fJlattsmontft Journal
C. W. SIIIUt.TIAN, Publisher.
PLATTSMOUTH, t t NEBRASKA.
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC
Fire in a frame barn in Chicago re
butted in the death of thirty-five
horses.
It was discovered that prison con
tract labor has been abolished in Mich
igan by an error of the legislature.
Samuel Benjamin, a Russian printer
in Cincinnati, has fallen heir to a for
tune of S3.000.000 in Australia.
Four young children oT John D.
Chandler, of Smitbsonia, Ala., were
cremated. The parents left the house,
locking- the little ones in, and when
they returned the dwelling' and all its
contents were in ashes.
The International Typographical
union met in annual convention at
Louisville.
In the Railway (N. J.) road race
Thomas Hughes covered the 25-mile
course in 1:09:27, a new world's record.
Customs receipts under the new tar
iff were not as large as expected and
the condition of the treasury was
again serious.
George W. Wor.F cut 1 hour and 13
minutes from the Chicago-New York
bicycle road record, making the 1.038
miles in 6 days 8 hours and SO minutes.
The fourth and deciding game of the
seven of the Temple cup series be
tween the New York and Baltimore
baseball c ubs was won by New York
by a score of 1J to 3.
John Ravell, of Ironwood, Mich,
put dynamite in the stove to thaw. It
exploded and he and three of his sons
and Mrs. Louise Peterson were killed
and four other members of the family
were injured.
A. K. Shaw, for over thirty years
prominent on the Chicago board of
trade, committed suicide because of
speculative losses.
Thtee men were killed and four
others seriously injured by the burst
ing of a steam pipe in the rail mill in
Chicago of the Illinois Steel company.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 8th was: Wheat,
73,642,000 bushels; corn, 3,905,000 bush
els; oats, 8,658,000 bushels; rye, 453,000
bushels; barley 2,700,000 bushels.
A Rock Island freight train was
wrecked near Seymour, la., and three
train hands were killed and one in
jured. '
The strike of the New Bedford
(Mass.) spinners, which involved 30,000
persons, was ended, a compromise hav
ing been effected.
A rbceiver was appointed for the
Peoria (111.) Iron & Steel company,
the liabilities of which were put at
$202,636.
Ratmoni Martin and Robert Rye,
living near Henderson, Ky., fought a
duel with axes about a girl and killed
each other.
A mob broke into the jail at Irvine,
Ky., and lynched Alexander Richard
son, a white man, who had been ar
rested for murder and attempted as
sault. "
Seventeen members of Battery D in
Chicago were dishonorably discharged
for refusing to drill because they had
not received pay for service.
The University Press of Cambridge,
Mass., the oldest printing establish
ment in America, founded in 1630, was
forced to assign.
The South Carolina supreme court
handed down an opinion upholding the
constitutionality of the Tillman dis
pensary law.
The National Horseshoers, associa
tion convened at Boston.
In his annual report Gov. Hughes
protests against the return of Geron
imo to Arizona and the proposed with
drawal of troops. During the past
year the gold output was $2,050,250;
silver, 81,700,300, and copper, 42,376,500
pounds.
The engineer and two of the crew of
a runaway train near Asherville, N. C,
were killed.
The fire losses in the United States
for the week ended on the 6th aggre
gated $1,233,000, of which those entail
ing a loss of $10,000 or more made up
$953,000 and the smaller fires $330,000.
Four persons were killed in a wreck
on the Rock Island road near Harvard,
Iowa.
The acting attorney general has ren
dered an opinion that the word "wool"
in the tariff act refers to the hair of
sheep only.
Coxtracts for the second section of
the Hennepin canal "have been con
firmed by the government and ;the
work will be pushed. 1
Mart Kerske was killed by Frank
Bczick at Scranton, Pa., because ehe
would not marry him. The girl' ar
rived from Germany only a day or two
before.
Through its minister the Chilian
government has paid into the state de
partment at Washington $245,564.35, in
satisfaction of war claims. '
Four miners were hemmed in' by
flames in a colliery at Shamokin Pa
The carpenter whose carelessness
caused the fire was suffocated.
A hurricane struck Pensacola. Fla.,
wrecking many buildings and forcing
a suspension of business. Several ves
sels were wrecked. j
George Reams, a farmer living near
Charles City, la., murdered his wife
with a razor and then cut his own
throat.
