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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
DEATH ON PARADE.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AMONG
UNCLE SANS MEN.
Renla Of Federal Troops shattered wh.i.
Out for Summer Day Driu Exercise In
Chicago-Four Men KILLED. s~svsnsssn In.
jursd. and Nine Horses Dead.
Cause Of the Disa.ter Uukuovn.

Cause Of the Disaster Unknown.
By the explosion in Chicago of an
ammunition chest belonging to Bat
terry F Of the Second Artillery, from
Fort Riley, Kan, four soldiers we're
Instantly killed, eighteen other peo-
pie, soldiers and spectators, we're
wounded, and nine artillery horses
were killed.
The carnage produced by the dis
charge of the forward gun caisson,
loaded with the death-dealing shrap-
mel shells and steel percussion shells,
was frightful. The houses in tbs
neighborhood OF the scene of the ex-
p~losion, which was the intersection of
Grand and lakewood %boulevards, were
riddled by the pro;ectiles of all
kinds from shrapnel bullets and
canister and Iarts of the gun
carriages. Two of the soldiers
were literally blown to pieces. Their
bodies. mangled beyond recognition,
We're picked up 2cO feet or more from
where the explosion took place. The
people for books around were stunned
by the conclusion. Windows were
shattered blocks away from the acci-
dent. and tho pc pie rushed out into
the streets in alarm. thinking it was q
dynamite bomb which some one had
set off. All except five of the injured
were soldiers of the regular army.
The accident occurred at l:45 O'Clock.
The detachment, consisting of three
troops OF cavalry and n battery oil
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

are numerous manufacturers OF axle
grease and OF car wheels, but with the
exception Of one other company whose
cars are fully employed on o fow lines,
there are no sleeping or palace cars
except those made b. the Pullman
Company. A prominent railway pres
tdent stated the matter very tersely
when he said:
The spirit OF the strike. IS I understand
tanning travellers all over the country
wherever they may be. to Greats q public
opinion which will compel the manufac-
turing company to secure work and do It.
no matter what the loss may. With tho
relations between the manufacturing COM
pany and their employs. the railway COM
panies have nothing to do. and 1t Is none
OF their business. That is u matter which
ought to DO adjusted ty tho parties imme-
diately concerned. But precisely how
plains OF Arizona. and In the super-hea,ed
belt OF the Northwest, many of them WON.
en- mud children. many OF them travellers
hasteninS to the bedsides OF dying moth.
ers. wives or children. many OF them tnva-
lids who may lose their lives by the expos-
ure. Is to compel a manufacturing c. m.
pany to find contracts to build cara and
then build them. Is just one of those prob
lens which the railway mind Is unable TO
grasp
It is impossible to contemplate the
action of the many thousands of rail-
way employees in blindly following the
mandates Of an irresp onsible leader,
without a feeling of wonder and aston
ishment, to say nothing of dtsaproint-
ment and humiliation, which 1t in
spires. The only explanation that can
be given is that they have done so be-
cause they are blind. But this fact
only augments the duty devolving upon
the managers of the railroads in resist
ing the influence of those who AFRO
dictators, and also in opening the ewes
of the poor, dcludcd fellows who fol-
low them. There is no middle ground
for the railroad manager. To parley
with, OR In any way to recognize for q
moment, the leaders of such a strike,
would be a movement fraught with the
greatest danger to the prosperity not
alone of the railroads throughout the
country but, also, ct the country itself.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
OLD WALLS.
The Famous Old Citadel Fast Falling
into Decay.

Into Decay.
The old walls Of the Citadel at Que
bee r famous, and are among the
most interesting historical monuments
of the continent. A report is current
that in places they have fallen into
decay, and that some of the secret I'M
foreground passages connecting the
fortress with the city have tumbIed in
and become filled up and absolutely
useless.
Before the withdrawal of British
troops from Canada twenty years ago
companies of the Royal Engineers were
engaged in keeping the citadel in per-
feet repair. That the recent alarm
created by the neglect into which the
fortress has fallen is not exaggerated
is shown by thu annual report of the
Department of the Militia and Defense,
recently submitted to Parliament. II
Is ecom ended in this document that
q body of engineers and artifcers be
constantly employed to keep the old
walls in order. Unless this g done
Quebec's elaborate system of fortifca-
lions, that has for so many years past
proved one of the principal attractions
for tourists, will speedily crumble into
a mass of ruins.
The money spent upon those works
in the past Is simply incredible.
Wooden Notifications were erected
there by the French colonists, and SO
heavy was the expenditure, together
with what was bodied by Bigot, the
intendant and his associates, that
Louis XIV. is reported to have asked
whether the Notifications of Quebec
were built OF gold. The present walls,
which replace those first erected by
the royal engineers, date back to 1928,
and were carried out according to plans
submitted to and approved by the
Duke of Wellington at q cost Of some
S25, 100000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

