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The herald., 1894-02-17

Axes and other instruments were used
to cut and remove the beam which held
him fast. The passengers worked with
a will to save young Masters. One OF
the most heroic workers at the scene Of
rescue was Pacey, the tramp whose
partner lay cold in death beside. the
track. Everything possible was done to
relieve Masters, but all to no avail. He
died just before he was removed from
the wreck.
THE ROBBERS AT WORK.
In the meantime the robbers were
hard at work. When the engine dashed
by them near the switch they knew the
train would be wrecked and immediate
" went around on the right hand side
OF the train. There were two robbers
together, but it is almost certain there
was another one on the side from which
the train was signalled. He began
firing.
The two robbers who passed around
the end of the train were seen by Pull
man Conductor Graves and Brakeman
KellerRn, both of whom were standing
on the rear platform, having gone out TO
ascertain the cause of the wreck.
These two robbers we're cursng We
hemently, as If ut the engineer for not
obeying the signal.
They passed rapidly to the front end
OF the train.
THE ROBBERS DESCRIBED.
One OF them was about feet 6 inches
in height, heavy set, weighing $50 or
100 pounds; wore black slouch hat and
dark OvaraOot He hod tno vauoluors
and gunny sack over his shoulders.
The other man was dressed similarly /;
he was taller than the other one, being
The herald., 1894-02-17

They boarded .-e pilot at the San Fer
nando street Depot.
When the engine went down, Granger
jumped and was struck and pinioned by
the cylinder. He was instantly killed.
The escaping steam scalded the unfor-
tunate man until his features were
wholly unrecognizable. Pacey was
thrown across the main track, dis
tance of 80 feet. where lie lay uncon-
scious Is or 20 minutes.
\ Engineer Thomas, seeing the shock
ing predicament in which his train had
been placed, jumped from the cab. In
his efforts to escape be was half thrown,
but was only slightly injured in the
wrist.
He saw that the wrecked train was
then In the hsnds OF desperate men and
he ran toward the brush, where he re-
mained until all danger was over.
THE FIREMAN FATE.
The deadhead fireman who was riding
in the cab jumped and escaped, but his
less fortunate brother, Arthur Masters
of this city, was caught between the
tender and the boiler and crushed tc
death. He fingered an hour before
death ensusd.
His agonizing cries were heartrend-
ing. The passengers who assisted in
the vain rescue of the heroic young fire.
man who died at the post of duty, one
by one returned to their cars after gaz'
ing mournfully upon the dying man.
BEGGED TO BE KILLED.
He was suffering untold agony. He
pleaded with his rescuers to kill him
and made several attempts to kill him
self and end the terrible suffering.
The herald., 1894-02-17

Francisco. The wreck train coupled to
the overland, including the shattered
express car, and started back to Los An
geles.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
special train at Roscoe a HERALD re-
porter climbed into the express car and
obtained from Express Messenger Edgar
his statement of the affair, which he
gave as follows:
THE MEssENGER's STORY.
THE fret thing knew was terrible
shock. and at once thought there was
a wreck, buI of course did not know
what wRs the matter. The explosion Of
q dynamite bomb was the next thing
heard, at the right hand door. / was
standing near the center of the car
when the bomb exploded 1t shattered
the door into spinters and the whole
car was filed with smoke. The robbers
began shooting at once, warning me in
the meantime to open quickly, or we
The herald., 1894-02-17

PoR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH
ERN CALIFORNIA FAIR wEATH-
Err COOLERS FROST SATURDAY
MORNING.
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of slender build. He carried a rife or

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shotgun.
MANY SHOTS FIRED.
In going to the front end of the train
the robbers did not fail to keep up a
fusllade OF bullets. They shot at ran
dom mostly, but are thought to have
shot at the engineer once.
THE BOMB EXPLODED.
Seeing Fireman lie Grange, they
commanded him to touch off the
bomb which they placed at
the right hand corner of the fret door
Of she express car. They held revolver
at his head and he did ss directed.
The dynamite bomb exploded, knock
ing a hole in the door and shattering it
to splinters. The glass in the doors was
knocked completely out and hurled
across the car. The explosion was ter
rife.
Immediately upon the explosion of
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late to reverse the engine. Their fate
was sealed.

