The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, October 28, 1897, Image 1

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HLOOMSBURG, PA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1S97.
NO. 43
VOL. 32
ftDiKTKEN DEATHS.
allthe wrecked victims appar.
ently accounted for.
The Unillcn "f the Three Men Kii'itm.eil ti
Hnve Gone Down With the I.mMimot Iti
y. Not IHioovered lloi ttf.i lug tin
Victim".
It is reported that to far n is
jtnown that nineteen persons lost tho;i
lives in the plunge of the Huffnlo t'po
clnl Into the Hudson Illver nt Car
rlpnn's. All wave four have been Identi
fied. Twenty-five pasr.engorr., whor-c
Identity has been established, wimp In
jured more or lean seriously. Two per
on. supposed to have been on ti'."
trnln are still missing.
The railroad ofllcera declare that the
list of killed cannot possibly number
more than nineteen. Others say twenty-one
have died, while still others,
who were on the scene at the tlitie
contend that perhaps thirty bodies will
eventually be recovered from the
water. The disaster grows more hor
rible as time passes.
The Death List.
The death list Is made up almost en
tirely of passengers who were In the
combination car and day coach, which
was nearest the engine and plunged
with It deeper Into the river than did
the sleeping couches that followed.
Klpht of these were Chinamen. The
drath list Is as follows:
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL, 761 Uet treet, liuf
fall.. DRC-HEK. WILLIAM SCHRNCIIHX, M
South Thirteenth tret, Newark, N. J.
FoYI.K. .1 . eKlneur of trnln. nf Kwt Alt'nny.
(irtHK.lt. H. A. (or K. A. GllKKNU), archi
tect, of I'llU'tlRO.
M'KAY. A. U., of 20 Kant 112th Mreet, prl
te HecretHry to (lonernl Htipt. E. Van Ellen,
of N.-w York Onml tprnlml.ly).
1IKYKKS. V. H. O., of I'Rtwnlc, N. J.
ltll.KY. THOMAS, nf St. 1...UI. M
TAllt'NA. tJll'MKI'I'K. of Allilon, N
Y.
THOMAS, J., fireman of train, (
of Kant Al-
'"'iNIWMAN. MRS. IIOHKHT. I'tlra,
N. Y.
W.mi.n iinlilentlltcd. fr.mi lluilsim, N. l.
Eluht Chinamen, of whom lx were IJi ntllleJ.
The Injnred.
The following Is as complete a ll3t
of the Injured its can be obtained:
lU'i'llANAN, CU.VItl.KS, moturmun; broken
arm: tnkt-n to Fl.nvr H .npilal.
WJIAN, I'ATItICK, tiruli.t',1 anil nhnken;
taken to his home, liuo West Korty-tirat street,
Jiew York.
FlMll), JOHN, laborer, of Htoekport. N. Y.l
cut and brulseil and suffered from exponure;
taken to l'lower H.isplta'
l'AKKONS, Tltl'MAN. 1(15 Haneork street,
Brooklyn; cut and bruised about body and
IfK: taken home in a cnrrlriKe.
HYAN, JOH E., 2'l year old and married,
of Jersey City, N. J., employed by Stela ft
Co.. drudtlsta; badly brulfed, left knee cut and
three llmo-rs of hi leu nana tevertu
till Mpital.
volte, am CLAItENCE. 2S yean old,
l'ei'kri
nf Ne
Tnrk; left shnulder blade broken; employed in
the Comptroller's ofllre of the Central lla.il
load: Peckskill Hospital.
Three chinamen, in I'eoksklll Ilorpltal.
The accident was caused by the track
having been undermined by the two
'days unusually high tide. Within less
than an hour another fast train had
passed over the same place on the same
traek. That train was the New York
and l'.oston express, known to railroad
men us train No. 28. No one on that
train had noticed anything unusual
about the stubility of the trnek.
A gnng of several hundred men has
ben at work ever since the fatal acci
dent occurred raising the cars, repair
ing the track and searching for the
dead.
