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Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
A BAD SMASH.


Serious Freight Wreck. with Fatal Re-
suits, on the New York Central-Csrs
Actually Leaped Over the Telegraph
Wires-The Victims.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Aug. IA lad
freight smash-up occurred yesterday on
the Auburn division of the New York
Central at Railroad Mills, about twenty
five miles east of this city. At 12:45 p.
m. regular freight No. AZ collided with
an extra freight train at that point
Both engines were completely demol-
ished. About twenty cars were wrecked.
The cars actually leaped over the tele-
graph wires along the track and tore
them down, The regular train was in
charge of Conductor Addison, and the
extra was in charge of Conductor Bath.
The accident was the result OF blum
der In the order given to the two trains.
A list of the killed and injured follows:
Fireman Geo. Lightheart pinned
under the tender; both legs brokers. He
died in few minutes from internal
hemorrage.
Brakeman Fred Harris, head injured;
doubtful if he will recover.
Geo. Hostler, hurled over both en-
gines; back hurt, hopeful.
Engineer Louis Palmer, jumped;
badly hurt
Engineer Jesse Dansoy, still beneath
the wreck; probably dead.
The road was blocked for several
hours.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

THE proposed enforcement OF the
.sicts Of 1882 against the Jews in Rus
,,is wholly at variance with Ameri-
epi ideas of Justice and humanity, and
Congress- might, therefore, very prop
s,Iv enter a solemn protest in the mat
,ar Doubtless such action would have
No nractical effect, but it would at least
cive Russia to understand that there is
one country which thinks She out to have
more regard for present advanced ideas
0f civilization.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
FEARFUL EXPLOSION.
An Explosion, Presumably of Natural
Gas, Causes an UpheavaI of About Four
Acres of Ground in Indiana, Followed
by Volume Of Flame More than Two
Hundred Feet High.

Gas, Causes an UpheavaI of About Four
Acres of Ground in Indiana, Followed
by Volume of Flame More than Two
Hundred Feet High.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. IA tele-
phone message from Barney's Station,
on the Big Four road, gives an account
Of a terrible explosion half way be-
tween that place and St Paul, about
eighteen miles west of this city,
shaking the earth for miles around
The theory is that the cause was
natural gas, as a number Of wells have
been struck in that vicinity The
earth opened for distance of several
hundred feet and about four acres Of
ground was torn up by the upheaval,
which threw up earth, stones and trees
several feet.
Around the outer edges the ground
sank down considerable distance. A
large volume of fire and flame burst
from the fssure and is now blazing M
two hundred or three hundred feet and
roaring loud enough to be heard for
miles. The centre OF the crevasse is in
a bed of fat rock at the mouth of Coins
Creek.
The water in the stream is repeled
by the force of the flames and drawn
around over the upheaved ground. Great
excitement prevails in the neighbor-
hood,
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

ENGLAND seems to have had a narrow
sscape from a financial panic on ac-
count Of the business and political
crash in the Argentine Republic. 1t is
supposed that England has about ST.
OO0, OOO 900 or 81, 200, 600, 900 of securities
Of the ambitious and reckless little
South American nation, which means
that the losses Of British citizens on the
market quotation of this paper can not
be represented by any thing less than
about nine figures
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

FROM advance sheets of "Poor's S
Manual" Of railroads for 1890 it is
SHOWN that during the year ending
december 81, 1889, there were in the
lnlted States 161, 396 miles of track
iald' OF which 100, 544 miles were COM
pleted up to the close of the fiscal
years Of the respective companies.
mere were completed after the close
., q the fiscal years $50 miles Of track.
me increase Of mileage during the
calendar year was 5,751 miles; increase
y mileage in the fiscal year, 6,26s
miles.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

TIE principal lesson Of the Kemmler
case lies not so much in the manner of
his death as in the proceedings which
went before it. There could be no
greater cruelty than that to which he
was exposed by the efforts made to set
aside his sentence, with their alternat-
ing hopes and fears 1t should not be
possible to subject doomed man to a
strain of that sort simply that the law
yers may make little cheap reputation
BY discussing legal technicalities.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

