Daily Republican., 1883-08-03
NEWS SUNNI larry.
MINENT-STRCGG FOR
EXISTENCE.

There is a possibility of another rail-
road rate war at Chicago, the mahage-
ment of the Wabash Road having yes.
terday reduced the price oflilnlted tick
els between Chicago and st. Louis, eth.
er way, 20 $3.50 The Wabash officials
assert that for some time sca,pers have
been selling large numbers Of Illinois
Central and Chicago and Alton tickets
between Chicago and st. Louis at $3.50
each, which is $l.50 below the regular
rate The Wabash people claim that
this could not be done by scalpcrs un-
less hoy were given facilities for get
ting the tickets at about So" The other
roads, it is expected, will meet the re-
ductiOn.
The bodies of three of the victims of
the Railroad collision near North Pow
nal, Vermont, We're found yesterday,
terribly burned. They are believed to
be the remains of Mark Sutherland and
Charles Marden, engineers, and H. H.
Bruce, telegraph operator. The three
missing bodies are believed to have
been reduced to ashes. The loss on
property is sixty thousand dollars.
A mortgage of SIG, ,OOOO 600 was record
ed at Springfield, Illinois, on Wednes-
day. Cyrus G. Kinds, Of Indiana, and
the Union Trust Company of New
York lent the money to the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad Company, to ena-
BILE it to regain possession of its proper
ty, which has been in possession of the
Courts under foreclosure proceedings
since 1876.
By an accident on the Southeastern
Railroad, near Newport, Vermont, on
Wednesday, about fifteen passengers
were injured, two or three of them per.
haps fatally. The train ran Off the
track, owing to the spreading of the
rails.
There has been no rain at Victoria,
British Columbia, for two months, and
forest fires are raging in that vicinity.
On Wedn, sday afternoon powder mill
near Yale was blown up by the heat
from these fires. All the window glass
in Yale was smashed by the shock.
A telegram from Chicago says that
the Union Base Ball Association, which
erected an expensive building for play
ing non-Leaeue games in that city, has
been disbanded, the project provinga a
financial failure.
A salute of 80 guns was fired in
Hanover Square, at Syracuse, New
York, last evening, in rejoicing over the
killing of the informer Carey. Two
gunne,s were badly wounded by the
premature explosion of charge.
The Calumet Iron and Steel Company
yesterday executed a mortgage in CHI
cago to A. j. Ives, for $500, 900, on the
~. b. Brown Iron Works." 1t is un-
derstood the Company needs the money
to clear up outstanding accounts.
Campos, Diaz & Co., of Merida, have
contracted with the Government Of
Mexico to colonize the States of Cam
pache and Yucatan with mechanics and
farmers from Southern countries.
Arthur w. Oliver 81 years Of age,
committed suicide in Lynn, Massachu-
sets early yesterday morning, because
OF disappointment in love.
Charles Ford, who killed jesse James,
was ARE ted yesterday in Kansas City,
under the old indictment for the Blue
Cut train robbery.
Rev. ?. j. Riordan, of Chicago, yes
terday received from Rome the official
papers appointing him coadjutor Of the
Archbishop of San Francisco.
The rebellion in the Mexican State of
Tamaulipas has been suppressed by the
troops recently sent from Nueva Leon.