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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, --t- G S. A.
Griffin i» the host and moat promising little
i ty in the th. Its reeord for the past
half decade, its many new enterprises in oper¬
ation, building and contemplated, prove this
o b | business statement and not a hyper-
olical description.
During that time it has built and put into
most successful operation a $100,000 cotton
actory and with this year started the wheels
of a second of more than twice that capital,
ft has put op a large iron and brass foundry,
n fertiliser factory, an immense ice and bot¬
tling works, a sash and blind factory a
broom factory, opened up the finest
*quarry in the United States, and now has
our large oil mills in mors or less advanced
stages of construction, with an aggregate au¬
thorized capital of over half amillion dollars.
It is putting up the finest system of electric
ghting that can be procured, and has ap¬
plied forte o arters for street railways. It
has secured another railroad ninety miles Ion g.
and while located on the greatest system in
the South, the Central, has secured connec¬
tion with its important nval, the East Ton-
Uecaee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtain-
d direct independent connection with Chat
tanoogu and the West, d will break groun
n a few days for a fourth road, connecting
with a fourth independentsrstem.
With its five white and toureolored church
«a, it has recently completed a $10,000 new
Presbyterian church. It has increased its pop¬
ulation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
around its borders fruit growers from nearly
every State in die Union, until it io now sur¬
rounded o* nearly every side by orchards
.and vineyards. It has put up the largest
re it evaporators in the State, It is the home
of the grape audits wine making capacity has
doubled eVery year. It has successfully in
augnrated a system of public schools, with a
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and eimply shows the progrees of an already
admirable city with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
Griffin la the county seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
above sea level. By the census of 1890, it
will have at aiow entimate between6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to th# times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel
Rome if they bring money to help build up the
wu. There is about only one thing we
eed badly junto# sr, and that is a big hotel
We have several small ones, but their accom
medations are entirely too limited for onr
usine s, pleasure and health seekig nguests
If you see anybody that wants a good locaj
tion for u. hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin.
, Griffin is the place where the Gjuffik News
s published—daily and weekly—the best news¬
paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please
ariose stamps in sending for Sample copies,
sad descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.
This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889,
and will have to be changed in a few months
a embrace new enterprises commenced and
urn pie fed,
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VELVET AND PLIJSH
Velvet Velvet Hibbons, Caps.
Baby
- Call and see the new arrivals from New
York. Especially Silk Velvet the $1,25 and upwards.
Black Silk at
Colored Velvet 75c. “
Cardinal Plush, extra width @ f 1 •*
-ALSO,—
New lot Velvet Baby Caps at $1 and upwards.
Handsome Bucbiug at 10c. to 50c.
-(ORDERS-J-
We keep constantly on hand a large and
varied tried stock stock of of elegant elegant trimmings trimmings for the se-
lection of patrons accomplished and orders artiste. ore | promptly |
executed by
MRS. L. L. BENSON’S Art Temple.
No. 20 HILL STREET.
Merchants and Planters
BANK,
JGriffln, Georgia,
Capital, : : : : $100,000
Organized July 1,1889.
Prompt, attention to all business intrusted
tens. Accounts solicited from bank*, firms
INTLAND.
WISDOM ON SILVER.
The Secretary’s Views on the
Cartwheel Dollar.
CERTIFICATES 15 £ FED ON BULLION
At Market Value Reeommeniled — The
Present Policy at Kxcesslve Coinage
Condemued—How to Reduce the Sur¬
plus Without Impairing Protection.
Repeal of the Tobacco Tax Recom¬
mended.
Washington, Doc. 6.—A largo part
of the report of the secretary of the
treasury is up with a discussion
at the stiver question.
He discusses at some length the causes
of the depreciation of silver since 1878
and the remedies proposed. Under the
latter head he says:
have • “Various proposed, solutions of this which problem the
been among
following may be mentioned:
“(l) An international agreement fix-
fug a ratio between silver and gold, and
opening ot the mints of the leading nations
the world to the free coinage of both
metals, at Hie ratio so established.
“In such concert of action, if it could
be secured, is the iinai and satisfactory
solution of the silver problem. ■
The Present Pulley.
and “(2) coining The present $3,000,000 policy worth of purchasing of silver
per month.
"This is now approved by nobody.
