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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
JAMES MULLIGAH dead.
MuIligan Letters Episode Recalled.
His Adventitious Connection with
Political Career of Blaine.

MAYNARD, Mass. July 29.-James
Mulllgan, of "Mulligan Letters" fame.
who figured prominently 10 the politl.
cal career of James G.. Blaine. died
here yesterday morning from general
debility.
Mulligan was born in the north of
Ireland nearly eighty years ago, He
came to this country when he was Is
years old, and was first employed in
grocery store in Roxbury. Later he
had store of his own at Prentice and
fremont streets. In 1851 he became
the confidential bookkespsr Of veal
thy merchant in North Market street,
whose sister James G. Blaine married.
As the confidential man of this msr-
chant. Mr.. Mulligan knew Mr.. Blaine
intimately.
In 1866 Mr.. Mulligan went into busi-
ness with Warren A. Fisher, Jr.. an d
Aquila Adams, in the Adams Sugar
refinery, He was employed as their
confidential manager While he was
with the Adams sugar refinery Warren
Fisher, Jr., contracted to build
the Fort Smith and Little Rock rail-
road, and Mr.. Blaine was said to be
concerned in some way with the pro-
motion OF the enterprise At this time
Mr.. Blaine had become conspicuous
figure in National politics. His rela-
tons with Mr.. Mulligan had been
necessarily close, and in fact
many important transactions were
conducted through the confidential
manager At this period Warren Fisher,
Jr., died He was man of large
wealth, and Mulligan was directed to
take charge of his estates. In 1875 the
Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad
enterprise went to pieces. In the con-
gressional Investigations that followed
Mr.. Blaine went to Mulligan to get the
letters that had been written. What
followed is matter Of history. When
Mulligan left the refinery he was Oin.
ployed by Arthur Cheney as conf
dental manager Of the Globe theatre.
In late years he had devoted himself to
managing large estates. He was
taciturn and eccentric He was small
in stature and weighed less than 100
pounds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
BODIES MANGLED BY RATS.
Remains of Boys Who Have Been Miss

Remains Of Bog Who Have Been Miss
ing Since Thursday Discovered.
HARTFORD. Conn.,, July 30 The
three Guinan children, who strayed
away from their home on Broad street,
this city, Thursday afternoon, have
been found, and all three are dead,
Chief of Police Bill gave orders this
morning that all cars about the depot
and the freight yards be thoroughly
searched. A few minutes after 10
o'clock pol. >smen who had been search
ing cars in tue yard Of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad for
about two hours came to ca
boose from which sickening odors
came. They burst open the
door and the stencil, which had been
strong before, became almost over.
whelming. Keeping on at their work
of investigation the officers traced the
smell to the closet which the trainm9n
use as a clothes press, and breaking
open the door, they found the three
little bodies, naked and mangled by
rats
Freddie, the 4year-old lay at the
bottom. On him was Raymond, o
years old, and on top of both was Leroy,
years old. Under the three bodies
were the few garments the boys wore
when they left home. At the autopsy
this afternoon nothing was found to
indicate violence. The condition of
the lungs indicated death by suffoca-
tion. and the absence OF effusion and
other marks about the neck precluded
the suspicion Of strangulation.
The theory is that the little follows
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
FREAKS OF OLD SCI.

In the Iron mountain, Michigan, it stood
at 100 in the shade.
At Huron, S. D., the mercury went up
to l0S degrees in the shade.
In camp at Peekskill, N. Y, 1t was 1O4
degrees. One private was Frustrated.
AT Elizabeth; N. j., with the mercury at
102 degrees men simply wouldn't work.
Eighteen prostrations and one death
formed Brooklyn's tribute to the weather
clerk.
At Hannibal, Mo-, and Davenport, H.,
the thermometer registered an even 100
degrees.
At Omaha, Yankton and Sioux City, 1O6
degrees In the shade was the top notch of
the torrid wave
Three persons were killed and ten pros
trated in Philadelphia Saturday by the
heat. The thermometer registered 81 de-
grees.
Gotham on Saturday swell tered to the
tune OF 951f degrees One man was killed
by sunstroke and ten persons were pro.
trated.
Even at Marquette, Mich, and La Crosse,
it was 100 degrees, while at Green Bay,
st, Paul, Alpena and Rochester it was 9S
degrees.
Even Germany sizzled A dispatch from
Berlin says hundreds were overcome,
while outdoor work has been generally
suspended.
Twenty-Five employees Of the Williams
burg, N. Y, sugar refinery were overcome
by the heat Saturday and the establish.
ment had to close.
The Wilkes-Barre weather editor puts
saturdays torridity In that city at 102 de-
grees In the shade. and says it was too hot
tor the people even to attend circus.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, Henri
Watterson's paper, had made an offer OF
Sl,OOO to the subscriber who could In ad-
vance name the hottest day in August:
but this rampage OF Old Sol settled 1t and
the offer Is withdrawn. A November cleo
tion guessing contest has been substituted,
as offering cooler sport for Democrats.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
fire FIENDS PATHWAY.
Valuable Propsrty Swept Away by
Flamss-Loss Over 100000.

