The daily gazette., 1883-11-02
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Killed with club by Henry Peterson, an In I
sane man, in Chicago, yesterday morning.
Peterson is at large. =
The libel suit Of the Allan Steamship
Company, at Montreal, against the Wit'sess
newspaper, for S50,OO0 damages, has been !
decided in isvor Of the Witness.
Fourteen small boys were yesterday fined I
81 each In Jersey City police court for
having celebrated All Hallows Eve BY dust
lug pedestrians with -four.
Two children Of John Earnest, aged re-
spectIvelv five and six years, weFe suiiacated
Yesterday morning by the burning OF their
iather's house in Middletown, Ohio. +
The post office in Haverhill, Mass, was
robbed on Wednesday night OF $500 IN
money and 500 worth OF stamps, the safe
being tlown open TO obtain the plumber
William D. Clancy, Master In Equity,
of Charleston, South Carolina, "a bachelor
noted for his wit and social accomplish
mepts, " blew out his brains in that city yes
terdsy afternoon.
A severe gale ragged on Lake Erie during
| "Wednesday night, and great damage 10
shipping Is reported. The schooner Sophia
| Minch, laden with iron ore, stranded at
| Cleveland. Her crew were saved.
The trial OF Michael CAVaiy and Charles |
| aud George Lasher for the murder, last sum- |
mer, Of John 2. GroGan, suited yesterday |
In a verdict of manslaughter against Charles |
Lasher aud the acquittal OF his brother and
CavAly.
The Secretary of State has received from
the French Geographical Society hand
snme gold medal H. Lieutenant Frederick
A. Schwatha a, in recognition Of his services
in the expedition 70 King Williams Land In
1878 so.
The railroad companies centering In st.
: Louis have blacklisted 322 yardmen who
: were specially active in the recent ssttch-
mems strike. The companies announce
that they will not under any circumstances
re-employ the men.
H. l.. Eiscr, leading clothing merchant
of Milwaukee, lift home for his store on
r Wednesday morning, and has not been seen
since. He had shown symptoms of insanity,
g attributed to business trouble, and the police
!, think he has committed suicide.
At mass meeting o colored citizens In
. Keokuk on Wednesday night, 1t was re-
y resolved TO ask the next Legislature OF Iowa
t to adopt the section OF the Civil Rights act
$ which has been declared unconstitutional
If by the Supreme Court of the United States
+, The river coal miners of the Pittsburg
district will hold = convention next Tues
/ day. for the purpose Of suspending all mines
t working under the so cent rate, and pro
yidiug means of support for those who may
II be forced to stand in defence OF the river
= prices.
" A gambler named Arthur Lynn met an
10 other gambler named Walter Klein, in
e Waco, Texas, yesterday, and drawing re
e. volver, demanded that Klein should on his
t, knees retract certain words. Klein ran ibtc
al u saloon, snatche up pistol and shot LynH
through the heart.
- At the request Of Professor Baird, of the
sir Smithsonian Institution, the s. tcretary o
M the Navy has detailed Ensign John b. Ber
IN Baduu to 20 10 Cora for the purpose o
RI making a report On the geological and othe
=, scieutihc features OF that island. EnsigI
u" Bcruadou is now on special duty at th'
IS Smithsonian Institution.
In Jersey City yesterday, "Pete" Emer
h, son, convicted OF being an accomplice Of cx
ht Policeman Nugen: of New York and Farrell
M in attempting to rob the cashier OF th'
" Orange National Bank OF $4,000 in a Ho
Gu holSen street car last July, was sentenced t.
~. 10 years imprisonment aud to remain com
mittrd until The costs OF the trial are paid
elf A one story frame buildlngin course Of dc
the molition at First avenue and Thirty mint
,as street, New York, tumbled down sud
nee denly yesterday afternoon, while numbe
of persons were getting kindling wood frou
IAN IT, John Lewis, aged IS, aud Eliza j
the Barnes, aged 2, were killed. Louis Laconi
Is" aged s, was fatally injured. A carp nte
to sustained severe injuries.
Nv The losses by Wednesdays fire in 2avaT
~ nah are estimated at upwards OF 81 ,OhO,O ,OOt
~ Nine bodies have been removed from til
vas ruins In the burned district, eeven OF theI
ar cOlored. Tue remains of a white man hGy
not been recognized as those OF James Cash.
an IS believed others are still In the ruins
=, relief fund of 81 ,000 has already been cor
= tributed for the homeless.
WI ~, = Al.
~ who WAS reported to have absconded aft,
les ssuing checks when he had no money |
rTE bank, is stopping at hotel in Harrlsbur
are and making no effort at cnncealment.
,,I, answer to an inquiry he yesterday denie
=! all the stories / about him, and says he
ne' merely away on a "trip Of pleasure and do'
no not in the least fear arrest for charges ea
the to be pending against him.
Dor The formal transfer Of the command
at the army from General Sherman to Generi
and Sheridan was effected yesterday In Was
-a,o ington. The former issued an order rellI
''e gushing the command and the latter issue
10 ore assuming it and an ounclng the men
hers Of his personal staff. The followII
officers compose his staff: Major Michael
avs sheridan, Assistant Aijutant General, Mi
nan tarY Secretary; Captain William j. Vol
-. man, Fifth Cavalry, Aidc-de- Camp; CAPITA
,u' James L Gregory, Corps of Engineers, Aid
Is de-Camp.
" An adjourned meeting Of the creditcrs
ton F. Shaw IL Brother was held yesterday
n In Boston. George D, Morse for the fri
ONE made statement of its condition IN reply
oe he report Of the investigating cnmmittt
He said the committee '.had greatly ov,
ner estimated the value OF the assets in their
at rort, showing them to he 72 per cent of I
re- liabilities, while the firm offered to settle
sur. 33 cents on the dollar cash" Mr.. Sha
-, said his creditors would not bs able
'0iat realize more after a long delay witt
property in the hands of trustees" He
said: "At the time OF the failure las. il
mil the firm reported tina: its assets aInou ted
hirh S5,262 900. 1t now estimates the assets
.h,,, have been worth only S2,664 900 at II
~ time" No explanation was given Of I
'hc course OF this remarkable reduction 10 I
the estimate.
tne 1t Denver, Colorado, yesterday, Jud
McCrary IN the United States Circuit Cou
decided an important land c: Sc. The Unit
States brought suit to cancel 81 patents
ortn lands held by the Colorado coal and Ir
NJ Company and others, In Las Amin
5 OF county. The patents were obtained thrnu
The preenption law, between 1870 and Is
and we're issued frnn the Puhlir 7 a