HONORED LINCOLN.
Martyr President's Birthday Ob
served in Many Cities.
All financial KxeltaiiiEC* fluffed-*
l'roiiiliient 4'IIIIIM (iuvr Han<|iiei»
ami Llolrni'd to Add ri'mca
Knloiiliitlc ot tlie Head
l'atrlot. .
Chicago, 111., Feb. 13. —Memorial ex
ercises in honor of Abraham Lincoln
were held here yesterday on u scale
surpassing' that of any previous local
celebration 01 the anniversary of his
birth. Appropriate exercises were
held in the schools, all of the public
buildings, save the postoflice, were
closed, and no business was trans
acted at any of the banks or on the
board of trade or the stock exchange.
A large number of business houses
also were closed during the after
noon.
In the evening there were a num
ber of banquets, at which the speak
ers for the most part dealt with
some phase of the life of Lincoln.
The largest of these affairs were
held in the home of the Marquette
club. President W. I*. Bush, of the
club, presided, and in opening the
exercises after the banquet proper,
paid an eloquent tribute to Lincoln
Lafayette Young, of Dcs Moines,
spoke on "Abraham Lincoln," and his
address was received with much ap
plause.
•Senator MoLaurin, of South Caro
lina, followed with an address on
"Lincoln and his relations to the
South."
Banquets were also held by tlio |
members of the Lincoln club, at I
which the chief speakers were Gov. j
Yates, ex-l'nited States Senator John |
•M. Thurston and Congressman Foss, |
oi Chicago.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 13. —The j
Lincoln club of this city celebrated j
the birthday of Lincoln last night j
with a banquet. Congressman Wil- i
liam A. Smith bringing a number of
guests from Washington. The prin- i
cipal guest was Minister Wu. The
Chinese minister was warmly wel
comed when he arose to respond to
a toast. Congressman Smith acted
as toastmaster, and speeches were j
also made by Congressman Cousins,
of Iowa; Congressman Landis, of
Indiana; Henry I). Eastabrook, of
Illinois, and the illon. Amos T. Wilder, j
of Wisconsin.
New York, Feh. 13.—There was a I
general suspension of business iti the
financial district of this city yester
day in honor of the 93d anniversirv
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Many mercantile houses also closed
and flags were generally displayed, i
There were several banquets last j
right, the principal one being that of
the Republican club. The toasts and
those responding were: "Abraham j
Lincoln," James Willis (ileed, of To- j
peka, Kan.; "A Tribute to McKinley,"
Senator Chauncey M. Depew; "The \
Republican Party," Lieut, (low Wood- j
ruff; "The Conquerors," Creswell i
McLaughlan.
(Boston, Feb. 13.—As a fitting ob- ;
tservance of the anniversary of Lin- j
rain's birthday, the Middlesex club j
pave a banquet at the Hotel Bruns- j
wick last evening. The guests who !
addressed tne members were Seere- '
tary of the Navy John D. Long, Maj.
U"it. Daniel E. Sickles and Roscoe I
Conklin Bruce, a colored student and ;
orator at Harvard college. The list [
of those present comprised the name
of almost every well-known republi
can in the political history of the
state.
&pringfic](l. 111., Feb. 13.—At the na
tional Lincoln monument yesterday
afternoon, on the anniversary of the •
birth of the martyred president, hun- j
dreds of gray haired soldiers, who ;
had wrested victory for union on j
many hard fought fields, anil of wo- !
men who, by their efforts, had aided
the cause by uniting work in hos
pital anil home, assembled and laid ;
floral offering on the sarcophagus. \
The exercises were under the diree- ■
tion of the Stevenson Woman's Relief ;
Corps.
TRAIN WRECKED.
One .Tlan Killed and Several Other*
Injii red.
New York, Feb. 13.—A passenger
train bound from Jersey City to
Railway, N. J., last night ran into a
freight engine in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co.'s yards near Newark.
