The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-08-17
GENERAL NEWS.

UENEhAL NE WO.
Rock Island switchmen refuse to ac-
bept cut in their wages and will go out
on a strike.
Burglars made a haul at Morrison,
Blown county on Tuesday last. The vic
tim was f. c. Sanger.
Forest fires seem to be raging on the
south shore of Lake Superior and two
small towns have been completely wiped
out.
There seems to be no doubt now that
the cholera is in New York, or rather tie
adjacent islands used for quarantine pur-
poses.
1t is rumored that there is probabil
Ity of the Board of Regents resembling its
action in locating one of the normal
schools at Stevens Point.
There has been vendetta raging in
porti1n of Alabama the last few weeks,
which has resulted in killing quite
number of citizens of that state.
Cashier koetting seems to be safe IN
Mexico. Even President TRIUMPH is safe
somewhere. Both men were deemed SO
honest that an examination of their ac-
counts was deemed supertiuity.
The Mahometans and Hindoos engaged
in a religious riot at Bombay on Friday
last, and as a result the hospitals are
doing good business. Though many
were seriously injured none were killed
The chair pushers at the Worlds Fair
should be abolished. They are undemo-
cratic, un-American and unwlse. Senator
Villas should be set on them.
Eight masked men held up a train on
the New Orleans Pacific near Shreveport,
La, on Monday last. The passengers
were relieved of their surplus cash but
nc attempt was made to rob the express
or mail cars,
1t is said that the Memphis banks are
carrying 70 per cent. reserve. This of
course means that they cannot pay their
depositors any interest, and that the
banks will be unable to declare any
dividend.
The Menasha Wooden Ware Co. shut
down for an indefinite time on Saturday
last, owing to difficulty in securing
money. The Sheboygan Chair Co. shut
down the same evening owing to the lack
of orders
Gold is now pouring in to this country
at great rate. Over one million dollars
IN gold came from England to Chicago
on Friday last and larger quantity is
on the way. The close times for money
will soon be over.
Another case Of didn't know it was
loaded" come from Batesville, Ind. A
young man named Schroeder took up a
revolver and snapped it in lis sisters
face. Like all cases of that KIND the re-
volver proved TO be loaded and the girl |
was shot dead.
The Senate Hotel of Chicago caught
fire on Monday morning through explo- |
sion of a kerosene lamp in the office. |
Five persons lost their lives and several |
are seriously injured. The fatalities re-
suited from jumping or by inhaling |
smoke or fame.
A Miss Pollard has brought suit |
against Congressman w. G.. Brecken-
ridge for breach of promise The
amount claimed is $50 1000. The com
plant states that she and the congress
nan had been intimate since 1884, and
that after the death of his wife he prom
sed to marry her, but violated his prom
Sc and married Mrs. Wing of st. Louis.
The packing house of Nelson, Morris
Go. was damaged by fire to the extent
u S3,OoO,ooO on Monday. The plant and
he goods in the warehouses were valued |
It S6,OOO,OOO. This amount of-property
nd that of other stock yards we're IN
imminent danger of destruction. The fire
tarted IN the fertllizing department and
supposed to have been caused by an
lectric spark from two wires which
aused the dust to explode.
Minneapolis had one of the most de-
tructive fires in Its history on Sunday
asst, by which one million and half of |
property was destroyed, and five lives
ost. The fire was started by gang of ,
oys whose practice has been to go to
acant building on Sundays, and spend $
be time drinking beer which they bring t
nth them. Some cigarette stubs start
the fire which spread with surprising
apidity. A number of factories were
and 100 dwelling houses.
The Northern Pacific railroad passed c
ito the hands of receiver en- TUESDAY c
Ist. Its capital stock amounts to some
lng over SS5OOOOO0 and its indebted s
ess is considerably more. 1t owns and :
,ntrols 5,632 miles of road. This is thief r
'cond time the road has failed. It's q
ross earnings for the past year has not a
een sufficient to cover operating ey- II
enses, and it has very rarely declared a 7
vidend, though in 1888 it did declare a {
vidend of II per cent. This road had :,
nted the Wisconsin Central for 90 years, ;,
1t what effect its difficulties will have v
/ the Central is not known.