artillery, was proceeding south on
Grand boulevard to Washington Park.
Capt. Dodd from Fort Riley was in
command. With him were troop B of
the Seventh Regiment, Capt. Narnum;
troop E of the Sixth Regiment, Lieut..
Hyer: and two pieces Of artillery of
battery F, under command of Lieut..
Gayle.
Soldiers Blown High In Air.
Troop F was in the lead, with troop
B following. Behind this came the ar
-tillery, and troop E brought up the
rear. In this order the soldiers were
riding. Just as the artillery reached
the intersection of Oakwood boulevard
the explosion occurred. First there
came a terrific conclusion which blew
the men seated on the caisson high
into the air and Frustrated the artil-
le. y horses and the nearest cavalry.
men. This was followed immediately
by a series of lesser explosions. These
caused much less slaughter than the
first. Donovan and Doyle. two gum
ners seated on the exploding caisson,
were thrown hundreds of feet into the
air. Their mangled remains were af-
terward found 200 feet or more awAy
from the scene.
Equally terrible was the fate of Joe
Caller, OF Troop B, just behind the ex-
shells. The caisson was totally
wrecked. Bits of the wheels were
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

Fact. in Few Words.

THE wages of female servants in
Prussia range from $l4.2S to $7l.lO per
year; Cd males, $23.s go to $500.
MICROSCOPES say that the strong.
est microscopes do not, probably, re-
veal the lowest stages Of animal life.
The wettest place in this country ID
Nenh Bay, in Washington. Over IL;
inches OF rain falls there every year.
IT is about thirty miles across town
tn London, and for that entire distance
there is said to be an unbroken line Of
Iosidencaa and stores.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

ment. He o o entered the enoineers'
office, and in 1877 became Chief En-.
gineer of the Southern Minnesota Rail.
road. Later he became come ted
with the S uthern Pacific. and in 1881
was chosen General Superintendent of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
Railway. In 1883 he assumed the man
agement Of the Chicago, st. Paul and
Kansas City Railroad, and in 1890 be-
came president OF the company, q 20.
sition he held until April of the pres
ent year. He knows all about the rail-
road business. and by nature is pecu-
liariy qualified to fight and put down
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
STATUE OF GEN. HANCOCK.

set Up at Gettysburg In That Soldiers
Honor.
The State of Pennsylvania has given
100000 for the erection of three
statues on the field of Gettysburg and
one of them is of Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock. The plaster cast of this last
has just been finished by the artist, F.
Edwin Elwell, OF New York. and this
will now be cast in bronze. Tho statue
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
ASSASSIN Is HANGED,
SLAYER OF cH,cAoo.s MAYOR.
PAYS THE PENALTY.
The Gallows Sands Patrick Eugene Prem
dergsat Into Eternity-Remarkably Ts-
nacious Legal Fight to Save His Lite
Story OF tho Crime.
HARRISON. Murder Avenged.

aarrison's Murder Avenged.
Without o word of Protest or an act
Of resistance, Patrick Eugene Joseph
Prenderga ; suffered the extrems
penalty of the law Friday for the
murder OF Carter II. Harrison. He
was hangel at l1:4s o'clock, in the
county Jail in Chicago. He walked to
the scafold without support. He
showed no sign of weakness till the
moment tefore the drop fell, when
he stood with the Moose about
his neck, the white shroud enwrap-
Itng his form, his feet and knees
strapped together. his arms fastened
to his body, and the white cap cover
ing his head and face. Then he almost
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

native of Georgia,
and is 6s years old.
His father h aving
died in his nancy,
he removed with his
mother when he was
8 years old to Missis-
sippi. Though quite
young, he served in
the Mexican war. In
1854, and again In 1860
he was elected Re-
porter of the High
Court of Errors and
-1- Nn
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

<1PPe1Es. I1 oUI ne n 2. GEORGE.
was q member of the convention in
Mississippi which passed the ordinance
OF secession. and he voted for and
Brigadier General of the State troops,
and held other Offices during the war.
In 1879 he was Chief Justice of the 81.
preme Court of Mississippi, but re-
signed his seat on the Supreme Bench
to enter the United States Senate in
March of 1881. He was reelected in
1856, and again in 1892.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
THE A PLAGUE.
Its Spread Directly Attributable to Native
Superstition.