The freight engine had passed out of
a siding directly in front of tlvj pas
senger train. George Hetzel, the en
gineer of the passenger ira.n, was
killed. He remained at his post after
lie had told his fireyiau to jump. He
was crushed between the wrecked
cab of his engine and the side of the
boiler and was burned to death be
fore he could be relieved. His lire
man, E. R. Wilson, was se\erely cut
and bruised in jumping. E C. Jones,
conductor of the train, wa< painfully
hurt, as was Samuel Bolton, the bag
gage master.
John Horn, engineer of the freight
engine; Stephen Moore, the fireman
and Joseph Seliaeffer, conductor oi
the freight, were severely injured.
William Winter, another freight con
ductor, who was aiding in the rescue,
was also injured.
Theodore Ferris, «112 Jersey City
was sent to a saloon to get some
stimulants for the injured. Carr
the saloon keeper, who had recently
been robbed, thinking him a burglar,
shot Ferris twice. Carr was arretted
< liaraed With Robbery.
St. Louis, J'eb. 13. —Sylvester L
Savignae and Charles Meyers were ar
rested Wednesday on warrants is
sued by the East St. Louis authori
ties, charging them with having
robbed the National stock yards banli
on the night of January !) last. It, it
said that two other men are undei
suspicion and their arrest may follow
at any time.
■lnane Knocked Out.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Danny Duane
the New York lightweight, wai
knocked out last night at the Acm<
club by Otto Sieloff, of Chicago.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WILL 0' THE WISP.
Gen. Kitchener—Well, I got his smoking tobacco, this time, any way.
RAN INTO A BOULDER.
Wrrck on 1111 .IrliHiiwm Itnllrond
4 HimcN Drulli of Mrveu .lien mitl In
jury lu Tliiii) Otli«*r«.
Little Kock, Ark., Feb. 1 —Seven
men were killed and at least 14 were
seriously injured by a huge boulder,
weighing 15 tons, wliieh crashed into
the caboose of a work train on the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf rairoad,
2D miles west of Little Kock, Friday.
The dead are: Samuel Simon, white;
l>. L. Jones, white; Orange Foster,
colored; .John Williams, colored;
Henry MeGep, colored; two unknown.
The work train was headed west,
the engine pushing six cars and a
caboose. As the train was passing
under the high bluffs bordering the
river two miles west of Little Mau
mcllo, the crew saw a heavy rock
rolling down tlx* steep declivity,
which had been iletaehed from the
hillside by the rains. The train was
going slowly, but was almost upon
the rock when it struck the track.
Kngincer Nazor reversed his engine
at once, but the train struck it with
almost full force. The caboose was
at the head of the train and was
shivered into splinters. Most of the
men who were killed and injured
were in the caboose. There was a
crew of 54 men. white and colored.
.Fust back of the caboose were
three cars of sand and many of the
men were buried underneath the
sand, which was thrown forward by
the terrific impact. Six men are
known to have been killed outright.
Three were left on tne scene and
three were brought to Little Kock on
the train that was dispatched to the
scene as soon as the news could be
sent to the city. Fifteen injured were
brought to Little Kock. One of the
most desperately injured died on the
way to the hospital from the depot.
It is believed there are otners
killed or burie 1 under the sand at
the scene of the wreck, as several are
missing, and as yet unaccounted for.
A NEW POLICY.
It Mill tiovern Appointment* of thf
Fourtli-claMo l>oM(tiiu*l<>r*.
Washington, Feb. 15.—An official
statement of the new policy that
hereafter will govern the appoint
ments of fourth-class postmasters
was made Friday by Postmaster Gen
eral I'ayne, who said:
"The policy of the administration
is not to make removals of fourth
class postmasters without cause. The
removal of an officer is a proposi
tion entirely different from the nam
ing of a successor at the expiration
of a postmaster's commission. It
is therefore desired that removals be
not made except for some good rea
son which affects the service, or at
the request of a senator or repre
sentative endorsing the petition for
such a change made by patrons of the
office in question. In some sections
of the country, notably in the south,
not represented by republican repre
sentatives in congress, these demands
for changes in fourth-class post of
fices are made, not for the good of
tne service nor for any proper pur
pose. but to suoserve the interests of
rival factions. To prevent this ionise
it is necessary to discourage these
arbitrary removals. No order on this
subject, however, has been issued."
to ltnii Smoothly.
