The Washington critic., 1889-04-26
EARLY MORNING NEWS.


The official list of ladies' who will dance
In the quadrille Of honor at the Inaugural
tion centennial ball is announced as fol
lows: Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Levi
r. Morton, Mrs Grover Cleveland, Mrs.
Oracle King, Mrs. Alex. van Renssaeler,
Mrs w. Bnyard Cutting, Mrs. William
Astor, Mrs Cora Livingston, Mrs. New
bold Morris, Mrs. Elbridge I. Gerry, Miss
Louisa Lee Schuyler, Mrs. Buchanan Win
throp, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs William
jay, Mrs. 5. " X. Cruger, Mrs Alexander
s. Webb.
Mr.. Cieveiand's Subscription.
Ex-Prcsident Cleveland has subscribed
$50 to the fund in aid of the Confederate
Home at Austin, Texas, and has written rs
follows concerning II; "I am In full sympa-
thy with the enterprise and want 10 CON
tribute to It's success. II appeals to the
broad humanity which ought 20 character
ize the American people, and see nothing
in II which ought not TO engage the effort
Of every right-thinkIng citizen. Surely
neither prejudice nor passion should be al
lowed TO interfere with the exercise OF
charity toward the unfortunate, nor with
The tender Of cheerful aid TO the needy and
suiTerng.n
The Trial of Richard Hawcs.
There is no abatement OF interest In the
trial at Birminghum, Ala, OF Dick Hawes
for the murder Of his little daughter May.
The theory Of the prosecution is that Hawes
murdered May on Monday evening by
smOthering her, and afterwards tossed the
body in the lake, where IL was found the
next morning. The defence is making an
effort TO show that death was caused from
drowning, and that the body must have
been In the water several days before IL
could have risen. Sarah Lett, colorcd, was
at the Hawes house the Monday evening be
Tya. hgI .ayN 10.
Hawcs, May and Fannie Bryant were there.
Hawos told May TO tell Fannie goodbye
and come with him. He told Fannie he
would be back with her next day He then
took May by the hand and they went away.
She then identified the hat found on the
dead girl as the one May had on that even
Ing
Celebration in Historic York.
A large number of the clergymen OF York,
Pa. met in the parors of the Young Mems
Christian Association building yesterday
to arrange plan for the proper observance
OF Centennial Day next Tuesday. In the
earliest days of this country's government
the Continental Congress met in that town,
after being compelled TO leave Philalel-
pha. II is proposed that the people meet
at 9 o'clock In the morning in their respec-
| tive churches and unite in three-quarters Of
an hour of worship, then proceed by the
four streets To Centre Square, where other
exercises will be held. The hour selected
is the same at which the people 100 years
ago assembled to ask blessing for Presi-
dent Washington. The assembling in Centre
Square will be on the spot where stood the
old courthouse In which the Continental
| Congress held its sessions. Rev. Messrs.
Smith, Detweller and McNair were ap-
| pointed u committee TO further the arrange
ments.
Endeavor to Reform New York.
NJ
| the National Association OF Loyal Women
Of America, who claims she was instru-
mental in reorganizing the Boston school
| board and In giving Popery q knock-down
blow In that city, is now in New York and
| has opened n crusade for woman's rights
and American liberty by addressing meet
ing to which only women were admitted.
She claimed to have the names Of a number
| OF respectable women who were willing to
become members OF the association of which
| she was president, branch OF which she
| will establish there. She wants more women
| on the board OF education In that city, and
| proposes TO open her mind freely TO Mayor
Grant on that and other subjects.
Playing or Drawn Chess Games,
Eight drawn games and one adjourned
game were played Off yesterday. The ad-
| iourned game was between Blackburn and
Mason. The rest resulted as follows: j.
w. Baird won from Bird, Burrile won from
d. G. Baird, Hanham won from Burrille,
Judd won from Showalter, Delmar won
from Mcleod, Mason won from Gossip,
Tschigorin won from Pollock, Weiss won
from Lipschutz.
Explosion in IA Dynamite Factory.
Fire broke out last night in the engine
room OF the Emmons dynamite factory,
about a mile west Of Harrison, Westchcster
County, N. Y. Despite efforts to extin-
guish the flames they reached the dynamite
stored in the factory and a fearful explo-
sion occurred. Newton Emmons, the son
OF the proprietor Of the factory, had his
lower limbs terribly burned and lacerated,
and had his face and arms crushed by the
falling Of heavy timbers. Fireman Ander-
son was also seriously injured. Loss about
10000. II is not known how the fire
originated. The factory building was COM
pleIely destroyed.
High License for New York.
AT midnight last night, after long de-
bate, the New York Senate passed the high
license bill recently approved by the As
sembly. The vote was party one, except
that the Buffalo representative, Republi-
can, voted with the Democrats.
Electoral Reform In New York.
The New York Senate yesterday after
noon passed the Saxton electoral reform
bill by vote of Is to IL.