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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-30

COLLECTOR PoMRoY Is confined to his
house with the grip.
THE Boston RIVALS will entertain this
evening at the Peoples course.
THERE will be concert by leading musi-
clans at tffe evening session of the Rhode
Teachers Union in the Conrad building.
was 97s, making a total Of 1868. This Is
g96 More than the total registration OF
last year.
THE subject for the Sunday evening SER
vices at the st. Paul's NJ. Il. Church dur
ing the month of January is The Voyage
OF Life" The first address will be on
"Going on Shipboard"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
A ZIG DOCKET
For tho Police C~ourt-FruitIul Raids on
H House,. OF III TRmc.

Houses OF III Fame.
Mayor Scabright will have m uhusu-
ally large docket to adjudicatc this
morning, there being about 43 Gates on
the books. Saturday night four l.ousss
OF i'll fame wcro raided, those OF May
Williams, Jessie Monticello, Nellie
White and Amelia Lablancho. The
four landladies, thirteen girls and nine
teen mcn were arrested.
The police raidel tho policy shop
kept in Sulllvan's saloon by George
Watson and Willie Winters, arresting
the two mon and also Padgo O'Ncal,
who was running q chuck-a-luck game.
Yesterday morning Lieutenant Dcku
arrested Pat Collins and Thomas
Fletcher, two DRINKS, and Jas. Schmidt,
q disorderly. Officer Herbert arrested
Mary Johnson for d~isordcrly conduct.
Two boys, eight and nine years old,
stole 4 poclsetbcok containing $50 in
money from Quimby's news depot on
Saturday. The boys were arrested and
part OF the moacy recovered. Being too
young to prosecute, they were given a
lecture by tho chief and discharged.
Willie Atkins isintle lookup, charged
with stealing brasscs from the B. & 0.
railroad company. One Of the brass
bearings was recovered. 1t is said that
other boys IRE implicated In the steal
ing,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
IN TIE JUSTICES COURTS.

John Distcli's Case rostponcd-Othcru
Accused of Larceny - Sunday Liquor
Selling.
Tho case Of John Distell, the hearing
OF which was 10 have been resumed be.
fore Justice Arklo Saturday evening,
was continued without date owing to
tho absence Of Captain Dovcncr, coun-
sci for the defendant. Chief Delbruggc
was on hand with tho stolen property,
but carried 1t back to his Office.
Max Teufcl, charged with stealing n
pump belonging to George Walker, was
committed to Jail, in default OF 500 for
the circuit court.
Job ~Jcavons, charged with having re.
ccived stolen property, was dismissed
on payment OF tho costs.
George Freeman, alias Williams. was
sent to Jail under the bad fame act, rs
he is suspected OF being wanted in
Columbus, o.
Before Squire Davis, Anna franklin
swore out n warrant charging Marshall
Darlington, colorcd, with stealing n pair
OF trousers valued ut s.. Marshall was
committed Tor court in default OF 500
bail.
In Squire Manion's court, on satur.
day, in tho case Of William Dackus,
charged with selling liquor on Sunday,
on Il warrant sworn out by Timotiey
O'Leary, Backus was held in 500 bond
for court, and was required to furnish
security in $500, that he will sell 40 in
tox!cating liquors to minors, or on Sum
day, until after the grand jury meets.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12

Hight Rev. Bishop Watterson, OF
Columbus, confirmed 4 class OF over
talrty persons in the Catholic faith at
bridgeport yesterday at 3 p. III. IIc
celebrated mass ut 1880 n. H., and at 10
oe,9ck high mass, followed by u learned
ana eloquent sermon. Large congrega-
ISOTs were present, many Wheeling,
HelIalre md Martins Ferry people be-
l:'s III them at all the services, which
were held in the school house. Rev.
Talher FITZGERALD, Of Bcllairc, and Rev.
rather Mattlrgly, OF Martins Ferry.
assisted III tho celebration OF the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
ABOUT PEOPLE
Strangers In tho City and wheeling Fol

