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St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the 21st the gas works at Malone,
N. Y. exploded, destroying several build
ings.
The greater part Of the business por-
ton of Clio, Mich, was destroyed by fire
the morning of the 21st.
IT is reported that the fishing schoon-
er Kuntzford OF Gloucester, Mass, is lost
with fourteen men.
On the 21st Rev. Barton Lave, an
aged Methodist clergyman, fell into fire
place at Winchester, o., and was fatally
burned.
DELL ASHCROFT, OF Charlton. O., has
made confession that he, with two 9th
ers, robbed and fatally injured Mrs. Robin
son, an aged woman, thirteen years ago
The crime has always been shrouded in
mystery.
on the night Of the goth highwaymen
robbed the Wickenberg CA. IT, stage.
They cut the mail-bags and rifed the let
tiers.
AT Cornwall, Canada, nthe 22d, the
Commercial Hotel with dozen stores were
destroyed by fire.
On the 22d the st. Lawrence sugar
refinery at Montreal, Can, burned; loss,
$4,000.
ON the Esd two men were suffocated
BY gasoline fumes at Saratoga, N. Y.
On the 23d Adam Busch, a fireman,
was fatally injured while rescuing child
from a burning building at Wood Haven,
L. I.
On the night of the I'D newly mar
ried couple named Bodicker were murder
ed in their home. log cabin, a few miles
south of Fenton, Jefferson County, Mo-,
and their bodies hacked to pieces. 1t is
supposed to have been the work of tramp
and plumber the motive.
On the night of the 22d burglars blew
open safe in Ironton, Wis, and secured
81 800, but failed to discover 81 100 more in
currency which lay in the safe.
On the morning of the 23d the Ham.
i1ton CAM Spectator Office burned. Loss
so, 900; insured for 81 900.
On the oath two ruffians robbed a
Chinese laundrYman Of $500 at the point o.
revolver in Cleveland.
On the morning Of the oath a large
number Of miners were killed by an explo
sion in the Colorado Coal and Iron Compa
ny's mine at Crested Butte, Col.
a FALLING wall crushed in a wing d
the Hebrew Free School IN New York ii
which there were fifty pupils on the oath
A wild panic resulted, but only half dozer
persons were injured.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
The wrecked Steamship.
FArMourH. MASS. ia

FALMOUTH MASS, Jan. Ne
Divers visited the wreck OF the City OF
Columbus to-day. They report all the,
works of the vessel gone, not a single state
room remaining on deck. Even heavy iron;
rods used as stays between houses on the
hort and starboard sides were bent and.
torn from their places, while the deck itself
" 5 broken and open. Heavy timbers lay
in various shapes beneath the broken sur
face of the deck, preventing divers FROM
going into the hold No bodies were seen
Rv t6e divers. No attempt was made to
And bodies in the steerage, the only descent
If the divers being in the after part OF the
vessel. Tonight terrible gale is blowing
across the sound, and vast quantities of
wreckage are coming ashore at Falmouth.
It expected that bodies will come ashore.
tonight. Seafaring men say bodies now in.
tine water or in the wreck, il not recovered
IN q day or two, will be completely de-
voured by sand.eels. Soundings establish
the fact that the can-buoy was set at least.
d quarter Of mile toward the inshore and,
the ledge OF DEVILS Bridge extended 400
wards outside Of where the can-buoy was.
originally set, but this fact does notrelieve
the officers of the City of Columbus, as the
boat lies near half mile inshore from the
can-buoy.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
rEnsONAL AND POLITICAL.

