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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
Sc, m Persons Killed and Fifteen Injuries
In Railway Wreck Near Hamburg

In Railway Wreck Near Hamburg,
n. Y.
HAMBURG, N. Y, March 7.-Train
No. 10 on the Lake Shore railroad from
the West, due in Buffalo at 9:10 p. m,
and running very fast to make up loss
time, broke in two near Bay View about
$50 o'clock last night The front part
of the train, consisting Of engine,
tender, smoker and two day coaches
was quickly brought to standstilL
The rear half, composed of five heavy
Ppumans, came on down the grade and
crashed into the second day coach. The
Pullman, being the heavier, lifted the
day coach into tue air, aud they now lie
one on top OF the other, both having
telescoped the first day coach.
persons were killed, and fifteen injured.
The train parted some miles west OF
Hamburg, the coupling between the
last day coach and the first sleeper
breaking. The first section went
on ahead and was stopped
when Conductor Houghtaling pulled
the bell-rope. Most of those in the last
day coach were notified in time to leave.
but those in the first Pullman had no
warning and the cars met and telescoped
with terrific force. The Pullman was
completely buried beneath the other
car. An engine was dispatched to But
falo for aid, J. E. Minnie, who had his
arm cut of. being taken along.
1t was two and half hours be-
fore the physicians arrived. A wrecking
train preceded the relief train and the
work of extricating the imprisoned suf'
ferers was begun. The killed are: Mr..
j. E. Stewart and Mrs. J. E. Stewart,
Rochester; j. Swan, sleeping-car porter,
Salamanca; Mrs. j. d. Baucus, Saratoga
Springs, skull fractured, died of injur-
les: three unknown men. Those in
jured are:
Rev johnson Meyers Cincinnati, cut in head:
F. A. Coombs. Philadelphia, aged bs head cut;
w. H. Fisher Boston, bruised on chin and leg;
Julia Healey, Boston, injured in head, frac.
tured rib, fracture of right arm; J. c. Arm
| Baucus, Saratoga Springs, face and leg
bruised; w. w. Branch, Charleston, w. Va,
| left arm broken; Charles Barch. New York,
| win street, Rochester, ankle sprained; L. r.
| cut; George E. Allen, Boston, sprained ley:
Henry Rubrich, Rochester, injured in knee:
julius Siegel, New York City. injury to LEFT
arm: George s. Thompson, Rochester slight
sprain of leg; George E. Martin, Boise City, I
| n hr,,tc ~ choSf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
HOuZHAY'S LATEST BREAK.

