The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-07-22

Marshal Puckett.-Three children OF Mrs.
Fred c. Clark. aged respectively six, eight and
10 years, in the town Of Bloomer, Wis., were
struck by lightning Friday, resulting in the
immediate death Of the eldest. The Others are
In critical conditiOn.-Rey. Abraham Wells,
Of Washington County, Pa, was struck by
Baltimore 4 Ohio train on Friday morning.
He was endeavOring 10 cross the track, and be-
ing deaf failed to hear the approaching train,
and was run over and horribly mangled. he
was IS years old.
INDUSTRIAL.
The shipments from the mines Of the Gambler
land coal region for the week ended Saturday,
July 10, 1856, were 65,672 tons and for the year
Ss7, STA tons, O decrease OF 4S2, 62s tons as CON-
pared with the corresponding period OF last
year. The shipments 20 the Baltimore * Ohio
Railroad and local points were for the week,
47,497 tons; for the year, EOS, GAP tons, de-
crease OF 309O70 tons compared with last
year. The shipments TO the Pennsylvania Rail
road were for the week, IL 229 tons; year,
l33.652 tons, a decrease Of 7S.Sl2 tons as COM
pared with last year. TO Chesapeake d. Ohio
Canal-week, 9,S47 toss; year, 1920 tons;
decrease 94,745 tons.-The Lonsdale Com
pany's cotton mill at Ashton, r. l., shut down
last week in consequence OF the strike OF -
spinners, locking out 500 employes-The
strike OF 200 car drivers and conductors on the
street railroads in San Francisco resulted in
l~sHN@A~N~N
tackled the cars and finally three cars were
stopped. The police at last succeeded In dis
persing the crowd. The strike was caused by
! the discharge of men on the ground that they
were knights Of Labor.-The hands in the
! picker room Of the Enterprise Mill, Augusta,
/ Ga, demanded Friday last an advance of 10
/ per cent. in wages. The directors refused their
demand The hands struck and the mill shut
down. President Phiuizy refuses TO grant 10
per cent. advance ia the Augusta factory. The
indications point TO a strike i'm the three largest
factories, throwing out of employment nearly
4 1900 haDds.-Ihe business failures during the
seven days ending July IL number for the
| United States 1913 and for Canada 20, a total of
i lS3, AS compared with total OF l79 last week.
The new iron steamship Alliance built at
ROach's shipyard, Chester, Pa, for the United
States aud Brizilian Mail Line was launched on
Saturday last The boat is 302 feet long, ~
feet beam - feet depth Of hold, and has a reg
lister of 1900 tons. She viii have compound
engines, and accommodations for 65 frst-class
and 100 steerage passengers. The harvesting
/ has commenced in Southern Minnesota and
Dakota, and will be well under way in the en-
tire southern tier Of Counties this week. 1T is
the general expectation that Minnesota and
/ Dakota viii not produce more than three
| quarters rs much wheat as last year.-The
| strike of quarrymen at Lemont, H., is at an
| end. The compromise provides that all mar
ried employees shall receive the advanced wages
| agreed upon on the LIST Of May last and that
the single men will accept a reduction of %
cents a day from such rites.-The Labelle
Nail Company. Of Wheeling, w. Va, has signed
| the Amagamated Association mailing, heating,
and rolling scale, aud agreed 10 take back all
the nailers employed when the strike COM
menced, June J. 1856. The nOn-union men
since employed will remain, as the increase in
number of the machines makes room for all.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Guion steamer Nevada, which sailed from
New York last week, carried the swords, two
| of the Irish Brigade flags aud other relics Of
the commander OF the Irish Brigade, Gen.
Thomas Francis Meagher, with Gallagher's
life-size painting OF Gen. Meagher, which are
10 be presented 10 the Young Ireland Society
Of Gen. Meagher's native city. Waterfront
IL is officially announced that Mr. Powderly,
the General Master Workman OF the Knights
of Labor, will be the Democratic nominee for
Governor Of Pennsylvania.-1he continued
drouth and the failure Of the wheat crop, which
has occurred for several years in succession
in parts of Illinois, and the ravages Of the
chnch bug have induced many Of the farmers
10 form themselves into colony for the purpose
of removing IN body TO Oregon.
S1dacker, young girl of sayreville, n. j., has
lately become ravsBg maniac. lt DE- claimed
that some time since she drsnk milk from a
cow that had been bitten by mad d0g-The
remains OF the Italian patriot and martyr, Pic
tro Maronceli, who Gied IN New York in I5IG
from the effects Of seven yeaTs imprisonment
in an Austrian prison at Spielberg. have been
disinterred at Greenwood. and were removed
10 his native city Of Forli, Italy, July q, on
the steamer Archimede.-Capt Lawt0n, with
1 his company and 100 Mexican cavalrymen, are
in the Sierra Madre Mountains in pursuit OF
the Apaches. JAS. j. Mason was arrested in
Philadelphia Thursday last for the embeZze.
/ ment of $4,000 which be had collected fol
Chafec Brothers, Of New Orleans year ago
10 Central America The firm believed he had
. bceh robbed and murdered. In
malignant form has broken out near Bolan
: Iowa. Fourteen cases are reported and one
( death occurred Thursday last. The disease il
: supposed 10 have been brought there by Ger
man who landed ST. Baltimore or New York
/ passed quarantine unquestiOned and came di
l rect 10 Bolan.--Last year Jared Holar wa
! arrested az Jacksonville Ill, on a charge o
stabbing two women. Some disguised met
! broke open the jail and shot Hollar through
/ the abdomen. Before he died he insisted tina
! he did not commit the crime VIM McLaugh
! lin, who died recently ia a Western State con
\ fessed In his last moments that he committed
I the crime for which HollRr lost his life
4 / Twenty gypsies arrived in New York Fridal
! last from Palermo, Italy, and were sent 4
9 1 Wards Island They will be detained thcr
l. 4 ANAl TIC l-uilBihAlhb A0ilDlbHloBefh N4ALnlD
j. the matter IL Is probable they will all be sen
!, back by the steamer which brought them over
Y The Joint Boundary Commission on the par
= OF the United States and the State Of Texas, az
I pointed to determine boundary line Of Gree
!. County, claimed respectively by Indian Terr
! tory and Texas, adjourned Friday last, withou
Il agreeing The disagreement is on the mai
/. question, viz, which stream, the north or sout
= fork Of the Red River, is the main stream. Til
: Texas commissioners are solid for the mort
r fork, while the United States commissioners al
4 equally as solid for the south fork.--Thc trii
q Of Willie Sells, aged l6, began at Erie, Kan
!. Monday last. lie murdered his father, mothe
= brother aud sister.
Death OF Ned BHnilne.
g Mr. Edward z. G. JndsOn, better known
&c Ned Bnntine the wel-kDoWn author Of sens