-~ "a OAAGSsAy <AatEAOutbUIo To CNAGlV0
Superstition.
The spread of the black plague in
China was due to u great extent to the
superstition of the natives. In Hong
Kong it IA by a mere matter of acct
dent that the European authorities
learned of the disease, as the natives
carefully corcealed the spread of the
contagion. Placards were brought to
Hong Kong from Canton. which reveal
the deadly SUSPECT IN of all foreign
means of treatment. These placards
warned all people not to go to Hong
Kong 0 to permit their wives
and children to go, because thew
would fall victims to the foreign
doctors, who were chopping up all
sick persons in order to make medicine
out of their eyes and bones. No
mount OF explanation has yet sutficed
to eradicate the deep-seated suspicion
that all foreign doctors are on the still
hunt for the eyes of dead Chinese.
The people cannot understand that
European medicine does not value cer-
tain parts OF a body for medicine, be-
cause their own physicians. who are
mainly quacks, insist that by eating
certain parts of the bodies of animals
one may secure the best qualities of
those animals. They cling to this be-
lief, and therefore such absurd stories
as those of Christian missionaries kill
ing native children to secure THERE ewes
find ready credence.
In Hong Kong this silly suspicion of
foreign doctors led to thousands of UNI
necessary deaths. When the phys-
clans began house-to-house inspection
for patients suffering from the plague
there was a tremendous clamor. Fla-
cards were posted not to permit tho
foreign devils to enter their homes, as
this search for patients was merely a
ruse. These warnings also declared
that many who We're removed were not
suffering from the dread disc ase, but
had been selected as specially suit.
able for furnishing medicines. In
the excited condition of the
public these p!acards and rumors
created such an outburst OF
fanaticism that the doctors were forced
to give up the house inspection for two
days. Before they relinquished it,
however, they were actually stoned by
crowds which followed them in the
streets. The police detailed armed
Sikhs to accompany the doctors, but
this was found to promote danger of an
insurrection, and it was finally decided
to yield to native ciamor. After two
DAYS the inspection was resumed, the
native Governor having issued a proc
lamation warning every one from in.
t%erfering with the DOCTORS. All pa
tients, however, were tran :ferred to
the native hospitals, as the Chinese
absolutely refused to use the European
hOanifa1
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

Chairman of the Cen
eral Managers Strike
Committee. Mr.. Egan
is a native of New
England, but is o
widely known in the
West, having gene
there at an early age.
He is ~ e a Of age.
When a boy he en-
tered the machine
shops Of the Illinois
Central Railway, and
at ID was q clerk in
the freight depart.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
sion men would not be less than 81.

In Chicago and vicinity, including
Hammond, eight or, indirectly, ten
lives were lost, the victims being
killed outright or afterwards dying Of
their injuries, while the number of
wounded, as far as reported, was forty
one. AT east nine, and probably ten,
lives have been lost throughout the
West outside of Chicago. This does
not include those killed and injured by
the explosion of the caisson on q Chi
cago boulevard.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
%TeleEraphlc Clicks.

AN unknown negro was lynched az
Biloxi. Miss.
THIRTEEN men and women working
in a field at Delmo, Prussia, were
killed by lightning.
HARRIS G. HADLEY, a noted Grim.
inal, has been arrested at Elwosd, Ina.
20 horse stealing. .
Two CHILDREN named Carlston lay,
down in the railway track at Borden
town, N. j., and were killed.
MAIL from the East which had been
delayed for seven days reached San
Francisco by way OF Seattle.
A TRACTION engine and team went
through a bridge at Lima; Ohio, kill
ing Jacob Allen and the team,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

scattering as it is discharged, the gun,
in the hands of a fairly accurate shot,
Is capable of disabling $50 men to the
minute. Marshal Arnold claimed that
five men armed with these weapons
and fairly protected could easily dis
pose of a mob of 5O,O 900 rioters.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

THREE little boys at Fort Wayne,
Ind, saw q woman push a man into the
St. Mary's river in that city. The man
dragged the woman into the stream
after him and both were drowned,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
FAVoRs ARBITRATION.

