The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
This WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary Of Current Eyents-lhe Worlds
Ooings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers
General

The Linse block at Sherman, Tex
was burned. Loss, $4,000; partly IN
sured.
Senator Hill will go on the lecture
platform. making his debut in Chicago
on December 6.
A son was born to the Prince Ferdl-
nand, ruler of Bulgaria, and his Whe'
Princess Marie Louise, of Bulgaria.
Lysander Stocker, laborer, about sew
enty years Of age, was struck ana III
stantly killed by an Erie train about
mile west of Herrick Centre, Pa.
The Rev. Dr. George c. Lorimer vii
not accept the call extended to him
from Chicago, but will continue In his
fremont Temple pastorate, Boston
A man, supposed to have been Charle !:
Schaefer, aged twenty-nine, was founc
dead in a room in Powers's Hotel, Ne"
York city, having shot himself IN the
head.
The safe in the post-office at West
Barnstable, Mass, was blown open by
burglars, who safely escaped on hand,
car, taking with them about SiO0 II
cash.
A charter for Greater New York viii
be ready for early submission to the
LEGISLATURE Mr.. Plat and other Re-
publican leaders expect prompt actor
upon it.
The coronation of Emperor Nicholas
IL has been fixed to take place at Mos
cow May "a next, the date OF the sew
enty-seventh anniversary Of the birtf
of Queen Victoria.
Louis Merickel, of Toledo, O., sa'
loon-keeper, and crowd Of hangers
on quarrelled Merickel was knocked
down and beaten to death His assall-
ants were arrested.
Frederick E. Pultz, of Hudson, N. Y.
Respondent because he was out OF work
left his wife and children at home, Went
to his fathers house and cut his throat
severing the windpipe.
A missionary arrived at Antwerp
from the Congo Free State describes 3
fearful state of terrorism and oppres-
sion as existing there under the petty
governors in the interior.
Fred Sturtevant, of Candor, N. Y,
was shot in the hand by a tramp while
on his way TO work. The tramp halteC
him and demanded his money. Sturte-
want ran. when the tramp shot him.
Mine Boss Perry Watkins was knock
ed down in a fight in the Ishkooda mine
near Birmingham, Ala, whereupon he
killed Columbus Madden and Louis
Smith, Jr.. and wounded Louis Smith
ST..
Fire at West Carthage. n. Y, de-
truyed four stores. the Park Hotel anc
he residence of Guy Earl Loss. s37.-
90: total insurance. $1,000. At one
ime 1t was thought the village would
De destroyed.
The Chicago Labor Congress has re-
solved that instead of select passage:
rom the Bible" the School BoarC
should cause choice selections from
writer's on trade unionism" to be reaC
to the pupils.
a trunk belonging to John Ryan, g
Mechanic who died in Amesbury, Mass.
last week, containing $4,000 in bai4-
aotes. mortgages and other securities
las been found. Ryan was supposed
o have been very poor
Supreme Court Justice Henry A
'rhilds is seriously i'll at his home If
Medina. n. Y. Judge Childs adjourned
court several weeks ago on account Of
an attack of malarial fever. Sunday
night his condition grew suddenly
worse.
Edward Mclaughlin, living nea
Chester, Pa, went into his wagon shec
to tie up the shafts of a cart and il
some manner slipped, the rope twisting
oh 10 oil
10 DEATH unable to make an outcry t
summon assistance.
The Navy Department will probabl!
appoint a special board to examine thu
battleship Texas with reference t.
changes proposed to be made in the in
1ernal arrangements, and specially will
| reference to the damages sustained il
| the recent docking.
Sidney Clarke, chairman of Okla
| homa's Statehood Executive Commit
| tee, has called a Statehood convention
| to meet at Shawnee on December 4. I
| strong delegation will be sent to Wash
| ington from Oklahoma and the Chick
asaw Nation to push the claims 70
| Statehood.
John Brown. a laborer, aged sixty
| and Royal Buel, a boy eleven year
| old, of Seattle, Wash, were browne,
| in Elliott Bay. They were fishing from
| the Northern Pacific trestle when tn
| lad fell into the water. Brown leapet
in after the drowning boy, and in tn
| struggle both were lost.
In his annual report to the Secretar.
| of War Blig.-Gen. Frank Wheaton
| commanding the Department of tn
| Colorado. reports 81 tisfactory condi
ton of a.lairs among the Indians. Dur
| ing the year all the enlisted Indian
in the department, save sixteen scouts
| have been done away with.
| James Harvey Standish. who on Feb
ruary is, 1874, killed George w. Sc
in Wilton. near Saratoga. and who wa
| convicted and sentenced to Dannemor
| prison for life. has had his sentenc
| committed by Governor Morton and ha
| been discharged from the prison. H
is sixty years old. and has taken up hi
| residence in Saratoga
William ]. Moran. a bookkeeper, wa
| found dead in bed at the New Osborn
| House. Rochester. N. Y, with a 3S-cali
| bre revolver clasped in his right hand
| He had shot himself twice in the head
| Moran was about thirty-five years O
| age and formerly lived in Jersey City
| where his mother now lives. The 'od
| was sent to Jersey City.
Over twenty passengers on the Ital
| ian steamship Solferino were browne
| by the swapping of one Of the SINAI