late to reverse the engine. Their fate
was sealed.
THE ENGINE WENT DOWN.
The next moment the big engine
jumped off the end of the spur switch.
falling in an upright position in ditch,
six feet below the track. The fruit cars
loaded with oranges were next the en-
gine, and they craehed against the tend
or with disastrous effect. The cara were
splintered and badly wrecked.
The engine plowed into the sand and
sank half out OF sight. The escaping
steam, the crash of the wreck. the firing
of guns and revolvers by the robbers
and tue agonizing means OF the dying
fireman made a scene never to be for.
gotten.
THE FIRST MAN KILLED.
Riding on the pilot we're two persons
who were stealing ride. They were
James A. Pacey and Arthur Granger.
The herald., 1894-02-17

tell the exact amount taken by the rob"
bers, but there is no doubt that they
got several thousand dollars. In the
previous robbery at the same place they
secured only about $l3, and they would
not rest cOntented with so small q haul
for 90 much trouble. The officers and
detectives agree that the men who
committed thie deed are the ones who
robbed the train at the same place on
the night OF December Oath last, and
escaped.
FROM THE DISASTER.
The special train bearing the bodies
OF Fireman Masters and Arthur Granger
and towing the overland train arrived
at the Arcade depot at Y O'Clock ysster-
day morning.
The bodies were carefully and tender
ly lifted from the car and taken 70 the
undertaking parlors Of Garrett Il Samp-
son, where Coroner Gates will hold an
inquest this morning at 8 80 O'Clock.
Upon the body Of the man supposed
to be Granger Was letter addressed to
Harry Daley, 125 Wall street, this city.
Which of the two names lie that OF the
deceased will not be known until the
inquest today.
The held up tram was again maze up
and started tc San Francisco with an
entirely new crew.
WHAT YOUNG PACEY SAW.
James R. Pacey of l2l4 Kearney street,
San Francisco, the young Englishman
| who was beating his way on the pilot
with his partner who was killed, said
Myself and Arthur Granger were
riding on the pilot. Looking ahead. ae
we neared Roscoe, saw a dim light
and, coming closer to the station, there
was light, and q man m king signals tt
The herald., 1894-02-17

THE BANK OF AnERTcA. I
A REPORT THAT THIS INSTI.
TUITION WILL WIND UP ITS
BUSINESS AND RETIRE FRon
THE BANKING FIELD.
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28

While the Republican state con-
vention showed lack Of courage
both in it's platform and in its nomi-
nations, the Populists are showing
courage throughout They elected
Dunsmore, speaker Of their bogus
house of representatives, to preside
over the convention, and Ben Rlch,
chief clerk of that rump house, to
act as secretary Thus they have
assumed responsibility for that
house, given their endorsement to
the action of the state administra-
ton in attempting to force the legal
house from Representative hall.
They have shown courage, too, IN
endorsing woman suffrage, i'll which
the great majority of the delegates
believe. a majority Of the dele
gates of the Republican convention
also believe, or professed to believe,
in the reform, but they were afraid
of the loss of votes, and not only
refused to endorse woman suffrage,
but scarcely treated with courtesy
the women present to urge 1t. The
delegates to the Republican conven-
ton unanimously endorsed the
Douglass house, and yet they re-
fused to nominate Doug lass, the
speaker of that house, Hoch, the
speaker pro TEN, or Col. Hughes,
whose brave action saved the house
and lost him his command. Much
as we differ with the Populists III
their ideas of government, we must
admire their courage and confess
that in this quality they far excel
our own arty.-Leavenworth Daily
Times (Rep.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28
DISTINGUISHING WOrkingmen.

