The Washington bee., 1895-09-21
This WEEKS NEWS. d,
4 Summary of Current Events-The Worlds
Doings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers ~
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General.

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TWENTY-FIVE persons were injured in
railway collision at Paris.
! Assistant Secretary McAdoo is in the
/ Adirondac cks 70 spend fortnight.
! The condition of Mrs Gerry, mother
! of Elbridge r. Gerry, is much improved.
! Conflicts have occurred again between
/ the Italians and Braziftans in Minas-
:Ieraes, Brazil.
/ The United States training ship Es-
sex. from Newport. R. l.. arrived at
| Plymouth, England.
! The general census Of San Salvador,
just concluded, shows the number OF IN
| habitants to be $4,000
The nomination of Mgr. Kennedy as
rector Of the American College IN Rome
has been confirmed
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of CONGRESSMAN Jonathan r. Dol
iivar. OF Iowa and Miss Louise Pearson.
Mr. Beerbohm Tree, the actor. fell
and .disIocated his shoulder while per-
| forming in the last act OF Fedora" at
Hull.
! Postmaster-General Wilson will deliver
ar address at the opening Of the Jefer-
son county fair at Martins Grove, West
Virginia.
The Legislative Council OF Tasmania
| has rejected the Universal Suffrage
| bill which was recently passed by the
Assembly.
General Gascoigne will sail on the
Allan line steamer Partisan on Sep
! tember 19 to assume command OF the
! troops in Canada
\ freight train on the Erie railroad
was wrecked near Lakewood and thir-
teen cars were completely demolished.
No one was injured.
Congressman 1sreal F. Fisher, or
brooklyn is to be married at Baltimore
TO Miss Clara Groedel, who is Wen
i known In society in that city: ),
There was large gathering Of peo-
pie to greet Mgr. Satoll upon ms ar
rival at Duluth. MINI. During the day
he shook hands with 5000 people.
| The Rev. Brook Herford, formerly OF
Boston, but now OF Hampstead. Eng
| land. will sail on the steamer Gallia to-
day on visit to the United States.
NJ Herbette, the French Ambassador
to Germany, will leave Berlin, and not
return to the capital until after the
Sedan fetes.
It is reported that Prince Won Hohen-
lohe. the German Chancellor, will arrive
at st. Petersburg to-day, and that the
Car will receive him at the Peterhof
Palace.
The convent at Ribordone, village
in the Province Of Turin, Italy, has been
partly destroyed by fire. Eight women
perished and four others were severely
! injured.
Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, at pres
ent Governor Of Ceylon, will succeed
Lord Wenlock as Governor Of Madras.
The latters tenure Of Office expires in
December.
William Butcher, q negro, was taken
from Jail at Hickman, KY, and shot to
| death, because in quarrel with some
negroes ne threw brick which struck
| q white man.
Secretary Lamont issued an order
that all new flags issued shall contain
forty-five stars. The new star repre-
sents Utah, which will become State
July next.
Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-
| Holstein, wife Of Prince Frederick Leo
pold of Prussia and younger sister Of
the Empress of Germany, gave birth to
| a son yesterday.
The striking miners at Isphenning,
! Mich, are being held in check by the
militia, which has been called out to
| guard the men who are working the
| steam shovels.
Prince Henry, the brother of the Ger
man Emperor, will retire from the COM
mand of the German war ship Woerth
after the naval manoeuvres. and will be
appointed a Rear-Admiral.
The official report Of the French
wheat crop shows l20.000,000 hectolitres,
as against 121 100000 in 1894. 1t was ex-
pected that the crop Of 1885 would not
exceed 10000. 600 hectolires.
An immense landslide began last
evening near the town Of Bray, twelve
miles southeast of Dublin, menacing
the destruction Of the great main con-
veying the water supply Of Dublin.
Minister DENLY, in behalf of his diplo-
matte colleagues at Pekin, has asked
the Chinese government to replace in
the Yangtse Kiang, the buoy and bea-
| cons that were removed during the re-
cent war.
tmaster-General Bissell, who is
spending few days with his family at
Marion. Mass, denies that the Presiden.
offered him a place on the Supreme
Court bench.
1t was announced yesterday after
noon that the bond syndicate had de-
posted s2,50000O in gold at the SUBJ
treasury to the credit of the govern
ment. The deposit brought the gold re-
serve to s100,115,172
\ hurricane, accompanied by heavy
rain, visited Lisbon and the surround
| ing country last night. A large tract Of
territory is flooded by the heavy rain
and overlooking streams, doing great
damage to property.
One hundred and forty-five boys and
one hundred and fifty-siX girls from
! DR.. Barnardo's Homes for Orphan and
Waif Children started from Liverpool
| for Canada. where homes have been or
| will be found for them.
A new journal, the Paris Poste, an
nounces that Baron Mohrenheim, the
Russian Ambassador to France, will
shortly retire and that he will be sue
ceeded by NJ. Nelidoff. a t present Rus
sian Amba assa dor to Turkey.
President Judge Thayer, of Common
Pleas Court No. 4, at Philadelphia,
handed down an opinion deciding that
the city could take the Liberty bell to
the Atlanta exposition.
Archduke Ladislaus met with an ac-
cident while out shooting at Budapest
! The Archduke was out hunting wild
cats when his gun was premaIure,y dis
charged, its contents lodging in one Of
his feet, inf1icting a severe wound
There has been seeare fighting in the
Congo country, between the Belgian
troops and Mahdist forces. A desperate
battle was fought in the AIDA district.
| IL which Lieut.. Cassart and nineteen
men were killed.
The Parliamentary Bimetallic Com
| nittee have issued a circular reuuest.