Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-17
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Officer Thomas Madden, of the Chicago
police, killed a brother officer, Albert
Junge, for reporting him for drinking
while on duty.
The Mexican republic will adopt the
recommendation of the international
American conference regarding weights
and measures
Urlana merchants kindly cashel checks
at the written request of the postmaster.
and afterward found that the postmaster
knew nothing about them.
The three trains bearing the British
and German ironmasters passed through
Louisville ON their way to Middlesbor-
ough, KY, and Birmingham, Ala
Rev. d. 9. Kelly, Prohibition candidate
for governor of Tennessee, has been sus-
pended from his pulpit by his conference
for leaving his post without permission.
Mrs. Lawrence Nicholson, aged about
90, was horribly burned Wednesday after
noon by her clothes catching fire at Mays
vile, Ky. Her injuries are pronounced
fatal.
Secretary Window and Supervising
Architect Windrim both deny the reports
that the Chicago government building is
in an unsafe condition and has been con-
demned.
Mrs James Long arrives at Muncie.
Ind, in search of her recreant husband
and gives him his choice between going
home in peace or in pieces, as she means
business.
The grand lodge of Masons of Ohio is in
session at Sandusky. One thousand dele
gates are present. Reunion Of the Ohio
Masonic Veteran association occupied a
portion of the day.
Col. William A. Booth, superintendent
of construction of the new posto1ice in
Brooklyn, II. H., was stricken with apo
plexy in his Office in that city His con
dition is precarious.
Big Four officials are summoned to an
swer for contempt in the United States
court at Cleveland, o., in matters grow
ing out of AN alleged violation of the in.
terstate commerce. law.
The engineering societies of the United
States and Canaua, in convention at Cnl-
cago, have determined to call an interna.
tioual congress Of engineers in Chicago
during the worlds fair.
Things look dark for William Fright,
who eloped from Muncie, Ind. His l4-year-
old bride is with her parents. William 10
in Jail, and Williams father-n-lsw
threatens to kill him on sight
John Pinnick will spend the remainder
of his life in the Indiana prison south oa-'
cupied in hard labor and wishing
that he had hot murdered his cousin
Frank in Dubois county last year
Marshal Haines, of Sidney, o., who was
charged with adultery with Il colored
woman, was dismissed on the ground that
the otfense was committed but once--th hat
not being adultery in the eye of the Law.
Mrs Brennan, of ST Louis, the woman
who jumped from the train near Wheel
ing, w. Va, a few days ago, and fed 10
the hills, has not been found. When her
husband heard of his wife's freak he be-
came raving maniac.
number of sympathizers of B.rchall,
the murderer awaiting execution -a5
Woodstock, Ont, who believed that lie
was not altogether fairly dealt with, have
prepared petition to be presented to tho
governor general in his behalf
Tuesday was the day of registration in
Chicago, preparatory to the November
election 1t is stimated at Republican
headquarters that $4,000 new names were
added to the rolls, and that the total reg
istration was nearly 100000
Bell boy Henry Cassn, who stole ST.
COO from the safe of the Hotel Vendome,
New York, some weeks since, belonging
to the Chicago bookmaker, Carlin, WAS
Wednesday convicted of larceny in the
first degree in the general sessions court.
Two of the most desperate criminals
known to the Pacific slope were captured
in Chicago by James B. Hume chief
special officer Of Wells, Fargo 81 Com
pany The captive desperadoes arc
Charles II. Thorne, alias Dorsey, aud
George H. Shinn.
A nice gentleman drove up to the Mount
Vernon, o., sanitarium; went into every
room; measured the shutters with Il two
foot rule; counted the broken Stats; talked
to the manager and his assistants; pock-
eted every portable thing Of value under
their very eyes and drove away gaily into
the vast unknown.
At a meeting of the Boston school com
mittee, Tuesday night, majority and mi.
nority reports upon the co-education of
the sexes in the public schools were pre-
sented. The minority report was re.
jectod, and the majority report, which
provides for co-education, was assigned to
the next meeting for action.
Ten Hands, an Indian at Big Foot's
camp, was arrested by the authorities Mt
Cheyenne agency and thrown in the guard
house for posing as the Indian Messiah.
He hasbeen performing weird Dances go
ing into frances and asking their annu,
tiles, rations and even money and ponies
from the superstitious Indians.
The jury in the case Of John Spelman,
son of Edward Spelman, the Peorin dis
tilleF, the defendant being charged with
robbing gun store found the accused
guilty, but that he WAS insane when tho
crime WAS committed and is still partly
crazy. Judge Sample has ordered that
Spelman be conveyed to the asylum az
Kankakee.
Sheriff J. r. Esdale, of Kansas, arrested
Frank Woodruff, of Cronin trial fame,
just after he WAS released from the Bride
well at Chicago. Woodruff will be taken
to johnson county, Kansas, to answer 10
IL charge of horse stealing The cele-
brated Cronin case "confessor" offered no
resistance, and consented to go without
the usual requisition papers
Two officers of the United States navy
have just completed an inspection, on be-
half of the navy department, Of the nickel
mines at Sudbury, Ont. 10 ascertain if
the mines are capable of furnishing the
amount of nickel required for the manu-
facture of plates for the new American
ships of war. 1t is understood the officers
favor the use of the Sudbury nickel.
Thursday in the special session Of the
Ohio legislature two Republican senator's.
Kerr and Richards, opposed the abolition
Of the eomptrollership of Cincinnati. The
matter was referred TO committee Of
one. The native meat resolution was
adopted b. both houses.