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Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
THE ClTY'S IMPROVEMENTS


ne metCnS Aeld at DIR Van RIper S
house last Monday night for tie purpose
of taking decisive step toward the es-
tablishing of an hospital in Passaic was
very important gathering and it is
hoped that the result will soon be seen.
The idea of a hospital for Passaic was
first suggested by the RECORD, and the
necessity for such an institution was re-
peatedly urged in these columns in every
issue of July 1890, and we were heartily
seconded by the most influential citizens
of the city. Although we received no
help from our local contemporaries the
people readily fell in with the RECORDS
suggestiosn and the result was that Mr..
VIM. {. Kimball, after carefully reading
what we said on the subject, prepared a
paper which he read before the Board
of Trade, but he failed, however, to Sc
cure the desired end; nevertheless the
leaven has been working and the RECORD
never lost sight OF the matter but has
kept it fresh in the minds of the people.
Another important improvement for
which credit is due to the RECORDS I'M
aided efforts is the
New City Hall.
Strenuous efforts were made to in
duce the City Council to take the old
school building on Passaic street for
city hall. The RECORD denounced this
scheme in unmeasured terms and showed
the folly of such a step, and with all the
vigor at our command we endeavored to
impress upon the Council and the people
the grand opportunity of securing the
Paulison Castle and its beautiful grounds
as an ideal city hall and park. OF course
we met opposition but that only made us
the more earnest. The City Council
adopted our suggestion, purchased the
Castle property and the work of trans
forming it into magnificent City Hall
is now being pushed forward, any next
summer when all the work is completed
Passaic will have the grandest city hall
in the most commanding location of any
city in the State. In other words,
monument to the persistent efforts of the
RECORD.
The New Post Office.
is another institution which owes its
existence to the RECORD more than to
anything else, except the postmaster
himself, and several Improvements
which have been and are to be inaugu-
rated are due almost entirely to the
RECORD.
We have fully explained the postal
improvements in another column, and
we are proud of what we have been
able to help accomplish, and shall not
relax our efforts for the future.
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BUSINESS MEN SMILING.
Our Prospects of Speedy Coming c
LiVelier Trade.

Our Prospects of Speedy Coming of
LiVelier Trade.
r. G. Dun s. Co. IS weekly review of trade
says:
Everything waits for the crops. 1t is,
therefore, of the first Importance to report
that the crop prospects have never been
more uniformly satisfactory at this season
than they are now. In other respects the
general outlook is in the main unchanged
While the volume of business represented
by clearinghouse exchanges outside of
New York is about Q per cent. less for the
week. and about 10 per cent. less for the
month than last year, there is prevailing
confidence in the speedy recovery and expan-
sion of trade Trade in breadstuffs has not
been especially active, though wheat de-
clined below 81 per bushel, rising again a
little within the past few days, and in corn
and oats also still slightly stronger. and
cotton is unchanged, Notwithstanding i'm
proved crop prospects. The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country dur
ing the last seven days number 237, as
compared with total Of 234 last week.
For the corresponding week Of last year
the figures were 100.
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KILLED IN A CYCLONE.
Ten Persons Dashed to Death in Terr
be Storm at Baton Rouge.

Ten Persons Dashed to Death in Terri
be Storm at Baton Rouge.
terrific wind and rain storm struck
Baton Rouge, La, and in a few minutes
had almost wrecked the town. Great dam
age was done to buildings in the eastern
and southern portions of the city, and
many persons were killed The Governors
mansion was demolished; also the factory
and wing of the three-story brick build
ing in the penitentiary known as the hos
pital and comnissary Forty persons were
at work in the factory, and of these six
were killed and twenty-five were wounded
and horribly crushed. On the second floor
was the hospital, where twenty-six persons
were under medical treatment. Four of
these were killed and fourteen seriously or
fatally wounded. The roof Of the hand
some residence belonging to Mr.. Marshall
was carried away, and great damage was
done to the place.
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HERE'S THE HAwKEYE TICKET.
II. C. Wheeler Will Lead the Iowa Repub
licans in the Coming Fi2h