strangers In tho City and Wheeling Folks
Abroad.
John S. Naylor is in the East on bust
ness.
K. II. Kcplinger, OF New Martinsville,
is in town.
W. II. Henderson, Of Clarksburg, was
here yesterday.
Judge r. II. Cochran spent Sunday at
his home in Toledo.
Bates Butler is spending a few days
with friends at Rochester, Pa.
Frank Rinehart and family will re-
move to Philadelphia to-day.
7. Haley and W. f. Browning, Of
Parkersburg, are St. Charles guests.
Charles Mcnkemiller and wife spent
Sunday with friends at Barnesvillc.
Hon. W. II. IIcarne and James V,
Dickey were at Pittsburgh Saturday.
J.B. Mtchie, n gas and oil operator
OF McDonald, Pa, was ut the st. Charles
yesterday.
Miss Katie Crew, Of gainesville, is
visiting Miss Lucy Cavanaugh, on Thir-
tccnth street.
DR.. W. II. Gillespie and Eph Wells,
OF oistersville, registered ut the Hotel
Echlcr yesterday.
II. II. Smith and wife. Of Toronto, O.,
are visiting their brother, S. S. Smith,
OF Sixteenth! street.
Rev. Father G. L. Schilp, who has
been in tie city a week, returned yes
terday to st. Joseph's.
George PAUL. and James P. Maxwell
are back from several days s%ojourn in
the wilds OF Fish creek.
W. a. Lille, OF Keyscr, and D. A.
Dorsey, OF Moundsvillc, registered yes
tcrday at the Stamm House.
Miss Mabel Ephlin, OF tho Island, has
returned from i three months's visit to
friends in Chicago and vicinity.
G. A.. McNillcn, Of Rochester, Pa,
formerly manager OF the Fat Mems
Club" spent Sunday at the St. Charles.
Mrs. Harrison, OF Louisville, Ky, and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Allen Howell, OF Glove
land, are visitingJ. W. Hunter, onFour-
teenth street.
Mrs. Annie Free and little daughter,
Florence, oil Columbus, Ohio, are visit
ing her mother, Mrs. George Roberts,
on Thirteenth street.
MIR. Louis Dcrtsthy, of Frcw l.
Bcr,sc!iy. has returned from Colorado.
much improved III health and much
pleased with his visit.
Joseph Speidel, james Neill and wife,
and Mrs. Robinson, OF Taylor, Tex, Lett
Saturday night Tor Texas. Mr., and
Mrs. Cecil Robinson will join them
there.
1t is reported from New Cumberland
that Judge John A. Campbell is again
seriously ill. having suffered another re-
lapse, and that his friends arc graycly
alarmed over his condition.
Mrs. S. r. Kennedy, who has been
spending the summer ut her fathers at
Woodland, has returned to the city.
and will spend the winter with Judge
Kennedy, on Thirteenth street.
Mr.. John Stevens, formerly Of Glou-
cestershire, England, and now manager
OF the Bull Iron works, Sharon, Pa.,
paid his old companions, Reuben and
Robert Ward, Of tllis city, a friendly
visit for n few days and returned homo
Saturday morning.
Cards have been received in this city
announcing tho marriage at parkers-
burg last Wednesday Of Mr.. Harry II.
Dawson, a well known travelling man
who formerly made his headquarters
here, and Miss Louise Graft, Of parkers-
burg. Mr.: Dawson's many Wheeling
friends will extend congratulations and
! well wishes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12

saturday evening at NIoundsyillc,
Jesse, tho ,welvc-year-old daughter OF
D. A. Ewing, Russell, an eight-ycar-old
ion ION Oh Nr. showocrc, and 4 few other
;.;'!s girls went out driving. The horse
i!$H'ened and ran oil, throwing the
children out ana painfully hurting the
5Mo named and breaking up the buggy.
NY; LWlng III his DISCUS. sold the horse
Sna OaT-y and a wagon for 500. Tho
Morse alone recently cost Sl35.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
LOCAL DHEvirtEs.
Matters o, Minor Moment In and About
tho CITY. @

