The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-13
NEWS OLE TILE nay.
Recent Events Of Interest Boiled Down
for Hasty Reading

for Hasty Reading.
Thomas Axwortby the defaulting Clty
Treasurer Of Cleveland, Ohio, has written
from Montreal, Can, to the Mayor OF Cleve-
land, saving that his departure was due TO
sudden financial embarrassment caused by
losses on call loans in the East, and giving a
schedule OF assets which he estimates at S5f9,-
700, sufficient to make good his shortage to
the city. Bankers say the assets are worthless
or Of trlillng value The Mayor went to Mon
treal, but failed to see Axworthy. lie VIII go
again. Axworthy says be will be an exile iof
life
There were thirty now cases Of yellow fever
reported at Jacksonville, Fla, yesterday. The
deaths for the day were three, as follows;
Amanda Owen. colorcd; James Rickers, llawk
street, and Jennie Sheppard. or new cases IL
were white and 10 colorcd. Total cases TO
drte, 4,5ll; total deaths, 1888. Owing to sus-
pcious death at Blayille, on the line Of the
Florida Railway aud Navigation Company,
Madison City, few miles beyond, has quar-
antlned against the former place.
A young couple of intelligent and refined
appearance registered Sunday night at the
Farwell House, Chicago, as Charles Paulson
and wife, Of Milwaukee. At noon yesterday
they were found unconscious aud the room
filled with strong odor Of gas. The man was
dead the woman was unconscious, but still
breathing. IL IL not bought she can recover
IL is thought to be a case Of suicide.
A special dispatch from Little Rock, Ark,
says the trial OF DIR. H. G.. Ilite, Evan Millin-
ger, Col. BoclSman, Frank Davis aud Caleb
Glascoe, charged with intimidatlng Govern
ment witnesses, commenced there yesterday
The men were said to be members OF an organ
ization similar to the White Caps Of Indiana,
aud the case promises some interesting reve-
lations.
Lionel Burnes, aged twenty years, and
otx Of Dnu
of Kingston, Ontario, started out in u canoe
to shoot ducks on Saturday last and have not
returned. Their canoe has been found bottom
up, and 10 is supposed that both young men
have been drowned.
Signor Crispl, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
has assured the French charge d'affaires that
Italy would extend cordial welcome to M.
Mariana, the new Ambassador of France. lie
also Informed him that II was the desire OF the
Italian Government TO remove all causes OF
misunderstanding that exist between Italy and
France.
John G. Never, OF New Brunswick, N. j.,
the Oldest son of the late millionaire, Christie
pher Meyer, died at Atlantic City Sunday
evening OF pneumonia, aged 43 years. lie was
manager Of the New Jersey Rubber Works.
He leaves widow and two children. His es
tate is valued at about 81, 100000
Gen. Fitz-John Porter has issued the follow
the Fifth Army Corps with great sorrow an
nounces TO the society the death Of Brevet
Brig Gen. j. Bowman Sweetzer, of Pittsburg,
Pa, one OF the bravest officers In our gallant
old corps"
A Chinese laundryman was shot Ia his laun-
dry In West Randolph street, Chicago, some
time yesterday morning by woman named
Annie Mckay. The Chinaman was found I'M
conscious and covered with blood, which
flowed from n wOund in his breast
The sentence of Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson,
who was to have been hanged on Friday next
at Somervile, Mass, for the murder of her
brother-in-law, Prince A. Freeman, by
poison, In June, 1886, was yesterday COM
muted to solitary imprisonment for life.
Benjamin II. Stout, manager Of the South
ern Express In Mobile, Ala, died Sunday
night suddenly of heart disease, aged 35 years;
he was native ofPaducah, Ky.
George Cooper, of Portland, Conn, muir
dered his wife yesterday by cutting her head
open with an axe. Jealousy was the cause.
Secretary Villas and Postmaster General
Dickinson have returned to Washington
Coal miners are rioting at Bevior, NO., at
the same mine where Thomas Wardell, the
owner Of the works, was murdered by
strikers about six weeks ago.
Patrick Paclcenham, who killed his wife on
April q, In New York, by cutting her on the
back of the neck with a razor, from the effects
of which she died, was yesterday sentenced by
Recorder Smythe to be hanged on January A.
Sir Charles Warren, chief OF the Metro
politan police force Of London, has resigned
The United States steamer Enterprise sailed
from Davenport Sunday evening for Gibraltar
Herr Vohsen, the agent In Zanzibar of the
German East African Company, mas re-
signed.