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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29

vesgated by the National Department Of Agriculture
Thousands OF dying daily aud In some counties
drovss have been swept away. Tho death OF several
swine exhibition the State Fair from disease sup
posed be cholera has almost broken up tho show IN
that departmout
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
rprICUT TRAIN rHROWN FROM THE TRl


YoTyGsTows Ohio Sept 20 (SpeeiGp-A freight train on
t,s Erie Railroad thrown Nom The
track ten miles to-day by switch fatally mi
ing Wesley Stewart and Brakeman Edwha murray 'hei0
Is $4,000
CHARGED WITH DESTROYING BALLOiA
PHILADELPHIA. Sept % tSpeedD,- Emil Petron was AZ
resd this morning with destroying ballots AZ o
delegate election Tuesday night aud bed III ssoo "
answer.
AN AGED MAN MYsTERTOUSLY MURDERED
Nrw-HAvEy. sept 20 (spseidt-Infns Butler nnn sm
hand aee eighty Oh Bfanford Assaulted by uhknowh
perrons on when found he was ~.
Renamed until his death today Buiici hAd Hos SseS
enelnieA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29
4 RURo1AK IN MR BAN0RoPps HOUSE.

A BURGLAR IN MR. BANOROFPS hoOSh'
NEWPORT. Sept. % CSpec,ab.-In the storm
lat. ls.t night George Bancrofts valet hearing noise
down stars made iuvestigston and found window
open An alarm WAS scnt out 70 the eject that the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29
ONE OF BARraOLOMEWS VICTIMS.

HARTFORD, Sept. % Especial. D.-Some forty
or fifty Of the creditors Of the Schuyler Electric Light
Company. involved by the Bartholomew defalcaton'
held meeting to-day The liabilities of the concern
are $500 OOO and the assets $4,000. This sum In
cludcs the value to the company OF contracts to fill
which 1t now much stock manufactured. The meet.
Ing chose committee Of five whose duty 1t 10 to confer
and select such plan IN their opinion shall best serve
the interests Of the company In respect to securing
ready money Tho committee consist OF Messrs. Will
ard OF Holmes, Booth Hayden; OF Waterbury, Charles
Fo.dick of Ftchburg MasA; s. E. Elmore OF Hartford
William c. simons, OF Springfield, and 5. +. Bagg, Of
Watertown, n. Y.
Two attachments were granted by Justice Donohue
OF the Supreme Court yesterday against the property In
this State OF the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
of Hartford One given at the suit OF Ellie Leohard
ssslgnee Of policy for $4,000 tho life OF the late
Alexander Austin Tho Otner was obtained by Herman
FunKe ir who holds policy for $4,000 on tho life OF
the late Charles X. HawkeG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29

HOGS DINO Ara STATE FAIR
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. % lSpeciaD. The great
fatality among hogs IN Indiana and Illinois 10 being In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29
THE HUDSON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
wHArIsNTKNowN ABOUT NEW ENGLAND sTo'

Wall Street had its interest in New York and
New England Railroad stock sustained by its continued
activity and further advance at the Stock Exchange
Yesterday Denote inform alton was no more avaa Die
than on Monday but belief Of the Street that i'm
portant project was foot siren gthened by the
character OF the speculation Numerous guesses as TO
the nature of the enterprise or project were INDUCED
in by and agencies, but none OF them went
beyond point OF surmise and so was met with ready
Official denals Some wellinformed parsons think that
the schems IS OF wider scope aud embraces more In
teress than 10 the with Of the theories already
put forth and denied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25

ON THE WRONG TRACK.

The Detectives Theory That Mike Hum
phrey Was Engaged In the Rock Island
Express Robbery Shown to he at Fault.
CHICAGO, March 20.-A serious check
will be given the detectives who have set
tied in their own minds that "Mike''
Humphrey was one of the men who MUIR
dered Express Messenger Nichols and
robbed the United States Express Com
pany last Saturday morning when they
read an affidavit dispatch received from
Humphrey. The dispatch bears the
date of Grape Greek, Vermillion Coun-
ty, ILL.,, aud in it Humphrey says he
has been at Grape Creek working
i'm mine for the last five weeks, and he
swears that on the night of the murder
he was at his residence in that place. Two
witnesses sign the affidavit. and it is
sworn to before a notary public. No
further clues to the murderers have been
disclosed and the impression is growing
that the murderers Are in fair way to
escape the detectives. Young McDon-
nell, the stenographer, is slightly better
to-day, but reference to his mysterious
disappearance Sunday is not permitted In
his presence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25