The wholesale business in New York
of Hilton. Hughes & Co., the old house
of A. T. Stewart & Co., is to be closed
out.
Benjamin Musgrate, of Terre
Haute, Ind., while drunk fatally in
jured his mother with a hatchet.
The corner stone was laid of the
commercial travelers' home at Bing
hamton, N. Y.
William Bick and Richard Brown
were sentenced to two yeara' impris
onment each at St. Louis for attempt
ing to wreck a Missouri Pacific train
during the recent labor troubles.
James Chambers, a democrat, shot
and killed William Weaver, a populist,
in Early county, Ga., in a quarrel over
the election results. Both were promi
nent farmers.
It was reported that forty old sol
diers had been robbed and murdered
at the national military home in Day
ton, O., in the past few years and only
passing notice taken of the crimes.
Fire destroyed the establishments of
the Cleveland Foundry company and
the Enterprise Desk and Stamping
company in Cleveland, the loss being
$125,000.
The annual meeting of the American
board of foreign missions commenced
in the Congregational church at Madi
son, Wis.
The National Association of Agri
cultural Implement manufacturers
met in annual convention at the Grand
Pacific hotel in Chicago. ,
Government returns for October
show a slight gain in the percentages
of all crops excepting cotton.
Troop L, the last of the Indian com
panies, has been disbanded, the gov
ernment considering them poor sol
diers. The twentieth annual convention of
the American Banker's association was
opened in Baltimore with 300 members
present.
Much excitement prevailed at San
Pedro, Col., over the loss by drowning
of a party of four citizens, including
the postmaster.
The twenty-fifth annual convention
of the North American Beekeepers
association met at St. Joseph, Mo.
Twentv-five railroad men, includ
ing E. V. Debs, were indicted by the
federal grand jury in Milwaukee.
The eighteenth annual meeting of
the American Humane association con
vened at Evansville, Ind.
An explosion in a mill at Dexter,
Mo., killed three men and seriously
wounded another. The killed were
brothers named Johnson.
George Van Taylor, of Detroit,
Mich., committed suicide in jail, leav
ing a letter in which he confessed to
having committed twelve murders.
At the annual convention of repub
lican league clubs of Illinois, held in
Springfield, C W. Raymond, of Iro
quois county, was elected president.
An unfinished building in New York
was blown down by the wind, killing
six persons and injuring thirteen
others.
The American Debenture company
of Chicago, one of the largest concerns
of its kind in the country, went into
the hands of a receiver with liabilities
of $1,500,000.
Mrs. Miller, wife of Lon Miller, a
wealthy farmer near Liberty, I1L, and
her 10-year-old daughter were killed
by robbers.
Ames Myson for the murder of Dud
ley Carrey and Jackson Hicks for the
murder of James Preel were hanged
at Union Springs, Ala.
At an incendiary tenement house
fire in Boston two men leaped to
death and two others were fatally
hurt.
The Lakeport stage was held up by
a lone bandit near Pi eta Station, CaL,
and the Wells-Fargo express box stolen.
Five men were killed, two fatally
hurt and several more seriously burned
by a boiler explosion at Shamokin, Pa.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons signed ar
ticlee to fight after July 1, 1695, at
Jacksonville, Fla., for a purse of $41,
000 and $10,000 a side.
The steamer Hartford went upon
the rocks near Woodville. N. Y., and
Capt. O'Toole and his crew of six men
were lost.
Maj. Gen. Schofield, in his annual
report to the secretary of war, asks
for an increase in the national forces,
says state troops are not enough and
that the government should be all
powerful against uprisings.
Julius Lichtenbebg, a Detroit school
inspector indicted for receiving a
bribe, shot himself fatally.
In a pacing race between Robert J.
and Joe Patchen at Sioux City, la.,
the former won threa straight heats,
making the last one in 2:03K-
At the annual session in Evansville,
Ind., of the American Humane so
ciety J. J. ShortalL of Chicago, was
reelected president.
Furious gales swept Lake Erie and
lower Lake Huron, disabling several
large boats and injuring a number of
sailors.
J. J. P. Odell, of Chicago, was elect
ed president of the American Bankers'
association in session at Baltimore.
Charles B. Allen, alias Harry Con
way, leader of a gang of bank swind
lers, was arrested in Chicago and con
fessed his crimes.
