Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1888, Page 1

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CITY ITEMS, T POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIAN Paxe G Page 1 Page 3 Page Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 WANTED (Miscetiaxgo’ ‘Page 2 WANTED (Houses), Page 2 WINTER RESORTS. Page 8 WOOD AND COAL.. Page 8 To Advertisers. ADVERTISEMENTS must be sent in so as to reach the business office before 12 o'clock M., in order to secure proper classification or insure insertion in ‘THE STAR the same day. ‘The interests of sub- scribers and advertisers alike compel the adoption of this rule. Govenyuext Receipts To-Day.—Internal revenue, $469,341; customs, $673,376, To-par's Boxp OrFERtNas aggregated $192 Registered 4s, $50,000 at 1: 4s 3 1034, $50,000 at 109, £4,600 at 1094. Navar Onpens.—Lieut. Chas, A. Adams or- dered to the Vermont; Boatswain Patrick Haley ordered to the New Hampshire, relieving Boatswain Xavier Perrimond, detached and o dered to the New York yard; Ensign F. W. Jenkins detached from the Galena and ordered to the Kearsarge; Cadet Jas, H. Reid detached from the Richmond and ordered to the Atlanta; our. Frank B. Stephenson detached from the ston yard 30th inst. and ordered to the | Wabash. ‘The order of Ensign H. B. Ashmore to the Tallapoosa is revoked; he is detached from the Pensacola and ordered to the Yantic. Leave for one year from December 1 is granted Civil Eng. F.C, Prindle. Vick-PRresteNt-ELEct Morton was at the Navy department to-day and called to pay his respects to Secretary Whitney, who, however, was not in his offic Army Orpers.—Major Wm. F. Tucker, pay- master, has been ordered to Fort Myer, Va., Washington barracks, Fort McHenry, Md., and ay the troops at those stations, yal T. Frank, first artiller, has been assigned to the command of Foi Monroe, Va., and of the artillery school at that ost. Major Marcus P, Miller, fifth artillery, as been detailed for duty at the artillery school, Fort Monroe. The leave of absence granted ‘Assistant Surgeon John Van R. Hoff as been extended one month. Masor Lyman Bissexu, United States Army, retired, died last night at his home in New Haven, of fatty degeneration of the heart, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He was in Libby prison twice as a prisoner. Decuxep tae Position.—Mr. Enright, the disbursing officer of the Post-Office department, | was offered the position of superintendent of the dead-letter office, but declined. The Post- master-General has’ selected a man for th place, but does not wish to make his name public at present, ‘Tue Paestpent-ELect A MEMBER oF THE Put, Deura, Tueta.—It is said that Mr. Harrison is the first member of a Greek letter society to be elected to the presidency. He is a member of the “Phi, Delta, Theta.” There are quite a num- ber of that fraternity in this city who will be glad to call him brother. The present Secre- tary of the Interior isa member, but he may not be as well pleased at the selection of this particular Phi, Delta, Theta for that particular position. Ex-Minister Foster is a member, and so is Senator Blackburn, A number of other Senators belong to the fraternity. Among the newspaper correspondents General Boynton, Mr. Apperson, Mr. Fry and Judge Kincaid wear three Greek letters. Mr. Perry Betmont, the newly-appointed minister to Spain, yesterday called at the De- partment of State, took the oath of office, and received his credentials and preliminary in- structions. He expects to return to Washing- ton before leaving the United States for post in order to receive further instructions ching his mission. The present secretary of legation at Madrid, Edward H. Strobel, of South Carolina, has been acting as charge affaires since Minister Curry’s resignation. He graduated from Harvard college just after Mr. Belmont, and as the most cordial relations exist between them, he will undoubtedly be retained at Madrid as secretary of legation, Personat.—Robert L. Downing, the trage- dian, of this city, will be married to Eugenia Blair, his leading lady, at Minneapolis, on Wednesday of next weck.—Julius J. Estey of Brattleboro, Vt.. Fred C. Burden of Cleveland, Jno. P. Stockton of Princeton, Chas. Bennett of Philadelphia. C. N. Wilson of Boston, Eras- tus F. Brown, W. J. Campbell, W. Van Cott, and M. H. Hart of New York, and L. 8. Tucker of Brooklyn are at Willard’ Toronto People, 0 have come down to wit- ness the race to-morrow, are at the Na- tional.—Representative Sowden has received official notification of his election as an hon- proms member of the Trinity Historical society f x.——Chaunecy E. Wheeler of Minneay is at the St. James,—Frank W. Price of New York and B. P. Chatfield of Aiken, 8. C., are at the Me’ litan.