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THE HOME CLUB
Declared to be Under Leaders Who
Would Not Scruple to Murder.

Declared to be Under Leaders Who
Would Not Scruple to Murder.
New YORK, Aug S1.-The exposure Of
the Home clubs alleged attempt a
year or two ago to kill General
Master Workman Powderly, as pub
lished in The Pittsburg Sunday Leader, has
agitated Knight of Labor circles in this city =
Several members united in denouncing the
Home club in unmeasured terms. One of
them said:
The Home club has brought much dis
grace on the order. l could tell of numer-
GUS instances in which this has occurred. 1t
is notorious fact that the recent in
vestigation by committee Of the general
assembly has been whitewashing affair.
The Home club must rule or ruin With this
end in view, any one who is opposed to their
principles will be driven from the order, if
possible If man applies for member
ship and they imagine that he will
be an enemy to them, he will be
blackballed. A case Of this kind occurred
in the boatmen's strike recently, when sew
eral prominent members of the Boatmcns
union were blackballed for no other reason
except that their influence was feared. For
over year Brooklyn men have tried to
form mixed district, but the Home clubs
influence has been exerted against them
successfully to keep them out until after
the general assembly at Richmond l fear
that they will try to disrupt the order if
they cannot control the Richmond meeting.
At that time will occur the greatest strug-
gle ever known in the order. The Home
club will stop at nothing, not even murder,
to effect their ends. Victor Drury, the
leader, is an offshoot of the Paris commune,
and has been trying to make district as
sembly 40 an engine of socialism.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug 31.-Lccturer Carl
ton of the Knights of Labor admits that the
Homo club is being investigated
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SATURDAY., Aug. 2S.

Millard Agnew, of Boston; was fatally
injured on the narrow gauge road at Beach
mont.
Sears has again won, at Newport, R. l.,
the tennis championship Of the National
association.
Mrs. John Devlin, of New Haven, Conn.,,
while lying drunk in bed, rolled on her baby
and killed it.
Alden NJ. McLan, OF Rockland, Me-, was
struck by piece of rock in a quarry anil
probably fatally injured.
George Mansfield, molder, was nomi
mated as a labor candidate for congress in
the second Connecticut district
Twenty-Five persons have been arrested at
Newport, r. / for violating the prohibi-
tory law, and are to be tried Friday.
John Alexander, employed at North An
dover Mass. y fcl from a cartfar.i fShoel
passed over his head, killing him insthntly.
Officers of the treasury department are
in doubt concerning the salaries of ap-
pointees of the president who have not been
confirmed by the senate
John C. Budd, keeper of a dollhouse at
Wiscasset, Me-, was shot by Lewis Phillips.
Phillips was arrested. Budd resolved an
ugly flesh wound, but escaped without
serious injury
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POISONED THE SUMMER BoARDeRs.
Arsenic in a Farm House Teapot at
Wilmington, Mass.

Arsenic in a Farm House Teapot at
Wilmington, Mass.
BosToN, Aug. 3O-Five summer boarders
on a small farm at Wilmington, Mass, kept
by Mrs Elizabeth Blanchard, were violently
taken sick at supper Thursday evening, and
death was only avoided by the abundance
of poison which caused copious vomiting.
The doctors summoned pronounced iJ a case
of arsenical poison. 1t had been put in the
tea, as only those who drank it were af-
frct.d. iii 'lck people are Judge w. H.
H. Eminons and wife of East Boston, Mrs.
Elizabeth Blanchard and Samuel Blanchard,
and c. A. Littlefield of Boston. Officers
were put on the case, and as result of their
investigation arrested Mary Davis, the l3-
year old colored servant, on suspicion. She
has en- arraigned and held in $1,000 for
trial She denies all knowledge of the
ars mic. Her character has been good All
the poisoned people are rapidly recovering.
Mrs Blanchard's story is that the girl had
been sulen and refused to work; suddenly
she asked Mrs Blanchard's permission to
make the tea and did so in the latter's
abs nee fron the room. A can of trough
on rats" that haA keen in the kitchen is
missing. I'll G,igl SIS she does not know
what poison is aal that the tea was bought
that day O. j. " CroWell's team.
LlTER-The "roueh on rats box has
cen found aboat half full. The theory is
cGvanced that tne poisoning was caused
t:'om tobacco tc.ng ysiXed in the tea, which
would rro,,u,e til NAUSEA and vomiting ex-
% ,"i,l"c,l
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A1R STEO IN THE FOREST.
Witham, Who Shot Young Turner at
Somerville. Me-, Found by the Officers.

