Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-06
GENERAL NEWS.
The Remains of the Siamese Twins on
the way to Philadelphia for Med
ical lExaminatiOn-Ken
Items.
English Election Returns-Several RI
OTIS In Different LOealities-Races
at Savannah, Ga.-Defalca-
tiOns In New York.
Fearful Loss Of Life by Fires Yesterday;
Seven at Evansville, Ind; Three
at Bangor, Me-; and One at
Titusville, Penn.
Murderer Lynched in IllinOis-Latest
By Mail from Cuba-Attempt at
Gurder in San Francisco
Etc.. ETC., Etc.

Etc., ETC.. Etc.
A Man. Wife and Child Perish In "a
Burning Building
BANGOR, Me, February 5.-Tbe
house house. Of ,, Isaac Wharf, at GuldSord was
| and boy were burned to death.
/ Burned TO Death.
TIrUsvILLE, Pa, February 5.-The
| residence of James King near Tidoute in
this state, was destroyed by fire this evening.
| 10 escape, and perished in the flames.
The Stamese Twins Remains.
New YORK, February 5.-A Rich
mond dispatch says the bodies of the Siamese
Twins are now on their way to philadelphia,
| in charge of the medical commissioners re-
! Gently sent from that city. Their widows
made the autopsy conditional that the re-
mains OF their late husbands should not be
/ unnecessarily mutilated.
Attempted Murder-The Sun-ChronfcIe
| Affair.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 5.-A
miner from Rocho, John O'Malley, attempted
/ to murder j. b. Callavior, eX-president Of the
| board of stock brokers, this evening, because
| Call1avior would not pay him debt of seven
| teen hundred dollars He fired two Shots
without effect and was arrested.
Raphaly and Fitzgerald of the Evening Sun,
for libel Of DeYoung OF the Chronicle, are still
in jail.
SAVANNAH, February 5.-The spring meet
ing Of the Savannah jockey club commenced
to-day with an unusually large attendance.
First race-Hurdle-race of two miles, over
eight hurdles, was won by Revenge, beating
Limestone only by a athroat-latch, with Lawlor
only length behind. Second race-Ten Broeck
/ stakes, one mile for three year olds, was won
by Flower Girl; time, :5312 Third race-Two
mile heats, was won by Bessie Lee in two
straight heats, Jim Hinton second, Flreball
distanced; time, 1864; ;5914.
Murderer Lynched.
CAIRO, ILL, February 5.-Yesterday
afternoon Sheriff Irwin started for Carbondale
with Charles Wyatt the negro who murdered
Mrs Ryan, but learning that crowd was coll
lecting at Carbondale with the intention OF
lynching his prisoner, Mr.. Irwin left the cars
below Carbondale with him and walked across |
the country, eight miles, to Murfressboro, the |
county,seat OF Jackson county; This evening
crowd of four or five hundred men went TO
the jail at Murfreesboro, took foTeible possess
sion Q: the prisoner, and hung him. Wyatt
confessed ms guilt before death.
Kentucky Items.
LOUISVILLE, February 5.-A man |
named Taylor, in Monroe county, Kentucky, |
Jail awaiting requisition from the governor |
OF Tennessee, was taken out of jail Friday |
night by body OF armed men. It is not |
known as yet whether the men intended to |
lynch Taylor or set him at liberty.
John Otto, German, sixty-four years old, |
committed suicide in Bowling Green, Ken |
lucky, last Monday. Otto formerly lived in |
SalIlornla, where ne was immensely wealthy, |
but at the time of his death he was very desti- |
tute.
DefauIters ::
NEW YORK, February 5.-Edwin K, |
Winship, the alleged delaulting bankrupt |
vino lett New York about the fifteenth of last |
November, owing, it was said, about four |
hundred thousand dollars, has returned upon |
the consideration that his creditors will allow |
him to settle up his affairs and liquidate his /
liabilities as far as he is able
The dissolution of the cotton firm of Thomas |
Perkins & Co. is said 10 have been owing to |
the alleged fact that their five clerks had been |
specializing for two years, making good their |
Losses M he Rrr1 arndT aIal
lonRer to conceal their defalcations, the clerks |
made clear breast OF their transactions, and a |
dissolution OF the 1rm became necessary.
Cuban News.
