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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Riot on n Train.

BRADFORD, Pa, March 1S.-Anumber
OF Kushvua woodsmen engaged in a
drunken row on the Erie train while on
their way home from Bradford. When
the train reached Mount Jewett the
men renewed their quarreling and set
upon John Aiken, an old man, and beat
him brutally. Landlord Campbell, OF
the Thompson house, came TO Aiken's
rescue. George Hudson. whom the
men had previously assaulted on tho
train, won't to Aiken and Campbell's aid.
The row became general and developed
into n small riot. Several people re-
ceiyed broken heads. The woodsmen
We're finally fought to standstill and
five Of them captured and taken to tho
county jail at Smethport on charge OF
riot. George Hudson's Injuries are con.
sidered serious.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Suicide in a Snlnnn.

AKRON, o., March 9-Clifton Wrig ht
went into Brougol's saloon and called for
glass of seltzer, into which he poured
enough choral to kill four men. He
drank the mixture, and calmly an
nouncing that he would be dead in five
minutes proposed the dice game. In five
minutes afterwards he put his hands
convulsively to his head and fell forward
to the floor. The saloonist and Gus
tomors thought he was joking when he
talked of dying. He was taken to his
house in an ambulance, and died in an
hour. On Wednesday he received no
tice that divorce proceedings would be
begun by his wife, and it is supposed
this led to the rash act.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
SCHNEIDER'S DEATH.
The Stranger of Servant Girls
Dies Like a Dog.
STRUGGLING AT THE soAFFoLD.


The Cowardiy Austrian Who Held
the Lives of Others So Lightly
Shows the White Feather When
Brought to His Own Doom, and
Cries for Mercy.
VIENNA, March 1S.-The scenes at
tending the execution of Schneider, the
cowardly murderer of servant girls,
were revolving in the extreme. All the
approaches to the building were strongly
guarded and the court yards were filed
with military. A small court yard in
the center of the law courts had been
selected as the place of execution. The
gallows, upon which executions take
place in other countries, was conspic-
uous by its absence. In its stead broad
white stake was firmly imbedded in the
ground in an angle of the court. The
stake was surmounted by large spike.
A detachment of military formed a cor
don short distance from the stake.
Presently Seyfried, the executioner,
with his assistants, entered the court
yard. He was followed by the judges
before whom Schneider and his wife
had been tried and a number of the
highest officials. Then came Schneider,
his strong frame trembling and his face
ghastly pale. His features had lost
their look of repulsive fcrocity, and by
his every manner the man who stran-
gled with his strong hands weak and de-
fenseless girls showed that his brutal
nature was subdued, and that he was in
an agony of fear at the fate awaiting
him.
When the condemned man had reached
point i'll front of the stake the execu-
toner stepped up TO him and dexterously
pinioned his hands. The oxecutioner's
assistants, who We're horse slaughterers,
then seized Schneider and placed him
directly in front of the stake. The con-
demned man was lifted from the ground,
and fearful scene followed.
Schneider Immediately kicked his legs
in every direction, and tried frantically
to escape from the grasp of the brawny
men who held him. But his efforts
were useless, and then he shrieked, "Oh,
no; in Gods name; Ill say anything
This scene did not last long, however,
for Soyffied rushed up set of steps
that stood behind the stake and threw
the free end of the silken loop which
was attached to the stake around
Schneiders throat. No black cap was
used, the eXocutioner making his hands
do duty in its stead.
As the moose dropped around
Schneiders neck the two horse slaugh-
terers dropped him. Seyfried pressed
his left hand heavily over the jaw and
mouth of his victim, while his right
hand covered the forehead and eyes.
At the same time the assistants grasped
the hanging man by his arms and legs
and pulled downward with all their
strength.
Held in this position Schneider was
unable to move. and he was strangled
to death. The doctors in attendance
say that he was dead in four minutes.
The face of the dying man could be
seen between the fingers of the execu-
tioner, and every change in the color of
the flesh was diseernable. 1t was u hor-
rible sight, and many of the spectators
We're compelled to turn away.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
onicer Merget's Murderer.

