The Progress., 1888-02-25

A FIRE which broke out on the 18th in
the Advertiser Office at Elmira, N. Y, spread
to adjoining buildings, causing loss Of
$18OOOO!
The Saco (Me) Bank was on the 18th put
in possession of the $265. 900 In bonds
stolen last August by Frank c. McNealey
WASHINGTON advices of the 18th say that
the tariff bill prepared by the majority of
the Ways and Means Committee reduces
the revenue by about $50, 600, OOO-nearly
one-half of it by the repeal of the tobacco
tax.
SECRETARY OF STATE BAYARD was on the
18th officially advised of the appointment
by the German Government of Count Arco
Valley as Minister to the United States.
A FIRE on the 18th in the central market
at Paris, France, caused a loss of 1000, 900
francs
ONE Of the best business blocks in Prov
idence, R. L, was destroyed by fire on the
10th, causing loss of over $50O,OO0
The Collins Paper Manufacturing Co. IS
factory at North Wilbraham, Mass, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th Loss, $780,
600
In Detroit on the 18th two men with sew
eral thousand dollars in counterfeit ten dol
lar silver certificates on their persons were
arrested
AT Union City, N. Y, on the 18th George
W. barrow, hotel proprietor, fell into
railroad cut and was injured so that he
could not move, and froze to death.
WHILE Mrs. William Means, of Lima. O.,
was lighting coal-o1l stove on the 18th
the stove exploded, setting fire to her
clothes, and she was fatally burned.
For the purpose of restricting production
and maintaining prices twenty-five per
cent of the coke ovens in the Connellsville
(Pa) region were shut down on the 18th.
rendering fifteen hundred men idle.
Gus RHODEHoMEL was assaulted and
robbed on the 10th near Topeka, Kan. It
was his wedding day, and, although fatally
injured, he would not break his engage
ment, and was married.
The Wisconsin G: A. R. concluded it's ses-
sions at Milwaukee on the 10th, A. 6. Veis-
sert, of that city, being elected Department
Commander.
IT was reported on the 18th that an error
had been discovered in the constitution of
New Jersey which would liberate all pris
oners committed since 1875.
IHE Illinois G. A. R., in session on the
18th at Springfield, elected Colonel Sexton.
of Chicago, Department Commander.
Four men entered the bank at Cisco.
Tex, on the 10th, took charge of the cash
ier and other officials, collected $6, 900 in
cash, then locked the officers in the back
yard and decamped
MRS. BRIDGET LEE was burned to death
on the 18th at Bell aire, O. She was stand
Ing before the CRATE when her clothing took
fire. 3-I5
By the explosion of boiler on the 18th
on plantation near Bastrop, La., four men
were killed and four others were fatally
scalded
MARTIN l. SCOTT was hanged on the 18th
at Deer Lodge, M. T., for the murder of his
wife in fit of drunken jealousy last No
vembeE
WILLIAM B. TAscoTT, son of prominent
Chicago man, was on the 18th charged
with being the murderer of Amos J. Smell.
the millionaire, and reward of $4, 900 was
offered for his capture.
AN explosion of natural gas on the 18th
in the house of James Franklin, at Mead
vile, Pa, fatally injured Mrs Franklin and
wrecked the house.
AN order was issued to the striking
miners in the schuylkill Pa) region on the
18th 4 Master Workmen Lewis to return
to work ~ ~- IS
JAMES TAYLOR a thirteen-year- old boy Of
Covington, Ky, was arrested on the 18th
on the charge OF numbering his father dur
ing family row:
MANY business buildings at Westerly, r
L, were destroyed by fire on the 18th, en-
failing loss of $15O,OOO
AT a private meeting of nail manufact-
urers in New York on the 18th an agree
ment was signed to reduce production
about forty per cent
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
there were 236 business failures in the
United States against 237 the previous
seven days
The steamer City of Pekin arrived in San
Francisco on the 18th with smallpox on
board. This was the fifth successive steam
er to arrive there with that disease.
A FIRE on the 18th at Oscala, Fla, burned
dozen business houses and residences
GOVERNOR BEAVER, of Pennsylvania, on
the 18th signed the death warrants for the
hanging of three murderers, the dates for
executions being March 81, % and 20,
REUBEN SCOTT. married man, was in
stantly killed by falling tree at Wabash,
Ind, on the 18th, and John Burton was
fatally injured
The Theater Comique. at Providence, r.
L, was burned on the 18th.
PETER VANN1cE, aged eighty years,
dropped dead of heart disease at his house
near New Maysville. Ind, on the 18th, and
his wife, aged eighty years, was so shocked
by his death that she fell dead from the
same disease few hours afterwards.
The house Of Hiram Weissman, at New
ark, N. j., was destroyed by fire on the
18th, and Mr. Weissman, his wife and child
were fatally burned
FANNY WYE, aged thirteen years, was
married ON the 18th at North Stonington.
Conn, to Charles Drake
TERRIBLE destitution was discovered on
the 18th among the striking miners at
Shenandoah, Pa, several families having
been without food for two days Most Of
the contributions intended for them were
absorbed by the railroaders for whose
benefit they struck.
DANIEL and John O'Day, of Jackson,
Mich, who were convicted in Tennessee q
year ago of counterfeiting, and sentenced
to fifteen and ten years imprisonment re-
spectively, were released on the 18th, it
having been discovered that they were in
nocent of the crime.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAla
DANIEL E. SoMEs, formerly member of
Congress from Maine, died in Washingto ton
on the 14th. He was one of the original
organizers of the Republican party
MRS. SARAH CUFFLE, daughter of Adam
Poe, the Indian fighter, died at Wooster, O, !,
on the 14th, aged ninety seven years