Daily Republican., 1884-09-09
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE FIRE AT CLEVELAND
FIGHT ON A TRAIN-MUR-
DEB. ETC, ETe.

When the evening train on the Derby
Railroad stopped at West Haven, Con-
necticut, last night, three men were
found riding on the truck. The train
hands dislodged them, and fight took
place, the tramps drawing revolvers and
running the train to Derby, where two
were arrested and one escaped. Some
of the passengers narrowly escaped by
flying bullets. The police believe the
men professional burglars, and suppose
| their intention was 10 rob the passen.
gers.
During the celebration of the christ
ening of child Of Fritz Krum, in Ham.
tramk, near Detroit, on Sunday night,
Patrick Bourke was murdered and John
Krum dangerously stabbed. The trouble
was caused by girl refusing to dance
with Fritz Kerneffel. This stirred up
a fight between Kerneffel, Bourke,
Krum and three Others, in which Bourke
was stabbed in the thigh and bled to
death. krum was unconscious at last
accounts, but improving. The others
were slightly wounded.
The breaker Of the Florence Colliery
at Pleasant Valley, nine miles from
| Pittston Penna., was burned on Sun.
day afternoon. The loss Is about $40,
900. The fire was started by the care.
lessness of the pumpman, who tried
to fill his lamp while it was lighted
from five.gallon oil can. The oil
caught fire and exploded, and the
pumpmaa was severely burned.
The great fire at Cleveland, Ohio, was
not fully got under control until O..
clock yesterday morning. The burned
district covers forty acres and 17,0O(
men are thrown out of employment by
the fire. The latest estimates of the
losses still make them about S2,6O0,.
0OO0.
The house of Mrs. @. L. Lincoln, ir
Flushing, Long Island, was robbed
early yesterday morning of several hun
dred dollars worth of plate and jew
elry. Later in the day Stephen Smith
colored, was arrested with part of tn,
stolen property in his possession.
Two more marine disasters are re
ported from Newfoundland as conse
Iquence of Mondays hurricane. A larg,
Western schooner, with all ON board
was lost on Virgin Reefs, Placenti,
Bay another, with every one on board
was lost on Mistaken Point.
Charges of official corruption havinI
been made against the Berks Count,
almshouse, a petition was on Monda,
presented in Court at Reading, askin
an investigation. A committee will b
! appointed to examine the books AM
accounts.
William j.. Hooper having decline
the Republican nomination for Cor
gress In the Fourth Maryland District
the Convention re-assem bled last nigh
and nominated Sebastian Brown.
Slight frOats are reported at variou
lpoints on the Canadian Pacific Railwa
in Manitoba. The lowest temperatuI
was reached on Sunday morning, whe
, the thermometers registered 81 degree
at daylight.
, At the 12.45 o'clock call at the Cor
and Flour Exchange In Baltimore o
4 Monday, 86I@ was bid for wheat An
! S61 asked. This Is the lowest point
? prices touched since 1851.
: Burglars broke into the house of Mr.
. Crandall, In Steubenville, Ohio, o
Sunday night stole $500 aud fired tn
: house. The building and its content
were destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
William McAdco was on Monday r,
nominated for Congress- by the Demo
cratic Convention of the Seventh Me-
Jersey District. He was re. nominate
by acc iamation.
d J. Lewis VanClift, Postmaster {
; Middletown, New York, committe
. suicide on Sunday by cutting hi
throat. He had shown symptoms {
insanity.
Some of the bricklayers and laborel
! in New York and Brooklyn were con
t PEELED to quit work on Monday by tn
heat.