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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
TWO BOYS SLAIN.
Frightful Accident at a Pyrotechnic Di

Frightful Accident at q Pyrotechnic Dis.
play in East Boston, Mass.
Boston, July Sin East Boston Thurs
day night a large ships signal bomb which
was being fired in celebration Of the Fourth
exploded in crowd Of children who hat
gathered to see the fireworks George
Hoffman, aged 16, was instantly killed
and Frank O'Connor, aged 10, SO bad
~ injured that he died on his way tx
the Ohospital John Green, aged IL
David, Joseph and Burton Burg, JOSEPH
Monahan and Bernard Doyle were fright
fully lacerated and otherwise injured Il
is feared that some Of those hurt may dis
from their wounds
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
THE HALEY QDAHO) FIRE.
The Business Portion of the Town Dc
stroYed-A Loss of SRK0N 600.

The Business Portion of the Town De-
stroyed-A Loss Of 100000.
BELLEVUE, L T., July 4. - The business
portion of the mountain town of Haley
but few hours ago the most prosperoui
town in Idaho, is now but a mass Of smol
dering ruins. The fire which ragged hert
Tuesday exceeds, in proportion to the sizt
OF the town, that of Seattle. The total loa
is closely estimated at $500, 0O0 The insur
ance, on account of excessive rates, u
small, being estimated at $3.50, 0OO Few
residences were burned, fortunately, ant
but two families were left without means
No lives were lost A few persons wert
slightly burned
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
FALL OF A GRAND STAND.

"A Child Killed and Over 100 Persons In
juretl at u Race in Oklahoma City.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ind. T., July 5.-The
grand stand at the race track collapsed at
5 O'clock Thursday afternoon, injuring
more than 100 persons, many fatally. One
thousand people crowded into tho stand
when the horses came to the post, and
then suddenly, without any warn
ing, the structure went down, burying
moro than 500 in the ruins. For a
secondl the outside spectators were para
lyzed by the accident Then, as the cries
and groans Of the wounded filled the air,
they rushed forward and began the work
OF rescue. The victims were dragged out
and carried to places of safety or
put in ambulances and sent into
town. Colonel Wade, the commanding OIL
Ger here, sent the military and physicians
to the scene promptly and gave material
aid. The escape OF the crowd from death
was miraculous, and, incredible US it ap-
pears, only one person was killed outright,
child Of DR.. J. A. Ryan.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
Five Young People Drowned ut q Picnic
in PENNSYLVANIA.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July ga sad accident
happened at the picnic of the Arch Street
Methodist Episcopal Church Of Allegheny
City at Forest Grove, ON the Pittsburgh 4
Western railroad, Thursday, by which five
young people were drowned Their names
are: Nellie Burton. aged Is; May Royal, IT,;
Ida Cassiday, 20; Fannie McComb, Is, and
Bert Freeman, ~. The Ave named, to-
gether with Edward shaffer, took an old
barge and started for a ride on Con-
naquenessing creek. The stream was very
turbulent and the barge oapsized shatfer
succeeded in reaching the shore, but the
others went down before assistance could
reach Them
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
SOLD AT AUCTION.

The Plant of the Reading Iron Works
Company Knocked OF at Low Figure.
READING, Pa, July 2-The plant OF the
Reading Iron Works Company, which four
months ago failed for 81 100000. was sold
at public sale Monday. The property in
cluded furnaces, rolling mills, tube mills,
foundry, forge, ETC., together with tracts Of
valuable land. The property was bought
by W. P. Bard Of Reading, for $4,000,
subject to mortgage OF $6N,C Coo Mr.. Bard
made the purchase in the interest OF the
Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad Company.
who will put the works IN operation
shortly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
The Dam Owners Responsible.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, July 6.-The;coroner's
Jury finished their work tonight Their
verdict finds that the dam was poorly
built and the owners responsible for the
recent disaster aAd the fearful loss Of life
and property. @@
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
The Switchman Blundered

COLOGNE, July by the blunder Of a
switchman the Frankfort express ran into
an open switch and dashed into a train
near Rochemoos to-day Eight persons
were instantly killed and eleven others
seriously injured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
LATEST NEWS.
Serious Riot at Duluth.

