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The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
Silver all Right.

The New York Tribune last week
printed an editorial upon the results Of
the silver act in the course Of which it
says:
alt should be observed that the course
OF events since the silver act went into
effect has been such as TO remove much OF
the apprehension previously felt regarding
its effect. The price o: silver has been
rapidly advanced.
The London market has come to depend
so greatly upon the New York price, that
at least for the present the payments of
the treasury control the whole world The
gap between gold and silver was about
thirty-si1 cents rer ounce, and is now only
about ten cents, and it is natural that
there should be much less apprehension of
decline to the silver basis among those
who expect the advance in price to be
permanent
LAS yet there is no proof known TO the
public that the prod uctioR Of silver has
increased. and without an increase in its
production, silver bullion is likely to be
the United States is now making Appre-
hension may appear again if it becomes
known that the output OF silver has ma
terially enlarged, but for the present it
has almost entirely vanished. What harm
the measure may possibly do in the future
thus far have certainly not been harmful"
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
Good Use for Hounds.

George b. Bayer. two years and six
months old, of Long Island City, was
missed from his home Friday afternoon
His parents and friends searched for the
boy far into the night, but failed to lind
him. The search was resumed at daylight
and two hunting parties were called into
requisition. An apron which the child
had worn was held mp to them 70 smell of
and the dogs were started on the scent,
followed by the searching party. About
O'Clock the men had followed the dogs TO u
large swamp, back Of wOisey's woods
The dogs ran ahead along the edge OF the
swamp, followed closely by the searchers.
Suddenly the dogs stopped aud the men
running up found the missing child stand
ing in water up TO its neck. The little
fellow was almost exhausted. He was
carried home and medical aid summoned.
The child's flesh was shriveled up from
being so long in the water. The doctors
think that he must have stood in the pond
the greater part of the night The doc
tors say be will recover.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
lightning al Altoona.

ALTOONA. Pa. Sept. s.-A few min
ules before no5n to-day a bolt Of light
ming, which descended from an almost
clear sky, struck the large block at the
corner OF Eleventh avenue and Twelfth
street, In which are located the Offices of
the Pennsy lvania Railroad company. The
building was soon ablaze The brick
structure and Slate roof greatly impeded
he work OF the firemeu and the buildings
were entirely Quilted by fire Great dam
age was also done BY Water and a large
number OF papers and old records were
destroyed.
Several hundred clerks were employed
in The building. and for time there was
the greatest excitement AL escaped
however, but there were several narrow
scapes from suff0cation. The lightning
catered the telegraph room, ia which are
stored tons of papers and the lire cola-
municated with these aud gained great
Roadway. IN railroad business is TEN.
porariIy suspended. The loss is heavy.
Lightning also struck the residence OF
George McClelland, on Union Street, and
cut wide swath through the house. Mrs.
Margaret Otto was knocked senseless, and
has not yet recovered consciousness. Sew
eral bystanders were slightly injured
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

1t is proposed in erecting the new
harbor defenses, TO establish two batteries
In the northern part OF the town of Win
throp- One, an open battery, is to be sit
uated upon Growers point, and the other,
concealed battery near the Cherry street
station of the Boston, Winthrop x Lake
Shore railroad, between the railroad and
River street
The battery on Growers point will con
sist Of fourteen Grange guns arranged SO
as TO command the entire inside bay. The
second battery Will be concealed behind
the elevation of Winthrop highlands and
will consist Of two eight gun mortar bat
teries. These mortars, in case Of invasion
by an enemy, have electrical signals from
q lookout station at Nathan.
It is also proposed to establish a battery
on Deer Island, but Colonel Mansfield. the
engineer officer in charge, has stated that
the Winthrop battery will be the first to
be established.
The necessity Of batteries a. these
points is obvious, as feet could lie in the
small bay between Nathan and Winthrop
and shell Boston without being in the
least danger from the guns in the harbor.
The land available consists OF about
twenty-three acres.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
Combining against Strikers.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. "a number
CT the richest corporations in the country
nave formed an alliance against strikes.
Among the corporations which are mem
be-s OF the corpo ration are the Wrestling
house system, bot h in this city and else
where; the Yale Lock Company, the
Colt Arms Company, and four or five other
big factories in Connecticut, and presum
ably the Pullman interests. The compac.
agreed upon is that in case a strike occurs
to enforce unreasonable demands. whether
the strike be against one or all of the as
ISOLATED factories, all work is to cease.
The strikers are 20 be allowed to remain
idle until they see fit to return to work
and no factory is to employ any worker
who may have left another factory on a
strike. Neither is an associated factory
to seek workers during strike from any
Of the federated works.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
AN AWFUL EXPLOSION.
Eighteen Men Killed at Spokane
Faifs.

