National Republican., 1883-11-23
THE BREvrrY BASKET.
Filled with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.


Events OF Yesterday.
A portrait of the late DIR. Ashfor by o. s..
Freeland, is now on exhibition in Barlow's
window.
Detective Carter arrested Thomas Carol, a
12-year-od colored boy, yesterday morning,
for robbing Robert Parker, barber, of two
dollars.
The pews for tho new Garfield Memorial
Christian church are being made in Cincin-
natl, and IL is expected that thoy will be com
pleted so that the church can be formally ded-
icated by the sixteenth of December.
DIR. Antisell, of the patent Office gave an
instructive lecture illustrated by several in
tereSting experiments, at the high school yes
terday afternoon, upon the atmosphere and
its conditions as bearing upon hygiene.
The remains of Mr.. John H. Moore, whose
death was noticed in yesterdays REPUBLI-
CAN, wero shipped to Manchester, n. H., yes
tcrday afternoon by way of tho Baltimore
and Potomac railroad, where tho interment
will take place to-day.
Official orders were issued yesterday from
police headquarters; causing tho following
changes in the force Scrgt. Isaac Pearson
promoted to lieutenant and placed in charge
of the second police precinct, relieving Lieut..
Swindels, who is placed in charge of the de-
tective corps at police headquarters
The Ragan lectures will be resumed at the
Congregational church this evening, and the
subject Paris" has been selected, with special
reference to the children of the public schools,
who will be admitted at reduced rates. The
views which will be presented will include
every notable building and historic locality
in the gay French capital
There has been some talk about fixing up
the rogues, gallery ut police headquarters oil
late, but nothing definite as yet has been de-
termined upon. reporter of THE REPUB-
LTCAN was told by n headquarters detective
that in short time case would be put up
and all the photographs, properly numbered,
with their histories, placed inside of it.
The Yale Alumni in this city have elected
the following officers Clarence Il. Dutton,
president; Francis Miller and Il. Whittlesey,
vice presidents; w. A. Meloy, secretary
Geo. u. Whittescy, treasurer, and j. Il.
Clarke, historian The executive committee
was rs follows: Simon Newcomb Garrick
Mallery, L. A. Seely, II. X. Willard, and j. G.
Hornblower.
An autopsy was performed yesterday upon
the body OF Mr.. Douglas Scott, young man
from Scotland, who was travelling in this
country and who died at Pittsburg. The re-
mains were brought to this city at the in
stance of Mr.. Alex. Graham Bell, and the
autopsy was performed by DR.. ID. S. Lamb, at
Speare's undertaking establishment, who de-
cded that death resulted from fall while in
an epileptic fit to which the deceased was
subject.
In the case of the death Of Charles Meighen
the coroner's jury returned verdict that the
said Charles Meighen came to his death be-
tween the hours of and o'clock p. m., on
the twentieth day of November, 1888, at the
Greason house, corner of Thirteenth aud Il
streets northwest, city of Washington, d. G.,
from suflocation by inhaling gas accidentally
turned on by himself before retiring the
night before.