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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, JflMESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1891.
NO. 51.
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PANIC IN A PLAY HOUSE
TEN PERSONS TRAMPLEDJTO DEATH
IN AN IENGLISH THEATRE.
Ve will give you honest value for your honest money.
The finest and most popular line of
Fall and Winter Styles
Is now ready ready and waiting the lucky buyer
A Wins of the Eastern Michigan Inf&ne
Asylum Burns A Santa Fe Train
Wrecked at Newcomb, Mo., and Thir
teen Persons Injured.
-A-t Fairest Prices.
THE MODEL CLOTHING HOUSE,
M. EINSTEIN & CO.
GREAT
TOWN LOT SALE!
DURING THE NEXT THIRTY
DAYS I WILL OFFER
FOR SALE
ONE HUNDEED
Choice Residence Lois
In the City of North Platte at
Prices ranging from
$50 to $150
PER LOT.
TERMS: One-tenth cash and bal
ance in monthly installments of from
-$5.00 to 10.00 each.
The prices on these lots arc not to
exceed one-half their real value. Call
at my office and see plats and prices.
No trouble to show lots.
Thos. C. Patterson.
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LUMBER 11 COAL.
Eull worth for your money is positively guaran
:; .:' teed on every purchase.
NOTHING LIKE THIS STOCK
For Style, Assortment and Popularity.
Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks
Valises and Underwear.
CL -IT- XJOJDX
Lath.,
BLINDS,
DOORS, Etc.
LIME AND CEMENT.
Rock Springs Nut,
Rock Springs Luiiii).
Pennsylyania Anthracite,
Colorado Anthracite
AND
Colorado Soft
COAL.
London, Dc. 28. A frightful panic
occured Saturday night in the Royal
theatre, Gules Head, resulting in the loss
of a number of lives. Gales .Head is a
considerable city in Durham. Owing to
the'Christmas season the Roysl-tIiearr'
was throneed with working people. The
audiencewfefle"not unruly, indulged in
more license than is allowed in most
London theatres. Boys smoked in the
balcony, without any apparent' objection
on the part of the attendants. One of
the boys smoking got so. interested in
the play that, ne accidentally dropped a
burning match on the people below him.
The match set fire to some of the theat-
trical furniture. The slight blaze com
municated to a partition. A woman
shrieked that the theatre was burning.
At once the audience made a sudden
rush to escape: every aisle and ave
nue became packed and the audience be
came one panting, struggling mass ot
cursing men, and crying, half suffocated
women and children. The strong hearty
man from the iron works and mills
showed no sympathy for the weaker sex.
If a woman or child fell beneath the
strain, she or it was at once
Crashed Under Iron Shod Heels
Men climbed on eachlother's heads and
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sougnt to treaa over tno squirming mass
of humanity to safety. Women pleaded
for their little ones, holding them above
their heads as far as arms could reach, j
and the babes with the breath being
squeezed out of them were saved in sev
eral instances by being grasped in the
hands of men able to hold them with
one arm above the crowd. Down the
main staircase the multitude struggled
and panted. The janitor had rushed to
open the door at the foot of the stairs.
The solid crowd fell on him like an im
mense hammer, crushing the life out of
his body, which- was flattened to the
door. Down with him went the eight
or ten at the head of the mass and they,
too, had the lives stamped out of them.
Behind, the shrieks and loud oaths, with
appeals for mercy and execrations
against the Creator, made a hell; in the
front, at the foot of the stairs, was the
rampart of dying and dead, over which
the escaping multitude bad to climb.
Meantime those on the stage had not
been idle. One actor, in the attire of a
magician, climbed into the balcony from
the stage and implored the audience to
be calm. "Keturn to your seats, he
cried, "there is no fire; the only danger
is in your panic." Some of those in the
rear turned at his words and stopped
their share in the mad struggle to get
out, butane large majority heeded not
the warning and pressed on. Two men,
thinking they had no other way of escape,
Leaped from the Windows
into the street and were severely in
jured. Many slid down into the pit by
the supports of the balcony. When the
theatre was at length emptied it was
found that ten were dead and that many
others had broken limbs and were other
wise seriously injured. The fire itself
which had given occasion to the horror,
was but a slight affair, having only
burned through a thin partition, and
was easily extinguished with two buck
ets of water. The city of Gales Head
has been thrown into general mourning
by the calamity and all day the theatre
was guarded by police from the multi
tude of curious. Many pathetic in
cidents occurred in the terrible crush
for the doors, but it is also stated that
the display of brutal selfishness overcame
ever other feature of the awful occur
rence.
