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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
0itt6fpn.

- Or. s. 5. @aIib ftarb an Sreitas
nad furser 8rantbsit an Der Sun9ensnt'
slnbuns.
- Dur6 cine serboritene @uferrbbrs
i'm oberen Stod tpurbe u. y. Srotpn's
@aarsnporratb I'M sttpa 81 900 beibd'
oist.
- 3pei WGnner bransen am Sam'
flag Gbenb in bic Office Der @lear Spring
9oblen Gompanie. tpuroen ieeob eurb
ben yladtpa6ter psridsuat sbs iis ettpas
BON @srtb itabIen.
Gin Seusr. bas unsefdbr 5000 tpertt
S6aben anridtete, tpuroe am Wtontae
4benb in Der Wobnuns bon :. 8. Sta'
lep entbsdt bic 6eueripebr batte oanelb'
in fur3er 3eit unter @ontrole.
- Im Sonntas Ibeno tpuroe II
einem S6uppsn nabe benz S4adt bel
Retpton &obIen gomranie Elm 5suer emit
Oedt, bas iebOd IN furser 8eit nit tlsl'
mem S&absn seI6idt tpurbe.
- 8urseb 1bomus MaIonsp iiest
am Disnitas iibsr ieinen republitanii3e1
@eener Dr. Barrett nit elmer aSlural.id
ron 4O2 Stimmen far Wlapor unb oa
san,e bsmotratiide Iidet iie8te mi
tleinerer Pluralitdt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
8pSe 0orfer SfDtisen.

= Der neue @uImpGider am Srfori
BREEDER ipirb IN eini9en 2ageH in Opers
ulion selebt.
- 1bOmaS $, Dale 500 Iebte 8Obs
pon Der g9etiette nub ieinem neuen
@obnbauie an 2inoen Strabe.
- Stephan Wartpid BON 13. StraBe
erbieIt lsbte 8o6e in Der Gentrol Dline
splidsn 8arren eine fbIlmme 3eIorlds
ung peS UuBes.
Sn ibrer Dobnuns 3l8 Bromley
Npsnue ltarb am 0Ilttwoh 6rau Wartba
MObr. 9aS 8esrdbRiB erfOlst am
Samitas giadmitta8.
Durh eine @aserpIoiiDn in Der
SeQepue Wiine puIOe SObn @OnnorS bon
@enet Strabe am DlOntag i6limm am
@eIi6t uno 9auben oerbrannt.
- @eorSs &uieriem bon 9toro Sum'
ner 9lpenue erbisIt leBte QSo6e in oer
@apouie Dtiue ourd einen Sammeti4lae
cine ldlimme 8erlebunB Der SnnO.
Sin pertboolleS Bfero oes Or
9edpiib brannte am 5reita9 Nadmittas
an gtorc Uiain apenue pur6 unO brad
ourd einen SAL 3tpei 8eine, 10 eaB es
eri6OGen tperpen muBte.
- Seit sabren lit ih an 8erltcpf'
uns. SD sebraudte fait ale WieniSlnsn
Obne @rfOIs; bis i6 ftlieBll6 Or.
2lusujt SBnls'S Sumbur8er 3ropfen ans
punote, tpel6e mir iOfOrtise Slnoeruns
perIhafften. .-9bereiia DiiillenbOif, 81
@ppreB Strabe, Buffalo, 81. y.
- l8ie mir oorausieBten, tpnro Der
%. idbrIi6e Mastsnbal oeS 1urn'Sers
ems am Utontas 9lbenO elm Bldn3enoer
unO cine grobs InsabI NaSten bstbeiIi8'
ten N6 an bem @r6fnunSSmari4 um
4lO llbr, peI6e unter 9Inleituns osr
oerren @arI Staiber, 9enrp 8OdrOtb,
ism. Softlsp unO glapOlson glOtbader
psrIbisoene ieber bubide Dtaridwinoun'
aen auslibrtsn. Die BON ben Attlpsn
Uorseiubrten .Sapundenrei8en" une
..Qa Iamburella" fparen ausBe3elbnet
uno errestsu srOBen 8elfaa. Au6 eins
tuttlibe 3ui6ouermen8s mar anfpeleno,
unter Der ii9 pisIe 0eutibe befanoen
@s Ouuerte bis sur fruben Oiorssnitunbe.
sbe bic Iebten 9teiInebmer NIT ermtioeter
aber sufrieosnen 6emttbsrn ii9 nuf Der
0eimne9 mahten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
Bilfe8barre Nahrthten.

