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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
ROTTEN CROSS.TIES
Cause a Serious Railroad Accident
Near huntingburg, Ind.
A Coach Hurled Over AN Embankmcns,
Resulting IN the Death Of Several
Passengers and Serious Injury
to . Number Of Others.

EVANSVILLE, IND, March GA seriouA
accident occurred this afternoon on the L.,
E. q st. L. r. R., between Ferdinand and
Huntingburg. The south-bound train was
running about forty miles an hour, when
the rear coach suddenly left the rails and
plunged over an embankment, landing on
It's side across a gully. It was found i'm
possible to open the doors and the windows
were broken, through which the passengers
made their exit. Those that were too
badly hurt to assist themselves were taken
out by those more fortunate. As soon as
possible after the accident, passengers were
taken to Huntingburg, and those who need
ed medical assistance were taken to a hotel
and physicians sent for. 8. L. Eve, Of the
Eve and Alden Car Company, was In the
rear part Of the car, and suddenly found
himself mixed up with the stove,
water cooler, coal box and
other rubbish, but extricated himself and
attempted to open the car door, which he
found impossible. He then commenced
breaking the windows, through which pas
sengers were assisted from the wreck. The
train men acted with great GOODNESS and
prompt.tude. The following is q complete
list OF the injured: B. Bair, Of Chicago,
severe injury Of head, probably fatal;
Charles Morris, Owensboro. head cut; D.
Norris, Louisville, head and back injured,
fatally; r. N. Burke, Owensboro, killed j.
N. Burke, Owensboro, left hip broken;
John Paulk, Martins Mills, Tenn,
head crushed; Chas. Recht, New
Albany. shoulder broken and left foot
crushed; F. Harden, Plainfleld, N. J., head
and back badly injured; @. W. Gwins,
Providence, KY, three -ibs broken and in.
ternal injuries, fatal; Was.. Houch, Kirchi-
val, Ind, shoulder crushed Mrs. H. Grimes,
Huntingburg, badly bruised; c'ild Of w.
H. Paduck, killed; W. B. Smi.n, Hunting
burg, head cut and hip brokel John Jones,
Dale, Ind, compound fracture of leg:
John Bach, Huntingburg, head
crushed;. M. R. Waller, Morganfield,
KY, wounded on head and body;
g. Leeve, New York, badly bruised; un-
known man, from Metropolis, ILL.,, fatally
injured internally, and badly cut about the
head and body. OF the remaining passen.
gers none escaped unhurt, all showing more
or less injuries. The accident was caused
by the breaking Of rotted cross-ties, which
allowed the rails to spread. The engine
and mail car went over in safety, but the
passenger car left the track, and after be-
ing dragged four hundred yards, plunged
over an embankment.
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Floods in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, TENN, March 3O.-Reports
from the up-river country and along the
valleys Of the Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers indicate serious floods In the next
few days. Tho Cumberland river above
herei is rising very rapidly and q great
deal of rain has fallen and more is falling.
The river here has risen i've feet and Q
half to-day and Ia still rising rapidly. Il
10 expected to reach the danger line here
tomorrow, and merchants near the river
have men removing the goods from their
cellars. Up.river points also fear serious
damage from the food. The Tennessee
river 10 rising rapidly at head waters and
has overfowed its banks and washed out
the railroads SO az to stop all trains from
the Southern route to Nashville.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

M. PAsrEUR has a rival. DR.. Patini,
of Patagonia. Sicily, asserts that he not
only knew of the efficacy of M. Pas
teur's treatment for hydrophobia, but
actually adopted it in his medical prac-
tice nine years ago. Patini says that he
met with success in his experiments with
reduced virus, and was in the habit of
inOculating patients who had been bitten
by rabid dogs. always with favorable
results when the conditions were at all
favorable.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

n. RENAN has vigorously taken up
sAe cause Of the new exploration in
Middle Egypt, and appeals to the people
ofFrance for funds TO carry on the work.
Excavations viii be made toward the
recovery Of the great sphinx of Ghizeh.
Ihis region is the most fruitful in
Egypt for the antiqus.ian, and the
sphinx IL regarded - the most ancient
work In the world which bears In its
naaufacture the trsce Of human
tAoaght Egyptolcgists everywhere
ase much interested In the excavations
aaA explorations. ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
Double Murder and Lynchjuu.

