The daily gazette., 1883-11-05
MORNING sUAsnlARY.

General, has received several letters threat
eping his life.
noted counterfeiter named Conner, hav-
tng A number Of aliases, was arrested with
tis wife on Saturday, and yesterday lodged
IN iail at Evansville, Indiana.
Mrs. Anna 0ttendorfer, of New York, has
rerelyed from the Empress Of Germany an
autograph letter, accompanied by silver
medal, in recognition of her works of
charity.
The body Of an 11-year.old son Of Fayette
Vhlttemore, who had been missing for 10
daya, was found IN the river at Princeton,
WISCONSIN, ON Saturday, with the throat
cnt. 1t Is believed he was murdered.
Henry Longstreet and Gordon Ostrander,
voung men, were arrested In Chicago, on
saturday night, on the charge of having
robbed the United States Express Company.
Ostrander is one of the Company's EN-
poyes.
At Kerrvllle, Tennessee, on Friday even.
inv. Titus NJ. Edwards deliberately shot and
Klled Samuel r. Roberts, firing so balls
INTO bis victims body. They had auarrelled
over the betrayal by Edwards OF a step sister
OF Roberts.
Colonel Cyrus M. Allen, of Knox county,
Indiana, died on Friday Of paralysis. He
was one Of the first to propose Abraham
Lincoln as candidate for President of the
United States. He was at one time men,
Der Of the Legislature of that State, and was
Speaker Of the House.
During dance at the house Of Alexander
Brown, at Lamar, Missouri, on Friday night,
Brown cut the throat of young man named
Banner with pocket knife, severing the
jugular vein and causing instant death.
Brown gave himself up.
Kate Townsend, notorious woman, was
murdered on Saturday morning In New
Orleans by Neville Sykes, who claimed to
be her husband. Rhe was about as years of
age. Sykes is 48; he is well known in sport
Ing circles, and at several times had an In
tercSt in gambling hells.
west bound passenger train on the In
diana, Bloomington and Western railroad
was boarded near Danville, Illinois, early
on Saturday morning, by four men armed
with revolvers, who relieve the passengers
of about 81 POO in cash, check for 81, 200
and a few artit les Of clothing. When the
train stopped at Danville the robbers got on
an east bound train OF the Wabash, st.
Louie and Pacific road and secured $500
from the passengers. The robbers did not
wear masks, and they are described as large
in build and well dressed.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina, on
Saturday, decided an interesting suit in
iaycr the city Of Charleston. In July, 1877,
lawyer named Young was riding on horse
hack through an avenue In the suburbs OF that
city, when the horse put his foot into hole
il the roadway and threw his rider, who,
however, was not severely injured The
Awyer sued the city for damages, and was
awarded 5000, The city appealed, claiming
ii4t municipal corporation was not liable
il an action for damages in tort, unless spe-
sially authorized by statute. The Supreme
Court so held, and the complaint was dis
missed.
The Assistant General Manager OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company has
written TO Manager Burke, of the New Or
leans Times. Democrat, asking that the lat
ters Florida expedition "be instructed to
make survey of that country with view
Of aseeTtaining the feasibility Of building
telegraph lines from the cable of the West
crn Union Company ON the Western coast
through the Everglades to Jupiter Inlet, on
the Eastern coast" All the vessels going
from the West Indies and the Gulf Of Mex
leo to Atlantic posts, pass Jupiter Inlet, and
the western Union Company L-s 49,. -
Quested by underwriters and shipowners to
establish a telegraph station there to an
nounee the safe passage of vessels. The
survey will be made as requested.
Arthur B. Johnson, a well known Republi-
can politician and lawyer, was found dead
it his private Office, In Utica, New York, on
Saturday morning, With pistol wound In
his breast, and revolver, with one chamber
discharged, lying near. He had com.
mitted suicide while laboring under depres.
sion caused, 1t is believed, by the shooting
Of his nephew, johnson L. Lynch, in Ba
iayla, on Tuesday night. The body was dis
covered by young woman who had beer
for several years intimate with the deceased
aud who acted as his private secretary
Johnson was wealthy and about 55 years o
age. He leaves wife and four children
He was a close friend political and personal
0f Roscoe Conkling. The johnson famil,
has lost four members within six months
two dying In the natural course, one bein
murdered, and the other committing sui
eide.
The Director of the United States Mint
has submitted to the Secretary of the Treas
llsy lis annual report He Teiterates hi
views expressed two years ago In regard .
continuing the coinage OF the silver dollars
and says: "While believing that the equ;
coinage of both metals by all nations Is d.
sirable in order to give greater stability =
the values OF commodities and credits, "
in view of our inability to continue the In
crease of our silver circulation at the preseI
rate without ultimately expelling larP
portion Of the present stock of gold, as we
as Of the waning hope for the cooperate
Of the leading commercial nations In secu
ing the general use of silver and its unlim
taed coinage as money, and of the prete
abundant paper and Undressing gold circl
lation in this country, the question aga
presents itself for the consideration of leg
lators, whether the law directing {
monthly coinage OF not less than $4,000
worth of silver bullion into standard dolla
should not be modified ar repealed"
In New York on Saturday night Polio
man William Conroy took to the Twent
first Precinct Station House prison
named Peter keenan,, 81 years of age. II
mans face was covered with blood from cl
on his head made by the policeman's eli
and there was bullet wound In his abb
men. lie was sent to the hospital and d
soon after his admission. The policen
said he had arrested Keenan, for being dru
aud disOrderly, that a mob had assault
him, and that he was obliged TO use his G.
and revolver in self-defense. When nj
Of Kcenan's death was received Conroy
pI'ecd under arrest. From informal
gathered by detectives and the testimony
the coroncr's inquest yesterday, 1t appea
mat the policeman had been drink
fe"yily at a saloon in East Thirty-sl
street. that "he assaulted several pers
without cause and finally attacked Keen
who was quietly standing near the bar,
tcrerng neither with the policemen
aloa and atm eh0ntin0 him W