—Col. John Mf. Miller, of Widdletown, Va., one of the leading citizens of Shenandoah valley, is in the city for a few days. | will WILL THERE BE TWO HOUSES? Serious View of the Close Division of the Next House of Representatives. BOTH PARTIES STILL CLAIMING TO HAVE A MAJOR- ITY—WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF BOTH SHOULD PUSH THEIR CLAIMS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE OR- GANIZATION. While not claiming that they have a major- ity in the next House the democrats still insist that, with several districts in doubt, the chances are favorable to their having a major- ity of one or three. It is pretty certain that neither party will give it up until the official count is declared in each and every district. | Meanwhile there is considerable work being done. It seems probable that the republicans | will organize the House with a majority of from five to seven, but it is certainly possible that the democmats may come in with a major- ity of the certificates. There is sufficient doubt about some of the returns for that, The | repeated expressions of fear from the republi- can managers is sufficient indication that they do not feel entirely safe yet. THE DEMOCRATS KEEPING VERY QUIET. Whatever work is being done by the demo- crats, if any, is kept very quiet, or else is en- | tirely in the hands of the local managers in the Some of the officers of the House point out the acknowledged defeat of Johnston, of North Carolina, in a district that has been regarded as safely democratic, and say that if they were thinking of stealing the | House they would certainly have begun there. | They pt this out as one evidence of good | faith. They protest that because a district in the south may be in doubt that is no reason for | the assumption at once that the republican is elected. FROM A REPUBLICAN STANDPOINT. On the other hand, Mr. Quay’s folks think that when a doubt is confessed to in that local- ity it is pretty good evidence that the democrat has not been elected. But it is not upon this general assumption, they say, that their claims are based. i. their information from their friends on the spot is to the effect that the re- turns, untampered with, will show on their face that republicans have been elected in Tennes- | see, Louisiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, and | West Virginia, that are claimed or set down as j doubtful by the democrats. As to Rayner's dis- trict in Maryland, it is not denied that the face of the returns show the election of Stockbridge, republican, Mr. Quay and Mr. Dudley do not attempt to disguise the fact that they fear the democrats may attempt to organize the House. and republicans generally are quite loud in their expression of suspicion of fear as to the pur- poses of their opponents. WHAT SENATOR HAWLEY SAYS. Senator Hawley said toa Srar reporter to- day that he had not the least doubt that the republicans had the house, but that he ex- pected, or rather feared, that the democrats would steal it. ‘The situation will probably remain unchanged until the certificates are issued. _ THE MOST SERIOUS ASPECT OF THE AFFAIR arises upon the possibility of the democrats showing up with a majority of one or three. There is hardly room for a doubt that, feeling as they do now, the republicans will not per- mit the democrats to organize the next House without resistance. There is much talk of with- drawing and perfecting an organization of their own under those circumstances. This talk comes, too, from men who are not in the hubit of speaking wildly. A> very serious sit- uation might arise from both parties claiming the organization. But the chances are tiat this may be avoided by the democrats not making a very desperate fight to keep control. Many of them are disposed to regard it as to their advantage to be in the minority, and are especially opposed to any furtber resistance to the admission of new states into the union, THE PENALTY OF SUCCESS. Republican Congressmen Taking Their Turn at Persecution by Office-Seekers. During their four years of minority experi- ence the republican Senators and Representa- tives had one solid consolation, they were not annoyed by office-seekers, Now they are be- ginning te pay the penalty of success. Since the 6th of November the mail of nearly every republican congressman has increased three or four times its ordinary volume. The increase may be credited almost entirely to men who want to be remembered by the incoming ad- ministration, and will hold ‘their members” accountable for their private interests, ASrar reporter came across a republican representative yesterday with a pile of several hundred letters before him. As he read the last one he turned about in his chair with a sigh, “More than two-thirds of them,” he said, “are from men who want office. I don’t know what we shall do, unless we make a clean sweep. This patronage is a terrible Then he went off to dictate responses to stenographer. Congressmen are receiving demands for of- fice in every grade of the public service, and if they do one-half the hustling that is asked of them they will not have much time to waste on the tariff or any other public questions