PoTTsvIiLE, Pa, March 49, The
three burglars concernec in the murder
of Officer Merget at Tamaqua were
brought to tie Jail here yesterday.
After their capture it was discovered
that one of them was badly wounded on
the arm by bullet He gave his name
rs Thomas Kelley, of Pottsyille, and ad-
mits firing the fatal shots. 1t is be-
lieyed that he is the same Kelley who
served a term in prison for robbing
Maggie Shaefer a few years ago. He
says he is 22 years old, and has finely
knit form and handsome face. The
two other prisoners gave their names as
Edwin Everett Blakeslee, st. Louis, and
John Brown, Beaver Falls, Pa. Both
claim to be 19 years old.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Searching for AnarcI,ists

PARIS, March 1s.-The police search
of the lodgings of anarchists continues.
Sixty suspects were arrested in hotel
IN the Rue Arbro Sec. Those who gave
= satisfactory account of themselves
were afterwards released. The lodgings
of an anarchist named Cazeau We're
searched by the police, and they were
rewarded by the discovery of number
of phials containing chlorate of potas-
sium and hydrochloric acid. Several
pans containing suspicious looking
mixture were also found. Cazeau was
arrested, but he refuses to make any ex-
PLANTATION of what ne intended to do
with the chemicals.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
"A STEAMER FIRE.
1t Causes the Death frcm Excitement
of Lady Passenger.

! CINCINNATI, March 18.-The steamer
Guiding Star on her way up from New
Orleans caught fire this morning while
passing Lawrenceburg, twenty-five
miles below this city. The fire was
found to be in some cotton in the hold.
The boat was headed into the Kentucky
shore. where the fire was soon extin-
guished.
The smoke caused the most intense
excitement among the lady passengers.
One of them, Mrs. Belle Shaninger, of
this city, who had an affection of the
heart, was seized with spasm and died
before the boat reached the Lawrence
burg wharf. She was returning from a
trip to New Orleans.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Fears for a Missing Schooner.

TAUNTON, Mass, March 1s.-The
schooner Tecumseh of Taunton, which
sailed from Baltimore over three weeks
ago for Boston, has not been heard of
since, and it is feared she has met with
disaster. Vessels which left the Capes
when she did have been in port and
sailed again. The Tecumseh was COM
manded by Captain Pendleton, and had
a large cargo of coal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
A pittsburg wife Murderer.

Michael Cloonan returned to his home
from his days work and seizing chair
beat his wife over the head until she lay
hfeless at his feet. Cloonan tried to
escape, but was arrested about an hour
after the murder and placed in Jail.
When arrested Cloonan declared that he
was glad he had killed her, that she
deserved death and that he was willing
to hang for doing it, Cloouan is "a years
of age, the father of four grown chill
dren. One of Cloonan's sons declares his
intention to kill his father for murder
ing his mother. Cloonan is said to have
been unjustly jealous of his wife.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Assaulted Mall Wagon Driver.

NEw York, March 1S.-The driver Of
mail wagon attempted TO cross Third
avenue at Ninth street Yesterday after
noon in front of detachment of the
llibernian Order. The crowd stopped
his horse, and when he got down from
his seat and exclaimed that they were
interrupting the United States mail
service one of the men struck him on
the head with heavy stick. With
blood flowing from long gesh in his
head the driver callel upon II policeman
70 arrest his assailant, whom he pointed
out. The policeman refused to do SO.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

WAsnINGToN, March 1s.-The senate pass cd
bill making Council Bluffs, Ia, port of en-.
try. a bill WAS reported exempting American
coastwise vessels, ploted by their masters OF
by United States pilots, from paying state
pilot fees. Mr.. Peflcr introduced bill for
providing nn experiment station to determine
the praCtiblity of electric motors for farm
use. The house, after the introduction of
few unimpUrtant bills, resumed debate on tho
free wool bill.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

BALTIMORE, March 1S.-Another step
has been taken in the acquisition of the
Pittsburg and Western railroad by tho
Baltimore and Ohio by the appointment
OF the general transportation and trafiic
officers to the Baltimore and Ohio to
similar positions in the service of ths
Pittsburg and Western.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-It is proba-
BILE that the presidents proclamation
reilnposing duties on certain imports
from Venezuela, Hayti, and Colombia
will lead again to test of the validity
of the reciprocity clause in the McKin-
ley bill. The proclamation opens the
way for the direct question to be brought
before the court, and it will be tho
policy Of those who are interested in
discrediting the Mckinley act to avail
themselves of the opportunity.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
hdiudscd a Hcrctic.

