IT FLINGS DEATH.
Tho Wide-S weepin g Blizzard Finds
Many Victima
X.ons of Lire and Great Snfrerlns In Okla
uoma Traffic Interfered with and
Business at a Standstill In
the No. til west.
HORROBS OF THE 8TOBM.
Gctukik, O. T., Feb. 14. Reports
come from the strip of great suffering
among the homesteaders residing there.
.Several persons, it is reported, have
perished in the storm, among them two
families residing near Cross. No par
ticulars can be obtained. Hundreds of
bead of stock were frozen to death.
Many people are still living in tents
and as fuel is scarce the condition is
awfuL James Mulligan, living 4 miles
south of Perry, was found Monday
evening frozen to death, and his
partner, Harvey Newcomb, died from
exposure and cold fifteen minutes after
being found. At Ponca Mrs. Jennie
Cramer and two children, Lizzie and
Sallie, were discovered frozen stiff in a
coyote's burrow, 10 yards from their
.abode.
An Awful Alternative.
Word comes from Cross that Sherman
Stone and family, consisting of wife
and five children, were found sitting
about a stove with their throats cut
from ear to ear. The following note
found on a table near by Stone gives a
horrible story of murder and suicide in
connection with the storm.
"Wood all Rone. Mollie frozen to death, the
rest of us freezing. 1 have killed my family
and now kill myself to prevent further suffer
ing. God have meroy on us."
Stone was a homesteader and lived in
a tent. It is thought that after the
snow melts hundreds of dead settlers
will be found, along with the remains
ot thousands of cattle.
Other Fatalities.
Col. Henry Melton, a cowboy, who
-was with Buffalo Bill at the world's
fair, was discovered by a party of
hunters early Monday morning dead
under his horse. At Anadarko two In
dian pupils were found Sunday even
ing buried under a snowbank. Upon
being taken to a house one of the chil
dren immediately expired. The other,
however, showed signs of recovery. A
report has reached here that a family
named Sears, residing pn a claim near
Woodward, was found frozen to death,
' but no particulars can be obtained.
A Missing School ma'am.
Miss Jennie Johnston, a young In
dian teacher, who came to Alva re
cently from Scranton, Pa., le't her
school Saturday for her loardinghouse.
She has rot been seen since. No re
ports have been - received from other
west side towns, but it is certain the
Suffering is great, as the west side peo
ple are living mostly in tents. All trains
are delayed.
Miss Johnston's case is rather a ro
mzntic one. She recently fell heir to
i?J0,Ou0 at her old Pennsylvania home,
-and was immediately surrounded by a
4ie of admirers. Miss Johnston, of
court, thought all of her lovers were
.mercenary, and, feeling piqued, gath
ered up her effects and came west,
-where she secured a school.
A courier just in from Alva, another
--strip town, reports . great suffering
. among the homesteaders near the river.
' One hunt! red head of horses and cattle
were frozen and volunteer relief com-
xnittecs are now scouring the country
t gathering together the people and
car i tig for them in the schoolhouses.
Worst Ever Known In Kansas.
.Emporia., Kan., Feb. 14. The worst
storm ever known here began Sunday
and lasted through the night. Not less
than 2 feet of snow has fallen, and it
has drifted so that in places it is 20
feet deep. Railroad traffic is stopped,
trains being snowed in at numerous
points. Thousands of head of cattle
are endangered and a great portion of
them will die of cold and lack of food.
"W heat raisers see a gleam of hope in
that the snow covers their crops and
protects them.
Trains Snowed In.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 14. Train serv
ice in this section of the state has been
abandoned since Sunday. The Mis
souri Pacific and St. Louis & San Fran
cisco trains stuck in the flint hill and
are still there. The storm has been
extremely severe, and by reason of
.high winds the snow varies from 1 to
15 feet in depth.
Worst Since 1885.
Racine, Wis., Feb. 14. The worst
'blizzard that has struck Racine since
the memorable winter of 1S35 l.as
r;ged here with terrible fury. A
fierce gale has swept over the
city and vicinity from the hike,
driving ice like snow particles, so that
pedestrians were nearly blinded.