In Boston a testimonial subscription
has been opened for Lieutenant Rhodes OF
the Revenue cutter Dexter for gallantry in
rescuing people from the wreck Of the City
of Columbus.
On the 21st Captain Alice Dixon and
four other female members of the Salvation
Army were arrested at Bridgeport, Conn,
for parading the streets.
MRs. JAMES Ne. Hoop, Of Frederick,
Md, has donated $10000to Franklin and
Marshall College for an astronomical OBJ
servatory.
on the 22d General Hancock arrived
in st. Louis, Mo.
The Committee on Military Affairs Of
the Senate viii report favorably on the
Fitz John Porter bill.
On the 22d VIM. d. Ringo died at
Newport, KY, leaving fortune Of half a
million 70 six adopted orphan children.
CrTIzENs of Cincinnati have sub
scribed $4,000 towards the expenses Of the
National Democratic Convention, and will
send big committee to try and secure it,
DIR. ROSENBERG, who killed the Hun
garian Count (Batthiany) in q duel, has
been sentenced to prison Tor two years.
The Emperor of Japan has decorat-
ed General Horace Capron, OF Washington,
d. c., with the second order of the Rising
Sun.
On the ed mass for the repose Of the
soul of O'Donnell, Carey's slayer, was
celebrated at his birthplace in County
Donegal, Ireland. An immense concourse
attended.
MARQUIS TsENG's celebrated letter,
published in a Breslau paper, containing
pert illusions to Sedan, is pronounced
authentic but not intended for publica-
ton"
TIE Iowa delegation in Congress will
urge the appointment OF Representative
MoCoid to succeed Jud aMcCrarY. Sena-
tor Ingalls, friends are also making an eff
fort in mis- behalf.
TIE Iowa Legislature reelected Sent
tor Allison on The 23d.
THE Prohibition National Convention
will be held at Pittsburgh, Pa, in May.
IT is reported that Edward j MeanEl
for sixteen years Treasurer OF the Mouth
ers' Union of North America, has disaK
peaTea from bIDoh1yn1 I've LIZ anu tade
twenty thousand dollars of the organize
TONS money is gone from the bank.
a LETTER has been written by Gener-
al Grant denying the published report that
he was ever partner Of Senior Romero, or
that he had any private pecuniary interest
in the proposed Mexican treaty.
on the oath c. T. Huntington was
elected President of the Kentucky Central
Railroad.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02

MANY Of these are married men and leave
families, many living here. At this hour
everything is in such confusion that it is
impossible to give details. A special train
LETT Gunnison at two O'Clock this afternoon
with surgeons and large number of citi-
Zens to render all the aid possible. The
town of Crested Buttes is in mourning, and
crowds of women cluster about the entrance
to- the mine praying and wringing their
hands and crying piteously, presenting
scene most heartrending.
1t is said at the time of the explosion
there were ten kegs of black powder in
chambers one and two, where the men were
working, and where the explosion is sup
posed to have taken place. The mine has
three miles of drifting and SO it is impossi-
BILE to definitely locate the accident until
rescning parties can gain admittance.
At eleven O'Clock tonight no bodies had
been recovered.
DENVER, Coz, Jan. "a.
Crested Buttes mine, where the great dis
aster of this morning occurred, has long
been considered dangerous by those ae-
quainted with it. While one OF the BEST
producing mines in the country, its opera
tion has always been attended with more
or less apprehension and real danger.
sit is a fire damp mine,n said Superin..
tendent Cameron, now in Denver, ana
seems to constantly generate the most
deadly gases. They seem to generate IN
the coal or unuSE EGs anu POuA OAO VI SA1S
seams in the walls of the tunnels ana
| shafts: yet the mines are the most perfect
| " ventilated in the world Air is forced
| in along the shaft by machinery. No less
than $4,000 cubic feet of fresh air is forced
| into the mine every minute. This is quite
| sufficient to fully supply the wants OF the
miners and keep the air perfectly pure IN
| less some accident happens to cut off or In
| terfere with the supply. This is greater
| amount of fresh air than is furnished to,
any other mine in the country. We send
| a mine reviewer through every chamber
every morning before any of the men are,
allowed to go in. He must have returned
| this morning before the workmen started
/ in, and everything must have been all right
| when he passed through the workings"
John Mcneil, State Mine Inspector, left
| for the scene of the disaster this evening.
1 He SAYS he has no donbt that every man in
the mine at the time of the explosion was.
/ instantly killed He said he visited this,
| mine five weeks ago and then found it IN
/ good condition. He considered it a dan
gerous mine unless properly worked, be-
j cause there was more or less gas constant
" exuding from the mine. He said he
found every appliance for ventilating the
workings and considered that the manag-
ers understood how to run the mine, and
were fully aware of the danger attending,
/ il the mine was not properly ventilated.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the 22d, in an address at Balti-
more, Rev. DR.. Goucher stated that one
third of the people of Maryland were
Methodists.
A BATCH of SIX cardinals will be Gre
ated at Rome February "a.
IT is said the National Board of
Trade, which met in Washington on the
23d, will ask Congress TO pass the Lowell
bankruptcy bill. the Interstate commerce
bill and various amendments to the ship.
ping laws, and to establish bureau of
commerce.
On the Esd young Mutt was declared
sane and was set at liberty.
VIOLENT tempests have recently
swept over Great Britain, doing mgch dam
SMcR 1889 the Government has spent
S1o5. 797, 4o1 ON rivers and harbors.
In the indianapolis Jail smallpox is
epidemic, fifteen cases having developed
pup TO the 23d.
The First MAGICAL Bank of Lead
vile, Col, is reported to have made very
bad failure. q
y AS soon as the storm moderabes q
divss will be set at work searching the
Fayrecg UrSan City Of Columbus.
eTHE snow blockade in Canada is SO
complete that provisions can not be sent
into some Of the timber districts.
On the Esd the Pennsylvania Express
Company Of Baltimore, Nd, filed certif
cate Of Incorporation; capital, 0,00o, 900.
A TEST case has been made to deter.
mine the right Of postmasters to fees Or
money-order business done by clerks.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02