Tho Imprisoned Highwayman Terrorizes
Marquette Penitentiary for . Couple OF
Hours aud Only Surrenders After Four
Fingers Of His Right Hand Arc shot.
Away by the Warden.
MARQUETTE, Mich, March 7.-Rei-
mund Holzhay, the train robber and
murderer now serving life sentence at
the branch prison here, will never pull
trigger again. All four fingers OF his
right hand are shot away.
The prison officials have been keep
ing close watch on Holzhay, and for
some days Deputy Warden Hawley has
suspected that he was meditating some
desperate outbreak. Wednesday, after
noon he sent Keeper Polliser to-
bring the convict to his Office
for search. Polliser unlocked the
cell and told Holzhay to come
along. AS Polliser turned to lock the
cell door Holzhay threw his left arm
around the. keepers neck, and, drawing
murderous-looking knife, pressed It
against his throat He then drew
Polliser toward the gate. Deputy
Warden Hawley drew bead on the
convict, when the latter held Polliser
in front of him SO as to form
a shield. He continued this device for
some time, stepping out and daring the
deputy warden to kill him, but lodging
behind Polliser and holding his knife at
the latter's throat whenever the rifle
was aimed at him. Finally Polliser
broke away and ran around the cell
III nh in,
Seeing that Polliser would escape,
Holzhay seized a convict named Meier
vey, who happened to be loose in the
corridor, and repeated the same game.
For two hours the warden stood at the
gate trying to get chance to disarm
Holzhay or to induce him to drop the
knife. II would have simply rushed
in," said the warden, ''but was afraid
the fellow might be insane, and that
any attempt to do so would simply re-
suit in Mezervey's death. At last,
by sending Deputy Warden Hawley to
talk with another convict on the other
side of the cell block, distracted his
attention for moment. His right hand.
holding the knife, lay on his knee. l
took steady aim and planted bullet
right in his knuckles. He got up and
called out: Well you've done it, and
walked toward his cell.
The heavy bullet from the Martini
rifle tore away all of his right-hand
fingers and smashed the metacarpal
bones; only bis thumb is LETT. 1t grazed
Mezervey's leg, but he was not hurt.
Holzhay was seen last evening. He lay
groaning with pain and refused to an.
swer questions.
BY his GOODNESS and good marksman'
ship Warden Tompkins certainly
saved Meservey's life. Public opinion
here would have sustained him fully in
killing Holzhay, who has openly de-
clared that he would not stay in prison
two years
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EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
ElErY-ElRsI CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, March 4.-Most of the time
OF the Senate was passed in executive
session discussing the accounts pub
lished in the papers of matters which
were under consideration in former ex-
propriating $4,000 for monument to
commemorate the battle Of Trenton, N.
J. In the House bill was introduced
to increase the duties on barley, barley
malt beans, peas, hops, potatoes, hay,
hides, eggs and apples, and to take the
duty off binding twine. The consider
alton of the Arkansas contested election
case of Featherstone vs.. Cate occupied
nearly the entire day.
WEDNESDAY, March 5.-In the Senate
the bill appropriatng 500, 900 for a
public building at Lafayette, Ind, was
passed. Senator Stock bridge presented
two remonstrances against any bill in
regard to the observance of the Sabbath
or the adoption of any resolution for the
amendment of the constitution that
would sanction legislation upon the sub
ject of religion. In the House the con-
tested election case of Featherstone VS..
Cate from the First Arkansas district
occupied the entire session, resulting in
the seating of the contestee Feather
stone) by vote of yeas 145, nays 1875.
Both gentlemen most interested are
Democrats.
THURSDAY, March Elm the Senate
bills were introduced for monu-
ment to John Ericsson; for the punish
ment of officers and others selecting
jurors with reference to political affilia-
tions. Bills were passed giving PEN
sion of $75 month to the
daughter OF Major-General w. J.
Worth, and increasing TO 500 a
month the pension of the widow of Ma
jor-General &. K. Warren. In the
House petition was presented asking
that two women be appointed on the
worlds fair committee of 1892. Bills
were passed for public buildings at
Lansing, Mich, Galesburg, ILL.,, and
Ashland, Wis
FRIDAY, March 7.-Bills were intro
duced in the Senate appropriating $780,
900 for public building at Muske-
gon, Mich, and S5,621, 900 for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river. The
Blair educational bill was further dis
cussed. Adjourned to the 10th. In the
House bill was introduced placing car
penters' and blacksmiths' tools and all
agricultural instruments on the free list
The direct-tax bill proposing to repay
to citizens and States the amounts by
them respectively paid under the direct
tax of $50, 600, 600 provided for by the act
of August 5, 1861, was favorably re-
ported
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

A CURIOUS fact is that of the seventeen
Washington majority (nine) are
women, and there is but one who carries
u Mrs" before ber name The same
rule holds good with the House, a ma
jority of the clerks being ladies.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
YOUNG LINcolh's oesEQulEs.

The Remains Of the Dead Son Of the
Minister to England Temporarily Laid
Away. -.-@.-. e- r. ...-
LONDON. March a.-Funeral services
over the remains of Abraham Lincoln,
son Of Mr.. Robert Lincoln. were held at
the residence of Mr.. Lincoln, and were
conducted by Rev. ]. Monroe Gibson.
The coffin was hidden beneath mass Of
flowers After the services were con-
cluded the body was placed in the cat
acombs in Kensa1 Green Cemetery.
There were no ceremonies at the cem-
etery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
FROM WASHINGTON,

THE President on the 5th approved the
act providing for an Assistant Secretary
of War;
In the United States there were 215
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 7th, against 100 the
previous seven days. The total of fail
ures in the United States January to
date is 2.75s. against 2. 94s in 1889.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

Mrs. Lone, the postmistress at Char
lottesville, Va, and wife of the blind
Confederate officer, General A. L. Long,
is likely to remain in her present posi-
ton as long as she wants to. Presidents
Arthur and Cleveland declined to remove
her; so does President Harrison.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

Tu1s has been remarkable winter
The coal output has been greatly less
than usual; tramps have been on the
road every day in the year; strawber-
ries are three months ahead of their
time; the Delaware peach crop has al
ready been destroyed and recovered
twice, whereas it is rarely ruined be-
fore March, and public anxiety is not
usually allayed until April.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

