The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, July 05, 1895, Image 1

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8SCKANTOX, PA., FRIDAY 3IORN1NG, JULY B, 1893.
TWO CENTS A COPY.
WYE
rosin
Boys' hlrt waists to the front.
Why, we can hardly tell, unless it
Is due to the fact that we were too
busy with goods that flgured into
"more money.
11 Then
Freely In fact, our stock runs up
into thousands of dozens, and there
la not a good make or a prominent
tyle of boys' waist on the market
that we do not carry.
LITTLE ""
Leads all others as a common sense,
dressy-looking waist. We have It
in Whites, Printed materials, etc.
Tou can get the same style else
where, but you cannot get such a
large line to select from, and you
cannot get them at the figures we
quote.
5
99
Is the old reliable standby, and for
practical thrift and true economy,
there's nothing on the market today
to surpass it.
We have it in all sizes, qualities
and materials, and prices for a
good, fast color Cambric begin at
E
FIT
Is not half told yet, but why pro
long it further?
If we can get you to understand
that we carry two or three ordinary
stock of shirt waists for boys, and
, tell them at a big percentage lower
than all competitors, we have ao
' complished all we desire.
- Common prudence and good sound
ense oa your part will do the rest.
tAhehouse
'.All
Yetwc
20c.
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AT EAST
Extraordinary Scenes at the Little
Kcd School House Parade.
I'ARADEK'S ATTACKED BY A MOB
lltavo liattla of a Member of the Home
Guards and lour Other Men
Against' Fearful O J J - Death
of a HystauJcr.
Boston, July 4. The most extraor
dinary scenes wt enacted In East
Boston today. It betfan with the ex
change of Insults between the paraders
and the thousands of sightseers who
lined the sidewalks; It ended with a
murder. All the trouble was In con
ncctkm with the afternoon parade,
which hd come to be called "the little
red school house parade," the paraders
representing American lriteotlve asso
ciation lodges. Patriotic Sons of Ameri
ca, Orange lodges, order of United
Workmen and other kindred organiza
tions. This parade was booked to start
at 1.30, and the head of the column
started from White street pretty nearly
at that time, it (.resented a novel ap
pearance. It was completely encircled
by police, who not only led the column,
but flanked both sides of It fur a hun
dred yards. There were fully 'J0O police
men under the command of Deputy
Pierce and Captain Irish.
There were about 1.200 men in t.tie
parade. It was headed by "the little
red school house," which Jhas been the
pubjtct of the regulation New England
school house, seen In all of Its states.
In front wore a number of men with
sashes made of the Stars and Stripes.
Standing in the open doorway was a
tall figure clothed In military costume,
representing Uncle Sam. On each side
of the miniature building were three
windows, and in each window was a
man reading a book.
At the very end of the procession
came a barouche drawn by four grey
horses, which was without police pro
tection. In the carriage were Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Emerson, II. Roberts and
Mrs. F. J. Campbell. Th" carriage was
profusely decorated, with American
flags, and iMrs. Campbell wore an
orange dress.
When the l"llit Kceiin.
"'hen the rt'ir of the procession was
between Brooks and Putnam streets,
on Saratoga street, the crowd closed In.
A drunken woman, decked In tawiry
finery, marched up to the rear of the
carriage, shouting loud insults. The
ladies shrank back in fright. One of
the men pushed the drunken woman
tuck. Some men In the crowd fell
upon the man with loud shouts. A
milk can sailed throush the air, falling
into the carriage. '
Albert E. Andrews, of Everett, a pri
vate In the Roxfoury Horse guards,
was standing on the sidewalk near by.
He was In full uniform, his sabre at
his side. Andrews had been in the es
cort of the mayor all the morning.
The bright yellow plume of his helmet
attracted the attention of the strug
gling ladies In the carriage.
"Help us," one of them cried, shrilly.
Andrews rushed into the thick of the
fight, drawing his sabre as he ran.
He waved the heavy blade aibove his
head. The crowd fell back a second,
then rushed upon the orange plume
with a tremendous roar. Four men
stood by Ar.dre.ws, one of them bran
dishing two revolvers.
In seven minutes the street was the
scene of a terrible battle. Gradually
Andrews wjs driven up Saratoga
street. Twice he fell. Twice the man
with the revolvers fired. It Is very
probable the revolvers were charged
only with blank cartridges. Andrews
retreated, slashing and feinting with
his sabre, but cutting only once, when
one young man named Stewart, of
Brooks street, had his nose slashed off.
