Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-11


REPORT CONFIRMED.
This morning citizens were on tht
streets early trying to hear further re
ports from the scene of the disaster
1t was 8 o'clock before anything de
finite could be learned. AT thai
hour message came to K. E. McCul'
loch from an undertaken at Alexan
dria Bay, which read as follows:
"rLe bodies are without doub;
those OF Thos. E. McCulloch and
George Alwell, of Clarksville, Tenn,
They have been embalmed. What
must we do with the bodies ?"
HOPE Is BLASTED.
This message blasted all the hope
that had arisen in the breasts of their
friends, and deeper sorrow took
possession of the whole city.
TRYING TO GET THE NEWS.
The fact that the scene of the
drowning is so far removed from the
city made ii very hard matter to
get report of how the young men
met their death. All dispatches
stated simply that they had been
drowned, and nothing further could
be learned. kilograms were sent TO
various places but no answer came.
ABOUT THE TRIP.
The young men left here last We'd
nesday night to take pleasure trip
to Niagara Falls, Canada, New York
and Washington, expecting to return
in about two weeks. They reached
Niagara Friday and wrote letters
home about their trip. They were
delighted and filled with enthusiasm
over the prospects o! their trip down
the great st. Lawrence River. They
went from Niagara to Toronto, and
left the latter point for Thousand
Islands possibly Saturday morning.
THOUSAND ISLANDS.
Thousand Islands is stu tied at the
head of the st. Lawrence, where the
waters from Lake Ontario find their
outlet. This place is known in the
summer season as Alexandria Bay,
and it is point where all tourists
stop to spend day. The bay is only
q projection of the st. Lawrence
River, and is noted summer resort,
with about 800 inhabitants. 1t was
here that Thos. McCulloch and Geo.
Alwell lost their lives.
THOs. E. M'CULLOCH
Thos. +. McCulloch was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. McCullOch, of
Greenwood avenue. Had he lived
he would have reached his majority
in October. He was given fair bus
mess education, and in 1889 was en-
ployed by M. A, Stratton as book
keeper. He soon gained the entire
confidence of his employer by his
strict integrity and aptness in learn
ing the various details of the bust
ness. He applied himself with
mara ed diligence, and at the time of
his death he knew as much about
the business details of the establish
ment as did Mr.. StrattOn, and he
made it point to watch everything
with care that is seldom found in
young men of his age. He was a
most promising young man, and his
employer feels deeply his loss. Said
he to reporter this morning: tom
had just reached point where / felt
perfectly at ease in leaving my busi-
ness in his hands. did not have to
tell him what to do; he knew it and
did it without the telling. Any bus
mess that came up in the book keep
ing line did not worry me; l knew
that Tom had been through it and
that it had been done right He
was member of the Methodist
church and lived up to its teachings.
His heartstricken parents may rest
assured that their darling son has
met his Maker, and that his spirit
has passed through the pearly gates
into everlasting rest.
| GEORGE AI,WEIJ, JR