Daily Republican., 1884-07-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIRE-
THE sALvATION ARMY-DIS.
ABTROU6 FLOODS. ETC.


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The steel steamer j. M Osborne, of
Cleveland, Ohio, was sunk on Sunday
night in Lake Superior by collision
with tie Canadian Pacific Railway
Company's steamer Alberta. The
Osborne had on board 1, 100 tons of iron
| ore, and sank almost instantly. Eight
Of her crew perished. The Alberta was
so much damaged that she had to put
into port for repairs. The Osborne was
valued at $65, 900, and insured for S40,-
900.
Ten members of the Salvation Army,
five Of them women, were arrested in
Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Monday
night, charged with violation ofa city
ordinance in parading the streets on
Sunday without o permit. They were
fined each ii and costs, but preferred
five days martyrdom in Jail. A war
rant was Issued for Captain Hunter,
who advised the parade, but he escaped
arrest by going to New York.
The mail steamer Plovsr, at St.
Johns, Newfoundland, reports. that o
furious northeaster began at the Straits
Of Belleisle on the 9th inst, and CON-
crafts were sunk, but only two lives
mountain tops on each side of the
Straits are capped with snow, and hun
dreds Of ice islands miles in length are
driving through the Straits
Application was recently made at the
Treasury Department for the admission
at the port of New York of consign-
ment of rags shipped at Marseilles in
May last. The vessel had a clean bill
of health, and had passed quarantine at
New York. The application was re-
fused, on the ground that !" the order
prohibiting the entry of rags from in
fected ports was imperative, and allow
ed no discretion"
A freight train broke through q
bridge while crossing White River,
near Switz City, Indiana, on Monday
Ievening. The train fell from height
Of 80 feet into the water ten feet deep.
One man was killed and five others In
Ijured, three dangerously. "The same
train crew fell through the same bridge
two years ago, when q brakeman was
killed"
All the questions which have lately
arisen under the Dingley Shi piping act
have been referred to the new Commits
sioner of Navigation. He said yesterday
that he would act on them as prompt
~ do pocciuio' Ilo hibO odlu, uOWoVtT,
: that he regarded many of them as too
important to be decided hastily"
Disastrous floods occurred on Monday
night and yesterday in Western Mary
land and West Virginia. The princi-
pal damage was done along Georges
creek, in Allegheny county, Maryland.
Al A number Of houses were swept away
and four lives were known to be lost.
IL The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided that carbolic acid must be admit
i ted free of duty, under the provision of
the Tariff law authorizing the free i'm.
It portation OF acids for medical use.
Heretofore duty of 20 per cent. has
q been assessed on that article.
Thirty-one Italians, arrested neal
- Pittsburg for completely in the assault
upon Lizzie Bradley, were released
III yesterday morning, the evidence show
ing them to be innocent. The twenty
's other men arrested were held for 8
hearing on Friday.
l. The body of Christian Schillbach
ID hostler at the Pennsylvania House, In
Reading, was found yesterday morning
ct in the Schuylkill Canal, at that place
10 Schillbach disappeared on Saturday
afternoon, and it is supposed he com
"a mitted suicide.
j. Fl. Simonds' stock barn, at Ware
"a house Point, Connecticut, was burned
d. on Monday night, with - head of cat
tie, 100 tons of hay, 80 tons of rye ani
m a large quantity of farming imple
7. ments. Loss, $4,000.
A wheel mill of the Hazard Powde
It, Mill, at Hazardville, Conn, containing
W 200 pounds of powder, blew up just be
in fore daylight yesterday morning. NJ
person was injured.
~ ~ 1t is expected that the Governmen
i, property at Harper's Ferry will b
offered for sale, as authorized by Con
gress, about the middle of September.
I'd The City Tax Board of Newark, Ney
is y Jersey, has fixed the rate for this yea
n ~, at S1.33. The county tax is 20 cents
IS making a total of$2.03.
It The Michigan Car Works in Detroi
y will this week shut down for sixt,
al days, throwing out of employment
abont ], 200 men.
News has reached Collingwopd, On
y. tario, cf the drowning of surveying
IA party of five men in Spanish river.