People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1897 — Page 3
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
j Tfrain Goes Through a High Trestle, Kills E;. Four Men anti Wounds Others. Butler, Pa., Jan. 25.—Saturday after- | poon, one-half mite east of Shippenville, L Clarion county, occurred one of the most frightful, wrecks in the history of p the Pittsburg and Western railroad, in > which four trainmen lost their lives Band many passengers were seriously inBijured. The dead and probable dying ' are as follows: Killed—Daniel J. Mori iarty, Foxburg, engineer; Ira Beatty, ‘ Foxburg,, fireman; William S. Copeley,KButler. mall agent. Injured—Thomaa KRainey, Foxburg, baggagemaster, arm fcbroken; James Tonks, Foxburg, conductor. injured 'internally; Ned Clark, Foxburg, trainmaster, arm broken; B-Charlie Carruthers, Butter, newsboy, inj.ired on head; twelve passengers, K names unknown. The remaining pasMfsengers marvelously escaped with slight injuries. L It was discovered later that BrakeJ inan George Wise, of Foxburg, was also 5. Conductor Tonics is not expected to live. The only names that can be fejearned of those among the passengers Who were injured are: Walter Johnson, shoe salesman, of Pittsburg, cut about face and head; F. A. Knox, hurt internally; Miss C. B. Hellock, of Allegheny City, ankle broken; ’Griff Clark, of Clar- . ion, cut about head, and Miss Annie ’ McCarthy, of Tylerville, head and face > cut. - ‘this terrible accident occurred immediately at the sharp curve upon the high trestle which spans Paint creek at this point. The train was composed of baggage, mail and three passenger coaches—all went down. At the fatal . curve, without a moment’s warning to ■ the fireman and engineer, the whole i trestle gaVe way, precipitating the load fully seventy feet to the depth below.
Chicago Cycling Show Booming.
- Chicago, Jan. 26. —The national cycle show is now‘in full operation, end arrangements are perfect for the comfort of visitors at the Coliseum, where it is being held. Every nook and corner of the big structure is properly heated, . and the frosts and wintry blasts with- ■ out are soon forgotten as visitors follow the hundreds of interesting displays.
Lowest in Many Years.
g-i < Winnipeg, Man.. Jan. 26. —Sunday night the temperature fell to the lowestpoiirt in this country recorded for years. Fifty below kero was generally reported from the Red river to Banff in the mountains. The weather is now moderating considerably. William Tisdale, a former near Morden was frozen to death in Friday’s blizzard. .. .. 1
Transportation for Micycles.
Montreal, Jan. 26.—The Grand Trunk 'i 7 . railway has put in force a new regulation regarding bicycle fares. Tn future wheelmen will be charged a tariff for transportation of their wheels varying »..according to distance, in proportion to the rate paid for the passenger’s ticket, no fee being less than 25 cents.
Fire-in a Boy’s Orphanage.
Council Bluffs, la., Jan. 25. —Fire yesterday morning partially 'destroyed the boy’s dormitory of the Christian Home orphanage. One hundred boys were rescued. The firemen had a terrible •v. combat with the cold.
Beet Sugar in Wisconsin.
Madison, Jan. 26. —In the senate last evening a bill was introduced to give half 'a cent state bounty on beet sugar per pound, a quarter to go to the grower and a quarter to the maker.
Fifteen Places, 3,500 Aspirants.
Springfield, Ills., Jan. 26.—Governor ■ Tanner has fifteen appointments to important positions to make. To fill these fifteen places there have been up to date upward of 3,500 applications.
Lutheran Church Burned.
Hartford, WLs., Jan. 26.—The Lutheran church burnedhere at 12 o’clock Sunday nlglifT The fire caught from the overheated furnace. The loss will be heavy.
THE MARKETS.