Nathan Green, Elsworth McAfee
and William Green perished in a burn
ing hay mow in Mercer county.
Official estimates of the wheat
crop in Ohio place it at 50,852,433 bush
els, the largest in the state's history.
The First national bank of Kearney,
Neb., suspended because unable to
make collections.
On account of th failure of the corn
crop all the hogs in Nebraska were
being shipped into states where feed
can be secured.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the fa
mous poet, essayist, philosopher and
scientist, died at his residence in Bos
ton of heart failure. Dr. Holmes was
born in Cambridge, Mass., August 29,
1809
, Senator McPherson, of New Jer
sey, has Written a letter declining to
again be a candidate for the office. -
David Bennett Hill formally ac
cepted the democratic nomination for
governor of New York. Charles , F.
Brown .vas nominated by the state
committee for judge in place of W. J.
Gaynor. who declined to accept.
Republicans of Massachusetts : in
state convention at Boston renom
inated J. T. Greenhalge for governor.
The following congressional nomi
nations were made: Michigan, Third
district, N. IL Stewart (dem.). Louis
iana, First district. Adolph Meyer
(dem.); Sixth, D. M. Robertson (dem.).
New York, First district. R. C. McCor
mick (rep.); Twenty-seventh, T. . L.
Poole (rep.). Connecticut, First dis
trict, Lewis Sperry (dem,).
Andrew G. Curtis died at his home
in Belief on te. Pa., aged 79 years. He
was governor of Pennsylvania from
1860 to 18C6. and in 1869 Gen. Grant ap
pointed him minister to Russia. Tho
death of Mr. Cur tin leaves but one war
governor living, Sprague, of Rhode
Island.
Luther Colby, for thirty-seven years
editor of the organ of the spiritualists,
died in Boston, aged 80 years.
George M. Sloan, lawyer, math"-na-tician
and economist, died in Chicago.
For fifty trays he had refused to par
take of food.
Paul Berger, the oldest negro min
strel in America, died in Philadelphia,
aged 70 years.
Anti-Hill democrats of New York
agreed on Everett P. Wheeler, of New
York city, for governor and he will
make the race.
Capt. William Coba, tho oldest cap
tain in the employ of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, died at San Fran
cisco. Levi P. Morton has written a letter
formally accepting the republican
nomination for governor of New York.
Funeral services of the late Andrew
Gregg Curtin, the war governor of
Pennsylvania, were held in Bellefonte.
The " funeral services of Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes were held in Boston.
They were simple and largely at
tended. Nominations for congress were made
as follows: New Jersey, Sixth district,
T. D. English (dem.); Eighth, C N.
Fowler (rep.1. Rhode Island, First
district. Melville Bull (rep.); Second, '
W. O. Arnold (rep.). New York, Sev
enth district, Franklin T. Bartlett;
Eighth, James J. Walsh; Ninth, Henry
C Miner; Tenth, Daniel E. Sickles;
Eleventh, William Sulzer; Twelfth,
George B. McClellan; Thirteenth, Amos !
J. Cummings; Fourteenth, John Con
nolly; Fifteenth, Jacob A. Cantor, all
democrats.
Perry Mayo, of Calhoun county, has
been placed on the Michigan demo
cratic ticket for lieutenant governor to
succeed J. Milton Jordan, declined
Mayo is the populist candidate for the
same office.
Attorney General Moloney rules
that Illinois women must furnish their
own ballots and not vote with the men. f
FOREIGN.
Dispatches from Shanghai state that
seventy Japanese war vessels bearing
30,000 soldiers were moving on China.
Every county in Ireland was repre
sented in a monster procession at Dub
lin in commemoration of the death of
ParnelL
Mixisteb Denby has warned Ameri
cans that Pekin is likely to be at
tacked by the Japanese. Removal of
women and children is urged.
The military barracks at Granada,
Nicaragua, were blown up and 200 per
sons were killed and much of the city
destroyed.
Prof. Zaccharin was said to have
informed the czar of Russia that his
malady was incurable, though his life
might be prolonged.
Dispatches from Shanghai state that
40,000 Japanese troops had been landed
on the Chinese boundary.
In a railway accident at St. Anne,
Que., three men were killed and threa
others fatally injured.
Thirty persons lost their lives and
many vessels were wrecked in a gala
which swept the coast of Newfound
land, x
An alleged plot to kill the czar waa
discovered in Russia and many arrests
were made among army officers.