SAN FRANcIsco, April "A double mur-
der followed by the lynching Of two men
is reported from Southern California.
Wednesday evening Peter Hermine and bis
son, armed with rides, approached the
premises Of Eugene Walker. In Arroyo
Grande Valley, San Luis Obispo County,
and without word opened Gre upon
Walker, who, with his wife and child, was
in the garden. Walker fell dead. Mrs.
Walker, though shot through the arm and
breast, picked up her child and ran to q
ne ghb0r's, where she died. The murderers
were captured and Jailed. Soon after mid
night gang of masked men took the pris-
oners out and hanged them to . railroad
bridge near by, whore the bodies were
found yesterday. A dispute about land
was the cause ct the crime.
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improvement in the Telephone.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., March SO.-A test was
made yesterday Of a new long-distance
telephone transmitter, the invention of
DR.. Rose, Of Palmyra, o. A telegraph
wire was used running to Freeport, ILL.,,
with . return loop on other polls, making
the distance S7S miles. One transmitter
was placed in the Office of the Rose Electric
Company and the other in the laboratory.
two blocks away. The faintest whisper
was heard distinctly over the long line. 1t
is entirely unlike the Blake transmitter in
action and principle, and DR.. Rose claims
that with his device conversation can be
clearly carried on by persons 2,O00 miles
apart. The test was made in the presence
of prominent capitalists who have organ
lied a company here to manufacture it.
Next Sunday it will be given q severe test
over wire running to New York, then to
Chicago and back here.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
THE STRIKE ,s CONTINUED
Until the Missouri Pacific Road Consents
to Take Back All Employes.

Until the aissoari Pscifio Road Consents
70 Take Back All Employes.
81. Louis, NO., April l.--Under instruc-
tions from the Executive Board Of Dis
tries 10i, o8 and IL, . committee from
local Assembly $3.50 waited upon Master
Mechanic Bartlett last evening at the Mis-
souri, shops, and rendered the services Of
the old shop employees. The men, they
said were ready to 20 to work this morn
ing, and they desired to find out II they all
would be taken back, and list Of fifty
two names was handed Mr.. Bartlett, who
after scanning IL checked OF sew
enteen of them as the names of the
men whom hs would employ. The
others, he said, he would not take back.
Attempts Of a similar nature were made
by committees Of the strikers ct prominent
points all over the Gould system. In every
instance the Executive Board claim that
the committee received lthe same reply to
their offers on the part Of the strikers to re-
turn to work. The railroad officials stated,
it Is claimed, that they did not require the
services Of all their old employees; that
they would not take them all back and
would use their own discretion in selecting.
The ratio Of the men that the road were
willing to take back to the number who
are on the strike was, the Executive
Board say, about the same all over the
system-seventeen out of fifty, or there
abouts. Reports of these committees, re-
ceived by telegraph, determined the Execu-
tive Board to issue their address this after
noon, and to continue the strike until the
roads consent to take back all the strikers.
The members Of the boards want It dis
tinctly' understood that the Knights Of La
bor will oil hang together; that one will
not return to work without the others, and
that the men who came out through SYM
pathy with the members of District Assem-
bly, 101 must be supported before the
strikers, in whose interest they went out,
will consent to q settlement.
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Disastreus Exp'eslea.

CHICAGO, April 1-An sxpiosion OCCUR.
cd at an early hour this morning In the
new tank house Of Swift & Co., the packing
hrm. The house was new three-story brick
building located on Center avenue. near
Forty fifth street. One Of the Immense
yanks containing putty oils mysteriously
blew up, completely wTecking the briiding.
on the third door at the time, and he was
buried In the ruins. He was rescued in
about half an hour, and was In an almost
unconscious condition. He was taken to
the county hospital, and may die. The loss
on the building will be in the neighborhood
of el2,O00.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

IT is said the Inflated steamer Oregon
carried but ten life-boats, which would
carry only three hundred and sixty-five
Of her nearly nine hundred passengers.
II she had gone down in mid-ocean
more than one-haf of her passengers
would have been without means of es-
cape. The matter has been brought
before the House of Commons by the
President of the London Board of Trade.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

A HALF score of Montrears most
fashionable young men have got them
selves into nice scrape. They forged
invitations to card party at the resi-
dence of two young ladies, and the
house was overrun with visitors. The
irate father, Wholesale merchant,
learning the names of the jokers has
caused their arrest on the charge of
forgery, and it is determined to make
them pay dearly for their hoax.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
Incorporation Of Trades Unions.