Charge of Mounted Police.
Hardly had the crowd started the
fight when a messenger was sent for
the police. This time there was not a
policeman within a quarter of a mile.
Captain Irish detailed three mounted
policemen to the rescue. They name
down Boston street on the gallop. At
the time Andrew and hl.i supporters
were nearly done for, Officer Bates and
two others did great fighting. Batei
was struck by a brick Immediately on
arriving on the scene. A number of his
teeth were knocked out. His uniform
was spattered with Wood.
With great difficulty Andrews was
protected till he reached No, 44! Sara
toga street, where he dashed under
Bates' horse and escaped over a fence
Into his father's house.
The mounted officers held the crowd
at bay ten minutes more, then a pla
toon of fourteen officers dashed to the
rescue, clubbing right and left. Many
heads were broken before the crowd
went scurrying down Saratoga street.
Michael Doyle, of Morris street, was
clubbed so severely that he now lies dy
ing at the city hospital
A small detachment of the pnradcrs
was coming down Border street Just
after the parade had been dismissed.
At the corner of Maverick street there
was trouble which originated In the
same manner as did the other disturb
ances of the day. There was hooting
and hissing, followed by personal al
tercations between those who were
coming from the parade and the people
In the crowd. Some sticks and ntones
were thrown and the melee Increased,
whereupon a number of the paraders
drew pistols and began firing indiscrim
inately. John Will Killed.
John W. Wills, who Is said to be an
Involuntary participant In the affair,
was struck by a bullet and received In
juries which resulted in his death.
Just a few feet from Wills stood John
Row, one of the paraders. Ross pointed
his pistol at Wills, according to the
testimony of a man who stood next to
him, and fired, the bullet striking Wills
Just above the right hip, passing Jnto
his abdomen. ' He gave a stifled cry and
fell to the pavement. , - .
When Wills fell, a young man named
John Quirk sprang toward Mm and
bent over th bleeding body..' He claims
that Rom pointed his pistol' at him and
fired ' again. v The bullet .' graced his
temple. ' .
Patrick A. Kelly was also wounded,
but It Is not known whether with a
bullet or not,'
Rom and .a man named Harold 0.
Brown were arrested on suspicion,
while many persons were held as witnesses.
KILLED BY 1'ATIILIMN-LAW.
Lewis Perrlll Shot toad a the Kesult of a
Family Feud.
IVkln. HI, July i.A tragedy which
rivals the shooting of lie llowiby fam
ily by Al Walluce hint spring occurred
near IVkin lust evening. Iewls Perrlll,
a well-knowit young man, was killed
by lieorge W. Smith, his father-in-law,
as the result of a bitter family feud.
Perrlll, It Is Mated, had frequently
threatened Smith's life, but the latter
got the drop on him as he was riding
through a lonely bit of country In a
buggy.
lie tired a rltle ball through Perrlll's
breasit, the bullet passing entirely
through h. body. Perrlll sprang and
started for Smth. but Uropiied dead
after g.ilng a few feet. Smith then
emptied a shotgun into the prostrate
form of his victim and gave himself up
to the authorities.
FATAL TKOllKY AH'IDEST.
Vi llllnmsport Street e arn Contliino tho
Work of llutclivry-The VlcMiuof Core
Icssiicss. WlllUunspnrt, Pa., July l.-Thls city
was the scene of another frightful trol
ley accident tonight. In which one life
was Instantly crushed out and two oth
ers are in the hospital, one of whom
will die. The ncvldunt occurred on
Park avenue, near Klmlra street,
shortly before 11 o'clock. Car No. .1. In
charge of Motoituan Davis and Con
ductor Wolf, was going west, and had
just crossed Elmira street, when a
buggy containing a man and two wo
men struck a stone heap anfl toppled
over on the rails.
Instantly there was a collision and
the occupants went under the car.
A'lk-e Olace, aged aibout 40. v.s In
stantly killed, her head being crushed
by the wheels'. Phoebe Koch was fatal
ly Injured and Edward Schneider was
seriously Injured. The accident was
owing entirely to the pile of building
stone, on which no warning light had
been placed.
INTO A itlUM-'OOT CHASM.
