Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
LATER NEWS,

into by another tug, supposed to be the Ice
King, off Fort Montgomery, N. Y, on the
Hudson River, and two lives were lost.
EXTENSIVE forest fires ragged in the timber
land in Somerset County, Me. Much dam
age resulted.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT WILLIAM F. Roc
ERs has found deficit of s24, 600 in the ac-
Towson, Md.
Two-sToRY frame building was de-
stroyed by fire at WILDER, Washington, and
Mrs. Wagner and her two children, who lived
in an upper story, were burned to death.
Another child was fatally burned.
The bronze statue of General Grant was
unveiled in Lincoln Park at Chicago in the
presence of nearly hundred thousand per-
sons. Mrs. Grant was among the guests.
THE Ecumenical Methodist Council opened
its session at Washington with delegates
present from many foreign countries.
SIR JOHN Pope HENNEssY, who defeated
ParnelPs candidate for Parliament in the
recent contest in North Kilkenny, died sud-
denly at Queenstown, Ireland.
THE Russian Government has spent &c.,
000, 1000 In buying seed-corn for the peasants
in the ADMINISTRATION districts.
A CABLEGRAM announced the death in
Annoy, China, of Bishop William J. Boone,
the Episcopal Bishop of China. He was
fifty-six years of age and leaves wife in
China. He was born in China.
The Democratic Convention of the Third
Judicial District met at Albany, N. Y, and
unanimously nominated D. Cady Herrick,
Judge Clute's name having been withdrawn
A FREIGHT train jumped the track at
Dyer's Switch. N. Y, and fifty-tive cars
were wrecked. Engineer James Patterson
was killed and several of the train hands in
jured. The loss is over $50, 900.
AT New York City. in Cooper Union, a mass
meeting was held to indorse the State ticket
speeches were made by ex-President Cleve
land Governor HILL Frederic R. Couderi
and others. 1t was estimated that 10000
people were present.
A VERY interesting and successful fielc
day in the new parade ground. Van Court
land Park, New York City, was had by th.
First Brigade, of the New York Nationa
Guard Governors Hill and Abbott reviewed
the soldiers.
UNITED STATES Deputy Marshals, under
an order of Judge Brown, of the United
States District Court took possession in
New York harbor of Mr. Frederick w
Vanderbilt's yacht Conqueror, and put the
representative of the Collector of the Porl
ashore.
The first colored peoples fair ever held it
Virginia took place at Richmond.
JUDGE JOHNSON, in the Circuit Court al
Topeka, Kansas, has ruled that an arres
made on letter or telegram is not due pro
cess of law
THE match race for purse of $4,000 be.
tween the stations Nelson, of Maine, and
Allerton, of Iowa, at Grand Rapids, Mich,
was won by Allerton in the presence of 40,
OOG people. Nelson won the first and fastest
heat of the race, the others going to Aller-
ton.
LEE TAYLOR, a United States Deputy
Marshal, was shot to death by W. G. Rogers,
Postmaster of Skiatook, Indian Territory.
Rogers was intoxicated
MANY thousands of both political part les
listened to the debate in Ada Ohio, between
James E. Campbell and William Mckinley,
candidates for Governor.
The indictment against Dominick OMal
ley, the detective, who obtained such noto
riety from his connection with the trial OF
the Italians accused of the murder at New
Orleans, La, of Chief of Police Hennessey,
was abandoned by the State, the District
Attorney entering nolle prosequi.
THE United States survey steamer c. P.
Patterson has arrived at San Francisco,
CAL, after having reconnoitered the Alaska
coast as far as Yakutsk and made some i'm
ortant surveys.
WITH view to preventing the introduc-
tion of cholera in the United States the Sec
retary of the Treasury issued a circular to
collectors of customs stating that no rags
shall be admitted from Marseiles, France.
THE order of Postmaster General Wanal
maker doing away with the counting of mail
matter by letter carriers has now been in
force three months and careful calculations
show that the annual saving to the Post
office Department will be 100000.
NINETY arrests of postal employees and
others were made during the month of Sep
tsmber for violations of the postal laws in
breaking into postoaices robbing the mails,
violations of the Lottery law, and for vari-
Gus other offences. This is an unusually
large number of arrests for the period
named.
THE operatives of every bottle factory in
France, with the exception of those at
Blanzy have struck. This is in obedience to
the orders issued by the Glassworkers
Union
ST. PETERSBURG Russla) advices state
that 500 peasants, recently arrested at Eka-
teriueslaw for taking part in bread riots and
destroying the property of merchants, have
been deported to the nearer colonies of
Siberia.
BY collision between passenger and
freight train recently at ST. Leonhards sta
tion, Brunswick, Germany, four persons
were killed and about twenty injured.
SIR JAMES FERGUSON, Conservative, was
reelected to the British Parliament from
Manchester, defeating the Liberal candidate
by 4O5S votes to 399S.