The National tribune., 1884-01-24

gives one-half the estate of about So, 600 900 to
his sister Rosa and the other half to his nephews,
Lorenzo d. Christ and Charles Delmonico
Christ and his niece Josephine. His sister
and nephew Charles are authorized to continue
or dispose of the business which he made
famous.
POLITICAL.
A reception was given Speaker Carlisle by
the Commonwealth Club in Philadelphia Satur-
day night, which was attended By over seven
hundred gentlemen.
Eight ballots were taken in the Kentucky
senatorial caucus on the 21st inst. without
change. The ballots stood: Williams, 81;
Blackburn, 45; Sweeney, "a.
Senaor-elect Payne, of Ohio, at reception
at Columbus, last week, said of the civil SER
vice law that it was trying to clean the Augean
stables with a toothbrush.
Senator Warner Miller was among the speak
ers at the reception of the Saturday Night
Club in New York Saturday evening. He
made q strong speech in favor of a protective
tariff.
The Republican State committe of Indiana
have issued call for a convention to nominate
candidates for State Offices on June 10. The
State convention to select delegates at large to
the Republican National Convention Will be
held April IL.
Judge Ephraim King Wilson was, on the
18th inst, elected United States Senator of
Maryland, to succeed Hon. James Black
Groome March a, 1885. Judge Wilson was
elected on the fifth ballot of the day, and the
18th of the contest He is in his 63d year. re-
sides at Snow Hill, on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, and is one of the foremost lawyers
in the State. In politics he is Democrat.
&Ia
18th inst, sentenced ex-Speaker of the Assem-
bly, John Egan to imprisonment at hard labor
for one month in the penitentiary and $500 fine
for the attempt to bride Assemblyman Armi-
tage last winter. The court took into consid-
Grafton the plea Of guilty, the prisoners health,
| and the petition for mercy; also the fact that
by the statute he is forever disqualified from
holding any Office of trust or profit under the
| State.
Ex-Congressman Green Adams, of kentucky
died at Philadelphia last week of heart disease,
! aged 6S years. Mr.. Adams was born in Ken
! lucky, and represented the eastern and sew
enth districts of his native State in the Thir-
tieth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, and was
Sixth Auditor of the United States Treasury,
| and purchasing agent under President Lincoln.
| During the Forty fourth Forty fifth and Forty
sixth Congresses he was chief clerk of the
House OF Representatives.
| a Joint Republican caucus of Senators and Rep
resentatives was, on the 10th inst, held in the
| Hall of Representatives to appoint Congress
ional committee. Moro than rs members of
| Congress were present. Senator Edmunds, of
! Vermont presided, and Representative Miller,
of Pennsylvania, acted as secretary. In taking
the chair Senator Edmunds said that the out
/ look for the Republican party in 1884 was at
| this early period in the campaign better than
| at any time in the past fifteen years. There
was every reason to believe that the party
| would be successful if it only exercised wisdom
| in selecting q candidate. The members of the
| committee, as agreed upon by the representa-
| tives of the States, were: California, Senator
| Miller; Florida, II. Bsbee; Illinois, G.. r. Da-
| Wis; Iowa, Senator Allison; Kansas, Thomas
! Ryan, Massachusetts, Senator Hoar; Mime
| sota w. d. Washburn; Mississippi, Judge JEFF
| fords; Nevada, Senator Jones' New Hampshire,
Senator Blair; New Jersey, Senator Sewall /;
! New York, F. Hiscock; North Carolina, James
| e. O'Hara; Ohio, William Mckinley, Jr.
Pennsylvania, j. M Campbell; South Carolina,
/ e.. Vim. Mackey; Vermont J. w. Stewart;
| West Virginia, Nathan Goff, Jr.; Wisconsin,
Senator Sawyer Dakota, J. B. Raymond; Idaho,
! Theodore Singiser; New Mexico, Z. Lima, and
| Washington, 7. III. Brents. The committee
! met again on Monday night and appointed the
| following executive committee: Senator Haw-
| ley, chairman Senators Allison, of Iowa, and
80 " NaAiioiiIf dAd splroSis1tA W. 4iis-
cock, Washburn, Peele. Mckinley, Campbell,
of Pennsylvania, PettiDone, Gof, Davis, and
/ O'Hara.
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
Hon. D. J. Morrell has resigned as general
manager of the Cambria Iron Works Company
at JohnstoWn, Pa, and Mr.. Philip E. Chaplin
has been elected to succeed him.
The business failures of the last week mum.
| Der for the United States 3S2 and for Canada
43, an increase Of 80 over the previous week
This is the greatest number of failures reported
in any week, it is believed, since 1873.
Robert Harris viee-president of the Erie
Railroad, has been elected president of tht
Northern Pacific Railroad, TO succeed Mr.. Vii
Lard. Alr Harris has accepted the position
He was formerly connected with the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad