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TrjE MOUNTAIN FEUDS
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
ff Causes of the Enrnlty Between the Baker
fly . and Howard Farnllies.
MAsniRSTF.r, Ky. (Special). The
condition of things in Clay County,
where the Bakers hare sworn to anni
hilate the wholo Howard and White
families, bears sui'h a clone re
semblance to anarchy that the host
citizens have asked (lovcrnor Jlrnilley
to put the connty under martial Inw
aud suppress the bloody fund at the
point of the bayonet.
The feeling iu Kentucky is that the
fair name of the State is blackened by
the spectacle of three of her large
families going into the assassination
Nbusiuess on a wholesale scale.
The Uaker-Howard fend, while one
oYthe youngest in Eastern Keutncky,
isVne of the most bitter ever waged
It was all about 9 10 spring wagon
thht had not been paid for that the
fetid started. "Tom" Jtaker had gone
into partnership with Israel and
Carter Howard to raft logs on
shares. Iteese Murray held a judg
ment for the spring wagon ngiiinst
James U. and "Hal" Howard. Murray
offered the judgment at a low price to
jBattcr, and linker bought it. This
enraged the Howards, and quarrels
followed when Baker tried to collect
the money.
Israel Howard and "Tom" Raker
met one day at a log pit. Hot words
followed and linker drew a revolver j
and jumped behind a fence post. How
ard drew his revolver mid took
the other sido of the post. They
fired around the post at eaoh other
until their pistols were empty. Israel's
fifth shot was tired over the top of
the post and the bullet bit Baker in
the back of the ueck, producing a
flesh wound. Baker full on tlio op
posite side of the fence and Israel
fired his last shot at him through the
fence, producing a slight flesh wound
iu the abdomen.
Some time after from au ambush
UnS. TOM BAKER.
Sh Is training her sous to avenge tholr
father's murder.)
4,Bal" Howard, who was ridiug a
spirited young stallion and carrying a
Winchester, as struck in the back at
the first fire, but managed to hold on
to his fleeing horse. The next volley
etrack Burch Store and knocked him
off his horse. The bullet broke his
neck and he was dead when he
touched the ground. Wilson Howard
fell off bis horse, shot through the
hips. "Bui" Howard escaped to
Wilson Howard's house. Two of the
Attacking party thon went back to
where the men lay on the road, and
chot them both with explosive bullets,
which tore their bodies to pieces.
Wilson Howard lived longenou-h to
tell that it was "Tom" Baker and
-Charles Wooton who fired the explo
sive bullets.
When James B. Howard heard that
bis brother was killed and that his
father was shot badly, he armed him
self and rode at a gallop to the scene.
.At the store of A. L. Howard he
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A. B. HOWARD, LEADER OP THE, IIOWAItD FACTION, AND HI3 WOMEN FOLKS.
v found crowd, some ot whom had
jpome after the grave clothes ot Wilson
Kloward and Burch Store. James as
Listed in selecting them, and was on
he point of leaving when George W.
jigger roue np.
Without stopping; to consider that
-this was the one man iu Clay County
-who never carried pistol, to nog
Howard leveled his weapon and flred
a bullet into the old man's abdomen,
producing almost instant death. Ite
alizing that it would now be war to
the knife, James mounted his horse
and rode away to the home of relatives
in Harlan Comity. There was a re
ward of S'J.r)() offered for Howard's ar
rest, and ho surrendered to a kinsman
so that the man might get tlio reward,
and came with him to Manchester,
whore he was turned over to the
proper oflicers. He was released on
bail.
HhnrifXTI. P. Whito, Jr., summoned
one hundred deputies to arrest the
'5' "'v mMM
TUP, ItESDEZVOUS OF THE BAKEIlft
Bakers, and they wore brought in for
examining trials beforo County Judge
J. W. Wright. Tho trials lasted three
days. The Howards swore to seeing
the Bakers do the shooting, but the
Bakers proved by their witnesses that
they were live miles away at the time
of the shooting, nud Judge Wright
dismissed the Bakers from custody.