GaIeb Sbonf bon 8Ipmouib, elm
9rubsr bes adtb. Sobn Sbonf, itarb am
IeBten Sreitas.
- Wit ben Mussrabunsen fir ben
Siltriruuss Npparat ber Wilfesbarre
8aHer @ompanie binter Sridsplle bat
man ansefunssn.
Die 8ittwe Wlaube 8arfS BON
BIainspiGe purbs Mittipcd Norsen
oaielbit bon einem 2ebist Bailey 8use
ilberfabren unc setDotet.
Ridter 2pn6 peripeiaerte Iebte
@ode in benz Sale beS Bm. Benn
8opman, Der bes Norbes eineS arabs
iden Sauiirsrs iduIbis befunoen tpuroe,
einsn nsuen 8roseB uno er tpirb baumeln
mGRen.
- @Ge @ruben in benz @pominp
IbaIe baben 8efsbl erbaIten bonn lebten
Wontas bis gum l.. 0iars poue 3eit ~
arbeiten. Do bieS uneefdbr $4,000
Wdnner unb 8nabsn betrlfft, 1T eS setpit
cine erfreuli6e Nadridt.
- Sim Samitaa Mbsnb fanb in Wib'
bale stpiiden ben golen unb SlOipader
elm blutisss Sanbsemenss itatt unb psr'
idieSene Tbeilnebmer ipurben alimm
,us.ribtet. Die ginribtuns in be'
Wlrtbi6aft bes WibasI Ganfielp. tpt
pa1eIbe iattianb. tpurbe total 3eri6laaer
uno cine eiierne @eIbfpinbe bic 81 .60C
entbalten babsn fol-, auf bic Strabs &C.
trassn unb erbro4en.
- Gm Sreitas Morsen entbedte Wm
S6pnser. Elm in 8eidarb unb Weuper''
9rauerei anseitellter 8rauer, bab ieln
Io6ter unb anbsre Witslieber ieiner 6a,
Mile bur6 @as iiberfommen unb er ielbi
mubte einen 9lu6bar su Siilfe rufen
penn baHslbe bate aud ibn tbeilmsii
abermannt. Dis Samilie tpuroe ieeod
in turser 3eit tpieoer berseiteat. GIN
ssrbro6ene 9asrbbre mar bic TRIAD
oes nnfaaS.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
Das ~Seim~ Der Snffalcer Sdn'
aer tteils serft6rt.

Die Wuiitbaas in Buffalo, baS feinite
AUDITORIUM stpii1en Nsw gorf uno Sbi.
eaeo unb bic Seimatb beS Orpbeus. bes
SaneerbunbB uno anberer oeutiber @es
iansperens iener Staot. mare bslnabe
am Wontas Diorsen su friibes Stunoe
our6 sseuer total aerf6rt iporoen. as
Winutsn nad 10 llbr bDrte Der Batrol'
mann Niqsr brei furse. i4arfe @rplo'to'
nen unb slsid barauf idlusen Slammen
aus ben Senitern bes britten Stodwerts
i'm SldseI, Der bic norbDitli6e @de bee
(Sebauoes biloet. IS tpurbe iofort
5eueralarm ssssben, aber ebe bic Seuer'
pebe auf oem Blabs eridien, itano fton
Der game SliiseI in lidterlcbsn 5lam'
men. IS lab aus. oils OBJ oaS gangs
prGbtiee @ebduoe Der Seritorun8 ae'
pe,bt iei, aber ben unermuoli6en In'
nrensunssn Der Seuerpebr bis 1lorsena
3 ubr selans es, bic 8lammen auf oer
Anbau su bei1rdnfen, in tpel6em ii1 II
Der unteren gtaee bic 8ibliotbet bsfano
bic 1000 8anbe i'm Wertbe bon Sl5. .OO(
snibislt, mel6e Elm 8aub Der Slammer
purben. Sn Der stpeiten gtase befan'
ben ii6 bic elegant eineeribteten 2dum
oes Sdnserbunbss unb i'm oberiten Stod
tpsrf ipobnts bic Samilis bes Sausmei
tiers, tpelde nit fnapper gtotb Der 30
oessefabr entsins. Ser eeianmt Sda
ben tpirO auf $40, 900 Bis $4,000 &c
id,Gbt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
Npn Der Siibfette.

Der 9roseb sessn ben beg Utoross
ansei'asten Soiepb 9. 8oitostl, tpel1er
am D.ontas anfns, 1T nod ni6t besnoet.
2sbrer adsrmann bon ber st. Warisn
gfalri6uIs 1T am Wontas bon fslnsr
srou nit sinem muntersn 2ndblein bs'
i1enft tporben.
Ssrr Sobn aaub bon 8ipsr Strube
uuo SrI. Wiinnie Sdattuns bon 8reer
Rlbse puroen am Ulittmo6 Wloreen in
Der St. D'arien 8rde setraut.
Gin Bferb bes @ltbeins'iden WebSer'
selbditeS brannte am Samitas Abenl
bura unb Der Waeen tpuroe beinabe poa
itdnbis seriirilmmert.
Goparb S.. ber 3iGbrise Sobn be-
Spbn Seftp bon Gebar 4penue, itarb on
iSrsitas Woreen unb ipurbe am Sonnta
I'M 90. Waro SrisobOfe beeroist.
Sobn SisIin bon Bittston auenus
puros am Samita8 aus oem 2adamann
Soipital entlahen; er befano iib ldnser
5eit unter 8ebanolung far entsanosts
&beumatismus bort.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
Rautte (spuutp.

