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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
COLLISION In A TUNNEL.
Terrible Accident on the Cincin-
natl Southern Road.
SIX People Known to Have Been Killed
and n Number Injured.


The fast express over the Cincinnati
Southern railroad which left Cincinnati
at o'clock Tuesday night met in coli
lision with north-bound freight train
in tunnel about a quarter OF mile
this side of Sloan's Valley Station.
Seven persons lost their lives and
many others wore seriously injured.
To add to the unfortunate acci-
dent the cars took fire and four
men were burned, dead or alive. On
account Of q wreck which had occurred
the previous night at Elihu, both pas
senger and freight trains were unable to
run on their schedule time. There arc
two through trains run from Cincinnati
to Chattanooga every night The first,
No. o, leaves the Grand Central Depot
at o'clock and No. 3, the ill-fated train,
departs an hour later. Both were held
at Somerset, KY, for moro than two hours,
when they received orders to proceed on
their journey southwark, as the track had
been cleared. The foremost Cincinnati
train pulled out and met and passed
safely the north-bound freight train No.
%, which was on the siding at the Sloan
Valley station. Then at safe distance
behind it the fated No. 8 started out.
When No. rushed by the freight
at high rate of speed the trainmen
were asleep, and in tho confusion
thought that both passenger trains
had passed. 1t was fatal blum
der Engineer Pilot opened wide
the throttle of his engine and the
freight moved rapidly on to the main
track. The high mountain served as
barrier to shut off the noise of the fast
approaching express from the north, and
both trains rushed at full speed into the
long and dark tunnel. There is sharp
curve in the track at the north end OF
the tunnel, and Engineer Taylor, OF the
passenger train. had no warning of the
great danger Several hours behind
time, the nervy engineer was running
his train ut the rate of from forty to
| fifty miles an hour when he rounded
the curve and shot into the tunnel.
Only hundred feet away was the
freight plowing along under full head
of steam. The collision could not be
avoided, and an instant later the huge
iron monsters crashed into each other.
The widest confusion followed. The
noise of escaping steam mingled with
the groans of the wounded and dying
and the cries of the terrified passengers.
Only few minutes after the crash
flames burst out of the car windows,
which only added to the horrors of the
scane
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
THIRTY INJURED.
Wreck OF an Express Train on tho Sante
Fe Railroad-List of Injured.

Wreck OF an Express Train on tho Sante
Fe Railroad-List of Injured.
Thirty people were seriously injured
by the wrecking Of train No. 8, the
through Sante Fe vestibule Denver ex-
press, at Wakaruss, thirteen miles south
of Topeka, Kas., Friday afternoon.
The train was running at high rate
of speed, and left the track at curve
this side Of the east end Of the
yards. The tender, express, mail
and baggage cars and three Pullman
vestibule cars all left the track. The
chair car, sleeper and tourist cars are on
their sides. The track is torn up for
about four hundred feet A relief train
from Topeka arrived at 5:15, bringing
with it the injured, who were cared for
at the National Hotel. The following
persons were injured, many of them
seriously: w. f. Jones, mail agent,
Kansas, City, pinned between cars
and injured interally. j. w. Fade
ly, mail agent, Kansas City, in
ternal injuries. Harry Stone, mail
agent, Kansas City, head bruised. Mrs.
Ella Steele, New York City. hurt in the
head. F. L. Terry, express messenger,
Kansas City, badly injured In spine. IL.
j. johnson, Kansas City, baggage agent,
leg hurt. Henry Lindsey, Topeka,
bruised in the side and jaw hurt Mat
tie O'Connell, Chicago, head and back
injured. Mrs. DR.. Beaslee, Tullunde,
Col, bruised and teeth knocked out. T.
M. Beaslee, same place, concussion.
Mrs. Geo. Turley, Fresno, Cal, back cut
Mrs. j. Mcfarland, Terrill Hill, Ohio,
head cut. S. Sylvester, Milton, Cal,
knee injured. C. f. harrington, Lis
bon, ILL.,, collar bone dislocated. j. j.
Buckley, brakeman, back hurt. Eliza
beth Babbitt, Oakland, Cal, arm in
jured. Mrs. w. S Mcclure, Kansas
City, arm dislocated. Mrs. L. L. White.
Oakland, CAL; f. A. Fair, Albuquerque,
n. NJ; George +. Reppy, Denver; Solon
L. Rose, Albuquerque; S. b. Hapkins,
Aspen, Col; w. L. Jones, Kansas City;
j. A. Coulter, Colorado Springs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
THE ELECTRIC DEATH
To BE Tried on Eight More New York Grim
inals.

