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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Great Destruction OF Life Caused by a
Locomotive Explosion at
Reading.
Five Trainmen Literally Blown to
Atoms and a Sixth Fatally
Injured.
Tracks So Badly Damaged That Traf.
fc Is Considerably De.
layed.

READING, Pa, Nov. 15.-Philadelphia
and Reading Engine No. 563, drawing a
train Of empty coal cars which passed
through this city at midnight, blew up
at Connors Crossing, near Schuyikill
Haven, killing five men, tearing up the
tracks. dismantling the locomotive,
hurting the machinery for several
squares around and scattering death and
destruction all around. A large crowd
gathered from the surrounding country
and assisted in getting together the re.
mains Of the railroaders, whose bodies
were horribly disfgured. The killed
are: Henry c. Allison, William
Mackey, William Cowhey, William
Kendrick, William Meyer. Beside the
above, Michael Dobbins, of Mount Car
bon, brakeman of Engineer Cowboys
crew, was badly scalded and viii prob
ably die.
Engine 500 was north bound with q
heavy train of empty cars. When near
Great Wagon CT ossing, at Connors, a
half mile north of Schuykill Haven
station, without any warning, the terri
BILE explosion occurred, throwing the
crews into the air i'll all directions and
to eternity. The boiler and fire box
were blown clean off the trucks and
the tracks were SO badly damaged thai
traffic was considerably delayed. The
north and south bound midnight Buf
falo trains were compelled to run vis
the Little Schuylkiil branch, from Tam
aqua to Port Clinton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
THE FINAL SESSION.
ImportaEt Work Yet RemainA far eAs
Eir,..s....,,,d- f~onvrexz.

ImportaEt Work Yet RemainA Tor eAe
FiT,v-s.cond Congress.
WAsHrNGs,x, Nov. i5.-On Monday,
Dec. 8, three weeks from now, the
Fifty-second congress will meet in final
session. Inthe interest which has CEN
tered around the probable make up and
action Of the Fifty-third congress sight
has been lost for the time of the i'm
porrant work yet remaining uncom-
pleted of the Fifty second congress. One
OF the first matters to be brought be-
fore the senate will be the Washburn
anti-option bill, which has already
passed the house and has shown that it
has clear majority il, faycr Of its pass
age In the senate. A strong opposition
was developed to the bill in the senate,
but there was still stronger move
ment in its favor. The senate has
q number of other important house
bills on the calendar, including the
Stree wool bill'' and other so called
ftarif reform measures Of the house.
These have slumbered hitherto in the
committee Oh finance but determined
effort will no doubt be made to bring
them out and to send them mp to the
president for his action. The house
may probably be given an opportunity
to reconsider its action and to take up
the free coinage Of silver bill. The sill
yer men will try TO bring this about.
The appropriations for the current
year will probably evoke little discus
sion except in one important respect.
The one exception, upon which q lively
discussion may be looked for, Is that
part of the sundry civil bill
which makes appropriations for
expenses OF United States courts, COM
missioners, and marshals and deputy
marshals. The senate wished to appro-
pirate 500, 900 for ffees and expenses
of United States marshals and depu-
ties;" the house cut the amount down to
$675, 900 and stuck to that figure. The
senate gave $l45, 900 for fees of United
States commissioners: the house knocked
of $45, 5,000. The senate appropriated
$225, 900 for fees of clerks, ETC.; the
house reduced the amount to $175, ,000.
Any attempt to appropriate for defici-
ences under these heads will assuredly
precipitate discussion which will
bring up the whole question Of election
| laws and their enforcement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Riot Between CeI..,e.. Werkmen and
Strikers Occurs at Home.
stead.
OYER Fifty Shots Fired, but us Far rs
Learned No One Was Killed
Outright.
The Town In n Fever OF Excitement
Over the Affair-Strikers
Snllen.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, Nov. 15.-The period
Of comparative quiet which has pre-
vailed in Homestead since the militia
left, died out Sunday and the pent up
feelings Of the strikers broke ont afresh
In riot in which at least fifty shots
were fired, at which no one was killed
although score were hit by flying bull
let's. A party of colored non-union
men were on their way to their board
ing house about ADO p. m. when man,
supposed to be striker, attacked two
Of the negroes. Charles Carroll and
Fred Lewis were knocked down. This
was signal for large crowd to gather
at the scene Of the trouble. Lewis
friends came to his rescue and q terrible
riot took place between the colored men
on one side and the crowd, supposed
to be all strikers, on the
other. The two sides fought
desperately and flashed revolvers
and slashed each other with knives at
close quarters for several minutes, when
the negroes made a dash through the
crowd for their boarding house. They
were followed by the hoWling, blood
thirsty crowd, which by this time num-
bered at least 1000, including many
women and children. The crowd fired
and threw stones at the fleeing negroes
and they in turn returned the fire on
the crowd and how so many escaped
instant death is a miracle. AT least two
dozen people were injured by flying
missiles, but as far as can be learned
none were killed, The seven negroes
and number Of strikers have been ar
rested. The greatest excitement pre-
walls here and more deputies have been
asked for.
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Emigration Resu ed.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.--The steamer
City Of Chester, from Liverpool, landed
324 steerage passengers on Ellis island
Sunday and the steamer Etruria 1872
making total of $50. This is the larg.
est number that has been landed on the
island since September and from this on
it is probable that the big government
building on the island win begin to as
sumo some Of its old time activity.
Colonel Weber said that he believed
immigration would now be resumed.
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G,adstone,s Popularity.