HENRY WARD BEEcmER's statue,
which is to be placed in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, is now being cast in bronze
1t is to be of colossal proportions, nine
feet high, and representing the great
preacher in the soft felt hat and cape
The cost will be about thirty five thou
sand dollars. and the whole work viii,
be completed in about eighteen months
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

Mrs. HErTlE GREEN, of Brooklyn,
who is worth about $50 600, 900, has, it
is said endowed over 100 churches and
established fifty schools. She says that
benevolent objects absorb large por-
ton of her income, and that her son
will continue the good work after she is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

AT Anderson, Ind, the American
wire, rod and nail mills were burned on
the 9th. Loss, 800, 900.
THE Illinois Democrats will hold their
State convention at Springfield June 4
next.
The house of Mrs. Eliza Moore at
Columbus, Ind, took fire during her
absence on the 9Th and two of her chill
dren were consumed in the flames.
AT her home in Baltimore Mrs. Eliza
beth Sands, widow of one of the 'Old
Defenders" celebrated her 1O1st birth
day on the 7th.
The failure of the private banking
firm Of Belloc Freres, at San Francisco,
AT Charleston, w. Va, Felix Kampf
was hanged on the 7th for the murder of
his daughter Mary, aged 20 years, and
his son William.
FLAMES consumed the village of
Liberty, KY, on the 7th.
A DIAMOND thief named Patrick Grove,
of Omaha, was arrested in Chicago on
the 7th by Officer Linville ON Clark
street. He shot the officer twice, shot
a man named Cole, who interfered,
and then kept an immense crowd at bay
until he reached the Pullman building,
fatally wounding Officer Briscoe on the
way, who had attempted to stop him.
A BOAT capsized on the 7th near Knox
vile, Tenn, and the two sons of Will
lam Naples and son of William Baker
were drowned.
In runaway accident on the 7th at
Baldwin, Wis, eight persons were seri-
ously injured, some of them fatally.
A sAND-BANK caved in on the 7th
near Petersburg, Va, killing. Lewis
Stewart, John Dawson and Archer
Griffin.
On the 7th John c. McGregor, reading
clerk of the Ohio House of Represent
atives, died at GAINESVILLE, aged 43 years.
This made six members of that family
who had died of diphtheria in less than
three weeks.
JOHN N. HoDGsoN, book-keeper at
Cleveland, O., shot himself on the 7th
with a revolver causing death instantly.
No cause was known. He had only been
married few hours.
FRED SACHS, George Crawford and
Willie Cheatham, three boys, were
burned to death on the 7th in fire in
the Armstrong furniture factory at
Evansville, Ind.
JAMES MCINTOSH, of Spirit Lake, Ia,
and two daughters of James Evans were
drowned on the 7th by driving into an
air-hole in Lake Okobogi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

THERE is considerable excitement at
North Plaintield, N. j., over the dis
covery of copper and silver ores in the
mountains back of the town. The dis
covery was made in excavating for
water-works, and it is said that investi-
CATION has been made to warrant the as
sertion that, underlying the outer lay
ers Of trap-rock and red sandstone in
the mountain, are mines from which
fortunes may be deyeloned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

THE Interstate Commerce commits
sion has rendered decision in the COM
plant against the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad for making special rates to
theatrical parties at the rate of two
cents per mile and for selling round
trip excursion tickets without publicly
posting the rates at which these tickets
are sold. The commission holds that
excursion rates must be published; that
party rate tickets are not commu tation
tickets, and when lower than rates for
single passengers are illegal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

THE Boston Journal says The Louisi-
ana lottery takes in $25. 600, ,OO0 pays
out s.. 100000 for expenses, $s, OOO, 600
for prizes and retains $4,000, 600 for
profits. This seems to be very profit
able business
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

JOHN JACOB AsToRS death makes
William Waldorf Astor the richest man
in America, the amount being placed at
500, ,000,00 William Waldorf dabbles
little in politics, having been men,
Der Of the State Legislature and Minis
ter to Italy
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

A HISTORIC tree on the old Elder Win
son farm in Johnston, R. l., has been
felled. 1t was a chestnut, and "had
been utilized by the Dorrites in the ex-
citing times of the Dorr war as hiding
place for guns" 1t stood in an open
field on the farm. The trunk, which
was nine feet four inches in diameter.
had been hollow as long as "any one
living can remember" and q tall man
could enter and stand erect, with several
inches to spare above bis head. One Of
the limbs measured four feet in diam
eter. The tree was cut down because
there was danger Of its being blown
down BY storms.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
LATER
In Favor of the Republicans.