Kaffirs entered the port of Louren
zo Marquez, burned several building!
and murdered seventeen persons.
LATER.
There were 231 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on tha 12th, against 219 the week
previous and 393 in the correspond
ing time in 1893.
Online paced an exhibition mile at
Sionx City, la., in 2:04, lowering his
own world's record of 2:073.
The federal grand jury at Madison,
Wis., found indictments a?ainst fifty
eight persons charged with stealing
land.
England was endeavoring to enlist
other powers in an effort to stop the
Chinese-Japanese war.
Owing to the abrogation of the reci
procity treaty with Brazil, importers
of that country will sue the United
States for duties which have been paid.
Armed tramps took possession of a
freight train in Ohio and terrorized
the crew and passengers for an hour.
Wholesale grocers of Chicago are
leaders in a revolt against the sugar
trust which is spreading over the en
tire country.
The striking spinners at Fall River,
Mass., voted to accept a reduction of
10 per cent, and return to work.
Gov. Mitchell says he will convene
the Florida legislature if necessary to
prevent the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight
in that state.
Prof. David Swing's death ends the
organization in Chicago of the Central
church. No successor will be named.
A labor parliament will be held - in
Chicago on November 18, at which the
relations of labor and capital will be
discussed by leading thinkers from all
standpoints with a view to bettering
present conditions.
The Buffalo county national bank at
Kearney, Neb., closed its doors.
The schooner Sea Foam capsized at
Shears, in the Delaware bay, and the
captain and crew of five men perished.
Seven masked robbers held up a fast
mail train near Quantico. Va., and
rifled the express car and mail pouches,
securing probably $50,000.
Further advices state that the two
bandits who robbed the Overland ex
press near Sacramento, Cal., secured
between $50,000 and $75,000.
Negro Catholics, in national convea
tion at Baltimore, petitioned the pres
ident to protect colored men.
The report of Commissioner of Pen
sions Lochren for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1S94, shows that the number
of pensioners on the rolls at that time
was 959,544. The amount paid for pen
sions dnring the year was $139,S04,461,
leaving a balance in the treasury of
$25,205,713 of the appropriation.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
An Eminent American Passes Away His
Death Was Sudden.
' Boston, Oct. 9. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, the venerable poet and prose
writer, almost the last of the circle of
great men of letters of - New England
of the generation past, died at his
home at 296 Beacon street, Boston, at
1:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Boston, Oct. 9. The residence of tho
lata Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, is
closed to all visitors. The poet was
sitting in his study in his easy chair
chatting with his son, Judge Holmes,
Tuft uaSafiW
when death came upon him Sunday
without a moment's notice. He died
at 1:30 p. m. No one but Judge Holmes,
his wife and the servants were in the
house.
Dr. Holmes had passed a perfect sum
mer, as far as health was concerned,
and only returned a short time ago
from his summer home in Beverly to
his Beacon street residence. He bad
been suffering for a week from a bad
cold, but his death was entirely unex
pected even by the nearest members of
his family
Messages of sympathy from all parts
of the country have been received, and
many callers have left cards at the
house.
Boston, Oct. 11. A small gathering
of loving friends and a few words of
impressive import from the lips of a
life-long companion and coworker
marked the simple rites over the body
of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes at King's
chapel Wednesday noon. At 12 o'clock
the procession bearing the body of the
deceased poet entered the church with
Edward Everett Hale at its head. The
latter's oration was impressively elo
quent. The pall-bearers were all mem
bers of the family.
THE FLORIDA STORM.
Reports from Stricken Towns Streets
Strewn with Wreckage. .
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 13. Com
munication has been reestablished
with all points on the west coast vis
ited by the storm which raged Monday
night and Tuesday morning, and dis
patches to the Times-Union tell woeful
tales of the destruction caused by the
wind and water. Cedar Key has just
experienced the most disastrous storm
which has visited her for twenty
five years. The main business street
is filled from one end to the other with
debris, consisting of wreckage from
boats, wharves, fish houses and logs of
every description. The storm began
at 8 o'clock Monday morning with a
heavy wind, increasing in vio
e nee and continuing until Tuesday
morning. The damage and loss
of property is very great. The city
hall has the roof blown off and one
entire side knocked out by logs. The
city jail cannot be found. The five
bridges on the shell road leading to
the mainland are washed away. A
great many 6mall boats were wrecked
and fish camps demolished. One sloop
came in Tuesday morning with five men
who had clung to a single palmetto
tree since Monday night. Another
came in Thursday afternoon with
three men who were wrecked Monday
night and had been on a shell bank
ever since, without food or water. It
is reported that five sponge vessels
went ashore during the storm and
were driven 7 miles into the woods.