On the duy after the trial, "Hid"
Baker, a son-in-law of "Bal" Howard,
but no kin to George Baker's sons,
overtook Charles Wooion, who was
snid to have shot Bnroli Htore.
.They rode side by side for a quarter
of a mile, trying to got the "drop" on
each other. Finally they both drew
their revolvers almost at thesametitue.
"Hid" shot from behind his back as he
drew the weapon from the scabbard.
Both men rollod off thoir horses, and
as they lay in the road emptied their
pistols at each other. ".Sid" Baker
rode off unhurt, while Wooton,
wounded in the back dragged himself
into the brush, where he was found by
one of the Bakers and taken, homo,
where he died.
William L. White, a brother to the
former Sheriff, was soon afterward mot
by "Tom" Baker, who shot him in the
abdomen and killed him.
For this murder, and on the charge
of killing Wilson Howard and Burch
Store, "Tom" Baker was arrested, an
indictment, which included several of
his brothers, having been found. Upon
motion the trials were transferred to
the Knox County Court at Barbours
ville. The town of Mnucuester, tho
headquarters of the fetid, was iu a con
dition of suoh lawlessness that the Gov
ernor sent several companies ot State
militia from Lexington to the scene.
They were charged with the duty of
taking the Bak er prisoners to the Court
House at Barboursville, and also of
protecting them from the murderous
intentions of the Howards and the
Whites. They garrisoned the-Baker
house. Ou all sides lurked Howards
and Whites, many of them dead shots,
waitiug for a chance to "plug" a Baker
or two.
Sheriff White sent bis family away
and filled his house with his friends.
The house iooked upon the guard tent
where "Tom" Baker was a prisoner.
On June 10, while the feeling was at
its height and preparations were on the
way for the maroh to Barboursville,
"Tom" Baker came ont ot his prison
taut and began talking to hit ion, Jim,
(living him instrnotiont on how to ton
the farm while he was in jail.
Mrs, "Tom" Baker ran np to advist
TWO OF TOR IlAKF.nS, TOUNrt, HUT PBAJ
SHOTS,
(These are sons of "Tom" linker, who was
shot nml killed from HherllT White's
house while lie wns under nrrnst ly the
troops, nhnrged with two murders. Their
mother hits dedicated them to the 1114
work ot wiping out the Howards.)
her husband Mot to allow himself to lie
a target for the Howards. While she
was talking to him a shot rang ont
from the White residence, and Tom
Baker dropped dead before his wife's
eyes. The woman hysterically called
upon Colonel Williams, who was in
charge of the troops, to turn his Oat-
IN THE KENTUCKT MOUNTAINS!.
ling gun on the White house aud
de
stroy it.
The assembly was sounded and the
troops surrounded the White resi
dence. They moved upDii it with
fixed bayonets, going at double quick,
aud climbing over the yard fence.
Sheriff White came out with thirty
armed inou to dispute tho right of way.
Williams gave the order to chartre
upon the house, and the Howards nud
Whites Hod inside, londly announcing
that they would kill the first man who
crossed the threshold. The Outling
gnu was theu brought up and traiued
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BIIERIFP "HEN" P. WHITE.
(He Is the leader now ot the Howard-White
forces. It wns from his home Hint "Tom"
linker win killed, aud be was buspeoted
ot the murder.)
on the residence, and all those insido
surrendered. Sheriff White was ar
rested for restating the guards.
The Howard-White faction then
tried to mobilize at the house of Dar.gh
White, the cirouit clerk, but Colonel
Williams occupied it to prevent thoir
using it as a citadel. Meanwhiie mem
bers of the Baker clan were assem
bling from all sides and swearing ven
geance. The dead man's sons swore
that they would kill Sheriff White,
who they believed had slain their
father.
Who really fired the shot that killed
"Tom" Baker no one knows. The
Whites were very angry at Co onel
Williams and the troops. They sent
out and brought in numbers of their
sharpshooter friends. They annonnoed
that they would wipe out the soldiers
and slaughter tho Bakers. But the
troops marched to BarbourBvillo with
their four prisoners Wiley, AI, Dee
aud Jim Baker.
