Daily Republican., 1882-10-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
REPUBLICAN, NOMINATTOM n S.
RAILROAD PROGRESS.OT
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

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The Railway Age, of Chicago, re-
ports that during September 1909 miles
OF main railway track were constructed
IN the United States, making a total for
the nine months of the present year Of
8O75 miles. The estima ated construction
for the year is 1O,50O miles, ian amount
1ar greater than ever before built in
one season." The largest amount of
track constructed during last month,
lj4 miles. was in Iowa. The construcS
tion in Pennsylvania was 81 miles
Grorgia, 81; California, SO; Colorado,
81; Texas, 81, and New York, II.
The International Revenue Bureau
mas 6Oen informed of the destruction
Of the Illicit distillery Of W. T. Ford,
in Pickett county, Tennessee, near the
kentucky line, consisting of copper
still and worm of so gallons capacity,
thirty mash tubs and 1000 gallons of
pomaCe Also the destruction of the
Illicit distillery of William Donal SON,
IN Fentress county, kentucky, having
capacity of 100 gallons, with 700
gallons, CT pomace and 60 gallons Of
brandy. The owners of the stills
escaped into Kentucky.
While the "Veiled Prophets" parade
was passing down Washington avenue
in st. Louis, on Tuesday night, a
section of seats, about twenty feet high,
erected between Twelfth aud Thir-
teenth streets, tumbled down. They
had been built to hold 800 persons, but
about twice that number, men, women
and children, were crowded upon
them. A nHmber of persons were in
jured, seven or eight severely, three Of
them having legs broken.
A. D. Cornell, editor of q newspaper
called the Hawkeye, in Russell county,
Kansas, has been arrested on the charge
of making fGtitiC us bids for star con-
tracts on three mail routes in Texas,
under the name of "E. G. Liscom."
The fraud was discovered after the con-
tract had been made and forwarded,
Cornell and his sureties will be held to
appear before the Grand Jury at Leav-
enworth on the 10th instant.
The Republicans of the First Con-
gressional District of Illinois yesterday
nominated r. W. Dunham, President
of the Chicago Board Of Trade, to sue
ceed William Aldrich, the present Con-
gresham. The nomination was q
surprise, as it was Conceded on all
hands," before the meeting of the Con.
ventiOn, that Aldrich "had a walk
over"
Samuel Hull was murderously as
saulted and robbed of SIG by John
jackson, near Jackson, Ohio, on Satur.
day last. Hull was reported to be re-
ported to be dying at last accounts.
jackson, who is only "a years of age,
mas been captured and confessed that
she wanted the money to give toa
woman"
A peace committee" appointed by
the Republican State Committee of
Wisconsin to settle the Keyes-H
dispute in the Third Congressional DIS
trict has succeeded in getting both con-
testants to promise to withdraw. 1t is
thought Ex-Governor Fairehild will be
nominated in their place
In Montreal, yesterday, Rev. James
Roy, a Congregational minister, was
excused from revealing in Court con-
hdential conversation bstween himself
and a member of his church, Judge
j cite stating that the law Of Quebec
allowed ministers this privilege of se-
crecy.
The prisoner Westgate, who confess
ed that he murdered Lord Frederick
Cavendish, is not to be sent to Eng land,
The authorities in Jamaica have been
instructed "to do with him AZ they
deem best.
The State election in Georgia was
held yesterday. The election OF Alex
ander H. Stephens for Governor was
conceded by all parties, and the returns
indicate that his majority is nearly 49,
900, in a very light vote.
The wife of William M. Hannah, a
we'll known business man, of Norfolk,
Virginia, committed suicide on Tuesday
evening by jumping from steamer off
Point Lookout. She had been despond-
ent for some time.
The body of Conrad Bottenweiser, has
heen found in mill dam at Werners-
vile, Berks county, Penn. 1t is be-
lieved he committed suicide because Of
embarrassment.
A train on the Ulster and Delaware
Railroad, in New York, struck car
riage, near Roxbury, yesterday morn
ing, killing lady named Foote and
severely iniuriDg two other persons.
The Republican Congressional Con-
vention of the Fifth District of North
Carolina yesterday endorsed Colonel
j. H. Winston, the candidate of the
Independents and greenbackers.
Julia Garetsky was shot dead by
Rudolph KreCk, eight years of age,
near Norwood Park, Illinois, on Tues
day, because she persisted in drawing
water from his fathers well.
Isaac E. Robinson, an employe of the
Reading Hardware Works, in Reading,
was caugLt in the betting yesterday
and KILLED.
William W. Rice WAS unanimously
for Congressman, yester-
day, by the Republicans Of the Tenth
District.
Ex.Secretary Blaine's illness is at
trlbuted to malaria. Mr.. Blain arriv-
cd at his home in Augusta, Maine, last
evening, in a special car.
The Vermont Legislature met yes
terday, James L. Martin was elected
Speaker of the House for third term.
Fitty-fve new cases OF yellow fever
al three deaths were reported at PEN
sacola yesterday.
There was severe frost at Ports
New Hampshire, yesterday