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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
HORROR ON THE RAIL
ELEVEN PEOPLE KILLED ON THE
WABASH.
West-Bound Chicago Express Clashes into
= Freight-Frightful Scene Among the
Dead and Dying-Over y Score Are In
jored.
Due to Mistake In Orders.


In a frightful collision between a
freight train and the Toronto and Mon
treai express on the Wabash Railroad
at Kingsbury, Ind, eleven persons lost
their lives and score Of others were
injured, many OF them fatally. The
fryight was on siding west of the
DEPOT and was botihd east. The
fest section of the express train
y1ksed by on the main track at 5:25 q.
III. 1t is said that the brakeman, sup
posing that, the freight would now
move, ran back to open the switch.
Before the cars had begun to more the
setoiid section OF the fast express came
west at the rate Of f1fty-five miles an
hour, and before tho brakeman could
turn the switch dashed into the side
track and collided with the freight
train. There was terrific crash. a
sound Of grinding glass and splintered
wood as the heavy testibuled train
crashed into the train ahead. Above
the roar Of es Gaping steam and the din
and confusion could plainly be heard
the shrieks and groans of wounded
and dying buried beneath q mountain
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28

tional pension under the act OF June q,
1890, were allowed, while 49, .22l claims
We're rejected. Claims pending cOnsid-
GRAFTON July numbered Il, l,l5O. The
amount OF money paid for pensions dur
ing the year was $l56, s4O, ,467. Bal
ance at the olose Of the year WIZ
s2,43 ,37f. The appropriation for tho
next fiscal year, Commissioner Loch-
rem says, will be ample, and the esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1896 amount
to $l62,63l $50. Regarding these esti-
mates, Commissioner LGchren Gays
they were based wholly on the expe-
rience Of former years. The year 1895
is the thirtieth after the close of the
civil war. The pension roll will by
that time have reached its limit and
begin to decrease. The falling of in
the presentation OF new claims appears
from the fact, shown by the last report,
that there we're on Oct. IL, 1892, 7S8,-
08l claims pending in the bureau, while
July !, 1893, the number OF claims
pending had been reduced to 7lI,l5O.
II is apparent, therefore, that the Al
ing OF new claims and claims for In
crease has ceased to exceed the aumber
OF cases disposed of by the work Of the
bureau
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
cENsuREs the COMPANY.

Verdict Of tho Coroner's Jury In the NAT
ter Of tho Manteno Disaster.
The coroner's verdict, rendered over
the causes Of the Manteno (Ill. rail-
road disaster, reads as follows:
We do fnd that David Jackson and others
came to their deaths 1t Msnteno, Sept. Is 1893
while riding a. passengers on the first section
Of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and st,
Louis Railway on the Illinois Central tracks
by being run into by the second section, sald
second section being in charge OF Copductor
and we do further find that Thomas Amee
engineer Of the second section Of said train
No. IS, and Orvilie Duncan. naxman on the
first section Of said train No. Is were then
and there guilty. OF criminal carelessness n
the discharge Of their duties ~ engineer and
negman OF said trains. thereby causing tho
death OF David Jackson and Others aud 10
recommend thst the said Thomas Ames ana
Orvilie Duncan be held to answer for such IN.
lawful killing. We further believe that Con-
ductor w. b. Tyner OF the frst e0ction of tram
q. and william ssmDell, engineer Of said
train. were guilty Of gross carelessness In the
discharge of their duties - conductor md s..
gtnecr OF said train. We further believe That
tho Illinois Central Railroad Company 70
guilty Of tY0ss negli9onCe In not providing
proper signals and telegraph stations for To-
eating passenger trains while running be.
tween Homewood ILL.,, and Kankakee, Ill, On
said rOAd.s = -.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
OF EVERY DAY LIFE,
WHAT Is HAPPENING HERE
AND THERE.
CIRCLING THE GLOBE.
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN
DAYS DoINcS.
Anseusence by Electric Wire from Ev.r,
Quarter Of tho Civilized World, Embr.c,n-
Foreign Anairs and Home Happ.r,,~. :.
IN Important Nature,
After the Cattle Th,. y -.

