Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

The Plant Line steamer Olivette arrived at Boston from Halifax with First Mate Brain and the crew of the American barkentine Herbert Fuller on board; The. men, who, are under arrest pending a; further investigation into the murder of Captain Nash. Mrs. Nash and the second mate, were taken tn charge of by the_pullec,„_ L , Collector Milnes’ report of the season’s bpdrafions of the Canadian sealing Meet in Japanese waters shows an averag: of -643—skins .cni'li cf tile twent.v,-eight schooners at work, making, a total of IS’,-" 004 skins. There is also lhe catch of eight American schooners, totaling 3.808 skins, and of sfeven Kokodnte sealers with 2,417 skins. The catch of the other American craft make up a Jotal of 25,524 skins.

An investigation into the wreck of the Pacific Mqil steamer Colombia has been commenced before Captain W. S. Birmingham, United States supervising inspector for the San .Francisco district. The officers were unanimous in declaring that the night was foggy and that a bewildering .series of fog whistles disguised the source of real danger until" the vessel was upon the .rocks and beyond all help. The warning whistles, it was thought, sounded from passing vessels and not from fog stations upon the rocks. The greater part of the Montreal exhibition buildings were destroyed by fire early Thursday. The fire started in the power house of the Montreal Park and Island Railway, north of the exhibition buildings,while the tire brigade from that portion of the city was out in response to a third alarm for a bad tire in the premises of Howden. Starkes & Co., wholesale hardware. .Consequently when the fire apparatus reached the scene the main building and many smaller ones were burned to the ground. A number, of electric cars were destroyed. The loss will be about $150,000.