AUGUSTA. Me-, fug. 27-Chcster o.
Witham, aged 27, shot and instantly killed
Jos4ph Henry Turner, in Somervlle, fifteen
miles from Augusta, on the road leading
from Weeks mills in China to Btuce's cor
,uer. Aug. 1. The shooting was III the door
ward. Fithams fadirr had fred tFigs az
squire. on the wall, and hand d thh pistol
to Witham, who was handling il when it
was discharged the bullet killing tn, boy
This is the account given by Witham's
father and other relatives. But there is
reason to doubt its truth. Witham had a
week before the affair threatened to shoot
the boy, whom he charged with shooting
dog He had also made other threats. Ac-
counts of the shooting by those present do
not agree Whitman has been found in a
log camp, back of Passadumkeag. where he
had subsisted on berries, roots, etc, part of
the time securing work at a lum camp.
On his person was the pistol with which the
shooting was done, a 3?-calile er rev Oliver.
Witham claims that fear of Judge Lynch
caused his fight, and asserts that the shoot
Ing was accidental
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NEW ENGLAND FAIR.
A Great Crowd and Fine Stock at Ban
gOr.

A Great Crowd and Fine Stock at Ban
BANGOR, Me-, Aug. 31.-Great crowds of
people are in Bangor at the beginning of
the New England fair to-day, Trains
from the east and west were very heavily
loaded, and if the weather holds good there
is no doubt but that the fair will be the
greatest exhibition of it's kind ever held in
New England. Horses cattle and sheep
have been arriving at Maplewood park since
Saturday, and there are herds of blooded
cattle from every New England state except
Rhode island. More trotting horses are
here, it is said, than were ever before
together in New England. Trotting and
running races will be held this afternoon.
On Wednesday there will be balloon ascen-
sion and trotting both forenoon and after
noon. There will be base ball games be-
tween the Bangors, Belfasts, Manchesters
and Concords every day.
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Professor Powell's Theories.

WASHINGTON, Sept Mai Powell Of
the geological survey says there is line of
weakness in the crust of the earth, be-
ginning somewhere south Of Raleigh, N c.,
and extending in line along the tidewater
past Richmond, Washington, Baltimore
and Troy, N. "; that this line of weakness
is marked by displacement; in some places
this displacement being fssure in the
rocks. in other places fault, and in the
n'ighborhooi of this disp'. CO aent is
o the p in ipal waterfalls of the
atlantic slope sit will be
interesting" he adds, "to discover the re-
lations of the point Of origin of this earth
quake to this line of displacement or weak
ness -
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ALEXANDER'S RETURN.
BUtGARIA'S PRINCE WILL ADOPT
AN ANTI-RUSSiAN POLICY.

An Ominous GrOwl from Bismarck-Rus.
sia's Friendship More Desirable Than
Bulgaria's Freedom-Russia and Tur.
key Making Military Preparations =
The Princes Welcome.
BERLIN, Aug. 3O.-The North German
Gazette lectures the German newspapers
which have published articles in favor of
Prince Alexander's reinstatement and de-
nouncing the manner of his deposition and
says: The recent events in Bulgaria will
not affect German interests in the slightest.
Anyway no German statesman would be
:. justified in sacrificing the friendship of Rus
sia for the sake of a Bulgarian prince, even
if hewere an angel in human form.
A Vienna dispatch is to the effect that
Russia is making extensive military and
naval preparations, and has ordered the
movement of the fleet toward the Roumelian
coast. The Russian press demand the I'M
mediate occupation of Bulgaria Turkey is
massing troops on the Roumelian frontier
and daily councils are being held at Con-
stantinople to consider the situation.
LONDON, Aug 3O.-The Morning Post
says that Prince Alexander will hence
forth maintain an unequivocal antiRussian
policy and will cause the enactment of a
severe law to Danish Russians from Bull
garia. Russian money will not be ac-
cepted at the offices Of the government and
even the uniforms of the Bulgarian soldiers
which are now similar to those of the Rus
sian army will b. changed.
BERLIN, Aug. 31.-The three leading
journals Of Berlin unite in stating that it
will be impossible for Germany to tolerate
Russian occupation of Bulgaria 1t is stated
that NJ Nelidef, Russian ambassador to
Turkey, has limited to the Turkish prime
minister the possibility of Russia's occupy
ing Bulgaria.
4IRNovA, Aug. 31.-Prince Alexander
has arrived here and was received with
great enthusiasm A great deal of excite
ment prevails at Sofia, and there have been
some manifestations of disorder. M.
Zankoff fell into tine hands of mob and
narrowly escaped with his life He was
almost stripped of his clothing and sus
tanned cuts and contusons at the hands of
the crowd which will enforce his eontine-
ment to his bed for some time. 1t is thought
that the military plotters against Alexander
will be executed
TIRNovA, Sept. 1.--Prince Alexander's
journey here from Sistova was Z aeries ,ef
ovations. The people, headed by priests,
flocked to the different points on the rout,
of the proce ,sion, and greeted the prince
with joyous shouts of welcome. large
crowd left Tirnova to meet the prince at
point five miles distant, and escorted him
into the town amid great enthusiasm. An
address of welcome was presented on behalf
of the populace, and in reply Prince Alex
ander congratulated Tirnova upon having
begun the counter demonstration in his
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Frt.lay, .L1g. ~.

