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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

The facilities Of the present day for
he production Of everything that will
coaGuce tc tic material welfare and
comfort or maul,i1d are almost unlim-
tied. and when cyrup Of Figs was first
produced the world was enriched with
The only perfect laxative known, as 1t
is the only remedy which is truly
pleasing and refreshing to the taste
aud prompt and eacctual to cleanse
tie system geutly in the sPing-time
or. in fact. at any time, and the better
Il is known the more popular it be
comes
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

MITCHELL FAILURE.-SheTiff +.
H. Croisan was called down to Ger
Ns saturday, to attach the prop
sy oil Mckinley Mitchell, in behalf
his creditors. Mitchell had
-otgaged all his property to j. r.
lawson, of Portland, who repre-
Sue the Merchants Protective
Culon' Mr.. Mitchell was in Salem
sunday, and says he thinks he can
pay on all his creditors in full, as
-N liabilities are $4,000 and his
1S'es about $4,000. His book ac-
S4ls are very large, and if these
p'OnPtly met no embarrassment
!" eD'ae' His failure is attributed
-, ''y loses on wheat and pro-
,",'1 fFomiaet among them was
a. % lot Of potatoes, shipped to
~ w. francisco only a few weeks ago
sll ''nfll says he can settle so as Il
~ us friend, which he esteemi
knef than the money.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

ABour ruN SAME. You can now
-.ta suit u ip tn urdOr Of those
choice new patrons at the Woolen
nill store, Tor just about the same
cost "a ready made clothing.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
SUPREME COURT.
SALEM. March 8. 1891.

SALEM, AaTcH D. lo0l'
The state of Oregon eX rel. Rlch-
ard Everding appellant, VS.. joseph
simon respondent; appeal from
Multnomuh county argued and sub
mitted. w. l.. Boise aud john H..
Hall Atty's. for appellant. A. f.
Sears Atty. for respondent.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

GARpss ASD fIELD.-Now rus
ls your work in garden and field
ond then get some Of those superior
fre,b seeds at CLARK & Epley's lO'
Court street.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

PORTLAND POLICE COMMISSION
The Joe. Simon police commission
case is being heard In the supreme
court today. The people of Portland
are watching this case closely, as II
means a good deal to some OF them
IT has a tendency to change or not
TO change bossism Of the Portland
pollce. The case stands, Richard
Everding re!ator and appellant vs.,
Joe. simon, respondent appealed
from Multnomah court. AOie AT
torneys are employed on both sides
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
The First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can I
eat. can't sleep, can't think, can't do
anything to your satisfaction, aud
YOU wonder what ails you. You
should heed the warming, you are
taking the first step into Nervous
Proslratiou. You need "A Nerve
Tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for re-
storing your nervous system to its
normal, healthy condition. Surprls-
ing results follow the use of this
great Nerve Tonic and Alternative
Your appetite returns, good diges,,
tion is restored, and the Liver and
Kidneys resume their healthy action
Try bottle. Price soc. at Fry''
Drugstore.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
niserimInalIon.

Buyers who employ dlscriHinai ION
10 selecting carpets, "il c'"ihs' is'e
curtains, curtain poke az" ~
tufes, will not Ogerio0E raifin' I, le',l'
ipg dry goods house.. a. l.upni
ooDo.ii- add a hush,s TANK
W. 2-l4sOd &Wu
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

g." uRoCERY SToRE.-Charley
,hagn ieon will start a grocery store in
1' 'o'mpsoh grove in East Salem AS
t - a The Necessary building can
4, u''eu' The contract is already
h. -, :. me store building. 1t will
2'''e street Just north OF rhe
,,' ~ hopse % Mil creek. The
vin current that butcher shop
y,aI s'on lie put up in the same
aa,,- 'l''y, That part Of Salem /,
80, : ute burg In itself and Gar
'apFoFt these store. and mnk,
.rd oH'aele business To the owueu
Stb. great eonyeuieuce TO that par
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

