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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
A FATAL MISTAKE.
A Railway Colllaion Caused by Misun-
derstandlng OF Orders Costs Seven Per-
sons Their Lives.

Railway Colllaion Caused by n Misun-
derstanding OF Orders Costs Seven Per-
sons Their Lives.
ASPEN, Col, July 13.-By wreck on
the Colorado Midland near here Satur-
day night at IL o'clock seven lives have,
been lost and many people seriously
injured. Aspen Junction was the,
scene of the disaster. A collision oc--
Cured between Midland locomotive,
and the coaches of the Saturday
Laundry" or excursion train
running between Aspen and
Glenwood Springs. The coach-load of
people returning in happy spirits from
the springs, where few pleasant
hours had been spent in the swimming
pool, were suddenly plunged in the hor-
rors of frightful railroad accident,
which resulted in the killing of seven
people and severely scalding and burn
ing six others. OF the twenty-five pas
sengers three colored men, who were
in the forward compartment, were
the only ones not injured. A
2-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank e. Ellis, of Aspen, was killed
intantly. Miss Annie Phelan, of Car.
diff, died soon after she was taken out.
The other dead are Mrs. Frank e. Ellis,
Mrs. j. c. G.. Baldwin, Mrs. w. l.. Will.
loughby and Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Leonard, Mr..
Frank Ellis, Thomas 0'Donnell, Miss,
Mary 0'Donnell and James Leach, all
of Aspen, were scalded and burned
Conductor Miller had received his
orders to pull out for Aspen, and
cfo fln To
neer his orders. At about the same
time Engineer Shepherd had received
orders to take his engine and pull west
with freight train standing in the
yard and had gone to the round
house. The switchmen noticed both
engine and passenger train backing
down and signaled to stop. Shepherd
stopped his engine and Brakeman
Ryan was on the rear of the passenger
train, turned on the hot air and stopped
the train. The switchman then sig
nailed to Shepherd to back down,
with which he at once COM
piled. The engineer of the pas
senger understood the signal to be
for him and accordingly began backing
down, Brakeman Ryan having released
the air because he also understood the
signal to be for his train Both the
freight engine and the passenger en-
gine must have started rather vigorous
ly, as the crash came before the frantic
signals of the switchman to stop could
be seen and understood. The passen-
ger engineer says he could not
see the freight engine backing out of
the round-house, as the coal.chute and
other buildings obstructed his view.
The engineer on the freight engine was
likewise, he claims in ignorance of the
fact that the passenger was backing
down. The trainmen unite in saying
that the accident was the result of
misunderstanding of the sign ais given
by the switchman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
LATER.

TON FINN, aged IS, burglar, was
shot and mortally wounded by Patrol
man Batters at Cincinnati on the 14th.
A CLoUDBURsT near Clinton, Mo-, on
the 14th caused the small creeks to
overflow, doing great damage to har-
vesting aed growing grain. The Gulf
railroad experienced the loss of l,500
feet of track, delaying all trains. Light
ming injured several houses, but no lives
were lost. The rainfall was two and
one-half inches.
WILLIAM LEIvE, a workman employed
at Schriber's iron works in Cincinnati,
met with a horrible death on the 14th.
While engaged in shifting belt his
clothing was caught and he was drawn
into the machinery. The upper part of
the unfortunate mans head was cut off
and the body, from which life had fled,
fell heavily to the ground.
FOREST fires have burned the village
of Whitney, Mich, everything being de-
stroyed except the store and charcoal
kilns. Seventeen families are homeless.
BRACKEN's new brick block at Pitts
field, Mass, was burned on the 14th.
Loss oVerSlOO,OOO.
AT Woodsville, N. Y, on the 18th, by
the premature explosion of blast two
Italians were fatally injured.
THE steamer Helen Mead has foun-
dered in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mead
was bound from New Orleans to Mica
ragua and is the third ship of the Nor
gan line sent out on the same voyage
with the same ill-fated result.
THE greatest confagration Montreal
has witnessed for years ragged in that
city on the 18th. An entire square of
buildings was destroyed. Hundreds of
thousands of dollarss' worth of property
were consumed. but it is impossible to
obtain correct details as to losses or in
Surances.
THE twenty-irst annual convention
of the National Educational Association
of America met in Toronto ON the l4th.
The attendance was enormous, over 15,-
600 delegates and visitors being present
ALEXANDER NIMIcK, chief partner in
the firm of Nimick & Co., metal dealers,
of Pittsburgh, has announced his inten-
tion to wind up his affairs and the COM
pany will go into voluntary liquidation,
The liabilities are $1,1OO OOO Mr.. MIN
iclf's personal property is worth 81, roo
900 and will pay dollar for dollar. No
assignment was made.
BY an explosion of dynamite on board
the steamer X. G. Booth, while lying at
a dock in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 14th,
two men were killed and four badly in
jured. The steamer was ba ily wrecked
and finally sank.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
MUST TeIl HOW smIIer Died.

