The Washburn leader., 1893-08-12
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GENERAL.

dEIN EftAL.
By securing control Of the mills al
Lancaster, Pa, the cork trust now con,
trolls the trade.
Nearly 1000 men were made idle by
the closing Of the Otis cotton mills al
Ware, Mass.
The liabilities of the Peoples Savings
Bank of Denver arc 81, ,125, ,667. 80, and
the assets $1,124,451.O.
The value of railroad property in
Missouri, as fixed by the board Of
equalization, is $62,O23,417.
The Arbnckle coffee mills at Brook.
lyn have closed down and 800 persons
are out Of Work.
A government survey corps has To-
Gated nine county seats in the Chero-
kce strip.
Near Tecumsch, Okla, girl ten years
Of age died of hydrophobia. No one
knows how she became infected:
Fishermen at Rluff Springs, ILL.,, un,
earthed the jawbone Of mastodon
The interesting relic weighs lob pounds
Miners on the Cocopah mountains Ii
California have discovered remains OF
an ancient city buried in the sand.
DR.. Carver's spectacular play, .'The
Scout" was failure at New York,
and Carver's property has been at
tached.
The heretofore thriving city of Pitts.
burg, Kan, contains 5000 idle miners
and has been ruined by the strike urged
on for political ends.
Tramp miners from Colorado state
that the suffering there Is terrible and
that authorities are suppressing the
facts.
Federal troops attempted to eject cat
tie from the Cherokee strip, and the
cowboys resisted. A battle was fought
One cowboy was killed.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania
railroad will use the long-distance tele-
phones instead Of the telegraph In han:
ding trains.
The First National Bank Of Cisco,
Tex, which suspended payment on the
Sd inst, has been permitted TO reopen
for business.
The new directory OF Toledo, which
will come out In a day or two, con
tains 4S,O92 names, showing the city's
population to he more than 144,OO0
This is a gain Of 10000 in three years
Mason & Hamlin's organ and piano
factory at Cambridge has shut down
for three weeks. owing to the dull busi'
ness.
Union Pacific railway property at
Council Bluffs. Iowa, has been seized
to cover unpaid taxes amounting to
$4,000.
The Bradley Manufacturing com.
pany's affairs at Syracuse, N: T., nave
zone into the hands Of receiver. The
1lant is worth $5OO,OO0. The liabilities
are $3.50, 600.
The Vermont Marble company OF
Rutland has notified the men that
wages will be reduced 15 per cent Aug.
i. The company is one Of the largest
marble concerns in the world and en-
ploys 1000 men.
In consequence Of gross carelessness
IN the part of the local authorities
which nesrly caused an epidemic of
yellow fever, the Marine hospital serv.
has assumed control of the quarantine
service at Brunswick, Ga.
Officers Of the Keokuk & Northwest.
ern branch of the Burlington system
have arranged to lay off seventy.dve
men from the shop force at lkeokuk,
Iowa. Reductions are also to be made
along the entire line.
:. The Carnegie rod, nail and rail mills
at Pittsburg have closed down unex.
pectedly. Supt. Wrigley says the
plants will resume In few weeks after
necessary repairs have been made
but the 500 employees are fearful Of Q
long shut down.
The American tin plate factory at
Elwood. Ind, has resumed operations
IN all departments except in the hot
rolls room where new stacks are being
built and other repairs and improve.
ments being. made. Work in this de.
partment will begin next week: The
factory now employs 300 men.
A special to the New York SUN from
San Francisco says: Advices from
Alaska says that officers Of the cutter
Rush have located the volcano which
started the natives Of Ungra last year
by a sudden eruption. The volcano is
fifteen miles east-northeast from Cape
st. John, latitude 1928 north, Longitude
1890 west. Ill