Sljr Crntrr Democrat
NIIKiKKT \ FOHSTKH, Editors.
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Term* S1.&0 per Annum, in Advance.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H FORBTER, Editor..
Thursday Morning, June 26, 1879.
MR. HAYES lias withdrawn the nom
ination of Secretary McCrary to the
office of Judge of the Circuit Court of
the United States for the Bth District.
AFTER all, it apjw-ars that Blaine's
substitute did* not cost hint anything. j
He was afterwards reimbursed by the
city of Augusta for all the fellow cost
him. Say nothing more about that
chap, Mr. Blaine.
TIIE walk just completed by Wes
ton shows wonderful endurance as well
as inuschto traveled about one
hundred ..mile!? a day for six days,
which is probably as much, if not
more, than any good, sound, active
horse could accomplish, in that time.
IT is charged that there is a deficit
in the accounts of the public printer
ut Washington of 81,0'21,346.86. A
pamphlet making the charge in detail,
it is said, has been placed before the
Printing committee, and if from a re
sponsible source should receive prompt
.investigation.
ANOTHER jtersonal difficulty, and
this time with our Don. Is it possible '
for Conkling to get along smoothly
with any one ? Bad manners, aggra
vated by a bail temper, are always ;
hard to boar, but Donald should not
have turned bis back upon his impe
rious friend. That was too bad.
WHEN Conkling rose in the Senate
ou Friday night la"t to ranke a speech,
all the reporters in the gallery, num- !
bering about forty, rose and retired,
and remaiued out during bis sjicech.
< >n its conclusion Senator Eatou rose,
when they returned immediately in a
body, making the slight upon the im
perious Conkling very marked, if not
insulting.
TIIF. negro exodus has subsided,
nnd further contributions to the "Emi
grant Aid Society" will not lc requir
ed. The deluded blanks who were led
to Kansas, under promises of free
farms, stocked anil prepared for their
occujiancy, may starve or steal for a
livelihood, without causing any emo
tion of shame to the heartless wretches
who induced thetn to leave their homes
in the South.
"A 1.1. that the Democrats set out to
accomplish is accomplished in their
new Army and Judicial Expenses
hills," says Mr. Conkling. That is so,
and it is right that it is so. No doubt
Mr. Conkling and his stalwart party
hegin to realize the blunder they made
in forcing the issue of military and Ex
endive supervision at the elections of the
people. But they made it and must
stand to the record. They voluntarily
walked into the hole and there is no
escape.
THE selection of Mr. James A. Mc-
Clain, of Boggs, and Mr. Cyrus Brum
gard, of Miles, by the Democratic
County Convention, as Representative
delegates to the State Convention, will
be cordially endorsed by the Democ
racy of Centre county. Aside from
the fact that their election was a
splendid vindication of the integrity
of the Democratic organization of the
county, they are both active and
worthy young Democrat* entitled to
the respect and confidence of every
member of tho party. These feelings
were strongly indicated by the deci
sive vote that each receiver! in the
Convention. They are not instructed
to support any one for the office of
Htatc Treasurer, hut the people they
will represent in the Harrishurg Con
vention can safely and confidently rely
upon one thing: Their action in that
Convention will be dictated liy an
honest purpose to serve the best in
terests of the great Democratic otgan
ization of Pennsylvania.
" KUI'AL AN 1 K X ACT JtHTIi'K To ALL MUX, or VVIIAUCVKK STATE OR PKHat; AHION, HKLIUIors OR POLITICAL.J*ffron
Tho Curtin-Yooum Oontost.
It wiw generally HUJ>|M)MHI and be- I
licved tliut the re|Hirt and conclusioUß
of the above contested election ease
would have been reached before thin
time, lint this lin.* not occurred, und
in oilier to answer the many inquiries ;
made concerning it, we have conclud
ed to give our readers the information
we could gather in reference to it. It
has been said by some that on account
of the testimony taken in the case bc
iug in so bad a shape, through the
bungling management of the attorneys
who hail that part of it in charge,
that the committee could not under
stand nor straighten out the mixed up
evicenee. This we can assure our
readers from the most reliable source
is not the case ut all. And whoever
originated such an assertion drew
largely, for his conclusion, upon a
perverted imagination. Mr. Ettcrs,
the clerk of the committee, who hits
gone over all the testimony, had no
such fault to find with it, and he is
the only person who has examined the
entire case. In his preparation of it
for the printer he had occasion to
strike out, or rather take from the tes
timony, a large amount of superfluous
matter in the records anil docuinenta- ;
rv evidence, which was considered by
the committee out necessary to IK- put
in the printed copy, but which is pre
served by the clerk for the use of the '
committee if occasion requires it.