Another strike is threatened on the Lake
Shore railroad
H. Chaml Dillon of Paris, France, commit
ted suicide at Newport, N. H. He was Aus
tin Corbins son-in-law.
j. Harris Rogers filed his answer to
Attorney General Garland's cross bill in the
Pan-electric controversy
Leather manufacturers in Salem and
Peabody expressed themselves as perfectly
satisfied with the present condition of affairs.
Comptroller Durham has decided that
absent heads of departments and o.tcoas of
the government cannot have clerks and
transact business OF their departments while
away from Washington except ct their own
expense.
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THE NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, Aug. 26.

The new town hall of Provincetown,
Mass, was dedicated
Premier Salisbury has been called to
London on account Of news from the east.
Josie Goodridge, son of Sewell E. Good
ridge, was drowned at Waterbury, Conn.
George Edwards was held in $1,000 at
New Haven, Conn, charged with criminal
assault
Roger Sherman, of Philadelphia, pub.
Usher Of "The Encyclopedia Britain nica,"
is dead.
The stable of John English at East Bos-
ton, was damaged by fire, and two horses
burned to death
Charles Hyde and his two children had
a narrow escape from drowning, owing to
their yacht capsizing in Boston harbor.
A fire inquest is going on at Gloucester,
Mass, to make inquiries into the recent
blaze in Edward S. L. Delivers building.
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RACES ON THE THAMES.
The Preliminary Trials Leave Teemer
and Beach to Contest for the eVictOry.

The Preliminary Trials Leave Teemer
and Beach to Contest for the'Victory.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The first Of the pre-
liminary races for the international sweep
stakes of $4,000 between Beach, Ross,
Teemer, Lee, Matterson, Perkins, and Bu
bear took place on the Thames river yester-
day afternoon between Neil Matterson, the
young Australian, and Wallace Ross Of
America. Matterson won by five lengths.
John Teemer defeated George j. Perkins, ,ex-
champion of England by four lengths.
William Beach, champion of Australia, out
rowed George w. Lee of New York, by
several lengths.
LONDON, Sept beach easily defeated
Bubear yesterday. Matterson was badly
beaten by Teemer, and gave up the race in
exhaustion This leaves Beach and Teemer
to contest in the final heat.
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NEWSPAPER LAWS.

l. Any person who takes newspaper regularly from
the ofce-wheher directed to his anothcrs OF
whether he has subscribed not he is responsible Tor
the payment.
2. II person orders paper discontinued he must
pay all arrcarages, the publisher may continue send
tuntil payment is made, and collect the whole amount,
whether the paper is taken from the office or not
3. The Courts have decided that refusing TO take
newspapers and periodicals from the post Office re-
moving and leaving them uncalled FOR, byima eit
evidence OF fraud.
&1.50 per year, strictly in advance
$500 will be collected il not paid in advance
Steam JOB Printing at reasonable prices
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THE POLICE DRIVEN OFF.

Tenants Prevent Evictions in Cork
Town.
DUBLIN, Aug. 2s.-An attempt was made
to enforce evictions at tDonoughmore, county
Cork, the police being aided by detach-
ment of soldiers. Only one eviction was
made, when the people attacked the police
and military with such desperation that
further proceedings were abandoned Sew
eral of the police and military were severely
injured by stones.
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A LARGE EDUCATIONAL FUND.

Wolfboro and TuftonborO, n. H., to
Have the Interest on &1,3OO,OOO.
WoLFBoRo, N. H., Aug. Silt is stated
by one of the trustees of the Brewster estate
that the towns of Tuftonboro and Wolfboro
will have the interest on about 81 ,3OO,OOO
for the support of schools, public libraries
and for aiding the poor.
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Monday, Aug. 80.

