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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
THREE MEN KILLED.
A Trestle Gives Way Beneath
Logging Train Crowded With Men.


Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 2l.--A special to
the Gazette, from Stephens, Ark, says
"One Of the most disastrous accidents
that ever occurred in this section happened
at Ogamaw, a lumber station, three
miles north of here, yesterday. A log
train coming to the station on its last
trip from the camps, which are located
several miles back in the country,
and large number of woodsmen
were returning with it, Passing over a
trestles when nearing the end of the run,
the wood work gave way and the train
and entire crew went down, killing three
men outright and wounding several 9TH
ers. The correspondent could not learn
the names of the wounded, as they were
mostly new men and their names were not
known. The physicians Of this place are
at the wreck attending the unfortu-
natesn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
coNsIsToRY OF THE POPE.
A List of the Prelates Who Are to Be
Elevated to the Cardinalate,


London, Jan. 21.-The Rome correspen-
dent of the United Press says: 1.-The Pope
has fixed the consistory in March, when
the following prelates will be created
cardinals; Tancredi Fausti, papal audi
tor; Ciasca, secretary of the congregation
of the Propaganda; Ferraud, archbishop
of Bologna; Jacobina, archbishop of
F'errara.
1.-THE papal nuncio in Madrid, Creponi,
will not be elevated to the cardinalate,
despite the wishes of several cardinals,
who are anxious that he should enter the
college. Mgr. Salvate, secretary of the
council, viii become vice chamberlain.
Archbishop Satolli, papal delegate to
the church in the United States will be
elevated later. The pope wishes him to
remain in America for the present.
Mgr. O'Connell, rector of the Ameri-
can college, is far from we'll"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
PIRATES AMBUSH TROOPS.
The French Lose a Captain and Eigh-
teen Men in Tonuuin.

Paris, Jan. 21--A dispatch from Ton
quin says that detachment Of French
troops, commanded by Capt. Delaney
was ambushed by pirates, whom they
we're pursuing, in the bush near Caihiuh
on Dec. s. After the French had entered
the ambuscade, the pirates fired volley
on them, killing Capt. Delaney. wound
ing three lieutenants and killing or
wounding eighteen men,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
CH1LDs NOT so WELL.
A Slight Rise in His Temperature Re-
ported Last Night.

Philadelphia, Jan. 21.--The condition Of
George w. Childs is not so favorable.
The following bulletin was issued at II
O'Clock tonight:
Mr. Childs Is not quite so well tonight.
There has been some slight rise In his tenn
perature. Dr. Ledy viii remain with him
during the night DR.. j. M. DACOsTA.
DIR. JOSEPH LEIDY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
REvENUE FRom TEE 1NTER1oR.
The Form of the Bill Decided on By
the Ways and Means COMMITTEES.


the Ways and Means Committee.
Washington, Jan. 21.-A meeting of a
majority of the members of the COM
mittee on ways and means to-day,
the form of the internal revenue bill was
finally agreed upon and formally adopted.
1t will be reported to a meeting of the
committee tomorrow morning and after
wards introduced into the House.
Neither Chairman Wilson, who was
confined to his room during the day, nor
Mr.. Cochran, whose wife is just recover
ing from a severe attack of pleurisy, was
present at the meeting.
A number of proposed amendments to
the pending customs bill were discussed,
but one of the members reports that
nothing was decided upon. The commit
tee will, however, it is practically GER
tain, have several amendments to offer
before the consideration of the bill has
been concluded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
ILLINOIS APPoRTIoNmENT.
It's Constitutionality to Be Tested by
the Republicaua

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 2l.-At meeting of
the republican state central committee,
held here to-day, it was decided to con-
test the constitutionality of the appor-
tioument of the legislative, senatorial and
congressional districts of Illinois by the
last legislature. Ex-Attorney General
Hunt announced that the bill to be filed
will insist that the apportionment does
not meet the constitutional requirements
ST equality Of population, compactness
and contiguity of territory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
SORROW IN A sANCTUM.
A Veteran Soldier and Editor Passes
Away in Illinois.

Decatur, H., Jan. 2l.-Capt. William j.
Usrey, a veteran ana soldier in the
Mexican and late wars, died yesterday,
aged 81 years. He was one Of the found
ers Of the Republican party, a personal
friend and supporter of Abraham Lin
coin. and an editor of republican newspa-
pers since the campaign Of Gen. Fremont.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
A FAST CRUISER.
The MONTGOMERY Credited With a
Speed of Over I9 Knots.


