The Greencastle Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 January 1895 — Page 2
THE BUTTE DISASTER.
|Sooro3 Aro Mowed Down by Dynamite Explosion.
flUfty-Throc Lives Are Knotvn to llsve i Heen Thuit Lost Many Others Are Aliasing; — Details of the Horrible Affair.
Htttth. Mont., Jan. 19.—Hour aftor liour the disnNter of Tuesday has lieen puttinj' on more distressinp proportions. and it looks now ns if the real weight and extent of the terrible calamity would never be known. The list of known dead has swelled to fiftythree, and there aro at least four in the hospitals who cannot recover. Others arc also believed to ho fatally injured. To the list of missing the name of Charles Hoffbauer has l>een added. A few hours before the explosion he purchased a pair of shoes, and on his way home hi: evidently stopped at the fire. One shoe, badly torn, of the new ones he had under his arm has heen found a quarter of a mile from the Beene of the catastrophe, but not a fragment of llofifbauer has been disc covered. He was about twenty-eight years of age and unmarried. Included in the list of dead are the four missing firemen Dave Moses, Sam Ash, l*. .1. Norling and Ed Sloan—but not Hoffbauernor anyotherof the missing. In the minds of those who visited the scene after the explosion there is no doubt that many were blown to atoms and never will be heard of.
TerriOle Devastation.
When the smoke had cleared away the terrified survivors were sickened at the sight of the ground for a block around the scene of the explosion strewn with the quivering and dismembered ilesh of men and horses, pinned down by fragments of the fire engines and burning brands from the demol-
ished warehouse.
FOR THE SENATE.
Strrjaffcln Tor tin* Nomination in Kanaaa
in the Selection of Lucicn
ToI'kka. Kan.. Jan. 32.—After one of the most bitter tights ever waged for the United States senate in Kansas, Lucien Baker, state senator for Leavenworth county, Monday night received the caucus nomination on the tenth ballot. Baker was the choice of ! the anti-Burton caucus, but several re- i fused to vote for him.and for three hours i these half-dozen men who scattered their votes for J. W. Ady. (iov. Morrill, John G. Ingalls, A. W. Smith and Congressman Broderick, held the balance of power and prevented a nomination. Fifty-four votes were necessary to a choice. On the first ballot Baker received r>l and Burton 49 votes. The vote for Baker and Burton did not materially change until the tenth ballot when it stood Baker, 50; Burton, 40; Ady, 3. and Ingalls, 1. A great demonstration followed the nomination and
BULLETS. UOK MOBS.
Soldiers
Fire Upon Brooklyn.
Rioters at
Ih Not Known Whether or No Anyone Wan Hurt Tin* Troops t'hahle to SappresH Lawleasiiean—Mucli Uiaorricr rrevaila.
Bhooki.yk, .Ian. 22.—Violence and bloodshed marked the eighth day of ^ the electric street railway operatives’ strike. Three militiamen are in hospitals with broken heads, two having suffered at the hands of riotous men or women, while the other was the victim of his own carelessness, having fallen from a roof. A score or more of police-
men are suffering from bullet wounds | ^ >rnTT ^ s * OD j 1 * ^°® en 1
or contusions of the head and body, disabling them for the time being. To what extent tin* strikers have suf-
OLNEY’S PLAN.
The Attorney (ieneral Offer* a Hill Looking to Compulsory Arbitration. WaswnoTDN, Jan. 19. A labor arbitration plan has lieen devised by Attorney General Olney and was introduced Thursday by Chairman McOann, of the house committee on labor. In case of wage controversies the chairman of the interstate commerce commission and the commissioner of labor are to communicate with parties endeavoring to effect an amicable settlement, and if this mediation fails the controversy may be submitted to a hoard of arbitration, of which the chairman of the interstate commerce Commission shall be chairman, and which shall consist also of one
by the
one
INDIANA STATE NEWS.
