Disasters and Accidents.
Three miners were killed in the Mollie
Gibson silver mimes at Aspen, Col.
; + Martin Neugard. of Minneapolis, Minn.,
found in the roadway = about three
{fourths of a mile from his home frozen to
«death. He had been drinking and evidently
unable to get home.
ramp’s shipyard, Philadelphia; Peter
{McGovern and Davis Dill, were hoistinga
ponderous iron plate when suddenly the
ge sheet of iron fell upon them. Dill was
imcalped and injured internally; McGovern
8 fatally injured about the head and
‘Four men were fatally burned by the
~ “explosion of crude petroleum at the Fish
Artificial Ice. Company’s plant, = Chicago.
"Their names are P. Clark, P. Dalton, H.
ideman, and H. Smith. :
{Charles Ludwig. a prominent farmer of
Dear Ft, Wayne, Ind., was attacked by a
‘wicious bull and killed,
' Two workmen were killed and another
probably fatally injured by an explosion of
izine gas at the Baldwin Locomotive
vorks, Philadelphia, Pa. The accident was
dye ta gross carelessness.
At Lima, Ohio, the boiler at King’s saw
exploded with frightful results, three
t
being killed. Kisling, the proprietors
= was blown «© to . atoms, and
Wohn® Shiverdecker, an employee
was terribly mangled. The owner of the
mill, J. M. Kisling was also killed. The
“mill was destroyed. : :
While Hans Miller and Jens Knutzen
“were returning from Clinton, Ia., to Miller's
farm, their team ran away and both men
were thrown out. Miller was instantly
“Killed and Knuizen received fatal injuries.
Three men were killed and several injured
by the caving in of a mine at Plattsburg,
NJ. :
Captain Gaultand tour seamen of ithe
aooner Oscar and Hattie, w re drowned |
near Nestucca, Ore., by the capsizing of a
boat.
The tows of Must Ark., a station on the
Aron Mountain road, was aliost completely
wiped out by fire.
The stables of the Norfolk (Va.) . City
Railroad were burned, with about eighty
Thorses, in addition to a large amount of
Af Philadelphia one of the large carpet
f John and James Dohson. Loss.
1%, 000,
“At Allerton, Ia., the business section
‘the village. Loss, $25,000.
The Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, near
Jackson, was badly damaged by: tire. All
the inmates were safely removed except a
‘Junatic named Brown, who is thought to
have started the. fire. He was : buried
_ to death. Superintendent Mitchell. was
badly injured by a fall from a ladder. . Loss
about $200,000.
: At. New Orleans, Schwartz's immense
«drygoods house, the largest in the South,
of
© | and several other mercantile establishments
* ‘were burned Thursday night. The total loss
48 $1,000,000;insurance, $750,000. The home
. J swcompanies are affected to the extent of
| $200,000. The rest of the insurance was
«carried by foreign companies. The general
opinion is that the fire was caused by an
electric light wire,
; Crime aud Penalties.
At Stillwater, Mont, ¢. H, snd Chas.
Countryman, cousins, quarreled about the
ownership of a race horse. Words ‘led to
blows, and Charles drew a revolver and shot
4G. H. Countryman five times, killing him
dnstantly.
William Coulter; the parricide, who, after
having been acquitted, confessed at a revival
that he had killed his father, was: sentenced
. %0 10 years in the penitentiary for perjury.
Henry H. Yard was indicted by the Phil-
adelphia grand jury in the United States
district court on the charge of aiding and
abetting Gideon W. Marsh, president of the
Keystone National bank, in embezzling the
funds of that institution.
: Hdyard Tenry, colored, was ‘stabbed in
i¢he heart and almost instantly killed at
Washington, D. C., by Edward Small, also
loo ored. The trouble occurred in a saloon.
Toepold Wertheim, 70 years old, of New
rk city, committed suicide by cutting
Bis hou with a table knife. He almost
ered his head from his body.
t
big danee house at Spokane, Idaho, was
wopened by a free fight im which four persons
ere killed or mortally wounded. In the
tof the fray officers elosed the house,
1 25 of the worst characters of the Norths
st are penned up in the stockade.
