Daily Republican., 1889-04-26

At large meeting OF the striking car
penters in st. Louis on Thursday It was
agreed by large majority to return to
work for those bosses who have agreed to
the eight-hour day system and to pay IS
cents per hour wages. 1t Is believed that
all the bosses will accept these terms.
The question Of formally recognizing the
Brotherhood of Carpenters stands as 1t
did before, the bosses not having yielded
that point.
John aud Henry Hill have been rear
rested at Somerset. n.y., on charge of
killing two peddlers about year ago.
They were arrested just after the murder,
but, as no evidence could be produced
against them, they were discharged. A
boy on Thursday discovered coffee sack,
which contained the skeletons of two
men, buried at the root OF a grapevine.
The Major General commanding the
army orders that hereafter all arms, ord
nance and qusrtermasters' stores, and
camp equipage issued to the States and
Territories be turned over to the Quar-
termaster's Department for transporta-
tion to the designated points, the cost OF
transportation to be borne by the Gov
ernment
Edmund l.. Dana died at his home in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, yesterday, aged az
years. He was captain Of the Wyoming
Artillerists during the Mexican War,
and also served three years in TIE recent
civil war He was Judge of the Luzarne
Courts Tor ten years, but Tor the last five
years had led "a retired life.
War veterans who are entitled to com
mutation Tor the loss of the use of their
limbs by disease or injury are now tlling
their claims IN vast numbers. Notice is
given that all such claims can he settled
by letter to the Surgeon General of the
Army without incuring any expense to
the claimant.
The Emmons dynamite factory, about
mile frem Harrison, Westches'er
county, New York. caught fire In the en-
CINE room last night, and soon after
wards the factory blew up. Newton
Emmons, son OF the proprietor, and
Anderson, the fireman, were injured, the
former seriously.
+ b. Cowgirl, The Kansas State Sugar
Inspector, says that there VIII be mum.
Der of new sugar factories started In that
State this year, and that the sugar pro.
duct of the state will be many times
greater than It was last year.
James Conner and James Harris were
killed by the premature explosl of
dynamite, near Hon err, Michigan, yester-
day. They we've blowing out stamps with
the dynamite.
L. c. Miller, prominent minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
ded, in liarisonburg, Virginia, ycster.
day He had been retired Tor sUme time
on account Of i'll health.
Andrew W. Bogert, As years of age,
real estate dealer In New York, commit
ted suicide yesterday by shooting himself
in the head. He had been III Tor some
time and sustained business losses.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
given permission to the Postma sters of |
Savannah aud Atlanta, in -Georp.a, 10 |
close their Offices -i6-iay-Con.ederate
Memorial pGy.
In view Of the approaching celebration
in New York, about fifty burglars, thieves
and pickpockets have been arrested by
detectives in that city.
James Store, the colorcl Jockey, was
last night convicted OF murder in the first
degree for the killing oil Henry Miller, in
Brooklyn, New York.
Rear Admiral Belknap, commanding
the Asiatic squadron, arrived at Yoke.
hama on the 9th inst,
The post office at New Rochelle, New
York, was robbed oil $2,0UO in cash ON
Wednesday night.