“The so called silver men oppose it
because it does not go far enough to
meet their wishes; opponents of silver
coinage it denounce and dangerous it because increase they deem the
unwise to
issue of a coin whose nominal value ig
far in excess of its bullion value.
“(8) Increased purchases and coinage
of silver to the maximum of $4,000,000
worth per month, now authorized by
law. .
“This policy w proposed by many as a
means of increasing our circulation, by
which they assert is deficient reason
of the retirement of national bank notes,
and also as a means of enhancing the
surplus value of product/ silver by absorbing Both these the world’s objects
of
may be far better secured, as will be
shown hereafter, by another method
which possesses all the advantages of
its increased dangers. coinage, and involves none of
Measure Recommended.
"Issue treasury notes against deposits
of silver bullion at the market price of
silver when deposited, payable on de¬
mand in such quantities of silver bul-
lion as wih equal iti value, at the date
of presentation, the number of dollars
expressed on the face of tfle notes at the
market option mice of silver, or in gold, in at silver the
of the government; or
dollars, at compulsory tire option at the hnUnr. Re¬
peal the feature of the pres¬
ent coinage act”
the Mr. Windom of treating states his objections to
deposit policy with the national government banks. mone: He
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regards it as a very serious and danger¬
ous he will precedent take the itself, and intimates that
safest means to over¬
come it without disturbance to trade.
The Surplus.
We turn now from the consideration
of the silver question to Mr. Windom’s
views upon the tariff. He shows that,
exclusive of the sinking fund, we are
of likely about to have $45,000,000, an annualsurplus A revenue of this
could be used is strengthening portion coast de¬
fenses and building up the navy. But
the only available method of getting
this money back to the people is by buy¬
ing bonds, Mr. Windom stands upon
the position that it is foil - '* J -------*
to tax the people heavii
order that the bonds may t
a saving of 2 per cent, interest. He be¬
lieves that the surplus should be re¬
duced by a reduction of taxation, and
he recommends decidedly the abolition
of the tobacco tax,- and suggests that
imposed upon alcohol used in the arts
should also be removed,
Bevialou of the Tariff.
He is also in favor of a revision of the
tariff, but believes that revision should
be made would not be by likely horizontal Increase reduction, the
which to
revenues; nor would by a tariff be likely for revenue take
only, which to
from American producers tneir home
market for transfer $8Q0,wQ.OOO of foreign their pro¬
ducts and it to com-
ry is a governing c
sideration as will lead to a reduction of
the revenue interests. without imperilling Ameri¬
can
Mr. Windom believes that it is en¬
tirely frame within such the bill, power and he of believes congress it to
a to
be the duty of congress to ’---- i
the Mr. continuance Windom is of strong!) .protecl
can commerce bearers, and he favors
very liberal pension legislation,
Bland on Windom’* Plan.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Congressman silver
Bland, author of the standard dol¬
lar law and a staunch advocate of the
'--------* in criticising Sec-
said; “The objections to the plan are
many, Among them is the fact that
silver wiil.no longer be coined. It will
no longer be rated by law witn gold.
except what is now coined, It
will, in short, perform no part in the
measure of the standard of our money.
Gold will be the sole monetary metal
and the sole standard of money. ’
Effect on the London Silver Market.
London, Dec. 6.—The silver market
gave way on the receipt of President
Harrison’s message, which Windom’s discouraged plan
speculators. Secretary here. The
is regarded with disfavor
Times considers that the president's
statement is quite consistent with an in¬
tention of allowing an increase of coin¬
age to tiie extent of $8,000,000 or $4,000,-
OOO monthly. _
Hill Day In th. Senate.
Washington, Dec. A—to the senate
the North Dakota senators were sworn
in and then the senators fell to the in¬
troduction of bills,.most of which had
ftSAVj&SBl wa< 505, which is not quite equal to
past record s of the senate-
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GlUFFIN GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 7. 1889.
PbR THE STJt’R: ME BY NCH.
Th* Nomination «f Brewer * sur-
prlue—8k$lch of Hi a Life.
Washington, Dec. 0.—The president’s
nomination of David J. Brewer, of Kan¬
sas, to succeed the late Stanley Mat¬
thews on the supreme bench was re¬
ceived with surprise here. His nomina¬
tion is cordially a. j. roved by Kansas
and Missouri liepublbnns to whom the
judge is known.
