The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-29
sEwsAND OTHER NOIsNGs.

-RghJcc1 patients lost their lives in the
burning OF the Indianapolis Surgical In
stitution and II received serious injuries.
james Francis. train rohber. who
Wa shot and killed at Plca>anton. Kan,
was a cousin of Governor Francis. Of Mis-
souri,.
A bin will b. introduced in Congress
absolutely prohibiting the immigration oi
Chinese lahorcr> Ia the United States for
period of ~ years.
The draw bridge across the Mississippi
Al Burlington. Iowa, owned by the Bur
lington railroad. i threatened with dcS-
trucJiou by N. icc-flood.
While James Cannon was walking an
the Pennsylvania railroad track al Gap
no Monday. he was struck by west
bound engine and had his back broken.
lie will die.
Judge Manning f. Knapp. Of the New
Jersey supreme court and president Judge
of the Hudson county circuit court, dropped
dead on Tuesday afternoon while deliver
ing a charge TO the grand jury n the
court house.
William Rockefeller. of the STANDARD
oil company. who has been lying seriously
iii at his home in New York from blood
poisoning, caused 10y nail in his shoe
punching the skin of his foot. iS now con-
Sidercd out of danger.
While workmen were tearing down an
old building on Monday. in Baltimore. an
immense brick chimney fell. buryi
number of them. George w. Myers Was
instantly killed. and George Fowler. il j.
thought. fatally injured and two others
slightly.
The entire central part of Beverly. w.
Va. was burned including the court house.
The county records were nearly all saved.
but with great difficulty. over 100 people
practically lose their homes. The court
contained valuable records OF transfers Of
the West Virginia Central and Grafton
and Green bricr railroads.
According 70 the first official report of
HoSkinS 4 McCIintocll. aSSigucrS of The
-McSSrS. Delematcr. Of Ncadvillc. the gen
eral creditors "f tho inSolvcut bankers viii
not receive more than eight or ten cents on
the dollar. The report shows the amount
realized ont Of Ia" estate of each of the
baukruptS. after dcducting expenses.
If the number Of persons daily cutcr-
ing the city of London were dispatched
from anv given station 10y train. a. many
as one thousand nine hundred and seven
ty-Scven trains. each conveying sin hun
dred persons. would be required for the
purpose If the trains were all Joined to-
gcthcr in continuous line they would eX-
tend TWO hundred and twenty-one miles.
Caroline Ship. condemned to be execu-
ted for iufantcide. was taken from the jail
at Dallas. y. c. on Friday afternoon aud
led 10 the gallowS. She displayed great
GOODNESS and stood quiet while the rope
was being placed about her neck. She
talked eight minutes. rcaffirming her inuo-
ccncc and declaring th3t a man named
Mack Farrar committed the crime. The
drop fell at I:55. and death resulted in
twenty minutes by strangulation.
If all the locomotives in the United
States We're coupled together they would
make a train of solid iron and steel over
300 miles long. Add the passenger cars
and We would have 800 miles more Of wood
and iron: this would give us gigantic
passenger train con miles in length count
ing both engines and cars should We
want huge ''miNed' train We might add
tbs. box" flat and every other kind Of
freight cars. ani our train would then
hav" total length OF over 900 mileSi
The passenger ears i'm this gigantic train
would 10" capable Of seating lJoO.OOO peo-
plc. and upon the freight ears could 10
loaded the weight OF all tiie pyramids Of
Egypt. and an the state capitol buildings
lea the United State, besides. Verify.
great Is The railroad system of America.