in Con- gress. Individually they are beginning al- feady to think that the most serious responsi- bility fate—and hard work—has brought upon them is giving office to the great unemployed. ‘The first appointment many of them have had to make is a private stenographer, whom they pay out of their own private fortunes, to an- wer the letters of office-seekers, The democratic members, who have found very little to afford them satisfaction during the past few weeks, contemplate this new ac- tivity on the part of their republican colleagues with something like complacency. a eee Cabinet Gossip To-day. TALK OF REPRESENTATIVE BOUTELLE FOR SEC- RETARY OF THE NAVY. There is a quiet movement on foot, which is receiving the cordial support of a number of naval officers, looking to the appointment of Representative Boutelle, of Maine, as Secretary ofthe Navy in General Harrison's cabinet. The movement is gaining strength in naval circles owing to the fact that Mr. Boutelle an offi- cer in the volunteer naval service di the war, has been and is now a member of the House committee on naval affairs, and Ae “pe it ion a Whitney, to naval officers. It is also asserted in support of his candidacy that as the warm nal friend df Mr. Blaine he would be sure to receive sup- port from that quarter. CLAIMS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE, It is stated here that strong representations have been mad@to President-elect Harrison in TO-MORROW’S STRUGGLE. Preparations for the Great Boat Race for the Championship. TEEMER AND O'CONNOR TAKE A MORNING SPIN, BUT DO NO PHENOMINAL WORK—TEEMER OB- JECTS TO BEING CLASSED WITH COURTNEY— BOTH MEN EAGER FOR THE FRAY. Interest in the Teemer-O'Connor boat race has freshened up considerably during the past day or two, For awhile it seemed as though the general public was entirePy unaware of the existence of either Teemer or O'Connor. Save in one or two sporting resorts but little was heard of the preparations which were being actively carried on in this city, It was not ificulgto understand this unconcern on the part of the public. The public has a memory, and memory does not have to strain itself when it is called upon to reproduce in an intangible form the Hanlan-Courtney fizzle. The perform- ance of Courtaey ypon that occasion disgusted thousands of people with professional oars- men, and alarge majority of those who dark- ened the Potomac’s Danks that day registered a solemn vow neyer to waste time, money and self-respect by witnessing a boat race between men who were in the business for financial reasons, A great many of those who so vowed have now moved to reconsider, and the proba- bilities are that, if the weather is propitious, there will be a large crowd present to witness the struggle for the American aquatic cham- pionship, which comes off to-morrow noon on the Potomac. Both Teemer ani O'Connor are more than anxious to represent the United States on the Paramatta river in Australia, where the race for the champion- ship of the world must be rowed. Both are in prime condition, and they are rivals of the most intense description. The conditions, therefore, give promise of a great race; per- haps the greatest ever seen in this country. THE BETTING. Yesterday the betting commenced to be @ little lively and this morning the confidence of both men’s friends seemed to have increased as their number grew. Toronto sent its dele- gation of boating men this morning and they brought a good deal of money with them, They will back O'Connor for all they have, and say they can, if necessary, walk home before now falls 8o heavily as to make the pe- destrian’s life a burden, McKeesport and Pittsburg men are also coming in in consider- able numbers, They too have much cash, and it will ali go up on ‘Téemer. There is a do- cided difference between the loyalty of the two armies, or navies. ‘The McKeesport and Pittsburg men are loud in their praises of the man they term “the onliest Teemer.” Their opponents—O’Connor’s friends—say but little: are willing even to admit that there is a possibility of his defeat, bat they keen on Piling up the bets in a determined, unobtru- sive manner that givesevidence of their abid- ing faith in O'Connor's abuity to row away from his Pennsylvania competitor. Last night J. D, Matheson, a prominent To- ronto druggist, was in Scanlon’s saloon offering mouey on O'Connor, Tecmer'’s backer, Mor- ris, took him up to the tune of #1.000 even. This was the bet which has been incorrectly ascribed to Morris and Rogers, Grady, of To- ronto, is a believer in O Connor, and he put up 3500 to cover a like sum laid down by Con- well, of Portland, Me. Dick Morgan holds the money. ‘This morning the stakes were practically in- creased by a wager made between the backers of the two oarsmen. Rogers was seated in the restaurant of the Morgan house, in West Wash- ington, at about 11 o'clock, when Morris en- tered and offered to bet $1,500 additional on his man. The offer was promptly