David J. Drawer was born at Smyrna, in
Asia Minor, in June, 1*37, his parents being
missionaries In that place. They returned to
the United States soon afterwards. and set¬
tled tn Connecticut. He graduated at Yale
in 18tt, and studied law with David Dudley
Field in New York and attended the Albany
law school. He went west and in 1859 settled
at Leavenworth, Kan., where he began the
active practice of law. in In lSM'.l 1*61 he t^ was was ap¬ in
pointed a United States commissioner, Atid and
.
was elected judge of the probate and
criminal courts of Leavenworth county. ount Twb
years later he was elected judge of the First
judicial district of Kansas, and in education 1*65 became
president of the City t«.ard of of
Leavenworth. He became on associate jus¬
tice of the supreme court of Kansas of 1870,
And was re-elected M. that position tn 1876 and
1882. He resigned front the bench in4884 to
Accept the appointment of United States cir¬
cuit judge for the Ki.uth judicial circuit,
which was offered to him by President Ar-
thnr.
Tit. Cronin TriaL
Chicago, Dec. 6.—When Judge Mc¬
Connell’s court O’Sullivan opened and Mr. Knnze, Donahoe,
counsel for be¬
gan his address to the jury in their de¬
fence. He first took up Kunze’s case,
arguing radical at other length that there was why no
he should or conspire apparent kill reason Dr. Cronin,
to
and that the identifications of him as
having been seen in the flat at No, i!7
neighborhood of'the Carlson cottage
soon after the murder, were incomplete
and indefinite.
pressed Mr. Mills, the opinion of the that prosecution, the summing ex¬
up in the Cronin case would be finished
by Saturday and that a - verdict might
be reached by Sunday morning.
The Glassboru Trouble*.
Glassboro, N. J. , Dec, 6.—The situa¬
tion among the giassworkers here is
becoming serious. Several breaches of
the peace have occurred and it is feared
that the constables and special deputies
appointed be sufficient by Sheriff maintain Ridgway order. will The not
to ex¬
citement among the union blowers was
intensified have by four information Pinkerton that detectives Whitney
Bros,
working among the non-union hands
with whom they are trying to run their
factory for the protection of the men.
The union men still maintain a bold
front and predict that the effort to run
the factory with non-union men will
prove a failure. The leaders are trying
to prevent attacks on the non-union men
but trouble is feared.
English Opinion' of the Menage.
London, Dec. 6.—Ail of the London
and many of the provincial newspapers
have devoted an uuusual amount of
space to discussion of President Harri¬
son’s that portion message, of it and which more makes particularly reference
to the tariff. While the discussion
courses through various channels it flows
to the common opinion that both of the
great American with parties are speed tending to¬
ward reform greater than
either is aware of and that there will in
all probability be a very decided revision
of the tariff within the next four years.
Newark Insurance Companies Quarrel.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 6.— The fire un¬
derwriters met and decided to disband.
All the insurance companies were rep¬
resented. The companies have been
quarreling independently. for some time. It is They probable will
now act
that the two companies known as the
tended companie:1 wi! * also <Ws-
Igoe anil Mile. Burled.
Minneapolis, Dec. 6.—Brave Tele¬
graph Operator Igoe and W. H, Miles,
his colleague, were buried from Igoe’s
late residence. There was a large at¬
tendance the of al newspaper for aid for men. families Responses of
to app the
the dead men are coming in handsomely
and already exceed $2,000.
Frigidity In the Adirondack*.
Plattsburg, . N. Y., Dec. 6.— The
weather throughout northern New
York eral has been intensely cold. At sev¬
places in the Adirondacks the
thermometer registered from 10 to 16
degrees below zero. Saranac lake is
frozen over.
A Boot and Shoe Assignment.
Toronto, Ont., Dec. 6.—H. E. Hamil¬
ton, boot and shoe manufacturer, has
suspended. Liabilities $40,000, of which
$15,000 is owing to the trade and the
balance to relatives. The assets are
about $55,000.