New York, Feb. 15.—The work of
clearing the streets of Paterson, N.
,T., goes on rapidly and it is thought
that by the end of next week it will
be so far completed that some kind
of order will have been restored.
Most of the business houses are open
for business and the affairs of the
city are beginning to run smoothly.
The relief fund now amounts to
$22,500 from all sources.
Human Niilfriiuint*.
Washington, Feb. 15.—-At yester
day's session of the woman's suffrage
convention newspaper work for wo
men was discussed, also industrial
problems. At the evening session
Oswald G. Villard, of New York;
David D. Foulke, of Indiana, and
John S. Colby, of Indiana, addressed
the delegates. New Orleans has been
selected as the next place of meeting.
•lenkliin Di'lratN l*arr.
Buffalo, Feb. 15.—Tom Jenkins, of
Cleveland, last night defeated Jim
Parr, the champion of England, in a
match Announced to lie for the inter-
I national championship. Jenkins won
| two straight falls.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 0, 1902.
Rear-End Collision on tlie
Pennsylvania Road.
THREE MEN ARE KILLED
A nil Four Others arc Probably
Fatally Injured.
TIIE IIORSE SHOE li'RVE
Was tin" Scene «>r tile Affldcilt-Coil
trol <>L TLIE SICIIII'I Section ol' a
I'rritlK »a* LOHI <>■■ a Slr«|>
mid < rahlH'H Into FirM Section.
Altoona, Pa., Feb. 15. —Throe men
killed, four probably fatally ami two
seriously injured, one freight train a
complete wreck, and another nearly
so, are the results of an accident
yesterday morning on the Pennsyl
vania, .on the steep grade a few miles
above the illorse Shoe curve. The
dead:
A. S. Grove, conductor.
I'. 15. YVestneri brakeman.
T. \V. Cooney, brakeman.
Probably fatally injured: M. VV.
llartman, flagman; I!. \V. Kinkaid, en
gineer; .1. W. Fluke, engineer; Simon
Frederick, brakeman.
Seriously injured: The firemen of
both engines, names unknown.
Control of the second section of
an east bound freight train was lost
soon after emerging from (iallitzin
tunnel and two miles west of Alle
grippas it crushed into the rear of
the first section. Ten cars, the ca
boose and two engines were com
pletely wrecked.
Grove, West nor and Cooney were
in the caboose of the forward train.
Their bodies wore torn to pieces,
llartman was standing on the front
platform of the caboose and the
shock threw him far down over the
mountain side. Engineer Fluke and
his fireman jumped when they saw
the train ahead of them. Fluke was
found unconscious 50 feet away from
the t rack.
All the injured men were taken to
the Altoona hospital, where it was
said that Fluke was dying and that
there was little hope for the recov
ery of llartman, Kinkaid and Fred
erick. The homes of the dead and
injured were in Altoona.
WaiitK 5'i.",0.000 for Lumi ol Husband.
Chicago, Fob. 15.—Mrs. Helen K.
Nolan, wife of James Nolan, said to
be a wealthy mine owner of Pasa
dena, Cal., brought suit in the cir
cuit court Friday for $250,000 dam
ages against John V. Farwoll and
Michael I'. Monahan, the latter a sa
loon keeper at 86 Customhouse Court.
Nolan's sudden disappearance a few
days after his marriage and his fail
ure to return, which are alleged to
have been caused by influence exert
ed over him by the defendants, is
given as the basis of the suit.
A Scrifi ol" K-MI RIOIV*.
