The Critic and record., 1891-05-06
TELEGRApH1c NEWS BRIEFS.

Al Mcnamara Bros ore mines near
Birmingham, Ala, yesterday, q cavein
caught five men, killing two and wound
ing three.
During the season just closed 1893, $50
bushels of oysters were landed in Balti-
more. Last season the receipts were over
6,000 600 bushels.
Three incendiary fires were started yes
terday in different parts of Altoona, Pa,
and it was only by the hardest work that
large conilagrations were averted.
President Balmaceda of Chill has re.
quested the United States Government to
act, in conjunction with France and Bra
zil in an effort to restore peace in Chill.
John Penfeld Of Clarion, Iowa, was
bitten and horribly mangled by a stallion
which he was leading through the streets.
No hopes are entertained for his recovery.
The second annual musical festival for
the Carolinas began at Charlotte, N. o.,
yesterday and was a success. The Balti-
more symphony Orchestra participated.
DR.. w. II. Boiling, one of the most
prominent physicians in the South, and
dean of the University Of Louisville died
in Louisville, KY, yesterday. He was 81
years of age.
The Schneidwend and Lee Electrotyp-
ing Ond Printing Press Company of Chi
cago went into the hands of a receiver
yesterday. The assets are about Sl50,00O
and liabilities 100000.
The seventy-mnth annual commence
ment of Princeton Theological Seminary
was held yesterday. The Rev. DR.. Jo-
seph r. Smith Of Baltimore took part in
the exercises. The class numbered forty
eight.
Ex-Governor Thomas Crittenden Of Mis-
souri,, was stricken with an attack of apo
plexy Monday at Kansas City. He was
reported to be much better yesterday, and
strong hopes of his recovery are enter
tanned.
The California Athletic Club has de-
cided to match Abe Wills, the Australian
bantam-weight, and George Dixon, col
ored champion, for fight. The purse
will be $4,000, and the fight will take place
in June.
Ex-Minister Alonzo Taft, who is i'll at
San Diego, CAL. rested easier last night
and partook of some nourishment in the
early part of the evening His chances
are more favorable for recovery, as the
hemorrhage has been stopped.
A number of bond investment compa-
nies which have flourished at Lynn,
Mass, under New Hampshire and Nir-
ginia charters have left that city and
State, several of them to establish in Vir-
ginia, owing to press criticism and the
probable action of the Massachusetts, Leg
islature.
On Sunday night party Of ten young
persons returning from dance near Ches-
ter, Ohio, tried to cross mill pond in a
boat to save distance. The boat sank.
Six persons escaped and the following
four were drowned Miss Bertha McKain,
Miss Lulie Ridenour, Charles Frank and
Smith McDale.
Nos. and 4 coal breakers of the King
ston Coal Company at Edwardsville, Pa,
together with several boiler and machine
houses and other outbuildings, were to-
tally destroyed by fire last evening. The
loss to the company will reach fully $780,
600, partly covered by insurance. About
800 men and boys are thrown out of em-
| ployment.
-Four members of the United States
| Senate committee on trade relations with
| Canada, Senator Hoar of Massachusetts,
chairman; Senators Dolph of Oregon,
| Hale of Maine and Gray of Delaware,
| began public hearing yesterday at the
Merchants Exchange, Buffalo, n. Y, on
| the subject of reciprocity, The testimony
was in favor Of lower duties on barley and
| coal.
A dog, with foamy mouth, entered Fort
| Street Congregational Church, Detroit,
| Mich, Monday night during prayer. He
snapped at everything within reach. The
sexton knocked him senseless with pull
| pit chair, and the pastor and sexton re-
moved the rabid animal to the street,
| where a member of the congregation
| killed him with revolver. The congre-
| CATION was dismissed.