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FROZEN TO DEATH.
ittlany rontons Known to ITiiy rerUheit
During the Recent Northwestern Illli-
cnrd.
' Dkvil'b Lakic, N. D., Mnrch 10.
Mora fatalities from tlio storm linvo
'bocn'brought to light Asa Wilson has
beon found frozou to death near tho
.residence of his employer, Morris
Duffy, 15 miles north of town. 'Wilson
was from Eden, Minn. Thrco
farmers named Garskor and a,
man named Gus Gcrmnin were
overtaken by tho storm when
near home. They turned tllr
wagon box over, tied tip their stock
and remained thoro till tho .itorm was
ovor. They are all frozen mora or less,
but it is not thought that their injuries
are fatal, although one of them may
lose his feet. The storm was tho worst
that has ovor oeen known here, and
coming as it did, so unexpectedly, was
all tho worse.
Jamestown, N. D., Mnrch 12. Frank
Bralthwaito, wife and two childrun,
living 7 miles west of Oberon, were
lost on Wednesday when u mile from
home. Tho team was unablo to go
farther nnd Brnlthwaltc frozu to death
whllo trying to lead ho horsos. Tho
woman and children wore covered in
tho sleigh with blankets and arrived
enfely at Oburon.
Willow City, N. D., March IS!. Mrs.
Ijokken and Torgen Thompson, a boy,
who live about 20 miles east of here,
started to go to the house of .lolin
Tveton, about one-half milu from their
borne. A terrlblo blizzard raged and
they lost their way. They wan
dercd around in tho Wild
etorm until they became exhaust
ed and lay down. Tho woman
died but tho boy nwoko ubout 2:?I0 p.
m. tho next day nnd stumbled to the
liouso of Olo Creglu, only a few rods
'distant, nnd told his story. Sirs. Ore
gin nnd her neighbors curried the
woman's body into the house nnd did
what they could for the boy, who will
die.
Ashland, Wis.. March U. Tho
storm bus abated hero and nil trains
are on time. There nre reports of sev-
eral homesteaders near Iron Ulvcr per
ishing in tho storm. They were out
exploring about tho new copper field
and have been missing several days.
Two or three searching parties aro
' 'OUt.
Humboldt, la., March 12. The gulo
here capsized John Owcnson with his
'load of liny and broke his neclc. It de
molished U. II. Shcllbern's big barn,
which was 200 feet long. It threw
John Oleson upon tho ground and broke
bis skull.
Ni:w Yor.K, March 12. The htorm
"which came out of the 'west; Thursday
aiighl has been disastrous aloug the
coast and vcry'sovcre in the interior.
Hcut'y snow has fallen in northern-New
York and tho railroads aro blocked
in various places. Navigation in
the bay was almost as dangerous as it
was beyond the hook. The steady
fierceness of the westerly gale Whipped
the waves into snowy riot Tho ferry
boats had a hard time getting into
slips.
MINE
HORROR
IN BELGIUM.
H early 200
Men Killed by un Kipluslon
of Firedamp.
Hkushkls, March li A frightful
miuo disaster has occurred at Ander
lens, near Charleroi, in which many
lives were lost and ovor 200 miners
were entombed. An explosion occurred
which destroyed tho shafting and ven
tillatiou and made the work of rescue
extremely diillcult
The rescuers were beaten back or
cowuJ by the stencil and the caving in
ofroirth nnd timber, and for a time it
was thought that the whole 200 miners
were lost. On renewing their
efforts, however, a few were
rescued and in tho course of a few
hours thirty were taken out alive, but
with the living men and women were
-also mnnv cornses. Tho nlaco at
which tho explosions occurred is in'
the second gallery, fiOO yards below the
surface, and work at this depth is difll
fcult apd dangerous. Volunteers were
letdown three times in a cage. When
half way down on the first trip tho fur
ther ' caving of the shuftf frightened
them and they returned. Five of tho
ten men refused to go down again, as
the mine was flooding rapidly, they
'said, and the loosened sides of tho shaft
threatened to fall in and bury them.
Tho other five made tho second trip
nnd readied tho mouth of tho second
gallery. They found a few men who
were nearest the shaft when the first
explosion occurred. These miners had
run for their lives, bnt had been
caught at tho entrance by falling tim
bers. All had broken bones and three
wero so firmly lodged in tho wreck that
tho rescuing party dared not wait to ex
tricate them.
Tho work was set back twice by
tho caving of great blocks of earth aud
btono from the bides- of the wrecked
shaft, and after tho third trip no vol
unteers for tho work of rescue could
bo found. The superintendent of the
mine twice wont down 200 foot, but re
turned, saying that the chances would
be four to ono against him if ho went
lower.
