Daily Republican., 1881-06-07
TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES.
HOW THE WORLD Is JOGGING
ON AROUnD US.
Mixing up with the Chinese--Ths
Bear swamp Inquest-Fear-
full storm In DAkO

The Coroner's inquest in the case of
the victims of the disaster on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, near Trenton, New
Jersey, resulted yesterday in verdict
censuring John Il. Sutphin, telegrapher
and switChman, and Edward Osmond,
engineer Nine of the jurors also cen
sured the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for not employing a sufficient and
competent force to operate the switches
and signals at the station where the
disaster occurred The other three
jurors, while concurring in the censure
Of the railroad employees, dissent from
the cenSure of the company.
Lee Chin, Chinaman and Mrs. Eva
II. Lee, a white woman, have been in
dicted Mt Cheyenne, Wyoming, for mar
rying each other, statute Of that Ter
ritory forbidding such marriages. They
| went to Denver TO get married, there
being nothing prohibiting it in the laws
of Colorado. The Chinese Consul at
Denver, by direction of the Chinese
Ambassador at Washington, will con-
test the Indictment Meanwhile, the
Chinese Ambassador is preparing a full
statement of the case to be presented to
the Secretary of State.
A report was circulated among the
brokers in Baltimore yesterday morn
ing that John King, .Jr., First Vice
President, and William Keyser, Second
Vice President, of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, had resigned,
and severed their connections with the
road. This was posted on the bulletin
boards until the gentlemen mentioned
the slightest truth.
A fearful storm of hail and wind
passed over Deadwood, Dakota, yester-
day afternoon. Hail stones "the size
of hens eggs" continued falling for
more than two hours, and one stone was
found which measured - inches in cir
cum ference Trees and telegraph poles
were levelled by the wind, and in Dead
wood GulCh four houses were destroyed
killing one woman and injuring another
woman and two children.
The total amount Of specie held by
the National banks thrOu5 5hout the
country on the 9th of May last was 1928,
62S, j62. This is ST, 800, 900 more than
at the date of their last previous state
ment, March 1lth; S36, 200, 900 more than
on the 23d of April, 1880. The banks
also held on May 9th last $40, ,j6l ,296 in
legal tender notes.
GriscoT, the faster, when weigh
9 yesterday, was found to have gained
three-quarters of pound since Sunday
noon, the result of swallowing q ounces
of hydrant water during th' twenty
four hours. His pulse yesterday morn
ing was 62; temperature 9Sl4, and res
piratiOn 20.
Nearly 500, 900 in bonds were stolen
early last month from the cashier s
desk in the Erie County Savings Bank,
at Buffalo, New York, where they had
been placed for keeping. The thieves
have offered. through Baltimore Law
yer, to restore the bonds for S5O,O00
An organization Of ex-Confederate of
fcers aud soldiers has been formed in
Chattanooga, to give Il reception to the
Society of the Army ofthe Cumberland
which will hold its reunion i'll that city
in September next
The Grove Distillery Of Woolner
Brothers, at Peoria, Illinois, was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday morning. The
loss is estimated ut Sl5O,00O. One man
was seriously burned and another kill
ed by falling wall.
1t is denied "by authority" that the
Washington Evening Critic, which has
changed hands, is to become al All
miuiStration organ. "[t will continue
to be independent in everything, neu-
tral in nothing
There were severe troSts at Montreal,
Canada, WatertOwn, New York, and
other places in the Lake Region and
along the st. Lawrence, on Sunday night.
Much damage was done to the growing
crops.
The steamship Chong, manned and OF
ficered entirely by Chinese, sailed from
Hong Kong for Victoria, Br' tish Col
umbia, Oh the lst inst, with 900 China
men to work on the Canada Pacific Rail
road.
The buildings of the Niagara Oil Re-
tining Company, near Buffalo, were
burned yesterday afternoon. with a
large quantity of oil. Loss estimated at
$3.50
About one.fourth of the operatives in
the Connelsville coal region struck, yes
terday, for higher wages, but some OF
them subsequently decided to resume
at the old rates to-day.
The Jury in the case of Joseph Bork,
defaulting ex-City Treasurer of Buffalo,
rendered verdict of guilty, yester lay
morning. Bork was admitted to bail
in $40, 900.
Edward NJ. johnson, charged with
being accessory to the murder OF Samuel
Clugston, at Valley Forge, was dis
charged from custody, at Norristown,
yesterday morning.
Joseph Collins and his wife were kill
ed while driving home near Kingston,
Ontario, last Saturday night, by coming
in collision with runaway team.
The President yesterday signed the
com mission of Addison Brown as U. 5.
District Judge, for Southern, New York.
To Cape May.
Tho Rannblia, has been reDaiDted new