, 1881-11-04
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH TO DATE.

10TH nave nominated State Senator Astol
for congress.
The republican caucus of the Wisconsin,
legislature nominated Secretary Window
for senator on the second ballot.
The Hawaiian brig Pomare, from Homo.
lulu, reports that the island of Maui, one
OF the Hawaiian group, was visited by q
heavy earthquake Sept. 30th.
At the Sandown park club autumn
meeting, the race for Cambridgeshire trial
plate was won by Lorillard's Passaic, Kate
Riley second, Mar third. Six ran.
A cattle train coming south on the c.
b. & q. K. r was wrecked near Creston
Iowa. Twelve cars were ditched but no
one severely injured. Some cattle were
killed.
a Prescott dispatch says Deputy Sheriff
| Bryant was killed while in discharge of
his duty, by desperate named Miller.
The murderer escaped. A large force is
IN search of him.
kilograms are being received from re-
publicans of Louisiana protesting against
the retention of Secretary Hunt in the
cabinet, as Louisiana republicans urge
Longstreet for the cabinet.
Sardug, a bandit. is said to have killed
a Spanish captain and nine privates He
also pIllaged and partly burned two viii
| lages and threatened to burn all the cane
fields if not bought off.
A north bound freight train on the ST.
Louis, Hannibal & keokuk Railroad was
ditched near Mckune's mill station on the
18th. complete. wreck was made ofthe
train but no one was injured.
The banking house OF Thos. Branch &
Co., of Richmond, bought over 81 900, 900
IN confederate bonds in two days and are
still buying. Smaller dealers are doing
quite lively business in the same bonds.
Randolph Disbrow Of the New Jersey
battalion had both hands blown off Y
the premature discharge of a cannon at
the Yorktown celebration. Both arms
Were amputated. The governor of New
jersey says Disbrow will be pensioned.
Major Jordan, commanding at Fort Mis-.
soula, reports that three Flathead Indians
were killed near that post by citizens.
| Chief Charlo demands the surrender of
the murderers, and has sent runners to
Jacko agency for aid i'll enforcing his call.
A meeting of stockholders of the Utah
! & Northern railway was held in Omaha
Oct. 10Th. The following directors were
elected: Sidney Dillon. S. III. H. Clark,
Thos. l.. Kimball, j. w. Garnett, A. j.
| Poppleton, Samuel Ward and Geo. w. Ir.
win.
Congressman j. C. We'll, of Missouri,
has left his wife, whom he married while
| she was a dashing young widow several
| months ago SInes marriage aha haa he.
come so much more dashing that he was
unable to live with her. He viii ask for
a divorce.
! With the Garfield administration John
A. Kasson was first choice for speaker of
| the house. The work OF Guiteau bas
brought Frank Hiscock nearer the front
George M. RobesOn is making an active
canvass. and will at least become the
leader of the republican side.
The Sun saws editorally: The monop-
olies are getting deep root in the senate
of new men. Camden represents the
Standard Oil Company, Miller of Califor-
| MIA the Fur Seal corporation, Miller of
New York wood pulp, Wilson is attorney
for the Union Pacific railroad, and will
serve that interest faithfully
The n. Y. Post, referring TO Vanderbilt's
| boundless power in settling railroad war
and making the money market stringent,
says: Whoever knows his Intentions has
KEY TO stock speculations. There is
| report that the st. Louis & San Francisco
road has offered the Atchison, Topeka &
| Santa Fe company S5,O00.000 in cash for its
/ tlIIf interest Ill the alldllttC ~ iCluC H.
| r. Co., and the offer has been declined.
| None of the bonds of the A. & Z. are for
! sale
1t is believed the president will make
an appointment before adjournment Of
the senate of superintendent of coast
and geodetic survey to succeed the late
| Capt. Carlisle Patterson. Several names
| of very prominent scientists have been
mentioned in connection with the ap-
! p0intment and several have been strongly
urged upon the secretary of the treasury
| and the president. The most prominent,
perhaps, is Prof. Julius E. Hilgard. Gen.
| Cyrus B. Comstock, lieutenant.colonel of
the corps of engineers, u. S. A., is an ap-
plicant for the position and is strongi"
urged, as is also Prof Silas Newcome the
mathematician.
The residence of n. Jelleitch, one mile
from jackson, Cal, was destroyed by fire
Il o'clock this morning. All the inmates
consisting of Jelletch, his wife and two
children, a girl 3wo years old and an in
fant son six months old, persisted. Jelie-
itch's remains were found with the infant
within foot of the kitchen door lie
had apparently suffocated whilst trying
to escape with his infant In his arms.
The bodies of his wife and eldest child
were found close together by bedroom
window. The bodies We're burned TO a
cinder Four men were sleeping within
a few wards, but could do nothing for the
inmates. The fire is believed to De aeci-
dental.
, Scoville, Guiteau's counsel, is causing
some excitement in political circles be-
cause Of an avOwed intention to make the
most of the political aspects of the case
He.is reported as saying yesterday there
is more of politics i'll the case than mos
people imagine. l intend everything
connected with the crime shall be devel-
oped, and if should have Il staiwart to
help me he might antagoniZe this case
If it is necessary, | shall not hesitate te
bring out the connection OF Conkilng with
the inception of the crime. The stalwar,
chasm was responsible for the matter
etc, and the responsibility of the crime
shall be placed where it belongs, if | Sc
cure that result. The opinion Is very
general here Judge Cox will 6eride he
had no jurisdiction. Robert I. Myrick
who will urgue this point for Scoviile, i:
quite sure there is no jurisdiction, anc
SAYS the circuit court of the district ha'
decided in thay way in two similar Gases
Myrick also remarked he could not SET
how Judge Cox, as it has been stated he
intended to do, could have the question o
jurisdiction disposed of before the trial o
tba case commenced. For, said he, the