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The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
The Entombed Miners at Carbondslr, Pa
 Rescued Alive-Great Rejoicing.

Rescued Aiive-Great Rejoicing.
 SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 2.-Rescued from what was believed certain death on Thursday when a portion of the work ings of the Northwest coliery at Simp- son, near Carbondale, caved in, Will liam Mitchell, George Arney, John Fan ming and Andrew Klapklowsl1y are to- day the objects of demonstrative re- joicing in the village.
 When the cave-in occurred their death was regarded as certain, but Saturday, when it became certainty that all four were alive, there was all most uncontrolab ble rejoicing. The res cuers pushed their work more vigor- ously then, and they pierced the black wall five hours caller than expected.
 Their escape from death is regarded almost miracle.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
A THROWN SWITQ
Causes One Death and the Fats youn,
 ing of s Second Victim

TOLEDO, O., Sept. 3O.-Wt at the ate of fifty miles an
 senger train No. 42, the w
 cific express, due here at 7:20
 into an open switch d mil Maumee. shortly before ' O, morning. Engineer F. N. $ instantly killed and FiremI Day received injuries which \ cause his death in q few ho locomotive left the track as I the switch and turned over drivers up, pinning Smith an derneath. The mail car, tod railed, but escaped damage. the passengers were hurt. 5 Day are from the east. and with the road only since | strike. Both are married. 1 had been thrown by some person and the target set ! was all right.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
DEATH OF GEN. J. M. WEST
Who Was Soldier, a Statesman and n
 Railroad Magnate.

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Oct 1-The death of Gen J. NJ West occurred yes terday morning. He was 76 years of age at the time of his death. He was born in Alabama, where he received public school education, served Mississippi as legislator and senator three terms. At the outbreak of hostilities he was by President Jefferson Davis appointed brigadier general, and was later given the three-fold duty of commisearu general, paymaster general a6 qf4ar- termaster general.
 After the war he was elect 70 con gress, but was denied seat ' being from q secession state He VI at the head of the Mississippi Cerh l rail- road, and was the first prd8 ent of that line, which later develE d into the Illinois Central system.
 He was an eleetor on th& 7iiden- Hendricks ticket in 1876 frd6 Missis- sippi, but later he turned gre0 aclxer, and in 1884 was nominated# vice president on the ticket headed Gen. Benjamin F. Butler
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Peel Gets a Good Job.

ARpMoRE, l. T., tin. m Der 20. Con. gressman Peel, of Arkansas, has been engaged as general attorney of the Chickasaw Nation at Washington, to succeed Gen. II. E. Paine The office is fat one, paying &, 800 per year and 10 per cent of all claims and moneys re- ceived. For more than twenty years Gen. Paine has represented the Chicka. saw Nation at the national capital, but during the past year has advised the Nation to treat with the Dawes commission, telling them that statehood for the five civilized tribes is iney itab ble, hence the change.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
:: ohm Cook Cantnrcd.

LITTLE RoCK. ARK, October 9. Dep uties F. C. Green and ]. l.. White ar rived here this morning having in GUS tody John Cook, who was captured near Daisy postoffice, in Pike county, last Friday. It will be remembered that John Cook is brother of the notorious Jim Cook who killed Deputy Grissom about three weeks ago in Pike county.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
John Cook Captured.

John Cook, Jr., one of the alleged moonshiners, who, with his father, Jim Cook, is said to have murdered Deputy Marshal Grissom in the mountains of Pike county, was captured and jailed at Philadelphia,
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Fell Out of Ills Carriage and Broke "s
 Neck.
year.

" pnoy'DESoE, %Ss1on F.. R. ,.,,,,s L, Oct. t..ey. National sai 'l..l band H.,f fell oA lT& ing broken by f
 Mr. Hedley IS Tor Monticello, Ari,. about fortyI Spt. 2e.m2 early age tn band mus which be- eonductey
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
A Big Pile.

It is reported that David Scott, cat ;le dealer, was robbed few nights ago at hotel in Van Buren. The amount lost is stated to have been S5,i54.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Nineteen Years.

