Daily Republican., 1884-07-25
news SUMMARY

AAAy yoocohuey mOrutuG burglar
was caught by the police In the lumber
ONCE or Boyd ~ hAcKay, Baltimore,
who gave the name of George Bennett,
Iof Philadelphia. He had broken
through the iron safe with q powerful
sectional Jimmy" but did not get any
Of the contents. Bennett is said TO be =
4" professional, and is marked by the
absence of the first joint from the index
finger Of the right hand. On Wedues-
day night the Office of an iron foundry
In the same locality was robbed in the
same way. Bennett 10 held for q hear.
Ing to-day.
A fearful storm Of wind and rain
ragged yesterday afternoon on Chesa-
peake bay. The steamer GeorgiAna
was cnught in the storm off Sandy
Point, had the windows Of her upper
saloon blown out, and lost her vay in
the binding rain, drifting ct the mercy
Of the waves. Her passenxers were
panic stricken, women fainting and
men putting on life preservers. Finally
she was taken in tow by the revenue
cutter Phlox, and with great difficulty
taken to Baltimore, where both vessels
remained last night.
A telegram from Durango, Colorado,
| reports that ON the 10th inst Captain
Perrtnes, sent with q detachment of
cavalry In pursuit of the Indians who
had raided cattle camp, found them
entrenched in stronghold, one hun
dred miles west of the Blue Mountains.
After a sharp fight he was beaten off
with the loss of q scout and a cowboy
killed. The Indians are said to mum.
ber 200, we'll armed and protected by
bluffs.
While work train, containing forty
men, was passing through Black Can.
yon, near Gunnison, Colorado, on
/ Wednesday morning, box of giant
powder was ignited by a spark from the
engine. The whole train was wrecked
by the explosion, and three men were
killed, a number Of others being severely
injured.
Wedne sday was the hottest day OF
the season at Des Moines, Iowa, the
Thermometers marking 1O1 degrees in
the shade. Three runstrokes were re-
ported. In the evening thunder storm
set In, several buildings were struck
by lightning, and the damage is esti-
mated at $4,000.
A two-story brick building in Kansas
City, Missouri, occupied by the Live
Stock Indicator Company and a print
ing firm, tumbled down on Wednesday
night,its foundation having been weak.
ened by the digging out of adjoining
lots. Several persons in the building
narrowly escaped.
At Toronto, Ontario, yesterday, Jus
tice Rose gave Judgment on an applica
ton to quash the conviction of Bells
Mum, OF the salvation army, " fol
beating a crum in the streets of Lon
don." After reading q lengthy opin
ion, the Judge ordered the prisoner t.
be discharged.
| A special train from Saratoga, due il
Troy, New York, at two O'Clock yester
DAY afternoon, ran into and demolished
. street car, at Waterford. A boy
named Gillespie, and woman, namet
I Scott, were severely injured. Mrs
Scott has since died.
Dispatches from various points i
, Iowa and Wisconsin show that destruc
tive storms prevailed in those States O
, Wednesday night, uprooting trees
damaging buildings and beating dowl
the grain.
A warrant has been issued in Brook
Ilyn, New York, for the arrest OF As
SAo1aut TobC-IuASGor CnarleS B. MOrtOn
. lon charges of falsifying the pay. roll
of the office. He has been missing fo
several days.
Corinne Ransdale, aged II years, an,
Helen Ransdale, aged 2. were burne,
70 death yesterday morning at Plano
Texas, by the explosion of a can of Goa
!, Ioil, with which the elder was lighting
|. fire.
Benedetto Cazzsro, q tramp, has bee,
. held at the Central Police Station II
Baltimore on the charge of abducting
i boy named Antonio Corella, said to re
J side at830 Marriott street, Philadelp hia
, The boy will be sent home.
Two houses of evil fame, one kept b,
r q man, the other by woman, in Sabi
ma, Ohio, were blown up by citizen
, with giant powder on Tuesday. Tn
inmates were allowed to escape.
u Frederick Hovey, of Roxbury, BIAS
sachusetts, and William Tripp, o
Wells Beach, Maine, were browne,
yesterday while fishing off Well
! Beach.
Miss Rose j. Woods was assaulted b,
two negres near Parksville, Kentucky
on Tuesday, and has not been fount
since. Her assailants have been ar
rested.