"'''ors VI amor MoLnent IN anu About
tho City.
THE now Nigilant engine house Is up
to tho second story.
TnE steamer r. L. Phillips will rc.cn.
tor tho Wheeling and Bcllairc trade to.
day.
HUNDREDS OF people watched the pro-
gross OF work on tho Main street bridge
yesterday.
ALICE FnY was fined So and costs for
disorder in tho police court Saturday
afternoon.
THE Prcmicrs and Champions will
contest ut bowling at tho Park to.
morrow evening.
TIE Council Committee on scales,
police and fire department arc called to
meet this evening.
YESTERDAY the Terminal trains did n
land office business between tho city
and Martins Ferry.
REv. On. RlKEn. Of Chattanooga, Tenn,
has hecn secured as pastor OF the Fourth
street NJ. L. church.
A NEW sewer Is approaching compile.
ton under tho Pcwiky extension trcstlo
at Thirty-lhird street.
YESTERDAY was q very fine autumn
day and the bracing mir brought poop!o
out in large numbers.
A BLACK and tan female .'toy" terrier
was stolen from Julia ChisnGlps resi-
dence Saturday night.
SEVERAL large dogs attacked n hog
near Revmann's brewery Saturday and
almost literally tore 1t to pieces.
a LARGE party Of excursionists was in
tho city yesterday from GAINESVILLE and
points along the B.. z. Il c. railway.
LAviSlA COINS, the Parl,crsburg girl
whose grandfather wrote to the police
here about her. has got home all right.
A COUNTRY wagon collided with an
other on Eo,f street below Sixteenth
Saturday and wa pretty badly broken
up.
Az addition ia to be builtto tho River
side Company's plate mill which will
furnish employment to about fifty moro
men.
Ok Wednesday Il meeting will DO held
at st. Matthew'S Church for the pur-
pose OF considering the erection Of u
rcctory.
OFFICER DmLLER found u horse and
buggy wandering around near Niagara
englnehouse yesterday morning early
and took it in.
a LITTLE girl stole some jewelry from
tho residence OF Mr.. John Nuclc, on the
Island, and threw it in q vault. Ike
Smith recovered it.
REV. L. II. D~onSpLAsER Is ut Braddock,
Pa, attending the Lutheran synod.
Last evening the Y. NJ. G. a. conducted
services in his church.
q. MENDEL & Co. last week shipped a
car load OF furniture to New Mexico,
and some days since shipped a lot OF
chairs to China. Wheeling gets there
every time.
II. A.. MCCAMMAN was OH Saturday APP
pointed guardian Tor Robert X. p. Wal
dron, aged twelve, orphan of Moses B..
Waldron. deceased. Bond, $1,000,
James McCamman surety.
YESTERDAY afternoons concert BY the
Opera House Orchestra at the Park will
probably be the las: ior the season un-
less the weather next Sunday should
prove peculiarly sunny. which is i'm
probable.
LIE drivers and hackmen about the
city are complaining about the unsafe
condition OF the bridge over Caldwell's
run on Eoif street. There is no railing
on either side, and it is a dangerous
place to drive after night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12

,, &r. Morrow Gibson, OF Valley Grove,
n1"uSAt to the lSrELLlGENcEE Office 4
mO'aOer OF apples which for size, even.
',Sss, good flavor and other desirable
g""l'.!GS are hard to beat. Thoy arc OF
iir...'ssf weighed ono pound, and tho
,",se:t over two pounds. They were
ttSS''Mh!y beauties, and tasted as well as
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
Mills Burned u. MoKecsport,

PlrTsnrEGH, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE extern
sive planingmills, factories, warehouses,
shed, etc., comprising the plant OF
Messrs. Neel and Wampler, ut Mckccs-
port, Pa, were completely destroyed by
fire at 4 o'clock, entailing a loss OF $780,
900, on which there was no insurance.
The fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion. The fire will throw sew
cral hundred men out OF employment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
THE PRISON CONGRESS.
DIR. Bcechcr Delivers NJ Address ut tho
Duuucsno Theatre.