In a quarrel over politics at Tarrytown,
.y James Hannon was shot and killed
yy Chief of Polic Geo. F. Hackett.
Moines Frenchman named Ferdi
till, shot himself dead because he
not find a wife after advertising
for one.
- Kaley, ‘anti Prohibitionist, shot
d
could
ified a Prohibition leader, 0. B, Wil:
on, during an ‘election at Warrior, Ala,
Kale) had said that any man who voted for
hibition was a rascal. Williamson re
| this and the shooting followed.
The Weather.
{
most severe snow storms
Y., has witnessed for several
At St. Paul, Minn., the cold weather ol
the past few days bas’ been intensified by a
brisk breeze. The mercury went down to
250 below. 4
Legislative.
Senator Endres has introduced a resolu
tion in the New York Legislature calling on
the State Board of Health for information |
regarding the Keely Institute and methods |
of treatment, His object isto pass a bill
prohibiting the use of the alleged cure.
The Mississippi Legislature passed a law
making it unlawful for any person to sell,
barter, or give away cigarettes, smoking or
chewing tobaceo or snuff to any child under
the age of 18, unless authorized in writing
by the parent or guardian of said child,
under a penalty of $20 to $100 fine or im-
prisorment of not less than one or not more
than three months, or both. The House
passed a resolution prohiblting the smoking
of cigarettes in public places. ;
Resolutions ‘were adopted ‘in the’ New
Jersey Legislature in'regard to the recent
Reading railroad deal. They state thatthe
combination has been formed for the pur-
pose of advancing the price of coal and cost
of transportation, contrary to ,the laws of
this State. The committee on railroads and
canals is instructed to examine into the
matter, and a special committee is to be
appointed to prepare bills to prevent the
consummation of the deal.. Both commit-
tees are to report not later than Feb.’ 22.
The Missouri Legislature isin extra ses-
sion.
Sanitary Items,
. Beven cases of the immigrants’ who ar-
rivedin New York on the typhus fever
infected ship Massilia in New York, wera
found in Chicago. They were discovered
‘crowded into oneroom of a little cottage,
and all were suffering from the fever.
Typhus fever has appeared in Pueble
Mexico.
A typhus fever case has been discovered
in Pittsburg, Pa. lt is that of an Italian who
was a passenger on the typhus stricken
Massiha.
"In view of the increased number of lepers
on the Pacific coast in Canada, parliament
will be asked to increase the annual ap-
propriation on account of the care of the
lepers at this season. 'Mr. Smith, in charge
of the lazaretto in New ' Brunswick, reports
that on Feb. 1 there were 22 lepers, 11 males
and 11 females. - During the year 6 new
cases were admitted and 2 died.
‘Two more cases of . typhus fever are
reported to have developed among the small
contingent of Russian Hebrews who are
detained at Ellis Island, N. Y. Five steam:
ships are now detained at New York quar:
antine, including the Spree, from Bremen,
which landed its passengers on Eifis Island.
The steamship Moravia, from Bamburg, has
one case of smallpox in' the steerage.’ The
inyalid is a Polish laborer. ‘The cabin pas
sengers have been landed, The vessel is
detained at Quarantine,
Capital, Labor and Industrial,
The coal porters of London, . who have
been on a strike for a week past, were
granted their demands and resumed work:
The Pottsville (Pa.) iron and Steel com-
pany have made a reduction in wages of 10
per cent. at their Fishbach plant. The
company eniploys 600 men. A repetition of
the strike of last summer is looked for.
Supt. Campbe 1 of the Balti.twore & Ohio
company. held a conference with the
switchmen at Newark; O., on a demand for
an increase in wages. It was agreed that
the men receive from 8 to 12 cents per day
more than neretofore.
All of thsstriking panhandle machinists
at Indianapolis, Ind., were discharged.
There 1s a possibility that the strike may
extend throughout the country unless
settled soon.
The Mexican tin mining company reports
the turning out of 15 tons of tin daily. The
company has séeured the rights to a large
tract of land in Mexico from President
Diaz, and they think they havea bonanza
The executive board of the: United Mine
Workers, in session at Columbus, Qi, = dis-
cussed plans for building up the organiza-
tion A strongly conservative policy was
urged and strikes are to be avoided as much
as possible in the future.
