New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-18

party Of colored excursionists from Bryan
County and colored people belonging at Nc
1ntosh. It began in fight between two me-
groes, whereupon the Captain Of negro
militia company from Bryan County, . part Of
the excursionists, ordered his company to
charge, which they did, bayoneting everybody
within reach. The Captain himself killed one
man by running him through with his sword.
The Liberty County negroes rallied and drove
the military company into the cars, and
opened fire on them, killing four and wound
ing several others, only stopping the shooting
when the cars got out of reach. All the par.
ties engaged were negroes.
The lower house Of Congress passed,
on the 9th, the Legislative and Executive APP
preparation bill as reported from the Commit
tee on Appropriations, by avote Of 1888 yeas to
n nays. All political legislation had been de-
tached from the bill. All the votes against it
were from the Democrats who opposed its
passage upon the ground that an important
Appropriation bin should not pass under a
suspension of the rules.
EDWARD PARR, found guilty of MUIR
dering his daughter by Philadelphia jury on
the 9Th, was brought up to be sentenced on
the 9th. Just after the sentence was pro-
nounced by the presiding Judge, he fell to the
floor in commissions, and it then transpired
that he had taken dose of strychnine, the
bottle falling from his hands as he lay prone
in the prisoners dock. Physicians were
called and the usual antidotes given, but all
proved unavailing, and he died next day.
GEORGE w. CH1LDs, of Philadelphia,
has received letter from General Grant,
written at Singapore on the 5th of April, say
ing that he will reach San Francisco on or
about the 25th of July.
The Republican State Convention to
nominate candidate for State Treasurer has
been called to meet at Harrisburg, Pa, on the
23d of July.
THE yeas and nays in the United
States Senate on the 10th, on the motion to
take up the resolution discharging the Com
mittee on Finance from the further consider
alton Of the Warner Silver bill, and declaring
said bill before the Senate for action, were as
follows:
Yeas-Bailey, Beck Call, Coke, Davis tl]l.),
Garland, Harris, Hereford, Hill 1Ga), Houston,
7sgse SoorSss Stsf
lace-W. If
-; NaysaaAllison, Booth, Burnside, Cameron
Ese1 f Gleo%s H jones' RfT s
Kellogg, Kirkwood, Lamar, Logan, MCPHERSON,
Morrill,, Platt. Rollins, Saunders 20.
MegSrs Go p% D. Williams Jones INev}, Hamp-
ingalls,, Mcdonald, Withers, Morgan and Johns
ton, who would have voted yea, we're paired with
dmnn as%n Bf aa s %sy Rus dPfaS%
MILAN, Cameron Pa.) and Teller, who would
have voted no. Of the members of the Finance
Committee. Messrs. Bayard and Herman re;
voorhees, and Beck voted yea, and Mesars. Nor
rill. Ferry and Allison voted nav.
ACoNGREss of prominent humanlta-
rians met in Chicago on the 10th, as the
"Sixth Annual Conference of National Char
ities." A large number of distinguished per-
sons were present, including Governors of
several of the States. The following were
elected officers Of the Conferences: President,
General r. Brinkerhoff, of Ohio; Secretaries,
Charles s. Hoyt, of New York; F. B. Sanborn,
of Massachusetts; A. G. Bgers, of Ohio; j. L.
Illinois; Henry w. Lord, Of Michigan; T. D.
Kanouse, of Wisconsin.
The Iowa State Republican Conven-
ton met at Des Moines ON the 18th. Ex-Sen~
ator Harlan presided, and the present State
officers were renominated. The platform de-
nounces the attempt of the Democrats in
Congress to repeal the Federal Election laws,
and commends the vetoes of the President to
defeat the attempt; approves the financial
policy of the Republican party; deprecates
further financial legislation; opposes the free
~ c31v nj: ,+ol
tariff for revenue; demands economy in the
imposition of taxes and in public expendi-
lures; reaffirms the position of the party in
the State in respect to temperance and pro-
hibition; etc., etc. -5.
DURING a thunderstorm on the morn
ing of the 18th, lightning struck the pump
house of the Atlantic Refining Company in
the southern part of Philadelphia, and set the
works on fire. The flames soon communicated
to the adjoining warehouses in which was
large quantity of crude and refined oil, and an
immense sea of flame soon spread out for
great distance along the river front. Five
ships were set on fire and destroyed, and sew
eral buildings and 10000 barrels Of oil were
burned, involving total loss of about ST..
100000. -
MRS. JANE HULL, wife of DR.. A. j.
Hull, was found dead in her bed in New York
City on the morning of the 18th. Her hands
and feet were tied, she was blindfolded and a
gag was in her mouth. Her trunk was ritled
of its contents and several articles of jewelry
had been taken, including rings torn from her
ears and stripped from her fingers. An en-
trance was effected through the front door.
JOHN LAMB, convicted of killing
Chicago policeman aud sentenced to be hung
therefor, was granted a supersedeas by the
Illinois Supreme Court on the 18th.
ANNOUNCEMENT was made in WASH
ington on the 18th that the Treasury Depart
ment would thereafter I'LL orders for tho
standard silver dollars as low as $500.
A TERRIFIC storm of rain, wind and
hail visited portions of New Jersey on the
18th. At Bordentown and Trenton trees
were uprooted, roofs carried away aud several
buildings blown down.
In response to a fire alarm at Chi
cago little after midnight on the morning of
the 14th, hose cart coming from the north
side of the river undertook to cross State
street bridge. The draw was open and the
cart end two men upon it plunged into the
dark river. One man and the horse were
drowned.
The fire at Point Breeze, near Phila-
delphia, broke out again on the morning Of
the 18th, and before it could besubdued prop
erty worth $4,000 was destroyed.
A CAUCUS of the Democratic men,
bers of the Senate was held in Washington on
the 18th, in response to call Issued at the
Instance of the friends of the Warner Silver
bill, and designed to effect some arrange
ments, If possible, for action upon that meas
ure. Senator Bayard rendered his resigna-
ton as Chairman Of the Finance Committee,
on account Of remarks made in caucus and
elsewhere, by some of his colleagues, to the
effect that the committee should be reorgan-
lied to accord with the views Of the majority
OF the party on the Silver question. After a
lengthy discussion, it was decided to refer the
whole subject, including Mr.. Bayard's prof.