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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
MANY BOILERS EXPLODE
Bringing Death to Five Men and
Serious Injuries to Others.
THE CAUSE A PROFOUND MYSTERY.

The Noise of the Exploding Boilers, Thirty
six in All, Plainly Heard for Distance
of Two Miles, Resembling Peais of
Thunder.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, Oct 12.-Five men were
killed, another fatally injured, and several
Others were painfully burned by disas-
trous boiler explosion that occurred at the
Henry Clay colliery yesterday. The en-
tire steam supplying plant of the mine,
consisting of thirty-six boilers, was totally
demolished and, In addition to the none
tary loss, which will aggregate $50, 600, the
Henry Clay, Big Mountain, Sterling and
Peerless collieries will be unable to resume
operations for at least month.
The explosion Is the worst of It's kind
that has ever occurred in this region, and
the cause is mystery.
The dead are: Thomas Carr, fireman,
leaves widow and three children; Will
lam Boyle, fireman, leaves widow; Will
lam Slick, aged Is years, died a few min
utes after being found; John Mclaughlin,
fireman, head crushed, died two hours
after the accident; Jacob j. oldham, water
boss, married, died while being taken to
his home.
Peter Heck, fireman, had the side of his
head crushed and suffered severe internal
injuries. He cannot recover
The report of the explosion was heard in
this city, a distance Of more than two
miles. The terrible accident came upon
the boiler house employees without warning,
and only one of them, Pole, escaped un-
injured. The others were buried between
the mass of ruins and some Of the bodies
were not recovered for two hours. The
Is,iI - Al
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

Union and overthrow it's enemies. Why do
they not denounce this tax nowf 1t was
levied by the Confederate brigadiers and their
allies, knowing full well that the. e.5outh would
escape and that the burthen would fall upon
the North. 1t is a fair assumption that IL was
an act of retaliation for pensions paid to the
loyal and needy defenders of the flag
And now word to the Old soldiers-the
pensioners-snd those who may yet come to
be pensioners. How can you vote
for party which denounces the
pension laws and stigmatizes you as
imposters and fraudsf How can you vote for
party which makes Hoke Smith the ad
ministrator of the laws intended by crate.
full country to protect you from penury and
suffering in your old age? How can you vote
for or with a party whose administrative
officers cut down your pensions and change
your rating, without allowing you hearing
or giving you notictp
General Wilson also made an explanative
review Of the tariff bill, and warned the peo-
pie of q renewal Of tariff tiukering, and Of
deeper distress to follow If the Democratic
party should succeed in controlling the next
Senate and House Of Repre- sentatives.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-Miss Jessie Acker-
man, an around the world" missionary
of the Womcnis Christian Temperance
union, arrived in Chicago yesterday, after
trip of 10000 miles, which she claims Is
the longest journey ever made by woman.
She has been abroad for seven years, and
her work has carried her through China,
Japan, New Zealand, Australia, India,
South Africa, Madagascar, Java, Singa-
pore and the Hawaii islands. She has been
guest in 1000 homes, has entertained in
palaces, slept in ancient tombs, lived
through the jungle fever, and, as she ex-
presses it, tied the white ribbon of the w.
G. L. U. twice around the globe.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
Highest of all in Leavening Report
R%!a!e!I! q! Rskass': Rsyi2s
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE STORM IN FLORIDA.
Great Destruction Of Property, but Few
Fatalities Reported.

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. H. Communica-
tion has been re-established with all points
on the west coast visited by the storm
which ragged Monday night and Tuesday
morning, and reports to The Times Union
tell woeful tales of the destruction caused
by the wind and water. ....-..
At Cedar Key the main business street
is piled from one end to tho other with
debris, consisting OF wreckage from boats
wharves, fish houses and logs of every de-
scription. The damage and loss Of prop
erty is very great. The city hall has the
roof blown off and one entire side knocked
out by logs. The city jail cannot be found.
The five bridges to the shell road, leading
TO the mainland, are washed. 1t is re.
ported that five sponge vessels went ashore
during the storm, and were driven seven
miles into the woods.
At Apalachicola two lives are reported
lost. Two residences were carried half
to three eequarters of milo and placed in
the marsh near Cyphess mill uninjured
All the docks were totally destroyed, houses
were unroofed and fences scattered every
where. Families sought safety on the
hills, only to be routed by the terrific gale.
The water is six feet deep on Water street,
and some of the best stoEes were battered
into by floating timber and shattered to
destruction. The people are disnayed and
an appeal for aid will be sent out
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12


