Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-03-26
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PERTAINING TO DIFFERENT.SEC
TONS OF THE UNION.
Killed by a Dynamo.

Free Ports to our Cattle-PerisAad in
Hountains-Will of Sen.
atoE Hearst Read.
John Freeman, a young clerk, who |
recently came to this city from Law
renee, N. Y, was killed by electricity
In the Office of his employers, Melville
Strong Il Co., manufacturers of sterling
silverware, on the second floor of No. 3
East Thirteenth street on March 18th
In New York City. Freeman had. been
in the employ of the house for about
three months, and had won general
esteem by his fidelity to duty. The
power used by the firm is generated by
. Baxter dynamo of about !, OOO-volts
force, worked by the East River Eec-
trio Light company. This dynamo is
about three feet high, and stands at II
distance Of "a few inches from the wall.
AZ IL customary in most silverware
factories, the floor of the Office had been
lined with sheet iron, in order that any
molten silver that fell from the watts to
the floor should not get into the crew.
ces Of the woodwork. Early in the
morning Mr.. Elder noticed that the
dynamo was out of order. This was
probably due to the fact that the dyn-
amo had been worked far beyond It's
capacity. Mr.. Elder went around the
workrooms and warned each employe
against going near the dynamo. His
remarks to Freeman, who had evinced
. fondness for experimenting with
electricity, were particularly emphatic.
At $50 p. IN. all the men quit work for
the day. The only persons who re-
mained in the rooms after that time
were Mr.. Elder, Freeman, and an Office
boy. Mr.. Elder was sitting in his
office when he was startled by the
sound of shout, followed by heavy
fall. He ran into the room and saw
Freeman lying on the ground stark
dead. OF what had happ ned only the
Office boy was a witness. According to
his account Freeman tried to shut of
the dynamo. In order to reach the
switch he had to pass his arm along the
narrow space between the wall and the
dynamo. Seeing Freeman approach
the battery, the office boy became
frightened and called to him to come
away. ooh it's all right" answered
Freeman. confidently. ~ know how
to work it," He stretched out his haze
to the switch. AS he did so he Leaned
forward slightly and his forehead came
in contact with the revolving armatur'
of the machinery connected with TIN
dynamo. He stood on Il sheet-irOl
flooring and the circuit was complete
His whole form stiifened and straight
ened out, every muscle grew rigid an'
he dropped like a log to the floor. Tn
office boy ran out to the New Yorl
hospital for an ambulance, but wheI
the surgeon arrived he said that dealt
had been instantaneous. On Freeman
forehead was the mark of u slight bur
Just above the brow, showing wher
armature and completed the circuit
Mr.. Elder said last night that II snia
wooden frame had been placed aroun
the dynamo as a precautioi early j
the morning, but during the day tina
frame had been taken away. If 1t ha
been left in its place, he said, Freema
nivht now be alive
The body of Abner c. Daggett, VIII
was lost between Mullen and st. Reg
house, Idaho, was found by the rotar
snow pillow on the Northern Pacific, b
tween Mullen and Missoula. M
Dagget has been missing since Feb.
at which date he started to walk fro
the st. Regis house, where he was en-
ployed as q cook, to Mullan, distan
Of eighteen miles. To make the jOu
ney it was necessary to cross the sur
NIT Of the st. Regis range. The sno
was very deep at the time and almo
impossible except by snow shoe
These the unfortunate man had n
provided himself with. He BEGAN
lost, wandered about for three or TO
days, 1t is thought, as pistol shots we
heard by q miner up In the gulch
three days after he started. His boz
was found one and One-half miles VIZ
Of st. Regis.
Through the untiring efforts OF n
Phelps. United States Minister u b
lin, the German government has
moved the embargo placed on Americ
cattle landed at Hamburg. Alrea