Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-16

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Another shocking Disaster ON the L..
high Valley Railroad this Morning.
Nearly all the Injured will Die-They
are Hungarians.
MAUcH CHUNK, Pa, Oct l6-News OF another
wreck on the Lehigh Valley road has just been re-
ceived at this city by Jos j. Blakeslee superin-
tendent OF the Mahanoy division A Pennsylvania
freight train ran Into Lehigh Valley gravel train
on that division at $50 O'Clock this morning KILL
Ing SIX persons outright and inJur1ng over twenty
No particulars can be learned at present. as there
Is no telegraph station near the scene OF the acc-
dent
AN OFFICIAL REPORT
The following Official report OF the accident has
been received at the Lehigh Valley main ONCE
here: "Lehigh Valley engine 39l, with q con-
Railroad engine No. 121S, with O fast freight at
Tamanend siding. Six men were instantly Killed
and twenty-six men injured, most Of them fatally
the engine, and the Pennsylvania Railroad train
struck them. The killed and injured men were
Railroad empoye, who was killed on his train The
dead and Injured are all Hungarians except one.n
A Traction Engine Boiler Explodc~.
ONE NAN INSTANTLY KILLED AND -FOUR OTHERS
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
HIGHLAND. Ill, Oct. 16-The boiler OF trac-
tion engine exploded last evening on a farm
OF one man and four others being seriously
wounded. Christ Rafferman, proprietor OF the
W.
ing fragments Hugh Rice, standing near the
threshing machine. received serious injuries; VIM.
Hensel, both legs and one arm broken; VIM. Ar
BERT one arm and one leg broken; Julius Schnei-
der, seriously injured on the back OF the head
The santa Fe Reducing Expenses.
peka, Kan, says: orders have been given by gene.
raj superintendent Sands to all superintendents OF
the Santa Fe to reduce the working hours 10 per
cent. The reduction Is made by cutting on one
hour eacn day and a half day SATURDAY, making
f1ve days In the week instead OF six. This order
s1ecss e 10000 men. II has been the custom every
but It is done earlier than usual this year. The
company Is cutting down expenses In every way
Ing when the next dividend is declared. reduc-
ton OF 10 per cent In the payroll OF the mechani-
cal department will amount 70 about $4,000
week.
A Collsery Destroyed sy Fire.
sHANoKN, Pa, Oct. 16-The Cameron colliery,
Philadelphia, was destroyed BY nre this morning.
The IRE originated from an explosion OF gas Loss
about s75, 600; insured The colliery employed
about 1000 men
Death oa Long John Wentworth.
petter sSoWn 4E q. .IoDg JONI JOHN Oan man as %e
known as any In the West. died at 7:45 this morn
ing. Nj. wentworth was one Of Chicago's Oldest
Congressman and editor OF the principal daily
paper here About month ago his general health
DeRau 10 LdlA anu ocatu rcSultcQ tulS morning.
He was seventy-three years OF age and man OF
wealth, his estate being worth At least 81 600 600
General Foreign News.
rHRRAr8NID CABINET cKIsIs At MADRID
NADRIp, Oct 16-The members OF the cabinet
are DIVIDED on the question OF army reform. A
ministerial crisis u therefore threatened.
DEATH or LoRD NoUNT-TENPLk
LONDON, Oct. 16.-Lord MountTcmple d dead.
Father McFaaaon RoDe0oeA.
HI DECLARES THAT nPRlsoNNIIn HAS NOT B1oKKN
HIS sPIRIT. AND THAT HI WILL CONTINUE 10 Ao-
TATE
BERLM, oct 16-Father McFadden, Of 0wedore,
County Donegal who was sentenced 20 six month";
imprisonment for holding unlawful mceetngA has
been released from the Londonderry jail two days
before the expiration Of his sentence. crowd
gathered outside the jan, and when Father 1cFAd-
oen made his appearance he was loudly cheered-
He declared that his imprisonment had broken
neither his health nor splr1ts, and that he would
continue 70 denoQnce the landlords govornment
LyDch0a n09 ~ Asss0Psea 8aRa.
CHICAGO, Oct. lel-A dispatch from Taylor, Tsx.,
says: Joe Joiner, negro attempted IN asoault
upon Q tWeivo-yoar-old White girl and was q.
rInfnd GhGR16. On eno foHd The 1nal n