The bee., 1884-01-26
1HE NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States

CHARLES p. STICKNEY, well-known az one
of the trio of defaulters sent from Fan River
Mass, to the Concord state prison, and who
was pardoned by Governor Butler last Nav.
was probably fatally burned at his residence
in Fall Rive. Mrs. Etickney was pour
ing benZine on a carpet TO kill moths,
when the vapor ignited from gaslight, cauS-
ing an explosion. She was instantly envei-
Oped in flames. Her husband rushed TO her
assistance, and in his efforts to save her his
own clothing caught fire. When nelghbors
came rushing In they found the wifesa charred
corpse and the husband shoekingly burned
BURGLARS spent all night in building in
New York occupied by wholesale jewelers.,
and broke into three safes from which they
obtained watches, diamonds, rings and gold
aggregating in Ya'ue $50, 100.
AT meeting of the board of directors of
the Northern Pacific railroad in New York.
MIR. Robert Harris vice president of the Erie
rallroad, was elected president of the former
road as successor of Henry Willard.
FRANCIS w. ROCKWELL Republican, was
elected to Congress at a special election in
the Twelfth Massachusetts district to succeed
Governor Robinson. MIR. Rockwell received
9,460 votes TO 7,246 for Colonel A. c. Wood
worth Democrat.
Four men were killed and seven were in
iured by the explosion of one of the boilers
connected with L. G. & z. Waliace's shoe
manu- actory and tannery at Rochester n. H.
On the same day an explosion at the Vulcan
Dynamite companys works, near Allentown,
Penn, killed three men and injured several
others.
MUCH destitution prevails among the Penn
Eylvania iron ore mining districts. Many
miners are getting but sixty-two cents dav
for twelve hours hard work-the lowest
wages pad in thirty years-while hundreds
OF others are idle altogether
A SERIES of explosions destroyed the Con-
sumers' Powder mills, Line miles from Scrau-
ton. Penn, and shook the earth for a great
distance. i. H. Emory, a book-keeper who
was half mile away from the scene of ex-
plosion, was struck by casting and instantly
killed
A SHARP earthquake shock was felt
throughout the region surrounding Conto-
roolS, n H
PHYSICIANS say that two little children
taken with diphtheria at Amsterdam, n. Y,
taught it from doll belonging to a sister who
had died recently Of the disease.
Two of five corpses recovered soon after the
sinking of the steamer City of Columbus and
laben TO New Bedford, Mass, were women.
Frozen fast to the lapof one of the women was
tiny Iair of shoes, which had probably been
worn by a child less than one year Old. She
hnd either saved the shoes after losing her off
sDTlnG as menento or its body had been
washed from her embrace Strong men un-
covered their heads, and many found it not
Easy TO suppress the tears which came ID their
eye. as they Gazed upon this woman's dead
lace and touched the TOKENS of her tenderness
and devotion.
A CORRECTED passenger list Of the wrecked
City of Columbus fGots up eiglty-one pas
sengers, cabin and steerage, and there were
forty-flve officers, seamen and walters.
Of this number - adding the ten
additional survivors eight of the crew and
two passenger9 who safely reached Gay
Head ighthouse-twelve passengers and
seventeen of the crew were saved, making
The total number OF lost ninety-seven.
WILLIAM III. GUIoN, of fhe firm of vii
Gams & Guion, New York agents Of the
Guion line of steamers, las faile1 for a sum
variously estimated at between S2OO,0 ,00J and
k509,000 Previous TO his failure Mr.. Guion
retired from fhe firm
THREE schooners belonging to Gloucester,
Mass, have been away SO long on q fishing
"trip that they have been given up for lost.
They carried total Of forty-two men.
LATER figures swell the number Of lost by
The wreck of the steamer City of Columbus
10 10l.