The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-10
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

John A. R. Warner, Chinese inspector
for the port of Portland, Ore, died at
Lexington, Va, Sunday night
The Acting Postmaster General has
directed full postofice sub-station TO
be established at the Atlanta Exposition
grounds.
W. d. Whitney, who is a travelling
man for B. F. Collier, the New York
publisher, and who lives in Chattanooga,
Tenn, was robbed Sunday night in
Omaha, Neb, of 800 in currency and
s., 500 in certificates of deposit by an
unknown colored woman.
The Ajax and Canonlcus, two of the
single turreted monitors which have
been lying for years at Norfolk, tied up
yesterday at the League Island navy
yard. This makes four monitors that
have arrived here in the past two weeks,
the L9high and Catskill being the first
to reach the navy yard. Two others, the
Mahoped and Nantucket will soon be
brought here.
Buz Luck was sentenced at Fort
Smith, Ark, yesterday, in the United
States Court, to be hanged on Tuesday,
October 8, next, for the murder of Dep
uty Marshal Lorie in the Greek Nation
last December. The condemned man was
a member of a gang of train robbers and
wreckers. Luck is the one hundred and
fifty first person sentenced to death by
Judge Parker.
Mrs. N. J. McGruder, of Atlanta, Mo,
sister of DIR. Fraker, has arrived in Rich
mond, Mo-, and if any doubt existed as
to the identity of the man now in Jail, it
has been dispelled by his meeting with
his sister. She recognized him at once.
The meeting was very affecting one.
After the meeting in the Jail Mrs. Nc
Gruder was seen at her hotel and said
the prisoner was Or. Fraker beyond
doubt.
On board the North German Lloyd
steamer Fulda, which arrived in New
York yesterday afternoon, from Bremen
and Southampton, was j. Arther Brand
with his Is foot sloop, Spruce ~. 1t has
sailed in several English races and was
brought over to compete for the interna-
tional cup offered by the Seawanhaka
Yacht Club, whose yacht, Ethel Wynn,
was picked out in the recent trial races
to defend the cup.
Mr. Cramp, the builder Of the Indiana,
in reply to Secretary Herberts invita-
ton to dock that battleship in the new
Port Royal, S. O., dock, has asked that
he be furnished plans of the dock, Civ
ing length, breadth and depth. This in
formation has been sent to him showing
that the dock is quite large enough to
receive the Indiana if she can cross the
bar in the harbor 1t had been purposed
to send the ship to Halifax.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The following
assignment of officers has been made to
the battleship Maine, which goes into
commission on the 18th: Captain, a. S.
Crowningshield; Lieutenant Commander,
A. Morix; Lieutenants, G. f. W. Hol-
man, F. F. Fletcher, G. W. Dontield and
R. H. Gait; EHsigns, W. H. Ward and
F. W. Jenkins; Surgeon, J. O. Nelson;
Passed Assistant Surgeon, V. @. B.
Means; Assistant Surgeon, T. W. Rich
ards; Paymaster, E. N. Whitehouse;
Chief Engineer, A. W. Morley; Passed
Assistant Engineer, 2. O. Bowers; AS
sistant Engineers, W. Proctor, M. E.
French and NJ. B. Peugnet; Chaplain, J.
P. Chadwick.
The President has approved the record
of naval examining boards, promoting
the following officer: Rear Admiral Les
ter A Beardslee; Commodore, John A.
Howell; Lieutenant Commanders, Geo.
W. Tyler Perry Garst, James K. Cogs-
well, John Fl. Shipley; Lieutenants, Jno.
Hood, Charles @. Marsh, John B. Blish,
Charles W. Jungen; Lieutenants Junior
Grade-Guy W. Brown, Marbury Johns
ton, Harry A. Field Albert NJ Beecher,
Frank K. Hill, Roger Wells, Jr.; Medi
cal Directors -Thos 9. Walton, George
H. Cooke, George H. Woods; Passed AS
sistant Surgeon, Louis L. Young; Passed
Assistant Paymaster, Samuel MCGOWAN;
Pay Inspector, Henry T. Wright; Passed
Assistant Engineer, Ward P. Winchell.