening day at the Nashville
race track. and the derby will be run.
Koyama Rokunosuki, the youag japanese
Chang. has been sentenced to renal servi-
tude for life
Over 100000 messages of congratulation
have been received by Bismarck on his at
tanning his eightieth year, and over thou
sand presents. Twenty-three postal clerks
have been kept busy at his home
The body Of q murdered woman. terribly
mangled. was found in a 9Th avenue area
way at Waverley place yesterday morning.
Around the victims throat a cloth was
tightly drawn. She had evidently been
strangled. Then her body had been chop
ped.
Recorder Cor creotad a .a,e,t,o, In Man
York on Saturday by charges that Judges
Cowing and Fitzgerald had misused the
rights Of their offices, and that Chief Clerk
was improperly retained. During the most
exciting discussion news came Of Judge
Marines death.
agony on Saturday. only a few minutes
after receiving an injection Of anti-toxine
for diphtheria- 1t is asserted that poison
had been accidently put with the fluid.
Chicago will vote for Mayor Henderson.
and the hottest fight in her history will be
waged.
The annual convention of the Republican
National League will be held at Cleveland
on June 49,
The Australian colonies have instructed
their London agents to urge upon the
to be represented directly in any inter-
national silver conference that may be
called. or, II that may not be considered
advisable. that the colonies CONFORMITY
may Dc dliOWcu uIcCt Representations
Rev. DR.. PeIton and others, represent
ing the Reform League, appeared at the
Ball Park at Cincinnati yesterday and in
sisted on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
players being arrested.
The northern portion of the old Times
building, in Chicago fve-story stone
structure. was damaged $4,000 by fire yes
terday afternoon.
An entire block in the suburb of Silver
City. west Of the city limits of Milwaukee.
was swept by fire and q dozen families
made homeless yesterday.
Over 100 colored persons. men, women
and children, were baptized at Frederfcks-
burg. Va. yesterday In the Icy waters Of
the Rappahannock. Several thousand per-
sons white and coTored. were present. IL
was the largest baptizing ever known In
the state.