WAsHINGroN, March s.-The senate
committee On privileges and elections
has decided to favor the seating of the
Republican contestants from Montana
Messrs. Power and Saunders. The
Democratic members of the committee
will submit minority statement in
favor of the Democratic contestants
Messrs. Maginnis and Clarke. The
vote was taken on strict party lines.
Senator Turpie does not agree with
either and will probably submit a mi
nority report giving it his opinign that
there has been no legal election.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

ACCORDING to the Department of
Agriculture there are more than four
tten million horses in this country and
nearly sixteen million cows. There
was u large increase in the number Of
domestic animals of all kinds last year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

THE revolver caused more than one
hundred deaths in England last year,
including murders, suicides and acci-
dcnts-a large increase over the num-
Der for 1888 Some of the English news
papers fear that this indicates an ap-
proach of cowboy manners.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
ohIo's GERRYMANDER BILL.

The Measure Passes the Senate and Ne
comes Law-Ths Ryan Bin.
COLUMBUS, O., March THE Senate
Thursday evening passed the House bill
redistricting the State for Congressional
purposes, and it is now . law. No
amendments to the original bill as In
troduced were made. AL the Democrats
supported the measure.
The Ryan bill, amending tho Owen
Sunday-closing law 30 e to give coun-
ellis Of cities and villages the right to
decide whether saloons shall BE- kept
spen on thst day. passed the Senate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

IT is reported that the Baltimore &
Ohio and Pittsburgh & Western rail-
roads have bought up some of the
largest steam craft On the great lakes
with the Wow of establishing a man.
moth lake and rail route for shippers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

SQUIRE MAssIE BEARLEY, who lives
at Aberdeen, Ky, has tied the marriage
knot for 1876 runaway couples in nine
teen years. His fees have ranged from
Thank ye" to fifty dollars.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
WILL HAVE TEN CLUBS.

The National League Directors Unable
Either to Buy or Freeze Out the Indian.
apo is Club-The Schedule Adopted.
CLEVELAND, O., March 7.-After
fight Of two days at $50 Thursday even
ing a schedule was adopted for ten
clubs. The league magnates are dissat
isfied with the schedule and in not Sc
curing an eight-club circuit Brush. OF
Indianapolis, emphatically refused to
sell out and that settled it.
According to the schedule adopted tbs
season will open April 20 and close
October II. The opening finds Boston
at Philadelphia, New York at Brooklyn,
Chicago at Cincinnati and Cleveland al
Pittsburgh. Indianapolis and Wash
ington do not play until April %,
when they open with Boston al
Washington and Cincinnati at Indian.
apolis. The Western clubs will 60
East May and remain until May q.
The Eastern clubs come West for the
first time June %. Decoration-day
games are to be played as follows:
Chicago at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at
New York, Cleveland at Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh at Boston and Indian.
apolis at Washington. Fourth-of.
July games are: Boston at Chi.
cago, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, New York
at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Cincinnati
and Washington at indianapolis. The
season closes with Boston at New York,
Philadelphia at Washington, Chicago at
Pittsburgh and Cleveland at Cincinnati
A Murder Mystery Twenty-Four Years
Old Cleared Up by . Confession.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, March AT Lower
Merton, Pa, twenty-four years ago
DR.. Joseph Levering was shot down
in cold blood. Efforts to trace the mur.
derer were unavailing. John G. Hen.
derson, wealthy and respected citizen.
who had never been suspected Of
any knowledge Of the crime, died Tues
day evening, but before breathing his
last confessed having killed the doctor.
The confession has caused as much ex-
citsmcnt in the place as was given rise
to by the murder at the time Of its oc-
currence. He gave no reason Sor, the
deed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

The newest thing in insurance circles
is furnished from Germany. The Vest
phalian Mine-Owners' Protective Asso-
citation has unanimously decided to
found an anti-strike insurance union.
The first subscription Of capital is to be
about $500, 900, being contributed in the
proportion of nearly one cent for each
ton of coal produced last year. 1t is
provided that in the event of a strike
the mine-owner shall receive q COM
pensation equal to thirty-six cents for
every ton that his mine falls short
of the average production, the preven-
tion Of strikes being the leading object
in such action.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
THE FAST

