Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-13
The Next Arkansas Legislature
The Billiard Tournament
at ChicagO-SchOOner
Sunk.
The Ohio Falls Car Company
Horrible Murder and Sui
cide-Latest from
China and Japan.
The Great Four lille Race-The
Spragues-AnOther Battle
in Spain-The MasOns
of Tennessee,
Etc, Etc.
Masonic Grand Omcers Elected.

Masonic Grand Officers Elected.
Special to the Appeal
| NASHVILLE, November l2.-The fol-
lowing grand officers were elected to-
day: James D. Richardson, G. NJ, OF
Murfreesboro; John T. Irion, D. G. M,
of Mansfield; Chas. Nj. Carroll, Senior G.
w, of Memphis; J.W. Fletcher, Junior
G. W., of Knoxville; John McClelland,
G. T., of Nashville; John Frizzell, G. s.
| Associated Press Dispatches.l
Death Of Hon. \. n. Mallory.
NEW ORLEANS, November 12.-The
| Mobile Register announces the death at
Pensacola, Sunday, of Hon. s. S. NAL
lOry.
Suspended.
PTTTsBURG, November 12.-Melton &
Sons banking-house, and the Mechan.
ics' savings bank, of this city, suspend
ed to-day.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, November H.
Jno. Boyle, stabbed by Geo. Russell in
a sailors boarding house yesterday, died
last night. Russell was arrested.
Preparing 10 Depart.
MADRID, November ia dispatch
from Cartagena says the insurgent feet
is making preparations to leave the har-
Dor, and hopes to escape the vigilance OF
the government squadron.
Rate Of Exchange.
LONDON, November 12.-The commit
tee of the stock exchange have adopted
a resolution that four shillings of British
money per American dollar shall be the
rate of exchange after the third of No
vember.
boutwell, i'm Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, November u. - Hon.
George S. Boutwell, lectured here to-
night, on the treasury department civil
service reform and finances, to small
but select audience of representative
men.
Another Battle Reported.
BAYoNNE, November I2.-It is re-
ported that another battle has taken
place between the Carlists and the re-
publicans, again resulting in q great
victory for the former. The republicans
are said to have lost thirteen hundred
men, and the Carlists two hundred.
The Eext Arkansas Legislature.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, November H.
From the best information obtainable of
the special election held on the fourth,
for members of the Legislature, that
body will stand as follows: Senate
Republicans fifteen; Democrats eleven.
House - Republicans twenty-seven
Democrats fifty-five.
The SPraRues.
AUGUSTA, Me-, November l2.-The
Coburn land company, incorporated by
the last legislature with a capital not to
exceed two million five hundred thou
sand dollars, and in which the Spragues
of Rhode Island are largely interested,
has been transferred to the management
of Ira D. Sturgess and H. A. Dewitt, OF
this city.
Schooner snnk-An AppOintee Under
President VanBuren Resigned.
MILWAUKEE, November I2.-The
schooner Challenge sunk last night
while making this harbOr. One of the
crew was lost.
Judge A. G. Miller, of the United
States district court of Wisconsin, who
was appointed by President VanBuren
in 1888, has resigned.
Railroad in bankruptcy.
LOUISVILLE, November 12.-Papers
are now being prepared to put the Louis
vile, New Albany and st. Louis rail-
road into bankruptcy at the instance of
banks here which have loaned money
to that company. The Indebtedness OF
the company is quite small, nine hun
dred thousand dollars of the cOmpany's
first mortgage bonds being as collateral,
was sold to the amount of four hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
A meeting of the stockholders is called
for the twenty-fifth instant.
The billiard Tournament.
CHICAGO, November 12.-The billiard
tournament was suspended day and
tonight, as the hall where it was being
held was previously engaged for other
purposes for this evening Tomorrow
afternoon Slosson and Bessunger and
J. Dion and Maurice Daley play. To-
morrow evening, J. Dion and G.. Dion,
and Ubassy and Snyder are matched.
Oftwelve games already played, Ubassy
GARNER, J. Dion, and &. Dion have each
won one and lost none, and Maurice
Daley has won two and lost none, while
Snyder, Bessunger, and Slosson have
each played and lost two.
hhSntHHtOM NeNSs
WASHINGTON, November 12.-The
secretary of the interior has affirmed the
decision of the commissioner of the gen.
eral land office in the case of the private
land claim OF John I. Perry and others,
rejecting the owning of the O'Hara
claim, covering several hundred acres
of land in the vicinity of st. Louis,
Ex-senator Wade and other counsels,
made an argument before the secretary
of the interior to-day, for re-hearing OF
the case of the Northern Pacific railroad
company, against the st. Paul and Pa
cific railroad company, heretofore deci-
ded in favor Of the latter. 1t involves q
title to a large tract of land brought into
controversy by the overlapping of land
grants.
Murdered His Amaueed and Killed
Himself.
ST. LOUIS, November 12.-The EUe7a-
ing Dispatch has a special from Califor-
MA, Missouri, which says that Henry
Roe shot and killed Mollie Wallin near
Bellair, Cooper county, last Friday, and
then blew his own brains out. Roe was
engaged TO Miss Wallin, but her parents
had refused consent to their marriage.
Roe attempted suicide the day previous,
Dut was picNSuteu ny lutufDclS Oi HE
family. Next day he went to the house
of his affiaDced and committed the deed
related above. A note found On his per-
son stated that he could not live without
the girl, and he thought it best to kill
her as welr as himself so that they could
be together in the other world.
Arizona Topics.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 12.-The
following was received from Arizona
vid San Diego: General Pandover has
srrived at Prescott, and the communica.
ton by telegraph is complete to Youma
and Marecabs. Captain Brown, of the
fifth cavalry, has just returned from
scouting into the Basin country after
the Indians, who are still on the war
path. He killed forty-six Indians on
the scout. General Crooke is on an in
specting tour to the camp of the Apache
reservation. The Indians are generally
quiet. A new wagon road from Phenix
to Prescott and Laverdi, one hundred
miles in length, is just completed. The
trial of Harris, mate of the Sunrise, fol
cruelty to sailors on that ship, was COM
menced to-day in the United States
circuit court before jury. There are
one hundred and nine distinct charges
against him.
The Great Four.Miie Raee-Mining Ex,
efgement
SAN FRANCISCO, November 12.-Pool.
selling for the great four-mile race Sat
urday commenced tonight at the Lick
house, in the presence of a great crowd
of sporting men. Thad Stevens was the
favOrite. Pools sold as follows: Ste,
vens, fifty; Joe Daniels, thirty; True
Blue, twenty.thnse; Hubbard, fifteeu,
Dispatches froFp Victoria aay the