Street car traffic is paralyzed and since
6 o'clock Monday night no car has been
running. Great banks of snow nearly
as high as the doors block the entrance
to many business houses, while on the
other side the walks are swept clean.
The steeple of the First Baptist church,
one of the handsomest structures
In the city, was blown down, involv
ing a loss of (3,000. John Janasehauck,
43 years old, while intoxicated, un
dressed upon the public street and lay
down in a snowbank to sleep. He was
discovered and taken to a hospital,
where he did inside of an hour.
P In Chlcairo.
Chicago, Fob. 14. The storm which
tuged here all day Monday was the
worst ever known in the line of bliz
zards in this vicinity. The wind blew
iisi. a rate of from 50 to 70
:nules an hour. Business came to a
.-standstill, while the wild storm tossed
mountains of snow across deserted
v streets and boulevards. It swept
the city during the early hours
of .morning, heaping white mounds
vacsrvrss car tracks, filling basement
liores and swirling up heaps along the
sidewalks. By 8 o'clock nearly all the
.)... onr lines and many suburban
trains had been choked to a standstill.
The oldest inhabitant could not
recollect when street truffle was
blocked as it was on Monday.
Horses and drivers suffered equally,
and not a wagon more than was abso
lutely necessary was sent out. Express
eoiapasie" delivered only perishable
freight and valuable packages yester
day and most of the wagons were
drawn by four horses. Hundreds ot
wholesale and retail stores did not send
out a wagon. A number of persona
were blown off their feet by the high
wind and seriously injured. By 11
o'clock p. m. the storm had died and a
cold wave enveloped the city.
Other I'otnts In Illinois.
Dispatches from various points in this
state tell of the effects of the great
storm. Street car and other modes of
transportation were paralyzed and
business completely blockaded.
Indiana Snowed Under.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 14. A bliz
xard, the worst Indianapolis has ex
perienced for years, raged for eighteen
hours. It sleeted,, rained and snowed
alternately. The snow is over 1 foot
deep. Street cars have been running
only occasionally and traffic is practic
ally suspended. What is true of In
dianapolis applies to all points in this
state.
In Ohio.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 14. The bliz
zard which raged with such severity
throughout the west Sunday night
reached this city at 7 a. m. Monday. A
fierce gale, accompanied by a heavy
fall of fine, cutting snow, is in prog
ress, and the storm promises to
be a severe one. At noon the
street car service was demoralized, only
an occasional car managing to get
through the heavy snowdrifts. On the
Lake Shore road trains were reported
as more or less delayed from the west,
with a prospect of serious blockades.
Four Men Killed.
Toledo, O., Feb. 14. A special to
the Blade from Bellevue, O., says: Two
freight trains collided on the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie road iu the
storm 2 miles west of this place.
Three men were killed. The
trains were running at full speed, the
blinding snow preventing the engineers
from seeing the danger. The collision
was terrific, both engines being
smashed into scrap iron. The freight
cars were broken into splinters
and piled up in uttr confusion.
A wrecking train with physicians
was sent from Norwalk. When it
arrived the trainmen were still in
the wreck, and were extricated one by
one. The following were either killed
outright or have died since the colli
sion: Engineer Conned. Fireman Me
Mullen, Engineer Sam Stowell and
Brakeman Johnson.
Iowa (Jets II er Share.
Burlington, la., Feb. l . The worst
snowstorm of the season began here
Sunday evening. Eight inches of snow
covers the ground and is drifting bad
ly. The weather is very cold and all
trains are delajed.
Dubcquk. Ia., Feb. 14. The worst
blilzard experienced here for wme
years struck this city and rage i furi
ously all day. Railroad people are
looking for serious trouble unless the
storm abates, as the wind is rapidly
filling the cuts. One of the street car
lines is abandoned.
