The Washington critic., 1888-08-01
NEWS OF TIE Day.
Matters Of Interest Boiled Down fol
Hnsty Reading.

the men charged with the Chicago, Burlington
| and Quincy conspiracy, had hearing at Au.
| rora, ILL.,, Monday lnformer Bowo5 testified
that Bouereisen purchased some ammonia ana
| several packages Of blue vtrio and gave it to
| him, with Instructions TO gotO Mendoza and
put In the tanks OF several locomotives.
| BOwlCs went TO Mendoza, but the engines
were closely watched and nc had no oppOr-
tunity 10 use the stuff. The prisoners were
| held-Bmerciscn on charges Of conspiracy
malicious mischief aud unlawful handling OF
| dynamite; Godding on charges of conspiracy
and handling of dynamite, and Koogul on the
charge Of handling dynamite.
At mass-mccting in Wilkcsbarrc, Pa, last
| night, under the auspices of the Knights Of
| Labor, General Master Workman Powdcrly
| argued against unrestricted immigration. lie
| said that on recent date 1000 wealthy Amer
leans left for Europe, where they would spend
| on an average Of 81 900 each, and on the same
| day 1000 penniless emigrants arrived I'm this
country 10 compete with American wOrkmcn.
Charles Floyd, four-yearold son Of Mr..
William 5. Duttera, proprietor OF the Battle
field Tanncry, at Gettysburg, Pa, was found
| by his father drowned in one of the watts Mon
day evening Life was extinct long before he
was discovered, as he had been missing nearly
an hour Mr.. Duttcra removed TO Gettysburg
| from Ladlesburg, Md, recently.
No new facts having been adduced in the
| hearing before Governor Foraker Of Ohio yes
| terday, in the case of "Blinkcy" Morgan, un-
der sentence of death for the murder OF De
totive Hulligan, the Governor declined to In
torfero with the course Of the law. Nor
gan will he hanged at midnight next Thurs
day.
At the application of Henry G. Gilmour,
manager of the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, who
says he is financially embarrassed and unable
to pay the debts of the concern, the Court of
Common Pleas has appointed John Zumstein
f,1a n n lntpl
Mr.. Gilmour and partners are lessccs of the
hotel.
The passenger committee of the trunk lines,
at its meeting In New York yesterday, re-
ferred to the executive committee the resolu-
tion offered before the emigrant clearing
house committee last Friday reducing the emil
grant rate from New York TO Chicago from
$l3 to $5.
Colonel f. s. Livermore, president Of the
Livormore Foundry and Machine Works Com
pany Of Memphis, Tenn, died in that city
Sunday. Mr.. Livcrmore was a director in
banks and other local institutions, and was
distinguished for his public spirit and energy.
Mayor Hewitt of New York yesterday
vetoed resolution of the Board of Aldermen
| to pay $3.50 incurred at the time of the funeral
OF the late William Dorsheimer, on the ground
that Ex-Governor Dorsheimer was private
citizen.
a locomotive on the Delaware, Lacllawanna
and Western Railroad exploded about mile
| from Scranton, Pa, yesterday, and the fire
man, Harvey Keidler, was killed, and Irving
| Stein, the engineer, severely injured.
A Pittsburg dispatch says. "The miners Of
tho Fourth Pool demanded an advance in
wages of % cents per 100 bushels. The ad-
vance was refused, and all the employees gath
! cred up their tools and went home"
Captain John Ericsson, the marine inventor,
who created the monitor during the war and
| thereby revolutionized naval architecture,
| yesterday celebrated his S5th birthday In the
old house at No. 80 Beach street, New York,
| where for years he has lived and exercised his
| genius, and where he still labors with the
| vigor Of a much younger man. Among those
who called on him was Christian Bors, the
| Swedish Consul, who came to present the
| congratulations of the King of Sweden.
The dead bodies of Henry Heesh, retired
saloon-keeper and his wife were found in
| their apartments, on South Sangamon street,
| Chicago, yesterday. The woman had been
! choked and the man was hanging by rope
| from the door frame tits thought that Heesh
| in fit of insanity choked his wife to death
and then killed himself.
The fires at Port au Prince destroyed some
| $50 buildings and caused loss of $4,000, 900.
| The consuls who asked for foreign men-of-
war were officially snubbed, and their vessels
| were sent OFF.
William A. Smith, note and discount clerk
| of the Commercial National Bank of Phila-
| delphia, was arrested yesterday on charge of
! appropriating $4,000 of the bank's funds
The wife Of Rev. +. t. Hcnnicke of, Cham
bersburg, Pa, died Sunday. She was for
merly aresident OF Frostburg, Md.
| s. e. Miller, ell.known citizen of York,
Pa, committed suicide yesterday by hanging.
II is reported that French naval officer has
been arrested at Kiel on the charge of being a
spy.
| Advices from Coroa report the loss of the
German steamer Deutschland. The crew were
| saved.
The Greonway brothers, George and Ke-
| lyme, who were arrested some months ago on
a charge Of fraud in connection with the
| failure Of Greenway's Bank of Warwick, have
| been tried and convicted. George was sen
fenced to five years. penal servitudc and
Kelyne to one years penal scryitude.
United States consuls in Italy will form a
society, with the object of furthering com
mercial relations between Italy and the United
States.
The debate on the Parnell Commission bill
was resumed in the House of Commons last
night.
Three elephants broke loose in Munich yes
terday and injured twenty persons.