ELEVEN VICTIMS.
A Br&keman's Carelessness the Cause of
the New York Wreck
Tabrytown, N. Y., Dec. 20. The to
tal number of persons who lost their
lives by the collision at Hastings now
reaches eleven. The official list of the
dead and injured is as follows:
Dead.
Mrs. Asit Baldwin ot New York.
Thomas W. Polley, of the firm of
George Polley & Co., Boston.
Abraham knight, conductor or tue
Wagner car.
Miss Libdie Vaxarsdale, a school
teacher of New York.
Miss Mabel Sloccm of Locknort. N. Y.
Miss Gektrude Mooke of Medina, N. Y.
Ml3S Lizzie Ford of Brooklyn.
J. W. White, colored, porter of the
Wagner car.
M. B. Ebert, dentist, of New York.
Miss Lillian Baldwin-, New York.
Edwin Wilcox of New York.
Injured.
Mbs. Komer R. Baldwin of New York,
seriously.
Miss Aknie Ford, slightly.
D. B. Murphy of New York, seriously.
Harry A. Jacobson, slightly.
J. R. Bagkall of Poughkeepsie, proba
bly fatally.
Albert E. Herrick, the brakeman
whose carelessness caused the accident,
fled soon after the collision and has not
yet beon found. He will be arrested if
found. A disgusting fact was revealed
during the examination of the bodies" by
the undertakers. The pockets of several
of the victims were found to have been
either cut or torn from their clothing
and all their valuables, including pocket
books, jewelry, etc., were missing. Ih-
qmry ax tno nospitai aiuuug uie uijuicu
showed that several ot them too, had
been robbed. A number of strangers
volunteered their services in the work of
rescue at the wreck and it is believed
that the vandals were among these.
Heavy Losses at Chattanooga,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 28. D. V.
Loveinan & Co.'s great dry goods store
was discovered to be on fire while the
clerks were at lunch on the third floor.
The flames "spread with astonishing ra-
I pidity, burning the elevator shaft and
stairways, cutting on inu escaxe oi
about thirty female employes, who were
rescued from the flames with ladders of
the fire department, aided by citizens.
Two women fell from the windows and
were somewhat injured, and a third
was rescued in an almost Buffocated con
dition. The adjoining buildings were
soon aflame, the fire licking up over
$6.10,000 in less tMu two hours.
Battle of Trenton Monument.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 26. Governor
Abbott laid the corner stone of the mon
ument in memory of the battle of Tren
ton in the presence of a large assem
blage. After laying the corner stone a
salute of 44 guns was fired and benedic
tion pronounced by the bishop of Tren
ton.
YARD ON R. R. TRCK WEST OF DEPOT,
Cheated the Gallows.
Concord, N. H.f Dec 27. Isaac Saw
telle, who murdered his brother Hiram,
died in his cell at the state prison of apo
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Santa Pe Passenger Cars Scale an
faanhment at Xswcomb, Mo.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 28. The west
bound passenger train on the Santa Fti
from Chicago was wrecked at Newccmb,
Mo., a small station about six miles east
of Carrollton, bv spreading rails. The
rear part of the train, consisting of a
chair fa-r irwrn Pnllmana ot1 q Iminn
car left the track and went down an
eighteen footembankment. Thirteen
persons were injured but no one was
killed or fatally hurt. Following is a
complete list of the injured.
Conductor William .Wgobswortb, Ch5-
cago, badly bruised.
Mrs. Eliza Toomet. Marion. Kan.,
tcalp wound and sprained ankle.
William Kaston, head cook, scalded.
Charles Dempsey, second cook.scaided.