II. C. Wheeler Will Lead the Iowa Repub-
licans in the Coming Fight
The Republican convention at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, was attended by about 1000
delegates But little time was expended in
getting to work, and the nomination of
Hiram g. Wheeler. of Odebolt, Sac County,
for Governor was effected early. His OPP
ponents for the honor were Ben f. Clayton,
farmer of Pottawattamie County, and ex-
Congressman Daniel Kerr, of Grundy
County. Two ballots were required
to settle the Lieutenant Govern
orship, the surprise of the day
being the defeat of the present incumbent,
Albert n. Poyneer, of Tama. A spirited
contest over the Supreme Court Judgeship
ensued, requiring three ballots. The bal
ance of the ticket was chosen by acclama-
ton. The platform declares for prohibit
ton, high protective tariff, and favors
free coinage of silver Following is the
ticket entire:
Governor. .....................H Hiram q. wheeler
Lieutenant Governor. George van Houten
supreme Judge. D. M weaver
Supt Public Instruction. Henry Sah1n
Railroad Commissioner. Frank L. Campbell
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TO DEATH IN ONE INSTANT.
Two Horrifying Railway Accidents Claim
scores OF Victims.

Two Horrifying Railway Accidents Claim
scores OF Victims.
The aThunderboltn the Erie roads east
bound Chicago New York train, was stand
ing at the station at Ravenna, Ohio, hav-
ing trouble with the coupling of special
excursion car from Findlay, Ohio, carrying
forty glass workers returning to Corning,
NY. fagman failed to signal a fast
freight following, and in the rear
end collision which ensued twenty-one
people we're killed and thirty injured. five
of the killed being from Brooklyn, n. Y,
and the balance are from Corning. Eight
miles west of Charleston, w. Va, a train
on the Kanawha and Michigan Road went
through burning trestle, and of nearly
eighty passengers on board thirteen were
killed outright, six fatally hurt, and all
but one of the others less seriously injured
They were excursionists-theU United Amer
lean Mechanics-from Charleston. At the
crossing of the Northwestern Road with the
Madison street cable line. in Chicago, a
switch engine smashed into horse car
killing one passenger, fatally injuring two,
and seriously wounding three others.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09

EVERY mimi te, night and day, the
United States Government collects $500
and spends $46l.
An English Judge recently sentenced a
woman to five minutes imprisonment
for bigamy. lit is probably the shortest
sentence on rec ord.
AN experienced caterer says that where
the guests at a gathering are well &C
quafnted they eat at least 20 per cent.
more than they otherwise would.
MONSTER turtles are so abundant in
Magdelena Bay, Lower California. that
a company has gone into the business Of
canning the extract for expectation.
A VALLEY more wonderful than the
Yosemite. except in the matter of water
falls is said to have been discovered in
Kings River Canyon, above the far
famed Yosemite.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
THE NEW ORLEANS AFFAIR.

Italy's Representative Has New Commu-
nications to Make to MI. Blaine.
II PrOgresso 1tdIO- americana, always we'll
informed in regard to Italian questions,
publishes the following dispatch:
BAR HARBOR, Me.-Marquis Imperiali ar
rived here, bearing important communica-
tions from his government relative to the
New Orleans incident Notwithstanding
the relapse which Mr.. Blaine has expert
enced. the Italian Charge d'AfPaires hopes
that he will be allowed to have a confer
ence with the Secretary of State.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
DUTCH COLONIES AT THE FAIR.
They Promise to Make Most Intere sting
Exhibit Of Their Natural Wealth.

They Promise to Make a Most Interesting
Exhibit Of Their Natural Wealth
Lieutenant Roger WelIes, Jr, of the
United States navy, Commissioner to
Venezuela and the neighboring colonies,
reports that the Governor General of the
Dutch Colonies in the West Indies, COM
posed of the islands of Curacao, St Mar
tins, Bonaire, Ardba ST. Eustache and
Saba, has accepted the invitation to
participate in the exposition, and has
appointed commission to take charge
of the work.
Phillip Walker, formerly chief of a
division in the Department of Agricult-
ure devoted to experiments With Ameri-
can silk, has been placed in charge of the
eparation of the extensive exhibit of
that industry which the departm pro-
poses to make at the Worlds Fair. The
work will be under the supervision of
Assistant Secretary Willetts, and will be
done in the museum of the Department
of Agriculture.
At meeting of representative shoe
and leather men held in Boston it was
decided that New England could raise
SIS. 600 toward the constr uction of the
shoe and leather building at the Worlds
Fair. for which subscriptions are being
received from all over the country, and
the committee made plans for securing
the necessary subscriptions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Tarribly Whipped by White CAPS.