The true reason why the case ha"
not been disposed of up to this lime
is, first, the indisposition of the com- .
mittce to take up any contests during
the extra session of Congress, the ex
tra session having la-en called, as is
well known, to pass the appropriations
for next year. Another reason, and
jierliaps the principle one is, that the |
appropriation for public printing for .
the year having la-en exhausted, Mr. ;
Dcfrees, the public printer, re funs I
to print any matter except such as
wi absolutely necessary for the daily
use of the House and Senate. True,
the lowa cacs were before the com
mittee, and passixl upon by the com
mittee, but the r-[>ort has nof been
presented in the House and probably
will not lie at this session. It might
lie in place here to state that the com
mittee hnvc decided against the contest
ant* in these two case* and Messrs. j
Carpenter and Sapp, two IU-publican
rneml>ers, will retain their seats, which
shows that this committee is a fair j
one, and not a political machine to
sent every Democrat who may contest
a seat in Congress. Hut notwithstand
ing the indisposition of the committee
to consider any eases, at present, the
i case of Curt in vs. Yocum would have
been taken up by the committee, if it
| could have been printed, and. Mr.
Bttera, the clerk, worked faithfully
and hard to have it in readiness be
fore Congress adjourned.
The ease has made all the progress
it possibly could under the circum
stances. There are several hundred
1 pages of it printed already, and it is
! the only one in the printer's hands,
and no other will precede it, as he has
instructions from the proper ahthority
to print it as fast as possible. After
the appropriations for next year are
applicable, which they will be after
the Ist of July, the printing will he
done in a very short time. Should
fJongress adjourn, the committee has
authority by virtue of a resolution
passed by the House to prepare this
case during the vacation, so as to have
it ready by the time CongresH meets
in December.
TIIK anonymous " Not a Kcbel,"
who aim himself through a column or
so of stupid and disjointed trash in the
Ik-llefonte Republican, of this week,
will excite only derision and contempt.
Indeed, we greatly fear the reverend
gentleman for whom he assumes to
sjieak will, when he reails " Not a
Rebel," IK- moved to exclaim in agon
ising accents, " < od prevent this poor
fool from saying anything more about
me or my oratiou." In regard to his
BKLLHFONTK, I'A., THURSDAY, .MM: |H7!I.
"word to Major Forstcr," that gentle
man desires to say that he lias no dis
position to enter upon a controversy
with any one about bis loyalty and
patriotism in the past. Ho prefers
that the record made by a soldier in
two wars for his country shall settle
all questions of tliut character. At
least, lie will not engage in a wrangle
with any one who skulks behind a
nom ile ji/uine. " Not a Rebel " docs
not say in so many words that he was j
a soldier, though he may intend that j
to be inferri-d. If " Not a Rebel " j
did serve in the army lie was probably
a skulker then, a he is now, for no
brave man would Is- mean enough to
attack the patriotism of a fellow sul
dier from behind a sereen fifteen years
after the |M-riisl of their military ser
vices. This is all Major Korster has
to say to " Not a Rebel."
Tho Napoleonic Dynasty.
The death of Prince Napoleon in
Zulu land, says the Baltimore shat
ters the hopes of the French ini|M-ri
uli.-ts, whilst it removes one obstruct
tion to the permanent establishment of
the republic; for so long as Prince |
Louis Na|sdenn lived be would have
bad a numerous following in the pro
vinces ami among the clergy, and in
the chances and changes of French
polities he might, in the course of
years, have attained to power. Now,
by tlie will of the first Napoleon,
Prince Jcrorue Bonaparte i" the lu-xt
in succession; hut his profession of
lils-ral principles and the bitter antag
onism that lias cxi-tcd for a long time
between him and the Empress and her
ill-fated son have brought him into ;
disrepute with the imperialists, while \
he lias won for himself no solid favor
with the republicans. For himself*
therefore, he can expect no geuuine
support from that quarter, although
the exigencies of the im|>eriulists may
induce them to rally around his son,
Najiolcou Victor, four years younger
than the lnte I'rinee imperial, and
coming, nfter his father, in the line of
succession. But if the republicans
are' the immediate gainers by the death
of Prince Isoui* Napoleon, the < >r
leanist princes are also greatly
strengthened in their dynastic a-pira
tious. Since the fnll of the empire
they have acted with great discretion,
and the restoration of their estates has
given them all the power that money
can wield when the occMton comes for
using it to support their claims. But
the great and immiiliate relief is that
cxjierienced by the republicans, for
the activity and aggressiveness of the
im|torialists kept tliem always promi.
nenlly before the people, and the name
of Napoleon was still capable of in
spiring enthusiasm in many depart
ments of France.
