Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-18
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters.
 SUED FOR MALFEASANCE- A Northern Pacific Stock
 holder Brings Charges. WAS STRUCK BY AN ELEC'RIe CAR. A Blind and Deaf Old Man
 Will be a Cripple. SCAlDED BY a BOILER ExPL L0SI0N. | Press Reporters Obliged to
 Desert the Harriet.
sCALDED BY a BOILER ExpLOsIoA.
SUED FOR mALFEAsANCE.

the affairs of the company in the capacit
 of directors thereof.
 It is alleged that they bought for tn
 Northern Pacific properties in which the, were personally interested. Mr Read th | attorney, informs the directors that his eli | ent is willing to bear all the expenses O 1 the suit. It is expected that the director 1 will decline to bring the suit, and in thii event proceedings will immediately b,
 commenced by the individual who is em ploying the attorneys.
 It is said here that Brsyton Ives, Henry Clews and Jay Cooke, jr., the committee who investigated the affairs of the road last year, are back of the suit STRUCK BY AN ELECTRIC. An old Man Badly Injured-He Was Partially Blind and Deaf and Attempted to Drive in Front of g Car.
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug F -8renton P. Robbins, an old man who lives on the Chapin farm on Five Mile road, was badly injured by an electric car on Warrington street this morning, and while he will probably recover he will be a cripple for the remainder of his life.
 MT. Robbins was driving down Worth ington street about 9:15, while directly behind him and travelling in the same di- rection at slow rate of speed was Car 64, in charge Of Motorman W. Littlefeld Mir. Robbins was in business wagon and was driving close to the track, while the motor man kept sounding his gong to warn him of fha anprOaob of ba oar
 When the team reached point near the schoolhouse, Mr. Robbins turned his horse directly across the track, and of a sudden there was crash, the car strik ing MT. Robbins out and turning the wagon completely over and on top of him. It all happened in flash, and though the motorman acted promptly the car was too close to the wagon when the latter swung on to the track to prevent an &C., cident
 It all happened queerly. It seems that MT. Robbina is blind in one eye and deaf, so that when he looked around the de fective eye WAS turned toward the car so that he did not gee the latter approaching, while his deafness prevented his hearing the gong
 Doctors and the ambulance were imme- diately called, the former arriving in a few minutes and the latter about half an hour later, MT. Robbins in the meantime being laid out on the sward near the wreck. Drs. Stebbins and G. o. McClean responded, and upon the arrival of the ambulance sent the injured man to the hospital, where Drs. MoClean and Beebe later made an examination and dressed his wounds. It was found that there Was a bad fracture and dislccation of the right thigh, which were reduced, and other bruises about-the head and body. He was made as comfortable as possible.
 No blame Is attached to the motorman by the passengers of the car, and Mir. Rob- bins himself said that his defective eye was responsible for the accident.
 The horse started to run away and suc- ceeded in considerably wrecking the wag- on before it was caught.
 WILL STAND ON THE PLATFORM. Senator Daniel Declares That He Will Support the Chicago Platform, Silver and All.
 RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 17.-The demo cratic state convention met here at noon to- day. B. B. Mumford was chosen tenn porary chairman and made short speech Committees were appointed and a recess was taken. At the reasssmbling of the convention Governor Mckinney made short speech declaring that he wanted the dollar that contained 8 dollars worth of silver. Senator Daniel followed. In alluding tc | the financial situation he asserted that tho democratic party was in no wise respon- sible for it, and laid the charge of the evi | to the Mckinley bill. Mir. Daniel affirmed the principles of the party as enunciated a 1 Chicago, and said that he would stand or that platform, silver and all. Hon. Johr Goode also spoke. As the committee o1
 credentials was not ready to report thu convention took recess.
 | At the evening session Charles T. OFer
 ral was nominated for governor and R. 0
 Kent for lieutenant governor.