The total number of the victims la
unas'Wtatned. The lower gallery has
not yet been reached by the rescuing
party. It is believed tho number of
lulled will not bo less than 150. Up to
11:45 p. in. twonty-nino bodied hud
beon recovored from tho mines. It is
"believed that the lower gallery at the
depth of 500 meters is on fire, and that
nono of the miners there have any
chanco.to escape. Most of tho bodies
wore terribly mutilated.
ROYALTY AT THE FAIR.
JUug Oscar II., of Sweden, la Thinking ol
Visiting Chicago. j
Nkw Yokic, March 12. A lettenfrom
King Oscar II., of Sweden, an
nouncing tho possibility of his attend-
lng tho world's fair has been received
by President, Bonney, of the world's
contrress auxiliary, King Oscar .is.pne
of tho most intellectual of tho sover
eigns in the world, being something ol
an author nnd a patron of tho fine arts
and sciences. Should tho royal schdlai
visit tho Columbian oxp6sltion Uo will
probably preside over somo literary or
scientific congress.
ESCAPE CUT OFF.
ro Drive tlm Rfiaouors from tho Fitted
',e lulum Itllne The DontU List la Kstl
t.i'itml lit 103.
Hiiushkls, Mareb 14. According to a
report on tho Andorluls mino disaster
sixty-three persons wore rosoucd un
hurt, twenty injured and 153 woro
killed. Twonty thousand persons on
Sunday attended tho funeral of thirty
ono of tho victims.
Mining exports acquainted with tho
Andorlous workings say that every per
son who was working in tho lowor gal
lery must be dead, nnd few aro expect
ed to bo rescued alive from tho upper
gallery, which id filled with deadly
gases.
Tho bodies that have been recovered
wero eovcred with a thick, black dust,
which, in some instances, had b'con
blown deep in tho skin. As they woro
taken into thoi'oillcu they wero placed
upon straw that .had been spread on
tho floor, and tho ''fnecs wero then
cleaned as far as posslblo to allow of
Identification. Many of tho' -faces,
ho .vovcr, were entirely unrecognisable.
The firo in tho mine grew fiercer ana
since 2 o'clock a. m. Saturday tho heat
has beon bo intense thnt it has boon
impossible for tho rescuing parties to
remain in tho pit After it was 'found'
that tho firo was growing in
strength a consultation was held
between tho mine owners and tho
engineers and it was decided that as
there was not tho slightest doubt that
everybody 4n tho mine was dcad, tho
only course loft open for them tofol
low, if they hoped to recover the bod
ics, was to flood tho mine.
'Preparations were being made to car
ry out this plan, but before any water
could, bo pumped in, cries of "firo"
wero heard on all sides, and at 3
o'clock the flames ascended to tho
pit's mouth and sparks wero scat
tered in every direction. A few min
utes later nn immense column of
flame shot through tho ventilatlng
shaft, piercing tho thick clouds of
smoke that wero overhanging tho
shaft.
Tho sight was magnificent as tho
mass of firo shot upward, but it
meant certain, death for (every
person in the mine. This fact was
fully recognized by tho on-lookers,
and tho wniling and shrieks of those
near tho pit's mouth inci eased -in vio
lence, as tlio lurid'' flamo tore their
lust faint hope from them. For a great
distance around the country was -illuminated
to almost the brightness of
day by tho vast column of fire pouring,
out of the mine.
In the meantime water had been
commenced to be thrown into the burn
ing pit
distune
Bcforo it 'had descended any
!.-...ir --..ii .l ,ll i
1UW.IS UUI1VUI1UU UUI.U aiciiui
nnd escapcd.jvith u tremendous roaring
-noise, whichWded to tho' hori-or' pf the
situation. The scene has seldom it 6Ver
been equaled in tho mining disasters
'of Belgium.
All tho heavy machinery at tho
mouth of tho pit was destroyed and
fell crashing down tho shaft. This
acted as a dumper against tho flames
ascending the shaft to the surface, aud
thereafter little tire could bo seen. But
'it could be seen' roaring and seething
through the galleries far below the sur
fnce. Suffering is bound to follow tho dis
aster, for many of the miners' families
have lost their only means of support.
The government has taken prompt ac
tion to relievo so f are as possible tho
suffering entailed by the catastrophe.
PICKS LAID ASIDE.
British Sllnurs to tho Number of Thou
sands Strike Their Object Is to Vorco
un Advance In "Wages Many Factories
Closed for Luck of Conl.
London, March 14. The great coal
strike is on. The Durham miners did
not resume work, and the, collieries of
Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire,
North Wales and other districts are
idle. The miners of Scotland, South
.Wales and. Northumberland aro work
ing quietly.
In Durham the men to the number of
80,000 are ou strike against a reduction
of wages, but in all other districts tho
men have simply decided to take a
"weok Sr even three weeks holi
day in order to restrict tlio out
put of coal, thus insuring prices
being kept up and tho rate of
wages maintained if not advanced.
