Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-04
The Spring Elections.

DEAOtRATIC GAINS IN Carbohydrates HARRISON
REFLECTED MAYOR.
A dispatch from Chicago, dated 1880 this morn
ing, slys: The republicans concede the election
OF the entire democratic city ticket by from 5000
to 10000 majority. The democrats claim from
L. 900 to $4,000. This is decided democratic gain
compared with the election last fall, when it
was practically tie the results depending on the
personal popularity or the candidates. The
council will be Overwhelmingly democratic. or
eighteen old members who hold over thirteen are
democrats
OTHER CITY ELECTIONS.
The Cincinnati republicans elect controller, a
prosecuting attorney and a wharf MASTER The
democrats elect the remainder Of the ticket. The
council stands AZ democrats. 80 republicans
The democrats elected their candidates yester.
day in the towns in Suffolk and Queens counties
N. Y. In Detroit the democrats claim they have
elected the two supreme court judges. In Mad
iSon, Wis, the democrats elected the municipal
ticket In Eau Clare, Wis. the antl-monOpolists
elected the mayor. The republicans elected John
l. Routt mayor or Denver, Col In st. Louis the
democrats elected five memh hers to the upper house
and the republicans one. 10 the lower house the
democrats elected Is and the republicans II. Two
independent democrats were also elected The
republicans elected the mayor OF Schenectady.
DIVORCE As THE RESULT OF ST. LOUIS SCANDAL.
In St. Louis, yesterday Rush H. Tevs was granted
divorce from his wife and custody OF their child.
Mrs Tevis made no opposition. 1t will be remem-
at house or 1ll-repute with Inglehart and the
husband shot the la tier.
The MAYOR OF CINCINNATI ON SPRER-A SON
sat1On was created In the rooms of the Duckworth
Club (demOcratic) in Cincinnati yesterday by the
effort Of Mayor Means to shoot John Brady the
county jailer. Both are members OF the club and
had spent the night ut the hearing election
returns. Early in the morning the mayor, who
had been drinking, made threats or going to insult
Brady, who was up stairs. He went up stairs and
friends got Brady down stairs. Means followed
revolver. Brady, seeing this, drew his pistol and
demanded that Means be taken away. This was
done and blOQdshed was avoided. The men have
not been on good terms for TWO years.
A LOCOMOTIVE DROPS THROUGH BRIDGE
Yesterday morning a locomotive and tender OF a
freight train on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Bush river IN rough the open drawbridge Nobody
was hurt, but the engineer ana fireman narrowly
escaped serious accident
IIL-TRRATED PAssKNGERs.-The board Of emigra-
ton commissioners. in New YORK, yesterday heard
testimony On the charges made by several steer
age passengers OF the English steamer Viking that
fifth and sQualor. The board sustained the charges
and will ask the United States district attorney to
proceed against Capt Topper OF the Viking.
EDUCATION OF WOMEN AT PENNSYLVANIA UNI
vERSITY.-h a meeting of the trustees OF the
pennsylvania University, at Philadelphia, yester
day, committee report was presented setting
forth plan for the education Of women by which
they will receive the same course or instruction
the male students, but at a different time and
place. The female students will also receive de-
gree5 on the same terms as the males. The report
will be acted upon at the next meeting or the
board.