In alien I grn.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. 14. The
blizzard which arrived here early Mon
dry morning was the worst in several
seasons. It was accompanied by much
snow, deep drifts and high wind. Rail
road traffic is much delayed and busi
ness was practically suspended.
In Great Britain.
London. Feb. 14. A heavy gale has
prevailed in some sections, much dam
age resulting. At Teignmouth, in
Devonshire, a church in course of erec
tion was entirely destroyed. The spire
of St. Mary's church at Shrewsbury,
county of Salop, was blown down. At
Peterborough, county of Northampton,
the pinnacle of the parish Church of
St. John was blown over and the glass
roof of the Great Eastern railway sta
tion was destroyed. The English
Presbyterian church, at Holywell.
Flintshire, Wales, was also among
the buildings wrecked. A boarding
school and many dwelling houses in the
town were also blown down. At New
port, in South Wales, the roofs were
blown off a number of houses. Several
vessels have gone ashore off Margate
and Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Devon
shire. At Dudley, in Worcestershire,
a number of factory chimney
stacks were blown down. In two
or three instances the falling chim
neys struck the factories, causing great
damage. In this town many persons
were injured. Scores of houses were
unroofed. Communication between
London and the continent is complete
ly cut off.
KEARSARGE CREW SAVED.
Taken from Koncador Keef with the Loss
of But One Life.
Colton. Feb. 13. The crew of the
United States cruiser Kearsage was res
cued at noon on Saturday. One man was
drowned. He was a second-class fireman !
named Anderson Bobbins. The old
warship was abandoned on Koncador
reef with the stars and stripes still
flying at her peak. The steamship
City of Para with the crew of the
Kearsarge on board will leave this
port for New York on Wednesday next.
Washington, Feb. 12. The navy de
partment has received advices con
firmatory of the Associated Press dis
patches announcing the arrival of the
steamer City of -Para at Colon, with
the crew of the wrecked United States
cruiser Kearsarge.
It is believed that the Kearsarge has
broken up, otherwise Admiral Stanton
would have made some effort to save
her or asked instructions about her.
There is great rejoicing in the navy de
partment over the safe arrival of the
Kearsarge's crew.
Rich Find of Silver and tiold Ore.
Brazil, Ind., Feb. 14. Two expert
from Chicago, who have been in the
city the last few days examining the
ore found on M. W. Carpenter's farm
south of the city, claim it is rich
with gold and silver. In ex
amining the location Tvhere the
ore was found they discovered
the ground was full of the precious
metals. Gold buyers from the west
had previously examined th?s and tried
to purchase it from Mr. Carpenter. A
company of local capitalists is being
organized and preparations for mining
the ore will be made at on
USED DYNAMITE.
Bandits Ditch a Train and Then
Blow Open the Express Car.
They Secure a Sura of Money Believed tf
Be Larue, and Succeed in Kscaplng
Two Men Crushed Under
an Engine.
CHARGED TO CTIIIIS EVANS GANG.
Los Angeles, CaL, Feb. 19. Passen
ger train No. 20 on the Southern Pa
cific road, which left this city at 11:30
o'clock Thursday night, was wrecked
by train robbers at ltoscoe station, 12
miles north of here, at 1 a. m. Friday
The highwaymen blew open the ex
press car with dynamite and fired sev
eral shots at the trainmen who at
tempted to escape.
Fireman Masters and Harry Daly, a
tramp who was stealing a ride, were
caught under the engine as it left the
track and landed in the ditch on its
side. Engineer Thomas jumped and
miraculously escaped.
