The Washington critic., 1888-09-08
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS or THE DAY.
Recent Happenings OF Interest Condensed
for the Hasty Rcndcr

funeral have been practically completed.
a short service, conducted by the Rev.
l)r Braithwaite, will he held in the par
l0r of the house, i'm Stamford, tomorrow
afternoon ab 3 o'clock. Early on Mon
day morning the body will be brought TO
New YORK City and taken TO the Church
OF the TRANSPORTATION for the public SER
Nlces where the Rev. Geo II. IloughtOn
VIII olliciatc The music will be rem
dcrcd by the regular surpliccd choir, as
sisted by Miss Marion Manoln and Miss
Laura Moore, who will sing Nearer, My
God, TO Thee" and " Angels, Ever Bright
and Fair" The following gentlemen
have been asked to attend as pall-bcarcrs,
ana have nearly oil accepted the invita-
tion Joseph jefferson, Henry u. Abbey,
William j. Florence, Richard NJ, Field,
Albert M. Palmer, Col John A. McCaull,
VIM. Henderson, Theodore Moss. Leonard
Jerome, Alexander Taylor, Gen. W. T..
sherman, Judge John II. Brady, DIR. Robt.
Taylor, Edmund G. Stanton and Abram
$. Hewitt. IL has not yet been decided
whether the intcTment will he in Green
wood or in Woodlawn Cemetery.
A mass-meeting, at which about 800
people were present, was held last night
in New York as n protest against the
denomination of David B. Hill. The
cheering and kissing was, however,
about equally divided. Wheeler III.
PeclSham presided. Among those an
HOuncVu us Nlcc-pfcSlucnlS Wcre OSWulu
Ottcndorller, AnSon Phelps Stokes, Ever
cit p WLeeltr, Louis f. Post, George
Haven Putnam, Il. II. Van Ingen and
Charles Coudert.
The will of the late Christopher Meyer
was made public at New Brunswick n
j., yesterday. The tcstator leaves to his
daughter Margaretta 100000, to his son
Howard sum not to exceed $4,000
per year, and to Towards daughter,
Helen Rosvena, S100, 900, with interest,
until she attains her majority. The
balance of the estate is divided equally
among the children of John G. Meyer,
Mrs. George Lawther, Mrs. Charles Green
and the late Mrs. ii. G. Taylor. The
estate will schedule between S11 ,00O,-
600 and St2,000,000.
An attempt was made at an early
hour Thursday morning TO steal the
body of Hugh II. BroolSs alias Maxwell
executed August 10 at st. Louis for
the murder of G. Arthur Prellcr. John
Shevln had been employed and well
paid by an unknown but beautiful
lady to guard MaXwelPs grave in Cal
vary Cemetery at night. lie was on
duty when three men entered the ceme-
terry and started for the grave of the
little chloroformer. Slevlin fired his
pistol and the men fled.
The election troubles in Indian Ter
ritory have broken out afrcsh The
TIC retuln OF Gov. Guy by u majority
of IA. His opponents claim this small
minority was Offset by fraud in Pickens
County. Corruption and manipulation
of returns is charged on both sides, and
the danger Of an internal tribal war has
become so great that Indian Agent
Owens has gone to Tishomingo, where
the council is in session.
The steamer Aller, which arrived at
New York yesterday, reports on Septem-
Der 9, latitude 40, longitude 67, 27S
miles from Sandy Hook, passed the Gu
ion Line steamer Nevada with % broken
main shaft in tow Of the steamer Po-
laria, bound west The Nevada left
New York on the 4th instant.
When the postmaster of Newton, N.
j., opened the postoilice yesterday he
found things in confusion. Torn letters
and papers were scattered about the
floor and the safe was blown open. The
office had been robbed during the night,
and the thieves had secured 1,2O0 in
postage stamps and money.
Miss Ada Flynn, handsome and ac-
complished young lady, was murdered
Thursday at the home of her grandfather
Alexander TraXell, near Glasgow, Pa Re
Gently an attempt was made to rob Mr.
1raxell, and the general supposition is
that she was killed by persons bent OF
robbery. The murder was committed in
The time for John Tcemer, sculler, tC
answer the challenge of VIM. O'Connor tC
row for the single-scull championship o1
America expired at noon yesterday. BS
failing to come to time the champion re-
nounced all claim to the title. This makes
O'ConDor champion oarsman OF America
II is likely that a match will be arranged
between Gaudaur and O'Connor for the
championship.
Mrs. f. W. Anderson, wife of Rev. T
w. Anderson, of Urlchsvillc. o., at
tempted to pass in front of passenger
train No. 3, on the Panhandle Rail
road, at Bloomfield, o., Thursday even
instantly killed. The tragedy was wit
messed by the agonized husband and
their little son.
The French Government has ordered
an investigation to be made of the re-
port that dhows cerrying the French
flag are engaged in the slave trade be
tween Pemba and Madagascar. Should
the report be found true steps will ,bC
Immediately taken to stop this degra.
dation Of the national colors,
Isaac Woollcy, one of the proprietor
of the Curyville Coal Company, a
Shelburn, Ind, died suddenly Thurs
day. A few hours afterward his wifi,
suddenly expired, although apparently
we'll One of the children is now a
DEATHS door flOm the ST me mystcriou!
disease.
Gen. Russell A. Alger has consented
to deliver the eulogy on Gen. Sheridan
at the annual meeting of the Society o.
the Army of the Cumberland. of whicl
Gen. Sheridan was president. at Chica
go, Septembr 10.
At the Trades Congress which has jus
been held at Bradford, Eng, a resolu
tion was passed favoring the exclusion
from the country of semi-pauper immi
grants unless they are skilled workers
The North German Gazette confirm
the reports of an increase in the nava
forces in connection with the scheme t,
build canal between the North Sea anC
the Baltic.
The Queen of England has granted
charter to the British East Africa Com
pany. The object of the company il
TO promote commercial interests in tn
territories granted by the Sultan o
Zanzibar and other potentates
The returns issued by the Londol
Board of Trade Jhow that during th
month of August the imports incrcaset
100000 pounds and the exports increaseC
100000 pounds, as compared with Au
gust 1887
The funeral of the victims of the re
cent railroad accident near Dion, tool
place yesterday and was attended b,
about 5000 persons. The Bishop o
Dion ofllciatcd The ceremony wa
very touching.
A dispatch from Corydon, Ind says
The county commissioners have made
an investigation of the accounts of eX
Treasurer John @. Graves, and rcpor
that he is a defaulter to the amount o
$4,000"
Nellie Donovan, 22 years old, of 3t
nIr al in1 ung gtan