The capitalists are talking about
deriving the workingmen Of the
ballot There is a growing convlc-
ton among the capitalists that the
workiugmen ought to be dlstran-
chised before they learn how to use
it in their own interest This pro
gram creeps out at every convention
of capitalists. At a recent conven.
ton Of bankers, these sharks were
unanimous in the belief that the
rights Of property and the privileges
of capitalists could be maintained
only by depriving workingmen of
the ballot. In the conference IN
this city between the miners and
the operators, Col. Rend voiced the
sentiments of the mine-owners when
he said property qualification
should be necessary 10 MAKE 'iia'i
a voter. The capitalists allow
workingmen to vote now, while
they make the laws afterwards, but
they are uncertain how long the
workingmen will submit to this pro
gram. 1t is certain that an organ
lied attempt will shortly be made to
disfranchse workingmen. 1t can
only be prevented by the workers
electing men of their own class to
represent them in the Legislative
halls. Citizen, Cleveland, Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28

The tariff question is not Of as
much weight as the fly ON the cart
wheel The tariff is only a feint-a
false pretense. 1t is onl y an instru-
ment for jugglery and tcmfoolery.
Senator Ingalls,, in Chicago Trib.
une, June IS, 1889.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28

The old parties are relying on a
big campaign fund. The Populists
will appeal to the conscience and
reason of the voters. New Charter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28
IfGrOwn in Texas. ITS Good.

The Texas coast country vies
with California in raising pears,
grapes and straw berries. The 1898
record of IL. NJ. Stringtellow, Hitch
cock, Tex who raised nearly Sc, 900
worth of pears from Is acres, can
be duplicated by you. G. 7 Mich,
olson, G. P. A., Topeka, Mas, will
be glad to furnish without charge
an illustrated pamphlet telling about
Texas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28

l am with the laboring people.
we never agreed to pay bonds in
gold or coin. No, man can find it
in the law or bonds | will never
submit to have one money for a
bondholder and another for the peo-
pie. 1t would sink any party, and
ought to,-Benjamin Wade in the
United States senate in 1869.
The humblest individuals in the
Peoples party can work, ought to
work, and are false to their duty if
they do not do their best work for
the party every day until election
New Charter, Santa Cruz, Cal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28

Happy ana content is home with ''The Ro-
chester" lamp with the light of themorning.
Catalogues, write RochesterLampCo.,N ewYork
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-06-28

KEEP in the middle ot the road.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
Senite Infants.

Partisan physicians were Interested,
few years ago, in the case of q boy
fifteen years of age, who exhibited all
tho mental and physical signs of
feeble man of sixty. His face was
wrinkled, his hair thin, falling ont and
turning gray, Ills eyes were watery and
his body shrunken and emaciated as in
extreme old age. Mentally he exhib.
tied the timidity of on old man; was
deliberate in lis speech and averse to
making any venture that might be sug-
gested to him, unless its wisdom and
feasibility were fully demonstrated.
He was given entirely to serious view
of life, instead of exhibiting the roll
licking carelessness of consequences
that usually distinguishes well-nour-
ished, healthy boy under twenty. AT
the age oftwelve he Is said to have
shown no Unusual peculiarities. Ho
INDUCED in the usual games and pas
times common to boys Of his years, and
had never suffered any illness beyond
the usual infantile complaints. When
he came to DO fourteen he began to
fail i'll physical activity and energy.
LILO tDDCulCAt w vel
rapidly and he abandoned all boyish
games and devoted himself, without
any coercion, to study. His progress
was rapid and his powers of judgment
developed to an astonishing degree
Psychologists were unable to account
for the abnormally rapid development
and doctors were unable to arrest it.
The boy died Mt the age of sixteen,
WORKOUT old man.
A case strikingly similar exists in
Brooklyn to-day, although i'll this in
stance the boy is but ten years old.
He has q queer little weakened face,
bald head, md his forehead is scanned
with many. wrinkles. He is stopped in
the shoulders and sprung in the knees.
The most peculiar characteristic is his
voice, which is not the treble ofchild-
hood, but the thin piping of the aged.
Precocity is marked, and his faculty
of perception lis unusually keen.
Like the French boy, he does not
care for childish games, but devotes
nearly nil his time to reading. Ho is
extremely sensitive, understanding, as
he does, his peculiar condition, and
his parents, eminently respectable
people, are careful that he shall not bo
annoyed by the curious and inquisi-
tive. They have received one explain
alton of their child's unnatural aging,
which, briefly, is that the construction
Of his lungs is such that the mir cells
absorb an excess of oxygen, so that he
is too rapidly burning up his vitality
and tissue. 1t is possible that the in
tercsting little patient may eventually
reach II New York hospital. New York
News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
Satisfied the Paving Teller.

