The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-09
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ITEMS WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR
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Brief Mention of Matters which Every ,
body should Know About--A Weeks
Accidents and Grimes Accurately and
Conclsely Chronioled.
ToNAwANDA, April IA. W. johnson,
Of Akron, shot himself near the Central
track, ON Minerva street, at q. m. An
hour later, at the same place. Godfried
Kenyll was struck by Michigan Central
train and probably fatally injured.
Editor schader Dead.
PoTrsvuLE April 7.-Mr. William j.
Schader, editor and proprietor of The JEFF.
ferson Democrat, German weekly paper,
is dead.
Big Philadelphia Failure.
PHILADELPHIA, April f.--William r. Hart,
dealer in steel and IRON and trading under
the name William R. Hart g. Co., has as.
signed Liabilities are very heavy.
A GhastIy joke.
JoHNsTowN, April 7.-While vainly ut
tempting to light his pipe at the electric
light, as he was told to do in joke by a
fellow workman, a Hungarian was instant
ly killed. A current of 1000 volts passed
through his body
Ino EXCLUSION bill denounced
PITTsBURG, April 6.-At a meeting of the
Pittsburg presbytery in this city, a resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted denouncing
the Chinese exclusion bill just passed by
congress as a menace to Christianity and
commerce and entirely out of harmony with
the civilization of the Nineteenth century.
Trevorton's Dire Straits.
SHAMoK1N, April 6-The North Frank
lin tod ~ I
Coal and Iron company, is the only large
industry in the village of Trevorton. 1t is
an excellent mine, but for several years has
been worked less than half time. A mass
meeting was held to consider the conse-
quent financial distress The Rev. W. p. |
Springer and John Francis were appointed |
a committee to wait on President Mcleod |
and inform him of the towns dire straits.
Strong Quay Resolutions Passed.
SUNBURY, April 5.--The Republican coun
ty convention has passed strong Quay reso-
lutions and instructed for w. @. Mcconnell, |
of Shamokin, for national delegate. Major |
Hamilton, of Shamokin; 7. B. Reighter, of |
Mount Carmel, and Joseph Logan, of Mil |
ton, were elected delegates to the state con-
vention.
TaylOrs' Tin Plate Plant Afame.
PHILADELPHIA, April 5.-N. and G. Tay-
lor's American tin plate plant, the first of
the kind in the United States, was badly |
damaged by fire.
Her Babe Born in Jail.
B1NGHAMToN, April 5. - Mrs Richard
Foote in the Broome county Jail await
ing trial for the murder of her husband last
fall, has been delivered of twelve pound
female child.
She Posed as a Man.
PITTsBURG, April 5-A handsome girl
about eighteen years DID, calling herself
Jennie Scott, was sent to Jail for masquer-
aiding in mems clothes on West Carson
street.
Ate Morphine for Candy.
NEWCASTLE April 4.-Llttle Lewis and
Emma Brown, both under seven years of
age, children of Thomas Brown, a well-to-do
citizen, found a box of morphine pills on the
street and ate them for candy. The girl
took only one and her life was saved, but
the boy is dead.
A workman Roasted Alive.
LANCASTER, April A fatal accident
occurred at Vesta furnace, No. 2, at
Chickies, thirteen miles west of here, by
which John Grosh, a single man, aged
twenty-five years, of Marietta, was roasted
alive. Grosh was at his post at the top of
the furnace when the molten iron burst
from the bottom of the furnace and gas and
flames leaped up around him. He was
roasted alive in sight of his fellow worlrmen.
Whore are These Girls?
PITTsBURG, April AIRS. William STEM
lin called at police headquarters and asked
for aid in finding her daughter, Lizzie, and
her niece, Annie Geddle, who sailed from
Liverpool March 16 on the City of Paris and
have not been heard of since, though the
steamer arrived in New York over week
ago.
william p. Miner Dead.
| WLKEsBARRE, April 4-Mr. William P.
Miner, prominent citizen of this city and
the founder of the Wilkesbarre Record,
died here, aged seventy years.
Lathy Succeeds Ingham.
PHILADELPHIA, April 9.-Collector Cooper
has appointed Henry X. Lathy special dep
uty in the custom house to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Ellery p. Ing
ham, who has been appointed United States
district attorney.
Kulp a FOrger.
| DoYLEsTowN, April 3.-The defalcation
of Henry NJ Kulp, of Hilltown town
ship, are of a more serious nature than at
first supposed. Several cases of forgery
have been discovered.
OIL Strike Near Titusville.
TITUsvILLE, April 3.-Of has been struck
at the depth of zoos feet at Magee-
town, north of this city. The sand indicates
a large quantity of oil of superior quality.
A Disastrous Fire.
ERIE, April IA destructive fire broke
out in the Merchant Touring mills and
elevator, the girls employed in the building
barely escaping with their lives. A strong
southwest wind rendered the small fire de-
partment almost useless, the Downing Baby
Carriage works and several small houses
being consumed. The loss is fully $780,
A Girls Strange Suicide.
ALTOONA, April Miss Emma Fox shot
and killed herself with a revolver here
because she had been forbidden to visit
Miss Birdie Boates, for whom she had an
unusual affection.
Fatal Powder Explosion.
WnKEsBARRE, April Fire started at
8 a. m. in the millinery store of the Misses
McCarty on South Main street and rapidly
spread to A. E. j. Kipples' sporting goods
store adjoining Mrs. Easily, sister of Mr..
Kipples, who lived above the store, escaped
to the street, but forgot her five-year-old
daughter, who was asleep in her room,
She rushed back, got the child and was
returning when several kegs of powder ex-
pleded, killing her and the child. The loss
is about $40, 900, including three other small
stores adjoining, which were gutted.
What Pattison Men Claim.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-The state ad-
miDistration element of the Democracy
claim 275 Of the 1866 state delegates already
elected and say they viii get eighty more.
Got scolded and Took Poison.
BETHLEHEM, April bertha Jones, four
teen years Of age, daughter of Charles
Jones, was chastised by her parents on ac-
count of the alleged theft Of a cologne bot
tle The girl was 30 angered that she took
a large dose Of poison and may die.
Hyde for Mayor Of Hartford.
HARTFORD, April 5-Wiliam Waldo
Hyde Dem.) was elected mayor, receiving
4,6O7 votes TO 3,S2S for Henry c. Dwight
(Rep) the present mayor. The Republicans
have II councilmen and the Democrats 20, a
gain Of for the Republicans. The board
Of aldermen stands II Democrats to 8 Re
publicans The total vote cast was about
800 greater than that cast at the mayoralty
election two years ago.
Rev. DR.. King Exonerated.
BROOKLYN, April 5-The Methodist con.
ference elected the following delegates to
the Omaha general conference; Rev. j. NJ.
King, Rev. A. j. Palmer, Rev. c. O. Nc
Cabe, Rev. John Miley, Rev w. H. Mickle
and Rev. A. Coons. DR.. King was exoner-