This movement on tho -part bf the
.miners has caused the greatest disturb
ance in the British labor world and
in the manufacturing centers that has
been known since the American civil
war, when somany- Jiundreds of thou
sands of tho cottori.operatives of Lan
cashire would have starved but for a
boundless charity.
The most startling rumprs aro in cir
culation in this city. Tlio fears of a
coal famine are widespread. Tho
stocks of coal in tho great- commercial
centers are not large and colliery own
ers have for some time decliucd to bind
themselves to execute orders.' A great
many ordersi have been refused and
tho price of conl has risen by leaps and
bounds until it has reached u. figure
which it has not known since 'tho
memorable strike of Northumberland
and Durham miners fifteen years
ago. Somo factories will bo com
pelled to ceaso work this week for
want of fuel. A number of others will
have to closo the week following,
if tho miners determine to carry their
experiment into a second week, and if
it is prolonged into a third week tlio
disturbance of British manufacturers
will bo general and its effects so wide
spread that scarcely an estimate can
be formed of 'tho loss to tho communi
ties which must ensue.
FLOOD AT LEAVENWORTH.
A lleseryolr liollnpsea and Mach Dautag
.f
Itesults.
; .LA.VKNWOitTii, Kan., March 14. A
section of the wall of reservoir No. 2 of
the Leavenworth Water Company gavo
way Saturday and 7,500,000 gallons of
water went over tho bank across tho
Missouri I'ucifio railroad trucks into tho
Missouri river. The, flood tore away a
Rcctlon of- the Rock. Islund track and
narrowly missed striking u Rock Islandr
passenger train. Tho engineer said the
wuvo was higher than tho stack of tho.
locomotive and us it came down tlio lull
looked like a water Bpout The eity's
water supply will not bo affected.
BURIED UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Hardships StifTc.rr.il by Senators, Itepre
seritnllvrs mill Others Who Attended
tho Funeral of (tie I.nto Congressman
Kendull, or Kentucky.
Washington, March 15. The- con
gressional funeral of tho lato Repre
sentative Kendall, of Kentucky, from
which tho committee has just returned,
resulted in an extraordinary tnlo of
suffering and exposure. The commit
tee appointed to escort the body con
sisted of Senators Warren and Pasco
and Representatives John 11. Fellows,
of New York, Belknap, Payntor, Gll
losple and Long.
Tlio funeral party arrived at Moore
head, Ky., which was tho last railroad
station on their route. Their final des
tination was rfO miles away, between
Moorchcad and Liberty. There are
no roads traversing tho mountains,
nor are there any bridges crossing tho
innumerable rivers and streams. Tlio
weather was iutensoly cold and tho
strcams.wcre. swollen. . .,... .
Before the hearse and tho 'wagons
containing the cpmmittco had fairly
started Keprescntutivof" Fellows 're
turned to Moorohead. A few vcAlpa
farther on Senator , Warren? pf
Wyoming, succumbed- to cold arid ex
haustion' and was left in a, mountain
eer's hut to nwnlt the party's return.
I Ono river, the Yokum, crossed tho path
of the party forty-two times. Each time
it was necessary to ford the icy
stream and there wns danger at times
that the coffin would be washed away.
The members of tho p.vrty during these
eighty-four fords which it was neces
sary to make going and returning wero
frequently up to their waists in tho
chilly water. The provisions wero
frozen and tho party had nolhYng "to
cat for o day. When going down hill,
it was necessary to tie n rope around
tho hearse to keep It from plunging
down the steep declivities, and this
rope whs trailed to tho rear so that
tho members of the party might tako
It in hand ' and steady tho plunging
hearse. When the destination was
finally reached late tlio following
evening tho liearso was entirely
wrecked nnd the coflln rested upon
the axle-trees. The coffin itself was
so badly broken that the corpse was
exposed.
GREAT SUFFERING.
A. JSIlz7iird the Cause or Much Hardship
Among Settlors 'In Oklahonirt.-
Kansas City, Mo., March IS. The
present storm in Kansas nnd Oklahoma
.is! more severe than any during the
winter. 'The fall of snow"' 'Varies In
depth from C to.S inches on the level,
w.hlch is proving very troublesome to
tho f aitroads. The evening trains from
the west are bulletined late from ono
to four hours and some of them are
posted as "indefinite."
A dispatch from Wichita states that
the fall of snow in the southwest aver
ages 8 inches on the level. Tho morn
ing trains passed through there on
time, but the evening trains are all
late. The telegraph wires west from
there are many of them down nnd it is
.difficult for the dispatchers to keep tho
numb mi liiu muve. inu bLiucu run
way service at Wichita lias been aban
doned on account of the heavy snow.