A TEXAS & PACIFIC engine, pulling .
passenger train, exploded near Aledo,
Tex, on the 10th, killing Engineer Metcalf
and severely injuring Fireman Clark.
STEPS have been taken by the Russian
Government to thoroughly develop the
Aspheron petroleum fields on the west
coast of the Caspian Sea.
THE settlement of the Studebaker strike
at South Bend, Ind, was reported on the
10Th as about completed, and work was to
be resumed on the 22d at satisfactory adj.
justment of wages.
GENERAL o. o. HOWARD has been made
happy by his appointment to the Major
Generalship made vacant by the retire.
ment of General Pope.
THE German newspapers continue their
attacks on France, and it is feared De Frey
cinet will be powerless to oppose the desire
of partisans for revenge.
A SUCCESSFUL exhibition of telegraphing
to and from moving trains was given on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road
between Chicago and Milwaukee, on the
10Th.
CANADIAN lumbermen are urging their
government to modify the tariff so as to
remove opposition to the Morrison bill as
regards duty on Canadian lumber.
A RIoToUs demonstration on the 10Th by
Socialists took place at Liege, Belgium, in
which many rioters were wounded and
several hundred were taken prisoners by
the gendarmes.
THE officers of the National Tube works
at McKeesport, Pa, posted notice on the
10Th stating that the mill would resume
work on the 22d at an advance of seven
and half to ten per cent. in wages. The
strikers decided not to accept less than
fifteen per cent. advance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
GAS GOES UP.

Terrible Explosion of Natural Gas at Muir
raysvilIe, Pa.--Several Persons Injured,
Some Fatally. and Large Amount OF
Property Destroyed.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. March 20.-At 4:30
p. m. yesterday another appalling disas-
ter was added to the hi story of natural
gas explosions nav gas well. known
as the McWilliams well, belonging to
the CHARTERS Valley Gas Company, To-
Gated at Murraysville. was being turned
into the company's main line at that
point, when the connection suddenly
broke. and the gas escaped in such vol
umes that it almost instantly filed the
adjoining houses. The gas ignited in
the house of William TAYLOR, and a
terrific explosion followed. The
house was shattered, and was
soon wrapped in flames. The
inmates of the building. seven in number,
were quickly taken ont and carried to
neighbOring house. The fire communi-
Gated to four other buildings. including
the post-office and store, aud all were
totally destroyed. The fire ran back
along the pipe to the well, burning the
derrick and everything surrounding it.
The villagers were wild with fright, as it
wSs feared at one time that the entire
town would be consumed. The flames
were, however, confined to the five build
ings.
The victims of the explosion are as fol-
lows: VIM. Taylor, his wife and two
children; Mrs. Harry Taylor and three
children and Sallie T.acocke. One of the
Taylor children and Miss Lacocke are so
fearfully burned that they cannot live
more than a few hours. All the others
are dangerously burned, except VIM. Tay-
lnx. xxl,Nx mill rhn ON, fhA
buildings and to the gas company will be
about $50, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY.

Alderman Jaehne. of New York, Arrested
For Having Accepted a 100000 Bride for
His Vote for the Broadway Surface kali
way Franehise--There's More of Them.
NEW YORK. March LIT is reported
on excellent authority that Alderman
Jaehne, who was arrested yesterday, has
confessed to having received $4,000 for
his vote for the Broadway Surface rail-
road franchise, and that he has also
named other aldermen who accepted
brides. Jaehne was arrested on a bench
warrant sworn out upon information ant
belief by District Attorney MARITIME.
When Jaehne entered the courtroom
Lawyer Newcomb, who has always acted
as counsel for the alderman, rose and
Jaehne it appears that it has been pro-
cured by information acquired by the
district attorney. Proceedings of this
character are entitled to careful exam
nation. We ask for as earnest an
examination as the character of the in
formation requires.
1t was suggested by District Attorney
MARITIME that the examination take
place on Saturday, but as Jaehne is or
dered to appear before the Senate COM
mittee investigating the franchise mat
ter, Monday was set for the examina-
ton. Jaehne's bail was fixed at SIS 600,
and he was released on Jos. O'Donnell, a
saloon-keeper, becoming his surety.
District Attorney MARITIME said that the
grand jury had been in session all day con-
sidering the Jaehne matter, and that an in
dictment would probably be found Mon
day or Tuesday. Mr.. MARITIME said he felt
sure of his ground. Mere unsupported
evidence against aldermen he would pay
no attention to, but when facts are fur
nished he would not hesitate to act
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
AN INHUMAN BRUTE.