A Bark-Hauler and His Team Have an
An fill I'l uhro.
Williamsport. Pa.. July 4. William
Mays, a teanniter In the Pene creek
lumber region, had a thrilling escape
from awful deaith. He was driving a
load of bark with two horses attached,
along the edge of a chasm "00 feet deep
when the roadbed gave way. Mays,
the teum and wagon were precipitated
over the edge.
Mays knlged In the top of a hemlock
tree. A moment la.ter a rolling boulder
niruck him and knocked him senivlesa
Into the abyss. Fortunately, hv again
lodged, this time in the deep crevice
of a rock, where he was found uncon
scious by rescuers. Both noises were
killed and the wagon broken to kin
dling wood.
FLIGHT INSTEAD OF SUICIDE.
A Probable Wife-MurJcr Rapidly Coming
to Light.
Wheeling. W. Va., July 4. A sensa
tional outcome of tho Huff case was the
discovery by the police that Jacob
Huff, whop? clulthing was found on the
river bank as if ito Indicate suicide,
bought a ticktlt at Bellalre yesterday
for Chicago.
There Is no doubt that Huff Is alive
and has with him several thousand
dollars, derived from the sale of his
wife's property. Mrs. Huff's body will
be exhumed and exnmined for tmcfs
of polfvtn. The sudden death of Mrs.
Huff, the sale of her property and dis
appearance of Huff have caused great
excitement. , '
HIS HAND BLOWN OFF.
Serious Accident to Dr. It. Itcvnn. Who
Wns Cclchrstlng at Pittston.
Special to the Seranton Tribune.
Pittston. July 4. About 10.30 this eve
ning Dr. B. Bevan received serious In
Jury from the explosion of a cannon
Are-cracker. Dr. Bevan had lighted the
fuse of the cracker which burned slowly
and had apparently been extinguished.
When he went into the street where It
had been thrown and picked up the
Infernal roll of powder and paste board
to relight It.
He had scarcely lifted the cracker
from the ground when it exploded with
terrible force. Dr. Hevan's right hand
was blown entirely off, leaving only a
stump at his wrist. The injured man
was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The New Wcothcr Man.
Washington, July 4. The appointment of
Willis I j. Moore, of Illinois, to be chief cf
the weather bureau was announced from
the white house today. The commission
arrived from Gray Guides In the morning
mail.
Itnrrcls of hixkev linrned.
Lancaster, Pa., July 4. The bonded
warehouse connected with the distillery
of A. H. SheafTer, this city, was burned
this morning with WW barrels of whisky.
Loss, $15,000; Insurance, $1,000.
KEYSTONETTES.
Rartlrg trolley cars will have fenders.
So will Seranton cars some day.
The Are at Erie that was supposed to be
destroying" lake vessel was a forest fire.
Artificial Ice companies have stnrted a
war lr PoMnvilln against the regular deal
ers, and heavy consumers get free Ice.
The Reading company's coal traffic at
airardvllle has grown to such large pro
portions that extra weigh scales are being
pua In. I
Elght-yenr-old Waiter Gross, of Potts
vlllo, went liii'thlng by himself because
older companions chased him back and
wss drowned.
Mine Inspector McDonald's report for
tho Third anthracite district for the month
of June shows four fatal and four non
fatal accidents.
FOREIGN CHAT.
The International Statistical Institute
will meet at Berne, Switzerland, Aug, JO
to 30.
Rumor says that the cxar of Russia will
it lend the Gorman army maneuvers In
August as well as Emperor Francis Jo
seph, of Austria. ' . ,
The German and French blmeteallists
have passed a series of resolutions in favor
of International blmetaillsmat a Axed ratio
to be determined by aa agreement ho
tween Germany, France,. Great Britain
and the United States.
ACCIDENT ON THE WABASH
A Llyht Engine Crushes Into a
Sleeper.
Kear
TRAINMEN I'ATALLY IXJL'KED
The Sleeping Couch la Jammed Into a
Chair Cur Miraculous Fucupoof the
Passengers from Serious In
Jury in the Wreck.
Iecatur, 111., July 4. Wabaeh tJ-aln
No. 41, which left here at 8 o'clock last
night, one hour lute, met with an acci
dent at Nliintlc, twenty miles west of
here, by which two trainmen were fa
tally Injured and a number of passen
gers had a narrow escape from death.
