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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14
EATAL STEAMER EXPLOSION.
Number of Men Killed and wounded :.
Caused by Gns In a Tank Yessel

| LONDON, May 11.-A terrific explosion
occurred to-day in the forecastle of the
British steamer Tancerville, Captain Carter,
which was undergoing repairs in the dry
dock. Several men who were at work on
the steamer were killed and a number
were injured. The steamer was badly
damaged by the explosion.
The Tancerville is a tank steamer en-
gagged in carrying oil in bulk from Ameri-
can points, and her last voyage was from
Philadelphia for Havre. After reaching
the latter port and dscharging she pro-
eeeded to Newport, where she was to Toad
for Baltimore. There is no doubt that the
explosion was caused by the gases that
prevail TO a greater or less extent in the
hold of all oil carrying ships.
The force of the explosion was so great
that the forward deck was torn from its
fastenings and blown off. As the steamer
was out of water this was no pressure on
the hull to counteract the tremendous out
ward strain caused by the explosion and it
is reported that some of the plates on the
bottom of the ship was blown from their
bolts. The woodwork ofthe forward portion
OF the steamer caught fire but the flames
We're soon eXtinguished
1t has been detinately learned that five
men were killed and l3injured
:. LONDON, May ll.--A later dispatch from
Newport says that the loss of life caused by
the explosion on the steamer Taneerville
is larger than the first reports stated.
This dispatch says that so of the people
employed about the steamer were killed
and that % others were injured Many of
the victims were blown with terrific force
through the air and some of them were
hurled against the works which were situ-
ated % yards from the dry-dock in which
the ship was lying.
A number of workmen who were in the |
shops We're struck by the pieces Of the fly |
seriously injured,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

While the rumored threats of lynching,
in case of failure of the court to hang
Green, were still in the air, the negroes
were threatening vengeance in case any
whites have carried ont their threat il re-
mains to be seen whether the negroes will
attempt to carry out any such foolish
scheme as retaliation. This morning negro
men and women are muttering very loud.
and they threaten to burn the town. Your
correspondent himself overheard some
such foolish talk. 1t is to be hoped that no
additional law breaking will be INDUCED
in by any citizen of our usually Quiet
place.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

No matter how well a countefeiter
is brought up he always turns out
"queer."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

The coke strike is burning ques-
ton, except from furnace standpoint.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

-Loafers are as rule so good
natured, and busy people SO cross, it
seems to prove that the Lord never in
tended people to work so hard.-Atcbs-
son Globe.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

The amanuensis who uses foun-
tain pen can best use it when writing
from the dictation of the man that slut
tiers. It's a stand-off then.--Berbshtre
Ne2ps,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

in the recently published journal
Of Lady Dufferin, she gives the follow
ing illustration of true native politeness.
"a judge who was very bad shot had
been out for days sport, and on his
return the man who went with him was
asked, We'll, how did the judge shoot
to-day2' 'oh,' he replied, the judge
shot beautifully, but God was very mer-
ciful to the birds.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14
DANGER OF THE NEGATIVE VOTE.
Laurel Gazette, Ind.


Within our generation there has not
peen local question Of so great import
aace or SO widely discussed as the calling
81 o. convention of the people of Delaware
70 amend and improve the State constitu-
hoi. All parties have united in a protest
hgaiinlst 1he prevailing constitution which
was framed for time and condition now
PasG, our LEGISLATURE seeing the demand
Pf tne people have offered them chance
for the betterment of their condition and
n oraer % endorse the move emphatically
hay have ordered an election to be held On
; imesaay, May 18th, 1891, at which regis
tered option of the people can be ohtained
on the question of holding, or not hoIdins
such convention. The neratiye
vote is passive. Any man Who on.
posses convention will cast Ills
vote lust as effectively by staying at home
fer every voter who fails to Vote Tor a aeon eon,
ftit'itlon on that day places his vote among
the negatives and counts one for the defeat
on the convention idea. Eighteen thousand
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

The goat makes a strong distinction
between butt and if.-Biaghdmton Re-
publican.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

The average man enjoys the mar
vellous. He will pay for having his
fortune told by canary birds or learned
pigs, when he knows there is nothing in
it.-Neao Orleans Ptcayun6.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

1t all depends upon whether a
woman smiles upon man or smiles at
him. In the former case he feels drawn
towards her; in the latter he DOESN'T
Boston Traascript.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

The clear and distinct speech Of
President Harrison on the car platform
should be an object lesson to every
brakeman.-LoaoeH Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
WRECKED BY ABROKEN RAIL.
Fatal Accident to an Express
Train in Ohio.
A Dining Car and a Locomotive
Telescoped.