C. w. Scott, Chicago, scalp wound.
J. R. Whiteford, Topeka, scalp wound.
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The Largest and Choicest Selected Stock
Lincoln County.
We will sell all goods at greatly reduced prices for the
ElSSa oui" Coats and Jackets will be offered at ONE-HALF
bruised. rtmt-r it ttit vt-wi -t
iioxuAij YAljUJii. We can show you a very -
choice line of handsome goods especially suited
for the holidays. We have just received
a new stock of fine
Two small children of Mr. Decker, scald
wonnus.
W. J. Kress, conductor of Pullman,
back sprained.
J. C. Barton, Severy, Kan., head cut.
bruised.
Mrs. Nelliu A. "Wilson, Toneka, badly
bruised about the head and body.
I he engine, baggage and express cara
passed safely over the place where the
rails spread and the chair car was the
hrst to leave track. It turned complete
ly over and stood upright at the foot of
the embankment. There were about
twenty persons in this car and ten of
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inem were mjureu. ine nrsc sieeper i -i i i i ,i i i
turned over and laid on its side and the WHICH We Otter mUCll OelOW tlieil actual Value. We Open'
UdO UAAAAA14 LVJ 4, it k V U Jk. If
tins weeic twenty new patterns in all-wool two-ply
BLACI
AND
COLORED
DRESS
GOODS
to crawl out of
a hole in the bottom of tho coach
FIHE IN AX ASYI.U3I.
Five Hundred Panic Stricken Female
Lunatics Turned Loose.
Poxtiac, Mich., Dec. 28. Fire di
covered in the north wing of the eastern
it. v; ? i t .n
iuicjngan insane asyinm spreau wiru
fearful rapidity. Fifteen minutes after
tho first alarm was sounded, the occu
pants of the wing, 500 women, were
turned loose. Screaming frantically
with terror the maniacs surged through
the corridors, where the air was already
filled with smoke. Tongues of flame
were visible through it all, and the sight
failed the uemented creatures with
terror. Some ran like wild animals,
trampling their companions in their mad
eliort to escape. Others were paralyzed
witu Inght and stood rooted to the spot
with eyes staring horridly onto the roar
ing lire. ine attendants performed
deeds or heroism m the endeavor to res
cue the helpless. Rushing hither and
thither, dragging the hesitating ones
from their rooms, the' drove the insane
women into the open air. When some
were once sate on the outside thev
would break away and rush for the
building again.
Superintendent Burr, and his assist
ants in the medical staff, gave direc
tions for the removal of the inmates.
and by their excellent labors all, it is
believed, were rescued alive.
RUSSIAN'S REALLY STARVING.
Carpets and will-sell then much less than they
cost to be manufactured. Call at Kennie's
and see the choicest, largest and most
varied stock of Carpets, Dry Goods,
Boots and Shoes, Overshoes and
Wool Boots in West Neb.
RENNIE'S BIG DRY GOODS STORE.
The demeanor of Roirer 0. Mills
of lute leads manv democrats tn
conclude sorrowfully that he is one
of those mills that grind exceeding-
ij small.
Twenty Ttlilllou Peoxle In Twelve Prov
inces Arc Famine Stricken.
.TJrbaxa, 0.,Dec. 22. John H. James
of this city wrote to the Russian charge
d' affairs in Washington to know if the
people in Russia were nearly starving,
as reported in the press. Ho received
the following reply, and will at onco
start subscriptions for aid to the famine
sufferers:
Imperial Russian- Legation, I
Washington, Nov. 19, lS'Jl, f
John H. James, Urbaaa, O.
Sir I have been prevented by pressure
of work to express sooner my gratitude
for tho very welcome and generous sug
gestions contained in your letter of Nov.
12. It is, unfortunately, too true that the
population of twelve provinces- govern
ments in Russia, representing a great
deal over twenty million of people, is
actually starving. I have not been in
structed to open subscriptions, nor appeal
to the help of the citizens of your great
and noble country, but you may be sure
that every cent subscribed by you and
-Additional investigation in the
new iron fields in the Mesaba Range
fifty miles north of Duluth and
almost midway between there and
the Vermillion Range, shows that
the recent discoveries are the most
wonderful yet made in this countrv.
