New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

| Ssyepess SNOW Storm of the SsnsOh aR
st. Louis - Eight inches Df sE0w ag
Chicago-Strees Cars SIopped-BlmIrsa
Opera House BnrEed-Fntai Coal Oik
| Expl0si0u.HOuse Burnea-1 hree hike
drea Perish--A FOurth Badly Burned
kerOsene the Cause X publica n n omis
nation for Mayor of Ciucianatl o. Fne~
senger Conductors Life Insurance
Company Second ApDua1 Meeting
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Sr. Louis. March 9j--Thc NOS: seyese
storm of the season to-day.
CHICAGO, March .6.Ihe worst sno@
storm OF the season eliminated last highs
in a gale. Eight inches -now fallen. Street
cars stopped. Railroads running slowly
ELMIR.tr N. Y. March !6 - An rnccudiary
fire burned the Opera House and OtheS
houses; 1oss $50. 900.
Pun.DELrHlA. March 20 --Ei2abetfl
Johnson waa fatally bu.noi by an TX giOsiOD
OF coal OIL.
DETROIT. March .6.--The house Of Henry
Peters, near here. WAS burned while tho
father and mother were absent. Three
| caIdreD arc dead. and :he oldest, fourteen
year- If age. is badly burned. Origin GS
| the iire--kerO enc.
PuuADrLrHlA. March 20. - To-day at
Simmons & SloCum'5 opera house Wa- held
| the secOud annual meeting of the Passengep
COHuucJUr = 5Iltt Insurance. CNinIIduy OF Luee
United States. The attendance Waa large
A +. Rightman presided Owe. the morning
session. The reports of Ehe officers Wer0
| considered, showing the receipts and exc
| penditures, number Uf members premiuna
| paid, ana amounts appropriated 20 tho
| widows and children ct deceased members,
At the evening session the election tOr
officers took place. when adjournment fol-
| lowed. The result ia announced az follows:
President--W. y. Sears, of the Lake
| Shore and Michigan Southern TaiIroado
Vice preside ents--W. A. Regan, of tho
| Western railroad of Alabama: w. AIlens
| OF the Delaware. Lackawsnna and VEST
| ern railroad; William West, of the Mon.
treal and Champlain railroad. Secretary
| I. 5. Leisenring. DirectOrs-A. +. Right
myer. of the Wilmington and Reading raIis
| read; George w. Ztigler. of tho PonnsyIs
| vania railroad; w. II. Summis. of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad; j. z. Dullehart. of tho Baltimore
and Ohio railroad; Samuel FenuimOre, OE
the New Jersey railroad; William K. Kelly.
OF the Philadelphia and Reading railroadS
Thomas A. Robinson, of the N0rtherb
Pennsy lvania railroad; j. Speakman, De
the Pennsy lVania railroad; A. l.. Brown, OS
the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
new article to tho cOnstitu ton waA
adopted, providing that the meulbers OF tho
company be limited to 1900 and that no SUM
greater than $4,000 shall be paid To any
mem Der or his heirs.
resolution that all money not neCessarR
for business shall be used for paying tho
assessments of the members was adopted
1t was decided that not more than tive die
rectors, residents Of Phladelph shau in
future be elected.
Mr.. Sears. the new president, took hi8
seat, after WHICH tna convention adjourned
sine di<.
To morrow the executive committee %
the National Board Of Fire Underwriters
will be in session in Philadelphia. This will
be the first time that thia committee ha9
ever met in Philadelphia.
ALBANY, March 26.--The State Senst9
committee to investigate the chargea
! against Tweed met here this afternOOns
Tweed's counsel read written papers
| signed by his client. demonstrating against
| the jurisdiction of the committee, on th8
| ground that he had never accepted tho
| office of Senator, and never WAS membes
! of the present Senate. The committee dee
! cided to continue the investigation and proc
ceeded with the examination oil WltneS6tss
CLEVELAND, March 26.-The TrumbulS
| county Republican convention, al WarreRs
| to day adopted a resolution asking the Hon.
James A. Garfield to resign his seat in the
House of Representatives, and declaring
I that iby voting for the retroactive salarE
| bill he has forfeited the confidence of hia
| constituents.
| RICHMOND. March 2b.--The joint ressGHs
tion indorslng Governor Walker's plan foe
the assumption by the federal goyernm. n1
of tho dob.s .: the State, has p4ssei botR
| houses OF the General AesemhI'. and the
| Governor has been iustruct,d d to aJr ward
! a copy OF the rerO! utiOu eu / his W :3sagc nR
the subject to the Legsis tdres Qt the sayo
| ersl States.
The Senate passed tie Joint Tesoiu Ion 20
amend the Stat5 ooEstitutivR 80 - 70 pros
| vide for biaCaisl sessions as tt.S Generag
Assembly.
A northern bound train On the WeidsSA
and Wi,m'noton road. waa uutracked uesSS
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