REMOVED, The stove and tin
store on Barr q Petzel has been re-
moved fraiu next door 70 Ladd d
Rush's bank 10 2l7 Commercial, two
doors north Of Red Corner drug
store. ef""
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

T,y,,t YOU can have at Strong'S .5',
Mha' ICT amon pie, Bismarck torts'
bekery' o, turo.overs, cream rolls
filll ~ "ns and brandy waters, all
sb made today.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

THE RAcEs.-For The next nif
.,sanpounced, aud nov you should
attend % having your ''.e1 ~ -, -.
Jobn knight can do you q perfect
lob OghOFse shoeing'
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
French Peas-Sroat & Giles.


h we suffered for years with rheuma
tiSm, aud diSorierei bl pod, after great eN-
peu0iture otmnney had Htmu given up
all hope OF relief Hearing of Hibbards
Rheumatic syrup, I gruSped it rs q last
resort, after using six bottles found almost
entire relief 1 am now able to work on
my farm with ease which l have not done
in years, and advise all persons suffering
with rheumatism and othcrhluud trophies
10 try this medicine. II, PERRY,
Thurman, Mich,
sold by smith & steiner.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
Executrix Notice.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the un
y dcrsigned mas been duly appointed
- xecutrix of the last viii and testament
aud estate Of Amanda EDDY, deceased, by
the County Court OF the state OF oregon,
for Marion county; and all persons having
claims against said estate are hereby holl'
undersigned at ner residence in North Sa-
lem, Marion county, oregon, within six
months from The date Of the first publica-
ton hereof And all persons indebted 20
said estate arc hereby requested 10 make
Immediate payment Of the stme 10 the
undersigned -
Dated, January ], 1891. ..,
FIDELiA r.. CHANEY.
F1ecutriX Of the estate Of said decedenl
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
THE COURT STREET JEWELER

Isthe w0rkine mans friend. strictly nrst
cia-s work GA watches ana cioc - ~ eastern
pnces. Aiso dealer IN watches, clocks
lewelry, silver ware, ~ ma Opera block'
salem, Oregon.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

Z sehoettle, the artistic tailor now
bss line stocs, and IL prepared 70
make up some of lhe nsates' SPfins
sults ever seen In Salem,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

ONLY THE FIsEsT, T,-pel-eoh
Ialcrg, the leading BARRIERS use ol'y
the fues; perfumes, oils hsy run
and tonic. consequently their pa
a., us are always pleased with 'hs''
rrork
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
$40 REWARD.

will pay the above reward for informa-
ton leudiug to the recovery of Two colts
which left my place at Barlow station last
september. one is n 8-year old horse colt,
dark bay with coal BLACK spot on shoul-
der. The other Is "a tiliy, two years old this
spring, also dark bay, Both of them have
long tails. Address WM BARLOW,
2t w Barlow station, Or.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

H., s-' f''le' is the baking powder
adv sa... 80 : 20 many ofJ.G. whght's
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

VERY DRY.-The weather Gun
continues somewhat moist pu' ar
rsr & Co. can supply the choicest
dried fruit way down.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
Instruments Filed for Record at the
County Recorders Onice.

JC Moser aud wf to the
heirs of Frank f. HOdkins
acre in t 7 ;, 3w Vo
j w Wright and WI to Eva
Augeline Grace Wright 100
acres id t7srl3
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
Notice Of Dissolution.
CLOVER SEED

For sale at nay firm on Howell prairie,
or delivered in salem at II cents per pound.
clean and clear Of Canada thistle seed;
3-l2m-W# JOHN NEW SUM-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

toot 0l JeflorsOn Et. Tickets lof Aast ai44
stations ior aale al uninn depQt, NoF. Qtn
aud streeta. ChAh. y evhta
Gen. saDl 4 A0snIKa 4 feas A.
-Asl~
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

French Mushro0ms-Srolt &
Giles.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
Local AARNhE

,,,,,,., net 81 cents per bu'
" he'', ,ot;ve. % $5 rents per TO-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
FOR SALE.

