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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26
DEATH OF M. GoUNoD.
the Composer Of Faust Dies of Paraly sis
of The Brain

NJ Gounod. the great musical composer,
died on Wednesday at his villa at st. Cloud.
near Paris, France. He never recovered his
faculties after he was stricken. The direct
cause of death was general paralysis of the
train.
Charles FSqncois Gounod was born in
this city June IL, 1919. Amer the usual
course of training he became known as II
lyril composer. None of his early works
achieved Succrss, but his opera of Faust
took all the lovers OF operate music by
surprise. His subsequent productions were
all successful.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

Thirtysix new cases nf yellow fever and
two deaths were reported in Brunswick, Ga.
on Thursday
Patrick Kanaley choked to death by swal.
lowing sponge while on the operating ta-
bic at Syracuse, \. \, An investigation is
being made.
A car containing 5000 600 in gold arriv-
ed ut New York Sub-Treasury from San
francisco On Friday. The car was guarded
BY five armed men and the date OF ship
ment kept secret.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

yellow fever were ,ilically reported o.
Monday. Six new cases were reported ol
Tuesday. There are under treatment ..
whites aud 2l colored To date total OF
Al have died and 3JS have / en discharged
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

I'm testifying in her own behalf in 8
baltimore police station Mrs. Adelins
Wilder called upon God to smite her il she
bad not sworn to the truth. The wor had
scarcely left her mouth when she fell TO
The floor unconscious. Twelve hours after
wards she revived, but she is now ravins
maniac,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

At Evergreen. Ala. Wright Green was
zen encrd &" twu years Imprisonment for
,hdll' ming Saruurl Coker to iicht a duel.
This is the first conviction under the law
which wa, assed in 1856
At NV York Maurice dc Couollion, 80
year old shot ami duserously wounded
Emeic Alexander married woman lie
allerWarI shot himself and died Instantly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26
A Big Battle Reporte d,

A pitched battle has been fought on the
Ibieui in the Brazilian State of Eio Grands
de Sui. The Insurgents defeated the troops
of Gen. Castillo. One thousand soldiers
are reported 10 have been killed or wound
adj
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

w. II. llornblpwef's nomination TO be
Associate Justice Of the supreme Court is
still hung up Ia the senate Committee.
The President has written expressing his
regrets that he aud Mrs Cleveland are
unable to attend the Wo lis Fer before it
Is permanently closed
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

The Treasury has clo,,d up the socorro
Na,iInd Bank nf SDcorro. y. NJ, for con
,inned AMI pcr,istant violations Of the ma.
tional banking laws.
The WelIman Iron and Steel Company Of
Chester, Pa, ha, tailed
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

In Is estimated that the WCr,d's Fai,
eoncessionaires have cleared -, OO000U tn,
Ferris wheel alone has msGe .Go,0 (
above the cost Of construction and the pol-
iion of the receipts paid into the Fair IreAs-
ury.
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pts,srrrs, AccrnrNr5 AVN rArALirtrs.

ptsAsrEHs, ACCinENrs AND FATALITIES.
Two seriously and ten painfully injured
Is the result OF collision between an hi
nois Central coal train and the nor,hbouni
express train at otto. four miles south OF
Kankakee, Ill., Tie report that seven were
killed was incorrect, though some Of the In.
iured may die.
by the explosion of boiler in dye house
at Spokane, Wash. Mrs. jain Bean, II llol.
land, Miss Turner and Miss Azee were
Killed.
Three persons were killed and five In.
jured n a collision ON the Reading road
Trenton, y. J The dead are James Tafler.
~ and James Mckenna, both of Phiadel
phia, and an unknown man. On n card
found in his pocket was the name OF
Thomas Miher, Washington. u. G.
Charles \. Wells. a millionaire lumbcr;nan
of Saginaw, Mich was drowned while hunt.
ing by the up'ctting OF his canoe ON Bow.
string lake, MINI.
At To,tenyille. ;. /, n passenger train on
the Staten Island Rapid Transit road col.
iided with train in the station. Conductor
Erapk Davis waS crushed betwden two cars
o.. Instantly killed, and Brakeman Wal
lace Bedell received internal injuries which,
it is believed, will result fatally. Q.
At Birmingham, Ala, the b, vi. ,he i big
mogul locomotive, drawing ire sta' train
on the Georgia Pacific railroad, exploded,
killing instantly Engineer William Mills
aud Fireman J. W. Buchanan
At Battle Creek, Mich, the following adj
dtionll bodies of victims of Fri.
days wreck on the Grand Trunk rail
road were idouIiiied on Tuesday: : Il
Brown, Strathroy, ont; Mrs. Eyeliua Al
drich. Edwardsburs Mich J. VI. Refs,
Chicago. O. J Lake New York Eight
bodies remain me aimed
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THE BATTLE CREEK DISASTER
Only Twelve of the Victims Identified
1hua tlnr.