Speed of Over 19 Knots.
New London, Conn, Jan. 21.-The
Montgomery to-day holds the first place
in point of speed, among the 2,0OO-ton
cruisers built for the government. She
is the third of that class of vessels that
have been constructed. Her average
speed per hour, in the test of Friday,
was this noon announced by Admiral
Walker, president of the trial board to
have been 1906 knots.
The Columbian Iron Works, the Balti-
more company that built the Mont
gomery, will therefore receive a bonus of
$500, 600.
The record made by the cruiser last
Friday was 1885 knots, but tidal allow
ances increase the speed to a trife over
10 knots.
The Marblehead and the Detroit, the
other 2,000-ton cruisers, won premiums of
$l25, 200 and $3.50, 900 respectively.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
DEADLY DIPHTHERIA.
An Epidemic in Sullivan and Della
ware Counties, New York.

ware Counties, New York.
Middletown, N. Y, Jan. 21.-Sullivan
and Delaware counties are inflicted with
an epidemic of diphtheria. Deaths have
been numerous of late, and but few fami-
lies in some localities have escaped
visit from the disease. The
Delaware house at Callicoon
has been quarantined, while at
East Branch, the disease has
become so prevalent that townsville has
proclaimed quarantine against the vii
iage The state officers are instructed to
carry no resident passengers from East
Branch to Downville.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
1YNoHERs SWING A NEGRO.
An Assault on Girl Aged IL Costs
the Brute His Life.

Pleasantview, KY, Jan. 21.-M. G.
Gamble, (colored), yesterday criminally
assaulted the 11-year-old daughter of
Belford FRINGE, of Central Jellico mines,
near this place. He was captured and
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Eldsen,
who started with the prisoner TO Jail. He
was overtaken by a mob of miners and is
supposed to have been lynched,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22
a Hostile Army pefore Rio.

Lisbon, Jan. 21.--A newspaper dispatch
says that Gen Sarava has entered Rio
Bay with transports carrying 5000 in
anagua.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-22

Meanwhile the mayor summoned the
police commissioners, sheriffs and city
officials, and conference lasting three
hours was held with the owners Of the
road. At the conclusion it was announced
that the company had agreed to re-employ
the strikers, with the exception of nine
men, and that they would give good
reasons for the discharge of these.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
They Resort TO 30 MBS.
The Action OF Florida Property Own
ers Who Are Fighting tine Con-
structon Of Railroad.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Feb 1G.-Des.
patches to the Times Union from
ritusviIle, Fla, indicate an alarming
state of aft ,rs in the Indian Rivei
country. H. NJ. Flagler is building a
railroad to Luke Worth which cuts
through manv of the prettiest places
on Indian River. There has been
much trouble about the right of way.
propertY-owners not thinking that
sufficient remuneration was offered.
So bitter has become the feeling on
the part Of the property owners that
thirty of them have combined and
placed dynamite along the proposed
route of the railway through their
lands, these bombs being placed 30 that
they will explode at the strike of Il
spade Signs warning engineers have
been posted. and the property owners
have notified the railway officials OF
the steps taken to protect what they
conceive to be their rights. This ac-
ton has brought the work on the rail -
road to standstill for the present
The authorities have taken steps in
the matter, and James Holmes, II
banker, of Jansen Fla. and j. V.
Wooten, a tax collector of Brevard
county, have been arrested for com.
plicity in the dynamite plot Mr.
Holmes lawyer had advised him to re
move the dynamite, and it is reported
that he had agreed to do so According
to tho last report the railroad officials
were calling for volunteers to go ahead
with the track-laying.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
NOTES OF FOREIGN LANDS.

BY severe earthquake near the ST.
berian border, many Cinnamon were killed.
Japanese coal is attracting atten tion in
India and will drive out the Welsh article.
The kaiser will probably visit Bismarck
in the latters home on Monday or Tues
day.
By the capsizing of salmon fishing boat
off Burg Head, Scotland, five fishermen
were drowned.
Two new insurance companies in Japan
are called the Buddhist Lifen aud the
"Sanitary Lile.'
Germany's infantry soldiers will have
the weight of arms and equipment reduced
fourteen pounds.
The pope will not consent to use his in
fuence against Germany adopting the
treaty with Russia.
London teetotalers propose n demonstra-
tion in honor Of Neal Dow, the American
temperance agitator.
Fire burned up 3l5 houses and three wo-
men Mt Shnagawa, Japan, and 900 houses
ana four men at Kakoshmn.
Workmen in the dynamite works at Do
mltz, Germany, have been caught stealing
some of the explosive to sell to anarchists.
BY decision of French courts, the Paris
property of DR.. Cornelius Herr, of Panama
canal scandal fame, worth Sl9O,0OO must
be sold to satisfy creditors of tho canal
company.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
FLASHES FROM The WIRES.