The assertion is made by Sir Charles
Dixie that England will maintain the au-
thority of Egypt on the Red Sea as 9 means
Of checking the slave trade.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and the Govern
oas of the several States of the Union have
been invited to attend the Winter Carnival
at Montreal, Can. The festivities are to be
conducted on scale ofunprecedented mag
nifcence.
EDMUND ABOUT has been elected q
member of the French Academy.
SENATOR INGALLS, says he has no as
pirations for Judge McCrary's place.
AT last accounts the Queen of NADIA
gascar refused to yield an inch of territory
to the French, though her troops have been
again repulsed.
THE Postal Committee Of the Senate
had a conference with the Postmaster
General on the oath about the use of the
mails by lottery companies.
THE House Committee on Public
Lands has summoned Commissioner Fink
to testify.
VIcE-PREs1DENT J. ?. GRIER OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company made
argument before the House Committee on
Commerce ON the oath, opposing bills to
regulate Interstate commerce, and espec-
tally such as would interfere with pooling
privileges.
The resignation Of Hon. John G.
New from his position in the Treasury De-
partment is positively announced.
on the oath Fred Douglass was mar
ried in Washington to Miss Helen n. Pitts,
white woman, formerly of Avon, n. y,
and who was employed as copyist in Doug,
Lass Office while he was Marshal of the
District of Columbia. The groom is seven
tv-three and the bride thirty-fve years Of
age.Y
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
IT 10 announced that China will insist

IT is announced that China will insist
on the fulfillment of treaty stipulations,
and England has agreed to protect her
Chusan dependencies.
The Underwriters of Chicago will
contest the right of the city to collect two
per cent. tax ON the net premium receipts
Of foreign companies doing business in the
city.
SIX arrests have been made By the
Chicago police of persons charged with
completely in the death of Amelia Olsen,
the young girl found murdered in the
suburbs. One is rejected sutton.
The conference Of American Bishops,
Cardinal Sineoni declares, was an honor
to the church and their country. No con-
ference ever exhibited more serenity and
unanimity.
ON the 23d George A. Wheeler was
executed at San Francisco, CAL, for the
murder of his sister-in-law in 1889.
On the 24th the De Long escort left
Moscow for st. Petersburg.
THE steamer Germanic reached Ire
land under sail on the 9th.
A FORMAL demand has been made on
Turkey by Russia for the payment of f52O,,
900 indemnity still due.
IT is again reported at Khartoum that
a part OF Hicks Pasha's army is encamped
near Lake Rohad.
FURTHER riotous demonstrations oc-
Cured on the 24th at Alliance, o., by the
unpaid Italian railroad hands.
THE conduct of the British Ministry
in abandoning the Soudan is declared by
Sir Samuel Baker to be national hunilia
ton.
DAKOTA farmers will shortly hold a
convention to consider their grievances
against railroads and elevators.
THE Pittsburgh manufacturers are
said to be making overtures to the glass
blowers, who have been on strike six
months.
A SUIT for damages against a Lieu.
tenant in the navy has been decided in ia
| yor of two men who were injured in care
less target practice at the Boston Navy
Yard.
THE bill for the extirpation of dis
eases among cattle will be reported to Con
gress with proviso for an appropriation
of S250, 900, States being required to con
tribute a sum equal to that apportionet
them.
THE Government Commissioners Of
the Union Pacific Railroad, in their report
express the hope that all the Missouri Riv
er lines will subscribe to the tripartite
| agreement. It sets forth that the Novem
Der surplus was greater than that Of No
vember, 1882, and that the history of the
road justifies the policy of liberal lane
grants. A plan is suggested to extinguisf
the debt by semi-annual payments Of
| fixed sum.
THE Coroner's jury in the case Of Mr.
and Mrs. Bonecker, murdered recently
near st. Louis, Mo-, returned a verdict OF
the Oath that deceased came to their deaths
at the hands Of some person or persons un
| known. The authorities have clue
| though slight, which it is thought may leae
| to the capture of the murderer.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
HORRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT.