No riodles In the Locomotive.
The locomotive was finally located
yesterday afternoon. The diver who
went down, however, found no bodies
In or about it. It was therefore thought
probable that they had Moated away
and would not be recovered for some
time. The locomotive was found In
s about
about sixty feet of water. It was
thirty feet off shore, and about forty
yards to the south of the spot where
the accident occurred. It was Just to
the front of the second Wagner car
Which went into the river.
The right side of the cab, the engi
neer's side, was torn nway, and It is
probable that the bodies of the engi
neer, the fireman and young McKay
flouted out through the aperture. At
any rate, the diver, who stayed down
where the locomotive was found for
nearly half an hour, could after a thor
ough search find no trace of the bodies.
The locomotive is so badly wrecked
that it Is doubtful If any attempt will
be made to raise It.
W. D. Otis, general roadmaster of
the New York Central, after looking
over the situation, said: "Until the
engine has been raised and examined It
win oe impossiuie to ten eauuj w oui
caused the accident. If a broken axle
Is discovered It will be easy to account
for the manner In which the ground Is
torn up. If a broken axle should let
uuwn a rorty-ion engine koiok hi ho
rate of forty miles an hour with nine
heavy cars behind It the momentum
would be enough to plow up a hole as
large as this one. The track Is per
fectly straight, Is from three to four
yards from the river bank, and a train
of equal magnitude went over the
Identical track with fifty minutes pre
vious. Whatever occurred must have
occurred suddenly."
Mr. Otis was not Inclined to believe
that any one had tampered with tho
tracks by means of explosives. Never
theless, W. A. Humphrey, chief detec
tive of the Vanderbilt system, was on
the ground early with nine men. Their
main work seemed to be in assisting
the Wagner people to recover the val
uables from the sleepers. .But two of
the detectives were scourAig tl.a vicin
ity of the wreck for sonni clew as to
the use of explosives.
It Is said by experts that tho recent
high tides had weakened and Insidious
ly washed away tho ruudbed. Put
'hatever the cause may have been, the
disastrous result is known, though it
la feared not in full as yet.
Perhaps the most marvelous of till
things connected with this accident is
that so many escaped, and that only
twenty persons, go far as known, per
ished in the quiet waters of the Ilud
on, which for the time being were
transformed into a seething cauldron,
where shrieking men and women fierce
ly struggled In the darkness amid the
swishing fragments of cars, dying fires
of timber and hissing of the steam.
If there sre any more bodies In the
wreck or In the river they nre believed
to be In the day coach, which lies In
water up to Itt roof off King dock. The
diver who took six bodies out of this
crtr snld he could nd no more. Many
believe, however, that more bodies will
be found In this car, as passengers and
the crew claim at least twelve persons
perished In It.
The spot where the wreck occurred Is
one that has given the railroad author
ities a great deal of trouble and anxiety
In the past on account of tho tendency
of the made groaivd under the tracks
to wnrh out. That Is lust what It did
Sunday, and to this fact Is attributed
the terrlhle disaster.
President Chauncey M. Depew, of the
New York Central, Is anxious to ascer
tain the exact cause of the catastrophe,
and at bis request the State Hoard of
Railroad Commissioners will herein an
Inquiry In New York City to-day Into
all the circumstances connected with
the accident.
nilae nf the Accident.
Fresldrnt Depew, nt his office In the
Ornnd Central Station, received no In
telligence yesterday from the scene of
the wreck which Inclined him to niter
his opinion, formed on Sunday, that no
human foresight could have prevented
the Harrison's catastrophe. As to the
cause of wreck ho had no opinion. All
was conjecture. He referred again to the
conjecture. He referred again to tho
possibility that an axle of the engine
hail broken and the force of the Im
pact driven out the embankment.
Ashley W. Cole, chairman of tho
State r.ailroad Commission, thinks that
ater the engine Is raised a commission
of civil engineers may be able to deter
mine the cause of the accident. Hut h
ndinits that it may be Impossible to tell
whether a broken axle was in Itself tho
cause or a result of the accident.
