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Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05

wildly to their mothers. The mOther1
sank to the floors of the coaches and
offered up fervent prayers for deliver
ance from the flames.
Rusl,ing Into ths Flames. n
The train was within ! mile and q
half Of Hinckley when tagged BY peo-5
pie from town. The fire was then ad-
vancing with railroad speed towards
the train. At first Engineer Root
thought Of putting on all speed and
rushing through the city, but an in
slant Of reason caused him to abandon
the idea The fire was coming with the
speed Of the wind, and such an effort
would be worse than madness The
roar Of the fire became more distinct, so
the train crew hurried all the people on
board and Engineer Root sent the train
spinning back over the track at rapid
rate. s#5 q
The fire now became discernible. 1t
was coming like whirlwind and Root
could see that it was going faster than
the train.
He increased the speed Of the locomo-
tive. It was no use. The fire had
car -e<nt and surrounded the train.
But Engineer Root did not hesitate.
He held the throttle open and sent the
train faster to the north, hoping to
reach Skunk Lake before the cars and
their loads of human beings burned.
And he succeeded with the help of
Fireman MCGOWAN, who poured pail
after pail of water from the tank over
himself and the engineer, to keep their
bodies from roasting.
Relief in tho Swamp.
At last the train reached Skunk lake,
and the order was hastily passed through
the coaches to abandon the train and
fly to the swamp close by. The train
was on fire from the tender to the last
coach. The passengers fed to the
swamps, to await death or relief. !.
After he had saved so many people
from being roasted alive, Engineer Root
sank down in the mud and water, ask
ing for no attention, although his
hands, feet, face, head and arms were
badly burned and his lungs were almost
bistered by the fiery blast that he had
breathed so long. The entire train crew
displayed heroic bravery all through
the fearful ordeal. ,-....-a
One of the sad circumstances was. the
fate of Conductor Jerry Sullivan, Of the
limited, who, when the train reached
Skunk lake, did not stop at the swamp,
but ran ahead on the track for the near
est telegraph station to telegraph for
help. The excitement and strain
through which he had passed had un'
hinged his mind, and hours afterwards
he was found wandering aimlessly
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Revenue King 775l,

Son of the king l947, dam Lady
Washington, by Contractor 1884,
second :am Ara bian Girl full sister to
Golddust $50. He is a black horse, 16
hands high, with a form that is fault
less, showing the points, bone, muscle
and finish Of the highest type of the
liQhf, harneSs horse =. !. ..:--L - =. >, .
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1NJUNcr1oN CASES.
Defendants File q Demurrer to the Gov
ernment's Complaint.

Defendants File q Demurrer to the Gov
ernment's Complaint.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 5.-The A. R. o.,
Eugene V. Debs and others, defendants
in the injunction cases growing out Of
the late strike, by their counsel have
filed demurrer to the bill of complaint
introduced by the government. In their
demurrer the defendants ask for judg-
ment, and tilat the bill be dismissed be-
cause of its insuffciency. The, defend
ants demur on the following grounds,
among others:
That the court has no jurisdiction of
the subject.
That the complainant has not the legal
capacity to bring this action.
That no act Of congress authorizes
any action by the United States against
persons with whom it has no contractual
relations in that regard, to enjoin the
obstruction or retarding of the United
States mail, and the United States has
no power or authority so to proceed.
| That no act Of congress authorizes an
action or proceedidg in equity by the
| United States against those not com.
mon carriers, to enjoin the hindrance,
interference with, or destruction OF
trode or commerce among the several
states and the United States has no
power or authority SO to proceed.
That the court has no power to en-
join any offense against the penal laws
Of the United States.
n .lS.
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An Aged Engineer Dead.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 5 Henry Ra-
swath, the Oldest locomot olive ngineer IN
America, has jnst died. He pulled the
throttle on the first engine used on the
South Carolina railr and had q rec
ord. .off more than half q century contin-
nous service with that road, continuing
ID. charge Of an engine until ct u years
,of age his sight failed him. AZ the
time of his death be was s..
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I. RAIN IN WISCONSIN.

Tho Anxiety Felt for the NORTHERN Part
of tho State Somewhat Eased.
. ASHLAND, Wis, Sept. 4. The anxiety
felt at Ashland for the safety of North
ern Wisconsin is somewhat eased bysre-
ports of ram from nearly every city
where the fires had been worst. Quer-
les sent out from Ashland have brought
many responses regarding the rain,
which has to = great extent checked the
] flames.
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BARRON COUNTY SUFFERS.