Now York, Feb. 15.—Discussing the
large number of destructive fires
that have occurred since the first of
the year, especially those at Water
bury and I'aterson, Bradstreet's
says: "There is, of course, a gen
eral feeling that the insurance com
panies of the country have suffered
a series of bad blows which, coming
after several years of heavy losses,
are bound to bo reflected in further
withdrawals of weakened companies,
if, indeed, a general and heavy ad
vance in rates is not imminent."
IIa« a lliunoe ol' Recovery.
•New York, Feb. 15. —Philomon
Crelin, o. Milburn, X. J., and his
daughter, Mrs. Mary Ferguson, whom
he shot before turning the revolver
on himself, are still alive at the
Memorial hospital at Orange, N. .T.,
but the woman's condition is said to
be critical. Crelin is thought to have
a good chance of recovery.
\Varelioii«e Hurtled.
Jefferson, Tex., Feb. 15.—Hives' cot
ton warehouse, containing 1,400 bales
of cotton and 200 I inters, was burned
! Fridf.y, Loss S<K),OOQ,
READY FOR THE END
Pope Completed All Arrangements
for Funeral and Burial.
Tomb Im it licitiitifill Work of Modern
Art—Will l.cttvc Hi* Ewtate to
Holy Set»—Worried Over
Suecc»M»or.
The recent revival of the publica
tion of reports of tin- imminence of the
pope's.death has ltd to inquiries being
made of Chevalier Centra, valet de
chainbre to his holiness. The chevalier
declared that the pope's health is excel
lent. "But," he added, "my master for
some time past has spoken almost sole
ly of his mortal end as though it were
near. The pope concerns himself daily
with the questions of his death and
successor. He has settled all arrange
ments for his funeral down to the mi
nutest details. He says that the mem
bers of hi* family and not the papal
government must ask the Italian gov
ernment for the necessary permission
for interment in the basilica of St.
John Lateran. A monumental tomb is
ready for fixing in its place. It is the
work of the famous sculptor Giuseppe
Lnehetti and has cost 300,000 lire (SOO,-
000). which has all been paid."
The tomb is a beautiful work of art.
The sarcophagus is surmounted by the
recumbent figure of Leo XIII. in full
pontifical robes. Guard ing the tomb are
life-size statues of St. Thomas and St.
Francis, and als-o a statue of the Virgin
and two angels, all in white Carrara
marble.
The interment will take place in the
early morning, with an entire absence
of ceremony. Fy the pope's express or
der the actual casket in which the
body will rest will be of plain white
wood.
The pone leaves scarcely any thing to
his relatives in his will. He quite re
cently divided among them his purely j
personal estate, so that his bequests j
£
CARDINAL JEROME M. GOTTI.
(Pope Leo Would Like to Be Succeeded by
This Prelate.)
are mere gifts of remembrance. All !
the money lie now possesses, about j
300,000,000 lire ($00,000,000), he be- I
queathed to the treasury of the holy j
see.
All these things, says the Chicago
Tribune, are perfectly familiar to the
inmates of the Vatican, for it is the
pope himself who constantly talks
about them. He speaks quite as free
ly and as often of his successor on
the papal throne. His consuming fear j
is that his political work so persist
ently and patiently performed and so
fruitful of practical benefit to the
church should be nullified by some rash
inheritor. He would like to have the
assurance that he will be succeeded by
Cardinal Rampolla, but he knows that i
to be almost impossible, and failing it )
he would prefer Cardinal Gotti or Car- j
dinal Vives y Tuto. He disapproves
the candidatures of Cardinals Vanu- !
telli, Svampa and Oreglia. Yet one of !
these three will probably be the next j
pope.