A dispatch from Spokane Falls,
Washington. gives details Of . premature
explosion which killed number OF men
The men were working in a cut leveiing
OF the ground for the new freight yards
The clih Of rock on the side OF the cut,
which was being removed, was twenty
five feet high. The blasts are so arranged
that the rock is thrown toward the cut
Not anticipating a blast, about thirty men
were under the cliff when the blast ex-
ploded. A great mass of rock and earth
raised in the air and pitched over into the
cut burying the men beneath its awful
weight None of them had time to run,
but a few escaped in q miraculous manner.
1t is the custom to prepare blasts and
charge them, and at the hours OF IL noon
and d O'Clock. after the men have let
work and gone TO place Of safety, to
shoot them In this case, however, II
seems that one olsst had been prepared
and the foreman, c. Mcpherson, was pre-
pairing a second.
The men had all finished their work and
were putting on their coats, and picking
up their lunch pals ready TO 20 TO their
homes after their days work when they
met horrible and unexpected death
Either the rock was too hot from the action
OF the drill or else. tamping exploded the
second blast and that exploded the first
A man who was tsmping paid the penalty
with his life. man who stood beside
the one who was tsmping escaped with
slight bruises, although 1900 cubic feet OF
rock were hurled for hundreds OF feet in
every direction. Another man who was
near tie deadly blast, and who was sup
posed to be dead, was seen shortly after
the explosion in a half-crazed CONDITION
walking with his clothing torn to shreds.
Over 100 men were at work in the ao-
joining cuts and at once were on the scene
of the terrible accident, and began with
pick and shovel TO hunt for the buried
bodies. From all over the huge mass oil
rocks groans and shrieks issued, and the
air was filed with the horrible noises and
the appeals Of the wounded and dying. A
short half hour and all was still, except
for the working men who, pick in hand,
with the light of lanterns, worked late
into the night removing the dead bodies.
Eighteen bodies Were recovered that
night and several more are missing.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

Glorandi Succi. the Milan faster,
arrived in New York from London on sun
day on a mission TO knock out DIR. Tanners
record and his own by fasting for forty
five days. He came with an interpreter,
as he speaks English imperfectly. He is
at the Windsor hotel. With him he has
brought trunk full OF documents to prove
that he is the real Sacci, among them vol
umes bound in red and black morocco with
signatures of 200 or more physicians who
attended his first fast in Milan; records of
the observations OF physicians, and books
with accounts of his accomplishments in
Italian, Spanish, French and English.
Succi tasted for thirty days in Lisbon
thirty FIVE days in Brussels. and forty
days in London. He has gold medals from
the Paris expo ition and the London ex-
hibition, with is profile In bass-relief
The faster is man Of medium size and his
flesh is as hard as iron, while he is of an
extremely nervous organization The
fancy that sustains him, he says, 5 spirit
uaI force, and after a few days of fasting
he can take up the foils and vanquish the
best fencers. A committee will be ap-
pointed to watch him in his fast and the
hall will be selected to-day
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, Sept 9--Thr
series of minor riots that have occurred
between the striking dock laborers and
the police eliminated late tonight in =
desperate struggle. Thousands Of strikers
crowded the streets and gave battle 10 the
police, who were powerless TO resist the
onslaught and gradually gave way in face
Of the mob When it was found that the
police We're outnumbered the authorities
read the riot act TO quell the disturbance.
They charged the masses and We're stub
bornly resisted They fell back and
charged again, only TO meet a solid mass
OF human beings through which it was i'm
possible 10 press. AT midnight the fight
ing was still as furi Gus as earlier in the
night
The trouble began with the dock labor
ers preventing the departure Of several
trains. The strikers also besieged the
gates Of the docks. and prevented the en-
trance of officials
Two companies OF infantry arrived In
the evening and drove the mob away from
the roads. The dockmen made desperate
attempts to break the line formed by the
troops. \ number OF the horses were bay
oneted and some OF the riders were ser
iously wounded.
BY this time the crowd had greatly aux.
mented and volley after volley OF stones
were hurled at the troops One lieutenant
had the bridge OF mis- nose broken by q
stone and two others were severely in
iuied. The troops We're supplied with
cartridges, each man receiving twenty
rounds. The mob still following upon the
attack the soldiers were ordered TO charge
and the whole line advanced with fixed
bayonets- For moment the rioters made
show of resistance, but seeing many Of
their number fall, pierced by the bayonets
of the soldiers, the mob broke and fed in
wild disorder. The excitement through
out the city to night is intense and further
trouble is feared.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
= Street Car Smashed.