Further details of the whipping Of old
man Mcguire and his stepdaughter, aged
eighteen, near Leavenworth, Ind. show 1T
to have been most brutal affair. Two
hundred masked white caps dragged their
victims to the woods, where they were
stripped to the waist and tied to trees
The girl was given fifty lashes and Mcguire
seventy-five and both were terribly man
gled Both tainted under the punishment
After the whipping Mcguire and his step
daughter were ordered to leave within
twenty days or they would be lynched.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
BY Rail up Pixies Peak.

The Pixies Peak Railway is now in sue
cessful operation. The first passenger train
consisted of an engine and one car, Occu-
pied by sixty-five people, mostly excur-
sionists from Denver The lower terminus
of the line is 6,4O0 feet above sea level and
the upper 14,147. The distance is nine
miles, and the steepest grade is 25 per cent
on a rise of one in forty. There is double
70 ok rail in the center of the track The
track is standard gauge, steel rails, and
fifteen feet roadbed. The road is operated
on the Apt system.
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HURLED INTO ETERNITY.
Four Men Killed by the Bursting of Lo-


Four Men Killed by the Bursting of a Lo-
connective Boiler.
By the bursting of the boiler of switch
engine on the jersey Central near White
Haven, Pa, Engineer Thomas Trip, Fire
man J. Pope. and Brakemen Gallagher and
Smith were instantly killed. The body of
Engineer Trip was crushed and bruised in
a terrible manner and was found 100 yards
from where the explosion occurred. No
trace of Fireman Pope's body has yet been
found and it is thought he was blown to
atoms. The locomotive was totally
wrecked, the boiler being blown 300 feet up
the mountain side. There was some defect
in the water pipes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
GETTING BACK AT UNCLE SAM.

None but Dominion Citizens Will Be Per-
mitted to Work on the Canadian Canal.
Hickler & Sons, of Buffalo, have the con-
tract for the new Canadian canal For
nearly two years they have been working
on the contract, but they were notified by
Canadian authorities that none but Cana
dams will be allowed to continue on the
work and all others must stop. This throws
out of employment over one hundred
dredgemen who draw large wages. The
cause of the action is supposed to be that in
the new appointments for the 500 Canal a
number of Canadians were thrown out on
account of not having final papers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
CYCLONE IN IOWA.

Several People Killed and Injured and
Houses Destroyed in Audubon County.
Dispatches report cyclone at Gray, Au-
dubon County, Iowa. A large number of
houses in the track of the storm were de-
stroyed and number OF people injured.
One man is reported killed at Halbur. There
was heavy storm of hail, doing much
damage to crops of all kinds Audubon
also reports heavy hailstorm, with hail
stones as large as hens eggs. The storm
lasted twenty minutes, and greatly dam
aged crops. Great Arcadia and West Side
also report great damage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
WESTERN A ssoc1ATIoN.
Crushed Out ot shape by an Elephant

A crowd gathered at Manhattan Beach,
a resort near Denver, to witness a balloon
ascension. There is a menagerie at the
Beach and it has been advertised that chill
dren would be given ride on the back of
an elephant. The elephant had eight chill
dren on his back when the balloon started
up. The animal became terribly fright
ened. The children all fell off, and Johnny
Eaton was caught under the elephants
feet and crushed TO death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Four Crue, Murders.

John Baker, colored man, killed his wife
and himself at Huntsville, Ala. In fit of
jealous rage, Jesse Cartwright, of Bald Twin
County, Ala, killed his wife and his brother
John Rausch shot and killed his swee heart,
Maria Bucket, at Lawrence, Mass, and then
put bullet through his own head Pugh
Prewitt, colored boy, residing in German
town, Tenn, was stabbed to death outside
the church at that place. His assailant is
unknown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
murdered bow Masked Highwaymen.