THOMAS A. EDIsoE, the famous elec-
trician, is Of the opinion, in the light
Of the many deaths by contact with
electric wires, that the effective chan
mel Of death by electrocution is through
the hands, passing the current through
the body from one arm of the chair to
the other, which, he claims, would
produce instant death by subjecting
the heart to the direct action of the
current The arms, hands and fingers
being full of blood, would form a good
conductor, and failure would be prac
tically impossible.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

Tu~ latest Government crop report
,hows 4 sad decline in the crop pros
.octs from the destructive effects OF an
asbrormally hot and droughty July. The
t.rmers who last year had more corn
han they needed for fuel or could find
. narket for, have reason to be thank
fuI for the surplus remaining on their
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Stricken with Paralysis.

John w. Adams, Of the wholesale gro
Gerry firm Of Geyer, Adams & Co., Little
Rock, Ark, was stricken with paralysis
Of the heart the other night, and was
not expected to live. He is one of Little
Rocks most prominent citizens.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Took OF His Convict Garb.
A Juvenile CoIored Desperate.

John Johnson, a negro boy fourteen
years old, was arrested at Opelika,
Ala, the other day, whore he is wanted
for dozen crimes. He is charged with
murder, highway robbery, burglary,
grand larceny and various smaller Of
fenses The boy had been fugitive
from Justice some time, and was capt
yate residence.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

.ao,-r s12 600, 900 face value of bonds
ny ~ been purchased by the Govern
na,t ut since July 1. This is a fourth of
II n ,be bonds called for by the sinking
a,ni o. during the fiscal year, while only
-r,,r Lant tenth of the year has expired
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Parson's Brigade.

A reunion of Parsons brigade was
held at Weatherford, Tex, recently.
and the attendance was large. Great
preparations had been made for the
proper entertainment of the guests, and
beeves, lambs and calves barbecued in
old Southern style were served in abun.
dance.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Tried and Tried Again.

Arthur Grass, a paper-hanger Of
Louisville, KY, killed himself the 9TH
er morning. He had lost his work
through drunkenness. He leaves wife
and two children. His wife during the
night twice prevented his suicide.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

AZ oihclal communication recently
appeared In the papers of the Belgian
Vap'Val stating that during his too short
quay IN Belgium, the German Emperor
'H".lned all who approached him by his
tOlulal bearing. The communication
Iuf'ler says: 1T is peace that the Ger
m uan sovereign desires, and peace he
sgSAS ~ through respecting the rights of
a'i' ms, in the Emperor's opinion,
gu5nV II g be the task Of all sovereigns.
n''Elam > has evidently been brought to
j 'ue opinion that in choosing friend it
? 'ne part of wisdom to select the
strongest at command.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

DR.. J. III. Butts was found dead at
his home in Milledgeville, Ga. the
other day. By his side was a bottle OF
morphine. He was heavily in debt, and
is supposed to have been driven by this
cause to death.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

rur new cruiser Philadelphia seems
~ evifter even than the other fly
y. which have been added to this
t.,rcb g. Of tho navy in the past two or
.l,ea wears. In some respects, at least,
W. United States will soon be able TO
Iii herself mistress of the seas.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Poisoned by a Cantaleup.

Mrs. Matte Williams died suddenly
at her home in Birmingham, Ala, a
few days ago. A post mortem devel-
oped the fact that poison was the
cause Mrs. Williams ate small can
taleup, was Immediately taken i'll and
died in few hours. There is no sus-
picion of foul play.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
VOLUME XI.

rur resumption of silver purchasing
Inndon p is agreeable to this country
y D .ro reasons. First, it strengthens
l9I siIver market, and, secondly, it
'nV I'n, the country to keep its end up
III, III foreign trade account.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Died in Germany.

A cablegram was received fen
days ago announcing the death at
Carlsbad, Germany, of the wife Of Theo-
dore Harris, president of the Louisville
Southern Railroad Company.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Alabama Crop Prospects.

Alabama crop conditions are rather
better, say the farmers They are more
encouraged since the recent rains in all
sections, and now there will be big
crop. 1t is curious fact that the big
gest yields will be made on the low
lands this year, while last season it was
the reverse.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Shot an Innocent Party.

In Graves County, KY, James Shei
field shot at man with whom he had
been quarreling and killed Bill Parrot,
an innocent party. Sheffield is under
arrest
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Holding Court in a Tent.