At a meeting of the Western Window
Glass Association in Cleveland, Ohio, it
was decided to advance the price of window
glass 5 percent. ‘on March 1.“ About 35
window glass manufacturers,about all those
located west of the Alleghenies, were Tepre-
sented.
The United Brotherhood = of Carpenters
throughout the country will, on May 1,
demand that eight hours constitute a day's
work. They will strike where the concession
is not made.
The brakemen on the Mobile & Birming-
ham road, from Mobile to Selma, a bratech’
of the Hast Tenneswee, Virginia and Georgia
road, struck for $55 per month, an advance
of $10. Their places have been filled with
negroes.
The miners of the Tennessee Mining com-
pany at Bricevilleare to be worked on the
co-operative plan. The miners have already
subscribed to $10,000 worth of stock. The
company will erect residences and allow the |
miners to buy upon liberal terms.
Twenty five Italian and Hungarian
laborers were sent back to Europe from New
York as being contract laborers.
Judicial.
The interstate commission has withdrawn.
its opposition to a bill allowing railroads te
grant commercial’ travelers reduced fares
and a greater weight of sample baggage
‘than is allowed to other passengers.
The case of the United States against Eu-
gene Garcia, for the embezzlement of $194,000
from the Louisiana National bank while he
wes paying teller, was concluded. The jury |
returned. a verdict of “not guilty.”
Political,
| Abs conven of he hid party fied in
met en Star py > oo decided on
Chamberlain as the convention city and
‘arch 23 as the date. No proxies will be
allowed.’
; The Urops. | Foe
From various sections of Illinois come
complaints of serious injury to the wheat
crop. Up to February 6 the wheat was al.
right, hut the rain of that date, followed by
a fréeze, hurt the wheat badly, ' Rain,
Jowed by ‘warm weather, may saveit.. The
_ eatly sown wheat isnot so badly: hurk,
ii Washington News, Tt
“In the U. &. Senate, Sento Casey tro-
duced a bill to reduce the fees on domestic
money orders as follows: Not exceeding $5,3
cents; from $5 to $10, 8 cents; from $10 to $25
. 10 cents; from $25 to 40. 15 . cents; from $40
to $60, 20 cents; from $60 to $75, 5 cents;
from $75 0 $10 ;, 30 cents.®
Financial and Commercial.
The First National Bank, of Irwin, Pa., |
was organized Monday; capital, $50,000.
An envelope trust with aeapital of $5,000,-
000 is said to be forming in New York City.
Mortuary. *
Dimetri Mindeleft, a Russian, and the ;
inventor of terrorite, an explovsive more {
powerful than dynamite, died at San Fran.
cisco, Cal.
Miscellaneous.
John Pratt and his '7-year- -old daughter,
who livedmear | “Leonard, Sherman county
Kas., were found dead near their Lome,
having been horibly mangled by. wild dogs
which infest that vicinity. From the nnm-
berof'dead animals found it was evident
a fierce struggle had taken place.
Eleanor Emond, a young lady of Nashua,
N. H,, aged 19 years, died from the effects of
over-dancing at a ball Saturday night.
Lieut. Totten says that the aurora borealis
was caused by the perihelian of the planets,
and that it is another sign of the approaching
millennium.
Claims of the Baltimore's sailors for
indemnity from Chile amount to oyer $1,-
000,000
Harry Randolph Daley, aged 9 years, died
at Baltimore, Md.. from the effects of a
mosquito bite. He was bitten on the foot by
a mosquito last summer while in Talbot
county.
+ At Clay Citg,I1l., Mrs. Thomas Eméty, who
was given up to die with eonsumption, com-
menced eating dog and is now able "to" sit
up. She has been eating this meat for two
weeks.
John 1. Sullivan and his company beat
their way on the Sante Ferailroad and the
conductor wa: afraid to put them off.
The city Council of Chicago adopted a
measure which provides that new buildings
hereafter shall not be more than 150 feet in
height, and then only when Sorting on
streets of at least 80 feet in width.
