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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
Fire Wipes cut the Main Portion
Of the Famous Summer
Resort.
One Hundred and Sixty Acres in
Ruins Origin Of the Fire
Unknown.
Flames Have it Their own WAY
Score Of Hotels
Destroyed.

Rockaway Beach, Sept. 2O.-The larg.
est cOnhagrat0n that ever occurred on
4 the Long island coast destroyed over a
hundred frame buildings here today
and left about hundred and sixty
acres u mass Of ruins The main por-
+ zion Of this famous old summer resort
! is completely wiped out
I The tire broke out about l2.-5 this
afternoon in the Seaside museum. a
high wind carried the flames across
Seaside avenue. Within nve minutes
after the flames broke through the roof
vi the museum, the tire was roaring on
both sides OF the avenue and, famed
by The wind, began 10 eat its way ia all
directions
In quick succession the flames at
tackled the hotels along he beach ana
on both sides Of Seaside avenue
Among the principal buildings burned
were tine Collins hotel, Grand Ocean
hotel, New York hotel, Patterson and
Ba1is hotel Meyers hotel, pavilion and
pier, BurchelIs grocery store, r. Snap
son hotel Columbus hotel, Roacn's an
mex, kruss house, DR.. Pulls drug store.
feterson's pool room ami the Globe
hotel, the ire tower, electric light sta
ton and Garrisous hotel and On the
Beach hotel, Stuttgart Ocean house,
Columbia Schubelt's hotel, Morrisons
hotel, Grand Republic hotel, Meissuers
hotel, shooting gallery and carousal
Seamans hotel, Hotel Albemarle and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
A GIRL SNAKE KILLER

Aitaa stick and STONE she DESTROYED I.f1t
gauuorheud,.
Clara Greth, tifteen-year-old girl
living with her parents on the outskirts
Of Reading Pa, who had some thrill
ing experiences with ratuesnakes and
eopperheads last summer, was string
ON the front steps the other morning
when she spied a biz copperhead sun
ring himself On the sloping bank oppo-
site the house.
SHE was nlucky and selfrcliant and
without telling anybody she determined
to kill it, Taking UP shovel from tn,
coal shed, she ran over to The bank.
where She found three c0pperhaadS la
stead 1T one. mud they all sbwoed hight
She quickly dispatched two If them
hut the third and lareast one repeated
y ieaped 1T her After short str1-
sic. however. size succeeded fiji stretch.
ins il out dead with it's companions.
says THE Cincinnati ComDercial-Ga.
zette
A. soon d she could recover her
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
THE CIGARETTE EVIL.
when the Habit j, Carried 10 Excess it is
Extremely gara d. i{real.

/ Considering what very poor things
! cigarettes are. it is surprising that
they should have got such a hold on
the community. But. bad as they are,
they are extremely fascinating. The
use of them when carried 10 excess
becomes a habit that is most difficult
10 break, while they are so cheap and
so convenient that it takes exceptional
discretion to smoke them at nh with
out smoking them to Il deloteri0us
extent, says IIarper's Weekly. OF
course it is primarily because they are
So cheap That they appeal so generally
TO boys; but even with boys. who
ought not to be allowed to smoke at
ail, il is not so much the tobacco lie
the cigarette that does the mischief as
The pestilcut and insinuating practice
Of nhtiing :he smoke. An ordinary
boy Of wholesome appctites won't
smoke cigars or pipe tobacco enough
70 do him serious damage even if he
can get them Nor would the cigar
cites he might smoke be 80 serious a
menace 20 bis welfare if he would
only smoke them as he would cigars.
The trouble is as soon rs he gets used
TO cigarette smoking, he begins to in
bale the smoke ana presently is liked
in habit that plays mischief with
him
Whether anything besides tobacco
COOS into ordinary cigarettes is a NM
discussed question. The effect thy
sometimes produce on the brain is 50
different from That produced by to-
hacco in other forms rs to favor the
theory that many Of them contain
opium or velarian; but this the manu-
IaClurers deny usually asserting that
such drugs are too expensive to pBt
INTO cheap cigarettes, even If it helped
their marketable qualities. one thing
besides the tobacco obviously goes into
them and that is the paper, the fumes
Of which are doubtless bad for the
throat and lungs rs far as they 20.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
4 Fathers lnhuman Act Cam
mitted While in a Delirium
Caused by Fever.
Cuts His Babes Throat. TELLING
it That it Would be an
Angel.
Washes in the Gore, Saying jesus
Commanded Him to
Do So.