Strangely Curat! of Ktuttorlug.
The curious freaks the Mauser bul
let has performed in its coursings
through the systems of fighting Amer
icans iu the lute wars have resulted in
some queer tales.. The latest is the
experience of Private II. E. Redmond,
Company C, First Colorado Volunteer
Infantry, who, when he enlisted,
stuttered so badly that the recruiting
officer came near leaving him off the
rolls. Private Redmond was wounded
in the battle ot Mariquina.in the Phil
ippines, on Maroh 31. Now his wound
is healed and he stutters no more.
A Mauser bullet struck him in the
face, passed diagonally downward
through his mouth and made its exit
near the baek of the neck. It was
considered a frightful wound by the
surgeons, but Redmond proceeded to
recover even faster than patients with
less painful injuries. Now all that oan
be seen of the wound is a small, livid
spot to the left ot the nose aud above
the upper lip. Redmond ohews hard
tack with the greatest Best and tells
stories he has not been able to finish
in years on aooount ot his halting
speech. He insists that the .Mauser
bullet carried away his vocal impediment.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN, j
Ittle fltiesn Itotidlnnt.
Llttlo Husnn, only nine, at the governor's to
dine
('lurk Is loi-knt, tm IT liMcndc,
Muslin tucker, frilled nml line
Far too lino to feel afmld In such olegnnce
arrayed
Willi her round young eyes n-shltio,
Hnt up still, nml straight, and slnld.
Llttln girls, ns well she knew, should tie
seen, not IMl'IIHll to,
In tholr elders' aompiiuy,
Ho her Words were shy iuid fW:
It'll her miiIIo shone sunnily on Hlr nnd
Miidnm grnnd to see
Towering romli nml powdered queue,
l; u nii il chest mid ribboned knee.
Noting benunnd hollo In turn, much Indued,
flm hop.-d to lenrn,
Till -nlti.'k, tho startled hnt'
Of tliu wiiki'iiiug! ciunn nn urn,
lly u pompous liulh'r placed nigh tho hostess
sllvitrn, chased,
And friigriint! T'-li.tlial trim folks spurn,
Tell taxed tea liu would not tllHlO.
but her childish heart heat fustaslho steam
ing draught wns piitsml;
Whig mi l rebel through mid through, .
luirlng hnlf.iind halt agluiMt,
Wondering Just whut she must do when a
wlllow-piitterned blue
Cup should coin" her wny at las'.
liruvu to be, nud oourtuou too.
Waiting would they laugh or blame? till
the fntefiil moment enme,
And before the company
The stately hostess spoke her nam",
Bnilllng towiird her pleas uitlyi "Mii-mii,
hero's your cup of ten."
Husan blushed with prblhiwid sliiuno,
Hut she took It, mannerly.
Italed and touched It, turn nglow, to her
Hps; then, oiirlsylng low,
(Very smiill and digulllii l,
lliirllng Kiisini lloiiilluot! I
To a window open wide crossed, ii!i ! ruhinil
the ten outsl ln
On the marigolds below,
That slirlvnled up and died!
Iloynl governor nnd guest, stnrlled Mndnm
with the reil,
Whig and Tory, laughed outright
At the trenon thus expressed;
AI tho Indy-nlr polite, und the bluo eyes
nugiir-brlghi,
As the rebel stood confessed
And fearless In their sight.
8oft cheek changing, red and white, little
hniid still griixplng tight
Ilur empty tenoiip, utul below
Tupping wrathful. iiib-k, and light,
Where the full skirt ho.w1 to flow, a tiny
silt I u slipper-too
And a twinkling buckle bright
Thill, n hundred years ngo.
Wits I.Utlo Kiisiiii lloiidlnot!
l;the I'urtou, In Ht. Nicholas.
I. Ifl of I he Itnln,
A down-town res! lent owns n
spaniel who answers with alacrity t i
the tmiiin ot Itain. It in nn oilil uiuun,
nml yel the dog cnnio by it honestly.