PlrrsDuRG, Pa, October 1.-THE dele
gates to the National Prison Congress
attended services at the First Presby-
terian church this morning and in the
evening were addressed by Rev. DR..
I. Beecl,er, of Elmira, at the Duquesne
theatre. In the curse OF his remarks
DR.. Beecher said the inmates OF penal
institutions were proper objects OF
charity and should no. be condemned
because they were caught. They were
not necessarily bad. He made a plea to
tho prison keepers to assist the chap
lains and work in harmony. 1t was
not rishtto say to the chaplain: ave
will do the logging and you do the
nrnachinr
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
Tho Electric Plant not Sold,

w tnG report that the Citizens and
" rrSSn street railway companies had
a a~,S'laseu the electric power plant has
~ rn" III oeen renewed. 1t was learned
STn n, sne highest authority Inst evening,
I l""sveF, that the purchase has not
c rvA Al''''G, Negotiations arc in pro-
S SiieS,' MMH 1t is very likely that the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12

pc r : Is little doubt but that many
,bn IV rn,f SIsser Tor years with ailments
Of cTS sor vonla easily DO cured by tho uso
inc; G'ie simple remedy. The iollowiny
Nv wi;n Is an Illustration Of tia fact:
siIo VIZ ,So was troubled with pain in her
for ,h ,ae greater part OF the time
Icr,a 'h,se years, until cured by Cham.
pcrm"na ram Balm. 1t has, / think,
nssI '"M1eNtIy cured her. We also hows
oShamocrlain's Cough Remedy
, Ib"v He needed and believe it to ny
reanviiioi IN the world. P. M. Boston,
t''c' sullivan county, Missouri.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
Fatal Fire Mt Pittsburgh,

PlTrsEURGll, Pa, Oct. ia Polish
clearinghouse on Penn avenue, in
which there we're fifty men, caught fire
about 0 o'clock tonight and was burned
to the ground. One man was sufIocated
and another jumped from a third.story
window and was dangerously hurt.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
PITTSBURGH EXPOSITION

"! Excursions vim pcunsy,y,p,, r,,o.
september ed to oc.ober17t..
sio nA e. tickets, including admis.
I'n' TO- INC Exposition, will be- sold 10
IN, ",Sotreh NJ reduced rates for ali rcrn.
t fro rams via tho Pennsylvania Lines
rooI nTp.ember I'd to October 18th,
sol" ,etnFn!ng two days IRON hate Of
lowi,vn' II II sod on Friday until the fol.
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po stSSrs b BY telephone, telegraph or
I've WIZ Faer for pure Pennsylvania
;iGS i" :SSy will receive prompt at,en.
gc!cpbonna, W. y =. l:ally, 2lOU Main street.
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TAKE stock in the Wheeling Building
Association and save money. Every
stakeholder shares tho profits.
Steam Dycins and Clcnniny.

Mr.. ]. Heilmeier, proprietor Of the
Pan Handle Steam Dycing and Dry
Cleaning Works. at No. l43l Market
street, desires to inform the public that
he is prepared TO do cleaning, dyeing
and repairing OF all kinds pertaining to
the human attire in the very best man
ner and in tho shortest possible time.
Mr.. Heilmeier is himself il trained
tailor and he has a competent force OF
assistants.
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Committee Of Wholesale Grocers and
lEOlGc Dealers.
!. wa3 also stated to the Assembly
that the union had rejected this scale.
After some discussion a preamble and
Sc! Of resolutions were adopted endors.
iAe.tAo Warehousemen's position and
asking that the employers name Il com
la!ttec to meet the arbitration com.
Miltee OF the Assembly.
4he scale year expires on Wcdncs-
day, October II, and unless a settlement
Is ieaehed by that time the men will
Cunt work.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
DIED.

MCCUE-On Sunday, October H., 1891. ats D. NJ,
NELLIE B., infant daughter Of ]. X. and Mug.
gle McCuc.
Funeral notice hereafter.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
THE COMING STRIKE
Nv tho Warehousomen's Union,
IN tho Trades Assembly,
MD The RAYMOND CITY TROUBLE
.,so Considered Observation-Disclosures
,,,u 10 Dc Tried with the whole
..,, Groccrs' IN reference to tho
Warchouscmon's Scale.