The robbers made their escape with
several strong boxes belonging to the
Wells-Fargo Express company, con
taining currency and half a dozen
sacks of gold. None of the pas
sengers, so far as known, were
injured. The robbery was the most
daring and cruel piece of work done in
the west in years, and it is believed
that Chris Evans and 'Morrell, the
outlaws for whom California officers
have been searching for months,
planned and executed the crime. It is
impossible to tell at present how much
money the robbers secured, but as the
express shipments were unusually
large it is certain the gang got away
with a rich hauL Posses of officers
are scouring the country for the high
waymen. The train was late in leaving Los
Angeles Thursday night. Besides the
baggage, express and three passenger
cars there were two cars loaded with
fruit for San Francisco. At Burbank, 6
miles north of this city, several rough
looking men boarded the train and it is
believed they were the accomplices
of the robbers, who were waiting far
ther north to throw the switch and
ditch the train. At Roscoe, 6 miles
north of Burbank, is a short spur of
track leading from the main line to a
sidetrack used for switching. As
the locomotive neared the junction
Engineer Thomas saw by the
glare of the headlight that the
switch was open. He rever.-rd the en
gine and tried to stop the train, but
the heavy load behind was t much to
be stayed in the short distance and the
locomotive and two fruit-cars left the
rails and fell a wreck into the ditch.
Before the passengers and Conductor
Odell could realize what had happened
three masked men jumped into view
from the woods adjoining the track
with rifles in their hands. A volley
of shots was fired at the en
gineer and fireman, who were
struggling to escape from the tangled
wreck, and then the gang kept up a
fusillade of bullets to terrify the pas
sengers and prevent them from leaving
the cars.
When the shock of the accident was
felt the accomplices who boarded the
train at Burbank left the rear coach
and hurried to the express car, which
still stood on the rails unharmed. They
placed bombs under the car and
blew it to pieces. No trace of
the express messenger has "yet
been found, and it is thought he was
killed and buried under the ruins of
his car. The robbers secured several
sacks of gold coin and a number of
packages of greenbacks,. mounted
horses, which were tied in the woods
near the railroad, and galloped north.
Foster, the brakeman, was. iu one of
the piitsenger coaches at the time of
the accident and realized that robbers
were at work as soon as lie heard
tlie rifle shots. lie quietly slipped
from the train and made his
way toward a Mgiit he- saw
across the country, which proved
to bo in a farmhouse. Foster- got a
team at the ranch and after arousing
the neighborhood drove to Burbank
and notified the deputy sheriff at that
place. The Southern Pacific and Wells
Fargo ofiicials in this city were noti
fied of the robbery and a train was sent
at once to the scene.
Tne gang made their escape on
horses, the railroad officials say, and
have several hour's start of the sheriff's
posses, which have given pursuit.
Conductor Odell may be able to give a
description of the men who boarded his
train at Burbank, but neither Foster,
the brakeman, nor Engineer Thomas,
can describe the men who first ap
peared and began to fire at the train
crew.
The belief that Evans and Morrell,
who escaped frm the Fresno jail sev
eral months ago, participated in the
robbery is shared by many railroad and
express officials. The job is such a
cold-blooded bjhI desperate piece of
work that officers familiar with the
two desperadoes agree that it bears
their trade-maj-k.
I F
ADRIFT CM A HUGE ICE FLOE.
Five Hundred Persons in Great liancrer
on tbe Coast of Russia.
St. PETEBivuuito, Feb. 19. An- ice
floe broke adrift from the coast of Lnger
mannland, province of St. Petersburg,
Tuesday and carried off many fisher
lnen and thieir families. More than 500
persons are- said to be in danger The
persons along the coast are making
every effort to rescue them, and are
hopeful of success.
Government Troops Wlu.
Montevideo, Feb. 10. News has
been received ofan important govern
ment victory in Pasafunda. The loyal
forces, commanded by CoL Santos, Jr.,
met a detachment of 1,500 rebels and a
sharp engagement followed. The in
surgents lost 400 men in the attack and
the rest of the column disbanded.
Only sixteen men were lost by Santos.
Great Fire in a Pomerania Village.
London, Feb. 19. Fire destroj-ed
twenty-one houses in the village of
Degow, Ponerania. Several persons
were killed. One hundred were ren
dered homeless.
THE MICHIGAN SCANDAL.
