The Washington bee., 1896-01-11
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
THE NEWS OF THE WORLD FOE
A WEEK CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.

son tried to buy his vote.
Britain offers to arbitrate her claim
in the South African republic.
Alfred Ely Beach, the veteran edito
and inventor, died Of pneumonia.
The second strike of the Philadelphia
street car workers lasted but feE
hours.
Serious damage is reported to Tn
California orange crop as the result
frostS.
The Presidents New Year reception
at the White House was unusuail.
brilliant
The Solicitors Loan and Trust Com
pany. of Philadelphia has made an as
signment.
A shipment of s20oO,00o in gold wa
made to Europe from New York Oh
Saturday.
Albert Woodley, the murderer OF HI
intended wife, Jennie Buchanan, wa
hanged in Pittsburg.
A revolutionary plot in Nenezuela
said to have been instigated by Eng
land, was nipped in the bud.
The 100000 steel yacht built at th'
Bath (Me) Iron Works for 4. H. " hl'e
of Boston. has been launched.
Sherman Friar, said to be a counter
feiter and post office robber, has beel
captured in FaZewell. Tenn
DIR. Cyrus Edison has decided to make
public the formula for asepsin, the al
legged cure for consumption.
DR.. Jameson, the British invader OF
the Transvaal, is reported to have been
shot after a drumhead court-martiai.
Bankers and financiers in the large
cities express their belief that the new
bond issue will be over-subscrlbed.
Judge Rufus w. Peckham, of Albany.
took his seat on the U. S. Supreme
Court bench at Washington, Monday.
The British invaders Of the Trans
vaal were defeated with heavy loss,
and hte survivors were made prisoners.
A clue has been obtained to tlie Bur
den Jewel robbery in New York city,
and the entire detective force is at
work
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces.
The whole island Of Cuba is now under
martial law.
Judge c. E. Martin the newly elected
Judge of the Court Of Appeals at AL
bany, took his seat for the first time
on Monday.
Ex-senator Platt has formally de-
clared himself in favor Of the nomina-
ton of Governor Morton as the Repub-
lican candidate for President.
Benjamin Redfield. of New York city,
4 boy of fourteen, attempted to shoot
two little girls because one of them
refused to make love to him.
Judge Seaman, at Milwaukee, decide
that soldiers homes, beinb under ma
tional control, are exempt from inter-
ference by State or local authorities.
Two colored men were arrested in
New York With q 'iaIse quantity of
iewslry in their possession. No trace
has been found Of the Burden jewels
William Lalor was found murdered
in his bed in Long Island City, with a
axe lying on the floor. The
man who slept with him was arrested.
Lawyer Hermann Frank, of New
York city, has mysteriously vanished.
An army of creditors has appeared with
claims said to foot up more than $780,,
900.
H. B. Minis & Co., of Troy, one of the
oldest book publishing houses in that
section Of the country, has made a gen.
eral assignment for the benefit of cred
itors.
Civil Justices Murphy and Peterson,
Of Brooklyn. took possession of their
courts to keep out Justices Van Wart
and Schnitzspan, who were elected to
succeed them.
Theodore n. Lambert, the young ne
gro who shot and killed William G.
kairer. a baker, while robbing his
house in December, 1893, was hanged
at Camden. n. ].
Lord Dunraven arrived on the Teu-
tonic. The Defenders crew has been
to New York. The investi-
cation as to Lord Dunraven's charges
will be begun at once
Three men robbed Hermann Rohling,
a livery driver in Cincinnati, of $1,000
in gold. They overlooked $1,000. Two
Of the thieves were arrested and half
Of the stolen money was recovered.
The recent massacre at Orfah is said
to have been a terrible affai~ The Of
hcials dispatches admit that 900 Christ
Ians were killed, but, according to pri-
vate accounts, about 1000 Christians
were killed.
Formal charges have been formulat-
ed against Warden John ]. Fallon of
the City Prison of New York charging
cruelty and tyranny to inmates Wife
slayer Herman said to have been left
four days with only one meal.
The cruiser Kwan-Ping, which the
Japanese capturei from the Chinese
during the recent war, was wrecked
December q off the Pescadore Islands.
Most of the officers who were in |
charge Of the deck at the time of the
accident and sixty men are missing.
John F. Sullivan, lawyer and Justice
If the peace of Saratoga, N. Y, COM
nitted suicide by shooting himself. |
and dissipation made him
respondent. Ee was twenty-nine years
I'D, and leaves widow and two little |
sons.
DR.. Marmoreck, an Austrian, after
our years study at the Pasteur Insti-
ute in Paris, says he has discovered a |
serum cure for erysipelas, puerpera]l
ever and all diseases due to the strep-
ococcus microbe, and which Is also ef- |
as an aid to Dr.. Roux's treat |
ant for diphtheria.
Two girls. Miss Ella Scott and Miss
Iena Thomas. fought Q duel with |
,nifes and revolvers at Pxnta Gorda. |