A fatal accident occurred on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad near
Lima, Ohio, a few mornings ago. About
$50 A. NJ. the dining car in passenger train
No. 25 1.-THE Columbian express) left the track
200 feet east of the east end Of the passing
siding at that place, and the two following
sleeping cars went with it.
tn dining car was wrecked and the two
sleepers were badly damaged by being
thrown against the engine Of east bound
train second 72, which was waiting on the
J. 81. Curtis, Of Chicago. cook in the dining
car; n. j. Manuel, of Chicago, cook in the
dining car; J. Wulf, Of Fort Wayne, Ind,
fireman on the freight train; unknown man.
found in the wreck Of the dining car.
Seventeen persons were badly injured.
The train was running at the rate OF sixty
miles an hour. The engine, baggage car
train parted in the rear Of the day coach. and
the dining car and two sleepers were thrown
over to the north track with terrific
force. The accident happened at the east
end Of the long siding which is north of the
main track. The broken rail was found
about forty rods east of the switch
used by the freights east bound.
Inc freight train was SCanQng on Tue
siding with the engine lmost up to the
switch. The dining car of the wrecked train
jumped to the side track and ran into the
freight engine, which telescoped the car half
o length. Little was visible of the engine
besides the cab and tender.
The scene at the wreck was frightful. The
sleeping ,ar Arden lay on its side in a ditch.
The Delphos sleeper was upright but
badly wrecked, and the Partisan dining
car was in q similar condition, just
as the freight engine had telescoped i.
In the front end of this car the cooks were
came 3. j. Manuel and ]. 81. Curtis were in
the kitchen at work. Manuel was caught
by the locomotive and the boiler and
some timbers and was literally roasted
.alive. His cries for help were piteous. he
lived about half an hour. Curtis was also
buried in the wreck. He was not rescued
for over an hour and was horribly bruised
and scalded. He died shortly after being
taken out. Both men lived in Chicago.
The fireman on the freight train was
caught between the tender and boiler n
killed. His name is j. Wulf, and his home
is in Fort Wayne. Ind.
. The body of a man crushed beyond recog-
milton was found under the dining car. In
all, about thirty-ive or forty person. were
injured.
Everything possible was done by the rail
road officials to alleviate the suffering of the
wounded, and they had a full corps of physi-
clans on the ground in q short lime after the
accident. The track was torn up for q dis
lance Of thirty rods east Of the switch, and
traffic was blocked until Q o'clock that after
noon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
South and West.

