Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-26
NEWS SU MMAKY.
PENNSYLvAMIA GRAND ARMY
OF REPUBLIC.
Fatal Results Of Railroad Acct.
-COnseeratlnx . Bishop
Tho Small POx Spread-A
humber Of Accidents, ~.
eidents. Crimes anF
Casuaiities.

The sixteenth annual session OF tn9
Pennsylvania Grand army of the reput'
lie was begun yesterday at Williams
port. About three hundred delegates
were present. The reports of the de-
partment officers we're favorable. John
M. .Vanderslice, Of Philadelphia, was
elected Grand Commander. In the
evening q camp fire was held at which
j. o. Parker, delivered an address oil
welcome, General Wagner responding.
Rev. DR.. Courtlandt Whitehead was
yesterday constituted Protestant Epis-
cepal Bishop Of Western Pennsylvania.
The ceremony took place in Trinity
Church, Pittsburg, and was witnessed
by large congregation. Bishop Ste
yens was the Constcrator, and Bishops
Arthen and Scarborough, the present
ers.
Edmund Burke, q prominent lawyer
and politician CT New Hampshire, died
yesterday at New Port, in that State,
aged 73 years He was a Represehta-
tive In Congress from 1889 to 1915; was
Commissioner of Patents under PreSi.
dent Polk, and had for many years
been editor of the Washington Union.
A conference was held yesterday a.
Albany bet Il een the Tammany and
Regular Democratic Assemblymen in
reference to the deadlock which pre-
vents the election of a Speaker. Sab
sequently another Intellectual ballot
was taken in the House, which then ad-
journed until noon to-day.
The County Attorney at Chicago will
this week submit printed briet for
the rehearing of the case in which the
Supreme Court of Illinois decided
against the constitutionality Of the Pro-
bate Court OF Cook county. 1t is ex-
pected the rehearing will take place in
March.
The U. s. Grand Jury at Trenton ad.
journed yesterday until the 7th Of
February. It's understood that indict.
menus were found against Baldwin,
Cashier of the First National Bank Of
Newark, and Mutchbank, one of its
clerks.
At special IT Getting of the Western
Iron Association in Plttsbarg yester.
day, the present card rates were re-
affirmed. A resolution was adopted
favoring the speedy passage of the Nc
Kinley Tariff bill now before Congress
The one-fourth interest OF j. W. Pit
toch, deceased, in the Pittsburg Even
ing and Sunday Leader was sold al
auction yesterday, for S45,500. Il
was purchased by the surviving part
ners.
JIM. Reeder, ticket and freight age
of the Lehigh Valley railroad in Axis
town, was arrested on Tuesday e
for embeszling $4,000 from the c,sss mixSS io1S.
He says he lost the money in ~ sI.Sy s
policy"
Over 800 persons, including somuY1
most prominent citizens of PittsDa.
and Allegheny city, have signed cali
for an Anti Mormon meeting In Pitts
burg, to be held to-day.
The. President yesterday ordered thu
removal of United States Marshal Del
of Western Arkansas. 1t is thought
Thomas Bowles will be appointed hi!
successor.
Ia the Senate of Virginia, yesterday
the Ridd leberger debt bill came up a.
special order, and was ra3sed by vot'
of 23 to Is.
John Finnegan, aged % years, sal
down to rest on dock at South An
boy on Tuesday night; fell asleep, an'
was frozen to death.
An unknown man was found froze,
to death at the foot of haystack in tn
Salt meadows, near Elizabeth, New
Jersey, on Tuesday.
The steamer Valley City, from Tamp'
for Pensacola, foundered in gale 40 mite
from Pensacola, on Sunday last. n
lives were lost.
The special election to fill the vacanc.
in the New York Senate caused by Mr.
Wagner's death will be held on the 2Stl
of February.
The Delaware and Hudson Coal Go
yesterday ordered its mines to work Of
full time.