THE ultimatum of the Democrats
to Mr. Hayes in relation to the vetoed
Judicial hill will probably be as fol
lows :
"The vetoed hill divested of its appro
priation of fOOO.UOO for f's-s of I'mted
j States marshals and their deputies and of
j the legislation relating to title 2'> of the
revised statutes concerning deputy mar
shals of elections, to he pa*d with all it*
remaining features unsized. Closely fu|.
lowing wtiieh thero would he sent to Mr.
1 Hayes for his approval (or rather for his
I e*|>eoted veto) a separata bill made up of
the $fi00,00l) Item and other clauses above
mentioned.''
Bhould Mr. Hayes be foolish enough
to disagree to the Appropriation hill
| in this shape, we say to the Democrat
j ic members of Congress, " Gentlemen,
pack your traps and go homo."
IF it were possible for Republican
leaders, says the Washington l'osi, to
stop their idle clamor about the treat*
mcnt accorded to soldiers by the De
mocracy, nothing more would be heard
of it after Mr. Voorbees' scathing ex
posure of it* falseness and hypocrisy.
There never was one iota of truth in
the claim that the Republican party
is a better friend than the Democratic
party to the Union soldiers. It was
always false in general and in particu
lar. It wa* invented as a campaign
lie, and a* such has done duty ever
ainctf the war. It has been exposed
and disproved a thousand times, but
bus always re-appeared on the eve of,
every campaign. The fact that the '
Democratic party has given a larger*
proportion of the few offices at its dis- 1
to Union soldiers, than lias been <
duue by the Republican party, ought 1
to he conclusive. But facts are- not (
permitted to ti-11 against the "tamlard 1
campaign lie* of the Ruilirul organi
zation, I
11
Congress and tho Executive.
Mr. Hayes Ims graciously signed the ,
Army and Is'gi-lative nppreiprinlioi <
bills, and thus fiir yielded to the tin- 1
doubled demands of public opinion as
expressed by the representative* of the i
people. In the Army bill the Di-mo- j
crats have substantially secured all
they contended for in the bill previ
ously vetoed. The soldiers of (lie gov- '
ernmcnt cannot be used for the pur-
JMISI-S of an ordinary [siliec force at '
elections, which at least insures u bul
lot free trom Federal interference so
far a- the ariuv i- concerned.
Ihe appropriation bill, providing ,
for the Judiciary cx|ens<--, Mr. Haves
ha" seen proper again to veto, ou the '
ground that it fuiled to authorize uuv j,
part of the appropriation to be applied
in the employment of deputv mar
-1 shuL and supcrvi-ors to supi rintetid
and control elections. He prefer- to
! close the courts of justice rather than ;
lose the services of these- efficient aid- 1
to Republican SUCecM ut till' |sdl".
He may IH- gratified, nnd -till not Is- ■
happy when the tieople have had a
| chance to decide lietwwn home rule
and consolidation ; free elections and
federal interference.
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The New Stale loan.
Hid* for the new State loan of ♦'2,- i
OOli.liill w.-re opened on Tuesday in the '
i Siato Treasury Department at Harris- j
j burg. Many hid* were presented.
| "I lee for toe four per cent, being more
, favorable to the State than the 4) and
i 5 per eent., the f'nmtnioionrr of the
>mking Fund awarded the ).,an to the
highest ladder* a I p--r cent. a* fol
; low; First National Hank of York.
81n.(**i at 102.51: P. A. A S. Small of
York, $125,000 at 101.25 to Rrg.gs : N".
11. Vorgtley, Allegheny C'lty, $25.0' xl at
101}; Drexel, t"|ark, Newi-old A t'o..
Philadelphia, joint bid*, SSOO,tMI at
301.1.:. 82i*ni at lot M |.i*l.(**l at
, Rjl.'Jfi. tIHH.ttU at 101.07; Town.end. '
W tii'len A iPhiladelphia. s.V*i,(*iit
at 101.07*25, and $165,000 at 101.15:
•lame* I'. Young, Philadelphia. slso.<K*>
at 101.65 and 101.55; Reliance Insur
ance Company, Philadelphia, $*25,1*10
at 101.15 and 101.75.
