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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
WISCONSIN WOODS
Again Aflame and Threatening
Dire Destruction.
MARsHFIELD SAID TO BE BURNING

Also Junction City. Mcmillan and Spen-
cer-Over n Score of Families Known
to Have Been Burned Out and Two Chill
dren Reported Lost in the Woods
Black River Falls In Danger-Fires All
Around Merrill.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. ia telegram Just
received at the Wisconsin Central railway
train dispatcher's Office says Marshfield
and junction City are burning. Marsh
field is on the main line OF the Wisconsin
Central railway in Wood county. and has
a population of 5000. 1t is a numbering
town and considerable furniture is manu-
featured there. Six years ago the town
was almost wiped out by fire. If the re-
port Is true the fire is the result
OF the forest fires that have been raging
around the town, and which rain has not
yet come to quench. There are reports of
loss of life and also that the villages of
Mcmillan and Spencer have been de
stroyed
Report Direct From MarshfieId
An earlier telegram from Marshfield
gives the following as the situation For
many days forest fires have ragged inces-
sanity in this vicinity, burning many
cords of wood and much lumber and prop.
erty OF settlers, but yesterday. famed by
gale from the west. the flames were at
Jhelr worst and at night in a binding
smoke score OF families were made
homeless, and mothers with their little
ones are neeing from the fiery element to
this city. Word has been received here
that Powers Station, at which place there
Is battery of coal kilns. is on fire, The
station Is two miles north of here on the
Wisconsin Central road.
Relief Driven Back by smoke
posse OF men attempted to 90 there to
render ald, but the sitting smoke drove
them back, while those who reached this
city from the switch reported that .Tosenh
Barth, Frank SHicke, Balls Barth. .Tosenb
Robst, Frank kurth Tom Gaffnev. Pat
Powers, John Puppy, John Ryland and
several other families whose names could
not he learned, had lost everything. barely
escaping with thei. lives. \ pitifuI sight
was farmer with his wife who had
fought the fire from early morning to save
theIr dwelling, and giving up in DESPAIR
loaded his bedding and furniture on n
wagon drawn by oxen. When almost
within the city limits the oxen were both
suitocated and the load burned on the
wagon.
Two Little Children Lost.
The mother, almost dead from eyhaus-
ton. recited a thrilling experience and
cried most piteously. When asked where
her children were She said they had started
with them, but in the smoke had become
lost, and 1t Is believed both persisted. At
least twenty-five or thirty families are
homeless. The fire gained this citv's linn
Its, but was met by every male citizen. who
battied .Eanfully and succeeded in keepinC
1t out. The whole country seems to ba ~,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Doesn't Believe in the Debs Plan.

OMAHA, Sept. l5.-Reierring to the new
union of railway employees Of which Eu-
gene Y. Debs is the chief spirit, Chief Ar
thur, of the locomotive engineers, says:
mir. DebS has an idea that the consolida-
ton of all railroad employees, without dis
tincton, would bring everything desirable,
while ! do not believe the classes will har-
monte. They have never done so success
fully" ssfS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Grosvenor's significan. Remark

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The most sig.
nificant remark made during the filibust-
ering of the Republicans in the house
against reporting the election law repeal
bill was made by .Grosvenor, who warned
the Democrats that if the bill was passed
the time would come when the Republi-
can voters in the house would withdraw
their support from administration meas
uYes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
uoiler Makers, strike Heaten.

ST LOUIS Sept. 15.-After eight weeks
struggle the boiler makers of this city give
up their strike AS hopeless. and have ap-
Piled for work Fifteen men have been
reinstated, hut many find their situations
filed by non-union men.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Nlavahoe GETS the Gun.

LONDON, Sept. l5-The announcement
that tie Brenton Reef Reef Challenge cup,
won in American waters by the Genesta,
would stay on this side was premature.
The NavahCe won the race sailed Tuesday
by her time allowance, which was greater
than the time she was beaten over the
line
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
A FOOL TRICK THAT WAS FATAL.
'Fun'' Results in the Death of Half
Witted Joke-Butt.

