The Newtown bee., 1889-04-26
FRIDAY, APRIL ao, 1889.
The Week.

Robert r, Porter, managing editor of the Now York Press, appointed superintendent of census and E. s. Lacey Of Michigan us comp trolier fthe currency.
 The New England piano company of Boston has failed with liabilities of s2Oo,oo0.
 The Pittsburg, Pa., plate glass company has bought from J.B Ford & Sons the Forest glass works, paying about $5o0,0o0. This purchase gives the Pittsburg company the monopoly of the plate glass business of this country. They already own two immense factories and this purchase gives them control of a combined production of 100000 feet of glass per month. The three factories are all in the Allegheney valley, near Pittsburg.
 It Is estimated that about % lives have been lost by the Dakota forest fires. The reports have been exaggerated.
 Edward King of westfeld, son of promi- nent whip manufacturer murdered his father, burned the house and committed suicide.
 Bismarck sharply reproves the Samoan con sul for his ill-advised course in provoking what might have resulted In n serious quarrel between the United States and Germany and says that Germany has no interest in the in ternnl affairs of Samoa
 The most serious fire in New York city for years occurred, last Friday night It destroy ed over @, ,OO0,OOo worth of fproperty belonging to tho New York Central railroad, including two big elevators of the Vanderbilt system. Fairbanks, the lard refiner, loses half million and other losses make a total of s3 O0O,oO0. One man was killed and several wounded.
 Rev Dr Bradforll V. Pierce, Q well known Methodist divine at one time editor of Zion's Herald, died at his home Ut Newton.
 The schooner Gov Ames sailed from Port. land, Me-, this week, with a cargo of l,s96 ,239 feet of spruce and pine lumber, bound tor Buenos Ayres. This is one ot the biggest car, goes Of lumber over taken out by a vessel from Portland and is valued at about $3000 The passengers and crew of the steamer DanmarlS, disabled at sea, were rescued by the Missouri, which lowed it for two days and finding 1t about to sink, transferred passen. gers and crew, landed . part at Azores and started for Philadelphia with the remainder Tho Missouri was obliged to throw overheard n part of her cargo to accommodate the ship wrecked people. Capt Murrell of the Nilsson ri has received many compliments.
 Postmaster Henry G. Pearson of New York city dead. His funeral largely attended al Englewood, N. J., Tuesday.
 A s225,OOo pork packing establishment al Cincinnati burned.
 President Barnard Of Columbia college crit icaly i'll.
 Thousands of people poured into the okla homa territory, Monday morning, when tho word was given and mad race ensued in thu greed to pick out the best lots. At Guthrie the carly arrivals began business promptly by opening a bank, starting daily paper ant other enterprises. The law abiding settler found to their cost that the sharpers and spec ulators had got in before them and pre-empt ol the most desirable places.
 The inaugural procession in New York oI April 90 is likely to be enormously large, es pecially the civic and industrial section which numbers about 100000 and will requir about IA miles of street to start in and abou IT miles when in marching order.
 A syndicate of New England and Kansa capitalists form a company with a capital c SlO000O for investing in Texas land.