His muster heard n strange whining
nt the outer door nnd ti on opening it
(liscovoiod tho liltlo fellow silting on
tho I'oorslep, tho pictiiro of ilnmp do
spnir. It was raining hard nud the
log was soaked to the bono, which
wasn't fir, lie being only a puppy at
tlio timo. Ho the Kaiuaiitiiii took him
in nml (triad him out, and since tliuii
he hns boon a very important hoitse
h Id factor.
Rnin is a good dog, but droadfully
mischievous. When one of these tits
of playfulness comes on him he spends
half his time worrying newspapers
and curtain oiuls and sofn pillows.
Sometime ho becomes almost unou
il u ruble.
The otlior dny he was enjoying a
protracted romp an I his master grew
annoyed.
"See bore, Rain," he snid, "you'll
have to Btop this Come, now, you
run down cellar nnd catch me a nice
big rat for my dinner, "
So ho openod the cellar door and
Rain, with a delighted yelp, rtishod
down the sta rs.
Tho master had quite forgotten
about him whou he heard a warning
bark. He went to tho door and opened
it, but Rniu wnsn't there. In his
placo, however, lay a gro.it rat on the
vory topmost step, close against the
doorslll.
Rain had carried out his orders.
As tho master surveyod the fat ro
dent be hoard a nkurryiug below, aud
Rain came dashing around the foot of
the stairs with what sounded very
much like a cauine laugh. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Making Klr-rrncker.
A fow yours ago all the firecrackers
with which American boys nnd girls
celebrated the Fourth of July were
brought over from China. But Yan
kee ingenuity soon found a way to
make its own firecrackers, and now
the Chinose nctuully celobrute with
the fireworks of the finer kind seat
over from Amoricn.
The Chine te probnbly made fire
crackers thousa-idsof years ago. They
were the first to discover gunpowder,
nnd tli a very oil books tell how the
Chinose had a curious art of making
"devouring fire" nnd causing the earth
"to thuuder right ton ibly." The dis
covery of powder was due to the pres
ence of vast beds of saltpeter in the
plains of Chiua and India. Some
Chinaman was camping, perhaps, near
these be Is and left s mie charcoal from
his ca up firo. Iu some way the salt
peter and the charcoal became mixed,
and the next camper who built his fire
in that spot was no doubt startled by
seeing the rocks blaze np furiously.
It was only a step then to the addi
tion of sulphur to this flashing pow
der, and presently to the production
of fireworks.
Firecrackers are mnde by hand in
Chiua, but the Yankee has invented a
few simple but effective devices by
me ins of which an American girl can
make as mnuy crackers iu oue duy as
fifteen or twonty Chinamen aud make
them better., .no.
The firectnbVor tubes are mad by
rolling sheets ot straw board over a
steol roll, forming a tube just the size
of the inteuded firecracker. The fuse
is of spun cotton, soaked in a mixture
of starch and flue gunpowder, aud is
fastened into the Wb by meant of a
paoklng of clay, which hardens into
gum plug.
The explosive mixture, which ia of
charcoal, bicirnmate of potash and
chlorate of potash, is put into the
crackers 100 at a time, and the bottom
is then plugged with a bit of cork,
which is rammed down hard on the
powder. After being dried for a time
the crackers are by girls coated with
rod nnd green and yellow paper, and
then braided into bunches and packed
away to await the Fonrth of .Inly.
Chinese firecrackers may still be had
in the market, but they are generally
regarded ns less excellent iu qunlity
than those made in this country. But
they will all pop nud flint is all any
boy wants. Chicago Record.
How n I. Idle flirt nw the Firework.
Once upon a time n little girl went
to see the fireworks on Boston com
mon. She was a very small girl; but
she wanted to go very much, juntas
much ns if slio had lu on big, so liet
mother snid elm might git with Mnry,
tlio nurse. She put on hnr best bon
net and bar pink frock, and off thej
wen t.
The common wns crowded with
people, and in one part there was S
denso throng, nil standing together,
nud nil looking in the one direction.
