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t ROCK ARGIJ VOL. XLUX CO 139 coca TST.onp, n.T., nonpar, apsil i F&ZG3 ITXES3 G2T3 I V ll DEATH IN THE AIDE Three Passengers Killed in a Trolley Runaway. FAXIO TEE CAUSE OF THE HOK&OB. Matar Brmkra dm Way Bad tha Terrided Wamra Prevent tha Coadaetar frao Av.rtios; tha Disaatar Baracd ta Death la a. Forest Fire Woods Abtasa Sa Keatache aad ladteaa Haavy Low a Vietarla, K.ar CloTerport, Kjr. Jeasstille, Pa.. April L The wont accident in the history of the trolley roads in this region and one that was thrilling In the extreme resulted in the death of three persons, the fatal wounding prob ably of two others and the severe injur of several more, and the fatality was doe In part to a panic among the passengers, who crowded about the conductor and motorman of the unmanageable train. The disaster occurred cn car Sa 20. As the car passed out on the grade leading down the mountain Motorman Setts ap plied the brake, but the chain snapped. He then threw the safety lever. To his terror this refused to work and the terri fied motorman sprang to the reverie brake, hoping to control the car by the current. The actions of the motorman and the speed of the car had by this time alarmed the passengers. Failing to con trol the car Seits shouted to Conductor Socks to apply the rear brake. The mo torman's shouts caused a panie on the car and the passengers mado a rush for the platform. Goto at the Rata af a Mils a Hie eta. The car was going down the mountain a mile a minute. Conductor Socks ap pealed to the passengers to go back Into the car so that he might apply the rear brake, but his appeals were not heeded. David Backman, of Ilazleton, and two other men endeavored to keep the women from throwing themselves from the car, but try as they would they could not pro vent the frightened women crowding around the conductor until the car was entirely beyond control. Mrs. Williams was the first to Jump. Her body struck against a post, breaking her back and causing instant death. Mrs. Early next flung herself oil and was dashed to death. She tried to save her boy, but he shared the same fate as his mother. The re maining passengers with one exception then jumped. Col titled with a Telegraph Pole. Mrs. Evans was the only person to re main on the car with the exception of the motorman and conductor. The car kept the track until the crossing near the foot of tho incline was reached. Here it jumped the track and crashed into a telegraph polo. The front of the car was stove in and a piece of board penetrated Mrs. Evans' side. Tho screams of the frantic passengers as tho car rushed down the mountain could be heard for half a mile. The residents of this place hastened to the scene of the accident and did atl they could to relieve the suffering. List of Dead aad Wounded. The dead are: Mrs. Watkin L. Will lams, of llnzleton; Mrs. John R. Early, 'it Beaver Mxadow, and the la t tor's son James, aged 8 year. The fatally injured are: Mrs. James Evans, of Colcrain, side torn open and otherwise injured; Mrs. John Weir, wife of Superintendent Weir, of Beaver Meadow, back hurt. These persons were seriously injured: Watkin li. Williams, husband of the woman who was killed, legs and side bruised; Mazgie Herrity, of Beaver Meadow, leg broken and body cut and bruUed; three children of Mrs. Evans; Hannah Somen, of Beaver Meadow, body hurt and head cut; Morris Hughes, of Wilkesbarre, badly bruised about the body. Mrs. Evans has since died. Kear Brakes Woeld Have Held the Car. Had the passengers remained in the car the accident could have been averted, as the rear brake would have held the car and prevented tho runaway. There are ix attachments on each car provided for such an emergency, but the conductor was wedged so tightly against the dasher by the panic-stricken women that he was un able to move his arms until the car had gotten beyond control. The motorman and conductor were but slightly injured. INDIANA WOODS FIRE-SWEPT. Ilrowa Coanty Forest Still tho Pray of tha Flames HeaVy Lom, Fr as KLIN, April L Forest fires have been raging In Brown county during the greater part of the last week, and much damage has been done. The most de structive fire is reported just north of NashviUo or about the center of the county. The fires have been confined principally to the timber, but some losses to buildings and personal property are also reported. The