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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
MURDER IN AN ASYLUM.
Two Keepers Beat and Kick Patient
to Death.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, June 1.-The
Journals Rochester (Mian.) specim says:
A murder committed In the insane asylum
here about April has just leaked out, The vic
tim was patsent named Taylor CDombs,
who had been committed for rape on
5.year-old girl at Saltwater. CoOmbs was
Washing the ceiling at the asylum and mutCsr-
ing as TO what he would do IL he had revolver
when he was attacked by Edward Peterson and
August Reekman, who commenced pounding
him over tue head with cane and hickory mop
n indie. Then they made him stand up and
Beekman commenced to pound him, knocking
him down, and be then jumped on his chest.
Coombs died t.&0 hours later.
A PAINTERS STORY.
A painter who saw the deed was told that II
he disclosed the murder they lBeekman and
Peterson). would kill him. The manager Of the
asylum called ia the coroner, wh) male an ex-
animation Beekman and Peterson claimed
that Coombs' death was caused By falling from
the scaRold. When the facts came out the men
we're dischargs q, warrants were issued. and
Beeklnan was arrested last night and Peiersons
capture is expected soon. The grand inry viii
investigate the cgse Monday. The asylum au-
thorities say Coombs was industrious aud
easily managed, and 1t is declared that his
death was nothing short Of deliberate murder. Z
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
An Earthauake in Texas.

Ell PAso, Tax, June LA severe earth
quake shock was felt here yes erday after
noon. Many clerks ran out Of business
houses ito the streets when the earth began
to trenble. One building was badly
cracked by the shock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
TWO GIRLS DROWNED.

rney Fell From Boards Making Path
Across a Wrecked Bridge.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June Thursday
afternoon two sisters, daughters of farmer
named Dickinson, living south of Leroy,
Kau., attended the Decoration day exer-
cises in that place, and started to walk
home. The bridge across the Neosho river
had been almost washed away, and two
planks were stretched across tue striagers
The girls started across, the older holding
the younger's hand Half way across one
was seized with dizziness and lost her
balance. and both fell into the water and
were drowned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
Believes Legitime Has cen Defeated.

WASHINGTON, June Rear Admiral
Cherar, who has returned from Hayti, lys
ne fully believes the truth Of the dispatche-
saying that President Legitime has been
defeated and Port-au-Prince captured, as
President Legit mes forces were practically
exhausted when tue admiral sailed ia the
Galena. The state departme { has not yet
received conhrmatio of the report.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
SEIZURE OF A SMACK.
Her Fishermen Said to Have Been
Violating Treaty Rights.

CHICAGO, June IA special dispatch
from Ottawa, Ont, says:
The marine and fisheries department today
rec lived a dispatch from Capt Kaowlton OF
the cruiser Vfgalant reporting that he had
seized an American vessel. When two miles
n Jrth OF Cape North he discovered part of the
crew of the Gloucester schooner Matte Win
ship engaged in fishing, they being at the time
barely two miles from the land. He imme H.
ately proceeded TO overhaul the vessel On
boarding the Winship Capt. Knowton, OBJ
tanning no satisfactory explanation from
the American skipper, made the formal seizure
for violation Of the fishing laws under the
treaties The government viii await a full re-
port by mail before taxing action. The skipper
Of the Winship was not in possession Of license
under the Dsodi,s UiceHdi. Blr- Upper, minister
of hsheries, received private dispatch last
affair
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
FULLY 5000 HAVE prR1sHrn.

SANG Hollow, Pa, June ?, 1 A. M.-The
first reports Of the loss of life were entirely
too low. 1t is believed that fully 5000
persons have perished. OF these at least
700 or 500 were burned in the fiery furnace
at the viaduct. Two thousand coffias nave
been ordered for bodies already rescued.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
MISERY IN MARYLAND.

People Spend the Night In Wagons to
Escape the Flood.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June NEARLY 100
families moved out Of the lower part OF the
city last night in patrol wagons on account
of flooded cellars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
A Novel Suicide.

PRAGUE, June IA laborer in rifle
factory filed bottle with an explosive
COMPOUND, and then seated him elf upon IL,
ignited the contents and was blown to
afO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
THREE BEERS CAUSE TEARS.
A Widow Severely Punished for VII
lating Prohibition Lew.

