Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
GOTHAM.
NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE
UNDERWRITERS
DEATH OF JOHN HARPER.
TEN YEARS FOR A BANK THIEF.
SINKING OF THE STEAMER
SrONINGTON.
THE BLACkMAILER'S TEST
MONY CONCLUDED.
LEBRATING CERVANTES'
ANNIVERSARY.
GOTHAM.
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
A FEARFUL TRAGEDY AT CUBA.

NEW YORK. April 22-Noon-A dis
patch to the Sun from Washington
81, that the Supreme Court will adj
iourn on the Sd day of May. A!thoug'i
there has been no formal conference
or vote on the Louisiana case, which
irvo yes the constitutiOnality of the
Enforcement acts, there is good reason
to believe that this tribunal, by most
decided mai ority, will sustain tue de-
cision of Justice Bradley IN the Court
below and declare all of the Legislation
to be void and without any constitu
tionality or warrant. The opinion vii
De reserved until the meeting of the
Court next Fall.
cures to the State oue-fifth of the
gross amount received by the Com
pany from passenger travel on the
Washington branch road Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Company. Before thf
counsel OF the Company advised that
this tax was unconstitutional, the
Company had paid iuto the Stat
Treasury on account OF the tax more
! han So. 900, 900. and has paid i'll DIV
dends to the State, as stockhoider II,
| the branch road and as a stakeholder
| III the main road more than So, uoG, O0o
Secretary Delano will Certainly re
gn.
Sir Edward Thornton has one Hmm
| bred cases referred to HIM as Ump'rr
of the Mexican Commission, and Will
not reach the test case. deciding the
esponslbility of sackipg Bagdad at
the mouth Of the Rio Granda, very
| soon.
NEW YORK April 22-Night-The
Stonjrgton, of the Boston line, sunk
| NH IL
| There were forty workmen on DO III,
ali IF whom escaped. She went down
IN II heavy swell IN five minutes
The Ninth Annual Convention OF
the NationaI Board of FIRE Uud-r
writ-r met here to day. Fifty Com
pauies were repr' scented. The pro
c-edings were preliminary
Specie shipments, 1856, 900
Beechers testimony was conc uded
to-day Half dozen witnesses were
examined regarding the general
morals and wiies of the black mailer.
NEW YORK, April % -NooE-Tht.
National Board OF Fire Underwriters
have resolved to continue to chargr
taxes t. policy owners where It is
! found nee assary. The Executive G. M
mittee are empowered to otfec rewards
for the arrest of incendiares Whether
the local authorities did SO or not
John Harper, ST., partner OF t.
firm of HARPER Bros, is de ad, aged -
Cha~. c. Lewis, me mber of tn
| suspended finn os Webster, Lewis q
Co., aid whose tsmiiy /, at Akin,
shot himself and died at the Windsor
House yesterday, in consequence Of
his 4 fficnlties.
The cashier of the Hoboken Saw
ings Bank has been convicted of steal.
ing the banks money. and sci fenced
by various courts, aggregatiug ten
years.
The resignation of Go W Cass,
President of the Northern Pacific
Raj road, has been acepted.
The National Fire Underwriters
elected the following Executive Com
mittee: st phen Crowell, d A. Head
J. W. Murray, Chas. Piatt, A. G.
| Baker, d. r. Smith, B Lockwood,
!. 3. Hall, Geo, z. Cram, Geo L.
CHASE, Henry Kellogg.
NEW YORK. April "a Noon-The
I spanish residents of this city to-day
commemorated ibe 259th anniversary
of the death of Ceuvantes, author OF
Don Quixote.
Force a. Sons linseed oil facto>v
has been burned. Loss $40, OOG.
NV YoRK, April 24-Nig ht-The
B-echer trial will be adjourned one
week to enable the COUNSEL to prepare
their stories.
a caterer has been fnund who viii
swear that Mr.. and Mrs Beecher were
served by him on the alibi day. Fl.
made uote of it.
The specie shipments to-day were
over 81 900, 900.
CUBA. Y. Y. April "a Noon A
! young Irishmau named Jam. Laff,r-
~. being refused by an eighteen year
old daughter of George Lanney, living
near Rockville. A'l-ghany county.
drew his revolver and shot her in TIL
head. Her mother airing the report of
the pistol, rushed III the room, when Lsf-
ferty shot her In the right temp pie and
then placed the pistol To- his head aud
fired, blowing off the whole side ofhis
head. The women will recover He