Daily Republican., 1885-05-21
News Summary.
AN AUTOPSY Of THE BODY OF
ODLUM-REPORT On THE PLY.
MOUTH FEVER,
|SEV EN- N EN- KILLED.

ISE V EN- N + n X LILLE D.
An autopsy of the body ofOdlum.
killed by jumping from the Brooklyn
bridge, was made yesterday afternoon.
The spleen, liver and kidneys were
found to be badly ruptured from the
shock Of striking the water. There
was deposit of tuberculosis at the
base of the left lung, the right kidney
was full of cystic cavities and the left
lung gave evidence of slight fatty de.
generation. The first, third and a fth ribs
were broken" The doctors said that
death was due to conclusion. Odlum
WAS man Of very fine physical appear.
lance.
The Navy Department is informed
that Commodore TruxtOn, conmandant
OF the Norfolk Navy Yard, has direc-
ted the foreman Of shipsrb ~ asd the
foreman of laborers at the yard to
deny over their signaturs a statement
that they were members OF recent
Democratic city convention at Norfolk,
or be discharged" The Commodore
bas prohibited political discussions in
the yard, and he says that amy en-
Iploye who takes conspicuous part in
politics will lose his position"
The Executive Relief Committee of
plymouth, PenDa., has submitted an
official report. 1t shows that on May )
there were S4l cases of typhoid fever.
Since then GA new cases have been re-
ported, making 9o5 in all. The deaths
In the past two weeks have numbered
55, which leaves $50 cases, 1874 being
con Aalescent. The number of destitute
families now receiving aid is 246. The
total disbursements to date reach 81,
1000.
The bark Wyoming, at Halifax, from
London, reports that in latitude 80 de-
grees, longitude 20 degrees, she picked
up life buoy, on which was painted
" Alexandria, of Glasgow" Five days
after she passed vessel bottom up,
newly coppered, of about 500 tons. The
next day she sailed through q large
lumber of barrels floating.
By the fall of the scaffsld at the new
Post office in Baltimore, yesterday af-
ternOOn, Z men were precipitated tC
the ground, a distance of 20 feet. John
Rogers was killed and the others were
injured, one of them, George W.Miller
dangerously.
The gasometer of the St. Louis Gas
light Company, in st. Louis, exploded
yesterday, INSTANTLY killing JohnlBurns
and Thomas Daran, employees of the
company, and seriously ipjuring Thos
killion, another employee.
GThe terms of office of District At
torney Tenuey, OF Brooklyn, and U. S
Marshall McDougal, OF Northern New
York, expired on Wednesday. 1t /,
expected that their SUCCESSORS will b,
! appointed this week.
The new propeller Baltimore, bull
for the Richmond Steamboat Company
was launched yesterday in Baltimore
She is 236 feet in length, 80 feet in
breadth and % feet deep. Her capacity
Is 300 tons
II The mills of the Great Falls Manufac
turing Company at Rockingham, Nortl
Carolina, have been closed on accoun
Of the low price of cotton goods. TIL,
Roberdel mills at the same place will
close this week.
At Amargo, Colorado, on Tuesday
morning, q. w. Brown, coal miner
killed Hans johnson, railroad EN-
Iployee. Brown was pursued, and, seeing
that he could not escape, shot himself
dead.
A fire on Slate street, Chicago, OF
Tuesday night, destroyed John Krauz'.
candy factory, Hesslein's cigar store
and Merker Il Company's pocket book
manufactory, causing loss OF abou
$50, 900.
An expert who has been examining
the affairs OF the Weetamoe Mill, a
Fall River, Massachusetts. report,
John Blaisdell, the absconding book
keeper, to be defaulter for $44,0S3.
The Alert is being prepared at Hall
= fax for Hudson Bay voyage. Lieu
{ tenant Gordon, of the Royal Navy
will command ner, and the round trip
is expected to take about five months
The weavers in the Harris Woollel
p Mill at Catskills, New York. hav
a struck for All advance of 10 per cent.
! and the mill has been closed. Tn
:. strikers are all women.
al The stable of jeremiah Doody, il
: Springfeld, Massachusetts, was de
> stroyed on Tuesday morning by al
incendiary fire. Fourteen horses pei
!, ished.
!, Forest fires, said to have been cause
. . by the burning of underbush, are re
ported at Woodstock, Big Indian, MI
Pleasant and other points in the Cat
skills.
a William NJ Kape, aged II years, soi
, Iof farmer near Middletown, Penna.
. hanged himself on Wednesday after
d noon. No cause is assigned.
MIR. Lovenorn, the new Danish Mir
:. lister, has arrived in Washington, an
!. will! be presented to the President tt
>. Iday.
D w. H. Grow, prominent citizen G
,fI Raleigh, North Carolina, committe'
Isuicide on Tuesday. He was 80 yeaI
- of age.
Il Colonel Lamont, the Presidents pr
Ivate secretary, has returned to Wasl
~ ington somewhat improved in health.
,fI Loder Rose, aged 43, hanged himse
" on Wednesday in Hohoken, New Je
10 sey, because of business troubles.
s. S.Cox, our new Minister to Turke
Iexpects to leave for Constantinopl
Iabout the middle of June.