Ilixperts estimate that in the half-
dozen lacations now being develpped
about 50,000,000 tons of the best
bessemer ore are in sight.
U. P. TIME TABLE.
OOINO EAST.
No. 8 Atlantic Express
No. 8 Chicago Kxpresn
No. 2 Limited
No. 2S Freight
No. 18 Freight
. " 1:03 a. m.
.Dept 7:00 a. m.
. " 12SJ0 p. x.
. " 9:30 a. H.
. " 4:20 P. M.
OODfO WEST MOUNTAIN TIMZ.
Ballard's Snow Liniment.
This Liniment is different composition
from any other Liniment on the market.
It is a scientific discovery, which results
in its beinsr the most penetrating Lini
ment ever known. There are numerous
white imitations, which mav bo recom
mended because they nay "the seller a
greater profit. Beware of theso and de
mand Rallard's Snow Liniment. It
positively cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Cuts, Sprains. Bruises. Wounds. Srfntfo
and Inllammatorv Rheumatism." Burns.
Scalds, Sore Feet, Contracted Muscle,
Stiff Joints. Old Sores. Pain in linrk.
Barb Wire Cuts. Sore Chest or throat nnd
is especially beneficial m Paralysis. Sold
uy a. r . aireitz. 2-2
No. 7 Pacific ExDress..
No. 5 Denver Express.
No. 1 Limited
No. 21-Freight
Dept 4:00 a. X
" 8:45 p. k
" 930 p. x
" 4:33 p. x
N. B. OLDS. Agent.
GRIMES & WILCOX,
Attorneys-at-Law,
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBK.
Office over North Platte National Bank.
C. M. DUNCAN, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Ottenstein'a Block, np stairs. Office
hoars from 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to S and 7 to 9 p. rn
Besidence on West Sixth Street.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
"Win. Eves, iVX. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
DISEASES of WOMEIT and OHLLDBEH
A SPECIALTY.
McDonald Block,
North Plattk, "ed.
Another South American nresi
dent has gone wrong. This time it
your friends for the relief of our sufferers ,! raiacio ot die repuDUC Ot V ene-
will help, and will bring everlasting grat- Zliela. Undeterred by the Ilick of
itude from my countrymen. I am quite Balmaceda and Da FonKPnn. hfti.nfs
aid is n ft, , ' - i r
uu me airs or a dictator, oamsnes a
ready and willing to see that such aid is
properly directed and delivered in Russia,
where it is most needed. Believe me,
very truly yours, A. GREGon,
Charge D' Affairs of Russia.
political rival, and is said to be mak
ing arrangements for an indefinite
eqtensiou of his term of office. Of
course he will come to grief. South
America is outgrowing this foolish
ness very fast.
Judge Foster's Inquiry.
VALPAKAiso,Dec. U3. Judge of Crimes
Foster has concluded his inquiry into the
assault upon the man-of-wars-men of the
United States cruiser Baltimore in the
streets of Valpariso on Oct. 16 last and
passed the testimony over to the procu
rator fiscal, or state's attorney, who, in
accordance with the Cliilian criminal
procedure, will laj- down the law in tho
case, after which the judge will give his
decision. Only four men are held for
the crime.
Western Patents.
"Washington, Dec. 23. The following
list of patents were granted: Edward
P. Mickel of Lincoln, stereotype plate
and base; Josh JI. Robertson of Keno
sha, la., wire reel; "William H. Apple-
gate of Atlantic, la., assigned to Inter-
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electric railway; John H. Nichols of country a beautiful example of de-
Sheldon, la., gram bin alarm; John Fa- mocratic unity. JJill and Uleveland
Now Try This.
It will cost you nottiins and will surelv
do you good, if.you have a Cough, Cold,
or any trouble with Throat. Clhpst nr
Lungs. Dr. Kine's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guar
antecd to give relief, or money will be
paid back. Sufferers from La Grinne
found it iust the thinjr and under its use
had a speedy and perfect recoverr. Trv
a sample bottle at our expense and learn
lor yourself iust liow cood a thins it is.
