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Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
APPOINTMENTS.

The President Fills q Number of I'm.
portant Ofaces-ClarS L. Carr, of Hi.
nois. Made Minister to Denmark.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE President has
made the following appointments: Solo,
mon Hirsch, of Oregon, to be Minister to
Turkey; Clark E. Carr, of Illinois, to be
Minister resident and Consul-General to
Denmark; Henry W. Severance, of Califor-
mia, to be Consul-Generala at Honolulu; John
Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be United
States Connul at Birmingham; Thomas s.
Sherman, of the District of Columbia, to be
United States Consul at Liverpool.
[Solomon Htsch, of Oregon. the new Minis.
ter 10 Turkey, is prominent business man Of
Portland, OF Hebrew parentage. He was q
leading candidate for the Senate from Oregon
at the last election and lacked but one vote Of
securing an election.
Clark E. Carr, OF Illinois, appointed to be
Minister to Denmark, is q leading Republican,
about 55 years of age. living at Galesburg,
where he has been postmaster. He was prom
inent in the last campaign, and ut the ncom.
Ing OF the present Administration was strong
candidate fer the Office of FIRST Assistant Post
MASTER General.
Henry w. Severance. of California, madc
ConsulGeneral to Honolulu, has for years been
identified with the Sandwich Islands. His
father was editor and proprietor of the Kenne-
bee Journal when Secretary Blaine made his
entrance into public life. He was Minister to
Hawaii and his son has been Consul at San
Francisco for the Hawaiian Government He
is about 50 years of age.
John Jarrett, wi O goes as Consul to Birmng.
ham, is we'll known from his long connection
with the steel and iron industries, which in.
auenced his selection as Consul at Birmng-
ham, u cente: of this trade. He is secretary OF
one of the largest associations OF metal-work.
ers in the United States. He has been prom.
inently before the public as an earnest worker
for protection.
Thomas II. Sherman. who was selected as
Consul at Liverpool, is credited to the strict
of Columbia, where he has lived for many
years. although he came originally from
Maine. He was a telegraph operator and be
came private secretary to Mr.. Blaine when the
latter was Speaker in 1868. He retained the
same connection during Mr.. Blaine's term
in the Senate and his former administration
Of the State Department. After Mr.. Blaine's
retirement from public Life Mr.. Sherman con-
ttnued in tho department, where he was at
tached to the Consular bureau. He has acted
rs private secretary to Secretary Blaine since
March Al
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
THEY MAY COMPROMISE:

German Miners and Their Employers Like
~ to Reach Satisfactory Agreement.
BERLIN, May 17.-Etfolts to arrive at q
compromise in the miners strike are pro-
ceeding SO satisfactorily that it is thought
probable general resumption OF work will
take place by Tuesday.
The Emperor, in an address to q delega-
tion of employers, said that the main point
| seemed to him to be to bring the strikes to
an end, leaving the question at issue to
be settled while peace and order pre-
vailed and while production was proceed
ing. He had spoken plainly to the
to hold aloof from Socialist intriyues
''Telegrams from Westphalia,' he added,
announce that my words have been favor
ably received. The healthy patriotic feel
ing manifested by the workmen's del
egation inspires me with confidence
that they will do all possible to
bring their comrades back to work as
I soon as possible. 1 have urged the mining
companies to maintain henceforth as close
touch as possible with their workmen. J
am anxious that the dispute be brought to a
favorable ISSUE" The Emperor also evinced
very kind disposition toward the work
men and said he hoped the companies
| would consider their welfare.
After the audience aconference was held
between delegates of the miners and Herr
Hammacher, member of the Reichstag, who
represented the mine-owners. The result
was provisional agreement on a basis of
eight hours work per day, exclusive of the
time occupied in descending and ascending
pits; the abolition of compulsory over.
time, and an increase of wages according
| to local circumstances. The directors Of
| fhe Wei1nnr colIiAries have oonvano6 q
meeting for Saturday to consider the pro-
posed settlement.
Hundreds OF the striking miners at Essen
have been sworn in as special police at
their own request in order to keep their
fellow workmen from rioting and thus
spelling their hopes of the mine-owners'
concession. Many of the miners at Dort-
mund resumed work Thursday without op-
position from the strikers The owners are
now treating with the men and tho strikes
will probably soon be settled.
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
LATEST NEWS.

