Evening journal., 1888-07-13
General News OF the morning.

Branch. N, j.. have ordered the gambling
houses closed.
William Smith, colored, Yves lynched at
Wythoville, Va, Wednesday night for
criminal assault upon a white woman. He
confessed his crime.
The governor OF Missouri yesterday re-
fused TO grant Communication of the sen.
teucs OF Hugh NJ. Brooks, the marderer of
Prtller, but granted respite Of two weeks.
William Osborne. sged % years. yeeter.
day morning stole 81 500 belonging to the
William s Davis Losn Association from
the sitting room table OF his fathers house
ia Philadelphia. Mr.. Osborne, Sr., T.
treasurer Of the association.
Ioaton Protestants are exercised over
what they term the unjustihAhle removal
OF schoolmaster Davis by a Roman Catho.
lin committee They demand bis rein
statement. and that Catholics shall ba ex-
cluied from the management OF theechools
George ". Boyd Of Philadelphia, assist
ant general passenger agent OF the Penn
sylyania Railroad. was one OF the Wit
nesses before the Interstate Commerce
Commission at Long Branch yesterday.
His testimony was In regard to emigrant
traffic
Tho American Association OF Instructors
OF the Blind, iD session at Baltimore, yes
terday passed resolutions requesting Con.
gress to enact into Law the bill to pro-
mote the higher education OF me blind,
now pending before the COMMITTEES on Ed.
ucatiou OF the House.
Richard b. Carter shot Theresa Adams
10 the chest last evsuing on the sidewalk on
West Twenty second street. New York. He
then shot himself in the aide. Both we're
taken to the Nav York Hospital, and are
believed to be fatally wounded. Parker,
who was intoxicated at the tins, is forty
two years old, and the woman about forty.
Hiram 5ibley. one OF the best known
eitisens OF Rochester, and whose fame In
connection with the founding OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company extends
throughout the country, died at bis home
yesterday. He had bssn in feeble heatth
for some time owiag TO his advanced age,
and last Sunday night suffered an apoplec
tic stroke.
The gallery Of the old Quaker church n
Alexandra, Va, now used as an inflrmary
for old colored people, fell Wednesday
night during an entertainment for the
benefit of the hams, precipitating the
crowd to the lower hoor, probably fatally
injuriDG the ianitor and breaking a leg
aud otherwise ipiuring six or seven
women. all colored.
A dispatch from Cape Town, Africa,
says that the Debeers coal mine, at kim
berley, caught fire on Wednesday evening
500 men are entombed. The work or res
cue, which began at once, still continues,
but ii is believed that 500 persons have
perished, including Mr.. Lindsay, the man
eyer OF the company. Many Of the vic.
tins Imprisoned il the mine are white
people.
A United States lighthouse steamer ran
aGround while entering the inlet at Fire
Island, Now York, yesterday. A heavy
sen was running and when last heard OF
she was in great danger. The captaia OF
the life saving station on the island saw
the steamers signals Of distress, and by
last advices from Fire Island had launched
the life at and gone to the grounded
vessels assistance.
The Grand Lodge OF the Benevolent
Protective Order OF Elks, ia session at
New York, yesterday, considered the plan
proposed by members Of the order IN
Philadelphia 60 organize "A Supreme Lodge
composed Of representatives frosn Grand
Lodges OF the variouB states. The scheme
was voted down, being regarded as cum.
bersome and expensive. Il was also
Thought that the order was not ready
for it.
John Zlcbar. the fasting Wisconsin
farmer. has begun to eat, after fast OF
ifty-three days. He is as yet unable to
retain food. but physicians think he will
recover. They also doubt that be has
entirely abstained from food. though his
friends say he hos. He has explained that
his resolve not 20 eat was caused by die
agreement with his father. and q recon
ciliation which has been effected is the
reason be has begun to eat again.
A Ere in Alpena, Mich on Wednesday
burned over 200 buildings, caused loss OF
100000 left 500 people homeless, burntd
one TO death and dangerously injured
others Mrs Ann McLean, OF Boffalo,
was the ono burned to death, and those
injured were Mrs. Pulvin, Mrs. shar-
boaesu ana Miss Nester. Tho fire wos
started IA II R. Moise's lumber mill, Gov
ering two acres and surrounded by i'm
msnse piles or lumber and sawdust. Gil
chii.t's lumber dock;Wi thfea million fest
OF lumber belonging to + w Gichrist.
Folkets, McPhee a. Co, OF Alpsna, and
Burrows and Burt. Of Saginaw, valued At
SIS, 900, was also lost.
The molten Of the Duchess Of Marlbor-
ough, formerly Mrs. HAmersley, orSiO0 900
allowances from her first husbands prop.
erty was granted Yesterday by Surrogate
Ransom, OF New York. on its being shown
chat ti40, 300 bad accumulated in interest
The motion wes made by Robert Sewell
Franklin BARTLETT. who represented the mex.
Of kin, said that as s75. 900 had already
been paid to the Duchess on the second Of
December last, and the income OF the estats
being $4,000 a year. S55, 600 ought to be
sufficient to last her until the second Of next
September. Mr Sswell claimed that tho
interest IL greater than $4,000, and that
the estate is worth sS 600, ,000.
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An Insane Man stopping a Train.
A train on the Philadelphia extension Of
the B. & o. railroad had to stop yesterday
morning near Singerly station on account
of an insane man being on the track and
refusing TO mlve. Constable Emery Lee
~ .harr.. EIlII tnnl. thn man A.. nlnr.a q IA