Stele Mackaye, the actor is seriously
i'll at Chicago hotel.
Populists scheme TO start daily paper
in st, Louis printers to hold most OF the
stock
From the bites Of Midwinter fair lions,
Carlo Thleman, the trainer, died at San
Francisco.
The Chicago Worlds fair buildings will
be sold within a month unless destroyed
by fire beforehand.
Eight square miles have been inundated
by flooding waters that breko through the
levee near Memphis, Tenn.
On his third attempt at suicide, each
following an unhappy marriage, Henry
Rich, of Savannah, succeeded.
Lindsay Dennison, of Washington, D.
c., has won the Lit medal, the chief
literary honor of Yale university.
Crazy by his sons death, J. NJ. McDon-
aid rushed into a Chicago bank, anxious to
kill some one, but was dt armed
For alleged embazzlement from the de-
fuuct National Bank Of Vernon, Tex, f..
j. Wood and p, j. Swaseyare on trial.
Sensational charges that Uncle sam had
made by Sir John Thompson i'll an Ottawa
speech.
By a great majority, Massachusetts,
house Of representatives voted to abolish
Fast Day, and make the 18th of April a
holiday.
Charged with killing her former hus-
band, Herman Groenke, with poisoned
soup, Mira Michael Maer Is wanted iu Ra-
cine, Wis.
The New York Cotton Exchange build
ing, at Hanover Square and William street,
New York, has bean mortgag Vi for $50, :
600 at ~ per cent
Dr. Eugene West was at San Francisco
acquitted Of numbering by malpractice
Addie Gilmour, the young milliner who
disappeared last September
Returning the fire of Private Rellvan, Of
the army, Barkoeper Frank Soufee, of
Prescott, Ariz, shot him dead, and the
soldiers comrades threatened lynching.
Fire yesterday destroyed twenty one
houses in the village OF Degow, in Dom.
merunia, Germany. SaYernl persons were
killed and 100 persons were rendered home.
less.
Miss Ida Powell. who, with her sister,
Patty. keeps millinery store at Bandana,
KY, shot and badly wounded Patty in
mistake for burglar while Patty was
| hunting u match in the dark.
The hurricane that passed over Northern
Germany f0w days ago wrecked tho
school house Of Fuckers, a little village in
Pommerania The school was in ion
and seven OF the little ones were killed
and twenty more or less severely injured,
The general term Of the supreme court
at New York handed down decision sus.
tanning the ruling Of the surrogate that
Eva L. Mann, otherwise Eva l.. Hamilton,
was not the widow of Robert Ray Hamil.
ton, aud was therefore not entitled to any
share Of his estate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17

and the train was ran on a short spur.
throwing the engine and two cars off
the track. Engineer DIVE Thomas is
badly injured and Fireman Arthur
Masters and an unknown tramp were
shot and killed.
The robbers blew the express car
open with bombs and robbed it. The
amount taken is not known.
There were three men in the gang
and they started north or horseback
after the robbery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.
The st eam1r Alert Lost-Ths Cook tho
Sole Survivor


SAN Francisco Feb, 1G sydney ad.
vices say that the steamer Alert, while
on her voyage from Port Albert TO Mel.
bourne + Gently, sank during Il terrible
gale and of the fifteen man aboard bat
one managed to reach land and tell the
story of the disaster,
When the Alert left Port Albert she
had crew Of twelve men all told, be-
sides two passengers in tho saloon.
When the steamer rounded Cape
Schanck n southe:ly gale was blowing
with hurricane violence. An enormous
green sea broke on board, and as
the steamer rolled the sea filled
the decks flush with the rails
carrying off everything movable and
passed down the matches and sky
lights The fires in the engine room
were put out at once, aud all hands
were scarcely on deck before one sea
after another broke over the steamer,
burylng her to the gunwae. Then
she suddenly went from under their
feet and all were left struggling in the
waves.
Pointing, the cook, managed to get
hold of cabin door and clung to it all
through the night When day was
breaking he touched sandy bottom,
staggered few steps up the beach and
fell unconscious, r1membering nothing
more until he saw his rescuers around
him near Schanck Light
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
MIRRoRED At WASHINGTON.

