Daily Republican., 1882-06-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
CKOOKEDNEss IN A LEGisLATOp
LADIES WHO ATTEND LAND
LEAGUE MEEGlNGS,

ticable. DR.. Stapf, of the St. Gothard
work, is one Of them. He has recently
announced himself in accord with Herr
Helms, Swiss engineer, In pronounc.
ing the work one Of immense difficulty
since in one part 1t would need to be
carried through formation of anhy.
drous gypsum, which, on exposure tc
the air, expands beyond control. Herr
Helms says, in addition, the minimum
temperature Of the galleries would be
S6 deg. Fahrenheit.
Albert Sanders, a page of the New
York Assembly, charges that James j.
Costello, who was the Tammany candi-
date for Speaker, drew his salary,
amounting to S5S, and offered him onl y
81 for his service. A warrant was
issued yesterday afternoon for Costello 8
arrest, but he had left for New York.
Louis Shaver, another boy who "held
a sineuure pageship from Costello, !"
mouey, but received none.
The House Naval Committee yester-
day decided to report favorably reso-
luton recently offered by Mr.. Finley,
Of Florida, directing the Committee ito
inquire into and report upon the prac-
ticability and expediency of construct.
ing iron or steel ocean steamers for COM
mercial purposes, upon such models
and of such strength that they may be
readily converted into efficient ships of
war when needed for such purposes.
Bishop Gilmore, of Cleveland, has
written pastoral, TO be read in all the
churches of his diocese tomorrow, ex-
communicating all Catholic women
who shall hereafter attend meetings of
the Ladies Land League or become
mem bers thereof. The bishop says the
organization is calculated to make
brawling politicians of women and that
membership therein is Incompatible
with womanly modesty.
The Rhode Island Legislature yester-
day took recess until the 18th instant,
when it will reassemble to elect a
United States Senator. Before adjourn
ing the Legislature passed an act pro-
viding for the incorporation of various
electric light companies, but author
izing the City and Town Councils to
order down the wires and poles after a
formal notice Of thirty days.
Two men, who went in boat into the
fl coded drift of the Alta Mice, at Vir-
ginia City, yesterday morning. lost
their lives. Subsequently, man nam
ed Pike, by wearing a helmet, penetra-
ted to the end of the drift, and found
the seven imprisoned miners alive and
uninjured. They were sitting in the
"cooling-otf house."
G. Ii. Reed, counsel for G uiteau, yes
terday presented a petition to the SUI
preme Court of the District of Columbia
in general term, askinga a rehearing of
the assassin's case. The application
is based on technical grounds. Judge
Carter said decision would be render.
ed as soon as the Judges could consult,
PROBABLY next morning.
Ten of the smaller elephants of Bar.
mum s circus escaped yesterday morn
ing while being driven 80 the show
grounds in Meridian, Conn. They were
pursu ed for several hours and captured
about five miles from the place of es-
cape, after having done much damage
to trees, fences aud other property.
A fire in Quebec, last night, destroyed
the Grand Trunk Railway Station and
sheds, the Dominion, Ontario and Gu e.
bee immigration sheds and offices, and
several railway cars, and nearly de.
stroyed Benoit's Hotel. The loss is es-
timated at 100000,
The Mexican Executive has publish.
ed decree, to take effect on the 1st of
November rext, abolishing the export
duties on gold and silver coin, bars and
ore, and increasing the import duties
on all foreign goods two per cent.
The opening argument for the Gov
ernme1it in the Star Route cases was
begun yesterday by Mr.. Bliss in the
Criminal Court at Washington. Before
he had concluded the Court adjourned
until Monday.
At Detroit, yesterday, Recorder
Swift, after an examination of the law
prohibiting the selling of pools, fined
several persons who had been convicted
of the offence. The matter, it is said,
will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Locke and f. Kinnecke were ar
rested in Baltimore on Thursday night,
and upon them was found eight hundred
dollars in counterfeit coin and notes.
They were held yesterday in default Of
$40 900 bail.
The examination of the cadets at
West Point has begun. Yesterday the
first class was examined in Spanish,
the second in philosophy, and the fourth
in English studies.
Commodore Terry, of the U. S. Navy,
died yesterday In Colorado of consump-
ton. He was cousin Of Major General
Terry, and, during the late war, served
gallantly under Farragut.
1t is said that the strict enforcement
of the ordinance against gambling in
St. Louis is causing the gamblers of that
city to flock to Chicago and open hells
there.
About 800 of the striking boiler
makers in New York and Brooklyn re-
turned to work yesterday, the employ.
ers having granted the advance.
Three cars were wrecked and over
thirty passengers inj ured but none
fatally, by broken rail, near Fred.
ericksville, Iowa, on Thursday.
There is no material change in the
labor situation at Pittsburg or Chicago.
The lockout at Milwaukee begins to-
day.
Amos T. Haight, 80 years Of age, q
butcher, for making and passing coun.
terteit ten cent pieces. He confessed his
guilt.
The city laborers of New York have
appointed o committee to ask the
authorities to increase their wages to ~
perday.
There were white frosts in Wisconsin
on the 1st of June Thursday, but no
damage was done to vegetation.
A Mean Act.
A few nights ago some scoundrel
stnla a runndan hand from the barber