Apalachicola, Fla., Oct. 12. Never
before in the history of this town was
so much havoc and destruction played
by storm and tide as Monday night be
tween 7 and 10 o'clock. Water, Com
merce and Market streets are a mass
of logs, boats, lumber and debris. So
far two lives are reported lost. Two
residences were carried half to three
quarters of a mile and placed in the
marsh near Cypress mill uninjured.
Another War tiovernar Gone.
Bellefonte, Pa.. Oct. 8. Ex-Got.
Curtin's illness was terminated by
death at 5 o'clock Sunday morning.
ANDREW O. CURTIN.
His death had been expected for sev
eral days. This removes another of
the famous war governors of ISC 1-5.
Wants the Farm Himself.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 12. William D.
Trombley begun suit against John II.
Seita to set aside the deed he gave to
the latter of his interest in the Chauvin
farm. He alleges misrepresentation
and fraud. His interest is worth $125,
000. Seitz was to pay $50,000.
Couldn't Face Disgrace.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 13. Julius
Lichtenberg, one of the school in
spectors under indictment for receiv
ing a bribe, probably fatally shot
himself. William C. Liphart, the first
of the alleged boodlersto be tried, waa
convicted Wednesday
MORE TROOPS NEEDED.
Recommendations Made In Maj. Gen. Scho
fleld's Annual Report.
Washington, Oct. 13. The annual
report of the major general command
ing the army discusses widely the use
of the military forces of the govern
ment in maintaining the federal laws
against domestic resistence, and the
necessity of coast fortifications for de
fense against foreign attack. A syn
opsis follows:
Referring to national dangers. Gen. Scho
field alludes to the recent employment of the
army in suppressing domestio violence and to
the necessity of concentrating at Chicago, for
that purpose, of nearly all of the forces that
could be made available from all parts of the
country, while on the Paclflo coast the
navy department plaoed at the disposal of the
department commander the naval and marine
forces at the Mare island navy yard. The
prompt suppression of the insurrection and
the enforcement of government authority
everywhere without unnecessary loss of
life, was by these means, a result which would
have been impossible except for the
Judicious disposition of the troops under of
ficers faithful to the national interests and
having profound respect for civil authority and
the laws of the land. -The people of the
United States." says Gen. Scboneld, "may
well be proud of their little army, so thorough
ly devoted to the public interests."
After devoting some attention to the circum
stances under which the military forces of the
United States may be lawfully employed in
connection with domestio disorders and the
manner in which the troops may lawfully act
in the suppression of such disorders, tte gen
eral says:
It would seem unnecessary to point out the
fact that any force like the militia of a state or
the police of a city, acting primarily under
another authority, though highly efficient in
their appropriate service, cannot be made a
reliable instrument for the prompt and ef
fective execution of the laws of the United
States.
"The country is now for the first time
squarely confronted with the necessity of
making adequate provision, not only for de
fense against any possible foreign aggression,
but also for defense against domestio vio
lence in the form of lorcible resistance to
the laws of the United States. A just
estimate of these means of defense re
quires consideration of the vast extent
of the United States and the great amount of
property widely dispersed throughout this
territory, either belonging to the United
States or in such condition as to be under the
protection of the national government. When
these facts are duly considered it becomes
manifest that the present strength of the army
is not adequate to the performance of the
service which may at any time be required.
"It is certainly manifest that the present
condition of the country, with a population of
near 70.0O3.0UO, under the danger of disorder
now known to exist, cannot be met by the
same force that was deemed adequate
twenty-five years ago, when the population of
the country was less than half Us present
amount, and domestic violence was not appre
hended. It is also worthy ol remark that more than
once in the last summer an infuriated mob in a
single city was twice as formidable In num
bers and capable of doing vastly greater injury
to life and property than the most formidable
combination of Indian warriors that ever con
fronted the army In this country. In other
words, the army has recently been required
to deal with an enemy more numerous and
dangerous to the country than any savage
enemy which it has heretoiore been called
upon to meet.