A FIRE on the 4th in the building at
New York occupied by M. & c. Mayer,
hosiery and gloves, and Bason & Eaton,
umbrellas and parasols, caused loss Of
$500, 600.
In coal mine at Plymouth, Pa, four
workmen were killed and as many in
jured by an explosion on the 5th.
TIE sanitary pottery of Maddox,
Sons & Co., at Trenton, N. j., was
burned on the 5th. Loss, 500, 200.
DEMOCRATS of Rhode Island in State
convention on the 5th at Providence
nominated John NJ. Davis, of Pawtucket,
for Governor.
FLAMES destroyed fifteen stores and
dwellings at Reading, Mass, on the 9th.
on the night of the 9Th the Chicago
express train on the Lake Shore road
was wrecked near Hamburg, N. Y, a
Pullman and two day coaches being
piled in a heap. Ten persons were re-
ported killed and about twenty-five
more or less severely injured.
A MILL employe at Fall River, Mass,
Daniel D. Blake. was informed on the
9th that he was heir to 81, 600, 900 by the
death of an uncle in England.
THE death of Ezra l.. Stevens, of Wash
ington, occurred on the 9th at Asbury
Park. N. j. He was for nearly thirty
years chief clerk of the Indian depart
ment, and originated the present sys-
tenn of schools for Indians.
On the 18th Of February, 1866, DR..
Joseph H. Levering, of Lower Merton,
Pa. was assassinated in the yard adjoin-
ing his dwelling, the person who fred
the shot leaving no clew to his identity.
John G. Henderson, wealthy citizen,
died at that place on the 9th. confessing
during his last moments that he MUIR
dered the doctor.
On the 9Th John Gibney and wife and
their servant were found asphyxiated
at their home in Philadelphia.
ADvICEs of the 7th say that six per
sons were killed in the recent wreck
near Hamburg, N. Y, on the Lake
Shore road.
On the 7th the town of Casey Hill, Pa.
which stood over an abandoned mine,
caved in, and many buildings were
wrecked.
BY the burning of the house of Moses
Feldman, Boston peddler, on the 7th
three of his children inhaled so much
smoke that they could not live.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
Three ChiIdren Burned to Death.

PARRY SOUND, Ont, March 7.-Tho
house of William Robinson was de-
stroyed by fire early Thursday morning
and three Of his children were burned
to death. They were BENJAMIN, aged
1s; Lynda, aged 10, and Ida, aged Q
years The rest Of the family escaped
by jumping from the windows.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

Miss SUSANNA WAKEFIELD, wealthy
maiden lady, who died few days ago
ut her home in Groveland, Carroll
County. Nd, left all her property to
found an Episcopal college, which is to
be named after her. The endowment Il
800, 900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

JAMES l.. PENNYPAcKER, of Phila-
delphia has a curious collection of
clovers from different States. The
clovers are mounted upon card so as
to represent four-leaved clover. One
leaf is made up of eleven four-leaved
clovers another of nine fve-leaved
clovers, another of nine six-leaved
clovers, and the fourth of six seven
leaved clovers and four eight-leaved
lovers. The stem is represented by
cries of clovers containing cup or fun
mel leaves, and at the very end is
one clover having nine leaves and
cup and another clover having thirteen
laavee
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13

A RUSSIAN physician announces that
he has discovered cure for diphtheria.
He says the disease is easily cured by
inoculating erysipelas.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-13
EIGHT HOURS At MILWAUKEE.


buiIdlnG Bosses say Thoy VIII Grant tho
Demand Without . Controversy.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March IA de-
cided revolution in labor matters that
will be enthusiastically greeted by
working-men the country over will
be inaugurated here May 1. It
is now for the first time positively
known that the eight-hour day de-
manded BY the building tradesmen will
be granted by the bosses. Nearly all the
contractors in the city have declared
that they would grant the demand with
out controversy. The workmen, Of
course, are celebrating the good news.
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Won the Championship.

Hugh Mccormick defeated Axle Paul
sen in ten-mile skating race at White
Bear lake the other day. The race was
for the worlds championship of speed
skaters, $4O0 side and Paulsen's cham
pionship medal. McCormick's time was
37:O9. with Paulsen one-third of a mile
behind.