TEE western portion of Morgan County,
ILL.,, was visited by cyclone on the evening
OF the 18th. and a number OF buildings were
demolished and several people narrowly
escaped death.
The Amy Wooden Manufacturing Com
pany OF Philadelphia failed on the 18th for
- OOO
In the Jefferson public school at Washing
ton on the 18th Mrs Sarah E. Allen,
teacher, was shot and killed by her hus-
band. who then committed suicide. They
had not lived together for some time.
A FIRE on the 18th at Huntingburg, Ind,
caused a loss of $l2,, ,0W.
VIENNA advices of the 18th state that tho
Turks were massacreing Christians on the
frontier of Montenegro.
AT festival on the 18th in st. Luke'e
Episcopal Church at South Glastonbury,
Conn, over one hundred persons were
made sick by eating ice cream. and thirty
four We're reported to be beyond recovery.
HIGH water was doing great damage on
the 18th in Abilene, Salina and other por-
tions of Kansas.
The stables at the driving park at Column
bus, Ind, were destroyed by an incendiary
fire on the 18th.
The recent strike at the National tubc
works at Mckeesport. Pa, which involved
two Thousand men, came to an end ON the
| 18th.
A TEnnlDLE hail-storm passed over Buck
| Vile. Ark. on the 18th, doing great damage
| t., growing crops.
| MISS MA Y WooDDEREY, a Cincinnati
u tist, shot Henry Mcn.ze at Louisville on
the 18th because he refused to marry her
N LsoN COLBERT tcolorcd, was hanged
| on the 18th ut Washing on for the murder
| of Philip WentZell in October last.
! THERE were 2l7 business failures in the
| United States during the seven days ended
| on the 10Th, against ia the previous seven
days
| TIE Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad Com
! pany's depot warehouse at Norfolk, Va,
was burned on the l7th. Loss, slao,G0o.
! The Teresa central sugar grinding fac.
to- y at Mozanillo, Cuba, was burned on the
18th. Loss, $40O,OO0.
In q fit of jealousy on the 18th at Newark
N. j., John Hengle fatally stabbed Mrs
Scherzer and then cut his own throat.
At Eldora, Ia, tn livery barn Of B. E
Deyo was struck by lightning and destroyed
on the 18th. and ten horses were killed
F1RA11So OPEPAGo an Indian, was hanget
on the 18th at Tue son, A. T., for the murder
of Patrick Ford a prospector
The Government of Bolivia on the It'll
gayo notice OF it's intention to send Min
lister to Washington.
MISS JENNIE ENasrRoM, young lady o
Erie, Pa, was shot by her brother on th
l.th with revolver that he Ibid not kno,
was loaded"
The house of Louis Palmer, at Rockdale
Tex, was destroyed by fire on the It'll
caused by lamp explosion, and Mrl
Palmer and her two little boys perished Il
the flames Mr. Palmer was also hadl
burned
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
A DRUNKEN HUSBAND.

