Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-03
MATTERS METROPOLITAN.
Shocked By Electric Currents.
NEW YORK BURRAU sPKcrALa.I

| tNEW 1Onh poEhAb ofECAAL4-
NEW YORK, October 2-There was another
electric scare on the streets to-day. but nobody
was killed this time. Some electric wire fix
lures in the Bowery broke down about noon
The wire sagged down to the street and lay m
the groove of . car track. A conductor OF 4
| Second avenue car took hold of it where TIE
| Insulation was perfect and tried to drag II
| away. An uninsulated part of the wire
| touched the head of his horses. and both fell
stiff and motionless TO the pavement Michael
Lynch ran out into the street to learn what was
up He inadvertently stepped on the wire.
and was keeled over like q tenpin. By this
time the car tracks and payements were alive
with electric currents. which drove the gather
ing crowd dancing and twitching back to the
sidewalks. Two more horses were tumbled
over before lineman came along and cut the
wire. Lynch was taken to q hospital, where
an examination showed that his left leg was
completely paraIyzed- The horses recovered
all right
Count In the Lookup.
William c. Tenner. French count by birth.
was locked up to-day for passing forged checks.
Tenner is handsome and well dressed. For
some time he has made practice Of Introduc-
ing himself to men like the Harpers and
Appletons, as literary man, and Of persuad-
ing them to cash small checks bearing the
forged signatures Of prominent publishers and
authors Last Thursday, at the Century Club,
he passed a check on which he had forged the
name of Lobettus 8. Metcalf, editor OF the
Forum. This afternoon he tried to get SIS
check bearing the alleged signature OF ID.
Appleton q Co. cashed at Henry Holt d Cos
office. Mr.. Holt, who recognized him from the
published description. teIephoned for detect
i've, who marched the French count on to jail
Chinese Diplomats Embark for Home.
The Chinese flag hoated from the foremost Of
the steamship City of Paris as she steamed
down the bay this morning. and eight yellow
faced men, with red, blue and purple silk
blouses, baggy trousers and carefully groomed
queues. stood on the upper deck at the stern.
The eight men were His Excellency Chang Yen
Hoon. Imperial Chinese Minister to the United
States. Spain and Peru; Mr.. shu Cheon Pom.
First Secretary Of the Chinese Legation; Mr..
Liang Shnng. Secretary of the Chinese Legation;
Captains Lin. Chun and Chang. Of the legation;
Mr.. Yeung. charge Paffaires at Madrid; Mr..
Yeung Jr., and Mr.. Kung, attaches. They
comprise the retiring Chinese Legation at
Washington. The Oriental diplomats will be
carried from Liverpool to London by special
train They Will stop at Paris and Madrid, and
bring up at Portuguese seaport, whence they
will proceed directly home Shu Sheen Pom.
the first secretary will return tothis country
as soon as he has seen the Emperor in China,
and will probably resume his former duties
with the new legation. He said this morning
that he expects to be back In Washington in
time to take part in the Chinese ball on New
Years night. A. Louden Snowden, United
States Minister to Greece, also sailed on the
City of Paris.