JASPER, Wyo., special: Judge ,Jay
Z. TORY, president of the Embart t,o,,;.
pany, passed through here en- route tc
some pcint in Nebraska, and he made
sne drive from Embar to Casper. a
distance Of 200 miles. in two davs and
one , nlght with one team. Judge Tor.
rvs foreman reported Q .ing band of
uen with horses il their possession
Win the trlnds of s me of the small
settlers back near the Embar ranch
an the Judge called his II en- toe, ,er
ana ordered them to pursue the
thieves. The Tory cowb VS. are COW
Q ing the territory between here and
ftwler River, ana tle she, / is of Nat.
roma and Converse Counties are in the
held. A reward of 1900 is offered fer
the arrest of the thieves. 1t is not
1rkely that the thieves will escape, US
lorry intends to stay with them until
they are captured. Ths thieves ar.
supposed to be from Max. Neb,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
IN THE EAST.

WASHINGTON special: News ha
just been received from Harrison
Township, twelve miles from here
that Demon Wrattan and family, 81,
In all, was murdered.
COLUMBUS, Ind. special Eou
prominent farmers residing in tn.
vicinity of Waymarsville are under
arrest here, charged with having. on
september 2, at midnight, entered the
home Of Mrs. Schrader and whipped
her with plastering laths until she
was almost dead.
KoKoMO, Ind, special: Miss Violet
Dietrich, aged 20 years, headed band
of highwaymen who robbed four per.
sons here. Her plan was to induce
reputable citizens to protect her on
the plea that she feared to be on the
street alone. She led >her victims
down dark street where her accom-
pllces lay concealed. The female
thief and two OF her accomplices are
under arrest.
WASHINGTON special: Representa-
tive johnson is in daily receipt of let
ters from his constituents stating that
the Russian thistle is destroying
! thousands Of acres Of wheat in North
Dakota. He has urged the depart
ment OF agriculture to investigate the
matter and see ii something cannot be
done to check the rayages OF this pest,
and the department has promised to
give it immediate attention.
NEW YORK special: The New York
World prints four columns about Fran
cis Henry Weeks. whom it calls ''Soci-
ety's Big Thief" 1t traces his good
birth, social connections, and reputa-
ton for probity which gave him such
phenomenal opportunities for fraud
and robbery. He developed in q short
time the remarkable shortage Of ST.
ll4.93O-a case Of pure steal, mostly
from widows and orphans estates. His
big ventures in West Superior were
the Land and River Improvement Com
pany and the West Superior Iron and
Steel Company
PHILADELPHIA special: James Brom-
iley. one OF Frankford's best known
manufacturers, and treasurer OF the
Eastlake Manufacturing Company, Was
held by United States Commissioner
Bell under $500 bail TO answer for I'M
porting pretty lacemakers from LIVER
pool. contrary to the alien contract
iabor law. Bromiley's foreman, Rob.
art Clark, hired the girls TO come and
work for rs to 30 shillings per week.
They came o year ago aa first-ciess
oalin passengers In order to avoid ex-
Animation as suspected immigrants.
Now they are out OF work during .
shut-dowil and are glad 70 inform
scainst their importer in order TO BE-
cent back 10 England free.
HARTFoRp, Conn.,, special: The
sctink q Commissioner of Internal Heye.
n,,e. q. M. Wilson, hrs advised ths
nollector's otSce III this city thaa the
- - cHoclrs uhich were Issued ~ Haxs
lnrd Ir,lnpin tlring sstab blish hmenis an /
An1u1t IN se payment q A1apl
I Js.s; 49, s Sss 34ha reala8l
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
tended to by physician, from I.aport
and ether clOSe-bv towns

tended to by physician, from Iaporte
and other close-by towns.
All the horrors incident on fatal rail-
road accidents we're here in most hid
eous aspect. For time the work Of
relief was necessarily slow, and the
moans and cries Of the injured could be
heard in the clear morning air even
over the hiss OF escaping steam and
the blows Of the axes and hammers
piled on the ruins Of the cars in TN,
effcrt to release the unfortunates
who were still pinned beneath tho
wreck. The spectacle presented BY
the dead and dying, as they
lay in rows like soldiers cut down, by .
voiley Of muskctry fired at short range,
was fearful. Strong men from the
neighboring farms could not endure
the sight and turned away sick.
Relief traias were started from Chi
cago and st. Louis at an early hour,
and when they arrived such OF the in
jured ~ We're In condition to be re-
moved were taken on to Chicago,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
Killed l,y Anarch2sfs-

PITrsBURG special: At Calamity.
Pa. a small mining town, Moen Laisen
and August Brice attacked August
Reece ard wife, slot the woman t.
de; t., beat IN, husband into insensi
bill t. and LETT him for dead Laisen
was captured, but Brice escaped. The
mur lerers are anarchists and plotted
to go to Cana an blow up the public
buildings. The keeces discovered the
fact and the anarchists decided to put
them out of the way.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
The Rebels Losing GrO,nd.

