Daily Republican., 1884-08-25
NEWS SUMMARY.
THEFT OF AUsCxiAN GOVERN.
MENT NDS-AMKEsT OF
COAL. MINERS, Erc., ETC.

A telegram was received by the Gsr-
man Consul AT New York on Saturday
from the President of police at Frank
fort on.the main, saying: A great
theft of valuable Austrian Government
bonds has taken place. A list of securi-
ties is on the way to you. Have it
posted on the Exchange" There is no
further inform alton regarding the mat
ter, but it is believed the securities will
be difficult of negotiation.
The coal miners arrested at California,
Penna., on Friday for conspiracy, were
taken toWashington on Saturday morn
ing and lodged in jail. 1t is said to be
the Intention of their wives and chill
drep, numbering 800, to apply to the
poor authorities of Washington County
for maintenance. They have no means
of support, and the miners officials
say they will starve If relief is re-
fused"
A cold wave has appeared in the
Northwest and is spreading over the
Upper Lakes and Canada. The tenn
perature at Toronto fell rapid ly on Sun
day. Vessels arriving at Quebec report
heavy masses of ice in the Gulf and in
the Strait of Belle Isle. Some of the
eldest mariners do not remember to
Il
ice at this season Of the year.
1t was reported in Laconia, New
Hampshire, on Sunday, that the steamer
James Bell, from the Alton Bay camp
meeting, had been driven ashore. She
had about one hundred passengers on
board. No particulars could be OBJ
tanned last night, but it was not be-
lieved that any person was lost or in
Ijured.
Patrick Hartnett, convicted in Gin
lcinnati Of the murder of his wife,
com mitted on January 31st, 1888, was
sentenced on Saturday to be hanged on
December 9th. He acknowledged the
ljustice OF his doom, and said ne ought
TO have been hanged year and half
ago."
The three.masted schooner, Nina
Tilson, of Philadelphia, with coal for
Boston, was struck and seriously
damaged on the port side by the British
steamer Eacilla, in Boston harbor, on
Saturday. 1t is also thought that the
schooner is strained in her inner
stancbions. The steamer was not in
jured.
W. X. Kingman, formerly of South
Carolina, was fatally injured in
Wlkesbarre, Penna., on Friday night,
by walking off porch in fit of SOM
nambulisn. He died on Saturday
morning. Kingman was an officer in
the Confederate army during the war,
for time aide-de camp of Stonewall
jackson.
The Superintendent of the Indian
Training School at Carlisle returned
last evening from New Mexico with "
young Indians of the Pueblo tribe, whose
/ larr fror q ff hn
term ofthe school will open on SepteIn-
Der first with 400 pupils.
| A fire in Duluth, Minnesota, on
Saturday night, destroyed the mills of
Little & Simonds and Cutler g. Gilbert.
The formers loss is placed at $110, 600;
the latter's at 1000.
The Abdallah stables Of W. III. Arl-
son, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, were
burned on Sunday morning. A num-
Der OF fine horses persisted, and the
total loss is estimated at over 500, 600.
1t has been decided, at the request of
his sister, TO examine the body Of pri-
vate Henry, of the Greedy expedition
party, now lying in Cypress Hill Gene.
cry, Long Island. The autopsy will
be made to-day.
! Among the attractions to visitors at
the Louisville exhibition, will be a
competitive military drill, for which
prizes aggregating 5000 will be offered
to competing infantry companies.
i w. d. Reynolds, cashier of the Texas
Express Company, committed suicide
in Houston, last Friday. Pecuniary
trouble was the cause.
The Secretary of the Navy will ap.
point court ofIuquiry to investigate
the loss of the U. S. steamer Tallapoosa
and determine the responsibility there.
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| All the bodies have been recovered
from the burning mine at Buck Ridge,
near Shamokin, Penna. The nike is
still on fire.
The new Catholic chapel of St.
Charles B oromeo, on North Gilman
| street, Ba ltimore, was opened yester-
day.
A fire at Boonsborough, Iowa, on
Friday destroyed eight stores and hat
factory, causing loss of $4,000.
Secretary Lincoln arrived at Fortress
Monroe yesterday from New York.