Norristown, Pa, Sept. 22.-In a da
l1um caused by typhoid fever, WI
liam Loeb today cut the throat Of bis
sizteen-months-old baby telling It rs
he did SO that it would be an angel
He afterwards bathed his face in tho
blood Of the child.
+ Witnesses were powerless to prevent tbo
tragedy
Tuesday last while delmous Tacl
aprang from his bed aud going to tina
room Of his aged mother began to beg,
her over the head ana shoulders vivian
club. Neighbors attracted by bar
screams rushed in and orerpowered ,ha
frantic man
The old lady was badly cut ana bruised
ana her arm was broken in tva
places Physicians fear size will not lv,
long.
4 male nurse was then procured to
watch Lock, but his murderous instinct
seemed to have left him. Last night
however, during the absence of the
nurse, he went out on the porch and
entered the room occupied by his wife
and two small children.
Selling his babe and taking razor
from the mantle, he walked out again
on the porch roof Holding The child
up in the air, he cried:
If ! cut your throat you'u be All
angel; Jesus has commanded me to
wash my face in your blood"
The shricks Of the agonized mother
aroused the household and neighbors
but they could not get to the porch in
time to save the child. Lock cut its
throat from ear to ear then laying the
bleeding form on the porch he plunged
his hands into the warm blood and
washed his face in the crimson fluid.
Lock was taken to Jail, whore he win be
held to await the action of tie author
tiles
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

breath she examined the ground care
4 fully and came to the conslusion that
4 the snakes must have come out of a
large hole beside an old fence post. So
she kept an eye on the place during
/ the rest Of the morning, ana late In
the afternoon was delighted to see a
big coppelhead com. up ana coil him.
/ self in the sunshine near the post hole
She crept up behind it noiseIessIy
and copuiyed to place herself between
II and the post hole before the reptile
way aware Of her presence. She tbau
struck it with a heavy stone, hut miss
ed her mark. whereupon the snake
splang wickedly at her bare feet She
jumped back lightly, just in time to
escape the blow. Then, before the Ell
ragged reptile could strike again, she
hurled another stone at it, this time
with truer aim, and broke its back.
But no sooner had she made sure OF
that snake than a fifth one, bigger
than amy Of the others, made its ap.
pearaHce. 1t fought hard, but she at
tackled it fearlessly No more stones
of effective size were near at hand, so
the brave girl picked up a stout stick,
and with this She tackled her adver-
sary ut close quarters. In a short time
she came out best with it, too.
Then She proceeded to lay the snakes
out in a row, with their heads sloping
down the bank. When her father,
David Greth, returned from work that
evening and saw the five reptiles lying
there he was thundersuucli, and could
scarcely believe that his little daughter
had effected the slaughter alont
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

A Chicago physician has proven by
experiments In Russia. il is said, that
the internal application Of common
soapsuds is sure specific for cholera
But then it would take the cars whole
standing army to enforce the submits
sion 81 ,he Russians IN general 10 the
application If saapsuds externally, let
alone internally So tie plague win
probably continue 20 rage in the land
OF tbp tartar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

Berlin has a gold club" made up Of
rascals who operate somewhat aftr
the manner Of gold brick swiudlers ia
this country the difference being Dhat
the Berlin rogues sell pretended ore in
the rough instead OF bricks It is said
that tie combination has made millions.
II has been supposed that our own
criminals were the shrewcst In tha
world, but the trickest class Of them
have been apparently outdone 10y tEese
novel operators IN Berlin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

The New York Herald has started
On inueped correspondent to disease
stricken Hamburg to prove the value
Of vaccination against cholera lie was
inochated with cholera before Sailing
from New York He Is acting IN the
interest Of humanity: viii make thp
fullest tests possible Of the dreaded dis
ease and OF the efficacy of iuomaNou
and the report Of the result of his d.
yestigutions,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

Some recently discovered manuscripts
in the cellars Of the Wesleyan confer
ence book-room, ia London, contain
some hymns and poems Of Charles
We leyan In his own handwriting. A
volume Of pocms by Samuel Wesley
was also found
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
fs ou@rt a.s

Good Housekeeping Look hopetb
never dcspairiug.
When requested tc read the new,
omit tle death list.
Tell only the pleasant tidings, there
is no fear Of forgetting the evil.
Sigh, if YOU must, after leaving the
sieasroou net in the presence of the
sufferer
refrain from telling about similar
case ~ which The Invalid died shock.
.Ug de1th
Let every article Of food be delicate.
" dished. taxing only small. tempting
quantities
Make the most of the Injuries N
hand without eNpatiatine upon the
charms If the uuattaiuable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

