The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern ana Middle States.

:. An oil train and freight train on the Iehigl
valley railroad, at s Satington, Pa, collided
and the shock caused an explosion of tn
engine attached to the oil train. Several car
OF OIL were set on fire and an oil tank suddenl,
exploded, scattering large volume of burninl
OIL over number Of spectators, one Ct whom
was killed and about fifteen we're more or lesi
dangerously wounded. frightful spectacl,
was presented as the oil-covered men raI
wildly in all directions wrapped about in flame,
which shot up several feet above their heads
Only one man had presence OF mind to run tc
the river, while another ran into house and
the inmates smothered the flames with carpets
Some of the oil-soaked men passed friends who
were helpless to aid and could only look on in
| impotent horror. The pecuniary loss is esti-
mated at 5000, 000
AT variety performance in the Pawtucket
! OR. I) Opera House, Mile. Volante supported
| an apple upon her head, and Mrs Jennie
! Fowler, whose stage name is Franklin, was to
shoot the apple while standing with her back
to the mark, taking aim by the reflection in a
mirror. The rife was discharged and Mile.
Volante fell dead on the stage, the bullet hav-
ing pierced hor forehead. Mrs. Franklins ar
rest followed.
Governor Mcclellan has appointed john p.
Goss, John S Lee and Edward T. Bell COM
missioners to the Paris exposition from New
Jersey
The New Jersey Legislature has adjourned
for the session.
A fifty horse power boiler in the engine
room Of the Boston stamping mandatory of
LeaYey Co., Cambridge, Mass, exploded,
and three men were killed. another was fatally
injured, and six others more or less severely
wounded. The boiler was hurled through the
oriok walls OF the engine-room and the wooden
walls OF the building inclosing it, 13O feet
across the canal. Michael Moirland the en-
gineer, was found crushed between the boiler
and the granite walls of the canal James
Anglin and Nathan Burgess, at work in the
riveting-room in line with the course Of the
boiler, were taken from the canal dead and
mangled, having been swept along by the
boiler in its terrific fight. George Gerrity was
taken from the ruins of the engine-room fatal
ly injured. The two-story building containing
the engine was completely demolished, and the
hve-story main building, in which one hundred
persons were at work was considerably shat
tered.
Seven persons injured by the shower of
burning oil at Slatington, Pa, have died.
About twenty thousand persons witnessed
the launch of the new steamship City Of Para,
belonging to the Brazilian line at Chester Pa.
Among those present were President HAYES.
Secretaries Schurz, McOrearv and Thomson
a quorum from both houses of Congress,
Governor Hartranft the mayors of New York
and Philadelphia, and other prominent persons
from those cities.
The insane asylum connected with the Steu-
ben County IN. Y.) poorhouse, situated two
miles north of Bath, was set on fire by one of
the inmates who was subject 20 fits but was
considered harmless. The building contained
between sixty and seventy inmates at the time
the flames broke out, and of these fifteen we're
burned to death while the rest were rescued
with much difficulty. The building was of
brick with iron-grated doors and windows,
which made it impossible for the unfortunate
persons inside to get out without assistance
10 Cnn gwNvsnon xA11, xl.-l
prisoners endeavored to get away were hoi1i-
Tying in the extreme. Ten Of those burned to
death were females and five males
Ex-Governor Moses, of South Carolina, was
arrested in New York upon a requisition of
Governor Hampton, charged with having
forged check for 1916.
Seman Klous a New York dealer in hatters
materials, has failed for 100000.
The New York Produce Exchange has be-
gun thirty-nine suits in sums aggregating $780,
900, against the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany for losses incurred during the labor
troubles last July.
Charles Pardee, aged about seventy-fye. a
wealthy banker Of Skaneateles, N. Y, com
mitted suicide by cutting his throat.
Secretary Sherman has had another confer
ence in New York, with leading bankers, re-
garding the resumption of specie payments.
He expressed belief that resumption would
10 pAdCJlCdDl6 dI Tue LlIne nXed by law, but
desired the active cooperation of the banks
The secretary proposed that the banks should
take 100000, 900 four per cent bonds at par
one-fourth OF one per cent. commission to be
allowed-to be paid for in gold before January
l, 1879. Some OF the bank presidents did not
receive the proposition with much favor, while
others approve it, bnt no conclusion was
reached
8. Angler Chace, treasurer of the Union
Mills Fall River, Mass, confessed that he had
embezzled from the company about $500 000 |
The defalcation has been going on for a num-
Der OF years, but was unsuspected, as Mr.. !
Chace was man of high social position in |
Fall River, where he has lived since 1922 He |
Was an ex-member of the Massachusetts House |
OF Representatives and State Senate and be-
sides being treasurer of the Union Mills he was
also president of the Second National Bank
and OF the Five Cent Savings Bank both of
Fall River. The defalcation is represented bv
over issue OF the company's notes, and the dis
,overy that something was wrong was first |
made when one of the corporation notes had |
ZONE to protest. The Union Mills Company |
vas one OF the largest Of the great corporations |
n FAN River. On the morning after the defal-
'atlon became known the mill property was |
attached by Providence banker
An unusually atrocious murder was COM
nitted in New York by Michael Fogarty, who |
Il led his wife and then cut his own throat.
At one time Fogarty owned grocery store and |
vas prosp5 roUs; but after a while disasters |
'ame and then he ran away to Canada, leaving |
MS debts unpaid. Returning secretly he found |
hat his wife had opened a grocery store on her
'Wn account and was earning a livelihood for
herself and children. Fogarty demanded an
interest in his wife's business. She refused,
md theneeforward the quarrels between them
we're frequent and acrimonious. Fogarty had
'rought civil suit against his wife, which
vas pending and on the day previous to the
murder Mrs. Fogarty caused her husbands ar
est in police court because he had locked up
Ter store, taking away the keys. The justice
compelled him to return the Beys, and he went
II muttering. That night Fogarty obtained
omission to his wife's room while she was
sleep and poured nitric acid into her eye. The
ain awoke her, when he seems to have COM
'eted his hendish crime by pouring the
emainder of theacid in her ear and stsbbing
Ter with knife in the back of the neck. Then
e terminated his own existence by drawing
he knife across his throat. The Fogartys had