The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Events of Interest Boiled Down
for Hasty Reading.

for Hasty Heading.
About daylight Saturday morning the
United States Baltimore IL Ohio) express car
attached TO the Southbound passenger train
on the New Orleans and Northeastern Rail
road was robbed of $4,000 In United states
bonds aud $ll 900 In cash between Derby aud
Lacy stations, in Mississippi, G2 miles from
New Orleans by highwayman, who entered
and locked the car covered Express Messeh-
yer Charles w. Lowry and Baggage Master
Henry Z. McEroy with pistols, compelled the
messenger to tako the yaluables from the
sale and put them In bag. and cover the bag
gagemaster's head and his own with sacks
aud tie the sacks with cords. The robOer
coolly shouldered the bags, sgnnled the train
to stop, and when It. had suckened up, pulled
again TO go ahead and jumped Off and dissap-
penred with the plumber
Henry Borlew and George Llewlyn, two
prominent merchants of PittstOwn, Pa, were
accusted by an unknown man at Il lonely spot
while driving from Pleasant Valley to their
homes. The highwayman fired seven shots,
fatally woumdiug BOrlcw. One bullet took
effect In Llewellyn's left arm. He whipped
up the horse and he succeeded in escaping.
In the case of Van b. Baker, on trial at
Wcllsburg, w. Va, for the murder of his wife
aud mother-in-law, the jury ON Saturday found
n verdict of murder IN the first degree and
fixed the penalty mt Imprisonment for life. At
former trial Baker was sentenced to be
urday the prisoner tainted.
The press of Berlin feel that II war with
France is to be avertcd 1t Is necessary for the
French press to adopt less blatant tactics.
Many Germans may visit the Paris Exhibition
next year, aud unless the MEETINGS OF French
public prints against Germany be abandoned
the Berlin writersSleliev the heat of public
feeling may lead TO incidents which will cul
inmate in casus bell.
r IL
introduced in the hungarian Diet at Pcslh
Saturday, aud II similar measure will be Intro
duced in the Keichstag on Monday. The bill
increases the yearly number of recruits and cX-
tends the age at which recruits are taken from
the twentieth to the twenty-trst year. IL also
greatly curtails the privileges hitherto granted
to recruits Of the educated classes.
A Tory caucus was held at Wolverhampton
Friday evening. motion made by Mr. How
ard Vincent, member Of Parliament for the
central division of Sheffield and leader Of the
fair-trade movement in favor OF fair trade,
was defeated, three.quarters OF the members
ofthe caucus voting against it.
Capt. O'Shoa has written letter In reply TO
the one written by Sir William Vernon llar-
court, I'm which the latter stated that at tue
proper time he would take steps to contradict
Capt. O'Shea's statements made before the
Parnell commission. In his reply Capt. O'Shea
states that he will not initiate Sir William
Vernon llarcourt In discussing evidence given
under oath.
The Emperor William has signed DEGREES re-
organizing the admiralty. Vice Admiral
Count Won Monts will retain the adminstra-
tive head Of the department, but in the future
the communicable will be severed from
the admiralty Office, and In due time Will be
bestowed upon Prince Henry.
Inspector Bonfeld, of Chicago, was shown
the dispatch from Lexington, Va, stating that
Tascott, the murderer of Millionaire Smell,
had been captured near that place, He said
that he had not been advised Of this capture,
but was receiving two or three such dispatches
from different points every day.
At Kansas City, Mo-, Saturday night, while
a Democratic parade of over 5000 people was
crossing Walnut street on Eleve nth street,
number Of colored men threw stones at the
procession. A dozen marchers charged the
crowd, riding down a colored man and injur'
ing two white men.
Frederick S. Tomas, an English saloon pas
senger on the steamer City of Chester,
hanged himself in his stateroom at sea on
October 30. He was dead when discovered.
The City Of Chester arrived at New York
Saturday from Liverpool
Mr.. Phelps the United States Minister to
England, will deliver an address before the
Glasgow Juridical Society on the 18th instant.
The municipal authorietes will afterwards
give banquet in honor of Mr.. Phelps.
1t has been decided to prosecute NJ. Numa
Gilly, Radical member of the French Cham
Der of Deputies for the Department of Gard,
for charging malfeasance aud corruption
against the budget committee.
The Osservatore Romano denies that the
Vatican's note to the powers protested against
the toast proposed at the banquet given at
the Quirinal to the Emperor Of Germany.
Advices from Saigon say that pirates at
tackled post consisting Of forty men of the
foreign legion and seven pagodas in Tonquin,
and killed all but one man.
Signor Uncaro has given notice in the
French Chamber of Deputies that he will
question Prime Minister Crispi upon the sub
ject Of Italian emigration to America.
The Official Messenger of st. Petersburg
states that tho Cars foot and the Czarina's
hand were injured by the accident to the inn
perial train on Monday last
A Paris court has ordered that the affairs OF
the American Exchange in Paris be wound up
under the supervision of the court
The Catholics Of Australia aud India have
presented the Pope with $1,000,000.
The fioting debt of Spain decreased 3S,000,-
600 pesetas during October.
SattIers Thrown Ont nf THAR Hanna