Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-17
THE NEWS.
srARTL,Su ITEMS FROM Al. AROUND
, O. Ia,nes, OF tho Eirm OF w. q Bsines 3
co, shoots himself at n Hotel IN


4 O. Ia,nes OF tho Eirm OF w. Z Baines
co, shoots Himself at n Hotel IN
New Castle.
&c. Baines, member Of the firm OF
w, e. Baine' & Co., we'll known coal OF
orators Of Pittsburg, committed suicide at
New Castle, in the st. Cloud hotel, at five
o'clock Friday morYing. He went to New
Castle on Wednesday to look after some
business matters. Thursday he did not
leave his room in the hotel aud complained
of feeling dizzy.
There are indications that he passed q
sleepless night. When he arose in the
morning he stood ut looking glass and
hred two Shots from 80 calibro revolver
into his head. He was dead when the
| door of his room was opened.
The news Of the suicide has caused
great excitement in the city. Mr.. Banes
was, until recently, q member of councils.
| He was n d.rector Of the public schools of
| his ward and prominent ia the Masonic
| fraternity. The financial embarrassment
| of his firm is said to have been the cause
| of the self murder. The whole trouble
| was due to the neglect of deceased to
| turn over some $4,000 or 5000 which he
| had collected. Some time ago he started
| a branch coal yard in the lower part Of
| Allegheny City, and was supplied with
| coal by the firm. He retained the re-
| cepts, aud his brother, who had charge
| OF the works at Lensdale, upon demanding
| funds to settle with Baker X Co. the
| other day, was refused. Baker X Co. are
car builders at Latrobe, and the firm
was indebted 10 them 10 the amount Of
eco, 600.
Baincs i BIO, being unable to pay this
sum, their property was seized by the
| sheriff. This trouble, il is thought, so
| weighed on J. {. Raiues' mind that his
reason Was dethroned, What became Of
the money belonging TO the firm which he
collected and did not pay over Is mys-
| terry. Some persons say it went TO pay
gambling debts. but this is denied by his
friends,
How lie EecRmo \ Maniac.
Particulars have been received in Mil
waukeo OF q terrible experience in the
Northern woods by a man named Ole Mel.
son, On the 5th lust. Nelson and land
hunter, started for Eagle river to look up
some land. When about seven miles from
| the river, the lard hunter stationed Nelson
at a certain spot and told him to remain
there until his return. When the man re
| turned Nelson was gone. lie probably
| became scared and started back. The
alarm was given and help secured, but no
| traces of the missing man could be dis.
covered. Several days passed, including
one or two extremely cold ones, during
| which time several inches of snow fell,
when, on the l4tb, Nelson nearly naked,
| with his feet frozen and 10 n terrible con-
| di,ion, wandered into camp near Eagle
river, a ravlnE maniac. His suiFerings
| had set him mad. lie died soon after his
| arrival.
| Disappointed Iron 3IsnuIaC:urSrs
The iron manufacturers in Pittsburg, are
greatly disappointed at the condition of
the trade The expectation was that the
year would close with . brisk business but
now, in addition 70 the low prices which
have ruled for the last eighteen months,
orders are falling OF. The result is that
only one or two mills in the city are run
| ming full iu all departments, and there are
| rumorS that several works will shortly
be suspended entirely. \ member of the
firm Of Jones & Laughlins said that there
was absolutely no money In the business,
aud that he did no: see how some mills
were kept out Of the sAcvit-s hands.
Hanged Ter aTerrioie Crime.
Perry JGter, negro, was hanged at
| Union, ;. C., Friday, for burning house
and trying to kill tho inmates. He was
thrice sentenced to be hanged. The crime
was committed on the night Of April IS,
| 1898. Lafayette Briggs, well.to- dc
! planter, resided with his family in a
country settlement, surrounded by planta
ton cabins. Jeter was Q privileged family
tervant At the time Mr.. Briggs was
absent in Florida, and the inmates of the
house were Mrs. Briggs two daughters, a
boy aud baby. While escaping from
the flames kindlcd By Jeter, Mrs Briggs
and her baby we're bodily injured.
Mamsu Easily Thrown by BibDy.
The GrGco Roman wrestling match
between Edwin Bibby and the French
champion, Mamau, for $3.50 a side anC
gate money, took place, on Friday nigh
before q sual, audience in Irving hall
New York, mostly composed Of sportin,
men. William Harding acted as refere,
and Joe Farrell was master of ceremonies
Blbby won tho first fall in three and three
quarter minutes and the second in shor
order, throwing the FreuChman by tn
arm lock. The sport was 40 soon ende,
that the audience, who paid dollar to Sc
it grumbled considerably as the hall wa
emptied.
, Eight Lives Lost AT Long Point.
, On Nov. lG III, Captain Woodward, c
the life saving station, proceeded to tn
wreck at daylight Friday morning, of th
0 schoo2cr reported ashore yesterday at Lon
Point. The vessel is completely covere
, with ice. Her name, as near as can b
made out, is L. Fitzgerald, of Buffalo an
I she Is supposed to b9 loaded with whea
9 The sea IL still SO high that it Is impossib
for small boat to go out to her. It
r said that her crew consisted of six mel
= instead Of eight, asreported yesterday, an
all were drowned while endeaVoring |
reach the shore in yawl Tho vessel wi
become total wreck. No bodies ha,
o come ashore
- PERlLS OF LAND.