Senator Sherman is laid up with laryn.
gifts.
1t is thought that congress may provide
for adding one moro armored cruiser to
the navy.
There is little probability of radical
changes in the immigration laws at the
present session of congress.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
will investigate charges that the Democra-
tic state committee OF Connecticut is try
ing to assess office holders.
The stated treasury balance is Sl37 GA. e.
O5i. of which SlO5 432, gO4 is gold. The
treasury has received $56 244, 6lS on nc
count OF the recent bond issue.
1t is proposed, in order to secure asteady
quorum, to enforce the statute requiring II
reduction of pay for each day on which
any member is absent without leave of the
house.
The Merritt Wrecking company of Now
York has made proposition to the navy
department TO save the wreck OF the old
corvette Kearsarge, now lying ON Ronca.
dor reef
Mr.. Bingham, Pennsylvania by request
introduced in the house bill, approprat-
ing $500. 600 to provide for national park
and military reservation embracing the
battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
BLOWN UP ON A TRIAL TRIP.
The Boiler Of the German Cruiser
Brandenburg Explodes, Kill
ing Forty Men.

KEEL, Feb. ga terrible boiler ex-
ploslou occurred today on th4 Cruiser
BrSndenburg at this port With the
usual secrecy that p,rvades naval
affairs the officers of the ship refused
to give any details regarding the acci-
dent, but it is known that many of the
crew were killed and that considerable
damage was done to the vessel. The
Brandenburg had had new boilers
placed in her and had been ordered to
make a trial trip today to test them
The vessel was on this trip when the
explosion occurred.
FOrtY-one men were instantly killed
aud nine others were fatally wounded.
Among the dead are three chief engi-
neers, who were on the vessel to report
on the work of the boilers, and several
other officers. Most of the bodies were
badly scalded, in some instance the
faces being so swollen out Of shape as
to bs unrecguizable
AS soon as tie effects Of the explosion
were known to the officer Of the deck
he caused signals to be set showing
that the vessel was helpless. Five
steamers went at once to the assistance
of the disabled warship and getting
lines to her towed her back to Kiel.
Prince Henry. of Russia, worked Ell
ergetically aboard the Brandenbu r.
He helped direct the work of relieving
the wounded and questioned the ship
officers concerning the names and
homes of the dead and wounded. The
steam tug Pelican, which was the
first vessel sent to the Brandenburg /
assistance, returned to the quay with
thirty dead bodies.
The news of the accident hal spread
through the city and thousands had
gathered at the landing place. -Four
other steam tugs brought the wounded
ashore. Many Of tine crew were in
jured critically All were taken to the
military hospital for treatment.
Emperor William is expected to ar
rive here tomorrow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
M OUR OWN COMMONWEALTH.

schuylkill countys new tax rate is 81
mills.
Ex-Congressman A, Herr Smith, of Ian
caster, Is dying.
The poor directors Of Schuylkill county
want SSl, 3iS this year.
Six-year-old Mary Braine Travelled 1900
miles alone, from Kansas to friends in Will
Transport.
The Cumberland grand jury began an
investigation into the charges Of crook
edness at the county poor house.
The Delaware county school directors
voted down a proposition to hold the
Teachers institute in tho summer.
George Barnes, wanted in Syracuse, N.
Y, for the murder of Detective James
Harvey last July, was captured at Sun
bury.
Harry Dean, wanted by Uncle Sam for
the post Office robbery Mt Duucausville,
was turned over to the government at Al
toona.
The one hundred and seventh meeting OF
the Philadelphia Conference Methodist
church will be held at Easton, beginnin j..
Mar. 7.
Miss Josephine Boucha failed to appear
at the altar in Mt. Carmel and the in
tended groom, Alexander Benowiz had
her arrested on a charge os stealing $500.
John f. Lenhart, 70 years old, of Am
bier, became paralyzed partly last evening
and his death is a matter Of only few
hours. Mr. Lenhart was very wealthy
aud well known.
Orders were issued to get the two large
furnaces of the Reading Iron company IN
operation early next month. They will
turn out 800 tons of iron a week. A tube
mill Of tho company will resume next
Monday, 1t employs l25 men.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
RIO DE JANEmo. Feb 19. via Mante-
vidrO. Fab. lG,

