Daily Republican., 1881-06-30
A DAYS NEWS.
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS AND
CHIMES.
Powder MIL ExpIostOn-scand andi.
n@Stans I'm Slavery--G0nI-
bing's Contest.

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Iing's Contest.
q. Clausen. q Swede, recensIy arriyet
IN San Francisco from Honolulu, re
ports that several hundred Scandina
VANS, who went 10 the Sandwich Is
lands, under labor contracts made by
captain Larange, are held in virtual
slavery. They have been disposed OF
Dy lot among the planters, "zre suffer.
ing fron climate influences and held
ngidly to the terms of the contract on
pain OF penal servitude, although the
cther parties 10 the contract have failed
to carry out at least it's spirit" In
consequences of these statements several
communications have been sent to Nor.
way and Sweden warning the people
against Hawaiian emigration.
The Alta Chemical Works at Clark's
Landing, California, blew up.last Sun.
dap morning. The powder. owing tc
It's peculiar character, went off with
little noise, making simply "a hiss OF
puff. The manager OF the works and
Two other men were seriously burned.
By the explosion of Eckendorter' pow.
DER mousse az Tucson, Arizona, on Tues.
day, the county hospital was crushed,
ont the patients escaped injury all the
windows and much OF the Crockery in
the city were smashed doors were
burst open, and a dwelling was fired
by th9 breaking of a lamp, several per-
sons being badly burned. The total
loss on property is estimated at $780,
900.
The9dore Lange, young man, form
erly reporter on the Staats Xeitung. was
arrested in Chicago, on Tuesday after
noon, for trying to blackmail Mrs.
Sophia Schmidt. The latter's husband
died in May last, having inSurances on
his life to the amount of ST., 1000, and
Lange tried to extort money from her
by pretending that lie knew of a con-
spiracy which, through her husbands
death, was to secure the insurance on
his life" and appointing u meeting.
She consulted lawyer, met LANCE and
secured his arrest.
The Grand Jury of Alleghen- county
yesterday indicted 300 saloon keepers
for selling liquor without q license.
The dealers had offered TO pay $50 for
license, but this was refused, because
OF law passed in 1872 making the
licensed in Allegheny county $500, 1t
Is said that 800 parties in the county
are now selling liquor without license.
1t is announced that the weekly journ-
al, the Nation, will hereafter, be issued
as the weekly edition Of the New York
Evening Post. it will retain its nam.
and old editorial management, hut It's
staff of contributors will be enlarged,
and great part ofi5S contents reproduced
from the Evening Post.
The New Hampshire House of Rep
reSentatives yesterday passed resolu
ton expressing sympathy for Ireland,
and requesting that copies be forward
ed to the senator's and representatives
in Congress from the State, ann also to
the President and Secretary of State, 1t
goes to the Senate for concurrence.
AT noon yesterday John GriScom
weighed 1907 pounds loss of two
pounds since Tuesday noon, and of 3a31
pounds in the 81 days Of his fast His
pulse yesterday morning was jS, respir-
alton II, and temperature Is He feels
weak III the joints, and is no longer dis
posed to walk up and down the room.
A passenger train on the Southwest
tern Railroad was wrecked yesterday,
near Geneva Station, Georgia, by
broken rail. Among the seriously in
jured are Rev. j. o. A Cook, of Column
BUS; Rev. Otis GlaZebrook, of Macon
and three other prominent citizens.
The President will not leave for Will
liams College until Saturday. Before
his return to Washington he will visit |
st. Albans, Vermont, as the guest of
Governor Farnham. The President
will visit Clyde, Onio, on the 22d ofJuly, |
to be present at the unveiling of the Nc
Pherson statue.
An Indignation meeting was held in |
Bresau, Long Island, on Tuesday night,
to take steps for the removal from office
Of Charles Wagner, q justice of the
peace. A petition for his removal, on
The ground of malteasance was signed
by IL majority of the voters of the place.
Thirteen pigeons of the Boston HON.
ing Club were started from Schenectady,
New York on Tuesday night. The first
bird covered the distance between
schenectady and Boston in four hours,
seventeen minutes and fifteen seconds,
lying at the rate of 37l9 miles an hour
Yesterdays ballots for U. S. Senators
N the New York Legislature stood
Short term-Potter, 80; Wheeler, Al;
so; Lapham, 18; Cornell, 3;
4. Long gterm-kernan, 52;
)epew, 30; Platt, 2S; Cornell, .; Crowley
!; scattering, B.
Mark Adams, aged lG years, colOred, a
was convicted at Houston, Texas, on
tuesday, of murder in the Sc fCond degree, r
II killing Jacob Brown, also colored, .
{ Green's Bayou, last March. He was
entenced to II years in the peniteDtia- o
Y.
The body of neatly dressed woman, 81
opposed to be Nelly Rhodes, of New !,
ork, who is believed to have commit
ID suicide by Jumping from steamer
II the night of the 22d inst, was found
in the Hudson river, near
ewburg.
The total amount of coupon Five Per u
ents received at the Treasury to date 8
II continuance at 81 per cent.-inC,ud-
g the amount presented at the London II
yency, is 1914, 100000 This leaves S24,- . !.
70, 900 to be heard from before July lst. II
He M eyer, a lamp lighter, was NJ
lrne arh in Jersey City yester- h
" while filling lighted lamp with D'
J., his G. king fire from the
lid. OF
Stephen Kelley, an employee of the ne
- company at Newburgh, New York,
as suffocated yesterday while clean. hs
g out the naphtha tank, and died 6t
on afterw ards. Id
Thomas Enrich, aged 65 years, was ea
,uck by railroad train at Allentown "
Tuesday night and died yesterday an
his injuries. sir
Mrs. Emma Shoene died yesterday in bii
rsey City from injuries received by mi
ling from third-story window last he
turday. VI
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