Witted JokeButt.
ST JosePH, Mo-, Sept. IA dozen
young men, among then DR. Diebold, the
owner of a water melon patch, conspired
to entice half-witted boy named Albert
Pinyard into the melon patcn for the pur-
pose OF scare. When Pinyard entered
the field negro attempted to seize him
and Diebold chased him with revolver.
firing as he ran. He chased Pinyard
through two barb wire fences, from which
he was terribly mangled, and finally fired
shot which passed through Pinyard's
head, killing him instantly. Diebold
claims that he tripped and fell, but the
coroner's jury held BIN for murder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Starvation Imminent in Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE state boa I'd
of railroad commissioners has received APP
peals from the destitute people of Stevens
county urging it to send seed wheat and
provisions. The letter states that suffer
ing and probably starvation will follow
this winter If aid cannot be had
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
That Fire at Spencer. Mass

NoECESrNI:, Mass, Sept 15.-The loss
by the fire M Spencer by which acres of
the business portion of the town were
wiped out j. Euw estimated at from $780,
WOto sl5poHo Insurance about ssO.UaO
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Failure IN Michigan

Mourn PLEASANT, Mich, Sept. b.
Tonkin, Harris and Company, of this
place, operating general store and saw
mills at Beaverton, have gone into the
hands of a receiver, +. W. Carr, of this
city, being appointed. The liabilities of
the firm are $4,000; assets, SAC, 900.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Railway Clerk Killed by an Engine.

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-H. Fulton Griffin, a
clerk employed in one of the government
offices at Washington, was struck by a
Chicago g. Illinois engine while crossing
the tracks at Seventh-sixth street and in.
stantlv killed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

CHICAGO, Sept. l5.-Both Traffic and
Western Passenger association roads have
refused to make special rates for Irish day
at the Worlds fair
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

/ OST-A WHITE AND YELLOW BEETLE
IL hound, this side OF Watch Tower Finder
please leave at City Bakery ana receive reward.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
intelligence Column

THE DAILY ARGUS DELIVERED AT YOUR
L door every evening for lahc per week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

I AIDES CAN MAKE 50 DAILY BY FOLDING
~ and addressing circulars for use at home
No canvassing; position permanent; reply with
stanped envelope, Miss Grace Paul, South Pend.
Ind.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05

through the little hamlet about the
mine. Men, women and children
gathered with horror drawn faces to
see eighteen men come forth from
the hideous depths, and to behold
the Michiganme river plunging with
a sullen roar in the chasm in it's bed
The men who escaped were almost
all from the two lowest levels. Warn
ed by the roar of the waters they
fled wildly towarl the shaft and
managed t. escape from the pit of
danger. There was no lack of vol
unteers to descend the only availa-
Bile shaft, but the self sacrificing
courage of the hardy miners was all
in vain. The dark, angry waters
lapidly running in the shaft proved
even to the courage of despair that
human aid was without avail there.
The twenty eight men still in the
pit were strangled corpses now.
Not until after daylight did the
river complete its work and resume
its normal course. The mine work
ings had been filled to the river level
aud the fatal stream began to crawl
down its bed once more.
The death of twenty-eight men
marked the end of the Mansfield
mine, for unless the river be forced
to seek another channel this rich de.
posit of iron ore can never be work
ed again. Eight of the victims leave
families of children fatherless, and
about half Of the remaining twenty
men were the support of parents.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05

