The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-22
GENERALlTIES.
Panic In n Church Mt Albany.

Whlle the customary Lenten services were
being held in st. Johns Catholic Church, at
Dallius and South Ferry streets, about o'clock
on Friday evening, cry of "Fire!' was raised
in consequence of the drapery about the statue
of the Virgin having accidentally caught fire.
The church was flld with men, women, and
children at the time, and q of great excite
ment ensued. The entire audience became
panic-stricken, as 1t were on seeing the flames,
and great rush was made for the doors.
Those around the altar made strenuous efforts
to eXtiuguish the burning drapery, and
finally succeeded in doing so before any material
damage resulted. Rev. Father Bayard, while
endeayoring to subdue the flames, was severely
burned in consequence of his vestments taking
fire. This added to the excitement among the
audience, and several of those in the gallery,
finding the passage-way blocked up with the
throng leaped from the gallery to the floor be,
meath. During the excitement, which lasted
some fifteen minutes, several persons were tram
pied upon by the crowd in their anxiety to
reach the street, and were seriously injured.
Among these was little girl named Keogan,
who sustained fractured leg. Under the cir
eumstances it is very fortunate that no lives
were lost.
A Desperate "Bear.o
The stock firm of Evans, Wharton & Co., New
York, have been the victims of fraud of q novel
kind. On Saturday they received an order, pur-
porting to come from DIR. Shelton, to sell four
thousand shares of Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern stock. The order was given by an
operator in stocks who is tolerably well known
on the street and who claimed to be partner of
DIR. Shelton in this operation. The stock was
sold at the market price, S59s@S5H. Yesterday,
upon inquiry, 1t appears that DR.. Shelton knew
nothing of the order, and never had any dealings
with the person who gave it. Messrs. Evans,
Wharton & Co. bought the stock back, and have
| lost by the fraud about $25OO, which they are
| abundantly able to lose. 1t is understood that
| they will take such steps as the law affords to
bring the perpetrator of the fraud to justice.
| Lockjaw-Fatnl Result of an Accident.
few weeks ago youngster named John
| Greengrove, O resident OF Harrison township,
| N. j.. while practising gymnastic exercises in
| Lagowatz's trunk factory, in Newark, over a
| large revolving shaft, was caught by pin and
whirled around with frightful velocity, so that
his garments were torn to shreds, his leg broken
| and his body otherwise seriously bruised. He
| was removed to his home In Harrison. Within
| q few days since lockjaw set in and finally re-
| suited in the death of the poor fellow. He was
| Just turned seventeen.
| ExtraditIon of Caldwell, of New York.
District Attorney Pierrepont received yester-
day, from responsible correspondent in
| Canada, telegram announcing that the court
| had ordered K. B. Caldwell, who is charged with
being one of Blatchford's accomplices in the
| drawback frands, to be delivered up to the
| United States authorities. Judge Pierrepont,
however, has received this news so often that he
does not put any faith in it; nor does he
expect that Caldwell will be actually extradted
$50 long as he has a dollar left for Canadian
lawyers 10 fleece him out OF"
| Railway Conductor Instantly Killed.
| Conductor Ostrander, on the Erie Railway,
| much-respected man, was instantly killed yes
terday afternoon. He was sitting on a tool
| box, behind o switch-house, from which h
| sprang in front of an approaching train, which
| The sWitch-heuse had hidden from his sight
| Death was instantaneous, his body being dread
| fully mangled lie leaves wife and two chill
| dren boarding in Jersey City.