LONDON special: The Brazilian
Minister in this city received the fol-
lowing official dispatch from Rio
Janeiro: The revolution Is growing
weaker day by day. Admiral de MelIo
has been reduced TO the |; extremity.
all the states denounce h S att .mpt TO
overthrow the present Governments,
and the people are enthusiastic for
PelXotOs government. The army is
generally loyal. The city is as Il q !.
gull as ii no revolt had occurred, and
the Government is fully confident that
it is sufficiently powerful to maintain
authority.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
Drive Out the (tlursp,

PORTLAND special: An armed mob
of 200 men ira 'ched to the Chinese
quarters, and afterl,, ting eirhouses,
marched the Chinese t, til, tiy limits
and ordered them 10 leave. Warrants
have been issued for the l.ingleader !.
About thirty sought refuge II
the house Of u Chinese mis- ioa:r,.
named Trumble. When tha moo de-
manded their delivery Mr.. Trumb o
appeared with Winchester rife ana
ann9unced tlat the first IN IN to enter
the house would b., shot.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
An CN0ps1rAl,le pOst,

SANTA FE, N. NJ, special: The
Government is having no end of trou.
bic trying to find an army officer to as.
sumo charge Of the Navajo Indian
Agency. Up to date two army fficers
OF the Tenth Infantry have sncct 0 lie d
IN escaping this assignment by vlgor-
Gus protests. These are Lieut.. +. II.
hummer and Capt. Drumm. Lieut..
Plummer was to have transferred the
Office to Maj. A. II. cambridge, but il
Is learned here that he does not desire
the duty, and the order detailing him
may be revoked at an early date.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

NEW ohisEANS Speclh. The lead
ing colored men of the city at a secre,
meeting appointed committee to
! ask the governor for troops for pro.
lection against the reign of terror in
Jefferson parish. at the outskirts OF
the city. A mass meeting of colored
citizens Of the state is called. There
are indications of trouble. Jefferson
parish has declared martial lawsby the
residents The sheriff, judges. SEN
ators and representatives are leaders
! OF the regulators. 1t is impossible to
learn whether Murderer Julian was
captured or burned at the stake. II
is believed state troops will be called
out. Many white women and children
have come to the city for refuge.
Bloodhounds from the penitentiary
Were let loose in the swamp to track
the murderer. On the exact spot
where Judge Stoninal fell an iron
stake has been driven into the ground.
to which the murderer will he tied
when caught. Resinous pine fagots
have been secured. branding irons are
ready with which he will be tortured
while suspended from the gallows by
his arms above the fire.
New York special: Brooklyn streets
were the scene OF a bloody riot in which
Italian and Irish laborers and police
men participated. Many of the fight.
ers were badly injured. The Italians
were preparing to knock off work on a
city railroad contract when Inspector
Cussick knocked the Italian down
twice. A dozen Italians rushed to his
assistance. Thfs led to battle, both
gangs taking sides in the melee. The
men We're armed with axes, spades.
iron riyets, and pickaxes, and furious
fight followed. The police were soon
Oh the scene, but the Italians showed
no intention Of desisting, ana turning
on the officers began to fight them.
Reinforcements of police arrived and
surrounded the combatants and they
surrendered. The police arrested
twenty. Four of the severely wounded
were taken to the city hospital. AL
most all of the four hundred rioters
suffered cuts and bruises.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. special: There
is q water famine in sections OF isncin-
al and Dnval Counties, and ut Aquil-
ares, u town on the Texas Mexican
Railroad. there is much suffering. The
large reservoir Of the railroad COM
pany at that place has been dry for
nearly year. 1t cxcites the pity Of
passengers to see the poor Mexican
women catching every drop OF water
they can when the train comes py.
They hock on the water car and place
cans under the tender and engine. and
even save the 'tlrippings from the
waste pipe OF the water coolers. The
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
FALLING OFF in PENSIONS.