George McNamara, aged 22, was sen fenced to nineteen years in the peni- tentiary in the Pulaski circuit court for the killing of Henry Cullinan.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

TUE antiPortuguese feeling, which has manifested itself in Rio de Janeiro for some time past, is increasing, and disputes are of frequent occurrence.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Havemeyer. the Sugar Baron. Indicted.

WASHINGTON, October 1-The grand jury today brought in indictments against Henry o. Havemeyer, and John E. Searles, of the sugar trust, and oth. CTS, for refusal to answer questions put to them by the senate sugar trust in vestigating committee. All of these cases will come up for a. .gument on demurrers on October l2 The indiet- ments each cover twenty-eight pages of large type written sheets. The questions which defendants refused to answer were with reference to the spe- eific amounts contributed in the differ ent states to the campaign funds.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

H. A. WIDEMAN, of Honolulu, it is said, will institute suit against the United States in behalf of ex-Queen Lilioukalani, for S200, 900.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

WATER was let into the Canadian Sault canal, on the night of the 24th, which filled at the rate of nine inches an hour.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Killed by the Cars

William North, Missouri Pacific switchman, was killed at Little Rock the other day. The unfortunate man was engaged in coupling cars.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

TIE sugar bounty division of the in- ternal revenue bureau has been abol- ished, and with it's present force will be known hereafter as the income tax division
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Moonshiners.

It was reported in Little Rock few days ago that twenty moonshiners in Pope county would surrender and re- ceive minimum sentences.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

.LLow FEVER is epidemic through the republic of Salvador and the ftality is very great, The disease is fatal to foreigners, taking 'n off inside of twenty-foar hours. long the first victims was American lsul Folly k
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

JAP AN is said to be bidding high for munitions of war, and European firms are undertal5ing great contracts.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
 A Reward.

The governor has offered reward of s200 for the arrest and delivery of Jim Cook, who killed DeputyMarshal T. B. Grissom in Pike county.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

\ cnISEsE war ship seized tho Brit ish steamer Pathan, from New York in the Formosa channel on the 2lst.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Prof. Bryant's Victim Dies.

Prof. c. T. Ellis, who was shot by Prof. G. L. Bryant, at Texarkana, died from his wounds. The remains were shipped to Nevada, Mo.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

.SUPTi BYsNEs of New York has de- ttrminled to close all the .sall night" salooni is in the city.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

THE foreign office of the British ad- miralty reecived information from China, on the 27th that Europeans in that country are i1i great danger of as sault at the hands of the Chinese.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Corbett Must Fight or Surrender.

NEW YORK, October l-The Evening World says. A telegram was sent to- day to James J. Corbett by President W. A Seholl, of the Olympic Club of New Orleans It defines the attitude of the club regarding Bob Fitzsimmon's right to challenge the champion. The telegram says: It was in the Olympic Club that the heavyweight champion ship was lost and won. 1t was in the Olympic Club that both you and Fitz- sim mons won your greatest honors, and it is now within the province and the duty of the Olympic Club to declare Bob Eitzsimmons the champion heavy weight of the world should you persist in refnsng to accept his challenge. If you will not defend the title, Fitzsim- mons will meet the best man that can be found iH the world in February, 1S95 In the event you do not answer and accept the challenge of Robert Fitzsimmons by Thursday, October 4, we will deotare him the champion heavy weight of tae world
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

TIE Shanghai Mercury says it is ru mored in Pekin that the emperor, hay ing expressed his desire to personally take charge of the operations in Corea and to leave the throne under the re- - Icy of the empress dowager, his hear
 knocked their foreheads and prayed
 majesty not to let his anger drive
 so far as to engage with so paltry
 nemy, but to let his officers drive
 the barbarians.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

A WARRANT was issued in Milwau- kee, on the 18th, for the arrest of Presi- dent Fred F. Dass. of the Plankinton bank for receiving deposits after he knew the bank was insolvent,
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

UPoN the certificate of the examin- ing board, Secretary Herbert, on the e7th, forwarded to President Cleye land recommendation that Com mander William A. Morgan and Chief Engineer Henry ". Fitch be placed on the retired list on account of disa- bilitics incurred in the line of duty.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