Cardinal Jerome Maria Gotti is a
Genoese, OS years old, and is of the or
der of Barefoot Carmelites the most
austere branch. Under his subsequent
leadership the order made marked ma
terial advance. He accomplished the
partial restoration of the mother
house for the work in Palestine. He
also visited England and the United
States to counsel the order to austerity
and wider service on the part of the
mendicants of the order. He was com
manded to ffo to Brazil in 1802 to look
after the Catholic interests. In 1595
he was created cardinal. Personally
he is below medium height, but pos
sessed of a well-rounded and well-pre
served figure. He lives modestly in a
handsome palace. His tastes are scien
tific, but he is the best authority on
canon law in the college. His friends !
say he is the ideal scholar, saint find j
diplomat, lie belongs to no factions, !
keeps out of politics and never goes
into Roman society.
New York'* III*? Tunnel,
New York's new tunnel is far ad
vanced, and the engineers have
worked out their complex problem
without an error. An army of men
is burrowing under the main streets
Of the city without interrupting traf
fic in the least. The blasting is under
such exact control that no harm has
resulted to foundations almost ad
jacent.
llaiiKPr in I.lttle Knowledge.
A school-teacher in Newark, N. J.
received the other day the following
letter from the father of a pupil:
"Dear Teacher: Please don't teach
Johnny any more about his insides.
It makes him sassy." It seems that
Johnny hail become entirely too sci
entific and critical concerning the
family bill of fare.
l*olo an Anelent Sport.
Polo is probably the oldest of ath
letic spoils. It has been traced lc
CUO ii. C.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Crowded Audlriieew Attend the (on«
volition In Washington.
Washington, Feb. 14.—'1' he nftor
noon session of the woman suffrage
convention was devoted mainly to
addresses by t-lie state president.
1 ney were preceded by Mrs. Vir
ginia Clay Ciopton, of Alabama, who
delivered an address of greeting.
A crowded audience greeted the
members of the convention at last
night's session which, according to
the program, was to be "an evening
with the new woman." Half a do/en
interesting papers were read by well
known women writers in journalism,
the law, medicine and theology.
"A Captivating Alliance," the first
paper, was read by Mrs. Helen Ade
laide Shaw, of Boston. In the course
of her remarks Mrs. Shaw paid a
hearty tribute to the civil service
record of President Roosevelt and in
this connection she asserted that he
was with the woman suffragists in
their efforts to obtain the ballot for
women.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer (Dorothy
Dix), of New Orleans, contributed
a very interesting paper on"The
Lady and the Quill," dealing with the
relations of women to the newspa
pers.
A paper on "Pills in Politics" by Dr.
Cora Smith Eaton, of Minneapolis,
was next read.
The discussion of the topic of
•"From Statues to Statutes" gave
Miss Gail Laughlin, of New York, an
opportunity to speak of the work
and possibilities of women in the
legal profession. To obtain the full
measure of success, wome.n, she de
clared, must stand on their feet
clothed with the full right of sove
reign citizenship; success in the law
must depend upon the absolute ob
literation of sex prejudice. Those
persons opposed to the advance
ment of women, she said, are on the
ebu tide. The future held for them
sure defeat.
The session terminated with a talk
by Rev. Ida C. Tlultin. of Boston, on
tne "Need of the Hour."
DOWN THE CHUTE.
Through Wiwlnkc ol I'.nsjliieer IClcvcn
t'mil Jliiier* are Injured.
Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 14.—Eleven
men, three of whom may die, were in
jured at, the Boston Run colliery, St.
Nicholas, yesterday, in being hoisted
by mistake up the dumping chute.
The seriously injured are: William
Thomas, condition critical; Owen
Dunn, spine and ribs fractured, prob
ably will die; Joseph Ritskus, skull
fractured, injury probably fatal;
Joseph Francis, foot crushed; John
Davis, bruises and lacerations; Elmer
Koch, lacerations of body.
The men on the way to work got
into a "gunboat" to descend the
slope into the mine. They gave the
signal to he lowered, but by mistake
the engineer started the machinery
the wrong way, and, the car, with
its human freight, started tip the
trestled slope to the dumping chute.
The men were rapidly hoisted to
what seemed like certain death.
