The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-14
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low fever on board. They hail from Rio
Janeiro and Cuban ports.
An excursion party of forty distinguish
ed railroad men left Leave1wOrth for the
West Monday morning by special train
on the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
The steamer selesea. for Europe, took
nearly half a million dollars in specie
yesterday.
The Third Reformed Church, on Filbert
street, Philadelphia, was damaged to the
extent of $4,000 by fire on Tuesday
N. Colburn, Vice President of the Toledo
& Wabash Railroad. was arrested in New
York for violating an injunction, but was
released on bail.
A wall of the coal depot of tile Troy, N.
Y, Gas company fell Tuesday morning
from the weight of the coal; and falling
upon Ied-hot retorts, fire was kiDdIed.
Fortunately it was cxtinguished before
the flames attained much headway. Loss,
from 5000 to $4,000 InsuIed. ra.4f.7
A sharp riot occurred in the BOwery,
New YORK, on Monday evening, between
q party of Orangemen, who had been cele-
brating the anniversary of the battle of
Boyne, and some Catholic spectators. The
mill became fierce and general at on time,
but the police managed to restore quiet
after twenty or thirty persons were in
jured, but none seriously. Nv
Accountants have been busy recently,
counting the assets in the SubfTreasury at
New York, the occasion being the installa-
tion of General Butterfeld as Assistant
Treasurer. Currency no es and gold
pieces were all counted, dollar after dollar,
and the gold bars weighed, the whole foot
Ing up sIO2,727 GAS 29 ct e
John Reach, in the employ of Mr.. Har-
rington. n shoema maker, on Staten Island
near New York, while in a frenzy of
drunkenness, entered the chamber of
Emma, a beautiful daughter of Mr.. Har-
rington, aged fifteen, and cut her throat
from ear to ear, causing her death in a few
moments, and then fed to the shop where
he cut his own throat, Immediately ex-
piring. a
One of Col. Ryan's Cuban Command
has escaped from the encampment on
GArdner's Island, near New York, and,
with two or three others who have become
discontented with the way things We're
arranged, has gone over to New York
City. The men say they have been gener-
ally enjoying themselves on Gardner's
Island, but Ill feeling has eneengendered
between Col. Courier and portion OF the
recruits from Virginia, owing tothe Col
OnePs political sentiments. Ryan and
Courier secrete themselves at night, ad
place guards around the Island to warn
them of the approach of suspicious YES
sells.
The Directors Ofthe Leayenwerth Bridge
Company have concluded arrangements
with L. B. Boomer. the 'Chicago bridge
bui' der, and she work on the prop sed
bridge across the Mississippi River viii be
commenced this week. The LavenwOrth
Bulletin of Monday says: " As soon rs the
guage on the North PIeffie Railroad Is re-
duced to correspond with other roads in
this section, through trains for the Mis-
souri, River, and Gull, and the Hannibal &
st. Joe. Raih Dads, wHI be made up in this
city instead ofKansas City, as heretofore.
Tarins will be made up at Leavenworth, h =,
running through to Chicago via the bridge
at Kansas City to Cameron and Quincy,
without change or delay"
In the Woman's suffr age Convention, at
Saratoga. Mrs f. Norton, of New York,
made a spec h, and Mrs. E. ]. Gray was
made permanent President, with thirty
six Vice Presidents, oficers Sufficient, cer-
Z ,
mittee on Platform reported resolutions
declaring that the question of Woman
Suffrage is the great moral and political
| question of the day; that the right of every
human being to share in the Government
| under which she lives should be recog-
nized by the Government; claim fOI
woman the right of suffrage as a human
being, and deny the right of mau to define
4 her sphere, and emphaticaIly deny the
right of one sex to define the rights anC
duties of another sex. They gladly recog
nize the action of the Irish RepubHcar
| National Conventions at Washington and
| Chicago, and rejo ce at the course of tbs
! Methodist Episcopal Church in the adInis
i sion of women to vote on lay delegation
They demand an amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States to secure TIN
right of female suffrage, and invite this
cooperation of every man and woman
irrespective Of creed, color or nationality
in securing such an amendment. The ses
sion will close to- day.
The Chinese Labor Convention met il
Memphis on Tuesday at IL AN, and or
ganized by maKing Charles Kortesch tenn
porary Chairman, who made speec
showing the great necessity OF chea
labor in order 10 develop the resources @
! chosen temporary Secretary. A commit
tee of one from each State represente
!, was appointed to report on permanen
1 organization. Colonel +. w. ,Iapp, {
Memphis, then delivered an exhaustiv
) address, in which he denied that the OF
2 ject of the meeting was anita gonisttc t
2 white or black labor, but showed that i
England the proportion of area was 81
) | acres to every laborer, while in eleVe
Southern states it was two hundre an
sixty-five acres. The Commit tee on PEI
! rnanent Or-anizatioIr. reported as perma
nent Chai nan Governor L. Harris, Q
; Tennessee, who. on taking the Chail
/ briefly responded, saying they. had me
for action and not for talking. A larg
number Of Vice Presidents and Secretarie
was then appointed and a committee off1v
appointed on order of business. Afte
: some unimportaIt business the committe
+ reported the following order of busine s
lst. The committee win consider the mo;
q practical means of inducing labor fror
China Or India. as the population bes
. suited to our climate, on which J. "
: Clapp was appointed chairman. After th
= appointment ofcOmmittees on Transpol
q tation, Finance and Immigration. q teIe
d gram was received from St. Louis savip
: Koopmanf Schaps would be here I,
: morrow The Co ventIon then adtourne
until ten O'Clock Wednesday mornin
v The meeting, it is said, was very Iarg
: and represents capital OF the sOuth-we
:. Delegates are constantly arriving.
t HAVANA, July 13.-Mr. Stedmal
# United States Consul at Saatiago L
- Cuha died in that CITY on the 6i