The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-30
LATER NEWS.

ALL but two OF the bodies of the VIC
tins OF the Crested Butte's mine disaster
had been recovered on the 2Sth ult. The
evidence thus far elected at the coroner's
inquest goes to show that had the rules of
the mine been properly observed by the
miners the accident never would have
occurred. The witnesses all testified
TO the management's extreme caution
and care for the safety Of the miners.
The funeral Of John Rutherford, Jacob
Laux, Dan Mcdonald and l.. W. Smith
took place on the afternoon of the 2Stb, the
ceremonies being conducted by the Masonic
and Odd Fellows societies. The following
were claimed by relatives, to whom they
were shipped at the expense of the
company; Richard James, Walsonberg,
Col; James Driscoll, Plymouth, Pa. I;
Bryan and l.. p. Heffron, Schuyl-
kill County, Pa; John Creelman, Pitts
burgh, Pa; Thomas Clancy, Scran.
ton, Pa; NJ. b. Nicholson, Rapid City, ILL.,. I;
William Maroney, Schuylkill County, Pa. I;
David and John Thomas, Canon City, Col !;
William Aubrey, Akron, o.. Benjamin
Jeffries, Youngstown, o.; Miles Roach,
Schuylkill County, Pa; Henry and Thom-
as Stewart, father and son, Irwin, Col;
Patrick Barrett, Plymouth, Pa. Sixteen
bodies are claimed by relatives in Crested
main unclaimed.
A TERRIBLE panic occurred among
the 300 employees of the watch factory
at Springfield, ILL.,, on the 2Sth ult. A col.
ored woman threw lighted match into a
tank of benzine and the flames instantly
enveloped the overwhelming of the oper.
ators near by, while the entire building
was soon filled with smoke. Six girls who
were employed in the room where the fire
started, leaped from the windows, re-
cceiying serious injuries, but none were
killed. The fire was extinguished without
much damage to the factory.
The examination of Edward S. Tap
pan, who confessed that his brother John
murdered the Maybee women while he
looked on, was begun at Jamaica, l.. l., on
the 28th ult. Since the confession OF the
negro Rugg, arrested for assaulting Farmer
Sprague, and the discovery OF circumstan-
tialevidence connecting him with the May
bee and Townsend outrages, there is a
growing belief that Tappan's confession Is
that OF man driven crazy by the hound
ing of the detectives.
In the Senate on the 28th ult. Messrs.
sherman and Pendleton each presented reso-
lutions from the woo-growers of Ohio, pray
Ing for restoration OF the former duty on
wool. Mr.. Howard, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported the original hill relating TO
the enforcement OF law In Utah. He said he
did not himself favor the clause of the bill
which requires the exclusion of women from
suffrage In that territory. A message
was received from the House announcing
the death of Congressman Mackey, OF South
carolina. A committee consisting OF Messrs.
cutler, Pendleton and Hill were appointed TO
attend the funeral, after which the Senate ad-
1ourned ;. in tho House, Immediately after
tho reading of the journal the death
or Il. W M. Mackey, OF South Caro-,
liza, was announced. The customary
O'Harra, Davis OF Missouri, Hemphill Bisbee
ana Willis were appointed TO take charge OF
the funeral arrangements, and the House, as
mark OF respect 70 the memory Of the do
ceased Representative, adjourned.