Senator George Wants . Board Cre.ted
with Power to settle Labor Disputes.
James 2. George, United States Sen.
ator from Mississippi, introduced q
bill in the Senate to create a board of
labor arbitration. Senator George Ia
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
A DEADLY

Tho New Riot Gun Which Can Disable
$50 Men tt the Minute.
The ariot gun" with which United
States Marshal Arnold armed his posse
OF deputies during the recent trouble
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
CONSPICUOUS RAILWAY MAN.

John NJ. Exan, Chairman o, the Genera,
Managers Strike Committee.
John M. Fgan is one of the most con-
spicuous figures in the railroad world
by reason of his recent position as
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27

in Chico go is
really a r o be.
tween the Cat
ling gun and the
Flench lnitrail-
leuse. 1t m Y
be defined as q
repeating shot
gun. but is the
most powerful
hand arm 9 aver
loaded with pow
der and shot.
The weapon is of
lars er bore than
t h av erage
army rifle, but
weighs less. Its
magazine has
room for six r.
cali ger G a
tridges. E a c h
cartridge co IN.
tains 3. drains of
powder and II
buckshot. B g
tween the shot
and the powder
are two eighth
inch compressed
paeer wads. The
shell of the car
fridge is of pa-
per-, backed by a
ward appearance
3 ordinary shot
lrface is thicker
he six cartridges
IS many seconds,
y-twO scattering
] would inhict q
tyyards distance.
reloaded easily
1t Is calculated
! each cartridge
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-19
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EVENING MAY 10 1894.

A REMARKABLE CAsE.-There W.
baptized in the fellowship of the Beu-
lab Church in Occoquan the first Sun
day in April last an old colored man
whose life and baptism express in a re-
markable manner the power of gospel
truth. "Uncle Sam, as he is familiar
ly known, is ninety-four years fage,
was born in Montgomery county, Md,
and can remember with distinctness
circumstances that occurred during the
war of 1912, and events occurring since
in the political history of the country.
He was born and reared slave and
can tell with much interest many cir
cumstances connected with that part of
his life. He was twice rallied Off on
the card table, three times stood up on
the block to be sold, and experienced
many hardships incident to a life under
sometimes not very gentle masters.
Through all his hardships, however,
his life has been spared, and while 9TH
ers were sold at his side to go into eX-
IRENE southern States, he was never
sold far from home, and finally settled
in the vicinity of Occoquan.-1he Sec
tartan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-19
Opening and Closing of the Mails


Northern mails close at 7 so and 8 so a. IN.
and II 80 5 As and IS p m Open at
8 90 a. M, ~ 90 m and 80 p. IN.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville,
close at 80 and IL 90 a. IN. and s 40 p.
IN. Open at 90 a. IN. and 3 90 p. N.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 30
D. m. and 45 p. IN. Open at s 90 a. III. and
3 O0p. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close at
10 40 a. NJ and 3 30 and S 40 p nj. Open
ut s 90 a. m and II 80 p. m
Manassas Division mails close at 7 90 a. N.
aud 80 p, III. Open at s 90 a. III.
Alexandria aud Round Hill mails close at
s 40 a. m and 90 p. M. Open at 8 90 am.
md 5 90 p. m.
Western mails close at 8 As a. M. and
- 30p IN. Open at 8 Goa. m. and 1900 IN.
Washington mails close at 30 and 8 so q.
m and II so, 4 40, 80 and s 40 p. M.
Open at S 90 and 10 90 q. m., u 90 M and
3 80 and 6 Bop III.
Office Hours-Open at 8 90 a. m. Close at
8 SOP m. Open at 80 pm. Close at 7 90
p. m.
Sunday Hours-opon at 90 a m. Close
at 80 a. IN.
Carriers Schedule Collections made at
30 and 10 90 a. w. and u 20, 3 90 and
S 45 p. IN.
Deliveries mado at 8 90 a. m, - 90 m. and
SOC p. m.
Sunday Carriers window open at 90 and
close at 8 80 a. m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-19
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.

Nos. 81 and So are composed entirely of
Pullman cars, on which no ertra fire is charged
over and above regular Pullman charges.
Through Pullman Sleeping Car between New
York and New Orleans, New York and Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville and Tampa and Ash
eville n. c.; also Pullman Sleeper between
Washington and Memphis via Atlanta ard
Birmingham, and between Washington and
Augusta. Dining Car between New York and
Montgomery.
On trains Nos. 80 and Sc Pullman Buffet
Slccpcrs between New York and Atlanta.
mitingat Charlotte with Pullman Sleeper for
Augusta
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-19
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.