DULUTH, Mimi, July 6.-This city to-day
was the scene of a bloody riot which ragged
for three hours and resulted in the death
of two men and the wounding of thirty to
forty. The strike which eliminated TO- day
in bloody riot, began last Tuesday morn
ing, when $50 OF the gas and water COM
pany's employees, without word OF warn
ing or demand of any nature, threw
down their picks and shovels, and, form
ing into line, marched to the works of
the street contractors and demanded that
all other workmen join them. Partly by
threats and intimidation 300 more work
men Joined them for time. Yesterday
the 200 workmen employed by Wolf &
Truax were notified that the wages that
they had asked for would be paid, and it
was in the protection OF these men that
the terrible results Of to-day followed.
Last night about 200 hundred of tho
strikers procured cartridges and revolvers
but this morning they loudly proclaimed
they m can't no harm. Suspicion was thus
allayed. About O'Clock the mob assem-
bled on vacant lot and after speeches in
foreign languages they marched in body
to where 100 men were working aud
guarded by squad of police. Without
warning shot rang out and then the
shots came like hail about the police. The
officers drew ther revolvers and stood
shoulder to shoulder against the mob.
Their aim was cooler and better and for
an hour held the mob at bay, when Com
pany K of the militia appeared and the
rioters took to their heels. The exact list
of hurt cannot be learned. Two of the
mob were killed outright, large number
wounded and nine of the police were in
jured more or less.
DULUTH, June 7.-There are no new de-
velopments The rioters have not shown
themselves today, and it is believed that
the mob has been effectuallY squelched.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
A Million Dollar Fire.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, July This after
noon fire broke out in the kitchen of N. E.
Kelsey's house. In spite of all efforts it
spread rapidly until every business house
in town was burned besides forty dwell
ings involving loss of perhaps 81, 250. 600.
The insurance is about $500, 900. Altogether
thirteen blocks were wiped out
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10

Conn.
A FLOOD in the vicinity of Fort WORTH
Tex, had on the 18th done damage to the
extent Of 81 ,000, GOO, and several persons had
been drowned
THE large Falk, Jung & Borchert brewery
in Milwaukee, with fifty two thousand bar
rels of beer in stock, was burned on the 4th
Loss, $3.50, OOO; insurance, $33O,OOO
Cholera morbus In its worst form had
Fnnade it's appearance at YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, on
the 4th There were over one hundred
cases among the workmen, and General
Hastings and Colonel Douglass were sick in
bed
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
ADRIAN WAKEMAN. one of the oldest
lawyers and Republican politicians In New
York City. died on the 10Th ult., aged SIXTY
five years. He was postmaster of that city
under Lincoln, and surveyor OF the port
under Grant
The Union-Labor party OF Ohio will hold
convention at Lima July ID, and will put
State ticket in nomination.
The funeral of General Simon Cameron
took place on the 10Th u1t. at Harrisburg,
Pa
PRESIDENT HARRISON made the following
appointments on the LIST: A. L. Snowden,
of Pennsylvania, Minister Resident and
Consul General to Roumania, Servia and
Greece; William n. Edwards, of Ohio, Con-
sui General to Berlin; Augustus o. Bourne,
of Rhode Island, Consul General to Rome
Eugene Schuyler, of New York, Consul
General to Cairo; William Harrison Bradley,
of Illinois, Consul General to Nice; Arthur
Macarthur, Jr., of Washington, Assistant
Adiutant- General United States Army.
Elk PREs1DENT WooLsEY, OF Yale College,
died at New Haven, Conn, on the 1st aged
eighty eight yeara
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
CITY BREYITTES.

The MORNING NEWS has received from
Heart'sease Band No. II, Kings Daughters,
Miss Bessie Willink captain, S4 for the fire
mems widows fund.
Thomas Ballantyne was appointed jury
commissioner yesterday by Judge Falligant
to fill the vacancy on the board occasioned
by the death of Capt. Alvin N. Miller.
Messrs. Hoist & Co. cleared yesterday the
Norwegian bark Magnus Lagaboter for
PooteeloR Harbor with 2,625 barrels Of
rosin, weighing 1895 pounds, valued at
$5,253 so. Cargo by MeSsrs. Paterson,
Downing & Co.
The MORNING NEWS has received a
sample OF peaches grown by Mr.. Hugo
Robinson of Albany. Ga, and sent to his
relatives in this city. They are the Chinese
cling variety and are the largest peaches
that have been seen here this year.
Solomon's Lodge Free and Accepted Ma
sons has just received handsome new safe
containing separate steel drawers for the
commandery and each of the local lodges
The safe was made to order for the lodge
and is artistically decorated with Masonic
signs and emblems. 1t has been placed in
position in the temple.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

