Daily Republican., 1881-06-15
WIRE FLASHES.
SCRAPS GATHERED FROM THE
MORNING EXCHANGES.
Judge Lynch Nt Work in Arkan
sRs-The s!VicfOria" Inquest.
The Chinaman and tn es.Mef.
can" "Wife-GriscOm' = fast

The Coroner's inquest in the Victoria
disaster at London, Ontario, resulted
ON Monday in verdict declaring that
''the capSizing of the boat was due to
water in the hold that the boiler was
not securely fastened, and the supports
OF the promenade and hurricane decks
were not properly braced, and of too
slender nature also condemning the
engineer, captain and Government In
spector for not reporting the above de-
fect5. AT the close of the inquest
Captain Rankin and Manager George
Parish we're arrested on information
OF Postmaster Jones, of London West,
for manslaughter, and released on bail
On Monday night an armed mob of
twenty-five men took possession of the
Jail at Dover, Pope county, Arkansas,
and lynched Emory, who, with James
Ioungblood, fploniously assaulted and
murdered his betrothed, Mary Z. Tay-
lor, in Franklin county, nearly year
ago. Emory had been sentenced to be
hanged for this horrible crime, but the
Governor, on the recommendation Of
the JUICES of the Supreme Court, of
whom a new trial was asked, commuted
his sentence to q years Imprisonment.
l0ungbloOd, the other murderer, also
received the executive ClemenCy, and
Is now serving term Of Imprisonment
The case Of the Chinaman and the
white woman who married each other
in Colorado and were indicted therefor
in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory was
decided yesterday by Chief Justice
Sever, of the Territorial Court. He
held that the marriage, being legal in
Colorado was also legal in Wyoming,
under the statute, and ordered the de-
tendentS TO be discharged, A curious
result Of the marriage is the social
Ostracism OF the husband, Lee Chin, by
his own COuntrymen, who says he has
disgraced himself by marrying a white
woman.
Yesterday noon, at the end of his
seventeenth day Of fasting, John Girls
com weighed l72l4 pounds, a loss Of q
of a pound during twenty-follr hours.
His pulse was GA, respiration Is, and
temperature 9S 2-:J. 1t is said that his
face thus Iar produced little alteration
in his appearance, and in conversation
bis voice is full and his actions anima-
ted.
Additional particulars of the disas-
trouS stogpls in Minnesota, Iowa, Kan
saS, and Northwestern Missouri, are
published elsewhere. Many names Of
persons killed and injured are given,
and i; is reported from st. Joseph that
over 60 lives have been lost in North
western Missouri; but this may be an
XageeratiOn.
Smith Brothers planning mill and sash
factory, at Sheboygan, Michigan, was
burned on Sunday, with several other
buildings, and !, 800, 900 feet of lumber
Less $6O,00O. A fire at the Asbestos
Mines, in Thetford township, Quebec,
ca Monday, destroyed 32 laborerS'
dwellings, two saw mills and large
quantity of lumber,
A telegram from Dallas, Texas, re-
ports that ''a man was shot and killed
/ in shooting Scrape at church at Hut
string, Ellis county, on Sunday" Frank
Chancellor was fatally shot at Telico,
Texas, the same day, in an atfray with
two young men named Splawn and
another named dghteSy.
Mr.. Knapp, the present chief clerk of
| the PoSt-Otfice Department, will retire
on account of i'll health, and be succeed
ed on the 1st ofJuly by j. II. Van Wor-
mrr the private secretary Of Postmas-
ter General James.
An extensive cave being threatened
| in a portion of the Diamond Mines,
mt Wilksbarre, Charles Parrish x Co.,
the operators, yesterday issued orders
lorbidding any employees to enter the
| mine until further notice,
I Mrs. NJ. NJ. Gi,lett, law student,
was Yesterday appointed by the PreSi-
dent to be a notary public for the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1t is the
hrst time a woman has received such
an appointment from the President
A ballast train, on the Credit Valley
Railroad, was thrown from the track by
broken wheel, at Milton, Ontario,
yesterday. One man was killed, and
three Others were injured.
Two young men, named Estes and
Globe, were drowned at Dallas, Texas,
on Monday. Estes got beyond his
depth while bathing, and Globe perish
ed in trying to rescue the sinking man.
A boat, containing five young men
was carried over dam in the Iowa
River, at Marshallton, Iowa, yesterday
and two oft them named Samuel 5. Jones
and Dell kribbs, were drowned.
Martvile, Connecticut, on Monday
night, Miss Jennie Parker, aged 70
wears, died from swallowing by mistake
Il throat linamcnt containing cyanide
of potash.
Mrs. CressweIl, her two children, and
her brother were killed by the collision
of wagon with railroad train at Ray
mond, illinois, on Monday night.
Secretary Blaine, it is said, will leave
WASHINGTON next week for protracted
fishing tour on the coast OF Maine, Tor
the benefit of his health.
The city Of Quebec was full of smoke
Yesterday from brush fires on the sague
nay river.
Incorrectly Reported.