New YORK, July 18.-Coroner Levy
says that he will have the body of Har-
ris A. Smiler examined. 1t is buried
in Woodlawn cemetery, within the city
limits, and the coroner claims that as
no inquest was held at Sing Sing after
Smiler's execution he has authority to
hold one now. He asserts that if it is
true, as published, that it required sew
eral shocks to produce death, the exc
cution was contrary to the law, which
says that no torture shall be inflicted.
He intends to subpoena Warden Brown
and other witnesses of the execution to
testify at the execution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
PERSONAL AND poLITIoAl.

THE first certificate of admission
which Yale university has ever granted
to n woman has been received by Miss
Irene w. Colt, of Norwich, Conn.
The republicans of Nebraska will
meet in state convention at Lincoln on
Thursday, September "a.
THE Pennsylvania democratic state
convention will be held in Harrisburg
on Thursday, September 3.
JAMES b. RYAN, eX-state treasurer of
Indiana, and a prom inent politician of
the state, died at Indianapolis after n
brief illness.
AQUILLA JONES died at his home in
Indianapolis, aged so years He was one
of the old-line Democrats of Indiana
and had held many important Offices
REV. b. w. f. CoRLEY died suddenly
at the funeral of his wife in Tower
Hill, Ill.
JAMES G. BLAINE said at Bar Harbor
Me-, that the sensational reports about
his health sent to the press all over the
country were false, that he was not a
sick man, and that a slight illness
caused by overworlS had been magni-
fed into something serious.
REV. JONATHAN EDWARDS, d. D.,
LID, of Meadville, Pa, for forty
seven years noted Presbyterian min
lister, died at the home of his daughter
in Peoria, ILL.,, of the grip.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

Secretary Baer Gives Figures OF the En-
deavor Socicty's Successful Labors-CIoEe
of tho Convention.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, July 13.-At
Friday evenings session of the Chris
tian Endeavor convention Rev. DR.
Barrows. of the First Presbyterian
church of Chicago, announced that the
next international convention would be
held in Madison square garden, New
York, in 1892 and in Montreal in 1898,
the date to be decided upon and an
nounced later.
MINNEAPoIs, Mimi, July 13.-The
third day of the great international
convention of Christian Endeavor was
inaugurated at $50 o'clock Saturday
morning with prayer meeting con-
Quoted by Miss Grace Livingston, of
Winter Park, Fla. At o'clock the
delegates met in regular business ses-
sion, and after the usual religious eX-
ercises reports from the world
wide field were made by General Sec
retary Baer. He gave some interesting
details of the growth of the movement
in England and presented particularly
encouraging figures from Japan. On
Fe bruary 2 the Christian Endeavor So
cieties in that country cele brated their
decennial anniversary of the first So
ciety.
Resolutions were adopted compliment
ing the twin cities for their hospitality;
recommending that all societies adopt
the Revised Pledge" promising support
to the church, and welcoming to fell
lowship all denomination societies
which adopt the Christian Endeavor
pledge. Banners were presented to
the different unions.
MINNEAPoIIs. Mimi, July 13.-Sun-
day many of the Christian Endeavor
delegates were in the Twin City pulpits
both morning and afternoon, but full
sessions of the convention were held,
the only recess being to allow the dele
gates to go to church in the morning.
1t was stated from the platform that
the attendance of delegates was $4,000
and the session closed by singing the
doXology.
At the evening session resolutions op-
posing the opening of the Columbian
exposition on Sunday and denouncing
the whisky rings" influence in poll
tics were unanimously adopted. Presi-
dent Clark was reelected and long
list of honorary vice presidents repre-
senting every state, territory and prov.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

