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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
FOUND THE GAS.
ny Applying n Light TO the Mnin-FrIghs-
fui Explosion Under q store In Chi

~ Applying n Light to the Mnin-FrIght-
fui Explosion Under q Store In Chi
cago.
CHICAGO, April o6--An explosion that
pitched seventy people into the air, throw
ing one man fifty feet, wrecked sixteen
plate glass windows ruined t35, 900 worth
of clothing and caused stampede of hun
dreds of people from the upper stories of
tho tall buildings, occurred in a basement
at State and jackson streets this
evening. Queerly enough no one was
killed or even fatally injured. A couple
OF workmen for the Houston Thompson
Electric Light Company were attempting
to drill hole across under the street for
q conduit, when n gas main was inad-
ver tently punctured. Ono Of tho pair lit
candle to see what was the matter
with the drill. The next instant the two
workmcn, the seventy odd clerks and
customers in the Bell clothing. store, ON
the first floor, the massive plate glass
front, the heaps of ready made arpar u,
wore mixed up in an almost nextrica bls
mass with broken timbers and falling pas.
ter, while people for blocks around
thought an earthquake had occurred, and
rushed pell-mell into tho street. George
Dunlop, floor walker, who was standing
on hot-air register in the floor, selling a
suit Of clothes to a lady and little boy,
went flying obliquoly to the ceiling, and
landed on an overturned table fifty feot
distant. The woman and child were
thrown off their feet, but were virtually
uninjured, and quickly made their es.
cape. Dunlop's back was badly
wrenched, and 1t is feared he is
hurt internally. Both the workmen, Charles
Ash and George ST. John, were seriously
injured, being fearfully bruised and cut,
but neither is in apparent danger OF denth.
Tho others hurt seriously are Henry
Lund, I. j. Dungley and L. L. Kleinhaus,
all employees IN the store. Every person
in the establishment at the time was more
or less scratched, bruised and bedraggled,
but were able to make their way out with
out assistance. The fire was quickly ex-
tingushed by the city department, else
results to the victims would have been
perhaps something frightful. j. Fl. Cohn,
owner Of the Bell store, estimates the loss
at S35, 900. It is fully insured, but there
is doubt whether he can collect, as the
damage In the main was not caused by
fire. N. Corwith, owner Of the building,
has loss of $4,000, insured. A curious
illustration of the force of the explosion is
the fact that few of the fragments of the
great windows found were larger than
two inches square.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
RIOT AT BRADDOCK.

Mob of Strikers Assault Men Returning
From York-Further Trouble Threat
ened.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 26.-The situa-
tion at the Edgar Thompson Steel Works,
is viewed with much apprehension. This
evening a mob of several hundred Hunga-
rians and Poles gathered at place close
to the company's property, and laid in
wait for party of Hungarian operatives
that had refused to join the strikers.
The men had been engaged for the night
turn. AS soon as the workmen came
near where the strikers were gathered tho
latter assaulted them with clubs, stones
and bricks. The workmen broke and fed
in every direction, tho strikers chasing
them with the vilest imprecations and
threats if they attempted to return to
work. The rioters declare that they will
assemble in the morning and that no hands
shall go into the mill to work. Pinkerton's
guards have been instructed to turn out in
full force in the morning, and il possible
prevent more trouble.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
ALIVE AND WEALTHY.
A Romance Beginning on tho
Eastern Coast,