The Cieneral Assembly. Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan. 15.—senate.—Senator Haggard introduced a resolution calling for a survey of a route for a ship canal from the lake to the headwaters of the Wobash river, senator Wishard introduced his bill for the repeal of the opportiocment law enacted two years ago in the face of the decision of the supreme court declaring the same political division unconstitutional. Senator Shively, one of the new men. but a coming leader, began his career with a bill for non-partisan control of the state | Institutions. He proposes that the hospitals I
I
one board. Another of his bills provides ; for non-partisan control of police boards. Some sixty bills were introduced Monday. ! Among the most important of those introduced was a senate bill, intn duced by Senator | Boyd, providing for the establishment of a state home for dependent children. By this bill the county from which the child comes is to be charged twenty-live cents n day
fered cannot be conjectured. If they
Baker and Burton addressed the eau- escaped punishment it was not the fault cus. Baker was not mentioned in con- of the militiamen, who, in accordance
with orders, fired as directly at their
ployer and one by the labor f° r hs maintenance. Children from other organization to which the employes received upon the payment of directly interested belong, or if they j h*"" 1 ,- Not enough representative* showed belong to more than one, by that one up to hold a session In the t'ornintr In the
nection with the senator-hip until Monday afternoon, when the anti-Bur-ton forces concentrated upon him. [Senator Bilker is a successful lawyer of Leavenworth and has never been prominent in the politics of the state. He has always been an anti-prohibitionist, and since the amendmont was adopted, fourteen years ago, he has not been considered a stalwart republican. In 1890 he made speeches throughout the state for Charles Robinson, the democratic candidate for governor, who was also the candidate of the resubmission republican bolters who would not support the regular nominees because the platform indorsed prohibition. In 1892 Baker was elected to the state senate on a regular republican ticket in a strong democratic district. He is a brother of ex-Congressman Baker, of the Goshen (Ind.) district, but now on the federal bench. Senator Baker is 48 years old and is a native of Ohio. He has resided at Leavenworth twenty years and is regarded one of the ablest lawyers in the state J
which specially represents employes of the same #r&de and class and engaged in service of the same nature us the
asmiihints as a" <lolisp fog! 'which com- > e,, ’P lH - ves in the controversy.
cts at 30 v»r<ls'distance ' ''here two or more classesofem-lediiessnotthusstampedshallbovomandun-
iv ..,.i ..I ployes arc interested their organiza- collectable.
Oic strike is not ended , 6 . Ikdiahapoi.is. Jnn. 16.—Senate—Bills in-
troduced: nciiuiring prescription clerks in
afternoon about sixty bills were Introduced, union); the most prominent beint; the taxation of greenbacks; amending election laws; bonds, notes, etc., shall be stomped by assessors for taxation, and all evidences of indebt-
WAR ON LYNCHERS.
liov. Brown, of Kentucky, Determined on
Their Punishment.
.. , ,, ! Lkxington, Ky., Jan. 22.--Montgoin-1 Upon the site of the warehouse there , ....... 1 , ! erv county, of which Mount sterling is
was a ghastly hole filled with debris. • ’ .
«....• , , , , the county sent, is greatly excited over Iblazing in hundreds of piaees, with ., „ . . , , , , . . .... . . ■ the attempt of Judge t ooper, hacked here and there the fragment of an un- 1 , ,, .* . * . , .. . . . ., i by Gov. Brown, to punish the men
fortunate fireman. , i i ,
. ... , ■ , , i, I who lynched Ihomas Blair at Mount The noise of the explosion Broke all ... .. .. . . , .
1 , , Sterling on New tears night. Gov. the glass in the city and caused the ,, . -i
. . • , ... Brown is considerably worried over the
houses to rock so violently that '
pletely hid objects at 30yards' distance,
would permit
and order is not restored.
Seven thousand national guardsmen and 1,500 or 1,000 policemen have not been strong enough to make the resumption of the street-railway traffic in Brooklyn practicable. In fact, the gain over last Saturday is scarcely perceptible. The calling out of the First Brigade, composed of New York city regiments, lias seemed rather to add to the tension than to bring a solution of the difficulties. The task of restoring peace and order along nearly 200 miles of street car line is a vast one. The new levy numbered not far from 4,000 men. They were moved across the great bridge early in the day. The various com p«n’es went By elevated trains
tions shall agree upon their representa-
! tive. Other features are:
1. The parties -hall stipulate In writing that ponding arbitration the existing status shall
. not be changed.
2. That the award shall be final, unless set aside for error of law apparent on the record. 3. That the parties shall faithfully e xecute it, and It may be enforced In equity so far as the powers of a court of equity permit. 4. Employes dissatisfied with the aw ard shall not quit work without throe months' notice in
writing
5. The award shall be continued in force for two years, ami during that period no new arbitration between the same parties on the 1 same subject shall be had. After tiling tho award with the clerk of tho United States i circuit court of the district in which the diffleulty occurs thirty d iys shall be allowed for filing exceptions In matters of law, after which It shall go Into effect if no exceptions aro
| taken.