Commissioner L0chren Flies His Annual
Report to the Secretary Of Interior.
Washington dispatch: Pension Com
missioner Lochren submitted his an
nual report to the Secretary Of the In
terror Friday. The document shows
that the number of pensioners on the
roll Of the bureau is 966, ,0l2, with net
increase Of So, ,944 during the last year.
During the year 2+,7l5 claims for in
crease of pension and 81, 800 for addi-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-28
lllyHearse in the City.

IA full line Of Cofins Cas-
keti md ID Undertaker's goods. The
finest md cheapest lot OF fur
niture every brought in the city.
Call ana bee my stock before psr-
chaaing elsewhere.
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When to Wind a Watch,

1t was Fifth Avenue jewelry store.
"My watch said a gentleman to the
salesman, exhibiting costly repeater,
'varies a minute week. 1t ought to
keep time to the second, and so you rep
resented to me when purchased it. Look
at il"
The salesman critically examined the
works through his glass, closed the case
and handed the timepiece to its owaer.
''There is nothing the matter with your
watch. 1t will keep perfect time if you
wind it in the morning"
"Oh," laughed the gentleman, "thats a
chestnut | wind at a certain hour at
night
''That has nothing to do with it, re-
sponded the clerk. During the night your
watch is quiet, as it were. That is it
hangs in your vest without motion or
touch. If you don't wind it at night the
handspring is then relaxed instead of being
in that condition during the day By
winding it in the morning the handspring
remains close and tight all day. 1t keeps
the movement steady at time when you
are handling it, running around and more
or less jarriug it as you hasten about the
city attending to your daily affairs, A
relaxed handspring at this time accounts
for fine watches varying slightly. Try it,
and you will find that am right.
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The Medical Use of Onions.

The sweet Italian, or the Bermuda onions,
are the ones to be eaten au naturel the
favor being much more delicate than the
common varieties. But onions are really
sweeteners of the breath after the local
effects have passed away, as they correct
stomach disorders and carry off the accumu-
lated poisons Of the system. They provide
a blood purifier that all may freely use, and
do perfect work in constipation troubles.
As vermifuge, the onion cannot be sur
passed, and, eaten raw, will often check a
violent cold in the head. One small onion
eaten every night before retiring is we'll
known doctors prescription for numerous
affections of the head, and is highly recon-
mended for sleeplessness; it acts on the
nerves in soothing way, without the in
furious effects ofthe drugs so often applied.
The heart of an onion heated and placed
in the ear will often relieve the agony of
earache, while the syrup procured from
sprinkling sliced onion with sugar and
baking in the oven is said to work wonders
in "croupy" child.
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MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
OF CARROLL COUNTY.
OFFICE. WESTMINSTER, MD.

OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY:
J. w. Herring, President, Westminster, Car
roll county.
Richard Manning, Secretary and Treasurer,
Westminster, Carroll county.
DIRECTORS.
j. w. Herring, Westminster, Carroll county
Granville S. Haines, Union Bridge, Carroll
county.
David Prugh, Freedom, Carroll county.
Granville I. Herring, Sandyville, Carroll
county.
Charles B. Roberts, Westminster, Carroll
county.
Edwd. Lynch, Westminster, Carroll county.
David Fowble, Westminster, Carroll county.
R. Manning, Westminster, Carroll county.
Alfred Zollickofer, Uniontown, Carroll co.
E. f. Reindollar, Taneytown, Carroll county
AGENTS.
John T. Diffenbaugh, Westminster, Carroll
county.
J. Oliver Wadlow, Freedom, Carroll county.
E. M. Anderson, Mt. Airy, Carroll county.
Louis Dielman, New Windsor, Carroll co.
John S. Repp, Union Bridge, Carroll county.
Alfred Zollickoffer, Uniontown, Carroll co.
E. E. Reindollar, Taneytown, Carroll county.
j. w. Weant, Double Pipe Creek, Carroll
county.
William H Shower, Manchester, Carroll
county.
Granville I. Herring, Sandyville, Carroll
county.
W. U. Marker, Tyrone, Carroll county.
William A Abbott, Hampstead, Carroll
county.
John Jones, Mechancstown, Frederick CO..
o. A. Horner, Emmitsburg, Frederick
county. jams II
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The Americans Toast.