WAsHrNGToN, April 1.-Senator Call,
from the Committee on Education and
Labor, reported favorably Senator Blair's
bill to legalize the incorporation Of Nation.
al Trades Unions, with amendments by the
committe striking out the section making
1t misdemeanor punishable by dns or i'm.
prisonment to prevent or endeavor TO pre-
vent any National or sub Union from car.
rying out its lawful objects, and requiring
that the headquarters of an incorporated
National Trade Union shall be in the Dis.
trict of Columbia.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
New York Alderman Arrested.

New YoRK, Aprill.-O the arrival of the
night express from Montreal at the Grand
Central to-day, Ex-Alderman Charles B.
Waite, who voted for the Broadway Surface
Railroad franchise, skipped OF and was
Immediately accosted by Inspector Byrne
and Assistant District Attorney Nicoll, who
were apparently awaiting his arrival.
Waite accompanied them to the District
Attorneys Office. tits understood that he
has returned in answer to subpoena to ap-
pear before the Senate Investigation Com
mittee. yU'
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
IL This an April Story?

CHARLEsrox, 9. c., April 1.-The Edge
field Advertiser, received here to-day, has .
lettsr from Etheridge, in Edgeaeld County,
OF date March %, which says that W. G.
MITCHELL, citizen Of Bslesburg, recently
found . queer stone ON his lot that he
thought was some valuable gem. He sent
1t to chemists, and the State Geologist in
Columbia, who pronounced 1t . diamond
Of unusual size and brilliancy. They ssti
mate that in Ito present rough state II II
worth at least 100000
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
Hoxie Agrees to Arbi.rate,

6r. Louis, March S0.-H. N. Hoxie, Gen.
eral Manager Of the Missouri Pacific, has
consented to arbitrate the labor trouble,
and so states in q dispatch to Jay Gould.
Martin Irons, Of st. Louis, has been in
structed by the Executive Board Of
Knights Of Labor to order the men to re-
turn to work, and also select q special
committee Of Missouri Pacific employees to
wait on Mr.. Hoxie to adjudicate any
grievances This looks like an end of the
strike.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
The Waters Of Lake Michigan Rising at the
Rate OF Four dnches Per Year
The Lake shore Drive

Rate OF Four anches Per Year
The Lake shore Drive
washing Away.
CHICAGO, Ill. March S0.-During the re.
cent storms the waters Of the lake made
still further encroachments on the Lake
Shore Drive In Lincoln Park. From North
avenue pier for distance Of about half
mile north the drive is impossible, being
washed out In some places and covered
with debris In others. All along the shore
of Lincoln Park and Evanston great guam
titles Of earth have been washed away. One
very remarkable and startling fact 10
disclosed in connection with the en-.
croachment Of the lake on Lincoln Park,
and that is that the whole surface of the
lake is gradually rising at the rate Of four
inches per year. The record shows that
the surface of the water is now two and
one-half feet higher than 1t was seven years
ago. Portions Of the Lake Shore driveway,
where arc located sope of the costliest
private residences in the city, have been
washed almost completely away. A severe
wind-storm Is prevailing to-day, and the
lake is again tempestuous, the waves
breaking on the beach and causing further
destruction.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07
Meteorological Phenomena.