Tin* State loan i* for the sum of $2.- j
I*lo.ooo. reimbursable in fifteen years :
after August 1, ls7'.t, and payable in
twenty five years front that date. The
proceed* of the loan are to be devoted !
to the redemption of maturing loans of :
j the State. i'fie new lemd* will be i* :
"tied 111 SIOO, $:*! nrid4 I ,t**' registered
j Imnds, and will le free from State, rnun
j icipal and local tales. Overdue bond*
I of the State will tie received at par in
; settlement.
Fixing up Ihe I aniltdate,
I Vr>m lh X Tok Kt|e*i
Vt hen Representative Mcl.ane spoke
of Grant a* the "President who had been
and who, if the honorable gentlemen
on the other side ooubl have their way,
would tie again," Republicans cried "lie
will lie," and applauded the cry. That j
show* what the party manager* in
Washington are driving at.
CoNoatsa say* to Mr. .Hayes: "You
shall have all the money asked for the
support of the army, but you shall not
use it to control elections.'
Congo-* also ay to Mr. Hayes:
"You shall have all the money needed
for the support of the Federal judiciary, j
but you shall not use a dollar of it to j
control or influence elections."
If Mr. Ilayes refuses to accept it on
such reasonable anil proper term* he,
and he alone will be responsible for
whatever calamities may follow. It
will lie a calamity in some cases to have
the courts suspended, but there is no
calamity to le compared to the destruc
tion of free election*. It is an issue
that any party or man can afford to
stand or fall with. A Democratic Con
gress should never surrender so vital a
principle of free government.— Washing
toa fW,
Tit* Hebrew leader of New York dis
passionately says t "The President of
the Cnited .States seems to have deliv
ered himself over into the hand of the
worst of counsellor*. The radical ele
ment of his part* have secured posses
s!on of hi* conscience and now compel
him to do just what they desire This
was just what might have been expect
ed from a man who would be content
to take possession of an office to which
he wsrf not legsllv elected and of whose
title the.o wotdd be always room for the
most serious doubt. Yet this is usually
the way with the so-called reformer
after he is secure in hi* seat."
GENERAL NEWS.
There are twenty -ix women practic
ing l* n the United States.
' The vanilla bean i* 1 -ing largely used
in France lot silk dyeing.
I wo rows belonging to a farmer near
Golumbia ate over ball a gallon of pari*
green, but they still live.
Ihe tax levy of Ixx-k Haven is fifty
five mill*—one mill less than the levy
of last year. There is a decrease of
s".'.,<**) in (Re valuation.
In New York it is regarded as the
height of vulgarity fur a lady to carry
the skirt of her dress in her hand as she
walks the public streets.
It ha* been discovered that a man
named Min-el, in the Westmoreland
county poor house, i* heir to a large
properly in Stulgvrdt, Germany.
Notices ore posted up at the f'hesa
peike Nail Work*, Ifarruburg, that uf
t-r July 5 no union men will be em
ployed by the firm. No trouble is an
licipated.
Henry G.-i-v, blacksmith, of Mt /.ion,
Lebanon county, and in indigent cir
cuinstance*, baa fallen boir to an estate
value,l at trom $1 ii is*) to $1 :.le*.<*)
~-o 'tis said, 't here are one hundred
heir*.
The firt patent ever granted to a
negro in tb.s country was taken out
May la, IS7-, bv a colored man raised
in A irgmia. His invention was a fire
escape, w Inch lias been very favorably
spoken of by tlio-e qualified to judge.
Dr. t'l.irk. editor of the Mcthhtt !(■
s'Tc/, of Pittaburg. Pa., is dangerously ill
at Atlanta, Wa. He was fraternal mes
senger to the last General Conference in
that city. Gov. Colquitt i- having bun
cared for at the KxectlllVe Mansion.
Hi* recovery is not expected.
The State Agricultural Hoard ha*
is-ued it* edict prohibiting county agri
cultural societies that receive the an
luiai s!<*! State appropriation, from
offering premiums for horse racing.
There can be trials of speed, but no
premium can lie ottered without loosing
the sHr> appropriation.
