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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-26
Why He Took to the Woods.

Hojack-I hear that Dumsquizzle left
the country because he couldn't marry
Miss Widder
Tomdik-That wasn't it, exactly.
"No?"
No MIS- Widder was willing, but
when DurIsquizzle asked her mammals
consent, that lady refused it, and she
told Dulnsquizzle that she intended to
marry him herself Truth.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-26
WatGrbQrYFirGA Alarm

WaterburyFirGAIarm|
LOCATION OF BOXES.
12-Rogers- & Bro.
13-Cor East Main and Niagara SITS.
14-East Main street and Wolcott road
15-Cor High and Walnut SITS.
16-Corner East Main and Cherry SITS.
17-Cor East Main and Cole SITS.
21-Cor. North Elm and Kingsbury SITS.
23--Cor. North Elm, North Main and
Grove Streets.
Waterbury Manufacturing Co(private
25-Cor North Main and North SITS.
26-Cor. Buckingham and Cooke SITS.
27-Corner Grove and Prospect.
2S-Cor Hillside Ave. and Pine st.
29-Cor johnson and Waterville SITS.
212-The Platt Bros & Co. (private)
214-Waterbury Clock Co, Movement
Factory (private.)
3-Exchange Place.
32-Corner West Main and Willow streets
34-Cor. West Main and Watertown Rd.
35-Horse car railroad stables rivate.)
36-Waterbury Brass Co (priv..6e.)
37-Corner Cedar and Meadow SITS.
3S-Corner Grand and Field SITS.
312-Corner Bank and Meadow SITS.
313-Randolph 6 Cloves. (private)
314-Plume & Atwood Co (private.)
321-No4 Hose house,
323-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (private.)
324-Cor Charles and Porter SITS.
325-Cor. Simon st and Washington Ave.
4-Corner of South Main and Grand SITS
42-Corner of South Main and Clay SITS.
43-Waterbury Watch Co (private.)
45-Benedict & Burnham Co (private.>
46-Waterbury Buckle Co Cprivate.)
47-Corner South Main and Washington
5-Scovill Manufacturing Co (private.)
52-Corner of Franklin and Union SITS.
5S-Waterbury Clock Co., Case Factory,
54-Corner Clay and Mill.
56-Corner Liberty and River SITS.
57-No Hose house,
58-Corner Baldwin and Stone SITS.
6-Corner Bridge and Magill SITS.
62-Corner Doolittle Alley & Dublin SITS.
SIGNALS.
One stroke 10 M.
One stroke calls the superintendent Of
FIRE alarm telegraph to the City hall.
Two single strokes, fire out or fire under
control, used as a recall.
Ten strokes quick will indicate q gen.
eral alarm.
Fifteenstrokes Quick and repeat calls
out the militia.
INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS.
Be particular and remain at the box and
direct the iremen to the fire.
Do not pull the hook if the frebell OF
small bell in the box is striking, as that
indicates an alarm has alreadyibeen given
Be particular to remain at the box until
the arrival of an officer of the fire depart
ment, who will release the key, or, If cir
cumstances will not permit remaining, theI
the proper officer will return the key Il
| the holder as soon as convenient.
| Always give the alarm from the boz
nearest the fire.
Be sure and close the door before leav
ing the box.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-26

-Landlady-"Why, how deity you
carve the beef. Mr. Smith! You must
be an adept" Mr.. Smith with exer-
tion-"Yes'm; I'm a wood carver by
trade"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
DEATH OF edwin BOOTH
The Great Actor Expires at the
Players Club, in New York.
Attacked by Paralysis just Seven
Weeks Ago

