The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-10
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

ter, n. Y, just previous to reaching the depot,
while running at the rate Of forty miles an
hour, and crushed through the walls, wreck
ing the train and instantly killing the engi-
neer and fireman. 49,. The accounts Of Naval
Paymastsr J. ii. Stevenson, who has been
attached to the naval depot at Nagssaki, Japan,
have been adjusted at the department., and his
money account is short s54, ia. he has been
superseded, and is supposed to be on his way
home ...... Westervelt, convicted Of oonspir-
ing in the Charley Ross abduction, was sen.
tended to seven years imprisonment and fined
81 and costs. The rectifng house, residence,
and all the property Of ]. P. Kissinger, of
Milwaukee, Wis, has been seized by a oollec-
tor Of internal revenue for an assessment of
s2S6,O0O against the Union Copper Distilling
Company Of Chicago. The members of
the defunct banking firm OF Duncan, Sherman
d Co., Of New York, were arrested on q charge
OF fraud preferred by some Of their creditors.
They were released on small bail 80. Diplo-
matic relations between Holland and vene-
zuela have been broken OF because the former
country refused to indemnify Venezuela for
alleged Intervention by Dutch subjects at
Curacoa in Venezuelan internal affairs
Recent rains have swollen the rivers and
caused disastrous inundations in Leicester
shire and Warwickshire, England. The de-
struction Of property is very heavy, and some
lives are reported lost 80. The mate Of the
American brig Helena G.. Rice. stranded on
Salt Key Bank, on Florida, reports that ON the
island near by he saw signal pole standing
and found there the skeletons Of FIVE persons.
1t is supposed from the clothing and shoes ON
them that the skeletons were those Of English
sailors. The wool securing mill of George
Q. Moore, in North Chelmsford, Mass, was
destroyed by fire, involving q loss of 800, 600,
ON which there was an insurance of $4,000.
A Chinese decree enjons that foreigners be
respected. The British claims are still un-
settled. The new hoisting works OF the
Utah mine, in Virginia City, New, we're de-
stroyed by fire, at loss of $3.50, 1000. The en-
gineer remained at his engine hoisting ont
the miners until he was badly burned. :. The
kaiserhof Hotel, Of Berlin, one of the finest
structures in Germany, was destroyed by fire;
loss, $1,000, 000. -. The steamer City Of Berlin
made the fastest trip across the Atlantic ever
recorded the actual time being seven days,
fifteen hours and forty y-eight minutes.
The Liberian army have fought successfully
hve engagements with the native Africans.
Tho Princess Alexandra accompanied the
Prince Of Wales as far as Calais on his Journey
to the Indies. -. The English steamer Biscay,
belonging to the port Of Newcastle, has strand
cd on Jutland, while on q voyage from Cron-
stadt to Bremerhaven. Eleven persons were
drowned. The Biscay was an iron steamer
built In 1877, and was owned in London
Won Bulow, the eminent pianist, has arrived
In this country for the purpose Of giving
series Of concerts.
The steamer Uruguay, used by the Cubau
insurgents to procure arms and ammunition.
was driven into Jamaican waters by a SPAN
ish man-of-war and was seized by the Jamaican
authorities ......A British admiralty minute
exonerates Vice Admiral Sir A. Tarletan.
commander Of the feet, and Capt. Hickey of
the Iron Duke, from any blame in the collision
between the ship named and the Vanguard
In the British channel A compact has
been drawn up between the Central American
states Nicaragua, Guatemala and Salvador, to
unite and form one national government.
Hostility to foreigners has lately mantle. ted
itself in Northern China and MANY have beam
mobbed. The unfinished Agricultural Hall
on the Centennial grounds, at Philadelphia,
was blown down and eleven men hurt An
unknown man threw himself from the ton
OF Washington's monument in Baltimore. and
falling q distance of one hundred and eighty
feet was crushed to q shapeless mass.
The official statement shows an increase in
the number Of distilleries and in their pro-
ducts. .... Messrs. Moody and sankey, the re-
Vivalists, will hold their meetings in Brooklyn
previous to going to Philadelphia.
1t Is announced in London that Mr.. Glad
stone has assured his family that he will never
resume the Liberal leadership. a The steam
tug Miller exploded her boiler and sunk In
Thunder bay, near Detroit. Capt. Miller and
his clerk were killed, and the fireman was seri
ously injured. The sum of $95, COO was
found with Nichols, the absconding bank mana
ger, and his son, from Montreal, who were
caught at st. Augustine, Fla. The detective
hopes to be able to recover most Of the stolen
property. New York merchants are petition
ing the Poet-ofice department for q direct
mail to Brazil, monthly, there being none at
present......A report upon the new Boston
post-ofice shows unmistakaSly that there has
been fraud, and Secretary Bristow has taken
the matter in hand THE Chicago Times
having charged editorially that Secretary Bris-
tow's family had eighteen trunks passed by
the revenue officers ON their arrival from
Europe recently, Attorney. General Pierrepont
has issued card contradicting the statement.
and saying that his family accompanied the
secretary's from Europe, and that he Is cogni-
zant OF the fact that the trunks were opened
and examined Same as those of the other pas
sepgers. The London papers sharply eriti-
else the admiralty minute generating the
admiral In command of the squadron at the
time OF the collision of the two iron -clads.