fine quality of its product enabling
it to keep on working.
The night shift had gone down
and though someone noticed that
there was more water than usual in
the mine, no special alarm was felt
as the pumps seemed to keep the
drifts free. Habitated to danger
the miners went to work as usual,
intent only upon the accomplishment
of their daily task that brought food
and shelter for hemselves and fam
lilies.
SO the work Went on, on its usual
course until about o'clock. Th en-
there was Il roar and rush OF water.
So fast came the flood that it is
doubtful if the men in the upper
levels were able to reach the shaft
at all The scene of horror and
death in the upper levels can only be
imagined, for no one escaped to tell
the tale Had the men been able to
reach the shaft death would still have
been certain, for,,the old, or No l
shaft, the only direct means of reach
ing the upper levels, collapsed and
fell in about $50, cutting off all es-
clpe that way.
Had there been time the men
might have descended by some
means to the lower levels and cross.
ed over to No. 2 shaft, but the in.
rushing flood came too fast. There
were heart rending scenes about the
mines and wild cry of alarm
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05
FOUND WAVERY GRAVES.
Mine Casualty without Parallel
in Annals OF Mining.

Crystal Falls, Mich, Sept. %
With a rush and roar the waters of
the Michiganne river broke through
the Mansfield mine, drowning TWEEN
ty.eight of the employees at work
Immediately under the stream. The
eighteen men who escaped were en-
ployed in the lower levels. The ac-
cident occurred last night between
9 and 10 o'clock, but did not be come
known until later. None of the
bodies have been recovered, and it
is believed it will be necessary to
divert the channel of the river
before they can be secured.
The Mansfield mine is situated on
the banks of the Michiganme river
about six miles from Crystal Falls,
the county seat of Iron county. 1t
has been working about three or
tour years and has shipped about
60 900 tons of Bessemer ore. The
ore vein dipped rapidly beneath the
stream. and for more than two years
the workings have been directly un-
der the bed of the river. The de-
preston in the iron trade had closed
practically all the iron mines in the
Crystal Falls district, and the Mans
field was almost the only one from
which any ore was being raised. the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05
Public Sale.

l will sell at public sale at my
farm s miles southwest of Butler, 2
miles northwest of Nyhsrt,on
Wednesday, Oct. llth, 1893.
the following personal property
Five head of horses, one fine year
old stallion, good style and action.
2 cows and calves, 20 head of hogs,
20 acres of corn in field, 200 bushels
of oats. 20 tons of timothy and Glow
er hay, one two horse wagon, one
spring wagon, lot of harness, and
farm implements, consisting of
moving machine, rake, cultivators.
plows &c. Also household and
other things too numerous to men
ton. TERMS OF SALE: All sums of
$40 and under cash in hand, over
$40 credit Of 10 months will be
given without interest If paid when
due, if not paid when due, per
cent will be charged from date.
Purchaser to give note with approx
ed security before articles are re.
moved. On day of sale will offer
my farm of 12O acres for sale
LUCAS GOWGILLl
G.. B. LEWIS, Auctioneer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05
4 Fatal Mistake.

Nevada. Mo-, Sept. 2s-George
". johnson, aged 63 years. highly
esteemed farmer of this vicinity,
was accidentally poisoned to day by
his wife, rho gave him aconite by
mistake for Jamica ginger. He took
the fatal draught at 8 o'clock this
morning and died in great agony at
2 p. N. It is feared the wife's rea.
son is dethroned, SO intense is her
grief over her sad mistake.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05
Stations Fight Il Duel.

Philadelphia. Pa, Sept. 29-Two
valuable stations, owned by DR.. G.
L Thudicum of Haddonfeld, N. J j.,
fought duel to the death yester-
day. They were known to be vicious
and been kept i'll separate fields.
Yesterday they got in the same field
by accident aud at once went at
each other. Their hoofs struck ter
rible blows, and the horses bit is
zebras. Finally, the moro valuable
stallion, worth $1,000, fell. The
other soon trampled over him. Then
to make sure Of finish, the victor
seized his rival by the throat and
dragged him about the field.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05
Reward Offered for Murderer Furbn

Reward Offered for Murderer Furbnsb
jefferson City, No, Sept. 2s-
Governor Stone this afternoon issued
a proclamation offering a reward of
5000. good for one year, for the ar
rest and delivery to the sheriff OF
Howard county of Reason Furbush,
who is under indictment for killing
Grarr;'le Hayes in that county.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05