"Wo must Htniid there, too," snid
Mary. "There is whore the llroworks
nre going to be."
So they went and stood in the dense
crowd, and the little girl saw the bock
of a fat womnu in n red plnid shawl,
bnt-slie could not nee anything else.
Oh yes, she snw tho legs of the tall
man who stood next to tho fat wo
man, but they wore not very interest
ing, being clad iu it common sort of
dm k plniil. The shawl nt least was
bright, and she could tell the different
colors by the lamplight.
Now there was a movement in the
crowd, mid pooplo criod, "Oh, oh,
look at that! Isn't that n benuty!"
and they chipped thoir hands and
shouted, but tho little girl saw only
tho plaid shawl and the uninteresting
legs of the tall nmn. The people
pressed closer and closer, so that she
could hardly brenthn.
She hold tight to Mary's hnnd, nnd
Mary thought sho was squeezing it for
pleasure, nnd said, "Yes, dear, ain't
they lovely?" Tho little girl tried to
say, "I can't see nuytliing but the
plaid shawl," but just thon the tall
limn turned round nud looked down
on her and said, "Bless me, hero's a
littlu girl right under mv foot! Can
yon see anything, my dear?"
"Nothing but tlio red shnwl nnd
the buck of your legs," snid the little
girl sadlv.
"Hi, then!" said tho tall man. "Up
with you!" nnd beforo the child could
say a word ho bad taken her two
hands nud lifted her lightly to his
shoulder.
"Put your arm round my nock,"
said the tall man. "I hiul a little girl
once, just like you, and I know h iw
to hold yon. So. Now you tire all
light."
"Thank tho kind gentleman, dear,"
snid Mnry. "I'm sure it's vory goo.l
of him."
The little girl wns too shy to sponk,
but she patted the tall man's ueck, and
ho understood just as well ns if she
had spoken.
Now sho saw wonderful sights in
deed. Fiory serpents went up into
the sky, wriggling nnd hissiug, drag
ging long tail- of yellow flnme behind
thoui. Colored stars, red, blue and
green shot np in the nir, hung for nn
instant, aud then burst into showers
of lainb iw light; there were golden
pigeons, nnd golden flower-pots, and
splendid wheels that went whirling
round and round so fast, it mnde the
little girl dizzy to look at them. The
child gnzed and gaed, breathless with
delight, (Sometimes she forgot where
(the wa', nnd thought that this was
fairyland, all full of golden dragons
nnd fluttering elves, just as tho story
books dosci ibod it; but if she chanced
to look down, there wns Mnry, and
the kind face of the tall man, aud the
red shawl of the fat woman.
By and by came a great burst oi
light, aid iu tho midst of crimson
flumes she saw the Goddess of Liberty,
standing on a golden bull, waving the
starry ting in her hand; thousands ot
stars shot up, glowed and burst; loud
noises were lie ml like cannon-sluts;
then suddenly darkness fell, and all
wns over.
The crowd began to disperse. "Now,
little one," snid the tall man, "you
have seen all there is to see." And
he made a motiou to put her down,
but the little girl cluug tight to his
neck.
"Did your little girl ever kiss you?"
she whispered in his ea".
"Bless your little heart," said tha
man, "sho did indeed, but it's a long
timo since." The child beut down,
and kissed him heartily ou tho choek.
"If it hadn't been for yon," she
cried, "I should have seen nothing at
all, except the plaid shawl. I tliiuk
you are the kindest mail that ever
lived, and I love you very much."
Aud then sho slipped dowu.and taking
her nurse's shauj, ran away homo as
fust as she could. Youth's Com
panion. Did Nat Appreciate Luxuries.
When the tailors ot the gnuboat
Nipsic were furnished w:th tenderloin
steaks down at Montevideo they pro
tested to their captain. A committee
ot shellback men-of-wars-men waited
npou him and asked a change of ra
tion. They said they wuuted meat
"with a body to it" - something they
could "chaw" on. Aud they tell of a
cowboy whom au eastern mnu brought
home with him and put to bed in th
guest chamber ou a hair uiattress.witU
a feather pillow. After trying it
awhile he got up and made a bed for
himself on the floor. He said the
mattress was so soft that it made him
tired. It did not give any support to
hit body.