He Commits an Awful Crime in WASH
ington School-Room - Calling His Es-
tranged Wife to the Door He Shoots
Her Dead in Sight of Her Terrified Pu-
pills and Ends His Own Miserable Ex.
istence.
WASHINGTON, May 1&-Mrs. Sarah e.
Allen, q school-teacher in the Jefferson
school building in South Washington. was
shot and killed by her husband, Oswald G.
Allen, about 8 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Allen then turned his pistol and killed
himself. There had been some difficulty
between the pair, and they have not lived
together for some time. The tragedy
occurred in the school building Allen
hired cab on Pennsylvania avenue and
told the driver to take him to the Jeffer-
son building. Upon arriving there he
alighted and told the driver to wait until
he wanted him. Then he walked up the
stone steps and passed through the hall into
the cloak room adjoining the room where his
wife was engaged as q teacher. He showed
himself to her and beckoned her to the door,
She came toward him As she reached the
threshold of the cloak-room he drew pis-
tol and shot her in the left temple Turn
ing the pistol then upon himself he shot
himself through the right temple. Both
fell to the floor In the cloak. GROOM
The children in the school-room who had
witnessed the frightiul scene rushed from
the room in panic and spread the alarm
Lieutenant Vernon and two policemen soon
arrived on the scene. The woman was
ion2G TO be still alive. She was removed
to the school room, and Drs. Bowman,
Cook. Thompson and Leach called, made an
examination and dressed the wound.
which, however, was pronounced fatal
The stairway was thrOnged with the fright
ened teachers and children, while outside
an immense throng blocked the sidewalk.
In the confusion some one had turned in
an alarm of fire, and the gathering crowd
was augmented when the engines arrived.
The remains OF Allen were taken away
to the morgue, but Mrs. Allen was left on q
of the school room, in which. q short time
before she had been cheerfully talking to
the pupils She died at6:1O
Mrs. Allen was about AZ years old and had
been teacher for many years. She was in
charge of a third-grade school, composed
of little girls She was the daughter of r.
w. johnson, an old and well-known citizei,
of Wash ngton. Her parents reside in this
city. Allen never had any trade but his
father, Oswell s. Allen, is q welLknown
printer in this city. His family came from
Charlottesville, Va, about fourteen years
ago.
Miss johnson was warned against Allen
before she married him fifteen years ago.
He ill-treated her during their early mar
ried life and she was obliged to leave him.
For some time she has been living with her
parents. Allen has figured in the police
courts a great deal OF late. He was q WORTH.
less yarabOnd
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
MADE VACANT eY pEATH.

Tho Russian Mission Without an Occu.
pant - The Newly-Appointed Minister,
Allen Thorntiike Rice, Dies at Now York
Tho Event Unlocked For-Fsrlef sketch
Of His Brilliant Career.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Allen Thorndike
Rice. the newly appointed Minister to Rus
sia died Thursday morning at $3.50 o'clock
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city. Mr.
Rice had been suffering with an affection
Of the throat for several days, and
this prevented his sailing for Europe
on Wednesday, although he was not
thought to be seriously i'll. He was
taken worse Wednesday night, and fell
into deep sleep from which the nurse was
unable to wake him Drs Fuller and Gold,
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
TERRIBLY AFFLICTED.

A Texans Wife ana Two Children Burned
to Death and His Home Destroyed.
81. LOUIS, May 1s-While Mrs. Louis
Palmer was cookin : supper in her home at
Rockdale, Tex, Wednesday evening she
dropped lighted lamp and was i'm
mediately enveloped in flames She ran
from the kitchen through bedroom
in which her two little bcys, aged aud 1
years. were sleeping, orS into the yard
where her husband wss The latter at
tempted to extinguish ;1& flames, but did
not succeed until his wife was fatally
burned He then discovered that the house
was on fire and it and the two children
were consumed MI. Palmer was also very
badly burned
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
DEATH IN THE FREEZER,

4 Hundred Persons Poisoned by Eating
Ice-CSeam at q Festival in Il Connecti-
cut Village - Thirty-Four of Them Not
Likely to RccoSer.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, May 18.-South Glas-
tOnbury has been having Nav festival in
the interest OF St Luke's Episcopal Church
Thursday night over 100 persons who had
eaten ice-cream at the festival were taken
i'll. The four physicians were kept busy
Thursday night and Friday. The symptoms
were those that attend poisoning In many
instances whole families were taken sick
and in some of them not single person is
expected to recover.
The trouble was traced to the vanilla ice-
cream sold at the festival The physicians
express but slight hope for the recovery of
thirty-four of the victims They are igno-
rant Of any known remedy for the strange
disorder and all they can do is to admins
lister drugs that will make the patient more
comfortable In other cases, where the
victims partook sparingly OF the cream and
the effects OF the poisoning is less srvere.
the physicians are hopeful of recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs F. A Glazier were enter
tanning Mrs. 3. F. Williams a,,d Mr.. and
Mrs. William S. Williams, of North Glaston-
bury, during the evening. A messen-
ger was sent to the festival for two
quarts of vanilla ice-cream Mr..
and Mrs Glazier and other visitors ate
plenty of the cream and few hours AFTER
ward were taken sick. The servants in the
house were given portion of the cream,
and they are also ill Mrs. Glazier and the
two Mrs Williams are seriously affected.
DR.. Henry Bunce, the town coroner, has
obtained sample of the vanilla cream and
will analyze it to determine the cause of
the poisoning. The cream was made by
John Ritter whn ot 1s,it %1,o
ception of the havoring extract. similar in
gradients were used in the manufacture of
the other creams.
No one who partook of any other flavor
except vanilla ut the festival suffers, and
Coroner Bunce is OF the opinion that the
poison was in the vanilla extract He has
ordered some of it and will also analyze it
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
A MuRpERous BUCKEYE.

