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TEN PAGES. THE NEWS THIS MORNING. Foreign.-The Judges of the Parnell Commission fined Edward Harrington, M. P., £500 for contempt of court. The story of a woman in Whitechapel, who said she had been attacked by a man in her lodgings, caused great excitement: The Parnellthe police discredit the story. ites are dissatisfied with the attitude of the Liboral leaders toward the Ashbourne Extension bill; they want more vigorous hostility shown the measure. Many callers at Windsor Castle congratulated Empress Frederick upon her birthPolly Bredin, who married Frederick day. Barber, the Niagara Falls suicide, was arraigned in court in Toronto on a charge of bigamy. Domestic.-General Harrison decided to appoint There E. W. Holford his private secretary. were three new cases of yellow fever and two deaths at Jacksonville. Charles T. Parsons, of Northampton, Mass., was arrested at Holyoke for chaining to his wagon a Polish laborer who worked for him. Democrats are still trying to count out enough Republicans to secure a majority in the next House. The Home The Savings Bank of Norfolk suspended. General Assembly of the Knights of Labor agreed to have an investigation by committee of the The National headquarters in Philadelphia. Episcopal Church Congress in Buffalo discussed the relations of colleges to the church. City and Suburban.-Benjamin S. Church, chief engineer of the Aqueduct, resigned; his resignation was accepted and Alphonse Fteley appointed to succeed him; other important changes made by the Commissioners. The baseball delegates in convention admitted Cleveland, Ohio, to the League in Detroit's place. City Chamberlain Ivins testified in the suit brought against him by Mrs. Stone to recover $2,000, said to have been A contest over obtained by false pretences. Successful Christopher Meyer's will begun. amateur athletic games at Madison Square Garden. Dr. Sands was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mayor Hewitt sent in the names of the new The Fraternal ConSchool Commissioners. Stocks depressed gress completed its labors. by renewal of gold exports and ** washed" transactions, closing at the lowest figures. The Weather.-Indications for to-day: Fair and slightly warmer. Temperature yesterday . Highest, 33 degrees; lowest, 24; average, 29.
