The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-28
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year was 37S. 1lJ,2l1 pounds, of whicl
oil except l3,2s5.S06 was cane sugar
The amount Of bounty paid ON this pro
ductiOn was S7.3i2,017 10 is estimate,
that 100000 will be required TO pa,
the bounty for the fiscal year 1893.
A dispatch from ST. Clair, Pa. say,
that the Dennings COliery at Wades
vile, one of the few coiiieries in that 10
cality not owned by the Philadelphia ano
Reaading Company has ben purchased by
n party of capitalists from abroad, who
will greatly increase the output by more
fully developing the many veins the
| operation cuts. a very large number OF
| hands will be employed.
| w. i. COwham. proprietor Of a large
| implement warehouse at Jackson. Mich,
has failed with liabilities amounting 10
over 100000.
The third annual Convention of the
National Association Of Letter-Carriers
closed in indianapolis on Thursday. A
resolution was adopted asking the pen
siOning Of letter-carriers who have had
ten consecutive years of service. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Frank J.. Smith San Francisco:
Nlce-President, Martin W. Malone. Phil
adelphia; Secretary, John f.. Victory,
New York.
The Supreme Lodge of Pythian Sister
hood, an order similar TO the Pvthian
Sisters, held It's annual meeting I'm Kan
sas City, on Thursday, and elected the
following officers: Mrs. A. a. Young. of
Concord, y. H., supreme chancellor;
Mrs. e.. W. Bems. of Worchestcr, Mass,
supreme vice chancellor; Mrs. ID. ).
Boyd, Of Plain City. Ohio, supreme pre-
late; Mrs. J.. A. Small, Of Pennington,
y. FL, supreme mistress of the eX-
chequer; Mrs. T.. Mckinley Of Manches-
ter, \. H., supreme keeper of records
and seals
The ninth annual Convention Of the
Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists Of the United States is now in
progress in Washington.
A Boston dispatch says that synd-
cate of New York and Philadelphia cap
taists has been trying 10 secure iegisla-
tive agents 10 assist them in promoting
the passage of a bill which will give them
the right to build an elevated railroad I'm
Boston and its suburbs. IL is said that
the men behind the movement are the
same who recently purchased the Belt
Line, Lynn and Boston and Naumkeag
and Essex roads.
The Texas railroad commissioners are
quoted in q dispatch from Austin as say
ing that they would not further interfere
with the four roads concerned In pro-
curing the recent Injunction, but that
they would 60 on making rates for the /
other railroads in the State.
Senores Garcia and Torreses the pro-
Drietor and editor of the Monitor Repub- |
ican. of the City of Mexico. have been
arrested and the editor has been thrown
INTO prison. They are charged with
striving 80 incite revolution by incen-
iary speeches
Proceedings for the appointment Of re-
'eivers for the Order of the Iron Hall
nave been begun at at Hartford, Conn,
md at Portland, Me.
1t is reported from Detroit Mich. that
he steam yacht Wahpita went down in
D storm in Georgian bay Friday after
lOon. Hiram 3. Sibley, OF New York,
IFS wife two daughters, Isaac Baringer
md two ladies, whose names are un-
,nOWn, are said tJ have been drowned |
-he cook and one other person were |
ayed.
The steamer Empress Of Japan at Van
ouyer Friday from China and japan. |
eports that on August 10th fire was
aused i'm the after hold by the fusing of
he electric light wires. The vessel was
hen 500 miles from Yokohama. With
NC alarming the passengers the vessel
'as put abOut and steamed at full speed /
)r HakOdate. the nearest port. and the
rev began fighting the fire through q
ole made i'm the bulkhead. The vessel
'as M the utmost peril, and as one time
looked as If she must be abandoned.
nd the boats were lowered and proyis-
med for the purpose, bus she crew man
ged 20 bring the ship 90 Hakodate,
here the flames were extinguished.
Tho efaoFseI (trr,,,a,,s., ~
uday from Liverpool, reported having
lssed on August 9th. In latitude 1921.
ngitude J9l4 the British ship Jane
urrllL badly damaged by the recent
ME that swept eastward across the At
ntic. Some of her sails were set, and
De was headed in "a nOrtherly direction.
he mainmast was gone and all the ND
,r rigging had been carried away. The
lrrill is of ISIS tons. aud is owned by 4
lillian Burril. of Yarmouth. y. b.
be left Copenhagen July 18TH bound for Z
eW York.
a dispatch from Uniontown. Pa, says
nc on Thursday night as the boat Jolly
rothers. with one hundred eXcursionists
board. was coming down the Cheat | -
yer, It struck a rock on keyser's dam. |
~ in thirty minutes sunk. The boat
rs headed to shore. and all the pas
myers were safely landed.
The White Star Towing Company's
e boat Quickstep was swamped ia She
lst river, at New York. Friday, by the
ell OF TWO passing Sound steamers
Pr crew were rescued le
The United States schoolship Constel- D,
ion has arrived at Annapolis. and ,r
ii 90 to Noriork TO be fitted our for "a
p TO Europe whence she will bring cu- en-
IS and art treasures for The Worlds
lumbian Exposition
The Fish Commission steamer Alba =,
SIS has arrived at Port Townsend. "a
ash. !,
live men were buried by the caying-in -
a sewer trench as Louisa, Ken. One
S killed and two probably fatally in n
ed. \
IA infant child Of William Harter. Of
edo, o., was burned TO death Friday. n
and three other children were left I'm n
house while the mother went to get H'
ne groceries, and the house caught
. The three other children were res
amuel Winner, a farmer Of Rock, -
r Pine Grove, Pa. was struck by a
In Friday and fatally injured.
'hile the Western express on the I
lnsylyania railroad was being made
at Pittsburg Friday morning several
he Pullman cars crashed into another
lon or She train, and five passengers
e inJured-noue seriously. Y
hree powder magazines at Gaines new
?, Tex, were struck by lightning on sre
Irsday and were blown up Much
lerty was damaged and q number Of LOT
sons were injured by falling timbers ins