The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle stats..

Eastern and Middle States.
The New York assembly unanimously passed
resolutions denouncing the assassination of
Lord Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke.
The Boston 1rishmen offered reward Of So. 900
for the apprehension Of the assassins. The
presidents of the Irish land league OF New York
and the Parnel land league sent cable mes
sage to Mr.. Gladstone, through Mr.. Parnell
repudiating the 'covert and atrocous assassina-
tion" and declaring their belief that 1t was the
work of enemies of Ireland.
FRANK B. AMEs, sea captain, about fifty
years old, aud his wife were found dead in
their room in o New York boarding house.
Captain Ames had evidently shot his wife and
then killed himself. There was no apparent
trouble between the two, but the captain had
been sick for some time.
MARIE KoNIa, German woman, forty-six
years OF age, living in Boston, murdered her
boy Auguste, FIVE years old, by cutting his
throat with case knife. She then cut the
throat Of her daughter Mary, aged thirteen, but
not fatally. Her son Alfred was also cut in
dozen places, and Emil, boy Of seventeen,
was wounded neither Of them fatally. Mrs.
Konig then attempted to commit suicide by
cutting her left leg below the knee. She is
undoubtedly insane.
AT the Pennsylvania Republican convention
held in Harrisburg the following ticket was
nominated: For governor, James A. Beaver;
for lieutenant-governor, William T.. Davies;
for secretary Of internal affairs, John M. Greer;
for Judge Of the supreme court, William Henry
Rawle; for congressman at large, Thomas N.
Marshall. The convention adopted platform
which condemns the use OF patronage to pro-
mote personal political ends and compulsory
assessments for political purposes, and declares
against the removal OF competent and faithful
officers. The platform further recommends
the adoption OF certain permanent rules for
the holding OF State conventions
and the conduct OF the party, and declares
that 1t is the duty Of the Federal government to
keep faith toward the aborigines, and to adopt
policy looking to the education OF Indian
children and to comforting citizenship upon
eelf-supporting Indians The resolutions de-
plore the loss Of General Garfield and approve
President Arthur's administration as wise, con.
ciliatory and efficient. Governor Hoyt's ad.
ministration of State affairs is also approved.
Mr.. AND Mrs. SCov1LLE, who had been having
considerable trouble in New York through the
efforts of the former to prevent his wife from
lecturing, met in Chicago and had reconcil-
iation.
In his annual address before the conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Zion church at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Bishop Moore declared
that the colored Methodist Episcopal church
had membership of three millions scattered
in nearly every State and Territory Canada,
Liberia and the West India islands. There are
twenty-five annual conferences, presided over
by six bishops, church property to the
amount of 10000 900, and recently estab-
Eshed institution of learning in North Carolina.
THE Dauphin county pa court has dissolved
ffty-eight mutual assessment insurance COM
panies, which were lately proceeded against by
the attorney-general at the instance Of the in
surance commissioner Of the State. The num-
Der which the insurance commissioner alleges
have been found doing business in violation Of
their chartered privileges is 213, and against
all these proceedings have been instituted, with
a view to their dissolution.
GREAT damage has been done TO shipping
and other property by heavy storm along the
southern New Jersey coast.
MASS meeting in New York, presided over
by Mayor Grace and addressed by prominent
Irishmen. passed resolutions coudemning the
recent assassinatious in Dublin but declaring
they were caused by English misrule in
Ireland.
EDWARD HIxoy & Co., Boston furniture
dealers, have failed for sl25,000
An old man in New York died the other day
from the effects of bite inflicted bya cat.
THREE white men and two negroes were pub
lcly whipped, for various crimes, at the New
Castle Del.) Jail.
THOMAS MCCABE a sixteen-year-old boy,
shot and MORALLY wounded his stepmother,
aged sixty-fve, in New York, and then robbed
her as che lay helpless on the floor of her room.
The young scoundrel was caught and locked
up.
The British steamship Plny from Brazil for
New York, stranded near Long Branch, n. j.
during heavy storm. All the passengers and
crew reached land through the efforts of the
crew Of a life-saving station. The Pliny was
an iron vessel valued at 5000, 200, and had a
cargo Of 10000 bags OF coffee, worth about
sS25,O00, and 500 bundles Of hides. She will
,be total loss