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, 1888-09-27
Burned IN a Box Car.

ERIE, Pa, Sept. 26.-The mystery of
the tragedy connected with the burning of
a box car yesterday morning in the Lake
Shore yard was solved to-day. At a late
hour Saturday night a box car filled with
baled rags on the Lake Shore Railway
was set on fire. When the firemen had
quenched the flames they discovered, as
they thought, that the tirebugs had added
murder to their crime, for in n corner
of the half burned car lay the roasted and
charred body of a lad of about IA. This
noon, as the coroner was probing the
mystery, a young man named Frank Cup
20 came forward and testified hat the
remains were those of Coney Benghart.
The witness said he parted company with
Benghart Saturday night; and with the
remark that his father had driven him
out of doors, and he must find some
place to sleep, Benghart entered the car
of rags and the witness closed the car
door after Benghart. The father of Beng
hart refused to identify the corpse as that
of his son, but Benghart's sisters identi-
fed the remains at once. The evidence
disclosed the fact hat the boy was suffo-
Gated and then burned. The railroad au-
thorities testified that there has been a
systematic course or incendiarism practiced
upon their rag cars for several weeks in
the locality in which the car containing
the boy was burned.
, 1888-09-27

PANAMA, Sept. pa well informed
correspondent writes the Star and Her
aid: 1T is learned that several contracts
on the canal have been finished, turned
over to the canal COMPANY, and accepted
after inspection. Facts are stubborn
things, and these irrefutably give the lie
to the innumerable and vague floating
rumors in circulation about the canal
company shutting down work. OF course
they are shutting down. and Just as fast
as they can, but only so at the completion
of their work. Other equally important
sections will also shortly shut down and
the outside world suspects it, and whilst
it is yet buttonholing itself and specializing
on the gloomy prospects of the Panama
canal works, the cables will flash through
Christendom with the tidings of ships
flowing their onward way over the 18th
mus of Panama"
, 1888-09-27
Yellow Fever Report.

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 26.-There
were no deaths to- day and no new cases.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 26.-Mont-
gomery has raised her quarantine against
Albany, Ca, as investigations show there
has been no fever there.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Sept. 26.-Fitch
Miller died of yellow fever this evening.
No other cases have developed.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 26.-Baton
Rouge, Shreveport, Natchez and Vicks-
burg have voluntarily bottled themselves
up
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 26.-One
hundred and three new cases of fever
were reported for the past twenty-four
hours, %thirty-one OF them among whites
and seventy.two among colored people.
The deaths reported are seven. Total
cases to date, 223; total deaths, 229.
FERNANDINo, Fla, Sept. 26.-There
have been 300 cases of sickness of all
kinds at Fernandino and two deaths from
all causes during the past month. A
special from McClenny says there were
three new cases to-day and one death.
, 1888-09-27
Happy IN His Pardon.

HARRISBURG, Sept. 26.-When Milton
Weston the Chicago millionaire was mott
fed bv the mayor of this city of his par
don he was affected to tears. Mr.. Weston
was seen later and talked at length con.
corning his prison life. Said he: al
though | was well treated while in prison
my lot was a most miserable and unhappy
one due to the knowledge that l was an
innocent victim of circumstances II
| were at liberty to tell what
l know | could open some peoples eyes,
but let it pass. Life is too short for re-
ordinations, and l am too happy to-day
to indulge in any if it were not l had
given up all hope, and this pardon com
ing to me SO suddenly and unexpectedly
lifted me as it were from the deepest
depths OF dependency to the seventh
heaven Of happiness"
, 1888-09-27
IIreetlng Harrison.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 26.-Ohio and
Indiana united to day again through
their delegations in paying their respects
to Gen. Harrison. The Upton county
visitors numbered over a thousand; Elk
hart county sent nearly as many, while
the Tippecanoe veterans and the Far mer
club of Columbus, O., with their friends,
numbered between 500 and 600. The
Ohio visitors were escorted from the
depot by 100 members OF the Harrison
and Hovey guards, and the Columbia
club with its drum corps. At 4 o'clock
the presentation took place in University
park. Judge Daniel Waugh of Upton
made an address on behalf of the veter-
ans of Indiana, and Hon. John A. Bing-
ham greeted the general in the name of
the Ohio veterans. Gen. Harrison then
advanced to the front of the stand and
began his speech. He was received with
great shouts from the listeners. and his
remarks were given careful attention.
Chairman E. Huston of the Republican
state committee announces that Mr..
Blaine will arrive in Indiana Oct. 10,
after making his Michigan canvass The
following are Blaine's Indiana dates: at
Goshen Oct. 10, indianapolis Oct. IL,
Evansville Oct. Is. New Albany Oct. Is,
closing his v at a barbecue to De
held on the Tippecanoe battle ground
Oct. II. Gen. Sherman, Congressman
Mckinley and Reed will open their can
vass early in October.
, 1888-09-27
The whiteohapel Murder.