State Officers to Fight Removal to the
Hitter End.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. IB. G. n. Bus
Bey, one of the committee of footings,
who was brought here Wednesday
morning, was ordered placed under ar
rest by Prosecuting Attorney Frazer
late in the afternoon. Alderman
Lowry, chairman of the board
of canvassers, told the prosecuting
attorney to put Bussey on the
footings committee at the request of
Uussey's brother-in-law. When Bus
Key was put on the rack he protested
that he had not falsified the returns.
Mr, Bussey was arraigned before Po
lice Justice Whaien at 8 o'clock p. m.
His examination was set down for Feb
ruary 27 and he was released on f 1,000
bail.
Bussey's arrest follows that of James
F. Clark, another member, who is sup
posed to have confessed, and it all
along has been suspected that Bussey
was the instigator of the job of swell
ing the yea vote on the state salaries
amendment and the probable tool of
State officials.
Lansing, Mich., Feb. 16. There is
every indication that the grand jury
investigation is coming to a head and
that the end will be reached within a
week at the farthest. The vigorous
policy inaugurated by Prosecutor Fra
zer at Detroit has already been fruitful
of results and bids fair to fully ex
plode the frauds of 1893 and bring the
perpetrators to justice.
All the members of the state can
vassing board are here to attend the
hearing before Gov. Rich. None of
them are saying much further than
that they don't propose to resign but j
will fight removal to the end. In ad-
dition to denying that the offense i
charged constitutes gross neglect un- (
d?r the constitution, the right of thj I
governor to remove the state officer for i
neglect outside of the administration (
of that particular office will be chal- t
lenged and the claim made that a state
officer can be removed only after ini- ;
peachment by the legislature. ;
The grand jury on Wednesday, in ad- .
dition to other witnesses, heard Messrs. ;
Wirick and Moore, of Detroit, who ;
Bwore that Bill Clerk Clark told thera
the story implicating himself and
Lieut. Gov. Giddings in the falsifica-
tion of the Wayne county vote last (
spring. Giddings was the last witness,
and his denial of Clark's alleged story '
and of all knowledge of the frauds was '
finished when the jury adjourned. I
MYRA BRADWELL DEAD.
Woman to Avoir for
She Wa the First
Admission to the liar.
Chicago, Feb. 16,-Mrs. Myra Brad-
well, wife or Judge J. li. lirauweii. and
the founder and managing editor of the
Chicago Legal News, died Wednesday
at her home, 142S Michigan avenue.
MRS. HYKA BRADWELL.
Mrs. Brad well had been confined to her
bed since last September. She was 63 :
years of age. Mrs. Bradwell leaves a ;
husband and two children, Thomas j
and Bessie. Thomas Bradwell is a j
South Town justice of the peace. j
Mrs. Bradwell was born in Manchester, Vt ,
and when she was 12 years of ge her parents I
moved to Chicago. In 152 she was married to j
James B. Hradwell, a young and rising lawyer,
and commenced tho study of law under his ,
supervision and, after a full course, presented i
herself at tho law school Iot examination. (
!she passed with honors and had the distinc- :
tion of being the firs woman who applied j
for admittance to the bar in tbs United States.
Her application was- refused, but she car J
ried her case to the supreme court of ,
the state and subsequently to the su- j
prune court of tbe United states. The federal !
supreme court decided that her marriage
was a bar to her admission and denied her peti
tion. Twenty years afterward this decision :
was reconsidered and reversed and Mrs. Brad-
well was a dmitted to the bar. In tbe mean- ;
time she had established the Leeal News, the ,
leading legal newspaper of the west.
COLONNADE IS GONE.
More Dastardly Incendiary Work at .Tack
son Park.
Chicago, Feb. 10. AtlL a. in. Wednes
day fire broke out in the colonnade
between the Machinery hall and Agri
cultural building at Jackson park. It
gained most rapid headway and all the
engines in the park and vicinity were
quickly massed. The blaze started but
a few feet from where the fire of last
week originated. When discovered
flames were crawling up the pillars
with dangerous rapidity. The light
woodwork offered little resistance to
the flames and the pillars and ornate
roof decorations along the colonnade
were soon in ruins. Three groups of
animals in statuary standing on the
roof were burned and destroyed in the
ruin. The actual lofes, of course, is
smalL Firemen and fair officers agree
that th fire was of incendiary origin.