SOME of New Yorlls celebrated mill
ionaires are adept performers on mu-
sical instruments. j. d. Rockefeller is
an enthusiast with the flute, and w. w.
Astor plays classical melodies on the
piano and organ, In his boyhood R. p.
Flower loved to play the bones in an
amateur minstrel troupe. Andrew Car.
negie's instrument at the same period
was Scotch bagpipe, and j. H. Star
ms violin, while Russell Sage used to
beat the drum in Thanksgiving and
other parades
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
FOREIGN.

THE death was reported of King
Jaja, of Opobo, who was deposed by the
British government some years ago for
his opposition to the introduction of
Christianity into his kingdom.
a STATUE of Robert Burns was un-
vailed at Ayr, Scotland, under the aus
pices of the free masons.
PRESIDENT DIAZ, of Mexico, pardoned
Carlos Zaremba, the American who was
sentenced to four years imprisonment
for forgery and for using false govern
ment seals.
A HAMLET near Grenoble, France,
was destroyed by fire and fifty families
were rendered homeless.
The cholera was extending in south
ern Syria and hundreds of deaths had
occurred.
DURING d storm eighteen farm houses
at New Lenbach, Austria, were de-
stroyed by lightning.
The sufferings of the people from
famine in the Volga region We're be-
coming intense. The provincial as
sembly of Kazen reported 10000 per-
sons without food.
THE scheme proposed by many prom
lnent and wealthy Catholics of the old
world to establish Catholic banks in all
the principal cities of the world has
collapsed.
In fit of anger Mr.. Baird, agent for
Mrs Langtry, kicked her in the face at
her home in London, disfguring her
for life.
A MADMAN fred shot at President
Carnot in Paris, but the bullet sped
wide of its mark.
AN International council of Congre-
gational churches convened in London.
CUSTOMS officers at Victoria, b. c.,
seized the sloop Flora, of Seattle,
Wash, having on board ten Cinnamon
which the captain intended to smuggle
into the United States.
1t was reported that there would be
a heavy shortage in the wheat crop of
France and of Hungary this season.
COSTA RIGA is anxious for reciprocity
with the United States. All the con-
cessions asked for will be granted.
HEAVY and incessant rains in Aus
tralia have caused the rivers to over
flow. Great damage had been done
and thousands of people were home
less.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
EIGHT KILLED.
Awful Result of the Explosion of Nap
tina Launch.

Awful Result OF the Explosion OF Nap
tina Launch.
New YORK, July Is. - A yachting
party composed of a number of New
Workers left Thirty sixth street, Brook
lyn, at Z o'clock a m. Sunday. They
were on board the steam launch Ag-
nes Dean Before they got through
with the day they had some exciting
adventures. 1t was along about ,
o'clock in the afternoon when one of
the party saw man clinging to a
buoy bobbing up and down in the
water off towards Coney Island. The
buoy is n great distance from Coney
Island. They lowered a small boat and
with great difficulty they contrived to
get the man from his dangerous rest
ing place. The rescued man said
that he was Capt. White, of
East Rockaway. He had been on the
Ethel, naphtha launch. This launch,
he said, hac been chartered by Mr..
Dennis, a wealthy retired diamond
merchant of Brooklyn. A party of
eight had started on board early in the
morning from Rocllaway for days
fishing. The Ethel had cruised about
until it reached point some way out
from the shore of Long Beach. Then
White said terrible explosion occurred.
1t seemed as if all the bottom of the
boat was suddenly lifted up and blown
into the air. Every person on board
was hurled into the water. He sank
with the rest. When he came to the
surface he saw nothing but wreckage.
There was not a body in sight. He
swan to u buoy and clung there until
,acoua1
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

PROF. JACKSON, of Columbia college,
is one of the two men in America
Prof. Lanman, of Harvard, being the
other-who are honored by occasional
autograph letters from the high priest
of the Parsees in Bombay. The Par
sees are the descendants of the exiled
fire-worshipers of ancient Persia, and
they are reduced now in numb to
about 10000 but they remain the most
moral and intellectual people of Asia
The high priests interest in the Ameri-
can professors is the result of their re-
searches in the ancient literature and
language of the Persians
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