CLEVELAND. o, sept. "A fright
ule crossing Of the New York. Chleaxo 4
ST. Louis railroad IN this city about : 80
o'clock tonight b. which a. least dorea
persons were injured, some OF them fatal
Is.
The crossing Is o. q steep grade, down
which runs an electric stree, railroad line
Al the time the accident occurred a frelsh;
the south track An electric motor draw
lug one car was approaching from the
south. The safety gates were up and the
road apparently clear.
Just as the motor had crossed the rail-
road track a locomotive, running abau,
twenty mi es an hour, dashed out from be-
hind the freight train. The pilot of the
engine struck the electric train between
the motor and trail car, tearing them
apart and hurting one on each side Of the
track. At least score Of persons were
ou the trail car, and they were iumbled
about in ali directions, some being hurled
a dozen feet away and others pinned under
the car, which was demolished.
The street railroad barns were close 10
the scene of the accident and rescuIug
party was soon at hand The victim,
were taken from the. wreck and hurried
away in ambulauces 70 hospitals within a
short space of time. AL Of them were so
badly injured that they had to be carried
from the wreck. Cne woman died from,
he- injuries.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
Law for Alaska.

WASHINGTON ID. c., Sept. s.-The
bill introduced by Mr.. Ingalls, in the Sen
ate and Mr.. Thompson, of Ohio, in the
House, to-day, 10 amend the act creating
a civil government for Alaska. is to RENE
dy defect in the law which has prevented
the British owners OF sealing vessels con
demned by the United States District
Court at Sitka from pressing their cases to
the United States Supreme Court.
An effort will be made to secure action
in both houses before Congress adjourns
in order that pending case may be taken
up and argued before the Supreme Court
at the december term and another deci-
sion had upon the claims Of our government
10 juEis6ict30p in BehrinN Sea,
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
A eR,eHrFuL ACCIDENT.
A Number of Laborsrs Killed on the
Rio Grande Road.

wreck, frightful iuits fatality. oc-
CURED on the Denver s Rio Grande road
near Florence, last Saturday morning. IL
occurred nj As O'Clock. Five men were
killed outright, three are dying, thirty
two are seriously injured and nve others
sustained slight injuries. The victims oil
the disaster were all laboring men en-
route to various camps on the road, where
they were to engage in railroad construo-
tion work 1t was rear-epd collision, on
a curve. caused, 1t is alleged, by the fall
ure of Conductor Mobley to send brake
man back to flag the second section OF
train No. 6i.
Freight train No. az lief, Pueblo going
west at O'Clock 1t was followed BY the
first section of No. o., in charge on Con
ductor Mobley. The second section OF No
81 was in charge OF Daniel Hoyars. Train
No. A. stopped one mile west OF Adobe, On
account OF . broken link, and the nrst sec
ton OF No. 81 WAS promptly tagged. The
frs, section Of No. VI was composed OF a
caboose, ten freight cars and two coaches,
filled with laborers When IL stopped it
rested Just beyond the ill-staEred curve at
was negligent 10 duty. He failed 10 send
brakeman back to flag the fast approach
ing second section Of No. 81, which was
but ten minutes behind the hrst section
In a few moments the large engine Of the
second section crashed into the rear end
Of the nrst section, literally demOIishinS
the cars and moving Gown the sleeping
labor-rs In the coaches. Out Of atty only
eight escaped either death or injury None
Of the train crews were hurt
Then followed a scene of death and con
fusion horrible To witness The means Of
the wounded Allied the air, while hve IN
fortunate victims found tonbs beneath tho
debris of splintcred wood and twisted iron
that pinned them down
Word has been rcccired that + l. lash,
Edwin Brown and Daniel Ashbury arc
dying and will not survive the night, and
il Is said that at least six more Of ihe
wounded will eventually die from their
injuries
The ocicial figures show that Of The nfty
Iaborers on the train, eleven were ueketed
for Tennessee Pass, nineteen 10 Poncha
sixteen to Dallas aud four TO Red ClI1, the
uthers 70 NsEioe. lHolnls- Al NtFe 0AEN@
to work on railroad construction Thus,
out ef ATTY, thirty-seyeH were hurt more
or less, ave were killed outright and ouly
eight escaped upin!ured. The latter, -
well q. the wounded that were able to
/ stand al the time Of the svrccN, worked
valiantly IN rescElHs their comrades that
were pinned down uadcr the demolished
mass Of wood Iron and hlssias steam
Frank Smith, one Of the eoggded, pulled
a eomrade cot from the debris And thea
tainted frou loss Of blood
Two OF the dead nea were literally
crushed aad cooked 10 death By the steaal
and smoke from the Invading engine ikai
plowed through the rear coach The
ruiaor that Que o. the victim. had ais
head cut on IS false.
The conductor Of W. q, John MO6lsy,
has not been seen siHce the wreck. TIE
survivors Of the wreck say that Mobley
was no, hurt, but disappeaved Immediately
after the occurrence He will no doubt be
prosecuted for criminal earelessaess, IS
the feeling IS very bitter.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