James Cooks mill in Lunenburg, Mass. :,
has been burned Loss $1,000.
Fire destroyed the roller mill of Lee &
Brown at Saranac, Mich. Loss $4,000.
Lee K Allen, machinist, PAS Franklin
street, Boston, has gone into insolvency.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Spiker Wagon company or Piqua, Ohio.
Leander S. Keene, dry goods pedler,
Thomaston, Me-, has gone into insolvency.
W. Stephenson & Son, carpenters, Maple
wood, Maiden, Mass, have gone into in
solvency.
The Western Union Offices switch board
at Baltimore was burned in some unex-
planned way. Loss $500.
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BROCKTON AT WORK AGAIN.

ReOpening of the Factories on No
Particular Agreement.
BRoCKToN, Mass, Sept ALL the as
semblies voted last night to return to work,
except the stitchers' assembly. The stitch
ers are nevertheless acting with the others.
The question of the shops relation to the
Knights of Labor is dropped with dull
thud. Whether it will be picked up again
cannot be predicted
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Wednesday, Sent. 1.

John Devlin, aged 9, was killed by fall
at Boston.
Daniel Berry's farm buildings at Mont
vile, Me-, were burned Loss $4,000; in
surance 81 800. .... ....
Chairman O'Brien of the New York
Democratic state committee is said to have
decided to go out of politics at present.
Athlete Todd of New York, after heartily
greeting his father and mother on their re
turn from abroad, blew his brains out.
An English syndicate has obtained a con-
cession from the Mexican government to
build railroad from Tuxpam to the City of
Mexico.
1t has Just been discovered that there are
in Englewood, a suburb of Chicago, three
"Know- nothing" lodges Of the principles of
years ago.
Professor Baird is experimenting with
several Scotch processes for preserving fish,
with view to making American fishermen
independent of the Canadians.
A farmer named Flashire has been found
dead with bullet hole through his heart in
field near his home in north Kerry, Ire
land. 1t is supposed that he was murdered
because of agraran troubles.
Albany, IN. W builders give notice that
the order adopted by them to use no
material furnished by those who employ
non-union men goes into effect to day, and a
cessation of building through the autumn is
expected
All the details for the glove fight be-
tween Paddy Ryan and Frank Glover have
been arranged. The men agree to contest
six rounds, marquis of Queensberry rules,
small gloves, at Cheltenham beach, Mon
day evening, Sept. l3.
in the Salem, Mass tannery. The manu-
facturers report the return of a few strikers
and say that some of their number are in
clined to put on sufficient force to start un
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scdewick VIII Furnish Proof.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-Secretary OF state
Bayard has received a telegram from MT.
Sedgwick, who was recently sent on spe-
cial mission to Mexico. stating that the sto-
ries circulated about him are ridiculously
false, and that proof to that effect would be
furnished whenever he is called upon by the
secretary of state to do 80.
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1suying the Ely Mine.

NORTH THETFoRD, Vt, Aug 26 John
E. Ely, representing New York syndicate,
has the refusal of the Ely copper mine at
$4,000. The prospect is favorable fer its
purchase and an early resumption of work
in the mine, which has been idle since the
Vershire riots two years ago
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Minister Jackson's Successor.

NEW YORK, Sept 1.-The Stars Wash
ington special says that Secretary Bayard
has admitted that Judge T. c. Manning of
Alexandria, La, will succeed Mr.. jackson
as minister to Mexico Judge Manning
was formerly chief judge of Louisiana He
belongs to the Gibson wing of the Louisiana
Democracy
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CHARLESTON CUT OFF.
A Flood Earthquake and Kumored Dis
asters.

asters.
New YORK, Sept. 1.-The Western Union
wires ON the Charleston route stopped
working just after dispatch was received
from Savannah that severe shock had
been felt there, shaking buildings and
cracking walls, and it was feared doing
considerable damage
The telegraph company later received
word from a point twenty-five miles this
side of Savannah stating that the railroad
track had been washed out by flood and
there were rumors of further disasters
New YORK, Sept IA slight earthquake
extended on Tuesday night all along the At
lantic seaboard, and apparently through all
the states east of the Mississippi No note
worthy damage was done.
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Suspicion of Well Poisoning.

