Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-03

Earl and Countess Elismore sailed for Liver
pool to-day.
The official commission to-day pronounced
Benjamin J. Cahoon, retired paymaster of the
navy, against whom a suit for delalcatlon OF
S23 900 is pending, insane.
The meeting of the Irish citizens last night
appointed committee to prepare an address
thanking General b. i. Boiler for his recent eX-
position of the riots in this city.
Several regiments of the national guard are
communicating their members who failed to
parade with the commands on the 18th of July
The seventh has fined its delinquents S25 and
$50 each.
The central committee of the order of the
Sons of America yesterday voted down the
proposition to change the ritual of the order so
as to admit all persons opposed to Roman Ca
tholiciSm.
David W. Keleher the associate editor of the
Irish World, has been missing since Sunday
morning, and his trends fear that he was killed
by the explosion of the Westtield.
August Pichler, master of the ship Europa,
accused of starving the emigrants on the recent
passage from Germany, was discharged by
Commissioner Shields this morning, none of the
compliments appearing.
The motion for a dissolution of the tobacco
manufacturers association of this city, on the
ground of fraud in its organization, was argued
today before Judge Cardozo, Attorney General
Champlain and ex-Secretary Yeaton OF the com
pany one of the plaintiffs in the case.
John Langenbahn, a Seventh street grocer,
was invited into an office at 16 Wall street, yes.
terday noon, chloroformed and robbed of 1880
by young man who looked like the clerk
of Lan9enbahn. He remained unconscious I'M
til about O'Clock last evening, when he was in
the woods on Staten Island. There is no clue
to the thief
Three men named Conklin and six accom-
plices have been arrested five miles east of Port
Jervs for robbing the Erie freight trains. Peter
COnklin confessed being engaged in the sySte-
matte robbery of the trains, and promised to re-
veal the whereabouts of the rest of the gang.
Ii appears that barrels of beef, casks of ham,
flour, coal and other commodities had been
thrown from the tram at this point for Il long
time past Three of the thieves Jump on the
train at Port Jeryis, and on arriving at certain
points freight is rolled off and quickly taken
away by confederates
The Times tomorrow will publish an account
of the pursuit of Forester, the Nathan muir
derer, by detective Pinkerton When Superin-
tendent Kelso's proclamation was issued offer
ing reward of 50 500 for the arrest of the muir
derer, the latter was in Chicago. He subse-
quently fled to Galveston, Texas, and thence to
Scotland, where his parents reside. Pinkerton
followed him to Scotland His efforts to secure
the fugitives arrest were unsuccessful, but he
ascertained beyond doubt that Forester was
within the limits of Great Britain and his es-
are on the alert, and Pnkerton considers the
murderer's capture almost certain, though some
time may elapse before it is effected.
While dummy engine, drawing several cars
containing over two hundred persons, was on
its way from East New York to Canarsie Sun
day, the pipe on portion of the boiler gave
way and the steam and hot water flooded the
cars, binding and scalding many of the passen-
gers The dummy was stopped as soon as pos
sibe, and the terrified occupants of the cars took
shelter in a neighbOring wood, expecting every
moment TO see them blown to pieces. The en-
ployees of the cars eXerted themselves in the put
ting out Of the fire and procuring another en-
CINE. The engineer was severely burned, and
the engine was pronounced unsafe and sent to
the repair shop.
Thomas Owens, driver of Second avenue
car, died at Bellevue hospital yesterday, from
injuries received Sunday by being showed off
the cars by roughs. Owens hung TO the lines,
and was dragged for some distance along the
track He was compelled to relinquish his hold,
and the wheels of the car passed over his legs,
breaking one and seriously injuring the other.
At the same time Mr.. Delatour, connected with
Russell, Sturgis & Co., shipowners, was also
pushed from the car and fell upon the track, the
car passing over him, severely injuring one leg.
He would not have his leg taken off, although
the doctors could see no other hope for saving
his life. He was removed to his own residence
Yesterday in a very critical condition. Owens
will recover, but Mr.. Delatour will probably die.
Joe Coburn, pugilist, in n quarrel with Geo.
McCloud, a gambler, in a saloon on the Bowery
about two O'Clock this morning, seized pistol
drawn by McCloud, and in the struggle the
pistol went off, striking Coburn in the temple,
making slight scalp wound. The police were
attracted by the noise, and arrested both and
took them to the 10th precinct station, where
Coburn's wound was dressed. John Clark, who
was passing in the street at the time of the
affray, received the bullet from McCloud's pis-