James Hawkins, of Old Akers Mills, went
to Buffalo, w. Va, and there incautiousIy
displayed large amount of money. On
his way home in the evening he was stop
ped by two masked men who robbed him
and then shot him dead. Luther Glenn and
Joe Lockett, Jr., have been arrested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Frank Pierce's Victim Dead.

Frank Pierce was lodged in the Des
Moines Jail, having been denied bail. The
crowd of citizens which had gathered in
the afternoon dispersed Immediately after
Wishart died while under a surgical opera
ton, which had been performed on his in
testines where they had been pierced.
Pierce was removed to the county jail and
put in a cell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
One Juror Went 70 Sleep.

At Indianapolis, some time ago, A. j.
Kestlin secured judgment against the Ma
tional Accident Insurance Company for
$4,000. Application was made for a new
trial on the novel plea that Juror Norwood
an old and very feeble man, was asleep
during the greater part of the trial, and did
not, therefore, hear all the evidence. Nor
wood admitted that he slept part of the
time, and the court set the verdict aside,
granting the defendant a new trial.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
wheat in Fine Condition.

Crop reports from Dakota, Minnesota and
Montana continue most favorable. There
has been more rain this season than at any
other corresponding period for years.,
Wheat, meadows and pastures are better
than for years. The mild winter brought
stock through in good condition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Died in His ST .ter's Defense.

Albert Parnitzke shot and killed James
Warner, near Utica, Iowa. ParnitZke en-
tered the room of Warmers sister and made
indecent proposals. which she rejected
whereupon he shot her. the bullet entering
her cheek. Warner then drove him from
the house. Parnitzke secured a rife, re-
turned, and shot Warner, the later dying
instantly. Lynching parties failed to cap
ture the murderer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
AMERICAN Laborers Warmed.

W. E. Sims, Consul at Colon, writes to the
Stvte Department that the condition Of
American laborers in Central and South
America is very wretched. The pay for
labor is very poor, and Americans cannot
live on it. He expresses the hope that the
emigration of laborers from the United
States will be stopped, as there is no room
for them, and death alone awaits them
there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
DIED porEsT1NG HIS INNOCENCE.

ROudinot CrumptOn Pays the Death Pen
atty for the Murder of Sam Morgan.
At Fort Smith, Ark, Boudinot Crumpton,
alias Bud Burris, was executed. Crump-
ton died protesting his innocence. He at
tributed his downfall to whisky. He
warned those present when they took a
glass of liqcor to look in it and they would
see there the hangman's moose. The crime
was committed Nov. 3, 1889, near Musko-
gee, Creek Nation The evidence against
him was circumstantial, but very strong.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Two Bodies Found in the Lake.

At West Superior, Wis, two bodies, with
their hands clasped together, were found in
Superior Bay. They were identified as the
remains of Peter Whitehall and wife. There
is mystery regarding the cause of their
death. Whitehall was laborer and at
times given to drink.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
GOV. BOIEs AFFEALs FOR AID.
The People of Iowa Asked to Assist 500
Homeless Persons in Cherokee.

The People of Iowa Asked to Assist 500
Homeless Persons in Cherokee.
Gov. Boies, after surveying the flooded
district at Cherokee, Iowa, issued the
following proclamation to the people of
the State:
TO TIE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
You have heard of the aff1iction which has
fallen upon some Of the towns of our State
1 have made a personal examination OF the
condition in this city by coming here and
going over the flooded districts and find
that at least seventy five families have lost
everything and some twenty-five more
have lost most of their household goods and
much of their clothing, while their dwell
ings have been greatly injured by the
foods. In addition to this loss of homes
and furniture and clothing the county at
large has suffered greatly in the less of
nearly every bridge, both iron and wood,
within it's limits
A careful estimate places the number of
families which require help at once at 100,
thus making population of about 500 that
require and will require for q considerable
length of time to be cared for by the char
ity of our people, In addition to the above
many of the surrounding towns have also
suffered greatly, and will necessarily be
compelled to appeal to the people of the
State for aid.
In view of this calamity I recommend
CnaU the mayors Oh inc several Clues u INC
State and all other charitably disposed
persons Immediately take steps to organize
proper committees to solicit aid for these
unfortunates. and see that the same is
promptly forwarded to David III. Bloom.
Mayor of Cherokee, for distribution am ing
those of this city who have suffered losses,
and to such persons as may be named by
the roper authorities of the other towns
which have suffered from the same calam-
ity. All contributions so forwarded will be
faithfully applied to the purpose for which
they are sent Let contributions be prompt
and liberal. HORACE BoIEs.
At Dubuque public meeting was held,
and So, 900 will be forwarded to the re-
liof fund
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Aarnnaut RafIlv Hurr.