The effective strength of the army should be
considerably increased. This can be done at a
very small comparative increase in cost. The
present regimental organizations need not be
largely increased. Two additional regiments of
artillery for the necessary seacoast defense;
two additional regiments of cavalry to patrol
the long lines of railroad undergovernment pro
tection, and the present twenty-five regiments
ot infantry converted into three battalion or
ganizations, would, it is believed, be a just, con
servative estimate of what is now actually
needed. For this the existing number of com
missioned officers is nearly sufficient. But a
considerable permanent Increase in the en
listed strength of the army should be made
and a still surther increase authorized to bo
made by the president, when in his judgment
an emergency requiring it may reasonably be
foreseen.
"It is not a good military system in which
the executive has no authority whatever to in
crease the effective strength of the army in
time of need, but must await the slow process
of legislation for that purpose.
"In respect to the military necessities which,
may possibly arise out of a conflict with foreign
powers it has for many years seemed impossi
ble to impress upon the people of the United
States in general the view entertained by all
thoughtful military students. However humil
iating it-may be to this confident self-esteem it
Is nevertheless a simple duty to point to the
great military lesson which is now being taught
to the entire world. The most populous and
one of the most wealthy of all the nations of
the earth is subjected to the extreme humilia
tion and disgrace, to result possibly in the
overthrow of a dynasty, at the hands of a lit
tle nation of one-tenth its population and about
one-tenth Its territorial area And why is
this? It is not because that great people are
lacking in talent or general education or cour
age, but because they have failed to develop
their military strength or resources. The rela
tion of the United States to the great military
powers of Europe now exhibits a far greater
disparity in respect to preparations for war
than that which has existed between China
and Japan. Will the people of the United
States and their representatives have the
modesty to appreciate aad the wisdom to profit
by this lesson?"
Gen. Schofield recommends the Increase of
the supply of modern arms for regular troops
and organized militia, and appropriations for
heavy armament for sea-coast defense and
provision for additional cavalry for service in
the territories traversed by the railroads for
transportation of government troops and car
rting the mails. He commends the work of
the regular military establishments and ap
proves the recent changes of law regarding
terms of enlistment in the army.
BURGLARS' BLOODY WORK.
A Wife and Daughter Found Murdered in
Their Home.
O.UINCT, 111., Oct. 11. Mrs. J. C. L.
Miller and her 10-year-old daughter,
wife and daughter of a wealthy farm
er living 20 miles east of Quincy and
2 miles from the village of Liberty,
were brutally murdered Tuesday
night. There is no clew to the perpe
trators, but the bloody work is sup
posed to have been done by burglars.
Sheriff Vancil, of this county, upon
learning of the crime sent half a dozen
deputies to the scene of the murder
and telegraphed Gov. Altgeld, asking
him to offer the usual reward. He
also telegraphed to Sheriff Jones, of
Lewis county. Mo., the owner of a
pack of bloodhounds, and Wednesday
night Sheriff Jones and three ferocious
hounds arrived in Quincy and left im
mediately for Liberty. There is no
railroad telegraph or telephone there,
and all the news is brought in by
courier. Mrs. Miller was 35 years old
and a beautiful woman.
Two Men Smothered by Coal.
Monmouth. I1L, Oct. 13. While at
work Tuesday in a coal bank near
Viola, northwest of here, Harvey II.
! Smith and William A. Walters were
I killed by the caving in of coal which
i had been loosened by the explosion of
a charge of powder, which they had
I lighted a few minutes before. William
Blaney. who was at work with them,
was slightly injured.
TWO HUNDRED LIVE i LOST.
Reeord of the Recent Gale off the New
foundland Coast.
St. Pierre, Miquelon. Oct. 13. Tw"
hundred lives are believed to have
been lost by the terrible gale which
raged here Tuesday night and all day
Wednesday. More than fifty vessel
are ashore and damaged, and several
ships are missing. A fleet of about
800 vessels were forced to abandon the
fishery by the gale on the banks on
September 29 and 30. These vessels
have returned here during the.
last few days with heavy losses
of cables, anchors, lines and dories. It
will be some days before the full ex
tent of the disaster caused by the two
storms can be learned. There is
mourning in all the fishing villages on
the banks and here at St. Pierre.
More than 800 men were at sea during
the gales and more than 200, perhaps
twice that number, have not been
heard from.