NEW YORK syndicate has decided to
build beet sugar factories throughout Ne
braska and adjoining States, with head
Quarters in Omaha.
A SATISFACTORY test Of the new navy
smokeless powder was made at Indian Head
Md.
HEAp-oS railroad collision occurred five
miles above Jonesboro, ILL.,, between a
freight train and a construction train. En-
gineer &. 8. FIippin and two laborers were
Killed, and eight others injured, some NOR
tally.
GREAT damage was inflicted in the San
Francisco and San Gabriel valleys. In Gan
fornia, and at Pasadena by a wind stro'n.
A. G. Taber was killed at Norfolk. In YER
dueo CANYON and the Glendale section the
Storm was the widest ever known. Buildings
we're wrecked. cars derailed and orange
trees stripped.
THE grip again became prevalent in Balti-
more, Nd. Many citizens OF Atlanta, "a,
suffered from the same epidemic. The DIS
ease anpeared in the milder form in many
parts Of Illinois.
RICHARD FURLAND and Bert Bamberg were
killed. James Mitchell was injured, and q
barn was set afre and destroyed by the ex-
plosion of a threshing machine on +. hoyces
farm near .Mayvlle, Mich.
WILLIAM E. MERRILL. United
States Engineer in charge Of the Ohio
River and its n~avigable tributaries, dropped
dead on a train near Edgeaeld, Ill. He was
born in Wisconsin in 1925.
THE annual meeting Of the American
Federation of Labor. the first ever held IN
the South, was called to order at Erswel
Hall, Birmingham, Ala, by President Sam
uel Gompers. Nearly 2O delegates from
every part Of the United States and canada
were in attendance.
The Virginia Legislature IN session at
Richmond re-electe1 John w. Daniel United
States Senator without opposition.
On one of the leading thoroughfares in
Chicago. Ill, a few nights ago five daring
h%ighwaymen suddenly surrounded n OF
Uncle SANS biggest mail wagons, and at re-
volver point forced the postal employees to
throw out several sacks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward,
K. g.. Duke of Clarence and Avondale. COM
monty known as "Collars and Cuffs" is the
eldest son of the Prince OF Wales, and is
therefore in the line Of direct succession to
the throne oil Great Britain. He was born on
january S, 1854. IN 1877 he entered the navy
as a m%idshipman and passed two years on
board the Britannia. In 1879, with his
brother, Prince George, he went to the West
Indies on the B~acchsnte; and in 1Ss0'SS.
still on the Bacchante, the two Princes trav-
eled around the world to South America,
Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope. In
October, 1883, Prince Albert Victor went to
Trinity College, Cambridge. and studied
there until the summer, when he went to
Heidelberg; in 1884 he went to Aldershot to
study military SCIENCE" and in 1885 was
made Lieutenant in the Tenth Hussars: in
1883 he became Captain, aud in 1889 became
Major: in 1890 he was raised to the peerage
by the titles of Duke Of Clarence and Avon:
dale, and Earl of Athlone; In 1888 be had
been Invested" with the Order OF the
Garter.
The cuffs which have given to the Duke OF
Clarence and Avondale the name by which
he is generally known are not apparent In
the portrait, but the collar is, very much SO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

IT was reported from Boston that Henry
I. Norcross, q ~note-broker, Of Somervnle,
Mass, was believed to be the bomb-thrower
who tried to assassinate Millionaire Russell
Sage in New York City.
MRS. IRWIN MCDOWELL, widow OF Major
General Mcdowell, died at her home In New
York City. Mrs. McDowelps maiden name
was Helen NJ. Burden. She was born in
Troy, n. Y, on January 90, 1926.
CAPTAIN SEYMOUR PAGE, the Oldest citi,
zen of Falls Village. Conn, is dead. aged
ninety.ive years. Mrs. Theodosia Lamp
on died in Stratford, Conn.,, a few days
ago, aged 100 years and six months.
The grip has broken out in epidemic form
in Philadelphia, Penn, and many other
Eastern cities and towns. Its ravages are
widespread.
EDWARD M. FIELD, the son of Cyrus W.
Field and head Of the late stock broklng
firm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers q Co.,
which failed for more than a million OF dol
lars in the last week Of November, has been
taken from the asylum and lodged in Police
Headquarters, New York City, criminal
charges having been preferred against HIM.
JOSIAH M1NoT, at one time the law part
ner OF Franklin Pierce, died at Concord, n.
e., aged seventy-three. He was Judge OF the
Court of Common Pleas and prominently
identified with many financial institutions.
SURGEON MELANcTHoN L. RUTH, OF the
United States Navy. died at the Naval Hos
pital, Brooklyn, N. Y, in his iorty-seventh
year. Doctor Ruth was one Of the best
known men in the United States Navy. He
was an intimate friend of Secretary Tracy,
and it was he who carried the Secretary
from his burning house in Washington,
where his wife and daughter lost their lives.
A COLLISION occurred on the New York
Central near Fishkill, N. Y, in which both
engines vera completely wrecked, the fire.
man OF the express, John Smith, of Albany,
was scaldel to death and the engineer, James
Kelly, Of Albany, fatally scalded.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad was pur-
chased at Pittsburg, Penn, by the Pennsyl-
vania for So, 000, 600, the latter assuming the
bonded Indebtedness of $50, OOO, OOO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
WINTER CARE OF SWINE.