Fffty-Seven Men Imprisoned in a Colorado
Mine by an Explosion OF Fire Damp
No Possibility of Escape from Death
Fun List of the Victims.
GUNN4soN, Coll, Jan. 81.
A fearful explosion occurred at eight.
o'clock this morning in the Colorado Coal
and Iron Company's mine at Crested
Buttes. 1t was one of the most appalling
that ever occurred in a coal mine in this
country. Crested Buttes, near which the
mine is located, is a coal mining town tnir'
ty miles north of Gunnison City, on the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The
cause of the explosion is not definitely
known, but it is supposed to be from fire.
damp. The explosion occurred either IN.
chamber one or two, just half an hour af-.
ter the day force of sixty-seven men had,
gone to work.
There were ten men at work in chamber
four. These escaped unhurt except one
man, John Angus, who was in the passage,
way just outside the chamber. He is badly
burned but will recover.
Fifty-seVen men were at work in cham
bsrs one and two. These are thought to
have persisted. The explosion was of such
force as to completely barricade the main
entrance, and the appliances for supplying
air located near were badly wrecked, and
the roof of the tramway blown of. The
men at work on the anthracite mesa are the
night force of the C. C. s. l. company's
mines. Citizens were generally working
hard all day to rescue the men, although
it is thought none can possibly escape alive
The Town Hall has been prepared for the
reception of the dead.
AS soon as possible the fan was repaired,
put to work pumping air into the mine, and
men set to work to remove the distractions
so as to reach the chambers and get the
bodies out tonight if possible.
Following are the names OF ffty-fve of
the unfortunates; the other two are not OBJ
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02
GaInabIe:

Henry Anderson.
John Williams.
w. T. Stewart.
John Maruin.
Thomas Rogers.
James O'Neill.
Jacob Lane.
Juo. Anderson.
James Walsh.
Peter Baker.
William Day d on.
Richard James.
David Hughes.
P. MeManus.
w. Il. King,
Jno. CreeIman,
John Hular.
Thos. Williams
john Shune.
Patrick Barrett.
John McGregor.
John Myers.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-02

James Driscoll.
James Coughiin.
Henry stew art.
B. Hebron.
l.. 2. Hebron.
w. L. Jones.
John Donnelly.
Carl Rodenwald.
Chas. Sterling.
Thos. Roberts.
Jim McCourt.
Fred Becht.
lber King.
Joseph vs. eisenberg.
HI. Donegan.
Joseph h raust.
James L. Stewart, Jr.
William Meath.
Morgan Meath.
Thomas Clancy.
John Rutherford.
VIM. McCowitt.
A. NJ. Godfred.
Dan Mcdonald.
VIM. Aubrey.
Ben Jeffries.
Thomas Stewart.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-15
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And She Wasn't Afraid.

DO you know. Mary" said Laura.
THAT / think Mr. Thompson Is one OF
the mos, amusing Of Inenp"
why Laura" said the other ! "
have always thought him rather dull,
and think I heard you say ~ much
yourself. What do you see In him that
Is interesting"
"well. do you know" said Laura.
..that he oiIcrcd TO see me home from
the church sociablc last Wednesday
nightp ! accepted bis escort and he o.
fered hIs arm and we started out We
walked along chatting for quite n long
distance. Father and mother were q
little way ahead Of US. After o time
Mr. Thompson said. suddenly;
.sNow, Miss Bennett. II is n grast
deal nearer for ma to turn OF here and
90 home. and ! guess you won't bo
afraid TO 20 the rest OF the way alone:
You can overtake your father and
mother very easy. At all events, and
before could say word he dropped
nv arm and lodged Oh through eros.
street, aud was lost In the darkness. :
do you call that smnsingF l should
have been angry fsf. ft
II never was so amused at anything
| in my life. J think be y too delicious
| " funny for anything. Toledo Btads'
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-15
Aln,ost "a Ifiot.

AUGUSTA, Mg., November 1.-THE city
was Wild last night. Both parties paraded
the streets. There was much Ili.fcellng.
A IIallowel man entered the Democratic
headquarters and kicked In the head Of a
big buse-drum. lie was arrested.
The Democrats purchased new drum
and came out on the streets.
On receipt of the National Republican
Conlmlttcc's proclamation the Republi.
cans howied like demons. Both parties
then renewed their pargllng and hring
rockets. The man who was heating the
Democratic drum was struck In the head
By brick, receiving q severe wound aud
having one eye injured. Matters grew
dangerous, until cooler heads persuaded
both parties 10 return To their headquar'
ters. This they did, but tho Republicans
soon came out again, followed by the
DerDocrais, and pandemonlum reigned
Only by strong efforts on the part Of tho
police were the two parties kept from Q
collision.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-15
Nfw fsHA. November u
The following has been issHud