LONDON, Sept. 26,-The coroner, in
summing the evidence in the inquest case
of the last woman found murdered in
Whitechapel, stated Ito the Jury that
shortly after the details of the last sitting
the sub. curator of the English Pathology
ical museum informed him that some
months ago an American visited him and
asked the sub-curator to procure him a
number of specimens of uterus. The Wis
ior stated that he would willingly pay EGO
each, his object being to issue an actual
specimen with each copy of a book upon
which he was then engaged. The sub
curator promptly informed the applicant
that it would be impossible to comply
with his request.
The American still urged the feastibil-
itY of procuring the specimens. He said
he wanted them preserved in glycerine
instead of spirits, in order to keep them
pacid.
The request was repeated at another
institute and the sub-curator informed the
Scotland Yard authorities of the fact.
The coroner expressed the hope that
greater publicity would tend to elucidate
the story, and that the publication of these
facts in the American press would assist
in throwing more light on the subject.
, 1888-09-27

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 26.-Hcn. Mac
Kenzie Bowel, minister of customs has
just returned from British Columbia. He
says it is quite evident that a lucrative
business is being done in the manufacture
of prepared opium at Victoria and snug
Cling it into the United States along the
frontier. 1t is imported in the rough
state and the duty paid SO that the Do
mInion government is powerless to remedy
the evil. The importation has increased
from 5000 pounds in 1880. to ZOE, 600
pounds in 1887, of which 80 per cent. is
struggled into the United States. He
thinks the United States should send de-
t~ectives to Victoria to WORK the matter up.
, 1888-09-27
The Heathen Chinee.

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-The case Of Sam
Wan, the Chinese laundryman, and his
wife Augusta, a Milwaukee German girl,
charged with keeping a disorderly house
and of abducting girls from Milwaukee
and elsewhere for immoral purposes, was
called before Justice Lyon in the Armory
court yesterday morning. Amelie Rem
kie, a young girl, the cousin of Mrs.
Augusta Sam Wan, is the principal wit
ness in the case, but she was not called.
Col. Dan Mum appeared for the defend
ants, and asked for a continuance, which
the court was about to grant, fixing the
bail in each case at 50, 900. and then on
suggestion of Col. Mum at $1,000. The
attorney then offered himself as bonds
man, but was p~eremptorily refused on the
ground that the present policy of the
court was now not to accept attorneys in
cases in which they acted as counsel.
There was then a scene for a few seconds,
and the attorney thought the bail de-
manded was not only excessive, but re-
sented the opinion that he was not eligible
as a bondsman because Of his relation
ship to the prisoners as their attorney.
He demanded a change of venue to JUS
tice White. which was granted.
When the case, an hour or SO later,
came up before Justice White, Col.
Mum asked for a continuance until Sat
urday next, and inquired if the Court
would accept him as bail. Justice White
said yes, and after declaring the case con-
tinued fixed the bail at $500 each. 1t is
lawful, said Justice White, for an attor.
ney to execute a recognizance in a crimi-
nal case. There is no statute or decision
of court of this state to the contrary,
The law has reference to civil cases only,
or where fraud was intended. In such
cases the first process is a capias, on the
back of which the judge must indorse
the amount of the special bail and then
the sheriff takes bail in the amount in
dorsed and not the court. Justice White
says that a recent letter to Attorney
Thomas, who is known the Armory
court as a special bailer. written by City
Attorney Washburne, states the law as
above. ATTORNEYS around police courts
are greatly exercised over this question of
hail, in view of the recent instructions of
Corporation Counsel Green on this
subject
, 1888-09-27
A Narrow Escape

New YORK. Sept. pa locomotive
ran into the rear end of a train on the
elevated railroad at Ninth avenue and
Sixty fifth street to night, knocking the
truck from under the car and throwing
the truck into the street. No one was
injured. The accident was due to the de-
lay of an empty train in getting into the
switch, out of the way of a crowded pas
senger train, bound up town, whose loco
motive ran into the rear of the empty
car. Both trucks, weighing over a ton
each, were wrenched off and thrown into
the street.
An iron girder prevented the empty
car from falling to the street. The first
car of a passenger train was also thrown
from the track, but the iron railing of the
pass walk and the strong coupling
kept it and Its passengers from falling to
the street. The passengers were thrown
together while the car stood on the edge,
but none of them were found to be seri-
ously hurt. Several we're slightly bruised.
, 1888-09-27
A TerribIa Dead