Washington, Sept. Ex-senator
Martin, of Kansas, has joined the
senator's who believe that the sena
tors should be elected by direct vote
of the people. He introduced Il b.!
today providing for an amendment
to the constitution permitting such
states as may SO elect to choose their
senator's in this manner.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05

Troy, Mo. Oct. 1.-Yesterday af-
ternoon as Uncle Billy Bragg, an
old colored grave digger was filling
a grave in which had been buried a
little child, he fell over dead. He
was up to that time i'll his usual
good health. He had dug nine
tenths of all the graves at Troy Gem.
etery during the last forty years.
He was "a years old, and was honor.
ed by both black aud white.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05
Cremateti Alive.

Wichita, Kan. Sept. 2s.-Laura
Scully, 5-year old daughter of Officer
Scully of the police force, was burn
ed to thShere to-day, her dress
having caught FIRE from the stove.
The little thing was fairly roasted,a
her mot1er was absent and no one
near to -yive her aid.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05

STORM SWEPT.

DISASTROUS WINDS IN THE
! SOUTH.-NEW ORLEANS AND
OTHER TOWNS DAMAGED.
| Many Lives Lost, The Leyre Broken
aud !sundr. ds of Buildings
| Wrecked.
! New Orleans, La, Oct. IA ter
rible tornado struck New Orleans
late last night, coming from the
northeast, and ragged all night and
portion of today, sweeping to the
south from here along the liue OF the
Mississippi river. through the Par
ish of Plaquemine to the Gulf.
The storm was one of the worst
which ever visited this section, and
as far us can be learned killed q
persons and wounded probably three
times as many, some of them fatally.
besides destroying a large amount
of property at New Orleans.
The revetment leyee on Lake Pen
chatrain, which protects New Or
leans from overflow on the rear, was
washed away, the water sweeping
over it Is feet or more, and many
of the yachts there were sunken or
inj ured.
In the Mississippi the coal fleet
was scattered. the transfer boat of
the Texas aud Pacific Railroad badly
damaged and several wharves carried
away. The New Orleans and North
wester had it's track flooded for sew.
ell miles and so badly washed that
it can run no trains. The track of
the Louisville and Nashville was
badly washed for Is miles and it
will be several days before it can
run trains. While only four deaths
aud one person wounded severely if
not fatally reported from the storm
in New Orleans, below the city il
was far worse, especially in Plaque
mine Parish. Here the winds reach.
ed a velocity of 100 to 125 miles al
hou'', sweeping everything before it
NOT A HOUSE ESCAPED.
Pointe la Hache, town of 2,
600 people, was the worst sufferer il
that town not siugle house escap
ed injury. The Court house anc
Catholic Church, the principal build
ings in the town, and some 20 othel
buildings destroyed and the situa
tion WAS so threatening that the
greater portion of the people, fear
ing being crushed to death in thei
building, camped out in the stree
all night in a heavy rain.
The air was filed with debris
and the wind blew so tiercely tha
many had to anchor themseive
against trees to prevent being blow
away. Four grown persons ane
several children are known to hav,
been killed in Pointe la Hache, bu
how many children is not exactl,
known. Many other deaths are re
ported from this neighborhood bu
full list cannot be ascertained a
this time.
MOBILE INDURATED.
Mobile, Ala, Oct. "A souht
east gale broke here this morning
, about four o'clock and the wind has
been increasing in velocity evel
since until this hour, p. IN, it il
blowing at least fifty miles an hour
The barometer is still falling. The
wind has blown the water in from
the gulf until the river has reached
Royal street, which is four blocks
from the river and at an elevation OF
about fifteen feet from the main
river height. There is no possible
chance of estimating the money
damage. All the wholesale and
agricultural portion of the retail dis.
trict of the city is some four feet
under water, aud thousands of dol.
la,s worth of goods have been dam
aged.
| Several boats have been driven
ashore, and great damage has result.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-10-05