NHsugaAfte htAte t9asiftFn,
HOffsAs fiufsH kfN fnHN Npv ~
We dssm u our datS e eaHuanes % sbe
sseis, wlslllH the last faft} eight hoafa con
eelvsd . Huw srhFmt fpf tltfye inF aaaiH iHia
dispute The result ei Tie slestisn 10 cur
state.
fof many days after The election they, m
entire had faiili claimed fuf The ilNpHliltan
candidate several states which thet knew
thet had not carried. N The #stne had talth,
when svery source ~ Information, including
the Associated Press, has demonstrated that
Tire tote Of New fDft hsz hsen given to the
Cleveland electors, they still claim THE state.
than that the result ~ the election ~ aaeer
tanned. declared and certified BY the election
0fiieer#, and sf public record throughout the
state, gives New York 20 The Cleveland elee
tors by a decisive ~ fallty.
These public. csriined returns have been
sifted In the several counties BY both parties
with the most considerations care during thr
last four days, until every possible doubt as
70 the result has been removed,
knowing this fact. they nnw propose as a
last desperate resort, to make uf the boards
Of the county canynssera throughout the
State which we're controlled by them 80 many
returning boards, after the pattern OF those
not long since used BY them In the southern
states.
Wherever the boards fail them Judicial
orders are TO be applied for
Thus, relying upon the parisanship OF
the boards In the first place and OF Judges
OF their own political faith IN the second
they intend and expect TO throw again into
dispute the result OF the election and In
voIve II In interminable litigatioH
To this end printed papers have been sent
by them TO their agents and Representatives
In every county In the state o
New York TO be used with the court
whenever an occasion can he manufactured
OF the entire reliability OF our Information
as to this scheme there can be no question
We call upon the representatives OF the part,
In the various counties of this state to b'
alert aud by every proper method 10 rests
and defeat this last desperate device. And
mindful OF the grave consequences 20 th'
business Interest," OF our state, which such /
conspiracy necessarily involves, we deem 4
our duty to assure our people, who hnv'
now generally acquiesced In the result, tina
they may confidently rely that by no suci
scheme or device will the State be deprive,
OF the result OF Its deliberate choice.
II may disturb and protract the determine
tion. II Will not change the result.
lsignedl W. u, SMITH,
- Chairman Executive Committee.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-15
Hor strTLtp yft

The fspafts Prom sss Fsfk Ailfi fss,s
issam ~ ii#abs A. ~ ths uaiseias "A
lhs Presidential taHfssl ilath rsslles
Httli tHHAdsni fismatfsfls address
iilsias Heard rfsm
sNW fnHs. safemhafs
An etin " thf NiN pai hffssn aajsf
''fhe Associated Press has noW tls
onielsl felums IN ftum each tlHlncl u
efery county As fpuled ~ thet sbov
snsl Republican plurality I've lotaii
dnaf from ihuse made by The n,nuymlle
hlaie Committee on The returns from The
County CLERKS ~ each county llui The
hRuus received by The Associated
ifrss from each district are ttc aame
~ received by The County Clerks ul
the respective counties oi the Aiapi ihg
result u B9w " be decided upon The so.
cutacj ui the footing oi the totals ~ be-
tween The Associated Press aud The nrm
oeratlc state and National Committees
About midnight the Associated Press vii
Hrnd ont It's ilgurrs un every county com
pletetl and revised, aud will at the same
time Issue the totals ~ baacd On the ilg'
ufrs Oi The County Clerks. The public
viii then have Ia take lts choice Of the
figures 0r walt until the official count vet
ties the question. Present Indication
point to plurality Of 400 lor Blaine.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-15
Celebrating In nroohl,n.

BROOKLYN, n. y, So,em BERT
Anumbcrof the Cleveland organizations
met In their headquarters In the dlfferen,
wards Of the city yesterday, and made ar.
rangements TO parade with brooms and
torches. Mayor Low, fearing trouble.
requested Acting Superintendent of po
lice Murphy 10 stop all parades on the
streets, whether the organizations had
permits or not. The Cleveland men, when
informed OF the Mayors orders, were
much annoyed, and declared they could
not stop their cheering, and accordingly
made the streets ring during tn evening
with their campaign songs and cheers for
their candidate. Ex-senator Daggett,
who has conducted the Republican cam.
palg In kings County, was at the head.
quarters last night, and said he still felt
confident, from all he could learn, that
Blaine was elected. The betting on the
election Is even.