Dispatches from various points in
Oklahoma indicate that the blizzard
prevails there also. A special from
Guthrie states that it.has been snow
ing there fitfully all day, the snow
being accompanied by a heavy
norther. The fall of snow has not
been sufileient to cause delay to railway
traffic, but it has caused muchdiscom
fort and some suffering among the
pioneer settlers in the Indian lands
that were opened to settlement last
fall. These people aro poorly housed,
poorly clothed and poorly fed, not yet
having had the opportunity to harvest
a crop. They livo in shanties, tents
nnd dugouts and their suffering will be
acute.
The dispatch also states that the
greatest suffering is among tins ne
groes who have been lured to Okla
homa by uufccrnpulous immigrant
agents who have promised them
sustenance until they shall bo
able to support themselves. These
negroes are from all paits of
the south and have no means for pro
viding against emergency. Many of
them have no places to sloop, all aro
poorly clothed and a majority are with
out money. Those who havo gone to
the borders of Cheyenne aud Cherokee
lands to await the proclamation open
ing them to settlement aro, of the poor
est possible classes and their suffering
must be intense.
HER SKULL IN COURT.
Cause of Mrs. Dunton's Death lr. Send
dor (liven it Preliminary Hearing Con
clusive j;vldeuee of Murder (liven by
Dr. l'ulmer.
Chicago, March 15. Frank II. Dun
ton appeared in Justice Brayton's
courtroom Monday afternoon and told
the story of his wife's death and tho
circumstances attending it. Dr. Henry
Palmer, who in company with Dr.
Chittenden had come from Janesville,
Wis.,- recited sensational facts brought
out ut tho post-mortem examination
and exhibited a portion of Mrs. Dun
ton's skull with a ragged hole in ono
sido and several fractured scums across
the bony crown. Dr. "Hurry" Scudder,
the alleged murderer, attended by Ills
wife and "profiler, dozed in his chair
and paid no attention to the sthrlling
testimony. Only two witnesses' for
tho prosecution wero heard. Tho pre
liminary hearing will probably con
tinue, several days.
THE
GREAT COAL
STRIKE.
Serious Uflectu Ilclug Felt In
of Oreut lCrituln.
Mnny l'urts
London, Murch 15. The latest esti-J
mates place tlio number of ininurs now
idle in Oreut ,Brituin at-50,000. At
least 200,000 men in other employ
ments haye been thrown on;t of work
by tho closing down of industries. Tho
Northeastern Railway Company lias
stopped many of its trains because of
the lack of fuol, nnd a largo number
of engineers in the engine works at
Crowe, in tho county of Chester,
havo beon temporarily dismissed for
the same reuton, In tho Leeds district
the strike is severely folt.
AN .AWFUL TRAGEDY.
A Ilrnvo Missouri Olllcur Shot Dead While
Trying to Protect li llrntnl .Murderer
friim nn Angry Slob Ills l'rlsimur
lynched.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Mnroh in. Deputy
Sheriff Williams, of Taho.v county, in
charge of WHo Murderer Bright, was j
shot doad in tho courtroom at I'or-
sytho Saturday night by a mob thnt
was trying to talco the prisoner.
Bright wns lynched by tho mob, hut
owing to tlio distance of Forsy the from
a railroad tho details of tho crime did
not come out until Monday. Taney
county is the scat of tho recent Bald
Knob outrages, and the fnetions still
exist.
There is very strong feeling ovor tho
killing of Williams, and some of tho
mob may bo killed boforo another day
passes. Officer Williams hnd not
drawn a weapon when shot, being en
gaged in tho mere task of removing
his prisoner from the room, trying to
get out of a door before tho mob would
reach him.
Bright, the man lynched, lived in tlio
northwestern part of the county and
was exceedingly jealous of his wife.
Ono morning she started toward tho
bpring for n bucket of water. Bright,
gun in hand, left the house nnd a mo
ment later the children heard a shot
Bright returned shortly and said that
Mrs. Bright had been shot Ho again
left tho house und did not return. Tlio
children found thcidcnd body of their
mother and gavo the alarm.
The farmers hurried to the scene of
the tragedy. Quickly a party of pur
suers took the trail of the fugitlvo
uxorcidc. At each mountain pass tlio
party of hunters received new recruits.
Soon the woods were full of armed men,
on horseback and on foot, armed with
Winchesters, shotguns and revolvers,
bent on capturing tho murderer at
whatever cost. The pursuit was swift
and sure. Every ravine and cliff where
the fleeing criminal might hide was
searched. No terror-stricken fugitivo
from justice could escape that army of
men wbo pressed so resolutely on his
heels. The murderer was run down
and caitured, taken to Forsyth and
lodged in jail.