To BE Tried on Eight More New York Crim-
inals.
On account of the many electrical ex-
ecutions that are tc take place in the
three State prisons of that State the
prison and State officials have begun
preparations to avoid many of the mis-
takes that occurred in Kemmler's case,
and also to apply new methods that have
been discovered in the interim. Thus
far eight men have been condemned to
die by electricity before January l. Six,
unless the court of appeals decide other
wise, will be executed in Sing Sing pris-
on, one in Auburn and one in Danne-
mora. In order to perfect arrangements
y meeting was arranged for in New York
City. There were only present on the
part OF the State, DIR. Macdonald and
Warden Brush. Some OF the electricians
at the meeting were present at the
Kemmler execution and suggested sew
eral improvements, 1twas decided that
it would be better to extend the time
during which the current should be al
lowed to pass through the condemned
from twelve to twenty seconds, and also
to have the helmet so made as to fit COM
pletely over the victims forehead in or
der that the electricity encpcle the
head entirely. Changes arc also to be
made in the seating of the victim, and
also in the manner Of strapping him to
the chair.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
USURY IN ITALY.
As High rs Twelve Hundred Per Cent. Paid
by Some Agriculturlsts.

As High rs Twelve Hundred Per Cent. Paid
by Some Agriculturists.
The British Consul at Brindisi, in the
course of an interesting report on the
trade and agriculture Of his district, es-
pecially of the province OF Lecce OBJ
serves that there are but thirteen local
or cooperative banks in the province,
and that small proprietors, unable to
obtain advances from the agencies of the
large banks and having no cooperative
bank to assist them, have to resort to
usurers to obtain funds to cultivate their
vineyards. In the published statistics
of the chamber of commerce for the
province for the year 1888 some astound-
ing figures on the subject are given.
"How the Chamber has obtained the
information / am unable to say, but the
surprising feature is that, after paying
the land tax of 40 per cent. on the as
sessed value of the land, tho owner has
been able to pay such rates of interest
as those quoted below (as he must have
done or have sacrificed his
property. Such being the case,
it can only result that had these
unfortunate proprietors been able
to get money on fairly easy terms, say
to 10 per cent. per annum, they would
have found agriculture in the province a
very profitable speculation. AT first
sight it would seem that such state of
things might be worthy the attention of
foreign bankers; If proprietors can and
do pay such rates Of interest, surely
legitimate banking business would pros
per here. The communes cited are in
out-of- -the-way positions, far from the
larger towns, which in some measure
explains matters.
The table gives list of twenty-eight
communes, with the rate per cent. per
annum charged for money lent to agri-
culturists. The lowest rate is 40 and
the highest 1900 per cent. The average
is almost 215 per cent. throughout the
entire province. Financial
News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Killed at the Crossing.

A furniture van, owned by Samuel
Nathan, of Brooklyn, to which four
horses were attached, and in which were
the owner, Nathan, VIM. Wickson, the
driver, and man named Hermann, was
struck by freight train Saturday night
at the Jamaica turnpike crossing, near
tho village of Queens, l.. l. Hermann
was instantly killed, and Nathan was so
seriously injured that he died soon after.
Wickson is probably fatally injured.
Three of the four horses were killed,
and the van was smashed into splinters.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
A srANn.p1pn BURSTS,
Letting Loose Thousands OF Gallons OF
water, which Floods the Town, Destroy
inp Nynny Houses,


