The Washington critic., 1889-04-06
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

The Guiteau Trial Called to Mind.
Mrs. Annie f. scoville, wife Of George +.
scoyille, caused his arrest In Chicago yes
tcrday on charge of uufaithfulness TO his
marriage VOWS. She charges that he left
her six months ago to find work in Michi-
gan, and that he has deserted her for
another woman. The recreant husband Is
son OF Mrs. George Scoville, sister of
Charles Guiteau, the murderer OF President
Garfield.
Foreigners Fake a Story.
A story told In dispatch from Newark,
Ohio, Of the arrest Of two foreigners who
confessed" that they had been hired to
poison q woman named LAWN, in Forty
first street, New York, has been investi-
gated by the police Of the latter city, who
pronounce It lie from beginning TO end.
II is thought that the two foreigners want
free passage to this city, and had taken this
means TO obtain II.
An Embezzler's Confession.
J. W. White, sheriff Of Mclean County,
Kentucky, attended revival Thursday
night, and there confessed that thirteen
years ago he embezzled s, 900 of the county
funds. He paid over the money and prom
ised to pay the interest, which will amount
to $500.
A Big Game of Horse Stealing.
The police OF Chicago believe that Bar
ney Kinney and Andy Larkin, horse thieves,
who have been arrested in Denver, have
been carrying on big game Of horse steal
ing in Chicago, or are connected with an
extensive gang
A Railroad Inquiry.
Senator Cullom, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce, has post
poned the date Of meeting of his committee
in New York to carrying on the investiga-
tion OF the railroad relations Of this coun-
try and Canada from May / 10 May 8. The
postponement is made on account OF the
crowded condition of the hotels, etc, Incl
dent to the celebration OF the Centennial Of
the Inauguration OF George Washington.
The committee will assemble at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where Its sessions will be
held.
A Weeks Failures.
The business failures throughout the
country during the last seven days, as re-
ported to r. G. Dun & Co., number for the
United States, 1877, and for Canada, 35; or
total OF 300, as compared with total OF
240 last week, and $40 for the week previous
to the last. For the corresponding week OF
last year the figures were 237, made up OF
1919 In the United States, and % In the Do.
minion of Canada.
Rock Islands Rule.
A general order has been Issued by Presi-
dent Cable Of the Rock Island Road, an
nouncipg that the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railway Company assumes the
operation Of the Chicago, Kansas and Ne
braska Railway In Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado and the Indian Territory as a part
Of It's own line.
The Andover Case.
Chief Justice Morton has sent down an
order In the Andover controversy In the
case of Egbert G.. Smith, appellant, VS..
the Visitors Of the Theological Institution
In Phillips Academy in Andover, pending
in the Supreme Court. He orders that
Julius II. Seelye be required to answer the
question put to him In the hearing before
the Commissioners as to how William NJ.
Eustis voted In the case OF Egbert e.
Smith.
Boomers with a Balloon.
The members Of the Kansas Board OF
Railroad Assessors, Just returned from q
trip through Oklahoma, report army Off
GERS as saying that thousands of boomers
are still concealed In the brush, and that II
the whole United States Army was there ii
could not drive them out. Names are
taken, but nine out of ten are fictitious.
Captain WoodsOn and Lieutenant Carson
are in receipt Of kilograms daily to hire
horses, have them saddled and brldled and
In waiting on the arrival Of trains at Okla
hOma City on April % at noon. The objec
is to mount at once, and, by fleet steeds
distance rival boomers on foot and captur,
choice claims. A party of four Hoosier
with balloon are camped near Antelop,
| Hills They will make an ascent In The
morning, drift in mid-air till noon, anc
then descend hours In advance Of teams ant
| speedy horses.
Ives and stayner Again.
The grand jury yesterday found two ad
ditional indictments against Ives and Stay
ner and Woodruff for an over-issue Of 40
shares OF the stock Of the G. II. 4 ID, Rail
road while endeayoring to get possession o
the road.
The New York Appointments.
Joel B. Erhardt, yesterday appointed col
lector OF the port of New York, is wei
known throughout the country as the Re
publican candidate IN the mayoralty cor
test in New York city last autumn, whic
resulted In the election Of Mayor Grant, tn
Tammany candidate, His last public serS
ice was as United States Marshal OF III
southern district of New York
Cornelius Van Cot, appointed postmaste
was born in New York in 1887, aud wa
educated In one Of the public schools. IL
subsequently engaged In the INSURANCE
business, becoming vice-presldent of th
htna Insurance Company of New York
He is now trustee of the West Side SAY
ings Bank and president Of the Automati
Delivery Company, In 1869 he was al
pointed Deputy Collector Of Internal Rev
enue and was made Fire Commissioner I
1873. He served for two years, aud in lS1
was again appointed, when he served unit
1885. In 1887 he was elected to the Stat
Senate from the Eighth district, New Yor
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