Mr.. Edwin Booth, the actor, died ut 10
o'clock Wednesday morning in his apart
ments in the Players Club, in New York.
Mr.. Booth had teen uncoi scious for many
hours. His strong natural vitality alone kept
him alive for several days. Hs had been I'M
abe to take any solid fool, subsisting on
beef tea, kumyss AMI distilled water. The
humid weather bore heavily on him and
added to the difficulty of breathing, which
was feature of his illness.
1t was apparent early Tuesday that Mr..
Booth could not survive the night. At 10
o'clock the trained nurse in charge Of the
patient cal ed Mr. and Mrs. Grossman and
the other relatives into the sick room and
they remained until the flnal scene. The end
came so peacefully that dissolution was
scarcely percep ibe.
Mr. Booths present illness began ON We'd
nesday, April 10, list seven weeks a 90, when
Mr.. McGonigIe, his brother=in-law. who Is
superintendent OF the Players Club, not
having heard from Mr.. Booth at II O'Clock In
the morning. opened the door of his sleeping
apartment and found the tragedian lying in
bed, unconscious Physicians lave II as
their opinion that he had been stricken with
paralysis during the night Mr.. Booth re-
gained consciousness the next day, and his
condition improved so that 1t was said the
attack was simply vertigo, to which Mr..
Booth had been subject. The patients i'm
provement continued gradually till about two
weeks ago it was proposed to take him to
Nara sansett Pier, r. l., where his son-in-law
has cottage. Last Saturday a change for
the worst set in and Mr.. Booth gradually
sans until the end Mr. Joseph Jefferson
called to see his distinguished fellow actor on
Monday and remained at his bedside about
fifteen inmates, but it is doubtful II Mr..
Booth recognized him. Mr. jefferson was
the last visitor outside OF the immediate
family who was admitted to the sick-room.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

PURCELL THOMAS fell from parachute at
Buffalo, distance of 90 feet, and was
killed.
THE Baltimore Sugar Refinery, in Balti-
more was burned. The loss is est mated at
81, 00J,0 900.
JAMES DICKSON. aged 10 years, one OF the
wealthiest residents of Mansfield, Ohio, was
killed by railroad train at that place.
Two trains ran into each other near Austin,
Texas. killing Charies Link and Francisco
salio, train men. Ter offers we're severely
Injured.
A vicksburg despatch says there are at
least 10, 900 homeless people IN Northwestern
Louisiana by reason OF the fools, and that
their sufferings are appalling.
SAMUEL ENeLE, Peter Wolf and John
Maha were frightfully burned by an expio-
sion OF gas at the Burnside coll cry, near
Shamokin, Penna. Wolf cannot recover.
trolley car, at Buffalo, was struck iy a
train on the Lackawanna road iniuring the
motor man, Henry Martos, and Mabel Wal
dam aged IS, passenger, probably fatally.
ELLA KNAPP, aged years, was shot dead
ly her brother Willie, agei IL, in st. Paul,
Minnesota. Willie got his elder brothers re-
yolver and playfally pointed it at his sister
and it went of.
crevasse occurred on the leyee in the
Mississippi river, IA miles above Arkansas
City, Arkansas At last accounts it was 200
feet wide and Ii feet deep, and was rapi-
dly charging. A large force of men was at
work trying TO Oh ii with sacks OF dirt.
tornado passed over portions of North
ern and Northeas ern Georgia. and many
houses were blown down. At Gilisville,
James Kinsiey was killed and his wife badly
injured, and in Banks county George Dowdy
was killed.
despa ch from Forest City, Arkansas,
says that the floods ofthe st. Francis swamps
have begun to rece 70, although three and
half inches of rain have fallen during the
last Is hours.' Heavy rains caused several
small washouts on the Iron Mountain, be-
tween Forest City and Helena, and trains
were DELAYED eyerat hours
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10

A most dillicult thing is it to con-
vince the general public of the ire
parable losses caused by the destruc-
ton Of our forests. Because the evils
are not at once evident, people refuse
TO believe that they ever will come.
1t really is not SO much that lumber
may not be had in the long future as
that the physical effects of stripping
the soil of its trees produces changes
which are disastrous.
There seems to be misunderstood
ing between the lumberman and those
bent on the preservation of the forests.
If lumbermen could only be made to
believe that their interests do not run
counter to nor are incompatible with
forest preservation, matters might
work SO much more smoothly. The
science of forestry is not opposed to
having trees cut down in the proper
way, for they must be felled to supply
the world with timber, and civiliza-
ton could not exist without this.
Shat forestry demands is "that the
unwise, improvident, stupid method,
VI N"HU VI Luothpi, W WHICH tHS cub-
ting has heretofore too often been
Gone" shall cease. When the lumber
man will have ruined his business,
having killed the goose laying the
golden eggs, he may repent of his folly
In the United States $4,000, 900 of
slcepers for railroads are annually
used, making necessary the yearly de-
struetion of trees covering some 1885,
900 acres of land. Thousands of trees
must be cut down every day to meet
the enormous demand. When such a
devastation takes place, carried on
year after year, what is called the bal
nnce of nature can no longer exist
The things that happen are numerous
There are more foundations, loss of
soil, increased severity of climate
either OF heat or cold, with want of
water at times. The troubles are not
alone local, but general, for the effects
of denudation are demonstrable hun
dreds of miles away.--New York
Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
CONGRESS IN SEPTEMBER.
President Cleveland Says He Will
Call an Extra Session.

