The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-02-18
uiSCELLANEOT,S.

| MISCELLANEOUS.
| THE United States cruiser Baltimore
has sailed from Toulon for Chilli
THE British steamer Thanemore
from Baltimore for London. has beer
given up for lost. She had crew of 8.
men.
| GEORGE j. GIBSON, secretary of the
great whisky trust, has been arrested
at Chicago on the diabolical charge OF
blowing up non-trust distilleries BY
dynamite.
that the Russian authorities have
caused wholesale expulsion of Jews
from Novgorod and its environs.
1T is evident that the shortage of Ell.
bridge Pierce, the absconding secretary
of the City Loan Association. of Viii.
mington, Del, will amount to 500, DOC
instead of S47, 1851, as recently reported.
1t is believed the assets of the concern
are now about $50, 600, against $4,000
this time last year.
THE striking Connellsville coke burn
ers threatened to mob the non-union
men at Rainey's works, and forty de-
tectives were distributed at the several
plants.
EXTENSIVE prairie fires have been
raging through the western part of
Hale and Swisher Counties, Tex. and
thousands of acres of range have been
destroyed. The fire was of incalculable
damage to stockmen.
THOMAS NORTHCUT, Levi Brown, Ruth
Jenners and Sidney Jenners were badly
injured by an explosion of gas at La
fayette, Ind. The Jenners can not re-
cover.
THE boiler in the Quebec Worsted
Company's factory at Hare Point, Que,
exploded recently, completely demol-
ishing the engine house and about half
of the factory. About so operatives
were killed and wounded.
PRIVATE BLACKEN, Fifth cavalry, re-
Gently killed the second cook, Gottlieb
Nonneman, at San Francisco.
RIOTOUs scenes occurred at the Clark
thread mills near Newark, n. j., the
other evening when the non-uniOn spin
ners quit work. A boy was shot
through the foot by special police
man.
Two of the crew of the steamer Cal
Hope, that took fire at her dock at New
port. England were found dead in their
hunks
Mrs. LA FRANCE and two children
were burned to death in their home at
St Albert. Ont
A NATIVE of the Shan States, Bur-
nah, recently ran amuck and shot
Major Nixon, Lieutenant Jameson and
two Scpoys dead.
EVERETT WILEY shot and killed Jan
Samphon at the Bowman Lumber Com
pany's camp near Brownstown, w. Va.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended February II num-
bered 297, compared with SOC the
previous week and 3O2 the correspond
ing week of last year.
TROUBLE commenced at the grading
for the Worlds Fair at jackson park,
Chicago, on the 18th, a number of idle
workmen attempting to drive off the
Italians working for a contractor, caus-
ing the work to be stopped.
The pumping out of No. slope at
Evansville, Pa. where the bodies of the
miners are buried, is progressing rapid
ly. The counter gangway is now emp
ty, and soon the slope will be dry.
Preparations are being made to take
care Of the bodies of the men when they
are reached and give them prompt and
careful burial.
THE combination pulp and straw
board mill at Elkhart. Ind. exploded
with terrific force. demolishing the
large brick mills. Schuyler Neswander,
aged :5, was blown thirty feet and torn
to pieces. George Hickman was crushed
from his hips down and will die. Two
other men were hurt.