CLEVELAND, o., April GA peculiar
case came to light to-day by the filing of q
petition for divorce. At tho close Of tho
rebellion Miss Floretta A. Robertson and
John w. Copeland were married In New
England, with the happiest prospects for
the future. They began housekeeping il
tho outskirts of q thrifty village, and in
few years became prosperous. Three
children came to bless tho union, and
the domestic happiness of the pair was
complete. During tho Centennial year
the husband caught the gold fever, and bid.
ding his wife and babies goodbye, he de.
parted for tho Pacific Slope full Of visions,
in which a colossal fortune, easily earned,
was tho central figure. During the first
year OF tho husbands absence he wrote
frequently, and his letters were full Of
bright anticipations. Tho second year he
wrote less frequently, and as timo wore on
his letters came at long intervals until
about 1881, when they ceased altogether,
the last one coming from a mining camp in
New Mexico. In the meantime Mrs. Cope
land removed to Cleveland where she estab-
lished herselfin cozy home. Not long after
the arrival of the last letter the wife
learned on what she deemed reliable au-
thority that her husband was dead, and
as no more letters came from him she be-
came convinced of the truth Of the state
ment that her husband had died as stated.
Nearly six years passed away and tho
widow was wooed and won by John NJ.
Robertson. Cleveland man of some
wealth. They have lived in this
city since. Not q doubt existed in
the minds of either that husband
No. was resting in far-away grave
until about ten days ago, when letter
was received from him. He had gone up
into California, and fortune had at last
smiled upon him. The wife was thunder
struck, and she at once applied to an at
torney for advice. Undershis instructions
she Immediately left husband No. 9 and
went to live with relatives in the city un.
til she could secure legal separation in
the courts from him. Her attorney pre-.
pared divorce petition, which was filed
this morning. What arrangement will be
made after the divorce is granted depends,
OF course, upon Copeland.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
The Floor of Crowded Hall Gives
Way,
Prccipitating Hundreds of People Dis
tance of Twenty Fect-several Dead
Taken from the RuIns--sevcral
Seriously Wounded.

BELLEroNrAINE, o., April 81. "A terrible
accident occurred at Rushsylvania, nine
miles east Of here, on the c., c., C. and !.
railway, tonight. A school exhibition
was in progress at Brockerman's Hall, stu.
ated in the second story Of brick build.
ing. The hall seats about four hundred and
was crowded to its utmost capacity.
Suddenly, without the slightest warm
ing, the floor gave way with fright
full crash. It appeared to sink in
the center funnel shaped, and the
entire audience went down In surging
mass to the ground, a distance Of twenty
or twenty five feet As is usual on such
occasions, many women and children
were present, and their shricks as they
were precipitated with the crashing tim
bers were heartrending. Every public
conveyance in town has been pressed into
service, and physicians and help have
responded to the appeals for aid in tho
greatest haste. Mrs. Jennie Alexander, q
daughter OF Frank Stewart, Mrs. Wright,
Harvey Selders, justice of the peace, and
one other woman, whose name 1t is at
present unable to ascertain have been
taken out dead, and at least fifty are
wounded, many of them badly. The fact
that the walls did not fall in proved a
blessing. Many more would have been
killed outright had that occurred.
Quite number of ladies and
children were taken out, some Of
them unhurt, with their clothing torn
completely off them. Later.-As far as
can be ascertained, the killed are as fol-
lows: Rev. j. E. Alexander's wife, Miss
Stewart and Miss Garwood. Crippled:
Harvey Selders, both legs broken and one
arm, with other INJURIES James johnson,
badly hurt; was taken home insensible.
Mrs. Frank McCulloch, badly hurt.
Mrs. Drumm is supposed to be dying. At
present Mrs. Wait Wright is not expected
to live. Walker Lewis, one leg broken.
Mrs. VIM. Mccullough, badly hurt A little
babe of Mrs. Coombs, badly hurt. Judge
Selders two children, of Ridgeway, badly
hurt. Many others are hurt, but it will
be impossible to fully tell the result until
morninV
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
LOST HER TONGUE,
But 1t Docs Not Interfere Seriously With
the I.ady's Speech.

the Lady's Speech.
BosToN. April ga woman fifty-six
years old recently had an operation per.
formed at the Massachusetts General Hos.
pital by which she was deprived Of her
tongue. Fifteen years ago she touched her
tongue with lye and burned the upper side
of it. Soon afterward she noticed thick,
white coating, which remained until year
ago, when it disappeared, leaving smooth
red scar. A few months later an ulcer be.
gan to form. The ulcer soon presented q
deep cavity, which was about an inch in
diameter, in the middle Of the tongue. Up
to this time she had no pain, but now she
suffered considerably, not only in her
tongue, but her jaws and ears. A fine chain
saw was placed around her tongue as far
back as possible and drawn tight by
means Of thum bscrew. This saw was
made to tighten gradually until it cut
completely through the tongue. The re-
markable thing about the case is that
there was no bleeding whatever. After
recovery from the ether she swallowed
milk easily. At the end of two weeks she
could make herself easily understood, and
has improved so much in her speech that
she is now able to act as one Of COM
mittee Of ladies at fair.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Remarkable For Ace.

