DEATH BY EXPLOSION. | It Wrecks a Manufacturing Build- ing at New Haven, ONE VIOTIM TORN TO PIECES The Other Two Were Burned to Death in the Fire Which Followed the Explosion. Four Others Seriously Injured Work- men Rush for Their Lives. NEw HAVEN, Jan, 22.—A tremendous explosion of gas occurred in the factory of Frank Pllegar & Co. located in the build ing of English & Mersy, on Crown street One man was instantly killed by the ex plosion, two others lost thelr lives in the flerce fire which followed, the buildings and contents were totally destroyed. and a loss of $100,000 The dead are: Joseph CC. Hauser, ma chinist, aged 38, body frightfully mangled; Thomas Toof, aged 490, body almost burned away; Harbona aged 24, body horribly burned Injured: Frank P about face and arms; man, burned and Richter and James T bruised The explosion occu ond's warning, and the city a gas regulator, containing a gaseous fluid with which an experiment was being made, blew out with a report similar to that of a ten pounder The retort tore through the celling in the apartment of Frank P. Pllegar & Co., and burst through the roof. Joseph Hauser, a machinist, was attending | and was torn to ate out, one leg was blown off the remaining leg were broken ' was battered to a pulp and the trunk was a mass of cuts and bruises At the time of the explos in the building forty per neluding the factory hands and the lerks In the three con t "1 building was On the grou the works of KE facturers of « third floor Toof & Co, tachments, ar pled by F Assoonas tl men rus the build Stevens, Pflegar, Sr., burned lexis Krah, a fore bruised; Frank CO McNeil, seriously without a sec felt rred wns throughout The eyvlinder of the His both arn ulator mil was 1% and the fa on there were erns } Death of General NEw YORK, . Ewing. who v car on Monday shock intending to go down road. As he reached Third avenue a cable car passed, and he stepped directly behind it, not noticing that one from the opposite direction was right upon him. The corner of the car struck him and threw him back several yards, and he landed on his head General Ewing, who was a native of Ohlo was one of the lieutenants of the late Al len G. Thurman in his Ohlo campaign and served a term in congress from that state. He had a distinguished war record Gene y the elevated American Prisoners in the Transvaal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. —Senators White and Perkins, of California, had an inter view with Secretary Olney yesterday con cerning the imprisoment of Mr. Hammond and other Americans in the Transvaal, and afterwards united in a statement to the effect that “We are satisfied the secre tary of state has done and Is doing his ut most to protect American interests in the Transvaal. Mr. Olney stated that state ments made derogatory to Mr. Munion, our consular agent at Johannesburg, are untrue. It is not thought probable that any real danger can arise without due no- tice to our government.” An Arctle Explorer's Death, CHRISTIANA, Norway, Jan. 2 —Lieu- tenant Eyirnd Astrup, the Arctleo ex- plorer, who took part in Lieutenant Peary's Greenland expeditions, was found dead yesterday in the Lille Elvedal valley, near Jorkin, which he left shortly before Christmas on an expedition into the mountains. He had not been seen sinee, and twenty-five men, on snow shoes, started in search of him on Sunday last. Astrup was one of the party which re turned from Greenland on the Falcon in 1804, leaving Peary, Henson and Lee to continue the work of exploration for an- Burxos AYRES, Jan. Al.—A dispatch to Ia Preuss from Rio Janeiro says that Senhor Carvelhoe, minister of foreign af- fairs, is proparing 8 note demanding the immediate restitution of the Isle of Trini- dad, which has been occpuled by Great Britain. It is stated that a refusal on the of Great Britain to restore Trinidad to Brazil will lead to a rupture of diplo- matio relations between Great Britain and Brazil, Dr. Jameson ON for Natal. Lox¥pox, Jan.21,—A dispatch from Cape- sown to The Times says: Dr. Jameson and his officers have started for the Natal border under escort. The majority of the litical prisoners have been released on 1 in £2,000 each, but Colonel Rhodes and the other loaders remain in custody. Ex-Promier Floguet Dead, Paris, Jan. 20.-M. Charles Thomas Flogaet, ex-presidont of the French cham- ber of deputies, died on Saturday. He wos _wisited a short time before his death by all he mombers of the present ministry, ‘- THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, AN EQUINE HOLOCAUST. Score of Horses Burned to Death at Lancaster, Pa. LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. 