Benjamin Franklin was dining with a
small party of gentlemen when one Of
them said
s'Here are three nationalties represented:
I am French, my friend here is English,
and Mr.. Franklin is American. Let each
propose toast T
The Englishman rose and in the tone
of Briton bold said: sHere's to Great
Britain, the sun that gives light to the
nations of the earth.
The Frenchman was rather taken back
at this, but he proposed: "Here's TO
France, the moon whose magic rays move
the tides of the world r
Franklin then rose aud with an air Of
quiet modesty said: Heres TO George
Washington, Joshua of America, who
commanded the sun and moon to stand
still-and they stood still I"
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melons, what wreck they werel The
rinds and outer shells of white had all been
eaten away, leaving the juicy red meat ly-
ing upon the ground untouched. As
gazed into the fearful eyes of my wife ]
was too full for utterance. Adjoining was
large fifty-acre cornfeld. There were
about dozon rows of sorghum corn along
one end, and they had not been molested
All that remained of the rest were the
bare, hard stalks. Everything else was
eaten off clean. The grasshoppers were in
the house, in the victuals on the table-in
everything. As the sun sank in the west
we went out in the yard to see if there
was anything left, but all We could see
was the countless myriads Of hoppers
They were in the air as thick as snow
flakes in driving storm; the ground was
piled with them, in some places over foot
deep. Around my lot was high picket
fence. This presented the appearance of
solid wall of grasshoppers five or six inches
thick, all the spaces between the pickets
being completely filed up. The sides Of
the house and the roof were buried under
the clinging mass. The next morning
when l lighted the fire, which | had pre-
pared the night before, | heard a lively
scrambling in the stove, and lifting the lid,
l found it chuck full of hoppers, who were
trying to escape from their fiery imprison-
ment.
At the close of the second day the coun-
try presented the appearance Of desert.
Nearly everything green had disappeared
from the face Of the earth The grass and
weeds and growing crops had been eaten
close to the ground, and the trees and
bushes were stripped of their foliage. Such
scene of desolatiOn | hope never to see
again. Having completely destroyed every
thing, the grasshoppers passed on to lay in
waste other portions of the country. The
loss to the farmers was complete, and much
suffering ensued that fall and winter, but
the next season the crops were bounteous
and plenty and contentmeut reigned once
more. The setback was only temporary
one, but l fear the Peoples party craze now
raging in this state will prove much more
disastrous in the end than grasshopper
plague.
The old Kansan lapsed into moody ST.
lence as he sat gazing sadly out Of the
window.
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and cross-arms, a trolley wire running
along the side of the car.
DIR. Adams claims that nothing is at
tempted in his system except what has
already been actually accomplished. At
the Frankfort Exposition the possibility Of
transmitting electric power long distances
with economy was demonstrated, 300
horsepower being there transmitted electric
ally over distance of los miles, with an
efficiency of 75 per cent.
The physical possibility of running car
100 miles an hour was demonstrated at
Laurel, Md, an electric locomotive of two
and one-half tons running round circular
track of two and one-half miles in circum-
ference at 1l5 miles an hour without de-
railment Therefore, declares the Doctor,
there is nothing impracticable in an under
taking, contemplating the electrical trans
mission of power over only 55-mile cir
cult, by the operation of 15-ton cars on a
straight track at a speed of only 100 miles
an hour.
Whether in the system of DIR. Adam,
practice and theory will antagonize or join
hands in the full fruition of accomplish
ment remains to be seen. But if it should
prove reality and not Utopian dream
the cost of operating railroads will be i'm
mensely reduced. In steam railroad there
are 19 tons of dead weight hauled for every
ton of passengers or paying load, the ratio
of paying to non-paying load, therefore
being one to 10; whereas, under this new
electric system the ratio, it is claimed, il
five to one.
This in itself constitutes an enormous
saving, not only to the roadbed, but also ii
the fuel required to transport dead weight
1t requires no intricate calculating to ap
preciate the wear and tear Of roadbed owe
which is run an S0-ton steam locomotive
and that over which is run a 15-ton elec
tric car. The coast of roadbed, too, is tn,
principal item of cost in operating rail
road. Then, again, with the electric sys
TEN there are no coal or watering station
to maintain.
Yet were the cost of operating this sys
TEN far greater than that of a steam system
the electric would prove far superior, an'
it would do the business to the exclusion
of other roads not able to at all compet
with it, because of its cleanliness, absenc
of noise, and the higher rate of speed to b
attained.