A well dressed man went into n Main
street bank and walked up to the win
dow presided over by the paying teller,
says writer in the Buffulo Express.
He handed n check to that individual
and said: 81 have check for 500
which [ wish You would cash"
The paying teller looked Mt the
check and then ut the man. "You
will have to be identified" he snid
Tho well dressed mnn was prepared
for this. 81 don't know II soul i'll
Buffalo," he said, "but L have lot OF
letters addressed to myself" He
pulled out package of letters and
showed them through the window.
Tho paying teller examined the nd,
dresses, looked Mt the check again,
and said: "rhat is not sufficient. You
will have to be personally idcnti-
fed"
But there isn't man, woman or
child i'll Buffalo who knows me from IL
trolley car" persisted the well dressed
man. Here, here is my key ring.
Look Mt the name on that tag"
The paying teller saw that the name
va VIZ ShSSh ui't viz lltluC OH lIlC Tag
were the same. az am sorrv," he
said, "hut our rules are very strict |
can't pay this check on such mn i,len-
tiiication. Excuse me, but you may
have stolen both letters and key chain
and check"
The well dressed man was worried.
''Ive got to have that money" he
said, "to get out of town with, and L
have to get ont of town this after.
noon" Then he desperately tore open
his vest and showed his initials on his
shirt. "rherc," he said, edo you
think | stole the shirt, too"
May have" answered the paying
teller, lnconicNlly.
The wclllressed man was very angry.
He walked around tho bank for n
while and then was struck by n sud
den thought. He took of his coat
and vest and rolled mp his left shirt
sleeve and the sleeve of his nndershirt.
Then he stuck his barred arm through
the window and shouted: "rhere, you
dod- sasted chumpl Do You see those
initials tattooed there in blue ink? Dc
yon think 1 stole them, too?"
The paying teller paid the money
without another word.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
The Age OF Animals,

A butterfly lives only few weeks, n
crow may live moro than century
and swans are said to live sometimes
over three hundred years An emil
nent naturalist tells of falcon that
that was 1G2 years old. A white
headed vulture, caught i'll 1706, died
in 1926 in the aviary of the palace of
Schonbrunn, near Vienna, where it
had been in captivity lis yenrs.
Again, parrots and ravens think
nothing of tumbling about the world
for hundred years or more, and some
of the sea-birds and water fowl out
live several generations of human be-
ings. To como down to some we'll
known birds, the ordinary cock lives
from twenty to twenty-five years, and
II pigeon lives for about ten. A night
ingale may live ten years in captivity
and thrush fifteen, but when FREQ
they live much longer.
OF quadrupeds the elephant lives
much longer than any of his friends
and brethren. He may reach the ago
of 400 years. And, you will think, he
looks rs if he was made to Inst IL long
time. A camel is old mt forty, IL horse
or bull Mt twenty-five, lion and II
bear at twenty. AS for the whale, it
disports itself in the sea for some 300
years, aud no tortoise is considered to
have attained II ripe old age before it
reaches ninety years.-New York
journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
4 ROYAL Train.

A new imperial train for the Car of
Russia is ut present being built at the
Alexandrowski Wagon Manufactory mt
ST. Petersburg. 1t consists of eleven
carriages, of which one is reserved for
the railway ofiicinls. kitchen cal :
ringe and two luggage vans With
the exception of wheels and the axles,
which have been supplied by Krupp,
at Essen, the whole of the material is
OF Russian origin and manufacture.
by means of very powerful auto
matte brake the train cnn be brought
to u standstill in IL minimum of limo
from every one of the carriages. The
interior of the carriages is appointed
with much tast.. The windows are
different on l>5th sides; the side with
the corridor has windows of uniform
size. while the windows OH the other
side arc made ill accordance with the
requirements OF the various compart-
ments. The passages between the vari-
GUS cars are vestibuled.
The cnrriage of the Gar and Gar
ina is connected directly with the
dining room; then comes the large
saloon car, the carriages of the grand
dukes, etc. The carriages will be sent
OH trial trip to Copenhagen some
of them have already been sent to
Vienna and back. Railway Review.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
Speed OF the Earth,s Journey.