An elderly man in Reading, who re
cently celebrated hi* golden wedding,
say* he never in his life tasted Ix-er,
whiskey, brandy, or any other intoxi
cating liquor, and is utterly unacquaint
ed with the taste thereof ; that he ha
never u*ed tobacco in any form, and lias
never uttered a profane word.
The murderer of Mr*. Hull, of New
t York, W.M. arrested in lkwton, Monday
night, and i- now in the custody of the
(since authorities. Hi* name i* Cha
tine fox, a oop|ier colored negro, who
has been employed a* a waiter for a
y r ati l aim.l in the n< .ghliorliood of
the Hull residence in New York city.
A nsw di-case ha* lately made it* ap
pearance among the rattle in Hunting
don county, corceriiing which every
one i* ignorant. One farmer ha* lost
six cow* from the disease, and some of
hu neighbors have cattle afflicted with
j it. The farmer* are anxious for infor
ination re garding the disease and its
proper treatment.
A lady in Madrid, Me., wa* in a house
which wa* struck by ligntning. A val
uable gold watch, which she wore, stop
; pod at the time, and, although jeweler*
' have repeatedly examined it, and pro
, Honored it perfect in every particular,
lit cannot be made to move. It is so
i charged with clcctrn ity that watch
: msKer* say fio part of it can ever t>e
*o do duty if taken out and put
net of work*.
The Harruhurg Patriot say* that a ru
mor ha* hoin circulated the past few
•lay* to the effect that a general chance
will be made on the Ist of July in the
clerical force of the office of the Adju
tant General, Secretary of the Common
' wealth, and insurance and school de
: par trnents. The name* of the clerks to
be discharged have not been given, and
the change is not made for any dereho
tion or lack of qualification* on the part
of the present occupants, but only to sat
isfy (IIP demand* of an influential out
side pressure for a new deal in the dis
position of the places.
Renter's despatch from Capo Town
dati-d June 3, via Maderia today, states
that l/ouis Najioleon, the I'rinee Inqier
ial of France, accompanied by otiher
officers, loft Colonel Wood's camp to
, roconnoiter. The |>arty dismounted in
j a mcali'e field, when the enemy crept
u|-on them and assailed the Frince,
i killing him. Hi* body wa* recovered.
' Thus ends the hopos of hi* mother Eu
genie, that her lioy might sometime
wear the crown of France. Thus prov
idence ha* interfered, perhsp*, to save
France further imperahtlic trouble.
Edward Fayson Weston has at last
won a walking match and is now "cham
pion of the world" in pedestrianism. "a
the sixth and laft day of tho iong con
test in I,ondon Weston kept pluckily
at work and steadily increased his lead
over Brown, his only antagonist, and
when the match ended at 11 o'clock in
the evening he hail scored 550 miles to
Brown's 453. From two o'clock in the
afternoon until eight o'clock in the
evening Weston, after having lieen over
five day* upon the trsck, accomplished
the a*toni*hing feat of making five
miles an hour. Five minutea before
eleven he completed his 550 th mile,
thus making the best time on record,
and winning, besidgathe belt, a bet of
$2,500 that he had made on Thursday
with Hir John Astley that he would
make that distance. Kowell, who held
the belt before this match, hut was pre
vented from starting in this race by an
accident to his foot, has already staked
£IOO to walk We*ton, and another
match will probably take place before
long.
TKKMS: |mt Aiimini, in Atlvamr.
On th<- afternoon of May 10, a largo
mfloor iru aeon to lull at the edge of a
rivine near FJtsterville, Kmrnett county,
lows, making a hole twelve left in diatn
eter aii'l six feet deep. Search ha* since
be en made for it, and numerou* pieces
w<-re found varying in size from one to
eight ounces ; a!*o lour piece* of about
four pound* and one of thirty pound*,
buried eight feet in blue clay, fully four
teen feet Ironi the surface. It* weight
i four hundred and thirty one pounds,
and it* nite i* about two feet long by
eighteen inches wide and twelve inches
or more in thickness. It i* apparently
composed of nearly pure rnetal.
At the late battle of Hull Run, f'apt.
R. A. Drnmick, of Washington, and a
brother officer of the Federal army, who
were left on the battlefield, terribly
wounded, arid were found by Hugh
I'.arr. of the old Store wall brigade, who
by hi* kindness, it believed, saved
their 1: v-. ( dpt. Dirnmick and Mr.
