The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-27
EARLY MORNING NEWS.
New Minister to Russia.


The New York Hcrdids Washington
special says; The position OF Minister TO
Russia has been offered 10 Mr.. Allen
Thorndykc Rice Of the North American Re
vict0 and accepted by him. This gives three
important foreign appointments TO New
York, with Reid TO France and Grant, TO Aus
tria, and seems to preclude the possibility
that New York man Will get the English
Mission.
A Fatal Railway Collision.
An East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
southbound passenger train, running
speed Of forty miles an hour, collided with
freight train twenty miles south of At
lante, Ga, last evening. Engineer Gillon
OF the passenger train was Killed. The
engineer of the freight train, both flremen
and both conductors were hurt. III. t.
Wilson of New York, l.. II. Hydeman OF
New York, Jake Dart of Brunswick and A.
j. Lyle Of Atlanta, passengers, were seri-
ously injured.
A Warm Grand Army Meeting.
The Grand Army encampmcnt meeting
at Milwaukee yesterday was warm one,
and important action was taken. A COM
mittee was appointed to meet Thursday at
the st. Paul Railroad Office and there con-
fer with the officials on the question OF
rates. II was the unanimous opinion OF
the members Of the committee that In case
IL is demonstrated that Milwaukee is SO
situated that the railroads cannot or will
not give the one-cent rate the Grand
Army Of the Republic council and the
commander-in-chief will be notified that
the encampment must be held in some
other place than Milwaukee. President
Roswell Miller yesterday reiterated his
statements OF Monday, and says the Mil
waukee roads can, under no circumstances,
go below the rate they now demand, which
Is about two cents a mile.
Also Thought To He Tascott.
A young man who gave his name as
| Frank Buck, and who has been working on
farm near Culber House, Arkansas, on
the Kansas City Railroad, forty-fve miles
| west Of Memphis, was to-day arrested by
| Arthur Blak emore, the son of his employer,
| and supposed to be I'm the employ Of de-
tectives He answers the description of
| Tascott, the Chicago murderer.
A Series Of Grimes.
| John Rosenbarger, farmer, shot dead
Andrew Castline, in a row over trivial
matter, near Creighton, Neb., yesterday,
then burned his own house to the ground
and shot himself dead.
Another Leavenworth Case.
Charles Gordon, grocer, about IS years
old, and popular with the citizens at
Lesvenworth, was murdered on Fifth ave-
nue., near his store, at 7:30 o'clock last even
ing. The assassin was an unknown colored
man, who escaped. He walked quietly up
to Gordon and plunged knife into HIS
side, and, withdrawing II, slashed his VIC
tim across the throat, severing the jugnlar
vein.and horribly mntilating bis face.
Poor Reason for killing HIMSELF.
The body Of George r. Spalding, clerk
in the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
general offices at Chicago, was found al
o'clock yesterday morning in the out
house connected with his clearinghouse
in Aurora, Ill. He had been shot IN the
left temple, the ball coming out through
the left eye, and in the heart. At the coro-
ner's inquest the testimony showed that ha
killed himself because he was jealous OF q
fast woman named Hattie Gurne.