BENTON, Ills, March ls.-Dr. James
Barham, Baptist missionary, has been
found guilty of heresy by u council of
ministers. He is widely known as II re-
viyalist and has been a minister of the
gospel for twenty-five years. Recently
he became converted to the doctrine of.
sanctiication, or .'sinless perfection" +"
which is in conflict with Baptist teach
inpS
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

SuAMoKIN, Pa, March 1s.-Three I'M
known burglars were discovered in Cor
nelius Benton's home near Dolmat, and
II desperate fight Gpsued between Ben
ton, his two sons and the desperadoes,
who ran up the road followed by posse
of excited farmers, of whom Frank Car
son, Joseph Shimway and Charles Leish
were shot in the legs. The burglars sue
ceeded in escaping to the mountains.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

BERLIN, March ia dispatch from
Darmstadt says that an immense crowd
witnessed the funeral of the Grand
Duke of Hesse, who died on Sunday
last from the effects of stroke of par
alysis. Business in the city was gem
erally suspended, and einblelns of
mourning We're everywhere displayed,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

New York, March 1s.-Mr George
Gould, when shown despatch from El
Paso, Tex, stating that his father,
Jay Gould, intended to remain in that
city for several months, as he found tile
climate agreed with him, said it was tho
first he had heard that his father in
tended to make such stay, and he did
not credit the report
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
President Barrios, Cabinet.

New York, March 18.-Mr. jacob
Baise, the consul general for Guatemala,
received the following telegram, dated
at Guatemala City, March IS: General
Reyna Barrios took possession of the
republic yesterday. His cabinet is as
follows: Minister of foreign affairs,
Salazar, treasurer, Herrera; public
works, Velez; public institutions, Cab
raj; interior, Estrada Cabrera.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Two Poacllers Hanged.

LONDON, March ls--The appeals
made to the Right Hon. Henry Mat
thews, the home secretary, to grant
reprieve i'll the case of Charles Rayner
and Frederick Eggleton, the poachers
who We're condemned to death for the
killing of Joseph Crawley and William
Puddephatt, game keepers on an estate
at Pitstone, were of no avail, and con-
sequently the two men We're hanged at
Oxford Yesterday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

WASHINGTON, March tS.-Although
Representative Springer is still a very
sick man he has not lost interest in the
progress of affairs. The first thing he
asked for yesterday was the green bow
which he has Worn for years on the nth
OF March, and all day it decorated his
breast, showing above the line of the
bed clothes under which he lies,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
PENNSYLVANIA postn,asters.

WASHINGTON, March 1e. In IA list of
olninations sent TO the senate by the
president are these Pennsylvania post
masters: At Honesdale, William Il.
Briggs AT Indiana, Jonathan N. Lang
ham; al Newport, William Ii. Bosser-
man; at Lebanon, Asa Light; at York,
Hiram Young.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

The trial of Mr. Deacon, who killed NJ.
Abeille at Nice. has been set for May IT,
The Salvador congress is reported to
have rejected the reciprocity treaty with
the United States.
The New Brunswick legislature favors
the union of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
and Prince Edward Island.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

BLOOMINGTON, Ills, March 1s.-Samuel
Sells, a farmer, aged 81, while walking
from his barn to his house tripped and
fell forward with great violence. A bar
of rusty iron entered one of his eyes and
pierced the brain to the depth of six
inches. 1t required all his strength to
pull the iron out. He cannot recover.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
A Wood Choppcr's Nerve.