Letting Loose Thousands OF Gallons OF
water, which Floods the Town, Destroy
Ing Many Houses.
A dispatch from Temple, Tex, says:
1.-TWO hundred and eighty thousand gal
Ions OF water confined in the steel
stand-pipe broke loose at about o'clock
Friday morning and flooded the town.
Immense sheets of boiler steel, hundreds
of pieces of scaffolding, houses, barns,
fences and all the debris of the SUR
rounding neighborhood went float
ing and crashing in all directions.
The people of the town were awak-
ened, and stood in frightened groups
about the town watching tho
destruction of their homes and proper
ty. The house of O. T. Rigdon was
crushed as an egg-shell and afterwards
took fire from an overturned lamp and
was burned. Rigdon was seriously
burned and his recovery Is doubtful.
Lying out towards the street were six
teen sections of the pipe, a great hol-
low cylinder twenty feet in diameter,
and of the heaviest boiler steel. The
lower sections of the pipe were thrown
in q different direction. They were
torn, twisted and crumpled. The
several barns and sheds near by were
washed down and away. Tho fences
of the neighborhood are gone, and
all over the streets, alleys and
yards are scattered the contents Of
houses and barns, while timbers from
everywhere are lying around in all con-
ceivable shapes. The damage done is
heavy outside of the stand-pipe itself.
All the houses around were flooded with
water and several seriously damaged.
The accident is unaccountable. No
flaws are apparent in any of the broken
and torn pieces, and the workmanship
shows it to be first-class. The founda-
tion is still there, solid and unharmed,
except in one place. where cash two
feet long is cut through the bottom and
couple of rocks washed away.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
ANOTHER DEATH

Results From tho Murderous Attack OF
Madman Dougherty on DIR. Lloyd.
The madman Dougherty, who killed
DR.. Lloyd, of the Flatbush Asylum, is
now responsible for the death OF another
human being. His last victim is Miss
Bessie Lloyd, public school teacher
in Union Hill, N. j., and sister to
the murdered physician. Miss Lloyd
was getting we'll of diphtheria until she
heard of her brothers. tragic death, and
this crushed her young life out. DIR.
Lloyds body, which was lying in vault
in Floral Hill Cemetery, and that OF
Miss Lloyd were sent to Lebanon, N.
Y, Wednesday evening.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
RAT AND RATHER.
They Fight Three Days Battle, In
Which both Arc Finally Killed.

Thcy Fight Three Days Battle, In
Which Both Arc Finally Killed.
VIM. Weeder, of Columbus, Ind,
bought black rattlesnake from Brown
County man. with seven rattles and
three and one-half feet long, and placed
it in a glass box in his barber shop.
A day or two later he caught large
wharf rat and put it in the
box with the snake. A bloody battle
followed. When the reptile would bite
the rat it would get off in one corner
and suck the poison out of its system,
seeming to understand just what to do.
These sanguinary battles continued at
intervals for three days, by which time
the fur was nearly all torn from the
rats body and the rattles and part Of
the snakes tail were eaten off. Satur-
day morning both wero found dead in
the box, and badly swollen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
DiscoyerY of q Cave.

A party of Galena hunters discovered
a remarkable cave, near Pilot Knob,
about four miles from Galena, Ill. 1t was
explored to distance of half a mile or
more, and found to contain many rooms
or vaulted openings lined from top to
bottom with stalactites, glistening
cubes of mineral and other beautiful
geological formations. Further investi-
CATION of this subterranean wonder is
soon to be made.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

"A very novel suggestion for the con
struction of forts to defend our seaboard
cities comes from Mr.. Anderson, the
head of the engineering firm which has
contracted with the Government to
build the lighthouse on Outer Diamond
shoal at Cape Hatteras. His proposition
is to sink caissons upon the sandy shoals
which exist at the mouth OF nearly all
our rivers, and upon them to erect forts
of 800 feet in diameter, built of solid
concrete, with walls so feet thick, with
bomb-proof armor OF steel over the In
terior.-Providence Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
FIRE.
Seven Hundred Thousand Dollar Con
fiaCratIOn Mt Mobile, Ala.

Seven Hundred Thousand Dollar Con-
fiagration Mt Mobile, Ala.
One of the most disastrous confagra-
tions witnessed in Mobile. Ala, began
Sunday about half-past twelve in the
shingle mill of Stewart g. Butt, and
owing to the strong northwest wind pre-
vailing was not checked till five o'clock
Sunday afternoon, and only then after q
favorable change in the wind. More
than twenty squares were burned,
bounded by Beauregard, Magnolia and
st. Louis streets and the river. The
loss is estimated at about 500, 900, with
about S4OO, 600 insurance. The tracks OF
all railroads centering there have been
obstructed by the debris in the burned
districts, and trains are delayed. The
fire was of incendiary origin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Welded in Mld-Alr.