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Antonio Cerny,
a Bohemian moulder. shot his wife and
then killed himself yesterday afternoon
in Il fit of jealous rage. Cerny was 80
years old and nine years younger than his
wife. He was born in Bohemia, and
anne to this country four years ago. He
married in this city two years ago. know
ing but little of the early life of his wife,
who was also a Bohemian and more cul-
tured than her husband. For a time
their married life was pleasant. They
lived in four rooms on the top floor of 95
First street, in the Bohemian quarter.
Over a year ago a son vas born to them.
Six weeks ago the baby was taken sick
and the doctor said it could not possibly
get well. Then Cerny lost his situation
because there was no work for him.
Alter four weeks idleness he again found
work, but only for a week. Then he be-
gan to drink heavily, and for the last few
days has been drunk all the time. Yes
terday, in a saloon, he met a Bohemian
who had known his wife while she was
living a few months in Vienna, nearly six
years ago, and who told him that while
she was there she gave birth to a child
out Of wedlock. The Bohemian took
Cerny to several men who corroborated
the story. Cerny was greatly enraged.
He bought a revolver, and, with it, en-
tered the room where his wife was seated
by the window with her baby in her arms.
In a loud voice Ceruy accused his wife.
You are guilty before God. You are
guilty and you shall die" he cried. She
sprang to her feet and attempted to get
out into the hallway. AS she reached
the door he fired two shots in quick sue
c~ession. The first struck her in the right
breast and the next in the back of
the neck, breaking one of the neck
bones. Still holding her baby fast
in her arms, she struggled to the stair
way and fell down stairs. When Cerny
saw his wife fall he placed the revolver
against his temple and sent two bullets
through his brain. He died almost in
stantly. The people on the floor below
picked up the woman from the foot of
the stairway and called DR.. Henry. He
predicted a fatal result, and she was car
ried to the county hospital.
, 1888-09-27
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
Terrible Accident at a Balloon
Ascension.
Thomas Winsley Falls from a
Height of $4,000, Feet
And is Picked Up a Crushed
and Mangled Mass.

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. ga balloon
ascension and parachute drop were adver-
tised at the exhibition grounds to-day.
Among the volunteers to hold down the
balloon was Tom Winsley, a young BUTCH
er, who with others grasped a stout
rope running round the base of the bal
loon. When the order to let go was
given all released their hold with the ex-
ception of Wlnsley, who retained his hold
and was swiftly born upward. The
aeronaut was unable to help him, and the
balloon had now gone Is, 600 feet upwards
and the spectators stood paralyzed wirh
tear.
Winsley finally let go and came down
like a rocket, executing a series of somer-
saults in the air as fell. He struck a
field 1900 feet from the ground and was
terribly bruised. TIE balloon a few min
utes later collapsed and the aeronaut de-
scended in safety with his parachute.
, 1888-09-27

JAMESTOWN. Oak, Sept. 26.-One of
the most extensive prairie fires that ever
visited this section occurred yesterday and
last night. All of the western part of
Lamoure county and much of the south
ern and western part of Sluttsman county
were burned over. A strong wind drove
the flames before it at an unprecedented
velocity. Instances of where the fire ran
faster han a horse are narrated and re-
ports of losses are coming in. Many
farmers will lose everything and much
distress will be experienced. The fire
seems to have originated in Colean
county. about thirty miles west.
, 1888-09-27

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and tnat too by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she cougted
bought of us a bottle Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Con-umption and was so
tie has been m]iraculously cured. Her
name is Mrs Luther Lntz Thus write
W C. Hamrick & ca of Shelby. n. C.
Get a free tripl tu,tle at DR.. W. n.
Hunts Drug Store.
, 1888-09-27
Col. Ingersoll RlackIlsted.