seventy-uine and one-half acres of land
81 miles from salem, 2tS from Independ-
ence: IL miles from steamboat landing; "
of mile from school house. House, barn,
smoke house, wood and chicken house.
Fly acres In cultivation; balance pasture;
four springs on the place; fine young on
chard, small fruit, etc. Call at the place, or
address q. l.. " eaver, Dencer, Marion Co.,
Oregon. 2l6lmdAw
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09

WANTED. A competent girl to do
W houscwork: Gail at Geo. r. smiths,
S07 Commercial street. S9f
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-09
OregOnian Rail Road Company.
General omoas Front and r, sts, rortlan
EAST SIDE


Connections al WoOdburn with 20
trains tO and from PrOtland and NJ iali-
man with trains 70 and nom Albany.
The advocate., 1891-09-02
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.

Shall We Drive Slow Poison From Our
Breakfast Table alum and Ammonia
in Our Bread.
A nuisance that troubled England fifty
years ago is now rapidly spreading in
this country, that is putting alum in the
bread we eat This question Is causing
a great deal of discussion at the present
moment, as it Is revealed that alum is be-
ing used as a substitute for cream of
tartar in baking powders. A story Is
told that very large percentage of the
baking powders sold on the market con-
tain either alum or ammonia, and many
of them contain both these perniclous
drugs. Much timely alarm Is felt at the
wholesale use of alum In bread, biscuit
and pastry. To young children, growing
girls, persons Of weakly frame, alum
bread eaten morning, noon and evening
is the most harmful. It Is the small
quantities taken at every meal that do
the mischief. Alum is cheap, costing
but 9 or cents a pound, while cream Of
tartar costs 30 cents, and the high price
Of cream Of tartar has led cheap baking
powder to be made Of alum. II the
The advocate., 1891-09-02

Hereafter in public Democratic meet
ings Alliance people have no place and
business there any more than Repub-
llcan or a negro Alliancemsn. Alliance
don't consist or mix with Democracy.
This is plain talk, but the whole truth.
AS we'll might black call itself white, or
white black. These Alliance people
might as we'll be told this now as here
after. If they say they will hold with the
hare and run with the hounds, the EG-
aminer undertakes to run them ont OF
the Democratic Gallatine, Ten
TleSSee, Examiner.
The advocate., 1891-09-02
A FINE KETTLE OF FISH.
% Industrial Educator.


From the Industrial Educator.
There is certainly vast amount of
wisdom among our modern political
philosophers. No doubt us "hayseeds"
are incapable of fathoming their sublime
depths. How could "subalterns and sub
ordinates," "men Of the hoe" a customer
to pumpkins and shucks philosophy"
measure up to the giant intellects that
gave utterance to such ponderous
thoughts as the following: The Globe
Democrat (Rep.) says:
Cotton has lately touched the lowest point
since 1856, owing to the largest crop on
record; and the present crop promises to be
even larger than the last. II is possible,
evidently, to have too much cotton as well
as to have too much corn.
And the st. Louis Republic, equally as
good Democratic authority, says:
Leading newspapers of the cotton belt
seriously advise planters to plow up every
fourth row of their crops now, when half
made.
Yet both these philosophers testify
that tens of thousands suffer every
winter on account of insufficient cloth
ing, and large numbers of hands are
idle in our factories because they have
shut down. We doubt if any more than
one-fourth of the people Of this country
possess sufficient clothing to keep them
comfortable during all seasons of the
year.
And yet DR.. Dyenforth is practicing,
at the expense of the government and
with the hearty approval of such pro-
gressive papers as we have quoted, on an
experiment, which, if it proves success
full, will insure more abundant crops
than ever all over the United States. In
deed if rain can be produced at pleasure,
there will be no more failures of crops.
Then the government statistian comes
In and says the great cause of agricul-
tural depression is reproduction. Yet
J. j. Ingalls,, three times Senator from
Kansas and until recently president Of
the Senate, says: "there are 100000
people in this country (nearly one-sixth
of our population) who seldom geta good
square meal"
Again, Texas and all our western
states are endeavoring to make credit
able exhibition of our industries at the
Worlds Columbian exposition with the
supreme object in view of attracting
emigrants to our vacant lands 80 they can
increase our over-production.
The advocate., 1891-09-02

