The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-11-26
BRIEF NEWS.

The report comes from London that Mrs.
Maybrick, now confined at Norwood Scrubbs,
has made two attempts at suicide Her con-
dition borders insanity. and it is said she
will not survive another year of prison life.
Prince Bismarck's organ, the Hamburger
| Nichrichten accuses England of trying to kindlo
| an European war under pretext of aiding the
| Armenians. Germany is warned not to be led
into the dangerous adventure.
| Rain has fallen in Rajputana, India. and it is
| now believed that the distress from famine
| will diminish.
| The Thanksgiving service hold by American
residents of Berlin, Germany, was largely at.
tended last Sunday. The entire staff Of the
| United States Embassy was present.
| A report from Sidney, N. 8. W., states that
| the steamship Mariposa has sailed for San
Francisco with 100000 sovereigns on board.
Frank P. Arbuckle, the millionaire mine
owner of Denver, Colo, was found unconscious
on Eighth avenue, New York City, last Thurs
day night, and soon after died. A mystery
surrounds the death, and number of arrests
have been made. His movements during the
earlier part of the evening have been partly
traced. watch and money he was known to
possess had been taken from him before he was
found. His widow denies that he died of
heart disease, as at first stated.
The Special Committee appointed to investi-
gate the Vermont State Institutions, in its re-
port severely scores the Supervisors of the
Insane and others connected with the asylum.
The committee found that one inmate died from
injuries inflicted by an attendant. The food
furnished was insufficient in quantity and in
ferior in quality.
While on visit to Italy, Street Foreman
Antonio Constantine. of Chicago, was impressed
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passports and proved himself naturaliZed
American citizen. He was granted furIough
and escaped to America. His wife and chill
dren are still in Italy, and he has asked the
State Department to protect them.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle from st.
Petersburg states that NJ. de Witt, Russian
Minister of Finance, has secured the consent
of his colleagues to the adoption of the gold
standard, and that the Car has expressed his
approval.
The Catholics of Quebec are dissatisfied with
the terms Of settlement Of the Manitoba school
question.
A dispatch from Calais, France, says plans are
under way to establish line of steamships be-
tween New Orleans and Calais.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, N.
Hanotaux, replying to questions Of NJ. Miller.
laho, VIC ooCiaiIst DcpuIy, III Inc CnamDer OF
Deputies Saturday refused to make public any
details concerning the alliance between Russia
and France, save those already given out by the
Car and President, which he said nobody
dreams of doubling or denying. The claims Of
France in Egypt, he said, only wait the judy
ment Of the Court on War Funds.
Announcement from Lick Observatory of the
discovery by Astronomer j. NJ. Schaeberle of
the companion to the first magnitude star Pro-
cyon, the bright star near Sirius in constela-
ton CAMS Major, has caused great interest
here among all concerned in the study of the
heavenly bodies.