Daily Republican., 1882-05-16
NEWS SUNNI MARY.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH FRAUDU.
LENT EXPENSES UNCONsTUTU-
TIONAL-GENERALITEMs.

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Robert Kilworth, of Dayton, Ohio,
aled suddenly on the steamer Abyssin-
ian whlle she was quarautined at New
YORK on the 18th inst. The relatives
were notified that Ktlworth's effects
mad De"n taken by his nephew" and
the body reached Dayton Yesterday :,
1t is now said that Kilworth, who was
returning from England after establish
ing ms claim to u property worth $25,-
oo0, mad no nephew with him, and that
his body shows marks of violence, An
Investigation will be made.
Stillwell H. Russell, u. S. Marshal
for Western Texas, was arrested YES.
terday in Washington and held in $4,000
bail on the charge of presenting fraud
uIent expense accounts in connection
with the transportation of nine prison.
ers from San Antonio, Texas, to Ches.
ter, illinois. 1t is alleged that he
travelled on free railroad passes and
charged for full fare, and also charged
Tor guards never employed.
The Holy See has ratified the request
Tor division of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Detroit. A new Episcopal
see has been erected for Grand Rapids,
winch will have jurisdiction over all
the western or Lake Michigan side of
the lower peninsula of Michigan. The
new BISHOP is not yet named.
The supreme Court of Missouri has
declared the present N otary law of that
state unconstitutional. The law, which
was passed In the spring of 1881, limits
the number of notaries in St. Louis to
100, and legislated the then existing
n0tarles out of office.
Nine leading Independent Democrats
OF Georgia met yesterday in Atlanta,
and issued an address to the people of
that State, indefinitely postponing the
mass convention called for June 1st.
and urging the party to support A. II.
Stephens for Governor.
A freight train on the Pennsylvania
railroad separated near Chickies on Sun
day, and the sections colliding, two cars
were demolished and several others
damaged. The tracks were blocked for
several hours.
' The Senate of Tennessee yesterday
passed bill to fund the State debt at
6Oc. on the dollar at 3, 4, 5 and 6 per
cent. interest. The vote stood IA to IL,
IL is thought the bill will pass the
House.
The election in Cumberland, Mary
land, yesterday, resulted in the choice
OF Democratic Mayor and Clerk. The
Council will stand : Democrats to 3 Re-
publicans.
A large number of team hands in the
tanneries at Chicago struck yesterday
morning for higher wages. The en-
ployers say they will not grant any ad-
vance.
William Quinn and James Doyle,
young men, were arrested In Rochester
yesterday for exploding dynamite in an
ice wagon. No motive is assigned for
their act.
Laadslides, caused by the heavy
rains. occurred yesterday morning on
the Erie Railroad, at Carr's Rock and
Stockport, delaying travel for several
hours.
Albert Thatburn, aged l3 years, and
George Miller, aged I, sons of we'll
known residents of Jersey City. were
drowned yesterday by the upsetting of
a row-boat.
The latest reports of the condition of
Senator Hill, of Georgia. say that, al
though apparently improving slowly,
there are grave doubts as to his ultimate
re cOvery.
The Tariff Commission bill was
signed by the President yesterday. The
appointments under the act will be
considered in the Cabinet meeting
to day.
Captain William Kelley, of the tug
boat James Kelley, of Chester, was
drowned yesterday, at the Rope Ferry
Bridge, at the mouth of the Schuy kill
river. He was 45 years of age.
The President yesterday nominated
William A. Maury, of the district of
Columbia, to be Assistant Attorney
General of the United States.
A telegram from Minneapolis reports
Bishop Foss slightly better yesterday
but still in critical condi-
tion.
The Stea mship Pliny, ashore on Deal
Beach, is fast going TO pieces. The
beach is strewn with coffee from the
wreck.
About half the village of Danville,
Quebec, comprising about forty houses
Ind stores, has been entirely destroyed
~ fire.
The puddlers of the Fishback Mills,
n Pottsville, struck yesterday for an
'dvance of 80 cents per ton, $50 men
re idle.
Nearly 1000 immigrants, two-thirds of
hem German, were landed early yes
ay morning at Castle Garden New
,ork.
Sanford Coyler has been arrested in
indianapolis for making counterfeit
ve-cent pieces.
Eight persons were drowned by the
apsizing of sailing boat on Lake
alumet, at Pullman, Illinois, Sunday
vening.