The Washington bee., 1896-05-02

Albert Woodley, the murderer OF his
intended wife, Jennie Buchanan, waS
hanged in Pittsburg.
A revolutionary plot in Venezuela,
said to have been instigated by Eng
land, was nipped in the bud.
The 100000 steel yacht built at the
Bath (Me.) Iron Works for r. II. Whks
Of Boston, has been launched.
Sherman FTiar, said to be a counter
feiter and post-off1ce robber, has been
captured in Fazewell, Tenn
DR.. 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 drumhead court-martial
Bankers and financiers in the large
cities express their belief that the new
bond issue will be over-subscribed.
Judge Rufus w. Peckham, of Albany.
took his seat on the U. S. Supreme
Court bench at Washington, Mond6y.
The British invaders Of the Trans
vaal were defeated with heavy loss.
and hte survivors were made prisoners.
A clue has been obtained to the 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.
O boy of fourteen, attempted to shoot
two little girls because one of them
refused to make love to him.
Judge Seaman, at Milwaukee, decided
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 large quantity OF
jewelry 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
bloodstained 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 S5O,-
900.
H. B. Minis G. Co., of Troy, one of the
oldest book publishing houses in that
section of the country, has made gen.
eraI assignment for the benefit Of cred
ttors.
Civil Justices Murphy and Peterson,
of Brooklyn, took possession of their
courts to keep out Justices Van Wart
succeed them
Theodore N Lambert the young ne
gro who shot and killed William G.
Kairer, a baker, while robbing his
house in December, 1898, was hanged
at Camden. n. ].
Lord Dunraven arrived on the Teu-
tonic. The Defenders crew has been
summoned 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 halt
Of the stolen money was recovered
The recent massacre at Orfah is said
to have been a terrible affai~. The Of
ficials 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 j. 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 KwRn-Ping, which the
Japanese captured 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
of the peace Of Saratoga, n. Y, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
Drunkenness and dissipation made him
despondent He was twenty nine years
old, and leaves q widow and two little
sons.
DR.. Marmoreck, an Austrian. after
four years study at the Pasteur Insti-
tute in Paris, says he has discovered
serum cure for erysipelas. puerperal
fever and all disea ses due to the strep-
tococcus microbe, and which is also ef-
fiLacious as an aid to DR.. Roux's treat
nent for diphtheria-
Two girls. Miss Ella Scott and Miss
Lena Thowas, fought q duel with
knifes and REVIEWERS at Tnnta Gorda,
Fla, over a prominent business man
named Cassidy. who had been atten-
five to both Of them. Miss Scott was
shot dead, and Miss Thomas is now
raving maniac.
The complimentary vote for United
States Senator will no doubt be given
bv the Democratic minority to Senator
Price. but it will probably not be a
unanimous vote. Senator William Har-
Der. Of Mt. Vernon, stands out against
the Senator and will probably vote toe