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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
GASHED WITH AN AK.

Woodman who Had Chopped His Foot
Nearly Blecds TO Death.
BY the United Press.
Hornellsville, Oct. l5.-James Tomson,
of Richburg, Allegheny county, had a
narrow escape from bleeding to death
He was in the woods hewlng timber
when his ak slipped and struck him in
the left leg, making cash half foot
long.
He started to crawl to house nearby
calling for help all the time. He soon
became exhausted and was found q
short time after by some persons who
were attracted by his voice. He was
soaked in blood from head to foot and
was nearly dead.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
CLEVELAND IS MUM.
The Hill People Think II Is Time lie Said
Something Pointed.


New York, Oct. 15-The Democratic
campaign managers have been hard at
ii night and day for week, and yet no
word has come from the president. No
indication of the presidents interest in
the battle has been manifested The
Democratic managers, therefore, have
redoubled their labors in hunting up
what Senator Hill, when governor had
to say for the president.
There is not Republican in the state
who does not say that Senator David b.
Hill is making a courageous fight. 1t is
"a remarkable fact that the most bitter
Republican opponent of Senator Hill
admires his nerve and courage. 1t Is
believed by some at Democratic head
quarters that at the proper time the
president will express his views on the
ticket. But Secretary Dan Lamont is
authority for the inference that this is
not probable.
Copies of ex-Speaker Reeds speech Of
last Saturday night will be circulated
in every hamlet and crossroads town
in the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
KILLED IN REVENGE.
The Murder of n Wealthy Louisiana
Orange'Grower.
BY the United Press.

Diamond, La. Oct ia few DAYS
ago Adolf Clark, an old and wealthy
orange-grower of this parish, mysteri-
ously disappeared. Soon after a party
of laborers. in passing up the levee,
saw mans body, floating down the
river standing bolt-upright in the
water. The dead man proved to be
Clark. His feet We're tied together.
and five gallon demijohn filled with
water attached to them. A man named
Louis Dinet and his son were arrested
charged with the crime. In the trial
just concluded the son was the principal
witness against his father.
1t developed during the trial that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
LIVING IN A MARSH.
Boy Who Disappeared from Home Found
Nearly Starved to Death.
~, tha ITnited Press

Davis, Ind, Oct. 15.-Fourteen-year-
old Charles Coeren four weeks ago left
home, leaving no word. He was hunted
for everywhere, and finally given up,
upon the supposition that he had been
kidnapped.
Today a Chicago hunter named De-
we're went snipe shooting in the Kanka-
kee marshes. He penetrated far into
the wilderness and all of sudden came
upon a rude hut. A boy lay on some
marsh grass inside. unconscious. The
lad was Cocren. He had got lost and
was nearly dead from hungar and eX-
DOSure,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
LAND FOR THE ASKING.
About $50, 900 Acres on Hoopa Valley Res.
ervation to BE Thrown Open.
! Nv tha IInita1 praSS

BY the United Press.
San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 15--If you
are looking for land there will soon be
"a chance to get it--provldlng you are in
on the rush About $4,000 acres are to
be thrown open ere long, in the Hoopa
Valley Indian reservation in California,
where the work of alloting land to the
800 or more members of the klamath
and Hoopa tribes is progressing.
The Hoopa valley reservation extends
clear through to the ocean, a distance of
60 odd miles. and contains In the neigh
borhood Of 100000 acres. Among the
900 members of the two tribes something
like 144,0OO acres will be distributed, and
the balance will be thrown open to set
tlement
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
FREIGHT DISCRIMINATION.
General Freight Agent Wight is Charged
With Paying Rebates.

By lne OHlteu GIeSS.
Pittsburg, Oct, 15.-General Freight
Agent c. s. Wight, of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, has been held under
$1,000 bail for trial at court on charge
of violating the interstate commerce
law.
1t II alleged that he paid rebates to
the Moerlein Brewing company, of
Cincinnati, on beer shipped from that
city to this town.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
HANGED TO A TREE.
Kentucky vigilantes, Headed by Beard
less Boy, Break Jail and Exterminate all
Objectionable Negro Prisoner

By INt IHIItU TTts5'
Princeton, KY, Oct. 15.-Willis Grif-
fey, confined in Jail here, was lynched
last night by q mob. They went to the
Jail and demanded the keys, which
were refused. Pushing the jailer aside,
they seized Griffey, after a struggle,
and placed him in covered hack. Then
the procession started out.
The negro was hanged to beach tree,
three miles from here. The body was
horribly and namelessly mutilated and
perforated with bullets. The leader of
the mob was barely in his teens. Grif-
fey had been charged with an assault.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
TWENTY FEET OF GOLD.
Fabulous Find of Natural Treasure with
Literal Millions in It.

