The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-10
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


run down the Strathclyde, of the English
coast, whereby many persons lost their lives,
has been found guilty OF msnslaughter 80.
The Turks having violated the armistice by
concentrating their troops, the peace negotia-
tions have been dropped by the insurgents
All Bosnia Is now in revolt An evening
train between Philadelphia and New York run
on the track, overturning the engine and one
car, by means Of which the engineer, fireman,
and several passengers were severely injured.
The four-ball billiard contest in New
York between Cyrille Dion and A. P. RudoIphe
for the diamond championship cue and $500 a
side, resulted in Dions securing 1,5OO points
to his opponents 392. "A suit to recover
1888, for transporting goods across the
isthmus, has been brought by the Panama
railroad company against the Pacific steamship
company. Henry Kelly, Of New York city,
who was bitten five months ago by pet dog,
died few days ago in the hospital of hydro.
phobis, after suffering terribly for four daye.
The dog has never shown any indications OF
madness. IA locomotive on the Tyrone and
Clearfield road exploded near Bald Eagle, Pa,
and the engineer, fagmsn and brakeman were
killed, and the fireman fatally injured The
engineer was thrown over one hundred feet
and every bone in his body broken. The flag
man was thrown over one hundred and fifty
feet up in the air and fell q shapeless mass.
The others were buried under the debris.
At Shelby Center, N. Y, q large Touring mill
and number Of buildings connected with
1t were burned No insurance.
Mr.. Alexander T. Stewart, the merchant
prince "'of New York, died in that citr of
fx,f1a k,1v, 80 10
sickness, in the seventy fourth year of his age.
He was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1902, and
after graduating at Trinity College, Dublin,
came to New York in 1922, and engaged him
self rs teacher Of the classics in a school.
which situation he soon left, however, to en-.
gage in the dry goods business in small way.
The excellence of his stock Of goods, which he
kept before the public by constant ad dvertisinR.
drew him the best trade OF the city, and it was
not many years before he wasthe Acknowledge
cd head Of his line of business in the metropo
lis. When, in 1S4s, he erected the marble
store corner Of Chambers street and
broadway, 1t was considered q marvel, and
drew an immense amount Of trade which has
constantly increased from that time on Fore
seeing the time when the retail trade vould
demand accommodation further up town, he
secured the entire block on Broadway bound
ed by Ninth and Tenth streets, and Fourth
avenue, and built thereon an eight-etory iron
. edifce to be occupied exclusively as a retail
store-the eight floors aggregating an extent
Of eighteen acres giving employment to hun
dreds OF employees. The downtown store WAS
devoted to wholesaleing, and the two establish.
ments have sold as much as ESQ, 900, 600 worth
ia fr, a t.,
MIR. Stewart was an extensive holder of city
property, owned the Grand Union hotel Mt
Saratoga, held numerous mills near Fishkill
N. Y, and at the time of k:s death was found
ing Garden City, on Long Island, where he
had built many houses and stores and connect
ed the village to New York by direct steam
transportation. The estate Of the deceased IA
variously estimated at from csc, 600, 600 to
S100, 900 900 and as he left his wife child
less, 1t Is generally supposed his last testament
will dsvote largo sums for charitable purposes.
In private life Mr.. Stewart was an uuobtrusiye
agreeable gentleman, fond Of entertaining dis
tiDguished individuals in q manner becoming
the high position he held in the community.
fire in Baltimore destroyed VIM. II. Brown
Bros drug house and damaged the neigh
boring buildings. Loss, $225, 900. .O'Leary
the pedestrian, walked fve hundred miles in
139 hours and thirty-two minutes in San
Francisco. The 459th mile was made in eight
minutes and hfty-eight secon Gold
smith Maid trotted against Golden Gate in San
Francisco-the latter to run q mile and ESQ
yards. The Maid won in 2:19Z; beating Col
den Gate three seconds ..... The Music Hall
at Athol, Mass, and Dwelling adjoining were
destroyed by fire, and several houses partially
burned. Loss, S75, ,000.. .Garibalii has ao-
copied the gift Of 100000 lire GEO, ,OOO)
onered by the italian government and king
some time since. Serious agrarian outbreaks
have taken placein the Bustar district of Mad
ris, India. Thirty Thousand peasants assem-
bled, and troops were dispatched to restore
order. While Charles Carter, foreman of
the boiler shop Of shapley & Wells, at Bing-
hampton, N. Y, was testing sixty-horse
power boiler, which stood on t5e sidewalk pro-
paratory for shipment, 1t exploded Carter
and two others were killed and several passers-
by more or loss injured ... Cambridge beat
Oxford BY three lengths, in the great English
university boat race. Time, twenty minutes
and nineteen seconds, being the fastest ever
recorded In these races. It. G.. Settle, for
meriy railway station agent at Potosi, Mo-,
who was removed on complaint of Engineer
Samuel Cowsll, shot and killed the latter in
consequence. The car Of Russia has given
mp all thought OF abdication, as his health has
been fully recovered, %. The Afghanistan
emir of Cabul has defeated his rebellious sub
ject the emir Of Maimena. The latter lost
three thousand men in the battle.
Several OF the Transatlantic Steamship COM
nxniaa hava raaolvad t< ,adn.. H. ~..--.I.