Judge Lilly is holding court at Haz'
zard, Perry County, KY, in a tent and
guarded by militia.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Over Seven Murders a Year.

in Perry County, Ky, five hundred
murders have been committed within
the past seventy years, and only one
man was evor legally punished for the
crime.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
Convicted of Bi-amy
Driven to Death by Debt.

Rev. Walter R. Dale, of Dallas, Ca,
has been convicted of bigamy.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

,nE men whose opinions are of real
s''.. a.ue among those present at the exc
rS'l0n oil kemmler by electricity are
.'S generally agreed that this mode
!. !, iui'ictlng the death penalty is, even
~, administered in the Kemmler case,
rI;S ton preferable to hanging. The bun
o-Hs displayed was, in their opinion, no
sss"'er ~ than is seen at two out of every
tbase ee executions by the rope, while
~ ,bs' was lar less of the revolving and
nS G horrible than are incident to the
lerSni me thod' Moreover, the bungling
,a.a1 'oi'eo was no more than could
orsS o@sOhaOiy be looked for from the nerv-
,ool- S,'0Ss and inexperience of those who
o,oS. 'h active part in the affair. The
uona, opinions, inspired by the sensa-
rasna. reports sent out by the press cor
Os5a1nJs, Osl5onuenJs, condemning the method
nant @Du must defer to the better iudg-
s,ans. u experts who speak from the
point Of scientific KNOWLEDGE
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
HUNTSVILLE. ALA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 1890.


We are thirteen men aboard and all in
starved condition. My mother, Oh.
my mother! She lives in Hidgron
street, Leavitt Terrace, Hull, England.
Goodbye if we are not saved" The
writing was signed by John Dudlow,
first mate
The bodies Of eight murdered infants
were found in Memphis, Tenn, during
the week ended on the 9th, the discov
cries being of most CHASTITY nature.
DETAIL of $50 prisoners en- route to
Siberia, recently, attacked their escort
of fifty-three soldiers, and bloody
fight ensued. The soldiers charged upon
the prisoners with fixed bayCnets and
killed eleven of them. A number of
others were severely wounded and the
revolt was soon quelled.
On the 18th Captain Henry d. Perry,
well-known farmer and fisherman of
Agawam, Mass, went to the Connecticut
river to get water, backed his team into
the stream and was drowned.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On the Sth the new Cabinet of the
Argentine Republic presented its pro-
gramme to the Chamber of Deputies
1t sets forth that due respect will be
paid to the Constitution; that the pub
lie funds will be justly administered,
and that efforts will be made to de-
velop the national resources.
On the 10th forty thousand Socialists,
including a large number of women,
paraded the streets of Brussels, in
demonstration in favor of universal suf-
frage. Many of the paraders were from
the provinces, some of them walking
long distances to take part. The troops
and the police patroled the streets, but
there was no disorder
TIE census of Massachusetts,, with
one city and three towns estimated,
gives the total population as 2, 1914, $50.
While the State has not fallen behind
in its ratio of growth, the number of
Congressman will remain the same as
at present
DELEGATES from large percentage
of the quarrymen'S unions Of the coun
try met at Quincy, Mass, on the 18th,
to organize a quarrymen's National
union. Between fifty and one hundred
delegates, representing unions of vari-
GUS States, were in attendance.
REBEL Arabs defeated the Morocco
army at Citinzi, recently, with consid-
erable loss. One hundred and twenty
captives taken by the rebels were put
to death. The son of tho Governor,
who was among the captured, was COM
peeled to eat toasted portions of his own
flesh.
AT Jeddah one hundred and twenty
six deaths from cholera occurred on
the 10th, and at Mecca the deaths from
the disease numbered los.
THE Italian Government has ordered
the cessation of emigration from Italy
to the countries of South America.
ACCORDING to the official rough count
the population of Chattanooga, Tenn,
is 90, 100, an increase during the past de-
cade OF 125. 70 per cent.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