Dr. IVpcw commented on the ndded
misfortune uttendant upon the loss of
the engineer's life, In that only the en
gineer. If any one, could tell what real
ly happened to his train. It hud been
thought that the bodies of tf. engineer
and firemnn nnd Stenogrnphrr McKay,
of General Superintendent Van Ktten's
office, would be found with the engine.
When the engine was locnted yest'-rday
and none of tho bodies waa found
with It, It became clear thai Ui men
must have Jumped or were hurled out
of the cub when the locomotive went
over. That It was found seventy-five
feet south of tho place where It left tho
track and fifty feet out In the river,
seemed to show somewhat the terrific
force which the train under way rep
resented, and was cited by Dr. Depew
an an Indication of what damage to the
embankment would have been dono If
an axle of the engine hud broken.
r.niTlnntl'H till Strike.
London, Oct. 27. The federated em
ployers of the engineering and ship
building trades held a meeting at Man
chester yesterday. They decline to
announce their decision in advance oi
communication with the Hoard of
Trade, but it is understood that they
will agree to hold a conference with
the striking employees upon these con
ditions: That the demands of the men for a
forty-eight-hour working week be un
conditionally withdrawn, and that
there shall be no discussion as to ar
bitration of the question of hours.
IllKli-li Masons.
Washington, Oct. 27. The meeting of
v, Rimreme Council of Sovereign
Grand Inspectors-Oeneral, thirty-third
and last degree oi tun -tuii-icm uuu
Accepted Scottish Ulte of Free Ma
sonry, which is being Held In this city
Is one of the utm.A't Importance, and
many interesting questions will come
before the Supreme Council for a final
disposition. The session will continue
until Friday.
Among the questions to be acted on Is
the proposed removal of the Grand Ori
ent of the Order, the headquurters
having been situated at New York
since ISO".
Low tiulnit lu tho Hettlnis.
New York, Oct. 27. The odds on Van
Wyck against the field took another
drop yesterday, this time going from
5 to 3, where they stood on Saturday
night, to 5 to 4. It was thought by
i,.tinir men last night that this shift
)n the odd3 on van Wyck ugalnst tho
fleid was more than usually BigniucH.ui,
,nasmuch as the change was made by
,,, hettors. These same men
Bredict trmt still further changes along
JV, lne wm De reported before the
end of the week
ASSASSINATED A PREACHER.
The Ilev. Dr. Culvert Offended Ills
Flock nnd Wn Shot Uouil.
Hellnlre. Ohio, Oct. 27.-The Rev. Dr.
Archimedes Calvert, 70 years old, was
assassinated Mondny night near Ma
rietta, Ohio, on the Ohio lllver south of
here. Tho assassin escaped. Dr. Cal
vert was on his farm five miles north
of Marietta, hauling water to his
stock. The weather Is so dry and hot
that his well had given out. While
stooping over a spring dipping up
v-.w.wcfoi of water an enemy, who
hud secreted himself In ambush fifty
yards away, shot him in me ou.cn.
ball ploughed through his right shoul
der blade and lodged In the lungs, from
which he died soon afterward.
Dr Calvert until recently was pastor
of tho Mill Run M. K. Church, and his
sermons aroused his Hoc k to anger
They dismissed him, and this brought
on a quarrel and an attempt was made
to send him to an insane asylum, but
It was found that bo was as sane as
any of his accusers. He announced
that ho would be shot, and hia state
ment camo true. When tho bulle.
.......i, he was strong enough to
roll into his wagon, start the horses
and they huulud him home dead.
ALASKAN BOUNDARY;
FEELING IN WASHINGTON THAT IT
SHOULD BE FIXED.
The Sonlln-nxt rrn l ine, Ten Mnrln
I.etmtM'M from the Count, In (lues,
tlon I'r.mlne nnil Pntnl Mekneo
Threaten Klondike miners.
