The National tribune., 1883-05-17

necticut, and J. G. Donnelly, Wisconsin. An
address TO Irish American societies and all
friends of Ireland was approved. The address
requests that all societies belonging to the
league and intending to join it shall meet
Tuesday, June 5, to ratify the proceedings of
the convention. The council, while they had
no power officially to take part in the Parnell
testimonial fund, gave the movement their
most hearty support personally, and authorized
their names to be appended to an address in its
behalf Rev. Father Thomas J. Conaty, of
Worcester, Mass, has consented to act as treas
urer for America of the Parnell fund.
Governor Mcdaniel, of Geogria, was inaugur-
ated on the 10th inst. The oath was admins
tered by Chief-Justice Jackson. In his address
Gov. Mcdaniel outlined his policy and called
upon the people to sustain him by healthy
public sentiment in maintaining the credit of
the State and in the enforcement of all good
and wholesome laws. The Legislature has
adjourned.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives
on Friday passed the bill abolishing the Office
of recorder of Philadelphia by vote of SO to
16. An amendment imposing the duties of the
Office on the city treasurer was adopted.
PERSONAL.
Amasa Stone, prominent railroad man and
millionaire, committed suicide at his homo in
Cleveland on Friday. He had suffered for six
weeks from insomnia and Indigestion. He
often obtained no more than two hours sleep
all night, and gradually became possessed with
the idea that he could not recover. This, with
losses of late IN the iron and steel business and
multiplicity of financial cares, is believed to
have produced mental arrangement, and, DUR
ing a fit of alteration of mind, he shot himself.
At noon he complained of feeling exceedingly
distressed, and about 2 O'Clock he was left alone
to obtain, if possible, little sleep. About
o'clock his wife went to ascertain how he was,
and found that he was not in his room. She
went TO the bathroom the door of which She
found locked. A servant climbed through the
transom and discovered Mr.. Stone, who was
already dead. He was partly dressed, and it is
supposed that after bathing he was seized with
a sudden impulse and fired the bullet through
| his heart. His aim was accurate, and death
must have been instantaneous. The report of
the revolver was not heard by any one. Mr..
|, Stone leaves wife and two daughters, one of
whom is the wife of Colonel John Hay, recently
Assistant Secretary of State, and the other Of
Samuel Mather. Colonel and Mrs. Hay sailed
on Friday from Liverpool after protracted
absence abroad. The other members of the
family are here. Mr. Stone was the founder of
Adelbert College, so named in memory of his
son, who lost his life some years ago by d yn-
ing.
Ex-Governor Israel Washburn Jr, of Maine,
died at the Lafayette Hotel Philadelphia Sat
20 receiving medical treatment for pleurisy
and Inflammation of the covering of the heart.
His demise was unexpected, as he had loitered
| about the hotel office Friday seemingly in ex-
cellent health and even in jocular spirits. He
was seyenty-one years OF age. MIR. WaShburn
was a son of Israel Washburn, and was born at
| The Norlands, Livermore, Maine. He was
mainly educated by private tutors, and was
admitted to the bar in October, 1884 In 1850
| he was elected to Congress, and reelected for
| the four succeeding terms. During the excit-
| ing period Immediately preceding the civil war
| he took prominent part in the discussion in
/ Congress, and was largely influential in oppos-
| ing the demands of the shareholders and in
/ arouslng strong antl-slavery sentiment. In
| 1860 he became governor of Maine, and in 1861
| he was reelected. He declined reelection in
| 1863 and was appointed collector of customs for
| the port of Portland, position he retained
until few years ago. He was president of the
board of trustees of Tufts College, Massachu-
sets, and was elected president of the college
| in 1875, but declined the honor. He was
contributor to several of the periodicals.
! Mrs. Jesse r. Grant mother of General q. S.
! Grant, died at her home in Jersey City, N. j.,
! on Friday. Mrs. Grant has ever since the
death of her husband at Gaena lived with her
| daughter, Mrs Corbin, on Bergen Heights, and
| her son, in quiet and unnotieed way has
! been her most frequent visitor. deep affec-
| ton existed between the general and his
| mother, and he has written more letters to her
| and paid more visits even in anxious hours
| and when engaged In matters of national i'm
/ portance than he ever did to any score of other
| persons. She was born of Lowland Scotch
! parents in Bucks county, Pa, and came of
! sturdy stock, the name Simpson, which is rep
resented by the IS" in General Grants name,
| being common to the Lowlands and to the
north of England. She has been an invalid for
years, but up to the day of her death was
/ fine-looking, gray-haired woman, much under
the medium height, but extremely ladyIike
and much loved by adj who knew her.
| The divorce suit of Theresa Fair against
| United States Senator James g. Fair was called
| in the District Court in Virginia City. Nevada,
| on Saturday morning. Counsel for the plain
| tiff asked that the court appoint time to hear
| proof. and that the examination be conducted
| privately. The court appointed IL O'Clock, and
| at the specified time the court met, but report
eTs were excluded. The examination occupied
| a little less than an hour, and resulted in the
granting of decree in favor of Mrs. Fair, with
an allowance OF s., $50 900 in money and United
| States bonds and the family residence in San
| Francisco. Mrs. Fair was awarded the custody
of the three minor children, Virginia, Theresa,
! Alice and Charles Lewis, and the Senator the
custody of the eldest boy, James G. Fair, Jr.
General Sherman went to Fortress Monroe
on the lUbl Inst. on The steamer Dispatch to
| inspect the post. He reviewed and inspected
the troops and exchanged visits with Rear
Admiral Cooper, when he was received with
salutes from the flagship Tennessee and the
| Vandalia. On the following day, accompanied
by Gen. Getty and the British minister he
paid visit to the National Soldiers Home
| The party was received with salute by Gov.
Woodfn, and nearly 1000 inmates were pa
raded for review. The afternoon was spent at
the Hampton Normal school, where Gen. Arm
strong took the visitors through the workshops
of the Indian students and other buildings, and
fully explained the system of instruction.
The New York Society of the Cincinnati on
Monday made an excursion to the old YER
planck House, on the Hudson, near Fishkill
Landing, which was the headquarters of Baron
Steuben. Alexander Hamilton, a grandson of
Colonel Alexander Hamilton, and John Schuy-
Ter, great-grands0n of General Philip Schuy-
Ter, were among the members of the society
and General Hancock was one of the invited
guests After lunch the party assembled in
the room where the society was formed CEN
tury ago, and Alexander Hamilton read the
original constitution there signed. J. L. Head.
Icy, the historian, also spoke.
Hon. George Washington Warren died at
Boston on Sunday, aged 20. He was son of
Deacon Israel Warren, a prominent and influ-
entail citizen of Charlestown and relative of
Gen. Joseph Warren. He was classmate of
Charles Sumner. For nearly quarter of a
century he was judge of the Chariestown dis
trict municipal court. He served from 1647 to