Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-17
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Forty FIVE carloads of corn were destroyed
! and 800 bales Of cotton dam ,ged by fire in
Railroad houses in Savannah, Ga. Loss
| $4,000.
The fire in the lumber district Of Lacross
Wis, caused total loss of $780,, 900, with an
insurance of $4,000. Another fire yesterday
in business blocks, caused total loss of $4?,.
GOO: insured for 81 900 dollars The heaviest
Iooser was Ge.rge A. Metzsar, wholesale
drugs, 10000 dollars, insured $1,000: Fred
Kroner, $4,000, fully insured; s. Cantert,
furniture 10000 dollars, fully insured.
The Gem City Mills. the largest Touring
mills at Quincy Ill, were entirely destroyed
by fire. The buildings were owned by a
sock company Of Quincy men and cost 145,-
O0O Taylor Bros, ihs losses, took possess
ion last winter. They had $1,000 bushels OF
wheat and 1000 bushels of fl our in the ware
hous s and elevators. Their loss is abou,
10000 dollars. Noriyke Sc Co.. Of Indian
apolis, had just redtted the mill on COLI
tract, and the machinery had not been &C.
..
Tom Crowell the Cleveland gambler and
crook who is wanted in Clarion, Pa. on the
charge of larceny, having cheated an old
gentleman named Cooper out Of $1,000 at a
circus, has skipped his bail and left for parts
unknown.
Robert C. Phillips. a wife murderer, was
hanged at indianapolis.
The Senate unanimously passed the House
bill for the erection Of building for Con
gr ssional library, without amendment.
The Khedive of Egypt leads with a SUBJ
scription of $500 the fund that is being
raised to assist Turkey against Greece in the
defence Of her religion.
Two horse thieves, who fired on Sher ifP's
possee near San Augustine, Tex, Sunday
night, were killed by volley from the guns
Of the officers. There names could not be
learned. except that one OF them, before ex-
piring, said he was Jay Gould"
The intended journey Of til, Gar to Nova
Tscherkask, to present bis son to the Cossacks
as their chief, has been prevented by the dis
covery Ct a dynamite plot to assassinate the
Imperial party. A Cossack officer and his
brother have been arrested IN connection with
the crime. They are believed to be Nihilist
agents.
In the Greek Chamber Of Deputies several
speeches were made in favor of war with
Turkey. Many members demanded the en-
forcement of the cloture, but Prime Minister
Delyannis declared in faaor Of freedom Of
speech. After the debate, which lasted a
week, a vote of confidence in the Govern
nent was passed 100 to IS.
In Cincinnati 10 Italians were arrested,
charged with counterfeiting.
tx President Arthur is so seriously i'll in
New Yoi k that he is unable to leave his
room.
Two Colombian counter.eiters and 50 o.
100 worth OF notes were captured in New
York
Cablegrams bring the intelligence that
Gladstone is gaining new adherents daily to
his plan for Irele nd's relief. That the public
may have ample time to understand and ap-
prcciate the bill, its second reading had bsen
deferred. The Socialist leaders who made
speeches to the workingmen during the late
trouble in Trafalgar square were criticised
by the conrt, but found not guilty.
The issue Of standard silver dollars from
the mint during the week ending April 10
4G3, SIS dollars. The issue during the cor
responding period Of last year was 1916, 49s.
The shipments Of financial silver coin since
AIr.l am ts1 to 1l2 $50.
John Wagner, farmer in the town Of
Lincoln, WIS, shot and He'd James Moe in
d'sl ute over the possession of some lani
Wagner's h use was surrounded by excited
people, who THE atened to lynch him. When
Deputy Sheriff arrived it was found that
Wagner had killed ms,lf with the same
weapon with which he shot Nee, fearing he
would be lynched.
While the Chinese are being barred out of
20 many countries Mexico opens wide hos
pitabe door to them. 1t is stated that a syn
dictate has arranged for Chinese emigration
OH grand scale, and the Mex can Govern
ment engages TO give each Chinaman twenty
acres of land.
A Iumor is current at Manchester that a
Greek firm in that city has received informa-
ton that Greece has declared war against
Turkey. The Greek embassy in London has
ri ceivel no advices confirmatory of the ru>
NOR.
Twelve New York Aldermen were arrested
for completely in tho B:oaiway boo lie
scheme.
The Earl of SALISBURY ON nitted suicide
while riding in cab through R agent street,
London.
A we'll known broker Of New York City,
Dennis C. Wilcox, committed suicide at his
home by shooting himself His mind is said
to have been diseased He was 81 years of
age.
While Louis B ndon was searching for
stolen horses in thicket near Las Calabursoe,
Texas, he was waylaid by some unknown.
men ana shot three times through the body
The assassins escaped into Mexico.
The Oriental Ho.el, a; Mcmillan, Wis
was burned. The remains of Bert Aldrich,
aged IS. a guest at the hotel, was removed
from the debris.
NEWsY NOTES.
HARVARD university will be $50 years old