Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-30
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GREAT RIOT IN NORTH CAROLINA
fRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
AN EXECUTION IN ST. LOUIS
EXPENSES OF PRESIDENT GLRFIELDS ILLNESS
Frightful Collision on the Pcuu.,I,..
mia Road.

frighhu1 Collision on the Peuus,I,n n
| mia Road.
TWO MEN BURNED TO DEaTH. oSE MISSING AND sEy
ERAL INJURED.
PHrLADELrHrA. December 3n-There WAS a ter,,
pie railroad accident on the PENNSYLVANIA railroae
AT ChrtSttana. between Phlladelphfa and Isncas
ss, eary this morning: west-bouad freight
nain hrst broke loose and another train ran intd
~. "A smash up enSuad. and soon alts.rwar,i,
aho.her freight train came along and ran into tbf
me- , anu al.er this The whole mass took fire
Two men are burned 10 death ana two or tLr,e 4 N
injured badly. one beyond possibility of recovery
r Anolher man Is missing, and is supposed 10 bs
somewhere In the wreck The authorities have
sent 10 Lancaster for fire engines II v,n t.le
we've or fifteen hours 10 clear the track hut pas
ing ssngefs rs are being transferred. The new spaper
'rdih pound west Is east OF the wreck.
PHILapELPuIA, PA, December 30 lO.so am
ne brakeman Killed by the wreck az ChrfsiIana
Was maS young unmarried man from Maryland he
had only been on the rnad two weeks his
charred remains were found untier the wre,t Ths
deceased engineer and fireman were both residents
M OH, ,iarTisoug and married men, The firr engines
lIoh Lancaster. twenty miles distant from the
scene OF the wreck. have arrived there and am
now playing on the fire.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
tHRisT1ANa, Pa. December 3a-Tha engine nf
tne iattcr tram 10 run into the wreck was p.tchea
on It's side, and the flying cinders SCI firr 10 the
Laih. IWo locomotives and seven ears loaded with
siissWare, grain and shingles and nails were de-
Sfoyed. The glass became a melted mass and
spread over the burning pile and surrounding
ticks. The body ol Charles Frownfelter a brake
man, ol Hafrlspurg, aged twenty years, WAS en-
i;rsly consumed III the flames Engineer Geor.r
DinThderier, married, ana Fireman Georye Craig
single, are both badly burned and scalfei and
are considered beyond recovery In addition "a
the cars burned six Others were totslIy wre ,ked.
FIRE engines have arrived from Lancaster and are
HOW paying on the ruins, and hundreds OF people
art hooking IN from the surrounding country 10
witness the scene. Both tracks are completelD
o'oched' out passengers are being transferred.
Great Riot in North Carolina.
SERVICES OF MILITIA ACCEPTED TO SUPPRESS n
NORFOLK, VA, Decent 30-No further reports
OF Vielence from the rioters have heen received
from Plymouth, n. c., but the town il still In a
state or Intense excitement and apprehension.
Governor Jarvis Is en- route thither ana has teie-
graphed the proper officers In that section OF the
state 10 repair 10 the town and institute an imme-
diAte and thorough investigation.
Inc services OF the Pascuotank rifles OF Eliza
betn llty. nave been accepted to aid In SUPPRESS
Ing the trouble. This ana other military compa-
nies Will arrive to-day.
IA telegram from Raleigh, y. C., last night said:
IhiS morning the following telegram from Mayor
A. ID. Gaylord, OF Plymouth, was received at the
executive department here:
"There Is an unprecedented riot in this town and
am unable TO suppress il 10y the civil authority
OF this county. earnestly appeal y you 90 order
several military companies TO be here al the ear
LEST tine possible to suppress IT, There are now
three hundred negroes here, all armed with guns
They are defying the law all round"
s,s,,n ueiegram was received from Governor jarvis
John w. Cotton, OF the LIST regiment, and two In
fantry companies OF the North Carolina state
guards to Plymouth.