. .. , i If they are taken It goes Into force ten Whenever it was possible to the points days after their decision. If an agreement of to which they had been ordered. Gen- I arbitration shall lie entered into by employes erally speaking, the greetings they | individually instead of by organizations the
met with on the streets were far from
board shall not bo created, unless the chairman is satlsdod that they represent their as-
sociates.
During that time It would he unlawful for organizations or employes to order, aid or abet u strike or boycott, or to leave their employment without giving thirty days' notice in w riling, nor cun they lie discharged without
so
the residents were stricken with fear. They did not know from what quarter the disaster had come, anti as the explosion had almost destroyed the Burning warehouse there was little to mark the scene of terrible destruction.
Second and Third Explosions.
Aftor the first explosion hundreds of people hastened to the scene, and this Accounts for the great loss of life. While they were endeavoring to rentier assistance, to the injured the second
friendly. Boys guyed and men jeered them as they passed through the sections inhabited by laboring people. A car started from the Uidgewood station of the Brooklyn Heights com-
pany a little after 5 o’clock and was as- I thirty days' notice except for causes men-
prevalence of Ivuch law in Kentucky, | sailed with volleys of stones and bricks tlon , e< V ' lola tl°»s pf this provision arc made
especially since Judge Buchwalter, of from windows and vacant lots before ypa,.^ iml)r ; sonl j, ent it had proceeded far on its way down- | Membership in Incorporated labor organizatown. A private soldier was struck in tions. It is provided, shall be terminated by the head with a stone and disabled. i 'nduigence in lawlessness, violence destruc-
, , . i * lon °f property, intimidation or threats by
I lie officer in command ordered his members during strikes, but they are not to men to shoot, and two volleys were ] be held individgally liable for debts of the or-
fired in the direction of the rioters, who, however, were hidden by the dense fog. About 250 Bullets were sent in search of victims, But how
Cincinnati, refused to send the negro iiamptou back to Kentucky for fear he would he lynched. The same day that Gov. Brown wrote his scathing reply to the Cincinnati judge the Mount Sterling mob lynched Blair, and now Gov. Brown's state pride is aroused. In a conference with Judge Cooper Saturday he said he
found human targets
The
would offer 81,000 reward for each one many of them
of the lynchers, if necessary, and order : cannot at present be determined.
explosion occurred, mowing down the out every member of the state guard militiamen's orders were if they shot ! pw^ent
crowds of men, women and children as t(( ^ t( , Mount Sterling to preserve the it would Vie to kill. vt ith a sickle^ of fr,when a 1 J 1 , ^ 1 ut ^ re ' ooper could not keep it. Policemen also did some shooting at we . r .4 explosion occurred, adding to the ' x, , h ' S " l ' st . ructi " n8 10 the grand jury this point, with what effect is as unfist of victims, as many of the terror- t • udge I ooper detailed these | certain as in the ease of the militiamen, stricken people, fleeing from the scene , " ltr trovarn.ir, and for U is ascertained by the militia officers of destruction, were mowed down by "'l lT ,° Ur \n ,1 1 llke ‘ 1 . to t*'-J ur y- that they only ordered the volley when -* * lu " ri f- r,ir< iing the D aching of one the violence of the mob made it neces-
Murphy at Mount Sterling a year or more ago, and the lynching of Blair. The judge electrified the crowded court-
room By exclaiming:
the flying debris.
Three firemen Survive. Only three firemen present at the scene of the fire escaped being killed. Chief Cameron was blown to atoms, and the only thing found of him was his Belt attached to a charred portion of hi:, body. The firemen who escaped were Dave Moses, Dave McGee and J.
II. Flannery.
Awful Force o» MxpIoHlon.
From all that can tie learned the total amount of explosives that went up in the three explosions was nearly thirty tons enough to wipeout the state of
Jtho.le Island. There weretwentv tons ! ih'imrosi i.oas of nr,, by sinking of state
sary to do so.
