The Washington critic., 1888-05-28
WASHINGTON CRITIC
NEWS oF TIE DAY.
Important Events of the Past Forty
eight Hours.

Important Events of the Past Forty
eight Hours.
John Nelson filed suit in San Francisco
Saturday against the Nevada Bank, John
". Mackay. James G. Flood. j. +. Jones.
Comstock Mill and Mining Company and
the Consolidated California and Virginia
Mining Company ct al, wherein he-al-
legos that Mackay, Flood and Jones, who
own controlling interest in the Consoli-
dated Virginia, entered into q combina-
ton and conspiracy to defraud the other
stockholders, including complainant, II
is claimed, out of fully $S00,0O0. In ad-
dition to this, defendants, as directors of
the Nevada Bank, charged commissions
for the sale of the bullion, whereby they
again, 1t IS alleged swindled the stock
holders out of over Ss00,00O.
District Assembly 40, X. of H., held an
informal meeting in New York yesterday.
There were over 1000 delegates and ex-
delegates present. General Master
Workman Powderly and John w. Hayes
of the executive board of the K. of H.,
were also present. z. J. McGrath de-
manded the charter from Mastery Work
man Quinn, who, as is known, had been
suspended for disobeying the court of the
district. Quinn refused to surrender It
Mr. Powderly then made speech advls
ing harmony, after which the officers of
the court withdrew with Powderly and
Quinn, to the secretary's room, where
both sides were heard. Mr.. Powderly
subsequently announced that he would
give his decision next Friday.
Ada Christman, highly respected
young lady, aged 20, of East Greenvlle,
Montgomery county, Pa, had a quarrel
with her lover Friday night and after his
departure swallowed, in the presence Of
her father quantity of Paris green,
which caused her death after terrible suf-
fering
The published statement that the Old
Dominion Line of steamships we're to
abandon their Norfolk terminus and run
direct from New York to Charleston is
denied by Vice. President w. II. STAN
ford, who says that no such change was
ever contemplated.
Mr.. Edward Sparks, one of the best
known newspaper men in Philadel phia,
and for the past three years financial edi-
tor ofthe Erening Telegraph, expired yes
terday after n lingering illness of con
sumption, in the thirty-fourth wear of
his age.
A man named Brogressor was found in
his back yard at Shenandoah, Pa, Satur-
dry. almost lifeless. Ills skull was found
TO be crushed, besides having other
wounds about bIs person. His wife was
arrested, and afterwards confessed that
she had inflicted the wound with an AK in
self fdefense. He will die. The woman
is insane.
The Bard again justified the claim of
bis friends Saturday that he is the most
superb horse on the American turf. He
won the Brooklyn cup on track fetlock
deep in mud in n round gallop by ten
lengths making q show of those fine
striders, Volante and Hanover, in the
stretch.
DIR. William Dwyer, who had to flee
from Ireland during one of the Fenian
movements, and was prominent in Land
League circles, died in New York on Sat
uIday,
Mrs. Cleveland passed quiet Sunday
at the house of Rev. DR.. Wood, in Ger
mantown, where she is stopping. In the
morning she attended the centennial
service at the First Presbyterian Church
of Germantown (Dr. Wood's). and in the
afternoon went to the Sunday school.
She received no callers during the day.
Projectors of the South Penn Road say
that il will be in running order in eighteen
months, but this is doubted as the Penn
sylvania is expected to throw legal obsta-
cles in the way of resumption OF work.
Laura Jones, the Georgia girl who has
invented new plow and corn planter, Is
said to be cousin of Lulu Hearst, the
famous electric girl.
A disastrous confagration occurred at
Tyrone, Pa, yesterday morning, during
which an entire block extending from the
Tiverto Juniata street, with the exception
of the Boyer House, was destroyed. The
total loss is $4,000.
The chocolate factory of O. d. Brooks
at Dedham, Mass, was destroyed by fire
Saturday morning Loss $4,000.
Colonel Eli Slifer died Saturday night
at Lewisburg, Pa, from injuries received
on Thursday morning by being thrown
from his carriage. He was State treas
urer in 1S55-56.57-50 and secretary oi
the Commonwealth in lS6I.66 under
Governor Curtin.
Boston Corbett, the slayer of John
Wilkes Booth, escaped from the insane
asylum at Topeka, Kan, Saturday. He
had been an inmate of the institution fol
over year.
Governor Beaver has appointed Chiel
Clerk Thomas McCamant auditor-general
of Pennsylvania to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Colonel A. Wilson
Norris