New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-17
TUESDAY, APRIL II, 1888.
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.--Mr Matthew Arnold died suddenly of
heart disease, at Liverpool on Sunday; he had
violently exerted hims If trying to Jump a mailing
- The German Emperor Is suffering from an
attack Of bronchitis and Inflammation Of the
lungs; his condition ciuses grave anxiety; all his
family are at his bedside. - Mr. Edmund Yates
chronicles aud criticises the world Of London.
e. Rumanian peasants are assembling for an
attack on Bucharest; several village Mayors have
been killed by the revolutionists. - General
Boulanger has written letter to the electors Of
the Department Of the NORTH it abounds in
patriotism. - Ten lives were lost by the sink
ing Of a steamship off the English coast yesterday.
Congress.-Both branches in session. e. Senate ::
Mr.. Spooner replied to Senator Buffers speech
opposing tie admission Of South Dakota into the
Union. - House: Under suspension of the rules
years extension was granted to the Arthur Kill
Bridge Company; an effort to suspend the rules
and pass the River and Harbor bill was defeated.
Domestic.-The Supreme Court of Louisiana con.
frmed the mandamus requiring the admission Of
Republicans as Commissioners of Election. -
A number of additions were made to the faculty
Of Cornell University. - The knights of Labor
at Braddock shut out non-union employees and
voted not to resume work. - Cohen, the learned
hermit of Andover, died In solitude. - The
Louisville Baseball Club donned the blue ribbon
for Francis Murphy.
City and Suburban. was stated on trust
worthy authority that Senator Gray, of Della
ware, would be named for the Chief Justiceship
Interviews with leading lawyers on the best man
for the Office. 60 Madame Dss Debar now sus
pected of having had something to do with the
poisoning of an old miser, Loewenherz. for whom
she once painted spirit" pictures - The
brewers lockout began, about 5000 quit
ting work. - The Republican Club voted to
move into new quarters in Fifth-ave. - The
State Senate Investigating Committee organized,
and then adjourned until Saturday. - The
Rev. DR.. Brown, of Buffalo, said to have been
chosen as the successor of the Rev. Dr. Morgan
in ST. Thomass Church. - Judge Barrett de-
clined to confirm the report of the commissioners
to examine into Miss Collins sanity, saying that
he thought the finding was clearly erroneous -
The war between the trunk lines at Castle Gar
den waged fiercer than ever. - Two teams of
the Brooklyn baseball club played game in re-
narkably quick time. - The new building of
the Consolidated Exchange was formally opened
80 Mr. ConKling improved, on the whole, and
his physicians felt encouraged, but do not regard
the crisis as past yet. - The Tammany Society
elected sachems - The Young Women's Chris
tian Association held its annual reception -
Ira Skaters resignation from the Manhattan Club
was accepted by the new Board of Managers. -
Republicans of the lid and lid Assembly Dis
tricts of Westchester County held meetings to
elect delegates to the State and Congressional
Conventions; Chauncey NJ Depew was Endorsed
by the lid Assembly for the Presidential
nomination. John II. nman was elected
president of Richmond Terminal == The pro-
cceds Of the Chapman art sale amounted to
s74395. - Stocks quiet but strong closing
slightly under the highest prices. New-England
and Richmond Terminal were conspicuous by their
activity and strength.
The Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Slightly
colder and fair at first and then warmer and
cloudy, possibly with light rain. Temperature
yesterday Highest 90 degrees; lowest 80; aver
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