accepted, and the money was put up in the hands of Mr. Lang. A number of smail bets have been made this morning, many of them by local sports, and nearly all of them were on an even basis. Occasionally a Teemer man would ofter slight odds, and once in a while one of O Connor's followers would ask for an advantage in that respect, ON THE WATER TO-DAY. The first of the two great oarsmen on the water this morning was Teemer. He arrived at Cumberland’s, alongside the Columbia club boat house, at about 10:30, and after chatting pleasantly with a number of his admirers who stood shivering on the float, he went up to his dressing-room and a few minutes later re- appeared in a costume that looked decidedly airy. There was a good deal of warmth in it, however, for under the red and white striped boating shirt ‘'eemer wore a couple of heavy flannels. The champion’s face was brown, clean-looking, and smiling,and wassurmounted by a red and white cap. After a brief survey of the water and the sky, Teemer got into his shell and pulled slowly out to the center of the stream. ‘Then he settled down to his work and the frail craft shot through the water very rap- idly. He rowed over the course,spurting occa- mally, but returning with an easy stroke. His flannels were soaked with perspiration when, at 11:15, he stepped out of his shell and ran up the steps to his dressing-room. Here he was rubbed down, while on the floor below his trainer was engaged in drying and polishin, the boat. The amount of attention Bostowe on oarsman and boat was about the same, TEEMER TALKS. “I never felt better than I do this morning,” said Teemer to a Stag reporter who entered his room while he was wriggling himself into dry,warm flannels, “All I want to-morrow is a fair course and no favors. I hope the people on the river will give us a chance to row the race through without an accident. They'll see the race just as well when they are back 25 yards as ey gan when they are right on the course. I don’t wan't any a and I don’t want O'Connor to get any. I'm square race. Let's see who's the best “If you lose,” suggested his train not say the fault lay in your training?” “No, I won't,” responded Teemer. “T' tip-top shape. ' A little frightened, though. The last remark tickled the trainer consider- ably, and he laughed loud and long. “Scared, eh?” said he. “Tis the first time in your life ou ever were scared, I don’t see what there to be scared about.” Then Teemer laughed and tacitly agreed with his friend that there really was no cause for alarm on his part. He was confident. ‘Do you think there will be a good crowd of the city people out to witness the race?” Teemer asked the reporter. ‘There was an intimation in the reporter's re- ply that the crowd would have been a great one had it not been for Courtney's conduct here. That aroused Teemer’s indignation. “T hope the people don’t class me with such man as Courtney. He never could row. He never beat t-class oarsman in his life, and the public shouldn't be down on me for what he has done. I'm going to give you a good, square race.” O'CONNOR AFLOAT. Just about the time when Teemer was dis- embarking O'Connor, at John Cumberland’s, took to the water, and atter circling round for awhile started down the course. He pulled very a md so smooth was his stroke that the shell was on an even keel throughont the entire half hour he was out. On his return ho tried a few starts, and succeeded admirab getting up speed in a very short distance. heart mad evidently in his work, and when ashore he looked the very embodi- it of health and it. He ‘ing to it his prospects beyond nt he was in the race to win. Mr. is very confident, al- says but men took a smart walk after leaving EFITE ale Hl F TWO CENTs. Telegrams to The Star. DEFAULTED AND DECAMPED. Big Banking Swindle in Nebraska. FRENOH TALK OF A COUP D’ETAT. A CLEW IN THE CHICACO MYSTERY. A Fearful Fight with Burglars. catenin aan THE GOSSIP OF LONDON. Trying to Reduce Chamberlain’s Pay— Gladstone Booms Another Novel. Special Cable Dispatch to Loxpox, Nov. 23.—The dissatisfaction of the radicals with Chamberlain's mission to Wash- ington finds expression in the proposed motion of Labouchere to reduce his salary by £1,000. Howard Vincent intends to call attention to the subject of government contracts which have been given to foreign firms. Sir Lyon Playfair is writing an article for the Nin ‘entury on the recent presidential | election in America, Mr. Gladstone has written a letter to Rem- ington, the publisher, speaking in the highest terms of an almost unknown novel called “Rob- bey Under Arms,” written by an Australian magistrate, Thomas Hughes. It deals chiefly with bushrangers. Remington is preparing a new edition with Mr. Gladstone's letter in fac | simile, s Mr. Ralston, a well known writer of myth and folk lore, has become insane, He made an absurd application at the Bow straet_polic: court, which he took for the home « al constable thought he was drunk and tained him. Yesterday the magistrate released him to engag. per. | on a friend undertakin k e subject of the White- He appears cranky on chapel murders, estan FIGHTING THE ASHBOURNE ACT. The Radicals and Parnellites Make a Little Headway. Special Cable Dispatch to Ta: Lonpon, Nov. 23.