tlameS-LOB9 over SOOO,OUU.
NEW York, July 20.-The building
at the Southwest corner Of Fulton and
Gold streets and numbered from SO to
So Fulton street, was gutted by fire
this afternoon. This building was oc-
cupied by various firms The loss will
amount to about $3.50, 900. The follow
ing were burned out: Mondot & Aiken,
restaurant and saloon, S. Berndsohn
dealer in patent medicines; A. Pell e.
Co., drapers and tailors; Lehamier &
Bro, steam printers; The Law Journal
composing rooms; A. Lounsbury,
manufacturing jeweler; Farchild
Bros. & Foster, manufacturer of di-
gestiye ferments, and Charles Schmel-
ze, photographers, The cause Of the
fire is unknown.
BELLE PLAIN, Ia, July 30, With the
exception of three buildings, the entire
business portion of this town was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday. In oil sixty
buildings were burned
The loss will be $45O,000, with an in
surance of $3.50 00O
PHILIPS, Wis, July 20-At day
break this morning dense smoke
covered an area OF forest hundred
miles square, and the center was this
desoiate. fire swept little CITY. More
than $500 persons have fed into
the forests or to the village near
by. The town this morning was
heap of ruins, and the smoke was so
dense that the headlight of locomo-
tive could not be seen fifty feet away.
Three relief trains reached Philips
soon after 6 o'clock this morning.
One was in charge OF Gov.
George w. Peck aud his staff.
Through the dense smoke Governor
Peck started out on tour of inspec-
tion. He soon found two heavy walls of
masonry which marked the place
where two banks had stood. On in.
quiry it was learned that the vaults of
the banks contained $50, 900 and Cover.
nor Peck Immediately swore in doz sn
men to guard the money in the vaults.
They were armed with Winchester
rifles and ordered to remain on duty il
the two shifts day and night.
The loss by the great conhagration in
its entirety ID difficult to estimate. Out
Of 800 buildings in the town only 81 re.
maiu. The Davis Lumber company lost
$500. 900, fully insured. There is no
way of estimating the number of lives
lost in the fire, and even after forty.
eight hours had passed no one tan be
found who ventures an opinion of the
loss of life. When the people fed be-
fore the wave OF fire they became sep
arated and can give no account of each
other. 1t is known that sixteen per-
sons perished on the raft that burned
in the bayou. A bridge or trestle
crossed the bayou and when the sup.
ports of this bridge were burned away
it fell. Women and children were
crossing AT the time and some mus
have perished.
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A STRANGE DISEASE.
Drctors Call 1t Black Erysipslas, but
Cannot Copa with 1t.

Drctors Call 1t Black Erysipslas, but
Cannot Cops with 1t.
ALLIANCE, July ga strange dis
ease, which baffi,s the skill CT ply.
siciaus, has caused the death Of three
residents of Minerva, ten miles south
of this city, within three weeks, John
Morehead was the first victim, the doc
tors pronouucins his case blood poison.
ing. Joseph Poormau, the second VIC
tim, was buried Monday. Doctors
from Canton and this city were called
in consultation and pronounced his case
black erysipelas, but they were unable
to treat II with SUCCESS. Mrs. Levi
Pennock, who assisted in taking care
of Poorman, had sore finger. She
contracted the disease, from the result
of which she died, her funeral taking
place today.
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The TRIBUNE AGER BONA Eide SCRANTON MORNING