The supreme court of Alabama has been
in session for several days to consider appli-
cation for rehearing in the case of the
Mobile and Girard Railroad Company VS..
the Alabama Midland Railway Company.
The opinion rendered just before the reg
ular adjournment of The supreme court was
adverse to the Midland, touching its right
to condemn certain parts of the right of
way of the Mobile and Girard road near
the city of Troy. The Midland thereupon
made an application for a rehearing, which
was considered at the special term of the
court, and a greatly modified opin-
ion was handed down. This de-
cision IS virtually in favor of
the Midland. The court holds that the
Midland has the right to take any part of
the right of way of the Mobile and Girard
road which is not in actual use, provided it
is reasonably demonstrated that the part
thus sought to be taken is reasonably neces-
sary for that purpose.
The case, however was reversed and re-
manded upon the sole and only ground that
the evidence in the record failed to show
conclusively that the route sought to be
condemned on the west side of the main
track of the Mobile and Girard road was
impracticable. but in this connection he uses
this emphatic language:
'On the evidence there is little room for
doubt that the route selected to get into the
city OF Troy and out to the west is the most
practicable, if not in its proper sense. the
only practicable routen
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
LOCAL PERSONAL.

W.C. Cleckley, of Augusta was in town
yesterday.
IA. McDufis of Brunswick was in town
yesterday.
John B. Jones of Augusta was in town
yesterday.
C. S. Shattuc Of Griffin was at the Pulss-
XII yesterday.
W. S. Fender & Son. of Fender, were in
town yesterday.
w. stephens Of Live Oak, Fla, was in
town yesterday.
w. ". Thompson of Smithville was in
the city yesterday.
j. A. Thomas of Brunswick was at the
Pulaski yesterday.
W. A. McAndrew of Union Springs, Ala,
was IN the city yesterday.
Miss Mamie Daniels left yesterday on
steamer Augusta for the north.
George ". Parish and daughter are at
the Piedmont hotel, Gainesville.
Denis J. Murphy left yesterday on the
City Of Augusta for New York.
c. n. Hildreth and family, of Live Oak,
Fla, were at the Pulaski yesterday.
Miss X. Goethe left on the steamship City
of Augusta yesterday for the north.
Mrs. W. K. Wilkinson is on a visit to her
4
James NJ. Reid will leave for Augusta to-
night on brief trip both social and bust
neSS.
Mrs. Frank Dodd aud daughter left yes
terday for New York on the City of Au-
guSla
Mrs. E. E. Cheatham and Mrs. William
Swoll left yesterday via the Central railroad
for Dalton.
Jos J. Greenlaw and Miss FannieJ. Green
law left yesterday for New York on the
City of Augusta.
Mr.. and Mrs George Waterhouse and
Miss Waterhouse of Beaufort were at the
Screven yesterday.
c. s. Richmond, principal Of Richmond's
Commercial Institute, left yesterday on the
City of Augusta for trip north.
A. Minis, Jr, and Miss L. F. Minis were
passengers on the steamship City of Au-
gusta, which sailed yesterday for New
York.
Mrs. E K. Mccoy and daughter Carrie
left last Thursday night for Portsmouth,
Va, to visit relatives at the old home Of the
former.
Charles F. Prendergast sailed on the
steamship City of Augusta yesterday for
New York. He will be absent a month on
his summer vacation.
Mrs II. F. Willink and daughter, Miss
Daisy, are on visit 10 Wilkinson, being the
guests of the families of Mrs. NJ j. Cars
well and Mrs. a. w. Baum at Irwinton.
Mrs Fannie NJ. Hopkins, who has been on
a visit to Mrs. Lindsey Warren Of Louis
vile, has returned and will spend a few
days with Mrs. Charles Dixon on Hall
street before leaving for her old home at
Tarrytown, N. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
CONCERNING CoBwEBs.
How the Garden Spider Employs Its
Wonderful Spinneret.
IL. Stt.isc Crnec