On the same line a ear started out an hour later and was beset by rioters at Gates and Stuyvesant avenues. The
"1 do not want any soldiers In my court, t i .. ••
have a well-armed guard In this room at this P°l>ce escorting it essayed to drive off moment which 1 think is capable of protecting i rioters, and while doing so were
the court and Its prisoners from any outside interference, anil should any nerson or persons attempt to Intimidate this court by force of arms they will meet with a warm reception. This mob law cannot be countenanced, and I Charge you to use your utmost endeavor to indict every man who participated In any way in
the crime of hanging Thomas Blair," ONLY FIVE MISSING.
fired upon from a house. Two police men were wounded, one in the arm and the other in the hand. A detail of police entered the house and arrested
of giant powder alone that went up in
one blast.
REMEDIES SUGGESTED.
Senators I’ugh and Sherman K.ic-li Intro-
duce a Currency Measure.
Washington, Jan. B).—Senator Pugh (dem., Ala.) introduced a bill Thursday to meet deficiencies in the revenue in the treasury of the United States, By an immediate issue of 8100,-
of Missouri Greatly Kxaggerated. Boitsvim.e, Ky., Jan. 22. The loss
of life caused by the sinking of the steamer State of Missouri near Hardin’s Landing, Ky., Saturday evening. will be smaller than was at first supposed. Some of those reported drowned have since turned up, and at
gnulzatlon.
The employes of roads managed by receivers appointed by the federal courts shall have the right to bo heard through the officer* of their organizations or their representatives In the federal courts on questions affecting the terms
of their employment
Employers who make It a condition of emthul men shall not be members of
any labor organization, or discharge or threaten to discharge men for such raembersblp or discriminate against them because of it. or enter Into contracts compelling the men to contribute to any fund for charitable, social or beneficial objects, or. after discharging men, conspire to prevent them from obtaining employment, shall be guilty of n misdemeanor punishable by a fine of from two to
$1,000.
If disputes threatening to Injuriously affect the interests of the people of any section are not submitted to arbitration the attorny general. the bill provides, shall be authorized to apply to the district court for receivers for tho railroad to take possession of the property and run it in the interests of the public, and may make the employers and employes, and any persons or organizations aiding or abetting
them, parties to the suit-
BIG STEAMER SINKS.
Passengers and grew Cast Into the ley
Ohio—Ten Iteported I,ost.
Loitsvu.i.k. Jan. 22. The Cincinnati
Kate Carney, who was caught in the | act of hurling 1 missiles from the j
window.
The Halsey street line also was the |
scene of several lively encounters. In ; & New Orleans packet steamer State one of them Private Knnis of the ' <>f Missouri was sunk in the Ohio river Seventh regiment was knocked sense- 1 just below Alton, Ind., Saturday evenless by a stone thrown by a rioter, ing* at 5:10 o’clock and it is believed at Several shots were fired into the crowd least ten lives were lost. The vessel
druK stores to focurc a license from a commiseion certifying that they are capable: provid-
f
Hie peace in order not to put a premium, as the Senator explained, on convictions for the sake of the fees: giving all political parties representation on election boards; providing for tho creation of a firemen s pension fund in cities with a population of over thirty-five thousand. House—Representative Howe, of Morgan, introduced in the house Tuesday morning a joint resolution providing for the calling of a constitutional convention. Mr. Hamrick introduced a bill requiring insurance companies to pay the full face of a policy in case of a total loss. Mr. Leedy introduced a resolution for the investigation of the offleo of the attorney-general and other state officers. Mr. Stakebakc introduced a bill requiring all trains to stop at county seats. Representative (ardv.ill introduced a bill providing for the election of members of the legislature on a new' basis. Mr. Cardwill’s resolution provides that the senate shall be composed of sixty members elected from twenty districts, three members from each district. There is provision for minority representation that there shad not be more than two senators from one political party from any one district. Indianapolis. Jnn. 17.