Milford chronicle., 1883-03-23
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL HKMs

leuuehS6e, proposes bnht ne DC S5b
liberty on paying into the treasury tn
amount Of his stealings.
General Diaz was the recipient of
warm and cordial welcome in ST. Louis
"A railroad collision is reported from
! Tennessee in which several persons ar,
said to be injured.
An entire family at Hamilton, Ont.
were overcome by gas from a self-feed
ing coal stove and two of them are dead
Retaiiatory measures are likely t
follow, on the part of this Government
the exclusion Of American hog products
from Germany.
Lieutenant Harber has been author,
lied ts continue the search for Lieuten.
ant Chipp and his party during the com
ing summer.
--Ihrty-tive young women graduated
with the degree of NJ. d. from the Wo-
mans Medical College Of Pennsylvania.
The Tennessee Legislature have
passed ,he bill compromising the State
debt at fifty cents on the dollar, it now
awaits tho Governors signature.
The Treasury Department at Wash
ington placed $l1, 900 to the credit Of
Massachusetts for expenses in recruiting
volunteers.
The President has appointed A. n.
Wymm TO be United States Treasurer
vice James Gilfllan resigned.
The New York State Press Associa-
tion have decided to hold the next
annual meeting in New York, June 18th
and Goth.
At an Indignation meeting held at
Uniontown, Pa, speeches were made
and resolutions passed condemnatory Of
the action Of the jury which rendered
verdict of acquittal ~ the case of Dukes,
who killed Captain A. C. Mutt. Dukes
was hanged in efiigy.
The Republican State Convention of
Rhode Island held at Providence, nom
mated A. 0. Bourn for Governor, and
Oscar Z. Rathbun for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
~ A bill prohibiting the cremation of
human bodies under heavy penalties has
been introduced into the Pennsylvania
Senate.
Governor Butler, of Massachusetts,
IN vetoing the Appropriation bill for the
State institutions, says he will not allow
it to become a law, because it Is too ex-
travagant and there is nothing to pre-
vent dishonesty in the expenditure Of the
money.
In the case of Nicholas L. Dukes,
-ried for the murder of Captain A. G.
Mutt, whose daughter he had seduced at
Uniontown, Pa, the jury found verdict
If not guilty. The verdict was not salts
actory to the people and an indignation
Meeting was held.
1t has been discovered that Emmett
O'Neill, the Schenectady broker who
'acently failed, has fed. The liabilities
n Schenectady and Duanesburg are
'250,000. Nearly all his family are rem.
Icred penniless through his crimes.
Mr.. Patrick Egan, one of the found
rs Of the Irish National Land League,
nd its treasurer until the organization
ominally passed out of existence, to be
ucceeded by the National League, is now
d this country.
The New Jersey Senate Committee on
revision of Laws reported adversely the
i'll providing that the real estate of pri-
ate corporations shall be taxed the same
5 the real estate of individuals.
"A salvage steamer which returned
ON the scene of the wreck of the steam
/ Cimbria reports that number of the
odies of the victims are iammed among
le gear of a ife-boat on deck. The |
ntrances to the cabins are closed by a
)mpact mass of bodies. To save the |
rgo three decks would have to be re-
loved by explosives and the explosions
ould shatter the 400 corpses in the
ole.
The Court of Special Sessions in !
ew York City dismissed the case
gainst Salnai Morse. Justice Kilbreth
scented from its decision.
"A dangerous counterfeit Of the :
andard silver dollar has appeared in q
e West.
The suit of Edward Schnel against 8
S uncle Frederick Blohm to recover {
for the alienation Of his wifes Y
Lections was brought to a conclusion q
the Kings County Supreme Court
th verdict for plaintiff for So, 900.
Governor Cleveland, of New York, a
gned the bill prohibiting the manufac- b
re Of cigars in tenement houses.
Two men were fatally injured by an
plosion of sulphur in a coal mine near
Pa. .,
The relief expedition made their
fetal report to the State Board at In- :
The condition of the suffer =,
s is fearful. Disease has begun its N
wages, and more medicine is needed as c,
ID as a further supply of food for the
l1ving. tc
Three persons were killed in a mail d
ach while crossing a railroad track at T
'outman's, Ind. a
"A demented baker named Syren, in
shot his brothers wife and ss
mself after a brief quarrel.
FOREIGN ITEMS "
Lady Florence Dixie was attacked II
Windsor, England, on Sunday 10y two 81
IN disguised in women's clothes. Her h,
ess was cut with daggers in several :
ices. Lady Florence was walking W
n secluded spot near the woods w
zen the two men asked her Il
at time it was. She replied that she De
"a AA' WNLNus anu tAtCA WiAu lblltbu -
It though they wore women's h'
thes their faces had been
,ved. Much alarmed she started to xy
TX away, and was followed by the 1,
n, one Of whom seized her. She NJ
uggled to escape, but, being attacked, nc
in a swoon. This took place at
r o'clock in the afternoon. and 90
did not recover her senses until 4:45 an
N. It is supposed that a dog accom- go
lying her frightened the assassins.
ly Florence Dixie is the sister of the -,
hth AIarquess Of Queensberry, the a''
Itch peer whose views on religion
e twice been the theme Of animated no