The Indianapolis journal., 1890-07-21
NEWS In SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume ofEvents at Home and Abroad Chron-
icled in the Issue of July 20.

The Senate has passed the sundry civil
appropriations bill.
Christian Henry Z. Peters, q well-known
astronomer, died at Utica. n. Y.
Rock Island switchmen in Chicago struck
on account of an unpopular yardmaster.
Liquor-dealers have large force at w ash
lngton lobbying against the original pack
age bill.
Bismarck has been warned to publish the
letters he received from Emperor
Frederick.
Four men were killed in battle between
the Smith and Messer factions IN Knox
county. Kentucky.
Seventeen men were wounded py the
explosion of a cupola In Cassidy 0 Aoiers
foundry in New York.
Several men were injured in an attack
made by union 'longshoremen upon non-
unionIsts at Toledo, o.
The question of debarring liquor-sellers
from mem bership in the Knights of Pythlas
was left optional with the grand lodges by
the Supreme Lodge.
riot was narrowly averted at Marion,
5. c., when a correspondent Of the Charles
ton News and Courier denounced Captain
Tillman, leader of the Alliance men. as a
liar while the latter was addressing po-
htical meeting.
An Ex-Convicts Crime.
VAN VERT, o., July 19.-Just before
reaching Van Vert last evening, at 1910
O'Clock, the engine of train No. 4. on the
Cincinnati, Jackson & Michigan railway,
was boarded by an unknown man, who
knocked the engineer. Van Deventer, and
the fireman, Sam Roodhouse, senseless with
large hammer used about tho engine.
The train ran past the station at Van Vert
nd 10 Aa II hfnr rnfn ha
yard engine and several cars. Engineer
Van Deventer was found with his brains
and blood all over the seat and the hammer
lying on the cab floor. He died at 1:30 this
afternoon. The fireman will recover.
1t Is supposed the assault was committed
by ex-convIct Blair Mock. who killed Van
Deventer's son. at Huntington, In 1884.
Engineer Van Deventer was the chief wit
ness at the trial of Mock for that crime.
and Mock swOre vengeance against him in
the courtroom. Mock was seen at Enter
prise, seven miles south of here, yesterday.
he has not yet been arrested. but officers
are searching for him. Van Deventer was
fifty years old, and for thirty years
has been an engineer. Nobody on the pas
senger train was injured.
Another dispatch describes the train mur-
der thus: The first warning that any per-
son had that all was not right was the wild
train that came laundering past the depot
In the city last night. across the Pennsyl-
vania railroad track. and on into the Mack
inaw yards, where the engine collided with
the switch engine. Upon investigation the
on his seat with his brains oozing
ont of three holes in his head.
The fireman, Sam Rhodehouse, was
also found In an unconscious condition,
lying on the floor of the cab. with his head
terribly bruised. Van Deventer was past
the aid of surgeons. and died from the
effects of his wounds about o'clock this
afternoon. The fireman remained in an
unconscious condition until this morning,
when he recovered sufficiently tc make the
statement that. when a short distance this
side OF Stumps. small station south
Of this city. he thought he heard
noise, and turned to see the
cause when he was struck several blows
or the assassin. Rhodehouse was found ly-
ing near the fire-box, the heat of which ter
ribly burned his face and hands. Inspec-
tion of the engine cab this morning re-
windows. etc., and showed the blows
force. A soft copper hammer be-
longing to the engineer was found
blood and hair. Little or no light has been
thrown on the mystery, as the murdered
engineer was not known to have an enemy.
The passengers on the train say the usual
signal was given at Stumps. and that one
whistle was sounked after that, when the
train slacded its speed down to about six or
eight miles an hour, which it kept up until
the collision with the other engine AS the
train carried no valuables the idea of rob-
berry is out of the question.
Seventeen workmen Injured.
NEW YORK. July 19.-The iron foundry of
Cassidy & Adler, manufacturers of plumb
ers' supplies. at Nos. 531 to 537 West Fifth
street. was the scene of terrific explosion
this afternoon. Seventeen men were more
or less severely burned by blazing gas OF
wounded by Tying fragments of metal and
bricks, and of these 1t is expected one
will die. while two more have but poor
chances of recovery.
In the molding-room of the factory il
the big cupola, as it is called, in which the
iron is melted preparatory to molding
plumbers supplies made by the firm. The
cupola is perhaps ten feet in diameter and
some forty feet high 1t is a tu be-like af-
fair, in which is placed alternate layers OF
metal and fuel, and It's walls are about two.
thirds OF afOOt In thickness. This morning
according to custom. the fires were
started in the furnace beneath the cupola
at 1880 o'clock. At o'clock the wind blast
was turned on to increase the heat. The
blast had been In operation. a little over
half an hour when suddenly. with q terrific
noise, the whole north side of the cupola
blew out aud sea of molten metal and fly.
ing pieces of iron and brick poured down
upon the heads of the score of men who
A scene of tremendous excitement followed
Sealded men and cut and manned men
writhed. shrleking in their agony.
The injured men were tenderly picked up
and thirteen III all were sent to the nearest
hospital. Those that were most slightly
hurt were taken in charge by friends and
went to their homes. The names of the in.
jured. so far as could be learned. are: Peter
Scollons. aged forty years; Edward Nc.
Nally, Fred ROsenken, forty EIGHT years;
August Barteldes, Patrick Kelly, Adam
Grosskopf. Patrick McCann. John Marion
John Howard, Daniel Murphy, Frank Scol
Inns, William McGaddigan, Joseph Kin.
nett, Henry Bigelow. Patrick Curly
and John Grindell. Peter Scollons Il
the most injured. He was burned
from head to foot terribly. and the doctors
do not think he will recover. Edward Nc.
Nally ahd Fred Rosenken were also ter
ribly burned about their bodies. but NAV
pull through. Robert Patterson. the fore
man, who was IN charge of all the men al
the time, said that he was not present st
the explosion. Patrick Hurley. the ielter
who was injured. was in charge Of the
cupola. He was struck by piece of metal
but not dangerously injured. There were
about nine tons of metal in the furnace nj
the time. which was being melted for cast
ing into plumbing work. He would not ad
NIT that the furnace was Overcharged.
Clever Detective Work.
NEW YORK, July 19.-United States Dep
uty Marshal Frederick Bernhard made a
clever arrest, Friday night, of a band OF
fOrUara w hn 10 MO ~ from. IL