infantry and cavalry supported by light
artillery was sent to dislodge them. The
Chinese offered slight resistance and then
fled In disorder across the Yalu river. The
Chinese loss was under hundred.
"Reconnoissances show that the Chinese
are in force on the northern bank Of the
Yalu. The enemy are rapidly building
new earthworks and batteries Their force
appears to be strong. The next fight will
be serious.
"Field Marshal Count Yamagata, com
manding the Japanese, still maintains his
base at Ping Yang as being convenient for
the securing of supplies by sea-. General
Nodzu commands the advance forces. 1t
Is calculated that we will possess Moukden
by the first week In November"
dispatch from Toxic says that do
tachment of Japanese cavalry and infantry
on Wednesday made an attack upon and
routed force OF 1900 Chinese at Wi Ju,
and that the place remains in the hands Of
tho Japanese
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

TRENTON, Oct. 12.-Justice Reed, of the
supreme court, has filed an opinion In the
quo warranto proceedings brought against
the old Democratic board of frceholders Of
Camden county, which refused to vacate
In favor of the new Republican board ap-
pointed in pursuance of acts of the recent
legislature. The decision does not pass
upon the constitutionality OF the acts
under which the new board was appointed,
but grants the motion Of counsel for the
Republican board to strike out the plea
made by counsel for the Democratic board
In answer to the information filed Ap-
plication can be made to the court for
leave to file new plea, and If refused a
writ Of custer will issue against the Demo-
cratic board
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

AUSTIN, Mimi, Oct. Il. - James w.
Davidson, Of the Peary expedition, de-
clarcs that the mistake was in taking n
woman into the Arctic region at all, and
after that had been done Peary did for his
wife what any man would have done under
the circumstances. They had well warmed
quarters by themselves with separate
table, while the men had insufficient food
and scant fuel. The men OF the party
would have done anything in the world
for Mrs. Peary. lie considers that they
were lucky to get back at ALL and as tho
thing is over the less said about it tho
better
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 1e-The Inter
national Typographical union elected
the following officers: President, w. b.
Prescott of Toronto, vice presidents,
Theodore Perry of Nashville, Frank G.
Boyle Of st, Paul and Charles S. Lain
of Chicago; secretary and treasurer, A. G.
Wines of st. Louis; delegates to the
American Federation of Labor to be held
in Denver, William Higgins of Louisville,
A. McGrath of Boston and John NJ.
Bramwood of Denver; trustees of Childs-
Drexel fund.- James Daily of Philadelphia,
Alexander Duguid Of Cincinnati, Henry
Il. Dorsey of Dallas and r. C. Shepard OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. Colorado Springs
was selected as the place for holding next
meeting
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
HEALTH OF THE CZAR
1t Is Said That He Has Suffered
a Serious Relapse.
PROFESSOR LEYDEN's CONFIDENCE

The Distinguished German Physician Be-
ueves He Can Effect Cure, Though the
Ruler Himself Has Abandoned Hope.
Cause Of the Cars worriment.
BERLIN, Oct. ia member of the staff
OF the Russian embassy, of this city, in
formed the Associated Press correspondent
last evening that the reason Professor
Leyden was for the second time called to
attend the czar was because the distin-
guished sufferer has suffered o relapse.
This is shown in his greatly increased
difficulty in breathing and in repeated
periods of Inconsistencies. Within the
last week the czar's nervousness has grown
worse 80 rapidly as to make him irritable,
greatly lessening his chances Of recovery.
The informant of the Associated Press
added that, although the czar fully ex-
poets to die, he is eager for his removal to
Corfu, the latter step becoming imperative
II the only chance to save his life Is utilized.
Professor Leyden will reach Livadia to-
morrow night, and will accompany the
czar to Corfu, where he will remain until
the crisis is over, having received six
months leave of absence from the Prussian
government. The distinguished German
specialist persists in his rather favorable
diagnosis of the cars case, and fully be-
lieyes that II left entirely in his hands he
VIII be able to effect cure. Professor
Leyden has taken to Iivadia liberal sup
ply of drugs, his operating tools and new
remedy, supposed to be n specific against
the disease, prepared by Professor Koch,
and in which Professor Koch and Profes-
sor Leyden both have much hope.
The officials of the Russian embassy
have no doubt that the czar has the best
chance obtainable in Professor Leydcn's
hands, because he is to place himself un-
roserycdly under the orders of the German
physician and has as n preliminary, dis
missed Professor Xacharin.
The reason for the cars inccssant worry
ing was first about the plainly approaching
death of his son George, and secondly, the
conduct of the czarowitz, who stubbornly
refuses to marry Princess Alix The reason
assigned for this refusal is the great love
of the czarowitz for his mistress, a most
beautiful Jewess, who seems to have so
great a hold upon him that for the sake Of
keeping her he has offered to rcnounce his
right Of succession to the throne. But the
czar will not permit this, not approving OF
1t for family reasons. AT the same time
tho czar fears for the welfare of Russia,
and perhaps for the peace Of Europe, If
regency is necessary.
These worries, Prof. Leyden asserts,
constitute the greatest feature of the czar's
case,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
THE WRECKS AT ST. PIERRE.
The losses Not So Heavy as at First Sup
posed.

