The Washington critic., 1888-09-21
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Recent Happenings OF Interest Condensc,
for Hnsty Reading.


for Hnsty Reading,
The annual meeting of tho stock
holders of the Northern raciie Railroad
was hold in New York yesterday. D.
9. Bulltt, Frederick Billings. j. IT,
Broolman, G. #. Barney. Robert Harris
Brayton Ivcs, Thomns f. Oal,cs. G. b.
Wright, Henry Willard, Il. IT,. Abbott,
G.. H. Colby, Col. Gatchoyt and john B
Trevor were elected directors. The only
change is j. Q. Bullitt in pluce of Au-
gust Belmont. At subsequent meeting
OF directors, Henry Willard was pub in
nomination for the presidency, but he
declined, and moved that in his stead
Thomas Fletcher Oates, now vicc-pres-
dent and general manager be elected
prcsid mt. MIR Oates was thcrcupon
unanimously elected. The report showed
net earnings of $6,570,443 for the year
ending June 30, an increase of S963, OF o.
Louis Hill, colored fugitive from
Union County, MISS was arrested near
Memphis, Tenn, Wednesday Five years
ago Hill resolved to get rid of his wife
in order TO we'd another woman. A VOC
doc priestcss told him TO extract tho
poison from u moccasn snake and adj
minister it to his wife in the seventh
hour of the seventh day following lie
succeeded in capturing moccaSin, but
the reptile was so vicious that he was
afraid to make the extraction of its poi
and boiled it in the coffee which his
wife drank at breakfast. She was taken
ill, but finally recovered. Hill was ar
rested and indicted for an attempt ut
murder, but with the aid of another
prisoner he made his escape.
The wreck on the Wabash Western
Railroad, Wednesday night, proved
even worse than first accounts showed.
George Hcndrcll, engineer, and George
Koetlcr, fireman, were killed. and
Charles Williams, conductor, and Ru-
dolph Stoufer, shipper, were badly
injured. Koetler had just returned
from his wedding tour the fatal trip
being the first one out. 1t Is believed
hat the wreck was the work of par
;ics having grudge against the Bur-
ington road. The special train of
superintendent Magee, returning. from
ihc wreck, yesterday, was nearly de-
'ailed by log in cattle guard
A New York dispatch says: The
Poughkcepsie sporting man who chal-
big bridge over the Hudson at Pough-
l,eepsie for wager has backed down,
but Steve now announces that he will
make tho Jump anyhow. a purse has
been raised by some Poughkcepsic men,
and the jump is likely to be made next
week. The highest thus far made was
from the cables of the Brooklyn bridge,
where Brodie is to jump at Poughleep-
sic the bridge is 212 feet above the
Hudson.
The forty-scventh annual conven-
tion of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of East Pennsylvania met yesterday in
Philadelphia. Three delegates were
present from the Susquehanna Synod,
one each from the Hartwich and New
York Synods. These were presented
and received us members of the synod,
Rev. W. III. Dunbar, of Lebanon, was
elected president; Rev. j. A. Hacken-
berg, secretary, and Rev. w. NJ. Baum,
ID. D., treasurer.
The Society of the Army of the Cum
berland, in session at Chicago, ycster-
day appointed u committee to take
charge of the erection af monument To
the late General Sheridan, and adopted
suitable resolutions to the dead soldier
A committee will consider the advisa-
bility of asking Congress to purchase
the old battlefield of Chicuamanga, and
erecting there monument similar TO
the one at Gettysburg. General w. s.
Rosecrans was elected president.
At Scottsburg, Ind, yesterday, Con
rad Storts, agent at JeffersonVllle Tor
Louisville brewery, was found murdered
in his room at the hotel Storts hat
gone there Wednesday night with th'
intention of buying large piece o.
property, and had considerable money
Ills throat was cut from ear to ear
The bed clothing and furniture showed
evidence of n struggle.
A committee appointed by the Demo
cratic clubs of Richmond, Va, VIII
leave to-day for Washington to invit
President and Mrs. Cleveland to v1sl
Richmond on October a. and witness
the demonstration Of clubs OF the otate'
Mrs. Mary Schaeffer, aged 80 years. EN-
nloved at Wengert's Hotel, Lebanon, Pa,
tried To I,indle a fire with coal oil yester-
dav. The can exploded, burning rhe
ho1se. Mrs. SchacfTer was burned to
death.
The French council of ministers has
decided not to suspend the import duty
of five francs on cereals, which it was
Thought would be done on account Of
the inadequate harvests in France.
Hon. Roger @. Mills, the Democrati;
leader of the House Of Representatives
addressed great audience at Rchmond,
Ind, last night on the tHlin
General Boulanger arrived at Tangier,
Morocco, Wednesday, paid visit 10
the Pasha's palace, and subsequently
started for Gibraltar.
The Independence Beige rumor that
Prince Bismarck contemplatcs retiring
from public life at an early day Is SEMI
officially contradicted
VIM. G. East, the sculler, is pas
senger on the City of Rome.
Count Kalnolly left FREDERICKSBURG
last night for Vienna.
Hon. Nathaniel L. Givens, for many
years distinguished member of the st
Louis bar died few days ago in Mem
phis, Missouri.
The memorial stones in Wesley
Church at Ellsworth, Eng, were laid
with imposing ceremonies.
Hon. Louis e. McComas addressed {
Republican meeting at Flintstone, ALE
ghany County, last night.
The strike in the st. Etienne Goa
basin, in France, has become general.
Usambara chiefs in Zanzibar have
revolted against the Germans.
Serious rioting has occurred in the
Dublin barracks.
The strike at the Eifrel tower, Paris
has ended.
Best in Washington.
Our o wn make school suits at So. Eisema