The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-09-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

belief that he is responsible for the illness oil
Chief John Grass on the Sioux Reservation.
james E. Wilson, a freight conductor liv-
| ing in New Haven, has fallen heir to $4,000,
| bequeathed TO him by Henry Vanscot, whose
| life he saved 20 years ago.--The Captain and
part Of the crew of the British vessel Espiegle,
| which went ashore at Humphreys Island in
the Pacific, drifted away in an open boat. The
/ others were saved.--The observatory at
Carleton College, Mortified, Mimi, received a
| gift of 100000 from DIR. Edward III. Williams,
of Philadelphia for an equatorial telescope.
Maj. NJ. r. Marks, Mayor Of Orlando, Fla,
was buncoed out of $40 by n pleasant faced
stranger in New York.-Dr. David Tilton
| Brown hanged himself in his barn near Bata-
via, ILL.,, Wednesday night. DR.. Brown was for
20 years chief of the famous Bloomingdale In
sane Asylum, New York. In 1875 he became
insane, and was supposed TO have died in an
| Edinburg asylum. He has been living in COM
parative seclusion On his beautiful farm near
| Batavia, however.-~-Rev. Father Haynes, of
Pierce City, Mo, who has been fighting Bishop
Hogan for six years and defeated him in Rome,
| was acquitted in the County Court on q charge
| OF malicious mischief growing out of the trou-
| ble.-Dr. T. L. Linn, of Bourbon, Ind, who
was accused of criminal misconduct under
cover of professional call on Mrs Myers, was
blinded by vitriol thrown in his face by the
woman, and dangerously assaulted by her
brother.-Anna Meade, of Binghamton, n.
| Y, is believed TO have been the young woman
who committed suicide ut Niagara Thursday
morning, and laughed as she went over the falls.
a depraved woman of Boston tried to palm
of pretended heir on Chas. Lephart, but failed.
-Detective l.. T. Smith is on trial in Fayette
! County, Ala, for numbering q colored man
named Jackson. Smith arrested Jackson for
murder, but found he was not the man wanted,
and proposed to release him if he would submit
| TO having one Of his ears cut off, il being
| marked like the murderer's. Jackson con-
sented, and Smith, fearing arrest, ordered jack
\ son 10 hang himself. Jackson tried to escape,
and Smith shot him down.-Assistsn United
States Marshal David 7. Maggie. charged with
killing eE-Judgo Terry, testified in the habeas
corpus proceedings in San Francisco and gave
thrilling account of the shooting. Alfred
III. Webster, nephew of the notorious forger,
Orrin A. Skinner, was arrested in Boston for
sending decoy kilograms in order to obtain
moncy--The Douglass AK Manufacturing
20. las been forced to place itself in the hands
OF receiver on account of the absconding of
the treasurer and manager, Denison Dana, with
large sum of money.-Robert Ray Hamil-
ton told in New York police court what he
knows OF the conspiracy against his fortune
carried on by his wife, Joshua Mann and Mrs.
Swinton, at the hearing of the two latter on a
charge OF obtaining money under false pre-
tenses.-Two hundred people were killed and
aSphA bob lhJuAth ~ hN tA plboibh Va ilaihiiO
In cartridge factory in Antwerp Two acres
OF the district are on fire and several vessels
have been burned at the docks. The money
damage runs up into the millions post
ers were arrested and imprisoned in Paris for
posting BOulangers manifesto. The bishops
and clergy have been warned by the Govern
ment against interference in the coming cleo
tions.-F Fifty Of the cOal-miners entombed
near Edinburgh by an explosion on Thursday
persisted in the pit. Fourteen men were res
cued.
POLITICAL.
Testimony was given before the Senate Com
mittee on Investigation In Santa Fe, N. NJ, to
the effect that hundreds of thousands of acres
of arid land coud be reclaimed by utilizing the
Rio Grande.-All the American Nations,
with the exception Of San Domingo, accepted
the invitation to participate in the Congress of
American Nations to be held in Washington
next month. San Domingo declined because a
treaty negotiated several years ago failed of
ratification by the United States Senate
Pension Agent McKinstry, Of Detroit, asked
for an increase Of 81 500 in his allowance for Of
fee expenses. Commissioner Tanner granted
him $1,000. The Auditor refuses to allow the
extra expense. 10 make up which Mr.. McKin-
stry has assessed all the clerks in the Detroit
ofhce.-The United States war vessels Quin-
nebaug and Juuata are 10 be condemned as
unfit for service and sold.--The sealing
schooner Lilly was ordered TO Sitka by the
revenue cutter Rush and 333 seals on board
conhscated. The Lilly sealed in Boring Sea for
few days longer and then sailed for home.
Senator Call, Of Florida, in 1000 word re-
ply 10 Chairman Chipley, of the Democratic
State Committee, refused TO consider Chipley
as sufficiently representative 10 meet him in
joint debate on his record prior 10 the election
OF the next Lcgisiature.-Price's majority in
the Third Congressional District OF Louisiana
is q, Goethe United States Steamer Yautic
sailed yesterday from New York for Baltimore
TO participate IN the Exposition ceremonies
Tho Secretary Of the Navy has revoked
the resignation Of Ensign Thomas N. Ryan. to
take elect Dec p, 1855. and he has been ordered
70 hold himself in readiness for sea SERVICE
The Aforementioned has accepted the rcsigna-
tioHs Of Examiners Hcrskeli, Chalmers and Ba-
ker, Of the Department Of Justice, and has APP
pointed X. i. staub, Of Maryland, an Examiner.
--Ihe Acting Postmaster General has Teceiy-
cd telegram from Spokane Falls, Wn. Ter con.
veylng the information that a majority Of the
clerks in the PostOtlce there had concluded
TO remain at their posts Of duty and not 20 on
strike.--Daring the last Presidential cam
pajgn the Republicans Of Ohio offered costly
silk flag 20 the State polling the largest Repub-
lican majority. Kansas won the flag aud
Cows. Humphrey and Foraker. in considering
the matter, have decided 10 make the presen-
tation National affair, at which guests from
every State in the Union will be asked 10 par
ticipate. The date for the presentation has not
been fxed.-The Northwestern Conference OF
the African Methodist Church, in session at
Milwaukee, adopted elaborate report advis-
ing general exodus Of negroes from the South
% the Northwest Murder aud disfranchise.
ment arc charged 10 be- the rule at the South,
and the exodus is recommended as a remedy
All preachers IN the Northwestern Conference
having an interest in tho South arc asked 10
aRitate the proposed exodus. Incidentally
Congress is urged 10 lessen the representation
OF the South in proportion 10 the disfranchise-
ment Of the colored race.-The Richmond
Labor Herald il giving Gen. Malone a warm
support, and predicts the success Of the Repub-
lIcan State ticket. The Herald is the official
organ OF the X. Of l.. Of Yirginia--The
Democratic papers Of Virginia cry " Boss Ma
hone" and the Republican papers yell Boss
Barbour" You pays your money and takes
your chOice.--At a meeting OF the Equal
Suffrage League in Walla Wala, the women of
Washington Territory determined to vote on
the adoption Of the State Constitution and III
the election judges refuse their ballots they
will establish ballot-boxes Of their own for the
purpose Of contesting the matter before the
United States Supreme Ccurt.--It is thought
at the Navy Department that Secretary Tracy
will recommend in his annual report 10 Con-
gress an appropriation of about $500,00 for
putting ship-building plants into the navy
yards.
A Blue and Gray Meeting.