The daily income Of the Astors is said
to be $4,000, Gould nearly $4,000, Van
derbilt $4,000, and Rockefeller $4,000.
This is q comment upon the legislation
we have been getting, not upon the
honest industry of these sharks.-Inde-
pendent Press.
The advocate., 1891-09-02

terror, and the rights ofsettleFs depend
ing on it, just because capital needed and
was willing to pay well for an arbitrary
performance.
The advocate., 1891-09-02
THE SUPREME COURT.
we Charge the Supreme Court With High
Crime In the Maxwell Grant Case.
From the Colorado Workman.
CONTEMPT OF AUTHORITY.


On December 81, 1869, Hon. J. d. Cox
then secretary Of the interior, made de
clsion that the extent Of the Maxwell
grant as made by Mexico and quit
claimed by Congress was twenty-five
square leagues, eleven leagues TO each O
two claimants,--that 10 to say, the Secre
tory decided that the amount Of land due
the grant claimants was $4,000 acres in
stead Of 100000 acres. Under this de
cision homestead and presumption settlers
acquired private and vested rights.
Secretary Cox had right to make the
decision of 1859. The supreme court ad
mits that a secretary is required to inter
pret the laws and resolutions Of Con
gress under which he 10 from time to
time required to act. The secretary oi
the interior was required to act under
the statute Of June 81, 1850, whereby
Congress quit claimed to Charles Beau
blen and Guadalupe Miranda grant Of
land purportlng to have been made by
Mexico. Secretary Cox was required, in
conformity with the statute OF 1860 to
make survey of the Beaublen and Mi
randa or Maxwell grant. He must there
fore, interpret this act; he must get at
It's meaning and intent; he must ascer-
tain how much land he iS warranted by
that act In surveying to the grant claim
ants. His Interpretation was this: That
he was not to survey to the grantees one
foot more land than was granted by
Mexico; and that the act itself clearly
indicated that the said grantees were en-
titled TO no more than eleven square
leagues, each, under Mexican law.
Here, then, Is decision that the secre
tary of the interior had authority tt
make,-s decision as to extent OF the
grant made by Mexico, and quit claimed
by Congress. His decision, then,-tht
secretary having Jurisdiction Of the sub
iect-matter became authority In the
Maxwell grant case; and settlers coult
and did acquire property rights undel
the authoritative decision.
Now, how long was the decision Of Sec
retary Cox to retain its authority? Unit
it was reversed by some proceeding TO
that purpose. The grant claimants, q
we have seen, tried to have 'Secretar!
Delano reverse, It, but he replied that b
had no ability to reverse his predeces
sor's decision, and 1t was therefore fina
so far as the interior department wa
concerned; that Is, 1t could not be re
yersed by that department Hence, wheI
Commissioner Williamson, unduly In
fluenced by Hon. s. B. ElkinS, proceeded
in 1877 to survey 100000 acres Of lanC
as the Maxwell grant, he was treating
the authoritative decision Of Secretar.
Cox with contempt.
Seventeen years after the secretary
decision Of 1869 was made, and min,
years after the unlawful procedure o
Commissioner Williamson, the Maxwell
grant case comes before the supreme
court Of the United States, and that tri
bunal proceeds to pass upon the exten
Of the said grant as made by Mexico ant
quit claimed by Congress as II Secretar.
Cox had never made decision upon tina
very subject-matter.
The advocate., 1891-09-02