Baltimore and Eastern Shore,
Easton, Md., Dec. 8.—The first train
on the Baltimore and Eastern Shore
railroad was run between St. Michaels
and Easton. Two trains each way be¬
tween these points are scheduled to run
daily. * ,
Ihe Squadron to Sail Saturday-
lution Boston, will Dec. probably 6.—The squadron finish coaling, of evo¬
not
etc., in time to sail before Saturday
morning. The officers attended a grand
toll gt the navy yard last evening.
Stanley at Bagayneyo.
London, Dec, 6.—The dispatch to
---- ' that Sta
is <
the
lief committed from Zanzibar.
The Blehcs of Mozambique.
Lisbon, Dec. A—The Portuguese Geo¬
graphic society proposes, with the aid of
the government, to organize a national
company to exploit the alleged innum¬
erable riches of Mozambique.
Striking Printer* Succumb.
Rome, 6a., Dec. 6.—The Tribune’s
union printers, who have been on strike
against a non-union work. foreman, The surren¬ office
dered and returned to i
is now non-union one.
Jimmy Hone sun tn.Custody.
the New case of Yoke, Bank RE, lank Dpc*. Burglar 6. -Argument Jimmy Hope in
omaqot concluded tcluded. Hope remains in
custody of the deputy sheriff of Cayuga
county.
I: nr.cl-..me Barry Hanged.
NEW York, Dec. 6.
known as “1
labor pmracs.
Programme of the Farmers and
Knights of Labor.
FUtMEBS’ MEETING AT 8T. LOUIS.
In an Interview Mr. Powderly Unfolds
the Political Clam* Proposed by the
7w« Bodies—Consolidation Will Be De¬
terred lor the Present upd Energies
Concentrated «u Political Reforms.
St. Louie, alliance Dec. 6.—Tfye accomplished Burners’ and
Laborers' very
little yesterday owing to the non-arrival
until last night Ot -'Mr. Powderly, who
was expected to speak the subject of
consolidation.
The meeting was called to order by
President Eva* Jones, after which ex-
President C. W. MeCune, of the Farm¬
ers’ and Laboier*' union, of Washing-
submitted number rpngat of suggestions
a re¬
garding the gathering or crop re¬
ports, A number etc. of committees confer¬
on appointed,
ence, and the constitution, etc., tvere
in listening rest of speeches. the (lay Y was consumed
to
Mr. Puwdcrly Interviewed.
Mr. here Powderly just said how tot far night: “We
are to see apart we
stand on the questions tat issue. Our
cause is a common one, and in the near
future I think there wiT
tion of all the interests
entirety legislative represents. In
that bodies h*ve mode unjust
discrimination against the farmers by
special acts of legislation in favor of
corporations take steps to assist we deem each it other. necessary We to
are
both working for the same end, and this
conference is for the impose of estab¬
lishing confidence in eaSi other.
Political Action.
“We shall agree that when the far¬
mers put a candidate in the field for
a position, legislative, will senatorial---” support ’ '
we
and do not they will do the
organization agree on will any
i
dictate. It may be
future period we will consolidate, but at
present we will not try to do anything
of the kmd.
The Virginia Legislature.
legislature Richmond, Va., Dec. in 6.—Ihe Virginia
elected the contest of
Nov. 5 last was opened. Both branches
are overwhelmingly that hawai Democratic, ot to the
senate party the 40 mem¬
bers, and in the house 85 of the 10G.
Soon after the two houses were or¬
ganized will be Governor succeeded Fitzhugh Jan. Lee, who
on X next by
last Capt, annual Philip W. McKinney, sent in hxs
message. The feature of
this paper is its treatment of the debt,
the question which has been the cause
of so much political strife in this state
for the past twelve years. Some of the
best financiers think that Governor lie
in this message has come nearer a solu¬
tion of this, question than any of his
predecessors.
A Spiritualist'* Crime.
New York, Dec. 6.—A wild eyed
man, who said he was a spiritui spiritualist,
pointed a revolver at Robert O. Cashln’
who was in his store at STo. 70 West
\TinnfnanfL o4**n/’4- ( 1 anLtn .1
The of Cashin’s bullet went right through hand. The the fellow fleshy part
was
plainly a lunatic.
Ilk. Maryland Republican*.
