Daily Republican., 1886-04-12
NEWS SUMMARY.


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The Legislature Of British Columbia
before adjourning passed o bill pro-
hibitinR all com panies chartered under
act Of the local Parliament from en-
ploying Chinese on their works. Among
the companies affected Is the Canadian
Pacific Railway, which proposes 10
build . branch line to New West
minister. As soon as the company was
apprised of the Anti Chinese bill 1t re-
fused TO build the line. On Friday
night the people of New Westminster
gathered IN an indignation meeting and
hanged and burned in effgy the MEM
bers Of the Legislature.
The first elections under the local
option law in Virginia took place on Sat-
urday at Floyd Court House and Wy
theville. At the first named place L.
cense carried the day. In the latter place
1.-THE ansi-liquor men were victorious by
Ia small majority.
Three civil engineers, employed on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad were
ldro wned on Saturday nnofning BY the
Iupsetting of o skiff while crossing the
New River, in West Virginia. The
drowned were two brothers named
IQuimby and man named Jamison.
The Governor af New Jersey has.
umade a requisitioIson the Governor Of
New York for the surrender Of George
II Sickles and Joseph Anderson, charged
with being implicated In the lynching
of MiDgo Jack and believed to be Sc
lcreted IN New York city.
/ Frank Il. Moore, aged nineteen years,
la student ut the Media Academy,
=" accidentally shot himself 18th o de-
fective pistol while In bed on Sunday
morning" The ball pierced his right
!, temple and death was instantaneous.
He WAS from Philadelphia.
I'll Two young men named Henry Hun
( ter Harnig and Charles Minnich, the
, latter of Port Jervis, have been arrested
& for the murder Of Tillie Smith ut Hack
r ettstowD, N. j., on Thursday night.
o There appears to be strong circumstan-
tial evidence against them.
It In Kansas City, Missouri, early on
Sunday morning, Syly ester Baker shot
! y his sleeping wife in the forehead and
then sent bullet into his own brain.
u Both were mortally wounded. "Whisky
10 and dependency were the cause"
II Joseph Pulitzer ON Saturday sent to
!, the SECRETARY of State Of New York his
J; resignation az Representative in Con-
- gress. He says that his journalistic
:. work claims all his time.
I'll Charles w, Cooper, cashier of the
n Allentown National Bank since 1856
is and it's President since May last, died
ID last evening in Allentown, Penna.i
is taged go years.
,e George Welkler, son OF the proprietol
ls Of the Kane Hotel, at Erie, Pa, sho
y and killed himself on Saturday. HI
IN was disappointed in love.
IN Lizzie Louth, aged 16 years, hange,
ut herself In an orchard, at Farmers vi
In llape, near Ithica, New York, on Fri
Oh day night. No cause for the deed
known.
3 William II. Roe has been arrested i
lHuntsville, Texas, on the charge
ler killing his wife by giving her strycl
~ nine, telling her IT was quinine.
pr S Five cattle affected with pleuro
, ,, pneumonia, on q farm near Masonvi IL
|, %, Lancaster County, Pa, were killed
- Saturday by order of the authorities.
,asi Frank Endy, aged 20 years, died
all Reading, Pa, on Saturday from bloc
he poisoning, resulting from o scratt
from the claw of cat.
EVIL Secretary Manning was reporte
ere much better last night, and his phys
"a. clans said he had improved great
during the past week.
ofI Blk men, charged with repeating
mt at the recent election In Mtlwauke
y s were arrested on Saturday. Other q
rests are to be made.
Edridge Gerry, ex' Congressman 81
an anti.slavery leader before the va
v;r died on Saturday In Portland, Main
eek aged 73 years.
pg, The President has signed the comm
be sion of Mr.. trenholm as Comp'rolieh
nie the Currency.