Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-05
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Two prize fighters, Maloney and Porter,
fought a draw Saturday night at Galveston,
Tex.
The United States cruiser Yorktown ar
rived in San Francisco Saturday, thirty-six
days from Callao.
H. l. Reid has completed a survey for a
railroad from Colorado Springs to Cripple
Creek up Bear Creek canon.
Billy Murph defeated Scottie McGranger at
Hammond, H., Saturday night in a wrestling
bout. Both are lightweights
The ship Occidental which went ashore
near Comas, Cal, on Thursday escaped
without injury and is now on her way to
Honolulu.
Another attempt was made yesterday to
destroy the Worlds fair buildings, but the
blaze was eXtinguished before much damage
was done.
The Students Missionary convention at De-
troit closed last night with a great farewell
union meeting addressed by various leaders
in the movement.
William G. Wilson, son Of Congressman
Wilson, passed through San Antonio yester-
day on his way to Guadalajara, Mexico, to
the bedside of his father.
DR.. Louis Barth of Grand Rapids, Mich,
charged with a felonious assault upon a Swede
girl, who came to him for treatment, was
Saturday found not guilty.
At the Cincinnati gymnasium Saturday
night Lelas Elias broke the worlds record
for speed climbing. He went up a twenty
five-foot pole in 6 3-5 seconds.
In a wrestling match at the Peoples thea
ter at Cincinnati Saturday night between
Frank Trickler and Bert Walker, Walker
was given the decision on a foul.
Fire today, in the cellar of the Towsley
House block at Waterloo, N. Y, did about
$25, 900 damages. Two tlremen fell through
the sidewalk openings and were badly hurt.
The United States circuit court at Min
neapolis has sustained the action of the
postmaster of that city in refusing to de-
liver mail to a Tontine saving institution
of that place.
Andrew Mosbar of Carleton, Mich, has
confessed that he and Thebo Manor killed a
man at Scofield Tuesday night and stole $500.
Mosbar claims his pal skipped with the
money and did not divide.
The miners and operative of the Bellaire,
o., district, containing Belmont, Harrison
and Carol counties, will in all probability
settle the differences standing between them
since the first of the year.
General Jubal A. Early's funeral will take
place today from st. Paul's Protestant Epls-
copal church of Lynchburg, Va, of which
his family are members. He will be buried
with civic and military honors.
All the employees of the electrical railway
at Youngstown struck yesterday because of
the discharge of the engineer of the power
house, who refused to accept a reduction in
wages lTOIl 900 10 SS.OU u udy.
An explosion of chemicals in the whole
sale drug store Of Lewis f. Baliee & Co.
of Shreveport, La, Saturday night blew
out both ends of the store and started a
fire that caused n loss of $125 600.
Six dynamite cartridges were found in the
new Kent & Stanley building at Providence
II. l., yesterday with fuses attached in such
a manner that when the engine started
they would have exploded and wrecked the
structure.
A joint convention of railroad and river
coal miners of the Pittsburg, Pa, district
Will be held there tomorrow when the officers
of the United Mine Workers of America viii
probably again be urged to declare a ma
tional strike.
The police of West Superior, Wis, have
succeeded in locating a gang of Chinese
opium smugglers, who have been smuggling
the drug through Canada for consumption in
Superior and Duluth and also other north
western cities.
Private Michael ]. Quirk of the United
States army was remanded in Jefferson
market police court, New York, Yesterday.
He was arrested Saturday by detectives Of
the central office, charged with desertion and
s~tabbing Sergeant Frede.
The supreme court OF Oklahoma Saturday
granted a writ of mandamus TO T.. ID. Cam
eron, commanding j, II. Parker, territorial
superintendent and auditor, to turn over his
Office to Cameron. Parker was removed by
tho governor without cause.
In the United states court at Denver yes
terday an order was issued by Judge Riner
that the motion Of the receiver OF the Union
Pacific to dissolve the order OF the court of
February q on the employees wage question
be heard before Judges Caldwell and San
born at Omaha March q.
A conference, under the auspices of the
city council of the Irish National federation,
was held yesterday at New York in Cooper
Union hall, at which the retirement of Mr..
Gladstone from the premiership was COM
mentcd upon, and the mann of the grand
old man" was vigorously applauded.
The Lehigh Coal and Iron company,
which went into a receiyershlp in April,
1898, has been declared restored to solyency.
United States Circuit Judge jenkins at NIL
waultee Saturday entered an order discharg-
ing the receiver and Greeting that tho estate
be returned to the corporation.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad an
nounces that the following rates to Cali
iornia points based on the Atchison from
the Missouri river; San Francisco. Los
Angeles, San Jose and Cotton, S27. 90; San
Diego, $3.50; via Santa Fe and NlCJave,
same rates. The Omaha thereupon quoted
through rates via Sioux City, ana these
rates were made effective yesterday via all
lines,