LONDON, Nov. 15.--Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone have been spending the latter
part Of the week at Brighton. While
walking on the esplanade and pier after
church Mr.. Gladstone was recognized
by the promenaders and was soon sur
rounded by such crowd that 1t re-
quired assistance Of the police to open q
passageway to the hotel. His head was
continually uncovered in acknowl-
edging salutes. AS he entered the
hotel there was an outburst of cheering,
which was long kept mp.
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Met q Horrible Fate.

TERRE HAuTE, Ind, Nov. 15.--Jesse
Skies, an old farmer residing three miles
from Newport, Ind, met death during
the evening. He was subject to epilep-
tic fits. About 5 o, clock he went out to
feed lot of hogs. As he did not appear
for supper one of his family went out to
see what was the matter. What was
his horror to see the hogs tearing out the
entrails of the old man and devouring
them. Both legs and hips were nearly
stripped of flesh. The badly mutilated
remains were removed to the house.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
A Living yurIosity.

POPLAR GROVE, Ark, Nov. 15.-Sam
McKiel, a negro of this place, is living
curiosity. Some time in August he was
sitting near fire. He had fit and fell
on the fire, his head striking a heap Of
red Goals. His face, neck and head
were burned until not only the hair and
flesh fell off but the skull was burned to
ashes and piece of the skull as large as
aman's hand came off. He is now up
and the flesh wounds are healing. He
has platter over the brain. Amy one
can see the brain when the plaster is off.
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MIssing Ysssel siehtad.

LONDON, Nov. Is. "A dispatch from
Kinsale. Ireland, announces that the
British corvette Calypso has been
sighted off that port making for the
harbor under sail. The Calypso, which
belongs to the trailing squadron, was
reported few days ago as having
broken her shaft while en- route to
Madras. H. NJ. S. Swiftsure, flagship
Of the Duke Of Edinburgh, put to sea on
Wednesday last to search for the dis
ahlad vessel
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robaoco warehou.s burned.

WINSTON, N. c., Nov. l5.-The prin-
cipal business block Of this city was
burned during the night, also q large
tobacco warehouse and leaf tobacco
factory. The total loss ID estimated al
$S50, 900. The insurance is $3.50, 900.
The FIRE started at midnight in Browns
drug store and spread rapidly to the
Haines building the Vaughan building
and the building Of the First National
bank.
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Not Asiatic Choiera.