fire reached its height during the high wind, and among other losses reported was that of the residence of Jesse Harding, toe-ether with all the outbuildings on his farm. The fire hava now subsided to an ap preciable extent, especially where groat efforts have been put forth to check the spread of tho flames. The fields and tim ber are very dry, as no rain has fallen for a considerable length of time and this makes the final outcome very uncertain, as another blustery day without rain would make the situation more serious than at any time since the conflagration English, Ind., April L The forest fires in the southern part of Indiana continue to burn and do much damage. All the baildinn owned by Squire Ulisjn Finch, James It. and George Felker, in cluding household goous, farm machin ery, etc., were totally destroyed. The loss will aggregate many thousand dol lars Near MlUersburg, on the Knobs, and at Haussdale thousands of dollars worth of timber has been burned. FOREST FIRES IS KJCSTTCKT. One Ufa Last ta tha Wsada stlahsg TO- lage mt Tlusswla BiHujiS . CLOVKKPOUT, April 1. The most de structive forest fire ever seen here is now raging a few miles back of Cloverport. One person Is known to hava perished, and the property loss will run into tha hundreds of thousands. The Are started in the southern part of Hancock county. and the high wind of the oast two dan carried" it' eastward Into Breckinridge county, sweeping everything in its path. The fire travelled seven miles and entered the lands of the Breckinridge company surrounding the mining village of Vic toria, and everything of value was de stroyed. Professor C M. Bruner, of Lewispcrt, was found dead in the smok ing forest. His horse came dashing into Victoria riderless. Professor Bruner was a member of the Hancock county board of examiners and formerly a member of the faculty of the National Normal university of Lebanon, O. He was passing through the woods on horseback when ho was surrounded by a raging fire. In trying to urge the animal through the fire the horse was se verely burned and became unmanageable and threw its rider. In the fall be struck a sharp stake which penetrated his side. In a short time he was burned alive. CINCISSATI. April 1. A special from McKlnney, Ky., says: Forest fires burned fiercely here for twenty-four hours. The wind blew hard and it was impossible to control the flames. Pierce Jones was the greatest sufferer. The flsmes closed in upon bis home and licked up his entire possessions. Not a building was left standing and the family barely escaped With their lives. Vaxcebcbg, Ky., April 1. The forest fires in this county and surrounding counties arc spreading and fires becoming almost as bad on the Ohio side of the river, between Portsmouth and West Union. Fire la a Milwaukee Snbnib. Milwackes, April L An entire block in the suburb of Silver City, west of the city limits, was swept by fire and a dozen families made homeless. Many of the peo ple barely escaped in their nizht clothes. The loss is placed at $15 MX) about 7b per cent, of which is covered by insurance. Featator Elkias oa Mexico. Loe Akgeles, Cat, April 1. Senator S. B. El kins, accompanied by his family, has arrived here from Mexico. He says he became convinced duriug his stay in Mexico that the United States suffers through lack of closer business relations between this country and Mexico, lie says it Is our own fault as the Mexicans are kindly disposed toward Americans. "We dlovr Europeans to come across the Atlantic and take trade that belongs to us," ho declared. The senator was eule.-w tained by President Diaz while in Mexico. Tea Mcs Arrested for Murder. - Tekamah, Neb., April 1. Ten men were arrested charged with the murder of Robert Phillips. Phillips was killed on the night of Feb. 8 in an attempt to jump a claim ho had made ou accretion lunds along the Missouri river bottoms. The place where the shooting occurred was claimed by county author ities to be in Iowa and they refused to prosecute, as did also the Iowa officers. The present arrests have been mode on complaint of Attorney General Churchill of Nebraska, tho county attor ney still refusing to prosecute. Rase to Extort Confession. MASOS. Mich., April 1. W. D.IKilcy, the negro seemed of shooting Fred wni iams in a meat market here, has con fessed. The admission of his guilt was brought about in a remarkable manner through a mock assault of