The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

A COMMITTEE of prominent New
York Republicans have arranged fora grand
mass-meeting to indorse President Hayes's
Administration and to take measures in re-
gard to the recent action of the Republican
State Convention.
CARDINAL SEsTO RIARIO SFORZA is
dead. He was 81 years old, and was created
Cardinal in 1916.
FREDERICK A. SAWYER, ex-Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, Frank w. Brooks,
Philip d. Roddy, ard others, charged with
conspiracy to defraud the Government
S57,6l3, have been tried before a Washing
ton court and found guilty. An appeal will
be taken.
WILLIAM c. GILMAN, a New York
broker of high business and social standing,
has committed forgeries of insurance scrip
and bank stock and secured loans thereon TO
the amount of over 100000. Upon the for
geries being detected he fed the city.
WIN. r. COOPER, stock operator of
San Francisco, has disappeared suddenly
after having committed frauds to the
amount Of 1900. Cooper is a sOn-in-law
of Defrees, formerly Government Printer,
and was once sent to the Moyamensing Pris-
on, Philadelphia, for forgeries committed
while an employee in the Navy Department.
ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY, of Baltimore,
died at Newark, n. J., on the Sd. James
4 Roosevelt Bayley was born in New York
| Aug. %, 1914; first took orders in the Pro-
1 testant Episcopal Church, but in 1912 was
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was the author Of several theological works.
FRED. r. GoODRIDGE, confidential
! clerk Of the Commissioner OF Patents, has
( been detected in forging the pay-accounts
4 Of his fellow-clerk and is now in prison
! He is a young man, respectfully connected,
and formerly lived in Chicago. He charges
! his downfall to association with dissolute
woman, which is the more to his discredit
inasmuch as he has fair young wife and a
little child.
MADAME TERESA TITJENs, the noted
singer, died suddenly in London on the Sd.
DIR. SAMUEL A. MUD, who set John
Wilkes Booths leg and was sent to the Dry
TOrtugas, has been nominated by the Dem
ocrats for the Legislature of Maryland.
GEN. LEW WALLACE has preferred a
claim for S125,O00 against the Mexican Gov
eminent for services rendered during the
reign Of MaXimillian.
Col. II. b. WRIGHT, Congressman
from the Luzernc District, Pennsylvania, has
got 5000 names to petition for bill author
izing the Governmental take charge of mi
grafton to the West, giving each man farm
and lending him 500 on the mortgage of it
wherewith TO set up.
THE Social Democrats of Wisconsin
have nominated Col. Campbell, of Milwau'
kee, for Governor. The platform is similar
to that of the Workingmen's party in Other
States. This makes five State tickets in tn,
field in Wisconsin.
GEN. A. l.. PEARSON, who command
ed the militia that fired upon the Pittsburs
rioters, has been arrested on a charge Of
murder and held to bail in the sum of $IO,-
600.
THE Washington National Republican
has been revived, under the management OF
Mr.. Clapp, formerly Public Printer. Il
promises hearty support to the Admins
tration Of President Hayes.
REV. 7. Z. BAIRD, ex-Secretary OF
} the Presbyterian Board of Publication, I'M
I der indictment at Richmond, Va, charged
, with embezzling funds of the Board some
months ago, has returned from Canada
where he has been since that time, and sur.
rendered to the authorities. He states h,
had no knowledge of the indictment unit
quite recently.