' ** ' —* . New York Financial. \ New York, Jan. 25. Mtonoy on call nominally IJ4@3 per cent.; primte mercantile paper, per cent.; sterling exchange was easier, with" act u 4 business in bankers’ bills at 486)4@487 • for demand and 484J4@484J4> for sixty days; posted rates. 485@185%; commercial bills, 483J4. , Silver certificates, 65@65J4: no sales, bar silver, 64>4; Mexican dollars, 5>)4Unit.d States government bonds firm; 4’s registered, 12154; do. coupons, 12254: s’s registered, 11314; do. coupons, 114J4; 4’s registered, 11194; do coupons, 112; 2’s registered, 96; Pacific 6’s of ’98,103%. Chicago Grain and Produce. ' - Chicago, Jan. 25. Following were the quotations on the Board of Trade today: Wheat—January, -opened and closed nominal; May, opened closed 79J4c; July, opened 76%c, closed 75%c. CornJanuary, opened nominal, closed 22%c; May, opened 24c, c.osed 23%c; July, opened _2.5J.4c, closed 25c. Oats—January, opened 15%c, closed 15J4c; May, opened 18c, closed 17%c. Pork—January; opened and closed nominal; May, opened $8.05, closed SB.OO. Lard—January, opened nominal, closed nominal; May, $4.0714, closed $4.05. Produce: Butter-Extra creamery; 19J4c per lb.; extra dairy, 17per lb.; fresh packing stock, Bc. Eggs Fresh stock, 15c per doz. Poultry—Turkeys, B@l2c per lb.; chickens (hens), 6@»7p; roosters, 4@4J4c; ducks, 9@loJ4c; gpase, 6®Bc. Potatoes—Burbanks, 20 @2sc per bu.; Hebrons, 18® 22c. Sweet Pota toes—lllinois, sL.oo@l. I,sper bbl. Honey—White cl-ver, 10® 12c . per lb.; extracted, 6®7c. Apples—Common to fancy, [email protected] per bbl. Chicago Live Stock. - Chicago. Jan. 25. Live Stock—Prices at the Union Stock yards today > anged as follows: Hogs—Estimated re ceipts for the >;av, 118,030;. sal s ra. go 1 at s>.2o ©.3.57U pigs, li lit, $3..’»?A68 rough packing. $3.&>®3.55 mixed, and $1.35 3.50 heavy packing a ilshipping lots. * Cattle— Ksh ..ated receipts for the day, 15.000; quotations ranged nt SI. [email protected] choice to extrashipping steers. £1.45j. koo good to ehoiea do.. $ !. UfM.-J) fair to good, $3.60 7 1.0-> common to medium do, s>.s butchers'* [email protected] stock; r;-,,. $1.5x4;;.05 feed ra, sl.l OXen and slags, .2) Texas steers, and $2.75v/,6.03 ve j. valve i. Sheep and Lambs—Estimated receipts for the day, 13.000; sal s ranged at [email protected],wesi- . erh, $2.';3-7'l.i 1 Texans, [email protected]) natives and $3.5 @5.10 lambs. Milwaukee Grain. " Milwaukee, Jan. 25. Wheat—No. 2 spring, 7tiJ4c; No. 1 northern, 79c; May, 79R,c. Com—No. 3, 20J4c. Oats —No. 2 white, 18J4®’9’4c. Burley—No. 2, 33J4@31c; •samples, 24J4@:WJ4e. Rye-i No. 1,38 c. St. Louis Grain. St. Louis, Jan. 25. Wheat—No.2 red cash elevator. *86%c bid; track, 88@89c; May, 86%c bid. C rn—No. 2 cash, 10J4c asked; May, 21J4@21%c. Oats—No. 2cash, 15J4c; May, 1894 c asked. Rye—34c bid track. . Detroit Grain. Detroit, Jan. 25. Wheat—Cash white, 90%c bid; cash red, 90%0 bid; May, 91%c bidd; July, 79c asked.
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ELECTRICITY’S POWER.
*/ith Its Aid the Strongest Safe Can Be Opened In Ten Minutes. A few weeks ago I printed in this column a statement made by a Chicago burglar to the effect that electricity could be utilized for opening safes and that the work could be done quickly, quietly and safely. ' This hint evidently set the electrical experts to thinking and the safe manufacturers to experimenting, for it has been practically demonstrated in this city within the last ten days that no safe is “burglar proof’’ providing the burglar can utilize electricity in his work. Several of the best safes in the market, guaranteed to be “burglar-proof, ’’ have been entered by means of the electric carbon within ten minutes, and those who have watched the experiment are a unit in declaring that the applicat ion of electricity to burglary means the practical abolition of h -avy safes. It is declared that the safe of the future will be ssbuilt Just heavy etiough to protect against' fire, and .here its mission will end. Since this matter has attracted so much attention, it may not be amiss to name the man who discovered that it is possible to melt a hole through several inches of solid steel and iron in a few minutes with an prdinary stick of carbon. The credit for this discovery rests with Chicago’s own peculiar criminal puzzle, “Sleepy” Burke. One day in 1893 Burke was going through the Electrical building at the World’s fair and saw an experiment there which immediately interested him. An exhibitor was burning holes through
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vanbus 'metaTsTy electricity. "HF ex plained to the intensely interested Mr. Burke that the heat generated by the electricity almost instantly took the “temper” out of the hardest metals—even case hardened steel—gnd that the softened metal could then be melted almost as easily as lead. “Sleepy” thanked him and passed on. That little experiment, however, marked a new era in safemaking and in the development of crime. —Frank S. Pixley in Chicago Times-Herald.