They clung to the sides of the car as
it neared the top of the plane and
went over the knuckle, but- were un
able to hold on when the "gunboat"
was turned on an agle of 90 degrees.
They were tumbled down the chute,
and were terribly cut and bruised.
The engineer, William Revan, cannot
be found.
IN COLLISION.
Two TraliiN on York I'levutrd
■ load Come Together—Severul Peo
ple Injured.
New York, Feb. 14.—Two express
trains on the Third Avenue elevated
railroad were in collision early last
evening at One Hundred and Fourth
street. The hundreds of passengers
were thrown into a panic, scores were
cut with flying glass and seven were
more severely hurt. These latter
were: May Murray, internal injuries;
Robert Harris, leg broken and cut
about head and face; A. R. Peterson,
severe scalp wounds; John Duane,
fireman on one of the engines, left
leg lacerated, shoulder dislocated;
R. J. Cooley, cut about hands and
face; Mrs. Albert Roberts, New Ro
chclle, shock and contusions; Wil
liam N. Newman, contusions of tho
right and left arm.
The rear train should have taken
a switch at One Hundred and Fourth
street, but from causes unexplained
thtt swkitch was not thrown and the
engine telescoped the rear coach of
the first train. In this coach were
most of those injured.
A BROKEN RAIL.
It Cnnxe* the Wreek ol" the "Flyer"
oil the I'eniiMylvanla Hoad.
Fremont, 0., Feb. 14.—Westbound
passenger train No. 4(15, the Pitts
burg and Detroit "Flyer," on the
Pennsylvania, struck a broken rail
Thursday bit ween Helena and Mil
lersburg and left the track The
train, composed of baggage car,
smoker, passenger coach and two
sleepers, was ditched and several
coaches wrecked. About a dozen
passengers were injured, some seri
ously, but none fatally.
Toledo, 0., Feb. 14.—-The passen
gers injured in the wreck of the
Pennsylvania train at Helena yester
day arrived here late in the after
noon. Those most seriously hurt
are: Harry Rueday, baggage man,
seriously bruised and cut; T. Geiger.
postal clerk, strained back and
bruises; Mrs. Harold Chesterfield, of
Detroit, bad cut over eye.
Safe Itlowerw Ciot $»00.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 14.—The
large general store of S. K. Randall,
at A villa, a village north of here, was
entered by burglars early Thursday.
The safe was blown with dynamite
and S9OO cash and a large amount of
notes were taken. David Shanline, a
barber, returned from a sleigh ride
with a young woman while the rob
bers were at work anil discovered
them in the store. lie was captured
and bound and carried in the store
where lie was kept until the job was
completed. There were live of
«v»hhers
MANSLAUGHTER.
Contractors and T »Vorknicn on
New York Tunnel Indicted.
Tin- (irand .fury A ln> HOIIIN Nnpiriu*
tendent, 1 il>p<rlnr uud I. ind
ucer r»r 111•-U.111 storage
<>« I»>uamllt—Other
Illtl i< t IIK Illn.
New York, Feb. 14.—The grand jury
yesterday returned a series of in
dictments against the contractors
and workmen alleged to have, been
responsible for the fatal and destruc
tive explosion on I "ark avenue on
January 27 and against the city,
which is charged with dereliction in
connection with the storing of ex
plosives.
An indictment for manslaughter
in the first degree was found against
Ira A. Shaler, the rapid transit sub
way sub-contractor, who is building
the Park avenue section of the tun
nel in which the explosion occurred.
Shaler was also indicted for illegal
storage of dynamite, a misdemeanor.
Moses Epps, the powder house
watchman; Ernest (i. Matheson, chief
engineer, and Joseph Bracken, labor
er, were indicted for manslaughter in
the first, degree, and Matheson ana
Bracken for illegal storage of dyna
mite. Superintendent George Mur
ray and Inspector Smith of the bu
reau of combustibles, were indicted
on a charge of criminal negligence,
and Charles E. Eraser, engineer for
illegal storage. Bail was fixed in
each case at $5,000, except for Mur
ray and Smith, whose bail was made
SI,OOO each.
