The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-05-17
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For Week Ended May Is.

Mayors brewery, at New York was
burned Monday. Loss, 100000.
At Peoria, Ill, Monday. four hundred
coopers struck against a reduction Of wages
Osgood Bradley, the veteran car-builder
of Worcester Mass, died Monday In his
eighty-fourth year.
The Kentucky Lumber Company's mills
at Williamsburg, KY, burned Monday MORN
ing, creating loss OF 500, 900.
Baker Pasha has returned to London, still
suffering from a shell wound received In the
disastrous attempt to relieve Tokar.
In the trial trip of new Pennsylvania
Railroad parlOr car o collision occurred
Monday, near Altoona, four persons being
seriously injured.
At a meeting of New York shippers,
shipOwners and underwriters, the bill now
before Congress relating to international
bills Of landing WIS universally condemned
William Farris, who had been followed
for many weeks by PinkertOn's men, was
imprisoned at Lincoln ILL., Sunday night,
70. the murder Of farmer McMahOn and his
hired man at Mt Pulaski
The clearing house returns last week
S1,09l, 70l, OPS are S55, 29l 1913 less than
tho preceding week; but when compared
| Win tllc poltUi ia 1000 oAfOW
an increase of SO per cent
Suit has been brought against Collector
Robertson, of New York. for several hum
dred thousand dollars duties collected on
paper boxes containing boxes and cotton
laces The suit is d test case, and Is brought
by K. NJ. Oberteutfer
Major J. w. Vance, of Paris, ILL.,, was
Tuesday appointed Adjutant General Of the
! State.
Hail fell to the depth of three inches In
the immediate vicinity OF Fort Madison, Ia,
during Monday night, wrecking windows
and destroying leaves.
The reported rupture between France and
Morocco is confirmed
Judge A. e. Thompson has been nomina-
ted for Congress by the Republicans of the
Twelfth Ohio District
Benjamin Wallace, the wealthy New
York soap manufacturer, has been declared
insane by the Lunacy Commission.
The extra session OF the California Legis-
lature was concluded Tuesday, leaving I'M
done the business for which 1t was called.
The thirty fourth annual Ma tiOnal Con-
vention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
began a four-days session at Cleveland Tues
day.
The Board of Equalization of Missouri
values the railroad property of the State at
s42, 900, 000--a So, 00O, 900 increase over last
year.
Governor Robinson, 0f Massachusetts,, has
signed bill to prevent life insurance COM
panies from discriminating against colored
people
At Louisville Tuesday the Elevated Short
Route Railway. connecting the east and west
sections of the city, was formally opened.
The line cost 81, 900, 900.
Drunken negroes cut Tom Henry (col-
Ored) almost to pieces at Uniontown, KY,
early Tuesday morning, nd ended his suf
ferings by killing him with bullet
A coloreI porter In Chicago went to
gambling house to get change for $50 BILL
and was given ten notes of $500 each.
When he returned TO have the mistake cor
rected he was not even thanked.
Two swndlers have been canvassing for
Insurance In Fountain and Warren Counties,
Ind, securing a bankable note at the bot
tom of each application. On Saturday they
sold $500 OF these notes to a bank at Attica,
stole horse and buggy, and disappeared.