, 1881-08-05
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
BY TELEGKAPH TO DATE.

During the week ending july 23d
| twenty-five deaths from yellow fevN and
nine from smallpox occurred in Havana
The steamer Carrie Brandon. loaGed
with railroad iron and supplies for the
Northern Pacific railroad sunk on the 25th
near Cotton Point and will, it is thought,
prove total loss.
Rev. w. F. Whitcher, pastor of the
Mathewson Street MethodistV> Church,
Providence, K. l., charged with purloining
rare books from the public Libraries, con-
| fessed to the church, and will leave the
ministry.
Several crews of lumbermep at Still
water Minn., struck on the 9th and
started out to force other crews to Join
them, but were met by the managers, who
drove them from their premises, in one
case at the muzzle of revolvers.
James w. Simonton, who has occupied
the position of general agent of the New
York Associated Press for the past Ii
years, rendered his resignation on the 9th
and JamesC. Hueston. at present London
agent at the New York Association, was
appointed to succeed him.
A flood occurred at Tucson, on the 9th,
doing many thousand dollars damage.
Several houses were washed down. The
mud roofs peculiar to the town let the
water through like sieves. Several wash
outs on the railroads are reported, and
trains are necessarily somew hat irregular.
A messenger from Santa Rica, New
Mexico, reports that the Indians have sur
rounded a rancho at which there are two
men and some women and children, and
trouble is feared. A detachment of SOL
diers have left Paso Del Norte for the
rancho and the volunteer party will fol-
low
Rev. Edward. Cowley, formerly of the
Shepherds Fold. New York city, is en-
deavoring to raise money to print evidence
submitted to the committee of the Epis-
copal church touching the feeding, cloth
under his care. He claims that the result
will be his complete justification.
Gov. Crittenden says that the result Of
his conference with the railroad authors
ties is that he will issue a proclamation
within 4S hours to be scattered broadcast
over Missouri, offering $4,000 for the ar
rest of the train robbers, $4,000 for the
two riDgleaders. who we're probably the
James boys, and 5000 each for the ether
five men.
The completion of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway to Durango. 400 miles
southwest of Denver, to be opened to
freight and passenger traffic August 1st,
will be celebrated August Sd, by an excur-
sion embracing the state officials, muni-
cipal authorities of the principal cities,
representatives of the press and CONNER
cial Interests of tho state. This opens up
the San JuaiI mining regions, which so
long have been isolated.
The warfare in passenger rates is likely
to continue for some time to come. Roads
cold lAf nr, tho 9th n &S n (shtPaOn
81 so to Cincinnati and $l3 rs to st.
Louis. AT 1890 General Samuel Carpen-
ter, ticket agent of the Penn. Central r.
R., ordered all ticket offices on his line to
sell tickets to Chicago for $S, Cincinnati
so, st. Louis Is 70. He said that he
would not be undersold by scalpers or by
other lines and they could keep the fight
up as long as anybody
Avaianche's Yazoo City, Miss, cores
pendent says: A rape was committed
here recently ON young lady by a negro
named Isaac Fisher. He then threw her
into cistern to drown her, but the water
being too shallow, he slid down the chain
and held her head under water until she
drowned He then tried 10 climb the
chain but found himself Gagged and WAS
soon detected. The demon was summar-
lily dealt with and in all probability is
now taking chat with Toby Wells, who
was hanged here last Thursday.
The New York Star on the 9th pab-
| lished an interview with Cen Croker,
warden of the Jail. About Guitteau,
Croker said that there has been no event
| in his life during the past week that is
| worthy of mention. He does not seem to
have any friends. His brother-in- law
was here but he did not appear to take
| special interest in him. There was no
animosity shown however. Guitteau is
| as quiet as any other prisoner. He seems
| to have made up his mind to contentedly
wait. He knows enough not to talk. lie
mas sense enough for that.
Boston dispatches say it has been
| learned that the shipment of explosives
from that city to England was made In
thu name of Charles Mills. On the 9th oil
June stranger called at the Cunard office
and said that he wanted to send some
| goods on the steamship Batavia, sailing
two days later. The Batavia's carrying
capacity being fully engaged, the man
was informed that he must wait for the
steamer Malta. He then asked II the
company would assume care of the bar
rels. stating that they had come to one oi
the road stations and he could not spare
the time to attend to their shipment. A
negative answer was given. The next
heard ofthe cement, it was placed On the
Cunard wharf. This was on the following
day. June 10th. On the 18th, oils of land
ing were made out and delivered, ano
the barrels placed in the hold OF the
Malta. The man gave the consignee's
name as Joseph Evans, Liverpool Iht
shipment by the Bavarian and Leyianf
line was managed in about the same way
The ten barrels Of cement were taken Il
the Constitution wharf June 18th an'
placed in the steamer which sailed three
days later. 1t has been ascertained tina
neither consignment was landed by regu
lar trains or even by one of those who arr
occasionally seen on the docks. The Ba
varian's lot was shipped in the name
the Phoenix Co., fictitious concern, an'
consigned to John Lawson. The hrst In
tination that the steamship people ha'
that everything was not as represente.
was an official inquiry from the British
consul. 4 searching investigation was a
once Instituted in which the British OF
fetal Joined, but it is understood that IN
progress was made towards discovering
the identity of the conspirators Hnethe
the search has been given up is no
known. but il is certain that the British
consul is not now moving in this matter
having received no instructions to tina
effect, and being of the opinion that III
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