Terrible Indignities Heaped Upon an Alb
Quoted Girl by Gypsy Escape of the
Victim and Pursuit of the Outlaw.
GREENvILLE, O., March l9.-Cora
Green, pretty girl of fourteen, escaped
Sunday night from the gypsy wagon OF
John McVey, who, she alleges. kidnapped
her two years ago, on her way home from
school, near Lebanon, Ind. She was
brought to this place Wednesday by Alex.
Brown and other residents of Adams
township. Her story, as follows, is 6
terrible one of suffering: She was kept
in McVey's wagon most all the time,
travelling through Dayton, Union City,
Sidney and other places, camping on the
road McVey beat and cut her badly with
club, buggy whip and knife, shot
her i'm the head and outraged her. About
a year ago he also drove a nail through
her foot into a board, and. tying her
hands and feet, swung her up to the
wagons bows. choppisg her feet with a
Ratchet. The scars and wounds can be
seen.
In response to kilograms replies have
been received confirming her state
ment, as to the place where she lived, her
name and parents.
McVey fed as soon as he found that
the girl had got away, with his two fe-
male companions. The girls parents
have been sent for and officers are scour-
ing the country for the outlaw. Great
excitement prevails, and there are strong
threats of lynchng.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
NOT LIBERAL ENOUGH.
Reasons Alleged For Mr. Chamberlain's
Desertion of the Gladstone Cabinet--Mr.
Joseph Cowcn Named as His Probable

Reasons Alleged For MI. Chamberlain
Desertion of the Gladstone Cabinet--Mr.
Joseph Cowcn Named as His Probable
LONDON, March 18.-Surmises as to
Mr.. Chamberlain's reason for deserving
the Cabinet must, in the absence of any
I statement from him, be wholly founded
on what is known of the gentleman's rec
ord and tendencies. It is interesting in
this respect to recall the fact that he has
always been chronic grumbler against
any increase in taxation. Whether this
is on account of his large personal inter-
est in the matter is a fair question. As
manufacturer he is noted for grasping
methods of business, and at the very
time when he was urging reforms
in regard to the poor laws he was
accused of being unjustly severe
with his own workmen. 1t is also
significant that he favored a scheme to
compel the Irish landlords to sell out to
their tenants at low figure so long as the
proposal did not involve any expense to
the English taxpayer, even temporarily.
1t is evidently, therefore, possible to
doubt his sincerity in opposing the idea
of Irish land reform. There is much
criticism upon the frequent indications
that Mr. Chamberlain's personal ambition
dictates his. course more often
than broad views as to the pub
lie welfare. These COMBINATIONS
may be unjust, but the only other
indication of his. inability to pull in har-
ness with his fellow-leaders is that his
views are too impractical to meet the
sanction of any of the working statesmen
of the day. Among those named as likely
to succeed Mr.. Chamberlain in the caD-
met is Mr. Jos. Cowen, the Radical re-
form member for Newcastle-on-Tyne. It
has been said of Cowen that he wanted to
abolish everything in the way of govern
ment, except in Ireland, where he wants
new government established in order to
grant home rule.
Mr.. Parnell's illness is very little in
quired into. 1t is recognized that the
leader of party has right to be i'll on
any occasion when he thinks it stvisa-
BILE not to make speech. Mr.. Parnell
may prefer to withhold little longer
statement of his views on certain topics
on account of the lncompletenesS of Glad
stones programme.
LONDON, March 1s.-Mr. Parnell was
in his place in the House of Commons
yesterday afternoon, but was not well
and concluded not to speak at the Ma.
tional League banquet last evening.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25

WASHINGTON, March l9.-The Secre-
tary of State has received communica-
ton from the Consul-General of the
United States at Berlin, in which he
states that within the last few weeks not
less than thirty to forty cases of trichino-
sis have been discovered in Zuttichen, a
town in Silesia, and vicinity. Similar
cases. the Consul-General says, are re-
ported from time to time from other
places in Germany, ffoving that the theory
which led to the prohibition of American
hogs has received setback by facts
which can not be denied. Mention is made
of a great sensation created i'm commercial
circles at Berlin, caused by bill lately
introduced in the United States Senate,
the fate of which manufacturers and ex.
norters OF Berlin look upon with great
anxiety
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
A Severe Sentence.

