The National tribune., 1884-06-05
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Capital Topics--CrimeS and Casualties.
Personal and Political.

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ing officer Of the Post-OGice Department. on
the charge of being a defaulter to the extent
of$45090 Suspicion was directed against him by
the fact that he was known TO have been heavy
loser by the disappearance of stock broker
named Lewis in whose blind pools he had
invested heavily and the POstmsster-Ge1erai
ordered an examination Of his accounts, which
resulted in the disclosure OF the dsfaication, as
stated Being unahie so procure bail, Colonel
Burnside WAS committed 20 jail 1t Is beileved
his bonssnen are COED for the amount of the
embezzIenaent and that the Government viii
lose nothing. Colonel Burnside was very pop
Mar and The commander of tAe Washington
Rifles. one OF the crack military organizations
of this CITY BE is 3 nalivs 81 Indiana, and
enlisted in 1861 a private in the 18th Illinois
infantry, rising NATL he attained the grade OF
Northumberland After serving through the
war of the rebellion, he settled IN Baltimore as
a claim agent. but soon came 10 v Washington,
where be obtained q position as clerk in the
Treasury Department. Ia 1859 he was ap-
pointed a third-class clerk IN the Post-oGice
Department and in 1870 was made discussing
clerk, In which capacity he disbnrsea about
three-uuaTfers OF a million dollars per snGuTa.
The Banking House Of d. w. Middleton s.
Co. No. 1ASz T street this city, closed its doors
on the 3lst ult with Liabilities estimated az
$4,000. and il was annsuuced that An assign
ment had been made TO George 7. Green, the
firms bookkeePer. Stock speculation is said
TO have been the cause of the failure.
A telegram was received in Washington on
the Sd inst stating thst General o. E. Bsbeoek
Commissioner OF Public Buildings under Presi-
dent Grant, B. p. sBfter. and Levi z. Luckey
formerly General Grants private secretary },
had been drowned at Mosquito inlet on the
Florida coast. The party lef; Baltimore on the
18th ult in the sailing vessel Pharos, which
was loaded with material l0T the erection OF q
Lighthouse at Cape Canavsral. No particulars
have been received, but it is supposed they
were drowned while attempting 10 row through
the surf
The Garfield Memorial Hospital in this city
was formally dedicated on the Seth ulU Rev.
hIr Butler, Of the Lutheran Memorial Church,
oIficiated and Justice Miller, of the Supreme
Court. delivered an address. A garden party.
dancing. music and other entertainments fol-
lowed the 6sdieafory services The hospital
viii be open for patients IL about two weeks.
There VIII be accommodations Tor forty
patients.
The collections Of internal Revenue during
the first ten months of the fiscal year ending
June 50, 1884, aneunt 10 SO, ie4, 7s5. decrease
Of $19,90s 81 fren the collectssns for the cor
responding period Of the previous fiscal year.
The principal decrease was on tobacco ST., 90
Cps, on banks and bankers s., rs. 357, and on
miscellaneous 81. ,2l1- There was an increase
Of $l2, 460, 564 from collections on spirits.
The Washington National Monument closed
last week al the height Of 40 feet. 1t is now
within seven feet OF ST. Stephens spire Vienna,
and there are but four edifcos in the world
which have reached a greater elevation.
GRIMES ANB cAsUALTIEs
The front portion Of the large fve-story
warehouse at 81 South Gay street. Baltimore
Nd, occupied By tie hessrs Wa. Z. Hooper s
Sons, the well-knewn manufacturers OF cotton
duck, Irvine, &c, Collapsed AZ a few minutes
before o'clock Friday afternoon, buryine
nearly dozen men In the ruins. The crash
which was terrific, was preceded few seconds
by distinct iar, which, however, did not serve
as a warning 20 any Of the inmates, wko were
taken completely by surprise. Those known to
be killed are as fellows: Mortimer g. Binthi-
cum, shipping clerk James Kelly, shipping
clerk; Kenneth AaeLea, travelling salesman
GiIdea J. Hook, shipping clerk; James Edward
Bowen, Sr., colored, James Edward Bowen,
Jr- colonel. The injured are as follows
Walter ii. CorkFan, clerk; Benjamin 3.
Greenwood, bc0kkeeper, and Noah Martin,
tezmSter The body OF James Edward Bowen,
ST., the coi0eed porter, was still buried under
the debris Oh Monday, and probably also that
Of Vim. Moelien, Of IL Dpten street cslored
driver, who had been employed st the place
but a Ehorf time. The accident Is supposed to
have been due TO the rotting Of the girders
A dispatch from Wausau, Wis, dated the 3lg'
ult., says: VIVA TLaysr, of this city, shot and
killed Frederick J. EsSles, Of BoeEesFiile N
Y, this morning. Beth were clerks in the
Marathon County Bank here. They opened
the bank as usual, aa6 shortly AFTER Rad dis
pute regardiaga pen. While Reales was engaged
upon his work. Thayer stepped up behind him
placed s revolver 70 the back Of mis- head, and
fired. Bealcs fell dead. Thayer then walked
out Of thc bank toward the jail, wringing hii
hands and saying: have killed him"
32-caliber revolver was takea from him. After
being put IN Jail be was much excited, beating
his head against the bars Of the cell and falling
on the foor. Thayer is about tweafy-oae yeau
Of age. Be2ies was younger. Both nen be
long to respectable families, ard have borne
good characters. There was 10 trouble betHees
them 90 far as known. Bcales was 10 leave th,
hank to-day. The clerk who was to take hi
place was the sole witness Of the murder.
Michael T. Beran. overseer at the Eastern
penItentiary, Philadelphia, was brutality mur
dered on Saturday last by cenvict nanet
Joseph Taylor. Doran had gone to the latter
cell 70 see that hs tsek his morning exercise
and MOI returning after half an hour snstke
overseeT was sent 10 search fer hiEl and iorn,
him inscusible near the yard door, bis who'll
face covered with blood The mans head wa
beaten into an unrecoenizable nass. Iii
brains were oOzing out and particles Of In
skull were scattered upon the brick pavement
Taylor had killed him with wooden bobbil
or spool weighing from five To eight pounds
and 8 long ireB bar weighing ten 10 fftee
pounds, and having lock attached to the end
Both were covered with blood and ciotted hz
man hair.
At Albany, n. Y, on the evening OF the 29t
nit, the wife Of q German blacksmith Schreiyel
murdered three of her children-agea sever
i've and three-in their bed, and q few hour
later her r1anKlee remains were found on
railroad track in the vicinity, while few fee
distant lay the body Of Ter remaining daugl
ter, who, though still alive. died the next dal
IL appears that Nrs. Schreiver had been beate
by her husband for losing bis bank beck, al,
IL supposed she was rendered insane by enxiet,
Peter Tatro, alias John A. Moore, was sen
eHecd on the Z7th ult. In Philadelphia, Pa,
two years N the penitentary and fned So
for having persoEateG pension agent an
altering q certificate for pensieaer Ina Lyeen
ing county, Pa lie has alse been operating
similar Transactions AZ Cumberland, Nd, wheT
large number Of persons were yictimizei
Over twenty witnesses appeared against hin
and 100 persons whom he had swindled di
not appear.
John c. Enc, the missing president Of ii
Second National Bank OF New York, was q
rested at Quebec OF Saturday just as be W;
about 10 sail for Liverpool on the steamer Val
couver. Il is said that Emo had only fe
hundred dollars Ia his possession when srreste,
lie was accompanied 20 Quebec by the Re
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