Leave Alexandria from depot at 10 a M,
and 4 30 p. m. daily, arrive at Round Hill
i 40 a. IN. and 10 p m.
for Hcrndon, arriving at Hcndon 40 p. m.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill o0 a.
M and - 20 p m. daily. arriving at Alexan.
dria at % a. IL. and = IS p. IN.
Leave Leesburg daily at 30 a. m. and
12:51 p. m.
The 8 10 a. NJ train from Alexandria con-
meets at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge,
Bcrryville and Winchester, and at Lccsburg
with stages for Aldic and Middeburg.
The 10 a. III. train and 30 p. Ii. train
from Alexandria connect at Vienna with
stages for Fairfax Courthouse.
Through tickets on sale at tho principal
stations TO all points. For rates or intorma-
ton apply to any agent of the company or to
w. A. TURK. q. P. A, Washington, d. c.
S. II. HARDWICK. A.G.P.A "A, Atlanta Ga.
j. S. B. THOMPSON, Supt., Rich'd., Va.
w. II. GREEN, Gen Mgr.. Washington.
SOL HAAS. Traffic Mgr. Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-19
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

knights Templai, Old Dominion Command,
cry meets every third Friday Of each month
st Masonic Temple.
ROYAL Arch Chapter: Mount Vernon Royal
Arch Chapter meets every first Friday Of each
month at Masonic Temple.
Alexandra-W Washington Lodge of Ma.
sons meets on the second and fourth Thurs
days of each month.
Andrew jackson Lodge OF Masons meets or
the first and third Thursdays of each month
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. So
meets in their hall, on north Columbus street
every Friday night.
sarepta Lodge I. o. o. F., No. As, meets in
their hall, on King street, every Tuesd1y
night.
Marley Encampment, No. 6, meets ever
second and fourth Monday at Odd Fellows
Hall, north Columbus street
Mechanics Lodge Knights of Pythias, No
3, meets every Thursday night in Pythiar
Hall north Pitt street.
Oriental Lodge Knights of Pythias meets
every Friday night on north Pitt street.
Alexandria Lodge &. of P, No 70, meets
Wednesday nights at Sarepta Hall, King
street.
Potomac Tent Rechabites meets in Sarepts
Hall every Friday night.
Golden Light Lodge of Good Templars
III luclI Hall, Ou oOulu EdlIIdA SlIccl,
every Tuesday evening.
Talisman Lodge Good Templars meets every
Monday night in Pythian Hall, north Pitt
street.
Junior Order Rechabites meets every Mon
day night at Good Templars hall, south Fair
fa1 street
Refuge Council, Sons Of Jonadab, No. -,
meets every Monday night at Sarepta Hall.
Juvenile Templars meets every Saturday
afternoon at Good Templars' Hall south Fair
fax street.
Champion Castle, No 5, Knights of Golden
Eagle meets every Wednesday night at Good
Templar's hall, south Fairfax street.
Alexandria Council Royal Arcanum meets
q Potomac Hall ROOM north Columbus street,
second and fourth Tuesday.
Belle Haven Lodge Knights OF Honor meets
every first and third Tuesday in Potomac
Lodge room, north Columbus street.
Robert Andrews Division Brotherhood of
Sunday in Potomac Lodge room.
Osceola Tribe of Red Men, No. 1, meets
every Thursday night in Sarepts Hall
Alexandria Catholic Beneficial Society meets
every Sunday night in St. Mary's Hall, corner
Royal and Wolfe streets
Young Mems Sodality Lyceum meets every
Sunday night in their hall on Duke street
Lafayette Lodge No II, Independent Or
der Mechanics meets Wednesday night at
Pythian Hall, north Pitt street.
Alexandria Council, No. SO, Jr. 0. q. A. NJ.
meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall, on
nerth Columbus street.
Rathbone Division Uniform Rank K of P,
meets every other Wednesday at Pythian
Castle, Pitt street.
Alexandria Light Infantry meet every Mon
day night at their Armory, south Royal street.
Confederate Veterans meet first Monday
night in each month at Columbia Engine
House.
Sons of Confederate Veterans meet first
Wednesday in each month.
Mount Vernon Court, No. 7713, A. O. F.
of A. meet every Tuesday night at Pythian
Hall, north Pitt street.
1. o. B. B. meets first Monday in each
month.
Bethel Congregation meets first Sunday o.
every quarter.