Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
THE WEEK.

An explosion of boilers in the Gumry
Hotel, Denver, wrecked the five stories
of the rear section of the building; a num-
Ter of lives were lost, and many persons
injured in the collapse; fire followed the
explosion, ard those pinioned down by
falling timbers and plaster in the ruins
were burned to death. Six men were killed,
three fatally injured, end fifteen others
seriously burned by an explosion in one
of the Carnegie company's furnaces at
Braddock, Pa. The steamer City of Shelf
field struck an obstruction in the Mis-
s1sslppt river near Cairo and sank. The
Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers Associa-
ton of New York passed a resolution max
ing it incumbent on all members to close
saloons on Sunday. In New York Coroner
Fitzpatrick has ordered the arrest Of Thos.
Murray. foreman; Charles Behrens, archi-
tect; Edward j. foudale assistant archi-
tect, and Thomas w. Walker, contractor,
Parker's assistant in their connection with
the Ireland building disaster. John Albert
Barnes of Trenton, N. j. has sued Frank
A. Mcgowan for 100000 damages for Sc
duction of his wife. Five freight ware
houses in Milwaukee, Wis. owned by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail-
road Company. were burned. together with
their contents: number of other ware
houses were destroyed, the losses aggre
eating 100000. The President signed an
order extending the classified service to
include all printers and pressmen en-
ployed in the various executive depart
ments. Lewis Swift the California as
tronomer, discovered a new comet. The
ingram carpet weavers of Philadelphia
have won their strike for an increase Of
per cent in wages. The race between
the Defender and the Vigilant was award
ed to the latter, the Defender having with
drawn on account of an accident to her
rigging. Frank A. Reed, prominent
business man of Alexandria, Va, COM
mitted suicide. Two persons were lost and
number seriously hurt in a storm which
swept Pittsburg and caused panic
among excursionists on the river. Mrs.
Lora Perkins was arrested in Mnneapo-
lis on the charge of killing her sister.
A number of persons were seriously injured
during riot at st. Peter and ST. PauPs
Catholic Church In St. Joseph, Mo. Leon
ard W. Volk, a noted sculptor, died sud-
denly at Oceola. Wis. Ex-Governor L. B.
Morris of Connecticut died at New Haven.
Ex-Associete Justice of the Supreme Court
N. Y.
Foreign.
A Chinese mob attacked the American
mission near Foo-Chow, destroying the
chapel and school houses and wounding
four of the native pupils; the American
teacher escaped injury 1t was reported
from Foo-Chow that the Chinese govern
ment had refused to allow the British and
sacre of missionaries at Ku Cheng. The
strike of mill workers in Dundee has as
sumed serious proportions; about 25,O00
operatives are now idle; they struck with
out waiting for reply to their demand for
an increase of ten per cent in their wages.
Forty thousand German veterans gathered
on the Templehoff field to celebrate the an
niversary Of the victory over the French.
The emperor received the old soldiers on
the great field, and made a patriotic ad-
dress to them. 1t was announced that
Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley would
succeed the Duke of Cambridge as COM
mander-in-chief of the British forces on
November 1. The British house of COM
mons agreed to the address in reply to the
royal speech by vote of 217 to G3. The
Hawaiian congress ratified the cable con-
tract made by President Dole with q. S.
Spauldirg. A credit of s15OO. 900, to pay
the Mora claim, was gazetted in Madrid.
In the District.
To the public generally, as we'll rs in rail-
road circles. the call made on the District
Commissioners by General Manager Gray
of the lexington and Belt railroads was of
considerable consequence, as Mr. Gray in
formed the Commissioners Of the intention
of the company to resume the operation of
the Belt line on its original route and also
to substitute for horses more modern
motive power. At the advanced age of
eighty-seven, ex-Justice William Strong
died at Lake Minnewaska. A sad accident
occurred on the Manchester, when Miss
Ruth Bursley, while seated on the railing
of the upper deck, fell overheard and was
drowned. Citizens of Alexandria, as well
as of this city, were shocked to hear of the
suicide of Frank A. Reed. president of the
Alexandria board of trade due to mental
disorder. All doubt as to the identity of
the body of a man found on a railroad
track in Scotland was removed by the pho
tograph of Dana A. Davenport being iden-
titled as that of the dead man. In an in
terview with officials of the gas company
the District Commissioners informed them
that they would like to have the price Of
gas furnished the public reduced to one
dollar. On account of a shortage in the
accounts of the library of Congress discov-
cred by the treasury accountants. Mr.. A.
+. Spofford, the librarian, made a deposit
of money sufficient to cover the deficit. The
annual convention of the Daughters of
Liberty was held here.