New York, March 8l.-An unusual season
Of meteorological disturbances, covering
most Of the present week, eliminated here
tonight. In has been raining most of the
time for the past seventy-two hours. To-
night the rain ia falling faster, accompanied
by lightning, gale Is blowing, q thick fog
covers the city and an aurora borealis is
added to this remarkable combination Of
natural phenomena. The result is that
telegraphic communication has been almost
wholly suspended between New York and
the rest Of the world. Again and again
electrical convulsions have stopped the
working Of every wire In the Western
Union Office, followed by partial reestab-
lishment Of communications and anothe
break.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

TarRs seems 70 be mo- doubt nov
tAas Captain Crawford was treacherous.
~ nd barbsrously murdered by the
0sxicsns. The statement OF Lieutenant
0aus h drcumstantial and strongly
oonvincing After It has been carefully
cousidered BY the authorities Of the WI al
and State Departments 1t Is believed thu
government win demand an apology
asd rsparstion from Mexico. ard The
panishmsnt Of the murdsrers. II our
nsxt door nsighbors can 70 outrsgeousIy
insult = throsgh her troops tie times
~ sea1 - q 3oipt
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A PARALLEL TO THE OREGON

Strange Accident with Loss Of Life On tho
Pscihc Coast.
San Francisco, April 2.-The schooner ].
h. Congdon was wrecked of Point Reyes,
forty miles north Of here, Wednesday.
Her crew was lost. The coast there is Of q
dangerous character. The supposition was
that the vessel had struck hidden rock.
An examination Of the wreck showed that
and cut almost In two, evidently by
steamer or other craft going at high rate
Of speed. The discovery has caused much
excitement In marine circles, as 1t 10 feared
the unknown vessel which sunk the
schooner has gone to the bottom with all
on board. The wreck occurred before day
light. The case furnishes strange paral-
lei to the loss of the Oregon. The Aquina
is supposed to have been tho vessel in col.
lision.
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Lost Speech Recovered.

DETROIT, Mich, March 3l.-Four Year,
ago Mrs. W. T. Gilpin, of East Jordan,
Mich, dropped stitch in her speech and
has bssn mute ever since until yesterday,
when she astonished Mr.. Gilpin and all the
little Gilpins by resuming business at the
old stand, talking 12S words minute and,
doing II well. Physicians fsiled to OK.
plain the cause Of Mrs.. Gilpin's loss Of
speech, and they are united In declaring
that the recovery 10 attributable to the
same mysterious "Don't know"
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Counterfeiting in the Penite ntiary

COunterfetttng In the Penttentiary.
LEAvENwoRrH, KAs., March 9O.--There
was considerable excitement in the neigh
borhood Of the Kansas State Penitentiary
last evening, when 1t was discovered that
q number of counterfeiters' molds had
been in use for some time by couple Of
convicts, the latter having successfully
made a number Of bogus coins. A
quantity Of the latter, representing, per-
haps, t6, was found in the cell
of one of the convicts The molds were ac-
cidentally discovered in the drying room
Of the laundry, where the two convicts
were employed. When they were examin-
ed they said that they had been assisted by
some of the guards, who procured materials
for them and got rid Of the spurious coins.
They named two of the guards, who have
been suspended from duty, pending an in
vestigation, but 1t Is generally thought the
guards are innocent. The .counterfeiting
had gone on for several weeks.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

THE Able Lizt has arrived In London.
Tbs Reichstac, by q vote Of 100 to 1877,
decided in favor of prolonging the anti.
Socialist law.
A MAN attempted to steal $4,000 from a
bank in Amsterdam, but was caught In the
act He gives the name of Clifford, and
says he is native of Boston.
A GREAT mass-meeting was held the other
afternoon in London Guild Hall, to protest
against the granting Of Parliament to
Ireland. The Lord Mayor presided.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

HE was . little unused to the Lam
guage Of religious circles, but he had
taken fancy to the minister Of the
church whose services he had lately
begun to attend, and had invited HIN
and his young wife to tea. A tHsy
passed into tie tee room and surround.
cd the fsstive board, be remembered to
have heard that some sort Il servics
was often performed ~ such . time,
but WAS . little uncertain by wAal
name It was usually called; yet
plunging boldly in. he emerged With
. Mr.. Psrsou. Win you pFon6unOe The
benedictione"-M. Y. LNdspessdsMt.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

Two bills in the interest of forestry
passed the Connecticut Senate few days
ago. One exempted from taxation for
twenty years land not worth over S25
an acre on which 1900 trees to the acre
have been planted and have reached the
height of six feet. The other, to pre-
vent forest fires, with severe penalties
on those who kindle fires in wood land.
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Eight Months' Revenue Collections.