SKowHEGAN, Me-, Aug. 31.-Well poison
ing is alleged on the premises of Abel Home.
stead, whose barns were burned on Satur-
day. Dr. s. A. Patten has examined the
premises and sent samples of scrapings of
stones with which the well is curbed, of
mud from the bottom and of water to the
state college for analysis.
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BURNED AT SEA.

The Schooner Abbie Dunn of Thomas
ton Abandoned.
NEWPORT, R. l., Sept 1.-From New
York pilot boats it is learned that the
schooner Abbie Dunn of Thomaston, Me-,
from st. John, N. B., for Washington, with
laths, was abandoned and burned at sea on
the morning of Aug. 30. The Abbie Dunn
is the schooner that was run into Aug. "A
by the steamer Queen from Liverpool,
forty miles southeast of South Shoal light
shin
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NEW LIFE SAVING STATIONS
To BE Placed Along the Coast of New
England.

WAsH1NGToN Aug. 27-The following
sites for life saving stations along the New
England coast have Just been selected: One
between Point Judith and Watch Hill, r.
l., near Quaniccontauk Point; one on the
western extremity of Fishers Lslanl, l.. L.,
near the Race; one at Point Allerton at the
head of Nantasket Beach; on at Cape Posue,
NJ ", on the beach just south of the light
house: one ON Nausett Beach, about two
miles from Chatham, Mass; one at Guilty.
hunk, Mass The location of the Narra-
gansett Pier station is to be changed short
distance.
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Creditors Paid In Full.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S-Comptroller of
the Currency Trenholm has declared divi-
dend of 100 per cent and interest in full in
favor of the creditors Of the Abingdon
National bank of Abingdon, Mass, Sept.
4. The bank closed its door on the lst
of July.
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Was the Murder Done in Boston?

NEW HAVEN, Aug. 30.--Coroner Mix,
speaking of the Wallingford shoe-box mys-
terry, said that he would soon have some
thing sensational to disclose in regard to the
case. The opinion generally entertained
mere is that the victim was murdered in
New York or Boston, and that the remains
were placed where they were found to put
the investigators off the scent
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again. Pusnam's tam ~ has Ies,.ued
Gen. Newton Appointed Commi,sioner.

Gen. Newton Appointed Commissioner.
New YORK, Aug. 2G,-Mayor Grac.' has
appointed Gen. John Newton, Unite states
army, as commissioner Of piblic WIS,
vice Squire, removed Gen. Newton ac-
cepted the position and then Went to wash
ington, where he will arrange to b p!v'ed
npon the retired list OF til army lis
term of Office as commissioner OF paolic
works will expire May, 1855.
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Ship Virginia, Of Bath, Sunk.

New YORK, Aug. 2S-Bark Allanwelde,
from Mantanzas, reports that on Aug. %
she fell in with the ship Virginia, of Bath,
Me-, Capt. Allen, in a sinking condition;
took off the captain and crew, twenty-one
all told, and brought them to this port. The
Virginia sailed from Pensacola July % for
Greenock She was built at Bath, Me-, in
1868, was of 1,095 tons burden and was
owned by Capt Allen and others
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The Manner of Woods Death.

BosToN, Aug. 2S.--The medical exami-
ner's report on the death of Albert b.
Wood, attributes it to drowning and says
of the wound in his side that it was not
mortal wound. 1t was such wound as
might be inflicted by blunt instrument IN
the hands of another person. 1t could
hardly have resulted from fall or been
self-inflicted,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The Democrats
are getting out a political handbook in
which it is asserted that the defalcations
under the Republican administrations
amounted to more than $l2, ,0OO, 900
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The Marion Draper Grounds.

CHATHAM, Mass, Aug. 3o.-The schooner
Marion Draper, from Gardiner, Me-, for
New York, with lumber, is ashore on Chat
ham bar If the sea remains smoo6h she
may be got of today, but the cargo will
have to be jettisoned
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Death of Gen. G. II. Go don.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass, Sept. brig Gen.
George II. Gordon diel here Tuesday night,
aged Gl. He was stricken down by heart
disease, induced by wounds received during
the rebellion
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EvARTS ESCAPES WITH BRUISES,

But Companion is Killed in the Over
turn of Carriage.
WINDSOR, VT, Aug ga carriage con-
tanning Senator Evarts, of New York,
Charles G. Perkins, of Boston, and da ugh
ter of Judge Stanley Matthews, of Ohio,
was accidentally overturned here, instantly
killing Mr. Perkins and severely bruising
Senator Evarts and Miss Matthews. Their
injuries, however, are not serious.