An earthquake shock was felt in Maine
Wednesday.
A boy named Walcott, aged 7 years, was
kidnapped by tramps while skating near his
home at Eatontown, N. J. The boy's father
and a large posse are in pursuit.
Several slight earthquake’ shocks warafelt
at Louisville, Ky. The movement was from
east to west.
Lee Barrett, a little child at Keokuk, Ia.,
choked to death while eating an apple.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS,
An amber mine which strecthed under the
sea near Palnicken, on the Frische-Haff,
Prussia, doring a heavy storm. the ‘water
rose and suddenly od through the up-
per openings, quickly flooding the workings
‘I'he miners rushed panic-stricken for the
surface, and six were trampled to death.
In the Russian provinces of Penza, Sama-
ra, Saratov and Nyni-Novgorod, hundreds
are dying from staryatron and disease. Ty-
phus fever, small-pox and = diphtheria are
raging.
distribute relief owing to all the horses hav
ing been killed or sold.
Official notice has been given that .a
famine prevails in the presidency of Bombay.
India, and that the famine code will be
applied over an area or. 5, 000 square miles in
the district of Bijapur, Bolgaum and Dhr-
war. These districts contain a population
of 1,500,000 persons.
Michael Davitt, in a speech at Midd dleton,
said it was not generally known that Irish
properties were mortgaged to English bank-
ers and others to the extent of 160,000,000
pounds. He announced that he would not
ran for parliament again before the general
election.
Tko new tariff i in France bas cated hpree
meat to risen price in Paris.
The aurora borealis “seriously interferred
with the telegraphy in Norway and Sweden.
Mr, Henry Wardle, M. P. for South
Derbyshire, died at London.
‘Mount Vesuviusis againina state of
eruption. A stream of lava issues from the |
base of the great cone.and flows
Atrio del Cavalio.
Lei
In the House of Gommons the Irish
Municipal Franchise bill and the Irish
Laborers’ bill were discussed and passed to
second reading.
Smallpox is epidemic at Bombay.
An insane mother at Liverpool hanged
her two children to death. and. then slashed
herself into unconsciousness, She is in 8
critical condition. | |
Snow storms have stopped all travel in
Galicia and destroyed railroads.
Foot and mouth disease and pleuro-
pneumonia are raging among English cat:
tle.
Ex-King Milan has renotunted ail claim to
intg. ‘the
BRL
the Servian throne and will become a Rus:
sian subject.
A blizzard and snow storm has prevailed
at Paris for the past two days, causi ng traffic
to be almost entirely suspended. Many
serious accidents: have been reported, two
people being frozen to death.
During a fire in a drapery store at Lille,
France, five persons were killed by falling:
walls. They had goneinto the building a
‘look for one supposed to be inside.
In many districts it is impossible to |
L the care of a nurse tor a
The Massinad appropriation asked for by
the World's Fair bill, hasbeencut by the
Senate Finance Gommittee from $100,000 to}
$50,000. A contingent fund of $10,000 is
1 added to be ander thecontrol of the Gover:
nor.
A man named Adolph Danse, residing
near Montreal, Canada, recently burned the
body of hischildin a coke oven
funeral expenses.,
acted within his rights
"A duel was foughi s
tween two drug
ied on Sunday,
able. It is expected to come up gain
ok,
is almost wholly of steel,
ake the finest depot in the country.
dle and Baltimoreand Ohio
ing and Lake Erie: has at
route to and connection
At Des Moines,
case, involving thi t
man, has been settled in fave
ant, Hopewell. The court held
well bad a right to refuse to serve ‘Hy
his restaurant, and that the fact of the latter
being a colored man did not enter into the |
case. In other words, the restaurant busi-
ness is a private one, like a grocery or dry
goods store, and differs from an inn, anda
proprietor may sell or not to any one who
enfers his door.
Prof. Pickering, of Boston, says that the
new star; 'Copelands Nova, redoubled in
brilliancy last nights He;
collision. 7
“The dissolution ¢
ausora was visible Friday night. But for
the clouds which covered the entire sky a
magnificient display would have rivaled that.
of Saturday evening. Even through the
clouds the rich coloring could be seen over
the entire north with bright streamers in
rapid fluctations of light.