The following victims of Fridays wreck
at Battle Creek, Mich. nave been positively
identified; Frank II. Smith, leg amputat-
ed and since died For, Plain, n. Y Charles
w NanDusen Sprout Brook, y, Y, died
of injuries; Mrs. Charles w. VanDusen.
Thomas Il. Stringsr. Port Dover, Ont;
William II, Henry, East Greenwich, r. l.;
Edwin |. Magoon, Warwick. r. J.; Mrs.
Albert bradley Simc1e, Ont; J.W. Boards
ley, Watkins y. y; Mrs f. Il. Mckenzie,
Wisconsin; Miss A. w. Workman, New
York; James q. Workman, brother OF
above, - years old and only boy killed;
Thomas McFarvey, London. Can.
There are now 10 unidentified bodies.
The following ara known tn be- among the
burned 10 death, but cannot be identified:
Mr.. Evelyn A. Aldrch, OF dwardsburg,
Mich; Mrs 4. h. Warner. Brockp.rt, n,
T.; Mrs. J. A, Wood, Odessa, n. Y,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

"A Guild was horn at Polo. Mo, a few
days ago at the birth OF which there were
present five generations The ch'ld the
molher. the grandm her, the great grand-
mother aud the gieat-greai- 81 rAnd-moth.r
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

The Rev. Dr. Philip SchaG, regarded by
many ~ the greatest living authority on
ex gesis ana church history, died 1T his
home IN New York city. Paray,iswas the
immediate cause of death.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26

-THE italian government is taking steps
to declare martial law over all Sicily and
eItirpate brigandage on the island. The
work will be doue by 1900 troops.
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FIHEs.

Fire at Lcmars. Ia, destroyed the rrin
cipal business houses of the town. Los,
: 100, 600 80 horses were also burned.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26
LATER NEWS wAIFs.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

Factory Inspector Watchorn, OF Pennsyl-
vania says the reports received from his
deputies through the State indicate that
the condition oftrade among manufacturers
Is as dull as 1t has been at any time during
the year with no prospects Of change for
the better.
At Springfield, o.. the great reaper firm
OF Narder. Bushnell & Glessner, employing
200 men when running full, has made
reduction in wages averaging 10 per cent.
Other large manufacturers there will, IL is
stated, soon follow their example
At Munce, Ind. Maring, Hart & Overs
window glass factories aud the Whitley
Harvesting Machine works employing L.
500 men. have resumed. Bail Bros glass
factories aud the White River steel mills.
employing 1000 men here also resumed.
The rolling mills and quarries at the Ty-
rome. Pa. forges employing about go men
have resumed operations after long shut
down.
The striking m iners of the Springfield,
Ills, district have decided TO return 20
work on the terms offered be- the operators
previous TO the strike, 40 cents per ton
gross. The strike affects DO men,
The striking Louisville and Nashville
shopmen held a secret meeting at Lods-
willie aud after discussing the situation
fully resolved upon complete surrender
a 10 per cent re luctiou in the wages Of
the 800 employees Of the Sharon, Pa, iron
works, will 60 into effect November 10.
The MIngo st eel and Iron mill, at Mingo
Junction, Ohio, closed down indefinite
ly. Six hundred men are thrown out OF
employment
At Lancaster, Pa, the Conestoga cotton
mills, employing about 1000 hands started
on full time after working half tine Tor u
month.
The rolling mill Of the oxford tN Jl
Iron and Nail Company was started. Tie
men have agreed t. a reduction. The works
employ abou. 1000 men.
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'rr,,n. Lnbor and dInau.,r,l.