CHICAGO, June la aispatch from
Wichita, Kan, says: "Mrs. Catheriae
Schmedt was found guilty yesterday Of
selling three glasses Of beer, and was sem
fenced to three months in the county Jail,
and was fined $500. This is the first in
stance in the state where a woman ha been
sent to Jail for Violating the prohibition
law. The woman is a widow. with two
children and Of limited means. y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02

KANSAS Cry Mo-, juno 1.-The Geor-
gia Press Association arrived here yester.
day afS-uooa, aid will leave tonight for
ST. Louis The visitors fave been royalty
entertained by the Commercial Club
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
Appointed by the President.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The President to-
day made the following appointments:
GEORGE b. FISHER Of Delaware to be
fourth audi or Of tue treasury.
j. n. PATTERSON of New Hampshire to
be aacond audi or OF tAe treasury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02

millions Of dollars will be undone. 1t is
not possible TO estimate the losses suffered
by merchants and warehousemen, but one
individual had $4,000 worth of coal in one
do.k
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
Injured at a Fire.

VIENNA, June Fire occurred at
druggists warehouse here to-day. Fifteen
persons were seriously injured, two of them,
il is feared. fatally
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
A BOYS GRAPHIC STORY.
RescuerS on a Bridge Snatched Hi
from the Torrent.

Rescuers on Bridge Snatched Hin
from the Torrent.
DERRY, PA, June IA special train
from Pittsburg bearing officials of the
Pennsylvania railroad and the Associated
Press and special correspondents, arrived at
Bolivar at IL 80 o'clock last night. The train
men were there notified that further pro-
gress was impossible. The greatest excite
ment prevailed at this place, aud parties
of citizens were out all the time
endeavoring to save the poor unfortunates
that we're being hurled to eternity on TIE
rushing torrent The tidal wave struck
Bolivar Just after dark, and in five
minutes the CoHemaugh river rose from six
feet to fifty feet, and the water spread out
over the whole country. s on houses began
floating down, and clinging to the debris
were men, women and children shrIeking
for aid.
REsCUERs ON A BRIDGE.
A larg number OF citizens at once gath
cred on the county bridge, and they we're
reinforced by number from Garfield, a
town on the opposite side Of the river.
They brought number of ropes, and these
were tn rown over into the boiling waters,
as persons drifted by, in an effort to save
some of them. For half an hour
all efforts were fruitless until at
last when the rescuers were
about giving up all hope, little boy
asJride shingle roof managed to catch
hold of one of the ropes. He caugnt it
under his left arm and was thrown vio-
lently against an abutmeut, but managed
to keep hold, and was successfully pulled
on to the bridge, amid the cheers Of the
onlookers. His name was Hessler and his
rescuer was a train hand named Carney.
The boy was about 16 years old.
THE LADS GRAPHIC STORY.
At midnight your correspondent secured
an interview with Hessler. His story of
the frightful calamity is as follows:
With my father l was spending the
day at my gTandfather's house, in Cam
bria City In the house at the tifae
were Theodore. Edward and John Kintz
Jr., and wife. Miss Mary kintz, Treacy kintz
Mrs Rica Smiti John Hirsch and four children,
my father and myself. Snortly after O'Clock
there was a noise Of roaring waters and screams
of people. We looked out Of the door and saw
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
SILENCE OF THE TIoKERs.
Affairs on the stock Exchange at New
York Badly Mixed.

YORK Badly Ml49u.
NEW YORK, June 1.-The resolution Of
the governors of the stock exchange shut
ting IF the tickers was carried into effect
t is morning. IL almost completely checked
business. The market opened quiet and
steady After the first quarter Of an hour
business was almost at sta aldstlll, and
w uld have bee without feature but for
strong movement in U ion Pacific and the
Va .derbilt stocks. The Consolidated ex-
change, which was the chief reason for the
actor taken by the stock exchange,
was still in operation, and what pur-
ported to be stock exchange quotations,
but which to a large extent were fictitious,
were marked upon the board, and served as
a basis for the consolidated members to
trade Little attempt was mad after the
first few minutes 70 send out prices by the
members OF the New York Stock Ex-
change, and everything at ii o'clock was
decidedly mixed.
THE EFFECT AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, III, June 1.-The action of
the Chicago Board of Trade in cutting off
its quotations from all non-menbers Of the
board caused a general shake-up In the
neighhorhood Of the board to-day. The
local bucket shops had swarms of runners
out trying to get quotations from
the private wire hous s. At some
Of them they we're refused admission. At
others, nodiserimination was made between
bucket shop representatives ard Others
Commission men already complain CT a
new difficulty. A few customers who can
not now secure continuous quotations say
they viii not trade unless they can be fur
nishsd them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