The President said in rep'y to a direct
session of Congress not earlier than the
LIST nor later than the 18th OF September, un-
less unexpected contingencies should neces-
state an earlier meeting.
Tho Presid MT further said while there
has leen no mystery nor secrecy in regard
to my intention in this matter / think it
not amiss that our eople should be informed
au,horltativcly that the time Is at hand when
their representatives in Congress will DO
called upon to deal with financial condi-
lion which is the onle menace to the coun-
try's welfare and prosperity.
sit is we'll for the pooplo to take up the
subject for themselves and arrive at their
own conclusions as to the merits OF fin an
cial policy which obliges Us to purchase ida
silver bullion with gold taken from our re-
serve One does n need the eye OF Imam
cier tina. this gold thus subtracted from the
Governments stock is eagerly seized by
other nat .ons for the purpose OF strengthen
ing their credit at our expense.
at does not need the art OF statesnanship
TO detect the danger that avail the coptin-
uapc of this operation. Already the timid-
jty of capital is painfully apparent, and none
OF us can fail to soc that fear and Hpprehen-
sion in monetary circles will ultimately
bring suffering to every humble home In our
land.
81 think that between now and tho meet
ing Of Congress much depends upon the
action of those engaged in financial opera
lions and business enterprises. Our vast
national resources and credit are abundantly
sufficient to Justify them in the utmost faith
ans confidence. II, In tend Of being fright
ened they are conservative, and II, instead
Of gloomily anticipating Immediate dis ster:
they contribute their share OF hop and
steadiness, they will perform patriotic duty
and at the same time protect their own IN
terest. The things just now needed are cool
ness and ca mness in financial circles and
study and reflection among our people
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
A Queer Ceylonese Grass.

Lemon grass, which is unknown out
side of Ceylon, and there only in the
kandian District, is in several respects
a most remarkable vegetable produc-
ton. 1t grows to a height of six or
seven feet and has the wonderful
properties of spontaneous ignition.
On the slopes of Mount Ambulawe,
during the wet season, the grand
spectacle of these spontaneous con-
iagrations is frequently seen. At first
single curl of smoke or bright tongue
of flame will be noticed. Soon, how
ever, as the water runs down the
stalks and mingles with the oil and
acids contained in the pith of this
curious herb, fierce fires burst into
view here, there and every place, soon
covering the whole mountain in q
sheet of fiame. The botanists and
chemists have not as yet explained
why this paradoxical grass ignites
when water falls upon its stalks. st.
Louis Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10

Men and women who are fifty years
oldremember when the smooth shaven
face was almost invariably the mark of
gentlemen A few men wore light
side whiskers, but the chin was kept
bare, and such a thing as a mustache
was known only in pictures. This was
true in Europe as well as in this country,
until the Crimean War, when the fash
ion OF shaving changed, and the mus
tache and full beard came in. When
our own war broke ont the mustache
broke out too Everybody wanted to
look fierce and war-like. Since that
time the fashion in boards has varied
somewhat. The mutton-chops had a
period and died out, but full boards,
half boards, side whiskers, mustaches,
goatees, etc, have been in style accord
ing to the taste of the wearer. OF late,
however, there is noticeable tendency
toward n clean shave, and it is possible
that We are returning to the types of
fifty years ago.-Springfield Mass. J
Union,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.
Three People Instantly Killed and 0ns
Fatally Shocked.

The lightning played awful havoc at the
little town OF ssditzsr, ave niles IRON Frank
fort, KY.
Farmer James Rediin. his wife and vist-
tors, Mrs Johh Lyman and Alex Barbour,
were sitting on the front porch when a bolt
OF Hghtofng descended upon the doomed
house instantly killing Mrs. Lyman, Bedding
and barbour.
Mrs. Redding. who was IN . defeats con-
dition, was 20 shocked that her recovery 10
hardly possible.
Ths house was not burned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
Getting Rid of Winged Trout Killers

