Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-05
A Young woman. Fearful Death.

ATLANTA, Oct. 5.-Miss Sallie daughter OF James
w. Dukes, who lives a few miles from the city,
met with a fearful death yesterday. While house.
cleaning, she suddenly swung a door open with
such force that IL knocked gun from a rack be-
hind IT. In falling both hammers OF the gun
struck the fioOr and both barrels were discharged
simultaneously, one load going upward into the
ceiling and the other going into the ladys eye and
tearing away portion OF her skull and scattering
In an adJOurning room, and on hearing the report
rushed in 10 mud Miss Sallie on the floor dying.
Miss Dukes lived only few minutes
Political Notes.
An arrangement has been reached between the
state committee OF the two parties In Indiana TO
prevent Illegal voting. IL Is provided that In all
election precincts where:the Inspector is demo-
crat he shah appoint Judge aud CLERK 10 be Sc
lected by the republicans Of such precinct; and,
where the inspector Is a republican, he shall APP
point judge and clerk to be selected by the dem
Ocrats VI the precinct There is proposition also
10 form committee OF 100 members, Al OF whom
shall be named by the republican committee As
by the democratic committee, and 10 Dy the pro-
hiOition committee. The business or this commit
tee shall be 10 discover and punish Illegal voting
and election frauds OF every description.
A citizens mass meeting in New York last night
over wnch Jacob ID. Vermlllyea, republican, pre-
sided, renominated Mr.. Hewitt for mayor. james
q. Carter, president OF the Bar Association, made
a sIrikins speech, urging the absolute need OF al.
yOrcIng municipal government from party politics.
He showed how republican and democratic pOliti-
clans pool their issues 10 rob the people whenever
fat thing like the aqueduct contract Is in sight
and declared that the only remedy was to elect
capacity without regard to politics.
AT the Georgia state election the constitutional
amendment increasing the number OF supreme
Court judges was debated by the farmers ALL
ance. The republicans elected two negroes 70 the
assembly and one white man TO the state senate
TdInmany Will hold It's convention to-day to
nominate a candidate for mayor. The County De-
mOcraey will hold their convention saturday.
The deadlock In the eighth Pennsylvania district
remains unoroken-
A large republican mass-meeting was held at
ErOstourg. Md, yesterday evening. Hon. l. L.
NJ ffrNsa- uusaFNE .4aah
The louisiana prohibition state convention met
In New orleans yesterday. Twenty-Five delegates
cept the nrst- An electoral ticket was nominated.
Only One Death at Jacksonville.
There was only one death from yellow fever in
Jacksonville yesterday. Seventy-nve new cases
were reported. mass-meeting has been called
for saturday TO consider the question OF
erecting a monument TO Col j. J. Daniel. 1t is
said that nearly 5000 Is ready as soon as sub
serptlon books are opened McCIenny now has
ia whites and n colOred people The total number
OF cases 70 date Is loo white and % colored; now
sick, II white and colored- II Is said that the
local, state, and Government authorities will
shortly have ar important conference on the sub
jeet Of the disinfection OF Florida towns
THE CONGRESS OF AMERIcANIsrs.-At Thursdays
Session or the Americanlst congress- In Berlin, Mr.
Morse, OF Boston, read paper ON "The Anthro-
dians.' Mr.. Baxter, Of Boston, presented the re.
searches made by Mr.. Bandelier, OF New York OF
Prof Virchow lectured on "The Anthropoogy OF
Ancient and Modern Savages OF America In the
course OF his lecture he said that had produced
cranlal deformltes among certain tribes OF Ameri-
can Indians similar 10 those existing among yari-
Gus peoples OF Asia and Europe.
DIAB0LIcAL CRINK IN CANADA-Mrs. Cherry
OF Gait, ontario, received through the mail Thurs,
Say morning ag psc1age containing six chocolate
Shortly after eating the drops ali three OF the
children were taken with Commissions, and al
ms Ia al at
them died OF the other two, one Is In a Critical
condition and the other viii recover Two other
ladies' In Gait also received similar packages but
The news or the poisoning spread RAPIDLY and
reached the other recipients before the drops con-
tained In their packages had been eaten. The
packages bore the Toronto posImark. There Is no
clue 10 the sender.
Buck TAYLOR, THE COWBOY, Nor NARRrEp.-A
dispatch 70 the Baltimore sun last night from
Richmond. Va, says: Nv. Levy TAYLOR better
known among MS comrades as Buck Taylor, the
Snow, now exhibiting at the exposition here WAS
ASKED to-day about the sensational report OF his
marriage with a Baltimore lady published by some
OF the papers Is there any truth In the report
of your marriage? was the question. NO. SIR he
want 10 have the story corrected. the FIRST inti-
nation had OF the lie was a telegram received
hcatlon was disagreeaole 70 me-"
McQUADE OUT ON TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
BAIL--Ex-Alderman Arthur J. McQuade Who
served nearly twenty-one months OF a Seven years
sentence In sing Sing prison alleged bribery in
connection with the Broadway Railroad steal was
Appeals having decided that his conviction was
Illegal new trial has been granted McQuade,
but l. believed that his release from prison prac.
ueAlly ends the Case
OrKsISG THE ROME ExPosrTIoN-Gov. Gordon
formally opened the North Georgia and Alabama
Mineral and Industrial Ex position Rome yesJer-
SAy. Despite the yellow-Ieyer quarantine exhibits
have poured into Rome In great quantities. that
The huge buildings are packed. Gov. Gordon opened
The exposition Ia notable speech, In the course
Q! which he presented some remarkable statistics
81 the relative health OF Northern and southern
states, taking eight southern states bordering on
Nv sGsi. mn .,.sn, anu eompanng them state
fOtonlAc and along the Atlantic He showed from
the vital statistics OF the Government that the
was 1851 per LOO and IN the southern states
only li-37 per LOCO, ana that the ofricial death
TATE both among the white and black population
was smaller In the South than In the North.
TzE CLOCK CANE IN SAN FKAScrsco.-A "clock
game, patronized BY san Francisco clerks and
DrOAers as means CT gambling on the market,
1870 ,aaea " nifty policemen, who arrested about
A0st VI them escaped In time 10 appear al their
H., Out II Is Understood about 100 clerks lost
tasn posltOns- The proprietors claim they Gao.
hot oe convicted OF running a gaming establish
isene, gat Ine police swear they wiz break IL up,
a. =, snoeaiements are daily occurring on ac-
eouh' VI iosses at the games
,,I LIE ., MISSING HkIs 10 ENGLISH MIIIroSs-Rela-
have received word that Bradbury has hsn a.,
hen ~ an snoanoos estate by a recent Decision In
the English courts. Bradbury until a short a1nas
ago, Lived with his sister, Mrs. Frank creIist snd
left here 70 work upon farm near Hartford M M
Grelet says the estate Is worth millions Tna -
has been m litigation IN the Chancery Courts IN
L0ndon Iof years ana mas accumulated 30 that M
being made 10 md Bradbury, but has thus far
proved unsuccessful He Is about twenty
years old and uneducared- 7SAA
Prince LOoanon, the Russian Ambassador WA.
not present at Emperor Williams reception fr
Vienna yesterday, fact which, taken IN connec
ton with the absence OF u. DecraiA Il hald IN o,s
ctal circles 10 be significant
The British royal yacht Victoria and Albert nm
arrive &C Flushing On November - % convex I'm
prSB Sreosr,ck % England