Eight Months Revenue Collections.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The collections
Of internal revenue for the first eight
months Of the fiscal year ending June 80,
1885, smount to SIS, ,l5s,9OO, an increase of
s:,4l6, 2ss over the receipts for the corre-
spending period Of the last fiscal year. The
principal items of increase were $597, ,SS4
from spirits, S1.17l ,949 from tobacco and
s699,664 for fermented liquors. The only
decrease was $45,53S on miscellaneous
items. The receipts for February were
essl, ,2S6 In excess of the receipts for the
same month Of the preceding year.
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Anarchists Exposed.

Bosrok, March 3l.-The Globe to-day
publishes long article which is to appear
In the Anarchist organ, Liberty, and which
declares that the Anarchist faction con-
trolled by Herr Most is plotting to burn
buildings and commit other outrages upon
property owners In New York. The editor
OF Liberty, though himself an Anarchist,
cond -:nns these operations as criminal.
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Thomas c. Jenkins, Of Pittsbure

Thomas G. Jenkins, Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, has the largest wholesale grocery
and -four house in the world. 1t u
two hundred and forty feet long. one
hundred and fifty feet wide, six stories
high. making over five acres Of floor.
age, also . switch from the Pennsyl.
vania railroad, running through the
building, holding eight freight cars at
one time. The trade mark OF the house
Y THE Cheokered Front. ."-Rttsb1rgA
Post.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-07

The bill-making capacity of our repre-
sentatives in Congress increases with
the progress of time. In 1861, the
Thirty-seventh Congress brought 1,s41
bills and joint resolutions. the Forty
third Congress produced 6, ,435, the For
ty-sixth produced lO,O67, and the For
ty-eighth 11,443. In the present ses-
sion 1885 bills have been produced and
more are coming.
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A Destructive Fire,

KEY WEST, Fla, March 80.-A fire started
in the San Carlos theater at O'Clock this
morning. A fresh wind caused the fire to
spread and when the fire was subdued 1t
8 O'Clock it was found that the principal
part Of the town had been burned, includ-
ing six wharves and Eve brick ware
houses. The loss will reach nearly
el,50o,0oo Fifteen persons were injured,
of whom six were taken TO the Marine
Hospital and othsrs on board the msn-of-
war. No lives were lost. rl
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CHICAGO theater managers are talk
ing of stopping matinccs. These extra
performances strain the already over
worked actors, and there is too much
Irritation in the usually thin audiences.
We suppose, however, that the true OBJ
lection may be found in the fact that
matinees do not paw.
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Obscenity In the Mails.

WARRINGTON, April 1.-Senstor Wilson
to-day reported favorably, from the Com.
mittee on Post-ofiices, his bill to amend the
Revised Statutes of the United States no as
to make the penalty for using the mails to
circulate obscene or immoral books or
other articles, fine not less than 800 nor
more than 5000, or imprisonment at hard
labor not less than one year nor moro than
ten years. or both, at the discretion Of the
court.
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The nuisance of children upon the
streets of Boston, peddling, has become
SO great that a bill has been brought
before Observation-Disclosures pr,,
viding that children, engaged in ped
ding upon the streets without license,
may be considered as neglected" and
as such, taken from their parents.
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A Travelling Mans Sentence.

GRAND RAPIDs, MICH, April 1.-Hary
Mcdowell, the travelling man convicted OF
causing the death Of Silvia Sawdy, OF
Howard City, by procuring an abortion,
was sentenced to fifteen years at jackson
this morning. When the sentence was
passed he broke down and exclaimed: ''Oh,
deari Oh, dearp Mcdowell is thirty
three years old, good looking and mashsr
Of large and varied sxpsPiencs.
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The Secretary of the Interior has
taken, by decision. 2,45l, 200 acres of
land from the Atlantic and Pacific Rail-
road Company, and restored it to the
public domain. This decision goes, of
course, upon the ground that the rail-
road corporation had forfeited its incor-
porate rights by not complying with the
terms of the grant.
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Three Workmen Drowned.

OPELIKA, ALA, March S1.-while q gang
OF laborers were attempting to mend 8
break in the Alabama Western, between
this point and West Point, the waters a
second time broke through, carrying of
three colored laborers. Their dead bodies
were recovered shortly after. The rest of
the gang had narrow escape.