Baronnette Destroyed and Three Hundred
Families Homeless.
West SUPERIOR, Wis, Sept. 3D.
Baronette is completely wiped off the
earth and one lone building is left Of a
city Of 700. One man was burned to
death. The total loss will reach a
quarter Of q million. Shell Lake had 52
dwellings burned with total loss Of
$75, GOO Three hundred and sixty peo.
pie are homeless and many without a
dollar Of insurance.
Fires are now under control in that
vicinity y .#.
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A superb mammoth tintograph in 70 colors by
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THE WHOLE FAMILY,

an illustrated monthly magazine with stories,
anecdOtes fashions and all articles OF interest by
best authors and cash question contests monthly.
NussELL PUB. Co.. 1856 Summer st., Boston, Mass
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05

ST.. PAUL, Sept. 3.-Over 5OO people
dead, five towns blotted from the face OF
the earth, and over $4,000, 900 worth of
property destroyed, is the record OF
forest fires between noon and midnight
Saturday in in the &c! counties of fine' Mile
Lacs and Chisago. So. .ss :. =
Swept Town After Town..
; After destroying HinckleN place OF
LOO inhabitants, Sandstone, a place OF
400 people, and Mission Creek. The
fire then licked up Willow River,
q place of 600 inhabitants, and other
places to the north.
It was about p. m. Saturday when
the flames reached Hinckley. The
people became panic stricken.
Many of them rushed to the river,
where some were quickly drowned
by people piling upon them. Others
plunged under the water, as the flames
darted down in great red tongues and
hissed in their faces, singing their hair.
Some of these escaped.
Carried Away Frightened People.
A train on the Eastern Minnesota
road left Hinckley about the time the
fire reached there. The rushing OF the
people after the train caused the con-
sluctor to run back to the station. About
400 people crowded into the cars, all
they would hold, and were taken
away for safety. Neither river nor
lake stopped the course Of the flames as
they swept onward in a devouring
cloud to destroy the other towns and
settlements. It will probably never be
known how many
Perished in the Holocaust,
as it is not known what people were in
the woods getting ready for winter
numbering work. There were at mid
night $50 dead in the graveyard at
Hinckley, and others are being brought
in by rescuing parties. The injured
are constantly turning up. There were
at least 1000 people in the burned dis
trict, and it is probable that the dead
and injured will run up to 400 or 500
The damage to property will exceee
$5OO,O0O. '"-
The First Relief Party.
The first relief party went to Hinck
ley from Pine City, starting about II
o'clock Saturday night. 49,.
Fire was raging everywhere along
the track, and the train was obliged tt
proceed slowly.
The sight as Hinckley was approached
was appalling in the extreme. On al
sides could be seen the dead and charreo
bodies of horses, cattle, deer, wolves
and other animals, and human corpseE
were almost as plentiful. The man OF
the front handcar, James Hurley, hat
to stop the cars every little while to lif
human body from the track.
In many places whole families were
found, either burned or smothered tx
death. Some were found with thei1
faces buried in the gravel of the road
bed, having fallen as they were escap
ing. Others again were in prayini
position, and were oharred beyond rec
ognition,
NAYTTNYHNTN1
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HELPING DESTITUTE PEOPLE
Work of Relief in the Fire
Swept Region Now Well
Under Way. s,~ =.

