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The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
A BELGIAN HORROR.

Three Hundred Persons Killed and a
Thousand Inju ured by an ExpIosi on In a
Cartridge Factory in Antwerp-The Vic
Tins Mostly Working Girls-The Ex-
plosion Supplemented by IA Most Disas-
trous Conf tgration, Involving Docks
and Immense Stores of Russian Petro-
leum.
FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE BY EXPLOSION IN
A CARTRIDGE FACTORY.
ANTWERP, Sept. GA large quantity Of
dynamite exploded in a cartridge factory
here to- day, totally demolishing that
portion of the building in which the ex-
plosive was kept. The factory was lOcat-
ed in the vicinity of the bourse, which, at
the time Of the explosion, was crowded.
Burning fragments of the factory were
hurled against. the bourse, setting it on
fire and creating panic among the men,
bers, several Of whom were injured. OF
the employees of the factory 126 were
killed. and many others in and near the
building were badly wounded.
FIRE ADDED TO THE HORROR.
The cartridge factory was situated be-
hind the docks upon which millions of
cartridges were being unloaded. 1t was
adjacent to the petroleum stores and
two large Russian petroleum warehouses
were set on fire and are now burn
ing. Other stores are endangered.
Police, gendarmes and troops are as
sisting in the work of extinguishi the
flames, while priests and Sisters of Chari-
ty are looking af ter the injured. The city
is envelope1 in dense smoke.
THE FIRE RAGING.
Eighty thousand barrels of oil are burn
ing. Eighty persons are injured, ma
iority of them being workmen. Several
soldiers have leceived injuries.
THREE HUNDRED KILLED AND ONE THOU
SAND WOUNDED.
ANTWERP, Sept. AT an early hour this
morning the fire was still raging with un-
diminished fury, and the military are as
sisting the firemen in preventing the
spread of the confagration. 1t is now
certain that fully three hundred peo-
pie have perished, and no less than
thousand were injured. The scenes at
the hospitals where the wounded have
been conveyed are heartrending. The
ships at the American docks were saved,
the wind being favorable.
The explosions at the burning cart
ridge factory still continue at frequent
intervals, and the flying shells render,
the work of the firemen and soldiers ex-
tremely perilous. The factory was
known as the Carvilean factory. The
Communal Council recently condemned
the factory as dangerous, but for some
unexplained reason it was allowed to
continue operations. The victims are
mostly factory girls, Windows were
shattered three miles away.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

SAeSONhL AMI fOLIGICAE.
TELEGRAMs from various points in the
Third Louisiana Congressional district in :
dicate the election of Andrew Price, DEM
ocratic candidate, by good majority,
over II. c. Miner, Republican.
cABLEGRAN received at the Navy De-
partment announces the arrival of Com
mander Sumner at ST. Nicholas Mole,
Hayti. Admiral Gherardi, on the Kear-
sarge, Is also at st. Nicholas Mole, in COM
munication with the Navy Department
1t Is probable that the Kearsarge will
come north soon, but that will be left
largely, IL not entirely, to the AdmiraPs
discretion.
CAPTAIN r. II. BOYD has been selected
by Secretary Tracy as supervisor of the
port of New York.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says: DIR. Peters
has been recalled from East Africa The
expedition for the relief of Emin Bey has
been abandoned. The Boersen Zeitung
reports that DIR. Peters has retreated to
Vituland.
PENNSYLVANIA Democrats, at Harris
burg on the 4th, nominated Edward
Bigler for State Treasurer.
MASSACHUSETTS Prohibitionists, at Wor-
cester on the 4th, nominated John Black,
Vi opTlnRHeIu, JOr 6OVernOT.
The President left Deer Park Md, on
the 4th for Philadelphia to attend the
celebration of the Log Cabin" College.
A CONCERTED movement among the
druggists of Iowa has been commenced to
cast their vote for the Democratic party
this fall provided that party will pledge
itself to amend the stringent Pharmacy
law.
THE Paris Figaro says that Prince Victor
Napoleon has declared that he will not
issue a manifesto in connection with the
approaching general elections, for the
reason that they will not decide the ques-
tion of the form of Government.
j. W. JUDD, Associate Justice of Utah,
has sent his resignation to President Har-
rison. Associate Justice Henderson, who
has been on the bench many years, has
also sent in his resignation. Both are very
popular with the citizens of the Territory.
The cause for their action was on account
Of the small salary.
LEGITIME, ex-President of Hayti, ar
rived at New York on the 9Th. He was en-
route to France.
IT was rumored in Ottawa, Ont, that
the Behring sea dispute would be left by
the English Government for Canada and
the United States to settle.
Miss JENNIE s. CHAMBERLAIN, second
daughter of Mr.. Chamberlain. of Cleve-
land. o., was married recently in St
Georges Church, London, to Captain
Herbert Nay lor Leyland.
THREE Frenchmen, accused of foment-
ing an anti German agitation in Alsace-
Lorraine, have been expelled by the Ger
man authorities.
THE Regents of Servia have warned ex-
Queen Natalie not to attempt to establish
a residence in Belgrade even as a private
person.
GENERAL BoULANGER has made public q
manifesto. in which he attacks his politic-
Il enemies in bitter and vigorous terms.
he claims the right to a trial by court
martial
HUMPHREYS and Rierson islands in the
Pacific ocean have been taken possession
of by British war ship.
HENRY N. GENET, the politician con-
nected with the notorious Tweed regime,
died at New York on the 9th.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
SUNDAY SALOONS.
Shall the Liquor lraTfic Alone Be Su-
perior to All Law?

