The Globe-republican., 1893-10-20
PICKED UP.
A Lot Of Items OF More or Less
Interest.
Deadly Dynamite Explosion at Emington'
IiL-A Wreck on tie Wabash Cholera
Cascs-Indiana Whitecaps Sem
tenced-TwO Outlaws Killed.
DYNAMITE Explosion.

Dynamite Explosion.
EMINGToN, Ill. Oct. 1..-By the pre-
mature explosion of dynamite five per-
sons we're killed ard five injured, two
of whom cannot live.
The dead are: Christopher Eyer, OF
the firm of Eyer Bros, well diggers,
Dwight, H.: c. Fowler, Emington, Ill;
James Cromwell, Dwight, Ill; Fred
Ever. Olney. Ill. cousin of Eyer broth
ers: Tom Eyer, Olney, ILL.,, also cousin
of Eyer brothers.
The injured are: James Wyllie, EN-
ington: William Wyllie, Emington;
John Brown, Emington, cannot live;
Chris Sherer, Olney. cannot live; John
kennedy. Emington.
Wyllie Bros. of Emington, who are
weli-diggers, had contracted with the
city of Emington to furnish a well.
Having gone down to a depth OF 3O5
feet their drill broke and they were
unable to go any further, hence they
engaged Eyer Bros. to use dynamite in
order to further their work.
The latter arrived from Dwight and
began their labors. A two-fOot piece
of one and quarter inch gas pipe was
filled with dynamite. They had filled
the tube and were Gaping it with
solder when the tube exploded
Wabash Wreck.
ST. LOUIS. Oct 17.-Spreading rails
wrecked the Wabash banner limited,
due here at Gas from Chicago, at
Nameoki, Ill, about $40 p m, and In
jured more or less seriously some thir.
ty worlds fair excursionists, home
ward bound. The train was forty-fve
minutes late and running at the rate
of fifty miles an hour, when. hall
mile this side of Nameoki. the baggage
car left the track, followed by the
buffet, two coaches and two sleepers,
all turning on their sides in the ditch
to the west of the tracks.
The first shock over. the uninjured
passengers began, unaided, the work
of rescue, urged on by the blazing ur
of the buffet car, ignited by the cook
stove. Though this car and the bag
gage car and one coach burned, all
those within were gotten out safely in
advance of the flames
Cholera.
LONDON Oct 1.-THE total number
of deaths from cholera up to yesterday
at the Greenwich workhouse is eight.
The victims continue in critical con-
dition and the others are improving.
ROME, Oct 1S.-Reports from Leg
horn give twenty-five new cases of
cholera and thirty deaths, and from
Palermo eight new cases and seven
deaths.
STETTIN, Oct. flowing to the fact
that eight new cases of cholera and
five deaths are reported here, the
health authorities have recommended
the prohibition of all public amuse-
ments or fairs and of all large gather
ings of people. The recommendation
of the health authorities has been
adopted, and until the city is declared
healthy, no further large assemblagcs
of people will be permitted.
Properly Punished.
JEFEERsoNvILLE. Ind. Oct. 1.-THE
celebrated whitecap trial at Salem
closed this morning. Judge Voyles
gave Elijah Dalton, who stood by to
see his wife whipped and is believed to
have paid for it, five years in prison.
His brother. James Dalton, who held
Mrs. Dalton. and Holsapple, who
whipped her, get each FIVE years Boil
ing, who was present but did not inter-
fere. gets three. and Barnett, who was
present but was too drunk to help,
gets two years. Peyton, for turning
states evidence. escapes. The public
approves the sentences.
Two OutlnwS Were Killed.
MCALESTER. !. T., Oct. 1.-THE bat
tie with the outlaws, reported on the
18th inst, which took place near Fifty.
Two Spring. terminated more fatally
than was first reported. Lon Thomp-
son and Joe Sofsky were both found
dead on the prairie the next day Sam
Woodward. the only survivor of this
gang of desperadoes. is still at large.
4 Bark Kun Down.
LONDON. Get. I1.-While crossing the
channel the passenger steamer Marie
Henrietta ran into and cut in half Il
Danish bark. Six seamen were
drowned. There was a panic on the
steamer hut th, officers finally ca.