Saturday a crowd of unusual suo
gathered at Forsythe to hear the pre
liminary trial of Bright The expres
sion wasfelearly written on the faces
of many of the citizens of tho county,
who remained in town all day. Dep
uty Sheriff Williams had the prisoner
In charge. ,
Tho courtroom was crowded with
interested listeners, aud the prelim
inary hearing was progressing quietly
when u mob of about 100 men, all well
armed aud with determination to
avenge the wife murderer's crime
written ou every face, surrounded
the building in which court was
being hold. A deputation twenty-five
strong was sent into the courtroom for
the prisoner. As they made their ap
pearance with arms drawn a panic
ensued, and most of the spectators,
anticipating trouble, beat a hasty re
treat ,
The spokesman of tho deputation
demanded that the prisoner be turned
over to the men. Williams refused and
tried to reason with them, urging them
to allow the law to take its course.
The justice of tho peace be
fore whom the hearing was be
ing held also pletded with them to
withdraw and to respect the law. Tlio
doputation, however, was dead to rea
son nnd insisted that the prisoner bo
turned over to the impromptu court
outside the court room. Still Williams
declined to glvo up his man, who all
this time looked as if he knew his hour
had come.
Finally the delegation, spurred on by
shouts of impatience aud cries of "Hang
him!" "Lynch him!" from the mob
without, made a rush for Bright and
his guard. Williams drew a brace of
revolvers with which he was armed
and was about to firo when a rillo shot
rang out and he fell dead at the pris
oner's feet. The shot had penetrated
his heart.
Tho rest of the work of the mob wns
quickly done. Bright was quickly
seized and dragged out of the court
room. A rope was unceremoniously
placed around lr.s neck. One end was
swung over the limb of a pine tree on
tho mountain side within half a milo
of the courthouse and he was swung
up. His body was riddled with bullets.
Before dying he confessed to having
taken his wife from home last Monday
and tying her to a treo while he delib
erately aimed and sho.t her to death
within hearing of his little children,
four Of whom were under 0 years of
age. The youngsters aro without a
relative this side of Kentucky.
Taney county is wild with excite
ment over the killing of Williams. Ho
was a young man well known in Taney
and adjoining counties. Nino of tho
twelve men that first came to tho jail
were well identified. Most of the mob
caino from tho neighborhood where tho
woman was murdered. This last kill
ing makes a total of seventy-two peo
ple killed in Tauey county since tho
war.
Murder hi the Soldiers' Home.
QjtASJfj JlAi'iDH, Mich,, March 15.
James Johnson, the colored inmato of
the soldiers' homo who was stabbed
Jaijt week by, Peter Thomas, another
coloredfnmnte, died Sunday night from
his iniuries. lie was 72 years old. He
returned to the home, drunk, hnd a po
litical argument with Thomas, who
stabbed him in tho groin when ho
was on the floor being kicked by John
sou. ' Thomas is still in jail awaiting
an investigation.
Preparing to Hoard tlold.
Washing ro.v. March 15. Reports
mado to the comptroller of the cur
ency from tho various- money cpntcra
'oil tlio'Uiiited Slates; and Jiffrtlohlarly
in tho east, indicate an Intention upon
tlio part of the banking institutions of
tlio country to hoard gold In anticipa
tion of the enactment of a sllvor coin
age law. Many of the bank o.Miinluer.H
in their reports stalu that officials of
tho bunks do not hesitate to declare
that tho' pubsttge of a hllver bill by con
gress will Immediately put gold ut a
premium of from 20 to 25 per cent., und
they propose to bo prepared for it.
POST OFFICES FOR ALL.
The Pcnnto rnsscs n 11111 to Uroct n. Tub.
Ho Building In All Towns Where l'ostnl
Roclpts lor Tlireo Years Have Ilxcoodeil
80,000.
Washington, March 15. Tho sennto
on Monday resumed consideration of
tho post office building bill, which was j
passed by a voto of 34 yeas, 31 nays.
By its provisions tho postmaster gener
al is from tlmo to time to etiuso to bo
constructed buildings in nccordauco
with such general designs nnd plans for
tho accommodation, in towns nnd cities
having no federal building, of nil pres
idential post offices tho gross receipts
of which for three years preceding
shall havo exceeded tlio sum
of $0,000 and havo not exceeded
$00,000; such buildings to bo fairly
distributed among tho several states
and territories, the places to be desig
nated from time to timo by tho post
master general, the secretary of tho
treasury and tho sccrotary of tho in
terior, but no buildings aro to bo con
tracted for or erected in excess of tho
amounts which may bo from time to
timo appropriated for such purposes by
congress.
Tho material to bo used in tho con
struction of any such building is to be
determined by tlio postmaster general.
Tho cost of such building and site is
not to exceed 820,000 at any plftco
where the gross receipts for each of
the three preceding years shall not
have exceeded $8,000, and at no other
place shall it exceed a sum equal to
tho aggregate of the postal receipts
therein during tho three years preced
ing; uor shall it exceed $75,000 in nil.
Under the provisions of tho bill
about 1,800 towns would bo entitled to
post office buildings and nn ultimate
appropriation of $25,000,000 would bore
quired. It has been shown in the de
bate that it would be cheaper for tho
Government to make this investment
outright than to pay the rents it now
pays-
AN AWFUL PLUNGE.