Shall the Liquor lranic Alone Be SUI
perior to All Law?
This cesspool Of vice. the saloon
a shame at all times-permitted to
stand open and ply its nefarious busi-
ness on the Sabbath, is dark blot on
any community. How long shall it go
on unrestrained? We have a legalized
rest day. Law says business shall
suspend; courts must adjourn; con-
tracts signed on Sunday are void.
Yet, without protest, the one business
most dangerous to all peace defantly
opens wide its doors. Not on the
grounds of religion do we now plead.
but for humanity's sake. We plead
for the families who are suffering for
want of last weeks wages spent in
the temptations of the open saloon
We plead for the sake of the laboring
men easily tempted, by drinking asso-
ciates upon these rest days, away from
their homes, and from means of inn
provement. The State owes the citi-
zen protection from such dangers and
death.
In the City of New York, from 1867
to 1870. the law closing liquor and beer
shops on Sunday was effectively en-
forced. With what result? The Sum-
day arrests for drunkenness and dis
order were at once reduced nearly
one-half Shame on the city that re-
fuses to shield that great body of
laboring men from the perils of an
open saloon upon the rest-day OF
America Humane reasons demand
protection from this evil, aside from
all considerations of Temperance or
religion. The crisis is upon US. 1t
must be met. Let all good citizens
combine against this saloon rebellion.
These words of Lyman Beecher. sew
enty-fve years ago. are being fulfilled
in this fearful violation of the law by
our saloons: .'The hand that over
turns our laws and affairs is the hand
of death unbarring the gates of pande-
monium, and letting loose upon our
land the crime and miseries of hell.
Even if the Most High should stand
aloof and cast not single ingredient
into our cup of trembling, it would
seem to be full of superlative woe.
But He will not stand aloof AS We
shall have begun an open controversy
with Him, He will contend openly
with us. And never since the earth
stood has it been so fearful thing for
nations to fall into the hands of the
living God" Whatever mems views
upon the Temperance question" all.
except the totally immoral, are agreed
that the Sunday saloon is horrid
evil. Nothing hinders its close but
confused notions about religious
liberty" and Sunday laws" Thou
sands of good Christian people are
waiting for plain views upon the two
distinct Sabbaths. So soon as they
see that the civil Sabbath is based
upon natural and humane laws, and
not upon mere religious views, all
trouble will end. There will then be
such an uprising of the people as
America has never before known
From recent sermon by Rev. I. w.
Powell, Chicago.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
A Nav Danarture.

ATLANTA, Ca, Sept Ga delegation
of citizens called on Governor Gordon
yesterday and asked him to take action
concerning the whipping of lot of ne
groes by unknown white men Thursday
night at East Point near Atlanta. The
affair grew out OF the lynching of a negro
boy on Wednesday, The negroes held q
mass meeting aud the citizens becoming g
The presence of the officers prevented
lot of white men went to different
cabins and whipped the negroes. The
Governor has offered reward of 500 for
any person convicted Of having taken
part in the affair.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