The international peace congress, at
It's recent session In Berne, Switzer.
land, decided unanimously to hold fits
next meeting IN Chicago at the time Of
the worlds fair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

combines 70 obey the law against IL
legal freight discrimination was ar
gued before Judge Gresham IN Chi
cago,
As expected lockout of furnitu
works IN Cincinnati has begun. phe
men resolved to not work more thag
nine hours a day ut present ten-hoa,r
wages, and the employers. having re-
solved TO NOT pay ten hours wages fy-
nme hours work, fully 1,5OO worlmen
| are idle.
Mrs. Agatha zaDrnsbie, formerly i
prominent Detroit literary woman ard
| sister 81 Sidney d. Miller. one Of tie
WealtlAest men ia the state, committed
suicide By hanging herself to the door
OF her room with tie hem Of her skirf
She has been confined IN an insane
asylum.
William Symons, ST., and J. II.
LedFltt We're killed in the Carlotta mine
Tuesday morning They Were standing
upon u temporary platform built in the
smart for the purpose OF making ge-
pairs, when The platform gave way
preeipitatins them to the bottom Of
the shaft.
John j. SAOtwsu, manager of .ae
Colorado HamlDerbiiek company u
Denver has lei, Tor parts unknown.
and there IS said TO be "a atacit of $40
VJO on tbe books vi inc company. III,
Is accused OF sQuaudTug the moua.
IN gambling.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

The advocates Of a mouarchigal form
OF government as the most stable find
their greatest sunnbliug-boek when iba
expenditures Of such a government ua
considered In detail Tie car Of Rus
sia, FOR instance.has "a personal revenue
which Is more than SG,oo0OoJ IN excess
Of what Russia c1peuds annually for
common schools This single eXhimr
Is enough for an American.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

Il Is preaablc that the Ausuo.Tlun-
griau government win adopt pure
nickel for it's currency The alleged
coin generally used containing oaly
Is per cent Of nickel combined with
~ per cont of copper possesses, it is
considered, numerous disadvantages,
while the favorable points Of the pure
dickclpioeo are thlt Notwithstanding
its hardness, it cam easily be coined,
that 1t has tha quality Of extraordinary
urahIiiy, loss by wear ana tear be.
ing reduced to q minimum, that It -
preserved clean Ia circulation. ana that
no oxidation worth mentioning sets
In
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
A ami numG >ociet,

one If tile strange things In Paris
Is z Club composed entirely 81 deaf
aul dumb mon The servants, too
eataat hear tor speak. The president
of tar club Is an old man who fought
ia the Indian wars iii America aaa
whose tongue Vas cut off TIT az lndlsI
Who once took him captive.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

Emperor William has been compelled
70 submit to the popular opposition to
holding an international exhibition In
Berlin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01
CONDENSED NEWS.
ChoIera H. IN Hambmg.

, Ing Of democrats In Brooklyn
The annual eucamDment Of odd Eel
lows was held at Portland, Ore
A fire At Rockaway Beach, L. l., d.
stroyed property valued ut 100000.
Two men were fatally injured by a
bridge falling with them near Quiney
Mimi
The president has appointed Gustave
A. Schaltz postmaster at Two Harbors
MINI
A movement is on foot to combine an
the larger safe companies Of the coun-
try in a trust
Sales Of butter on the Elgin board Of
trade amounted to 5000 pounds at .
cents a pound
Lord Iagin an Irish peer, was sent
to the Winnipeg Jail for two months
for yaaancy. Drink
G. L Campbell, Of Canada, is elected
grand sire Of the sovereign grand
lodge Of odd Fellows
! An Indiana court declares that the
/ gerrTmaHdcr Of 1856 and 1901 in that
state unconstitutional
Alexander Eerlman was sentenced
at Pittsbwg % twenty years Ia prison
for attempting to kin H. q. Prick
An uprising Of negroes occurred III
Arkansas. A fight followed. IN which
several men were Killed or wounded.
The st. Paul republicans had Dis
demonstration and were addressed b.
Nuute Nelson and w. c. Plmnmer.
Tile pope has approved Cardinal Glib
bins plan for nm exhibition of catholic
schools at the Chicago worlds fair.
A Missouri burglar committed suicide
after being shot and wounded hy n
man whose house lac was plunderlng
Five policemen were badly burned in
Washington by flying powder from a
cannon used in firing II salute In Grana
Army place
The event Of Tuesday at Washington
was the parade of the Grand Army.
one of the most successful exhibition
OF the kind ever given
John Shea of Lima O.. d feeble m1n
rs years old, swallowed an ounce Of
sulphate Of zinc in mistake for Epson
sllts and died ia agony
The Louisiana lottery company IS rc.
ported at work in North Dakota again. I
attempting TO defeat the anti-lottcry
constitutional amendment
Mayor Washhmu Of Chicago. mas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-10-01