Thos. j. Minis and Miss Gertrude Pitt
man, young couple from Brewton, Ala,
were married in mid-air in big balloon
at the fair grounds, Birmingham, Ala,
by Rev. S. M. Adams, president Of the
State Farmers Alliance, after which
they took an aerial tour of seventeen
miles, landing safely Mt Helena, Shel-
bey County. Minis is only 81 and his
bride II. They were given $3.50 to make
the trip, and numerous presents.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
FREIGHT sMAsH-UP.
Misunderstanding of Orders Causes
Wreck Near Oxford, o.
Two Trains Burned Up and Several Train
men Injured-Loss $4,000.

A terrible wreck of two railway freight
trains occurred about o'clock Friday
evening in cut and curve on the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis rail-
way, about two miles east OF Oxford, O.
It was q collision of trains loaded with
merchandise both going ut full speed,
tho result of misreading of orders, or
some other blunder OF like
nature not yet officially ascertain
cd. The train from Hamilton
had two locomotives, one in front, the
ether behind serving rs a pusher. The
two trains had about thirty-fve cars
we'll laden, and each had full crew.
The collision made big crash, threw
the colliding locomotives across the
track and jumbled the freight cars with
their contents in a confused mass OF
splintered kindling wood, ready to
receive the flames that had already
started on their mission OF destruc-
tion. At midnight the fires OF the wreck
were making the air luminous. 1t looks
as If nothing of the trains or their con-
tents will be saved. The derailment
was complete, and every one of the
crews OF the two trains were more or
less disabled. The spot is lonely and
there was no human means at hand
able to save what property might other
wise have been saved. A rough mini
mum estimate of the loss is $50, 900, and
it may reach much higher. OF the in
jured, John Mathers, fireman, is the
only one mortally hurt. The others are
only slightly hurt. Their names are
John Kasner, of Indianapolis; John Nc
Neill, Charles Monahan, George MOI
zelle, F. j. Carney and John N. Spenser.
The engineer and fireman of the pusher
escaped unhurt. ALI the injured are the
trainmen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Worse Than Cholera.

The smallpox epidemic which is pre-
vailiug in Madrid rapidly assumes
graver proportions. The number OF
persons afflicted are counted by thou
sands and the authorities are resorting to
every possible measure to check the
spread of the disease. AS means to
this end the Government has ordered
that all servants and soldiers be vacci-
mated, and has prescribed severe punish
ment for those who shall seek to evade
the operation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Mortified to Death.

The body Of Livinia Brewer, of North
cumberland, Pa, was found in the Sus-
quehanna river, at Fishers Ferry. Fri
day morning. Tuesday Miss Brewer
failed to receive an invitation to par
tv in her nelghborhood, and this so
worked on her mind that she arose from
bed Tuesday night, got out OF the win
dow, down over the guGpe arbor and
made her way to the river.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Balfour Goes to sos for Hlmself.

Mr. Balfour, chief secretary for Ire
land, has started on tour through the
Western counties, in which 1t is alleged
distress prevails in consequence OF the
failure of the potato crop. Mr.. Balfour's
object in making the tour is to mako a
personal investigation as to the truth Of
the statements regarding the condition
of the crop.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Indians Drive Back Troops.

The troops who were sailed out to pur-
sue the band of Apashes who murdered
two sheep herders about twenty miles
from Silver City, N. NJ, recently, met
the band in an unfrequented spot near
the scene Of the murder early Friday
morning. A conflict ensued, but the
Indians beat of their pursuers after
two of them had been killed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Johnny Hope Pardoned.

Johnny Hope, son of Jimmy Hope,
the famous bank robber, was pardoned
by the Governor of New York, after
serving nine years, eight months and
twenty days of the twenty years sem
tence imposed upon him for completely in
the robbery of the Manhattan Savings
Institution. Young Hope has all along
contended he was innocent
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Earthquake Shocks.

Two shocks of earthquake, which
came from the southwest occurred at
Cape Gifardeau, Mo-, at 6:10 o'clock
Thursday morning. One of the shocks
lasted about one minute, and the other
twenty-five seconds. Buildings, furni-
ture, crockery, etc, were visibly Affect
ed by the movement of the earth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Carried of by a Gray Eagle.

While some quail hunters were gun.
ming near Edinburg, Ind, training some
young setter pups, large gray eagle
pounced down upon one of them, for
which tho owner had paid 500. fasten-
ing it's talons in the dogs back and soar
ing away with its prize. The owner of the
dog fred two or three shots at the mo.
BILE bird" but without avail.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Ono killed and Three Injured.

