The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-08-19

s"'o sae sAootluk. 4ne young man ana WO-
man belonged 10 the best families in the place,
and quite q romance is connected with their
lives Six or seven years ago they were mar
ried ut picnic. but the parents terfered, and
tne courts declared the marriage null and
void. Since arriving at age, Parkharst de-
sired re-marriage, but the girls parents
objected, and the feeling was engendered. On
the 18th inst, Pa1khust again tried to
persuade the girl to live with him, and upon
ner refusal drew revolver shooting her, and
then himself
Railway Accident.
A dispatch from Pine City, Minn., of
Ang. IL, states that ut about 1:l6 Z. IN. of that
day IN accident occurred on tho Minneapolis
4 st. Louis railroad to freight train which
left Duluth the previous evening. The train
was running At its usual speed, probably about
twelve miles IN hour, when IN axle of the
forward freight car broke, throwing that car
and six or seven others of the the track and
plltng them up badly wrecked. The follow.
ing cara and the sleepers were somewhat in
jured by the shock but remained on the track.
None OF the passengers or train men were Sc.
riously hurt, but when search was made
through the wreck, three boys were found
dead, and another alive, In An overturned
crushed car OF wheat. The dead boys had
been buried and smothered by the wheat.
The dead boys were Peter Martin, John Irwin
and Geo. Adams, the youngest eleven years
old and the Oldest sixteen. The living boy
was Ed. Conley. All these boys were from
Minneapolis, and were stealing ride. Six
OF the cars were badly wrecked.
Wife Murder.
Charles H. Richmond, ex-railroad en-
siaeer, shot his wife in Minneapolis on the
morning of August l3, causing her death In a
short time after the shooting. After shoot.
ing bis wife, Richmond shot himself, and died
in about two hours. Tho parties had lived
unhappily. Richmonis was dissolute char.
acter aud had been discharged from the rail.
road employment. His conduct was 80 Lad
bis wife refused to live longer with him and
had resolved to apply for divorce. The day
before the murder he had an interview with
his wife. She told him she would no and could
not live with him that she could not stand his
wicked behavior any longer. She was afraid
Of her life, and spent the night with Mrs
George L. Weaver. In the morning as she
passed into the yard with her little nsice
Edna Weaver agedSh years, Richmond who
had been lying In wait, fired = shot gun into
her head, and as che sank helplessly to the
ground, he fred tho second barrel into her
'ody. One of the shot struck the little girl
While the smoke was still coming from the
murderous gun, Richmond placed revolver
At his temple and fred and fell sweltering
In his gore. Mrs. Richmond Is described by
all who knew her. as being modest christian
woman, of lovely disposition, and beloved
by oil who knew her.
Destructive Fire.
New York telegram; Aug. 10: This
morning the hull Of the burning. vessel Me.
taux, ablaze, loated against the pier occupied
by the American Export Lumber company, at
Hunters point The premises occupied by
the company occupied both sides OF New Town
creek. At the time the Nietau came in con.
tact with the pier, they were unloading there
a large number Of vessels. The fire immedi-
atelo communicated to the lumber yard and
spread in ev ry direction with lightning ra.
pidity. From the lumber yard the fire spread
to the vessels, and notwithstanding the efforts
made by some Of the tugs, which hastened to
their assistance, six barges, one schooner and
one ship were soon in flames. Over two acres
of fire is now raging wildly, aud it appears be-
yond the control of the firemen. Several
burning vessels were tOwed INTO the river and
have drifted with the tide toward Blackwelrs
Island, enveloped iu sheet OF flames. The
fire Is spreading in every direction, and no
estimate can be formed as to its probable ex.
tent. The scene from the river is one Of in.
describable grandeur, the flames rising In
every direction and devouring everything in
their path. The total loss is expected to be
half d million dollars.
Railroad Horror.
August nth two excursion trains on
the West Jersey railroad at Mays Landing
were telescoped, the locomotive of the rear
train running into the rear car,Nnd exploding
its cylinder head, filed the wrecked car with
steam aud scalding water. Eight were killed
and between forty and fifty injured-many
fatally, being terribly scalded. As there was
nearly 1900 people from Philadel-
phia On the excursion, the excitement
among thoso looking for friends at the wharf
q the wounded were brought over from Cam
den, was intense. Some Of the women had
gone to the seaside in light summer costumes,
which proved slight protection against the
steam jets, and the only difficulty was to see
where these people are not burned. Some
were carried from the cars mass
Of -four and cotton under which the
human form was scarcely distin.
guishable, and but for low moans, they SEEM
ed dead. At two o'clock this morning ten
ambulances were full, aud as the number OF
stretchers proved inadequate several OF the
victims remained in the cars. OF the persons
on the rear platform Of the first car, come
jumped to the ground, and then rushed panic
stricken into the cars. The locomotive came
bounding on and crashed into the rear end,
still standing upon the bridge, and with such
force that the engine fairly plowed row half
way into the car and lifted the roof Of the cars
over the smoke stack. The shock broke one
Of the cylinders Of the boiler, and instantly
boiling water was poured out upon the help.
less and frightened victims in the car: Rain
had been pouring down and all the windows
were closed, and the steam filing It instantly
added to the horrors of the occasion and the
suffering Of the victims; from the outcoming
vapor came the shrieks of women, the walls Of
children and the yells Of men. The peopls on
the first train ran pell.mell from the cars or
jumped from the windows. It was some time
before they became sufficiently composed to
make IN effort to release the injured and re-
lieve the suffering. As there were nearly 2.O00
people from Philadelphis on the excursion,
the excitement among those looking for
friends at the wharf was intense. Up to Thurs
day night, Aug. 1,2 there had been fifteen
deaths, and two more were expected to die
before morning. The conductor and engineer
have been arrested fol manslauehter.
Internal Revenpe Rnrean