THE census returns of Scotland pre-
sent remarkable contrast to those of
Ireland, showing, as they do, how the
former country has increased in popula-
tion and prosperity during the present
century Ninety years ago Scotland
had l,6Os, ,42O inhabitants; this years
census shows population of 4,O33, 1O3.
That is, the population of Scotland has
nearly quadrupled, while that of Ire
land is less by about ZOO 600 than it was
in 1901. And yet Scotland is smaller in
area and contains extensive districts
utterly incapable of cultivation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
WOODS ON FIRE.
Flames Again Sweeping Through the
Forests of Northern Michigan.

Forests of Northern Michigan.
ST. IGNAoE, Mich, July 13,-0ne of
the most destructive forest fires which
have ever swept the northern penin-
sula is raging between Mss quette and
this city along the line of the Duluth,
South Shore 81 Atlantic railroad.
For hundreds of miles nothing
can be seen but one mass of
flames, and the density of the
smoke is SO pronounced that the
sun appears like leaden ball. Rail
road officials have large crowds of men
stationed along the track, battling
against the fire, but the flames
are quickly gaining headway. 1t
is feared the track will be destroyed.
In many places between Newberry and
Seny the small bridges crossing little
creeks are now burning. At several
of these places the train was compelled
to stop in order to extinguish the fires.
The telegraph poles have been burned
down and the wires rendered useless.
The general loss will aggre-
gate thousands Inha abitants of
small villages have been fight
ing against the fire for the last four
days and are now almost exhausted.
They have called for aid from the Of
seven loggers along the banks of the
Tahquamanon and Fox rivers have lost
their lives.
EscANABA, Mich, July 1S.-Forest
fires are still doing great damage across
the bay from this city. In Bay de Noe
township, this county, a number of
settlers have lost all they had, except
their homes, and they are not out of
danger yet. The crops in this town
ship have been completely destroyed
and all the cedar pine and standing
hardwood have been destroyed.
Six farmers, S. Thorsen, A. Sanborn,
August Armau, old man Larson, N. j.
Storm and Andrew Hanson, have lost
all that they had The rest of the set.
tiers of the township are in danger OF
losing everything they have, as fires
are still spreading and there is no indi
cation of rain.
SAULr STE. MARIE, Mich, July 13.-
Forest fires which have been raging
for several days have been checked
somewhat The smoke has cleared
away and reports from Bay Mills and
Detour say that rain has about
quenched the flames Telephone
connection to inland towns is
down and no reliable reports
have been received from Gates.
vile, Drummond, Pickford and other
smaller towns. At Detour six farm.
houses and as many barns with con-
tents We're consumed. No loss of life
has been reported, and, should the
rain continue, the worst is over. Farm.
ers are fighting the flames and say
that the crops will suffer from the heat
and sparks.
MILWAUKEE, July 1S.-Word has
reached here from Metropolitan, Mich,
of the damage done there by forest
fires. The Metropolitan Lumber Com
pany lost 1000 600 feet of lumber and
all the logs on the river bank were
burned down to the waters edge. Their
large and well-equipped sawmill was
also destroyed The amount of in
surance is not known. Two bridges on
the Chicago e Northwestern railroad
| were DESTROYED
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
KILLED BY A LANDSLIDE.
Two Score of Indians Lose Their Lives by
an Avalanche in the Far Northwest.

Two score VI Lose Lives ny
an Avalanche in the Far Northwest.
TACOMA, Wash, July 13.-About 6
O'clock a. M, July 7, those working
and living near the North Pacific cam
merry at Slzeena River, Wash, heard a
great rushing noise in the direction of
the high, steep mountain at the back
of the cannery. In moment an
avalanche of rocks and earth and
trees was upon the doomed settle
ment, carrying away everything close
to the cannery. The occupants of the
houses had time to get outside of the
buildings, but, before they could escape
from the advancing torrent of debris,
were caught and carried along at fear
full velocity In all nine houses with
their occupants, were destroyed, includ-
ing the mess-house and residence of
the foreman of the cannery. In the
messroom at the time of the catas-
trophe was the young wife of the fore
man. She was carried along and dashed
to death. The Indians claim that
among those destroyed were about forty
Indians of the Post Sampson, Sitka,
Metlakatlah and Kilimat tribes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