Deputy Mar.haII Nagle Tells His story
of the KHIIng of Terry-He Believe Il
Terry Would Use His Knife and There
fore Took No Chances.
SAN FRANcIsCo, Sept. Z. deputy Mar
shall David Nagle was examined Ia the
Federal Court yesterday and related the
details OF the tragedy in the Lathrop din
ing room last month. He said that when
Judge Terry approached Justice Field he
had no idea he was going to make an at
tack, but before ho could interfere Terry
slapped the Justice on the face with his
right hand and repeated the blow with
his left hand, striking the Justice sec-
ond time on the back of the head. Nagle
continues: 81 was on my feet in an in
slant, and throwing out my right hand to
keep Terry off, / shouted: Stop that,
l am United States officer Terry then
directed his attention to me. He had his
right arm in position, as il about to give
another blow, and as he turned his glance
upon me he looked like an infuriated
beast. His clenched fist Immediately
sought his bosom. Believing my life was
in danger, Immediately drew my pistol
with my left hand, and catching it with
my right, fred two shots in quick success
sion, and Terry fell to the floor. | be-
lieve Terry would have cut me 10 pieces,
and perhaps Jdstice Field, IL l had not
acted promptly. He looked like a mad
dened giant
81 knew he had always carried knife,
and | believed he had one on him then.
knew him to be a giant in strength, and
proposed to take no chances with him.
For that reason | held my pistol in both
hands, so that he could not take it away
from me. After the shooting was over
and had got Justice Field on the train
again, told the conductor to look out for
Mrs. Terry, for | did not like to iniure a
woman, but would surely protect Justice
Field"
Nagle's examination concluded the tes-
timony, and the case was continued until
next Wednesday, when the question OF
the jurisdiction Of the Federal Court will
be argued.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
HERE'S CHEEK.
A Manitoban Timber Thief Makes a Nj ost
Cheeky Request, which is Properly De-

A Manitoban Timber Thief Makes a NJ ost
Cheeky Request, which Is Properly De-
MED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE Treasury
Department has denied request from
Richard Bayliss. of Rhineland. Manitoba,
for the release of a yoke of oxen
and wagon, seized in Dakota for viola
tion of the custom laws of the United
States. The Department submitted the
matter to the collector Of customs at St.
Paul, in whose district the offense was
committed, aud he reports that it has
been ascertained that Bayliss has been a
continuous violator of the law, and on
the occasion when the oxen and wagon
were seized he had brought the articles
into the United States without any per-
mission from the custom officers, and
had loaded the wagon with timber cut
from land In the United States with a
view to stealing the timber, and carrying
it into Canada. The collector concluded
his report with the recommend that
the petition be denied.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

IL al ways far worse than that of their
temperate fellow-wdrkmen. The in
temperate man c3ssnot do as much
work as sober one, nor is his work
OF as good quality. They do not work
as regularly, and consequently do not
earn as much. They are not n de-
sirable class of workmen in any es'ab-
lishment, and when dull time comes
they are the first to be dismissed when
the force is reduced.
The rum-drinking workmen are In a
chronic condition OF poverty. for their
earnings go into the tills of saloons
instead of into a savings bank. They
pay their money out for rum instead
of for food, clothing and other neces-
saries Of life for their families. They
have spent in debauches what would
have bought them comfortable cot
tage homes and made them bright and
cheerful. They, too, are chronic
.kickers' for high wages, notwith-
standing the fact that they are tho
least worthy. They do not realize the
DIX lOul III CCOuOluy tAdO d hISh "o5NS
are to be measured by what he saves,
rather than by what he wastes.
II the working-men of the entire
United States, instead of going on
strike for higher wages would go on
general strike against rum, solid
revolution would be wrought. Think
of the result if the 5000, 600, COO per
year that is now spent in running life
and health by rum were distributed in
the avenues of legitimate trade instead
Of over saloon bars! There would DO
permanent boom in every line.
There would be abundant work in
every shop, every factory, every mer-
camille establishment; wages would
rise and employers would be able to
pay them. An era Of prosperity would
set in, based on a sure and solid
foundation, and the rum traffic would
die for lack Of sustenance. Toledo
| Blade.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
Forty Negroes reported Killed.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. GA letter from
La Fiore County says: Armed negroes
are now scattered in squads in the
swamps, and are being pursued by three
hundred armed white men. Negroes, be-
ing refused ammunition at Jemison's
store on the Tallahatchie river,
burned the building. A posse
pursued and about forty negroes
were killed. Many negroes were killed
at the other end Of the parish. Governor
Lowry is severely denounced by the white
people of La Flore for not sending Crom-
we'll back to them. They charge that Coll
onel Jones Hamilton. lessee OF the State
penite ntiary. used his influence to save
Cromwell. who Is an ex- convict.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