Professor Forbes OF Glasgow, VIII, Is
experimenting the construction Of
works for generating electricity id nj
agara Falls. says the Chicago Journal,
states thlt The garbage crcmutorlrS in
Great Britain there called "ash-hIn
refuse lestroveIs'- utilized to pro-.
ducc current Of electricity for light
Ing streets parks public buildings.
and sometimes private dwellings. In
some towns electric lights nre furnish
ed Mt little more than n nominal cost
by means Of utilizing the heat of the
"destroyers" for running engines. In
most towns it has been demonstrated
that ten pounds Of REFUSE including
ashes, is equal to ten pounds OF, the
best coal for producing heat These
facts will have the effect Of encourac-
Ing the building of orematories In our
large American cities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-08
BLOOMFIELD.
A MAN FATALLY INJURED ~ A COLIlSlt

A MAN FATALLY INJURED ~ COLLISION.
4 Greenwood Lake express train on the Montciair
and Greenwood Lake Railroad into three stonecars
ON siding near the Chestnut Hi station. at Bloom
field Yesterday morning The cars had been dropped
OIL me siding by freight tiain. which preceded tho
passenger train When the freight had gone on tho
switch was left open and tho express. instead Of
keeping the main track took the siding and crashed
into bhe cars. Emmons Freeman, who was at work
ON one OF the cars was Knocked OF by the force OF
the collision and painfully bruised. Michael F1nan
was struck by Tying debris Of Of the cars and
Was badly cut and colorcd man named scott. In tho
employ Of Pcter d. Nhem"r, was probably fatally IN
tued. lie va. taken 10 the houn,ainside Hospital
4 horse belonging 10 Freeman was killed by one Of
the being thrown against II.
Just before the switch was reached the engineer.
Donneny. noticed that 1t open reversed his en-
g1ns and vhistled for down brakes He then Jumped
and escaped unburi. The fireman, Frank Farrell.
stuck 10 his post and got on with severe shaking up
The passengers also severely shaken up but all
escaped injury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-08
TIE T1,RysTILE Is NOT A SUCCESS.

The turnstile for registering passengers has NOT
nrovod wholly success, H. the stations of the Brook
lvn Elevated Railroad. where II has been introduced
rs a substitute for the tcket-chopper II was sup
posed that as a passenger could not 20 through II
without being registered 1t was safeguard against
ernbezzlement ~ fares by the ticket seller, as nc
would have 70 turn In the amount registered by thc
machine. But rs tho tIrnsule viii not turn back
ward H. IS necessary have place for persons To
pass out Of the watng-room II necessary ard for
tho employees 10 pass in without being registered a
snace alongside tho turnsine IS provided For some
time the Brooklyn Company has noticed n falling on
I'm the receipts mt certain stations As the result
az tho Investigation SGT foot. four Of The sauon
agents have already been discharged and others are
Ikniy q, 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-08
NEW YORK CITY.

The Johnson Military Brass Band. the only colorcd
Organization Of the kind in this city, will have n sum
MCKNIGHT festival at Suffers Harlem River Park to-
morrow afternoon and evening. The band will parade
through several streets and from Bceckerst.
and South Fifth-avc. TO the park.
Philip Chattrc alias Chatter, was indicted for for
gerry in the second degree yesterday complaint Of
Joseph NJ George. whose name the prisoner signed
TO a swindng letter addressed to a. +. De Gocoura.
the broker.
The Union for the Improvement Of Canals has de-
cdcd to hold the convention to celcbTac the
tcnnal Of the first canal legislation In this State at
Buffalo October q.
The 60th Regiment Veteran Corps has elected the
following officers: Thomas ID. Lynch PRESIDENT Pat
rick Cunnlam. first cepresdent; Patrick Mclaughlin.
second vice president; Thomas J. ODonoghue. cor
responding secretary Thomas ID. Norris recording
Rotary; Henry Pcetsch. financial secretary James
Rice, quareTmaster; DR.. John Dryer, surgeon. ard
the Rev. James J. Dougherty. chaplain.
At Fills Island yesterday four Spanish Hebrews and
seven Greeks landed from the steamship Fulda.
They were carpenters. and lad been sent from Con
stantInople TO build Turkish villa at the Columbian
Exposition at Chicago. They were gorgeously dressed
IN Oriental costumes.
LOngcOI tinGcd sickness and loss Of wGIk drove 10
suicide John Zachnisky mlddlcagcd man. who had
lived with bis family No ITO EnSt Sevcnteenth-s
Yesterday morning he found hanging by rope
from the transom OF his bedroom door, Evidently he
had been dead for maly hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-08
NO RACING AT GARFIELD PARK.
THE MANAGERS FEARED MORE DLooDsHED NIGH