I'.arr met for the first time since that
day at the memorial exercise* t Win
chester. Vs , Isst week, and embraced
each other on the street. Capt. Dim
riiii k made profuse offer* of material
recompense to Mr. Birr. but the latter
refued to accept anything hut thanks
for his services.
'1 he news of the death of the Prince
Imperial has caused a great sensation hi
I'ari*. Ihe Ronapartisl* are, of course,
most impressed. At a full sitting of Ho
napartist "senators and Ileputies a reso
lution wa* adopted declaring that
though the I'rince Imperial is dead his
cause survive* and the succession of the
Napoleon* has not lapsed, and that the
Km pi re will live. An address of condo
lence w th the ex Ktnj rc--s Kugenie was
draft i d, expressing the <f epe*t sympa
thy. M. Rouher has gone to Cbiseiburst
and is ezpectvi to return on Tuesday
with the dead youth's will. The ex-Km
pre** swooned when she heard the new*
and remained insensible a long time.
Her private secretary telegraphed tho
Duchess of Sutherland on Saturday that
she at ill remained in a semi-conciou*
condition and that it was imperatively
necessary to do something to rouse her.
The Duche** has accordingly started for
Chiacdburst. Telegrams of condolence
pmur in from all <|uarters, among the
rest being dispache* from the Kmperor
William and Kuipreas Augu-ta, of Her
many.
' >rc of the most shocking of recent
crimes was committed at .South llol
>oke, Mass., on Saturday, when John
Ketnm'.er deliberately shot bis three
little girls, aged six, four and one. They
were poor |eople. the father having
been out of work since February, when
he deserted his family to g > to Denver,
Colorado, after appropriating the family
saving* of I, and returning only re
cently. His wife supported herself and
children%y working in the mill* and
by odd jobs. Kenunier had recently
been ordered to vacate hi* tenement,
on the ground of not working in tho
mill, which probably ripened hi* deter
mination. Having sent hi* wife out on
an errand. Kcniniier locked the doom
and attempted first to poison the chil
dren by giving them cyanide of potas
sium, of wlucii he had got enough to
kill off half a dozen families, but he
could get only a few spoonful* down the
eldest * throat and and that was soon
thrown upt. The wretch then took one
! child into the bed room. but the door,
and shot her through the head with a
I revolver, and treated the other two the
sam" way, the bullets going straight
through loth parietal lone* of each
child's skull. The murderer then lock
ing the door*, wcut to a neighboring
saloon, where he gave the barkeeper
i the tenement key and said lie had kill
'ed hi* children. When arrested he
gave up the revolver and coolly ae
, know lodged the vrime. He said he
didn't pant hi* children to grow up and
I run the risk of l>ecoming prostitute*.
He could not supp>ort his family and
could not see them in want, and he
| thought the best way was to kill them,
when they would go to heaven and be
, happ>y forever. He had intended toshoot
himself, but finally concluded it would
tie wrong, and so he had decides! to let
the law take its course. Kemtnler was
Itorn at Wurteniburg in ltt.ll, and haa
(seen in this country seventeen year*.
Fatal Itoller Explosion.
XlVax KI N kl 1.1.51 l AMI A M MIIER *lllOl *•
t.V IXJIRKP.
Au.ixtow n, r*., June 22,-w-A terrific
eiploaion occurred at half |>a*t five yes
terday morning at the ore mines on tho
lands 1-elonging to Stephen* A Imoyer,
, two miles from Kmaus. I'a. The boiler
i burst with terrific force, killing five men
1 outright and seriously wounding four
. others, one of whom has since dies*,
j The list of killed is a* follows:
F rank F'tgley, the contractor : Morria
j "schmoyer, John Schmidt, Kredetick
FUtinger, Charles I>err, ajed ten, a
driver at the mine; Benjamin Keck,
the engineer: Wilson Derr, aged twelve,
a hrotner of Cbarlea Derr. All the
bodies were terribly mangled.
The list of injured were William Hull,
F'rank Heimback. Wilson Haring. (ieo.
David. Edward Burns, Daniel lieas,
1 seriously.
Ureal excitement prevails about the
mine, which ia operated by the lehigb
iron com|iany. The waahery and en
gine house were completely demolished,
the force of the explosion being suffi
cient to project a portion of the boiler,
weighing over a ton, a distance of 110
feet. The accident la said to have been
caused by a defective flu*. Benjamin
Keck, the engineer, died at one r. .
He left a statement, in which he averi
that he notified the contractor. F'egley,
three months ago that the boiler waa
unsafe.
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