Washington, Oct. 2fi. It Is believed
here that In view of the great promi
nence Alaska has achieved owing to
the recent gold discoveries and the im
portance of definitely fixing the boun
dary line between United States terri
tory and that of the Dominion of Can
ada that tlfe Senate, when it itrsem
bles in December, will take early action
upon the treaty pending between Great
Hritaln and the United States for the
survey and marking of the Hint merld
lun. This treaty was sent to the Sen
ate almost two years ago.
The 141st meridian marks tho eastern
boundary of Alaska down to within
ten marine leagues of the southern
coast, whore the lino trends to the
southeast, keeping that distance from
the coast. Concerning the 141st mo
rldlan there Is. of course, no contro
versy between the United Stntes and
Great Hritaln, but no basis of settle
ment of the southeastern line hns yet
been reached by the two countries.
The original treaty as sent to the
Senate, it Is understood, was amended
or proposed to be amended, by Senator
Stewart so as to Include the settlement
of the dispute relating to the south
eastern line. If such an amendment
were Insisted upon by the Senate, an
appears not unlikely will be tho case.
It is not nt nil certain that Great I, lit
r.ln would at present agree to the modi
fication. The work of nd.iuHtlng the
i'.:,;ieiiltles between the two countries
rv.-an!irig the southen'tern line has r.ot
pio-rressed for two years. In 1K3 each
t.i.vernment appointed a commissioner
to survey the territory through which
t; hi line runs, und each made to:-.o-p;a;ihical
mnpi of t!ie country, whl.il
v.-.M-e submitted to the respective Gov
ernments Dec. SI, 1S95. These mm-l.,!i-sioticrs,
however, had r.o powrr to
p.-.'pose a sctt'i i-.n r.t: their work was
confined illi. tly to rurnlshlr.g ir.t'or
n atlon upon which subsequent nego
tiations could proceed. As no range of
rionntalns runs along the unit ns wna
p;lll.! 1 to l'.c the ias: when the
beiiiulary line between Kusslrt und
Canada was fixed, accordin;: to the
terms, the alternative proposition of a
line ten murine leagues from tho const
must mark the limit of United States
territory, but In the determination
many Intricate questions are Involved;
whether the coast i;r.o shall bo assumed
to follow the sinuosities of, the shore
or run from headland to headland; or
whether the line shall be considered to
run ten murine leagues to the Interior
from the outer shore of the islands
which form a sort of archipelago along
tho coast. The Government officials who
have studied the question are confident
that our title includes the Islands and
ten marine leagues of territory from
the const line with nil Its sinuosities.
NOTED WOMAN A WRCCK.
Cliitirinnn of the I.uil.v MnnitKeni of
World's r'nlr Slave to Cocaine.
Chicago. Oct. 27. Mrs. Annie C.
Meyers, chairman of the Hoard of
Lady Managers of the World's Fair,
stood before Justice Martin yesterday
afternoon a wreck. She is a slave to
cocaine, and begged to be exiled from
the city.
In the choicest of language she pic
tured her pitiful condition, and the
four young stenographers who charged
her with stealing their puis were
moved to teura.
"Not many years ago, as Your Honor
knows," she sold, 1 was reapeeicu uuu
honored. To-day look nt me. Few
people now recognize me, for I've
-hanged greatly, and a'.l is attributed
to a habit from wldeh few, If any, are
ver cured.
"I'lease do not hold me. Give mo
one more chance. In twenty-four
Hours I will leave Chicago forever. I
promise It upon my bended knees, as
3od is my witness."
Mrs. Mevers had the sympathy and
pity of the Court, but in her condition
tie feared she would only bo trouble-
nmo to others, and, bajloving mat
something might be done In her phys
ical behalf, he held her to await tho
iction of tho Grand Jury.
Ken. Toi'ter lleports r osier s jiririi,
Washington, Oct. 27. Gen. Horace
Potter, the United Slates Ambassador
to France, cabled the State Department
at.nifiv an olllcini confirmation oc
the renort of the arrest of William R.