By the United Press.
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct IA gold mine
has just been struck here, the yield OF
which promises TO be immense. One
hundred Mexicans are at work now.
The lode is granite. Three openings at
the point of discovery disclose ore fully
20 feet wide. Two small arastras used
to reduce the output made cleanup
from 1,4OQ pounds of ore that yielded
$500.
The shaft is down "a feet and so men
are placing in gulches. On the day of
arrival one Of the party had dry-washed
$26. Everybody has dust. The prop
erty is in the range that the Congress,
Weaver, Jim Dandy. King Solomon and
Mammoth group are situated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
MADMAN IN CHURCH.

William PattisOn Dlsmisses the LUnsTeBu'
tion with Rifle.
By the United Press.
York, Pa, Oct. 15.-William Patti
son, madman who escaped from the
Harrisburg asylum about week ago,
was captured at Peachbottom yester-
day by officer Shenk. Last Sunday
Pattison entered the Olivet church with
jug of cider, and rifle and began
firing.
The congregation became terrorized
and fled in confusion. The mailman
began firing and shot twenty-eight
times, breaking windows and other ar
ticles in the church. He was brought
to this city today and the authorities
at Harrisburg notified.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
SHOT HIS BROTHER.
Elisha Trowbridge Creates Excitement NJ
New Haven.


BY the United Press.
New Haven, Conn, Oct. l5.--People In
the center of the city, In the vicinity Of
the post office, were startled this after
noon by two pistol shots. The shooting
occurred at the entrance to the Mechan-
les National bank. The shooter was
f.. Trowbridge. an elderly man, and his
intended victim was his brother, Charles
Trowbridge, the cashier Of the bank.
One Of the two shots took effect in the
cashiers leg.
Cashier Trowbridge is very well
known throughout the state and is quite
popular in business circles. Elisha was
at one time employed in the city bank
here. 1t Is believed that he Is mentally
unbalanced.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
HOOKED A TARTAR.

Forty.pound Chautauqua Muscallongc
Nearly browns Its Captors.
BY the United Press.
jamestown, N. Y, Oct 15.-Charles
w. Jones. prominent insurance man OF
this city, and Edgar c. Fowler, of Hart
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
WILSON is IN DANGER.
Figures That Show How Easily the Con.
gressman May BE Defeated.

Figures ludt onON hON Easily tnS tOHs
gressman May he Defeated.
BY the United Press.
Klngwood, w. Va, Oct. 1J.-In 1892
William L. Wilson was elected to con-
gress from the Second Congressional
district by majority Of 1,O5l, in total
poll of 42,563. From 1890 to 1892 the Re-
publican vote in the district increased
1882, the Democratic vote, 1,372-a Re-
publican gain of 1000 in a year that
was decidedly an off year for Repub-
licans the country over.
This year change Of 526 votes will
defeat Mr. Wilson. This would re-
quire an average change of thirty-nve
votes to a county, or five votes to every
400 in the district over on the vote of
1892 With the dissatisfaction in the
district and Republican hustler on
Mr.. Wilson's track, the fight in this dis
trict is one of decided interest. Unless
there shall be some great change In
Mr.. Wilon's favor, he will be defeated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
AWFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Two Men Are Horribly Mangled, Their
Heads Being Reduced to a Pulp Several
Others Are Severely Injured.


By the United Press
Bradford, Pa, Oct. ia frightful
boiler explosion occurred at II. NJ. Kel-
ley's saw mill, situated on Sugar run,
fifteen miles from this place, at o'clock
this morning. George McAllister and Gus
Carlson were instantly killed and Will
lam Dyer was fatally injured. The
boiler was completely demolished.
The unfortunate men were horribly
mangled. Their heads were reduced
to an unrecognizable pulp and their
bodies shockingly torn and mangled
McAllister was thrown distance Of
twenty feet. Dyer, the fireman, was
struck by the deadly missiles. One Of
his legs suffered a compound fracture
and his head was injured. George
Lewis received slight flesh wound on
one of his legs. The mill was entirely
wrecked.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
THEY TOOK THE CASH.

