The sun., 1888-02-23

running their trains oyer the latter 8
track through Galena and Freeport to
Dunbar. 1t will be long time before they
can replace the bridge and run trains on
their own road.
General News Items.
Capt. George w. Hubbard was appointed
chief OF police OF Chicago. by Mayor Roche,
to succeed Frederick X. Ebersold, resigned.
Seymour the Republican candidate for
congress in the Eleventh district OF Michi-
gan, is elected by from 200 to 800 plural
ity.
At Billings, Mont. Sam H. Wildly. coun-
ty attorney OF Yellowstone county, was
declared temporarily insane. Whisky
brought him to his present condition. He
was elected county attorney last year.
The most important news OF the day on
Wall street comes from Philadelphia. 1t
is a statement that the Rock Island rail-
road proposes to extend it's lines by l, 200
miles, running extensions to Denver and
the Gulf OF Mexico. This work will require
$3O,O0O,OOO.
Great Falls (Mont.) Special: Paris Glib
SON, who has returned from the East,
where he met President Hill, Col. Broad
water and others interested in Montana,
says that the Manitoba railway has closed
a contract for 55, 900 tons OF steel rails,
mostly for Montana, where the company
will build about 500 miles in extensions
and branches.
At Baltimore as Miss Sophia Hunger
ford. II teacher in the Woodberry high
school, was passing the Druid Hill Park,
she was approached, by young man, who
insulted her. She caught one OF his fingers
in her mouth and bit it savagely, when the
man let go his hold. She drew a revolver,
at the sight OF which he ran, but she fired
two shots after him.
Two prominent capitalists in st. Louis
propose to revolutionize passenger and
freight business on the upper Missis-
sippi, and have flied an order with the
Iowa Iron works OF Dubuque for the con-
struction of steel steamboat, the first
one ever built for use on the upper river.
The boat will be 220 feet long, "a feet
beam and 81 loot hold, nd will cost $780,
600. All it's appointments is will be first
class, and it is proposed to make the trip
from st. Louis to St. Paul in half the time
consumed by the slow packet wooden
steamers. Work will begin on the boat at
once.
A decision was rendered by the inter
state commissio on in the case of William
H. Heard vs.. The Georgia Railroad com.
pany. The commission holds: The peti.
tioner, colored passenger on defendants
road between Atlanta, Ga, and Charles
ton, S. c., who had paid first-class fare
was subject to undue and unreasonable
prejudice and disadvantage in being COM
PEELED Co travel in a car OF inferior accom-
modatious, OF which only one-half was as
signed to colored passengers. the other
half being used as a smoker for both white
and colored passengers. and it is the duty
OF the carrier under the law to furnish to
passengers paying the same fare equal &C.
comm odatiohs without discrimination on
account OF color. But if separation OF
white and colored passengers is expedient
for adequate reasons, such separation is
not unlawful If the accommodations and
comforts for colored passengers are in all
respects equal to those OF white passengers
paying the same fare.
Republican National Convention.
Chicago Special: The executive commit
tee OF three OF the subcommittee ofseven OF
thenational Republican co mmittee. consist
ing OF Clarkson. Conger randClayton, remain.
ed in the city perfecting the plans and de.
tails, outlined by the whole committee.
The headquarters OF the national commit
tee for the convention have been estab-
lished at the Grand Pacific hotel. in the
same club rooms as in 1880 and 1884.
The citizens committee has been directed
that the convention hall must be made
ready and turned over to the national
committee on the Thursday before the
meeting OF the convention. The seating
capacity of the hall will not be over Z. 900.
To give this capacity all the boxes will be
dispensed with and the opera chairs replac-
ed byordinary chairs. The citizens commit
tee OF Chicago were given / 400 seats four
andeight years ago, and n ow insisted on that
many, but the committee will not he able
to supply such number. The delegates
and alternat es, numbering about one
thousand seven hundred, will be seated on
the lower floor, in the parquet and par.
quet circle. On the three tiers above
this, the balcony and two galaries. visitors
will be seated. The stage will hold about
eight hundred, and will be reserved for he
more noted guests. The desks for the
press will be Immediately in front OF the
stage. Each of the delegates will probably
have three tickets for distribution. These
will not be season tickets. as heretofore
but daily tickets and therefore more capa-
BILE OF serving larger number OF visitors.
Death Of petroleum v. Nasby."
David r. Locke, long celebrated rs
MAS by" and editor Il the Toledo Blade,
died at Toledo on the 18th of consump.
ton. He was born at Vestal Broome
county. N. Y, Sept. 20, 1888, and hence
WaS III HS uloy-HlIH year. I1iS ldCHeF, IN.
r. Locke. is still living in Toledo at the
age OF ninety-four.
In 1852 he founded the Plymou tn, Ohio.
Advertiser, conducting it two years. In
1856 he founded the Bucyrus. Ohio, Jour-
nal, and afterward was successively co n.
nected with the Mansfield Herald and Find
lay Jeffersonian. He was editing the latter
paper when the war broke out. and in it's
columns appeared the first numbers OF the
hui 1affo ho frat
bearing the date Of April 21, 1851.
These political satires sprang at
once into tremendous popular
ity. and exercised enormous influence
in molding public opinion North in favor
OF the vigorous prosecute n OF the war.
He wrote two or three successful rlays
books of travels, many sketches and sew.
eral devotional poems which can be found
in various church hymnals. Four or five
years ago his health began to fail, and he
gradually Withdrew himself from active
work. His fortune is estimated at q mill
ion, exclusive OF the Blade.
Blaine a Remote Contingency.
Charles Emory Smith, editor-in-chief OF
the Philadelphia Press. who is universally
recognized az Mr.. Blaines closest and
most confidential political friend in the
state Of Pennsylvania, and who during the
absence Of Mr.. Blaine from the country,
has been in constant correspondents with
him, says:
! regard this letter as q fnality. Mr..
Blaine. in my opinion, has purpose'y and
absolutely taken himself out OF the con-
test for the presidential nomination, and
his purpose will not be shaken by any cir.
cumstances that could possibly be fore
seen. Viewed merely as hypothetical
case, however, think that If such an un.
likely thing should happen, rs, the conven.
tion, finding all other candidates out OF
the question, should unanimously tender
the nomination, Mr.. Blaine could not re.
fuse. But am fully convinced that no
such remote possibility suggests itself to
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