Daily Republican., 1882-09-14
NEWS SUMMARY,
PROMINENT BUICIDES-THE Sta.
LEN BOND THE sTRIKE OF
THE IRON MEN.

J John r, Morris, Treasurer of Lon
Island City, New York, committed su
eide yesterday morning by throwin
himself into the East River at Astoria
He was about 66 years of age. 1t
said that his relations with his son, til
Deputy Treasurer were 'Very unpleas
ant, and this with the investigation @
the affairs of his department by o Citi
zen's Committee, caused the rash act
dis brother committed suicide in
similar manner several months ago
and his son-in.law, q policeman O
Long Island City, shot himself las
year.
At the meeting of iron fnishers held
yesterday in PittsburR, 200 delegates
representing 80 mills and 5000 meu
being present, 1t was decided that "the
time had arrived to terminate tn,
strike. The sentiment was nearly
unanimous that, if the puddlers did
not agree to accept the old scale, the
tinishers would withdraw from the
Amalgamated Association and form a
society of their own" President Jar.
rett has called a meeting of the puddlers
to-day, to consider the attitude of the
fnlshers
1t was stated at the Treasury Depart.
ment yesterday that the United States
bond stolen or lost from the Registers s
office was "a $4,000 blank Der cent.
registered bond. 1t was not filled up
to any body, was not signed by any.
body, and was without the embossed
seal of the Treasury Department, which
cannot be counterfeited. 1t was, there
fare, no more than blank check" 1t
now appears that the bond was mis-
sing a month ago.
Charles A. Lee, recently reported as
probably drowned while bathing near
Providence, is now said to have "per-
sonated another and an older man be-
fore a life insurance agent, and to have
been insured for $4,000 under the name
OF Harry O'Neil, and the agent has
discovered the fraud. Lee is supposed
to be in Pennsylvania"
Major S. j. McQuiddy, Greenback
for Governor of California,
was arrested by the United States Mar.
shal III San Francisco yesterday on the
charge of having "conspired to obstruct
United States Marshal Poole in the per-
tormance of his duties during the Mus
sci Slough trouble" two years ago.
was released on bail.
The Marquis of Lorne and the Prin-
cess Louise arrived in San Francisco
yesterday morning. The train carry
ing them to San Francisco ran into a
yard engine at Contra Costa, and the
Princess, who was making her toilet at
the time, received few trifing bruises.
No one else was Injured.
The Secretary of the Navy has re
the civil establishm ents at
all the naval stations under the reduced
appropriations made at the last session
1f Congress. The force at each station
8 to be reduced De.half, the new ar.
'angement to take effect on the 10Th
Instant.
A freight train on the Philadelphia
md Erie Railroad was thrown from the
rack at Wetham, on Tuesday night, by
he breaking of an axle, ard eight cars
wrecked. Travel was seriously inter.
upted until early yesterday morning.
A train, consisting of an engine and
welve loaded cars were wrecked yes
erday at Terre Haute, Indiana, by the
down ofa trestle bridge. The
ireman, l.. Hatch was severely in
ured.
The Board of Audit to pass upon the
aims growing out of the last illness
md burial of President Garfield has
eCeived from DR.. D, s. Lamb, for
olding the autopsy at Elberon, bill |
f $1,000.
Engineer Melville and Messrs. Noros
nd Ninderman, of the Jeanette, arriv-
d in New York yesterday by the steam.
r Parthia. A. M. Sullivan, NJ. p,
lso arrived in the same vesse..
The Pennsylvania Military Academy
t Chester reopened yesterday in the
ew building erected to take the place
I that destroyed by fire in February
lst.
The Tariff Commission gave hearings
4 St. Paul yesterday, and will have a
ession in Minneapolis to-day. They
ave definitely decided not to visit the
'acifc coast.
The Halifax steamer Lizzie arrived
t St. Johns, Newfoundland, yesterday
rom Labrador, and reported the catch
fish on the coast the smallest for
lany years.
The Mayberry, Pullman and Hamil-
N Circus property, at Columbia, South
arolina was attached, on Tuesday
light, by the employees for $4,000, and
lso by residents for unpaid bills.
The northwestern section of Browns
lille has been flooded by the rise in the
10 Grande river, ana many families
ave been compelled to leave their
ONES.
Yellow fever of a malignant type has
roken out at Mier, Mexico, thirty five
lies from Laredo, Texas. 1t is said to
ave been imported in merchandise
ON Matam0ras.
The bark Bridgeport from New Or
ans for Boston, reported lost on the I
outh Pass Of the Mississippi last Sat-
rday, had crew of twelve men on
bard.
Nellie Pines, IA years Of age, was IA
lily injured by switch engine at
ochester, New York, yesterday mora
{.
Baldwin & Jenkins, wholesale shoe
,alers of Richmond, Virginia, have
lspended. Their liabilities are not
ated.
Several houses in Poughkeepsie, ,
nong them Judge Barnard's, were
bbed of all the silverware on Tuesday
ght.
President Arthur arrived at Rye
zach, New Hampshire, yesterday
Orning.
Ross, the alleged ticket forger, was
Id $3.50 bail at Independence, Mis-
uri, on Tuesday, for trial next month. I
new cases of yellow fever
d three deaths were reported yester-
y in Brownsville.
Thomas j. Cox, owner of the Union
d Eagle FIGURING Mills,in Blooming
!, Illinois, fail ed yesterday for 800, 900,
Nineteen new cases of fever and
REQ deaths were reported yesterday in