Last season kingfshers stole more
trout from Mr.. Caleb J. Lubbock'a
private pond on Cranberry Creek, says
Scranton Penn letter to the New
York Sun, than Mr.. Lubbock and his
guests caught with hook and line. The
birds nested in the banks along the
stream, and when the spring broods
became full grown they were a perfect
pest in the trout pond. They alighted
on trees and fences before they Owed,
and they invariably flew out Of the
water with goodsized trout. Mr..
Lubbock shot few, but that didn't
scare the rest away. Then he hired a
man to patrol the pond with double,
barrelled shotgun. The kingfshers
were cunning, and they darted into
the pond and caught trout the moment
the mans back was turned He shot
five in thirty days, but scores remained
in the neighborhood, and Mr.. Lub-
book removed him and set steel traps
on top of the fences. Ina month only
three kingfshers were caught in the
traps and the robbery of the trout con-
tinued
In the fall Mr.. Lubbock made up
his mind not to be pestered with king
fishers this season, so he removed all
the fences and trees for quite dis
lance around the pond, chopping the
trees so close to the ground that no
stump was left for the birds to alight
on. As soon as the frost left the
ground, Mr.. Lubbock set three hollow
posts, five feet high, on each side of
the pond. The kingfishers had not ar
lived yet, but he expected them every
day, and the posts were the only
perches they would find to dive from
into the trout pond, when they reached
there for the summer. Then he got
six horse pistols with hair triggers,
loaded them with No. II shot, and
placed one in each post, with the muz-
zle pointing upward. A piece of silk
gut was then stretched from the trig-
ger to rim and spring on top of the
post. in such a way that the weight of
kingfsher on the rim would fire off
the pistol.
Two days afterward several king
fishers appeared in the creek. Mr..
Lubbock noted their arrival, and. in a
few minutes he saw one of them settle
down on post preparatory to diving
into the trout pond. 1t had no sooner
slighted than the hidden pistol went
off, and instantly the air above the
post was filed with feathers, claws,
wings and bits of flesh The charge
had blown the kingfsher to atoms, and
during the day three others met death
in the same way. SO far not single
kingfsher has got into Mr.. Lubbock's
pond this season, and the owner is
satisfied that he has got the best of the
winged front thieves.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
WORK AND WORKERS.

Two thousand brickmakers in Spring
Wells, Mich, who have been on strike for II
days past, returned TO work at the old wages.
OFFICIALS OF the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey stated that the difficulties between the
employees and the compnn will be adjusted
and the men will not strike.
FIFTEEN hundred men were deprived OF
employment by the closing down OF all the
branches except the pudding department OF
the Bethlehem Iron Company.
ST.. LOUIS despatch says that an amicable
agreement has b, en- reached in the difficulty
existing for nearly four years between Lig.
gett Myers, tobacco manufacturers, and
the Knights OF Labor.
THE brewery employees OF Plttsburg and
Allegheny, Pa, struck because the Brewers
Association would not accede 20 the new
scale. Later four OF the leading bre wers
signed the scale and their employees returned
TO work.
The furnaces Of the RockhillCoal and Iron
Company at Rockhill, Huntington county,
were closed down indefinitely, owing to a
strike OF the employees, who demanded tho
Reinstatement OF several discharged leaders
OF the local labor union. About 800 men are
affected.
The Barnum Colliery, owned by tho Penn.
sylyania Coal Company, at Plttston, Pa, has
resumed work. The colliery has been idle
since July LIST, 1877, whth the prehket Was
/ burned down IL has now teen rebuilt anu
/ will give employment to 500 miners, laborers
and slate pickers.
THE Diamond Plate Glass Company, OF
Kokoma, Ind, has indefinitely suspended
| operations. Its branch plant at Ellwood has
also been closed About 800 mon are thrown
out OF work An official Of the company
says It has more than 5000, 900 worth OF glass
on hand, land the market Is utterly demon
allied"
/ A DESPATCH from Pottsville, Pa, says that
the FIVE collieries drawn to tx the bnsis OF
miners wages for the last half OF May and
the first half Of June show an average OF
e2397, making the basis Of wages per
cent below the 2.50 basis, which Is l per
cent. below the wages paid last month. In
view OF the fact that the sal agents adj
vanced the price Of coal, much dissatlsfac-
ton is expressed among the miners OF the
Schuyikili region.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
A CAPTAIN IN A PICKLE.
Ordered to Produces $50 Chinese Under
Writs of Habsas Corpus.

The State Department will probably not
interfere in the case Of the steamship Danube
at Portland, Ore, where the captain ap-
peaIed to the British Legation fer relief from
an order OF the court which requires him to
bring $50 Chinese passengers before the
court to answer writs Of habeas corpus. The
captain was W ling that the Chinese should
answer but he feared to assume the heavy 70
sponsibility OF preventing the escape OF the
Chiuamen when they were once ashore. Sir
Julian Paunc .fote, the British ambassador,
WIS at the State Department, probably 70
state the cass 10 Secretary Gresham. IL is
believe at the department that there will bs
difficulty IN complying Technically with
the order OF the court while avoiding any
possIb lily OF the escape OF the Chiness This
could be done ift-e marshal served bis writs
on board the vsssel. and len a deputy on
board in charge Of the Chinese until the
court pas ed upon the cases-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
TWENTY SIX DEAD.
Fatal Fire in the Eagle Pass Coal
Mines.
Sixty Men Suddenly Entombed and half
the Number Perish.