A light engine following, crashed Into
the rear sleeper. Jamming it into the
chair car. The injured are:
M. I.. HlgglnH, engineer, Sprlnglleld.
crushed under tender, fatally Injured;
Smith, fireman. Jumped, fatally In
jured. Not one of the passengers were
seriously hurt. There were four or live
passengers In the sleeper, but they
were for the most part near the for
ward end of the car and not one of them
was hurt.
CHARLES J. KINSLEIl SHOT.
Philadelphia Councilman lilt tiy a Stray
llullet.
Philadelphia, July 4. Charles J.
Klusler, a mcinbor of city council, was
shut shortly after midnight last night
last night and died a few hours later.
The shooting is believed to have been
ucl.lcntal. There was a celebration of
the opening of Independent Day at
the rooms of a social cmlb and one of
Hie events was the raising of a Hag over
the club house. As the Hag was raised
on the pole there was a fiurilade of re
volvers and myriads of tlreworks were
sent off. Mr. Klnsler was in the crowd
In front of the club house and while
the shooting was In progress he fell to
the sidewalk with a bullet wound In
the head. He was hastily removed to
the Pennsylvania hospital, where he
died early this morning.
it Is not known who fired th fatal
shot, but a man n-imed James Leonard
was arrested on suspicion and was this
morning committal to await the action
of the coroner. Klnsler was -a saloon
keeper and was very popular In the lo
cality, he having been elected to com
mon council last ApHl on the Republi
can ticket, though the ward Is Demo
cratic. PEOPLES PARTY IN LINE. .
A State Ticket Hobs I p Serenely at
Wtlllamspnrt.
Williamsport. Pa.. July 4. The Peo
ple's party state convention was held
here today and nominated the follow
ing ticket:
State treasurer. George N. Dawson,
of Beaver; Judges of the Superior court,
W. C. Rheem, of Franklin; John W.
Stever.son, of Pittsburg; J. B. Young.
Beaver; J. W. Allison, Erie, and D. O.
Coughlin, Luzerne. State Ch.ilrman
Thompson was re-elected. The Omaha
platform wo endorsed, and the Re
publican and Democratic parties de
nounced. RAIN POURED DOWN.
It Fell t'pon tho Just nnJ I'njnst In
Arkansas.
Port Smith, Ark., July 4. This entire
section of the state was visited yester
day by the heaviest downpour of rain
that has fallen In years. In three hours
nearly as many Inches of rain fell. The
Arkansas river, which has been ex
tremely low for a year. Is raising rap
Idly and should the heavy rains con
tinue, will soon be out of Its banks.
The St. Louis and San Francisco rail
way Is the heaviest sufferer by the
flood. The damage to crops is heavy.
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HOPE FOR .MOR A CLAIMS.
The Spanish Government Appoints a
Committee on Them.
Madrid, July 4. The Spanish govern
ment has appointed a committee to con
sider the (Inlms of the United States
regarding the confiscation of the estate
of Antonio Maximo Mora, an American
citizen residing on the Island of Cuba.
The value of the property taken from
Mora was alleged to be about 2,500.0O0.
This was done during a previous insur
rection In Cuba. In December, 1SS6,
Spain promised to pay $1,500,000 under
this claim, with Interest on such part
of the idemnlty as should be deferred.
SUICIDE OF AN EDITOR.
After Murdering His Wife and Child He
Cuts Ills Own Throat.
Chllllcothe, Mo., July 4. Augustus
Fields, formerly editor of the Polo
Post, In Caldwell county, murdered his
wife and child this morning and com
mitted suicide at Wheeling, near this
city, where he was visiting his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Thompson.
He cut the' throats of his wife and
child, and then cut his own throat. No
reason can be assigned for the act.
Mr. Fields was a prominent business
man at Polo, and at on time enjoyed
good practice as a lawyer.
CHOLERA AT PITTSTON.
What Looks l.lko Two Cases Discovered
In n Polish Boarding House.
rittston. Pa., July 4. What Is be
lieved to be cholera was discovered to
day In a Polish boarding house here
containing forty people. Two children
In the house were taken sick yesterday
and died 'today.
The physician who was summoned to
attend them diagnosed their ailment
as cholera and reported it to the health
officer. The health board ordered the
bodies of the children to be burled at
once and are Investigating the case.
HIG FIRE AT WELLINGTON.