To do their best, or even fairly well,
swine must be shielded from the inclem-
encies of the weather, says Galen Wilson.
They should have, as near possible, sum-
mer conditions in winter. This a be
easily and cheaply accomplished. The
pen should be foored, first packing earth
between and flush with the face of the
stills. The floor will then rest partly on
the stills and the earth. Cold air cannot
then get under the floor to chill it. Be.
meath where the animals sleep, floor,
earth and stills will be warm all winter.
The sides of the pen should be double
boarded, and the space between be filed
with sawdust or cut straw, packed close.
The under side of the roof should be
ceiled with boards or building paper.
The door should be in the end, if a low
pen, and be in two parts, an upper and
a lower. In all but extremely cold
weather the upper part of the door can
be thrown open, or partly, to give nee
essary ventilation. Hang a thermometer
inside, and keep it at about sixty de:
grees. This gives ''summer conditions"
SO far as temperature is concerned.
About six quarts or peck of beets
and all ear of corn twice a day will win
ter a mature breeding SOW as we'll as it
can be done. They need no ''slops"
nor scarcely any drinking water. There
is suficiency in the beets. In tho ao-
sence of beets, tho feed should be made
up principally of wheat bran, mill feed,
q very little corn, cut and steamed
clover and some refuse, or other yege-
tables of any kind. A shovelful Of coal
ashes, earth or rotton wood occasionally
is desirable. Salt should be PLACED be-
fore them occasionally in bulk, but not
in greesy dish-water or other slops. Let
their drinking water always be pure and
not too cold. Pleasant days, when the
temperature is agreeable, they may be
allowed tv run out.-MeW York Voice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

first clipping, a stub-lamb" Is called q
"tup-hogg." In England lambs after
they are eight months old, till the first
shear1ng, "ewe' and stweather-tegs," &C.
cording to sex. In Scotland a s.ewe-
hogg'' after the first clipping is called a
"gimmer,"s t.tup-hog," s'shearing
tup,p and a .swether hog a t.dlnmont."
The animal corresponding to the
name Of stgimmer' in Scotland is called
in England a "theaye" until it bears the
first lamb, after which it is termed
"ewe of four teeth;'' tbs year after,
ssewe of six teeth, "and after that q 'tfull.
mouthed ewe.n The "dInmont" in Scot
land answers in England to the title OF
'sshear hog" until they are deprived OF
the fleece, after which they are called
.'two-shear wethers," and afterwards
stwethers." In Scotland the shearing
brings about another change Of names;
thus the .sgimmer, if she is in lamb is
called a ssewe;" if barren q ''barren-
gimmer;" and an "eild-gimmer" if she
is not put to .'tupn or s'ran." A
'sshearing-tup" is changed to a .stwo-
shear tup;" a .dinmont'' becomes a
s'wether. when three times shorn a eve
is called a sttwinter-ewe," a stup," q
ssthree-shear tup;' a "wether" under
goes no change Of name, but still con-
tinues to be called by that name. After
the fourth shearing,a .'ewe" is a ssthree-
winter eve, or an s.aged ewe;" a sstupn
is known as an 'taged tup." Whena
ssewe" tails to be with lamb a second
time, she is called a .'tlIp-ewe" or t'bar-
ren-ewe;" when she ceases to give milk
a 'syeld-ewe;" when removed from the
breeding flock, at whatever age, she is
called a ssdraft;;" when put aside unfit
for breeding a .sdratt-gimmer;" and
when drafted out Of the fat or young
stock, lambs, dinmonts, or wethers are
called s.sheddings,n "tails," or
s:drafts."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
VISITORS KILLED.
A Horrible Quadruple Murder in
Florida,

Florida. .
Miss A. b. Bruce, Master Frank Pack.
wood, Mrs. L. D. Hatch and her son were
found murdered in a house occupied by the
Packwood family on the east coast, six miles
south Of New Smyrna, in Volusia County,
Fla.
Their threats were cut. The victims had
apparently been dead for eighteen or twenty.
four hours. These people had gone there to
spend the winter, having arrived only a
week before. Some Of them were from New
York State. There is no clue to the murder.
ers. Tramps are suspected OF the crime.
The Packwood residence is on the bank OF
Hillsboro River. SIX miles below New Smyr-
ma. 1t is situated in a thick orange grove
The country road is about half a mile in the
rear. The place is very isolated. The fol.
lowing special despatch was received from
Orange City, Fla:
The house was entered during the night
through a window, the intruder smashing
the sash and glass to gain an entrance.
Visitors to the premises next morning
saw in one corner of the main room
on the floor the body of Mrs Hatch.
She had been shot through the left eye.
In the same room, lying o n the
bed, was the body OF her six-year-old son.
He had been shot under the leit eye and his
throat was cut from ear to ear. In the ad-
joining room, lying on the floor, was the
body Of Frank Packwood, Jr., four years
old. He was shot through the head and his
throat was cut also. In the same room, lying
o. the bed, was the boiy Of Miss Bruce. She
had been assaulted and her skull and face
had been smashed with a heavy weapon.
Her face had also been penetrated by a bull
let and her throat had been cut. At the
broken window a large revolver was found,
two chambers having been discharged. On
the bed by the side Of the body Of Miss Bruce
lay q double-barrelled shotgun with the
stock broken. On the bad, near the body of
the Hatch boy, lay a long.bladed butcher
knife. Robbery was undoubtedly the mo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
FIVE STRIKERS KILLED.
AColorado Town Terrorized by Aus
trian and Italian Rioters.