Detroit, Mich, March I9.-At Fort
Wayne, below this city. the court martial
IT Robt. E. Rivers, of Company III, TWEEN
tv-third United States Infantry, ended
Yesterday. Rivers is the son of II wealthy
Buffalo family, a graduate of Harvard,
and was bank cashier in Buffalo, but
was discharged for crookedness. Two
years ago he deserted. but was recap
tured. Having access to the pay &C
counts he forged checks for various
amounts. For desertion he is sentenced
to five years, and for forgery for seven
more in Leavenworih. Kansas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the House on the Goth, Mr.. Crisp hav.
ing been chosen speaker pro tenn, the free
coinage bill was taken up and debated.....
There was no session of the Senate.
Two more victims have died from the
effects of injuries received in the recent
Murraysville (Pa.) natural gas explosion.
BEN MOTION, of Evansville, Ind, fell
down an elevator shaft on the Goth and was
crushed to death.
RoUMANIA has recalled her minister to
Russia.
GERMAN feeling is becoming embittered
toward France again.
SENATOR INGALLS, has decided not to
accompany the Congressional party to
Florida and Cuba.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued call for S10,0OO,0OO three per cent.
bonds. The call will mature on May /.
A QUARRY collapsed at Baxes, France,
on the Goth, burying number of persons.
AN accident occurred on the Wyoming
Valley railroad near Hoadly, Pa. on the
goth, killing fireman named Fred Smith.
THE ferryboat Cooper's Point was burned
at her wharf at Camden, N. j., on the Goth.
Loss. $4,000.
GOVERNOR IRELAND of Texas has offered
viction of parties who removed the rails
and burned bridges on the Texas & Pacific
railway
IT is said that General Henry K. Jack
son, the American Minister to Mexico, who
recently started for Washington, contem-
plates resiening.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has been furnished with
a written statement of the views of the
Irish Defence Union on Irish affairs.
PLANS for a settlement of the railroad
strike proposed by the Governors of Mis-
souri, and Kansas have been accepted by
Mr.. Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific, with
some qualifications. 1t remains to be seen
now the strikers will view the ''qualifica-
tons"
\ MEETING of unemployed workingluen
was held on Clerkenwen green, London,
on the Goth. The affair was conducted in
an orderly and peaceable way. The police
had adopted elaborate precautions TO pre-
vent disorder.
A NEW Tichborne claimant has turned
up in California.
WILLIAM II. CARTER. proprietor of the
Nelson Pharmaceutical Works, New York,
committed suicide at his office on the Goth,
by shooting himself in the right temple.
No cause is assigned for the act.
THE total exports of specie from the port
of New York during the past week were
disc during the same period were valued at
~, 26e, 323, exclusive OF dry goods.
LOUISE MICHEL is said to keep herself
poor by her benefactious, even giving
away ner clothes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
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An Old Battle-Ffag Returned,

GoLDsBoRoUGH, N c., March 90
Last evening at the opera house here, in
the presence of a great concoursc of
people, Captain III. c. Dwight. president
OF the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts
Regimental Association, formally re-
turned the flag captured on March IA. 1862.
from Company A, Goldsborough Rifles.
The unfurling of the faded old banner
was greeted with an old-fashioned rebel
yell, but this was followed by three rous-
ing cheers when the new American nag.
also the gift of the Twenty -seventh. was
produced
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
rHE RAILROAD STRIKE.