. ,
sixteen Buildings Are Burned and ISO,
0(10 Worth of Property leiroyed.
Wellington, O., July 4. Unless help
arrives from Oberlln and other towns
applied to for assistance within a ihort
time, It Is probable that tomorrow will
da'wn upon nothing but asnes and
burning embers where a few hours ago
stood the city of Wellington. At
o'clock lira broke out la the rear of the
Methodist church on Main street. In
thirty minutes the fire had attacked
sixteen buildings and the fire pro
gressed, practically unchecked.
Already J150.0OO worth of property
has been destroyed and the fire is
making rapid headway.
BRIDGE FALLS DOWN.
Thirty-Eight Persons Are Injured tn the
Collapse.
Fort Wayne, July 4. At Bristol, Elk
county, Indiana, today, several hun
dred persons were standing on a wagon
bridge over the St. Jospeh river, watch
ing a boat race, when suddenly the
bridge without warning gave way, pre
cipitating nearly all the crowd Into the
river.
Thirty-eight persons are known to
have been hurt, and of these many will
die. So far aa known no one was killed
outright.
THE WAR NOT 0VEB.
Members of Fishing Creek Confederacy
Attempt to Tar and Feather a Veteran.
l'.loomsburg, Pa,, July 4. It was sup
posed until today that the famous
Firthlng Creek Confederacy hud been
dead more than thirty years. I.ast
night Richard HtlK-H, of Philadelphia,
was shamefully assaulted lu -revenge
for his service In the war and against
the Confederate uprising In Columbia
county. Ktlles formerly resided at lien-
ton, this county, and is now visiting
his son there. Last nlyht .he was at
tacked by two men who attempted to
tar and feather him. Although Mr.
Stiles Is a veteran with but one arm,
ho frustrated his assailants until peo
ple cams to his aid. Then the rascals
fled. Their Intended victim was not
Injured.
At the outbreak of the war Stiles re
sided at Benton, which was the seat of
what was called a "Copperhead" dis
trict. It became knuwn as the Fishing
Creek Confederacy and was so serious
that several companies of soldiers were
sent from the field to crush It. During
this time of excitement. Stiles was a
strong ITn'on man, and ihis life was
often threatened by ttie southern sym
pathizers. One night a coffin was left
at hs door, ln.belled "The Fishing Creek
Confederacy," and was carried before
the deserters who were afterward cap
tured by troops at their homes at Ben
ton on their return march.
Stiles Wfnt to Philadelphia to live
when the war was over. As he has not
been here for years. It is regarded as
certain that the attack upon him last
n!ght was the work of former members
of the notorious FlKhlng Creek Con
federacy, who had waited a third of
a century to get revenge.
WOULDN'T WED A THIN GIRL.
Orcttjr Victoria l ost n lover When She
Lost Her Plionrtncss.
Brooklyn, N. T., July 4. Lndlslaus
Chopsky, a young cooper of Williams
burg, Is too particular, according to the
view of Victoria Lnbawosky. When
Chopsky left Poland six months ago
he was engaged to Victoria, who was
very plump. A month ago Chopsky
sent for his fiancee.
When he met Victoria at the pteam
fT wharf In Hoboken yesterday. Chop
sky was astounded to see thai she had
grown very thin. He declined to
marry the young woman.
COMES OUT FOR QUAY.
Captain Isnaa Johnson Announces Him
self for the Senntor.
Chester, Pa., July 4. Captain Isaac
Johnson, the law partner of Senator
Jesse M. Baker, has announced him
self for Quay for chairman of the state
committee. This announcement was a
surprise to the leaders, for the stale
senator has been training with the Martin-Porter
combination. Judge Clay
ton nlso favors Quay.
Crnied by Prink.
T.i.il.i.lol.vt.ta Tnlv A -VhltA ernffpd hv
drink tonight John Hnyes, a machinist,
shot and fatally wounded his wife and
then put a uullet tnrotmn nis own nean,
inflicting a mortal wound.
Mndo It F.osy for the Car.
Pittsburg, July 4. Edward Mngee. n. s'n
gle man, aged 25 wears, committed Milcldo
today by throwing himself In front of in
electric car. Hj was ground to pieces. No
cause Is signed for the rash dsd.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
For the murder of Dr. A. F. Drewrcy,
O. C. King was hanged at Rusk, Tex.
8auattcrs on the Indian reservation near
Kmerson, Neb., are being driven oft by
COO Indian police,
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber,
has been returned to Auburn (N. Y.)
prison for safekeeping.