OSWEGO. N. Y., Oct 12. About 5
o'clock Thursday evening a vessel,,
supposed to be the Hartford, went
upon the rocks near Woodville, 85
miles east of here. Capt. O'Toole, of
Clayton, the owner, and six men were
on board. The b'g sea commenced to
break the vessel up, and it is reported
that the captain and entire crew were
drowned. The Hartford was freighted
with corn from Detroit. No bodies
are reported to have been recovered.
That the gale was not accompanied
by loss of life is due entirely to the
heroic work of the various life-saving
crews on the two lakes. In spite of
the furious gale these brave men suc
ceeded in every case in taking off tho
crew of each wreck without the loss
of a man.
BLOWN DOWN.
Eight Persons Killed and Sixteen Injured
In Falling Ituilding.
New York, Oct. 12. While the storm
which has raged here for twenty-four
hours was at its height just before 4
o'clock Wednesday morning a new
eight-story building at 74 Monroe
street collapsed, bearing down with
it the house at 72 Monroe street and
the rear extension of the building on
the other side, 7ft. Both places were
filled with sleeping tenants, who were
buried under the tremendous mass of
ruins. The crash of the falling walls
aroused the neighbors, who, scantily
clad, began the work of rescue, which
was continued well into the day by
police and firemen. They mined far
under the bricks and beams and mor
tar and from the ruins they took the
dead and injured
As a result of this horrible catastro
phe eight persons are known to be
dead, one is missing and sixteen
others are more or less seriously in
jured. There have been many com
plaints that the structure was a weak
and flimsy affair.
Mr. Aaronowitz, who was the owner
of the new building at 74 Monroe
street, was arrested during the after
noon and arraigned before Justice.
Ilogan in Essex Market police court.;
In spite of the fact that Aaronowitz
was charged with homicide, Justice
Ilogan discharged him. He, however,
issued subpoenas for Aaronowitz and
David Molski, the contractor who put
up the building, to appear before him
this afternoon and explain what their
responsibility, if any, was for the
disaster.
A MINE DISASTER.
Fir Killed and Much Damage Done by a
Boiler Explosion.
Shamokin. Pa., Oct. 12. Five men,
were killed, two were fatally injured
and several others painfully burned
by a disastrous boiler explosion at the
Henry Clay colliery at Thursday.
The entire Eteam-suppl3-iiig plant
of the mine, consisting of thirty
six boUers, was totally demol
ished, and in addition to the
monetary loss, which will aggre
gate S30.000, the Henry Clay, Big
Mountain, Sterling and Peerless col
lieries will be unable to resume opera
tions for at least a month. The ex
plosion is the worst of its kind that
has ever occurred in this region, and
its cause is a mystery.
KILLED IN A RACE FIGHT.
Seven Negroes Reported Dead as the Re
sult of a Kentucky Affray.
Hawesviile, Ky., Oct. 9. As the ex
cursion train from the Owensboro fair
arrived at Powers sta tion, a few miles
west of this city, at 0 o'clock Sunday
night a terrible race fight oc
curred between thirty drunken
negroes and a few white men, as
a result of which seven negroes
are said to have been killed. It
seems the negroes became angered be
cause they were forced to ride in the
colored apartment.
Cloak-Makers' Strike.
New York, Oct. 11. A strike was
begun by 12,000 cloakmakers Tues
day, and as a result the workshops of
175 large manufacturers in the dry
goods district and the smaller work
rooms of 1,000 coutractors or "sweat
ers" are idle. The strike is for the
purpose of abolishing the piece work
system and the enforcement of week
ly wages, an increase of wages
amounting to 25 per cent, as compared
with present earnings a nine-hour
work day and the employment of union
men and women.
American Corn.
Washington. Oct. 12. The agri
cultural department has received from
Joseph Mattes, Jr., one of its repre
sentatives in Europe, a letter showing
a satisfactory increase in the use of
American corn in Germany. The cor
respondent says the prejudices foiv
merly existing against maize as fodder
for horses and cattle is daily growing
less, and, while there has been no
progress made to induce the Germans
to eat maize bread, the work to induce
feeders to utilize it in place of other
fodder substitutes has been more suc
cessful. Rankers Adiourn.
Baltimore, Mi, Oct. 13. The Amer
ican Bankers' association adjourned
after electing as president J. J. P.
Odell. of Chicago, formerly first vice
president.