Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-17
Looking for an Embezzler.

AsBURY PARK, N. J., Sep. 17.-The police are looking for J. M. Ross of Phil adelphia, who is wanted for forgery and embezzlement. He was employed by Pennfield Brothers as collector, and after his departure last week the firm discov- cred that he had collected a number of bills and failed to turn over the cash The convention of the National Repub- lican League of Clubs in Buffalo ended last night with monster parade.
 The Keeley League Is the new name adopted by the bichloride of gold clubs. The annual meeting next year will be held at Cincinnati.
 The installation of Rev. Dr. Striker, as President of Hamilton College, will occur about Nov. 15. Four new professors have been appointed.
 Secretary Foster has directed a special Treasury agent to proceed to Philadel phia and select a site for the new Mint to be erected in that city.
 Gen. N. M. Curtis of St. Lawrence county has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Twenty second New York Congressional district.
 -Ex-PresidenG Cleveland has accepted an invitation to attend the exercises of the 250th anniversary celebration of Woburn, Mass, and will speak at the banquet. Private telegrams from Prescott, Ari- zona, say that the report that work had been stopped on the Sante Fe 6 Prescott railroad Is false. One thousand men are said to be working
 A telegram has been sent to General Ruger from the War Department instruct ing him to reduce the force of regular troops now in the Idaho mining region. Trouble there is about over.
 Four men were killed and two injured in 8 head end collision between freight and an accommodation train on the Chi cago 6 Northwestern near Marshalltown, la, yesterday.
 The Republican" publishing company of Williamsport, Pa., an afternoon paper, has failed. The paper had not been mak- will continue the publication for the pres- ent
 Rev. Henry P. Torsey, D. D., IL. D., for about 40 years President of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, is dead at Rents Hill, Me, aged S3. Dr. Torsey was al- ways recognized as one of the leading educators of the country.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt and s. D. Bab- cock, of the Columbus Committee of One Hundred, have assumed the responsibil- ity of raising the $100, 900 necessary to pay the expenses of the ceremonies in honor of the discovery of America
 Minister Lincoln, Lieut. Emory and other well-known Americans as we'll as Eng fish friends attended the funeral at Folke- stone, Eng, of the late Rear Admiral John Cumming Howell, of the United States Navy, retired, who died on September 19. Physicians who have visited voro- nezh, Kasau, Samara and Saratoff state AArA Hxn AnAh 1sA Onn and 800 fresh cases, and between 100 and 300 deaths daily. In the Caucasus the daily number of fresh cases is 1. $50; of deaths 760
 The death of Cardinal Howard is an- nounced from Brighton, Eng. He was
 69 years old, and was created Cardinal in 1877. He was deep scholar. In his later years his mind was under 8 cloud, and he was unable to attend to his eccle- siastical duties.
 George Meyers carriage factory, East S6th street, New York, was destroyed by fire at a. m. The flames extended to Charles Fils' furniture factory and the furniture factory of F. Vogel & Co.,, both of which were more or less damaged. The loss is placed at $100, 900.
 The big steamship Campania, built for the Cunard lines New York and Liver pool service, is afloat in the harbor at Glasgow, Scotland. She is the largest steamer in the world-60O feet long and a tonnage of 14, 800 tons. The City of Paris, Majestic and the Teutonic range between l 10, 900 and 10, 500 tons
 Minister Ryan telegraphs to the State Department that, by decree of the Mex ! ican Government, corn, cornmeal and
 beans will continue to be admitted free from tariff duty until the Both of next November, and after that until the last day of January, 1898, subject to a reduc-
 tion of 75 per cent. of the tariff duty. The Riverside Athletic Club cyclers of
 Newark, N. J., have arranged for one of
 the largest bicycle meets that has ever
 been held in that part of the country.
 Waverly Park has been secured with it's
 half-mile track, and the races will take
 place there on Oct 1E. Zimmerman,
 Berlo, Wheeler and While have all de-
 cided to enter.
 The French imports for August amour.
 ted to 25S. 48S, 800 francs, as against 3SS,
 O95,OO francs for the correspondine
 month of 1891; and the exports to 296,.
 5.OOO, as against 276 ,S44, ,0O0 francs for
 the same period last year. The exports | of manufactured articles have diminished
 27, 4OO, 900 francs since the new tariff re- gime went into force in FehruaHv