ST JoHN's, N F., Oct 12.-It has been
learned that all but eight of the vessels
that went ashore at st. Pierre Miquelon
on Tuesday night came off on the high
tide. The vessels that remain stranded
are the st. Julian, Mistral, Floride, El
Pourtant, Ali Baba, pilot boat No. 9, Jas
min and Capelan, The Capelan, the last
vessel that went ashore, had crew of
twenty men. 1t was reported that all on
board of her were drowned, but 1t turns
out that they were saved by other vessels.
The gale sprang up from the northeast
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night with sudden
violence. 1t was soon blowing with hurri-
cane force, and SO continued until day
break Wednesday. Fog horns from the
distressed vessels continued blowing
throughout the night. Courageous efforts
to render assistance were made by the
crews on board the tugboats Progress and
Emile, but little aid could be given.
Some idea OF the force Of the gale may
be formed when 1t is stated that every
vessel that went ashore dragged from her
anchorage with three anchors out. The
extent of the loss and the severity of the
storm was never equalled in St, Pierre,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

TRENTON, Oct. PA man giving the
Maine OF Charles HaBsGn, of Chicago, is In
jail here IN default Of bail charged with
false pretcnce upon three Trenton banks
in making small deposits and then over
drawing his accounts. In one case the
amount WINS 81 and in another Sl5. A
number OF bank books found in his pos
session Indicate that he has been going
about the country making a praetics Of
this business
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

EAsToN, Pa, Oct. 12.-While the fresh
man class of Lafayette college were grouped
in front of the college for the purpose of
having their pictures taken they were at
tackled by sophomores, and a lively fight
ensued. One big freshman had everything
stripped from him to his waist, and four
were so badly injured that they were car
ried off the field, Smith, a sophomore,
had an arm broken. The terraces were
damaged to the amount of $50. Tho fresh
men tinally won, and later had their pic
t,,rs how
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

OswEGo, N. Y, Oct 12.-About o'clock
last evening a vessel supposed to be the
three mastcd schooner Hartford went on
the rocks near Woodville, thirty-flve miles
east Of here. The place where the vessel
struck, over n mile from the shore, is con-
sidered one of tho most dangerous spots
along the lake, aa the Jagged rocks are
only covered with few feet of water. Cap
tain O'Toole, of Clayton, the owner, and
six men We're on board. The heavy sea
broke the vessel up, and 1t is reported the
captain and entire crew were drowned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
NUGGETS oE NEWS.

Thomas Dunn English was renominated
for congress by the Democrats OF the Sixth
New Jersey district.
Webster Flanagan, collector of customs
at El Paso, Tex, was indicted by the fed
eral grand jury for abetting smuggling.
Three escaped conyicts attempted to
wreck and rob Santa Fe passenger train
near Denver Colo, but little damage was
done. The convicts escaped
The first match of the series of thres
shoots between DIR. Carver and j. A. El.
liott for tho wing championship of the
world was won at Kansas City, No., by
DR.. Carver by score Of 9I to 80.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
An Object Lesson In Free Trade.