ORIGIN OF THE RIOT
special dispatch received tonight from a well
Informed and reliable gentlema u OF Edenton which
some details OF the riot and its causes. on Satur-
day morning, the 24th instant, several negroes at
Piynouth were fighting among themselves. This
a constable tried 10 stoo. He was resisted, beaten
and SHOT; one OF his posse was mortall, wounded
ana another stabbed. An armed crowd OF negroes
prevented arrests at that time On Tuesday last
-fkAl nd faE Ear
before a magistrate, examined and sent TO jail In
de1ault of bail to await action OF the superior
court. On the Way TO jail Sheriff Dempsey Spruu
was attacked and his prisoners rescued and ara
now at large. DIR. WoodsOn, the physician attend-
ing the diving member of the posse who had been
Shot saturday, was attacked by 1nfuriated No.
groes, but not seriously hurt.l
News Of the Day Abroad.
TRIAL TRIP THROUGH THE ST. GoTHARD TuNNE,.
GENEVA, December 30.-Ihe trial trip through
the 81. Gothard railway tunnel yesterday was
highly successful. The time occupied In the pas
sage OF the train was fifty minutes one way and
thrty-three minutes the other.
DANGER FROM FIRE IN LONDON THEATERs
LONDON. December 30.-Madane Marie Rosee Ma
Gus carelessness In regard TO fire I'm London thea
ters. The exits, she says, are so narrow and 70
frequently blocked with properties that I'm the
mime great loss OF life would be inevitable. In an
the other leading cities OF Europe tie most striD-
gent reforms In this respect are being carried out
LONDON December 30-The Manchester CHAR.
dian, in its commercial article this morning saws:
There Is some business In all departments, but It
does not reach the average. Prices are fairly
steady. Pressing sellers are rarely met with
Buyers are not inclined to enter into large engage
ments There lis no speculative action.
JUDGMENT IN A TELEGRAPH CASE
LONDON, December 30.-Tne Times, in It's finan.
cal article this morning, states that the tribunal
OF commerce IN Paris has given Judgment for the
du Telegraphe d. Paris New York in
an action brought by two shareholders against II
for The annuilment OF the resolution passed I'm a
general meeting In January approving the treaties
contracted with English companies.
Expenses of the Late Prcsident's nll.
ness.
WHAT DIR. BoYSToN SAYS
Topeka, KAN, December 30.-In reply to state
ment OF Marshal Henry, as telegrdphed from
Washington, concerning the expenses incident 90
the illness Of President Garfield, Dr. s. r. B0ynton
slyS That he never made any charges during the
Presidents illness He states he had been his
I'm Ohio and had, at the request OF the
attended Mrs. Garfield during her ill.,
ness at the White House. When he LETT, Gen. Gar
field sent him check for 81 600, wi ch nc immed.
ately returned with the explanation that he had
visited Washington as friend and did not desire
any enumeration for his services In regard TO
and that he and his associates In the
case deserve the fullest and fairest consideration
Dr. Boynton is resting quietly in this city.
The GalloSgs in ST. Louis.
ERB HANGED FOR WIFE MURDER
LOUIS, NO., 3--Nfn III. Erb. q
German, who murdered his wife, was executed in
the city jail this morning, in the presence OF nearly
300 persons. Erb slept Soundly until nearly half
past 4, when he arose and ate slight breakfast
Afterwards passing much OF his time In prayer.
The death warrant was read to him I'm his cell Ho
showed no signs OF fear and was only afraid OF tho
cold. A Catholic priest attended him TO the seal.
fold, where he prayed fervently while the noOGo
was adjusted. The deputy sheriff sprang the dr0O
Is minutes after 6, and minutes later the muil
derer was dead. Everything passed on quietly,
The crime for which Erb was hung was committe1
June 10, 1879.
A Prominent LaWyer's Flight.
CHARGED WITH ENBEZzLEAENT AND FORGERY.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, December 30.-A decided sen
sation was caused here yesterday by the discovery
this city, had abScOnded, and that he was probop
bly, an embeZZler and a forger to q large amOun6
Engel Is connected by marriage with the best
Jewish families here and In Chicago, St Louis ana
Cincinnati A warrant for his arrest on charge
OF forgery has been issued Peculations by him To
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