The Penn's Grove record., 1892-07-22
and Thomas P. Davis was fatally in.


jured.
John baltimore and Michael Green
were fatally burned by an explosion Of
gas in No. s breaker OF the l.ehigh ard
Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Ashley.
Penna.
An explosion Of hot Stag occurred st
the Pennsylvania Steel WORKS, near
Harrisburg, and Louis Hunter, colored,
was fatally injured. Two other work
men were injured, a barn was burned
and windows were shattered.
Andrew Hahn, a prominent citizen OF
Reading, Pa, who disappeared, vas
found wandering along the river In a
daZed condition, and threatens suicide
over financial troubles. 4
Joseph Shaw, Of Camden, was run
over and had a leg crushed at Potts
Vile, while trying to board q moving
coal train.
DIR. Charles M. Macdonald Of Bing-
hamtoD, New York, mas been arrested
In New York. charged with conspIring
| with q man named ~Schoenrock to kill
Mrs. ~Schoenrock by meansOf strych-
nine. 5
Artist William b. Plat, OF New
York, was found mysteriously drowned
near Portland, Me. He had nc reason
able motive for suicide. E5
John W. Tobias, of Harrisburg, had
both legs cut of in the Pennsylvania
Railroad yard.
Joseph Bunker, a miner, was fatally
| and William Swenk, q labOrer. seriously
injured by a premature explosion in the
mines at Mahanoy City.
Charles Backus Virgins, a negro,
| was arrested in New York on the ar
| rival Of the steamship Philadelphia frum
Venezuela. He had $50, 1000 worth Of
jewelry In his possession which he is
accused Of having stolen from his em-
ployer at Caracas. The jewels were
seized by the United States Customs
authorities. l
Four persons we're killed In a railroad
collision near st. GATHERINGS. Ont.
DR.. J. X. Livingston. 46 years. a
prominent physician Of Entrikin, Pa,
shot himself dead because Of chronic
illness. He leaves o wife and children.
Samuel B. NefI, a well.known resi-
dent OF Franklin, Penna committed
suicide In Chambersburg. No cause is
assigned for the act.
An explosion of gas in Ellangowan
Coll1ery, near Shenandoah, Penna.,
caused by a naked lamp, caused the
death of Caspar Mitchell, a miner, and
serious injuries to seven or eight
others.
A 15-year-old son of Albert Smyser,
of Manchester, York Counte, had
several fingers blown of by the explo-
sion Of a dynamite cartridge.
A riot occurred at Woodbridge, New
Jersey. q gang of Hungarians who we're
engaged on the construction Of the
Port Reading Road attacking the rail-
road men. The rioters claimed that the
contractors had not paid them. The
Reading Railroad officials called upon
the Sheriff OF Middlesex county for
protection and he sent go deputies to
the scene of the disturbance. 2
Timothy and John Cagney, New
York ticket scalpers, have been arrest
ed for altering railroad tickets sold to
Christian Endeavor excursionists.
Peter Welsh, brakeman, who was
injured in the Grand Trunk disaster
near st. GATHERINGS, Ontario, died OF MS
INJURIES. This makes four deaths from
the collision.
A fire occurred in the Atlantic Hotel,
Long Branch, and, while all the $50
guests escaped, there were several. mar
row escapes. Nearly all OF the guests
were forced to leave In their night
clothes, and 1t is charged that much
valuable property was stolen during the
confusion. The loss OF the building
will reach $4,000.
Chancellor McG.ll, at Newark, New
Jersey, has denied the application for q
new trail In the case Of ROtert Alden
FaIe., the 16-year-old boy, who was
convicted Of the murder of Thomas
Hayden.
south and Wesl.
No further violence is reported In
the race troubles at Paducah, Ky.
The Mississippi floods have caused q
loss of "a 900, 600, and the people are
on the verge Of starvation.
In a railroad collision neal Elkton,
Md, William Morgan, a Philadelphia
brakeman was injured.
J.R. Redfern, white, who shot and
killed P. b. Dunn, was taken from the
jail at Franklin. Kentucky, by a mob
and lynched.
Richard Mitchell, a colored gambler,
| of Greenville, Georgia, Is under arrest,
| charged with having opened a grave
and cut from the body Of q Mrs Al
mand n of the fingers. He wanted
it fer a .'luck bone"
Bernard Reiss, OF San Francisco,
| was arrested, charged with defrauding
the United States Government o f$2400
duties, by invoicing a quantity OF silk
and wooden goods as jute and cotton. A
The Federal troops, under Col. Car
lin, and a force of Idaho militia reached
| Wardner, the scene OF the riotous
| demonstrations by the striking miners
in the C@ur d'Alene district. to find
that the strikers had dispersed TO their
respective mining camps, taking their
arms with them. They had sent all
the captured non-uniUn men out of the
country. 1t was reported that twelve
of the non union refugees had been
killed in Fourth of July Canon, but
| the report was also denied.
Fred. W. Moon, an oil operator at
| Eu e w. Va. committed suicide.
Sheriff Herzog, OF Ashland County,
o., has disappeared, 5000 short In his
accounts.
r. G. Woodward, who started from
San Diego, CAL, for New York In a
balloon, got as FAR as twenty-three
miles.
A saw mill boiler at Hague, Florida,
exploded, killing two men and fatally
injuring two Others.
Seven members of the Toledo, Ohio
City Council were indicted for soliciting
hrInAH.