GERMANTOWN, O., April 29.-Can any
other locality in the State beat the ages OF
the following named family of four
brothers and two sisters now living In
good health: Mrs. Mary Hemp, eighty
nine; Frederick Thomas, eighty-six !;
Michael Thomas, eighty-four; Samuel
Thomas, eighty; Daniel Thomas, seventy
seven, and Mrs. Susan Frey, seventy
five years Of age. Their combined ages is
4o1 years, or an average Of almost eighty
two years Taxing the odd months would
make them average little over eighty
two years. The oldest sister was drowned
many years ago, and one brother died q
few years ago at eighty years of age.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05


WN. THOMAS was killed by falling slate
in the Stevens coal minos, near Charles
ton, w. Va.
HENRY DAVIS and VIM. Ward, both in
toxicated, attempted to get of q moving
train at Lowell, W. Va, and were injured
tho former fatally.
The market value of the Standard Oil
Trust is s144, ,OOO, 900.
The Tiskilwa (Ill.) bank robbers, jim
mic Foster and ''Tan" Burns, alias Thos.
Allen-have been placed behind the bars
of the Joliet prison for ten years each.
Jim Norton, recently captured ut st. Paul,
is in jail awaiting trial.
II. II. Cross, New York artist, gets a
verdict at Chicago against L. C. Long, a
millionaire railroad contractor who re.
fused to pay for u picture because it
showed that he had lost an arm.
The present Governors of the thirteen
original States assembled in Philadelphia
on the 2sth to take preparatory steps for
the coming centennial celebration of con-
stitutional government in New York. They
attended the LAUGH of two Government
vessels at Cramps shipyard.
ANTON WILDvoGEL and Emile Schuler,
of st. Louis, were found dead In cistern,
where they had been suffocated by foul
air.
WHITELEY, the notorious Texas outlaw
and train robber. who, with John Bar
bour, is suspected of the murder Of Deputy
Sheriff Stanley, was wounded and cap
tured after hard fight.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND approves tho act
providing for a public building at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
RUSH FOR THE RESERVATION.
GrcLa ScSambic for tho Blnckfcct Lands
Soon To I3s, Omen to Settlement.

GrcLa 3cssmbie for tho Blnckfcct Lands
Soon To Bs Open to Settlement.
GREAT FALLS Mont, April 29.-News OF
the opening Of the Blackfeet Reserva-
tion is awaited impatiently here and
throughout Northern Montana. A large
number of persons have gonc to the
reservation to locate ranches, mines
and town sites. The desirable valleys
are fairly covered with fonts, the great
est rush apparently being to the Big
Sandy, the famous hay grounds. Soldiers
as we'll as civilians are on the ground, and
when news comes that the bill Is signed
there is likely to be arush. Bullhock Val
Icy, beyond Fort Assiniboine, is all staked
of and the tents Of the squatters may be
seen all along tho valley OF Milk river.
There is silver lode in the Boarpath Noun
tains that was located several years ago.
1t is reported that several parties are on
hand Watching to locate this mine, as well
rs to prospect for others.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Fatal Amusem menf,

New YORK, April 27.-In front of Schles.
singers store are two largo arc-lights.
Frederick White, clerk, aged twenty.
three, has had a habit Of tapping lightly
with his hand on one of the lamps when
ever he came out of or entered the store.
The store was closed as usual at about ten
o'clock tonight, and q few minutes later
White started for his lodgings. The lamps
were hanging rather lower than was Gus.
tomary, and any one standing five feet
high could have reached them. White
foolishly grasped one of the wires forming
the loop connecting them, and on the in
stant he uttered a cry Of pain. He was
powerless to release his hold, however,
and after writhing in agony for apparent
ly several seconds he fell dead.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

The following are the ages of the
principal rulers of the world: William
Ill. OF the Netherlands. Il; Christian
TX, OF Denmark, 20; Victoria. of En-
gland. So; Pedro H.. of Brazil, 63;
Nasser ed Deem. of Persia, 60; Francis
Joseph, Of Austria. SO; Oscar IL,
OF Sweden. So; Grover Cleveland.
President of the United States, 81;
Carnot. President OF France. 40; Alex
ander I'LL. of Russia. "A; Humbert, of
Italy. A; Mutsuhitio. of Japan. 81,
kuang Su, of China, II.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

