Daily Republican., 1883-06-29
THIRD EDITION,
NEWS 81 MMARY.
The Charges Against Postmaster
Pearson. Of New York.

Scott liquor tax law. The Court holds
the law 20 be " valid and constitutional,
except the second section, wherein it Is
held moi to apply to leases executed
prior to the passage of the act,as n" con
tracts made can be violated. The
point is made that "declarit one Sec
ton partially null an'l void does not
destroy the validity " the law as
whole, and its 'rgaity is not thereby
affected.
While c. II. Ross, Il merchant of
Lampasas, Texas was at breakfast on
Wednesday, "A pistol sLot was heard
from his " ltes room, where she was
sick in Ded. The family found her dy-
ing, with pistol wound in the breast.
The husband rushed out and returned
with some neighbors. One of them
asked how it happened, whereupon the
husband caught up the pistol, sent a
bullet through his own brain, and fell
dead beside his wife.
In Yesterdays session of the Catholic
Young Men National Union, in Brook
lyn, Lieutenant Sturdy, of Washington,
read an essay on the advl,ab.ity OF en-
couraging literary work, and lntlsing
into such work thoroughly Cathollr
spirit. Resolutions We're adopted pro-
testing against the system of compel J.
ing the Catholic inmates of charitable
and criminal institutions in New York
and other States to listen 10 non-Catho-
lie and anti-Cathulics sermons.
Postmaster General said last night
that "hiS ATTENTION had been called to
the connection OF 'nStmaster Pearson,
of New York with one Of tEeCompanes
against which proceedings had been in
Stituted for violation OF the United
States postal laws, and that he was i'll
vesligating tine charges. This was all
tie ground there was for the talk about
Pearson $ removal. He did not know,
nor did any one else, what would be the
result of the investigation,
The Trustees of the Soldiers Home at
Bath, New York, yesterday investi-
gated the charges of cruelty to the in
mates, published on Wednesday. The
principal signer of the atfidavits ad
mitteu that some of his statements We're
untrue and others made on hearsay
The Trustees will begin full inveSti-
cation on the 10th proxilno, i'll connec-
tion with committee Of The Grand
Army OF the Republic
Two more Intellectual ballots for a L.
s. Senator in the New Hampshire
Legislature yesterday The second
stool: Bingham, l02 Rollins, 93 Pat
terson, ;'3 Briggs, 26; Stevens, Is;
Marston, -; scattered, 5. Necessary
to a choice, l44 A vote is to be taken
daily for L. 5. Sena or, although no
quorum will be presen, until Tuesday
next.
The civil service examinations at De
troit were flushed yesterday, nine ap
plicants for custom house positions
being examined. Wednesdays appli-
cants for post office places passed at 50
per cent. which is 20 per cent higher
than the minimum prescribed by the
rules. One young lady obtained 80 per
cent
A dock with 500 900 feet of lumber,
at Muskrgon, Michigan, tumbled into
the Lake yesterday, preclpitating
twenty men into the water. Four OF
the men are missing. a boy was
crushed 10 death by one of the falling
lumber piles.
The compOsitors on all the Omaha
papers struck last evening for an in.
crease in the price Of com npUsition from
81 to 80 cents. The proprietOrs offer 3;
cents. The papers appear this morning
reduced in size.
Sixty applicants appeared yesterday
morning before the Civil Service Com
mission in Boston, he examined for
positions III the Cust0in House. To-day
applicants will be examined for posi-.
tions in the Post Office Department.
Judge HoadIey, he Democratic can.
didate for Governor of Ohio, is to be
Sercnaded to morrow night by the
Democratic clubs Of Cincinnati, and ht
will then probably make the opening
speech Of the campaign,
The steamer Eothesay, which
grounded and sunk near Thousand
Islands Park, in the 81. Lawrence on
Wednesday, has been raised and
tiOattd.
Fifteen hundred tons Of No. POwe
iron were sold yesterday in Baltimore
at an advance Of 81 per ton Oh the quo
tation for the same iron ten days ago.
a wouAu named Pope died yes s'erday
in Milan, tennessee, from the sting o
bee. The insect ~tung her on tn,
nose, and she expired in few minutes
Twenty three collerirs at Ashland
Ptnna., We're foo led by Wednesday, )
storm, and the damage IS estimated at
S2O,CO0.
The Conventiou Of Master Plumbers
in session IN New YORK, decided yes
terday TO organize II national ANSUriA.
ton.
The Mississippi river, at st, Louis
fell five inches yesterday and it il
believed the worst flood i, over.
Their" Were serious floods in Hamilton
Ontario, un Wednesday night and yes
trrCiay, which did great GarLag"