The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-03-08

moderate bearing aud valuble efforts
ON the I'd Charles Dewitt Clinton VIII
kinson, a widely-known comedian and
manager, died in Worcester, Mass, from
heart disease. He was fifty-eigEt years
old.
On the I'd Garrett Roach, a son of the
late John Roach, the ship-bulder, died OF
pneumonia at his residence in New York
JUDGE PATTERSON. of New York on the
ID. granted DIR. McGlynn a permanent
injunction restraining Henry George and
his followers from Incorporating an ANTI
Poverty Society.
THE House committee on post-offices
and post-roads will make a favorable re-
port on the Blount bill, increasing the
salary of the general superintendent Of
the railway mail service $500; creating
the office of assistant general superin-
tendent at a salary of 5000; increasing
the salaries of chief clerks 500 year,
and reducing their travelling expenses
from four to three dollars day.
On the Cd Rt Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
was dined by the Canadian Club of New
York.
On the I'd of May the Iowa State Demo-
cratic convention will meet at Dubuque.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 2Sth fire broke out in Sanborn's
block, Great Fails, N. H., resulting in a
complete destruction of the Bates, San.
born, fitzpatrick and the Marston build
ings. The loss is about $4,000. Two fire.
men were seriously injured by falling
walls.
On the 2Sth terrible boiler explosion
occurred at Last Chance colliery. near
ShamokiD, Pa. The fireman, Israel Star
thel, was severely and perhaps fatally, in
jured. The bull ding and machinery were
much damaged. The boiler was one of a
battery of six.
On the 2sth Zeph Davis, the twenty
year.old negro boy who assaulted and
murdered Maggie Gangnan, at the shoe
factory OF Green Bros, Chicago, on the
26th, was arrested at Forest Hill, ILL.,, and
returned to Chicago.
OK the 2Sth the Union Square Theater,
of New York, with all its contents, was
destroyed by fire, involving loss of over
a quarter of million dollars. The Nor
ton House, adjoining ths theater on two
sides, was badly damaged, and the Star
Theater was in immediate danger for
some time. Several flremen were injured
by falling walls.
On the 2Sth non unionist engineer,
& Quincy engine in the yard at McCook,
Neb., was requested by Brotherhood men
to quit work, and upon his refusal to do
so, was dragged from his engine and
beaten almost to death. The engine was
then killed. His assailants were arrested
and bound over. This so incensed the
strikers that fears were entertained for
the safety of the town, and a request was
tel egraphed to Lincoln that the militia pc
ordered out
On the 2sth Alice Curdiff, married
woman, of Memphis, Tenn, was found
dead in her room. While in a drunken
condition, she had fallen to the floor, and
her face lodged in arge basin of water,
and she had drowned, being unable to ex-
tricate herself.
In the valley of Morobidda, Switzerl and,
an avalanche illed ten persons and many
head of cattle, and destroyed large
number of houses.
On the 2sth three arcades in the side of
the Castle Capuno, Naples, used by the
Court of Justice, collapsed. Serious dam
age was done, but nobody was hurt.
On the 29th an avalanche overwhelmed
the village of Sterphone, Italy. Thirty
bodies have been recovered
ON the Goth Fred. A. Hale, Denver
architect, shot and instantly killed II. f.
O'Reilly, contractor on the courthouse in
that city. O'Reilly was the aggressor,
and the coroner exonerated the architect
and gave him his liberty.
On the 1st, fatal ARRAY took place at
CuIpepper, Va, between Edwin Barbour,
editor of the Piedmont Advdnce. and Elias
b. Williams, editor of the Culpepper En-
poneht. Williams was killed and Barbour
was seriously wounded. The trouble orig
mated in journalistic controversy.
IN Reading, Pa, Mrs. VIM. j. Miller, a
young married woman, was brutality as
saulted in her own home, on the Goth, by
an unknown man, who choked and kicked
her into insensiblity, and then robbed
her of her beautiful brown hair.
RECENTLY four colored men were
drowned at Oldtown Creek, Miss. The
first TO lose his life was one who attempt
ed to ford the stream and was drowned.
Three hundred negroes were searching
for his body, when a canoe containing
six of them was capsized and three or its
occupants were drowned.
On the lst Patrick Fo.ey and Michael
Reilley were killed by the premature ex-
plosion of a bl asst in a New York City
quarry.
in New York.
WHILE drawing heavy freight train
between Pittson and Pleasantville, Pa,
on the ID, a locomotive on the Delaware
& Hudson railroad exp,o oded. The en-
tire front end of the boiler was torn of
back TO the bell but fortunately no one
was hurt and the engine did not leave the
track.
On the ist two men were fatally and
two others severely injured by fall of
rock in the Quincy mine at Hancock,
Mich.
On the Sd 1t was rumored that two trains
on the Pam Handle came into collision
near Bur getts town, Pa, killing twenty
nine persons, including the crews of both
engines, and wounding seven. The acci-
dent was caused by the failure of a tele.
graph operator to deliver train order
MISCELLANEOUS.
On the 25th the Spanish Senate passed
a bill providing for trial by jury.
THE Knights of Labor of Colorado,
it is stated on good authority, will give
their moral support TO the striking engi-
neers on the Chicago, Burl lington & Quincy
road.
On the 2sth the officials of the Chi
cago Burlington a. Quincy road issued a
notice to their striking engineers aud fire.