No Tents on Hand Because They We're
Never Returned from Charleston.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-Gen. Schofeld.
Acting Secretary of War, has asked Gov.
Beaver by telegraph what the war depart
ment can do to aid the sufferers by the
floods in Pennsylvania. He says the depart
ment has no tents, all the extra ones having
been sent to Charleston during the cart l.
quake, and having never been returned.
The President has sent telegram to
the mayor of job lstown expressing his
sympathy for the people of that city, in
their dire calamity and saying the Secre
tary of War is considering means for their
relief. He also made contribution to the
relief fund.
sUCCoR FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, June 1.-The relief
committees of tie indianapolis board of
trade has voted 81 ,00J for the relief of the
Conemaugh Valley sufferers.
OHIO TENDERS TENTS.
COLUMBUS, Juno 1.-Gov. Foraker this
morning sent telegram to Gov. Beaver at
Harrisburg rendering ths use of 1000 tents
for the sufferers at J6hnstown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Secret conferences and
rumors of further arrests tell the story of
the new developments in the Cronin case
to day At late hour this evening the
states attorney and his associates were in
private session IN the East Chicago avenue
police station. All the lawyers for the de-
Tense were believed to be in consultation
elsewhere. each of them having been absent
from home since early this morning. Ed
ward Hoagland, one of the men who con-
fessed to having been engaged in the plot to
fix the jury, told his story today. He i'm
plicates Kavanagh and O'Donnell as the
men through whom he was to have drawn
into business At II o'clock tonight it is
stated that another person has been ar
rested, and it is understood that two more
arrests will be made before midnight.
At l am. no arrests had been reported
except the one which took place early in
the evening. The identity of the prisoner
has not yet been disclosed.
The Indictment returned by the grand
jury this afternoon is a joint bill against
J. Graham, Mark Solomon, Alexander L.
Hanks and Fred. w. Smith. After making
the return the jury adjourned until to-
morrow But very little information
about Graham could be secured at the office
of Lawyer Trude, where Graham has desk
He has been there thirteen or fourteen
years. Other occupants of the Office We're
surprised to hear of his connection with
the case. 1t was learned this evening that
Graham is the supposed prominent citi-
zen'' whose mysterious arrest last night
gave rise to so many surmises. He gave
bonds in $4,000 and was released.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15
Claus spreekels, Refinery.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
New YORK, Oct. 14.-Claus Spreckels'
big refinery in Philadelphia is about com
pletei, and an idea of its immensely may be
had from the insurance on the building
S1,S00,0O0. 1t is the largest sugar refinery
in the world, and its capacity is 100000
pounds, or II, 500 barrels day. 1t is fitted
up with over two hundred Westinghouse
engines instead of the usual arrangement
of betting, and when anything gets out of
order with one or more of the engines, that
part of the works can be shut down with
out interfering with the rest.
There has been great rivalry among the
brokers to get agencies for the sale of the
product and there are said to have been
twenty-seven applicants for agencies in
this city. Applications in the west, south
and southeast foot up over twelve hundred.
While some people affect to treat Spreckels'
pronunciamentos with contempt and in
sinuate that he is man who likes to be
interviewed. Others say the Sugar trust is
afraid of him and point to the fact that its
stock, which has sold at 1.26, is now sell
ing at SO or "a and that the
trust has been pulling prices down one
Ell ghth cent at time for weeks past. 1t is
claimed for the Philadelphia location that
it has all the advantages of New York and
Boston, and added to them difference of
9 cents per cwt in its favor as TO New
York, cents as to Boston in
the matter of freight to the
west, northwest, south andgsouthwest.
On full output of the factory two cents
would represent an average of about one
thousand dollars day as to New York and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15
Surgeon. General Hamllton,s Report.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The annual re-
port of Surgeon General Hamilton, Of The
Marine hospital service, comprises an
octave volume of more than four hundred
pages, and shows that the steady increase
which has marked the relief work of the
service for many years still continues.
During the past fiscal year there were
nearly fifty thousand seamen at the differ
ent hospitals and relief stations throughout
the United States.
A great deal of the space in the report is
devoted to yellow fever An article on The
disagnosis of yellow fever by Surgeon
Guiteras calls special attention to the
symptoms which appear early in the disease
and which will be, no doubt, of great value
in any future outbreak of fever in clearing
up the uncertainty which always has at
tended the arrival at definite conclusion
Surgeon Hutton, who was in command Of
Camp Perry, gives an interesting sketch of
the establishment and conduct of this first
camp of detention and observation known
in the history of epidemics. The establish
of the camp was an experiment, but fully
justified the most sanguine expectations.
Surgeon Hutton also contributes an arti-
Gle on the United States inspection ser
vice, which explains the measures
taken to prevent the spread Of
fever to other parts of the country. Sew
eral other surgeons contribute interesting
articles on the fever at different points.
DIR. Sternberg, of the army, contributes a
voluminous paper giving the result of his
investigation of the methods adopted in
Mexico and Brazil for the prevention of
yellow fever by incubation. The result
of the investigation is that the method is
not protective and is therefore valueless.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15