ran into the, car to hide from u passing
policeman Thursday afternoon and that
the door of the closet closed and caught
them in with the spring lock. The
closet is five feet high, and its floor
space is 90 by 10 inches. 1t is
impossible that the little boys could
have lived long in such confined
space. and the doctors think they be-
came unconscious in about fifteen min
utes. and that they did not live more
than fifty minutes after the door was
locked on them. 1t is supposed that
the three boys had taken off their
clothes to play going in swimming,
as that idea was in their minds when
they left home.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
The PLAGUE IN China.
Novel Methods That Have Been
Adopted in Canton for Check
ing the Disease.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Several re-
ports regarding the plague" in China
have been received at the Marine hos .
pital bureau Secretary DENLY, of the
United States legation, says that at
Canton novel and thoroughly
Chinese method Of checking the
disease was hit upon. A for
tune teller, having given out that
the plague would die away with
the approach of the spring solistice,
the people Of Canton. in order to dc =
ceive the gods OF sickness, made the
first day of the fourth moon (May o.
their New Years day, every ceremony
by which the day is celebrated WAS
gone through with scrupulous exacti-
tude. The local authorities assisted in
this fareical performance. The New
Years festivities in the presence of
such widespread death, had some
what ghastly character.
Consul Seymour, writing from Can
ton, says everything continues in wild
confusion. Business is almost suspend
ed, be has been in nearly ali parts of
Canton during the plague. and has re-
mained at his post through it all and
is persuaded that with the observance
of proper precaution, especially in
securing a supply of pure water for
cooking and washing and for flushing
drains in time of drought. there should
and would be no such thing as this
plague. except where the natives. in
congested localities, cause pollution of
mir by overcrowdiug and filth and vio-
Iation of sanitary conditions for safety.
During all Of the plague heathen
professions have constantly marched
through the streets of Canton through
out the night, pounding gongs, explod-
ing firecrackers, exposing idols and
other similar doings, s,supported by con-
tributions from the shops and stores, to
propitiats the evil spirits and to dis
perse the adverse elements
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WASHINGTON, d. G, July 20.

WASHINGTON, D. c. July 90
G7HE torrid heat is aiding the tariff
compromisers Extremists find
their obstiuacy willing with
u their shirt collars. Senator
Jones. vino has had the laboring oar on
the tariff bill on the senate side ever
since it left the house, is fairly conf
dent that an agreement of some sort
will be reached this week. Whether
the debate which will then follow will
be brief or indefinitely protracted will
depend entirely upon the nature of the
report presented by the conterees.
Omitting the tariff bill from the cal
culation as to what may take place,
there is every indication that the end
of the week will see all the appropria-
tion bills safely out Of the way. Mr.
COCkrell, chairman of the sauaIe COM
mittee on appropriations, expects to
get the sundry civil bill, that vehicle
which carries everything not otherwise
provided for. out of the committee
room by Monday night to be reported
Tuesday morning He will call it up
at once for consideration. This will
complete the appropriation bills, and
leave the senate free to discuss tariff
or to threaten adjournment if delays
are interposed.
1t may be that the Chinese treaty
will get its day in court, but there does
not appear to be much interest in
treaties just now, and this particular
treaty seems to have more active
enemies than friends.
THE HOUSE is WAITING.
Drifting is the only word that will
now accurately describe the condition
of affairs in the house of representa-,
tives. All the business which the man
ayers feel it is in any wise essential for
record purposes to pass at this session
of congress has already been disposed Of
and they are now simply waiting on the
conference committees to give them an
opportunity to settle the differences
between the two branches over those
measures upon which the house has
already once passed. No programme
has been arranged for next week, fur.
ther than that Wednesday will be de-
voted TO the Moore-Fuuston contested
election case from Kansas. Moore is
Democrat aiming to get Funston's
seat, and the majority of the commit
tee have reported in his favor
Constantine J. Erdman, of Pennsyl.
vani0, from the committee on labor,
in an elaborate report. recommending
the passage Of the Springer bill Great,
ing national board for the arbitration
of controversies between employees and
their employers. says that the bill does
not assume to compel arbitration whsre
neither party to the controversy is will.
ing to submit its case No new penal
ties are imposed or now rights or privi-
leges granted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
ELoPEMeaT POSTPONED.
Prepared to Ran Away with One Lover.
CapLurad BY Anothar

Prepared to Ran Away with One Lover.
Captured by Another.
PRINCETON, KY. July 90 Dolly
Jones, of Laura Furnace, Trigg county,
arranged to elope with her lover, Jo-
Seph Colston, naming tho tins. Cas-
sius Hicks, rival. overheard the ar
rangvmsnr. and on the night appointed,
with the all Of confe icrate. decoyed
Miss Jones to his own buggy.
and forcing her to enter, drove
her to the house Of her friend, where
for ten days she was kept prisoner,
each day refusing Hicks daily proposal
Of marriage.
Meantime notice was conveyed to her
father, who fastened with an armed
posse to release his daughter. Her
captors ignominiously fed, and now
Miss Jones is to marry Colston without
an elopement
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
SETTLING FOR THE FUN.
Chicago Called Upon to Pay for Property
Destroyed Duri ng Debs Strike.

