Evening journal., 1890-05-10
NEWS IN BRIEF
Fresh Tips from the Wires Nsrefuuy
CuIIcd.


FIX state 2 easnrer Stephenson Archer,
OF Marylane. has been indicted by the
Anne Arana ] grand jury The indict-
ment Is for n4alfeasance and contains four
counts
Governor Hill has approved the bin al
lowing Syracuse, n. ", TO take It's water
supply from Skaneateles lake. lie says
the bill in its present state cannot hurt the
Erie canal and that the states rights are
not infringed
Thomas NJ. Scroggy was appointed post
master at Hightstown, n. J,
The amended indictments for bribery
against James p Keating, ex-warden Of
Ludlow Street Jail, aud Deputy Sheriff
David McGonigal, have been dismissed Cd
the recommendation Of District Attorney
Fellows They were considered insufficient.
Charles Schultze, the tailor, recently con
victed Of manslaughter ia the second de-
gree In killing his wife, Emilia, on Sept 4,
at New York, was sentenced TO state prison
for eleven years.
Masury a Sons paint works and the
Atlantic starch works, at Brooklyn. were
burned Loss 100000; fully insured.
Tiffany & Co have been commissioned
by the delegates from South and Central
America and Mexico to the recent Pan.
American conference to make a solid silver
loving cup of artistic design for presen-
tation 70 Secretary Blaine as mark OF the
personal esteem of the donors.
L. l.. Farnsworth has been appointed
superintendent OF mails in the Buffalo city
postofiice, vice III, w. Allen, removed
Mrs DR. Ludgate was found guilty oi
criminal practice at Boston.
Five more bodies have been unearthec
byworsmen in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
wards at Johnstown, Pa. Two OF then
were mother and child clasped in eacl
others arms. The force searching for the
dead will be increased
The first Boylston prize for defamation
for Harvard students was won by w T. b
Dubois, Of 90 a young colored man.
Steps are being taken to wind up ths
affairs OF the Washington Shoe company
at Washington, " j. The concern is hope
lessly bankrupt, and application has beer
made TO the chancellor for the appoint
ment Of receiver. The total liabilities o
the company are from $4,000 to So, 600 an6
the assets about $1,000
Henriette Girard, niece of Etienne Girard
founder Of the Girard college, and sister o
| Auguste Girard, died in a gnrret in Phila
delphia. It is said she was the rightfu
heiress 10 two or three million dollars.
At Washington a delegation Of canne,
goods men protested against the duty OF
tin plate.
The object of the transfer Of the squadron
OF evolution TO Brazil Is said 10 be to pre-
vent outside interference with the Brazil
| ian elections next September.
The new timber dry dock in the Brook
| lyn navy yard was formally opened May /
and the bnttleship Puritan was floated
Capt Belknap has made formal charge
against Col. Hopper, Of the seventy irH
regiment arising from the troubles !
Company 81 at New York
District Attorney Fellows appeared b
fore Governor Brackett, Of Massachusetts
in the Ninal cxtraditicn case, and ia h
speech defended the administration Of iu
tice ia New York against the slurs Of ol
posing counsel
II is said that Representative Carlisle
chances for succeeding the late james /
Beck as senator from Kentucky are yer
| promising