WlL1AMspoRT, Pa, March 1s.-NIr.
Henry Herbert, Potter county woods
man, chopped down tree which, in
falling fell upon him. He was alone,
and considerably injured. When he re-
covered consciousness he saw his AK
within reach and went to work with n
will to chop off the tree where it lay
upon his legs. The work was slow, as
the tree was eighteen inches through,
but he finally freed himself.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
Suits Asainst nfercier,

MONTREAL, March 1s. - John r.
Whelan, well known contractor, has
taken action against ex-Premier Mer-
cier for $4,000 damages for false arrest
in connection with the recent action for
libel brought by Mercier against Whelan,
which was dismissed on Wednesday.
Other actions will follow.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

James Galb.aith, 1t mail carrier on the
Monon road, while passing between two
cars on u freight train at Linden, Ind,
caught his legs between the draw bars.
He clung to narrow blocks near the bars
during the ride of eighteen miles, his legs
being completely crushed before the train
finally stopped at CraWfordsyille.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

WAsHINdToN, March 19.--The reply
from Lord Salisbury to the presidents
last letter on the Behring Sea question
had not been received this morning, but
the British minister has notified the de-
partment that the reply will be here
shortly.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

According to an estimate credited TO
Sir ]. B. Lawss the yield per acre of
wheat Of the United Kingdom for 1891
was thirty bushels.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

Especially when your general welfare
may be at stake. If cnyone offers you
Johann Hoff's Malt Extract and Johann
Hoff's" signature is not ON the neck of
the bottle, do not t,-ke it under any cir
cumstanees. Eisner 81 Mendelson Co,
Sole Agents ard Importers of Mineral
V'ato 5, y Barclay street, New York.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
Closing Quotations Of tho Stock and Pro-
duce Exchanges,

PHILAoELpHIA, March 1.-THE stock mar.
het was unsettled. The coal stocks, with the
exception of Reading, We're quiet, and that
stock declined late in tho afternoon. Closing
lils.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18

Thousands of seals have appeared er
North Cape, probably from Greenland by
ice, for the first time In eighty years. and
the people are making good hauls.
Emperor william, OF Germany, presided
yesterday at cabinet council, at which
all the ministers were pressat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-18
burglary at North Eost. Md

NORTH EAST, Nd, March 1S.-The Of
fee Of the Mccullough Iron company
was entered by burglars and the safe
robbed or between $500 aud $500. The
safe was an old fashioned one, locking
with key. The key was left in the
office, where it was found and used by
the burglars, who seemed to have some
familiarity with the premises. The
robber was tracked some distance by his
footprints in tho snow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-08
CITY OFFICERS:
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
AMI Pilot Knob. L. C. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at 5 O'Clock A. NJ. Vespers and
Banediction of the Blessed Sacrament at
O'Clock p. II. High Mass and Sermon and
Benediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 80 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children ut 80 o'clock P. NJ.
NJ. E. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, w. III. HORNED, Pastor.
Residence: Ironton. Services every Sab
bath at III A. NJ. and P. NJ. Sunday School
$3.50 A. NJ. Glass Meeting Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock Prayer Meeting Thursday
evening. All are invited.
NJ. f. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Iron:on and Arcadia. Rev. FL.
WHITEHEAD, Pastor. Services every Sum
day, at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening, O'Clock. Sab
bath School at $50 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street, e. N. SHoUsH, Pastor.
Residence Ironton. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at 2:30 p. VI. and on the first and third
Sundays at IL A. NJ. Sunday School every
Sunday at $3.50 A. N. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening at 7:30 P. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTro PFAFFE, Pastor.
NJ. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, Ironton. D. j.
KENOLY, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-08
America Now Leads in Appliances for
Sea Fighting.