Al Yesterday afternoons neasIon Of
,,c Trades Assembly tho only matters
If i%ptcrcs. taken up woro tho miners
,roubles a. Raymond City and the dis
rp,o between tho Wholesale groccra
and ,he WarGhougemcn's Union in
,ctcrepcc to tho wages to DO paid Its
members. A committee was appointed
,,n TO Charleston and Interview tho
,,yor2or in relation to affairs at Ray.
moud City.
Tho delegates from the Warehouse
mems Union reported their demand for
m increase Of wages, and Secretary
Salisbury read tho scale submitted,
vhich was printed in full in the INTEL
,Grycrn lust Tuesday. lic also read
,bo scaIo offered in lieu OF this by the
r]mpjoyers, the effect of which has been
cjycai IN this paper, and with it the fol-
Iowing communication which accom-
panied It:
WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. I, 1901.
NJ Gegrrs Hllr, President WarehouseaIen'S Union
~. III: r
DEAR siR:-Wc acknowledge Tho re-
ccipt Of your scale OF October 3, 1891,
which We cannot accept. We submit
10 vou herewith Il scale OF wages, which
i0r tho reasons We give below, We con-
slider more equitable, and ask you 10
pcccpt same. Our reasons for such are:
Wysi, tho reduced cost Of living through
bonntiiul crops, and tho low prices OF
nearly all the n%ccessarics OF life. Sec
ond, The shrinking OF values amount to
50 per cent on most OF the articles wo
handle, thereby causing 4 proportionate
reduction OF our profits. us compared
with last year. Third, the increased
cost OF doing business through nd
yaacCd water rent on elevator, store
rents, etc.
The above 20 consider good and suf.
ticient reasons Tor presenting this scale.
and BY accepting the same you will
show your sense Of i%uirness, and
tllCIlgt'icIb t'c p4VlSailt lGiatIoii3 NAlst-
in between employer and cmployo,
and You will always find us ready, MS
hSt year, 10 adjust wages in accordance
with thctimcs and the cost OF living.
Should there be any features OF tho
proposed scale to which you object, VIC
would ask that any differences be re-
!eTrcI to djsinterestcd parties for arbi-
tra,ion and adjustment, and that while
such arbitration is pending, work shal!
Je continued and paid for OH our basis,
with the understanding that whatever
mutual agreement We finally arrive at,
the difference shall be made good, or
deducted, rs the case may be. Being
informed that your next regular meet
ins is next Friday evening, we ask you
that YOU give us a positive answer not
later than Saturday, the 10th inst, at 9
O'Clock 4. III. Very respectfully,
HENRY BAER,
WV. ELLIyGIIAM,
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HERE SHALL WE BUY
OURsBOYS' CLOTHES?
THAT IS THE QUESTION!
IN DESTRUCTIBLE KNOCKABOUT Suit
borscno9l wear.and rccommend It as good rs eny suit malc. No mn,
now much they VIII run and jump, vault and tumble, swing n1 civ
D pun md MreStlo, those suits will Sfnnd Mi nninnnnn ~
FINE AND MEDIUM

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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-08-20
ALMOST ONE-FOURTH.
Gratifying Increase in the Population Of
West Virginia.

Gratifying Increase in the Population of
West Virginia.
The census office has issued bulletin
giving the population of the state of
West Virginia in detail by counties,
magisterial districts, cities, wards of
cities, towns and villages, according to
the official count of the returns made
under the ele- enth census taken
as of June 1, 1890. The popula-
ton of the state in 1880 was
61s, 457. During the decade an increase
of IA, 3S7, or 1884 per cent is shown
The population of the state under the
present census is 762.79 Of the "a
counties in the state all show increases
ranging from 2 or 3 per cent. to 1877 per
cent. Mcdowell, Mercer and Tucker
counties show increases of more than
100 per cent. Cabell, Fayette and Lo-
gan counties show increases of more
than so per cent Twenty-four coun-
ties show increases of more than 25 per
cent The largest numerical increases
are found in Kanawha, Cabell, Fayette
and Mercer counties.
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A PLUCKY WOMAN
Whips Burglar and Then Loses
Her Reason.
Terrible Struggle of Wheeling Lady
With a Robber Whom She Dis
covered In Her Room.