From the StCiSS Cross.
Let us see how the garden spider uses its
inherited talent. Each individual in en-
dowed with spinneret or natural spinning
machine through which can be drawn in
Vulnerable strands so fine that they can be
seen only under a powerful microscope
Qeeuwenhoeck claims that it takes 4,OO0,-
900 of these strands to make a thread as
thick as q hair from q mans head. First
our spider begins to draw from out her spin
neret cord Of as many of these strands as
seem to her good and fastens it to some leaf
or twlg, then runs on another leaf, spinning
all the while, fastens again to that, and to
another and another, continuing until a
circle is formed inclosing as large space as
she designs for the outer boundary of her
web. Then she passes back and forth over
her word, adding fresh threads and strength
ening this outer line, which she secures to
every possible object.
Finally she stops, fastens her thread with
special care, and begins to run around the
circle, spinning as she goes; but now carry
ing her fresh thread carefully raised upon
one mind foot, thus keeping it from touch
ing the older strands and becoming glued
to them. When half way round she stops,
pulls her thread tight, fastens it very
strongly, and firm line is drawn straight
across the center of the circle. She runs
another thread to it there, carries it to a
new point upon the outer edge, fastens it,
and we now see that she is engaged in max
ing those lines in the web that look SO like
the spokes of a wheel. She repeats this
operation again and again until all the radii
or spokes are formed. When they are done
she carefully tests each thread ty pulling,
to make sure that it is firm and strong; and
if one proves unsatisfactory she either
strengthens or re-makes it altogether.
Now that the main lines are built, our
spider goes once more to the center point,
and begins to spin again-this time in cir
notwithstanding to each radius as she passes,
At first these circles, or more correctly
spirals, are placed quite close together, but
she leaves ever q wider and wider space
between as she approaches the outer edge.
The outer circle and the radii were spun of
a silk which becomes dry directly after
leaving the SPIDERS body, is of great
strength and very firm; but these spirals
are formed of a substance which differs
essentially. When first drawn from
the spineret it is extremely glutinous-a
most important property, as by this it is
enabled to adhere tenaciouslv to the redii--
and it is, besides, so highly elastic as to be
capable of being pulled far out of place
without breaking. When the spirals are
finished the spider returns again to the cen
ter and proceeds to bite off the points of all
the radii close to the first encircling line, by
which she much increases the elasticity of
her web. 1t is in or beneath this central
opening that the spider usually sits and
watches for the coming of her prey.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
A BIG DAY IN CAMP.
Col. Mercer and Staff, the Guards and
Green's Visit the Cadets

Col. Mercer and staff, the Guards and
Greens Visit the Cadets.
The Cadets had fine day in camp yes
terday The weather was delightful and
the camp was thronged with visitors. Col
Mercer and staff, Company c of the Guards,
and the Irish Jasper Greens went down IN
the afternoon and participated in the dress
parade. The visiting companies were re-
ceived at the camp, and after it had been
inspected by the colonel and his staff, the
companies marched to the beach for the
dress parade which took place IN front of
the Ocean house.
The beach was filed with people, and the
pavilions were crowded Col Mercer,
Mayor Schwarz and Lieuts. Gailhard,
Roman, O'Byrne and Owens were present
After the review the companies stacked
arms and remained at the pavilion until
the supper call from the camp Except the
guard, the most of the men returned after
supper and remained until tattoo"
The Greens aud the Guards spent the
| evening at the beach and returned on the
late train. The Greens turned ont thirty
men in the parade under command of
! Lieut.. McGrath, and the Guards turned out
| forty-two men under command Of Capt.
! Reilly. Both companies made a fine ap-
| pearance.
The Cadets will strike camp this after
noon and will return to the city on the c
O'clock train. In the evening a compli-
mentary hop to the military will be given
at the Ocean house, aud the last train up to
| the city will leave the island at 1U:3C
| o'clock instead of 9:20 O'clock
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
THE HEATERS ORDERED.
The New Fire Apparatus to Be Here
coon.


soon.
Chief Fireman Puder returned Yesterday
morning from his northern trip He visited
Baltimore Richmond, Washington City,
Newark and Jersey City. At Baltimore
Assistant Chief Murphy of the Baltimore
fire department gave him an exhibition of
the workings of a 55-foot Brial ladder and
Mr.. Holloway. manufacturer of chemical
engine used by the Baltimore department
in the "annex" portion of the city, gave au
exhibition of the workings of an S5-gallon
chemical engine, which, Chief Puder said,
is just the thing for the extended portions
of the city south Of Anderson street, where
there is no water. The chief said that
there are nine of these engines
used in the Baltimorean suburbs,
and two more have been ordered. He said
that he was treated with the greatest
courtesy in all the cities he visited.
At Newark, after an examination of the
heaters in use there, he recommended them
to Alderman Bailey, chairman of the fire
committee of council, who instructed him
to order five of them This was done
yesterday afternoon through Chief Kiersted
Of the Newark fire department.
The heaters will not cost to exceed $50
each, and a man is to come on and put
them up. They are manufactured in New
ark and Chief kiersted says that they can
be ready for shipment in three weeks, but
he has been asked to get them here within
two weeks if possible. Some Of them have
been in use for nine years and are appar-
emily as good as when new. They keep
steam in the engines all the time, ranging
from pounds to 81 pounds pressure, and
the engines have all the steam necessary by
the time the attachments are made to the
fire plug
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
ANOTHER FIREMAN HURT.
Acting Foreman Connolly of No. 3
Has a Rib Broken.