4 MONTREAL, Nov. 15.--It is officially
denied that Asiatic cholera exists on the
steamer Circassian, of the Allan line,
which, with 2g2 passengers, reached the
quarantine station at Crosse isle at noon.
There Is on board, however, Swedish
family of five persons, all of whom are
sick with what the doctor terms dysen-
terry. A 6-year-old child In this family
died Of the ailment during the passage.
She viii be detained at Crosse isle for
immediate inspection, but owing to the
lateness Of the season this will be done
quickly. Tha Swedes will be detained
Mt quarantine until they recover from
the attack OF dysentery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Homesteader. Greatly Excited.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, Nov. 15.-This town
Is in q fever of excitement over the
events of Sunday. At noon about FIVE
hundred men and women were gathered
about the lookup where the colored non
unionists are under guard. They will
be given hearing before Squire Gaff-
ner during the afternoon. The strikers
are in no pleasant frame of mind from
the fact that some of their number were
among the wounded. The injured have
all been safely secreted and the closest
investigation by the deputies has not
availed in disclosing their hiding places.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Drifted Thirteen DAVE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.--The National
line steamer England, which left Lon.
don, Oct. 16, and arrived Monday morn.
ing reports that Oct. 20 her machinery
became disabled and the ship stopped,
and for thirteen days drifted around
unmanageable. She was favored with
very fine weather throughout the
voyage. On Nov. = the machinery had
been sufficiently repaired toallow her to
proceed slowly to her destination.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
A Co.i Famine.

KEoKUK, Ia, Nov. 15.-Keokuk II
threatened with coal famine. Owing
to trouble in the Illinois mines and q
professed scarcitysof railway cars deal.
ers have trouble in supplying the de-
mands for soft coal The Keoknh
Brick and Tile company had to shut
down for an indefinite period on &C
count OF a lack OF fuel.
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Anarchy i'm the Prench ARMY.

PARIS, Nov. 15.--While company OF
troops was waiting at Compeign station,
one of the privates insulted and struck
an officer, telling him to the ground and
crying: "Long live anarchy! Down
with the army any its officers!'' The
man was at once arrested. The penalty
for striking an officer is usually death.
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NATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Government Sustained I'm an Election !
the Northwest Territories.

Government Sustained I'm an Election In
the Northwest Territories.
WINNIPEG. Nov. 15.-The bye cleo
tion in the Wallace constituency Of the
Northwest Territories Saturday resulted
in favor of ex-P Premier Haultains' candi-
date and will restore to him control of
the legislative assembly and the leader
ship of the executive. The election was
fought ont on the separate school ques-
tion. Haultains promising that If re-
turned to power he would establish a
system of national schools. Haultains
now has majority of two in the house.
Before election the two parties were a
tie and deadlock existed.
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Arraund ON N shoaI.

EscANABA, Mich. NV. 15.--Captain
Brown, OF the schooner Choctaw, re-
ports sighting a schooner flying signal
of distress near Eleven Foot Shoal. He
says the schooner evidently struck
Eleven Fooe Shoal and was Carried over
by the heavy sea. She must have been
damaged on account of, the distress sig
nal She was sailing under foresail
when he saw her.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

MoUNT STERLING, KY, Nov. Ia
Albert Barnes, i storrkeeper at Bowen,
Howell county, was assassinated in this
county Sunday night while riding horse
back TO his home near there. His bosly
was fairly riddled with rifle balls. TIE
assassin has not been located.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, Nov. Is. 1892.

Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, Nov. Is. 1881.
OPENING PRICES.
WHEAT-December. 7334c; May, 79I4c.
CORN-Decemb 42c; May, Es6c-
December. 32c; May, 3616c.
PORK-Januasy. Sl3.3s; May. $l3.65.
LARD-Dscember, 20 9711; January, S7.Tjk;
May. N.So.
SHORT RIBS-January. $3.50.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-November7 7214c, December Tp4c;
Janaery. 7s3sc; May, 7sJ4c
CORN-Noyember, 4lIfc; December 4sS4ci
May, (65xc.
May. S094 9s5ySc.
PORK-Novomber, $ix.05; December Sl3.t5;
january 3l3.571<a1a4U; May. $lS.6s1S.
Lard November, IS 81 December. sS07}a;
january. SIS; May, $7.s711
SHORT RIBS-May, $Io.vN
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AN AWFUL DEED.