Washington, Dec. 6.—At a regular
meeting of held the Maryland ; Republican
association at Monumental hall
the following officers»were elected for
the ensuing Oliver year: James W. Keefe,
president; E. McDonald, Shaw, vice president;
S. secretary; James M.
McCauley, sergeant-at-arms. treasurer; C. M. Bartsclier,
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The Hurley Suspect Held.
Ashland; the Wis., Dec. 6.—A special
says examination of the Hurley
bank robbery suspect his been com¬
pleted, to the February The prisoner off was the bound municipal over
term
court under $4,000 bonds. The Thayer
woman, will have the hearing alleged mistress Saturday. of Baker,
a on
Firs at Fulljumn.
Chicago, Dec. 6.—Fire which origin¬
ated in a lumber kiln in Pullman des¬
troyed between $75,000 and , $100,000
worth of car lumber and ten of the six¬
teen lumber kilns of the Pullman Car
company. The loss is fully covered by
insurance. The cause of the fire is un-
known. • y- ,/
Drowned lu a Well.
Stecbenvillk, O., Dec, 6.—Two boy
by the >ai breaking shaft, of near the this place,
were, well rope, pre¬
feet cipitated of into add A both containing drowned. twenty
water were
A Hunter Minot* His Friend.
Owkn Bound, Ont., Deo. 6.—While
William Kennedy and Hiram Limbumer
were hunting in the woods the former
saw what lie supposed Limburner to to a deer and
fired, shooting through the
bock and killing him instantly.
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Boulanger Still Hope* to Return.
Park, D.c. 6.—Gen. Boulanger has
sublet his residence in this city, with the
proviso that he shall be allowed to re¬
take possession of it at any moment
without extended notice beforehand,
Forty Men Bail In » Cellar.
Palmer, Miss.. Dec. A—During an
auction in a cider hull at South Belcher-
town the floor gave way precipitating
forty men to thecellar. gome twelveor
thirteen were injured, two seriously. ^
* Victim* of (hr H «t« Fire.
Boston, Dec. 6.— The general fund
for the benefit of tike families of the
firemen here who amounts perished $5,875. In the recent fee
now to
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PITTriBURG’K MKW RIVAL.
Big ImtrnnS *«»el Work* to In* K*l*li-
IDliod nt »!>U*lM»r.v, N. i .
Baltimore, Dec. 0. - The Mnnu
facturers’ Itecrn publishes in detail the
formation of lit a u nioanv with « capital
of $1,000,000 bnlikbaiy. N. whose
purpose is to develop the W. h Bessemer
ore tonka' of {fori o' < '.ov.lhia «ad erect
Bessemer iron work-sat Greens¬
boro. This win i, the first furnace
south of Mary tout w h dly for the im¬
pose of making Be* «taer pig.
For the Grvonsbor., • nc-es the high
grade ores froth the famous Ore
property, x .. forty . miles sotuht-a *n»»»h..n t i Of
Greens! reensboru. ~ will " U- used. Among the
intorporator* 8. Scott, of tent the company tin* Richmond aretSeorge and
DrniviUe pr. ib.arond s» company. o New York:
James D. Pace, president Planters
Notional bank, Richmond: B. B. Osier,
Q. C„ Toronto; A. M. Andrews, vice
president Richmond and Danvill- i'oil-
road company; William E. Anderson,
president Chi ells' National- bank,
Raleigh; Fulfils Yadkin A. * ray, railroad. president Gape Pro¬
Pear and Valley
fessor Charles I). Wilber, lately geologist
of Illinois, Chicago, and Congressman
Henderson, of North Carolina.
The company possess 3,000 acres ot
iron ore lands iti Chatham and Moore
counties and 2,000 ceres around Greens¬
boro. The company plant, will immediately with daily
build an iron furnace a
capacity of 150 tons, to be followed
shortly by other furnaces, steel plant
and rail mill. Comparing the advan¬
tages 0 f North Carolina and Pittsburg
in the manufacture of steel. The Record Geolo¬
savs, drawing upon the report of
gist Thomas P. Williams, on Ore hill,
that the ores can be mined for 50 cents
a ton and put into the Greensboro fur¬
naces Jor$l a ton, Pittsburg the same grade five of
ores and six costing time the that furnaces
amount.
FOR THE WORLD’S FAIR, f
Tlte Kill New Fork Hu Prepared to In¬
troduce in Coikgree*.