Over 1,000 acres of Wisconsin land are
claimed by heirs of Major Alexander
Hope, of Prolrlo du Chlen.
On the charge of swindling the Bank of
Waycross, Oa., K. B. Conrad was extra
dited from Jacksonville, Fin.
No verdict could be reached In the trial
of New Orleans screwmen, who were In
dicted for causing the labor riots.
In a quarrel with three toughs In a Chi
cago saloon, Clatwonthy Goiigh, an ex
pressman, was mortally wounded.
Probably 1.000 Chicago business men will
go to Atlanta to help boom the Cotton
States and International exposition.
Martin A. ' Arannhon, a deaf mute, of
'Frisco, married Miss Ruth Button, a
teacher In deaf and dumb asylums.
Ex-Secretary of State Foster, who acted
as China's agent In tb peace negotiations
with Japan, arrived at Victoria, B, C.
Three attempts were made tn one night
to burn the big Mecca apartment house.
In Chicago, but the miscreants were foiled.
When sentenced to hang . for killing
Frank Bullard, William Jones, of Jasper,
Fla., foil as If dead and was unconscious
for hours.
By a boiler explosion In the Howard
(8. D.) Rolling mills Engineer Oj P.
Walker was killed and three probably
fatally hurt.
As a short cut to deciding the Fair will
case at 'Frisco, all contestants will unite
to (test the validity of the trust clause of
the document. .
A boulder that fell from' the roof of
Marabel Quicksilver mine, at Callstoga,
Cal killed Thomas. Hablshaw and seri
ously hurt Samuel Farmer.
When sued by his wife for divorce, Dan
let E. Foley, a Ban Francisco capitalist,
declared that he obtained a divorce Ave
yaar age after her long disappearance, '
FALL OF AJRAND STAND
Sixty Men, Women and Children
Tumbled In a Heap.
LIST OP THE BADLY INJURED
A Weak Stairway Uives Way-Women
Are Trampled Upon in the Panic.
Several of tho Injured Are
in the Hospital.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 4. While 10,000
people satin the new grand stand at the
Buffalo Driving park at &.30 o'clock
this afternoon a section of the stand
fell. The cause was a weak stairway,
which held forty or fifty people at the
time. Underneath the stairway was a
wine room which had been crowded
with people only a moment before.
They were climbing back to their seats
in the stand to witness the start of a
race, when the accident occurred. In
caving In so suddenly the stairway
took with It a section of the grand
stand and piled about sixty people,
men, women and children In a mass.
Then the Immense crowd stood up In
their seats and rushed toward the stair
way and then back from It again.
In the stampede women fainted and
were trampled upon, jumped from the
stand to the ground and In other ways
contributed to the excitement. After
the stand had been cleared the people
were held back with difficulty, while
those who had fallen were extricated.
Carriages were soon at hand and took
to their homes about forty men and
women who were but slightly Injured
or who un"ered from shock. Ambu
lances took the most severely Injured
to the hospitals.
1 1st of tho Inlure;!.
The hospitals give out this list of the
Injured tonight:
John. Hill, colored, four ribs broken
and internally Injured; will die.
O. H. Rich, president of the Com
mercial bank, leg badly fractured.
Frank Veatf r, buck broken and f3tal
Internal Injuries; will die.
Mrs. James K. Cuddy, scalp wounds
and head and face cut.
Mrs. Wood, broken thigh.
T. Klttehell. leg fra.ctu.-ed.
Mary Montgomery, Internal Injuries,
collar bone broken.
Mrs. Hrwnrd 1 1 err. bnth legs broken.
Mrs. F. A. O-nndall, wife of F. A
Crandall. th librarian of the bureau
of public printing, Washington, was se
riously bruised.
The grand stand was a new one and
was built about three years ago.
GAS WELL BREAKS LOOSE.
Manufacturers I'ctir It May Train the
Alexnndrin Field.
Elwood, Ind., July 4. The strange ac
tions of a natural gas well, ownd by
the DePauw Oas company, at Alexan
dria, have caused anxiety among the
citizens of that place as well as among
all kinds of manufacturers in the gai
belt. Over n month ngo it broke Its an
chor and began flowing water at an as
tonishing rate, but was finally confined.
