The National tribune., 1884-05-22
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Capital TopicS--Crimes and Casualties.
Personal and Political.

Bv direction of the Secretary OF War the
following order and instructions are Issued:
Brigaa ier-i General John Newton chief of en-
gineers and Colonel Quincy A Gilmore
CORPS Of engineers are designated as members
of a board TO be composed oi themselves and
such officer or officers may be designated by
the Secretary of the Navy. 20 consider the sub
iect of a resolution of the House Of Representa-
tiyes Of April5 lisa, requesting the Secretary
OF the Nay and the Secretary of War 10 report
60 said House. al the earliest dag practicable.
upon tie feasibility and expediency Of con-
straciIng an interior coast line OF water ways
for the defence OF the Atlantic and gulf
board toeether with an outline plan Of the
saneand general estimate OF the cost thereof"
The board Rill be assembled Al the call Of
Brigad ief-(5eheral Newton. aud viii make
report o. lis proceedings and conclusions TO the
Secretary OF the Navy aud 10 the Secretary of
War
The House Committee on Invalid Pensions
has unanimously agreed TO report fsvOrably
bill increasing certain pensions prepared by
Representative Nsts0n as q substitute for bib
OF a similar character, The substitute provides
that AL persons or hereafter placed The
pension rod VINO. Ehile IN the military naval
service OF the Uuited States have lost an arm ora
leg shall be entitled 20 pension Of $40 per month.
and those who have lost a hand or = foot shall
be entitled 10 pension of S30 per month; and If
they nave received d wound 0rnrher disability in
addition thereto they shall receives pension of
$50 per month aud all persons who have leg
Rmputattd al the hip JOINT. and ali persons who
have lost an arm al the shoulder SOut shall be
entitled a pension If S5a per month; and all
persons who have lost an arm and leg shall be
entitled to pension OF 50 per month.
The real-esrate pool alse-imprisonmentc aseof
Hallet kjbourne against -Sergeant-at-A-ms
Thompson was concluded on the 18th inst
Plaintiff iied remittitur OF Sl7.50O on the
verdict obtained some weeks ago and took
judgment against Thompson FOR $4,000. This
amount. Of course. viii be paid by the House of
Representatives out Of its contingent fund,
Kiibaurne having been by its order imprisoned
for refusing To give the names of his copartners
in the real-estate pool TO q committee of the
House OF Representatives appointed to examine
the matter.
The largest book ever made at the Govern
meBt Printing Office has just been completed.
IL is a general ledger of the United States
treasurer with New York. II weighs eighty
seven pounds, is eight inches thick and Ia
twenty-One by thirty-two inches in surface
Dimensions The work is OF an excellent
grade, aud the volume. which has been On
exhibition at the Government Printing Office
for several days, attracted considerable attsn-
ton.
The H0use Committee on Military Affairs
has instructed Representative RoSecrans to ap-
pear before the House Committee on Appro-
priarions and recommend that a provision be
Inserted ia the Legislative, executive and judi
ciai appropriation bill. by which the duties now
performed by special examiners of the Pension
Office shall be performed Dy retired officers of
the army. who shall receive full pay instead Of
three fouruhs of the pay attaching 70 their
rank Ii the active service.
Appeals for relief continue to pour in upon
the Secretary of War and upon General j.
Lloyd King from residents of the flooded dis
tricts of North Louisiana. Almost the entire
congressional district represented by General
King. an area larger than the entire State of
New jersey, is under water, and the condition
OF affairs there is most distressing. letter
from Mrs I'll. Y. Bowman, postmistress at Wild
Wood. Eatahoala parish, says that the nearest
dry land is thirty miles distant
The fifth annual meeting of the League Of
American Wheelman took place in Washington
on the 18th inst bicycliSts from half the States
of the Union being IN attendance. On the follow
ing day grand parade, which was participated
In by al the visiting wheelnien and the local
members OF the league, was held. There are
now I. los members il the league, against
membership Of 2Ieo in June last.
AT the request of Comrades Hawley, MAJ
tingly, White and Cline Of the National Sc
soci2tion Of ex-Union Prisoners Of War Gen.
ersl b. T. Butler appeared on Saturday last
before the Senate Committee on Pensions, and
was heard in advocacy Of the passage of the
Robinson Bill.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
wsterspout washed away the track Of the
Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads
south and west of LeayeBWorth, Kans on the
17th inst. On the former road I50 feet We're
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and an englDe-ien1er went into the river
They were completely wrecked and seventy
cattle were killed. The track was covered
with wafer IN some places, and IN others the
water was from two 10 five feet deep. On the
Union Pacific Railroad hail fell 10 the depth of
two inches. Ihree-quarters of a mile OF track
was washed away and a bridge was carried
away further west Ali trans have been
delayed. There was heavy fall of rain here,
bni no damage has been reported % crops.
Judge Reid, circuit Judge Of Kentucky
sno candidate foT the supreme court, com
mitted suicide st Mt Sterling, on the 18th
inst, II al upper room Of Judge Breckis law
Office. lie had been mentally depressed for
some time, and was discouraged over his pol i'll
CA prospects, he asked Judge Ereck's per-
mission to lie down Ia an upper room when an
hour afterwards be was found dying with
bullet through has head. Ga the back of
business card was written in has hand: {" Mad
nadl Forgive me, dear wife, and love 10 the
boy" No one beard the report OF the pistol
A west bound freight collided with gravel
train Oh the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, one
mile east OF Conneilsville, Penn. on the morn
ing Of the isth inst, killing fourteen laborers
outright and 1n5uring twelve. Both trains
were going al high rate Of speed and came
together witli terrific force. In one car six men
were Killed outright and four. becoming en-
tangled Ia the debris. were roasted alive before
they could be extricated. The collision was
the result OF neglect On the part of the train
dispatcher.
George j. Williams charged with fraud IS a
pension agent RBd mail robbing In Nicholas
county, and who obtained in a fraudulent
manner about $4,000, was on the 18th inst.
found guilty N the United States district
court AZ Charleston. W. Va. Williams is well
educated and thoroughly posted in pension and
postal laws There are eight other indictments
against him. When al the cases are tried he
viii probably serve the balance Of his life In
prison
Began Cash, the fugitive murderer Of Town
Marshall Richards, was killed az Cheraw, S. c..
On tbe morning Of the 18th, while resisting
arrest. ! lie posse 10 charge Of Deputy Sheriff
X. IT. King, surrounded Cash's barn, IN which
he was hiding. Cash came out and opened
FIRE 81 the posse, woanding one Of them The
FIRE was returned and Cash was riddled with
bullets.
The Papachsag Wooden Mil, at South Wor-
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