The Washington critic., 1889-06-10
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

The charter of Division 32f of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
at ST. Louis, has been suspended by
Chief Engineer Arthur, owing to cir.
cumstanccs connected with the strike
in 1888, and the expulsion from the
division of three of It's members who
refused to abandon their engines during
the strike
Ex-Presidcnt Cleveland went from
New York TO Marion, Mass, Saturday
morning, by way of Fall River, TO
spend Sunday with Mrs. Cleveland,
arriving at 1920 a. M. He was met at
the station by Mrs. Cleveland, and the
two walked nearly mile TO their cot.
tage In the lower village.
II is reported that the Prospect Brew.
ing Company of Philadelphia has oh.
taincd an option on Camden, N. j.,
property, to which the brewery will be
removed If the Supreme Court of Penn.
sylvania should affirm the right of the
Philadelphia court to refuse the brew.
ing company Il license.
Colonel Charles c. Langdon, Secre-
tary of State Of Alabama, died Satur-
day, after protractcd illness. He was
born in Southington. Conn, August 3,
1903, and at the age of 90 went to Ala.
bama, and has served In the Legisla
ture, Constitutional Convention and as
Mayor of Mobile.
Thursday afternoon seven school
children at Sand Lake, Rensselaer,
County, N. Y, went into the woods to
gather winter greens. They found a
root resembling sweet flag and ate of it.
The weed was poisonous, and two of
The children, Lester Taylor and Ella
Harris, are dead.
Leonard Sweet, one of the old resi-.
dents Of Chicago, who for years has
been prominent member of the Iii.
nois Bar, died Saturday. He made the
nomination speech for Abraham Lin
coin for President in 1860 and for
Judge Walter q. Gresham In 1888
G. L. Woods, manager of Fairbanks $
refinery; George ID. Lewis. superin-
tendent Of the st. Louis works, and
John Gavin, steam filter, died Friday
from the effects of an explosion at the
refinery mt Hutchinson, Kan, Thurs.
day.
Decoration Day was observed In
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, on May
30, the same as In the United States.
The Hawaiian soldiers joined with the
Grand Army veterans in the ceremonies
of the day.
The Chicago police found a suit of
bloody clothes on Saturday which they
supposed to be those worn by DIR. p. II.
Cronin the night of the murder, but
they proved to be those of Albert Her.
2og, barber
Edward Hanlan arrived at San Fran
cisco on the Zealandia Saturday after
an absence of nearly three years He
says his rowing days are over and he
Is going back to Toronto to live
Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago
Tribune, and Miss Medill will sail from
New York on the City of Paris next
Wednesday, and will remain a few
months in Europe,
King Kalakaua was expected to ar.
rive at San Francisco Saturday night on
the steamship Zcalandia. The King,
however. was unwell, and failed to
take passage.
Edwin Harris, late deputy collector
of New Orleans, has been indicted by
the grand jury on ten counts for the
cmbczzlement of sums aggrcgating
nearly "a, 900.
Bishop Quintard beautiful residence
at Sewance, Tenn. was burned Satur
day night. The Bishops valuable col
lection of curiosilies was totally dc.
siroycd.
The Kansas Supreme Court has de-
cided the famous Gray County case In
favor of the town of ingalls,, making
that the permanent county seat.
No lives were lost by the Seattle, W.
r., fire. The financial loss is estimated
at from 81 ,00O, 900 to SIC, 100000.