Daily Republican., 1881-09-28
NEWS SUMMARY,
A sLiElRIN0 CAR THROWK INTO
4 WATEH SLIP.
Whss the Fire tdiA Yesterday
PfepartnS 0arne1d's Crave
:. OaheS Ssems.

ada Southern Railroad was being trans
ferred across the river, from Amherst
burg to Grasse Isle, Ontario, on Monday
night, the transfer boat was run agains
the dock with such force as to throw
the sleeping car into the water OF tht
slip. The sleeper turned over on its
side in the water, the boat backing
away. The drenched passengers were
all rescued, and their baggage was
saved
4 correspondent of the Chicago Inter.
Ocean says that the Republican and
Democratic Senators on the Garfield
funeral train informally came to an un.
derstanding in regard to the organiZa-
tiOn of the U. $. Senate, by which a
Conservative Republican should bt
made President pro tenpore, and thai
the Democrats should have the Secre
tary OF the Senate and Sergeant.at.
Arms.
The vault containing the body Of
President Garfield, at Cleveland, will
be guarded by detail of militia until
the coffin is finally placed in the ground.
For the reception of the coffin an iron
cage is being constructed, which will
rest on a cemented stone foundation,
surrounded by heavy masonry, which
will be part OF the foundation for the
monument.
The Dufferin Hotel and most of the
block in which it was situated, at Dun
das, Ontario, were burned yesterday
morning. Loss $4,000. The oil cloth
factory of Adler Brothers Il Co., in
Baltimore, was damaged yesterday by
nre. Adler Brothers loss was $l3, 900,
Steifel Il Juhn ST., 900, and other losses
swell the total to about S3S,0OO.
George w. Hunt, aged 81 years., pay
ing teller of the Importers and Traders
National Bank of New York, was ar
rested on Monday for stealing the
banks funds. His embezzlements are
estimated at 5000. He has been EN-.
ployed by the bank tor more than %
years.
The order detailing court martial
for the trial of Sergeant Mason. who
attempted to shoot Guiteau, and di.
recting it to meet this morning in
Washington, has been suspended by
General Hancock for the present. 1t is
thought, however, that the Court will
meet soon.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri,
with eight Marshals, is at Independ.
ence, attending the trial of Ryan, one
of the Glendale raj road robbers. A de-
tachment of rifles is also i'll attendance.
The object is to prevent a rescue on the
one hand and lynching on the other.
A telegram from Chicago reports that
typho-malaria, fever. bilious colo and
pneumonia are affecting those render
ed homeless by the forest fires in Michi
gan. Many of the sufferers have died,
and others are now at the point O.
death.
The latest adviceS from Arizona sta.,
that several parties Of the hostile Ii.
dams have surrendered, and it is nov
believed that not more than 10 of th'
hostiles are at large. The murderer
will be tried by military commission.
The bark Havana which ar. ived a
New York yesterday, from Havana
lost two Of her crew from yellow fever
on Jhepassage, and had two others sick
"Pink eye," the new disease among
horses, is spreading rapi ly in Chicago
It appeared ten days ago, and now pre-.
walls III nearly every large stable in the
city.
The wife of Jacob Cox, resident OF
Florence, New Jersey, died OF hydro
phobia on Monday afternoon. She was
bitten by Spitz dog abont six weeks
ago.
Ex Senator Herman was yesterday
elected a delegate FROM the First
Oneida District to the Democratic
State Convention OF New York.
Four children, aged from , to lC
years perished by the burning OF the
house of William Gibbons, AT Sedalia,
Miss ouri, on Sunday morning.
The subscriptions to the Garfield
Fund now amounts to S32l 2Jl.