CAPT. HENRY ". HoweATE, formerly chief signal officer, and a fugitive from justice since the winter of 1882, was ar rested, on the 27th, in New York city, charged with embezzlements and for geries aggregating S370,o00 He was committed to Ludlow-street jail by United States Commissioner Alexan- .l.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

sI sI4Aesalrro,.ss,a ----zz.G repeated declina- tiens and positive refusals to allow his name to be used before the convention ,. Saratoga, on the 96th, Senator Da- vid E. Hill was unanimously nomi- natcd for governor of New York amid scenes of enthusiasm described as rivaling pandemonium.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

THE United States army is being con centrated near the great railway cen ,fers, Ac|(be.readYfer prompt use in case of intes weak CTS in the thickly- populat> of the country.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

ring in the past year have noC occu flied, only forty-two dismissals had to be made to bring the force to the re. duetion point provided by congress. The efficient clerks of the eighty-eight put on the temporary roll may be pro vided for as vacancies occur hereafter. as they can be reinstated within year
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
". J, LITTLEJoHN, of Chics 2Gth declartd 9efarA ~ Fi

Writer~ associa tion~ that thc recent /orcst fires had been started by lumber kings, who had taken that method, he said, ofcovering up their stealings, and to them was directly due the death and destruction which followed.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

EVERY gambling house in the city of St Joseph, Mo, was closed, on the e6th, by order of the police commis- by Gov. Stone. Itis given out officially that the gambling houses will not be allowed to run in that city again, and that Gov Stone is determined to close every gambling house in the state.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

TIE Pacific Mail Steamship Co. has reduced the rate ol canned meats from San Francisco to China and Japan from SIP ta s per ton in order to divert traffic from the Canadian Pacific line of steamers.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

TIE canalboat men of Buffalo, N. Y, have determined to fight the Ele. vator association, md tcssthat end will form an independent association and operate two fioatiI elevators on their own account
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

ON the 18th United States Secret Service Detective John Manley caused the arrest of Perry C. Daniels, of Marion, O., asan accomplice of Hardin, the Delaware co. nterfeiter. Daniels protested his inno,ehce, but could not explain small fir q of spurious coin in hls house.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

WHISKY exported from the United States under the Mckinley tariff and imported under the same law. placed in bonded wareh euse but not with drawn until after the new tariff act took effect, will have to pay duty at the new rate of S1 10 per gallon.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
THE TREASURY DEPA
The Reorganization of the Gle
 Takes Effect.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Th ization of the clerical for, treasury will go into effec next. The changes necesss complish the result have b No dismissals were made, br eight clerks have been dro
 the regular roll and p the temporary roll at reduc, under the s, 900 appropriatid up to date the work in divisI treasury that are behind, lieved that this work will about two months. The for, missals made in the treasrl tember l5 have gone into net reduction of 143 peou grades is made in the re clerical force, but as vacant
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

IT has been suggested in Managua that the Nicaraguan government sell part of the Mosquito coast to the Brit ish, and with the proceeds pay the claims of Anne ic; ms whose property was taken at Blue fields
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
lIN the constitutional c

IN the constitutional convention at -.lbany, N r., or the 2Sth, the new constitution, as revised by the conven- tion, was adopted oy vote of 95 to 45, a strict party vote, except that three republicans voted with the democrats in the negative.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05

IT is reported that very unsettled state of things ex sts throughout the republic of Venezueia. Business is greatly depressed causing scarcity of Aaoney and much suffering among the
 oorer classes of people.
The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
MORE ENGLISH GOLD

To be "Planted' on Productive *merisan Soil In the Purchase Of Paper and Pulp Mills, Options on Forty-Eight of Which Have Be n Secured and Others Pending The Deal Likely to be Consummated.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16
CONNECTICUT.