At a meeting of the rapid transit
commission yesterday, Engineer Wil
liam li. Parsons submitted a report
stating that about 60 tons of dyna
mite is used each month in the city
of N'ew York, and claiming that the
laws governing its storage are old
anil tend to keep down the quantity
and limit the effect after explosions
rather than to preclude the possi
bility of explosions.
The hoard authorized the mayor to
appoint a committee of five persons
to investigate the subject ant' formu
late a revision of the laws referring
to explosives.
YOUNG ROOSEVELT BETTER.
"IKOIII of the Wood*," IM tlie L\\l>r<««-
KIOII I »cd by the President.
Groton, Mass., Feb. 14. lhe most
eventful day at the Groton school
since Theodore Roosevelt., jr., be
came ill closed with the departure of
President. Roosevelt for Washington
late yesterday afternoon. Before
that the president, in the homely
phrase, "Ted has improved with such
rapid jumps that I am sure he is out
of the woods," had told to the world
of the load lifted from his mind.
The day was full of happiness for
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The first report from the bedside of
Young Roosevelt showed that he had
passed a good night. After the
morning examination by I)rs. Lam
bert and Warren it was announced
that the boy's condition was pro
gressing favorably. The report, said
that the lungs were clearing well,
although the patient was still in the
second stage of pleuro-pneumonia
known to medical men as the stage
of exudation. Later in the day, I)r.
Warren stated that the patient's
temperature, respiration and pulse
were normal, a decided contrast to
his condition the past few days.
In the morning, after visiting his
son, he spent most of the time at
the Gardner mansion transacting of
ficial business. Before lunch he called
on the other patients, the Gammell
and Potter boys, and cheered them
up with his kindly greetings. Then
he proceeded to the Powell Cottage
and held a brief interview with the
newspaper men who had made that
place their headquarters.
At 4:15 p. in.the president, accom
panied by Mr. Cortelyou, Mr. Barnes,
the executive clerk. Principal Pen
body, of the school, and two secret
service officers left in a carriage for
Groton village station. A special
train was in readiness there to take
the party to Worcester.
NINE MEN KILLED.
Iteniilt of the Hutlle In Kentucky-*
More Trouble Feared.
Louisville, Ivy., Feb. I!.—A special
from Middlesboro, Ky., says: Accord
ing to the latest reports from the
scene of Wednesday's fight at Lee
Turner's "Quarter House"in Bell
county, three and a hait miles from
this city, between officers and citi
zens of Middlesboro and mountaineer
friends of the I'urners, nine men
were killed.
The dead are: Charles Cecil, depu
ty sheriff, and the following moun
taineers: Charles Dye, negro; Marsh
Wilson, Perry Watson, Frank John
son, Turner's bar tender; Mike
Welch, Turner's chief lieutenant; Jim
Prado and a man named Hopper,
John Doyle, of the officers' posse. It
is also claimed that an unknown
moonshiner perished in the flames
when Turner's saloon was burned
and several other persons are re
ported to have been burned to death,
although there is no confirmation of
this rumor. Over 60 men were en
gaged in the conflict. The officers
posse, it is claimed, numbered 40 and
they were opposed by 22 mountain
eers. Lee Turner, who is now at the
(Mingo mines, denies that he took
part in the tight.
Itultlc 111 the Ktreetn.
Richmond, Ky., Feb. 14.—A sensa
tional battle occurred in the streets
here yesterday between Jim Estill,
Leslie Estill and Slielton Chambers,
as the result of which Leslie Est,ill
and Chambers will probably die.
Chambers was twice wounded, once
in the abdomen and one in the breast.
Leslie Estill received three of the
shots from Chambers revolver. Jim
Estill came out of the fight without
a scratch. The men were drinking
and quarreled about n trivial matter.
Revolvers were drawn and IS shots
were fired in the fusilado.
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