The small town of Macy, Ind: near Pern,
has had a fearful seige of diphtheria, the
schools and churches having been closed for
some time. The family of a M
lost three: children,
buried in one eoffin: The
deaths 59 far and great excitement svat,
‘Bishop Pigtan has recsived a ona
grip, the laws of fasting and abstinence will
not be obseryed the coming Lent. except: on
Ash Wednesday and Good = Friday, ‘which
shall be observed by those bound by the
general laws of fasting and abstinence, and
the Ember days:iof March 9, 11 and 12 which
shall be days of abstihence.
It is known from ‘anthoritati, ve sources
ano g the fr'e ids of Mr. ‘Blaine at Angusta,
Me, toat his recent letter of withdrawal was
unconditional. Under no condition will he
accept the presidential nomination. Mrs
Blaine and Emmons wanted him to hea
candidate, but he said “No? | His' resolu
tion was taken and his letter followed.
At Woodbury, N.J., the barns and out-
buildings of Warren Atkinson, togett er
with 145 sheep, 24 hogs, 11 horses and mules
were burned. Loss §8,000. insurance $3,500,
Senator Quay is dangerously ill at St. Lucie,
Fla. Mrs. Quay ‘who. was sommoned by
telegraph, is now with him.
Twelvé miles of ice threatehs Parker, Pa.
The result of the great gorge depends on the
weather, The chunks of ice in the Allegheny
river at. Parker are from two to ning feet’
thick. Fori12 miles back from its mouth |
the Clarion river is also clogged” with ice.
Should the Clarion river gorge g0 out first,
then the business portion of Parker will be
seriously ‘damaged. Dynamite in large
quantiles is being used to, ,broah up the
gorges. :
At Cleveland, ol the E.'M. MeBilitn Dry
Dry Goods company was burned out. Loss,
$230,0 0; insurance, $205,000. Hower &
and Higheels dry, goods stare. was damaged
$20,000; covered by: ‘insurance. Waldheim’ 8
shoe Store ‘damaged $10,000; insured.’
Se eee,
BABES BURNED TO DEATIL :
Carelessness ‘of Nurses Causes Two
Horrible Accidents. P
Mt. Pleasant,” Tw
deaths by burnf
infant. girliof. Pa
ana was lel
hi
one’s clothes caucht fire at the grate, and
before anything could be done jhe babe was
burned to death ,
An infant child of David Pletcher, or
Stonerville, lost its lifea day or two ago in
“about the same way, The babs ‘was leftin |
chargeof the older children while the
mother ran across the street to talk to a
neighbor. She heard the cries of the chil-
| dren and hurried back to find the babe
burned almost to a crisp. The child's
clothing caught fire at the grate. :
Hicooughing to Death. =
Cape May, N. J.. Feb. 18.—Flora Bpring
er was employed in a millinery store in
Philadelphia. One of her friends went to
the store three weeks ago aud told her a
funny story, and after laughingshe bagan to
hicéugh continuilly. She = finally was
compelled to give up her position, and re.
‘turned to her home here. Ihe. Samily ear
Yeti] will die.
-seyeral desert from, he yessel.
says: The business sib
‘¢ausedistrust of the future, although “the
From all parts of She
‘unchan:
J er, with:
Ry: Deity Een on
| week tha uk
Pope Leo XIIL, which says that owing ta do
the prevalence and insidious nature ‘of ithe da
year.
5 ers saved by
lo. and oh var 1d $0
er Capsizod.
