Daily Republican., 1883-01-16
NEWS SUM MARY.
nORE FIREs-1EAN n ESsEE AND
1AE PRESxD1NCY-A CRANK
10 KILL GOV. BUTLER.

Genefal W. Is. Bate vas yestsrdav
installed Governor of Tennessee, In
his inaugural he expresses a hope that
the offer OF one-half of the priucipal and
interest OF the disputed State bonds
VIII be met by fhe creditors Gin the
spirit with which it was tendersd. and
Iull, hnal and satisfactory settlement
enected. After he had got through
a live eagle was set at liberty from
Capitol Hill bearing q medal on which
was inscribed, For President. Cjeve-
land, of New York; for Vice. President.
Bate, OF Tennssseee. ,"
| In the Supreme Court OF the United
States, yesterday, Q decision was ron
dered IN the customs duties case of
William B. Schmidt ct al. against COL
lector Badger, from the Eastern Dis
trlct OF Pennsylvania. The Court holds
that the bottles IN which the ale and
peer are imported are subject to duty
OF oo per oent.ad valorem in addition to
tne duty OF 20 cents per gallon on the
ale and beer contained in the bottles,
The Washington Post saws it i. nm.
uers'ood that tho Secretary Of tho
navy has decided to close four of the
navy-yards on the 31st day of March
next, 1t is not, as yet, finally deter
mined which OF the northern yards will
oe Kept In operation, but it is settled
that the Washington and Mare Island
yards, and one north and one south of
the Potomac will not b. closed"
The burning of the Russell House. in
Neenah. Wisconsin, on Sunday morn
Ing, was attended by panic among
the guests. Many Of the la,tsr and the
sarvant girls ran out into the snow clad
only III tnin night clothes, and the tenn
per"tdre being fifteen degrees below
zero, some OF them were badly frost
bitten: Many others were SEVERELY in.
jured by falls.
Near Charlton River, Missouri, on
SUNDAY, an east bound freight train
stood on side track to await the pas-
sage of west bound passenger train,
AS ehe passenger train went by at full
speed broken rail threw the SMOKER
on the track, breaking the coupler, and
the car crashed into the freight engines
CAP, killing the engineer. The passen-
RerH were severely shaken up.
The Democratic caucus OF tn q Massa-
chusetts Lhs's ature, yesterday uuapi-
mousIy nominated Samuel w. Bower
man as their candidate for z. S. Sena-
tor. he was candidate for Lieutea-
ah'-Governer on the Butler ticket
Governor Butler had announced that
unher no circumstances wonli he bo
Candidate for the Senatorship.
Ihe following letter, postmarked the
/ 5 n lISf..
the Mayors Office in Boston "Mayor
faimsr;-l am going to kill old Cover.
nor Butler In i've months and % days
from to-day. Then | will choose you
for Governor of old Massachusetts. l
sehb MN warning. have sworn it.
CHARLES GUITEAU, 3D."
a frame structure, 600 feet long by 80
Wide, belonging 70 Mckee & Fuller, car
nanufactursrs, at Fullerton, near
Allentown, Penna., was crushed in by
me weight OF snow upon it last Satur-
lay night. Several cars and an engine.
which were in the building, were
.uined.
O1e hundred and fifty men are at
work on the Nswhall House ruins in
Milwaukee, searching for bodies. Yes.
''rday morning two bodies, burned be-
1ond recognition, were recovered. So
ar 0l bodies have been recovered, leav.
ng 80 still missing.
Garrett I. Boyce, President of the
NY Bank Of Jersey City, was re-arrest.
d yesterday for overdrawi his ac-
cunt at the bank. He was committed
dsfaalt OF $4,000 bail. Edward K,
nav, cashier OF the defunct bank was
ommltted in default OF $4,000 bail.
Daniel Kline, a wealthy retired farm.
r OF Denver, in Lancaster county,
emma, committed suicide yesterday
norninR by drawing his pantaloons
lightly over bis head until sutfocation
nsued. He had been insane for soue
ime.
The tlue residence of Samuel G. Low
=, at Tarrytown, New York, was burn
ON Sunday night Mrs. Lewis had
ately time 10 escape in her night
ress. Mr. Lewis paid about $S5, 600
or the house, and spent s75, 600 in beau
flying and finishing it.
The U. s. Court of Claims Yesterday
scided in favor of the Pacific Mai
teamship Company for SS3, 1873 in its
ait against the Government under its
ontract for carrying the China mail
'veraI years ago.
The Republican caucus of the Colo
tdo Legislature, last night, took six
lois for candidate for United States
anator without resulJ. The last ballot
iood: Pitkin, 90 Tabor, 10; Hamill,
; Bowen, g.
Two sous Of Miles Bach, of Mans
eld, C1rn'CLlCHt, aged respectively9
nd 10 years, wers buried under hay
,ack, which WIS blown down at that
Iaca yesterday, and both were dead
hen taken out
The latest reports of the blizzard in
'akota, innesota, Northern Wiz
oEsin and Iowa say that a number Of
eopIe have been frozen to death and
'st In the snow, and that railroad
avel is much Impeded.
BY an explosion at the William
elm GolItery, near Shenandoah,
enDa., yesterday morning, jeffrey
Jlliams and Henry Stephany were
rriDly Ourusd, Williams also having
leg and arm Drok.n.
Major Frederick Roth, Of the Swiss
was arrested on the
elmer Rhine, At New York, on Sun
~, on tue charge of stealing funds of
3 Government
Thomas JeHuiDgs and Miles McDOr-
Igh, Of the crew Of be schooner King
her, were drowned off Caps Cod by
{ upsrttlng OF d d,ry i'll gale on the
IN inst