This will strip her of part OF her prop
erty left by Judge Terry, and will
probably discourage her from appeal
ing the case to the Supreme Court
On the evening of the 9th Editor Wing
Of the Kaukauna (Wis.) Sun, who had
seriously attacked Street Commissioner
Hyland in his paper, was publicly horse
whipped as he was on his way home
from his office by Mrs. Hyland wing
made weak attempt to defend himself
but the infuriated woman had to be
taken away from him by the crowd
Mrs. Hyland was arrested by the town
marshal. -.
On the night of the 18th mass meet
inc of colored residents of Washington,
d. c., was held to urge the passage by
Congress of the Lodge bill. Speeches
were made by Prof. Langston and others
On the 18th Mr.. Frank, of Missouri,
introduced in the House bill to amend
the act providing for the Worlds Far
by limiting the number Of members on
the board of lady managers to fifteen.
The original bill did not limit the num-
Der on this board, and great many OF
them had already been appointed.
IT is stated that General Robert Mac
Feely has been authorized to offer site
at the Soldiers Home, near Washington,
as the burial place not only for General
and Mrs Grant, but for the remainder
Of the family.
CuIEF-J UsTICE CoRsoN of the Supreme
Court of South Dakota, on the l1th,
handed down decision that had been
awaited with great interest from all
parts of the State, as in effect it totally
does away with the sale OF intoxicating
LIQUORS, as required by the stringent
laws already enacted. He affirms tho
constitutionality of the law, and gives
county courts full Jurisdiction to fine
and imprison liquor-sellers without the
interference of grand juries or other
courts, making it final jurisdiction in
any such cases.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
JOSEPH BARTLETT, Charles Morton
and James Daily, ''green-goods" men
were arrested in New York City, on
the 9th, and held for trial. They had
been sending circulars to all parts Of
the country, and their arrest was
brought about through a circular sent
to Russell Harrison, the son of the Pres
ident, which was placed in the hands of
Post-Office Department special officers,
who finally made the arrests.
| On the 10th carefully-sealed bottle,
containing the following letter written
upon cartridge paper, was found float
| ing in the harbor at Portland. Ore. !:
English Bark, Ship Edmont June 90,
| 1890: We are sinking very fast Our
| latitude and longitude unknown. No
compass; no rudder; no hope Ii
| this reaches human hand please
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

spe,l. ny steps into tho arena, so to
and @' =, with its threatened revolution
den,;., war on account of a presi-
tho o~a canvass just in time to answer
Of salf tr' as to whether the experiment
Of III So'efhmont is success in ary
States NeAVFaI or South American
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Death of an Old Physfcian.

DIR. Isidore Labatut, the oldest prac-
nclng physician in New Orleans, and
probably the oldest member of the med
lcal profession in the United States,
died OF old age the other day under the
April 16, 1898. His father, The noted
General Labatut, fought at Camp Chal-
mette, and died at the ripe age of
eighty-fve. Isidore was the second of
five sons. He completed his studies
in Paris just in time to enlist with Ma
poleon as a medical cadet in the disas.
trous Waterloo campaign.
Lay Down to Die.
Mrs. Annie Rice walked to Louis
vile, KY, from Mount Pleasant, KY,
carrying her little boy in her arms, a
distance of forty miles, to get work and
see her brother, but he had moved away.
Sc had no money and could get no
work. Giving up all hope, the starving
woman took her child and lay down in
the Nineteenth Street Methodist Church
yard to die, when she was found by the
police. Her brother was found in New
Albany, Ind, and she was provided for
Thieving Sons of Rest.
The Sons of Rest is the name of an
organized band of thieves which has It's
headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. Recently
great many thefts have annoyed the
people, and to this organization, COM
posed of white boys Of from fifteen to
twenty years of age, these crimes are
charged. Several of the band have
been arrested, and from one Of these
the information concerning the gangs
organization was obtained by the police.
Took OF His Convict Garb.
Old in years and bent in frame,
James Turner, the longest term prison
er in the Kentucky penitentiary, took
off his convict garb and walked out the
other night free man, under the
parole system. Turner served sixteen
years, and was in Jail two years before
he was taken to the penitentiary. When
he entered he was forty y-eight years OF
age, and q fine specimen Of manhood; he
left at sixty-four a gray-haired broken
old man.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16

Serious Freight Wreck, with Fatal Re-
suits, on the New York Centrsl-Cars
Actually Leaped Over the Telegraph
Wires-The Victims.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-29

