The bee., 1884-05-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern end Middle statas

THERE was de,er1ni edsstr ,ggle between
the Arthur AMI the Blaine IA ctlons at the
New ork Repul lican State conven ion,
held in l tica- Finally. 10y a coalition Q
tween the Arsh n and the Ed nunds n l.
foJrd rdelegates at large ayogahle 10 rdmurds
were elected 70 the ional convention v
votes ran ying from p 10 49, Senator Mil
Ter re3e1wd 243 vo es five less than a
majority OF the convention Judges Andrews
tRepublican' and Rapallo Democrat. were
renominated for judges OF the court of ap-
peals without division. Presidential cleo
tors were chosen, and new State committee
was appointed. The latter is divided between
the Blaine and Arthur men, The platform
approves the administration OF Presi cent
Arthur, advocates protection. oppos s fuI ther
silver coinage, and favois Federal aid for ed
ucational purposes.
NEW JERSEY Greenhackers, st their State
convention In Trenton, elected four de eyat9s
at large and 70 srteln dlstri { deleyates TO
the Natl nal Greenback convent on. held
IN lndianap Dlis MAY IS All the dele .ates
favor General But er for President
UNRESTRICTED delegates TO the national
convention were chO-en b. the Connecticut
Republ can State con en- ion at Hartford.
ana resolutions were oIted prais.ng resi-
dent Arthur, and declaring that if &C asion
should arise the delegation would meet the
unan nous sentiment of he Rep blican parry
OF ire etate by pr senting The name of sena
tor Hawley as candidate for President.
JOHN II. DEANE, a New York lawyer. and
the largest builder OF houses IN the city. has
failed Tor 100000. He has erected over
l,te0 buildings in the UPPER part Of the city,
and 5000 men have be5n employed at one
time on his structures. HIS assets are
thought to 6e largely IN excess Of his labili-
ties. MIR. Deane Is promin aIty identi ed
with the Baptist church. and has presented 10
tod
over $780, 900
The English sloop-of-war Alert. presented
TO the United States by the Britt h govern
ment, has arrived at thn ErookIyn navy
yard Sbe is the stron est vessel ever built
for the English navy, and in 1873 went further
into the Arctic regions than any other vessel
had ever been. The Alert viii a company
the other vessels the Thetis and the Bear.
as supply ship in the search for Lieutenant
Greely's Arctic expedition.
MAINE Greenba kers assembled in State
convention at Levi ton, nominated a full
ticFet headed by DIR FL. B. Eaton, for gov
ernor chose for delegate at large to the
nationa' con elti n in indianapolis. adopted
resolution Ia oring the nomi iHtien OF Cen
eral But er for re ident, and rea fira-ed the
platform of the Chicago convention o. 1ss0.
ONE of the large Fall River Mass cotton
mllls-Sagamors Mill No has been
turned to the ground The fire IS supposed
90 have been of iucen1 airy origin. Saganore
mill was a briek structure $50 feet long
eighty feet wife, and was five stories high.
1t had $4,000 spindes and $50 looms. There
were about 800 aleS of cotton and a large
amount o. finished cloth in the basement.
The mil and machinery were valued at
$503,00l
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND has sign ID the i'll
pass by the New York legislature Irohibit-
ing the manufa ture of o,eomarsarile
DIR. WILLARD PARKER. one of the most
famous surgeons in America, a native OF New
Hampshire. but resident of New York for
many years, died in that city a few days
since in his eighty second year.
CONSIDERABLE ex ,tement and one failure
resulted from a SUI III a1yanc o four cents
blsLel in tie pli O. wheat at the New
York prodace exchange.
The Massachus It's Greenback State con-
vention at Lynn ele ted delegates at large TO
the Ind ana oils rational cony, nfiDn and
adopted resolutions ia ing General Butler
for President, declaring that ei ht hours
should constitute a ca work, demanding
GRADUATED incoma * and asserting that the
struggle for gTeeaback money would be con-
tinued
MAJoR GENERAL EMERSON OPDYcKE died
a bis esidenCe in New YORK fro tle efi ects
OF a wound received by tha accidental Gis-
-
Gerera' OIdy, ks was ff1y-fiya yeus ol 1, and
rad ben a prominent Federal officer from
Cho n the late war.
EX-GOVERNOR MARCOS i. WARD, of New
Jersey. died at lis home in New rk, the
Ctber day, aged al Years. He was elected
governor of New JeTse in 1865. n 1sGS was
chairman OF the Ee ubli an nat onal COM
mittee, and in 1872 was Gle ted 10 Congress.
GEORGE L. EWING. prominent Philadel-
Thia sculptor. came TO New YORK for the
purpose of model ing al % hevo models of
Henry Irving, the En- lish actor, ana his
principal support Miss J. Hen Terry. A lew
mornings ago, Mr.. Ewing was found dead in
bed at his hotel. He had turned on the unlit
"a and been aSphyxiat d. Mr.. Ewing came
fIom &c tlaHd two year ago and had ac-
q lred con siderable reputation IN r. ar lclei.
A NATIONAL Con orence of Colored Men
met in PittSburg. with de,egati rs from all
part of the coIntrY in atten1aEcA. The OBJ
j c. oftle con 'erence, as stated by a delegate,
was TO secure TO the C, 10 ed people, North
and South, tha lie 'ognition under the laws to
which they a~e entitled. Various apers per-
tinent to the occasion were L, al AID dis
Cussed.
CHARLES J.. NosE, retired New York
mer hant, and Antonio Moreno, a metropoli-
tan com Mission merchant. were impelled a
lew davs ago by physical suffering and in
BomIia to shoot themselves to de1th.
A FIRE at Glen's Fails. n Y. destroyed
both opera houses, The Presbyterian b + b,
and Gi de sleeves Unioa hall building, en-
taiing a total loss o. about $4,000.
South and West.