The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-11-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Capital Topics--Crimes and Casualties.
Personal and Political.

10 Wilde. lmElmateS that Wilde Bad a good deal
toexplain before his management OF the lantic
could be satisfactory TO the Navy Department
Secretary Lincoln hardly went further in his
letter to General Hazen, in which be annouil-
ces that he had ordered court OF inquiry into
Iisgriingl0nis conduct. 1t is asserted ia naval
circles that the reason Chandler did bot order
q court Of inquiry can be inferred when II Is
known that he had in his desk al the time The
Nantic Was ordered TO escort the Pr0teas re-
port that showed That the condition Of the
Nantic's boilers was such as SO demand imme
date repairs. Notwithstanding that. Secretary
Chandler ordered tie Nantie to make the Yoy-
age. court OF inquiry could not 1ail 20 bring
out this
The commissioners appointed by President
Arthur under the anti-p8lTEamy act of last
wear have submitted their second animal re-
port. They review the laws passed for the sup
preston OF polygaIny and the results accom-
plished By recent legislation, the most import
ant being the disfranohisenent OF persons Nv
ing In ralVzaTaic relations. They believe this
provision OF the law VIII be influential in work
ing out the object aimed at They repeat the
Suggestions made last year with reference 70
further LEGISLATION and recommend that tic
marriage ceremony IN the Territory be required
10 be performed pGbiicly, and to be made mat
Ter of record
General Shernaa's annual report Ct the con-
slition Of the army states that there are ?, l43
.,iIi,crs and % 335 enlisted men n the service.
A full record OF the work Of The past year IS
given and recommendations made TO increase
the efficiency Of the service One proposition
is TO increase the strength Of infantry regl-
lnents to twelve companies. tour CON- panies OF
which to constitute skeleton battalions, to re
used as a nucleus for rapid recruiting Ia case OF
emergency.
The annual report OF the Pavnnaster-Genera
Of the army for the last fiscal year shows that
the receipts amounted to @l5, 80, and the
disbursements to SI3, $50 I64. The number Of
deposits made by enlisted men under the act Of
May. 1872, during the past year was 1902,
amounting TO s407,535, making Up to the pres
e1r time ST 30 z5 to the credit of this account.
Interest Is allowed on the minimum deposit
Of $.
The War Department issued al order, on the
3lst ult directing the appointment OF a court
Of inquiry t. investigate The organization and
fitting ont Of the Greedy relief expedition and
the general conduct Of the expedition. The
Secretary Of War, in communication TO the
chief OF the signal service, comments with some
severity upon Lieutenant Garliagton's conduct
OF the expedition.
The report Of the Surgeon General savs that
the number of cases OF sickness among the
Nhite soldiers during the wear was g .697,
which Is 1t the rate Of .S92 per 900 Of mean
strength Two hundred and fourteen white
troops died. and 573 were discharged for disa-
bilitv Twenty-six coiored soldiers died, and
lol were discharged for disability.
A rot occurred among Hungarian Iaborers on
razlread near Gihralter, Pa, on the I'd inst.
owing to the refuction Of wages from sI.5D 10
81 - per DAY. The shanties Of the laboreTs
who continued 10 work were torn down and
Sc sous fght ensned. 1he rioters we're arrested
i.r- rf.a sfsf-rr III .z4r7 taken IA ERaSTrp
4 car load of 25.0gT carp have beea sent ont
from Washington to be distributed TO appli-
caufs II Wisconsin, Efianes8ta and points on
the Northern Pacific Railroad out TO The Pa
cific Coast. A similar distribution along the
line 0f The Union Pacific VII be made shortly.
Commander Wildes. Of the e. s s. Yantie,
has been severely GensuEed by the Secretary Of
tie Navy for his action on the Greely relief
expedition.
GRIMES AID eAsUALTTEs
dispatch iron St. Adams. Vt, dated No
Te1nher 9Th. SAYS: train Oh the Missisqaoi
Road was thrown from the track near North
EnssoaFa THIS morning BY . misplaced switch,
and tae eluIue vas BrecIrltafed iHte the river
The engineer. Thomas Flood. jumped, and had
b0.h les broken snd his skull fractured The
fireman. Pred HanVer, went down with the
engine and s7as killed. There Is strong evi-
I
to a gravel track and then locked by one Ed.
Ellis brakeman On the Southeastern Road, IN
revenge l0g being forbidden 70 ride ON the
train without pass. There are persons who
say they saw Ellis huETving through the woods
~ the time the Train left the track Some
men al once went IN pursuit Of him. No pas
senger was hurt The breaking Of rail- having
thrown Rae passenger cars upon sand
Hills Was arrested this afternoon. He confessed
. having esd the switch carly this morning,
bat Claimed thaE he left i az right
Adiszaseh from Charleston, s. c, dated Eo-
rcrnber Jth, savs: Toby Grant a negro des-
perado, vas killed by Abraham ~. Clement, a
white man, at R2ntowies, OF Sunday afternoon.
Grant while drunk went into the store where
Clement was a clerk and cassed him When
ordered out the nero threatened 70 XIII Glenn
ent and forced bis way behind the counter,
and caught Clement by the throat- Clement
threw OF his assailzHt, seized gun and shot
him dead. An immense crowd Of negroes
gathered about the store and threatened 70
lynch Clement, bur three white men locked the
doors and kept guard ali night the mob remain
ing outside. To-day an inquest WAS held and
Clement was safely conveyed 70 the Colieton
county jan.
The United States Supreme Court, on The 18th
inst IN the case Of the Manhattan Life Insur-
anee Company VS.. john q. BroRghton, trustee,
salt on policy Oh The l1te CT lsrael Ferguson,
whs hanged himself IN Central Park, New
York, decided that a self-kilng By an insane
person understanding the physical nGtare and
consequences Of his act, but not its moral as
pect, Is not = death by suicide within the mean
ing u 3 condition ia the policy that It shall be
void il he dies by suicide. The court decided
In the ease 0i the United States rs. Joseph w
Fisher, chief justice Of Wyoming, that Congress
has the rlgAt te regulate the salaries Of United
States alAcers from year 20 year by appropri2-
ton bills regardless Of previous statutes fixing
their compensation
Hrs. Ellen lang. widow, and I. s. White
more, Of Princeton, Wis, have been arrested
Tor the murder Of NhittelnOre's eicTen-year
old SON who was found In the river Saturday
with his throat cut. In Mrs. Longs house were
found bloody clothes, butcher knife and twt
Iaz0rs stained with blood, and in her web Z
blood stained club. lit is charged that White
more and Mrs. Long we're too intimate anc
that the boy had discovered il. Mrs. Long L
said 10 have attempted TO poison Whiftemore
wife II is Thought she killed the boy IN het
cellar, and the father threw him In tie river.
A fire broke cut IA Garrett, Stusts & CO..
warehouse az Savannah Ca. on the 3Ist alt.
destroying 3l2 buildings. Seven negroes and
one white man were burned 70 death and .50(
persons were rendered homeless In the build
ing were stored 1880 bales Of cotton, all O
which were destroyed The electric ligh
works and Tynans iron foundry are anon:
the PRINCIPAL places burned. The loss is esti