Evening journal., 1888-06-29
General Nesvs OF the MORNING.

Fred May. the young man about town
aud athlete, Of New York, Is still confined /
TO his bed from the effects Of the clubbing
he received at the hands of a policeman. IL
is said that erysipelas has set in.
The cflleIal canvass Of the vote OF Oregon
on the Congressional election resulted as
follows; Herman lRap !, 80 $50; John NJ
Gearing Dsml, 25,4l2; George NJ. Miller
(Prol, 2,974 Hermsnn's plurality, 7,a70.
The Pennsylvania. .Lackawanna aud Read
ing Railroad Companies have sntsred into
an agreement to advance coal rates on
July /, and again on July 10. The ad-
vance will be 25 cents ton, aud the second
advance from Is to 25 cents q ton.
A scnff5lding on the nearly. completed
ten story building OF the New York Life
Insurance Company, Kansas City, Mo.
gave way about noon yesterday, and pre-
cipitated three bricklnyers to the sidewalk
/ o meath Gus clifford md Wilnsm rrtm
lin were killed outright, and Dick Thors
lived but IS minutes.
Gen. Adam Badeau's rult against Mrs.
Julia d. Grant, the widow OF Gen $.
Grant, to recover about $1,000, alleges to
be dus as compensation for services rem
tered Gen Grant 10 the preparation Of hi
memoirs, was called 10 Supreme Couri
D. cial term at New York yesterday
was stated that the trial would take
~sek. and Il WAS accordingly adj lurned g.
October.
The new Training School for Male
Nurses, built at a cost OF 500 600, on the
grounds OF Bellevue Hospital at EewYork
was formally turned ovr to tho city yea
terday by the donor, D. o. Mills Chaun-
cey NJ Depew made the n0dress OF tue oc-
cason and read tho letter o. presentation
from Mr.. Mills Mayor Hewitt acceptso
the gift 10 behalf Of the city. and thanked
Mr.. Mills, whom he eulogizsd in glowing
terms.
TIE lccal committees have about ccm-
pleted arrangements for tbs Smngerfest Of
the Eastern Singing Confederation, which
will commence in Baltimore tomorrow
and continue until Wednesday next, and
the Fest premises to be moet gratifying
success. At least 1900 pinRers are expected
to attend, and they Sill represent 67 sooie-
ties from New York, Broo len Philadel-
phia, Washing on. Waterbury, Conn
Reading, PittsburE, Newark, Blifa lo,
Syracuse. Altoona, Lancaster, Rochester,
Bridgeport Jersey City. Trenton. Hart
ford, Richmond and other eastern cities.
After the most exciting local op'ion
fight ever known 10 Missouri, the Proti
hiuouists cf Independence the Oldest town
IN Missouri, won a great victory on Wed
nesday, carrying the election by over 20I
, majority. and ending the sale Of liqaor to
four years Womsn were everywhRTs a
the polls, a. the lunch stands aud on stree
corners. wearing silk badges aud will
dry ballots 10 their hands. Girls stoo
&C the polls. and ct every votipg place wa
a banner on which was inscribed: "Tem
perancs beaus or no bsaus at all Ere
! dinners were served at ths polling places.
/ Mrs. Kate Crawford, a young mothel
4 whose home was with her husband, an hoE
est truckmar, at IS McDougal st Ne
q York, lies dying ia st. Vincent Hospt
"a from terrible injuries received by "a
q from a third story before daybrsak yestsi
y day morning Her story is brief but 50,
J. Twelve yesrs ego the couple wera Marie
|. The young wi was only II Four chi
! dren we're born to them. Two OF thei
died OF diphtheria. The Oldest, a girl
II. and the youngest, baby at the breas
remained. La her grief she took to drinl
ing. Last week aha had al Of deliriui
tremens. She recovered and promised h'
u husband to drink no more, but the promi
was no sooner made than broken. wedDe
day night brought on fresh attack OF d
- .kn ~uf. ID
er and mortally injured herself.
" Charles Decker, a farmer Of Buer
as Vista, Ill, sent his children from the hou
a on Wednesday aud then crept up behir
N bis wife and shot her through the braI
K Decker then went into the sitting-roo
e and sent a bullet through his hear
t. Throwing the revolver away be drew
{ razor and cut his throat SO desperately th
Cd his head was almost severed from his bod
K The shots were heard by Dsckler's liti
on daughter, who had been sent to the we
&, She hestened TO the house andsio Ting
10 the bedroom window saw the dead DO,
no OF her mother on the floor. She hurried
al a neighbor, who at once went to the hot
as aud found Dsckler on bis knees tearing
in his throat aud gasping for breath. ASS
ry ancs was sent for, and when il srriy
.ys Dsckler was stretched out in q pool
We, blood dead The murderer and suie
to- leaves a family Of nine children, all higl
for respected. The cause OF the tragedy is
known.
isu F. t. Lantry,a guest at the Astor Hor
New York, was found dead 10 his TO
yes srday moruing. he had cut his thr'
with rsEor. Letters found on a tabls
OF the room show that the man killed HIM
has with great deliberAtion, On slip OF pa
em found 10 the room was a record OF the
'er, feet Of the morphine upon him Accord
Tor TO this, he swallowed enough Of the drul
'tai the form OF pills to kill three horses. /
ns try was q school teacher and lecturer.
ity was formerly principal OF the On
Aler School at Manlius. Nav YorK. he
ons there to accept a position as lecturer uu
Art- the State Board OF Education. His uI
OF ness was to visit the various teachers a
we Citations throughout the stats and deli
and lectures. He fell to drinking before Il
no ing the Uuion school and had some trol
the with bis wifi. on account OF his habits.
separated from him and tried to procui
divorce. His salary was 5000 a }
zee from the State Board OF Education.
ded
as wins a Medal.