The Progress., 1888-10-20

Ia, and the Caldwell Bank at Logan, sus-.
pended on tho 11th. Both were operated
by the same firm.
A FIRE on the 11th in the Standard Oil
Company's property at Green Point, j. L.,
caused loss of 5000, 600.
A COLLISION between an accommod
train and a freight train on the 18th near
Massillon, O., fatally injured several per-
sons.
DURING the twenty four hours ended on
the 11th there were AZ new cases of yellow
fever at Jacksonville, Fla, and 2 deaths
from the disease. Total cases to date, a.
429; total deaths, 3N
HENRY G. HoTcHKIss, Of West Haven,
Conn.,, hardware manufacturer, was ar
rested on the 11th on the charge of forging
checks upon the Yale National Bank Of
New Haven to the amount of $50, OOO and
confessed his guilt
The great strike OF street-railway EN-
ployes on the North and West sides in Chi
cago was still in progress on the 11th.
Several cars were run under police
protection, and, although the strikers
made an angry demonstration, there was
very little violence shown. A proclama-
tion issued by the mayor requests all
peaceable citizens not to congregate on the
streets, and says that the $ law imposes
upon the authorities the duty OF preserv-
ing order and protecting property, and
this will be DONE
FURTHER advices Of the 18th say that
hfty-seven persons were killed by the re-
cont accident on the Lehigh Valley road
near Penn Haven, Pa, and over forty were
injured
j. w. MAKEMsoN, farmer living near
Warsaw, Ind, who left home recently for
a days hunt did not return, and on the
18th his body was found In the woods with
his head blown to pieces.
The Secretary of the Treasury at Wash
ington on the 18th decided that fish caught
in Iceland by men in the employ of an
American were not entitled to entry into
the United States free of duty.
LADY BUNKER, dam Of Guy Wilkes, was
sold on the 11th at Lexington, KY, to Gar
rett Lang, Of Buffalo, N. Y, for Sc, 500, the
highest price ever paid for a trotting brood
mare in the United States.
A BLAST Of six Thousand pounds of pow
der was on the 11th set off in quarry on
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, which
shook the earth for miles around and dis
lodged from thirty thousand to fifty thou
sand tons Of rock.
THREE masked men attempted on the
18th to rob the pay car on the Black Hills
& Fort Pierre railroad, but the paymaster
killed one and mortally wounded another.
The yellow fever quarantine at Jackson,
Miss, was raised on the 18th, stores were
reopened and business generally was re-
sumed.
Z DURING the twenty four hours ended on
the Eth there were 66 new cases of yellow
fever at Jacksonville, Fla, and 4 deaths
from hfo1 - a. 4
total deaths, 3l0
stroyed the finest block in the town. The
United States Signal Office was in the
burned building.
AT the session of the grand jury on the
18th at Rawlins, Wy. T., twenty-one in
dictments were found against conductors
and brakemen Of the Union Pacific railroad
for systematically robbing the company.
COFFEE advanced one-half cent pound
in the New York market on the 18th, in
fuenced by continued higher prices
abroad
PAULINE MCCoY, negro girl aged n1ne-
teen, was hanged on the 18th at Union
Springs, Ala, for the murder of Annie
Jordan, fourteen-year-old white child, in
February last
AT the Topeka (Kan.) race track on the
18th James Donnelly was exercising a
stallion when his saddle turned and he
fell, his foot sticking IN the stirrup, and
he was dragged to death by the frightened
animal.
The Michigan wheat crop, according to
the October report of the State Depart
ment issued on the 18th, averages 1857
bushels per acre, indicating total yield
of %, 5S1 ,504 bushels.
THE Chicago West side car-drivers and
conductors agreed on the 18th to report for
duty the following day and take their cars
out. They adopted resolution, however,
the wages to be paid to the
Nor tn side mon which might not be &C
cepted by President Yerkes, in which
event they threatened to ''tie-up" the
West side system again. Julius Kaeseberg
was held in $40, 600 for placing dynamite on
street track on the North side.
CLOVIS SoUCY, ex-supervisor of Cahokia
township Mo-, was indicted on the 18th by
the grand jury of St. Clair County for the
alleged embezzlement Of $40, 900.
VTHE Houston (Tex) post Office was
robbed on the 18th, and it was estimated
that the thieves secured fully $4,000 in
money, checks and drafts.
MINNIE BoTD, aged seven years, was
Mexico, Mo-, her dress catching fire, and
the smoke suffocated her two baby sisters.
Their parents were absent
DuRING the seven days ended on the 10th
there were 1876 business failures in the
United States, against 146 the previous
seven days.
The Robert B. Carson, cattle steamer,
sunk on the 18th four miles below Evans
vile, Ind, in thirty feet of water Fifty
head of cattle, four horses and some freight
were lost, but the crew reached shore in
safety.
CONGRESS- had on the 18th disposed of
the last appropriation BILL and the grand
total amounts to $421, ,6l7, OBS.
The post-office at Mattewan, n Y, was
robbed of all its contents on the 18th.
The delegation of Sioux Indians who
left their reservation to confer with the
President in regard to the proposed sale Of
their reservation arrived in Washington
on the 18th.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
WALTER S. PICKNE1, formerly one of the
most prominent lawyers Of New York
City, died on the Sth in hospital from the
excessive use of liquor XII
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