The Pennsylvana Iron Mills, Lancaster
have clos q tor lack " orders.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26
A FAST TRAIN or DEATH.
Tventy-Seven Worlds Fair
Visitors Lose Their Lives
TWO TRAINS ON THE CHICAGO
AND GRAND TRUNK RAIL-
ROAD COLLIDE.
Scores of Those who Escaped Death
Manned and Mutilated. Horrible
Details OF Ono of the Most
Disastrous Wrecks of
Recent Years.

Twenty seven heaps Of charred. blackenct
before were men women and children In
the ENJOYMENT of health and happiness
TEST upon the tloor OF an improvised morgus
~ the basement OF a furniture store IN
Battle Creek, Mich. A mile away in the
City Hospilal are a score or more Of human
beings with gashed Jodies aud broken
limbs Add to this an engineer in fail and
a conductor under bond to appear and the
story is told in brief Of the latest Of railroad
horrors, and one of the most appalling In
its character Of this or recent years.
The dead are.
Frank II. Smith, Fort Plain. N. "
Il. T. Mogoon. Providence, II. l.
w. W. Henry. Woonsocket, X l.
Mrs Charles Van Dusen, Sprout Brook,
NY.
Nine men, tight women, one boy and
one body. together with three human trunks
with limbs and heads missing, we're burned
beyond Identification.
One Of the female bodies Is be ieved to be
that OF Mrs. W. W. Henry. OF Woonsockett,
Il. l. one Of the male victims is believed
to bo William Lewis Wilson. Of Evanston.
H., and another 10 supposed TO be J. w.
Beardsey of Watkins, y. Y.
The injured are: Ezekiah Davidson Fair
port, y. Y; Miss Belle Williams, Lockpo't.
\. \. Mrs. Henry Bushnell BrockpJri, n.
\; William thompson. Woodstock, Ont:
Frank Rogers. Woodstock, Ont; Fredei ick
Wurz. Rochester, y y; Evelyn Wuriz
daughter o. anoyc. Harvey smith, Fort
Pain, \. y: Nellie + smith. Fort PLAIN.
y. y; Albert Bradley, Ont; Frank Turner,
Middle Smithyilie ia; John G. Stewart,
Dalton, H.; Jennie, daughter OF above: Mrs,
NaIce. Simcoe, tan. George Vance. Sim.
coe, Can, son of above; Joseph ). ATchbeh,
Evanston ILL.,, George Snakieton, Auburn,
v Y; Thomas J. Monroe. Auburn. n. y;
Mr- Bearislee springfield, III II. 5,
Williams Toronto Can; Maggie o. BRADY,
Oswtgo. =. y; &. +. Adams, Buffa.o. ~.
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WORLDS FAIR ATTENpANcE.

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the paid admissions 10 the fair:
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-02

al DIANK's BIRTIIPiAcE.
gtanucut compinauon OF neart. conscience ana
bsain beneath her flag. Such man Ia James
a. BlAino.
For tho Republican host, led by this intrepid
nnan, there can DO no defeat.
Thie IL grand yoar-a year filled with the
feoollsotiona Of tho Revolution, filled with
prpnd and iendor memoriea of tho past NTH
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-02

