, 1881-08-19
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
by TELEGRAPH TO DATE

died at Morris Plains on the 4th.
steam thresher boiler exploded near
Columbia, Illinois, on the 9th and killed
five persons.
Chas. w. Curry, beat and brutally
killed Nathan Bettyman, in St. Louis on
the Sth, during an alteration, resulting
from Bettyman refusing to allow Curry to
visit his daughter.
Judge James d. Colt, of the state su-
preme court, Committed suicide in his
private room IN Pittsfield, Mass, by send
ing pistol ball into his head. His health
had been very bad of late.
Another passenger war has broken out
between the wabash and the Alton roads
andlt may become general and disastrous.
The iare from Kansas City to Boston is
now $40, but TO New York SD 80.
The coroner's jury in the case of three
children of Charles Moody (colored),
burned July 4th at Lake Village, n. H.,
returned IA verdict that the children were
murdered and the house burned to con-
ceal the crime. Moody and wife were ar
rested.
Edward Northrup, a prominent attor-
ney. shot and killed Joseph O'DonneIl,
clerk for lumber firm, in the Crawford
house. Northrup had been administrator
for the estate of O'Donnel's father.
ODonneIl claimed that he was defrauded,
and fight ensued. Northrup surren-
dered.
w. G. Bullett, a lawyer, supposed to
| represent the Pennsylvania Railway,
bought for $4,000 the main exhibition
building at Phila which cost l.60O, 900
and required 100000 feet of lumber and
eight and half million pounds of iron to
construct. The mortgage is to be paid out
of the purchase money.
At Tudonia, Kansas, on the 9th of Aug.
about forty masked men made an iueffect-
ual attempt to capture two brothers named
Hardin, confined in Jail here for murder.
The warden being overpowered, gave his
pistol to Hardin, who used it to kill the
ringleader, John Hoffman, whereupon
the remainder fled pursued by posse and
the sheriff.
The residence of DR.. VIM. Bowen, of
Scituate, K. l., was burned on the 9tn, to-
gether with his barn. An Internal ma
chine operated by clock work was found
in the ruins of the barn. Doubtless the
same diabolism was used on the house
DIR. Bowen has been very active in enfOrc
ing the law against liquor selling and has
suffered before.
The Herald's London correspondent
interviewed King Kalakua. He was
feted, dined and wined by the aristocracy
to an extend that would have tired out a
less powerful man. He said that there
was no foundation for the report that he
was desirous of disposiI.g of his kingdom.
He expects to be in New York next
month. Regardin the Chinese question
the king fayOrs their immigration, and
says he does not share the views of the
ministry on the subject.
ln lnt Of A Il of
AiTie and his son, Lord Ogilby, who will
visit the Uuited States this month, John
Walter, proprietor of the London Times,
will shortly come, staying until October.
After visiting Long Branch and Newport
he will go to California. All accounts
represent that the number of English
visitors to this country next fall will be
very large. The earl ofDunraven expects
to make a tour of this continent and hun
dreds of others of less note.
The socialists mass meeting at Brook
lvn protested against the eXtraditlon of
Leo Hartmann, such course they believe
having been contemplated by the author
tiles. They adopted resolutions to the
effect that 1t would be disgrace TO our
country and an insult to the memory of
the founders of the republic, if the gov
ernment should deliver up the revolution
ary hero TO certain death, while he found
refuge as policical exile even in Brit
ish monarchy. The secretary was in
| structed to inquire of Secretary Blaine
about the matter
The failure of NJ p. COmstock & Co. of
| Chicago, is said to be from 100000 to
Sl25, ZOO. The firm has been doubly un-
| fortunate. Some weeks ago they con-
signed "A large amount of corn to New York
| and fearing that it would decline sold
short here to protect themselves. The
market advanced and they lost heavily on
| their short sales and the consignment
heated Ell route and failed to inspect.
| This also lost them $40, 900 to $4,000. To
add to their misfortunes the country Gus
| TONERS forfeited their deals, leaving the
| commission men to stand in the breach.
They are said to have lost So, 900 from
this source. No information AS to assets.
| Ledger's New York special: The so
called anti-monopolistsa are determined TO
make an impression in the fall elections
and to that end are about to call state
| convention at Utica on or about the 10Th
of this month. The cal is not officially
published as vet, but it will be this week
At present il takes the shape of private
and confidential printed circular to when
the names of not few members OF tie
chamber of commerce and board OF trace
and transportation are altacneu. ihe
idea of the promoters OF the movement
would seem to be that they can muster
strength enough to occupy the position o
balance of power party in the state anc
decide winch of the candidates ofthe two
great parties shall or shall not be elected
Minister Foster writes to the depart
msnt of state, under date of July 18TH
The Russian wheat crop is likely TO b'
one of the largest ever raised in the EN-
pire, and the export promises 10 be muGf
greater than usual. 1t is stated that IN th'
districts tributary to the port of Odessa
the Weld is likely to be SO large that farm
ers think they could dispense with mar
vests for four years to come. Advice
from Taganrag and Caucasus, show th
promise of crops to he equal to that o
1874, one of the largest ever known II
Russia, and advices from Moscow aihrn
this. 1t is thought the harvest III south
ern Russia will be the largest they haV'
had for 20 years. Harvests III centra
Rnssia. while not so enormous, Will yleI'
| a splendid crop of excellent quality. IL
south provinces the grain is already cu'
Further north it is still subject to damag
incident to bad weather and from Insects
From Moscow, which is the great com