Then another well half a mile away
broke loose and the artesian well went
dry, cutting oft the city's water supply.
In a day or so gas began to escape
from the ground around the DePauw
well, and wells and cellars In the vicin
ity were so filled with It that explosion."
were feared. It was decided that the
only way to prevent this would be
to turn the well loose, which was done
three week sago. Since then It has been
blowing off 3,riUO,000 cubic feet per day.
The trouble is due to the fact that the
well was not packed deeply enough.
BROWNE DID NOT DRAW.
(July One Hundred snd Fifty Persons As.
scmhlcd to Witness Ills Mnrrinqc.
Washington. July 4. C.irl B.-owne,
the IL'tntenunt of Ooxey, In hH march
to Wn&hingiion at- the head of the urmy
of Commonwealein, reached the city
this morning, but did not carry out htr
alleged programme of being remarried
on th?1 capltol plti'iw to Coxey's dtinbh
ter. Mrs. Browne went from, the train
to a hotel. Browne rode through the
grounds three times on a I let-die and
that concluded his programme.
He wore the same old leather co.ilt.
corduroy ttonwrs and slouch halt th.vt
he used on his march. As he nmd" no
attempt to vIolnAe the laws he was un
molested. A crowd of lr.O people as
sembled to see Mie show, but after
waiting a time dlsperwd. .
MRS. O'l.EARY DEAD.
The Owner of the Cow That Caused t h
Chicago Fire Passes Awav.
Chicago. July 4. Mrs. Catharine
O'Lenry died yesterday afternoon. She
was the owner of the fractious cow
which In a barn In the rear of 137 De
koven street, on a memorable night In
October, 1X71, kicked over a lnmp and
started a blaze which cost Chicago
$190,000,000. Since the night of that
historic conflagration Mrs. O'Leary's
Hfe has been made miserable on nc
count of being held responsible for the
loss of life and enormous destruction
of property.
She denied the story vigorously, to
the committee which Investigated the
fire and Its causes, and made affidavits
that the allegations about herself and
the cow and the lamp were not tsiic.
MURDERS HIS WIFE.
Tragle End of a Domestic Quarrel Down
In Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., July 4. Clem
Rhermun, a negro preacher, and his
Wife, of Beulah, Lee county, went out
Sunday afternoon to visit some of Sher
man's parishioners. During one of the
visits a dispute arose between the
preacher and his wife, and they left
the house together In a rage.
A few minutes afterward a pistol
shot was heard, and. the other negroes
rushed out to find the woman lying
dead In the road,, with a bullet In her
left breast. The preacher wife mur
derer escaped.
FOUGHT AT THE FUNERAL.
The Murtsogh Family In a General How
at the Cemetery. .
Cleveland, July 4-The coroner went
to Bt John's cemetery yesterday after
noon to hold an inquest as to the cause
of death of Patrick Murtaugh, who died
In a hospital. Murtaugh's wife had
asked for the Investigation, but her
dead husband's family opposed it.
Twenty or more persona assembled In
the cemetery and a quarrel arose, dur
ing which Mrs. Murtaugh was struck by
one of the brothers of the dead man and
fainted.
Her father was knocked over a tomb
stone. Htones were procured, and It
was only by threatening to cause the
arrest of the entire, party that the
coroner prevented a serious fight.
BLEW UP THE WOMEN.
A keputed Lover I'scs Itynamlto on the
llouieof Ills Sweetheart.
Lamont, 111., July 4. In the village of
Rome yesterday, a house containing
five women was blown ito atoms by
dynamite placed beneath It by the re
jected lover 'jf one of the women.
All the Inmates were Injured, three
perhaps fatally. Luke Hoyle and Tim
Holse bolth aspired to the hand of Mul
llo Biers, and when Holse was chosen,
Hoyle stole enough dynamite from fhe
drainage canal works to revenge him
self in this manner. He was caught
at noon.
MLPED T 1IAMV HER LOVER.
Tcins Farmer and His Daughter Murder
tho l.nttcr's Suitor - Curious Tnle of
Texas I'crfi Jv and Crime.
i,San Antonio. Tex., July 4. The body
of Albert Blackman, a well-to-do young
wan, was found near Logarto, Live
oak county, a week ago. Around his
neck was a ripe. and It was evident
that he had been hanged to the limb
of a tree, under which the body lay.
