Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-16
NEWS SUN MARY.
BY PENT UP
STEAM.
Ssrg cant Mason wants No Pardon
from u Guitcau President Be
sSvslent Bee u uests-TObsccO
Mon In COu ncii-A Caucus
declares ag gsisst Keduc.
ON OF Whiskey Tax.

j. G. Bigelow, the counsel for Sergeant
Mason, yesterday applied to Judge
Wylie, of the Criminal Court, In Wash
ington, for writ of habeas corpus for
his client. The Judge refused the writ,
but subsequently allowed Mr.. Bigelow
to withdraw the papers, for the purpose
OF renewing the application to the Court
in banC today, In the meantime Mason
has been sent in irens to the Albany
Penitentiary. Mason has written al in
sOlent letter, IN whiCh he says: 81
must say th AT do not want to be par
doned by no GDlIteau President"
A convention of the tobacco manu-
facturers Of tho United States began its
sessions in Washington last night, Geo.
W. Helme, of New York, presiding.
The object of the gathering, as stated
by the chairman, " is to decide whether
they should c0.0Uerate with or antago.
nize the free Leaf men in their fight
before Congre :" T Il. Spence of Gin
cinnati, was elected Wee President j.
W. Woodside, of Philadelphia, Secre-
tary, and Charles Seider, of New York,
Treasurer.
Goodwin Brothers last factory, in
Lynn, Massa chusetts, was demolished
yesterday morning by the explosion of
boiler. John Moore, the engineer,
was killed, and four others were Sc.
riously injured. The explosion fortu-
nately occurred before most of the men
employed in the factory had gone to
work. The adjoining buildings had
gone to work. The adjoining build
ings had their windows shattered ard
were otherwise damaged by the shock.
The Executive Committee of the
knights Of Labor in the Cumberland
coal district was in session at Frost
burg, Maryland, on Tuesday and yes
trrday, framing answer to the coal
companies notice of a reduction of
wages. Nothing of its contents il yet
made public.
At Scranton yesterday Professor j.
L Hawker, Superintendent of Schools,
was awarded $1,000 damages in a suit
brought by him against Morris Gold
smith prominent merchani tor sign
ing a libellous petition III the State
Superintendent Of Schools
A Michigan boy ate bar Of soap,
drank lot Of soda water and went to
bed to cnre his cold. The doctor had a
hard time to pull him through, but the
boy now says the next time he catches
a cold he will use DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup.
AT large meeting of the Trades As
semby of san Francisco on Tuesday
evening resolutions were adopted sym
pathizing with the strikers at Omaha,
AMI strongly CenSuring the action OF
the civil authorities in invoking mill
tary aid.
About 100 cases Of smallpox existed
in South Bathlehem, Pa, yesterday,
new cases having developed in twenty
one families since Tuesday. No cases
are known to exist in Bethlehem prop
or.
The stove manufacturers of Troy, n.
y, have refused to grant an increase
Of wages dem tnded ny the Moulder's
Union, and strike i% expected among
stove toundries there.
The tOwDoat Etla burst her boiler
near Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
yesterday morning, killing the fireman
and severely injuring the captain and
several others. She then burned to the
waters edge.
Judge John A. Meredith died last
night in Richmond, Va, aged 62 years
At the time of his death he was
President of the Richmond Board of
\ ldermen.
DR.. James T, Champliu, ex-P President
of the Colby University, died yesterday
in Portland, Maine, in the list year of
his age.
Rev. A. H. Estey, Baptist minister
at Cambridge, New York, dropped
dead on Tuesday evening, at school
meeting.
The "defalcatiOn" of James T. Beet, |
engineer clerk in the Lighthouse de-
partment at San Francisco, is already
known to be upwards of 500, ,0O0.
Judge Blatchford, Of New York, has
notified the President Of his acceptance
Of the Associate Justiceship OF the
Supreme Court of the United States.
1t was reported in New York yesterl
lay that Collector Robinson was to Ne
superseded by Stephen b. FruncA at
present Police Commissioner
IL wasrumored in Washington, last
night, that w. A. Cook, SPECIAL attor, |
ney tor the United States M the Star
Route cases. had resigned
G.. T. Stewart, chairr1an of the Ma
tional prohibition CouEinittee, has sum-
moned National Convention to meet
IN Chicago on the ga of August next.
Ralstou, McQNaide & Co., bankers
If Fairview, MAR PittsburG, suspended
yesterday. Their liabilities are esti-
mated at S2SO, 600; assets unknown.
Forty,four new cases of small. .pox
Ind onR death were ref orted in Pit N
1urg Vast week, seZos-
W. J. D4yett, of pencaaer W.T.
.Vvertises for sale 400 posts aEretndred,
ot of clover seed. DId also a
Mrs. wsIIAequiucd%
The inquest in the cs>1"t the eInqu-st.
Wall, the New York/Ase OF George Parry
70 Utrecht, l.. N: lawyer who was shot at
n tn. I'd ln,tap!, by his wife and who died
al in New YElt, at the Presbyterian Hospt.
lumber e,e6rk, was held on Tuesday. A
pem ~ witnesses were examined, among
iop 6einx Mrs Wall, who repeated her pre-
!, KS statement and declared her limo cence,
'he Jury were out only few minutes when {
hey returned a verdict OF accidental shooting c
rom earelessly handling a pistol. Mrs. Wall
'as taken back to Raymond Street jail. c
'rooklyn, and further action will lie with the t
Jugs county authorities. u
Delaware Conference.
Rev. Ed wa ri W;lli,u, ..--, o.