twenty-live pretended lynchers on the jail. The sher iff affected to be overpowered and the bad ly frightened negro readily made a writ ten confession, telling where the money he had stolen was, and implicating Boss Spears of Lansing. The money was found in Spears' house at Lansing and Spears was arrested. Alabama Probata Judge Short. Montgomery, April L A profound sensation has been caused here by the continued absence of Colonel Frank B. Randolph, probate judge of Montgomery county. He is believed to have fled to Central America, having been last seen at New Orleans by a gentleman of this city whom he requested to keep the fact of seeing him a secret. The state examiner of public accounts is now investigating his accounts and it is officially stated that he has discoverd a shortage of from ouj to 3J,uua v Supposed To Have Baoa 140. St. Louis, Mo, April L Dr. Will- lain Hotchkiss, who has just been buried, Is supposed to have reached the extreme age of 140 years, and ur. A. J. uncle, liv ing on Finney avenue, who was one of his warmest friends, says his Masonic record has been traced back 100 years, showing conclusively that he was at least 121 years old, as he could not have become a Mason nnder age. Dr. Hotchkiss possessed many striking peculiarities, among them an aversion to water. Expelled tram the Chare h. Logassport, Ind., April 1. The northern Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church convicted the Rev. . George S. V. Howard on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses and expelled him from the church. After his conviction at the con ference last year his friends appealed to the general conference and secured a re hearing of the case. The select commit tee of thirteen appointed found him guilty by unanimous consent. Elopers Cease te Grief. Pebc, Ind, April L Mrs. F. A. Rice and Harry A. Patts, an eloping couple from North Manchester, were caught here by the offioers and the woman was sent back to her husband and two little chil dren whom she had deserted. She is the wife of a photographer of North Man chester, and is a young, good looking wo man. She fell a victim to the charms of Harry Patts, who worked in a livery sta ble, and be induced her to run away from her family. DETROIT, April L Mrs. Henry B. Ledyard, wife of the president of tha Michigan Central railroad, dropped dead while walking near Jibe corner of Ceena and Champlain streets. The cause is be lieved to have been an apopletic stroke. Oh, Tost . . We keep Parks1 Cough Syrup and we tell everyone it ia the best cough cure we sell. Everybody likes it and we sell it on a guarantee. Trv it for yonr cold. Sold by Harts 4 Ulle-mcrer. MUCH TOO COSTLY. Ridding the Earth of a Cali fornia Train Robber. SACRIFICE OF A BRAVE SHERIFF, Aad Oaly Oae That: a tha Other Side at tha Aoeoaat, tha Oflteer Betas; Mar do red by AaotberTbaxj Wha Gets Away Story at tha Hold-Co of tho Oregon Express aad Death of Sher.fr Boft-ard, Sacbahesto, April 1 The north bound Oregon express was held up by two men three or four miles north of Wheatland, about 8 o'clock in the morn ing. Engineer Bowsher was compelled to stop the train and go back and open the express car. Failing to secure any thing in the express car, the robbers went back and started to rob the passengers in the coach and smoker. Sheriff Bogard of Tehama county was on the train and opened fire on the robbers in the smoker, killing one of them and was killed him self by another robber. The fireman was shot in the necK and one leg and is thought to bo seriously injured. A pas senger, named Sampson, of lledding, was struck on the head and cut. Several pas sengers were roobed. The dead bodies were turned over to the coroner at Marys villa The dead robber has not been identified, and no accurate descrip tion of the man who escaped has been se cured. Bow tha Job Was Dodo. The first intimation that the engineer and fireman had cf the presence of the robbers on the train was when one climbed over from the blind baggage and commanded at the point of a pistol that the train be stopped. The command was so earnest that the brakes were applied. Then the robber caused the engineer and fireman to jump from the train and with the other robber who appeared to come from some hiding place in the roadway, they caused the fireman to request that the express car be opened. This was done but the robbers could find nothing of value as the