New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-04
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Hotel Burned,
Hotel Burned,
CAPE MAY. July 3-Wheaton's hotel,
five stories high, burned.

| CAPE MAY. July 3-Wheaton's hotel
five stories high, burned.
International typographical Unien.
PHILADELPHIA. July 3.-The annual con
vention Of the International Topographic
Union, composed of representatives from
the United States and Canada, convened
They were welcomed to the city by Mr.
John W. Bailey, president OF the Philadel
phia Union, in neat speech.
Mr.. Bell, president Of the Internationa
Union, then addressed the assembly, after
which . committee on credentials was ap
pointed, and invitations were received and
accepted to visit places of public interest.
| The. committee appointed on erection Of
the proposed monument to Horace Greeley
reported that in conjunction with com
mittee of employing printers Of New York
ton of the granite work Of the base pedes.
tai and coping Of the monument. The
| stOnework will be completed the middle of
| the next month, and the iron figure, q colos-
| sal bust, will be cast by the first of Septem-
| Der, by Robert Wood & Co., of this city.
The first proposition made was for q type
| metal stature to the weather for any length
of time. Several thousand pounds OF old
type received in 1873 will have to be
put in the monument in some way. The
total contributions thus far received toward
| the monument fund amount to 1898 76
The committee appointed at the district
convention to prepare constitution for the
| government Of subordinate unions presented
| q report, which was received and will come
up for future consideration.
After the report of the committee on Gre
dentials had been received and several mat
tiers Ut min or importance attended to, the
convention adjourned.
Women's Suffrage Association.
A meeting of the American WomeL's
Suffrage Association was held this morning
in Horticultural Hall, to celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of the establish
ment OF womsn's suffrage in the province
Of New Jersey Addressed we're made BY
Mrs. Lucy Stone. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
and others, who endeavOred by citing
numerous examples to show that women
were as we'll calculated to hold positions of
trust and intelligence as men. The consti-
tuition of the second Of July, l776, at New
Jersey, which continued in force until 1874.
was referred to. under which women avsiled
themselves Of the suffrage Of the polls, and
pertinent remarks were made upon the
subject.
Five of the New York Seventh Regiment
were sunstruck yesterday.
War PHPARrnENr
Office Chief Signal Officer
Washington, July 3, lS76-430 P. II.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf states rising
ptrsture, southwest TO =. uthe a vinds partly
cloudy heI and enAily local rains will
prevail except higher Temperature In the former.
River and Marine News.
SouTHwEsr Pass, July 3. p NJ Barometer
1915. Wind east, fssh. Weather hszy ard
warm. Arrived British ship Aim. ma. B.nwei i.
master Tor! five days from Rio, in ballast. to
I nssteE american ship Sc.ta, Baker master.
Warner: sailed-Stes mship City Of Norfolk. aud
bsrks Elliott and Kiol; stesmAhiD Hsytlan At
nine o'clock last night The steamship st. Louis
is at anchor outside coali, 6. 1''
PORT EADs July ,, P. M-ArIived-Ialian
nom Marseilles, with genel al cargo. TO v. Mag
nan LabUrde.
heavy showers eli around. The river has fallen
one inch. The Lotus arrived from New OrieaLs |
on Sunday. No other movements The upper |