Foster, Jr., who la cnargeu wun era-
lez-.llniT nearly 5'iu,ouu or tne gratuity
f,,n,i of the New York Produce Ex
change, and was taken into custody at
M,..illlv Ftunce, on last saturuay. sec-
,uinri Sherman sent a letter on the
...it.. ,.t to the Governor of New York,
,u order than he might make a demand
hrough the State uepariment, iw ud-
ter's extradition.
Why t'lnr Snubbed lnkt.
rtorlln. Oct. 27. The Tageblatt ex-
plains to-duy thut the refusal of the
to receive the Grand Duko end
Grand Duchess of Baden at Darmstadt
Rnturdav last was due to the sar-
,aiin comments made by tho Grand
Duke of Baden upon tho conversion of
the Czarina, formerly l'tinec-n AMx of
Hesse, sinter of the Grand Duke of
Hesse to the Greek Church previous
to her marriage to the Czar In Novem
ber, 1SU4.
Woman HiitTrnwo Fists le.
-lvlnnd. O.. Oct. 27. The result of
registration in this county, as tabulat
ed, has caused the Cleveland Board of
n-ioeilona to petition the Ohio Legisla
ture to abolish female suffrage in this
State. Only eighty-two women regls
t..r...l dtirlnir the entire four days of
the reglsuation this Fall. Theru Is a
general lack of Interest in elections bo
far as women are coneerneu.
CHORUS GIRL'S DESTITUTION.
Gertie 1'enrl l'licc Mnkrs Three At
tempt at Suicide.
Cntasauqua. Pa., Oct. 27. An at
tempt at suicide was mode yesterday
afternoon at Hokendnuqua by a chours
Klrl of a stranded opera company. The
woman's name Is Gertrude Pearl Price.
While a member of an opera company
she became stranded with the rest of
the company at Chelsea, Mass., and
was sent to New York on a boat. From
there the woman started out to get to
Chicago the best way she could. Sho
walked from Jersey City to Itarltan, N.
J., between Saturday night and Mon
dny night. Then she was put on a
train nnd sent to Knston, Pa. The
Poor authorities there assisted her to
this Place.
At about 1 o'clock Miss Trice landed
nt Cntasauqua, nnd fifteen minutes
later she was on the high bridge span
ning the Lehigh Wver at Hokendau-
qua. She was hungry, destitute and
penniless. She tried to Jump from tho
bridge into the water, but was chasea
from the structure before she was able
to carry her Intention Into effect. As
she got to the east end of tho bridge a
trolley car came along, and she threw
herself on the tracks to be ground up.
The car wjts stopped In time to pre
vent her being hurt. The woman then
disappeared, and appeared at the rear
of the Thomas Iron Company's works.
She was about to Jump from the bank
Into the river, when Ed Kade ana
Patrick McClaln seized her and took
her In charge. They brought her to
the Eatrle Hotel at Catasauqua and
put her In charge of Chief Sheckler.
Capt. Bartholomew provided her with
dinner at the hotel and made her com
fortable. An effort is being made this
nfternoon to secure subscriptions to
send her to her friends at Chicago.
"OLD SALT" IS DEAD.
lie Was I.lentennnt-fiovernor I'mler
Gov, Fen ton.
Syracuse. N. Y.. Oct. 27. Thomas
Gold Alvord. known as "Old Salt,'
died ycGterdny of old age. He had
been coiil't.ed to his bed for a fort
night, gradually falling.
Thomas O. Alvord was born In Onon
daga. N. Y., Dec. 20, 1810, of Kngllnh
and Dutch descent. His grandfathers
on both si les were Revolutionary pen
sioners. He was a lieutenant In the
Home Guards under Gov. Throop. In
politics Mr. Alvord was originally a
Democrat, but in 1SG1 he became a war
Democrat, and had since been a Re
publican, although he supported Gree-
lev In 1S72.