The earth does not travel ut the
same rate all through its journey. Its
orbit being elliptical, it must at some
time approach nearer to the sun than
ut others, and will take less time in
moving through one part OF its path
than through another. In winter the
earth is nearer the sun than in sum
mer and moves through space more
rapidly. On January the earth is
about 3, 900, 900 miles nearer tho sun
than it is on July 1, and, as the veloc-
lty of planet increases with its near
ness to the sun, the earth passes over
one-half of its orbit in less time than
over the other half. Between the yer.
nal equinox, which happens on March
Il, and the antumnal equinox, which
falls on September 23, the earth is 1SG
days in accomplishing that half OF her
Journey round the sun, while the other
half occupies only 179 days. 1t has
been said that, owing to the friction
caused by the tides aud other reasons,
the earth is moving more slowly than
it used to do, and that the days are
consequently lensthening but MS this
is only to tho extent of half second
in n century, it will be long time
before there will be any apparent dif-
ference. brooklyn Eagle,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
Queer Type of Gratitude.

Among the free laborers who work ed
almost side by side with the French
convicts Mt Toulon was an Italian, who
brought them extra f6od and addressed
them like human beings, talking of
his family, wife and home. But the
Italians gayety suddenly left him,
and it came out that he was sorely
pressed for money. One of the con
victs who had heard this presently
announced his intention of making
his escape. He confided his plan to
the Italian, and got him to promise to
visit him in hiding place he knew Of,
we'll beyond the town. The convict
escaped i'll due course and the Italian
came to him; when, to the latter's as
tonishment. the convict said: "Now,
give myself up to you. My capture
will bring you the reward-twenty
dollars and that will help you out OF
your difficulties. For long time
the Italian stoutly refused to take
advantage of the fngitive's self-sacri-
lice, but Mt last yielded and took back
the prisoner. Some time afterward
this became known to the prison
authorities, and the punishment for
escape was RENTED.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15
A Double Meaning.

A good story is told of a famous
English engineer. An attorney went
10 him when he first began his career
to ask him an opinion MS a. civil engi-
neer. After the opinion was given he
inquired rs to the fee, and was told il
was twenty-five guiness, which he ac-
cordingly paid. Some years later,
when the civil engineer had acquired
reputation and been made r fellow
of the Royal Society, the same at
torney went mp to him for an opinion,
and when he had received it said: "l
remember the last time was here /
asked your fee, and you said it was
twenty-five guineas, and SO I have
brought check for that amount. u
The engineer looked at him and nskc |
him if he knew what f. r. S. meant.
Ehc answer was: "Why, certainly.
1t means Fellow of the Royal Society. ("
"Ncs," said iin engineer, can't 4
means also, Fees Gn.ssL Since. -
Detroit Free Press,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-15

"In one sense" confesscs the New
York Independent, ''we may say that
the more we study diphtherln the more
humiliating is il to the medical pro.
tession ), for though n careful sitting
OF cases, microscope in hand, shows
that many supposed cases are not the
genuine klcbsLoeiller bncillus kind.
still the melancholy fact remains that,
OF the true cases, medicnl science to-
day cures no larger percentage than
1t did ten years ago. just now, many
OF the doctors fancy they are getting
the best results from peroxide of hy-
droScn; but this, used too late, is flu
Tile. No other of the contagious dis
eases seems to he so rapidly fetal as
this, and the Immediate moral of all
the cases we can collect seems to be
that no sore throat should be regarded
rs hight affair, or be neglected mo-
ment. The rate of mortality is still
forty to sixty per cent