Democratic messenger., 1893-08-12
THE NEWS.

The foundry corehouse and machine shops
Of the Eureka Cast steel Company, in Ches-
ter, Pa, were de toyed by flre Loss esti-
mated at $40. 900 covered ty insurance.
The directors of ihe LehIsh Valley Railroad
dissolved tie lease of the roa 10 the Read
ing and reassumed poss Of the prop
erty.-John A. MeCcavil, OF Pine Bluff,
Ark. committed suicide in his room at the
Union Hotel, in Chicago, by sho- ting him
self In the head. He was known TO be a
gambler. and ii is thought he committed the
act in fit OF iespondency.-The Fort
Pitt Tanne-'as. belonging to Owen Sheek 4
Co Offices ani warehouses OF the
I'd Iron Company. at Rankin
a. were totally destroyed by fire.
ords of bark and large quantities
md hiles in the tannery were de-
in the wire works $4,000 rce's
q. 5000 kegs OF nails and
.ty Of merchant wire. staples and
Ct were melted together. The loss
ch 25. 900. Fred 4. Hoffman
4 from the roof OF his uncles house.
Granville street, in Pittsburs. and died
.ost instantly. He was a native OF Butler.
ID had just left the insane asylum after
sight weeks treatment Ii was thought he
was entirely well Engaged in farming. he
some time ago got into business difficulties,
which effected his mini. Religious melan-
cholia was the form il took and at Butler he
tried TO drown himself He leav, a widow
and two children.
The Gillian bark Eautra, In ballast, from
Valparaiso TO Moodyville, went ashore on
Dungeness Point, Washington, during q
thick fog. A fresh westerly wind prevailed,
and the vessel was driven hard ashore, and
will probably be total loss. The crew
reached shore safely. THE main factory
building OF the Empire Knife Company, in
West winsted, c., was burned. The build
ing was 100 feet long, three stories high, anu
occupied mostly by machinery. Loss &c.
600; insur inee about sc, 6,700.-James X.
Armstrong. the deiaulting treasurer, is now
in jail in Upton, Ind, with his son Carl.
charged with the double crime OF stealing
the couniy's funds and attempting TO liberate
his son. Watson Pitzer and Joe Prester, the
young men who were arrested charged with
being implicated in the attempt at Jail de-
livery, made d confession, which shows that
the treasurer himself was the instigaior Of
the attempt TO release his son.-A steam
thresher went through bridge near Abing-
don, Iowa, killing Lot Abraham aud Bud
varness. Pike, aged thirty, and
Selby Newbott, sixteen, were drowned at
South Dido, n. f.. in sight OF their home,
BY their boat sinking The fatality was wit
messed by their families and friends. Will
Pinkham, OF st. Johns By. \. T., was
drowned by the upsetting OF his dory.
As result OF an old feud, George W. Ma
Vile, a wealthy and respected citizen, shot
and killed J. S. Mocabe, a neighbor, at the
lntter's ranch. eighteen mics from Olympic,
Washington. Maville gave himself up
Nicholas Herschmann, cashier for the Con-
solidated Steel and Iron Company, was ar
rested in ST. Louis. charged with embezzlo-
ne1t. He acknowledged his guilt. He Is
nearly 3 1000 short.-P. j. Moss. one oil
the largest railway contractors In the United
States, president of the Tenn ssee Midland
Railroad and OF several river transportation
companies, ded In st. Louis, aged thirty i've
years. Moss had In the last fifteen years
amassed a fortu.e OF over o., ,oOO, 0O).-Mat-
tie D. Thorne, aged twenty-four years,
handsome actress. choir singer and music
teacher, took morphine with suicidal intent
AZ her boar iing-h house in New York. She
was removed to ST. vincent's Hospital, where
she died.-Frank vanloon, the Columbus
Grove Bank robser and murderer, was
hanged In the annex at the Ohio Peniten-
tiary. It was expected that vanloon would
break down completely as the hour OF execu-
tion drew near, but he exhibited wonderful
nerve. and the execution was one OF the
most successful in the history OF the annex.
vanloon protested his innocence to the last.
An unknown man made an unsuccessful
attempt to rob the st. Louis County Bank,
in Duluth, Minn.-Seyeral worsted factor
les in Philadelphia were Obliged to SHIT down.
The Scranton Lace Manufacturing Com
pany suspen led work temporarily.-A
number Of business concerns In Costa Rica
have gone to the wall.