ALCOHOL is a demon, brazen-faced
and pitiless. He is fertile in arts and
deceptions. With slow and sometimes
with quick adroitness, he prepares the
strands for the rope of the hangman.
Addison says: "Wine heightens indif-
ference into love, love into jealousy.
and jealousy into madness. 1t often
turns the good-natured man into an
idiot, and the choleric into demon
assassin" Why let this demon live
and widen his empire?-Christian In
quirer.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
DERAILED.
Serious Accident Caused by Brakeman's
Impatience.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 6. - At five
O'Clock this morning passenger train No.
on the Now York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
railroad was derailed at Pymatunning.
A freight train was lying on a siding,
and a brakeman at the switch, In q hurry
to get his train out, turned the switch
as the last sleeper was passing over. The
coach was thrown on it's side, injuring
Mrs. H. w. Clark, Miss E. l.. Clark, Thos.
Clark and Marion Clark, of Pittsburgh,
and w. II. Shield, of Ogilsville. The in
iured were taken home. 1t is said their
injuries will not prove fatal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

The General Land-office has decided
that certain lands formed on the
western coast of Washington Territory
by action of tide waters since the
original surveys were made belong to
the United States and that any lands
so formed along the tide water at any
point would also belong to the Govern
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

A MOVEMENT is on foot at Chicago
10 erect million dollar monument to
the memory of General Grant and have
the remains brought to that city. the
monument to be unvailed at the open
ing of the Worlds Fair.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

AN Official statement of the action Of
'ne IN American Nations upon the invita-
nOn to participate in the congres.
next S month has been issued by the
''ate Department 1t shows that
Every one accepted the invitation ex-
oepung San Domingo. The reason
gwen by that country for declining to
aOcept was that treaty between the
.sO countries several years ago failed
Senate.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

MAJOR MOsBY. of Cincinnati, at the
.0quest OF the Murat Halstead Club of
,ua. city, recently sent a letter to John
., Logan, Jr., asking for large por-
%a,t M OF his father. stating that the
A., uO wanted to place it in its rooms.
= t' Logan has sent an answer, refus-
~s -. the request. and, in giving his
,oaSons' says that his father. If living,
sn soulu not want his portrait hung in
~ organization named after a man
"no mad villified and traduced him.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

JIM PACE, desperate, after being
prdoned out of the Ohio penitentiary
ogPresident Cleveland some time ago,
Where he had been confined for stage
robbery, returned to his old haunts in
Aarnes County. Tex. Lately he was
removed" by unknown parties. his
body being fished out of the San An
tonic river with his skull crushed in.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

GOLD has been discovered at Prin-
cess Lodge, seven miles from Halifax,
S. There are four leads. said to be
on line with the famous Montague
leads at Wayerly, and pronounced to
be very rich.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

IHE United States navy is to lose
TWO of its vessels. Reports from the
boards appointed to inspect the Quin-
nebaugh and the Juniata have been
received at the Navy Department, and
they state that these vessels can not
oerepaired for active service within
the limit of twenty per cent of their
cost, as prescribed by law.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

JOHN JACOB AsToR has effectively
suppressed the sale of liquor by the
lessee of one of his buildings. The
Vanderbilts, also, are reported recent
ly to have refused a renewal of the
lease of tenant of theirs who kept a
bar. The good example of such acts
is worth even more to the cause of
Temperance than are the acts them
selves.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

WILLIAM H. LowDEN, a shoe dealer,
and John Russell, tanner. went hunt
ing near Middletown. N. Y, recently.
They became separated and Russell
mlstook Lowden's hands. which he
raised to drive away mosquitoes, for a
squirrel. He shot at the supposed
squirrel and the whole charge landed
In Lowden's hands and neck. There
was hope of his recovery.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

r.n nhE curious ice cave in the Ashley
ey' Utah. continues to attract at
.o4'iOn' Tom Mitchell, who has
i... .urneo from there. says that in the
a. ,a''er part OF August he found in the
M ssse a section of ice twenty-five feet
Ign saga and thirty feet at the base. A
10 .S.' iake was also discovered. One of
a.. S rooms In the cave was over 1900
w,.. rus long The party who went in
mna, u Mitchell were bound together
climbers. ~ " pine
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

a motion to dismiss tho proceedings
was denied. The hearing will be con-
tiuued to-day.
The specific charge made by Hamilton
is that Mrs. Swinton, Joshua Mann and
Eva Mann, by falsely representing that
Hamilton was the father of the child, OBJ
tanned from him a check for $500.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

A PEARL said to be worth 50, 500 was
found in a clam shell near Albany,
Wis. the other day. The clans were
getting scarcer, but the excitement
continued as great as ever.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

Colonel WILLIAM w. BURNS, As
sistaut Commissary-General of Sub
.istence. has been placed on the re-
tired list of the army on account Of
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

