Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-10
PITH OF GOTHAM NEWS.

NEW YORK BUREAU spro1A1s.I

PlTH OF GOTHAM NEWS.
An Explosion Makes Lively scenes.
tNEw YORK BUREAU spEc1A1s.I
NEW YORK, October 9.-An explosion Of gas
IN an electric subway manhole at Church and
cortland srreets to-day sent four tons of paw
ing stones. brick and iron a butchers wagon
full Of bologna sausages, and two men and .
little girl all afying to % feet IN the air. One
man was slightly bruised The wagon-horse
was too frightened to move for several minutes
after It came down. The pedestrians, who saw
tne pavement around the manhole tremble Just
before going mp, ran in all directions A
woman stubbed her toe and fell. A broker lost
his high hat. A little girl was thrown against
an elevated railway pillar and got a black eve.
This about covered the whole damage. Anex-
animation showed that the accumulated gas in
the manhoie had torn out the two ton cast-iron
cap which had been cemented to the masonry
lining OF the manhole. The fanges Of the can
were set under the roadway pavement and as
matter of course the entire pavement went
up with the iron work If the big iron cap had
not been SO firmly anchored in the masonry it
would have been hurled through the elevated
railroad track 20 feet above it
Talk With George Bancroft.
George Bancroft, the veteran historian.
passed to-day in the city. He did vast
amount OF talking with his friends and news
paper men. He is glad that Seth Low was
made President Of Columbia College. He has
some hope that the Republicans will carry
New York, and expects that the Worlds Fair
will be held in New York, which he prophesies
will be the biggest city in the world pretty
soon.
Ten Missionaries Sail for India.
Ten missionaries to India, five of whom were
women, sailed to-day on the Bremen steamer
Aller. They viii travel from Liverpool by way
OF the Suez Canal, to Bombay. The women
are graduates of New York medical colleges.
]. ]. Astor was also a passenger on the AIler.
Eugene Field. of Chicago, and his family sailed
for Liverpool on the City of Chicago.
Ten Thousand Dollars to Account For.
Everett p. Wheeler, representing varisus
creditors Of the Electric Sugar Refining Com
pany, before Judge Andrews in the Supreme
Court chambers, to-day applied for reference
to ascertain what Cotterill, the President. and
Robertson, the Treasurer of the company. have
done with the $4,000 sent to Michigan as se-
curity for costs in the action brought by the
Friends to recover property there. Mr..
Wheeler first moved to punish Cotteril and
Robertson for contempt, as he had reason to
believe they had violated the injunction re-
straining them from disposing Of the COM
pany's property. He withdrew this motion,
and Judge Andrews reserved decision on the
application for reference.
The Fastest Cnnal Boar.
The canal boat Marian has Just broken the
canal record she arrived here this morning
exactly i've days and one hour after sailing ont
Of Buffalo on the Erie canal The feetest
canal greyhound had never before made the
trip under six days. The Marian is So feet
long and Is feet wide, and has a capacity of
900 bushels She has engines of 100 horse
power, and can tow six other canal boats of her
size. Her cabins are finished with walnut and
and are upholstered in the same
style as the cabins of big steamships.
Authors Labor Lost.
Many curious people in literary circles are
trying to find out about how much the failure
of Relford, Clarke & Co. cost the poets and
novelists in passion In the Eastern States. The
general opinion Is that members Of the school
,f passion on the Atlantic seabord lost at least
$1,000 through the bankruptcy of their favor
te publishers. The case OF Edgar Salrus is
typical of how other writer's of the same stripe
who dealt with Belford, Clarke & Co. have
;he latest works published by the firm, and 1t
;ame out not much more than two months ago.
Over 5000 copies Of the book had
been sold in this interval, and the
iemand for it was still at fever heat
when the crash came. The authors friends say
hat he has lost nearly 5000 in cold cash in
Besides this, Mr.. Saltus had an
,ther new novel at Belford's, all printed and
eady to go to the binder just as soon as the
pace" showed signs of cooling. OF course he |
oses all his labor on this novel and royalties on
lis other works, which were published by Bel |
ord, are all stopped. Then comes Mrs. Ella |
Wheeler Wilcox. the recognized poetess Of |
assion. Belford was her publisher, and had |
ust made arrangements to introduce her
Poems of Passion" "Nevarine," and other
Vorks into England. Edgar Fawcetr, John
Iabberton, Arthur Gundry, the late Selma
)olaro, MinDa Irving and others, who had
FORKS published by Belford, are also said to be
leavy losers by the failure.
Burned Bank Notes Found.
A laborer who was helping to grade Lincoln |
'ark, near Redbank, N. j., shoyeled out of the |
round $4,000 worth of bank notes. All the |
otes were issued by the Concord Bank of New !
hampshire many years ago. Alongside Of |
hem were unearthed l6 plates that had evil |
emily also been the banks property. It is be- |
eved that the money was buried by man
amed Sherman, who lived in that neighbor- /
ood years ago and was famous as bank rob-
er. He was drowned through a steamboat
ollision about Is years ago. Lincoln Park has
ecently been purchased by Robert s. Patter-
On and other Philadelphians, who constitute
be Lincoln Park Association, and it is said
nat they will claim the money as their own.
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