The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-05-01
TILE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY MAY 1881

mill, which was valued at 100000, is total
| loss The insurance aggregates about $500 O00
Five hundred hands will be thrown out Of en-
ployment.
| The trial of Frank James at Huntsville. Ala.
| for participation in the Muscle Shoals robbery,
| in 1881, resulted IN verdict of ''not guilty"
| The verdict was received with round of
| cheers James was Immediately arrested by
| the sheriff OF Cooper county, Missouri.
POLITICAL
| The first amendment to the constitution of
| Louisiana, which was submitted to popular
vote at the recent election was adopted. This
amendment provides that the interest on the
State bonds which had been fixed by the con-
stitution at 3 per cent. for fifteen years from
January l. 1885 and per cent thereafter shall
be raised to A per cent. from January l. 1885,
for the whole term of thirty years This is be-
| lieved to be the first instance in which State
by the vote of the people has raised the interest
on its public debt.
The Ohio Republican State convention was
in session at Cleveland Ohio, on the Odd aud
Oath ult. Judge j. B. Foraker, William
Mckinley ir., Marcus A. Hanna and Judge
West were elected delegates at-arge to Chicago.
The following nominations on the State ticket
were made: Secretary of State, j. S. Robinson;
| judge of supreme court, Hon. William w.
Johnson member of board of public works, G..
A. Flickinger.
Representative VIM. Walter Phelps has writ
ten a letter to the New York Ereniag Post for
mally answering the charges recently made in
| that paper against Mr.. Blaine He denies the
charge that Mr. Blaine secured an interest in
the building of the Fort Smith and Little Rock
| (Ark.) Railroad as reward for his friendliness
toward the railroad company's bill before Con-
| greSs in 1869.
| At the Readjuster convention held at Rich
mond, Va, on the 23d ult., resolutions were
passed instructing the delegates to Chicago to
/ vote for the nomination of President Arthur
and declaring that the Readjuster party shall
! henceforth be known as the Republican party
of Virginia The delegates at-large are headed
| by Senator Malone.
| The New York Republican convention at
| Utica, on the 23d ult., resulted in combina-
| ton between Arthur and Edmunds men by
| which the Blaine party was defeated and
| Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew d. White, John |.
| Gilbert, and Edward Packer elected delegates
at large. The resolutions indorse President
Arthur's administration.
Governor B. F. Butler has written a letter to
the laboring men of Buffalo, N Y in response
| to invitation to attend mass meeting, in
! which he argues against the wisdom of strikes
| as means of redressing injustice, and declares
! himself in favor of a law or legal tribunal to
regulate such question.
| The Connecticut Republican State conven-
| ton was held at Hartford on the 23d ult Reso-
! lutions were adopted indorsing President
| Arthur's administration, but naming General
/ Joseph A. Hawley as the preference of the
| delegates for the presidential nomination.
The Republican State convention of Michi-
/ gan ON the oath ut. elected uninstructed dele
! gates-at-large to the national convention. OF
the district delegates sixteen are said to be for
| Blaine and four tor Edmunds
! PERSONAL.
/ George E. Ewing, a ell-known sculptor, of
| Philadelphia was found dead in his room at
| the Breyoort House. New York, on the Goth
/ ult, having been suffocated by escaping gas.
/ He came to New York two weeks ago with
| Henry Irving, the actor, and was modelling clay
| busts of Mr. Irving and Miss Ellen Terry He
! had completed the bust of Mr.. Irving and had
nearly finished Miss Terrys. Ewing was a
| Scotchman, ffty-five years of age, and per-
| sonal friend of Irving. He was a sculptor of
| distinction and a contributor to the Royal
Academy in London His bust of Shakespeare
holds prominent place in the London Lyceum
| Secretary Lincoln and wife, Secretary Chan
! der and wife, Admiral Porter, and number
4 OF friends attended the graduating exercises of
| the artillery school at Fortress Monroe ON the
18th ult In the afternoon they witnessed tar
! get practice with heavy siege guns and IN the
evening attended the graduating exercises.
The diplomas were presented to the graduates
by General Hancock.
DR.. Willard Parker, ST., died in New York
on the 18th ult. During the past six months
he had not been able to leave the house, and a
| greater part of the time was confined to his
/ bed. On Sunday, the 18th ult, he received
| stroke of paralysis which affected his speech.
| DIR. Parker was eighty-three years old, and had
| been practicing physician over fifty years.
| Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward, of New York,
! died at his residence at Newark on the 25th
| inst. from maarial fever contracted in Florida
| recently. He was seYenty-two years old. He
| was delegate to the conventions that nomi-
mated and ren0minated Lincoln. He was elected
| governor IN 1865 for three years, and to Con-
| gress in 1872.
/ The gold medal of the military service insti-
| tuition of the United States has been awarded
| to Lieutenant Wagner, 9th infantry, FOR the
! best essay on the Military Necessities of the
United States and the Best Provisions for Meet
| ing Them" The judges who made the award
| were Generals Sherman, Franklin, and Tower.
| General Sherman has sent Governor Critten-
| den, of Missouri a formal declination of the
appointment TO the brigadiership of the militia
OF the eastern division of Missouri.
| Henry Irving, the actor, sailed for England
on the 18th inst. The total receipts of his sea-
| son Of twenty-six weeks were $405, 604.25.
! FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
| The Pennsylvania Wool Growers Association
! at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th ult., adopted
resolutions demanding in the name of the
| $4,000 wool-growers of Pennsylvania and the
million wool-growers of the United States the
| immediate restoration of the wool tariff of 1867
| pledging themselves not to support for public
| Office any man voting against the restoration
of said tariff, and declaring that words are not
| strong enough to express their condemnation
| of the Morrison tariff bill.
! The Western Union and the Baltimore and
| Ohio Companies have reduced the price of
night messages to points in their territory
| The Western Union rate is to be fifteen cents
! for messages of ten words and one cent for
each additional word. The Baltimore and Ohio
will charge cent word for night messages
to all points, no charge to be less than fifteen
cents and one cent for each word in excess of
! fifteen.
John w. Ayres has offered the State of Mas
sachusetts 100000 for the Troy and Green
| field Railroad, the Hoosac Tunnel, the South
ern Vermont, the Boston Hoosac Tunnel Rail
/ of nd IF no