AColorado Town Terrorized by Aus.
trian and Italian Rioters.
A strike at the mines Of the Colorado Coal
and Iron Company, at Crested Butte, COL,
has resulted much more seriously than was
at firskanticipated. About 500 Austrian and
italian miners employed at these works went
out on a'strike because Of a proposed reduc-
ton ofSwages by the company
Since the men went out they have refused
to allow the company to bring in new men,
have stopped the pumps and fans at the
works, allowing them to fill with gas until
there is danger of the mines blowing up, and
have pafaded the streets heavily armed,
threatening death to any one who should at
tempt to assist the company in any manner.
Sheriff Shares, Of Gunnison, arrived there
with a pose Of twenty-five men for the pur-
pose OF taking possession Of and guarding the
mines. No sooner had they alighted from
the train than they were attacked by
about two hundred armed Sicilians and
Austrians, , who began firing with their
rifles. The Sheriff held his men for a mo-
ment and then ordered them to return the
fire, which they did with deadly effect, KILL
ing five strikers. They were all Italians.
George Simonici and Matt Grahak, Austri-
ans, were fatally wounded. -,
After the firing the miners retreated and
the Sherif7s posse marched up the hill and
took possession Of the mines and threw up
redoubtsc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

MRS. AMELIA SPrEss blew out her brains
with a pistol at Lancaster, Penn, because
her mother threatened to put her husband
out Of her house.
THE Irwin PENN Bank failed to open.
P. s. Pool & Son, proprietors, have made an
assignment.
HESTER LEWIS and Levia Shields, two
colored women, were killed, aud two colored
men seriously injured by the collapse Of the
Twin Bayou Bridge, near Natchez, Miss. A
boy had his arm broken. The party was
on the bridge with a four mule team when
the structure fell, carrying them withit.
Ex-Governor A. P. z. Stafford, of
Oregon, died a few days ago at Tarpon
Springs, of which town he ~as the founder.
He had been Ill for over a yea He was
born in Vermont about ffty-four year. ago.
ARA1LRoAD collision occurred near Alder
son, w. Va, between a freight and passsn-
ger train. The killed were a fireman named
Lyons and a postal clerk named Burnett.
A railroad wreck also occurred at Dudley,
Iowa. Seventeen cars were demolished and
Engineer Welsh and Fireman McGovern
were instantly killed.
TIE anti-lottery and pro-lottery wings of
the Democratic party Of Louisiana held
separate conventions in Baton Rouge.
The President sent in the following nomi.
nations for United States Circuit Court
Judges. William L.. Putnam, of Maine, for
the First Judicial Circuit; Nathaniel Ship
man, Of Connecticut. for the Second. George
NJ. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Third; Nathan
Golf, of West Virginia, Fourth, William q.
Taft, of Ohio, Sixth; William A. Woods, Of
Indiana, Seventh, Warren Truitt, of Ore
gon, United States District Judge for the
District of Alaska.
The fishing smack Osprey was wrecked
in the Firth Of Tay, Scotland, during Sc
we're snow squall. The five men forming
her crew were drowned ..,- 70
THE steamer Prince ~Soltykof, from Barry
for St Nazaire, was wrecked of Brest,
France, and every person on board Of
her, twenty in all, except the captain, was
drowned
THE Quebec tCanada) Cabinet was dis
missed from Office by Lieutenant-Governo
Anglers,