Roscoe CoNKLING's memory was as
wonderful rs his mind was strong. 1t
WAS his custom to carefully prepare
In writing a speech to which he at
tached Importance; and when it was
finished he could go upon the stage or
the floor and deliver it sentence by
sentence, without the variation of q
word. He could repeat whole pages
from Shakespeare and other poets,
with perfect accuracy and without eff
fort, for hours at a time.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Miners Lives Lost.

explosion occurred in Mine No. 4, of the
Delaware and Hudson Company, a
Plymouth at p. m. this evening. Patrick
AcCill and ]. Kneiss, miners, were in
stantly killed, Charles O'Connor,a a laborer,
was 80 badly burned that his life is de-
SPARED of, both eyes being destroyed and
his head and body frightfully roasted;
Joseph Halloran and William James were
badly injured, but will live.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

The last year was the most active In
eaiiroad construction in the history of
The United States. Nearly II. 600 miles
OF road were built Many were dis
posed to think that the work of con-
struction In this line was pushed too
rapidly. that the new trsck-laying had
been overdone. and that there wouls!
DO great reaction, but the fears seem
70 be unfounded, rs thus far this year
e,O96 miles Of track have been laid in
twenty-eight States. against !. O40 miles
laid In twenty-five States on forty-nine
lines during the corresponding period
OF last year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
SHOWING in The Northwest.

ST. PAUL, MINI, April %. AFTER three
days OF rain it began showing this after
noon, and at 0 p. m. still continues. Spec
ials from st. Peter, Mimi, Yankton, and
Canton, Dak., report damp snow falling.
This is tho latest snow Of any spring for
five years in South Dakota. While it may
delay seeding somewhat it will not damage
crops already in the ground.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Allegheny Liquor Licenses.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, April 25.-The judges
in the county license court handed down
the balance of their decisions this evening.
In Allegheny City 70 saloons were granted
licenses, 145 refused and held over; is
wholesale licenses were granted, II re.
fused and held over. In Braddock, II
wholesale and retail licenses were grant
ed, % refused and held over.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Memorial Day in Georoia.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 27.-Memorial Day
was celebrated by an entire suspension Of
business in the afternoon. The military
and civil organizations went to Oakland
Cemetery at p. m. and listened to an I'D.
dress by Colonel Thomas G. Jones, Of
Montgomery, Ala. The decoration Of the
graves was profuse. Throughout the
towns of the State there was general
suspension Of business and orations were
generally delivered. At Washington, Ca,
a monument Of Italian marble twenty. five
feet high, was erected in memory of Gen.
eral Robert Toombs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

ALFRED JACKSON, John Smith and
John Vice, all of Owingsville, KY, re-
ceive $72 a month apiece from the
Government Their pensions are grant
ed on the score of total blindness con-
tracted during the late war. They
were members Of the same company Of
che same regiment-the Twenty-fourth
kentucky Infantry. Vices claim has
just been granted, and he obtains
over fourteen thousand dollars in back
pension. He has been a mendi-
cant for years. and his helpless
family has endured the most abject
Doverty.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
"A two-story wooden building

"A two-story wooden building In
Savannah that was erected by the
members of Solomon's Lodge in 1899.
and was used by the Masonic frater-
nifty until 1858. Is now being torn down
to make room for handsome struot.
ure. Many noted Georgian has been
initiated into Masonry within its walls.
and it was there. In 1850. that General
Lopez, the Cuban patriot, who was
soon after garroted in Havana. was
made q Mason.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

A NEW type of Enoch Arden has
been found at Lockport, N. Y. Twenty
years ago John Langdon left his wife
and ran away with another woman.
Recently he and the second wife
agreed to separate and return to their
old homes. He wrote to his first
wife and she agreed to live with him
again, but when he appeared on thu
scene she declined to keep her bargain.
and he shot himself.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
POISON IN THE COFFEn
Causes the Death OF n Widow and the Sc
rious Illness OF Several Others.