THE MANAGERS FEARED MORE BLooDSHED MlIHl
REsULT-TUEsDAYs TRAGEDY.
Chicago Sept 7 (Special.-It was day OF mourn
Ing at the Garfield Park Clubs track to-day. flasS
Hoated at half mast from the grand s'and' anu d
general air OF detection observable on every lae'
The triple tragedy of yesterday was the sole topic
Of conversation and eye-winesses Of the AFFAIR re
boarsed the details while scores OF curious indvdu-
ais traversed the ground and viewed the spot wnere
colonel James Brown and two policemen Bit inc aust
No attempt made 10 resume racing 'ouay' M
though the club officials had determined 10 go Oh III
all hazards The programme had been lssueu ~
usual and at the headquarters OF the cue 1t was
con 6dentlv asserted that racing would 90 on AS usui
At the last moment however this plan was chahgcu
and the races were declared off. This was possibly
due TO Chief McCaughry's declaration that nc "oulo
prevent racing, and would not allow 'he oiuo !" open
its gates Reports freely circulated TO-DAY VnA
tho gamblers would have Chief McClaughry ana o'her
police officials as well as a number OF pa'ro'niei'
arrested for the killing OF Colonel Bro"i'
The rhapUs this srtTnch seemed 10 d"No'
nbe recovery M the policeman Henry MO
Dowel who was supposed u have been ia''iiiS
wounded by Brown.
Captain r. r. Rice, sheriff of Lincoln County, Ark
and owner OF several horses at daheld rarH' WAS
witb,n few feet OF the men when the shots were ex
changed that cost the two men their ives YESTERDAY
He was placed under arrest and taken TO the
Desplaiues.st station AT the station. he made the fol
lowing statement which taken down in writing
81 was out In the southwest corner Of the Garfield
Park race track where they unload the horses 81"
a number of boys and on the roofs OF the stables
Among them was J. VI. Brown. | saw polce ohcer
get upon the she'd When he climbed up brown 'olo
him not 10 come to him. Just As the oihcer got up
Brown drew his revolver, large-size 44cabre when
he drew this the police officer told Brown 10 pitt MS
pt.to up The crowd started TO run and the policeman
blew his whistle. In second another ohcer got up
and blew his whistle third officer got up ana ue
crowd was ahead OF Brown. ! said: Don't yon see
all of those people ahead OF yon" BROWN lumPeo
down and ran through the gate, the officer rnn AFTER
him and Lot of officers came. Brown fired the brst
shot T think said 'Brown. don't shoot. and
Brown ran around the fence outside of the track the
officer went To the right / heard more shooting ana
saw the officer fall Then Brown put his pistol 10 ne
officers head and fired again Brown shot ~ tl,
ohcer first. about fifteen feet from Brown ana
forty from the officer that Brown slict uu n'
see the her ofncer shot"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-08
PITTSBURG.

Earned rups-New.York 3 Pittsbure .. First has, by
yofk g. Pusfurg .. First base on 6allsm0 Rg s%e
cl Terry 4 struck out-Py Rusie by Terry 8. iiutt
ia.s h,t-Pnsie Twobase hits-Doylc, Donovan. Sacr-
nee hs-Donovan. Smith. StO en- bases-H Lyons Dol.r
Iouhle pavs-ninrhaucr and Shucat BicrDstf Nhu'aiV
aud Bectdey. Hit by ptcher-McMahon. Wa pic ne
Kuse > Passed talis-BO!le ,. lmplrc-LShch' 1i"c
OF gsme-1 :42.
The second game resulted in the easiest OF victories
for the New-York team Ehrc,'s curves being D1t0a
all over the Held New-Yorkers scored nine runs
in the first two innings McMahoh "oih III 'n'N
Us even hatter than I'm the first game ann the young
man was appauded every time he went TO the bat'
While Rurkes bad, MS batting and
base running remarkable he making fonf '' su lou
ns and stealing bAses which is close TO the record OF
tho wear DOYLE twisted ankle in the sixth inning ana
retired Richardson taking his place Donovan ran INTO
New.Yorks mountain Of muscle and fat at third base IN
the nth inning and he badly shaken up that ne
hd ~, rst,re Miller going to right field and Stencil going
In tn catch