21.—Fire last | night destroyed the large frame livery and boarding stables of Benjamin W Hirsh, in the central section of the city. The | building was of frame, and the flames | spread with great rapidity, the structure being a blazing mass when the firemen reached it. There were betwoen thirty and forty horses in the stables when tie fire broke out, and less than half of then were gotten out, the number burned bein » estimated at twenty or more. Amon these were valuable animals with goo! race track records. The terror of the frightened beasts, penned in their flan ing prison, added to the excitement, The firemen were hampered In the work of preventing the sproad of the flames by a network of electric light, telephone and telegraph wires surrounding the building Nothing in the building was saved, the efforts of the firemen being directed to saving the adjoining property. Quantities of oats, hay and other material were doe stroyed, together with many valuable car | riagos I'he loss will aggregate upwards | of £0000, The fire is thought to | been of incendiary origin ITEMS OF STATE WEST NEWT children were ple near have NEWS. Pa., King o« Jan broke ¢ all were river Nel Barbara Shistick pre { Al AX died instan arrested Mrs ity, who did wl With the few piantings donated to he Fine Arts, In Phila ' : will Scotland, was fil is yesterday tents Dis 3 3.000, 000, to the Hospital Episcopal church, Phila mtested by Dellafleld, of r entire wil w L§ I» L 4 1, Miss delph.a. The niece of the this city {ocoase Manaxoy Crry, Pa, Jan Tadwich Zagley and Micha conversing the corner of Main and Center streets the former asked the latter for a pipeful of tobacco. Rockler « with the request, filling the at the same time, it is charged slipping in a doalin cap. Zagley lighted a mateh and placed it over the bowl of the pipe. Whilk in the act of bringing the stem to hie mouth the cap exploded, badly shattering his hand and disfiguring his face intended for a joke, but Rock arrested 22. — While towk fer wore on plied 7 wipe hime It was r has been GRERSsBURG, Pa, Jan, 21L.<Dank Sheets, a prominent farmer living new Jones’ Mills, was instantly killed, his two little children, aged 5 and 7 years, and Harry Baker, a neighbor, were fatally hurt; John Rhodes seriously injured and | Mrs. Sheets badly bruised in an accident { on Chestnut Ridge. The party were re turning home from church in a sled, and while ascending Laurel Hill a large tree fell across the sled in which they were sit ting. A limb of the tree passed entirely through Mr. Sheets. The children were erushed in a terrible manner, and Baker had his back broken Prrrsavne, Jan, 20. -W. C. Moreland, ex-city attorney, and his former assistant, W. H. House, against whom additional eriminal charges were ontered Friday evening, accusing them of having embes zled over $10,000 of city money within the last fourteen days of their term of office, them is 848,00. The charges: against them involve the assumption, according to City Controller H. L. Gourley, that they made away with anywhere from $200.00) to $250,000, county in the state except Schuylkill show that there wore collected last year a total of $1,608,755.98 for the support of the poor, exclusive of $742,084.06 appropriated for this purposes by counties having alms houses, In sixty-six counties $11,630 007, 91 were collected for public schools, inde pendent of the amount received by school districts direct from the state treasurer, The amount of taxes collected for these purposes was $25,573, 2900.87, This includes the amoung expended for the support of county governments. These counties col lected $47.017,140.48 in taxes for all pur poses during the year. The total mount received during the your from liconses was $4,048,087.06; on real estate of rallway cor porations, §741,208.06; on real estate of cor. porations other shan rall ways, $1,800,830. 