A. Farmer In Ohio Gees to Circus and
Gets Drunk-Returning to His Home
He Fatally Shoots His Father and His
Divorced Wife,. Sets Fire to Hcr House,
Wounds Servant Girl, aud showers
Bullets Upon His Nefghbors.
CINCINNATI, May 17-Robert Day, q
years old, son OF a wealthy farmer living
two miles from Loveland, O., reached home
about midnight Wednesday night from a
circus, intoxicated The family were await
ing him. Drawing two rcvolvers he de-
clared his intention of cleaning out the
ranch" The family hastily left the ROOM
Robert Day. Sr., is years old. was the last
to leave, and his son, with deliberate aim.
fired at him and sent ball through his
body, and he sank to the floor. Young Dav
then went in search of other members OF
the family, but, finding none. he went
to an adjoining farm where Mrs.
Hubbcll his divorced wife, lived. He
forced an entrance. The noise awakened
Mrs. HubbelI who came out to
fred, striking her in the stomach.
The servant girl appeared, and he
fred at her, giving her sligh.
wound in the face. He then fired
the barn and kept the neighbors away
with his drawn revolvers until the
marshal overpowcred him, during which
time Day fred ten shots at the party, one
Of which touched the face ct the
marshal Mr.. Day and Mrs. Hub
bell were fatally wounded. Three
years ago the murderer married Mrs. Huh.
bell while employed by her on her farm.
Two years later he began drinking and she
was compelled to get divorce. He has
been heard to threaten to get even. but 10
reason is known for killing his father.
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
Cut Down by Hail,

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, May 1.-THE worst
hail-storm that ever visited Central and
Northern Iowa passed over this place early
Wednesday morning, lasting but two or
three minutes Many of the stones were
larger than hens eggs, and reliable per-
sons who measured some of them report
sizes varying from six and O half to eight
inches in circumference. They cut
the leaves and small limbs from
trees, damaged vegetation and caused
loss of several thousand dollars to
greenhouses and windows Had there been
much wind the damage would have been
immense. Some houses near the city were
slightly damaged by an incipient tornado,
but no one was hurt
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
CRUSHED IN A WRECK:

Eight Men Injured, Three Probably Fatal.
ly, in q Railroad Accident Near Pitts.
burgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May IA wreck on
the Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston rail-
road, near Ormsby, suburb of this city, at
2 O'clock a m., resulted in the injury of
eight workmen, three Of them seriously.
The accident was caused by the freight
train backing ont of q siding on which the
wolk train was standing A gang of nearly
100 men, mostly Hungarians, were ON the
train, and the escape Of the others is con-
sidered remarkable. A number of cars
were badly wrecked
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
EORElGN.