Minneapolis. Dec. 2-.-Thc Bijon Theatre Of tins
clty was burned at O'Clock TN, morning HN"lFins
q loss Of from $50 OOO 70 100000 The buildlnt Wis
owned by Lambert Hayc~. of tld, city, and leased h>
Jacob Lit. The origin of the fire l. not known. The
theatre Will be rebuilt and the mcoama The
Great Mctr polls which va, to have opened Tor a
week there b. nlct is playing III the LN'cum Theatre
instead Mr. Lit j. now in rtica. y. " with M ne"
Sycdsh comedy Yon Nonscn.7 The insurance On
the burned building was $4,000.
New Britain. Conn. Dec 2o.-Stcclc Damon' zen
cmcnt and bl,nc~ block. in Purchase t., wa burned
today. The business places burned out are those "i
the United states Express Company. Noble Bennett.
J. T. O'Ircn, DR.. styles and W. l.. Damon. Among
those in the tcncmcnt> Mr.. aud Mrs Albert Mcln-
tyre who jumped from upper window and were
badly hurt. The lO>, is put at TG1,OOO insurance
$4,000.
Columbus Ohio Dec 29-The J. W. Damn Manu-
featuring COmpany'> carriage and wagon works we're
burned tlis morning. Los, $4,000. the estimated
valuc being: Eve story building. 10000: marlncry.
So 900 and stock, $1,000. The Insurance was SJ9OOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-29
TIE NATIONAL INDIAN CoYDHE.S.

Calcutta. Dee 2-.-Thc Gpy 'rnmcui of India mas
ordered officials 10 abstain from attending h' 'l'
ting, Of the National Indian COngr>-. and ~ d"irrrh'r
u this order mo-t Of The Euiuic have ah~rnl"d
,bcu.cIyc. At the second sitting Of the Congress
pctition was adopted asking the British Parliament Il"
pa,, Mr. IIradlaue's bill maAins q part "l III" Ihdi"h
CounciI elective after the Niccroy shall have decided
upou whom the franchise shall De conferred y re-"
hiiiou favoffng local option IN cNCl'" matters was
also adopted. - 49,, A.. .,,. .
The (ougrc>, unanimously resolved ihii Inc ages
for the legal -ocmniIation of mairiHS" ~h"hld u"
raised for females Ia twelve year. ana lpi Wh', u"
eighteen ycar, and the legal ages for contamination
~ marri,p,. Ia fourteen and twenty Year. tc,U"rVcN
The coucrr,, also resolved that Ia" cni"rlnS N I'M
ur,onmcnt 0f DEGREES for restitution "i c"nJur' rights
ehDuld be abolished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-29
HANGED HIMSELF WITH { BELLI'ORD

Norwich. Conn. Dec = special Thomas Ncli"l".
of the factory village Of Yauc four miles north Of Nor
wich Wa passing the frame Of the new railroad station
in that place ~ 10 O'Clock thi- morning. wh"n he saw
ha bOIv Of a man. almost on his knees, ewayins IN t'"
wind on the half completed platform. one end Of Il
car bell cord about Dis neck the oth"r end Wa
tied 10 a brace fpur feet above The platform hoor In
order 10 >trigc himself the ~Hicd" hal stood on hi>
toe, and lc hi, BODY pitch forward 80 mat ms Knee
and hand, were within inch or two Of the uo1r.
The dead mans identity is not known a yet Ic
alieItcd from noIthbound train at Nannc AZ o'l'''
last evening and sought Ia" passenger car "h'h i~
used for station at NHutic lie -Toli,d about IN"
Mace all 1b. evening At q 0clOch while only b's
va, IN IL, entered II again ana bN mean 81 e
lighted newspaper burned of four or nve feet 81 th'
old bell cord which he used IN killing himself Papers
I'm the suicides pockets bore the name o P0dilNkDw
aud there receipts for steamer fare rom l''l
ri1u, to New York. IN the nan pochctbOOk va
$50 O3. lie a short stout, muscular man. WIN
fIll beard and had the look O German iIcbrc" pea
Ter. lie had pack OF wares lie h'h on Two par
of trouscr, and three undcf-hlrt,.