The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-06-02
FROM ALL AROUND THE STATE.
News Gathered from nll Sections Of the
Commonw calth.

News Gathered from ail Sections Of the
Commonwealth.
TYRONE, May 31.-Yesterday a special
Grain on the Tyrone and Clearfeld road,
esmposed of Walter Mains circus cars, got
bsyond the control Of the trainmen and
came down the mountain with fearful
Sapidity. At Vail station the train was
wrecked and animals, men and broken
0rs were piled up together. Several tigers
md lions made their escape and only after
the greatest exertion were they re-captured,
end then not until one OF the tigers had
killed several domestic animals in the
neighborhood. Five men were killed out
right and ten others were wounded, some
of them fatally. The cars are a complete
wreck and will take several days to get the
property together. The wreck Is one Of
the worst that has occurred on this divi-
sion, and the worst in number OF lives lost.
Those killed are: William Henry, brake
man, Tyrone; Frank Brain, indianapolis,
Ind. William Murperly, East Liberty, Pa;
John Slayer, Houtzdale, Pa. Louie Cham
plain, Rochester, N. Y. The injured were
taken to the hospital in Altoona. They
are: John Chambers, colored, Chambers
burg, bitten severely by lion; Willis
Obrannon, Chambersburg. wound of the
scalp; Arthur Ruchards, Peachvillc, Pa,
wounded about the face; George Corlin,
Hollidaysburg, confusion of the chest;
Frank Barret, Tarentum, confusion of the
left arm; David Jones, Harrisburg, sprain,
Cd right leg; Frank Morse, Rochester, N.
Y. wounded about the head; William
Eavens, Williamstown, Pa, right ankle
injured William Patched. Dubois, Pa,
confusion of the left knee; James Haney,
Alberton, Pa, badly injured about the
body.
WILKEs-BARRE, May 25.-The danger
Gus and disgraceful scenes that threw
Plymouth people into a constant turmoil
and dread three years ago, owing to the
church war, are likely to break out afresh
BY q recent decision Of the bishop Rev.
Father Kosalko, who was driven out three
years ago, has been ordered back to the
parish.
He forcibiy took possession OF the church
Tuesday night, but was not allowed to
enter the parsonage, the housekeeper stand
ing guard with a revolver. The people are
up in arms, and any slight encouragement
would precipitate a riot. Three years ago
this church was at war. Graves were
broken open and desecrated, and attempts
were made to blow up the priests house
with dynamite. Not until the "Polish
King" Martin Wilkes, was sent to the
penitentiary for year was the trouble
abatsd. Wilkes is now again in Plymouth.
SCRANTON, Mry 31.-vance Harper, of
Chester, was arrested here Monday night
and taken to Philadelphia yesterday on
warrant issued by Magistrate Durham,
charging him with embezzlement of S0,-
600. The warrant was sworn to by George
W. Carpenter, of the Girard building in
Philadelphia, agent for the Union Deben
ture Company, of Minneapolis, for whom
Harper was sub-agent in charge of
Northeastern Pennsylvania offices. Har-
PR is accused of disposing Of bonds en-
trusted to him for sale and using the pro-
ceesis for his own benefit.
SCRANTON, May 20.-Henry Chapman,
brakeman on the Susquehanna division of
the Erie railroad, was shot In the groin and
probably fatally wounded at Susquchanna
BY Lottie Dorsey, the notorious "White
Widow" of Lee Dorsey, oolored.
The Dorsey woman lives near the depot
snd claims that Chapman came TO her
house and began to abuse her She put
him out and he returned with stick and
was about to assault her, when she shot him.
The victim lives in Hornellsville, where he
has wife and three children.
FREMONT, May 30.-Through the care
lessness of one of their number six miners
employed at the Middle Creek colliery Of
the Reading company were most seriously
burned by an explosion Of gas yesterday.
The names Of the unfortunate men are:
Charles Maurer, John Seager, Frank Huth,
William BoltZ, William Bretzius and Will
lhm Erdman. The injuries of the first
fnur are fatal. The explosion was caused
by one of the men carrying a naked lamp.
OoNYELLsvILLE, May 30.-A horrible
tragedy was discovered In View Haven, Just
across the river from here, about o'clock
yesterday afternoon. An entire family
named Hoy, consisting OF mother, father
and two children, were found murdered in
their house. The Hoys lived in a house in
the thickly settled neighborhood of New
Haven, and no one had ever dreamed that
such a tragedy could be enacted without
arOusing the neighbors.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3O-David Coldren,
aged As years, shot at but missed his wife
Kate yesterday, at their home, 1926 Ian
caster avenue, and then fired bullet into
his own brain. The suicide and woNld- be
murderer had been on " weeks spree since
receiving his pension money. A recent ac.
cident injured his head and he is believed
to have been insane. He Left letter de-
nouncing his spouse.
WILLIAMspoRr, May27.-HenryJ. weas-
ner, of the Williamsport Planning Mill
Company, was run over by an engine In
the Pennsylvania railroad yard, in this
city yesterday and died two hours later in
the hospital He was terribly cut and
bruised, his left leg and thigh, right les
and left arm being crushed. He WAS
highly respected citizen, 80 years old, and
leaves widow and two daughters.
READING, May 27.--A notice from City
Controller Koch to some of the council
manic committees has caused sensation
among councilmen. He has informed the
committees that hereafter he will not sign
warrants for expenses incurred by commit
tees, except for such things as are clearly
allowed by law. Feasting at the public
expense is to be stopped.
SmPPENseURG, May 27.--Peter West,
who resides near here, and Hiram Plough,