The national leader., 1889-05-18

| five men at work on a railroad trestle
| over the river at that point, were
swept of into the water, sixty feet
below. and the wreck Of the bridge fell
on some or them, and several were
killed. The others succeeded in
swimming ashore.
Wires are down In all directions in
Western Maryland. and it is impossible
up to midnight to obtain details Of the
disaster.
Five tramps attacked James
Burns In Altoona, Penna., on the
morning of the 14th, and robbed him
of $50. They also stripped him Of his
clothing and left him for dead. Subse-
quently fight took place between the
city policemen and the tramps and four
of the gang were captured, manacled
and taken to Jail. A gang Of men sur
rounded the house of farmer named
Phelton. at ROgersville, Kentucky, on
the evening of the 11th, and attempted
to take him out. PheltOn shot and
killed two of the gang, and the others
fed.
"A hotel in course Of erection in
Tacoma, Washington Territory. was
blown down by the wind shortly before
O'Clock on the evening Of the 18th.
Five men were killed and four injured.
at last accounts there were still some
laborers buried in the debris. A fall
of coal in the Huron NINE, IN HOugh-
ton, Michigan, on the evening Of the
18th, killed two miners and badly in
jured two Others John Forester and
VIM. Nolan, residents of New Hamp-
ton, Iowa. got drunk on the 1lth. The
former, in his drunken stupOr, laid on
the railroad track and was killed by a
passing train. The latter, while on his
way home, drove off a bridge and brOae
his neck.
"A wind storm at LumbertOn, North
Carolina, on the afternoon of the 14th,
unroofed the railroad warehouse and
telegraph office. A severe hail storm
occurred the same evening at Tolsnot
Station, on the Wilmington and We'll
don Railroad, In the same State. "The
fast mail train had to move cautiously
and was delayed two hours" Some
panes of glass were broken In the car
windows, tree was blown across the
track, and much damage was done to
the crops. kilograms from various
points in Minnesota and Dakota give
accounts of heavy rain and snow fall
on the 14th. The crops have suffered,
but the rain fall will save the crops.
One man was killed and three
others were fatally injured by terrible
accident at the Michigan Car Works,
in Detroit, on the afternoon of the 14th.
A gang of labOrers were unloading a
carload of iron, when some part of the
brace holding the load broke and
several tons of iron fell on the men,
completely burying them. When the
victims were liberated, Joseph Ben
scotte was dead and his three COM
panions were mortally injured. All
leave large families. An explosion of
dynamite occurred at Osceola Nine, at
Ishpemlng, Michigan, on the 18th, in.
juring four Austrian miners, two, 1t is
thought, fatally. The accident oc-
Cured through the carelessness of one
of the men injured.
Peter Matthews, aged 80 years,
was killed and George Kochberger ia.
tally hurt, on the 18th, by the fall of an
| OlG ia L lattoLuOutus OOUldokd,
near which they were excavating for a
new hotel building. Two other work
men were slightly injured. Mary
Weldon, a young girl, was accidently
killed in Rockford, Illinois, on the 14th.
A boy was playing with a revolver,
and the girl went 10 lock into the
barrel. when the weapon was dis
charged. James Kelly, a produce
dealer in Lexington. Kentucky, was
found unconscious in his room in a
hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey,
On the morning of the 10Th, the gas
having been left partially turned on.
He died In the afternoon.
The body of a well-dressed man.
about 80 years of age, which had been
kept at the bottom by heavy weights,
rose on tue morning of the 18th in the
Harlem river, at New York, and was
washed ashore. A piece of iron, weigh
ing over 20 pounds, was tied to the
right leg with stout packing cord, also
black silk umbrella, There was a
double case lady's gold watch in his
pocket, and In his scarf pin of gold
representing an owl clutching cross
bar with star on It's head.
"A telegram from Reading says that
letters have been received from Dr.. J.
M. Brause, In Oklanama, showing that
| he was not murdered. as reported.