—Senate—The senate Wednesday spent the morning in getting together upon the proposition to buy copies of Burn’s State Low reports for the use of senators. The subject was debated, and only reached a vote a half hour after the regular hour for adjournment. It was carried. House—Bills Introduced: Putting tho state institutions upon a civil service basis of a straight reform idea. . It provides for a board of three examiners, to be appointed by tho governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. and to serve without pay. except for expenses. This commission shall prepare rules for the appointment of employes in the state institutions, and probation shall count in tho record before a permanent appointment is made. The commission, with the consent of the county commissioners, the city council or the town board, may recommend persons for employment in the service of the state, counties, cities and towns. The bill provides for a chief examiner at a salary of $2,500 ii year, with clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed $2,000. The rules to govern are such as prevail upon a strictly merit system of appointment. The bill meets with commendation. A bill providing for local option according to wards in cities or precincts in rural neighborhoods. The applicant for a license must secure a petition signed by a majority of the citizens of the district in which he wishes to open a saloon. • Indianapolis. Jan. is.—Senate The senate committee on military affairs held a meeting Thursday night, and by a unanimous vote decided to recommend for jmssage the Haggard bill for the location of a state soldiers’ home at Lafayette. The appropriation to be recommended is flOO.Otx). which is f.Vi.000 less than was asked. A bill was introduced to take the place of the present apportionment law. The senate was occupied all afternoon in a discus-don of Senator Gifford’s bill providing for the abolition of the death penalty. For two hours the senate rang with fervid oratory, expended for and against the hi' asure. and then the propositions to dispense with the breaking of the necks of murderers went down by a vote of 19 to 31. House The house spent nearly the entire morning haggling over the question of a reduc-
and rumor has it that four men were seen to fall. If that is the ease the wounded were carried away ty their friends. At the Halsey street
vors at present in the city, are: C harles tiiiiu - Meredith, of Cincinnati, white,
OOO.OOCI of legal tender notes; ! lrei f ht ’ ha ndler; Jacob Barbour, co l-
i ored, deck hand, of Cincinnati; Jim Barbert (colored), deck hand, of
nresent the in , . , i ‘^P" 1 11 "as pelted with stones and present, the missmg. as known to survt- I stickv The wi J lows were broken and
hand, of Cincinnati: William Simmons (colored), deck hand, of Cincinnati. Fifteen passengers on board were
saved, us were all the officers.
to regulate the redemption of treasury and coin notes of the United States; , ...
to restore silver to coinage: to amend ,nsh Smith^colored), deck
the national bunking ami currently
laws, and for other purposes.
The bill was read and referred to the | finance committee. Soon afterwards ; Ken a tor Sherman(rep. .<).)introdueed an other bill “To provide for a temporary j deficiency of revenue.” It authorizes llte issue from time to time of 3 pi r cent, bonds to provide for the redemption of United States treasury notes and to pay current expenditures: also to issue 3 per cent, certificates to be sold at public depositories and post offices; iimi also allowing the national bank circulation to the par value of the bonds deposited therefor. Tltis bill was also read and referred to
tlie finance committee.
A Tennesseean Takes Ills Brother’s Lite In Meir-Defense. Narhvili.k, Tenn., Jan. 18.—I. N. Williamson shot and killed his Brother William near Fayetteville Wedno -duy. The brothers have Been on bad tgrms for some time and William W illiamson returned from Alabama a few days ago with the avowed intention of killing his brother. He called at the home of tho latter and induced him to conic tint of the house. He attempted to draw a pistol, but the weapon caught in ids pocket, and before he could draw his revolver his brother sent a bullet through his heart, The perpetrator of the deed gave himself up. A]iu« Hurtling. Spuing Vai.i.ry, II!.. Jan. 19.—Shaft No. 1 of the Spring Valley mine is again on lire, the miners having been driven from the shaft by the smoke and flames. This is the same shaft which was on S fire last November, with a resulting loss of 850,000. it is supposed the old fire has broken out again. The miners will lie thrown out of work for probably three months. I * One Million Gold Withdrawn. New York, Jan. 18.—One million dol1 tars in gold was withdrawn from the j sub-treasury Thursday for export. ! Gold reserve now sUtuds f74,<i73,31ti
FOR SCOTT’S DEATH.
Men inspected of Causing It Are Placed
in Jail.