They regard it as another attempt oi
the kind made so frequently recently.
GREAT BUDDHIST LEADER DEAD.
Ex-La'd Abbott Otani Kesho, of Japan,
Hies anil Is Cremated.
Vancouver, B. G, Feb. 16. The
steamship Empress of China brings
tni following oriental advices: Ex
Lgrd Abbott Otani Kesho, head
of the Buddhist priests in Japan,
died January 17 and was buried
Japuary 29. Ten thousand mourn
crs attended the funeral, including
the members of the imperial family,
the ers and leading officials of the
goverrment. The scene presented wa
one of surpassing magnificence, Th.
remains were cremated.
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
Murderer James A. Stono Mounts
the Gallows.
Hanged In Prison at JefTeron vllle, Ind,
for the Brutal Murder or the Wratten
kaniily of Six Persons Last
September.
MET DEATH CALMLT.
Jeffersonville. Ind., Feh. 17.
James A. Stone, commonly known as
"Bud" Stone, was executed this
morning at 12:03 o'clock in the state
prison south by Warden .1. B. Patten
for the murder ot the Wrajten
family September 18, 1893. The
victims included Denson Wratten, his
Jwife, three children, a boy 7 years of
age and two girls, one 11 and the other
12 years old, and also Mrs. Wratten,
aged 63 years, mother of Mr. Wratten.
The scene of the crime was the Wrat
ten farm, 12 miles from Washington,
Ind.
The murderer kept up his air of
bravado until the last moment. The
death warrant was read to him by
Warden Patten at 1 o'clock Thurs-
1
JAMES A. STONE.
daj- afternoon. During the read
ing Stone preserved the same
6toicism that was characteristic
of the man during his stay in
the prison. His spiritual adviser at
tempted to bring him to a realization
of his near approach to death, but
without success. He walked to the
gallows without a tremor and met his
doom without a word of excuse for his
crime. His neck was broken by the
fall and there was no movement of the
body after he went through the trap.
Early in the morains of September 18, 189.1
James A. Stone, a neighbor of tbe murdered
family, went to the Wratten homestead to In
quire after tho health of Mrs. Wratten wild
had been ill for some time. Finding the front
' door locked he went around to the rear of the
1 house and entering discovered Mrs. Wratten
lying in
the
middle of the floor dead, a deep
' g
her heal showing the
c&use of her death. He immediately left and
summoned a number of neighbors and return
ing to the house In the next room found the
husband and father lying dead; next tne three
children were found, two of them, tne boy and
one little girl aged II, already dead, while the
other. Ethel, aced 13, was dying. In the next
room was discovered the lifeless body of the
aged mother of Mr. Wratten.
Bloodhounds were sent for and put on the
track and succeded In following up a trail for
quite a distance, but finally it was lost and
the trail abandoned. Several days later sus-
! picion began to attach to Stone. His
actions were such as to arouse suspicion that
I he was implicated in the crime, failing to
j find anything that would justify them in arrest
ing him, one of tha oracers decided to send a
woman to visit his wife and. if possible, ascer
tain something about the crime. Accordingly
the woman, who was an old friend cf the Stone
family, visited the residence of Stone, and. as a
matter of course, almost tho entire conversa
tion during the day was in regard to the trag
edy. In the course of the conversation Mrs. Stone
remarked that it was a curious fact that her
husband on the morning after the tragedy re
turned home with his clothing spotted with
Llood in various places, but on her making
a remark in regard to the condition ot
his clothes he had explained by say
ing that he had some teeth pulled
the night before. Stone was immedi
ately arrested. His house was searched and
the bloody clothing was found. An ax, covered
with blood was also found hidden in some
woods near. In spite of these criminating facts
Stone for several days denied the murder, but
the gran 1 jury be. aq in session an indictment
was found against him. Stone then confessed
the crime, but implicated three men who were
already held on saoplcion.