Chicago Called Upon to Pay for Property
Destroyed Duri ng Debs Strike,
CHICAGO, H., July 20 Large bills
for damage to ana destruction of rail-
road property by the strike rioters are
now coming in to the city hall. The
Pittsburg. Cincinnati ana ST. Lonis
railroad has presented bill which
aggregates $446 601. The largest item
is $40l 69l tor 720 freight cars destroyed
ana forly.two damaged Eighteen
thousand dollars is charged for lading
"A cars
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
coso has presented bill OF $2l. 347.
The largest item is for fourtee lreignt
cars destroyed aud fifty eight damaged,
$14,407 Mayor Hopkins smiled wnen
shown the bills and merely replied:
"Wait until we get through with
them"
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NEGROES ERg STILL SLAVES.
Ida Wells Makes an Earnest Plea for
the Unfortunate

lda Wells makes an EarnesV Elea Tor
the Unfortunate.
New YORK, July 90 Miss Ida Wells
the famous Negro lecturer. spoke to an
enthusiastic audience tonight at the
African Methodist Episcopal church
on Sullivan street. IL was her first
public appearance siuce she returned
from England where she had been for
the past six months delivering lectures
on lynchings in the south. The Eng
lisb people, she said, were astounded
Mt the cruelty perpeirated by Ameri-
can whites upon the southern Negro.
She declared that the negroes is not
free today, that he has been deprived
of the power of the ballot and does not
dare demand justice. In conclusion
she said: "All we ask is that what ia
crime and law to the white man should
be- crime and law to the negro"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
FATAL BOILER
EXPLOSION
Three Men Killed in an Accident at Shenan.
dOah Mines.
Boiler House BADLY WRECKED.

BY the Explosion of Boiler in a Nest
of Six at Packers No. a ColIiery
John Miller Is Instantly Killed and
Darby Shields and John Laubock
Die from Effects of Wounds Re-
ceived-The Men We're Hurled
Through the Air by Force of Escap-
ing Steam.
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SEED TIME AND HARVEST.
Congrsssmen Ges More Money to Spend

Congressman Cat more Money to Spend
for Garden SEEDS.
WASHINGTON, July 29-The great
question of tue distribution of seeds by
members Of congress to their rural
constituents, hns been settled by the
conferees on the agricultural appro.
prialion bill on basis which will 80 =
cure the most extensive dissemination
Of the seeds with the least trouble to
congressman.
AS the bill will finally pass reported
from the conference it will compel
Secretary Morton to have disseminated
800, 900 worth of agricultural seeds.
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The Bridge COLLAPSED.
Two Spans Give Way, Wrecking a
Freight Train.


BRADFORD, Pa, July 29-As a
freight train consisting Of seven loaded
cars and some eighty empties en-route
from Buffalo south on the Buffalo.
Rochester and Pittsburg railroad was
passing ever the bridge at Carroll ton,
N. Y, this morning, two spans Of the
bridge gave way and fourteen ears
went down on top of each other. 1t
will take several days TO clear the
wreck.
The Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts.
burg trains are using the tracks of he
Eyie from Salamanca to Limestone. n.
Y. The loss will approximate $50,
600. A crowded excursion train from
Bradford to Silver Lake was duo to
cross the bridge shortly after the
freight train met with the accident.
No one was injured.
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the c1mp Of Pinos Altos was struck in
the 'G0t.
The formation is entirely different
where the locations have been made
this month from that in which millions
Of dollars in gold have been found at
Pinos Altos and until this summer
prospectors did not think it worth
while to look for gold there.
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RECOVERED HER SPEECH.
Electricity Aids in Making Ono Woman
Delighted.

ORANGE, N j., July 20-Mrs. Frances
D. Lorton last March caught severe
cold and partly lost her speech, Nearly
every physician here WAS consulted. =.
Finding their efforts useless, Mrs. Lor.
ton decided to consult specialist.
The specialist inserted small copper
wire in Mrs Lorton's throat, turned on
the current and told her to speak.
You'll be as much surprised as if |
do speak," said Mrs. Lorton in her nut.
ural voics She could hardly believe
herself, aud is now as we'll us ever she
was. The doctor explained after the
operation that shock of some kind
was the only means OF restoring her
speech.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-30
HOMESTEAD STRIKE ECHO.