4. on Saturday furnished ball in $15,000 each | on the now charge. On the original charges | against them a total ball of $15,000 was re. | quired, so that now the cost of freedom to | Harrisnu ne, Jun. 22 Returns to the | department of internal affairs from every | WELLINGTON GETS IT, Maryland Legislators Select Him for United States Senator. ARTHUR P. GORMAN'S OOLLEAGUE As Chairman of the Republican State Com mittee in the Last Campaign He Did Sig- nal Work for His Party ~The Esstern Shore Law Ignored, AXXAroLis, Md. Jan. ‘The pro tracted struggle for the United States sen atorship which has been going on in the Maryland legislature for the past week was practically terminated last night by the Republicans in caucus nominating Congressman George L, to succeed Senator Gibson, His victory wos decisive. The caucus adjourned without nominating a state treasurer The caucus met at8 o'clock, and a stormy debate ensued over a resolution Introduced by Speaker Mudd to make the tion of the cancus binding party n To this Randal substitute to the effect that It id be bind ing only upon those who had 00 Wellington ne as nh nsuMm Senator rod a who no us against or the Both withdrawn nomine EORGE L. WELLINGTON, finally, first cal Wellington had se srosent were Upon and I 1 of the ro balloting began 1 1 i it ured and a that in was found $0 out of rush to was » mination aus. Pri stood: Wellingt Westeott. 5: Dix beginning of the end ox when * . . hor S«¢ ington reside greatly } however andioa has upon the ground tional, and Mr. Wel has been brought abou of his opponents are shore, but the inability of the legislators from that section upon any of them gave the prize to Mr. Wellingt The Democrats also held a caucus last night, and nominated State Senator John Walter Smith for United States senat Spencer for treasurer and Messrs Gill and Legg the present incumbents for police commissioners of Baltimore gton s nomination t In spite of it All from the eastern unite MIoR Probably Strangled by a Robber, Nw ORK, Jan Miss Mary F Hu + retired school teacher of supposed ™ nsans, known as a podless, whose New York newspapers gazines, was found dead in her oot t Mamaroneck yesterday, where she der circumstances which lead to ief that she was strangled to death by a robber who came for her money Everywhere there was found evidenoes of a severe struggle, showing that the woman fought hard for her life »*y eu Vis ppeared in Successful Arbitration. PHILADELPHIA, Jan The board of directors of the Union Traction company held a meeting yesterday for the pur pose of considering the recommendations made in the report of the joint commis sion for the settlement of the complaints of the dissatisfied employés meeting adjourned the announcement was made that the board had agreed to abide 21 by the terms of the report of the peace | makers. Every suggestion was agreed to | nis was killed, as were two tramps who without modification The Pension Bil Passed, WasnixoTON, Jan terday passed the pension appropriation bill, to the consideration of which It has i Valley train which left Wilkesh ”» | journed until Monday. The pension bill as 5:15 o'clock last night, and is due here at devoted the entire week, and then ad. carries $141,225 820, about $50,000 loss than the estimate. The bill was passed | fifty days ahead of any previous pension | appropriation bill, Fighting in the Cameroons. Brntix, Jan. 2 ~The North German | Gazette has a dispatoh from the Camer oons, saying that several days’ fighting has occurred near the station of Jaunde be tween the garrison and the Insurgent na tives of the German territory. Four Ger man officers were wounded and seven na tive troopers were killed, The Texas Going Out of Commission, Wasmivatox, Jan, 22 — Orders have been sent to the commander of the Nor. folk navy yard to put the Texas out of rommission tomorrow, or as soon there after as possible, preparatory to making alterations in the ship recommended the inspection board at a cost of $40,000, Senator Allison Re Elected, Drs Moises, Jan, 22. «The sonate pro, vended yestorday to the election of a United Btatos senator. The vote resulted: All son, 42; Babb, 6. In the house Allison re- solved 73 voles; Babb, 19, aad Stuart L. | Mrs NV | han the | Station. The engine of the stock train | gine 18. ~The house yes 1896, | | GENERAL CAMPOS’ SUCCESSOR, General Weyler Will Load the War Against Cuban Insurgents, MAprip, Jan. 18. — The cabinet has unanimously decided to supersede Captain General Martinez de Campos and his leu. tenant, General Arderius, owing to differ ences which exist between them and the political parties In Cuba. General Marin and General Pando, who are now In com- mand of Spanish troops in the province of Santiago de Cuba, will replace Generals Campos and Arderius temporarily. HAVANA, Jan, 20. A dispatch from Madrid announces that General Valeriano Weyler has accepted the appointment to | the governorship of Cuba, and