“San Francisco, Feb. 20.=-The steamer havi
F Mari
, from Sydney, N.8. W., brings
news of the Toss of the whaling bark Tamer-
lane off Puna, Sandwich Islands, February {3
2. Captain Howland and 19 men were
drowned. The Tamerlane cleared from San
ao Jusiuargts, with a crew of 38.
it her reckoning, the officers
time of the wreck to be
, almost 2 degrees to
£ No breakers were
ck by the watch
ock threw the
into t confu
hi ne b
1 one of them’ whe
away bef red
available,
float:
4.
ares awa, " hose of the cre
mained on e park er ked
were drowne party was in |
satisfactory or encou
and threatens to restrict exports. ‘Meantime
more talk of free silver in Congress tends to
well informed know that any serious cha
at thissession of Con
regarding the money n
eating jmp 6 suppl
er coll ctions than
bushels. akiite has at a
posducis gaa and: very Tae, re
ed on
on EBang transactions 587.000, bn
greater. ole 3 timate expori
Si promises
418 dull. the wo:
iy bade,
ks last year = Hh
ness bg during ‘the past?
yer for he United = Stat 2
So the las
4 at
and Led the co
ge ty,
THE OCEAN SWEPT = STORMS.
Wen! {Carried Overb Sard’ ana’ Many
Schooners Foundered. 1
Halifax, N. 8. Feb, 17—News- is jost i
ing to hand of the disastrous ‘effects of a
blizzard which swept the coast last Thursday
‘might and Friday. The schooner Laura, of
and for Gloucester, Mass., from’ Bt Jacques,
N. I, arrived here late last night. The
captain reports that hie encountered the gale
at midnight on Thursday 20 miles ¢ off White:
head. | ‘A "tremendous sea swept the vessel,’
carrying overboard two of the, | grew, John
Kelly and Collin. McKenna. Kelly was,
swept back on deck by another ‘wave, but
McKenna was never seen again. | The:
American schooner Elia G. Thurston, has.
arrived in Deckport and reports the loss of
. four men on the western. banks. The men
were in dories, and could not find their vess
sel. The (loucester schooner 8. A. Duncan
foundered 35 miles southeast'of “here ' on
Saturday morning. Her captain and crew
the Newloundiand schoo
ner,
hi following cable dispatch as received
here from Baliia yesterday: ‘‘Emannel
Swedenburg .ashord,’ Ship. and cargotetal
loss, Captain died on passage and was
buried at sea.
The vessel was on a voyage to Falmouth
from Antongzasta. . d ire
Londo —A. fishi1 g %
spaoiop-a 8 Ng the \ing
coust; ana five of fre crew ‘were drowne
IP A IR
KEELEY CUREAND READING COAL |
Daal to-Be Stata Lioslals by theNew
Xork Stat lature.
Albany,” N. Y., iFebrnary 20—In "the
senate today a resolution was adopted by
igo
Hay
form & on - Ir Hshy !
) cured. ng man Das
and is now at work a at m
bor; a case o certaint h B proves iy
St. J OIL
: by taken
ridden and given up by.
“ftered one Teal: was ured
Jaceh ure ed m
think themselves {Il that they ave Hot
ed with any disease, but that the
hom a hon is to brin;
ina y
eadache. divine: 0 swim
‘inthe stk the ack body or p
Dr, Swan, Beaver
If afflicted with sore eyes use DF. Isano
n's Eye-water, Druggistssellat 2c
years’ duration would be very dimeult to.cu
£0 1t 3, but Hood's Sarapariin is Er
Mr. Clapp, an old fesident of Easto
"91 am now 82 years of i age and for the p
have suffered wi
Bago
ould Have Tt lan Jo ow
Pie Ete
unanimous vote providing for the appoint
Ee comb
Whether
nt with a
focmand if oa0:8
v bill such remedial Jegislation as will
counteract the evil or prevent such com-
{ binations, : i
| Al résolution was also. Rutroduced reciting
that many physicians condemn the treat:
the price of cog, ar
Ry
ment of dipsomaniacs at the Keeley institute |
at White Plains as likely to be detaimental
. to the health of the patients, and empower- |
ing the senate to investigate the treatment
an ltake whatever action is necessary. The
resolution also alleges that gases of insanity
and one death have resulted from the bi.
hloride of tredtriient at ‘White Plains.
Th e resol! Son Was referred
on Public heal
galth, JLo
A Battle Between Qlydesdale Stallions.
“Crawfordsville, [nd., February 20—Two
blooded Clyesdale stallions in the stable of
“Wma. Pricein some way secured freedom’:
to the committee
One of them kicked and bit his
opponent to death, and was himself badly
injured. The amd animal was valued at
| $100;