O’Nkill, Nob., Jan. 2*2.—The three alleged murderers of Barrett Scott, Hoy, Mullohand and Elliott, were rearrested Monday morning at their homes, 15 miles west of here, and brought to town. They seemed careless and cool and had made no attempt to escape. They were taken to the county jail and their preliminary trial is set for to-day. Public sentiment is still divided, and many declare that Scott's death came from his old cronies, who feared his confession which would implicate them, and not from the vigilantes. The feeling is intense hut | not sufficient, it is believed, to cause
any disturbance or violence. RleaJs Guilty of Kol>b!:ig :i S*f<'.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 22.—William Baker, arrested in London, Out., last fall, pleaded guilty to robbing the safe in the ticket office of tho W it bash passenger station here of 81.200 September 10. Hi; was sentenced to eighteen mouths in the penitentiary. Baker's three alleged confederates were ac-
quitted by u jury two months ago.
the woodwork smashed. The two police guards fired their pistols into tho crowd, which dispersed. Whether or not anyone was struck is not known. Police Officers Collins and Degan were accidentally shot, supposed by Seventh regiment men, at Gates and Stuyvesant avenues, Monday evening. Their wounds tire not serious. Elmer P. Vandyke, of New York, a me miter
, . , , . a t turn of the per di«*m of doorkuepors and assistst ruek a .sharp rock and ripped the ant clerks. The mat ter ended by the reference starboard side open from one end to j of the .subject hack to the committee that had the other. In less than five minutes ' r *‘ (, ° Inmt ‘ ru * e d (he reduction. Themostimporshe was a complete wreck. I tant 1,111 introduced in the house Thursday m 1 . , morning was the temperance measure of RepIhe crew and passengers, nearly . resontative M. holson. It requires that sk100 in all, were paralyzed at the loons must be on the ground tloor.ami front on shock, and before anything could tie the street. It is made unlawful to hare a res* done the vessed was a lmost completely tuurunt nttnehment 1 In re arc to bo no screens,
i , , , : no chairs, no tabhis. no wine-rooms, no minors,
underwater. I he upper deck broke and forfeiture of Ucenso and other severe penaway anti floated tiff. Nearly every- ( nltles are provided for violations. The bill body jumped into tho river and made went to the temperance committee, for shore, some hundred yards away. ! Indianapolis. Jun l» sxnatk—The sen-
The State of Missouri left Cincinnati for New Orleans Friday afternoon. She had on board twenty passengers and a crew of between seventy-five and
of the Twelfth regiment, fell from : eighty. Many of the crew were not *i . . ,, , , y, * ... , .
the roof of an armory Monday evening and sustained a compound fracture of the skull. Policemen Shackleton, Collison ami Burke were seriously injured by stones thrown
lucky enough to get to the upper deck, and they went down witli the boat. It is believed that at least ten, if not
more, were drowned.
Mr. McCabe says the wreck was
INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL. About a million dollars' worth of sweet corn were canned in Maine last year. Three thousand vessels have used the Manchester ship canal in the first year after its opening. Of these 601 were foreign vessels bound to Manchester direct. It is estimated that the death rate of the world is sixty-seven per minute, ami the birth rate seventy a minute, yet this seemingly light percentage of gain suffices to give a net increase of population of 1,490,000 souls annually.
from the roofs of houses Monday even- something awful. The officers kept as
ing. Shackleton's skull was fractured. I’resident Lewis, of the Brooklyn Heights company, said late Monday r afternoon, that about 145 cars were i running on ids line. The total num- j her of oars usually operated by Presi- | dent Lewis’ system is 1,140. I’resident i Norton, of the Atlantic avenue system, | stated that he had operated 08 ears. In ' all about 230 ears were moved in the city of Brooklyn Monday. The num- 1 her in operation before the strike was
1,900.
Killed During a Gale. Chicago, Jan. —Joseph lluntal. a laborer at Henry Peters’ factory at No. 740 West Fifteenth street, was killed Monday. He was loading a wagon w ith lumber at the Wisconsin Central tracks, between Ashland avenue and Paulina street. He was caught by the wind and hurled violently to tho ! ground, breaking his neck and killing him ulino ' instantly. THE SUN’S COMPETITORS. In Greenland the "candle fish” is used as a lamp. It is about six inches long and burns for fifteen minutes. A musical instrument, the pyrophono, has been invented, which extracts all the tones of the scale from gas Haines. The first gas lamps in Dublin were put in position in IMS, and before 1825 the entire Irish capital was thus lighted. Near Modena, in Italy, tho petroleum gatherers dig a hole in the ground, and it is speedily tilled with the oil
cool as possible under the circumstances. but there was little time to think and none in which to act. CRUSHED BY A SNOWSLIDE. Three Miners Known to He Killed and
'I wo Other* Are MiHHlng.
