The National tribune., 1883-11-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Capital TOpics--CrimeS and Casualties.
Personal and Political.

aTnored feet. One OF these Is 10 be OF The size /
and character Of the Chicago, now ia course Of
construction and viii cost 81. .295,0o0; one like
the Boston, and to cost $4,000; third Ike |
the Dolphin. to cost S4S2.o00; two heayy-armed /
cruising gunb0ats, 10 cost 81 ,032o90; and two 4
linbt-draueht gunbaats, to cost S55S,De3 The i
board disapprores the suggestion OF providing 1
q number of vessels of extremely high speed i
designed especially Cor the destruction of com
1nerco. The naval advisory board in December /
lest reported that It would be wise and expe- |
dianf TO finish the mentors Puritan, Terror, /
Amphifrife and Mnnadnock st once and in /
january Of this year il submitted another re- 1
port recommending changes IN construction OF
the Puritan. The report submitted 70 The Sec
retary Of the Navy to-day recommends further |
changes IL the plans for completing the Puri-
tan and presents detailed designs for the COM
pletion Of the Terror, Anphitrite, and Monad-
mock.
Secretary Chandler on the 29th nit. received
q cable message from ReaF-Aamiral Crosby,
commanding the Asiatic station, dated at
Shanghai asking to be placed upon the re-
tired list Immediately, under the forty years
service law. The request VIII be granted.
Commodore khind, who retlres on ihe 5lst INST.
viii be thus promoted to rear-admirsl before
his retirement. Admiral Crosby hastens his
retirement Tor this purpose. dis action Is con-
sidered very graceful as it win make 3 differ
enee of $500 IN his pay, and VIII increase Com
modUre RhiBd's SI.039 a year. Commodore
John Lee Davis VIII succeed Admiral Crosby.
TIE retirement OF Commodore A. c. Rhind
with the rank OF rear-admiral VIII promote
Commodore Thomas Patterson to be rear
admiral
Second Assistant Postmaster General Elmer
has submitted his annual report TO the Post
Elaster-General The cost of anspoT.stion on
star, steamboat and railroad routes for the year,
as shown by the report, was sIe,253.s99 The
cost OF the same items for The year ended June
30 1852, was SIS 5Sl 052.
The death Of Major Nicholas Nolan, of the
Third cavalry. NJ Hoibrook, Arizona, the
25th alt. viii promote Captain George 4. .Pur-
ington, Ninth cavalry, to be major: First Lieu
tenant Z. G. Dimnaick 10 be captain, and Sec
ond Lieutenant ~ /. Finley TO be first lieu
tenant.
Col John E. Tourtellotte and Col. John II.
Bacon, aids-de-canp. have been ordered TO ac-
company the general Of the army, Gen. Sher-
man from Washington 20 st. Louis
The second trial Of the suit of Hallet Kill
b0urn against Sergeant-at- Arms John g. Thomp-
son, 10 recover damages for false imprisonment
began in Washington on the 18th ult
The total receipts from the postal service
during the fiscal year ended June 80. 1855, were
$45,59s .692, and the expenditures were $l2,
$4,000.
LlEalAElL AENlEI l9tS @8Gn tasNt0 a
proclamation designating Thursday, the 29th
CT November, as day of national thanksgiy
Ing.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A special from Kent. Ohio. reports that one
Of the most horrible suicides on record occurred
there on Thursday OF last week. Samuel Biehl.
aged twenty -four, who had been working Tor
week n Day, Williams d Co.'S glass works, was
standing by the furnace IL those works just
after q retort had been placed ia It, when one
of tile w0rkmen told Kim 60 stand aside rs he
wished TO get al the furnace. 50 do I. " Biehl
replied, and. throwing his pipe On the ground,
he plunged headl0ng through the ring whence
the melted glass is taken, and passing over the
pot, landed on the intensely hot Goals that sur
round il. 50 Sudden and unexpected were the
movements that no effort could be made 10 re-
strain him The heat was 50 great that death
11asf have been instantaneous. ASlEgle breath
drawn il that fiery furnace would sbrivei the
lungs. There were but a few fragments left OF
ths body.
The steamship D. J. Foley, Capt Miller, which
arrived At Philadelphia on the 9th ult from
Jalaica, reports the almost entire destruction
OF Port Antonio BIZ fire On October 18th il be-
gan i'm the dry goods store Of Sutherland & Co,
and Bas caused by the careless handling OF
lamp The adjoining Etoue Of Da Costa 4 Co
aad the Louland Hotel and the Metropolitan
House. as well as q number Of residences. stor-
age warehouse for fruit were burned down
The residence Of the American consul escaped
t0ial destruction. The loss is estimated al over
$l,0O0a10.
At Loyelady, Tex. Saturday night last, two
drunken r0Hgbs named StaBdiey and Turner
stopped at the honse of Mr Montzinger. and
calling bin outside. literally cut hlfa 70 pieces
in the presence of his wife and child hrs
Aoufzinger armed herself with al axe-handle
En1 attacked the murderer while her little
son brought ont his fathers gun and attempted
To shoot thcga. The weapon was wrenched
from The chil6's hands by Standley, who
threatened - XIII both mother and child il
they raised an alarm, and the murderers then
left
There is much feeling IN Qneens county, n.
J.. over the removal from cf5ce, on charges Of
nlalieasanee, Of district attorney Downing by
Governor Cleveland. The Democrats say the
removal viii probably cost them their county
ticket, and VIII also lose many votes to tie
State ticket. Downing, who is The Democratic
candidate for State Senator, has bsen asked TO
withdraw, but he refuses 70 do 50. Ills defeat
is predicted by menDers OF has own party.
The express agent at Atlantic Station. Ca.
was robbed Of pouch containing $4,000 on
the 9th. The pouch was hung round his neck
and he pushed il behind bis back as he stopped
&C raise the handles Of his truck, which he was
about 10 wheel into his Office. man came
DeAlll nlLLls cut bDS strap OF the pouch and
oarted OF with il iDts the darkness.
Special dispatches from ST. Louis TO New
York papers represent that Samuel Hays for
merly postmaster OF st. Louis. was forced Il
resign because he had lost Official funds IN spec
ulatjon. 1t is said he borrowed money 70 repair
his losses from s large number Of persons
among them letter-caTriers and clerks in ths
Office.
Personal
A passenger train and a freight train collided
On the 25th ult at Joliet Crossing thirty miles
from Chicago. The engines were thrown upor
and set fire 20 the 8agInan's box and burned
20 death the fsgInan, Peter Caliie Wm Nor
ris, O. LOg2nsport, engineer and John Kel
logg. brakeman, were killed. John Dcnegan
engineer, was severely injured and crazed b.
LIS hurts John GOrnan, fireman, was also in
jurcd.
The funeral Of Captain A. T. Shreeve tool
place on the 9th nit from his mothers resi-
dencc, near Westminster Carroll county, Nd
and was attended By a. 6. Afford and dele
CATION from Custer Post. Baltimore. of whicl
be was member. Deceased was q member O
the Sixth Maryland regiment, was wounded d
the battle Of the Wilderness and lost a lac q
the battle OF Cold Harbor lie leaves wsaoy
and one child.
Edwin Greble. the wcll-known Philadelphi
marble dealer, fell dead, October 23d. Will
about taking train at Broad street station 10