New YORK, February 5.-A private |
letter from Havana says that affairs at Trini- |
dad are regarded exceptional, and not at |
all indicative of general uprising of the ne |
groes and the burning of plantations. The |
opinion prevails that the insurgents will soon /
be able TO cross the old TrOcha in compare
tive force. Heretofore they have been able |
occasionally to cross in small parties. should |
they succeed In doing so in large numbers the |
burning of plantations is inevitable. A Sc. |
cret organization is thought to exist, with |
ramtncations extending to all parts of the |
island, the object of which is 10 give moral |
and material support to the insurgents, who, |
If successful in their opera lions in the central |
and eastern departments, will endeavor to |
pass into the Nillos district. 1t is conceded |
that the Spaniards are Just now in a tight |
! place, and need men and money to carry on |
the war. The want OF both is apparent, and |
is telling severely against the Spaniards.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 5.-Inves-
tigation into the charges of corruption in con- |
nection with the recent senatorial election, |
commenced in Sacramento last night. NJ. T. !
Boruck, OF this city, and editor of the Spirit of
the Times, sporting journal, appeared as |
counsel. Boruck testified that ]. C.. Carter, |
assemblyman from Yuba county, told him he |
had been offered two thousand dollars by |
Shsfter to vote for Booth Assemblyman |
Northrup bad been reported as saying he had |
4 been offered money to vote for Booth. He de- |
MED this under oath, but said drunken man |
named Thomas Hughes told him he could |
| have three thousand dollars if he would not |
! vote for Farley. ASsemblyman +. Swift testi- !
fed that Booth expressed himself strongly |
against any kind of gift or bribe, or promise |
| than compromise himself or friends in any /
! manner whatever. The investigation will be |
resumed tonight.
seven Persons Burned to Death.
| EVANSVILLE, February Sat three |
! o'clock this morning, fire was discovered is |
/ suing from the grocery of Chris Mehr, at the |
/ corner of Heidelback avenue and John street, |
/ and in few minutes the building was envel- |
I oped in flames. The inmates of the house |
! were Mehr, his wife, six children, his father |
/ in-law, and a bar-keeper named George. or |
/ these, only the father-in-law of Mr.. Mehr and |
| two children escaped from the flames When |
/ the press reporter reached the ground, Mr.. |
/ Mehr was standing on the sidewalk weeping, |
and relating that he was awakened by the |
smoke and heard Chris. calling the bar-keep- |
| er, who could not be awakened. Mrs Mehr, |
! he said, had rushed out of the house with two |
/ children, whom she dropped, and returned to |
| the house. but never came out again. AS soon /
I as possible search was made for the bodies |
] and ali the missing ones were found. Mehr, |
/ when found, had the youngest child clasped |
in his arms. Their remains were eharred,
1 as were the others. Chris. WUnderlich, a de- |
tective of this city, was in the second story Of
/ the building at the time, and called to Mehr |
! to come out. Mehr answered "Yes;" but not |
! appearing, he was called again, without CIV !
/ ing any response.
English Election Returns.
/ LONDON, February 5.-Twenty-three |
| conservatives and fifteen liberals were elect |
! four constituencies. fhe conservatives gained |
! one seat each in Cricklade, Norwich, East |
! Sussex, North Staffordshire and stoke-on- !
Trent, and two seats in IpWich. The liberals |
! gained a seat in Bolton. Home-rule candi- |
! dates have been returned from Dungaroon |
! been reelected in Derby, and Holmes in |
! Hackney. The election of the latter viii, |
! without any doubt, be declared null. The |
/ O'Donahue was elected at Tralee by a |
/ majority of three over home ruler, The |
/ liberals carried Dudley by majority of nine |
hundred and sixty-eight, Elections were held |
I in the metropolitan districts to-day. No re-
/ suits yet announced. The count of the votes |
/ cannot be completed until late tomorrow. |
/ RiotiDg was general Yesterday in the pottery |
districts of Staffopdshire. At Hanly there /
! was a desperate fight; one man was killed (
! and many persons severely wounded. Among |
/ the injured are several special constables and
4 policemen. AT Tunstall the authorities closed /
/ ballot boxes, which were recaptured by |
/ the police, SIMILAR scenes were enacted at |
| LoDgdon ana BurSleInS. The mayor OF VOL |
yerhamton and the magistrates of Southstaf- /
| fordsbire telegrapbed late yesterday after |
noon for military aid, asking for the imme- |
diate dispatch OF all available troops in Ire !
/ land. The feeling runs high between /
clerical and nationalist parties, especially in I
I Limerick county. A fight occurred yesterday /
between the supporters of the rival candidates |
1 in Askerton, in which firearms we're used and |
three men killed.
LATEST.
LONDON, February 6.-Messrs. Ash
| bury and Shute, conservatives, have been
! elected at Brighton, which was represented
| in Paret by Fawcett and White, ad-
yauced liberals. Fawcett yesterday stood
| at the bottom of the poll. The \
boiling in Manchester yesterday result ]
| ed ia election Of two conservatives and one
| liberal Sir Thomas Bozley member Of the
| iast parliament, Jacob Bright Wood at the
| bottom of the poll, and the conservatives
srainnd ono saaf. and the liberAla gain a saaf in