For several nights burglars have been
annoying residents of the East End, or
Seventh ward of Wheeling, w. Va
Wednesday morning Miss Alice Morri-
son awoke and found man in her
room, but on finding revolver leveled
at him he left quick. Wednesday night
Mrs. Robert Piper was alone in her
house at II South York street,
her husband, an oil man, being
down the river. She was aroused
by a man in her room, and reach
ing for her revolver under her pillow
found the man had taken it away. Then
commenced u fight, in which Mrs. Piper
came out victorious. The man beat q
retreat through the window just in
time to escape from the neighbors and
carry very sore head. Mrs. Piper
attempted to pick up chair but the
burglar snatched it from her. Then
she took up a slop jar by both
handles, and, raising it above
her head brought it down on his skull
with sufficient force to break the heavy
jar and bring the blood in shower. A
wash-pitcher was demolished in the
same way. When Mrs Piper was
reached by neighbors she was hyster-
ical, and Thursday she was insane from
her experience, and had to be confined
to prevent her from injuring herself or
friends. A good description of the
burglar was furnished by next-door
neighbor, who saw him run off.
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A Demand on China

A dispatch from PelSin says that it is
evident from the action taken by the
Powers that they intend to compel
China to protect foreigners residing
within her borders. The representa-
tives of the several Powers there ad-
dressed a fresh joint note to the Chinese
ntWednesday in relation to the
outrages perpetrated by Chinese mobs
upon the missions and missionaries and
others in the Yangtse Kiang valley, de-
manding that China take immediate
steps to protect the lives and property
of foreigners
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Warning sea1ers IN Easring Sea.

The San Francisco Examiners Alaska
correspondent, under date of August Z,
writes that during q cruise in the vi
cinity of the seal islands H. M. steam
ers had seen and warned six sealers,
the Pheasant five, the U. S. steamer
Mohican five, the Thetis two and the
Alert two. Many of these had to be
fred on to make them halt and only
one schooner succeeded In running
away. AS about fifty schooners have
received warning, the next cruise OF
the warships will result more seriously
to poachers. On July IS the Corwin
seized the sealing schooner Ethel, Of
San Diego
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A DEATH. TRAP.

= Sudden squnlI Strikes an Excursion
Barge-Rotten supports Give Way and
Luckless Victims Are Buried in the
Ruins-A Number of Excursionists Killed
aud Wounded.
An excursion party of 600 from Brook
lyn spent Wednesday at Cold Spring
Harbor, L. I. In the evening the party
boarded the steamer Crystal Stream
and barge Grand Republic for the re-
turn trip The declf.hands were about
to cast off the lines when something
happened. The weather had changed.
The blue summer sky was hidden by
black clouds. Rain-dfops fell heavily.
Women and children huddled to-
gether on the second deck to
escape the shower Then there
was a terrific crash-a splinter
ing of timber, crunching of heavy
beams, and above all the horror of
sound came human shrieks and cries of
pain. A mighty squall had struck the
Grand Republic and had torn through
the upper work, swapping stanchioLs
like pipe-stems and burying men, wom-
en- and children in mass of heavy
crushing debris. There was one great
flash of light, but it was the wind that
killed For an instant every faculty of
those who had escaped unhurt was
paralyzed. But it was only a moment.
Then the work of rescue began. Axes
were found and the heavy timbers that
pinned the dead and dying to the deck
were cut away as rapidly as possible
Beneath the heavy pilot house that had
been hurled to the deck two persons
were crushed to death. When taken
away they were black in the face
Body after body was found until when
at last the wreck was cleared away
there were fourteen dead-eight wom-
en-, four children and two men. Twen-
ty-fve of the excursionists were injured.