safe combination was not in tha hands of the messenger. Then the robbers commanded two railroad men to go with them into the cars. The robbers carried a bag made from the leg of an old over alls tied at one end. As they went through the first car the smoker they made the passengers, who were few in number, put their coin and valuables in it. The color ed porter in the tourist sleeper just beyond the day coach became aware that a rob bery was in progress and knowing thaff Sheriff Bogard was in a berth called him. That heroic man was in his shoes and trousers in a minute and armed with his heavy revolver started for the door to the north. He crossed the platform between the slccpor and day coach and as he en tered the latter at the south door the rob bers cune in at the north. sheriff Drops One Man. The sheriff stepped to one side, aimed and his bullet dropped the nearest him, but the second failed to reach its mark. One of the robbers anus Mask HUB) Bo gard enter, jumped down, and running along the side of the car, entered and shot him from the rear. When the robber was shot he exclaimed, "I am done for." The other asked, "Are you killed, Bill," and thereupon hastily left the car, telling the now thoroughly frightened trainmen and passengers not to attempt to follow. Tho passengers were all thoroughly aroused by this time, and a number wanted to go on and others who wanted to go back. Conductor Sbortridge secured a man to help Engineer Bowser and after about half an hour's delay they came on to Marysvllle; arriving there about 2:30. The dead robber has been identified by the night clerk at the United States ho tel at Marysvllle and by John J. Daly, who occupies the same position at the Golden Easrlo hotel. The body of Sheriff Bogard and the body of the dead robber were taken into Marysvllle, where it was discovered that the robber was attired in a full and complete bicycle suit. Toe Robbers Get 7,881 la Cash. Sas Lris Obispo, CaL, April 1. Two men, one masked, entered the railroad depot at Arroyo Grande, and at the point of revolvers forced A. C. Frye, the agent, and his assistant, R. W. Harta-ell, to open the safe They secured $7,381 cash and a gold watch worth tlOo, and escaped. Kew Speaker of the Commons. Los IX) s, April L Lord Rose berry, the premier, came especially from Epsom in order to preside at the cabinet council. The council decided to nominate Mr. William Court Gully, Q C, member of parliament for Carlisle, for the speaker ship to succeed Sir Arthur Wellesley Peel. Mr. Gully was born in London in lb3 and was educated at Trinity college, Cambridge. He was president of the Cambridge union and was called to the bar of tho inner temple in 1863. He be came queen's counsel in 1S77. He was ap pointed recorder of Wigan In ltsoS and unsuccessfully contested Whitehaven in IN) and lSbi He has sat for Carlisle since 1X4 Mr. Gully is a Liberal and supported Gladstone's Irish policy. Mlalster Charged with Libel. Detroit, April 1. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Rev. Donald D. MacLaurin, pastor of the Woodward Baptist church and acting, president of the Detroit Civic federation. The com plainant is John B. Teagan, who was an unsuccessful candidate for the Repub lican nomination for police justice, and who was opposed by the Civic federation as being the candidate of the saloon in terests. The particular statements al leged to be libelous were made by Dr. MacLaurin from his pulpit on a recent Sunday, when he is alleged to have de clared that the election of Teagan as po lice justice would be a calamity to the people. Repeated Her Deed Toe Lata. MARSHALL, Mich., April L Mary Dado, aged 19, wanted to attend a dance. Her mother refused permission and the daughter took a dose of pans green. A doctor was called, but she died In agony. Before her death Mary said aha took the poison to frighten her parents. When so many people are taking and deriving benefit from Hood's Sar saparilla, why doa't you try it your- seur it is highly recommended. MARKET QUOTATIONS Corrected Daily by Slater MontrOM, 1820 Second Avenue. - Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provis ions bought and sold. Private wires to Chicago and New York. wheat. Open Eigfc Lew class CUhat teat ttstss esao Ma 64 V S.V y s&H Jsly So MK 56, ta, COBS. 0eslaaaoaaasoao - - Mar 4W 48S 4S 4SS sly 46'i 4S9, Sj OATS. 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