action has come at Hinckley. The ex-
citement which has buoyed up SO
many of the survivors even in the
face of the fact that so many rrel-
atives and friends had perished in the
fiery food has passed away and dull,
lethargic e~ief has taken it's place.
The uninjured refugees at Pine City
and there arr several hundred Of them
stand about the street corners in little
knots and discuss the incidents of : the
catastrophe which struck the town.
Relief COMMITTEES at Work. ="
The courthouse, the schoolhouse and
many private home was thrown open.
Every blanket in town was
called into service. The women and
children were given the better quarters,
and the men stretched out in rows on
the floors of the two public buildings
named. Arrangements for the relief
of the destitute further up the line,
where hundreds Of men. women and
children are not only homeless, but alb
solutely without scrap of food, or bed
ding or extra clothing, were started
promptly. .. ST. :.
Fortunately Monday was cool and
cloudy, and grateful showers fell at in
tervals during the forenoon, The re-
mains of tie dead, however, were in
such horribly blistered and burned
condition that decomposition rapidly set
in. Undertakerss advised that the bodies
be put under mother earth as rapidly as
possible.
| All Attempts at Identification Futile.
From these bodies by the track the
officials of the Duluth road had re-
moved and carefully preserved every
trinket and article Of jewelry, and even
shoes and scraps Of clothing, placing
those from each body in a recepticle
numbered identically with the casket,
SO that possibly when the refugees re-
turn they may recognize them and
know whether their friends have been
inferred
Out in the little cemetery a mile east
of town, was a scene which
Words are Powerless to Describe.
At best the little spot would be as
dreary as could well be imagined. It
is on top Of rough sandy knoll, where
nature is seen at her worst, and abso.
llutely no attempt toward artificial EN-.
bellishment has ever been made. There
were only a few little sandy unsodded
mounds before. Now with the black.
ened, fire SCARED stumps and fallen
trunks Of trees all about, it presented
an appearance of desolation hard to de;
scribe But in the center Of the open
! was the crowning horror. ss5
4 Burned. Bloated Bodies.
In an indiscriminat heap lay more
than ninety corpses, men, women an6
little children. Some burned crisp
others only Drowned BY the heat and
none with 8 fragment Of clothing
1 larger than q mans hand to concea
their awful nakedness. Some were
/ mere trunks, the extremities having
j been burned OFF Some were bloatei
4 until the abdomen had been cracked
!. open and intestines were protr rucing
i Skulls were burned open and brains es'
Gaping; all were twisted and cra1nped ii
agony of death that had overtakel
them.
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BILLOWS ]. O + F.L ! ] !, N N 3. ! !!
Northern Minnesota Is Visited by the
Most Terrible Calamity in
Its History.
FIVE TOWNS IN ASHES.
Loss Of Life Estimated at Five Hun.
dred and the Damage to Property
Placed at $5OO,OO0.
THE SURVIVORS DESTITUTE,
A Relief Committee Is Formed tc
Give Aid to the Suferers---Heart-
Rending Scenes.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 3.-Over 800 people
dead, five towns blotted from the face OF
the earth, and over $s,ooo.ooo worth Of
property destroyed, is the record OF
forest fires between noon and midnight
Saturday in the counties of Pine, Mile NH 3
Iacs and Chisago. -. ..,ss :.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-01
THE FRANKLIN MINE HORROR.
An Examination Into Its Cause-Destitute
Families Of the Dead Miners.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 26.-An ex-
animation into the causes which led to
the death of thirtyseven men in the
Franklin coal mine Friday afternoon
was in progress yesterday
A great many witnesses were sum
moned and the examination will last
several days 1t is believed that many
of the men killed by black damp could
have saved their lives had they
hastened from the mine at the first
alarm. Many Of them were overcome
by curiosity, loitered and death over.
took them.
The mine is still on fire. but it is be-
lieved to be confined to No slope
1t will be three or four months before
the mine again starts up. Many of the
families of the dead miners are in des-
titute circumstances, and fund is be-
ing raised in this city and elsewhere
for their relief
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-01
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
FlFTY.THlRD CONGRESS.

