The Washington critic., 1889-04-24
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

The case Of the State vs. Dick Halves,
charged with the murder of his daughter
May, last December, was called in the Grim
nal Court, at Birmingham, Ala, Monday.
Halves is the man In whose defense the
sheriff killed number Of ould-be iynchers
as they approached the jail The time nm
I'll noon yesterday was consumed In arguing
n third petition for change of venue and
motions 10 quash indictments and venire,
all OF which were overruled by Judge
Green. The drawing Of the jury was begun
this afternoon and at adjournment eleven
jurors had been accepted. There are three
indictments against Halves, one for the
murder of his wife and two others for tho
murder Of his two little daughters. The
present trial is on the indictment for the
murder Of May, his eldest daughter, the
finding Of whose body at East Lake led to
Hawes arrest, and the subsequent recovery
of the bodies of his wife and little daughter
Irene at Lake View.
Legislation in Delaware.
The House OF the Delaware Legislature
yesterday passed, by a vote OF Is TO z, the
bill TO purchase for $4,000 the New Castle
County Asylum for the Insane and to con-
vert the same into State institution. The
bill will pass the Senate. The Senate passed
new State House This bill is likely to bs
defeated In the House. The Council bill to
put the electric light wires of Wilmington
under ground was indefinitely postponed In
the Senate The House Substitute Consti-
tutional Convention bill, calling another
election in November, $780, was read twice
and referred to committee In the Senate. It
Is possible that the Senate may ask for a
committee of conference on this subject, as
neither party wants TO shoulder the respon-
sibility OF defeating the calling Of a conven-
tion.
A Bad Negro Lynched.
At Halifax Court House, Va, on Monday,
Scott Baily, colored, made desperate but
unsuccessful attempt TO commit an assault
on the person of one Of the most prominent
young ladies in the village The attempt
was made IN the daytime on the premises
OF the lady's home In the village, while q
large crowd was on the Court ground.
Baily was caught soon afterwards, con-
fessed his crime, and was lynchcd about
midnight He was hanged from the same
place from which Bruce Younger was
hanged less than year ago for similar
offence.
An Anniversary at Annapolis.
Annapolis, Nd, yesterday celebrated it's
24Oth anniversary by giving an exhibition OF
its trades and Industries. About forty
houses were represented in most credit
able display. The Easton Guards, the Fred
eriek Rifles, the United States Marines, the
Governors Guards of Annapolis and de-
tachment of United States sailors, with
cannon, took part. In the afternoon sue
cessful carnival took place, followed at
night by display Of fireworks.
Funeral of Postmaster Pearson.
The funeral OF Postmaster Pearson of
New York took place from the Englewood,
n. j., st. Paul's Episcopal Church yester-
day. The pall-bearers were George William
Curtis, Carl Schurz, Dorman 3. Eaton,
George Jones, VIM, r. Grace, E. l.. God
kin, Z. c. Cary, Warner Miller, Wayne
MacVeagh, Howard Carroll, Frederick
Kuehne and James McLain.
Not Even Church Lotteries.
The Senate of the Illinois Legislature
yesterday advanced to third reading bill
10 prohibit any newspaper in the State from
publishing either an advertisement or as
news matter the fact of any person drawing
prize In O lottery. An amendment maxi
ing the bill inapplicable to prizes drawn al
church fairs was rejected.
| Celebrating Grants birthday.
| The celebration of the Goth anniversary
| of General Grants birthday on next Satlif-
day IN New York, will be an interesting
affair. One of the features will be a ban
| quet in the evening at Delmonico's. Among
the speakers on that occasion will be
IuhuHCty VI. DeptNs btUeTuI WOOuIOrd,
| Charles A, Collins, and Colonel N r.
| Sprague. Renewed interest is being taken
In the proposed monument to Grant. The
| Centennial Celebration has tended to set
| patriotism on top throughout the country,
and the monument fund Is benefting there
from. The work of selecting plans is now
under way. Designs have been received
from France, Germany, England and ether
| parts of Europe, and are now being ex-
amined by experts. They are very besuti-
full and the estimated cost Of someis placed
at 100000.
Dinner to Minister Reid.
A farewell dinner was given Hon.
| Whitelaw Reid last evening in New York
by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, Of which
Mr.. Reid has been member since It's or
| ganization, The dining-room Of the club
house was decorated with American and
| French flags Among those present were
| Granville p, Halves, who presided; Henry
! +. Rowland, General Wager Swayne, Cal,
| win S. Brice, and number OF representa-,
tiyes Of the press. Mr.. Halves welcomed
Mr., Reid in an appropriate speech, aud 70
| ferred TO the wise selection made by the
| President IN choosing Reid TO represent
this country in France, to which the latter
made a brief reply.
Falling in Love.
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