DIES MONIES, Sept. s.-Great excite
ment has been caused in this city by the
discovery Of natural gas. Monday last
John H. West, colored man. was engaged
in boring a we'll on the farm of j. L. Door.
located in section -, Crocker township.
The well was down about u feet. tn. last
five being through rock. At this point a
flow Of gas was struck, which poured forth
with great violence. 1t was ignited and
lighted up the whole country around that
neighoorhood. The wen is but FOUR miles
from the Des Moines CORPORATION line, and
II gas holds out arrangements will be
made for combining and utilizing 1t,
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13
Chinese-Ameriean Weddings.

NV ORLEANS, Sept. s.-A double
.Chinese-American wedding took place a,
the St. Louis cathedral this evening. The
Rev. Father Mengonol. the vicar general
Of this diocese, oiirissed. Long Men Toa
married Miss Noemie Rouieriche, and Lee
So.ig Wing Miss Katie Lynch both the
Chinese are young and well to do They
adopted the Catholic religion preparatory
70 the marriage. The cathedral was
.rowded with lookers-oa and SO was the
reception given afterwards by the Chinese
br;desyooms.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13


Ii is difficult 10 say in precise terms,
what forces are directly connected
with the production OF hale and happy
old age Certainly much more is in
volved than mere strength OF constitu-
ton. for to this must be added health
full surroundings, contentment and ac-
tive. temperate and regular habits.
Hard work, so long as it is not carried
beyond the limit Of repairing regularly
the WORKOUT tissues, is both harmless
and conducive to longevity. Civiliza-
lion is at once helpful and injurious Il.
regards longevity Under its protect
ing influence normal development at
all ages is Above and fostered. Bui
civilization affords great opportunities
for self-indulgence and as rule they
are not allowed to escape.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

The attempt to colonize the deserted
farms OF Vermont with Swedes has
resulted in a complete failure. In one
township near the southern part OF
the state not u settler remains. In
most of the other townships but very
few of the assisted settlers can be
found. Some have left their farms tc
work on railroads or in manufactures,
and others have found employment in
various small industries. Most o.
them. however, have gone into the
numbering districts near the Canadian
border
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

AFTER great wars more male than
female children are born Since tn
early settlement of America in the
frontier and young towns female
births have been in excess. Males are
more exposed to accident and disease
than females. and. the birth rate
being about equal. it is natural that
females should be in excess Why
nature should take no account of dis
case and accidents, but does take ac-
count of wars, is one of her secrets. 4
possible solution lies in the fact that
almost all diseases and accidents are
due to natures laws.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