XENIA, ILL.,, April GA case OF whole
sale poisoning occurred about five miles
south Of this place yesterday. A Mrs.
Goff, a widow, had been in poor health for
some time, and on Saturday Mrs. Robert
Evans and Mrs. Griffith visited her, and
while there prepared dinner, which
was partaken of by five per-
sons, Mrs. Goff VIM. Goff, her son, Mrs.
Griffith and o young man named Glowing
er. Shortly afterward all, with the ex-
ception of Clcvinger, we're taken violently
sick. DR.. Chatham, of this place, was
sent for. Mrs. Goff died during the after
noon. Tho others will likely recover. Tho
poison was supposed to have been in the
coffee, and that is the only article Clev.
niger did not parta!se of.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

WITH the recent death of DIR. Ae.
new in New York there passed from
the scene the last survivor of the once
famous United States Sanitary Com
mission, to which the army and the
Nation were SO much indebted during
the war. George T. Strong was the
first to go; he was followed by DR..
Bellows. and then by Dr. Van Buren,,
and now by DR.. Agnew.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
-..Tbere Is no telIino what n r

There is no telling what petit
Jury will do" has long been saying
among lawyers. Here is the latest
illustration of it in Atlanta: One man
was suing another for mule and the
jury brought in verdict for the plain
tiff for $50. On the first ballot they
had stood; Five for 81 for the plaintiff.
three for 8 cents, one for $8 go, one
for $3.50. and two for $125. --.Atlanta
Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
A Parachute Man Injured.

COLUMBUS, o., April 26.-Prof. Ned
Hathaway, the parachute man with local
circus, met with a serious accident this
afternoon in jumping from balloon some
distance above the ground. He struck on
the chimney Of house and fractured the
bones of his leg below the knee.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05

In Berlin they have established an
academy for the teaching of the art OF
tailoring. Last year 902 students,
some even from Brazil and Japan, at
tended the institution. There is said
to be special professorship in the art
OF collecting bills for spring suits from
fashionable customers.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
FIqht With Indians

CITY OF MEXICO, April 25.-Mexican
troops had fight with the Yaqui Indians
in the mountains, killing seventeen and
wounding large number. One soldier
was killed and several wounded. There
is o suspicion that the Indians are being
aided by Mexlcans hostile to the Govern.
ment
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Calumet and AecIa shait Fleopened.

CALUMET, MICH, April 25.-Yesterday
Mol Shaft OF the Calumet and Hecla mine,
which has been on fire for six months,
was reopened, and the indications are that
the fire is entirely extinguished, although
the damage to the mine can not be esti.
mated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Stranded bv a Sheriff.

Biscoe, col0red, was executed here to-day
tho Potomac river, ut the close Of August
1885 Tho execution was private, as under
the law only twenty persons are permitted
to be present. A...
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Strange and Terrible Fate.

FoRT GIBSON, April 27.-Sergeant James
White, Company g, Eighteenth Infantry,
met horrible death here yesterday. He
went to lariat Colonel Coppinger's horse.
While holding q stake with the point to
ward him, the animal suddenly kicked al
him, striking the stake and driving II
clean through his body. The sergeant
died instantly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Anarchism Not Thriving.

CHICAGO, April 27.-To-morrow the issue
of the Alarm, the paper of which A. r.
Parsons, the Anarchist, was editor, will
be suspended indefinitely. Difficulties par.
taking somewhat Of financial character,
it is supposed, have caused the stoppage.
1t is queer coincidence that the day is
exactly the second annivers ary Of the last
issue of the paper by Parsons himself, the
number just preceding the Haymarkst
bomb-throwing and containing the call,
ITO ANS"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
A Farmer Hanos NImseII.

NASHVILLE, April 27.-Jacob Higgins, o
well-known farmer, hung himself to tree
in the woods, a short distance from his
residence, near Hixon Station, Tenn. He
had recently lost his wife. He leaves five
small children, who have no relatives tc
care for them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Alealous Husband.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April a5.-Wm Bull.
lock, at Newark, Wayne County, this
State, shot his wife four timus this morn.
ing with revolver, killing her instantly.
He then placed the weapon to his own
head and fired, inflcting fatal wound.
Jealousy was the cause. Three children,
aged from nine to twelve years, survive.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Refreshing Rains.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, April 27.-Fifty-one
towns in Eastern and Central and North
ern Iowa report more or less rain, reliev
ing immediate apprehension of drought.
KANSAS CRY, April 27.-Dls patches tc
the Associated Press from various points
in Kansas report copious and general rains
throughout the State. All grain is said to
be in splendid condition.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-05
Proposed Gun Foundry.

WASHINGTON, April 29--1t is understood
that ut an early day Mr.. Randall will in
troduce bill appropriating 800 VOC, 900 for
the establishment OF an army gun foundry
at Frankford Arsenal for the manufacture
of heavy guns.