Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-07

DESPERATE hTFEAT HrTwFES A FATHER Aso

A
Nkw York, AyrIl Robert Mailer. voan,
man an W h.iamsoufC. maddrnoi with rum. at
tmp'ed 70 khl his father yesterday. when tire
latter nearly dubbed HIM IL death In slll-Ge-
fence.
TUE EvANrElrcAl ALLIANCE.
sue tNe,ntife committee 81 the Evangelical
Alliance, have decided 20 bold several pr~limi-
nary meeting hfre, preparatory 90 a several
conference in October. fhe fr~t va he,5 lat
evening at the sOetb Reformed Church, srh
avenue.
was r,port,d mrch better lat evening, thoagh
callers were denied seeing him.
THE KILLING OF TRE nVRGLAI
az Newton saturday morning, vii, II Is
thought, give a clcw 70 formidable gang "a
thieves, who have been committing depreda-
tons on Long Island.
THE BR"oSLYN CAs NES GOING To STRIKE.
IL i said the brooklyn gas men " IN also strike
for the eight hour system.
fhE WV YORK PAST CoNFEEESCE
mas appointed committee 20 make arrangN-
ine nts IN concurrence with committees IN ofi.
sectloils 81 The cou airy Tor the proper celebra-
, ,, 81 Vie hGndr,ath anniversary OF the q. q
Mettodist conference I'M 4 america
PREfERRkD rEATH To HARD woPr
Two OF the Italians taken from ward' Is'a,,l
TO supply the places OF the men who left ne
wof h OF the New York gas company Saturi.y
preferrcd death % that hind Of industry a.,.i
drowned themselves. Others clamored - -,
returned 10 the Island TO await less exhaus-in g
emf 10Y ment
STRIKER ARRESTED.
Andrew CasCp. a striker. assaulted Robert
Bloom as the later was going home frtfn ;he
gas works last evening. Casey Was proin.,ily
arrested.
Tx INSURANCE INVESTIGATION.
Az the inveStigat ON by the legislative con-
miiiee to-day. OF the Mutual lite Insurance
company's affairs. Mr. Mccullough t-.f.-a,l
that the sonof Pie ident Winston took cut three
policies Of the company, which he subs a-nt.v
surrendered on receiving fun surrend va,ue
therefor. In ls66 be died, when the raliel-s
were rec iVed and an establishmsn- n,Ii-v
issued for $1,000. He gave other instances 81
simi'a ar character, ami also that wins;or. &c
president. had rs salary increased from
sl,eeo 10 81 600 per year, and his bonus amount
Ell 10 about -. ,l6l more. Money wa 1850 iial
certain parties including Benjamin n tnnirre
ana w. A. Bailey "fOr legal seryicss." Some
OF the trustees WHO are lawyers m tis large
sums in examining titles, &c. NJ. M-t'ul-
Tough IN contii n ttion testified he has M ale
charges publicly against the COMPANY iu Boz
ton and Baltimore. The charges wct. s.uat. -
20 those made by English, which Ia 10 his
arrest. Recess.
THE ERIE INVESTIGATION
At the legislative inquiry into the Tr's raj
way affairs to-day a letter was read n "a john
Williamson and Frederick =. Gran . =. a.
clerks, promising 90 show, III the d. = were
produced, that the company's stata5aenf nt
freight and passenger earnings was Cisssly ex-
aggerated. After the reading OF the ter. ths,
clerks were called and testified that " ale they
could point out specific Inaccuracies. On the ah-
sence of the books they were satisfied ne re-
turns OF agents were cooked" that 4 -. teal
might be declared, as the earnings of a. T.ta
Ia lsl2 were not as large as In Isl