Fall at a Heavily Laden IClevutnr In St
Louis The Lives of Thrco Men In
stantly Crushed Out, While Two ltoys
Were Dndly Hurt.
St. Louis, March 15. An accident
occurred about 10 a. m. in tho boiler
making establishment of Rohan Broth
ers, corner of Collins and Carr streets,
by which three workmen wero killed
and two boys severely wounded. It ap
pears that the boys had started down
from the second story with tho largo
freight elevator, on which was half a
ton of iron, and just as the elevator
moved the ropo broke and platform,
iron and boys all rushed down to tho
floor beneath with a horrible crash.
The elevator was a large open con
cern, aud as it fell, three workmen
who were standing under it wero
caught
weight
names
and
aud
are:
crushed beneath the
instantly killed. Their
Henry Keiser, foreman
of the sheet-iron department; Frank
Conn, boilcrmaker, and Hugh Duffy,
n rigger. The boys, Thomas Flaherty
and Michael Sweeney, wero flung out
of the elevator, and wero seriously, if
not dangerously, hurt The fall was
about 20 feet
WISCONSIN CENTRAL WRECK.
One
Person Killed and Several Injured
Near Oshkosh, Wis.
Osukosh, Wis.. March 15. Tho
north-bound passenger train on tho
Wisconsin Central road, which left
this place at 5:0J a. in., Monday was
wrecked by a broken rail at Dale
at 11:22. Tho baggage car. two
coaches and two sleepers were ditched.
Tho wreck took fire and the sleepers
and coaches woro entirely destroyed.
The passengers escaped before the fire
bpread. Brakeman Gildennnn was
killed. The injured are:
Hans Oleson, Chicago, hurt about
head; C. II. Dodd, Oshkosh, injured
about head and internally; M. A. Co
hen, Milwaukee, foot hurt; It. Melehcr,
Neenah, head injured; F. J.lilkcr,
badly burned; Mrs. Delia Flemming,
Elkhart, Ind., injured about legs and
head; L. E. Wilson, express messenger,
slightly hurt; A. W. Jones, Dale,
slightly iniured: F. A. Sminklcr, Chi
cago, not seriously hurt; F. .1. Wink
ler, Chicago, badly burnrfd.
After the pnssengcrs weic taken
from tlio wreck the smoking car was
discovered to be on fire. Tho flames
soon spread to tho other couches, com
pletely destroying tho sraolccr, the
tourists' car, the passenger couch and
two Pullman sleepers.
FAILURE AND SUICIDE.
Jacob Iloehni, of Denr, Tukas u Done of
Polm Heavy Forgeries Discovered.
Dunykk, Col., March 15. A sensa
tional failure nnd suicide occurred here
Monday. About noon attachments
aggregating S7.",000 wero served on
the wholesale liquor firm of Jacob
Boehm & Co., of this city, whose
liabilities, it is thought, will foot
up to 55150,000, there being many
other attachmennts uot yet served.
Some of the creditors are eastern busi
ness men, all hough it is impossible at
present to learn their names. When
the attachments woro served and
the sheriff took possession Jacob
Boehm immediately went to his room
and took a doso of poison. He
was found several hours uftorward
dead In bed. It transpires that Boehm
is a former nnd had forged numerous
warehouse certificates and obtalued
goods on their account in Denver and
elsewhere. When tho full detuils of
his transactions are learned they will
probably show that his forgeries
uuiount to a very high figure.
Conqhussman JonNBON, of Indiana, Is
said to talk at tho rate of 230 words a
minute. The only other man In the
hotiso wIjq can apnroachJolinson in
rapidity of uttoranceTs Catchings, of
Mississippi, whoso usual rate is 230
words a minute.
IVDi:nEW8ici cats but little besides
egfti, and his favorite beverages aro
tea and lemonade. Ono might judge1
from his wonderful blonde hair that his
chief article of diet wus peroxide of
hydrogen.
Tun queen of Italy Is a great readoi
ot Buglish novela.
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of tho LXXth Session of th
Ohio General Assembly.
CoMJMnns, March 8.Stnte Senator Abbott
I Introduced a bill which compels street car com-
I panics to furnish lnolosuros on car platforms to.
protect motormen and drivers from tho weather.