r S. Catron insures growing
cops against hail. also writes fire and
tornado insurance. l3 If
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-28

thodist missions in Missouri, and
converted thousands to Christ. He
settled in Benton county, and had
family of four sons. When the Re-
beliion broke out the sons went into
the Confederate army. j. A. Hunts
man fought in the ranks under Gen
eral Price. After the war he went to
Austin, Nevada, where he practices
his profession to this day. D. L.
Huntsman, his son, was born on the
family domain in Renton county,
Missouri; was educated at the Gin
ton Academy, Clinton, Missouri !;
taught school for six years in Austin,
Richmond, and other Nevada towns,
and studied law with Judge McKen-
ney spent two years mining in
Idaho, one teaching in California,
and, in an evil moment, yielded to
the migratory instinct and engaged
to the Hawaiian Board of Education;
taught school two years in Hawaii:
was then admitted to the Bar by the
Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Isl
lands, and is at present practicing
law in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-28
ALAPAI IN LUCK.

A Charge of Heathenish Prac-
tees Against Him is Dis
missed.
The long and tedious meetings
which have been held at the Kau-
makapili Church during the past
four Saturdays by a body of twelve
native elders, presided over by the
Pastor, Rev. J. Waiamau, ended its
sessions last Saturday. The case
which that august body tried was
the charge of heathenish practices
against Deacon ]. w. Alapai, and
preferred against him by two of
the church elders. The previous
Saturdays were occupied in hear
ing the witnesses pro and con. Last
Saturday Mr.. Alapai read his de-
tense, which consisted of a long
document prepared like a lawyers
brief, and supposed to have been
the work of a lawyer. Eye-witnesses
stated that the reading occupied
nearly an hour. During the read
ing, Mr.. Alapai produced in Court
a stack of doctors bills, which he
claimed as having been paid to
local doctors since 1884 for medi-
cal attendance to his family. The
total amount paid was 1874. Mr..
Alapai asked the jury, if he de-
pended for his salvation on ''unihi-
pill" why did he go to the expense
of paying out such large sum as
over seven hundred dollars? At
the conclusion of his reading, the
visitors were ordered to leave the
room, and the elders considered the
matter for one hour, after which
they gave their decision. in favor of
Alapai, five dissenting. Among
those who voted in favor of Alapai
was a student at the North Pacific
Missionary Institute.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-28
Pacific Wheelmen Races.

The Pacific Wheelmen have de-
cided to hold their next races on
Saturday, April LIST, over the King
street course. The order of races
is as follows:
First race, one mile dash, for
championship medal, to become
the property of the one winning it
three times. Open to club mem
bers only.
Won Nov, Is, 1891, by C. H.
Tracy; time, 3m., Is.
Won April 80, 1892, by R. A.
Dexter; time 2m., Sos.
Won Aug, 81, 1892, by II. A.
Giles; time, 2m., AS.
Second race, half mile dash, free
for all no wheels weighing under
40 pounds allowed to compete.
Prize, silver medal.
Third race, quarter mile dash,
free for all. Prize, silver medal.
Fourth race, quarter mile dash,
free for all boys under Is years of
age. Prize, silver medal.
Fifth race, half mile dash, free
for all. Prize, silver medal.
Entries to be made with the sec
rotary, VIM. Bush, on or before
March 31st.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-28

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-03-28
For Annexation.

A movement mas been on foot for
some days to start an evening pa
per worthy of the name. The pro-
jectors have received a great deal
encouragement from the business
portion of the community regard
ing the insertion of advertisements,
and it is expected that the new
journal will make its appearance
sometime during next week. The
promoters realize that there is a
good and profitable field for an
evening paper which furnishes the
news without fear or favor.
The new paper will fight for the
cause of annexation. That alone
is enough to insure its success.