—The | cess in insisting upon a division on the second | reading of the Ashbourne bill. Mr, Gladstone abstained from voting, and the liberal whips refused to become tellers, this duty devolving | upon Messrs. Labouchere and Bradlaugh. Nevertheless the government, instead of in- | creasing its majority, had it reduced. Of the | two liberals who recently voted against their | | party, one only, Sir E. Grey, voted with the government. Mr. Haldane was absent. Ia | committee Mr. John Morley will move for the | quarterly report, giving the fullest particulars of applications granted, with the names of the applicants and the amounts advanced and the ——_ refused, Mr. Lefevre proposes that advances shall not exceed £2.000, and that | there shall be no advance unless the tenwnt has occupied his farm for five: years. Mr. Healy is antous to prevent advances in cases where legal proceedings are pending between land- lord and tenant, and to have it clearly estab- | lished that the tenant epplics of his own free will, He further suggests that a return such as Mr. Morley proposes be is«ued monthly by the commissioners in the Gazite. FIRE AT LYNCHBURG. Pork Packing House and a Stove Fac- tory Burned—An Unpopular Arrest. Special Dispatch to Tae EVENINo Stan. Lyxcusvre, Va., Nov. 23.—A fire occurred here last night, destroying the pork-packing establishment of McCorkle & Bowman, with #25,000 worth of machinery; also Yates’ stove factory. adjoining. zi Much indignation is felt here on account of the arrest of two election judges by a federal supervisor, Senator Daniel, Mayor Manson, and Wm. V. Wilson, jr., are counsel for the accused. Before the commissioner Senator Daniel denounced with intense warmth of ex- pression the whole transaction, declaring that every person who had a part in it ought to be found out and punished for conspiracy. —————aee A COMING COUP D’ETAT. The Boulangists Charge the French Government with Contemplating Ou Panis, Nov. 28.—The Boulangist and con- servative journals charge the government with preparing a coup d'etat to be carried out on the occasion of the demonstration at the grave of the revolutionist, Baudin, on December 2. They allege that government agents will min- gle with the people in the cemetery on that day and provoke a conflict. The leaders in the demonstration will then be arrested on tramped- up charges of having been cnzaged in plotting against the state, and will afterward be prose- cuted for treason. eee, AN IMPORTANT CLEW. A Flagman’s Heavy Poker Found Near Where Eva Mitchell was Killed. Cucao, Nov. 23.—Yesterday afternoon while searching for fresh clews to the Eva Mitchell mystery, a weapon was found that the police believe was used by the murderer. It is a heavy iron stove poker twenty-two inches in | length, three-eighths of an inch thick, and weighs about three pounds. There are three dark spots on the handle that have the appear- ance of blood, but a chemical examination will be necessary to determine this. Every flag- man’s shanty along the tracks of the road con- tains a poker of precisely the same make and i Tom Masterson, the man suspected of and who is still locked e station, had just suc! it is there yet. The shanty at the next ing. The poker was found in a vacant lot not more than 100 yards from where the murdered girl was lying. em From Wall Street To-Day. New York, Nov. 28, 11 a.m.—The stock mar- ket was fairly active and generally weak at the eee this morning, fret showing el of small fractions only, Lackawanna and Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred being Sp 6 Pe ouy Mgr hee noni va ——T ¢ amount e ‘estern Union A GIGANTIC SWINDLE. Nebraska People Excited Over the Bank Fa‘lure at Valparaiso. Curcaco, Nov. 23.—A dispatch from Omaba regarding the Valparaiso bank failure says: From present appearances the failure is one of the most gigantic ewindles and defalcations ever known in Sabnders county, It develops that Scoville, one of the owners, had altered many of the notes payable to the bank, making the amounts much more then they originally were, and that he then deposited these notes with other bauks as collateral for money with which to speculate. Notes which were paid and which sh have been canceled have beon used in the xame manner. Scoville and Crafts, after confidencing the business men of this city and ¢ is out of ax much money as possible, camped, and it is thought they are now in Conada. No state- ment of the assets can be made as yet, but the: are undoubtedly small. Scoville deserts his wife, an aged mother. and two invalid sisters, leaving them in destitute circamstances, A DESPERATE FIGHT. A Chicago Family's Terrible Strugggie with Burglars Armed with Cleavers. Cmicaco, Nov. 23.