CHICAGO, Sept. GA special from New
York to the Chicago Herald says: Robert
Ingersoll has been biacklisted by the Repu-
blican national committee, and will make
no campaign speeches this fall. Cassius
Goodloe, who has charge Of the bureau
Of oratory, has notified the colonel that
his services will be dispensed with. This
will leave you free" so ran Goodloe's let
ter, Ito make such arrangements as you
please with state committees But state
committees are not likely to engage Pope
Bob after he has been repudlated by the
national committee. lngersolrs attitude
on the rum question is the cause of the
trouble. At the Republican convention
in Saratoga, when Warner Miller took
the nomination for the governorship, and
forced upon his party a platform promis-
ing local option and high license, the col,
onel made a speech containing the widely
quoted sentence about a Mississippi river
of whisky. with banks of sugar and
thickets of mint, and violently asserted
the doctrine of personal freedom in the
use of intoxicants. This was a ~grievous
otfense to Miller, and he announced to
several friends that Ingersoll should not
be permitted to speak in New York State
during the campaign. 1t is presumed
that this decision was formally conveyed
10 the campaign committees, because
Ingersoll was not afterward communicated
with in regard to a projected stumping
tour for which he had been previously
engaged. The understanding had been
that he was to devote five weeks to the
campaign at a remuneration of 81 900 a
week, speaking every evening along the
route to be laid out by Col. Goodloe.
Col. Ingersoll thinks he has been
treated shabbily and he is wrathy about
1t. Il am not going to make any politi-
cal speeches" he said to-day My
tongue is a free one, and. there wouldn't
be any use in trying to fetter it. l should
say Just what | believed on all the phases
of the campaign. and that doesn't seem
to be desirable-or, at all events, it is
not desired"
, 1888-09-27
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Stocks ana Cattle Markets.

New YORK, Sept. 26.-The stock
market was decidedly stronger to-day,
though the improvement was confined
principally to a few stocks. The news of
the day was of a generally encouraging
character. Willard stocks we're very
prominent for activity and strength. The
feature of the day was New England,
which scored the largest advance of the
day. The close was active and strong at
the best prices of the day.
Governments dull and steady. Money
l3(82!. Mining shares active.
Congratulated dull Lake, SIT. so.
Petroleum opened firm at 90 and after
the first sales became strong and advanced
and sagged off slowly, closing steady at
93t;
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's. l2l; American Express.
40: Canada Pacific. $50; Canada
Southern, 54g; Central Pacific. 50; Bur
lington, lI34; Delaware, Lackawanna,
1929; Denver & Rio Grande. 2OI; Eric,
2gs; Lake Shore, 1917; Louisville &
Nashville, 59J: Michigan Central. S94;
Missouri Pacific, 79g; Kansas q Texas.
-; New York Central. 1893; Northern
Pacific, 26s; preferred, 6O3; Northwest
ern, ll24; Oregon Improvement, IS;
Navigation, 95t; Trauscontinental. 81;
Pacific Mail, 36S: Reading, 52B; Rock
Island. IO9; Milwaukee x St. Paul,
G5}; Texas Pacific. 24s; Union Pacific,
COY; United States Express rs: Fargo,
1876; Western Union, $50.
CHICAGO, Sept. % -Cattle-Receipts,
1000; market steady: natives. So, 50(G
c. so; cows 81. 30(a2 50; stockers, $1,000
:. 10.
Sheep-Receipts 1000; Market active
and higher; Westerns, SO. 55C65. rs; ma
tiyes, 50 5u(W4OO; Texans SO. 50(G3. 60.
Wheat-Market strong and higher.
Cash 1O4. October 9S. December 973, May
IUO8.
Coru-Market steady. Cash Ala,
October fl 9 lG, December 81 Is 10,
I3S3.
, 1888-09-27
RIOT RAMPANT.
Italian Laborers Driven to
Desperation
On Account Of the Action of
Their Employers,
Who Skip Out, Leaving Wages
Unpaid.
Desperate Workmen.

MONTREAL, Sept. 26.-News reached
this city last night of a serious riot in
County Compton. Contractors on a
section of the Hereford branch railway,
drew a check for $4,000 from the com
pany on account of construction Saturday
last and left the country with the pro-
ceeds. They had in their employ over
100 Italian laborers who had not been
paid a cent of wages since August /, and
were in a destitute condition. As soon as
the duped foreigners learned of the de-
parture of their employers they became
desperate. and when yesterday morning
the railroad company attempted to re-
sumo the work of construction they fatty
refused to do a stroke, and at once began
to destroy all they could lay hands on.
They threatened to destroy everything
unless they were paid.
A party of citizens with some Hungar-
ians employed by the railway company
mterfered to save the railroad property
and a desperate fight followed. One
Italian and four Hungarians were killed
and it is reported that between thirty and
forty were injured. The people are terror
stricken and have fed, leaving houses and
goods behind them.
At last advices the Italians were pillag-
ing the deserted houses. The 5Sth battal-
lion left Sherbrook this evening by special
train for the sceue of the trouble.
The latest information is to the effect
that the Italians have now assembled at
Panuettsville, on the border between Cam
ada and the United States and hold in
their possession a number of construction
cars and other material, having placed a
strong guard over them. They removed
a number of rails from the tracks, after
having chased away the track layers.
So far they have not crossed into the
United States, but they intend to do so.
They have also threatened to kill General
Manager Sweet should he cross over into
Canada. Volunteers are scattered over a
large portion of the surrounding country,
but they are very short of ammunition.
Several cases are on the way from Mon
treal. The Hereford railway now under
construction is to run from Sawyeryille,
Que, to West Stewartstown, N. II.
, 1888-09-27
WIND and RAIN.
Destructive Storm Raging on
the New England Coast.
Much Fear Expressed for the
Safety of Vessels.
The Streets of Boston Con-
verted Into Rivers.
A Destructive Storm.

