The Republican journal., 1892-07-28

the ttrrlble dccldent..... The Maine build
ing at the Chicago Exposition has the
walls erected to the second story =. Lieu
tenant Mark l.. Hosiery, of Orono, has
been detailed by the War Department to
attend the Maine MUSTER, There was an
incendiary fire at North New Portland
Sunday evening Birch bark and kero-
sene We're place outside the Harris
Richardson stable and set on fire but be-
ing noticed about $50 the blaze was soon
eNtinguished. The wind was in direct
ion to sweep What was left of the village
from last falls conhagration, had the fire
not been promptly discovered.
In BRIEF. The split in the base ball
organizations last year seems to have
been a Verltablc ease of killing the goose
which laid the golden EGG. AS a result
of it the players themselves do not get the
fat salaries of other days: the managers
do not rake in amy Longer such phenome-
nal receipts at the gates, and general in
terc>t in the game is on the down grade.
.....lt is stated that about 60, 600 members
Of the q. A. Il. have already siynitied
their intention to attend the national en-
campmcn1 to be held in Washington next
September. Those who intend to 90 and
have not already secured quarters. should
attend to- that particular at ce.... The
insiders in Fort PAYNE Coal and Iron and
in Georgia Alahama are trying to mg up
a revival i'll these properties, III which
New England people have been SO badly
bled. OF course, new money is expected
to be subscrib bed. .. Lieutenant Samuel H.
May, United States Navy, committed sui
eide July 20 in New York in the United
Service Club by shooting behind the ear
with revolver. He died almost instant
ly. Temporary ALTERATION of the mind is
given as the cause. Lieutenant May was
born in New Hampshire - years ago. He
WAS in command of the wal-ship Chicago
which was sent to Chill. Charges have
been made against leaders of the Knights
OF Labor an attempt to b1ackmail the
World Fair directory. Hugh O Donnell
and Hugh Ross, accused OF murder in con-
nection with the Homestead riots, sur
rendered and are in Jail. Three alleged
murderers We're arraigned in the superior
court at pittsteld, Mass, Friday. They
are Charles E. Adams. charged with the
murder of Louis Lussier at LenoXdale on
Jan. 10; Martin Casina, charged with the
murder of his uncle, John Delles at Great
Darlington on July /, and Charles Abra-
ham, OF North Adams, charged with kill
-
Each defended and pleaded not guilty
Counsel We're assigned them and date of
trials will be announced later. Another
severe storm has been doing damage in
the West,....At Baltimore July u {. W.
nortnage and ". \. Pcnseyers, of the
Buffalo Athletic Club, ON A tandem safety
in five mile race made the distance in T.
minutes and II - seconds. blntting out
the world record of L.. .,t made by /im.
meruap and Bradbury in England the
same week k........ At the races at Detroit,
Mich, July II, BlIdd Dohle drove Nancy
Hanks to beat her record of >. 90. but fail
ed TO do better than ;. / ;}--i.....A Con
cord. y, H., granite manufacturer states
thai it will take ten years to restore the
granite business to where ii stood before
the strike. The internal rcveuu" collcc-
tinns ion the Portsmouth, y. IT,, district,
which comprises the States of New Hamp-
shire Maine and Vermont. for the wear
ending june 30. lSi., were >546. 40 OF
this New Hampshire contributed S4SG.
S14, Maine $50, 9l5 and Vermont $50 600
Receipts for the past three months from
the three States aggregate Sl4o, :5j2. ... The
committee appointed last week at the
meeting of the indignant stockholders of
the Georgia Y alabama Investment d De
vel"rment Company met at New York,
Monday. 1t was decided To select TWO or
three experts, who shall proceed to Talla-
poosa. Ga, examine the plant there and
report its worth. 1t will endeavor to OBJ
tain possession OF the books of the com
panv and prosecute criminally all the of
ticcls and directors, from General Butler
down to the lowest otfieer....A \ secret con
ference was held July II at Homestead
1 1.,,.
Wethe Of the Amalgamated Association
and Mr Brennan, chief legal adviser of
the strikers. Neither of the three would
reveal what took place 1t is said the
force in the mills was increased July II
by $50 men. There has been friction be-
tween the people and militia all over
town e. Henry II. Ryder, United States
Consul at Copenhagen. has been arrested,
| charged with fraud in connection with
| the liquidation of IA tcStamentary estate.
80. Henry !. Gardner. governor OF MasSa-
| chuSctts from 1853 to 1855 inclusive. died
| at his residence in Milton July u, from
cancer He WAS a graduate of Bowdoin
| College, class OF 81. .... Official telegrams
| from BATAVIA confirm the recent account
of the awful destruction caused on Great
| Sangr island, belonging to Holland, by a
| volcanic eruption June II. The advices
state that the whole northwestern portion
of the island was destroyed. Two thousand
inhabitants We're killed. No Europeans
were amonY the Victims. Dangerous
forest fires are raging on Cape Breton and
many towns are in danger of destruction.
...... In Detroit July II Belle Hamlin and
| Globe. {. j. Hamlin's team, beat the
regulation track trotting record of :. II IA,
made in Philadelphia, by a quarter of a
| the pride of Senator Stanford $ stable. is
| dead of pleuro pneumonia. He was the
chief of stations. his record being2 0S 81
..... Capt. Eedford of the lost City OF
| Chicago loses his commission for nine
| months for allowing his vesse- to proceed
at full speed in "a heavy fog. A great smany
commanders of ocean flyers have commit
ted the same offence, and they will doubt
less continue so to do until they. too. run