Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-06
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

James Walker, colored, was hanged
at St Augustine, Fla, for the murder Of
Charles Harper in November last The hang
man also closed the careers Of J. M Arm
strong at Perryville, Ark, George Carroll
at Searcy, in the same State. and Richard
J. Lee and Louis Somerfeld at Washing
ton Giuseppe scoma, an Italian convicted
of the murder Of one of his countryman, COM
mitted suicide in his cell in the Jail at Hud-
son, N. Y. Kit. Ross and lincoln Sprolla.
white, Calvin James, colored, and Blue Duck,
Cherokee, all murderers, have been sentenced
to be hanged at Fort Smith, Ark, July %.
There were 172 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the week,
against 175 in the preceding week, and l07, Isl,
1872, and 105 in the corresponding weeks OF
1885, 1884, 1888, and 1882, respectively. About
eighty per cent were those of small traders
whose capital was less than $500
In the telephone investigation at
Washington, Speaker Carlisle testified that he
was notified of his election as a director in the
Rogers Telephone Company, and that $780,
600 in stock had been placed to his credit for
such services as he might render. He
gress he would not be interested in
any enterprise requiring legislative action.
Representative Samuel J. Randall testified
that he had no distinct recollection Of having
received either letter or stock from DR.. Rog-
ers Representative Abram s. Hewitt testified
that he had been solicited to embark in the
Pan-EIectric Company and had been offered
tenth interest, but had declined
S. w. Floss a. Co.'s notions and
white goods establishment at Baltimore was
Quilted by fire, and adjoining buildings were
badly damaged The total losses will aggre-
gate 5000, 600, with insurance in excess of
s4OO, 600
A loss of $3.50, 900 was the result of
a fire, at San Francisco, in the furniture store
of l. & E. Emanuel and the publishing estab
lishment of A. l. Bancroft q Co. spectator
was killed by falling wall
Three boot and shoe factories and an
hotel at Natck, Mass, were destroyed by fire,
the loss reaching $4,000.
A petition is in circulation in New
York asking for the pardon of James ID. Fish,
ex-President Of the Marine Bank 1t is said to
have been signed by over nine hundred bust
ness men.
Statistics show that during the last
three months Cos families, comprising 3,477
persons, were evicted from holdings in Ire
land During the same period $50 outrages
were committed
The business portion of keystone,
Iowa, was entirely swept away by fire. The
losses aggregate $4,000, with insurance of
$4,000.
THE postoffice appropriation bill occupied the
attention OF the Senate ON the 30th ult.. and Mr..
Hale. of Maine, finished his speech In support
OF the subsidy amendment. Mr.. Brown, of
Georgia. also spoke in favor of IL. The bill to
make Omaha port of entry was vetoed by the
Government does not have the necessary off,
for the appraisement of merchan-
disc and the collection OF duties. The
President sent the following nominations
Y, Joseph G. Hendrix; at Baltimore, Nd,
Frank Brown, vice l. Parker Vesey, re-
signed; at Shippensburg, Pa, j. A. Q.
McCune; at Washington, Kansas, James 3.
Committee ON Indian Affairs reported favor
ably bill giving the Chicago, Kansas and
Nebraska Railroad the right Of way
through the Indian Territory. The House
bill offered by Mr.. Warner Ohio, providing that
the appropriation for the improvement OF the
Mississippi River shall be expended under the
direction OF the Secretary Of War instead Of the
Mississippi River Commission, and providing
for n Congressional committee to investigate
the work OF the Mississippi River Commission.
The House refused, by q vote Of 30 to 129, to
strike out the levee clause.