WHO will figure out the scientific
principle governing the periodicity of
sports. That there is such periodi-
city. no one doubts, but what governs
it? 1t is so when we are boys. We
play marbles very industriously for
many days. and suddenly all the
youngsters in the country awaken to
the knowledge, the source of which
they cannot explain, of the fact that
marbles are touf' and kites are jim
Then kites give way to tops. and tops
to shiny" ard so it goes. Thus it
is, also. with the older children, all
though the changes are less frequent.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

New sHlt works are soon 10
ed In Nobo, near Salt Lake City
tai stock is 500, 900. The capacit
works will be 100 tons per day.
be manufactured from salt sprin,
water holds in solution three pc
salt per gallon, which wouid al
12S, compounds OF SAT- per day,
sixty-four tons every twenty-iou
Markets have already been sec
the disposal OF the larger part oil
put. and below these springs aho
yields at least fifty tons per day
Emperor William has decide'
give any more presents OF Jew
persons vino MAJ. become ent
receive a gift from him but y
not iii a position TO be decora'
future his Majesty will invara'
To such individuals a photogi
himself and the Empress, !.
their autographs and set in a !
either silver or gold. md these
viii be adorned with the imperl
and monogram.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

THE schools try to satisfy the public
by making show of teaching what
they don't teach and can't teach. One
OF the chief difficulties or disadvan-
tages il our school system is that there
are not as a rule, enough teachers to
do the work as it should be done.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

CIGARETTE smoking has become a
potent cause OF insanity, as shown By
statistics from the hospitals and asy-
lums throughout tine country. In Chica-
the average in one hospital is more
than twenty-five cases annually, or .
per cent OF all insane cases. 1t is
peculiar to this phase OF nervous deca-
dence that the mental ruin is generally
too grave to be reparable Medical
science is incapable of helping these
suicides of the mind; and all that re.
mains. as they are generally violent.
is to subject them to restraint like in
corrigible animals whose physical
vigor survives for a time their intel
lcctual death.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

JOHN HowELLs. son of the novelist
has chosen architecture for his life
work II the young man succeeds as
well in his line as his father has in
literature. John will ultimately bo-
come plain carpenter.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

II is told of an American millionaire
who bought castle on the Rhine that
one cold day his daughter found him
warming his hands at a fire which he
had kindled in suit of plate armor.
20 papa, what have you been doing?"
she cried. "The fellow that patented
that stove" replied the lord of the
castle, must have been crazy; but
I've made the old thing heat up at
last .,
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

The element of insecurity is always
reflected by the high rate OF interest
A shrewd and successful capitalist re-
marks that he has always risked his
money when he has tried to earn more
than six per cent interest No farm
err can afford to pay over six per cent
for money for long time loans. No
business man can make q profit il his
capital costs him higher rate ear
after year
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

The way to suppress immoral pub
locations is TO punish those who write
and publish them. The duty of SUI p
preston and punishment belongs to
the police authorities Its perform.
ance may be stimulated by public
opinion. ana public opinion, in Sc
many respects the master of US ali,
cannot to that end be too steruly in
voked. The writer OF the immoral
book. the printer and publisher. the
tradesman who sells it, sin With open
eyes. and should feel the mailed hand
OF the law.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

The science in our schools is too
often a make believe, and the schools
will lose nothing when every make
believe slips out OF the curriculum.
The trouble is. the science that is now
taught is taught from books There
is no science that can be learned from
books. Book science is canned science,
a thing that cannot be assimilated by
tho mind
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

That England intends to go to
Mecca one of these days is clearly in
dictated by recent utterances in the
English press. Pilgrims have been
treated SO badly at Mecca of Ia tie years
that the Turks and Egyptians are be-
ginning to be very anxious &c zee
Mecca in neutral hands.
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

A baby carriage rolled by ~
on the roof OF No. eos South Fifth
New York, broke away with its :
occupant, and fell five stories. 7
riaEe remained upright and fell OF
OF rags in the street, where il vi
tered. The baby was bounced. up'
was caught in the arms of a you
standing near, 1t was not injured
The Lamar register., 1890-09-13

Herbert Burns. an eleetrici
ployed in the electrical works
Francisco, received an electric 81
other day that nearly killed him
the dynanos was out of order az
Burns was repairing 1t received a
1000 volts direct from the dynamo
his body. The shock knocked hi
ward and he was picked up for de
gradually recovered consciousness
OF his hands was badly blistered
complained OF soreness Of the lunI