An incendiary fire caused loss of
$50, 900 in New Haven, Sunday.
Arrangements are completed for the
midsummer outing of the Connecticut
editorial association to be held at Rose
land park, Woodstock, the 23d, and a
large attendance is expected.
Prominent officials of the Candee
Rubber company of New Haven say
that the Candee company had no in
tention of closing it's works or in the
near future. The Candee works have
about 5000 persons at work and run a
good business.
The cornerstone of the new Masonic
temple at Hartford will be laid Septem-
Der 3, with appropriate ceremonies, in
iting bodies of Masons will take part.
There will be parade, and banquet
will follow in the evening.
Lafayette Richardson has not been
seen in Stafford since Sunday of last
week. His family do not know where
he is. Mr.. Richardson is member of
the Grand Army, has always been sober
and industrious and was supposed to
be perfectly sane. He has a wife and
one child
Chief of Police Thomas Bradley of
| Norwalk came into possession Friday
of die for casting counterfeit 25-cent
pieces of the mintage of 1877. 1t was
| found by gate-keeper at the Water
street crossing of the Danbury and Nor
walk road, and was wrapped in paper
addressed to Mrs. l.. Hoyt, Bethel, wife
of the man who has recently been ar
rested for counterfeiting.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
MAINE.

The Orono Savings bank has been adj
Judged insolvent and is restrained from
doing further business. Losses in west
ern investments is the cause.
The Saco water power machine shop,
which was recently started after long
shutdown, has received orders enough
to insure work for the crew during all
the fall and winter.
An express train on the Aroostook
division of the Canadian Pacific rail
road left the rails near Aroostook Falls
Saturday morning. No one was killed,
but the cars were demolished.
Joseph Blouin, Lewiston black
smith, was arrested Friday on the
charge of arson. He owns a black
smith shop on Franklin street. Friday
morning he tried to burn the building
by setting fire to a lot of rubbish neal
the forge. The blaze was detected and
put out. A little later he again set fire
to the shop in the rear of the building
1t was again discovered in time to save
the building. He was then locked UP
in the city prison. He is reported tc
have said: 81 shall plead not guilty, be-
cause the building is mine and | have
a right to dispose of my own property
There is 5000 insurance on the place
which / might have got if that son of 8
gun hadn't caught me-" He seemed
to be either insane or profoundly igno
rant of the laws of the land
He took no measures to conceal hi
crime, or to avoid arrest.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

The operatives in the cotton mills at
Suncook have been notified of a 16 per
cent reduction in wages after August 20.
William III. Berry, one of the best
known insurance men in New Hamp-
shire, died at Manchester Sunday aged
81 years.
William Truch was seriously wounded
Friday in Merrimac by Isaac Woods,
who fired two shots at him. Jealousy
was the cause.
David HI. Perkins of Mansfield, Mass,
arrested at Dover Friday, as a bond de-
frauder, was arraigned in the Dover
police court Saturday evening and fur
nished bonds in $1,000 for his appear
ance at a hearing Friday, August II.
The annual picnic and field day OF
the members of the Merrimac County
Pomona grange and their friends was
held Saturday at Contoocook River
park, Concord, with probably the larg-
est attendance that organization has
ever had on any occasion.
The 30-foot 50-ton wheel at the Nashua
Manufacturing company's mill burst
Friday afternoon, wrecking two floors
of the mill, besides the engine room.
Mr.. Watts and Mamie Doyle were ter
ribly injured, the former possibly fatal
~. The wheel cost over $4,000, and
the damage will reach over $4,000.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16
RHODE ISLAND.

The biggest leather belt ever made in
New England has just been finished by
the Providence Betting company. 1t
is y in. wide, 10 fit. long, three ply
and weighs 5000 pounds. 1t is to be
used by the New England Electrolytic
Copper company.
The suit of Angela V. Burnham
against the Consolidated railroad was
settled Friday by the payment of be.
tween 81 900 and $4,000 to the plain
tiff, whose husband was killed in a col
lision. The accident occurred here in
1890. and the case has been in the
courts since that time.
The postoffice at Wakefield was bur-
glarized some weeks ago, and among
other papers taken was an insurance
policy belonging to eX-Postmaster Rob-
inson. The policy was returned by
mail to the local insurance agent Fri
day. The envelope bore the Andover,
Conn, postmark. The burglars also
carried off $4,000 worth of private pa.
pers.
Mrs. James Rothwell of Boston,
daughter of the late Judge Eli Ayls.
worth, whose will was offered for pro
bate at Providence Thursdays and
which instrument cuts her off entirely
will contest the same. In this inten-
ton she will probably be joined by
nearly all the heirs, who have either
been forgotten entirely or had their an
nuities reduced in a late codicil.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16