Mr. Alvord represented his district in
the Assembly during the years 1S14,
1X.-.S. 1S62. 1SC4. 1870, 1871, 1S72, 1874, 187
IS77 and 1S73. Ho was Speaker of tho
House In 1858, 18G4 and 1879.
He was elected Lieutenant-Governor
In 1S64 on the ticket with Gov. Fenton,
ind Berved In that capacity for two
venrs.
Mr. Alvord was made a memner or.
the Constitutional Convention in 1S67-
iS. During bis long service he worked
upon many of the most Important com
mittees of the House, and was repeat
Bdly chairman of the Ways and Means,
nd chairman of the Apportionment
Committee in 1878.
lias I'UNNed the 1OO.O0O JInrk.
New York, Oct. 27. Tho membership
of the L. A W has passed the 100,000
mar. iunoh -
members were enrolled, making the to-
tal 100,777. The League was organized
it Newport in isxu tnrougn tne instru
mentality of Kirk Monroe, the presi
dent of the New York Bicycle CluQ,
and C. C. Pratt, of Boston, who was
Its first president. Tho membership
luring the first year reached 1,654.
Ilrlee Would He Senator.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 27. It Is un-
lerstood that ex-Senator Calvin Brice
s laying his ropes for the United
States Senatorship, In cuse the Demo
crats carry the Ohio l egislature.
He has offered a large contrubution
10 the Democratic election fund In this
3tate.
More Gold la Com In sr.
Sydney. N. S. W., Oct. 27.-
The
tteamship Mariposa, which sailed from
lere for San Francisco, curried $1,273,-
100 in gold to the United States.
This makes a total gold shipment so
'ar this year of $9,375,000.
LONG CHASE ENDED.
Aliened Murderers of Farmer Nleh-
ul in Custody ut I.imt.
Bridgeport. Ct., Oct. 27. Charles Bo-
nal and David Weeks, the men who
have been sought for the murder of
George Marcus Nichols at Daniel's
farm, In the town of Trumbull, on the
morning of July 22 last, have been cap
tured. Superintendent Birmingham,
head of the police department In this
city; Detectives Arnold and cronnan
and Snecial Officer John Keenan cap
tured them last night at the home ot
David Weeks' parents in Huntington,
where they had returned late Mondtv;'
night and where they were in niaing.
Tho runt tire was effected without a
strucirle. The men were taken Py eur
prise, and although armed, urn not
have an opportunity to use their weap
ons. The murder and robbery at the
Nichols homestead caused great excite
ment throughout this part of the coun
try. There was such a demand on all sides
for a determined effort to capture tho
murderers that Gov. Cooke otTerea a
reward of $1,000 for the arrest of tno
murderers. This was supplemented ny
a reward offered by tho town of Trum
bull and also by MIsb Nichols, tne sis
ter of the murdered man, until over
five thousnnd dollars was the prize to
go to the persons Instrumental in cap
turing the murderers. Pinkerton detec
tives were employed by tho State, but
after weekji o. work withdrew.. . . .. .
r
Watch papen
next week.
Ilavin" consummated the deal with JONES &
WALTER, who occupy at present the store room next
to ours, by which we aie to take their store and stock
and break through the two walls, making both stores
one, and continuing the shoe department in addition
to our present business. Exchange to take cflect on
January 1st.
In order to reduce our present stock so as to be
able to break through the walls without interfering
with the workmen, we will sell certain lines of goods at
Greatly Reduced Prices.
Our fitnek is too well known of course to go in
to detail regarding price, nor do we wish to create the
impression that goods will be sacrificed, as
Our stock is all New and Fresh,
bought for this Fcnson'a trading, however we shall make
Price Reductions that are well worth your immediate
attentiou.
GIDDING &
Clothiers,
Hatters
Furnishers.
Complete Outfitters
BONUS OF MATEMONY.