New York, Dfo. 6.— The world’s fair
guarantee fund now amounts to $5,135,-
The committee has 1 agreed upon
the measure which congress will be
asked to enact, providing fqr the ex¬
position. The bill provides for the
erection of a corporation to be styled
“the United States international com¬
mission,” which shall direct the ex¬
hibition, under the subject auspices to of the the supervision United States and
government. The commission shall
consist of two commissioners from each
state, one from each territory, one from
tiio District of Columbia, to be nomi¬
nated and appointed by the by governors the president. of the -Mates About
100 New York men are also named as
members.
The exposition shall to held in New
provided that the for grounds, he shall buildings, make proclama¬ etc., are
tion of the exposition, and invite commis¬ foreign
nations to take part in it. The
sion tal stock may to receive the amount subscriptions of not of capi¬ $20,-
over
000,000, to to divided into shares of $10
each.
Wool Glower* Want Protection.
Washington, Dec. S.—Hon. Colum¬
bus Delano, president of the wool
growers convention, delivered his an¬
nua! address, urging protection to the
wool industry which will of the country control by legisla¬ the
tion secure of
home market to American producers.
Let the nation, he Said, gi ve to wool
growers a little of the mid already
given to manufacturing industries and
all the wool used in this country woold
soon be produced he insisted, here. wool Without pro¬
tection. growing in
the United States must soon be aban¬
doned foreign because wool. of its competition with
Bending We»t Virginia Goal to. Baltimore
Baltimore, Dec. The West Vir¬
ginia Central Railway company are
talking with the about Western building Maryland a connection railroad.
Their line terminates at Cumberland
and the Western Maryland goes to
Hagerstown. Western Virginia The statement Central which is that the
the steam coal fields and depends tops
the Baltimore and Ohio to bring upon the
coal to Baltimore, cannot get more than
half enough shipped to fill their orders.
The outlook for the future leads them
to consider the advisability of getting to
Baltimore by another route,
Another Kentucky- Fend,
Louisville, Ky. , Dec. 6.— Another
Kentucky feud is breeding, with Pu¬
laski county as the scene of the
prospective operations.' The Warm an
and Hamlin have families, armed themselves who live on and Eagle
creek, a
pitched ment. The battle feud is expected originated at two any years mo¬
ago in the betrayal of James War man’s
daughter, of Evan Hamlm.
, Killed by the Can.
Elkton, Md.,Dec. 6.—William Heath,
a track walker, w as killed near North¬
east by a wrecking train on the Phila¬
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail¬
road. Aaron Winslow, colored, was
found dead on the railroad near Beacon
Hill. He was killed by a train tn the
night. _____________
The We»ther.
Fair; warmer; easterly winds.
NUGGETS OF NEWa
High tides have considerably long Branch. dam¬
aged the iron pier at
The municipal resulted election in sweeping at Plainfield,
N. J.. a vic¬
tory for the license element. For the
last year Plainfield has had no liquor li¬
censes and in consequence over sixty il¬
licit drinking places flourished, while
the city lost $7,000.
William H. Vogdes, ex-representative
from in the attempting Thirteenth to Philadelphia drivo dis¬ the
trict, Valley railroad tracks across
Chester . was
struck by a locomotive and seriously in¬
jured.
Representatives of the five stock bn
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DEATH ON THE RAIL
A Crowd oi Workmen Ban Down
at Wilkesbarre.
THE PENNfX LVANTA DAT
Wracked KMs> «re.»*bur|—Many Fa*-
tenser* laju -ed — Three Men Killed
and One Fatnl.y Injured la th* Accident
at W like*haric—( »u«ht Between Two
Train* «m«I Shooklualy Mangled.
Wilkkkbaru-.:. Pa., Dec. The
pie of this cit; tv were startled by tto
pprt that a frightful accident hod o«*
Jersey, at the Hazel Street station, al¬
most in the center of the city. The re¬
port spread rapidly, and investigation
proved it only too mi-. peculiar
The accident w as a one, and
happened in ibis way. Over 100
employed the , Ashley shops
men at cat
assembled at the Hazel ritreut station to
hoard tire train which The usually train take*
them to their work. con¬
sisted of several flat cum amt a cat*"*
As it approached the station the---
made a rush to climb on, some of them
remaining on the platform, and others
going upon the north bound track so as
to board the cars from the opposite side.