John J. Connolly, acting foreman Of No.
3 engine, had one of the ribs on his right
side broken by the fall of the ladder on
which be was working at the fire at DR..
Charles Backman's house, on Second street,
at O'CLOCK yesterday morning.
The Injured man was conveyed 10 his
home at Torch and jefferson streeIs, and
DIR. Duncan was called aud reduced the
fracture Mr. Connolly also suffered slight
bruises about the breast, but was resting
easy last night, and his physician says that
he will get along all right. DR.. Bulloch
who was present at the time of the accident,
treated the injured man until he could be
sent home, when DR.. Duncan, the family
physician, was sent for at Mr.. Connolly's
request
Mr. Connolly was on the ladder with
section of hose, from which the water had
been turned off, to cut hole in the outer
wall Of the house, through which to get a
stream in the burning building, and when
the water was turned on the recoii was 50
strong that it threw the ladder down, falling
alongside Of the house and carrying Con
molly with it.
Acting Chief Fireman Mouro and Acting
Assistant Chief Haniey were at the fire, an
alarm having been turned in from box Al.
at 2:i5 o'clock. The building which was
fired by an incendiary last Sunday, and
only slightly damaged, suffered more by
yesterday mornings fire, and Mr. Barrels
house, near by, was severely scorched. The
fire is thought to be of incendiary origin.
1t is remarkable coincidence that Fore
man Connolly was injured yesterday within
three doors of where ne was so seriously in
iured by falling floor when Mr.. j. s.
Collins house was burned last year.
In a conversation with Mr.. Connolly last
Sunday ne said to a MORNING NEWS re-
porter that the fatal injuries to the fire.
men at the Miller fire July l had
taught him the lesson of carefulness and
lie proposed thereafter to be less venture
some, yet before the close of the week he
was overtaken by accident. If the depart
ment had aerial ladders the accidents of yes
terday and July l would have been
averted. 1t is thought that in
the near future the city council
will authorize the purchase of a ladder OF
this kind, and also a chemical engine for
use in the southern part of the city, where
water is not attainable. or only to be had
by laying several hundred feet of hose.
Chief Fireman Puder, on his return yes
terday, appointed Arthur Toshach tempo
rary foreman of station No. 3, during Con
nolly's disability.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
At the Y. M. G. Association.

The young mems meeting tomorrow at
$3.50 o'clock will be addressed by A. M.
Southall, general secretary of the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association at Wav-
cross. The meeting will be particularly for
railroad men, but all men are cordially in
vited to attend.
The singing will be led by G. B. What
ley. and F. w. Gerber will play the cornet.
Preparations are being made to push the
athletic sports. Several things needed to
make them a success have been ordered and
will soon be on hand. Regular practice
days will be arranged in order to get the
young men ready for public exhibition to
be given at an early date
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
LIGHTNING GETS FRIsKY.
1t Struck in q Dozen Places During
Yesterdays Shower.


A heavy thunderstorm passed over the
city between 4 and 5 O'Clock yester-
day. The lightning struck in several places
in the city. One of the cattle pens at Cox's
stables, on West Broad street, was struck,
and an alarm of fire was sent in to headquar-
ters. No. 3 engine and reel and the "Mogul'
responded, but the building which the
Zig thing had ignited burned very little, as
the drenchiug rain extinguished the fire be-
fore the arrival of the fireme1. The bull
which inflicted the injuries upon Mr.. Glea-
son was in the shed which was struck by
the lightning and escaped without injury
but was mad with terror.
TIE Central railroads grain elevator and
Christopher, Gray g. Sons stores on
Broughton street were also struck but we're
not damaged. A mast of the bark Aida at
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way wharves was shivered and COW was
killed near the White Bluff road and the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
crossing A humber of trees and telegraph
poles were struck and the lightning did
considerable damage to the Eclectic Light
COmpany'S works.