At Cloquet, Mimi, Frank Bruce, a para
chute jumper, assembled 900 feet in a bal
loon, but owing to a fog thought it wiser to
defer his intended leap The balloon sud-
denly collapsed, and he was dashed against
a church and terribly cut. No bones were
broken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Texas Steers for North Dakota.

At Dickinson, N. d., c drove of Texas p
year-old steers was brought in for one COM
pany, and there are 10000 more on the
trail. The droves left Texas April Is, and
for the last month have gained every day,
days drive being ten to twelve miles. A
new industry has been started on the Grand
River, at a point south of Dickinson An
old hunter and trapper has imported forty
beavers, and will give his entire attention
to the care Of these animals.
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DEED OF DEsPERADoEs.
A Minnesota Farmer and His Son Killed
by Two Notorious Horse-thieves.

by Two Notorious Horse-thieves.
At Lakeville, Mimi, Eli Mullinax, no.
torious horse thief of Princeton, Mo-,
killed John Johnson and was wounded by a
son of Johnson, but not seriously. Peter
Brizendne, companion of Mullinax, then
shot and killed young Johnson and wounded
Mrs. Johnson, who rushed to the assistance
of her husband and son. Mullinax and
Brizendine at the time of the tragedy were
stealing pair of horses belonging to John
son. They escaped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Bank Teller Sentence to Prison.

George w. Richie, who recently pleaded
guilty to the larceny of over $4,000 from
the Commonwealth National Bank, Phila-
de phia where he was employed as receiv-
ing teller, was sentenced to three years
Imprisonment. He has returned most of
the stolen money to the bank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
Failure of a Texas Bank.

Bank Examiner Spaulding took charge of
the Dallas, Tex. Ninth National Bank, and
it's doors will be closed. He makes state
ment that every depositor will be secured.
The causes assigned are stringency in the
money market and more loans than the
capital would warrant
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Ravages of Flames.

At Columbus, Ga, fire broke out in w. [.
Harvey & Co.'s lumber yard, and $4,000
worth of lumber was destroyed. The fire
swept the entire block, and the total loss
will probably amount to $780, 900: fnsur-
ance, about $6T, 900. Browns "Beehive,n at
Scranton, Pa. was Quilted by fire. Three
floors stocked with millinery were deluged.
The stock was valued at 100000; insurance,
$50, 00O The lumber sheds of Grand, Fuller
& Sons, Boston, were burned. Loss, $780, 600.
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Losses by Fire.

The large barrel factory Of Shewaller &
Croninger at Hartford City, Ind, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire. Loss. SIS, 600;
light insurance. At Oshkosh, Wis, fire
started in the lumber yard of the William
son & Libby Lumber Company, and caused
a loss estimated at from $4,000 to SIS, 900.
principally high grade lumber; fully in
snrad
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Saved Five Lives.

At Baltimore the promptness of Chief
Officer Forsythe of the steamer Michigan
was the means of saving five lives. The
vessel was anchored off Fort McHenry when
Mr.. Forsythe saw sailboat containing five
men capsze. He ordered a boat lowered
and manned and the men were rescued.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
The Cherokees Go to- Law.

Robert Ross, Treasurer of the Cherokee
Nation, says that stockmen will either have
to pay him so cents head for grazing on
the strip or be elected. He added: "Any
cattlemen who pay for grazing can rest as
sured the Cherokee Nation will protect
them Any attempt to remove stockmen
who rent from us will call for injunction
nrOceedingS.D
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Killed in the Storm.

Near Upton, Ind, great damage was done
by severe rain and hail storms, numerous
fields of growing grain being ruined. Jor-
don Scott, farmer, was killed by light
ming, and two schooIhouses and barn were
DESTROYED