People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — [?]CTING EVIDENCE. [ARTICLE]

[?]CTING EVIDENCE.

Jnqu... .o the Cmm of the n■ a Aeetdoat Bofloo. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 21.—The most important witness examined yesterday at the coroner's Inquest In the Central viaduct horror was Augustus Rogers, motorman of the ill-fated car which plunged Into the river. He testified that the conductor ran ahead when the cars stopped at the safety switch and signaled him “All right;” that the glass In the vestibule was blurred by rain, and that be did not discover that the bridge was open until his car was within about thirty feet of the gates. He then turned off the current, set the brakes and jumped. He testified that he saw no red light, aneb believed, had there been one displayed, he would have seen it. He admitted that he had been misled by the fact that the electric cutoff provided by the street railway company as a safeguard was out of order. Two other witnesses examined swore that the red light was displayed over the gates when the car struck them. In the afternoon several witnesses were examined to ascertain whether the red danger light was on the closed gates before the motor car went through them. Most of the testimony was that the light was In place. A battered lantern, still retaining fragments of a red globe, which had been fished out of the river under the draw, was identified by the bridge captain as the one which was on the gates. Ship Bolters Were Unserviceable* Victoria, B. C., Nov. 21.—The Empress of China, just arrived from the orient, reports cholera practically extinguished in Japan and few interesting developments in the eastern situation. All the Asiatic coast when she sailed was looking to Kin Chow, where, on Oct. 18, a combined boiler and magazine explosion on the troop ship Kung Pai sent 600 men to death. The affair was fraught with peculiar horror, as a rough sea was raging and there was no chance of life overboard. The boilers were old and unserviceable and ordinary caution would have prevented the catastrophe.

Don’t Want Mormon* In Florida. Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 21. —Elders Nebecker and Rogers, who came here on Monday to sow seeds of the Mormon faith, were arrested yesterday, charged with being a menace to the peace, dignity and good morals of the city. They offered no defense, and were fined S2OO or sixty days in Jail. The mayor stated that execution of judgment would be held in abeyance for one hour, during which time they would be permitted to leave the city under the escort of the chief of police. They Immediately left, and said they would leave the state. Defalcation I* Growing. Findlay, 0., Nov. 21. —Three thousand dollars additional defalcation has been discovered in the accounts of Thomas C. Dunn, the absconding secretary of the North Side Building and Loan company. The total theft thus far discovered amounts to $18,090 and extends over five years. The stock of the company has been assessed 58 per cent to make up losses. Dunn Is still In hiding. ,

Farmer* Horning Corn for Fuel. Mason City, lowa, Nov. 21.—Seventeen crews have been laid off on the lowa and Dakota division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, occasioned by farmers holding their grain for a rise in price. They clalp that the prevailing price of corn does not pay them for work In husking and marketing. It is now being quite generally used for fuel in lieu of coal. Bubear Win* the Second Heat. Galveston, Texas, Nov. 21.—The second series of scull races between Hanlan and Bubear for the championship of England, was won yesterday by Bubear by a length in an exciting finish. The purse was the same as that of Tuesday, and was rowed in the remarkable time of 8:20. Hanlan had the misfortune of twice fouling the turning stakes. Both men were in excellent condition. Want* the Convention nt Dallas, Tex. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 21. —The Topeka Advocate, the recognized organ of the people’s party and the property of United States Senator W. A. Peffer, in an editorial article advocates an early national convention of the party in 1896, and Dallas, Tex., as the place. Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada, Chairman Taubeneck and ex-Congress-man Sibley are in the movement. Sultan** Don th Not Confirmed. Berlin, Nov. 21. —Nothing further has been received her from Sofia, Bulgaria, in any way tending to confirm the dispatch from that city which announced that a report had reached there from Constantinople saying that the sultan of Turkey had been poisoned. It is believed that there is no foundation for the report. Two Boy* Killed at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 21. —Omaha express No. 11, on the Rock Island road, struck two boys near Blue Island last night, instantly killing one youth and fatally injuring his companion. The dead are: Boysette, 13 years old, of Heizerton, Kan.; injured, Brockaway, Earl, 12 years old, also of Heizerton; badly crushed and likely to die. Slight Shock in Pennsylvania. Chester, Pa., Nov. 21. —A slight earthquake was felt in this city early yesterday morning. Windows rattled and chairs and tables trembled. The shock was also felt at Thurlow, a small town a short distance below this city. l