Knights Of Labor After the Political
Scalp Of S1ongressman Oates.
OMAHA, july 20,-The Knights of
Labor general executive board is pre-
pairing an open letter to the voters Of
Alabama, giving Congressman Oates
record as chairman of the Homestead
strike sub committee.
1t is alleged he furnished the Pinker-
tens with q copy Of the Knights Of
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Labor charges against them and other
wise aided them in their defense, act
ing more as counsel for the Carnegie
company and the Pinkertons than as a
disinteIested servant Of the people.
Omaha knights have called organized
labor of Nebraska to political conven.
tion August II.
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AsShSsINS AT WORK.
Cowardly Thugs Go Cunning for Non
Union Workmsn.

COWuTuIy lHUgS 90 NUhHlUR IUT " Ou-
Union Workmsn.
DANvILLE, Ill.,, July 30 Shooting at
non union men in the Eastern Illinois
yards at Danville Junction is pastime
of almost nightly occurrence. Joe
Byrnss, an engineer, was shot last
evening and died from the effects of
the wound at noon today at st. Eliza
bsth hospital.
His engine was crossing Fairfield
street when a man standing on the
sidewalk but u few feet distant DELHI
erately fred four shots out Of his re-
volver into the cab of the engine. The
murder walked away and escaped.
Neither Byrnes nor his fireman knew
the assailant.
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HOSTILITY TO ENGLAND.


Fear Of the British Navy.
LONDON, July 30 AT a meeting of
the city branch of the Imperial Feder-
alton league Mr. Denison said Canada
would fight against attempts to annex
her to the United States, Great en-
nifty. he said, was felt in the United
States toward England, and only the
better educated and higher classes
there were friendly to great Britain.
The peace was maintained only
through fear of the British navy and
8 000. 600 Canadians. If France and
Russia should combine against Eng
land the United States would Join
them. This emphasized the necessity
Of federation. Canada was prepared
to make great sacrifices for this, but
she expected help from England.
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A SENATOR SET FREE.
Accused Of Forgery, He Convinces the
Governor of His Iunocenc,

Governor of His Innocence
LANSING, Mich, July Ex-Governor
Rich has refused to grant the requisi-
tion of the governor of California for
the extradition of Alonzo j. White
man, the ex-senator from Wisconsin,
who was charged with forgery.
1t was proved to the satisfaction of
the governor, by testimony of business
men in Howell. Mich. that the sigma.
ture that was alleged to have been
forged by Whiteman was genuine.
Whiteman will be- given his liberty.
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SANTA MN May STRIKE.

The Entire System may Pc Tied Up if a
Ci, cilar Ia Not withdrawn.
KANSAS City, July 29.-It is reported
that the Santa Fe railroad may be In
volved in another strike within forty
eight hours along the whole system.
The engineers, firemen and conductors
are to walk out unless the circular is
sued some days ago. stating that all
contracts would soon be abrogated, is
withdrawn.
The men fear a cut in salaries and
say they will not submit to it.
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GoCEBIC STRIKE OFF.

After an Idlsness of Six Weeks the
Miners Resume Work.
IRoNwooD, Mich, July 20-The
miners strike in the Gogebic range was
declared off today after an idlentss of
six weeks and loss TO the working.
men of 100000, and IN additional tax
to the county Of $50 900.
The militia will leave here tomor-
rnru
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FAIRLY RAISED a MOUNTAIN.
auarrymon Lift $4,000 Tons of Rock by
Immense Charge Of Dynamite.

Immense Charge Of Dynamite.
ALLENTOWN, July 20.-Twelve thou.
sand tons of rock were loosened by q
blast made in a quarry in Egyp', this
county. yesterday morning, Twenty.
two holes were bored into the side Of
the mountain aggregating 10G feet, and
into the holes was placed ton and a
half of dynamite.
The whole mountain was raised sew.
eral feet into the air and fell back
nuain
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INTELLIGENCE OF
EASTERN WAR
Further Particulars Of the Naval Engagement
Between Chinese and JapSD
CRIN:S.. STUDDOUNLY RESISTED

The Japanese Army and Navy Re-
serves Have Been Summoned Into
Service-Korea's King Appeals in
Vain for Aid from European Powers.
Japanese Ships Have Again Been
Fired Upon from Shore-China In
sists That War Has Not Been De-
clared.