Daily Republican., 1881-06-29
NEWS GATHERINGS.
THE MEXICAN RAILROAD HOLO-
CAUST.
A Defaulting BoOkkeeper--J.um
bcr Rising In Pr1ce-The vIr.
gfnia Republicans.

Il
tion to the killed already reported, 81
women and children lost their lives,
The authorities Of Morelos have been
officially informed that the disaster was
owing to the act of an officer, who fear
ing the soldiers would desert, compel.
ed, with pistol in hand, the engineer to
30 forward with the train in spite of his
reluctance on account of the heavy rain
and the darkness of the night. The of.
iicer and the engineer. who were both
saved, have been arrested.
Oliver j. Smith, bookkeeper of the
Merchants Loan and Trust Company,
OF Chicago, is reported by the officers OF
that concern to be a defaulter tor $751;
900, and to have absconded. Smith
tather-in-law, Benjamin +. Baker, de-
MES that the young man has absconded,
saying that he has left town for his
health only, and will return soon, and
that "the trouble if there is any, is
with inexpert new bookkeepers and not
with Mr.. smith,
The Republican State Central Com
mittee, Of Virginia, met yesterday, in
Richmond, and agreed by majority OF
one, that Messrs. Wickham and Lewis
should relinquish their claims to the
craftsmanship, and that a Convention
should be held in Lynchburg, on the
10th of August, to which no person
should be eligible as delegate who had
participated III the recent Readjuster
Convention.
The Lumber Dealers Exchange of
Chicago, ON Monday, advanced prices
'all along the line" Fencing battens
were advanced cents shingles, 25
cents; siding, beaded, ceiling, common
and Gull bOaldS. 90 cents: thick clears
and selects, ten and twelve inch stock
boards, box boards, nearly all kinds OF
flooring timber and scantling and flo or
ing strips, IL per thousand.
Captain Robert Hardie, said to be the
last survivor Of the Dartmoor prisoners,
died in Baltimore yesterday, aged SO,
years. He was native Of Philadelphia,
served as lnldshipman on privateer in
the war of 1872. He was captured by
the British and confined for some time
IN the hulk at Dartlnoor. Until few
years ago he was shipmaster from Bal
timore.
The will of Cornelius Sullivan, pro-
hated in Pr whence, Rhode Island, ON
Monday, gives $1,000 to the Rhode Island
Hospital TOR free bed, to bear the name
of his mother; $1,000 to tha Home for
Aged Men, and $1,000 each to the Color
ed Orphans Shelter, the Childrens'
Friend Society, and the Home for Aged
Women.
There was conference between rep
resentativeS of the "Stalwarts" and
"Half Breeds" in Albany yesterday at
ternoon, at which, it is said, Mr.. Conk-
Iing's friends proposed to accept Mr..
Depew for the long term, if the ''Half
Breeds" would accept Mr.. Conkling for
the short term. The opponents ofConk-
ling refused to listen to such an az
rangement.
An unknown man aud boy, equipped
for a fishing and hunting trip, were
struck by railroad train, at Carlisle,
Penna, last evening. The man died in
half an hour, and the boy was consider
ed beyond recovery. Thee was moth
ing about them by which they could be
identified. They had gone to Carlisle
on the afternoon train from Harrisburg.
The tug sent to the assistance of the
ship FranCOnia, ashore on South Faral-
lone Island, returned to San Francisco
late on Monday afternoon, with the cap
tain and crew OF the Franconia. The
wrecked vessel is rapidly breaking up,
and, with her cargo, will be total loss.
The cargo is insured for Sll0, 40j in San
Francisco.
H. c. Cadmus, postmas er at South
AmbOy, New Jersey, shot himself
through the body yesterday morning,
md died last evening. He committed
he deed in presence of his wife and
;hree children. His accounts were
nearly $500 short
Edward McWiliamS, lineman of the
Railroad, died in Jersey
City yesterday morning, from injuries
received by falling from liberty pole,
\ distance Of 50 feet, while arranging
he halyard, on Monday night.
The people of Rafael, California, have
Deen alarmed by the appearance of
parks and smoke on the summit OF
Mount Tamaulipas. A volcanic out
freak is feared, though it may be moth
ug more than brush fire.
The steamer PhHton, while racing
With the steamer Handy on the Ohio
liver, yesterday, burst her boiler about
our miles from Cincinnati. Four boat
lands were killed and a passenger is
Missing. A number ofperSons were i'll
ured, but none so far as known, fatal
y.
The iron steamer Amaryllis, of North
Shields, England, 17l4tons register, and
oaded with grain, is reported ashore on
little Miquelon Island, about nine :
niles north ofSt. Pierre, Newfoundland. ,
hould the weather continue fine it is
clieved the cargo if not the hull can be
lved
The body of man was found floating
1 the river, at Jersey City, yesterday