An ODJect Lesson In tree IrAdes
God. look down with pity on this broken
And SEMI some work to save me from the open
path to crime.
For ten long months travelled in sunshine and
In search q some employment, but my efforts
have been vain.
For many long and happy years have earned
The means to keen dear grandma. I hope u
Then all The girls were happy, we had money!
clothes and homes,
Our song Of Joy was drowned by the music Of
the looms. !
To the old mill every morning we marched IN
gay phalanx, 4
Planning for the dinner hour to play our girl
But earlg ear g'hntG IN lie summer we heard th. sen
The free trade plague Is coming; we must shut
down at last.
The savings / had treasured from the wages
had made (
/ have paid out tribute to the nasion'd
~, scourse, free trade
ashamed To meet
In the happy hours OF daylight tho friends
used TO greet.
The home that had furnished with many .
fond device
The free trade scourse has robbed me Of thas
Ihave nothing now to live for but duty to
fullll.
Ny hopes In life wePs 5of.sd with the closing
Of the mill.
But cannot leave dear grandma. She tooh
me to her side =
And nursed me in my infancy when my own
dear mother died.
The purpose Of free traders now to wreck oul
lives is plain.
Dur lives shall be the sacrifice; our honor we'u
retain. I.
r. Jennie Farrell. =
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
ROBERT J. THE WINNER.
Defeats Patclien In Three Straight Heats.
..... A Mile in 2.O31S.


Mile in 2.O31S.
SIOUX CITY, 10, Oct. 1e.-The largest
crowd that ever gathered at similar
event in the northwest witnessed the
races between the two great PAGERS, Robert
j. and Joe Patchcn, at the Interstate fair
yesterday. Fully 5000 people were on the
grounds. 1t was 4;l5 o'clock when the
king Of the turf and his famous rival got
off. Patchen took the lead and kept 1t
until into the stretch, when Robert J.
slowly crept up on him and came under
the wire by II short neck in 2O8. In the
second heat Robert j. again led, making
the second mile in exactly the same time
as the first, 206.
The last heat was the sensation of the
race. The start was perfect one, the two
great PAGERS starting Off nose to nose Com
ing into the stretch, Gcers let Robert J.
out, and he came undor the wire like a
shot, five lengths ahead of Patchen. There
was cyclone of applause when the time
was announced, 2,03lS, within second Of
his recent trial record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

NEW YORK, Oct 1s.-Mr. Forget, agent
for the French steamship line, testified
yesterday that Police Captain Schmittber-
ger had unlawfully accepted $500 from
him. Mr.. Forget was a witness be-
fore the Lexow committee on Tuesday
last, but at that time his memory was
defective. Most of the day was taken up
with evidence concerning policy gamb-
ling, IL being shown that, although there
are 600 policy shops running in the city, 1t
would be impossible for them to exist
without policn sanction
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

PHrIADELPHIA. Oct. 1l.-Flour dull, weak;
winter superfne, S2a2.l0; do. extras, s.. $50
2.4U; No. g winter family, s2.4Oaa.60; Penn.
sylyania roller straight. s2.5OGt2. 90; western
winter clear, S2.40lI2 80; do. do straight, g. 60
02.75. Wheat quiet, steady. with 5ic. bid and
bil4c. asked for October. Corn dull, nominal.
with 5Glsc, bid and j716c. asked for October.
Oats quiet steady, with 3j]4c. bid and 36l6c.
asked for October. Beef quiet. Pork steady;
new mess, sl4.50; family, sl56l550; short
clear, sl5Gl575. Lard steady; western steam,
S. city, s. 37lf97.5o, Butter steadier; western
dairy, l36l6c.; do creamery, l5dt2io. do. fac
tory, lsltDl6c.; Elgins, sic. imitation cream
cry, AG1slsc; New York dairy, HaE23c.; do
creamery, lS12ic Cheese weak; New York
large. .sdDl0asc; small, slSdllc.; part skins, IA
&c.; full skins. 3a3lec, Eggs steady; New York
and Pennsylvania l8d2lc.; ice house, l5d
loyac.; western fresh, l71l9c.; cases. s2.251
40,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

HARRISBURG, Oct. 12,-Rev. W. II. Bry-
ant, of Stcelton, the presiding elder Of the
Central Pennsylvania A. NJ. f. conference,
was arrested last night by United States
Marshal Anderson, charged with sending
obscene letters through the mails to Anna
lines, graduate of the Steelton high
school, and organist at the church of which
Bryant was formerly pastor. Bryant gave
bail for trial in the United States court In
Philadeiphia.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

