The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-30
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BRIEFS BY TIE WIRE AND OTHERWISE.
Beaver Falls rolling mills at Beaver
Falls, Pa, were burned. Loss Sf5, 900.
Six men were seriously burned, two of
whom will probablw die.
A meeting Of citizens OF Augusta,
Ga, IN the grand opera house Endorsed
Henry w. Grady for the United States
senate against Senator Alfred Colquitt.
The famous Doris mansion, in the
West End, st. Louis, burned on the
Goth. The imposing structure, which
cost in the neighborhood of 81, DOC, 900
was totally destroyed. The insurance
is not more than one-fourth of that
amount.
At Bridgeport, Conn, Mrs. Thomas
Fitzpatrick attempted TO light a fire
with a parlor match. The head fell off,
igniting her clothing. Her father and
son tried to smother the flames and both
We're badly burned. Mrs. Fitzpatrick
and her father were fatally burned.
A serious wreck occurred on the
Union Pacific at Wilcox siding, fifty
miles west of Cheyenne. A work train
with two engines collided with n section
of freight No. %. Three engines and
twelve cars were demolished. Engineer
Montgomery and his fireman were seri-
'ously injured. Travel was delayed fif-
teen hours by the wreck.
The president has appointed the fol-
lowing postmasters: Kittie l.. Scott, at
'Galena, ILL.,; William J.. Brennan, at
Sidney, Neb.; John II. McAneny, at
Lisbon, Oak; Nicholas G.. Stanton, at
West Liberty, Ia; II. e. Kearney, at
Sheldon, Ia; William G. B;awley, at
huston, Wis.
At the following named postofices,
which were recently raised to the presi-
Dental class, the president has reap
pointed the in~cumbents: Minot and
Sturgis, Oak; Austin, Chilicothe,
G~riggsville and K~ensington, Ill. Esther
vile, Cor%rectionville and Marcus, Ia. +;
Ponca, Neb.; Rhinelander and Rice
Lake, Wis.
A Butte, Montana, special says: At
the old concentration of the Boston &
Montana Consolidated works, ut Mead
vile, Mont, at 8 this afternoon the
boiler exploded, killing NJ. G.. Edmins,
the engineer; W.. O'Connor, carpenter;
~ ui2 ttlSo liOuCi 11ChtJ WIN
ter, laborer, and fatally %injuring Rich
ard Wing, machinist; George Hickman,
pipe filter; John Curtis, carpenter, and
foreman Hank Pilpening.
An Erie, Pa, special says that Mrs.
Patrick Durkin quarreled with her hus-
band at the supper table and in her rage
she threw a t~eacupful of vitriol in his
face. She then ran out of the house,
but was arrested by an officer md taken
back. When she was brought into the
room her husband attacked her, and be-
fore the officer could interfere he al
most beat her to death. The
was taken to Jail and her husband sent
to the hospital. She claims that he was
brutal ia her and threatened to bring
another woman into the house.
The department of state has received
official confirmation of the reported con-
demnation and seizure by the Haytien
prize court of the American steamship,
Haytien Republic. The condemnation
was pronounced November 8. The day
after the United States minister protested
against the proceedings, alleging that
the prize court was illegally constituted,
and appealed to a higher court. He
also advised the captain of the seized
vessel to refuse to surrender the craft.
The United States man-of-war Boston
arrived on the scene the same day to
support the protest of the United States
minister.
Panic In a School Room.
New York dispatch: At 1:15 this af-
ternoon a fire broke out in the first
ward public school building at Long
Island City. Over 900 children were
studying at their desks in the various
rooms of the building. When the chill.
dren on the first floor saw the flames
they raised a cry of fire. Instantly
there was a panic in every room of the
school building. The children rushed
pellmell for the narrow doors, crowding,
Jostling and striking each other in their
efforts to get out. The children were
piled up at the foot of the stairways in
heaps, and attempts to bring order out
of the confusion were at first fruitless.
but finally the police and firemen were
able to check the children, although
they had to contend with an excited
mob Of mothers that had appeared as
soon as the news of the fire spread
through the neiaaborhood. The fire
itself amounted 10 little, and as soon as
it was e~xtinguished an examination of
the injured was commenced. 1t was
found that while hundreds were badly
bruised and shocked, no one was seri-
ously or fatally hurt.