Sol ',oEs from Geneva state that the
reo.s.l - FEDERAL Council has expressed
Aw.s at the recent arrest OF four
oocsa. ss,cans on suspicion OF being pick
stAnS aess and declare that necessary
cDs.o = nave been taken to prevent a re-
uVe oi such an act in the future,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

A PLAN to establish line OF COM
munication between Chicago and Gen.
trail America by way of Tampa Bay.
Fla, has been abandoned by the Chi
cago Board Of Trade.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

MEXICAN fortune hunters are exca-
vating near Coyoacan, Mex, in search
Of the supposed treasures OF Monte
yuma, buried near there at the time
Of the Spanish conquest.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

spector Byrnes
and two or three
midwives W 9 r Q
present in the
Tombs Police
Court yesterday,
together with q
large crowd Of
spectators, when
the II q IN lit on
blackmail case
came up. Mr..
Hamilton mads
an affid avit
charging extor-
,tion, and describ-
ed how he met
Eva" in a house
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

The relatives of a miserly old farmer
living near Newcastle. Ind, have in
duced him to hunt up his wealth and
deposit it in bank. He had $26. 200
hidden away.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
THE HAMILTON CASE.

Proceedings In the Hamilton Conspiracy
Case Begun In the Tombs Police Court,
New Iork-Mrs. Hamilton Said to Have
Offered tn Tell the whole story.
NEW YoRE Sept 7.-Robert Ray Ham.
ilton, Mrs. Swinton, Joshua Mann, In.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

p,u in the valleys and snow in the
mountains have finally quenched the
- fires in Montana.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

THE present Indications are that the
labor and strike question will occupy
much of the time of the coming Ger
man Reichstag.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

TIE recent Canadian labor congress
..Montreal passed resolutions demand
'"s many and radical reforms in the
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

Serious floods are reported in and
.bont Tampico, Mex. and many fam
u;es have been forced to leave their
hnups.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
cnRRENT COMMENT.

rur cotton spinners OF Manchester,
Eng, have decided to work on hali
.;,,s for month.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
WHAT THE TRAFFIC COSTS.

Bow Startling Facts Are Brought Home
to the Minds of the wOrking-Meu Of
ChIcago-A Few Logical Conclusions.
There is a practical organization In
Chicago. called the Temperance Edu-
cation Society,"" which has taken a
noble and very good method OF bring
ing some truths pertaining to the rum
traffic home to the minds Of the masses.
# rents advertising space in the street
cars. which is occupied by placards,
each giving some point which it is de-
sirable to bring home to the people.
These are frequently changed so that
the statements do not become an old
story. Here are three samples OF pla-
cards:
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12

Robert Ray Hamilton. III this clIJ' no"
she had worked on his sympathies; how
he had given her larger and larger sums;
how she had finally written him from
Elmira that she was about to become a
mother; how the babe was afterward
exhibited to him for his admiration, and
how he was then induced to marry the
woman.
Counsel for Mrs. Swinton and Mann
examined Hamilton and brought out the
fact that any sums he had given them
were voluntarily and cheerfully given.
Inspector Byrnes testified to the way
the baby was procured and to Mann's
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12


relation it Ii
Eva. A letter
from Mrs. Ham
ilton to Inspect
or Byrnes was
p r o d u C g d in
which Mrs. Ham,
ilton offers to tell
the whole story
if Hamilton will
come to her. She
says she is more
sinned against
t h q n SHINING,
and conveys the
idea that Mrs.
5 W inton a Il d
Mann used her as
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12


CHICAGo's ANNUAL BEER BILL.
S26 so, ,0)0.
THIS WOULD BUILD THE GREAT
WATERWAY AND
COO MILES OF SEWERS !:
OF TIRE
PROPOSED DRAINAGE BILL.
s.... ..--.... .....-ss.-.. ''-.s e
.......... ....'.-. ..s-. Z.
CHICAGO SPENT IN 1888 ::
FOR BEER !:
s26, 500, 900. ::
II spent on the city tn ; money !:
wOnld have paid for ::
Water Sewers, Paving, Sidewalks ::
and Lights all Combined. ::
ss6, ,SOg, 600 {:
Is Might Be Spent for !:
Spent for Beer, IL, l66 /:
l,6G5.OOO Homes
Barrels, At e, 400 Each
by by
Working-men.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-12
THE TERRY TRAGEDY.

Deputy Marshall Naele Tells His story
of the KIIlIng of Terry-He Believe d
Terry Would Use His Knife and There
fore Took No Chances.