The senate was not In session on the oIst
In the house, during session Of about n n
hour, futile encTts were made to secure consid-
eratioh OF several important measures, cfef
, among which was the Hill bill for the exclu-
sion and deportation Of alien anarchists, Sem
ate Dill was passed granting right OF way to
the Duluth Winnepcg railroad through the
Chippewa and White Earth Indian rescrva-
tiore In Minnesota; also a senate Joint resolu-
tlon directing the printing OF 10000 copies of
the tariff bill
In the senate, on the 22d most Of the time of
the short session (Which lasted only an hour
and three-quarters) was passed in waiting for
quorum, there being only thirty-two senator's
present at roll call The sergeant at-arms was
directed to request the attendance OF absent
senator's; and when quorum was reported
the leaders on the side OF the majority re-
solved upon proceeding to the consideration Of
| executive business, which occupied the time
until l:45 y, m, when the senate adjourned
The house was not In session on the I'd
In the senate. on the 23d. there was no quo
rum present and answering, and no business
whatever was attempted--even the reading of
the previous journal and the presentation of a
message from the president being prevented
by the failure OF members to attend, The ser
geant-at-arms was ordered to compel the at
tendance OF absentees and after an hour S
weary waiting the senate adjourned ... N
the house the committee on naval affairs sub
mitted their report on the alleged armor- plate
frauds. accompanied with a Joint resolution to
have plates now on certain ships removed and
subjected to ballistic tests to determine their
quality. After discussion the joint resolution
was agreed to. Ono or two private bills were
passed and the house adjourned
IN the senate, on the 9ith, all but four min
| utcs Of the session was spent behind closed
| doors Eight or ten bills were taken from the
calendar and passed as was concurrent res
| 0lution for the final adjournment OF congress
| on the 18th In the house, the concurrent
| adjournment resolution was passed. Another
| unsuccessful effort was made to consider the
Hill bill for the exclusion and deportation of
anarchists. Two or three unimportant meas
ures were passed, and after session Of an
hour the house adjourned until the eth.
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AMERICAN ENGINEERS
Being Enlisted at Puget Sound for Chinese
War Vessels.

PoRT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. 27.-
The work of securing engineers and
fremen from Puget Sound to 90 to the
orient to serve in vessels of the Chinese
navy has been inaugurated by Wah
Chung, millionaire merchant and
Chinese employment agent at Seattle,
who has addressed several unemployed
men of this city asking whether or not
they would be willing to go to the
orient. The agent guarantees good
salary, payment of all expenses of the
trip, and salary to begin on the day of
departure. The fact has not yet
leaked out in Seattle, where Wah
Chung resides, and as a result he ex-
pecta the entire quota to be secured
here. Secrecy has thus Far been main
tanned to prevent interference with
the scheme on the part of the United
States authorities. The men secured
will leave as first-class passengers on
the next Canadian Pacific steamer sail
ing from Vancouver for the orient.
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Serious Accident to an Electric Car.

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 27.-A serious
trolly car accident occurred ats o'clock
last evening on the Suburban Trac-
tion Co.'S new line between Orange and
Eagle Rock. in which fifty persons were
more or less seriously injured. The
car, which contained about eighty
persons, while descending a steep
grade just opposite the Mountain
avenue, became unmanageable and
dashed into curve at terrific rate OF
speed, breaking the flange of one of
the forward wheels. The car left the
track and capsized down slight en-
bankment. Broken glass flew in all
directions and the occupants were
thrown into a confused mass.
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KILLED IN THE SURF.
Young Man Struck by Lightning While
Battling In Company with Two Young
Lsdies-The Bolt that Destroyed Him the
First Herald Of Coming Storm-A Panic
Among the Assembled Bathers.

ishuies-lne ftOit tnnt DestrOyeU him the
First Herald Of Coming storm-A Panic
Among the Assembled Bsthers.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Aug. 27.-Wm.
Carr, aged about 90 years, was in
stantly killed by bolt of lightning
while in bathing in company with two
young women.
He had just entered the surf and
had but risen from dive beneath the
breakers when the flash came-the
first intimation of the coming storm,
and the bolt struck him with a fatal
shock. His companions, the Misses
Farnum, were within ten feet of him
when the bolt descended. They suf-
fered a severe electrical shock and
were Frustrated by fright at sight OF
their companions lifeless body.
There were hundreds of people in the
surf near by and thousands on the
strand and beach, who saw the fatal
flash and the mark it struck. There
was an instant panic among the
bathers, who, more or less, felt the
radiating shock, and they hurried out
onto the strand as if fearful of another
visitation of the destroying element.
Although restoratives were promptly
applied young Carr could not be re-
vived. His death is said to be the first
by lightning ever occurring at this re.
sort.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

