New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-19
consumed by fire. One of the best engines
on the road was completely destroyed. The
engineer had his arm fractured.


on the road was completely destroyed. The
engineer had his arm fractured.
Recovering the stolen Treasure.
CINCINNATI, November lS.-Colonel kier-
sted and one OF the metropolitans OF his
force and Mr. Fargo, of the express COM
pany. to-day visited place near Cummins-
Vile, where the tin bucket of money was
found last night in hollow stump, and
searching deeper in the same stump they
found wrapped in a cloth. which had been
covered with leaves, $l6,090 making with
that recovered last night from the same
place, $37 900. Eight or nine Thousand re-
main to be found or accounted for. OF this
vided among the thieves. and $500 to $4,000
burned yesterday morning by Mrs. Hack
new, wife of one of the robbers. This leaves
about $1,000 which may yet be recovered.
Colonel Kiersted, superintendent of po-
lice, with his detectives, have been working
since Sunday evening with MIR: Clark; OF
the American; Messrs Wier and Hender-
son, of the Adams and United States COM
panies and MIR. Hazen, detective OF all
three companies. with but little rest. The
three men charged with the robbery impli..
cate no others. They were, in default OF
$4,000 bail, placed in the county jail to-
night.
Nelson Briggs, the negro who. when
arrested last night, showed where the
| bucket Of money was concealed, occupied
| room at Hackney's house, and money was
| secreted under his bed beneath a pile OF
| rags. His curiosity led him to examine the
| pile and discover the money, whereupon he
stole il from the thieves This morning he
| accompanied Colonel Kiersted and MIR.
| Fargo and showed them where the remain
| der was concealed in the hollow stump. He
| ia held. of course, and Mrs. Hackney was
arrested for malicious destruction OF prop
erty. ..
after the American Express robbers and
! the recovery of the larger portion OF the
| stolen money was celebrated tonight ny
banquet given by tho managers OF the ex-
| press company to about twenty persons
who participated in the search and capture.
| by Frank Clark. agent of the American Ex-
press; Colonel Kiersted, OF the Metropolitan
| police, and others.
Explosion Of Gas Works.
By an explosion at the gasworks at
| Mount Sterling, Kentucky, this morning
| two white men and one negro were IN
stantly killed. Their bodies were 30 burned
as to be hardly recognizable: One or two
| other employees escaped. Two buildings
Connected with the works were destroyed.
| Loss unknown.
A Reluctant Consent.
FORT LARAMIE, November lS.-The ln-
dams have given a reluctant consent To the
visit of Professor Marsh, Of Yale College, TO
the Black Hills.
| Labor Troubles in Phllade lDhia.
PHILADELPHIA, November lS.-The Dob
sells, ingram and tapestry weayers at nave
| sons mills who have been On strike -,
signifed their willingness to resume WIN wiz
but number of blanket weavers and POI
sons employed in the spinning and finish
ing departments and laborers are dissatis-
fed and refuse to resume work unless
equal concessions are made to them. They
held a mass meeting today and resolved
not to resume work and adjourned to meet
| Saturday.
A strong police force is about the mills to
prevent violence from those on the strike
The present indications are that the fresh
: rupture will extend to the Brussels, ingram,
tapestry and cloth departments, and re-
suit in the complete suspension of opera.
tiona.
Reformed Church Conference.
The joint committees of the Reformed
Church conference reassembled this after
i, | noon. Rev. Franklin y. Levan. from the
committee of the Reformed Church of the
. | United States, offered the following general
plan Of union: First. organic union; Sec
Ond. the Heidelberg Catechism to the COM
mon standard; third. the Belgic confession
and the articles Of diet to be considered Of
great importance and Of authority next to
: the Heidelberg Catechism; fourth, general
| synod with powers limited and defined;
| without action. A subcommittee of three
, was appointed from each committee tn
, draw UP paper expressive OF the resu i
, reached. Adjourned until tomorrow mort .
ing.
Conspiracy to Rob Bank.
7 Holmes b. Kelly, real estate agent, had i.
hearing to day on the charge of cOnspirns <
to rob the First Rational Bank of Milesb0ro.
| Pennsylvania, and receiving bonds, know
| ing them to be stolen. Fourteen thousand
dollars of stolen bonds were negOtiatr l
with Townsend, Wheian e. Co, who H.
| vanced $4,000. The money was used in
the purchase of land. Kelly stated the
bonds were obtained from man name i
, J. r. Fleming
At the conclusion of the testimony, M.
! Cassiday said the defendant was certaInl :
answerabls in Tioga county upon the charg >
!, of burglary, and in this city for negotiatu. :
| and circulating the stolen bonds. He be
| leyed that the man j. X. Fleming was q.
myth.
The alderman neld the defendant to
, | answer the charges of felOniOus burglary,
! and falsely and maliciously conspring with
one CosgrOve and one Cook and j. r.
| Fleming to negotiate etOlen bonds. The
prisoner denies that he knew the bonds
were stolen when he negotiated them, and
; asserts he can prove his innocence OF the
! | charges made against him.
Trial for Embezzlement.
RICHMOND, Va, November l3.-The
} | case ot T. r. Brooks, late president Of
| | the Merchants National Bank of Peters
r | burg, on trial in the United States Circuit
. | Court on the charge of embezzlement, was
? concluded to night and given to the jury at
half-past eleven o'clock. The jury not hav-
| ing agreed on verdict the court adjourned
till 10 A. NJ. tomorrow. The case has been
f on trial a week and excites cOpsiderabis in
. terest.
a Probabilities.
a WAR DEPARTMENT.,
, Office Chief Signal Officer,
Washington, November ID. 1874, a35 p. M.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States gen
| orally cloudy weather. and areas Of rain will pre-
vail, VITA lower temperature, north Or east wnds
| and rising barometer.
River and Marine News.
! SOUTHWEST Pass, November l8. p M.-Barometer
80. Wind north, fresh. Arrived-NOrwe2ia an bar k
mperator previously reported loI ORDERS Jensen
I | ton master from New York. Sailod-Ship FriS "a
, | and schooner Lily Of the Valley.
Pass ALOErKS Sovsm6er 70; s..ds nw ,mshia aa
Guillermo ship George Skolield and bark Lauriia.
;, vrCxsBURs November Ia-Passed down-John
j. A. Scudder, at A. N. No boats up to day.
Weather cool and cloudy. The river is falling
!, | slowly. 80
q MKnPH!s November l3.-The river has risen
FIVE inches during the past twenty.fOur hours.
|. | Weather cool; light fall OF snow tonight. Ar
!. | rived-Maud from New Orleans Departed
:, Glencoe and Fannie Tstum. for New Orleans st.
y | Joe for St. Louis, late last night.
CfsCIsSAr1 November I8.-River three feet two
| inches and stationary Weather cloudy and coOi
PIrrssrHG November l3-River sixteen inches
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