, 1888-10-30
FLASHES.

McCallister of the appellate court, one
OF the most noted men of the bench Of
Illinois. died very suddenly at home in
Ravenwood this morning of heart failure,
aged -.
PIttsburg-The Chronicle Telegraph'to
day prints a letter from a young Ameri-
can in London giving the theory and the
results of investigation of a London de-
~tective in the W~hitechapel murders. He
declares that the crimes were committed
by a woman or by a man dressed in wo-
mans clothes.
Boston-Twenty one women in convon-
ton yesterday nominated Miss Alice D..
StocLon of Wheaton as the candidate of
the Equal Rights party tor governor of
Massachusetts,. The candidate is 26 years
of age.
Southwest Harbor. Md.-An incoming
schooner from New York reports that on
the oath she saw an unknown schooner
sink suddenly off Jeffrey bank. 1t is
believed all on board must have persisted.
New Bedford, Mass.-This city was
visited by two well defined earthquake
shocks last night. The shocks were felt
at l1:25 O'Clock. They were preceded by
a rumbling sound and three distinct oscil-
lations. followed by a tremulous move
ment.
Observation-Disclosures Watts, aged 90,
died of pneumonia in this city yesterday.
He was one of the patriots who, Septem-
Der u, 1914, repulse4 the British attack
upon Baltimore.
Washington.-In az opinion rendered
h. V,,1t,oa DroJ1a- ito ao,-A
of the United States, to day, he declared
unconstitutional all state laws imposing a
license tax upon commercial travellers not
residents of the state imposing the tax.
Surgeon Hutton, at Camp Perry, Fla,
and Surgeon Urquhart. at Live Oak, Fla,
telegraphed the surgeon general they have
u%ndoubted evidence of the existence of
yellow fever at Baldwin, Fla.
Washington. The commissioner of
customs in his annual report recommends
officers. During the last fiscal year the
officers settled accounts for payments into
the treasury on account of customs, etc.,
of 1920, 507. 693, and accounts for pay
ment out of the treasury of 500, 1859, 455.
Guthrie, Ky.-A jealous colored man
named r. Smith beat his wife to death
| DdIuTudy, luTGW Ills llIJlt Cullu lUUO d
pond, where it drowned, and then jumped
in himself but was rescued and taken to
jail at Springfield, Tenn, to avoid lynch
ers.
Ell Paso.-It is learned from Washing
ington that the director of the geological
survey for the reclamation of the arid
lands has conceived a plan for construct
ing an immense dam across the Rio
Grande near here, the accumulated water
to be used TO irrigate the valley and fur
nish motive power.
Lowell, Mass..-Gen. B. F. Butler left
yesterday for Michigan to stump the state
for Harrison and Morton.
Philadelphia The corner stone of the
big Spreckles sugar refinery, at the foot
of Reed street, was laid with appropriate
ceremonies this afternoon. Adolph
Spreckles, son of Claus Spreckles, placed
the corner stone in position amid the
cheers of invited guests.
Washington Samuel ii. Albro Of
New York, whose nomination as SUPER
intendent of the Indian schools failed of
confirmation by the senate, has been APP
pointed to that position by the president.
Hamburg. = Emperor William, Gen.
Won Moltke and Count Herbert Bismarck
were present to day at the ceremonies to
commemorate the inclusion of the city in
the customs union.
Boston. The agents for the Haitien
Republic, the American steamer seized at
st. Marie, know nothing of any contra
brand goods on the steamer. If there is
it is without their knowledge. They have
no word from the consignees or captain.
New York.-In renewed hearings of
the A. T. Stewart will case to-day the
fact was developed that the estate had
been charged S6,801 for the funeral ex-
penses of the millionaire.
Rome. The pops to day received the
archbishop of San Francisco.
New York.-The steamer Saginaw of
the Clyde line left for her trip to the
West Indies this afternoon. when she
suddenly listed, the water poured into her
open port holes, and before they could be
closed the steamer sank.
Havana.-In an encounter with the
guards near the Zoldivar estate the ban
dit, Victor Fregoso. was killed.
Berlin.-M. DeGiers, Russian foreign
minister, in his reply to the congratula-
tons of Emperor William on the jubilee;
says he is happy to be, through the conf
dence of the car, the interpreter Of the
feeling of friendship of the car toward
TIE emperor and of traditional treaty con-
cord between Germany and Russia.