Before Stone's trial came up these men.
Brown, Williams and Kays, succeeded ia
proving alibis, and through the efforts of their
attorneys were released. The trial of Stone
w as probably one of the most Interesting which
ever took place in Indiana, although it lasted
but a short time, the jury having hardiy re
tired before they returned a verdict of guilty,
fixing hU punishment at death. All efforts to
secure a new trial were unavailing, and the pris
oner was immediately brought to the prison
south to await his execution.
Soon after being arrested Stone made a
confession, clearing all the other men accused
of complicity in the .crime and declaring that
he aluue- was guilty of killing tho entire
family. He knew that Mrs. Wratten had
several hundreddullars secreted in the house,
and, meeting her, was compelled to slay her be
fore he could get the money. After killing
her he was seized with an insane desiro for
blood, and. going to one after another of the
inmates of tho house, killed each In turn.
Since he became convinced that he would die
he became very devout, and professed Christi
anity. A short time ago he added another horror to
his crime by staling to his aged father, who.
visited him in prison, that he bad smothered
the little girl Ethel with an apron ava neigh
bor's house, where she had been removed in a
dying condition while the folks were at dinner,
as he feared if she recovered her evidence
might convict him.
SCRAPED WITH A KNIFE.
Colored Man at Oglethorpe, Ga., lirutallr
Murdrred by Seven Citizens.
Atlasta, tJa., Feb. 17. From Ogle
thorpe comes a storv of such a
horrible murder that Gov.
has doubled tho usual
for tbe criminal- Bob
a respectable negro, was
Northen
reward
Collins,
dragged
from home by seven
'stripped, beaten with a
white men.
buggy trace.
scraped and cut with a blunt knife and
left naked nearly seven hours in a
freezing atmosphere. He died just after
being found.
Kobbed of Her Hidden Money.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 1?. Mrs.
Harriet Wells, wife of Mailcarrier
Wells, was found bound and gagged in
her house late Wednesday night. When
released she said that at 9 o'clock
masked men knocked at the door and
demanded admittance She resisted,
but was overpowered and robbed of
$1,000 in bills, hidden at the bottom ol
a stuffed chair.
Want Representation.
Chicago, Feb 17 Kegrces wart one
cf their race in the city council and will
"try to get him theto at th joiuiag
spring clectiun.
IK!1 5?)
N EARLY TWO SCORE SLAIN.
Thirty-Nine Lives Lost by an Kspluslon
oh a German War Ship.
Kiel, Feb. 19. A terrible disaster
occurred 'Friday owing to the explo
sion of a steam pipe on board the (ier
man ironclad Brandenburg. Thirty
nine men were killed, thirty-sev'n of
them instantly, and two dying soon
after the explosion. Nine men were
injured. Among tho dead are
three chief engineers who were
on the vessel to report on the work
of the boilers, and several other offi
I cers. Most of the bodies were badly
i scalded, in some instances the faces be
1 ing rendered unrecognizable. The ac
j cident occurred while the warship was
; undergoing a forced-draft trial near the
government docks,
j Suddenly, while the vessel was forg
; ing ahead at a rapid speed, there was a
i loud explosion, the waist of the ship
i seeraod to rise up 'as though lifted
j by a giant hand, and the next instant
j the air was filled with intermingled
I debris and humanity. xV large number
I of the victims, torn and mangled, were
I thrown into the water and drowned
before assistance could reach them,
j Others were thrown into the air and fell
j on the decks, where they lay dead or
dying in the midst of a mass of wreck-
' Bg2.
Trie effects of the
.plosion were
only felt within a limited area, al-
', though the big war vessel quivered
l under the shock, and those in the
, stern quickly rushed to the as
' sistance of the injured. Owing to
' the force of the explosion tho
1 dead outnumbered the injured, and the
.' scene was sickening in the extreme.'
j The vessel presented the appearauce of
I a warship after a sanguinary battle,
j and dead and wounded had their cloth
. iDg nearly torn from their bodies.