He had last been seen alive In the com
pany of Hes-sle Harris, the daughter of
a firmer of that locality. At the coro
ner's Inquest Bessie testified that
Blackman committed suicide by hang
ing, and that she witnessed the deed
dnd after he was dead she cut his body
down.
Sutiicion was aroused and warrants
were Issued for the arrest of the Harris
gill and her father and mother. The
preliminary examination of the prison
ers has just been held, and through the
confession of Bessie Harris on the wit
ness stand the full details of the crime
came out. She said that Blackman
had been courting her for some time
airalnst the wishes of her parents, and
that the latter, through their talk,
caused her to become Insanely Jealous
of the young man. Her father finally
arranged with her to put Blackman out
of the way.
On the night of the killing she met
Blackman, nr.i they went for a walk.
She detained her lover In a lonely place
until her father arrived with a rope,
a:.d they tihen told Blackman that they
were going to hang him. The girl
slates that BKiekman did not offer any
resistance while the rope wtis being
t'lueed about his neck, and that she
tied the knot with her own hands.
Then, at the command of her father,
Blackman climbed a tree and swung
himself off. "He died very easily,"
concluded the girl. "After he was quiet
I cut the rope and let his body down to
the ground."
The girl and her parents are held
charged with murder.
WASHINGTON LACKS OZONE.
Mr. Vcl.aln, of Indians. Says the Capi
tal's r.limntc Is Pcnjlv.
Indianapolis, July 4. W. E. McLean,
stale ser.a'tor, of Terre -Haute, who
owns a handsome home at Washington,
being an ex-government official, says
the climate at WafMrgton, from which
cily he has Just returned, "Is something
awful."
"The air seems to "be totally lacking
In ozone," he adds, "and is filled with
deadly miasm. I bellev I have solved
the secret of Gresham's death. It was
Jhat deadly air. I saw patches of green
scum on the Potomac hundreds of feet
fquare."
DENOUNCES DR. TALMAGE.
I S. Coffin Says tho llronktyn Divine
Sold Himself to a KsilronJ.
Orlnnell, July 4. In the School of the
Kingdom today Archdeacon Wood
r.poke on obedience as an element of re
ligion. Dr. Herrnn on Christian sociol
ogy and Dr. Uaites on the Christian
kingdom. The school closes tomorrow.
A feature of the day wis the remarks
of L. S. Coffin, of Font Dodge, In rela
tion to Rev. T. I Talmage, who spoke
at Clear Lake Sunday. Mr. Coffin said:
"Talmage sold himself to the rall
mtds for $."000 In order that an attrac
tion might make buslwss for the rail
way on Sunday, thereby obliging rail
way employes lo labor on the Sabbath."
Ho denounced Talmage severely.
Insurance Agent's Suicide.
Portland, Ore, July 4. Frank E. Davis,
for live years representative of the Fire
Insurtinc? sHe'.Hf Ion, of Philadelphia,
committed suicide by taking poison yes
terday. Davis was a defaulter to the
company he represented to the extent of
several thousand dollars and rather than
fnco tho charge against him he took his
life.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The state department will Investigate
the killing 4n. Peru of L. D. Bowser, an
American cltlxen.
Lick observatory professors have asked
President Cleveland to reinstate Profes
sor Oeorge Davidson in the coast survey.
The treasury department has redeemed
J'JiVJ.sa.l.OOO In currency the past year, a de
crease of tlU.OOO.OOO from the previous year.
All naval vessels will be made as nearly
live-proof as possible hereafter, to avoid
dissBters peculiar to tho China-Japanese
war.
Secretary Morton hRS turned back Into
tho treasury t'oo.ooo of the appropriation
made for the agricultural department for
the last fiscal year.
The court of claims throws out United
States Commissioner J. P. Southworth's
Loulslnana election frauds bill, as lie
signed 8,2)13 warrants by stamp Instead of
signature.
Assistant Secretary of State L'hl Is fti
yet unable to secure return passage from
Europe to New York, so extensive have
beene the European tourist bookings
ahead of him.
The bureau of navigation has received
preliminary returns showing that 2
steam and sail vessels of 1S2,71( gross ton
nago were built and documented In the
United States last year a slight Increase.
'WEATHER REPORT.
' For eastern Pennsylvania, fair, preceded
by showers.
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