An Outrage That should Causs Tramp
to DAnEle st the End u : Rope.
BRADFORD, Pa, Nov. 15.--Sunday
afternoon a tramp giving his name AZ
Anthony Hanlon or Quinn took shelter
in a small shanty on the bank Of the
Tuna creek, near the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg railroad shops. used by
the small boys In the neighborhood az a
playhouse. "A number Of boys were
playing around the shanty and re-
quested the tramp to get ont. This en-
ragged the tramp, who seized pail Of
crude oil and threw it on John Leggat,
aged il. 1t is alleged that he then
set fire to the boys clothes. Young
Leggat was frightfully burned all over
she body, his face and head being liter
ally cooked. The villain was captured
and handed over to the police and is
now in the lookup. Young Leggat died
after lingering four hours ID great
agony.
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only fair that when quality prices should up with
This however happens be the of
expected liable Perhaps that doesn't explain just why
quality rising and prices falling but just the
1t hasn't to that but the drop prices stop
buyers will scarcely have to take along their pocket
they go purchasing expeditions
We invite all need of mems and boys ovecoats
call at early date while stock complete fresh and unbroke
when will that wonderfully
goods at wonderfully low prices Yours for bargains
JOHN DRISCOLL.
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minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPoLIS, Nov. t5, 1872.
WHEAT-Close-- May opening, 751sc: high
eat, 75ssc; lowest, 75c; closing, 75c; December
opening, 69sSc, highest, o9Ssc: lowest, sc
closing 69c.
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LONDON, Nov. 10. "A dispatch from
aris to The Standard says fresh cases
cholera are reported from Etaples,
5ourtville, Calais and elsewhere In the
North OF France. A dispatch to The
Standard from Buda Pesth reports that
the disease is spreading in Western and
Southern Hungary. Twenty-seven per-
sons died OH Friday At Aradacx, and
thirty more on Saturday. There are
new cases In Holland, number Of them
Fatal
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CATTLE-Weak, HQD1Ic lower.
HOGS--Weak. 1Oc lower, Heavy. S5.45l
5.70: mixed and medium, S5.iu05e5: light,
$5.25QD5.6o.
sHEEP-Steady.
Receipts: Cattle, q 2l,bfJ; hogs, 1900; sheep
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Chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO UNION STocgy Ros Il
Nov. u, 49,. II
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-03
A Photographre Fact.

"There's one thing that isn't general
ly known even in my own profession" !"
said prominent photographer yester-
day, 'and that in eight cases out of ten
the expression of two sides of face,
when taken in profile or three-quarter
sizes, differ. When it comes to the
question of picture in profile there is
a right and wrong side for nearly every
face. Although ] have studied on this
fact during the three years since first
discovered it, still can find no explain
alton for it. A carefully taken portrait
of man looking over his left shoulder
is denounced by himself and his friends
as both untrue and unhattering. Let
him look to the right, take an equally
accurate picture, and the result is more
than satisfactory. In view of this fact,
when bit of profile work is ordered,
keep turning the subject both ways
until find the side which seems to me
the most favorable. And in the ma
jority of cases pictures taken in this
way are invariably said to fatter the
subject IN. Y. Commercial Adver-
fiSar
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-03
NATURES INVISIBLE FAIRIES.
wonderful Work Accomplished by Infln-
iteaimal Living Creatures.