! As soon as the eff 'cts of the ..qjio-
sion were known to the officer of the
deck he caused signals to be set sh.iw-
ing that t:? vessel was helpless. Five
j steamers went at oiict! to tllu assi.-.U.r.ce
Of the disabled warship, end. g?T"ig'
( lines to it, towed it back to Ivlcl, Vw.iit
reached port Prince Henry of Priie,.!a,
the emperor's brother, immediately
boarded it and helped to direct the
work of relieving the wounded and
questioned the ship's officers concern
ing the names and homes of the dead
and wounded.
I The accident occurred near the place
made memorable last year by the dis
1 aster on board the German man-of-war
Baden, in which two lieutenants and
seven mariues were . killed by the
premature explosion of a gun during
target practice. Prince Henry of Prus
sia was on board of the Baden at the
time and saw the accident
j SUFFRAGE MOVES ON.
It Is Hopefully 3ioteJ In the Woman's
Convention.
WASiirxGTox, Feb. 19. The report of
Rachel Foster Avery, corresponding
secretary of the National Woman's Suf
frage association, was read at Fri
day's session of the convention. It
said that the advances along the line
of woman suffrage bad been very great
and unusually encouraging. The vic
tory in Colorado had prepared all for
more devoted work even in the face of
difficulties which may appear insur
mountable. She referred to the dis
appointed hopes of the women of
Michigan and New York, where
certain laws on the subject of wom
an suffrage had been declared nn
. constitutional. Speaking of New York,
she said that the women there were or
ganizing the grandest campaign for
equality of rights that the coun
try had yet seen. "Looking further
away we find," said the report,
; "the last year made memora
; ble in woman suffrage annals by
the extension of the franchise to the
women of New Zealand and by their
eager and enthusiastic entry into po
litical life at the late election, when
one-third of the votes were cast by the
; women and when the proportion of de
fective ballots was smaller than ever
j before."
j Miss Laura Clay, of Kentucky, sub
, mitted the report of the southern com-
mittee, which said that last year the
; number of the members of the south
; era committee had been increased by
four, representing the gain of four
: southern state suffrage associations.
ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE.
Several I'asseiigerft Itudly Hart in an Acci
dent at St. Louis.
St. Locis, Feb. 10. In a street-car
collision at ll:4. o'clock a. in. three
women were probably fatally injured
and a fourth passenger, a man, had
bis leg severelj1 crushed. The colli
sion occurred at Grand avenue and
Morgan street, where a west-bound
suburban electric car, carrying thirteen
passengers, was struck squarely in the
center by a south-bound Lindell elec
tric car and hurled from its trucks.
The Lindell car, which carried twentj
two passengers, was badly damaged
and derailed. The overturned car was
so badly wrecked that it was with dif
ficulty the passengers were taken out.
REJECTED.
The Senate Hcfuses to Confiriu the Num.
inatioii of IVckliain.
Washington, Feb. 19. President
Cleveland will have to try again.
Wheeler 11. Peukhani's nomination for
associate justice of the supreme court
was rejected by the senate Friday after
noon by a vote of 41 to 32. An analysis
of the vote shows that twenty-three
democrats, eight republicans and one
populist voted for continuation, while
sixteen democrats, twenty-three re
publicans and two populists voted
against it.
CYCLONE WRECKS A SCHOOL
bevernl Children Killed and Twenty Otbera
Severely Injured.
Beklin, Feb. l'J. A hurricane that
passed over northern Germany a few
days ago wrecked the sehoolhouse at
Zuckers, Poruerania. A large number
of the children were buried in tho
ruins of the building. When tho
debris was cleared away it was found,
ths-t seven of the little, ones had been
killed and twenty other.-, injured.
The New Kive rr ( t'llt.
Washington, Feb. All but $2,000,
000 of the new 5 per cent, bonds have
been paid for and . the. money covered,
into the treasury.