A flno of from fcK to 1 100 la imposod for violation
JlTaZVSZ
InJanuaiy, 1893. Tho Bcnato adopted a Joint
rcsolutltnauthorfrlnB tho secretary of state t
furnish each member of tho general assembly
and tho stato geologist ten copies each of tho
last geological report. Bills Introduced! Pro
vldltiR that bcforo a board of equalization adds
to tho value of real cstato tho owner Uioroof
shall be served with written notice. IJU1
Sassed: Providing for two additional Judges la
uyaboga county to bo elected ut tho fall elec
tion; to authorize the commissioner of Duller
county to Issue luo,00Oin bonds to build two
bridges over Great Miami rlvor In Hamilton city.
llou$' Tlills passed: Amending Sootions .7739,
S747ond37l8by allowing oollcgos of rollRlous
denominations to tnoreaso tho trustees by elect
ing members at lnrfco not exceeding tho number
of conferences In religious denominations co-operating:
nmondlng Section !E13 so ns to mako
tho harborer as well as tho owner of sheep-kill-lng
dogs responsible for injury to shcop;
amending Sections of tha compulsory educa
tion law so ns to compel all minors between tho
Igcs of 14 nnd 10 who havo no business, lawful
occupation or regular employment to attend
school by placing them under tho truancy
claunoi amending Section 140J by requiring In
firmary dlrcotora to glvo notlco of rollef fur
nished foreign paupers within nlnoty days nfor
said relief is provided: amending Section 0881
so os to prevent the croction of tables, stands
or tents by fultlrs on publlo footwnlks or sldo
wnlUs constructed by township trustees:
nmcndlng Section 2J2j ho us to permit boards
of election In cities having registration, to cor
rect on election day mistakes mado by regis
trars: authorizing tlio appointment of eight ad
ditional dlstrlot Inspectors of workshops nnd
faclorles. Hills introduced: Prohibiting Jus
tices of the pence from holding court In other
than tho township In which they wero elooted:
reducing tho fees of tax inquisitors from 25 to 19
percent.
Columbus, March 9 Smote Tho senate de
feated a bill which Is of Interest to tho farmers.
It empowered township trustees to sottlo claims
lor sheep killed by dogs nnd gavo county com
missioners re lowing powor If they consider tho
allowance too much. Bills passed: To amend
Sections Mil und 2K9 by requiring notices to
property n'enei 8 in cities for street Improve
ments to i e -ovud ns other summons, on tho
owner or ni h pi -e of business: to provide for
graduation fiom the common schools of
rural sub-districts und apodal districts,
and tho admission of such graduates
to tho high achools of tho country.
Among tho bills Introduced wns ono to
to appropriate SS.OOO for tho erection of o monu
ment over tho graoof John U. Lloyd, lato of
tho Thirteenth O. V. I., who wus lctllod whllo
planting tho colors of his regiment on Mission
ary Kluge. Thoscnato continued tho appoint
ment of Hon. J. I.. Cameron, of MnyavUle, ns a
trustco of tho Soldiers' and Sailors' homo at
Sandusky. Tlio name of C. E. Ink, of Colum
blana county, was sent to tho sonato by tho gov
ernor for confirmation as a memlier of tho stato
board of pharmacy, for tho term ending In April,
1893, vice G. tt Heckler, of Cuyuhoga county, ro
signed. Adjourned.
Hovtt Nearly tho entlro forenoon session
was consumed In n discussion of Mr. McContca's
senate bill permitting ruUrood companies upon
consolidation with other companies to lssuo
bonds in excess of tho amount of capital stock.
Tho bill was Anally passed. Tho following
bills wero nlso passed: Amending Sections
6337 and fii bo as to provide that bills
must bo perfected In thirty days from
timo of making tho Journal entry, In
stead of thirty days from closo of tho term;
to punish persons found with tlsh In tholr pos
session contrary tolaw; increasing tho compen
sation of u certain rousto teacher at the blind
asylum to 8500 pernnnum: to protect associa
tions, unions or worklngmen and persons in
their labels, trado marks and forms of advertis
ing; to amend Scotlon 3921 so as to allow safoty
deposit and trust companies to deposit with
Htato treasurer United states and State bonds
in lieu of cost: nmcndlng scotlon 6190 ho as to
make It compulsory In excoutors to illo his llnnl
account within ono year after distribution of
cstato; to amend Section 7ST5 by providing
that when in capital cases tho Jury la
drawn nnd tho caso continued to another
term of court a now Jury shall bo drawn.
Mr. Davis introduced a bill to establish tho fed
eral plan of municipal government in Youngs-
lown. iiproviuesiorcicciiouuyiuuTM'opiuoi mo
mayor, who appoints four heads of departments
public works, law, lire and poilco to act with
him on a board of control. Mr. DoWltt's resolu
tion authorizing tho ilsh nnd gamo commission
to take testimony In cases concornlng tho tax on
llsh nets, pending In Ottawa county, was
adopted. Adjourned
Coi.UMnus, March 10. Senate Tho following
bills were Introduced: To kcop Clevoland In the
samo class and grado as at present, unless two
thirds of council voto to ndranco It, Bills passed
To compel railroad companies to block tholr
guard rails and frogs with Iron, steel, hard wood
or any other device which will make positive
boot guards: proildlng that all onkors and men
In tho llro department of Cleveland shall havo
twelvo hours ou and twelve hours off auty;
oxcmptlng persons over 70 years of ago from
Jury service; to prohibit tho tapping of tele
phone or tolegraph wires to obtiln Information
concerning private dispatches. Tno sonato con
firmed the appointment of O. E. Ink. of Colum
biana lounty, us a member of tho state board of
pharmacy, und that of L S. Euko ns a trustco
of the state reformatory at Manstlold.