adjudicated by the secretary Of the in
terror and final executive order issued,
it was guilty, as we have charged, of high
crime-the crime oftreatlng the supreme
executive authority Of the United States
with contempt, to the great injury Of the
United States and of the private and
vested rights of homestead and pre-
emptiOn claimants depending upon that
decision.
Il may be inquired, however, by some,
whether, instead of treating the secre-
tarys decision with contempt, the su-
preme court was not proceeding to legally
reverse that decision. Our reply to this
is quite ready. The supreme court was
not proceeding to reverse the secretary's
decision. That decision was not before
the supreme court for reversal. There
was no motion for reversal. There was
no complaint that the secretary had no
authority Of law to make the decision of
1869 or Of any illegality connected with
that decision. There is no mistake about
this matter. The secretary's decision,
with the rights depending upon 1t, was
deliberately ignored by the supreme
court, treated as IL 1t had no claim for
respect from that high tribunal, and Its
adjudication of the Maxwell grant case
arbitrarily and unlawfully set at naught-
brushed aside-relegated to the twining
woodbines.
The supreme court, in treating execu-
tive authority with contempt, is making
that authority contemplate. Who, we
ask, wants to acquire property rights
under decision Of secretary Of the In
terror, il, seventeen years after 1t was
made, the supreme court can treat 1t with
silent contempt: can say-a decision Of q
secretary needs no reversal. The matter
can simply be tried over again in the
courts, as If the secretary had never had
anything to do with 1t. If ever q telling
blow was traltorously struck one of the
three great departments of this govern
ment the supreme court struck that blow
when il treats the supreme executive su-
thority of the nation, as exercised in the
Maxwell grant case, as unworthy Of Its
supreme notice.
We do not for a moment believe that
the supreme court of the United States
proposes to make q business of treating
the legal administrative action Of the
government with contempt. That would
not be to Its interest 1t ID only on special
occasions that this high tribunal pro-
poses to exercise iss supreme might
In arbitrarily brushing aside as worth
less trash decision and order OF sec
retary OF the interior under which home
stead presumption settlers acquired
private and vested rights. The special
occasion on which It thus proposes to
treat executive authority with contempt
lswhen a wealthy foreign or domestic
land grant corporation requires just such
an arbitrary exercise Of supreme court
power. 1t is then, and then only, we
may expect it to say by Its action: "We
care not for final adjudication of sub
ject-matter by secretary of the interior
when respect for such an adjudication
would be blow to capital; and especially
at capital that Is friendly to this court
The advocate., 1891-09-02

