The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-31


sailed from Bar Harbor Monday for New
London. Conn.
The British brig Kniva. from Jamaica
for Philadelphia. has been stranded nea
Rapado Bay, Cuba.
The Republican conferrees Of tn
Fourteenth Pennsylvania district hav
nominated Il. NJ Woomer, of Lebanon
for Congress.
The Navy Department has made IA,
twelfth payment, amounting to SiO2, 100
on the cruiser Indiana, now being bull
at Cramps shipyard.
Fifty-four stonecutters on the Wander
bilt mansion. near Ashevillc. y. e.. hay,
struck for an increase of wages from AZ
30 40 cents an hour.
The Penn Iron Company. Of Lancaster
has resumed operations after an idleness
| of two months. The puddlers accepted d
! reduction from 81 to $3.50 "A ton.
One hundred and fifty cases Of typhoid
| fever have been reported at Cressana,
! Pa, within the past four weeks, ant1the
/ disease has spread TO the adjacent towns.
Two freight trains on the Rock Island
/ railroad c0llided on Sunday near Hor-
ton, las. Brakeman Thomas Douglass
was. killed and the two hremen were
fatally injured.
The explosion Of the boiler in the cleo
trio light station at Brandon, Vermont,
Sunday. resulted in the killing of Adolf
/ plus Goermund and serious injury TO
Joseph Goermund and Charles Halle
1t is reported from Anderson. Ind.
that Congressman Bynum has challenged
Governor Mckinley to a Joint debate on
the tariff. 10 take place at the tin-plate
rally at EllwOod, Ind, on September 18th
The ship Alameda. from Philadelphia.
collided with the schooner Maid of Or.
leans in San Francisco Bay on Sunday.
Captain Tronor and two men on the
schooner were swept overheard and lost.
Neither vessel was seriously injured.
The Eastern millers combination. un-
der the name of the Hecker. Jones q
Jewell Milling Company. which has alb
sOrbed five large -four mills i'm New York
and Brooklyn, began operations Monday.
The corporation Is capitalized at 1900,
600.
An explosion of gas occurred Monday
at the No Brookside Colliery. and Bart
Fleming and William McGrath, miners.
were instantly killed. The men were en-
gagged in the work OF 'robbng a pillar"
when they struck a gas feeder and the
gas gnitcd from the lamp.
Fire was discovered i'm the Catholic
church near FOrestvlle. Mich. ON Sun
day, while services were in progress, AID
q panic caused among she congregation.
Many people were injured and Miss Tin
iie Gustin. Mrs. Jane Armstrong and
William Grant were badly injured.
While the soldiers mt Coal Creek.
Tenn. We're attending services ON sun
day they were fred upon by q sharp
shooter ON The mountain side The man
escaped when, pursued, but he is sup
posed TO be a scout for band of miners
supposed to be still hiding I'm the noun
tains
President Harrison is expected in New
York to-day. lie will be the guest Of
Whitelaw Reid. and it is thought that the
letters of acceptance of both candidates
will be written there. An effort is being
made TO induce the President 60 visit
points in the interior of the State this
week
An arrangement went into effect Mon
day by which the terms of credit to the
licked out granite cutters will be limi-
ted TO thirty days by an members of the
Quincy Grocers' Association This move
has frequently been urged by the granite
manufacturers as ameans of speedily
bringing the men 10 terms.
A'lN NHlN ~ lNA ~. iltililiI''A vi iIIhf'."
ton men on the streets of Homestead /
Monday. and it is said systematic |
search win be made for the Winches-
ter rifles Of the surrendered PinkertOns |
Architects have begun plans for two 100 |
room hotels. 30 be- erected just inside Che !
mill yard. for the Use of single men em- /
ployed by the CarnegielSteel Company.
State Assessor b. +. Chadbourne. a
memhcr Of the Judiciary GoinHpittoo Of
the last Maine Legislature, character !
ICES as "bosh' the insinuation of Chief
Justice Somerby and his associates that
bribery was used IN the Maine Legs
lature 10 pass u bin removing the restric-
tons imposed by the previous Legisla-
ture 20 keep Iron Hall out of Maine.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says that
a party of capitalists from that city |
Philadelphia and New York has secured
possession of q tract of land along the
ST.. Johns and Indian rivers. ~ miles
long and from 3 10 q miles wide. Tho !
land is to be drained at an expense of
81 100000 and devoted TO the cultivation
of sugar. enough of which can be grown
on Che strip to supply all Of the United
States.
Tho report that the Elkins-Widcucr-
Yerkes syndicate had absorbed Jay
Goulds holdings of Manhattan Elevated
railroad stock and that they would de-
mand three seats In the board of direc-
tors of the road has created considera-
bic excitement in Wall street I'm ans
wer 90 20 question as 20 the truth of the
report Mr.. Gould said that me had sold
mo- Manhattan and has none for sale at
amy price.
Judge Maynard. Of the New York court
IF appeals. has written letter requesting
hat his name should not be used hy the
Democratic convention in making a nom
nation for chief justice of chat court.
Judge MAYNARD WIS recently arraigncd |
)y the New York Bar Association for
Inc part be took. while deputy attorney
general in removing the Duchess
county corrected returns from the State
'apit0l thus making the New York legis-
allure Democratic.
The contract between the Pacific Mail
steamship Company and the Panama
railroad expires on February LIST next.
md the Panama railroad threatens that
II q contract is not signed by Thurs |
lay is will establish it's own steamship
service between New York and San
Francisco. The Pacific Mail Company
has had exclusive rights over the pana-
ma railroad under a fifteen-year com
ract. paying $4,000 monthly 10 the
Panama railroad for transporting its
business.
Acting Secretary Spaulding has in-
formed Hon. f. w Meddaugh. the So
icitor of the Grand Trunk railroad. that
leither Manitoba nor domestic wheat can
be- carried in Canadian bottoms from Du-
nth 90 Port Huron, as il would be In
'iolation of our oOasting laws. but if car
led I'M American bottoms 10 is not sub