Ten THOUSAND weavers employed in tho
cotton factories at Thizy, France, struck on
the 11th 70" higher wages
The immigration to Canada has fallen of
largely this season. The whole number up
to the 11th was 9,605, against IA, 73S last
year.
The projected American bank in the City
of Mexico has encountered insurmountable
difficulties, and it was said on the 11th that
it would be unable to perfect its organiza-
tion.
A PLOT was unearthed on the 18th among
the military at st. Petersburg having for its
object the assassination of the Gear, and a
large number OF arrests had been made.
In a dispute on the 18th at Eisenheim,
Germany, over some land, the villagers
were fired upon by the gendarmes and
seven persons were killed.
If was reported on the 18th from Rio de
Janeiro that there was imminent danger Of
war between Bolivia and Paraguay.
! AN enormous landslide occurred on the
18th in the region of the Sp1cssback, Swift
zerland, destroying villages, forests and
CATTLE
! FIVE brigands were hanged in the court
yard of the prison at Sofia, Bulgaria, on
the 18th.
! The subcommittee of the Samoan con-
ference decided ON the 18th that the munic-
ipal council OF Apia shall comprise six
members, Germany, England and the
United States each to appoint one. The
other three shall be elected by tho residents
OF Apia This decision displeases the Brit
ish commissioners.
| In the British House of Commons on the
10th Mr.. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ire
| land. said that there were now ten Irish
members Of Parliament imprisoned in Ire
| land
| FIRE on the 18th at St Sauveur, Can..
swept over o great district and laid seven
hundred houses in ashes Over five thou
sand person, were without shelter
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24

JUDGE MATTHEW. who succeeds Judge
Durham as First Comptroller Of the Treas
ury; Nh. Huston, who succeeds Ma Hyatt
as Treasurer of the United States. and
Frank w. Palmer, who succeeds Mr. BEN
edict as Public Printer, entered upon their
new duties at Washington on the 18th.
MRS MARY E. DICKINSON mother of Anna
Dickinson, the lecturer, and Susan e. Dick
inson, the writer, died on the 18th at West
Ptttson. Pa, at the age Of ninety-five years
EDWARD n. B1DD1E, secretary and treas
urer of the Cumberland Valley railroad,
and the oldest railway official in the United
States died on the 18th at his home in
Carlisle. Pa, aged eighty-one years.
The Ohio Republican State convention
will be held at Columbus June 25 and &C.
Mrs. CATHERINE STOREY. aged eighty
years, was burned to death on the 18th at
Lynn Mass
GENERAL VoLNEY T. HOWARD, prominent
lawyer, diel at Santa Monica, Cal, on the
18th. He was born in Maine in 1909, and
was elected to Congress several times from
Texas.
WILLIAM ". HARDING. for twenty years
publisher of the Philadelphia Enquirer,
died in that city on the 18th.
THE death of Rear-Admiral Edward
Donaldson occurred on the 18th at Balti-
more, Nd, at the age of seventy-three
years. He entered the navy in 1885.
MINISTER LINCOLN sailed from New York
for England on the 18th on the steamer
City of Paris.
COLONEL FREDERICK GERKER, internal
revenue collector ut Philadelphia. died ON
the 10Th.
The Woman's Municipal Suffrage bill,
which had passed the Michigan House, was
defeated in the Senate on the 10th by vote
of 16 to 10.
The New York Legislature adjourned si,s
die on the 10Th.
PREs1DENT HARRISON made the following
appointments on the 10th: Solomon Hirsch,
of Oregon, Minister to Turkey; Colonel
Clark E. Carr. of Illinois, Minister to Dem
mark; Henry W. Severance, of California
Consul at Honolulu; John Jarrett, of Penn
sylvania, Consul ut Birmingham; Thomas
Sherman, of Washington, Consul at LIVER
pool
ALLEN THoRNDKE RICE, tie newly-ap-
pointed United States Minister to Russia.
died suddenly ut the Fifth Avenue Hotel in
New York on the 10th from throat trouble.
Mr.. Rice was thirty six years of age, was
bachelor, and was very wealthy,
Griggs courier., 1889-05-24
PERSoNAL AND PoLlIlcAL.