Pacific Express Company's Office Loses
Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
By the United Press.
The Dalles, Ore, oct. 15.-The Pacific
express Office in this city was robbed
yesterday at. an early hour of $4,000
or $4,000. The money taken was sent
from Portland and arrived Saturday
night.
A probable clew TO the robbers is that
they came on the train with the treas
urer's box and knew where ii was con-
signed with it's contents. No arrests
have been made.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
THEY TRADED WIVES.
Sensational Actions of Preacher in an
Indiana Town.

BY the United Press.
Anderson, Ind, Oct. 15.-The Rev.
DR.. Smith, well known in religious cir
cles throughout Indiana, while preach
ing at Winchester became infatuated
with the wife of Fred Helm. Mr.. Helm,
strangely enough, fell in love with Mrs.
Smith, and the result was they traded
wives
This caused a very great sensation
and necessitated Mr.. Smiths retire
ment from the ministry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
WILSON SPEAKS HIS PIECE.
The Tariff Reformcr lIarangues Virginia
Voters.

Warrington, w. ", Oct. 15.-W. L.
Wilson and party reached here this
morning, being met by about 300 people.
Mr. Wilson spoke in the afternoon to
800 persons With few exceptions, his
speech was the same as those delivered
at other points in the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
PLAIN OBJECT LESSON.

Beaver Falls Shovel Workers Know What
Free Trade Means.
BY the United Press.
Beaver Falls, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE large
shovel works Of H. NJ Myers & Co., em-
ploying several hundred hands, which
has been Idle for several weeks past for
lack of orders, resumed operations to-
day, at a reduction in wages Of from to
10 per cent
one of the firm today stated that the
reduction In wages was imperative. It
was either reduce wages or keep the
works closed for lack of orders.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
QUEEN "LIL"REPORTED CRAZY
The Ex.Ruler of Hawaii Said to Have Lost
Her Reason.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. lj.-Before the
Arawa left Honolulu rumor was In
circulation that Queen Liliuokalani had
gone crazy.
The report is not credited, although
for several days she has not left the
house she was occupying.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.
Hollidaysburg Is Now in State of Quar-
antine.

by the united IreSS.
Hollidaysburg, Pa, Oct 15.-Dip-
liberia has become epidemic in this
township, this county. The township
public schools have been closed to pre-
vent the spreading Of the disease.
There have been five deaths and many
homes are in a state of quarantine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
SWIFT RETRIBUTION.
An Oklahoma Murderer Becomes Raving
Maniac.

By the United Press.
Perry, o. T., Oct 15.-Professor Z.
T. Hand, principal of the Kildare high
school, shot and killed George +. Behr,
formerly mayor Of Arkansas City, this
morning. The men were contestants
for the same tract of land and Behr at
tempted to have some blowing done
after it was forbidden by Hand.
Hand, who has since become raving
maniac gave himself up.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
ESCAPED, BUT DIED.
Colorado Desperadoes Struck the Wrong
Official in Sheriff Sterling.
RV the Irnite1 Press

Cripple Creek, Col, Oct 15.-Last
night in transporting the two prisoners
who We're charged with holding up a
faro bank at Victor Saturday night
an escape was attempted
Sheriff Sterling killed James Cannon
and mortally wounded the other man.
who refused to give his name
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
FOUND A BIG CAVE.
An Interesting Series of Cnverns Is Dis
covered In California.
Ilx, tba Initial Drogg

BY the United Press.
San Diego. Cal, oct, l5-The series
of caverns recently discovered by pros
pectors in the rocky sides of Cajon peak,
a spur of the Cuyamaca range, have
been partly explored and are found to
rival the Mammoth cave of Kentucky.
The roofs and floors are brilliant with
stalactltes and stalagmites Steps have
been taken by the exploring party to
organize a corporation and secure title
to the land on which the entrances were
found, which Is still vested in the gov
ernment
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A Mother and Her Three Children are
Burned to Death.
BY the United Press.
Elizabeth, N. j., Oct. ia horrible
triple murder and suicide occurred here
this morning. Mrs. Thomas Harrigan,
aged 30 years, living in the suburbs,
took her three children, aged 8 and 3
years and months, and huddling them
close to her in the hay, set fire to the
hay.
The mother and three children were
burned to death.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
ADDRESSED FIVE THOUSAND.
Governor MckinIey's Only Speech in
Ohio.

