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NEW YORK, August 1S.-HOrace Greeley
arrived this morning from boston'
Dr MAYNARD, apothecary of the United
States steamship Vermont, now at the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard, poisoned himself
last evening by taking tincture of aeonite
in mistake for tincture of ginger, and died
within an hour and half thereafter.
The Federal Council of InternatiOnals
met yesterday but did nothing but appoint
a committee to request the city authorities
to sell coal to the poor at cost price. The
attendance was slim.
The police made raid on the gamblers
on Coney Island yesterday, throwing sew
eral three-card monte tables into the surf
and scattering the thieves.
No new cases of yellow fever have APP
peared i'll the harbor since Saturday.
The heat is excessive, the thermometer
ranging day to 1902 in the shade,
Judge Barnard has been found guilty,
removed and disqualified from holding Of
flee. Lord and Johnson only voted IN
the negative,
UTICA. August I9.-The five thousand
dollar race last Saturday was won by
American Girl, beating Palmer. Time
Dbl, 2:22l and 2:19,
SARATOGA, August 19.-The weather is
fine. The track is heavy from the rains
last night. The betting OH the steeple
chase race averages as follows Lochiel,
100: Tammany and Blind Tom, each, so );
Vesuvus, 80, and Lobelia, 40.
The first race, the steeple chase, was won
bv Tammany, Blind Tom coming in Sec
ond and Vesuvius third. Time, 164 and
6:I03. The second race, dash of one mile
and a half, was won by Frank Hampton,
beating Tubman, who broke down. Time,
2:40 The third race was won by Mary
Louise, beating Echo two lengths, and
King Henry was six lengths behind, with
Sanford, Winesap, Cadence and Astrono-
mer trailing in the order named. Time,
3:074.
Boston, August 19.-James McEhaney
yesterday shot his wife in the temple, caus-
ing death in fifteen minutes, and then shot
himself, inficting a severe but not dam
CerOuS wound.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.-The Third Ma
tiOnal Bank on South street. between Sec
Ond and Lombard, was entered by bur-
glars last night and robbed, it is thought, of
one hundred thousand dollars. Footing
upis now going on. Entrance was effected
by cutting through the wall of an adjoin-
ing building which was occupied by man q
giving his name as Stabler, who prOfesSed
to he a commission merchant.
The officers of the Third National Bank
state that their loss by the burglary is as
follows: $4,000 in greenbacks and Ma
tional Bank notes, of which eight notes
are of the denomination of 500 each, and
tweuty-fouT notes of $50 each of the Third
National Bank, and the following bonds,
which were held as collaterals Northern
Central Railroad, 900; North Carolina
State bonds, ST. 800; Marietta and Cincin-
natl Railroad, 81 900; u. S. 5-20's, 81 800 !;
Western Maryland Railroad, $1,000 The
Bank offer a reward of $4,000 for the re
cOvery of the above or pro rata for par
tial recovery.
The loss of individuals having boxes in
the the vault cannot be ascertained as
many are out of town. The loss will
probably amount to several hundred thou
sand, as it is known that several boxes con-
tanning bonds and other securities will
amount to 49, 900. The first floor of Get
dng's bank building, from which entrance
was name into the bank vault was made,
was rented June 1St to a man giving the
name of +. Washburn, who paid quarter
rent, S625 in advance.
SALT LAKE, August 19.-ThFee compa-
MES of United States troops left for the
field of Indian danger in San Pete county.
General Augur leaves Immediately for
the scene of operation with cavalry. ].
ID. Page, telegraph operator at Mount
Pleasant was attacked last night by the In
dians when leaving his office and was ter
ribly wounded in the head by tomahawk
wounds, supposed fatally.
Brigham Young and party ofchurch Of
ticers are making a tour through the North
ern counties of the Territory. They are
received by the Mormons with professions,
music, flags, banners and flowers.