Hon. ROBERT G. WINTHROP, the celebrated
Massachusetts orator, celebrated his eight
ieth birthday on the l2th in Boston.
Hon. HENRY A. FOSTER died at his hone
In Rome, N. Y, on the llth in his ninetieth
year Judge Foster was the senior ex-
United States Senator. having been appoint
ed in 1874, one year before SIMON Cameron.
of Pennsylvania.
Ex-CoNaREssMAN LYMAN K. Bass died in
New York City on the 1lth of consumption
and heart failure. He was fifty-four years
old. -
Rtv De. g. W. KErcHAM, presiding elder
Of the Cincinnati NJ. E. district, died ON the
18th, aged ffty-eight years.
WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP, the mind
reader, died in New York ON the 18th
Daily Republican., 1889-11-26

Fl. c. NJ. Ely, b well-known citizen but
tomewhat eccentric, fell dead about 4. 20
O'clock last evening, on Washington
street, in front Of Samuel A. Prices resi-
dence, next door to Union NJ. Z. Church.
When seen he lad fallen face downward
In the gutter. Rev. A. SteDgle, pastor OF
Union Church, first saw and BY the aid
OF his son liitdd him to the pavement.
lie was still breathing, but before he
could be laid Oh Mr.. Prices porch he was
dead. Undertaken Wilson's ambulance
and the policd patrol wagon arrived
Simultaneously, but the body was given
in charge Ct MI Wilson, as Mr.. Ely had
often said that he wanted Mr.. Wilson to
bury him. A singular coincidence
brought his ambulance just in time.
Mr.. Ely was native OF Connecticut,
but lis iatler afterwards removed to
Binghempton, New York. He claims TO
have been wing at several places ia
California In 1919. He was not married.
lie has II sided in this city some ten or
twelve years, having come here from
Milford. Wife here he has oeeu a
member oil the Central Presbyterian
Church and boarded at No S25 West
Ninth street. lie was about 75 years old.
Mr.. Wilson asst evening telegraphed to
Robert L. Ely. nephew OF the deceased
and pastor of b Presbyterian Church at
Cambridgeport, Conn, who arrived here
this morning and has made arrangements
to remove tile body to Binghampion, N,
y, at 10 O'Clock to-Eorrow forenoon,
where It will lie Inferred.
Daily Republican., 1889-11-26

ALDEN-Th this city, on Nov. eth. lSsg
John Alden, aged 81 years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited 70 attend hi funeral from his
"Wednesday, the 2Ith inst, at O'Clock p.
~. Also Industry Lodge, No. .. a. o. &.
w; Clayton Lodge, No. 4, IL. OF T.; Ban.
Nor Lodge. No 30, I, .. o. f., of New
London, H., and Hope Lodge, No. Il, /.
-. q, F., ~ this city. Services 1T the
house. lntcrmCnt nc RiVcrN lew Gene.
terry.
lilGllFIE.1 DAT Grecnvillc, Del, on
the 2ltl lust, Maggie, daughter Of J
ttilpiu ahd Elizabeth 'Highnold, aged
years nnd 10 months.
Relative Is and friends are Respectfully
invited tUUttcnd her funeral on We'd
ncshny mbrning AT IL o'clock. Inturmcut
at Birniinsham, Pa,
LIN ERMbRE.-Om tho 2uh lust. Layi.
mia j., Wtfo ct William =. Liycrmorc.
RclatlNtS and friends are respectfully
invited I'd attend her funeral from tile
rcsidence.o OF her husband NJ bellevue, on
Wednesday,. services at the housc A
93l -. M, TO proceed by the 1856 u. IN.
train TO philadelphia, and thence to tho
itSiItnrq 81 her br0in"r-iu law, Thomas
Addiction, No. l2-0 south sixteenth -.
lntcrinrnt at Lafayette Cemetery.
MOOliE-in Philadelphia, on tho 2ld
inst, Z len Moore, wife OF q. W Moore,
In the 18th year OF her age
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited th attend the funeral on We'd
ncsdaN, the eth Inst Services to be held
at til" y ilmtnSton and B,undywi inc
cemetery ut 3o'cluck.
BIZ AN. ION November 2ith, Emma NJ.
BcSnn, is Itc al William Il. llrsin.
Funeral service at her late residence
Ne. H. hhst sixth street, on "Wednesday
Afternoon at : O'Clock. lutcrmcnt "a
laNerYWw cemetery.