The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-07
away two hundred men who sought en-


away two hundred men who sought en-
trance to the Erie railroad yards.
There are thirty-two men-of-war in
the harbor of Alexandria, and the Ital-
ian fleet has been ordered to cruise
within easy distance Of that port. Fears
of an outbreak OF Tuesday caused the
soldiers to clear the square and double
the guards.
At the commencement exercises at
Harvard college, President Eliot an
nounced that the requests for the year
were nearly 400, 900. Among those pres
ent was the Oldest living graduate, Will
lam Thomas, of Plymouth, Mass, of
the class of 1907.
George NJ. Dallas presided over the
Pennsylvania democratic state conven-
ton. Eight distinguished citizens
were named tOthe convention for NOM
nation as governor, Robert f. Patti
son, of Philadelphia, being chosen on
the sixth ballot.
A clew 70 the murder of r. P.Stubbs.
mayor of Polk City. Iowa, was obtain
ed by the arrest of q mar named De-
laire on suspicion. Under threats of
lynching, he confessed that a gang of
fifteen had arranged to rob Stubs, and
that the fatal blow was struck by a
N"llSSOuTldl HdDleu WlckeS.
EX-Secretary Kirkwood has gone to
Grinnell, Iowa, to assist General A. G..
Dodge and Governor Sherman in max
ing an equitable distribution of the
funds collected for the sufferers by the
tornado. The Chinese merchants of
San Francisco have telegraphed $500
toward the relief fund.
Henry Cole, of Cincinnati, an attor-
ney-at-law, and formerly a deputy mar
shall, arose at daylight Wednesday,
killed his daughter Nettie, and then
took the lives of his wife and himself.
There had been no disagreement in the
family, but Mr.. Cole had been moody
for some months.
The striking freight-handlers of Jer-
sey City received a check for 500 from
the surrogate. The Erie road has at
work on it's docks $50 Russian and
Hungarian Jews and $50 Italians, who
are taken back to Castle Garden and
paid off every night.
Five hundred more exiled Russian
Jews, of whom a hundred were half
naked children, arrived at Castle Gar
den Tuesday. The New York relief
society can no longer furnish the refu-
gees with food, having expended $780,
600 caring for these worthless people,
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about their persons.
Governor C%rittenden has seen fit to
grant pardOns to Robert G.. Pate, the
boss gambler of st. Louis, and his four
associates, who pleaded guilty. The
governor states that these men have
expressed a determination to lead more
useful lives, and takes into cOnsidera-
ton the fact that these were the first
convictions under the new law.
A correspondent at Alexandria tele-
graphs that if France and England in
terfere actively in Egypt, Arab Pasha
intends to blow up the SueZ canal, cut
the railway to Cairo, and oppose the
landing of European troops. France
has sent five more iron-clads to Alex
andria. and will forward 300 marines.
The Colorado pugilists, Walling and
Campbell, fought t~hirty-one rounds
Wednesday on a farm in MonOngahela
county, West Virginia. About M
hundred persons went from Pittsburgh
by steamer, and as many farmers made
their appearance on the opening of the
fight. Campbell was declared the vic
tor but both participants were very
badly punished.
The range of Secretary Blaine's for
eign policy is shown by his instructions
to Minister Comfy in regard to British
designs on the Sandwich islands. The
chief of the state department held that
while the United States had declined
to exercise q pr~OtectOrate over the peO-
pie of Hawaii, it would not permit the
transfer Of the territory of sovereignty
of the islands to any of the great pow
ers of Europe.
Italian laborers engaged on the West
Shore road near Albany struck for high
er wages, and attempted to throw an
engine and twenty flat-carS down an
embankment. Cavana, the leader, who
was a bandit at home, defies the author
tiles. "A militia company from Catskill
arrived at the scene of the disturbance
Friday morning.
Three Greek money-lenders were
murdered in Cairo on Sunday. The
captain Of the United States steamer
Galena has notified all American resi-
dents in Egypt that he is ready to take
them away. The English wal Office
has ordered arms and accoutrements
for 10000 men, to be ready within four
days.
Workmen are experimenting with the
trap for Guiteau's scaffold. a change
was made in the hinges of the drop, so
that the dangling body will remain in
view. The death warrant has been
signed by the clerk of the criminal
court and forwarded to Warden Crock
er. The assassin's body will be deliv-
cred to his brother and sister. Soldiers
from the arsenal are still stationed at
the iail.