,rds OF the native American nVvnrvy,. srnu
his own family life was of strangely
varied character, middle age of unalloyed
happiness being followed by an evening Of
almost continuous calamity and sorrow.
The Gillespies and Blaines were people OF
standing before the Revolution, and the
Colonel Blaine who was commissary gen.
eral of the northern department of Wash
ington's army was the secretary's grand.
father. Neal Gillespie, his mothers father
was scholar of high standing and direct
ed his grandson's studies down TO the time
he entered Washington university, Equal
honor Is due the ancestors of Mrs. Blaine,
who was Miss Harriet Stanwood, of n fam
lily that settled in Massachusetts, in the
early days of that colony, and went thence
to Maine in the vanguard of its pioneers.
In Augusta, where her father, Jacob
Stanwood, lived for many years, Mrs
Blaine was born In 1923. Her father was n
we'll to do merchant, a man of influence,
although never holding public Office. He
took great pride in his daughter, who was
o girl Of fine natural gifts, strengthened by
liberal education. Full of ambition and
force, so we'll displayed in after life, she
determined to make her own way, and
hence started out rs school teacher. 1t
Mr.. Blaine, then professor at the Military
institute at Blue Lick Springs, twenty
miles distant. The world has heard enough
of the circumstances connected with their
marriage. II is cruel feature of American
political campaigns that neither man nor
woman Is spared. The slightest youthful
indiscretion or even an error of judgment
is magni6ed into monstrous crime, and
In 1884 both candidates suffered.
The first child of this union, Stanwood
Blaine, died in infancy. Three sons and
two daughters remained, and the fathers
heart was wrapped up in them. Walker
Blaine, the Oldest was his fathers trusted
companion and assistant. Miss Margaret
Blaine was TO her mother what Walker
was to his father, but Miss Harriet was
best known to the public, possessing both
wit and beauty and all the social qualities
required for leading lady in Washington
society. OF Emmons and james G. Blaine,
Jr., the world knew but little. Such was
the family when Secretary Blame took up
his residence in that historic house on La
fayette square that was but too we'll named
the House of Calamity. The tragedies pre-
viously enacted there are part of the ma.
tion's history, and the Blaines suffered ter.
ribly.
First came the death Of q daughter
Chen the wife of Colonel Copplnger), and
but two weeks later Walker Blaine died
even before the country had learned that
James G. Blaine, Jr., mere boy, to Miss
Marie Nevins, w,s followed rapidly by his
divorce and painful series of recrimina-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-02
HALF A DOLLAR FOR A POTATO.
Tobacco and Gold on IL Far on the Upper
Yukon River, AlnslLn.

Yukon River, Alaska.
r. d. Miles, visitor in this city, gives
o graphic account of the prices current
for ordinary commodities on the upper
Yukon river, Alaska.
He has Just returned from that coun-
try, where, he states, there were over 100
men at work during the last summer
washing gold from the river bars AMI
riffs. The majority of them will winter
in that country
"Well, I'll tell you, am glad to get
back to civilization Ggain," he said
"Gold is plentiful in fact, it is an ordi-
nary trick for man to wash out from
$50 to $50 o day, but man needs all
that to live any way comfortable in thai
country, and he has but little to show
after season Of hard work.
when l left that country trader
with q small stock of goods was making
his way up the river from some Of the
coast trading points in canoe. In fact
he had several of them loaded with pro
visions. He was assisted in his journey
by half dozen Indians.
"Well, when he left, after selling out
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners had washed out in four
or five months Of steady work
"We ran short of provisions, and had
subsisted on bear meat and other game
SO long that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatables.
"Well, this trader-his name was EN-
mons-sold the several sacks of spuds he
had with him at the rate of from 80 to
80 cents per potato.
"His flour sold for $50 sack, and we
were just glad enough to pay So a pound
for the very poorest quality of tea he had
with him.
"He had several sides of bacon in his
stock, which he disposed Of at about 81
a slice. A few sacks of the despised bean
brought 81 a pound.
eve had been out of tobacco for near
ly two months, and had drawn but little
solace out Of pipofuls Of dried leaves and
moss. When This fellow appeared on
the scene We took him to our hearts as a
benefactor and gave him ounces Of gold
for plugs OF tobacco. An ounce Of gold
brings $lG in Alaska and $40 ct the mint
here.
I'VE bought a hundredweight OF
onions, for which We were assessed six
ounces Of gold.
81 tell you what, we poured out the
dust upon that fellow Emmons, and he
had so much of it l don't think would
like to take the contract to pack it from
here to the city hall.
"You must not think from this appall,
ing price list that we were starving tc
death. We had plenty of game and fish
but that kind Of grub pals on the appe,
tite."
The ''boys," however, appear to have
made money on the Yukon river bars
Mr.. Miles states that all of them have
"stakes," and he came down to Victoria
with several of them who had "cleaned
up" from $12, 900 to 900 apiece.-Sar
Francisco Call.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-02

