Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
EXPLOSION IN a FAOTORY--s mEN
INJURED-OrE FATALLY,
A Crash and Fire-President Cleveland
ImprovtRg-Accident on the Rail-
WoolIon MILLS Burned.

morning, In the fuel room OF the factory
OF =. A. Woodbury., in East Cam
bridge, Massachusetts,, by which the
apartment was wrecked and eight men
were injured, one named Frank Silver,
perhaps fatally. The building LIS in the
form Of q hollow square, and is used
by several firms engaged In furniture
making and planning. The power Is
furnished by 250 horsepower engine.
"The fuel room was full Of shavings,
and It is thought that spark got into
it In some way and when the doors
were opened and air was admitted, the
explosion occurred"
The upper floor Of the A. r. Shapleigh
& Oantrell Hard ware Compauy's store,
in St. Louis, fell In with great crash
on Saturday afternoon, and carried
down the third and second floors. The
ruins caught fire, and In q short time
Hothing was left but mass OF burned
and ruined goods and machinery. The
house carried Q stock valued at $500,
000. The insurance amounts to $780,
600. Three OF the inmates OF the build-
inR--John Mahan, porter; Arthur W.
Palmer, olerS, and Uhas E. Reid, clerk
ARE m issipg, and believed to have
perished. Another emplcye had leg
badly crused.
President Cleveland, although still
suffering from rheumatism In his knees,
WAS able on Saturday to receive many
Congress who called upon him and
ALTO to receive Grand Army Post. DIR.
Barth. the Liberal member or the Ger
man Reichstag,. had a special inter.
view with the President, "and came
away strongly impressed by the dig.
nifty and simplicity Of his reception"
An express train on the Pennsylvania
railroad going east ran off the track
near Brintons, Pa, on Saturday morn.
ing, wrecking the trucks of three cars.
The passengers were badly shaken up,
but no one was injured. The accident
was caused by q broken frog. Trains
were delayed nearly two hours.
In Nevada City, on Saturday night,
Solomon Frankel, member of the firm
of Frankel & Co, stock brokers, which
failed few days ago, was arrested
charged with mbezzlement. W. ii.
Bleuvelt, proprietor Of the Gold Hill
Bank. vas also arrest ted, charged with
n similar offence.
The Off ;ial canvass of the vote OF
Iowa was finished on Saturday night.
The entire Republican State ticket Is
elected by majorities ranging from
Ia, 342 to 1901; the former being the
majority for Pray, Clerk of the Supreme
Court. and the latter for Eberson, Su-
preme Court Reporter.
MIS-. Mcclure and her son and daugh.
ter were tuffocated to death by coal
gas In their house at Maplewood, Ill,
on Saturday night. They cloEed all the
doors and windows tightly on retiring,
and forgot TO replace stove lid after
replenishing the parlor fire.
An unknown man, about 90 years of
age, was run over by freight engine
at Franklin and Willow streets, Phila-
delphia, on Saturday evening. He was
aiso struck by q street car. He died
soon after being admitted 70 the Penn
sylvania Hospital.
The large woollen mills in Clinton,
Michigan, were destroyed by fire Sat.
nrday morning. Lcss, $780, 600; In.
snrance, $1,000. Two employees were
severely Injured. The fire was caused
by an explosion from gasoline leak.
A telegram from Pittsburg says the
"a coal miners convicted of conspiracy
IduIing the strike of the river miners in
1885 have been notified to give them
selves up next Friday TO serve their
sentences in the workhouse.
w. j. Dyer of Philadelphia, 81 years
of age and hind, who had been giving
vocal entertainments In public schools
at Wilkesbarre, died there on Saturday
morning, BE had with bim grand.
soa years Of age.
George Sparks and Monroe Smi it'll,
both colored, charged with arson and
robbery, were taken from the Jail at
kinggold, Georgia, on Friday highland
lynched by q mob
By two freight trains collding on Fri
day night on the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, the conductor had both
legs cut Off and three tramps stealing o
ride we're killed.
A boiler of The Pinedale Colliery, at
Middletown, Pa, exploded on Satur-
day, killing Henry Keipe, mortally In.
juring John Olt, and seriously scalding
two others.
Late on Saturday night Samuel Sut-
ters, rs years old, was shot in the head,
at Barron and Trout streets, Philade /.
phia, as alleged, by Ben Resoiult, who
was arre sted.
Only three arreEis were made in Now
York city on Sunday for violation OF
the Sunday law, and the offenders were
"curbstone basket merchants"
The Pennsy lvsnia State Poultry So
clety will have an exhibition in Horti
cultural Hall, Philadelphia, beginning
ON the 22d and continuing un til the 80 III
instant.
Harry Eintz. boy, while coasting
ut Staunton, Virginia, on Saturday,
ran into loaded team, and was dan.
carni,Qlu II moi fatalIu ininrad