BY The UnIted Press.
Columbus, o., Oct. 15.-An audience
of about 5000 people greeted Governor
Mckinley at the Fourteenth regiment
armory this evening, where he made his
first and only speech.
There were many ladies present and
the glee club sang songs. Three hundred
students from the State university ap-
plauded occasionally with the college
veil
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
THE FARMERS swINDLED.
They Lost About $4,000 by Slick Indi
vidnaps Work.

BY the United Press
Baltimore, Md, Oct. 15.--Percival Le-
ROY Is the aristocratic name of a sharper
who has disappeared with about $4,000
of other peoples money. He came here
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
UNLAWFUL DEALS.
viii Result i'll Suits Against Willard Hoyt
and Colby.
ia. tho IvnltnI IOrncc

by IHt 2 NIItU TTtss,
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 15.-The North
ern Pacific company, through Brayton
Ives, has petitioned Judge jenkins a.
instruct the receivers to bring suits
against Henry Willard, Colgate Hoyt
and Charles 7. Colby to recover nearly
81 900 alleged to have been made un-
lawfully through Northern Pacific
deals.
The petition charges that Hoyt and
Colby were associated with Willard in
his alleged illegal deals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
WEATHER REPORT

Fair, slightly warmer,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
FREAKS OF NATURE.
Some Curious Things That Amuse and As
tonfsh Men of Science.

Some Curious Things That Amuse and As
tonish Men of Science.
Natures freaks Of fancy afford a
strange study. People are constantly
sending to the National museum sup
posed fossil animals and other oddities
which are in reality mere accidental
forms cared by water A pebble in
stream gathers about itself grains Of
sand until an odd shaped lump is
made. q favorite shape for such Jumps
is that of turtle with four legs, head
and tail, even the lines Of the shell be-
ing sometimes distinct Similar concre-
tons of carbonate Of iron and clay as
sumo the appearance of petrified pea
nuts. Break one, and you will always
find inside small spiral winkle shell,
which has served as the nucleus. A
queer counterfeit of this kind, forward
cd to Washington not long ago, was an
alleged fossil foot Of child, with a lit
tie stocking on, the latter showing signs
Of wear on the ball of the foot and on
the heel. 1t was only concretion, as
was likewise what appeared TO be pet
rified oyster on the shell.
One eminent scientist has been anus
ing himself of late by making imitation
spider webs out of quartz fibers. 1t is
well known that copper wire can be
drawn to fineness much less than the
thickness of a hair-in fact, to the di-
ameter of the one-thousandth part of an
inch But glass may be spun finer than
copper, while even the finest spun glass
is not so fine as silk fiber. The latter,
however, is coarse compared with the
threads that can be obtained by melting
quartz under blowpipe and pulling it
out Such threads may be reduced to a
thinness of e-millionth of an inch
Drawn TO such tenuity, they are invisi-
BILE under a microscope of the highest
power. Yet they are stronger in proper
ton to their thickness than the best
quality of bar steel. Enough thread like
this could be made from single cubic
inch of quartz to go around the world
Cos times. A grain of sand barely large
enough to be visible to the naked eye
would yield 1, 900 miles of thread.
Obviously no practical use can be
made of threads so extremely fine.
Comparatively coarse ones were woven
into cobwebs by the scientist aforesaid.
They would not catch flies because they
were too slippery, having no gluten on
them, like real cobwebs. This difficulty
was got over by mOistening straw in
castor oil and gently stroking the threads
with it; then the webs captured flies
fairly well. But a cObweb is incomplete
without a spider, so it occurred to the
experimenter to attract an arachnid to
his web by the buzzing of fly. 1t was
difficult to make fly buzz to order, but
satisfactory imitation was produced
by permitting a tuning fork to vibrate
against the quartz fibers. This fetched
the spider right away. The scientist also
amused himself with blowing bubbles
of quartz, which looked exactly like
the most beautiful soap bubbles
Washington Star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
Still Another Name.