.Spokane, Wash., Jan. 19.—A snowslide about 10 miles from Kaslo, B. C., killed three miners named Moore, Me Millan and Charles Mitchell, owners of the Eureka mine, who were on their way to tiie mine front Kaslo. As they ascended a mountain near their mine a mass of snow, 20 feet high and 200 yards in length, became detached. The three men tied, but were all overtaken by the slide and carried into tho canyon below, where life was crushed out of them. Their botlies were found. Two miners working on the Silverton mine, in the slide's path are missing, and they were nu-
ll, ubtedly killed also.
Supreme Court ItefuffeK it \>'rit of Error
ill t li«> I{ am*.
Washington, Jan. 19.—At the opening of the supreme court Thursday Justice Fuller announced that in tho matter of the United States vs. Eugene V. Belts, otal.. the court was unanimously of the opinion that a writ of error would not lie. and therefore that their petition for leave to file a motion for the issue of such a writ hail lieen denied. The petition of the same parties for leave to file a motion for the issue
Plymouth citizens have sent over four tons of Hour to Nebraska famine sufferers. W'ai.kkh Carder, of Charleston, who was shot by a burglar, has fully recov-
ered.
A. J. Gibbons. Terre Hautej has aeen appointed chief engineer if the Yandalia road, with headquarters at
Terre Haute.
Winfield Smith has been sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonmeit for the murder of Weston 11. Thongs, at
Indianapolis.
A chicken thief who first beheijls his fowls before leaving the coops isWork-
iug Ft. Wayne.
Bi.t ffton city council has pa*ed an
of a writ of habeas corpus, the chief ordinance prohibiting minor! front justice announced, would be granted, I loafing around saloons and a rule issued thereon returnable . ^ Il1 ' o’lCsl.itive apnroprlatin bill Monday, January 38. 1 w K ued V’»' lho governor a ffv days
nte committee on military affairs Friday reporteda bill approprlutlmr SIOO.tKM for the organization of the state soldiers’ and sailors’ home at Lafayette and for the construction of the buildings needed. Bills Inin duced: To permit newspapers charged with libel to plead justiHcutlon and let the decision rest upon the preponderance of evidence: providing that the county superintendents of schools shall be elected by the newly elected township trustees. instead of the outgoing. In both chambers hills were introduced by the chairmen of the committees on legislative apportionment of the state. The senate passed a bill under suspension of the rules, amending the bond law relating to the giving of bond by sinking fund commissioners In cities operatin'- under the
general charter
Houss Bills introduced: Providing for a waterway commission authorized to secure facts and figures relative to tho cost and feasibility of constructing a ship canal from either Lake Michigan or Lake Erie to the Ohio river through this state providing punishment for prize lighting It makes spectators liable for two years’ imprisonment, us well as the parties interested as principals, seconds, referees, rt.'. The house Friday passed tho bill appropriating Ms.aO to reimburse (loycrnor Matthews for money borrowed, on his personal security to pay the troops called out by riot or otherwise. The rules were suspon ;od. and as 11 ■ ante ha - already passed It, t ■ >. bill only needs the governor s signature to become a law and lo relieve him of a heavy re-
sponsibility.
