The Washington bee., 1896-02-22
TELEGRANS In BRIEF.
THE NEWS OF THE WORLD FOR
A WEEK CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS

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the Senate.
The steamer Lamington, which wa:
| stranded on Great South Beach, L. /.
is a total loss.
Sewall Oakes, ten years old. of Ran
gor, Me-, shot himself at being told te
saw some wood.
Congressman William II. Grain, OF
the Eleventh district Of Texas, died OF
pneumania in Washington.
Ex-United States Treasurer James n
| Huston assigned, and his bank ~ Con-
nersville, Ind, suspended.
The Rev. John Fitzgerald, of Char
lotte, n. Y, was adjudged guilty OF
arson in the second degree.
Eight families were burned out in the
destruction of the Brighton apartment
house in Chicago. Loss, 100000.
The Canadian House of Commons
adopted a motion virtually declaring
against annexation to the United States
| Germany informed Venezuela that
While she will recognize the Monroe
doctrine, Venezuela must pay her just
debts.
A log house in Marengo township,
| Mich, was burned and whole family
Mr.. and Mrs. Page and two sons-were
| creEated
]. II. Richelderfer was found dying
| from chloroform in Philadelphia, his
home was robbed and his housekeeper
murdered
Two freight trains on the Wabash
| Railroad collided at Carpenter, ILL.,,
killing one man, injuring several others
and causing serious wreck.
One OF three moonshiners captured in
Montgomery County, Ark, after 4 des-
| perate resistance, was the Rev. j. A.
Rogers an Adventist preacher.
The British Government has received
| dispatch stating that the British
torces have won two victories over the
slave traders in Central Africa.
1t is now believed that ex-ConsuI
Waller will be uncondtionally released
5y France on condition that the United
States waive all claims for indemnity.
There are but forty voters in Somers
Point. N j., and fourteen of them have
declared their intention of running for
the Office of Mayor at the spring elec-
ton.
Gen. S. W. Westmere, a graduate of
West Point committed suicide at New
ORLEANS by jumping INTO the Missi 81 y;
He believed he was doomed to i'll
health
The Republican State Committee has
called the New York State convention
for March "a in New York city. It also
renewed it's pledge Of loyalty to Cover
nor Morton for the Presidency.
Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, now AS
sistant Secretary of State, has been
rendered the post of Ambassador to
Germany. to succeed the late Theodore
Runyon, and has accepted.
After waiting fifteen years J. E. Wat
lIins and Miss Mary Passmore, Of Ham
nondton. N. j., have been married
Miss Passmore's father objected to the
marriage. He died few weeks ago.
1t has just developed that on Decem-
5cr 19 James Edgar Balm EARL, a we'll
snown young man Of kinderhook, n.
Y, and Luella Maude Hope Booth, an
English actress were married in Pater-
son. n. J.
The war feeling in Caracas, Venezue-
"a, still runs high. Gen. Barrios has
.Ssked President Crespo for permission
10 raise two regiments of volunteer
acouts to be named the Grover Cleve-
and Scouts.
John Hays Hammond the American
mining engineer, has been released !
from Jail at Pretoria in 10000 bail on
condition that he remain under CON
stant police surveillance. It is believed |
his release was due to his illness.
Henry Truelsen was elected Mayor of
Duluth by 776 majority. He was a self |
constituted candidate. and was opposed |
by all the newspapers and the leading |
citizens. His war cry was pure water |
and new water works owned by the |
city"
Representative Low Rep., N. " has |
introduced a bill in Congress for the |
construction Of fifty first class TORPEDO |
boats at not more than $4,000 eacf |
and six torpedo gunboats and torpedo |
destroyers at not more than $500. 90, |
each. the bill appropriates s11, 75o, Oct |
At a meeting Of the Prohibition |
Amendment League of Iowa at Des
Molnes, composed Of about equal mum. |
uers Of men and women. fight devel- |
2ped. The women in bitter terms de- |
nounced the men as traitors to the
cause. Then they cried and the men |
raved.
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII. |
with Gen. Weyler. the newly appointed |
-aptaln-Generl and Commander-in |
Chief Of the Spanish forces in Cuba or |
beard, has arrived at Havana. Th, |
usual salutes were fired Gen. Weyle |
proceeded to the palace, and at one |
took the oath Of Office
Tammany Hall gave Richard Croke,
an immense dinner in New York ant |
presented him with loving cup Blu
the dinner was marred by seditior |
John c. Sheehan was openly repudi |
ated, and his right to the leadership OF |
Tammany Hall was bitterly denied |
The feast is said to have cost $40 |
plate.
Eliza Stephenson. sixty-five years ole. |
died in the hospital at Plainfield, n. j. |
apparently poverty stricken. She had |
been working by the day for the past
twenty years. On searching her hemt |
six notes ranging from s106 to $500 and |
an account book showing $4,000 on de-
posit in the Home Savings Bank were |
found.
Miss Hattie Benedict, aged nineteen.
daughter Of Elisa Benedict, q farmer,
Of Marengo. N. T., has awakened from
her five wesks Of cataleptic sleep. She
lay as one dead, utterly. deprived of
y0ice hAa rtpo SsH y,,,tso,xlar otio,