The record-union., 1895-10-22

| pOsltOn. ana MS election Will cause pro.
motion all along the line. Ali the officers
of the Supreme Council are elected fol
life.
| Important questions will come uD fol
consideration, among them that relating
to the right of deputies to communicate
degrees and collect foes Tor the Supreme
Council. The question of merging the
Southern and Northern Jurisdictions
which was agitated some time after the
death of Albert Pike, will not be brought
up. 1t Is said to be practically decided
that. while the closest fraternal relations
exist between the Northern and Southern
Jurisdictions, there are many reasons
why consolidation would be inexpedeni
! and mpractlcable.
| CONFIDENCE MAN ARRESTED.
Placed in Custody by Police Officers
at Chicago.
| CHICAGO, Oct. 2l.-Alfred G. Highton,
confidence man and bogus check operator
is again under arrest. He came to Chi
cago a week ago and registered at the
Sherman House. He told the proprietor
he had $1,000 in the st. Paul Bank, and
had authorized its Withdrawal for deposit
In the Commercial Loan and Trust Com
pany of this city, with which concern the
Saturday Highton borrowed blank
check of the Trust Company and OBJ
tained 5000 by filling it out and turning
it in at the hotel counter. This morning
the check was returned stamped IN %
funds" and Highton was arrested an
hour later. Highton has served term
in the penitentiary OF Colorado, and was
released from the Saltwater (Minn.
Prison in July last, alter serving two
years. term
a Woman Appointed County Physician.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 21.-Dr. Mabel
Spencer, Kansas City, Kas., woman,
has been appointed County Physician of
Riley County, Kas., to succeed Dr.
Willard, who recently resigned Miss
Spencer-or rather Dir. Spencer-is a
daughter of j. J. Spencer. who has been
connected with the Union Terminal and
other railway enterprises in the two
Kansas Cltys. She began the study OF
medicine in the Kansas City Homeopathic
Medical College about five years ago,
and graduated with high honors last
year. y few months ago she went to
Manhattan to practice medicine, and she
became 80 successful there that she has
been chosen County Physician by the
Board of County Commissioners. She is
the first women in Kansas TO receive
sucn an appointment.
The President En- Route to Atlanta.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2l.-The train
bearing the President and Cabinet to the
Atlanta Exposition left Washington to-
night over the Southern Railway at lI:IO
O'clock, ana is due to reach its destina-
ton tomorrow afternoon. The Presi-
dent arrived at the station half an hour
before the starting time, and held an i'm
promptu reception to his Cabinet officers
In the saloon OF the private car Wild
wood. There was large crowd at the
station, but no demonstration of any
kind.
Death Of q Retired Army Officer
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l.-A telegram
was received at the War Department to-
day announcing the death at Fort Bayard,
New Mexico, of General Thomas g.
Pitcher, retired. General Pitcher was
born in Indiana, from which State he en-
tered the West Point Military Academy
in 1871. From 1862 to 1866 he was in the
volunteer service, being mustered out as
Brigadier- General. to which grade be
was brevetted for most distinguished
services. lie retired in 1873.
Shot by q Woman.
COLORADO SPRINGS Coll, Oct. q.
Mrs. Lulu Shields shot and badly
wounded Clone Crawford, proprietor of a
cigar and candy store, here this morning.
Crawford, who is married man with a.
wife in Denver, had been criminally in
tlmato with the woman, and had prom
ised TO secure divorce from his wife and
marry Mrs. Shields. His refusal TO carry
out his promise or TO have any further
ss,.yxa
shooting.
All Ihoughc to Be Lost.
OSCEOLA tMich.), Oct. 2I.-N othing
has been heard of the tug Petrol since
Wednesday, and her owners have given
her up as lost. Without doubt her crew
OF eight persons went 10 the bottom with
her. Three tugs searched all day Satur-
day, but found no trace of her. Ii the
Petrol were still afioat she would have
been heard from somewhere. There is
no theory as TO what caused her to
founder.
supreme Cour6 Cases Advanced.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2l.-Chief JUS
tice Fuller OF the United States Supreme
Court to-day announced the advance
ment on the calendar for early hearing of
states is a party. Among them are the
cases involving the Moore irrigation law
of California, affecting the validity OF
so, 0,000,0U0 OF bonds, which are set for the
nrss Monday in January.
Dlphtheria and Typhoid Fever.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2l.-The Health De-
partment to-day declared both diphtheria
and typhoid lever epidemics in Chicago.
The department reported $50 new cases of
diphtheria last week, 49.47l0 per cent. of
which were fatal. The epidemics are
charged to impure water. The Health
Commissioner has issued a warning
against drinking unboiled water.
Duel With IiaZOrs.
DENY ER, Oct. 21.-Charles Rose is
dead and James Girard is dying at Wat
kins, twenty-one miles east of Denver,
as the result of a duel with raZors. Both
men were employed as section hands on
the Union Pacific. There has been feud
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