The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-20
SUMMARY or THE NEWS.
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The Pe~nnsylvania board Of warlsns refused
. rehearing Of Milton westonss case aud he
will be compelled to serve out his time.
A cable has been received from Rome an.
nouncing that the pope, desiring TO chow
special honor to Archbishop Corrigan. has
named him prelste assistant to the ponti0cal
throne.
Vermont AID Connecticut were visited BY .
heavy snow storm on Wednesday and the
railroads running into st. Johnsburg, VT,
were blockaded. There isa drift from Boston
Corner to Mount Riga over . mile long and
from fifteen to twenty-five feet deep.
Gladstone called the following message to
Charles A. Dana from New York in ackuowl.
edgement Of the cable dispatch sent him by
Dana to inform him Of the Endorsement Of his
Irish policy by the mass meeting Of citizens
at Cooper Union on Monday. 81 Nm very
sensible Of the value of the sympathy which
from the first We have received from the
United States. I believe q large majority Of
the American people sympathise In our ef.
orts to secure just measures Of good govern.
ment for Ireland-a sympathy which I feel
will continue to aid Us until the Just policy
shall attain its coming contamination"
The steamship Sciota, which left Marseilles
February 20, Naples %, and passed Gibraltar
the 9th, for New York. is now about ten days
overdue. At Naples she took on board the
passengers, 1874 In number, Of the steamship
Burgundia, which collided with the ironclsd
Italia and was beached to prevent sinking,
making her total number Of passengers about
1000. App%rehensions for her safety have
been excited. The steamship Dorian, Of the
Anchor line, from Mediterranean ports, also
passed Gibraltar February "a, but as she is a
less powerful vessel she is not SO long over.
due.
Five roughs waylaid and assaulted Louise
Wrinkle, twelve years old, last Tuesday night
on the outskirts of Granton, in Hudson coun.
ty, Nd. They dragged her into q small CO.
dar grove and accomplished their purpose.
The approach Of q young woman employed as
a telegraph operator in the station frightened
them away, but not before she had recognized
four of them. The operator carried the un.
conscious girl home, where she died shortly
after. Philip Wrinkle, father Of the girl, who
is employed as a machinist in the railroad
shops at New Durham, spread the report and
Immediately searching parties were organized.
They secured the woods but found no traces
OF the culprits. Threats are made Of lynch
ingt he culprits IL they are captured.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock Sunday evening
fire broke out at C%hautauqua, N. T., in what
is known as the old Curtis building. The
town possesses a small volunteer fire depart
ment which was at once called out. Some
trouble was lad with theapparatus, which had
not been used for q long time, aud in the
meantime the fire had gained good Roadway
and spread to " adjoining buildings, taking
such a firm hold that the apparatus, q hand
pump was of little avail. In the meantimet the
fire continued to mako steady progress up
Townsend avenue, which lies along the bank
Of the lake, working its way towards the hotel
and buildings of the Chautauqua assembly.
AT III O'Clock 1t had reached the corner OF
Parish and Townsend avenues aud spread,
taking in two streets. At this time upwards
of seventeen buildings were on fire, aud abso.
lutely nothing could be done. The childrcn'l
temple aud amphitheater ofthe Sunday school
assembly building were destroyed.
At the hearing before the railroad com.
mission as to the cause of the accident on the
Boston and Providence railroad, Master Me
chanic Richards, Of the railroad company,
gave his theory. He thought, he said, that
the engine had broken some rail some dis.
lance from the abutment. The tender passed
the break all right, but turned the end of the
broken rail somewhat, so that the trucks o.
the first car were divided and bent the rail up
The forward truck of the second car caugh,
in the end of the rail, causing the shock thai
swept the forward truck to the rear, checking
that car so that the third car teleecoped 1t
and by the same shock breaking the bridg.
and causing its fall. The end of the rail hat
evidently shattered the forward break bean
on the forward truck on the second car ant
then struck the axle, gouging q piece ou. o
1t as 1t turned. The rail was torn from IT.
spikes by catching in the trucks and was car
ried along to where 1t was found. In hil
opinion the blow on the axle was the cause O
the damage and derailment.
The sheriff has seized the place Of Wm. E
Lawton, who did business under the fjru
name of Lawton Bros, as fertilizers, at New
York, under attachments on creditors claims
amounting to s245,00o. 1t is charged thai
LAYTON %absconded to dcfraud his creditors
that he disposed of his property and took 8
large amount of money with him. Lawtor
was . director in the Delta Azotin company
and was intrusted with hundreds Of thous
ands of dollars in notes to discount for tht
company. On March Is Lawton is said Il
have absconded with the proceeds of the dis
counted notes. The amount Of his liabilities
is said to be about Z ,,OOo,soo. Lawton is
widower and the sole representative of tn,
firm, his brother, who was associated
with him, having died some time ago. Ruff,
7. Kirkland, Lawtou's cashier, states that OF
Tuesday Lawton withdrew all his funds from
different banks which he had deposited, ant
took the money with him. Lawton, befor
his departure destroyed all stubs, checks an,
papers Of every kind from which Information
could be secured as to the disposition Of tn
funds and property.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Senator Sherman addressed Q meeting q
Birmingham, Ala, on the subject Of protec