Honsr Nearly tho cutlro forenoon wns tikon
up in considering three bills of u local charac
ter. Tho socullud Dayton "ripper" wua passed
in a modified form. It prov des that tho Judge
of tho circuit court shall nppolut a bi-partisan
tax commission of six members, and this com
mission shall appoint a bi-partisan board of citv
uHalrs to control the citv. Mr. lllldebrind'ablll
topreent tho storing of dvnumltu within llfty
rods of any occupied dwelling outsldo of a mu
nicipality was passed. Bills passed: To glvo
hotter protection to omploves in mills
nnd factories and occupants of publlo build
inrrs in- nrovldtnt sifer staircases In such
buildings: authorizing tho appointment bv tho
mayor of each village of a Justice of tho
peace, to havo concurrent Jurisdiction ns n po
ilco Judgo In cases of nilstlomoanor: requesting
tho pissngo by congress of tho Caldwoll and
Enochs ship canal bills.
Columbus, March 11. Senate Tho govorn
r sent the name of II. T. Brown, of Athons, to
tho sonato for conllrmatton as a trustee of tho
Ohio university, vice A. G. Brown, deoeascd. It
was referred to tho commltteo on universities
nnd colleges. Tho sonato contlrmed tho ap
pointment of William I, Chimbcrlaln, of Sum
mit county, us a trusteo of tho Ohio university
for tho term ending in May, IW3, and that Of
Dan Mllllkin, of Butler county, as a trustee of
Miami university. Bills passed: To comrol rail
road companies to establish tclephooo or telo
graph eommunloulon nlong tho lines of tholr
roads in Ohio; to amend Section 690) so os to
exempt salmon from the law prohibiting tha
catohlng of certain tlsh botwoou September IS
nnd March IT: to glvo mayors of municipalities
llnal Jurisdiction In potty offenses; to authorise
Franklin county to Issue tia,00 In tonus to com
plete o brldgo over tho Olcntiugy rlvor. Bills
introduced; To nmond Section 4151 by extend
ing tho tlmo of nllrg chattel mortgages from
ono to llvo years: to provide that when burial
p-rnimdM nro nncroaLhed on bv nubllo roads tho
township trustees shall remove tho bodies
buried therein.
Home A M was Introduced which provides
for tho encouragement of raisin? sugar boots or
other Hugar pluuts and tho manufacture of sugar
tn this stato. It provider that thoro shall bo
paid out of tho stato troasury a bounty of ono
tbird of ono cent per pouud uion each und every
pound of sugar produced In this stato from boot
orothor sugar-yielding plants: also a bounty of
two-thirds of a cent for all sugar produced from
beots grown In this stato. In order that a liounty
may bo secured, the sugar raised must contain
not loss than nlnoty per cent, of orysttnllzed
sugar, und the quantity und quality shall bo de
termined by the secretary ot-atato.
Cor,rjMHU3, Maroh 14 Smite Senator Mo
Maken offered n Joint rosolutton in tho Bon
ato which, of lur roclting thu groat bunout to be
derived from tho Columbian exposition by th
people of the United states ana mo groat cost
incldont thereto, requests tho members lnoon
CTC8S from Ohio to voto for u bill appropriating
Jo.OiO (XXI In addition to tho amount already ap
propriated to promote tho iutorest of tho expo
sition. The resolution wont ovor under tho
rules. Bills introduced: ToanthorizoCoshooton
county to lssuo jn.000 In bonds to build a-i nrra
ory for tho Ohio National Guard ut Coshocton;
to authorize Lima to lssuo tlW.OUO tn bonds to
cncour.igo manufacturing, if approved by a two
thirds voto of tho people
Itouti Bills introduced: Amending Seotton
OWW, pcrtnlnlns.to punishment of b-ito givers
and tnkers so us to Indudo wltnosst s, tho samo
having been unlntontlonnllv omitted by ths
printer: consolidating tho tlnh nnd guno com
mission and tho dalrv aud food commission and
prescribing tho regulations for tho salo of puni
food: amending Section or tho act provldlug
for tho iipiIntmout of tho world's fair commis
sion so ns to mevldon salary of 81.000 for tho
director general; muklrg available itt.WO for
tho usi) of tho commission an 1 authorizing tho
commission to contract fora suitable ireraorialt
authorising the vlllapo of Neville, Clormont
county, to ImhuoJI.OOO In bonds for hihool Im
provements: providing for tho transfer by tho
county commissioners, townbhln trustees, ham
let trustees and citv and village councils, of
funds, except in counties having a olty of tn
second class, fourth grade.