Wonderful Work Accomplished by Infln-
itesimal Living Creatures.
Prof. j. @. Arthur, of Purdue university,
delivered n very interesting lecture the
other night at the Athen@um before the
Chicago Microscopical society. His sub
ject was "Bacilh and Bacteriology."
Prof Arthur did not 90 into the
technical details of his subject, but in
a general way gave some facts about
the infinitesimal world which lives and
moves and has a being co-ordinately
with that world of greater living mani
festations. He said the beings of this
indnitesimal world, of which nothing
was known until the invention of the
microscope, presented almost as much
of interest to the student Of life in it's
broad sense as was to be found in the
study of human life itself. 1t was a
common error to think of bacteria only
In connection with disease, but in point
of fact that view of bacterial life was as
much at fault as to look upon all men
as anarchists. There are forms of
bacterial life which contribute as much
TO the well being of the higher forms
above them as the good citizen con-
tributes to the maintenance of the So
ciety in which he lives. Much of
the disintegrating processes of ma
ture by which it's elementary
forms are combined so as to
make them adaptable to the uses of a
higher life is accomplished by the un-
tagging energy of this world of living
atoms. AS illustrating the good work
/ oocoYpr,1ie1ad 1,,y 1,oo+ s,-{o ba ,,,op4iorod
the tightening of wheat bread and the
/ flavoring of cheese and butter, which
latter work was sometimes rather over
done in the zeal of these small workers.
| The speaker then gave his audience an
idea of the rate at which these micro
scopic beings multiply. 1t takes from
one-half to an hour for one bacterium
/ to become twain. These two then set
| ting up in business on their own ac-
count can duplicate themselves in the
same time. So that starting with just
one healthy bacterium on bright June
morning by sunset of the same day
there would be more bacteria floating
around than could be counted between
now and the millennium. The lecturer
closed by alluding to the research which
had been made by German microscopists,
One of these had even gone so far, ac-
cording to his own claim, as to discover
the love bacillus which had been found
in the brain of a bankers son who com
mitted suicide on account of unrequited
love. The bacillus of avarice had also
been discovered by these indefatigable
workers; it was found in the body of a
usurer, of course. The society rendered
Prof. Arthur a vote of thanks for his in.
teresting lecture.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3-Important
developments are looked for in the Iron
Hall charges against Supreme Justice
Some sNy tonight. Mr.. Somerby, whose
homeNm this city, is i'll indianapolis
and this afternoon he will be given an op-
portunity TO explain away the charges to
the Executive Committee of the Order.
The Executive Committee, which con-
sists of the supreme officers in different
parts OF the country meets once a year,
and was to have met next month, but
owing to the charges against Supreme JUS
tice Somerby and the application for a
receiver it was decided to secretly call the
committee together to-day in Indianapo-
lis
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-03

One of the most delightful effects in
vestibule draping is obtained by the use
of lace and silk combined. For this
purpose, take a length of draping lace
with both edges alike, and about three
eighths of a yard in width, and tack it in
the center of the glass door,; then take
India silk of any harmonious tint, and
shirr it on TO the slender brass rods,
which come for the purpose, hanging it
on each side of the lace PANEL for broad,
low windows, this is equally effective.
The japanese Eailsimonos. painted on
bolting cloth or thin silk, make artistic
substitutes for lace, and are even newer.
Fashion and Fancy.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-03

Major Meigs, the government engi-
neer in charge of river improvements
at Keokuk, Ia, Is preparing for exhibi-
tion at the worlds fair working models
of the government dry docks and en-
gine house, the various boats used in
making river improvements and sec
tions Of dams, showing the manner of
their construction. 1t is announced that
in the government exhibit win appear a
Photographic panorama of the Missis-
sippi river from St Paul to the mouth of
the Illinois
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pestrnetlvs rreIghl Wreek.

WATERBURY, Conn, Aug. 3.-There
was serious wreck on the New England
road, at a siding near Union City, at a.
m. A freight train was leaving the siding
for Waterbury, when another freight
train going in the same direction ON the
main track, ran into it. Sixteen cars
were piled up in heap. No one was in
iured Seven cars were totally wrecked.