A serious FIRE broke out In the Fuente Coal
Mines, which are situated in Mexico. about
four miles from Eagle Pass, Texas, and oper-
ated BY the Mexican National Railway Com
pany.
There were 90 miners at work IN the mine,
at the time OF the breaking out of the fire.
l. N. johnson, general manager, accom-
panied By Messrs- Jennings and Norton and
weil-equipped crew of men, left for the
scene as soon as the news became known.
The works are some distance from the en-
trance to the mine, and 1t was with the great
est difficulty that the men were reached. 1t
was found that &c had been burned to death,
and many OF the rema ming 60 yearly suffo-
Gated.
The workings are all to the eastof the main
entry, and some 60 men were employed TAX
ing out coal At O'Clock shortly after the
locomotive let, the mine was discover ed to
be on fire. and smoke and flames were seen
issuing out Of the air shafts. About one-half
Of the miners were working near the main
tunnel, and these made Their escape, leaving
&c oftheir number to perish from the heat
and smoke and from the poisonous gases
which spread like lightning to every portion
OF the mines. When IL was on that all
efforts were useless to rescue the imprisoned
miners, every energy was directed to saving
the property from destruction.
A hand-pump was placed in position In the
Rio Escondido River, pipes were laid into the
mine as far as work could be done and hose
attached and water poured into the burning
timboys. A portable engine was speedily alb
tanned from Piedras Neeras and in three
hours the fire was under control. There are
"a chambers. and the dead miners are sup
posed to be we'll TO the front. One body has
and, shortly after, another fearfully scorched
and biackened was brought to the surface.
The 10th chamber has been cached and
men, with ropes tied to their bodies. to effect
a rescue II overcome by heat and smoke, are
hghtins their way where the bodies OF
their dea comrades are lying. Superin-
tendent George Spence ventured In too far,
and was overcome by heat and smoke. He
was Frustrated, but was rescued. All the
miners employed were Mexicans, and most
OF them leave large destitute families.
II Is reporte that all parties responsible
for the management OF the mines have been
placed under arrest pending an investigation
OF the cause of the disaster. But for the
prompt action Of the officials OF the Mexican
International and their heroic efforts the
mine would have been destroyed and Lone
of the bodies would have been recovered.
This is the first great disaster in the history
OF coal mining In Mexico.
Large numbers OF the friends and relatives
OF the unfortunate miners gathered at the
mouth OF the mine mutely awaiting the re.
covery OF the bodies OF their sons aud hus-
bands
Hundreds OF people from Eagle Pass and
Piedras Negras have visited the scene, and
the smoke still issuing from the air-shaita
impresses on all the folly OF hoping any OF
the imprisoned miners are yet alive.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-10
ELEVEN WERE INJURED.
A Car Jumped The Track, and Every
Passenger Was Hurt.

A passenger train on the Northwesters
Division Of the Nashville, Chattanooga 4 g.
Louis Railroad was wrecked near Sewcomss
Station, twelve miles from Nashville, Tenn
The rear coach from Memphis jumped tho
track and rolled down an smbankmsnf forty
feet deep The train was behind time and
was running at high rate Of speed
There were only eleven passengers In the
coach, and they were all injured, several
severely. The injured are Mrs. Susan
stephens. Nashville, bruised about the head
and body seriously Mrs. L. u. Douglass.
Chester, S. c.. shoulder and head bruised ;
Mrs- NJ c. worsham. Mariana, Ark, lex
and face cut J. l. spurioek, Vienna. Chero-
kee Nation. Ieg. side AMI shoulder injured
J. s. Harony, Murphy, n. c., head and back
bruised Mrs. suddsth and baby, Nowssa L
T., the former cut on head Mrs Kiilinworth b,
Alyord, Tex, face cut and lack bruised J..
B. Freeman, Harold, Tex, head and hfp
bruised; A. g. Harris, Nashville. head and
haek bruised; John A. Perry, Memphis. hip
bruised J. D. Graves. Afford, Tex. hesd
euf.