AN EIGHT TON MOLLUSK.
The Giant Octcpus Cast Up on Florida’# Shore Has Been Photographed. The huge mollusk ashore on the beach of Anastasia island continues to attract the attention of scientists. I)?. DeWitt Webb has received instructions to spin ■ :no expense in obtaining,h series of pho-. tographs of the carcass, and with th s end in view he engaged four heavy horses, a dozen men, amjwith three f,<: of tackle went to South Br ach for tho purpose of raising the hesjivy object fi ■ : i its bed in the Fund and placing it u. a board platform so that it couldd <■ photographed and examined on all sid When the party reached the molln-’', the tide was found to be favorable i r work, and after several hours of hd< tithe great mass was hauled from the sa i in which it was imbedded and pl. on a platform of boards. The men at work, who are in the habit of handling heavy weights, state that the can s weighs fully eight tons. What it weighed when alive must be imamnec. bi t must have b< - n f ront, for the i been ashore i- „uv t ..o n,<
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YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART.
i ! New ’'Seerc-t. Sign” of the Metal Polishers and BuJTers’ Union. Though the labor unions arc getting i tired of the old grips and passwords ‘ which used to hold thcpi together, they! are still in favor of signs t< : ■ ntify! member’s at meetings. Among the or-1 ganizatlons which have abolished grips' and 'passwords and still stick to tho t signs is the Intcraut-ioual Union of j Metal Polishers, IJufibrs, Platers* and j Brihs Worl, -r< Tins Organization has established an entirely new sign to be used by members when they are entering union meetings and leaving them. It has issued a statement giving the sign to be used in future. The statement says: “The proper sign to be made in the future on entering or retiring from a toom where there is a meeting is by placing the left hand over the h art and raising the right perpendicularly over the head The president will answer by placing the left over his heart. All signs made previously will be discontinued. ” Nobouy is supposed to know anything •* * . ►
about these signs except the members oT the union, and they are not supposed to give them away. The meetings are secret, and only those who can give the signs will be admitted Each member is to carry his duebook to the meeting. If they have not their duebooks, they are looked upon as nonunion people, unless they are vouched for by the financial secretary.—New York Suti.
Grand Central to Be Rebuilt.
The Grand Central railroad station at New York is to be practically rebuilt at a cost of $500,000. Plans for the reconstruction are almost, completed, and work Will be begun as soon as possible The cramped quarters havcf forced many important officials.to seek rooms in adjacent office buildings. Two new stories will be andot! to the present structure to give room for al! such rrilicers. The arrangi n’' nt for ticket selling will also be improved At present each of the three V; ■■'■Lilt roads whose terminals arc in the Grand Central station has its own waiting rooms and ticket offices. Much confusion is thu« caused. A combined general ticket office for all three is planned.
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Charles Anderson is the boy’s name. He was born in Cowlitz county in 1883 and lived there until two months ago. When lecturing, the boy’s language and. manners seemed to belong to some gray haired old patriarch, and many of his hearers pronounced the discourse a deep and learned dissertation. And yet -his conversation reveals a woeful lack of education, and he can scarcely read His friends claim he is a medium Charles says he has been able to produce his condition at will, and. though unable to foretell his subject, lie i.-- aide to remember a little of his dhimui.-o after the trance, but not eiieugh to r:aider him any more inteihgvnf'iu His everyday life.
A Homan Catholic Statement.
A movement toward the Catholic church, already resembling in its magnitude the Tractarian movement of the thirties and forties, has begun in England. Fifteen thousand people were received into the church during the past 15 months. A great number Of these converts are from the ritualistic party iu the Anglican communion, and some of the most notable of them have come in since Pope Deo XIII confirmed tho decisions of his predecessors against the validity of Anglican orders.—Boston Pilot.
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