Western cyclone., 1886-09-16
ly she ran from the house to the river near
by and jumped in.

! Two highway robberies occurred near st.
Louis, Mo-, in which farmer boys returning
from the city were victimiZed. Fred Ven
herman, who lives at Kirkwood, was riding
home on his hay wagon, and was stopped by
two men who pointed shot-guns at his head
and relieved him of So and some small
change. William Lamb, farmer boy, was
shortly after this stopped by the same couple
who, he Gays we're masked. He had left all
of his money at home so the robbers got
nothing of him. The two incidents created
some excitement In the community.
| Adisastrons fire broke out in the Pullman
| Palace Car company shed in the New York,
| Lake Erie d Western railroad yard, in Jer-
| sey City, n. j. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by the explosion of barrel of
kerosene. 1t spread in all directions with
! frightful rapidity, and in less than an hour
! had destroyed large amount OF property,
| including five Pullman sleeping cars. They
were valued at $4,000 each. The total loss
on cars and buildings will amount to $780,
| 600, most of which is covered by insurance.
The demonstration of the Knights of
Labor in Baltimore, was the largest of the
! industrial classes ever witnessed. In many
parts of the city buildings were decorated
The gathering took place in East Baltimore.
| The line was composed of eight divisions,
preceded by platoon of police, and through
out the entire line were flags and floats rep
resenting the various industrial pursuits
! The line started at l O'Clock and moved
through the principal streets to Druid Hill
park. 1t is estimated that from 1900 to
| 1900 workingmen and women were i in line
The New York Times says: New York
merchants, jObbers and commission mer-
chants are generally satisfied with the con-
ditiOn of trade. BusinessIis picking up, and
! shows in most cases avery decided improve
ment. Buyers for the fall trade have been
and continue to be numerous, and in many
kinds of business, the men have to be kept
by their employers to pack up and forward
goods ordered. Long arrays of boxes and
cases piled up in front of business houses
down town, and awaiting their turn to be
carted off, gives strong ocular demonstra-
zion of the busy season.
The federation of coal miners were in
session at Indianapolis. The resolution
favoring a union with the International
Trades union of the United States and
Canada was adopted. The question of unit
| ing with the Knights of Labor provoked a
| lengthy debate, and resulted in the unani-
nous adoption Of the following: That we
are opposed to merging with the Knights of
Labor, and recognize no organization as be-
ing capable to deal with the interests of
miners and mine laborers of the United
States and territories but miners and mine
labOrers of the national federation.
State Senator James H. Whitford Of An
derson county, died at Garnett. Senator
WhitfOrd was native of Circleville, Pick
way county, o.. having been born there in
1882, and was consequently "a years of age.
He was a practicing physician and had a
large lucrative practice in the town and vi
cinity of Garnett, Anderson county, where he
settled in May, '66. He was gentleman of
great atfability and much kindness of heart,
and was hOnored and esteemed by the entire
Nv NH 0h ho 1VUO
ago he received the republican nomination
for state senator from the Twelfth senatorial
district composed of the counties of Ander-
son, Allen and WOOdsOn, and was elected by
a handsome majority.
prominent architect and builder from
New York, strolled through the streets of
Charleston, S. @. and examined some heaps
of mortar and brick. "It seems to me-" he
said, "that good deal of destruction is due
to careless and imperfect building. | no
ticed that in very many instances that the
mortar used in the construction of dwellings,
is very inferior. In some instances there
are hardly any traces of lime or cement.
Bricks laid in that kind of mortar will not
remain long in any violent shock. The city
ought to have an official to inspect building
material. There are builders, not only in
Charleston, but all over the world who will
take advantage of people and use cheap
material"
Word has been received of a sicken-
ing calamity which occurred near Somers-
town, Pa, on the line of the Williamsport
& North Branch railroad, where a large
number of Hungarian labOrers were en-
plOyed on an extention of the road. A shanty
in which over twenty of these men lodge
caught fire from the Overturning of a
stove while the men were asleep. Six
| teen men slept on the second floor but seven
succeeded in getting out. The others were
left to their fate, and were roasted alive in
the burning shanty. Their charred remains
were afterwards found in the ruins. The
men who escaped were so panic stricken
that they made no effort to save their COM
panions.
| A dispatch from Washington, D. c., says;
| A gentleman who visits Bermuda yearly says
Charleston is not the only place over which
anxiety may be felt. The island Is of coral
| formation, built on the top of a volcanic
mountain of great altitude and steepness.
Some of the soundings in the vicinity equal
| in depth any in the world. The base of the
! submarine mountain is not much wider than
the top, and the existence of great caves
through which the sea water finds its way to
the interior of the land shows its unsubstan-
tial construction. The island is only fifteen
miles long by two or three broad, and no
where Is the altitude over 800 feet. A single
| severe CONFUSION might throw this mass of
rock into the sea, or tidal wave sweep over
| it, and it would never more be heard Of
The photographic Office has received a
| letter from Captain Leo Noegel, of the
steamer Getty of Palatka," briefly describ-
! ing the effects of the earthquake at sea. He
had just left Charleston and was about
twelve miles off the harbor at Port Royal,
in eighty -one fathoms, where ne experienced
terrible rumbling sensation, which lasted
one and half minutes. There had been
quite heavy sea from the southwest, but
when the rumbling began the wave motion
ceased and the waters remained perfectly
calm until the rumbling came to an END,
when the swell was again manifest. The
wind was southeast and light, the weather
cloudy, the barometer 300l, and the Their
mometer 50 degrees. The sensation, Cap
tain Voegel says, resembled that upon q
ship scraping a pebbly bottom. The ships
vibrations were very great.
A New York telegram received in Pitts
burg, Pa, occssioned no little talk among
the Rights of Labor there. 1t is stated that
GaneraI Master Workman POWderly had