The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-04

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10 per cent of the 1000 coke oven. e ca
trollesi hy the syndicate are na,r
operation There Is marked iTrr-.,--'
ment in the trade, and all the rD,.r',.
charged during the dull season -
been re-employed. ''c
There are Ii. 700 skilled I9be.r.--
employed in Cincinnati Oup-foT,,-g'
the lron-workerS are idle. anp-tI,5r.I
the builders, and one-half of H.. .l
riage and furniture makers. Tia 80,
number of men out Of work Il i
mated at 5000. ~-
a resolution was offered In ia,
linois senate asking congress n -
an appropriation for the Warr-.N
canal. y bill was introduced r1ay t. ul
ii penltenuary offenSe for a l,.-rl. -e
ticer or official handling public mon
to deal in options.
An explosion OF natural gas at Wan.
burg, West Virginia, demolished ,,r
buildings ana greatly damaged spver,i
others. flames adding terror ~ ' .r"i
situation. Five mangled cornss. l' '.!t
already been recovered, and Two o.G,e
persons are missing.
Currency to the amount of S1r0..o
was nearly destroyed I'm the 49,.
railway accident in the nisrrict ~
Columbia. but experts in the tre9s,,,,-
department have identified The che
remains. and the express curgp9ny vii
suffer only trifing loss. VIA
clearinghouse receipts at the rr;,..f
pal cities of tie United States l..-
week show a decrease as ron4ra-..i
with the correspond Ing week of ISL
20.l per cent The decrease i'm N4o-
I ork was PSI per cent. In Chico,
the decrease was 81 per cent.
Thomas b. Harrison. of R3Itf,n.rs
who was one of the most daring r,.....'
Spectators in the United States. kU-i
himself "Wednesday rather than be ey-
amned as TO his sanity. He made
S5OO,OOO last year, and just btta-.
Christmas lost every cent OF 1t.
f. Hemple. a savings banker NJ
! Beaver Dam, Wis. who lies i'm aH mn
| charge of ENLIGHTENMENT. owes nearly
| $50. 000'to German depositors. and ia.
surrendered To his assignee urlu.r-v
valued at 800. lie had been operat-
ing on the Chicago board OF trade.
Should Senator Garland be called a,
! the cabinet, the Arkansas Legislature
| viii be called upon To choose his sBc-
| cesSor from seven aSplrautS. the lead.
| ing ones beng ". NJ. Fishback. puir-
| dexter Dunn, and Ex-Governor Berry
| Clifton y. Breckinridge also has hopes
| Fire at Troy. y. y. early THURSDAY
morning destroyed $4,000 worth Uf
| property. The building burned aIiou-
| ing the Everett House. and the guests
| were panic-Stricken. An attempt was
| also made to fire the hotel. Two az
| rests have been made OF supposed in
| cendlarleS.
John f. Babcock, postmaster at New
| Brunswick, New Jersey, and editor of
a daily newspaper. Is greatly aunovel
| by rumors that his postal accounts are
| short 5000. His assistant admits
| that the books do not balance, but
states that Mr.. Babcock has arranged
to pay the difference.
President Arthur invited his success
sor to be his guest at the executive
mansion, but Mr.. Cleveland declined
| because apartments had already bee,
| engaged. The retiring president has
| accepted an invitation to the inaugural
| ball, and assured the committee OF his
cordial cooperation.
| 4 loss of nearly $500 GOO was incur
red in Chicago Thursday evening M
| the burning of the Grannis block. IN
| Dearborn street, and damage 10 adj
| jacent property. The Continental and
| Illinois National banks and the bank
| ing firm of K. i. Brewster x Co. had
| lIitII OlllCtS III lIlt DullNltIt-.
y new penal code similar To that Of
| New York State has been adopted us
| the Minnesota Legislature. Hanging
! is made the penalty for murder in The
| first degree. The last hanging in Min
nesOta was in 1873. The Legislature
| has also passed high-license law
making $500 the minimum figure
! Indians about Fort Reno are exhibit
| ing symptoms of hostility on account
of the recent invasion of the Oklahoma
| boomers. The troops at Camp Russell
| have taken refuge in the fort. The
| War Department has ordered camps 10
| be formed along the border of Indian
| Territory to keep the boomers away.
| The clerk, five passengers, and seven
of the crew of the propeller Ludingtou
reached the shore Of Lake Michigan,
at Ludington, after walking over the
ice or rowing a life-bOat all Sunday.
| George Sheldon, porter of the propeller
Michigan, has returned 10 Grand Ilay-
en- from a walk to the lce-bound YES
sci.
The indictments hanging over Frank
James in the circuit court of Cooper
county, Missouri, were quietly quashed
last Saturday afternoon, at the request
| of the prosecuting attorney. and he is
absolutely a free man. II Is thought
that the governor of Minnesota viii
make a requisition for the famous
train-robber.
By collision of trains At Delhi,
Ohio, thirteen residents of Cincinnati
| were more or less injured. Two pas
sengerS were badly manned by Il wreck
| at LOckland, near Cincinnati. An en-
gineer and fireman were killed by
collision near Canajoharie. New York,
where 100000 worth of TOllmg-st0ck
was destroyed.
The propeller City of Ludingt0n.
which has been out on Lake Michigan
for eighteen days, is believed TO be fast
in the ice between Shehoygan and
Manistee. The owners OF the propeller
Michigan state that she lies twelve
miles oil Saugatuck, and has provisions
sufficient to last the remainder of her
crew several months.
The fact has developed that William
Peake and wife, the famous Swiss bell
ringers, have since New Years been
inmates of the pOOr-hOUse Of Cortland
county, New York, but viii probably
be removed to the Old Folks home at
Elmlra. They have three children iN-
ing, but refused to accept a home ten
dered by one of them.
In the district court in Chicago. aft
er a trial lasting fifteen days. the
jury convicted J. G. MackIu, W. j.
Gallagher and Arthur Gleason of per
petrating election frauds. and acquitted
Henry Biehl. Motions were promptly
entered for new trial, Mackin and
Gallagher were held in $4,000 each,
and Gleason in $4,000.
The democratic state convention oi
Michigan met at Bay City and Homn-
II 8 T., 6.
court judge. and Charles X. Whitman,
of Ypsilanti. for regent Of the uniyers-
ity. The greenback state convention
met at Lansing. and Geographic bar
gain was made with the democrats 10
nominate Moses w. Field for regent,
thus completing the fusion ticket.
Three unsuccessful attempts were
made at Exeter, England, TO hang
John Lee, the murderer of Miss Emma
A. w. Keyes. The machinery Of the
gallows was found to be so swollen
from moisture that the trap refused To
work. The condemned man bore mp
CALAMITY until the third failure, when
he sank in a swoOn and was taken
back to prison. The sheriff telegraphed
the facts to the home secretary, and
asked for instructions.
Cinnamon are taken advantage Of
Secretary McCulloch' S ruling to eVade
the Restriction act. Cinnamon in tran
sit to Victoria, b. c.. may be landed at
the Port of San Francisco by furnish
ing bond to the Chinese COn5ul-Geue-
raj for their subsequent departure. AT
er being allowed to land they apply Tor
return certificate, representing them
selves as residents OF san Francisco.
A decision has been rendered by the
Attorney-General of the State OF Iowa
that State Oil-InspectOrs must brand
all Oil inspected with its actual quail
ty. Inspectors have been recently IN
the habit of rejecting all oil not mp 20
the test of 100 deg. and branding tne
rest with that figure. whatever its act
ual quality might be. 1t IS thougRI
that the decision will cost the Stand