The status Quo Still Maintained by the
Missouri Pacific and Knights Of Labor
Grand Master Workman Powderly Places
the Responsibility ON Mr.. Hoxie. Who
VIII Not Meet the Former Of7cially.
ST.. Louis, Mo-, March 19.-The truce
between the striking Knights and the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company still
continues, and judging from observations
made by parties on both sides, the truce
win soon make way for at least tenn
porary, if not lasting, peace. AS far as
the Knights are concerned nothing would
please them better than q permanent
settlement, but as the causing OF
strikes seems to lie alto
gether with Jay Gould, and
as that worthy knows how profitable
strike may be to him. there is no predict
ing when he NAV again break any agree
ment he enters into with the knights.
The latter. therefore, are very carefui not
to be too certain of a speedy settlement.
They satisfy themselves with hoping ana
waiting The men are much more
cheerful than might be expected
under the circumstances, and how
ever anxious they may be to return 70
work, they are all ready to stay out 70
the last III the railroad SHOWS any ibShHa-
ton to refuse to treat with them. A
good deal of confidence is placed in
Grand Master Powderly, who will prob
ably arrive i'm this city tomorrow. Ii
Mr.. Hoxie consents to see him. there is
but little doubt that Mr.. Powderly Will
be able to obtain justice for the knights.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, March 2o.-The fol-
lowing is Mr. Powderly's reply sent last
night to Mr.. Hoxie:
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March IS.
H. NJ Horfe First Vice President Missouri Pa
cifc Raii,cay. ST. Louis
DEAR SIR-Since you will not meet with me
as General Master Workman of the Knights
of Labor, mnst decline to meet with Won In
any other capacity. and the Responsibility
for the future continuance" OF the strike
must not be chare ed to the KNIGHTS OF Labor.
since the executive officer of that order will
not be permitted to meet and 60 operate
with y.ru in settling the strike. 1t was my
Intention. had you consented to meet with
me, to enieavor to effect such a settlement
as would prevent impositions being prac-
ticed upon the employees of your company
by an hortiina,e officials and nut an end to
strikes on your lines for the future.
lSignedl T. V. POwDERLY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
No Chance of u Settlement.

NEW YORK, March lit was whiap
pered around confidentially among Wall
street spectators yesterday that the
trans-continental war was to be settled
finally before the day was over, c. P.
Huntington and the other contending
magnates having determined upon COM
promise. Before the dav was far spent
however, the promises of peace had faded
from sight. Last night it was said by a
gentleman having means of knowledge.
that the chances for an early settlement
were very remote.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25

WASHINGTON, March 17.-David Car.
roll Yesterday swore out a warrant for the
arrest of John baltimore, assistant teach
er at the Jefferson School, on charge of
assault and battery. The boys had been
disorderly and baltimore, losing his
temper completely, ran among them.
striking right and left, and catch
ing one boy threw him into the air, letting
him fall on desk. He then turned. and
catching Carroll by the hair. swung him
out of his seat The weight of the boy
took the hair out by the roots, and he fell
to the floor. The boy displays bald
spot several inches in diameter in cor.
roboration of the story.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
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Keeping the judicial Ermine Clean

BOSTON, March 2o.-In the equity ses-
sion OF the Supreme Court Yesterday
Judge Holmes. on the ground that he
owned stock I'm the road. declined to con-
Time hearing ON the petition of Jas. q
Davis to compel Superintendent Roche of
the western Union Company 10 produce
certain kilograms alleged to bear on the
suit OF JAS. w. Fletcher, of Detroit. who
claims to own $1,000 of bonds In the
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe Railroad
Company, and who prays for an iniunc-
ton To restrain the company from having
interest on bonds of the Sonora Railroad
Company. and Tor the appointment of a
receiver
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
An Absurd Theory.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE theory
which has been advanced that the Oregon
was not run into by a schooner, but in
iured by an explosion of dynamite, is not
received with much credence. The at
tention of Mr.. Currier, of the Cunard
line, was called to it to-day by United
Press reporter. That gentleman laughed
at the idea. and characterized all such
theories as ridiculous.
'sThe Oregon" he continued, chad no
dynamite OH board, and the rumor that
there was an explosion of an Internal ma.
chine is equally absurd"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
The Puni-hment Fits the Crimes

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 1s.-John
Gillespie, the negro who so foully muir
dered Mrs. Thos. GRAY near London,
Tenn, yesterday, was hanged at three
O'Clock this morning. At two O'Clock a
mob of two hundred men overpowered
the officers in charge of the brute and
carried him to an open field, half mile
from the village. and gave him thirty min.
utes to pray and then swung him from the
limb of sycamore tree. After hanging
till nearly dead, Gillespie was cut down
and allowed to revive. He then made
full confession. and was hanged a second
time and remained suspended until life
was extinct.