EX-QUEEN ISABELLA, of Spain, made
Eugene a visit the other day, and the
two women who had held such high
places in the monarchies of the world
fell upon each others necks and wept.
Queen Isabella is said to have expressed
herself in Spanish to this effect: What
fearful contrasts in life and direful re-
verses of fortune all must witness who
are not doomed to quit this word while
they are mere chicks!"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

TOURISTS from the eastern states arc
appearing in unusual numbers in the
far western states this year. Even dur
ing the month of June flocks of these
tourists have been seen in Colorado,
where there are towering crags and in
the Yosemite valley, where there are
gigantic trees, and in other attractive
regions, where they can sit under the
shadow of the Rockies or inhale the air
of the Pacific
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

IT is stated that in India soap is re-
garded almost in the light of natural
curiosity forit is rarely if ever to be OBJ
tanned of a shopkeeper there. OF course,
it is sold in the larger towns, but the
amount used by the natives must be very
small, seeing that the total consump-
ton of soap in India last year was
only 5000 tons This means that the
amount used by each person for the
year was considerably less than one
ounce
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

A FRENCH scientist who experiment.
ed with fifty persons of both sexes,
using machine for compression as
test of strength, found that the strong
est man was able to produce with his
right hand pressure equivalent to s5
Kilograms Ia kilogram is rather more
than two pounds) and the weakest to 40
Kilograms, the average being So kilo-
grams. The short men were all very
nearly as strong as the tall men. The
force of the strongest women of the 70
who were selected amounted to only "A
kilograms, and that of the weakest to 10
Kilograms, while the average was 83
kilograms.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

EASTERN papers note falling off,
during the past year, IN the deposits of
savings banks. The New York Com
mercial Bulletin finds an explanation
in the rapid growth of loan and build
ing associations and the increasing ten
dency to invest in the stocks of indus
trial companies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

IN New York several philanthropic
ladies' have secured the use of vacant
lots located in the heart of the city and
by having hauled to them loads of sand
and having erected on them swings,
horizontal ladders, parallel bars, see
saws, etc, have made the most attrac-
tive kind of play grounds for children
whose parents are too poor to send
them to the country or too proud to ac-
cept the aid of the fresh air fund.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

THE in-odd-numbers theory has
received new impulse from the expert
ence of the steamer Fuerst Bismarck,
which, after battling with a storm
eighteen hours, found peace and COM
fort when baby was born in the
steerage and the 1000 passengers be-
rame O01
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

TIFFIN, o., July 13.-Judge Ridgely
overruled the motion for new trial
for Marvin Kuhns, the Indiana horse
thief who was convicted of numbering
his pal, William NJ. Campeau, in Fos-
toria last November, and sentenced
Kuhns to life imprisonment at hard
labor in the state penitentiary at
Columbus
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

IN these days of failing banks and
faithless officers it is pleasant to read
that a San Francisco savings bank has
just paid the heirs of a deceased for
eigner 81, 4s3.75 as the principal and ac-
crued interest of deposit of $500, made
twenty-eight years ago. The depositor
is long since dead, and his bank book
was discovered only by accident.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

BY running single thread of worsted
through all the silk he imported, New
York merchant saved more than ST.
600 in customs duty. His lawyer,
with whom the idea originated, was re-
munerated with S50,O 900
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

RECENT computations show that about
100, OOO 900 tons of water go over Nj
agara falls every hour. This represents
16, 600, 900 horse power, or about the to-
tai power represented by the worlds
output of coal per day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

QUEEN VICTORIA now rules popula-
tion of 367, 900, 000-a greater number of
people than ever acknowledged the
sovereignty of any other one person in
either ancient or modern times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18
Drew's ReslenatIon Accepted.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-The comp
troller of the currency has received the
resignation of National Bank Exam
iner Drew, of Philadelphia. The resig-
nation was at once accepted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-07-18

DAVE Bowers and George Potts,
miners near Muncie, Ind, were fatally
in iured lJY falling slate.