—George Burggraf, who runs a meat market in the outskirts of the city and resides in the rear, was awakened early yesterday morning by a slight noise, and as he raised his head two ned the door be tween the shop m and entered, Jumping up he se nan nearest him, The ter in the shop, P two cleavers and returned te the aid mpanion, Burggraf was struck on the hone of the cleavers and the scalp jor sixinches. The blow floored him, time he regained his feet the second time eyough to hand one of the cleav- ers to his partner, and both burglars attacked him. ‘The fight was so hot that one of the men thought best to get out. Burggraf grappled with the remaining burglar. The racket aroused the members of the family and the wife. who is an invalid, responded to the call together with her mother and sister. The bur- | glar MADE A DESPERATE Prior, women and the rated them. He tied with ropes, Borggraf shouted f er responded and the L wax covered with blood, was te to the station. A surgeon was sent to Burggraf and found that he had four severe scalp wounds and a badly-cut hend. Burgerafe mother-in-law had the left check laid open by a slash of the cleaver, exposing ti bh an jaw-bone, and the sister-in-law had the thumb of the right hand bitten to the bone, At the station the prisoner gave bis name as Henry Walter, twenty-four years old. He said the joo had been ‘planned by his companion, who new that Bi mers who work im the factories the ways pay him Wed- nesdays, YOUNG TINK pout al — LER’S ARREST. How the Youthful Cincinnat! Forger Was Traced and Captured. Crxcrywatt, Nov. 23.—The arrest yesterday in London, Englend, of Charles Tinkler, the youthful bank forger, was made through in- formation given by himself in a letter to Wm. Hopkins, of this city. How the detectives ob- tained the letter is their secret, but it was ob- tained, and told the address his tailor in London, Through a request by G to Secretary Bayard the London was asi and it was done. is not yet twenty-one lector. for the Bod- in September last forged three checks of £5.00 each, presented them at bank and obtained the money and left, ring le was going to follow bookmaking at races. The forgery was not discovered until the checks were returned, about Novem- ber 1. A young German girl named Meier went with Tinkler. It is said asister of hers died of ief a few days ago and that Tinkler's mother is insane from grief over the downfall of her son. ———— The Railroads Getting Tired of It. EFFORTS MAKING IN CHICAGO TO BRING aBOUT A RESTORATION OF EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. Caicaco, Nov, 23.—Ffforts are being made 4 to bring about a meeting of the general man- agers of the various ro..ds inthe Central Traffe association to devise means and measures for stopping the existing demoralization im east- bound freight rates, and to advance rates. The present situation is having a disastrous effect upon the weaker roads. Severalof the man- acers have joined in a call for a mecting to be held in this city Friday, Nov. 30, to make an effort to restore all east-bound freight rates. If there is nearly a unanimous consent to the call it is understood the monagers of the Van- derbilt and Pennsylvania lines will attend. Discussing Yellow Fever. Mitwacxer, Nov. 23.—During the third day session of the Ameri-an Public Health tion yesterday the discussion of yellow fever epidemics was resumed and continued at great length throughout the day. The executive committee nominated the board of officers for the ensuing year, Dr. Hosmer A. Johnson, of Chicago, being the nomiuce for president. A Real Estate Dealer Wanasu, Ixp., Nov. 23.—David Hamilton, an extensive real estate dealer and owner of sev- eral business stractures, has failed, with lia- bilities amounting to =50,000 and assets of $25,000, ——_— For Killing Harry King. Omana, Ne v. 23.—The trial of Miss Beechler, the slayer of H. W. King, jr., will not be had until the February term of the court. ——— A Murderer in Danger of Lynching. Hixcxiey, Mixx.. Nov. 23.—H. H. Scott, exe village president and present county surveyor, killed Sidney K. Irvin, an engineer at the Eastern Minnesota railroad water-tank yestere day. They quarreled violently and final came to blows. Scott drew » revolver and shot Irvin three times, killing him. The railroad men threaten to lynch Scott. Not of the Tremont House. Bostox, Nov. 23.—The statement published yesterday. that Silas Gurney. proprietor of the mount house. has gone into insolvency. is in- correct. Mr.Gurney is not the proprietor of connect- the Tremont house, and has not been ed with that hotel since a year ago last Janua- The proprietors of the Tremont ho a Hartshorn & tthe ry. M. Son, are not insolvent. => General Foreign News. JOHN BRIGHT DOES NOT IMPROVE. Loxpox, Nov. 23.—Mr. John Bright uncomfortable night. He does I MURDER IN KERRY. —A farmer named , County ANOTHER Dvsurs, Nov. 23. murdered at i f if i ie i Ki | | i at 4 f 5 | i el £ f t i ms an