The Washington bee., 1896-02-29
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strike in twelve large cities.
Eleven houses in Harris street. Pa!
timore, were burned Saturday.
The Republicans carried Philadelphs =
for City Solicitor by nearly $4,000.
Burglars Wednesday night robbed /;
bank at McLouth, Kan, Of $3.50.
Mrs. Cieveland is sale to nav. told &
friend that she weighs 1876 bounds.
Buffalo has a water famine caused
by the clogging Of the Inlet by ice.
An incendiary fire caused 4 loss 81
$4,000 at the Brighton (Mass) abattoir
Mrs. Clara Shortridge F'oltz. Of Cali
fornia, was admitted to the New York
bar
Cubans released twenty-f :nr prison
ers from the Jaruco jail and tre!.
burned it
John Delaney. of Avon, an Erie Rail
road fireman, was killed by an engine
at Corning.
William Chase was convicted at New
port, Vt. Of the murder by poison OF
John Holloway.
The long-delayed British steamer
Oceanic has arrived at Boston. Her
shaft was broken.
Weyler has been in Cuba two weeks
and the insurgents are doing more
damage than ever
Robert Maten, colored, was frozeh
stiff in the street at Hartford, Conn.
He was intoxicated.
The body of Theodore Runyon, late
Ambassador to Germany, arrived on
the steamship Havel.
Elbridge T. Gerry was sued for $780,
600 by his daughters maid servant,
who alleges false arrest.
Maude Joslin sued Lloyd Phoenix. a
New York club man, for $1,000 dam
ages for false Imprisonment.
Armenians were threatened with
death by the Sultans commissioners
sent to inquire into massacres.
Governor Matthews. of indianapolis,
says he will not accept second place on
the Democratic Presidential ticket
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, will
oe a candidate for the United States
Senate to succeed Senator Gordon.
Prominent New York citizens organ
iZe a movement for the establishment
Of board of international arbitration.
Edgar Willis Nye, better known as
Bill Nye, the noted humorist, die1
1T his home near ASheville, n. G., 01
paralysis.
F. de Ia Tour Booth-Tucker and his
wife have been appointed to succeed
Faliinston Booth and his wife in COM
mand of the Salvation Army in Amer
lea.
Bertie Spencer eleven years old, con-
fesses to having set several of the in
cendiary fires which have kept the
cambridge, Mass, firemen busy the
raSt month.
Senator Morgan deciarpd in the SEN
ate that while war with Spain Wouid
follow the recognition of the Cuban in
surgents as belligerents the United
States should extend recognition.
Capt. Concas's slander5 of Amcricars g.
for which Spain's Premier demanded
an apology, illustrates the misinforma-
ton in that country which may lead
TO popular demonstration there
against US.
Ex-Congressman NJ. D. Harter. of
Ohio, committed suicide at F'ostora. 0.
There was not thing so far as can
be learned to prompt suicide. 1t is
said that Mr.. Harter carried 100000
life insurance.
Ballington Booth, commander of the
Salvation Army, and his wife refus
to obey the orders to relinQuish com
mand and were threatened with court
martial in New York city. They have
disappeared, and no one knows wher>
they are. Herbert Booth has offered g
reward for any information.
Prof Perrines comet is advancing
toward the earth at the prodiSiGus
pace of 10000 miles a day, and may
unless it changes its course, hit the
earth some time during Saturday
March ID. Prof. Lenscheur, of thc
State University of California, has just
completed his calculations of the orbit
Of the new comet, which was discov
cred by Prof. Perrine, Of the Lick OBJ
servatory. a few days ago, which cal
culations convince him Uenscheur)
that the comet will take a new cours@
on March l and sheer away from the
earth.