The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-05-02
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

race, winch has been IN progress IN
Wheeling W Va, for two days, the
electric lights suddenly went out, leav.
ing the rink in total darkness. But
three Of the girls were on the track at
the time. Two of them, Lulu Gordon
Of Pennsylvania and Aggie Harvey of
New York, were almost ubrcat and were
making q turn at the west end of the
track going at q tremendous speed each
trying TO squirt ahead In the sudden
darkness they lost their bearings and
were going at too rapid a speed to stop.
Miss Harvey's wheel struck an obstruc.
ton and she was thrown over the railing
inclosing the track alighting upon her
head upon the hard foor She was
knocked scnsclcss. Miss Gordon was
also thrown from her wheel and her
side struck an iron railing. She was
internally injured, but not seriously II
was feared for while that Miss IIar.
vcy's injuries were very serious. There
was panic In the large audience, and
for time II seemed that many would
he injured in the rush
A Fathers Rage,
A very dramatic incident occurred in
the trial of Melvin G. Garlitz ut Cum.
berland, Nd, for wife.murdcr, while
Samuel Ring was giving his testimony.
As the witness described how Garlftz
stood over his wife as she was lying
down and fired three more shots into
her body, Mr.. Joseph White, the father
OF the dead woman, sprang up with a
wild cry of rage, and, selling chair,
appraised II and made rush toward
Garlitz. lie was grabbed by several
policemen and taken to an ante room
until he regoincd his composurc. His
daughter Myrtle, who had shortly be.
fore testified, shriekcd aloud us her
father cried out, and flung herself upon
him. For few moments the excite
ment in the room was intense and II
was some time before the trial could
proceed
Crushed to Death.
Patrick Ratchford, Michael Flynn
and Patrick Rogan were killed in the
Hyde Park shaft in Scranton, Pa, yes.
terday, by the fall of large slab of
roof which came down upon them
while they were engaged in loading
loose coal from the face of their cham
Der into ear Other employees in the
shaft being warned of the accident,
hurried into the chamber, and rs speed.
lily as possible removed the dead bodies
to their homes. The scenes around the
mouth of the shaft when the bodies
were brought to the surface were heart.
rending. The women and children
were wailing, and even some of the men
were crying, although such Il sight was
not an unusual one to most of them
A Dago swindier.
If,.,.1l,. O.
rested at Scranton, Pa, yesterday and
lodged in Jail for defrauding II large
number of his countrymen out of sums
ranging from 81 to so each. Salisfarc
impressed his importance upon his
countrymen by wearing cap somewhat
similar 10 that worn by a railroad con.
ductor, dressed well and said he was
largely interested in the new Scranton
and Ontario Railroad, building north
from this city, and promised his victims
work as soon as the contracts were let,
taking the money as pledges that they
would be on hand for employment.
His scheme Is said to have netted him
several hundred dollars.
Three Children in u Creek.
Sally Fry, aged IA years and Gertic
and Buelah Klinger, aged respectively
10 and years, Of Ashland, Pa. while
crossing a foot log spanning the Maha-
noy Creek, fell into the stream. The
elder children were washed q short dis
lance, where they seized distractions,
TO which they chung, but the little girl
was washed several hundred yards
yards further and rested in IN eddy
formed by projecting rocks. The
screams Of the children attracted help
and all were taken out Medical aid
was summoned and two of them res,ls-
citated, but IL is believed the little one
cannot recover.
A Fatal Fight Near fremont.
Joseph Vincet, ayoung KentuclSian,
who has been working at Reber, Pa,
the past two months, stabbed Grant
Bernhard, probably fatally, in row
at Good Spring Tuesday night. Vim
Get had stolen pair of Barnhardt's
boots, and the latter demanded his
property. Vincet then turned on
Barnhardt and inflicted four dangerous
cuts on his body Three Coal and Iron
policemen have searched for Vincet,
but have not yet captured him. He is
supposed TO have taken to the noun
tains.
hhicd WIN Beer Glass.
George Klotz, As years old, of l727
Mervine street. Philadelphia, an en-
| ploye at the brewery of Charles Glass,
Twelfth street above Columbia avenue,
died yesterday from the effect of in.
juries received In quarrel with Antoine
Prof, fellowworkman, on Saturday
last. The men had been employed at
the brewery for several years, and on
| the day on which the quarrel occurred
had been set to work cleaning the pave
ment. Both We're under the influence
of liquor, but the origin of the quarrel
Is unknown.
on for Europe.
Hon. John Sherman, Hon. John &.
New, Consul-General at London Hon,
w. w. Thomas, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden
and Norway, and Lincoln Valentine,
| Consul from Honduras, sailed for
Europe in the steamer City of New
York yesterday.
Looks as If Alive Yet.
Wilhelmina Stohl, aged 81, died in
Chicago Of rheumatism of the heart a
week ago, but the corpse remains so
life,like that the girls mother will not
permit the burial to proceed, though
the physicians have shown by every
scientific test that life is extinct,
Given Up for Lost.
The schooner Shiloh sailed from
Gloucester, Mass, on fishing trip to
Georges banks on March %, since
which time nothing has been heard from
her. Her owners have given her up
for lost, She carried crew of four
teen men.
A Woman sand Bagged.
AT Hartwcll Mrs Prossman, wife of
the ticket agent Of the Bee Line road
was sand-bagged nj the office and