publicans In saying, There is a manP 1t
was the superb exhibition of these quail
ties which undoubtedly suggested first to
the congressman of his party, and through
them TO vast numbers of the party through
out the country. thnt here was the MAN 20
succeed In the presidency the hero OF The
civil war.
Blaine himself was an acknowledged can
didate before he had finished his second
term, and he used his power as speaker un-
questionably, so far as he honorably could,
to create the politics which command a
presidential nomination. Over in the SEN
ate there were certainly three rivals of his
for that nomination, two conspicuous-Mr.
Morton and Mr., Conkling-and Mr. Blaine
played his game against them and played It
splendidly. At the beginning Of his third
term as speaker he realized that If his grasp
was not quite upon the presidency his hand
could almost touch the prize.
His Moral Courage.
It is therefore all the more remarkable
that Mr.. Blaine was capable Of exploiting
as he did in the highest degree both moral
courage and audacity, which might serious
ly imperil his prospects His audacity was
displayed when he was brought face to face
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-02
the CAREER OF ELAINE
His Brilliant Attainments and
Magnetic Personality.
A TYPICAL AMERICAN STATESMAN.

rhe Most Popular Citizen of His Day,
Yet He Was Disappointed in His Life
long Ambition-Dramatic Incidents OF
His Career as Congressman, Speaker,
Senator, Secretary of state and Prosi-
Dental Candidato-Colonel IngcrsoIl's
Celebrated Nominating Speech Mt Gin
cinnati-Mr. Blaine's Domestic Life.
On the first Monday Of December, 1868,
there met in the hall of the house of repre-.
sentatives number Of men about thirty
years of age who were destined to play an
Important part in national life. Allison Of
Iowa, Window of Minnesota, Pendleton of
Ohio, Randall of Pennsylvania and General
Garfield were among them. But there was
pne who attracted attention from the vet
erans Of the house the instant he entered
The chamber He was n man of noble pro.
portions, of easy manner and perfect self
reliance. He had n splendid crown of hair
Of reddish tinge and full beard of the
same tint. His eyes attracted the attention
Of every one who saw him. They were
large, luminous and restless.
Sunset Cox, an old member, was attracted
to this man as soon as his eyes fell upon
him. He asked who he was and said that
this man would make his impress in that
chamber Mr.. Cox was told that this man
who had thus attracted him was new
member from Maine whose name was
Blaine, and Mr.. Randall, who knew him
slightly, said: "He is n native of my own
state, was born near the town of Washing
ton, was educated in the college there, and
I afterward met him in Philadelphia, where
he was teacher. have heard of him in
Maine, where he is regarded rs a man of
great promise and much political ability"
Such was the impression which Mr..
Blaine caused when he first entered the
house of representatives, and If traditions
are accurate his personality was as strong
ly made manifest to his Republican asso-
ciates Mt once as it was TO Mr.. Cox He
was only thirty-three years of age. AS
Randall said, he had been ten years before
O teacher in Philadelphia, and before that
at military school in Kentucky. He had
taken his diploma at Washington college
when barely twenty-one years of age, and
while he was regarded by his teachers and
his mates as bright and smart he had given
no suggestion of the powers that were in
him, so that these early friends bore him In
mind while he was in obscurity.