reader wants to know something of the
corrosive qualities of alum, let him touch
piece to his tongue then reflect how it
acts on the tender, delicate coats of the
stomach.
Following is list compiled by the
Scientific American, of the alum and
ammonia baking powders that have al
ready been tested:
ATLANTIC& g. PACIFIC. ROYAL.
COOKS FAVORITE. sCIOTO.
GROWN. SILVER SPOON.
CRYSTAL. SILVER STAR.
DAISY. SNOWDRIFT.
DAVIS o. X. SOVEREIGN.
DRY YEAST. STAR.
GEM. STATE
GLOBE. STANDARD.
KENTON. SUNFLOWER.
PEARsON'S. WASHINGTON.
PERFECTION. WINDSOR.
PEERLESS. ZIPP'S GRAPE.
PURITY. CRYSTAL.
There are, in addition to the foregoing
list from the Scientific american, a num-
Der of such powders sold in the western
that were not found in the eastern stores.
Following is the list to date:
CALUMET Contains Alum.
Calumet Baking Powder Co., ChicagO)
FOREST CITY Contains Ammonia Alum.
(VOuwie Bros, Cleveland.)
CHICAGO YEAST Contains Ammonia Alum.
Chapman & Smith Co., ChicagO)
B5TF8 B9E BON Contains &S%SnIs G0n5Sas Alum. Alum
u. G. Grant Baking Powder Co., ChicagO.)
Spragues, Warner g. GriswOld, ChlcagO)
ONE SPOON, TAYLOR'S Ammonia Alum.
Taylor Mfg. Co., ST. LOUISE
YARNALLS Contains Alum.
SHAW'S SNOW PUFF Contains Alum.
merchants Mfg. Association st. LOUISE
CDodsOn & Hills, st. LOUSY
SHEPARD'S Contains Ammonia Alum.
(Wm. H. Shepard, st. LOuis)
BAlNS Meyer Balm Mfg. Co., st. cH0Ia1S Goaisy Aium'
MONARCH Contains Ammonia Alum.
(Reld, Murdoch Co., ChicagO.)
'OoG tsansai 4 Coffee & Spice Mills, % chloago.5 1i'i
GIANT Contains Alum.
'Ai wv. F. Mclaughlin & Co., 6hicagOJ
ECHO Contains Alum.
''0 (spencer BhlIng Paddle Co., ChicsgO.j
KALBFELL'S PURIFY Contains Alum.
(Kalblell Mfg. Co., ChlcagOl
RISING SUN Contains Ammonia.
(Ph9nix Chemical Works, Chicago)
WHITE ROSE Contains Ammonia Alum.
(GlODe Coffee & Spice Mills, MinneapOlis)
WOODS ACME Contains Ammonia.
(ThOs. Wood & Co., Phiadelphia.)
ANDREWS PEARL Contains Ammonia.
u. E. Andrews g. Co., Mllwaukee.)
HARRIES' FAVORITE Contains Alum.
H. Fl. Hsrries, MinneapOlls)
FIDELITY Contains Alum.
SOLAR Contains Alum.
(sherman Bros, ChicagO)
PUTNAM'S BEST Contains Alum.
wells Putnam Co., ChicagO.)
CHINA ''T'' HOUSE, Contains Alum.
Noah Mcdowell, St. Paul, Mlnn.)
TWIN CITY Contains Alum.
u. X. Ferguson, Minneapolis, Minn)
HERCULES Contains Ammonia.
(Hercnles Baking Powder Co., San FranclscO.j
CLIMAX Contains Ammonia.
Climax Baking Powder Co., Indianapolis
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
reported by all authorities as free from
Ammonia, Alum, Lime or any other
adulterant. In fact, the purity of this
ideal powder has never been questioned.
Hereafter in public Democratic meet
The advocate., 1891-09-02

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
reported by all authorities as free from
Ammonia, Alum, Lime or any other
adulterant. In fact, the purity of this
ideal powder has never been questioned.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-24
CIDER DON'T GO.
A Minister Expelled From the Temper.
ance Order for Drinking IT.

frtr1NAaA " 4 ~ obtAsAlsl
PITTsBURa, October 24.-The town
Of Suterville, twenty-nine miles from
Pittsburg, Is in torn lid over the a.
pulsion Of Rev Alexander Laird and
John McElroy from tie Sons 81 Temp
erance for drinking fresh cider.
III addition David Warren, Robert s.
Wilson, Robert Hunter, Alice Priddy
And John H. Owens are booked for I'll
pulsion next Tuesday. They violated
that section of the Sons Of Temperance
laws, which forbids s'the manufacture,
sale and use Of cider or wine fermented
or unfermented, or Of any kind Of
spirituous or malt liquors or of any kind
Of Intoxicating drinks as a beverage,
whether enumerated in the pledge OF
not
Rev. Mr.. Laird is pastor Of the Scotch
Presbyterian Church. He is a sort of
poet, philosopher, and philanthropist
in addition to being preacher.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-24
FURTHER DETAILS.

THE WORLD on Thursday made
mention Of the fact that there been nm
accident at the Hancock BRIDGE cross
ing the Potomac. The following addiT
tional facts have been obtained
The second span Of the bridge gave
way appropriated Messrs. Smith and
Stone, two representatives Of the Grot-
ton Bridge Company Of Ohio, and Mr..
Brakeall, Of Hancock, ninety feet into
the river below. Stone was Instantly
killed and Smith fatally injured. Mr.
Brakeall was fortunate enough to strike
the water which is shallow at that point
with his feet, and though landing at
the bottom with great force he hurt
only his legs, which were severely
bruised. Mr.. Stone came down head
first and Mr.. Smith struck on his side.
The bridge had been in course Of
for several months and
was almost completed when the acci-
dent occurred.