The National tribune., 1883-01-18

arrested. charged with misappropriating $24,-
500 in bonds and admitted TO bail IN the sum
of $4,000.
A week has ELAPSED since the frightful fire at
the Neyvhau House, Milwaukee, yet the full
extent OF the disaster remains unknown. Up
TO noon or Tuesday, thirty-one bodies had been
recovered from the ruins The remains Of
three girls, lying side by side, We're found in
the laundr,T-room. Eight bodies, those of SER
want girls, have been found along the west
foundation wall. Ninctv-siE persons are known
to be safe, out Of the III in the hotel at the
time. John Gilbert, the actor, one Of the suf-
ferers, is repor ted better On Tuesday, George
Scheller, lessee Of the bar-room, was arrested
on suspicion of having set the hotel on fire.
About eleven o'clock on the night of the 11th
inst. a fire broke out in Conigisky's notions and
plumber store, DOs NIOines, Iowa, and before
midnight the store was Quilted. The flames
spread TO Clapp'5 block, which is l32 feet
square, containing Masonic Hall the Citizens
National Bank, and many fine stores and nu-
merous Offices including the Western Union
Telegraph Office Tho estimate Of the total
loss Is $4,000, half Insured. No lives were
lost, and no one was seriously injured.
Scarcely had the count W recovered from the
shock caused by tho terrible Milwaukee fire,
when the news came of the burning Of another
hotel; this time in St. Louis. About ; a. m,
last Saturday, the Planters Hotel in that city
was discovered to be on fire. and so rapidly did
the flames spread that Dennis RapOnti and Re
bole Carlo, Italians, employers Of the house,
lost their lives Several casuqlities were also
reported. Damage to the hotel, $4,000.
Reports concerning the northwestern biz
zcrd in Dakota, Minnesota, Northern Wiscon-
sin, and Iowa say that a number OF people
have been frozen to death and lost in the snow
storms and that rail travels is much delayed.
'be IT,
ever bridged the chasm below Niagara rails
formed on Sunday night. 1t Is Owe" mile in
length, and viii probably remain during the
rest of the winter.
An accident occurred on the Hannibal and
St. Joseph Railroad on Sunday near the Chair
ton River, about $50 miles east Of Kansas City.
An east-bound freight train was on a side
track. As west-bOund passenger train Went
by at full speed broken rail threw the smoker
of the track, and the car crashed into the cab
of the freight engine, killing the engineer of
the freight train. The passengers were not
injured.
Mrs. Hottie Cunningham, widow, on the
18th inst threw her three-year-Old boy from
the suspension bridge at FaiTmont into the
Monongahela River, a distance Of tifty-twO
feet, and then jumped in herself Both were
rescued after floating over the dam below the
bridge and with difficulty resuscltated. No
cause is assigned for the act.
A bag Of gold coin, containing $4,000 and
weighing about 200 pounds, which had been
shipped at the sub-tTeasury, New York, TO be
sent to the L. S. fleet on the Pacific. was stolen
at Panama on January 1St from the Panama
Railroad COmpany's vault where it had been
deposited for safe keeping. Several arrests
have been made.
On Monday night the nail factory at Cum
ming, South Chicago, was burned. The fire
was incendiary. The nail factory was one of
the largest and best furnished mills in the
United States. The warehouse contained
stock Of nails amounting to at least $4,000 kegs,
and probably far greater number.
It is now reported, on the authority Of the
captain of the GOldhnder, which was tOwed in
the Delaware Breakwater with only the captain
and mate on board, that the four sailors died
from Russian fever" The mate says the dis
ease was yellow fever. None of them was
frozen 10 death, as was at first stated.
A snow slide occurred on Friday on Mus
quito Mountain, fifteen miles from Leadville
Col. Two miners were caught in the avalanche
and hurled down a distance of hundred
yards, and although still alive when found,
their recovery is doubtful.
Marshall T. Polk, the fugitive ex-treasurer
Of Tennessee, reached Nashville on Saturday
and was lodged in Jail. The grand jury of
Davidson county has found two bills Of indict-
ment against him, charging him with the en-
bezzlement and larceny of $4,000.
POLITICAL.
Hon. Robert I. Pattison was inaugurated
Governor Of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg last
Tuesday. The inaugural procession numbered
about 900 men. The oath Of Office was admin
istercd by Justice Turnkey, Of the Supreme
Court Of the State after which he delivered his
I -rrF,1
form, as demonstrated by Governor Pattison,
were: The abolition Of needless Offices; the fix
ing Of official salaries at sums commensurate
with the services rendered; a rigid accounta-
bility in the expenditure Of public moneys; q
public performance Of official trusts, and the
raising of the efficiency Of the civil service by
making fitness and integrity alone the tests for
appointment.
The following United States Senators were
reelected on Tuesday: Hon lsham q. Harris,
Of Tennessee; Hon. ". w. Ransom, of North
Carolina; Hon. a. II. Garland, of Arkansas;
Hon. VIM. =. Frye, Of Maine, and Hon. Eli
Salisbury, of Delaware. The Democratic eau
Gus Of the West Virginia Legislature, on Tues
day night, nominated for Senator Hon. John f.
kenua, in the place of Hon. Henry @. Davis,
who declined denomination. The action Of
tho caucus viii be ratihcd at the election next
Tuesday. BaliotiHZ for Senator without result
took place on Tuesday in the Legislatures of
Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, and
Nebraska.
James II. Berry WAS inauguratcd Governor
Of Arkansas on Satu day. In his inaugural
message he devotes considerable space to the
disputed thirteen million bonds, ten millions
OF which the State Supr sme Court has declared
not binding on the State, lie says if the people
do not owe this money no tax should 10 ina
posed upon them 30 pay it, and no dishonor
can attach 10 them for refusing to pay unjust
claims. lie desires the whole matter with
drawn from the General Assembly and sub
mitted directly to the people, and, therefore,
urges the submission at the next general
election of a constitutional amendment for
ever prohibiting the levy Of a tax TO pay the
same.
The Democratic members Of the Massachu-
sets Legislature held a caucus ON Monday and
unanimously nominated Samuel W. BoWCrman
for United States Senator Mr.. Eoweguau was
the candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the
Butlcr ticket. Gov. Butler authorizes the an
nouncemcnt that under no circumstances VIII
he be a candidate for the United States Senator
ship.
Charles c. Stocllley, the newIy-elccted Gov
ernor Of Delaware, was inaugurated at Dover
last Tuesday.
Roger s. Green, Of Washington Territory was
yesterday appointed chief justice Of the Terri
tory by the President.
PERSONAL.
Hon William NJ Efarts was elected presi-
dent of the Union League Club, New York, on