Life would be simplified in some of
its aspects if the same thing We're al
ways called by the same name Such is
not the case, however, and perhaps it is
better so. If there were no mysteries
and surprises, the world would be less
interesting.
Colonel Philip Lee was passing
through South Carolina thirty odd years
ago-it was in wartime-when he ac-
costed an old negro with the question:
81 say, uncle, are there any Hugue-
notS about here?"
The colOred man looked surprised and
answered the question by another:
"Well, l declare, where be you uns
from?"
"From way up in old Kentucky" said
Colonel Lee.
"Well, 1 thought So Why, in Ten
nessee they call 'em peanuts, in Georgia
they call 'em goobers, in Alabama they
is penders, here in South Carolina we
call 'em ground peas, and now you fel-
lows way off dere in Kentucky call 'em
hugonuts. Well, do declared Youth S
Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
Sponge Fishing.

The Greeks are considered the prin-
cipal sponge fishers, and it takes much
experience, skill and hardihood to quail
f. man for a first class place among
sponge divers. Many of the most valu-
able specimens are found at a depth
varying from 10 to 80 fathoms. To aid
in the descent, the divers make use of a
triangular stone, with hole in one cor
Ter, through which a rope is spliced.
On reaching the deep sea gardens, where
the rock ledges are clothed with marine
growths, the diver, retaining hold on
his rope, dexterously breaks away the
holdfast of the sponges and places them
under his arm until sufficient load has
been CLEANED, when pull on the rope
signals his companions above that he is
ready to ascend, and he is then hauled
to the surface bearing his ocean treas
ures. Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
a Daring Trick.

Zone Of the most daring tricks ever
came across. " said h F. Farrell, New
York attorney, was i'll the case of a
man who deliberately impersonated a
lawyers clerk and persuaded very sick
man to sign a will without reading it,
and which disposed of his property in
direct opposition to his wishes. 1t was
a case of a family dispute, and the old
gentleman, who was quite wealthy, had
decided TO disinherit his eldest son and
leave the property to younger one.
Being warned by his doctor that he had
only day or two more to live, he sent
instructions to his attorney to draft his
will and send it down promptly for sig
nature.
'While the lawyer was preparing the
document a representative of the eldest
son arrived with a paper, which he said
was the will prepared by the atck man s
attorney. The will was signed without
hesitation and duly witnessed, and when
two hours later the i@wyer's clerk ar
rived with the genuine will he was not
allowed to enter the house, being warned
off the premises by the hOusekeeper. On
his return to the Office his employer saw
at once that a fraud had been commit
ted, and he hastened to the house to
have it set right. In the meantime,
however, the sick man had become un-
conscious, and he died without being
able to execute a will after his own
wishes. The bogus will was upset, but
the fraud could never be sufficiently
proved to convict the man suspected of
concocting it, and he inherited quite a
large sum of the money as next of kin. "
st. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
Government Time Signals.

As the governments time signals are
not generally understood, it may be said
chat the United States time ball is drop
ped from the top of a flagstaff on the
dome of the Masonic temple as follows:
The time ball is hoisted to the top Of the
staff, $50 feet above the level of the
lake, five minutes before noon, central
standard time, every day Sunday ex-
eepted), remains mast headed five min
utes and is dropped by electricity exact
" at the instant of noon. Should any
accident occur by which the time ball is
dropped before the exact instant of
noon, it will be hoisted again imme-
diately and left up until five minutes
after noon and then be slowly lowered,
instead of being dropped Similarly,
lhould the time ball fail TO drop exactly
ut the proper instant, it will be kept up
until five minutes after noon and then
slowly lowered. Tribune
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-06-01
THE FIRST lDEAllST.

A jellyfish swan In a tropical sea,
And he said: This world it consists Of me.
There's nothing above and nothing below
That a jellyfish ever can possibly know
(Since we've got no sight or hearing or smeln
Beyond what our single sense can tell
Now, all that learn from the sense OF touch
Is the fact OF my feelings viewed as such.
But TO think they have any external cause
Is an inference clean against logical laws.
Again to suppose, as I've hitherto done,
There are other jellyfsh under the sun
Is pure assumption that can't be backed
By jot of proof or a single fact.
In short, like Hume, / very much doubt
II there's anything else at all without.
So come at last to the plain conclusion,
When the subject is fairly set free from con-
fusion,
That the universe simply centers in me.
And if l were not then nothing would be-"
That minute a shark, who was strolling by,
Just gulped him down in the twink of an eye,
And he died with few cOnvulsive twists.
But somehow the universe still exists
Boston Globe.