DROWNED HIS RESCUER.
Boy, St ttd With Crimps, Embraces Anothe
Lad too Tightly and Both Lom
Their Lives,
Itudolph Peters, aged 17 years, nn
piniilnye Ht Loiustdnle colliery, at Mt
fnrmcl, went swimming at the dam
nenr that place a lew days ago.
I'riiinp seized him and he cried tor
help, illinium Jjcverens, aged 17, went
to Ills ri-si-iie, Peters, us no arose fur
the lust time, threw his arms around
t.evereni, and both were drowned In
the presence of a number of persons.
The bodies were recovered.
Tho following pensions were Issued
lust week: William V. Watson,
Miiidsluirg, id; Hirum 1 (JnrretL
Hnirlsburg, l; l.evl Kelnhnrt, Klrk
wood, I. minister, fl); VVIIIInin C. qunll.
Soldiers' nnd Hullors' Home, Krle, ;
Jiimi-H Hurber, lliirllngnme, Lycoming
'; Ketijnmln Abbott Flchtner, Conflu
ence, honierset, 1J; John Trimble,
Hliilrsvllle, John Kelly, Wllklns
burg, Allegheny, 10; Charles T. Pyrnes,
Mnple 8Iiho, Venango, S; Joseph L.
Koss, Oil City, Herbert U Hull,
Hi-tiburn, J.Hckuwnnnn, IK; George V.
Jones, t'utionshurg, Wnshlngton, IS;
1'Yishy Thompson, Ilnrrlsburg, 16;
t'bmles o. Uudykuntx, Allenwood.
t'nlon, t; Isanc AI. Urundon, Waynes
buig, Ureene, H; Fred Perkhart, Uo
tleil, AlrKenii, t; Robert Nicholson,
t'oiillui nee, Somerset, 4: Alexander
( lurk, Kvi-rett. podford, 114; John H.
Pelts, Asherton, Northumberland. 1U;
Adum It. Weaver, Uowniunsdale, Cum
beilund, $12; John h. Bhnrp, Ix-dgcr,
l.nneHstor, I7; Jtobert F. AIcKlnney,
Newberry, Lycoming, $12; William U.
Hhiifr, I'rlnh, f'umberlund, $10; Wal
lace Piddle, Canton, Pradfnrd, L'4;
Willlum nnkley, Knoxvllle, Tioga, $14;
Pert Itnllnrd, Troy, Uradford, $17;
Ounlol ilinmin, fUllta, York, $10;
Michael Zlders, PchnerTerslown,
anon, $17; W. o. Colt, Waterford. Kne,
$i: Frank Knilth, Krle, $17. Widows
Hunmih I). Chiipmnn, Pittsburg, $8;
Alnrguret Dunn, Middle Lancaster,
Putler, IS; mlnois of William Mannlls,
Wllkesbnrre, $111; Nettle Decker, To
wiindn, $12. War wlt,h bpaln Bridget
Mors, Wilkesbnrre, $12; Chrlstlnne K.
Hpleee, Lock Haven, $1; Pose IUioUl-b,
l'aisons. Luzerne, $12.
A gray-haired father passed through
Waynesboro a few days ago on his
way to recover his 11-year-old- son,
who had been kidnapped from Green
Village, Beptember 25, 1S07, by a stere
optieon exhibitor. The father, who Is
George W. ithodes, received word that
his son hud been recovered from his
taptor at Kverett, Pedford county,
nnd Immediately left his work in the
harvest Held, mounted his bicycle nnd
left for the Pedford county town. The
father had located the Btereoptlcon
exhibitor nt several towns In the
state, but had always appeared Just
too late to overtake him. While at
Akron a week ngo he received work
that James AIcAliinagan, the alleged '
kidnaper, was In this part of the state.
Tho (uther says he has ridden 3.000
miles on his wheel hunting his boy.