will sall for the island on Friday next Valdes has been appointed second in com mund Polavieja, had been mentioned as the probable sus cessor of General had General Suarez General whose name Campos, a confer ence on Saturday with the president of the council of ministers, Senor Castillo, at Madrid. The general expressdod himself ns favoring the appolntme Genernl Valeriano Weyler as captain eral and in the gent for, Cuban sympathizers here that Weyler's policy will Ix of br annihilation On Saturday General Campos, w turn immediately to Spain, sent t elegy: consider yoo, leloegram as an order, ought to state that 1 have not resi am gen CONRKNGUENCee intter ue one ro lowing mation. 1 have no sens the first ment upon iis decision to congratulate avert disagrecmen me and yet might The Proclamation Heady. WasnixGgroN, Jan. 21 y from a trustworthy source the recognise States is about to ency of iban high authority for the states President Cleveland was ready on day to issue a proclamat the bolligerency of the revolutd that it nou the insurgent r m was wit of the recall « It was felt by the president neesment Pros tion woul th nanis} h government few days was accordingly de HARRISO with Mrs His Former Wife's Niece, - As a Matrimonial Candidate Dimmicok, Youre Jan. 18 1 fact that Harris narriage wiii n lent Mr Dimmick 1 Lhe engaged ot own in and Washington than in NewYork During the life of Mr Harrison who was her aunt Mrs Dimmick practically gov erned Mr. Harrd son's household in Indianapolis, and directed the house general | Indianapoll il hold affairs of the | White House dur | ; ing the period that | Mrs Harrison was {Il and prior to MES. DIMMICK. her death That a doubt. Af all state functions she re ceived with Mrs. Harrison when alive, and | acted in hor place later when she was sick Plowed Under a Pullman Sleeper, Gronaxrowx, Tex, Jan bound International and Great Northern stock train, running on a special sched |, ule; overtook the regular St. Louis pas senger train, which was a few minutes behind tithe, Just as it was leaving Hutto plowed ite way under the rear Pullman sleeper and stopped, leaving the Pullman on the top of the engine. Engineer Man were riding in the rear car next to the en The passengers escaped injury Train Dropped Into a Mine. Hazixron, Pa, Jan 21. ~The Lehigh 7:22, in charge of Engineer Michael Lon gor and Conductor George Roeso, was pro cipitated into a coal mine near this place, Lonzer was wedged betwoen the baggage ear and the ground, and wgs crushed to death. The fireman, Frederick Meyers, escaped with a lacerated scalp, but will probably die. Several passengers were in. jured, but all were able to walk to this city Five Firemen Killed, Hr. Lota, Jan. 20.<The four story building at 415 Broadway, occupied by Aloe & Co, opticians and dealers in surg) oal and electrigal instruments, was burned Inst night, cauling $200,000 loss. By the caving in of a floor Firemen Glanville, Rhboddy, Curley and Staunton were crush od to death, and Fireman Owen Hiresdied at the hospital from suffocation, Utah's First Senators, BALM LAKE City, Jan, 22. For United States sonator the entire Republican vote in both branches of the legislature was cast yesterday for Frank J. Cannon and Arthur Brown, the caucus nominees, ex. oapting one vote for Fennell and one for Goodwin, The Democrats voted for * - Canovas del | nt of | Jus | of wns | are | Mass i near Sa kf | was formerly Miss Mary 1. Dimmick was a favorite with the | then president ta Washington is without | speculation | form, however A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, Jan. 16, The Manitoba elections resulted in an overwhelming victory for Premier Green- way and anti-Catholic schools Senator Joseph Blackburn is out of the race for United Btates senatorship from Kentucky to succeed himself, Towa Congressmen Washington and fo held a meeting in mally announced Sen tor Allison's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Ballington Booth, commander of Balvation Army In America, has been or dered to return to Kus LE sadvationd talk of mutiny to pre ont hie removal Friday, Jan. 17. The Democratic national will be held in the Coll conventic at Chie cum at Chicag | July 7 next Katherine, the eighth daughter « tioe Fuller O Murry KE Buffal Hon, Char of ex Goverr Inst night Members « Saturday, Jan. . NM 1 00 Lhe ei ator Musan B wi 8 party Kner shot et missed BB nedy, the } Caer d the Ehot and Kna eRCAw i fr eparted to have rs in the Tuesday, Jan of th