TIMOTHY GRAHAM, of Chicago, charged
with kicking s-year-old George Ryan to
death in drunken rage, was found
guilty on the 2Sth and sentenced to fif
teen years imprisonment.
THE recent rains have been very dis
astrous to crops in Alabama. Reports
from the agricultural regions of the
State are to the effect that cotton is cut
off from % to so per cent and all grow
ing crops in the field have been damaged
materially.
THE peanut trust is making a strong
effort to drive the few outsiders out OF
the business and its latest move has
been to obtain an increase in freight
rates from Norfolk to New York on all
lots less than car load. --..
THE close OF the second session
of the Fifty-third Congress on the 9sth
was the tamest in years. 1t was abso-
lu tely devoid of interesting features
THE shipments Of standard silver
dollars from Washington during the last
week amounted to 500, 600, and OF frac'
tional silver coin 1884, ,222.
AT 19 o'clock on the night OF the 27th
the Mckinley tarifflaw, which had been
In operation since October 80, 1890, prac-
tically died, and the bill, passed by the
f,fty.third Congress became law with
out the signature Of President Cleve'
land.
Ar Flora, Ind, on the 27th, Walter
Long, young man, in spirit OF
bravado jumped into great bin OF
wheat which was being loaded from an
elevator into car and on the track be-
low. The suction was so great that
he was drawn in and suffocated before
any effort could be made to save him.
WHILE laborers were digging q ditch
near Sheridan, N. Y, on the 25th, they
found the skeleton Of mastodon. The
head measured five feet across. The
tusk is i've feet long and six inches in
diameter at the butt. One tooth taken
out weighed four pounds, was seven
inches long by four inches broad.
THERE has been too much rain IN
the immediate locality OF Huntsville,
Ala. which has about destroyed all the
fodder pulled and left in the fields when
the rain began.
THREE hundred and sixty-two miles
from Houston, Texas, to New Orleans
via Southern Pacific railroad is tho dis
tance that persons can travel for 2S
cents. Scalpors are selling tickets for
SEQ, allowing a rebate M New Orleans
J Of slo.75.
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SUBORNED TO PERJURY.
sharp Practices that VIII he Rough on
Those Too Hasty In Remarrying.

Sioux FALLS, $. D., Aug. o6.--At a
meeting of the bar association yester-
day afternoon committee of three
was appointed to begin disbarment
proceedings against J. NJ. Donovan and
J. l.. Glover. two well-known divorce
lawyers, on the ground that they have
been procuring fraudulent divorces, 1t
is alleged that they suborned plain
tiffs to perjury. Actions will be com
menced to set aside number of de.
crees If fraudulently granted. 1t is
said that the cases of suborning to per-
jury against Donovan and Glover will
be laid before the Brookings county
grand jury. and also cases for perjury
against the plaintiffs who have falsely
sworn TO length of residence in the
state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-01

Express Messenger T. n Cochran, OF
Huntsville, Ala, was killed on the
Alabama Great Southern railroad. nea1
Meridian, Miss. The young man was
leaning outside his car watching the
movements of several tramps on top OF
the sleepers, when his head struck a
bridge beam. lie lived but a short
time. Mr.. Cochran was to have been
married in few days to young lady
of Meridian. He belonged to promi.
nent and wealthy family in Alabama
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Cotton Dealers Indicted.

The Shelby county Crenn.) grand
jury took IA turn among the smart Sc,
the other day and indicted twenty
four big cotton factors and buyers fol
doing business without license. One
or two of those indicted have beer
particularly clamorous for the enforce
ment of the license law against liquol
men, and their indictment created 4
mild sensation. Several of the firm.
are composed of Englishmen. The
number of indictments for failure tc
pay privilege tax in Memphis now run.
| to almost 1000.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 27.--At3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon Col. Crofton. com
mandant OF the Fifteenth regiment al
Fort Sheridan, was assaulted by Lieut.
Welch. Welch called on Col. Crofton
at that hour and as the two were
conversing outside the tent, Welch
suddenly struck Crofton three blows in
the face with his clenched fist. Off
GERS near by, seeing the assault, inter
fered and placed Welch under arrest
It is thought that Welch is insane or
that he was under the influence Of
liquor at the time Of the assault.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-09-01
German Towns Wrecked By Windstorm
aud Waterspouts.

BERLIN, Aug. 81. - The towns oi
Schwalm and Waltersbruck, in the
Mogelberg mountains, in Hcsse were
wrecked Saturday by a heavy wind
storm and v aterspouts, The town.
were flooded and trees were snapped
of or torn up by the roots.
AT Oberohnrn o cart, with the horses
attached and the driver were lifted
some distance n the mir by the force Of
the wind and then dashed to the
ground. The Dart was completely de
uip'ishcd and the driver and both
horses were killed.