Overexi rtlon In bicycle riding pro
duced Internal injuries from which
Normnl Shuw, ot Centertown aged IS
yours, died.
A miniature male baby Is being
raised in un Incubator at Heading.
The mite of humanity weighed but two
pounds when born June 9, but now
weighs about three pounds. Its arms
nre not much longer than a man's
finger and Its legs nre proportionately
small. A finger ring can be slipped on
Its arms. Its head Is not rnucn larger
than a walnut. When born It could bj
placed In a quart Jar. It is, however,
perfectly formed and Is thriving, with
promises that It will become stronger
and soon be able to live without the
Incubator.
A lad named Richard Yost, ot
Denver Fulls, aged 14 yenrs, while
getting fruit from a mulberry tree fell,
alighting on his head. He staggered
into the house, and as the family are
very poor his mother did not like to
Incur the expense of a doctor, so she
bathed his head and he crawled under
the table and went to sleep. Some hours
afterward she tried to awaken him and
could not. A doctor was then called
and It was discovered that his skull
was fractured. He was removed to
the hospital and Is now In a critical
condition.
James Grant, one of the oldest
freight engineers on the Fort Wayno
Pullruad, was brought to Beaver Falls
the other night on passenger train No.
20, east-bound. In a dying state. H i
skull had been crushed In, but how h
received his injuries is a mystery. Ha
was taken to the hospital as quickly as
possible and died without having re
gained consciousness, His hoajie Is at
Crestline, O., where he has a wife and
family. He was u5 years old.
.Moses Illgglns, a farmer living near
White Oaks, southwest of West Alex
ander, while sulTerlng from hemor
rhage one day early In the week,
coughed up a tooth. When a boy Hlg
gins was descending from a stable loft
and was struck in the face by a saddlu
stirrup and had a tooth knocked down
his throat. It lodged In a cavity of
one lung, causing hemorrhages. He la
now well up In years and the tooth,
was In the lung for u0 years.
Coroner Dugun, of Philadelphia, hfld
an Inquest a few- days ago In the case
of the 4-months-old child of Thoma
Burns, which was suffocated in bid by
Its parents, who were arrested. It
was shown that they had been drink
ing the night before, but that death
v. as accidental, and upon tre parent
taking the pledge not to partake cf in
toxicating drinks fur the remainder of '
their lives they were discharged.
T. N. Hoss was instantly killed arl
Frank Humphrey had his leg broken
and his hip badly Injured at Worth
Pros. & Co. 'a steel plant, at Coates
vllle a few days ago. A hoisting chain
cadght, and in trying to loosen Ic the.
men were thrown underneath a heavy
Iron mold which was suspended to the
chain and a moment later fell with a
crash. Koss had his head crushed to
a Jelly.
The Llgonlor board of education
completed Its election of teachers by
electing George E. Baron, principal;
Harry M. Yealy of Derry, assistant
principal, and Miss Ftetta Irwin, pri
mary department. Buron is a sergeant
In the Tenth Pennsylvania, and Is now
en route home from the Philippines.
Ella Maskery, of Falrvlew township.
Mercer county. Is dead, the result of
burns sustained while shooting fire
crackers on the Fourth of July,
Jainei Arnold, a farmer living n.ai
Llnesvllle, was riding cn a load of hay
when the binding pole broke, sir. king
him on the head and fracturing hU
skull. His Injuries tt-.uy 1 rove fatal.
M. D. Hoover of Meudvillo, a hotel
clerk, was druwrrd in Fivnch creek:
while bathing. Hi parents live at
Covode, near Punxjiutuw nc-y. Ha wa
27 years old nnd unmarried.
John McDona'.d. an el.-i trlcnl engln
neer, formerly of Wist Alexander.
w.-s killed by a I've wire In an e.'eotrlo
light plant ut' Dej Jlo tics, It., th
tther day.
Tho right hand of George Hower. of
Harrtsburg. a Pennsylvania railroad
engineer, was blown oft by th prema
ture explosion of a small cannon.
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