Mr. Charles E. Lutz and Miss Edna breve
ting Married Yesterday.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of the bride s mother at
T mQ Rit, at t oVlock p. M vester.
, A.u.l.. 1 t f, o nnnK.ir
uy wncii v.uai ..- " " r"l'"""
young man a.ttl member ot tne rirm
O. Al. I . L.UtZ SOn OI mis luwn, ain.1
Miss Edna Creveling, an estimable
young lady of Lime Ridge were made
man and wife. The groom wore the
conventional black, the bride was
-1 -'jssed in white silk, with a bouquet
of ro.es. The maid of honor, Miss
Marv MilUrd of Centralia, cousin
of the bride, wore a beautiful pink
colored dress and carried pink roses.
Frank Ikeler of Bloomsburg, was best
man, and Frank Lutz, brother of the
groom and Frank Miller of Hazleton,
were the ushers. A very pretty wed
ding march was rendered by Mrs.
Smith of Wilkesbarre. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. E. A. Sharretts
of Lime Ridge. There were quite a
number of guests present. After the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lutz were
showered with numerous good wishes
ana nearty congratulations as wc
many handsome and useful presents.
ine newiy uiamcu luus luun-,',:-1
4 o clocU train on tne rennbyivania
Railroad for a wedding tour to Wash
inLon and other southern points.
The good wishes of their many friends
go with them.
Rev. D. N. Kirkby received a tele-
gram on Friday afternoon from Rye,
New York, announcing mat nis sister
was very ill, and that her death was
approaching. He left here on tne
6:36 train, and reached Rye the next
morning, to nnd that she nad passed
awav at two o'clock that morning, at
the home of her father, the veneraoie
Archdeacon Kirkby. She had been
an invalitl for some time. The par
ishioners of St. Paul's extend their
heart-felt sympathy to their rector and
his family in this affliction. A box of
beautiful cut flowers were forwarded
from here on Monday. The funeral
took place on Tuesday.
A meeting of the Columbia County
Agricultural Society was held on Sat
urday afternoon.
Watch papers
next week.
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after January 1st.
WILLIAM H. YETTER.
After an illness extending through
several years, William H. Yetter died
at his home on Fonrth Street on Fri
day morning last, aged about fifty
nine years. A few weeks ago he was
taken to Philadelphia, where he had
an operation performed, and while it
seemed to benefit him for a few days,
it was impossible to save his life.
Mr. Yetter was born at Mainville
and has been a resident of Blooa-fc.
burg for twenty-six years. A wife
and six children, four sons and two
daughters survive. Funeral services
were conducted Monday afternoon by
Rev. B. C. Conner, of the Methodist
Church, cf which the deceased was a
member.
TEE DYNAMITE 0ASE.
The Knorr Wintersteen dynamite
conspiracy case came to a sudden end
on Wednesday. The case was con
tinued and the jury discharged. It is
the opinion of nearly every body that
the case will never again be called.
Judge Ermentrout granted the con-
miionrA ft
request ot . Attorney
cu:,,!,!- nr Philaflelnhia. chief counsel
for the eferise) wh0 stated that it was
inioossit,le to procure some of their
witnesses. The motion was opposed
jn gucn a weak ,
way that it was appar
ent that there was some understand-
about the matter between the
ing
counsel for both sides and the court.
We have been unable to obtain any
satisfactory information on the subject,
but our belief is that this county will
, never be put to the expense of another
trial. Wintersteen will never De tried,
an,i Knorr who has pleaded guilty,
i wiH never be sentenced.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Union Church has arranged for a fine
entertainment to be given m the
Music Hall of Orangeville on Satur.
day evening, Nov. 6, 1897. Miss
Anna L. Dunkel and her sister Besse
F. Dunkel of the Boston College of
Oratory, will render an interesting
program, consisting of humorous and
dramatic recitations, monologues,
Pantomimes, and a series of Statut'
Poses. Music and beautiful red
lights will be special featUies. Pricf,
10, 13 and 25 cents. Doors open at
i 7 P. M.
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