The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-01-17

of the central Office of the New England Iele-
phone Company, Boston is entirely without
telephone service and win remain SO to a great
extent for a week or ten days.
PERSONAL.
Major Jonathan Hutchinson died at Fort
Dodge Iowa, on the Sd inst. He was born in
Wayne county, Ohio, and came to Iowa in 1854.
In 1862 he went to the war as captain of COM
pany /, SD Iowa infantry, taking his son
Matthias with him, and was with Gen. Panks
in the Red River expedition. In one of the
battles of that expedition Matthias was shot
and died in his fathers arms On April 10,
1864, Captain Hutchinson received his COM
mission as major for gallantry in action. Conn
rade George /. Usry, Fort Dodge, Iowa, who
sends US the above information, says: ] am the
Galvanized Yankee of the old Sd Wisconsin
infantry, who Captain HaslSins picked up
while forging in South Carolina. If this
should meet the eyes of any of the boys Of the
Sd, especially of company k, would be pleased
to hear from them.
Lieutenant John J. Augur, of the United
States navy, escaped from the Bloomingdale
! N. ! lunatic asylum on the Sth inst, and on
J the following morning his body was found on
I the roadway. Lieutenant Augur was son of
1 General Augur, of the United States army.
who at present has charge of the military post
at Fort Leavenworth Kan. Lieutenant Augur
has been in the navy since 1870. He was one
OF the officers sent out in an expedition to
search for the Arctic exploring steamer jean
nette., The hardships he passed through af-
fected his mind. He had been off duty since
last summer and was placed in the asylum on
I December "a last. His death was due TO cold
and exposure to the storm of that night.
i The wiz Of Julius Halgarten, who died re-
Gently in Switzerland, was fled in New York
on the 7th inst. The estate is valued at over
100000, the bulk of which is to go TO the
testatOrs son Albert, now an infant, when he
reaches his twenty-eighth year. In case he
dies before this time. the will provides that his
share shall be divided into twelve equal parts
among as many charitable educational or pub
4 lie Institutions among which are Yale Har-
ward, Columbia and Williams Colleges, and Cor
nell University. Over $4,000 are given to
charities. Among the benefeiaries are Dart
/ mouth College, $4,000; Nursery of city of
/ New York, $4,000
Strickland Kneass, assistant to the president
/ OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died in
Philadelphia on the 14th inst. of heart disease.
He was by profession a civil engineer and sur
veyor, aud received most of his practical train
4 ing upon the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal
/ and the Philadelphia and Wilmington Rail
road, which was constructed under the super
vision Of his eldest brother, Samuel IL. Kneass.
He afterwards became principal assistant
engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. and in
1850 chief engineer and surveyor of Philadel-
phia. Under his surveys the entire drainage
/ system of that city was provided for.
telegram from Daggett, Cal, SAYS that J.
w. Dent, cousin Of Mrs. General Grant, killed
himself at Alyord mine, on the 5th inst Pow
erty and sickness are the causes assigned. He
leaves a wife IN poor circumstances IN this
city.
The marriage Of Russell Benjamin Harrison,
son of Senator Ben. Harrison, of Indiana, and
Mary Saunders, the only daughter Of ex-Sen-
ator Alvin Saunders, took place at Omaha,
Ncb., On the 9th inst.
The dead body of the missing Charles Del
monicO was found on the 18th inst. in the woods
on the Orange Mountain road, New jersey.
he had died of exposure.
POLITICAL.
The Ohio legislature met on the 14ti, inst.
and on the following evening a Republican
Senatorial caucus was held. 1t is predicted
that Senator Allison viii be renominated by
acclamation. 1t is probable that the Demo-
cratic nomination viii be rendered to G. n. A.
Merritt or L. G. Kline, the late candidate for
governor.
Governor Geo. Hoadly was inaugnarted at
Columbus, Ohio, in quiet nilnner on the l4th
inst. Governor Hoadly's inaugural address
recommends the establishment of the board OF
pardons, the graded license system and the adj
tustment fees of county officials with the Gin
cinnati fee bin as the available standard.
The nation labor conference met in Philadel.
phia on the 18th inst and issued call for a
national labor convention, TO be held in Chi
cago, on July 90 10 nominate candidates fol
President and Vice President.
Hon r. d. McLane was inaugurated Gov.
error Of Maryland, at Annapolis, on the 9Th
inst
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
The largest iron sailing vessel ever built in
this country was launched on the 18th inst al
the works of the American Shipbuilding Com.
pany, Philadelphia. The vessel was ciristened
the Clarence 5. Bement, and will load in Phil
delphia far a Chinese port. The company has
purchased eight and half acres adjoining
Allegheny avenue. Philadelphia, upon which
it viii erect machine shop and foundry, adj
ditional shops, and ultimately dry dock.
For several years past, the proprietoTs of thu
Baltimore san have been in the habit of issuing
gratuitOusly 10 the subscribers Of that prosper
Gus journal an almanac of their own compila-
tion and that Of 1884 is Just at hand 1t is Z
publication Of SO pages, and is briInful of inter
esting information Its business and political
statistics are particularly fun and comprehen
siye, and its local features are calculated t.
make it invaluable for purposes of reference {,
all Baltimoreans.
At the annual meeting Of the New YorI
Tribune stockholders, on the 14th iilst the pub
fishers report showed falling of of 10 pc
cent. in receipts on sales OF the daily during
the three and a-half months since the reduc
ton Of rates as compared with the correspond
ing period last year, and at the same time an
increase of 30 per cent. in the number of eopie
sold. The usual dividend was declared.
The first OF four excursions TO the South err
States inangurated by the railroad lines ans
State aud local authorities of North Carolina
West Virginia and Tennessee will leave Boston
on the 18th inst. for Shelby, n. G. Thes'
excursions are arranged TO give prospective
settlers and capitalists an idea of the oppor
tunities offered in the South
. Representatives. fthe Delaware, Lachawann
and Western Railroad are at Buffalo, n 7. ne
gotiating for the purchase or lease of the lint
. OF the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia
Road between Buffalo aud Brocton, a distanc
Of City miles Of complete road, with the pur
pose Of extending if 10 Wabash system an,
eventually TO Chicago
The judiciary committee of the Texas legis
! ture reported fayorably bill on the 18th inst
making ieDce-cutting a felony punishable b,
from two TO five years in the penitentiary, ant
the killing Of fence-cutters, caught in the act o
I applying the wire-cntting nippcrs, jnstifabl
, homicide
The business failures for last week in tn
, United States numbered 1903, and in Canada an,
{ the provinces thirty.