Daily Republican., 1881-10-18
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A Train Pushe1 frOD the Track
Heavy Western Katns - Rev.
DR.. Thomas Denaas-Other
Items Of Interest.
The steamer City Of Toxic arrived a
San Francisco on Sunday. with latel
news from China and Japan. The
Western Empress at Pekin had been
speedily cured by a ative doctor, who
has been rewarded with the "red but
ton patent Of nobility" A village in
the kow district was swept away, and
all its inhabitants drowned. Two hun
dred bodies have been recovered. A
typhoon along the Japanese coasts, on
September 18Th and l4th, caused great
destruction of property and the los. of
many lives.
The funeral of Governor Wiltz of
Louisiana, took place yesterday morn
ing in New Orleans. The body was re
moved from the Senate Chamber, where
it had been lying in state, and, followed
by a procession of civil and military
associations, clergymen, officials and
citizens, was inferred in the st. Louis
Cemetery. the services of the Catholic
Church being performed over the re-
mains.
An express train on the Missouri Pa
citic Railroad ran into the rear of a
freight train, which was being pushed
upon siding, at Merimac station, 20
miles from st. Louis, on Sunday even
ing. The pushing engine and the loco
motive of the passenger train were
thrown from the track. Two train
ing ride we're seriously injured.
A heavy rain prevailed throughout
Wisconsin yesterday. Serious wash
outs are reported on the Prairie de
Chen, Racine and Southwestern, and
the river divisions of the Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroads. One washout,
at Boscobel, is ) miles in length. The
Mississippi and Black rivers are still
rising.
Rev. DR.. Thomas preached in the
Peoples Church in Chicago on Sunday,
and said that, Notwithstanding his ex-
pulsion from the Methodist Church, the
Conference could not deprive him of
his ministerial functions, and these he
would continue to exercise. He was
determined to appeal to the judicial
Conference.
The total subscriptions to the Mrs.
Garfield Fund received and paid to the
United States Trust Company, of New
York, amount to $500, }45 n, Of this
S34S. 96S Is has been paid for the pur.
chase Of $500, 600 in U. s. Four Per
Cent. Registered Bonds, leaving cash
balance with the company ofS1l, 1868.
General N. p Banks said, yesterday,
in Waltham, Massachusetts, that he
knew nothing Of the reported change
in the Governorship OF Arzonia. If the
office was offered to him he "should
have to consider the matter seriously
before accepting. He was not seeking
office"
The President yesterday sent num-
Der Of nominations to the Senate, among
them Frank M. Eastman, to be United
States Attorney for Montana, and Geo.
w. Wilkinson, of Nebraska, TO be Ii gent
for the Indians of :he Omaha and Win
nebago Agencies, in that State.
Mr. George W. Lundereg, of Bridge
port, Connecticut, has written to the
Treasurer of the Garfield Memorial Hos
pital Fund, offering to allow the officers
of the Fund to take from his quarry near
Bridgeport as much gray granite as
proposed hospital building.
Large meetings to express sympathy
for Ireland were held on Sunday in St.
Louis and Cincinnati. Mr.. Butter
worth, the Representative in Congress
from the First District of Ohio, was the
principal speaker =: the Cincinnati
meeting.
1t is stated in Washington that the
President has asked for the resignation
of Assistant Postmaster General Tyner,
aud that Frank Hatton, of the Burlng-
ton Hawkeye, is to be appointed Tyner's
successor.
The steamship Crescent City, 1000
tons burth"n, capsized in the dry dock,
at Brooklyn, yesterday morning. John
Hart, a fireman on the steamer, was
killed, and two other men were inur-
ed, one severely.
A caucus of Democratic Senators to
discuss the question Of the Secretary
ship of the Senate was held yesterday
morning in Washington. Barely n
quorum of the Democratic Senators
was present and no action was taken.
President Arthur, Secretaries Hunt
and Lincoln, Postmaster Gereral James,
General Sherman, and number of Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress
left Washington yesterday for York
town.
Senator Malone left Washington yes.
terday for Richmond, to be absent a
week or ten days. 1t is understood that
General Early challenged the Senator,
but a duel is not considered imminent
II is stated that President A. D. |
White, of Cornell University, has en-.
tered into bonds with the Trustees of
that University not to accept any pol
itical office for four years.
L. A. SENEGAL, Superintendent of the
North Shore Railway, has begun suit
in Ottawa against w. Laurier, ex-Min-
is,er of Land Revenue, for libel, claim
ing $l00, 900 damages.
Charless T.. Smith, editor of the Phil
adelphia Press, made the opening speech
of the Republican canvass, in Pennsyl-
vania, at Lewisburg, last evening.
The total contribution received by the
Cleveland Committee on Garfield Mon
ument Fund to date amount to $1,000.
The Daily Globe, a Democratic paper
of Cleveland, Ohio expired yesterday,
after an existence of thirty days.
WOman's Love
was presented at the Opera House on