Trial bottles freo at A. F. Streitz's Drue
Store. Large size 50c. and $1,00. 31
Mills and Crisp are
giving
the
are enjoying the same kind of har
mony in their own particular baili
wick. Louisiana democrats are
right in line with their illustrious
leaders and have split the party
right up the back on the lottery
question. And while these several
circuses are going on in different
rings under the democratic tent, the
republicans look on and smile com
placently. The combination of
mountebanks cannot continue on
the road much longer. Kansas City
Journal:
terman, assignor of one-half to F. B
West and O. G. Lenley of Villisca, la..
convertible drill and wrench.
Iowa's Products.
Des Moines, Dec. 22. Advance sheets
from the reports of tho secretary of ag
riculture of Iowa show the total value of
products of Iowa for 1S91 to bo $449,
879,603. Of this amount over $100,000,
000 is for corn. Horses come next, $76,
000.000; milch cows and other cattle.
$70,000,000; hay and butter product each
over $33,000,000; oats, over b,UW,uuu,
and wheat $-J.j,000,000; hogs, $29,000,000.
Hog Cholera in Iotra.
Gliddex, Dec. 22. Hog cholera w
sweeping the hogs in this vicinity. W.
Davenport; had eight head left out of
280. Others have lost half and some
two-thirds of large herds. The diseaso
seems to have some new features about
it. Hogs apparently well one hour will
bo dead the next, while others of the
same herd will mope around for weeks various remedies, but nothinp trnvn
ami 6 w ium DIlnu uulo iucj uic. reler nntll L uge(i js S S whlMi
Cyrus tv. Tieid. entirely cured me. I used six bottles.
New York, Dec. 26. The condition ot v . b . Stearns, Alexander City
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uyrns w. j? leiu is uncnangeu. ilia
Ave have had a number of re-
Stephen Simmons, an industrious markable cures reported to us of
farmer living two miles east of Sterling, epitheliona or skin cancer. S. S. S.
Decame aissaiisneu wim uie wim ms C00tT10 f K ii
Tnmi If onH loff ttMTh t ha n T-rTT-W 1 inTonrinn 1 J
23" In the summer of 1890
something began to appear on my
race, similar to a cancer. 1 tried
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never to return. He left them all his pos- "u tuc ijuiauuuus germs, ine
sessions except a little cash necessary tc general health is m the meantime
get away with. improved, and finally the sore heals,
It has just come to light that the s bodj the scales drop off, and the patient
of the mother of Secretary of War Elkins ii coo- r- i i"""5""
ia wen. o. &. is entirely vege
table and harmless. Our treatise
is buried in "Wynke cemetery, Nebraska
City. The secretary's father was a citizen
of Nebraska City and agent of Ben Holi
day's overland stage hue during the war
A simple marble slab bearing hernaint
marks the last resting place of the sccre
tarv's mother.
on the blood and skin will be mailed
free to all who will apply for it.
Address, The Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
I EISTTXS THY.
Of-
A. B. AYRES, D. D. S.,
Has located at .North Platte to stay.
uce over xoieys store.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Gas Administered.
Sutherland !
Sutherland is located near the
center of a beautiful level section,
of land on the Union Pacific Rail
way about eighteen miles west of
North Platte. Good bridges span
the North and South Platte riyers
at this point, making a large sec
tion of fine agricultural country
tributary to it. It must necessarily
become a good town and keep pace
with the improving country which
it will supply. It affords" a good
opportunity for the location of a
hotel, grain buying, lumber and
coal yard, merchandise, livery stable
blacksmith shop or other busmese
that will be patronized by a thrifty
agricultural community, and it 13
always the case that those who
come first and establish a business
acquaintance reap the greatest ben
efit in the rise of the value of prop
erty as well as in other respects.
Applications for lots will be received
maps furnished, etc., by H. S. Boal-,
North Platte, A. G. Campbell,
Sutherland, or the undersigned,
J. S. CLARKSON,
104 Randolph St.,
CHICAGO.
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