The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-14
NEWS OF WEEK

SOE TUE WEEk
"A private dispatch received on toe
9TH in Portland, Oregon, said that
Chinatown, situated near the lower
depot and wharf of the Northern Paci-
fc Railroad, at Tacoma, had been burn
ed by a mob, and that the railroad
tanks, trestles and other property had
been destroyed.
The President on the 9Th reappoint-
ed Dorman b. Eaton to be a member of
the Civil Service Commission. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Eaton will serve
only for a short time. He takes the
place of Nj. Thoman, who resigned on
the LIST inst.
Ten inches of SNOW have fallen at
Glendale, Dakota, and the weather
there is Extremely cold.
The Hennepin Canal Commission
met on the 9th in Chicago. AT an in
formal session in the forenoon, delegates
were present from Iowa, Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Michigan and New
York. 1t was decided to give the Com
mission the name of Lake Michigan and
Mississippi River Canal COMMISSION
The session was formally opened in the
afternoon, Judge Murphy making a
speech of welcome.
John 4. Owens, who has been an
gerously sick at his home near Balti-
more, was well enough on the 4th TO
ride out.
Bridget Morgan, whose name was
connected with the serious illness of
| Professor White, of Dnff'5 College,
| from the fact that she was a servant In
the Deroy family when their little boy
was poisoned, called on the coroner on
the 9Th, She said she had not been out
| of the city since she left Professor
Whites house, and gave her address
so that she might be found at any time.
.tShe was much excited because of the
unpleasant notoriety given her in con-
nection with the matter, although no
direct charges had been made against
herr
Congressman Butterworth and
Henry Wise Garnet, counsel for the
| Signal Service men recently tried by
court martial at Fort Myer, called on
the Secretary of War On the 9th, and
( submitted to him a joint complaint in
writing of the conduct of the trials and
the action of the court, asking that the
matter he officially investigated.
Governor Pattison, OF Pennsylva-
MIA, has issued a proclamation desig-
mating the 26th inst. as a day ofthanks-
giving.
General Carr, the Republican can
didate for Lieutenant Governor of
New York, said on the 9th to a repor-
ter of the Albany Ecening Journal that
it was his opinion that ''the plurality
on Lieutenant Governor will ultimately
be found III the hundreds, not In the
| thousands He added 81 am not
yet sure that l have been defeated.
Full returns show a steady decrease"
Vice President Hendricks has tel
egraphed congratulations to Fltzhugh
Lee on the latter's election as Governor
of Virginia.
The Secretary of the treasury has
ordered the closing Of the Mint at Car
son. Nevada, its business having al
most entirely fallen of.
The Naval Advisory Board has
prepared instructions to the Naval In
~spectors at Roach's ship yard in regard
to their duties III connection with the
completion of the unfinished cruisers.
These officers are to hold the same re-
lations to the Bureaus OF Steam Engi-
heering and Of Construction and he
pair, under which the work is TO go on,
that they have hitherto held to the
contractors.
The President on the 9th appointed
Robert B. Smith, of Montana, to be U.
5. District Attorney for that Territory.
The resignation of j. w. Medium
as Surveyor General of Wyoming, has
been accepted by the President.
Secretaries Manning and Whitney
have returned to Washington and re-
sumed their official duties.
The agent of the Leech Lake Chip
pewas reports TO the Interior Bureau
| that those Indians are in comfortable
| circumstances and not threatened With
| starl alton, as has been reported.
John Knell, his wife and three
| children, were found at their home III
| Baltimore on the 9th insensible from
| escaping gas. Elizabeth, one of the
daughters, aged Is years, is dead, and
the eldest daughter, Mary, is in a pre-
| carious condition. The rest are expec-
ted to recover.
-E. W Haskell, x -United States
| District Attorney for Alaska, was kill
| ed at Needles, California, on the 9th,
by falling from a tram. He was on his
way home, having been removed from
| Office.
The President on the It'll appoint
| ed James a. Baysrd, of Maryland, Ia
son of Secretary Bayard, TO be Secre-
tary FOR Arizona ; JosephC 9. Strangllan,
of Indiana, to be Surveyor General OF
| Idaho +; James A. Dawson, of Colorado,
TO be Surveyor General of Colorado
| John Hlse, to be Surveyor General OF
Arizona /; Edward r.. Pierce, to be APP
praiser at Portland, Maine, and Rober
A, Thompson. to be Appraiser at Sa
| Francisco.
The State census of Wisconsin, just
completed, shows q total of 1908, 423.
divided as fol lows: White males, S06,
342 !; white females, 74S,Sl0; negroes,
55T6 Indians. 2695.
The President on the 7th issued a
proclamation commanding all persons
at Seattle and other places In Washing
ton Territory, who have assembled fol-
unlawful purposes, TO desist therefrom
and to dispense and retire peaeeably
to their homes on or before twelve
O'Clock meridian of November oth. A
force of United States troops has gone
to Seattle to preserve order there.
The inspection Of the returns in the
Hamilton county Senatorial cases, now
before the tsTcuit Court in Cincinnati,
has disclosed a number Of discrepancies
between the total votes credited tC
Senatorial candidates and the total
number of names ON the poll book.
These frauds-or mistakes-will prob
4bly result in the election Of the whole
Republican ticket.
The last spike in the Canadian Pa
cihc Railroad was driven near Farwell,
British Columbia. on the 9TH, BY Hon,
Donald Smith. General Manager Var
Horne was present, and the party wen
through to the Pacific coast.
Rev. DR.. O'Connell, bearer OF the
DEGREES of the Pienary Council, Is about
ue In New York. and is expected in
Baltimore this week. He will confer
with Archbishop Gibbons before the
DEGREES, approved BY the Pope. are pub
I Iished.