The bee., 1884-05-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States

Eastern end Middle States
S. F. DoNNELLY, the New York reporter
struck by falling ladder a. fire, died from
she effects of his injuries
JAMES r. KEENE. the great New York
stock operator, has failed 60 meet his obliga-
lions after losing some s., ,000, 900 in the past
SIX months. Mr.. heene came from San Fran
Ilsco 10 New York about six years ago with
: fortune estimated at from $1,000. 600 to
5000, Goa. He went into Wall street, specu-
lated heavily, and recently has been engaged
y selling stock privi eyes A heavy fall in
he market led TO his downfall
FOREST fires have done an immense amount
Of damage in portions Of New York. Penn
ylvania and New Jersey In many distri t.
The flames ragged with unexamp ed fury,
weeping away everything in tn ir Path for
miles. The burning woods set fire 10 pow
Ter company works near Scranton. Penn.
snd by the explosion which followed one
workman was killed and two injured. The
numbering village of California, Fenn., was
Utmost entiresy DESTROYED by the flames
other towns were reported TO be ab,aZe or
.eriously threatened by the advancing flames.
Several mountains in the three States were
on fire, and many lives were report ID lost.
Two men were instantly killed and five
Jthers seriously i'm iured by the sudden fall Of
the raLtsrs o. a building which they were
tearing down in Williamsburg, \. Y.
GILMAN,s STATION, a busy hamlet in Sui
Gvsn County, n. Y, was destroyed by the
lore { res n all eighte N buildings, co.
100000 feet OF lumber and four cars loaded
with lumber W re le to the tame All the
Cuildin S DESTROYED balon ed TO Mr.. Gilman,
whose loss is SEQ E01 and many OF hi. Id
jmp,oves lost their all. A tract iot land ten
mi IS long ami two miles wide was bmned
over.
L 1 4 Al. Of n
BOILER attached 10 the Whitney Marble COM
pGny's works near GouyeIneIr, n. \.
GEORGE CRossAULT. his wife and two
children were burned to death in ire which
destroyed Sc oral builling in Clinton o lnty,
H..
FOURTEEN men. including an Indian and a
degUo. It rte in he six day, gO-as-yOu-il = Sc
pedeSt ian mitch in New Yoik. Seven
men were on the track a I. e
md OF the s X h da.. having acc m
pli he'd the p miles necessary 10 obtain a
share of tine gate receipts. Dlriny the week
there was a cree contest for first pace be-
tween Rowel aud tiJ2gera ir. one an /
then the otheT b ne ahead. On the last day
Rowell made a despera effort TO raga II fls
I st lead. but Coald not set near han ID
within four mil 's OF Fitzgerald. lmr ense
crowds VOC er usly Cheered the cont sta ITS
I'll the week Ihe pre- .ious highest score
Dl TtCOlu - UOJ lllleS. Illt1c az Ia tlOi
In 1852 = was beaten. following are
the scores OF the seven men who divided the
gate money. and be amount rSeVe1 10y
each: Patrick FitZgeTa d. of Hunters Point,
Lcng Island Go miles, Sll.uOO; Charles
Rowen. of England: GU2 miles, $500; Peter
J. Pane hot. of EuGalo, y. Y, 5j4 miles s.
800: Gco~ge ID. NoreInac. of New YORK, 543
miles. 81 AGO: u. J. Herty. of Boston. 539
miles, 81 600: Robert Mint, of Bro pklyn, 5aO
miles. $500: Alfred Elson, OF Connect C 1T,
525 miles 500
A SIAMEsE embassy to this country, with
Prince Krom Nun Mares a-ali ldhi, tie hall
brother os King Phrohat SUmdet b
Pima Paramendo Mahah Chulah-
long6orn, of Siam, at the he I'd as envoy ex'
traordinary and mini p.enl otent aryy'
Were received with naval honols upon their
arrival in New No!k From the In -tropohs
they proceeded TO Washington
Much excitement was created in New York
by the announcement that two ll5ehoatS be
longing TO the can steamship State OF
Florida. from New York bound for Glasgow,
Scotland. had ben picked up at sea. The
State of Florida carried thlrtY-fiVe ca IN ana
fifty steerage passengers. and her officers AMI
crew numbered eighty persons-l0o SOU al,
together A sailing vessel which was sighted
by another steamship sent out signals indica-
ting that she had some OF the missing steam
ship people on board
LOSSES from the forest fires in Fix county,
Penn, are estimated at s. ,00O,OO0-
TWENTY thousand people were present at
the fora al opening of the new PlodAce Tx
change building In New York.
HUNDREDS of CANNES OF high and low de
gree were on exhibition at the dog show,
which followed the pedestrian match at the
Madison Square garden, New York Fresl-
dent ArthCr was represented 10y red masti J..
The 1.1l7 dogs ON exhibi ion were valued at
over S350,000
HoN. TRUMAN SMITH. eX-United States
Senator. and for several successive terms a
member of the lowor house of Congress from
Connecticut. diel few days since in Stam-
ford. Coma, at tie ripe old age OF ninety
three wears.