The silver state., 1880-06-30
TELEGRAPuIC ITEMS.

night, and large number of her pass
engers were lost. She left New York
bouad for Roslyn, Long Island, at 4
o'clock P. NJ, having ON board some 500
passengers; The vessel was large and
one of the best on the. Sound. Her
crew consisted of the captain, clerk,
deck boy, engineer, two firemen and
four deck hands, Among her passen-
gers were Chas. A.. Dana, Richard OGor-
man, S. L. Barlow, and several other
prominent persons. The dispatch an
nouncing the sad disaster was received
from College Point, L. l., aboat 3 P. NJ:
A fire broke. out in the engine room
about 4:3O, and before it was discovered
the flames had got under such, headway
that it was impossible to stay them.
All on board se5 about saving them
selves as best they could. Charles
Smith, the pilot, remained at his posi-
until badly burned, but finally reached
the shore. A statement of ons. Of the
passengers is as follows:
There were. about $50 persons on
board. All went well until He'll Gate
was passed, when the tire-alarm rang
out, and flames were discovered burst
ing through the pilot-houso. The Off
GERS and crew assured the passengers
that there was no danger, and headed
the boat for Randall's Island. She
grounded on bar about 200 feet from
shore. The steamer Granite State, OF
the Hartford line, passing at the time,
picked up l3. passengers and one dead
BODY, which, were. landed at White
Stone. The steamer Osseo- rescued a
majority Of the passengers and pro-
ceeded with them TO College Point.
Those without life preservers saved
themselves by clinging to the guards,
paddles and other sheltered parts of the
boat. The body of Abe Skidmore, OF
the well-known Long Island family,
was recovered, and is now at the Cole
mGn hense in New York city.
1t is rumored at Albany, New York,
that the Governor will be very sure to
call an extra session of the Legislature
10 entertain subjects relative to New
York City, and ''for such other busi-
ness as may be brought before it," 1t
is broadly intimated. that ''such other
purposes'' means the consideration of
the proposition to. change the methods
of electing the electoral ticket so as TO
transfer it to an, election. by Congress
sional Districts, instead Of by the peo-
pie of the State at large. Some Re-
publicans strongly favor the idea, but
| at the Governors. chamber nothing has
been heard of it,. It depends upon the
Governor to issue the call for an extra
session. The result of the passage Of
she bill, it is conceded, would ordina-
rily divide up the electoral vote in the
State SO as to give the Republicans at
least II of the IS, but the wisdom of
the measure is doubted by many Re-
publieans on the ground that it would
on it's face be a scoundrelly trick to
cheat the people of the State by sitting
the voice of the majority.
The stage from Challis, idaho, was
robbed on Saturday night by six con-
victs who. had escaped from the Peni-
tentiary. Tho seven passengers in the
coach-fve men. aud two women were
robbed of all their valuables, amount
ing to, few hundred dollars, and
stripped of their clothing. being left
absolutely naked In that condition
| they travelled several miles to the next
station, where sheets and blankets were
obtainedifor covering until they reached
the Utah Northern. railroad On Sunday
evening.
The billltaKing foreign bank capital
has been signed by Governor Cornell,
of New York. 1t provides that every
foreign bank OF banking company doing
business in this State shall be annually
taxed one-half of one per cent. OH the
average of all sums of money used or