RIO DE JANEmo. Feb, 19. via Mante-
vidro. Fab. 49,
GPHE insurgent charge at Nichete.
roy on Friday, Feb . was not
able for acts of bravery. Al-
u miral Da Cana himself led the
storming party. He shot Colonel Tasso o
Fragoso of the government garrison,
mounted the officers horse, and rode
ahead. His example caused wild on
thusinsm among his men. Six sailors
obtained horses in similar manner
aud galloped after him. Behind these
seven horsem II the insurgents rushed
to the pluza.
There, their force was divided aud
attacked by an overwhelming number
of infantry and cavalry. The insur-
gents were pushed back slowly, with
out giving any signs of panic. Admiral
Da CANA, who was the last man to
embark, was wounded in the arm and
neck. Neither wound is severe and
there is no doubt of his recovery.
Every officer of the insurgent force
was injured in the charge The total
loss of tie insurgents was 21O. The
governmet loss was little short of 600.
To make the attack the insurgents
collected every available man who
could he spared from his post. They
landed 900 men, and consequently had
left but eighty men to guard Cobras
Island, and but twelve to hold Fort
Nillegaignon The government had at
the time 10000 troops and hundr eds of
boats at its command. A determined
attack on either island could not have
failed Yet no attempt was made to
capture either position. Cobras is
never defended BY more than 300 men,
and Admiral Da CANA has, all
counted, fewer than 700 men at his
disposal.
Admiral Mello is sulking in Paraua
qua. General Gomercindo Saraiva's
iDsnrgent army in the mountains of
Parana numbers only 4,5OO men, and Is
held in check by the government
forces. which command the narrow
passes. The government fears nothing
from this force. Nevertheless, the
president seems unable to end the war.
Admiral Da CANA may continue his
bluff for months. and even win the vic
tory.
An insurgent captain told the United
Pr5ss correspondent Yesterday that his
friends no longer expected help from
the south, Their only hope now, he
said. was to win by government
bunders. Admiral Da Cana hal de
cided not to surrender to R9ar Admiral
Benham merely because he dared not
desert the men who were providing the
insurgents with money. These men
now hold Brazil by the throat in order
that they may save the money that
they have invested here
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17
mr.. M'LEOD'S STATEMENT.
The Ex-President Gives Interesting
Data Concerning the Financial
Condition of the Reading.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 16 --EX Presi-
dent A. \. Mcleod of the Reading
railroad, was on the stand for two
hours late this afternoon at the hearing
before Master Crawford in the suit
hroughtby Isaac L. Rice. for tha ram).
val of theReading receivers. Mr. Mcleod
told Of the condition of the r0al
when he became its president in 1890.
how he improved its general condition
and how aud why the 'coal com bine"
and the Boston and Maine and New
York and New England deals were
formulated. A vital point developed
was Mr.. McLeoi's declaration to At
torney Blur that "the stock transac-
tions (meaning the Boston and Maine
and New York ami New England
deals had nothing more to do with the
receiversrip than YOU had"
Mr. Mcleod further snid that the
Reading has now about 800. 900. 600 in
vested in coal lands, two thirds OF
is undevelopsd and to carry which it
costs the company ABOUT 81, 900. 600 per
year. He then dwelt upon the leasing
of the Jersey Central and Lehigh Val
was TO the Reading to control the an.
thracite output and explained the eff
forts to secure control Of the Boston
and Maine and New York and New
England roads, so al to market the
product.
Mr.. Mcleod said at least 1000, 900
tons of anthracite coal and one and
half million tons Of bituminous coal
would nave been marketed in the New
England states by the Rea ling, with
a respective profit to the latter com
pany of GO cents and 30 cents per ton,
had the New York and New England
and Boston and Maine deals been con.
summated.
In addition Mr. Mcleod declared the
mining of the two million tons Of az.
thracita coal would have reduced the
cost of mining the Readings whole
output fifteen cents per ton, thus civ
! ing an annual net gain to the Reading
Of about 81. 700. 600. While detailing
the methods employed in the stock
transactions. Mr.. McLsod said no
pledged 1920, 600 Of Reading general
mortgage bonds which he personally
owned, with Prince q Co. 20
as not to involve the Reading company
in the purchase Of ths stock should the
plan miscarry. Attorney Blur asked
Mr.. Mcleod where he got the $32), 900
of bonds. whereupon the ex prssi lent
produced a receipt from Maxwell s.
Graves, of New York for $500, 900 of
the securities, they being bought at
Sj! less 2t per cent. Tne hearing will
be resumed next Tuesday aftsrnoon.