The Greenville times., 1893-12-30
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
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Central Falls, r. l., has collapsed The
men submitted TO the cut in wages.
John J. Vail, cashier of the late
Commercial bank. OF Brooklyn, N. u,
has been arrested on charge Of per-
jury.
5. H. Hart, who was president Of the
State bank. of Buckley, Wash. has
been arrested, charged with embez-
zling $30,000 OF the funds of that
hank. He is said to have swindled ex-
Postmaster General Wanamaker out Of
considerable money.
AT st. Paul, Mimi, Friday, Judge
Kelly sentenced Fleury, the $1,000
bank rohber, to ten years in the PEN
itentiary, and his accomplice, Meiggs,
to eight years. The other cases come
on for trial next week and it is believ-
ed the others will plead guilty.
A New York dispatch of Thursday
says: DIR. Henry @. F. Meyer will
have to be tried again for the poison
ing OF Gustave Baum. The report Of
the insanity experts on the condition
of the Juror Low, whose mind became
deranged, is that the juror will not be
able to ohiciate again. The case will
come up again at the January term OF
court.
+. ]. Pinton, a stock man, OF Pecos
county, arrived at San Antonio, Tex,
Thursday, bringing news OF the muir
der OF an American named Frank Cor
don, Of Chicago, by Mexican robbers
on the Rio Grande, few miles south
of Mr.. Pintcn's ranch. Mr.. Gordon
was young man and arrived in Pecos
county about three weeks ago on a
hunting expedition for the benefit Of
his health.
A large body of water that was inn
poisoned in the oldabandoned colliery,
which was worked by the Harpers in
Black valley, near Minersville, Pa,
thirty years ago, broke into the Oak
Hill colliery at the Delaware, one mile
northeast Of Minersville Wednesday
night about 8 o'clock and three men,
who were at work in the gangway,
were drowned. Thirteen others we're
at work in the gangwsy at the time,
but they we're alarmed in time to es-
cape.
Tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
and st. Louis and San Francisco rail-
roads and branches, comprising the
Santa Fe system proper, have been
placed in the hands Of three receivers,
the order being made by United
States Circuit Court at Little Rock,
Ark, Saturday morning. The appli-
cation was made by the Union Trust
Company, Of New York, trustees for
the bondholders Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe and tho Mercan-
tile Trust Company, of New York,
trustees for the bondholders of the st.
Louis and San Francisco.
The Masonic temple, at Adrian,
Mich, built in 1866, at cost Of $685.
600, was burned at an early hour
Thursday morning. 1t was occupied
by all the Masonic lodges in the city,
Who retained the third and fourth
floors, the second being ocdapied by
the Lenawee County Savings bank,
the United States Express company
and McConnell's dry goods house.
The latter loses $4,000, with an in
surance Of SlS, 900. The building was
insured for $40, 900. Other losses will
increase the aggregate considerably.
A special from vinita, I. T., says:
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Friday afternoon at Kelso, to hold up
Missouri, Kansas City and Texas train,
No. 3. A switch was opened and the
train ran upon the siding. This
alarmed the engineer, and, knowing
there was spring switch at the other
end Of the siding, he applied full
steam and ran through. Finding they
were foiled, the robbers, four in num-
ber, opened fire with their guns.
The fireman, Charles Milne, was shot
in the face and his jaw torn off, the
wound being serious one. The rob
bers then mounted their horses and
rode away. Officers are in pursuit.
The federal grand jury finished its
investigation of the Indianapolis bank
failure Thursday and returned seven
indictments. They are against Theo.
J. Haughey, president of the Indian.
apolis National bank; E. E. Rex
ford, cashier of the bank; Is. Y.
Pierce, director Of tho bank
Schuyler G. Haughey, president of In
dianapolis Glue Company and the
indianapolis Curled Hair works; Fran
els A. Coffin, president of the Indian
apolis Cabinet Company; Percival B.
Coffin secretary of the Indianapolis
Cabinet Company, and A. $. Reed,
treasurer of the Indianapolis Cabinet
Company.
A Louisville dispatch Of Thursday
says: Late Developments in Che
Kentucky Mailing Company's affairs
which recently failed, show bad state
of affairs. The liabilities are abou'
$500, 900. In addition to this Presi
dent Herman's private indebtedness
amounts to about S150,000 most O
which is due to thrifty Germans O
the city, who placed their savings il
his keeping, under the impression tha
it was safer with him than in bank
! To meet his private indebtedness Their
is no available assets, ami creditor
viii lose evarvthino. The total asset