The record of the past twelve months
of naval ordinance work is perhaps not
quite SO prolific in triumphs as that Of
the exceptional year preceding, but it
has its story of brilliant successek and
of much busy and fruitful labor.
Foremost, probably, in the list of
gains should be put the perfecting of
the American process of hardening the
surface Of armor. Ayear ago our navy,
with its nickel-steel plates, already
possessed the best ship armor in the
world. At that time, too, it had be-
gun to make that best still better, by
the Harvey method OF supercarboniz-
ing. During the past twelve months
this process has been so developed that
at Bethlehem, five 8-inch Hotter shells
fired at the center and four corners of
a standard 1O4 inch Harveyized nickel
steel plate, with an energy of 5, ,O0S foot
tons each, were all smashed to frag-
ments on it's surface, their points pene-
tratiny only few inches, and causing
only trivial temper crack, four inches
long, on one edge of the plate and small
bulges on the rear in the wake of each
impact. No similar success for armor
had ever been shown on foreign prov
ing grounds. Another gain has been
the bending of Harveyized plates with
out cracking, so as to make them avail
able in barbettes; for until lately it
was supposed that this hardening pro-
cess could not be used for curved
armor. Our processes have been
caught up in England, where three
years ago the idea of learning from
America how to make battle-ship armor
might have been laughed at, and the
triumphs of Indian Head have been re-
peated at Portsmouth.
The next great success of the year
belongs, we think, to American armor-
piercing projectiles. Three years ago
no such thing existed. All our shells
for use against armor were imported.
This year, at Indian Head, against
standard plates, S-inch Carpenter
projectiles were found clearly equal,
if not superior, to the best of Holtzer's
until now the best in the
world; and a Sterling projectile, also
showed excellent qualities.
A third gain for the year is made by
our navy smokeless powder, which in
a 6-inch gun has given 2,469 feet OF
muzzle velocity, with only 1879 tons
pressure. and, in the opinion OF the ex-
perts; now surpasses not only in stabil- !,
ity. but in all-around qualities the very
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-08
SOCIETIES.:

@ IRoNroN LODGE, No. IA, K.
N&Aof P, Ironton, Mo-, meets every Fri
ESke3day evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
W. J. B. HOLLOMAN, c. G.
w c DEMIER K of X. & s,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-08
A Proposition to Shut the Gates.

The Chairman of the Senate Com
mite on Immigration squarely pro-
poses that Congress shall pass law ut
the earliest opportunity suspending inn
migration, except from Pan-American
countries, for one year from the first
of next March.
Mr.. Chandler has bestowed upon the
immigration question closer attention
and more thought, perhaps, than any
other man in the Fifty-second Con-
gress. His intellect is uncommonly
discerning and active. and when he
reaches conclusion he has courage to
utter it.
There are, doubtless, hundreds Of
thousands, if not millions of American
citizens. who will regard Mr.. Chand.
ler's proposition as not a particle too
radical for the situation. The rapid
growth. during the past twelve months.
OF public sentiment fsvoring the most
energetic measures Of exclusion, IL one
OF tho phenomena of the age. To REQ.
ognize the extent and intensity OF the
conviction that the time has come to
shut the gates, it is not necessary to
share it In the unqualified form ia
which 1t manifests itsah on every hand.
Where the belief exists that the dilu-
tion Of American citizenship by the In
pouring stream of undesirable immi-
grants had already reached the danger
point when 1t was temporarily checked
by the accident of cholera and the
quarantine precautions thereby render
ed imperative, that belief is not affect
ed or intimidated in the slightest de-
gree by the fact that an affective rem
edy, such. for example, as absolute ex-
clusion for time, involves q total
in the policy of the Govern
ment during the past hundred years.
If such immigration as distinguishes
the closing years of the century is re-
sulting in the degradation of our aver
age of citizenship, no regard for prece-
dent and no conventional theory OF ma
tional hospitality should stand in the
way of the statesman who has to deal
with the new conditions.
That is undoubtedly Senator Chan
dler's view of the matter. 1t is great
ly to his credit that he has put the issue
before the country boldly and In def
mite shape for intelligent discussion.
Has the time come for the experiment
of shutting out all of the transoceanic
world in order to keep out the dregs of
Russia and of southeastern EurOpep
Mr.. Chandler would probably admit
with entire frankness that the danger Of
cholera in 1898 is not the only danger
in his remarkable pro p
7. Sun.