The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-09-21
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The railway passenger agents, at u
meeting in New York on the 9th. agreed TO
q farthar reduction Of 10 per cent. In the
price Of Centennial tickets.
At Lancaster, Ohio, on tho 9th, a
Hayes and Wheeler pole. $50 feet long, fell
while being raised, and Charles Dripkle,
George Fink and Charles Hogemen were
killed and several others injured.
Ayellow fever patient from Savannah
died in New York on the 9Th.
There has been a gradual daily in
crease Of yellow fever cases at Savannah.
On the 10Th the number Of interments from
the disease wal 10.
The steamer Arbitrator, which left
New Orleans, Aug. ~, for Liverpool, on
the 23d struck an iceberg and %foundered In
twenty minutes. The Arbitrator had a car
20 Of propuce and 1900 in specie. The
total loss Is estimated at $3.50 600. The Of.
fcers and crew were rescued and taken to
Dublin by the brig Baltic.
The Ohio State Fair was a decided
failure, financially, this year, he expenses
having exceeded the receipts by about 50, 600.
The boiler Of a locomotive on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad exploded near
Frederick, Maryland, on the 18th, and
killed Aug. Schafer, the engineer, and
James +. Cook, fireman.
Two more deaths from yellow fever
occurred in New York on the 12th. One of
business man Of Savannah, who left that
city to escape the scourge; the other was =
sailor. New York physicians say there is
no cause for alarm, as the season is too far
advanced.
There has been another serious cut
break among the rice hands on the Comba.
hee, In South Carolina. The laborers who
we're at work have been attacked and Sc
verely beaten. Work Is altogether stopped,
and the rioters refuse to allow the rice al
ready harvested to be shipped to market.
Governor Chamberlain has dispatched a
special officer, who is authorized to arrest
and imprison the ring -leaders.
A riot occurred at Lima, Peru, on the
Goth of August. The residence of EXPIRES
ident Pardee was attacked by a mob. The
troops fired into the mob, killing four per-
ooho ohu "ouuuihS maui hVi
Asevere shock Of earthquake occurred
at Lima AID Callao, Peru, on the 10Th of
August.
The United States OF Colombia has
been declared in a state of siege. A dis
.ruption Of the country is feared. The ARM
Is TO be raised to 10000.
Nearly oil the buildings at Cheyenne
Agency were recently swept away by a
food, and all the records and papers were
lost,
The veteran trotting-horse, Ethan
Allen, died at Lawrence, Kas., on the 10th,
aged 81 years.
A delegation of workingmen from
Germany arrived on a visit to the Centen-
NAL Exhibition on the 10th.
A Madrid dispatch says the Spanish
army in Cuba will..be reinforced by 1900
new troops during this month.
One hundred Pawnee Indians from
the Indian Territory have recently gone to
Sidney Barracks. Neb., whore they will be
mounted and equipped, and then sent to
join Crook in fighting the Sioux.
At a meeting of the representatives
Of Western and Southwestern railways CEN
tering In st. Louis, held on the 18th, it was
resolved to pool the freight business OF
these roads, in order to put a stop to the
cutting Of rates.
Gen. Sherman is reported to have
stated at Leavenworth that in all probable
ity there would be a new Western military
department formed, part OF the territory OF
tho Departments Of Dakota and Missouri
being taken for that purpose. The head
quarters OF the new department will prob
ably be at the mouth of the Tongue River,
the present headquarters OF the Fifth In.
fantry, and It is presumed that Gen. Nelson
A. Miles, Colonel Of the Fifth, will be com.
mander.
Fifteen Turkish officers, implicated
In Bulgarian atrocities, have been sent 70
Coustantinople under guard. They are the
leaders implicated in the report of Blacque
Bey, who has been investigating the stroci.
ties. 1t is said Dlacque Bey's report ad.
imits that the atrocities were indescribably
horrible, and that the report will be sup.
pressed.
The former independence of the Pol.
ish administrative authorities has been en-.
tireiy abolished by Russia, and the office OF
Secretary Of State for Poland Is to be sup.
pressed.