The Penn's Grove record., 1888-11-24

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were descending the Warrior Run
At Wilkesbarre, Penna., on the
afternoon Of the 10Th, a rope broke,
and q trip Of cars ran down upon them.
Moore was killed and the ether two
severely injured. A new sewer In
Pittsburg caved In en- the 10Th, killing
J.. b. Sands, the contractor, and q
named Charles Baker. They
had gone into the sewer to do some
work, when the side caved In. Mrs.
Thomas Fitzpatrick tried to light .
FIRE at her home, IN Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, on the 10Th, with q parlor
match. The head fell off aud ignited
her clothes. Her father and son were
badly burned in endeavorlng to extiD-
the flames. 1t is thought that
Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her father are
burned.
Committee reports were received
and discussed by the Convention of
The knights Of Labor in indianapolis,
Indiana, on the 18th. SO far as is
the Committee on Law favors
the consolidation Of the offices Of Gem
eral Treasurer, and also recommends
that tho General Master Workman
shall select his own cabinet. General
Master Workman Pcwderly and Secre-
tsry Hayes are candidates for re-
election.
Snow fell in Northern Illinois,
Indiana, and Eastern Iowa on the
evening of the 18th. Two inches of
snow fell at Danville. Virginia. on the
evening Of the 18Th. followed by sleet
and drenching rain. Two inches Of
snow also fell ut Cumberland, in West
efn Maryland.
The auditors who have been ex-
amining the books report that Warren
P. COpp, the ex-Tax Collector of
Saugers, Massachusetts, now supposed
TO be in Canada, has q shortage ia his
accounts with the town Of $4,000. j.
T. Hill, the defaulting Treasurer Of
Harrison county, Iowa, was on the
10Th, sentenced to two and a half years
in the Penitentiary. Hill had been
Treasurer OF the county for IL years,
and when he went out OF Office last
January was found to be short in bis
accounts about $40. 600. The shortage
has been made good by his bondsmen.
Joseph Cattiran was killed in the
Hotel Putnam, Roxbury, Massachu-
setts, on the Goth, while trying Ia
rescue a boy who had been caught be-
tween the elevator and the wall.
Henry Protzman and family, In
charge Of the Bee Line Station at Hart
we'll, Ohio, we're c~hlorotormed on the
morning of the Goth, and robbed Of
$500. W. L. Stoughton, paymaster Of
he Moline Wagon Company, In Moline,
Illinois, is missing, and it has been dis
covered that within the past few years
70 has drawn over $40, 900 wages made
out to imaginary parties. He is %
Years old. Two members Of q gang of
-ouuterfeiters have been arrested by
Government officers neal Warren,
Penna. Alarge amount Of counterfeit
money was captured. Other members
)f the gang will. 1t is expected, be
caught within q short time.
There we're 70 new cases of yellow
never and one death In Jacksonville on
the Goth. There were three new cases
# yellow fever in Gainesville, Florida,
Of the Goth.
Eight new cases of yellow fever
and four deaths were reported on the
10Th, in Jacksonville. Total cases ia
iaate, 1921; deaths. 400. Two new
Eases and u death vera reported In
M~acclenny on the 18th. Ten new cases
md one death have been reported 10
Gainesville since the 18th. Five new
Eases Of yell W fever we're reported on
the 10Th, in Gainesville.
Frederick Trenstrupp, Peter G.
Petersen and a man supposed to be Ar.
thur Sepli went out rowing In q small
boat on Jamaica Bay, Long Island, on
The afternoon Of the 18Th. When but
1 short distance from the shore the boat
sank and the occupants were dro wned.
"A passenger train on the Cincin-
natl, Indianapolis, st. Louis and Chi
ago Railroad left the track. neal
Harrison, Ohio, on the morning Of the
10th, by reason Of spreading rails. and
dive coaches we're overturned. There
we're about AZ passengers on board,
nearly all of whom were more or less
injured. The most severely hurt arr
Mrs. Martha Moore, aged 80 years
Mrs. Margaret Campbell. aged 81
years: Miss May Green, George Yaeger,
Harvey Hamilton and Scott Small. A
work train cOllided with u freight or
the Union Pacific Railroad at ROcl
Creek Station, Wyoming Territory. OF
the 10th. An engineer and fireman
were fatally hurt and ten laborers or
the work train were slightly injured
Daniel Barnbart was struck by q traiI
at Harrisburg, Penna., on the 10th
and died In q short time.
AT the old concentration OF thu
Boston, Montana. Consolidated Works
ut Meadville, Montana, on the 10th, .
boiler exploded, killing N. G. Ed
munds, engineer; w. O'Connor, car
penter; Jacob kramel, pipe filter
Henry Winters. la5orer. and fatally
injuring Richard Wing, machinist
George Hecker, pipe ftter, and JohI
Eustis. carpenter, and foreman HAM
Pickering.
The Convention Of the Knights o
Labor in session In Indianapolis, In
diana, on the Goth, adopted the re
port Of the Committee on Law, whict
recommended that General Master
Workman Powderly be allowed to nom
mate candidates from which fouI
members of the General Executive
Board shall be elected by the Conven
ZION. 1t was also decided to consoli
date the offices of General Secretar!
and General Treasurer, 1t was sal,
that General Secretary Hayes mus
have this Office II MIR. Powderly is Il
he the General Master Workman.
Miss Ada Harvey, the first female
child born in Denver, is % years old,
and IL pnU viaittpu tho CRANES nf he