Struck by the Engine.
At this instant the fast freight hounding from
along the south, at high No. rate 450, of speed. came It would
a
seem that in their anxiety to to get on
their own train, or owing to the the attend-
ing excitement, they did not see •ee, or If
they did, they aid not heed the ■ as
approaching freight. There is
stretch of straight tracks at this i point.
There light was the plenty locomotive of light and still the burn¬ head¬
of was
ing, yet they failed to see or heed it.
Those on the platform saw the danger
to the men on the north bound track
and shouted to them to look out, but
some of them seemed to pay no atten¬
tion. -Others scrambled on the work
train, but quite a number still remained
on the track.
Two shrill whistles from the locomo¬
tive of the freight seemed to paralyze
the unfortunates and then quicker than
into a flash and the through monstrous the engine of humanity ploughed
mass
on the track. Some were crushed be¬
neath the wheels, other were thrown
against the train standing on the oppo¬
site track, and others still were knocked
down by the shock.
An Awful Spectacle.
When the train had passed an awful
sight met the gaze of those who had
gathered at the station. For a distance
of nearly twenty the rails. yards Wood *”“* and '* ------- brains
besmeared -
an^mulrie wenTscs
taken remains the were late tenderly homes the deceased,
to of
which they had left less than an hour
before.
Following are the victims:
Benjamin f’olsue, used 55, leaves a widow
no i He was struck on the breast
by the pilot, thrown awn fifteen fifteen feet feet the In in th# th# air. air,
and fell lifeless on t the the east east side (ride ot ot the track. track.
Richard Brant aged about 60, leaves a wife
and ten children. After I wing struck be fell
on th# track in front of the engine mglne and i
wheels passed over the center of the body,
cutting him into halves. His head was also
cut open, and brain* and entrails were scat¬
tered over the rail* for some distance.
Stephen Steffel. a Dole, residence unknown;
leg cut off and heart crushed Into an almost
unretognizah:# Odonej- Brest, mc«c. the hack of the
struck on
head; still » ive, but delirious, and probably
fatally injured. The lout report from hi# bed¬
side Is to the effect (bat be is very low and
cannot live. /\ '
Eight nice others , knocked
or were
down, but not seriously injured.
DAY EXPRESS”WRECKED.
The Fast Bound Flyer Buns Into m
Freight Train.
Pittsburg, Dec. 0.— The east bound
day express on the Pennsylvania road
crashed into a freight train near Greens-
burg and was wrecked. The
was turned from the main track by a
misplaced switch, and the engines came
together with a terrific crash.
M. L Brown, of Scottdale, had his leg
broken and was ent on the bead and injured
internally.
Elmer Myers, of Adatnshurg. was scolded
•by escaping steam, and wilt probably die.
Engineer Holy was seriously hurt.
Fireman Georgs Gray wss cut and bruised,
bat will recover. Ilf' *<
| W e from' of i| Harrisburg. *
George fnjager, of lot
smashed and sustained severe bruises.
Samuel Fier, of south Philadelphia, received
a gosh on the bead and hod his band smashed
Abe CussoU, co l or e d , had ids fare
bonds badly cat.
A number of others were Injured, but
slightly.
Dr. Gamble, of New York, was on
the train, and although hurt, attended
to the wounded.
Pardon* for Liquor Seller*.
Harrisburg, Dec. 6.— The board
pardons, recommended at an adjourned
the pardon of • R
Sweitaer, Abraham Shultz and Jesse
Baughman, of Somerset county, sen¬
selling tenced liquor to three without months license. in prison The
a
same of persons were sentenced to pay a
fine 8500 and costs, whose remission
the board declined to recommend.
board also asked the governor to pardon
Robert H. Crum, of Lycoming
convicted of embezzlement
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Kii:*a HI* Father and HimerU.
Nazareth, Pa., Dec. 6.—People here
were startled this morning upon hear¬
ing tii- report that William Hoffeditz.
of thi- place, had been shot and killed
at Butte, Mont., by his son, Arthur F.
Hoffeditz, and that the latter bad then
committed suicide, William
had a wife and one son iiv:
eth, two Maueh daughters Chunk, at The
one at ____
father and son wifi be brought to !
eth for interment.
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