BosToN, Sept. GA violent wind
and rain storm is raging along the whole
OF the New England coast. This morn
ing telegraph wires are down in all direc-
tions, and the damage will be large.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Sept. 26.-The
storm is the most violent for a long time.
A large number of vessels are anchored
on the outer harbor and many will go
ashore If the storm continues.
A later dispatch says: The wind has in
creased to a hurricane in force. A fishing
schooner dragged ashore on Rocky Neck
will probably bilge. The weather is so
thick that it is impossible to see anything
in the harbor. 1t is rumored that three
vessels have gone ashore at Eastern point.
A later dispatch from Boston says.
Rain began to fall in Boston at ! o'clock
this morning, and between 2 and 2:30 it
was very heavy. The record at noon was
nearly two inches, which is about to per
cent of the average rain fall for Septem-
Der. The wind reached the force of a
gale and 300 vessels took refuge in Boston
harbor. 1t is believed that out OF a large
number of vessels which left Portland,
Booth bay, Gloucester and neighboring
ports on Monday and Tuesday. many were
caught in the bay last night, as the
weather has been threatening for many
preceding hours. In neighboring cities
the streets were flooded, cellars filled and
boats in the harbors blown from their
moorings. At Gloucester and Rockport
the gale was terrific and the rain was a
deluge, converting the streets into rivers.
The sea ran higher thar was ever known
before, and spray was thrown hundreds of
feet inland.
, 1888-09-27
A Ten-Year Sentence.

CHICAGO. Sept. 26.--Mrs. Lena
Schreiner, who poured kerosene on her
husband while he was drunk and set him
on fire, pleaded guilty to-day to the
charge of murder with her baby on her
knee. She listened stolidly while Judge
Tuthill pronounced the sentence of ten
years in the penitentiary. The Judge
said in fixing the sentence he had taken
into consideration that Schreiner was a
wife heater of the most brutal variety.
, 1888-09-27
Base Ball.

AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati 5, Cleveland l.
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City 4, Brooklyn s.
AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville 4, Baltimore >.
AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis 6, Athletics s..
PTTTsBURG, Sept. 26.-The home club
took the last game from Detroit to-day,
leaving these clubs tied in the series OF
games won and lost. 1t was a brilliant
contest. The batteries were: For Pitts
burgh, Calvin and Miller; for Detroit,
Conway and Camel.
Score-Pittsburg 3, Detroit l.
BosToN, Sept. &c. Boston and Phila-
delphla did not play to-day owing to wet
grounds. Two games will be played to-
morrow.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-The last game
of the season on the home grounds was
an easy one for Chicago. Indianapolis
had Shreve, Glasscock and Schoenick in
to pitch and all were hit hard. The bat
teries we're: For Chicago, Tener and
Darling. DAILY caught for Indianapolis.
Score-Chicago 10, Indianapolis 8.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-The New
York Washington clubs played two games
here to-day, one of yester days postponed
games and the last of the regular schedule
game. The batteries were: For Wash
ington, Whitney and Mack; for New
York, Welch and Ewing.
S~core-Washington 3, New York G.
For the second game the batteries were:
For Washington. Titcomb and Murphy;
for New York, Keefe and Arundel.
Score-New York 5, Washington 4.
, 1888-09-27
A Yellow Fever Cure.

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 26.-Wm. Raidman
of Austin, Tex, claims to have discov-
cred an infallible remedy for yellow fever.
He has written a letter to Senator Plumb
offering to compete for the proposed re-
ward of 500, 900 for such a remedy. He
declares that he is ready to enter the vel,
low fever district and cure any case in
fifteen minutes to an hour.