Daily Republican., 1882-11-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
A DECIsION PROTECTING THE
FIRST SETTLERS OF A COUA.
TRY-OTHER NEWS.

The Secretary of h9 Interior decides
that parties WHO have settled on tract
covered by an existing entry acquired
no rights prior to cancellation of the
entry. "The right Of claimant ts resi-
dent thereon at the date of cancellation
in the abHet or other considerations,
should be controlled by the equities,
and they ars in favor of the frat settler
whose good faith II manifest, and
whose settlement and improvements
were notice to all others. The prefer
ence right acquired under the act of
May 14Fb, 1880, by virtue of contest. is
personal, and cannot be transferred"
The railroad coal miners of the Pitts
burg gsdisUrict met yesterday in conven-
ton, as announced. II WAS unanimously
decided to strike on the Goth instant,
unless the operators coucede them an
advance of q per cent. per hushel for
mining. The present rate is 81 cents
per hushel. Ihe strike which failed
last summer was against a reduction
from to 81 cents. The miners believe
that the demand for coal at this season
will compel the operators to grant the
increase.
The official vote of Sullivan county,
Fa., the last heard from in this State,
gives PattisOn a plurality of 429 The
official returns of all the counties give
Pattison a plurality of 80, ,047. A tele-
gram from Harrisburg says 1.-The
work Of counting the official returns OF
the late election began this evening at
the State Department. All the counties
of the State have not yet been heard
from. The count will not be completed
before Friday night.
The number of men thrown out Of
work by the puddlers's strike at the
IAaclede Mills, in St. Louis, is about 450.
The strikers say the puddlers at Green.
castle and Terre Haute, Indian Belle
vile, Illinois, and Kinnswick, Mo-,
twill also strike and stay out as long
az they do" 1t is believed that, even
should the men agree to resume az the
old prices, the Laclede Mills will not
start up again until after the holidays.
A construction train on the Alton
Railroad backed into hand car near
Oak Grove, 20 miles east Of Kansas
| City, on Tuesday night, and was
thrown into ditch. Barney Corcoran,
brakeman, Henty Daze and john
Hamilton were billed, and twenty
others were injured, some of them dan
gerously. Two Of the injured, Fred
erick Graham and Philip Leon, are not
expected to recover.
The Legislature Of Georgia, yes ter
day, in Joint ballot, elected Pope Bar
row to re- U. S. Senalor for the unex-
pired term of Benjamin Fl. Hill, and
, Alfred H. Colquitt, U. 8. Senator for
the long term, beginning March 4, 1883.
For the short term, Barrow received 116
votes, Hill 80. For tho long term, Col
dait received 122 votes, Jackson 40,
Back SO, and Anderson 20.
No new deaths or cases Of yellow
fever were reported in Pensacola yestsr-
day, although, it is asserted in q tele-
gram from that place, Several are
! known to have occurred" since Tues
day. The Board of Health yesterday
issued proclamation declaring the
epidemic at an end, but advising absen-
tees to keep away little while longer.
! At meeting of delegates represent
ing the coal miners OF the Mahoning
Valley, held yesterday, in Youugs-
, town, Ohio, it was decided to demand
an advance of ten per cent. for mining,
beginning on Monday next. The oper-
ators declare that they will close the
, mines, lake navigation being about
ended.
) The Grand Jury at Washington yes
terday returned four indictments
against Benjamin +. BiGelow, the en-
! bezzliDg bank teller, in addition to the
eight indictments returned on Tuesday.
The case was set for trial yesterday,
r but allowed to go over on representa-
ton Of BigelOw's counsel that he was
confined to his room by illness.
William H. Simms, for fifteen years
Justice of the peace In Hoboken, N
a j., was yesterday committed as an In
/ sane pauper. The unfortunate man
= was at one time in moderate circum
stances, having been for many year,
connected with q weekly newspaper
= His insanity was superinduced BY
). domestic trouble,
A stock train was run into by
: freight train at Roberts Station, MINI
l. Yesterday morning, and the caboose, IL
y which four men were sitting, was SCI
on fire. ono of them, brakeman
q named Govern, was fatally injured
@ and died in an hCar; another, a conduc
o tor named O'COnnOr, was burned Il
y death.
Us. Commissioner Bundy of Wash
n iugtou, who, while acting as polio
ID Justice, committed a lawyer namet
E. Newton for disOrderly conduct ant
81 thereby incurred the censure of the Ba
~ n Association, has sued the Association
tor libel, claiming $50, 600 damages
r The fiercest gale of wind known 70
e many years at Milford, Penna., Visite
d that place on, Tuesday afternoon, las
G. ing for au hour. Trees werA leveIle'
n and telegraph poles and wires broke
m dom. Heavy rain fell all the aftei
is noon and evening
L. Edwin s. Wilcls, present Congress
in man from the Second District ut Mlch
par, has been elected Principal OF I'll
Stale Normal School, and accepted tn
position. His term will begin mex
July.
z. Yesterday morning Jasper Spauld
* ing. a welL-tO-do farmer, residing nea
= Ranb, Indiana, murdered his wife an
10 little eon, and then committed suicide
IL His mother-iD-law was visiting the ian
-, lily at the time.
uo u A number of the younger member
" NJ the Chicago Board Of Trade wei
"a suspended yesterday, for indulgence
"a the pastime of knocking off the hats
p older members.
i, Thomas A. Foote. one of the me
III charged with attempting to CORFU
q, Star Route jurors surrendered hlmse
re- Yesterday in Washington, and ga
n bail in the sum of $500.
TIE. annual conference Of the Bapti
mfp,sters of Northeastern Pennsylvan
mt yesterday in Wilkesbarre, aoo,
ba Atty ministers being present. II
~ ~ session continues three days.
all The 1OOth annual session of the Vi
ginia Methodist Episcopal Conieren
a 6egrn yesterday in Portsmouth, Blshc
.te Pierce, OF Georgia, presiding.