SYRACUSE. N. Y, Oct. Ex-senator David
Barnett Hill sounded the keynote of his
campaign for governor last night in this
city, and with his address opened a partisan
BATTLE that promises to be historical In the
annals of state politics. Some 5000 people
heard Senator Hill speak, and half as
many more were unable to gain admission.
Senator Hills reception was most en-
thusiastic, and although his speech was
about G,o00 words in length he held his
audience To the finish.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

overland has great
ly retarded our ad-
vance. The main
portion Of the ad-
vanced colu m II
re a o h Q d Y ong
Chon on Oct. 4. No
sign of the enemy
was seen. On the
8th scouts reported
that a small Chin
csc force, under
5000 men, were
still occupying WI
j Ju, and detach-
- <A...
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

ATLANTA, Oct. l2.-The formal canvass
of the election returns of the legislature
shows that there will be fifty Populists
and three Republicans in the next assem-
bly,, out of "A total of 2l9. There are about
thirty contests for seats. The total vote Of
the state was 2l5,OOO, the largest vote ever
polled in the state The amendment al
lowing the legislature to pension INDECENT
Confederate veterans was adopted.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, Oct l2-The
schooner Fillie Nanderherchen of Bridge
ton, n. j., from Philadelphia for Gardiner,
Me, put In here in charge of Mate Garfield,
Captain Bateman and Seaman Gibson
having been lost in Tuesdays glle. The
men were washed overheard by n huge
sea. Captain Batemen leaves family at
Morristown, n. J. Gibson came from Vlr-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 12.-Novosti con-
tends that If the Japanese are victorious
they will firmly establish themselves in
Corea, proving constant menace to Rus
sia, while the Chinese will threaten her
from Manchuria AS the only means of
avoiding this Russia must intervene, send
troops to Corea and Manchuria, annex
both, extend the Siberian railway to Seoul,
attain firm footing on the Pacific, and
conclude her mission of civilizing the
demiclyilized countries Of Asia
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

NEw York, Oct. ll.-European cables quote
American steers at sGllc. per H., dressed
weight; refrigerator beef, 841sI3c. per ID
Calves In light receipt yeals and Rrassers
steady; light western calves higher; poor Ia
prime veals, s5G570 per 100 lbs, grassers, Sc.
ESQ; western calves s2.sTIsid2, ,75. Sheep and
lambs steady. but very dull; poor to gool
sheep, s@G8 per 100 lbs.; common TO good
lambs, S2.75Gti25. Hogs frmer; inferior to
choice hogs, s5.s51B.l0.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa, Oct. i0.-Cattle steady.
unchanged prices; prime, S. 8O6s570; good
S.id&5e5; fair light steers, s2SJd3Ol; fresh
cows and springers, s20b40 Hogs active nd n
shade stronger; Philadelphia, S5705D5. 80:
common 20 air Workers, s5.+0Ca5. 80; pigs, So ~
Shrcp slow and eak; extra, s3.OOll3.3y: fair
Sl.H : s.asiti lambs, 81 2514
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

LONDON, Oct. 12.-The Chronicle this
morning says that the illness of the czar
forcibly recalls the incidents connected
with the last sickness of Emperor Fred
erick. The blunt, outspoken Zacharin
may be compared to Professor Bergman
and Professor Lcydcn with the suave Dr..
Mackenzie. There can be, the paper adds,
only one meaning to the summoning Of
Professor Leyden.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
Charged with Stealing $3.50, ,ooo. .ooo

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Judge Erh, one Of
the lawyers employed by the Atchison
protective reorganization committee to
make case against the late management,
makes the charge that the company has
been robbed of over $3.50, 600 600, and insists
that the amount has gone into the pockets
of the men entrusted with the control of
the property, though he does not call the
persons by name nor specify the sums that
found their way into individual pockets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12
Tammany's Congressional Nominees.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-The Tammany
Hall organization held congressional con
ventions last night in the various con-
gressional districts throughout the city.
The nominees are: Seventh district, Frank,
lin L. Bartlett; Eighth, James J. Walsh;
Ninth, Henry G. Miner; Tenth, Daniel E.
Sickels; Eleventh, William Sulzer;
Twelfth, George B. Mcclellan; Thir-
teenth, Amos j. Cummings; Fifteenth,
Senator Jacob A. Cantor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-12

LONDON, Oct. 12.-Thc British consul nt
Lourenzo Marquee has eabled to the
foreign Office That the Kafilrs have entered
the outskirts OF that port and have burned
several houses and murdered fifteen Der
sons. 1t Is believed here that a detachment
Of British marines has again bean landed
from the gunboat Thrush in order to
protect the consulate of Great Britain,