Evening journal., 1888-07-07
General New. Of me Morning.


county, Mich, was destroyed by fire early
Thursday morning. The loss amounts to
over $50 900. with light Insurance.
A battery of boilers at the tannery OF
A. q ) Groetzlnger, Allegheny City, Pa.
exploded yesterday afternoon, wreckiug
several buildings and seriously injuriDa
ak persons, three OF whom afterwnrd died.
Through the neglect OF Train Dispatcher
W. II. Beidleman OF Wilkesbarre, Pa, two
passenger trains collided yesterday morn.
ing at Butzoach's Landing and over 200
passengers we're bruised and 80 badly in
jured.
! Advices received at Queenstown report
that the wreck of large wooden vessel,
believed to be the American ship Farragut
was passed recently 800 miles from Cal
cutta Tbs Farragut left Calcutta January
| 20 for New York.
A pile OF bricks fell upon four little boys
yesterday afternoon as workmen we're
tearing down the rear wall OF an old
Knicksrbockcr ice house at 25th and Lom-
bard sis, Philadelphia. Two OF the little
fellows will probably die.
In the case OF Joseph NJ. Chase, indicted
for mnnslaughter in causing the death OF
Prof. r. A. Paul Of Washington, ID. O., on
March 81 last. by recklessly driving Into
him and his bicycle, the jury yesterda,
after being out one hour, returned verdict
of guilty. Notice OF motion for new
trial was given.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the Last seven days
Humber for the United States 1872, and for
Canada % or a total OF 214 failures, as
compared with a total Of 20l last week, and
20A the week previous For the CORES
ponding week OF last year the failures
numbered but 1853, made up OF 1876 In the
Unised. States and IS In Canada.
The body OF Samuel r. Henderson, of
Cleveland. Ohio, who is supposed 70 have
committed suicide at the Assor House,
New York, with carbolic acid Thursday
night, was removed TO an undertakeF's es-
sablishment, where an autopsy was made.
II showed that the mans death was due to
carbolic acid poioniug, and thus relieving
his wife OF the suspicion which had rested
upon her.
A despatch from Springfield. Mo. says
"Rsports from the back counties just com.
ing In indicates that the Fourth was cele-
brated In a lively style. At Mansfield q
party OF farmers engaged In a free-for.a ali
fight There we're six OF them; but one Il
left to tell the tale, the others being dead
or badly hurt. At Walnut Grove. viii
Merritt aud John Claypool got drunk in o
livery stable. One bottle OF beer was left
and with this Claypool knocked Merritt
down under horses heels, where be wal
kicked TO death. At Hallville Dan Mitch
ell stabbed w. Scott fatally
MIR. Psrnell, made a statement in thI
House Of Commons yesterday ia regard 4
Q the letters read at the O'Donnell libel sui
Z trial. He summed up with this statement
The great msjorlty Of the letters read a
the trial are palpable forgsries- II they ar
credited, 1t must be supposed that deliber
a ately put myself In the power OF muir
3 derers; that / was an accessory TO th
Phpnix Park murderer before and nfte
s the fact, and that entered Kilmainhan
Jail desiring to assassinate Mr.. Forste
The absurdity Of the whole series of letter
5 with a few exceptions, shows them to b
forgeries.n
The Victory gained By the Pullman Com
pauy over its rival, the Wagner, has heen
turned 10 naught, at lsast, TOR some time Il
/ come. The Wagner people are now agaii
at liberty to use not only the vestibnl
cars, which they have hsen doing riRh
along. but all the accompanying devices a
well which the Pullmans have bsen lay inI
t. stress upon. Just before Judge Gresham
left for the east last evening on bis way {
Europe, the counsel for the Wagner Pa
ace Car Company and for the Pullman
Company we're called before him and not
fed that he and Judge Bodgstt bad r.
o. solved to dissolve the Injunction issue
o. sgainst the Wagner Company in the Pal
man application for a preliminary iniunS
II tion. No reasons were given by tn
Il Judges.
The rear one OF two sections OF Fore
q pnugh's circus transportation train, boun
a for Newport was wrecked south OF th
Dark Tunnel, under Central street, Fa
= River, M. IS yesterday morning. It cor
sisted OF the stable and sleeping cars an
cage Stats, aud Jumped split swift. b et Il
south end OF the tunnel. The third car lei
the track, derailing The three fUllowin
y cars. which piled on top OF one another
great confusion. These men we're in tt
~ third ear, two Of whom, Frank Fagan,
as New Britain, Conn, and John Wood, {
Boston, were injured Dandy q trio
a borss was killed A stallion, formerl
r. owned by Robert Stickney, the barebaC
rider, and e racing mare were so badl
be injured that they we're shot. The wreC
Id was cleared away by 7 o'clock. and Il
company went on to its destination. Tv
"a cars were ruined and abandoned.