East-bound passenger train No on
the Panhandle railroad, Sunday even.
ing, ran into five persons near Steuben.
vile, o. Mrs. Bluebank was killed,
Miss Bluebank had rib broken and her
back broken, Joshua Winds back was
also broken and Mrs. Wind was hurt in.
ternally and will not live. l
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

At Cumberland Gap, Tenn, Sunday
afternoon George Martin shot to death
James Norville. The fight was the re-
suit of an old quarrel. Martin acted in
self-defense.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
A Household.s sorrows Accumulate.

Mr.. and Mrs Emmet Gister, OF Peru,
Ind, buried one of their children We'd
nesday morning, and, returning home,
found another one, years old, had died
during their absence. 1t was buried the
same afternoon. Both died Of diph-
liberia
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Fatal Ending of an Old Quarrel.

J. G. Raines was shot and killed in
Darlington, S. c., by J. H. Witherspoon,
a nephew of Raines. The cause was an
old quarrel which was renewed by tho
settling of their respective shares of the
cotton crop.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
A cotton plantlng proiaot,

A company composed of Russian and
Belgian capitalists has been organized
to engage in the cotton planting indus
try in the province OF Amoo-Daria and
Bokhara, in Central Asia. The new or
ganization has a capital Of 8,0OO,0 900
roubles.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
sucoessful Long-Distanos Telephoning.

The long-distance telephone now rum
ming between Erie, Pa, and New York
was tested Wednesday by General Man.
ager Easterbrook. The test was sue
cess, and New York was easily talked to
over the long wire. The distance must
have been at least five hundred miles,
oyen by the shortest route.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
sage Robber Sentenced.

At San Francisco. George w. Cum
minis. the youthful stage robber, who
stopped the Wi)letts and Ukiah stages q
few weeks ago, was sentenced Friday to
ten years imprisonment by Judge HafI
man.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
psdestrian Record Broken.

At the Olympic Club games, San
Francisco, G. ID. Baird walked an exhibi-
tion half mile in two minutes fifty-four
and three-quarter seconds, beating the
worlds record of three minutes two and
two-fifths seconds.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
smngglad Jawals ssiz.d.

The San Francisco Custom-house of.
dcers seized diamonds, rubies and other
jewels valued at $1,000, which they as
serted had been smuggled by two mer.
chants from Ceylon.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

Ed. Stephens, a notorious counterfeit
er, was arrested four miles vest of Okla
homa City, and is now in Jail. Thirty
seven spurious dollars were found on his
person and number OF molds in his
hOugp
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Another Victim Pound.

Workmen found the body of woman
In the ruins of the Leland Hotel, Syra-
cuse, supposed to be that OF Mary Pad
den, domestic. This makes six victims.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

In fire in New York City, John
O'Grady, an aged paralytic, being unable
to move from the building, was burned
tn death
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

David Grubb, a farmer living near
GRANVILLE, ILL.,, was shot and killed by
his stepson, Arch Wick, while about to
kill his wife, Wick,s mother.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

At Bridgeport, Ct, one Of the fuimi-
nate departments of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company was blown up. Geo.
Baker was blown to atoms.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

TIL ere was an early morning wreck on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway near
Hinton, w. Va, Thursday. resulting in
the death Of an engineer, George Ally.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
K,,,ed H,s WIG ana Hlmself.

At Oshkosh, Wis, William Galow, a
German laborer, shot and killed his
wife, and then committed suicide. Do
nestle infelicity.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

Isaac Smith has been respited by Gov
ernor Campbell to November 2s. The
Supreme Court has ordered an indefinite
stay of execution in the case of Stanley
Inpac
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

At Chicago, Sunday, ex-Alderman
William p. Whellan was shot and NOR
tally wounded by George ii. Hathaway,
n rambler.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Incsnd,ar,sm-Milit,a Called Out.

Fifteen armed men burned down tho
buildings of l.. b. Varnes, in Coffee
County, Ca, Saturday night, because of
his supposed participation in the late
riot. Governor Gordon has called out
the militia
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

j. W. Jenkins, his wife and baby and
Mrs. James Bowman, all Of Walker
County, were killed by being struck by
an engine near Rome, Ga.