The Washington bee., 1895-07-13
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary of Current Events-The Worlds
Doings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers
General.

South America.
Trains both ways on the Kansa:
Pacific railroad were delayed on ac
count of big washouts.
Charles Bastian, the North Lyons
farmer who was impaled on hay rack
stake, died in terrible agony.
The English House of Lords re.
fused to go into committee on the
municipal franchise. Ireland bill
Work upon the Peary expeditions
steamer Kite is progressing favorably
She Is expected to sail this evening for
Greenland.
Wages in the woollen and worsted
industry all over Rhode Island will be
increased during August from 12 to
IL per cent
Jake Gaudaur and Edward Durnan,
of Toronto, have been matched to row
three miles with turn on Toronto Bay
in about four weeks.
A military balloon exploded in the
shed of one Of the barracks at Berlin.
Three soldiers were injured and one OF
them has died.
The Columbia Association of the
West End, will hold a very important
meeting at their rooms on Central ave-
nue. this evening.
Archbishop Kain, of the Roman
Catholic diocese of ST. Louis, has made
a decision that removes the ban placed
by some priests on Grand Army fune-
rails.
Too much chloroform, administered
while in dentists chair, caused the
death this afternoon of William Barnes,
a Well-knoWn citizen of Woodstock,
Ont.
The first step toward the removal of
the mammoth plant of the Merchants
Despatch Transportation Company
from Rochester to Depew has been
taken.
The Old Hunt farm lying just north
OF the Chautauqua assembly grounds
sold to an English brewing syndicate
for $4,000
The Aetna Life Insurance Company
has declared a stock dividend of $780,
200, making the capital ST. 100000 an in
crease Of S1000,0 since 1888 all in
stock dividends
AT Norwich, N. Y, last night, J. w.
Chamberlain, q bartender, shot and
probably fatally wounded his wife and
then ended his own life by putting a
bullet into his brain.
Lewis Asper, of fairfield, an old
soldier, fell overheard from the steam
boat City of New York just after the
boat left Port Chautauqua, and was
drowned
A receiver has just been appointed
for James Vigler, extensive dealer in
lumber at Newburg. Mr.. Bigler was
one of the largest lumber dealers in
this section.
The opposition to the removal Of the
Liberty bell to the Atlanta exposition
is now said to have entirely disap-
peared, and the bell will probably be
started on its southern journey Sep
tember Is.
a. 9ray uaples, the summer home of
PRESIDENT Cleveland, little girl was
yesterday afternoon. DR.. joseph d
Bryant, the attending physician saws
mat mother and child were doing we'll.
Antonio Falk, forty-nine years old
an Italian, has ben locked up in the
Fifth street police station. New York
On suspicion of having poisoned his six-
nonths-old child.
Charles D. Sherwood, ex-1ieutenant-
governor OF Minnesota, has been found |
dead floating in the lake at the foot of |
Peck Court, Chicago. It was undoubt- |
7dly case of suicide.
Oft1c1al announcement was made at
Inc White House of the appointment
d Willis L. Moore, of Illinois, to be
'nlef OF the weather bureau. He will
assume his new duties within a few
lays.
Ihe Spanish minister for the colo
i1es, Senor Abarazza, has agreed with
ne bank of Spain, which is to advance
ne FUNDS with which to prosecute the
ampa1gn against the insurgents in
Juba.
Afthur korff, an architect living ar
mon avenue AID 167th street. New
ofk, was drowned from a small Yacht
II Baden Point, in the Sound. yester-
ay' Miss Julia Andre, to whom he
as engaged to be married, was taken
rom the water unconscious,
Inc Defender is a wonder. Such is
le opinion OF every one who was priv
sseu TO see her trial yesterday. The
piiion = Is not that of mere PARTISAN
nip or of enthusiasm over a fast soil
lg boat but is formed from a careful
oservatlon Of her performance.
Inc fourth annual session of the
athollc Summer School was formaIlv
oened at st. Johns, Plattsburgh. to-
ay: Fully 1000 persons were seated
the handsome church, and thousands |
lore, who were unable to gain ad-
lttance, were standing in the streets.
Z. K. Arnold Westcott. of the Lakeview
ycHng Club, of Chicago, has broken ]
e record for the Elgin-Aurora Cen
ry course. He made the 100 miles in
K hours, nine minutes and twenty
conds, thus lowering F. B. Stanwood's i
cord of 6.34 by nearly TWENTY-FIVE I
inutes E.
he Prince line steamship Egvptian 4
1nce, Captain Dunbar, arrived at ,
eW York from Santos and Rio Ian 4
70 by way ports. While the vessel D
is lying in the harbor at PernambIIco | /
e chief officer, William Watts died = :.
yellow fever. The passengers have 1
en- quarantined v
1t was a truly Continental Sunday 4
at $4,000 persons passed at Glendale F"
lrk yesterday. Within sight of the ="
urch spires Of Brooklyn and within p
arlng OF the church bells in the little p
Try towers on Richmond Hill. the
'rman r1f1emen and their friends put
one long day of unexpected revelry.
Another days statement shows that
. u ,uenaciency aa for the new fiscal year is >,
s4o'eol. This is for only four days of Il
~, not counting the holiday of the s
urth.. The average deficiency is, l,
srefore, Well up to the two and a 81
arter million mark, which, If main ~
ned, would make the shortage for ~
fiscal year S700, ,00O, 900. u
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