to continue the strike that has now been
going on about 10 weeks. Out of $500
looms in the mill, 400 are in full opera
ton.
The remains of George Baylies of
Edgartown, who wandered off a year
ago while suffering mentally, were
found Friday under a tree five miles
from town. The clothing rendered
recognition possible.
Andrew ]. Highton, who was arrest
ed at Boston Thursday for passing
worthless checks, was arraigned Friday
and held in $500 for the upper court.
There are many points of resemblance
between the prisoner and Robert Bow
man, the notorious forger, and the
police think Highton may be Bowman.
All the rubber manufactures con-
trolled by the rubber trust will shut
down September for two weeks or a
month. These plants employ some 12,-
600 or IA, 900 people. 1t is stated that
the shutdown is due to the lack of Or
ders, but Mr. Cutler of the Woonsocket
Rubber company says that the price of
goods will be advanced the 1st Of Sep
TENDER.
1t was announced Sunday evening at
the Mortified auditorium meeting that
S26 900 had been given for new chapel
at Mount Hermon where the boys
schools are situated. The money is
given by Mrs. George Wilcox of Brook.
lyn and the building will be known as
the Burlington memorial chapel. Mrs
Wilcox gives in memory of her father
the late Rev. w. [. Burlington of Gin.
ton Avenue Congregational church Of
Brooklyn.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-16
VERMONT.

In many parts of the state the apple
crop is failure.
The annual Scotch picnic was held at
Barre Saturday.
The Globe Manufacturing company
Oft New Hampshire thinks of locating at
st. Johnsbury.
The safe in the postoffice at Castleton
was robbed Thursday night by profess
SIGNALS, who escaped.
The ninth annual reunion of the old
Sd Vermont veteran volunteers was
held at Grand Army hall in st. Johns
bury Tuesday.
Two teams were stolen at Walpole,
N. H., Saturday night from each of the
two stables. They were traced in a
northwesterly direction toward Man
chester.
Chelsea has been leased to A. V. Win
ship of Boston for term of years.
Work will begin September on mems
goods.
The postoffice at Richville, which is
in the store of L. B. Rich, was burglar
lied some time Wednesday night and
stamps taken.
The general passenger agent of the
Central Vermont railroad says that
tourist travel over that road during the
month of June and the first half of July
was 25 per cent heavier than during the
same period last year, and that alto
gether the season will be the best in a
dozen years.
Sworn certificates of nominations of
Prohibitionists of Vermont should have
NV ha for of TO RI,
before midnight, August 4. They were
received one day late. The delay will
preclude the printing of the party
nominees names on the state ticket.
Prohibition voters will have to write
the names of their candidates.
Owing to the neglect of the officials
of the recent Republican county con-
vention to file certificate of nomina-
ton, as the law requires, the official
ballot of Caledonia county will contain
only the Democratic county ticket. An
effort was made to certify the candi-
dates in by petition, but even this was
day late. The law regulating the de
posting of ballots is SO strict that the
consequences may be serious. The Re
publican officials will issue pastors, but
with what success they can be used is
aquestion.
Julius Sears, Henry Contermash
Frank Roberts, Ben Terrill and B. Oar.
ling, concerned in breaking into A. L.
Pease's store and the postoffice at Hart
ford, Thursday night, had their trial al
White River Junction, Saturday, before
Justice. The first three were bound
over for trial at the December term o.
the county conrt in the sum of $500
and Terrill for the sum of $500, for bur
glary. Not getting bail they were
lodged in Woodstock Jail that night
Darling was fined for intoxication anC
discharged. The extreme penalty fol
those bound over would be Is wears il
state penal institution and $1,000 fine
Sears is hard young character an6
was the leader, and the others thought
lessly followed him.