LONDON, Oct 1.-THE great real estate
owners, like the Duke of Westminster, are
opposing with all the means in their power
the improvements involving the sequestra-
ton of grounds in the heart of the city
for widening of some of the streets and
piercing new thoroughfares to relieve the
congested main avenues of some of their
traffic. The new outlet from the Strand to
Holborn viii involve the demolition of
a line of buildings not very ornamental to
be snre, but yielding large rentals, and the
owners are frantic with Indignation, al
though they do not hesitate TO call it rob
berry. The amount in such cases is always
unsatisfactory, and it is certain the scheme
for street improvements will bring upon
the heads of the council a perfect avalanche
of law suits. Visitors to London, as well
as residents, will hail with Joy the widen
ing of the Strand, but the owners of build
ings there are much concerned at the
threatened obstruction of all business while
the improvements are being made and the
consequent loss of rents.
The Socialists feel grim satisfaction in
Very incident which increases the discon-
: emit OF the rank and file of any of
,tne continental armies with their govern
ments. The recent strike of the dock
laborers at tlensburg was easily crushed
by the authorities, who put the soldiers at
work Ioaun1 and unloading the vessels In
the strikers place. The strike of the
bakers in Berlin recently was easily ended
by the same arbitrary process, bakers hav-
ing been detailed from the ranks of the
soldiers 70 supply the places of the men
who refused, ana the latter had to submit.
The memory of these acts will not quickly
die out The soldiers do not obey such
ordersl willingly, and these are only so many
more items added TO the long account
which the downtrodden masses are pa
tienty waiting an opportunity to settle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15
THE DEADLY WIRES.
New York'S Electric Wires To Go
y Underground.
INDIANS AS A POLITICAL FACTOR.
The Question Assumes ImpOrtance-Th Mari
time Congress Bishop Leonard on
The Mormon Question.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Itis decided that all
electric light wires above ground must 60
No injunction can be served, on the board
of health unless eight days notice is given
and should the courts make the injunction
against them permanent, the board of
health will take the matter in hand and be-
fore eight days not wire will be left
above ground.
The supreme court being occupied with
other cases, argument on the iniunctions
was postponed until tomorrow Counsel
for the United States and Brush com
panies announce that in the meanwhile the
current would be shut off from a large
number of their circuits so that no danger
would exist. AS result, a large section
of the city is in darkness tonight,
all the electric lights south of Fifty
ninth street being cut off and the
time having been too short to arrange
for the lighting Of thousands of gas lamps
fallen into disuse since the introduction of
electricity Madison Square and Union
Square parks, around which the life of the
city clusters at night, are shrouded almost
in impenetrable gloom. The rain was fall
ing and gloomy sky served to intensity
the darkness. The police patrol has been
doubled in many sections of the city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Burned.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13-The famous
Brooklyn tabernacle, of which Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage, DID, is pastor, has been,
for second time in it's history, totally
destroyed by fire. At 2:15 O'Clock this
morning q policeman discovered flames
issuing from the small windows over the
main entrance, and sent an alarm. Soon
after the firemen arrived it became evident
that the editice was doomed 1t burned
like finder box, and the firemen dispair-
ing of saving it, directed their Efforts to
adjoining property. Many of the occupants
of neighboring dwellings were already
awake, and the police proceeded to arouse
those who were sleeping.
Two buildings on the east side and two
on the west side were destroyed, and a
number of buildings across the street from
the tabernacle were badly damaged
Residents of the neighborhood were
awakened and rushed out, and az enormous
crowd viewed the fire. In about an hour
the tabernacle was complete wreck. The
loss on the church, including the organ and
furniture, is $50, 900. covered by insurance.
The loss on adjacent buildings is perhaps
ten thousand more.
The origin of the fire is a mystery, but
the theory is that during a thunder storm
last night the lightning entered on the
electric light wires and set fire to the
building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
A Letter He Wrote Cleveland on the APP
pointment of Hebrews.

| Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
by Henry Ward Beecher, addressed to
Grover Cleveland, has been made public
and is of interest to Pacific coasters
because of President Harrison's appoint
ment of Minister Hirsch, of Portland, also
a representative of Judaism:
"Grover Cleveland:
Dear Mr.. President-Some of our best
citizens are solicitous for the appointment
of Oscar S. Strauss as minister to Turkey.
AS to his fitness there is general consent,
and he is personally, and in his attain
ments eminent excellent But | am inter
ested in another quality-the fact that he
is Hebrew. The bitter prejudice against
Jews which obtains IN many parts Of
Europe ought not to receive any counte-
nance in America. 1t is because he is
Jew that l would urge his ap-
| pointment as a fit recognition of this
remarkable people who are becoming large
contributors to American prosperity and
whose intelligence, morality and large lib
erality in all public measures for the wei
| fare of society deserve, and should receive
from the hands of our government, such
recognition. Is it not also duty to set
| forth in this quiet but effectual method the
genius of the American government which
has under its fostering care the people of
all civilized nations, and treats them with
out regard to civil, religious or race pc
culiaritles, as common citizens3 We send
| Danes to Denmark, Germans to Germany;
we reject no man because he is a French
man. Why should we not make q crown
! ing anthony to the genius of our people by
sending Hebrew to Turkey! The ignOr-
ance and superstition of medieval Europe
may account for the prejudice of the dark
ages, but how Christian in our day can
turn from Jew 1 cannot imagine. Chris
tiauity itself sucked at the bosom of Juda-
| ism. Our roots are in the Old Testament.
| We are Jews ourselves gone to blossom and
fruit. Christianity is Judaism in evolu-
ton, and it would seem strange for the
seed to turn against the stalk on which it
was grown. HENRY WARD BEECuER.
BKnOkLYN EehruarY Il 1881 >,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-15
The Gar LeaYes BerIin.

BERLIN, Oct 13.-The Car and his son
drove to Charlottenburg this morning and
placed wreaths of laurel and white roses
upon the tomb of the late Emperor William.
Emperor William arrived at the embassy
at noon, when he and the Gar drove in
state with imposing suits to the quarters of
the Alexander regiment, where they We're
entertained at luncheon by the officers. At
2 80 p. m both sovereigns returned to the
Russian embassy. Immediately afterward
Emperor William drove to the castle. the
Car followed him at 3:l5 p. m. and bade
farewell to the Empress. Thence he drove
directly for the railway station. Here there
was brilliant assemblage. In taking
farewell the two monarchs repeatedly en-
braced each other The train which car
ried the Car started at IL p. m. for Lud-
wigslust. The Car was met there by the
Grand Duke of Makelenburg and family.
All drove to the castle. The streets along
the route were filled with people, who
greeted the Gear with enthusiastic ACCLAIM
alton.