Hesitation 8tlll Noted In the Huslnee# Situation. New York, Jnn. 21.—K. O. Dun & Co’s.Weekly review ot traue says: ••There are some good signs, but they do not as vet extend to business generally, which hesitates much as It has for months. Gold continues to go abroad. $r. M0.000 having gone this week, and tho deficit of revenue s already over $M.5'10.000 for the month. Ihis state of facts, with the failure of congress to make provision for borrowing or for Increasing revenue, still operates to retard u wholesome recovery, and the volume of domestic trade represented by exchungeji through clearing houses Is again about 7 per larger than last year, us It was la tho first week ot the month, but Is .13.7 percent smaller than two years ago. a higher rale of decrease than for some time past. 3 he Industries are meeting a larger demand for s une products since the new year began, but rather less for others, and nodctlnlte improvement appears in prices of manufactured products or in wages. In the main, it is It waiting condition, with much hope that positive improvement is not fur off. but not very satisfactory evidence of it as yet. •Prices of stocks have grown slightly stronger for railroads, i'5 cents per share, while the at erage for trusts is five cents higher. A reduction In freight rates has started a better movement of grain eastbound. and the tonnage of live stock ond dressed meats Is also larger than tt year ago, but the westbound traffic has become unusually light There is somewhat more doing in the Iron and steel ftuslness. enough to cause u shade of lifting In prices for Bessemer Iron and billets ut Philadelphia, where there is also improved demand for finished products, but at Pittsburgh. all changes reported are downward. ‘•Embarrassment In boots and shoes does not lessen, ami many manufacturers are get- ' ting near the end of their orders.while the dis- ’ position to restrict orders at the advanced prices demanded seem to be growing more general. Shipments are nevertheless larger than in any previous year to date—163.913 1 cases, against 14S.01U two years ago. "Failures this year to January 10 were in amount of liabilities 14.500.531, of which $1,133.428 were of manufacturing and $3.386.103 of trading concerns. Failures for the week have been 373 n the United States, against 497 last year, and 60 In Canada, against 46 last year. FOUND HIS BODY. Corpte of Defaulting Treasurer Scott, of Holt County, Uncovered. O’Neill. Neb., Jan. 21.—The body of Barrett Scott, the defaulting treasurer of Holt county, and who, while out riding with his family New Year's day, was fired upon by a party of vigilantes and after being wounded was dragged from his carriage, blindfolded and then placed into another vehicle and taken in a northerly direction, was found about 10 o’clock Saturday night in the Niobrara river about 300 feet below the bridge on the Hoyd county side, close up to the bank and in about 7 feet of water. He was in his shirtsleeves, but had his watch and chain and other personal effects on just as lie wore them
in life.
After the finding of the body an inquest was held before Coroner Hoover, of lioyd county, and a jury. A number of witnesses were examined, and it verdict rendered that Scott came to his death at the hands of George Mullihan, Mo.se Elliot, Mert Roy, James Pinkerman and others whose names have not yet been disclosed. The crime for which Barrett Scott paid with his life on New Year's day of this year was the embezzlement of S70.000 of the funds of Holt county and the subsequent wrecking of the Holt county bank.practically impoverishing nearly all of the farmers and business men in Holt. The amounts stolen from these people are variously estimated, but aggregate about 8100,000.
HAWAIIAN REBELS.
They Have .Made an Insu(■(■('•»*fu 1 Attempt
to Capture Honolulu.
San I' ii a Ncisco. Jun. 21.—The steamer Alameda arrived Irom Auckland nnd Sydney via Honolulu Friday afternoon and brings news of revolution and bloodshed ut Honolulu. Charles i Is. ( arter. who was one of the annexation commissioners, was killed and | other government supporters were wounded. There has been much fighting and at least twelve | lives have been killed. Nearly revolutionists are under arrest. Looert Wilcox is the leader of the rebels. 1 ite fighting was still in progress when J flic Alameda left Honolulu on January 11. but the government forces had practically overcome the revolutionists. f N I* R A NCISCO, •Ian. 22. The president upon hearing of the internal troubles of the Hawaiian islands, ordered the United States cruiser Philadelphia to go at once to Honolulu. President Cleveland states that his motive for send mg the vessel is that there is a possibility that disturbances may be renewed which might result in danger to the persons or property of American citizens entitled to the protection
of the United States.
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BROOKLYN RIOTERS. They Keep the New York Militia |L Thr«*«* Mon Itayonotod. New York, Jan. 21,—The assidt attempts of Mayor Schieren to 1 the troubles on the trolley 1 i in Rrooklyn adjusted have all ei in failure. Violence has been i sorted to by some of the n virulent of the strikers, and mil men and the police have their hi full. Three men were bayoneted at junction of Broadway, Alabama !• niton avenues in the Twentv-s ward Saturday night by member tin* thirteenth regiment, on m there. One of the injured is in at mis condition in St. Mary’s hospi I he other two were not batily woun. hey were taken away by friends. 1 r l ' a u° , her men ' ver 9 slightly inj, ’•' t ,u ‘ tcoops. Many militiamen u hurt by flying missiles and one is tured aS “ aV ‘ nff h, “ l hLs skull f '" "i to Prlaon, M asiungton, Jan. 21.—William . mith. an ■mploye of the bureau of graving and printing, convicted of g the principal in the larceny of .. 1 ** ” r "‘C Howoli Torpedo Newport, R. l, Jan >i _ti, « ““ llmvoll i„ r| !