New York By the explosion of a ox : n i nford, X. C.. Jol Gilmer Walter Gunter were killed and and Glimer's father severely injured A London dispatch anne wife of the Hon ops that the Curzon, who Wash a daughter on George N ter. of ington delivered of Monday Miss Clara Barton and her party of Red Cross workers left New York today on the steamer Southampton, on for Turkey to distribute re menians STOCK AND PRODUCE was their journey ef tothe Ar MARKETS Closing Quotations of the New York and Philadelphia Bxchanges, New York, Jan. 21. <A more cheerful tem | per prevailed in Wall street. and this cond! 2 «A north | tion was reflected in spasmodic bursts of com parative strength and animati The improveme: Closing bids Baltimore & Ohlo 88 Del. & Hudson... 125 D.L.&W 182 Erle 1% Lake Erie & W. 18 Lehigh Nav “ Lehigh Valley oe nn the stock t was not unl New Jersey Cen N. ¥. Central Pennsylvania Reading Ni. Paul W. NY &Pa West Shore te Wie 81% ”y 6g ”y General Markets, Prirassiernia, Jan. 21 Flour in Bght de mand; winter superfine, $2 3532 0; de extras, $2.6002.85; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3158 825; do. do, straight, $1.30@3 40; western win tor, clear, $1.1523.05. Wheat dull, wih 00 bid and 89%c. asked for January. Corn . vady with Be. bid and Be. asked for Juouary Oats quiet, with 240. bid and 250. asked for January. Hay steady: choloe timothy, $16 Beef firm. Pork firm: mess, $10 35@4; family, $11; short clear, $11.50012.50. Lard steady western steam, $5. Butter weak: western creamery, 1H@20.; factory, PB 184c.: Kigina, Ne. imitation creamery, 14@1%.; New York dairy, 10@018c.; do. creamery, 481%. Penn sylvania and western creamery prints, extra, Ble. ; do. choice, 2. do. fair to good, 10@10c. ; prints Jobbing at 22835. Cheese firm; New York large, V@104e. ; fancy small, "8c. : part skims, 344@6c. ; full skims, 205. Eegs steady. New York and Pennsylvania, 18310 ; west ern fresh, 18c.; scuthern, 10M6@ 174. Live Stock Markets, New Yon, Jan, 21. «European cables quote American steers at 93100. dressed weight; refrigerator beef at T@8. Calves quiet; poor to prime veals, $585.70: barnyard calves, $26 £50. Sheep and Iambs steady, but slow; poor te prime sheep, $2ETBA75. common to Shien lambs, JL2@540. Hogs firm at $256 “oo, EAsr Linenyy, Pa. Jan. 21. -Cattlo slow; me, BACGLTH, good butchers, $5094; Lis, stags and cows, $1,500.48 Hogs steady: medium weights, $40004.55; best light hogs hit bie, $4.2004.50; heavy hows. $4104.15; roughe, $3.85, Sheep higher: export wethers, $4.7508.85; prime sheep, $3.400.9.00, fair, $2.60 @18; commen. $1. 1308 10; lambs, $304 Veal calves, 93.0004 the | ts | — | RAILROAD SCHED ULES { 1A RAILROAD AND BRANCHES. In effect on and after May 20, 1940 P ENNSYLVAN VIA. TYROKE~WEBRTWAKD Leave Bellefonte 6 25am, arrive { f4iam at Altoona, 7 40am | 1210p m | Leave Bellefonte 10 6a mw; arrive al PY Loutia i i at Tyrone at Pitts urg at Ty pom oat Pitt (ne 1 | ‘ of 1 Wh, = ——— { Leave Beliefonte 515 pm; arrive at 71 685: at Altoona at 7 40; at Pittsburg at | am DUrg ee be 1] YRONE-~EASTWARD Leave Bellefonte 6 26 am ! 6 4 arrive at 7 } am; at Ph phia 12 | Leave Bellefon EBRD RP RB ERB RRBRERP@®E TT Dl TL dete r = ' pam oipm.iam »raey Shore Williamsport 1 amsnorti Ar Philada Lv N. York via Tamq N. York via Phila (Foot Liberty street) Atlantic City t Week Days. § 6:00 p. m. Sunday 1 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Philadelphia Sleeping Car attached to Phil | ndelphia 5 Reading R. R. train passing Witiamspt east bound at 11:35p m, West bound | at 655. m. Pullman Parlor Cars on Day | trains between Williamsport and Philadelphia i J. W. GEPHART, General Supt 1 * Dally : ELLEFOXTE CENTRAL RAILROAD B To take effect May 20, 1865, WESTWARD 51 Lv.AaM AM Pre 630010 04K RASTWARD 1% 85 2 STATIONS | | Ar Bellefonte JIRORR o£ 1} | pees sesens MOTTIS,.. Whitmer... wo JUDLOTS.....n 1B BRetx {Nn EE ET = | BERS ORRIN TER Bx mERB BBE BBE 1 Lanne Krumrine...., wen StTUDIC. my 0 we State © RRERCSTRNERENX gassueys PLO BRDBINOIDONg ane i ollege....| — it— - — Tl Jornin trains from Montandon, Williams i Haven and Tyrone connect with ral Roc for State Oollege, Afternoon trains from Montandon, Lewisburg and Tyrone con noct with Train No. 11 for State College. Trains State Ocllege connect with Penna. R. R. trains at Bellefonte. ) Sun y Jiuity exenpt ngs HH. TroM As, Supt. : ENTRE COUNTY BANKING C COMPANY Corner 1 and ring street, atunustH LH re ha Notes.
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