Suursoalr. - Satob Storms bon
lracpplae, elm aItei 8eteran, iturb Ieb'
len 6reitas i'm 70. 9sbenSidbre unb
paro an Spnntas unter @eleite oes
Sames Sam 9oiten besraben.
- Mlorris Snmuels itarb am Sans
tag Nu6mittas i'm Utter BON 81 Sabren
@r mar aus greuben uno fam i'm Sabre
lS48 na6 SonesbaIe. 9as Se8rabnlt
fanb am 0ienita9 itott.
Sri. Carrie Storms uno @opart
6sib nurben am Diittnob glbeno burd
baltor Wm. $. Sdmibt setraut.
- @m. SdDnbers itarb am Dienltnt
i'm 70. 2sbensinbre uno puroe am Dom
nerla9 beerbigt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
OMnmore.

- Der 9sremann Sames grposn
puroe am Ntittpod in Der IO, 5 9enni.
8rute bur6 einen 8ObIenfaa i6iper
perlebt.
- Der am DOuneritas 9lbenb eese'
bene NIarm iparo burd oaS 9tlsoerbren'
men eiues fIsinen SObIeniduppeuS binter
Uturpb'S Sptel uerurid6t.
- Sin in bem &. & B BAILEY Giiens
bubnbpf anseitellter 8remIer Namens
Deder paro am Otontas, pdbreno ei
Barren toupIirte, spiihen benielben &C.
fast uno semIib unanBenebm, aber ni3
gefdbrIib aebrhdt.
= @insr Der SeKeI, tueIde bic Oompf
maI6ine Der Spencer 8oblen @ompani
nit Dnmpf flitern, barit am Iebten Don
nerltas gia6mittae unb Der Seuermanl
Reuben Sonss ipuroe i6limm Nurb beiB
aObIsu unO 0ampf perbrannt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
Sie Triibiabrsipablen.

SIM aagemsiuen bat Der nmibwunB Sn
@unIien Der Hspubllfaner IN olelem
Staate anaebalten.
IN 8bllaoeIpbia bat Wartpid fir
Mapor eine Webrbeit BON ettpa 1000
st. uber pattlion.
9leueins unb 2ancaiter iinb republi'
tanii6 Se8onSen.
gSiitestarre eripdttte S, 81. 9i9oIs
nit etpa 1900 Bluraliidt gum Wapor,
@burles Bauer gum Sohs@onItabIe.
Su Yltiston baben Die Demotraten 9e'
ieat Ibomus UtaIGn'p bat fur Olapor
liber 400 Dtebrbsit.
Sn Scranton
batten bic 8,pubIitnner ertpartet, bel ben
StaotratbsmabIen su iisBen. 9lbsr bic
5teus1abIsr ibeinen Der high-toned
Staotreeieruug, Die nidts Ieiltet uno
unaebeure Summen peridlInBt, mioe 3u
lem; bel gemeinIHaftli6er Nbitimmuns
niro Ser Stuoiratb nabri9einIi6 oemos
tratiIb iein. @s tpurben ertpdblt
|. 8aro-Sobn 2oftus, ..
3. Sames @rier, o.
7. WtihasI s. 8ilrpp. 8.
l3. @barIss Seumans, &.
l6. " 9orens 3siOIer. If. ..
10. 9. s. Slfep, 8.
20. &. S. @Opne, nnabb.
81. 9bomas giOrton, 8.
Obne OppOiition Wurcen ertpdblt
Su Der 5. @nrb. Ridaro =. Qbomas
y. in Der IL. 9Sarb. Robert &obInIon
O.; in Der II. 98arb. 9utber Seller ftl
ben Common, unO S. u. 2oniins fir BEL
Select Council. 9la bic 8enannten iinl
@ommon Council Wtuslieper uno nur II
Der II. @nro puroe un STEELE bon 9le
mons elm SeIect @ouncilmann erpablt.
Ser 70 bartnddtse aampf fur aloer
mann in Der 8. l9aro entibieb lib 3
@uuiten bon Diiaar, g.. Der 79 Dtebr
belt erbielt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-02-22
lonis = Col)mann's
NotRI,
1923 unb 325 spruee StraBe.

Ct aouis anbeuier 8uih uuo 9. &obinion
8iere. BerIiner @sibbisr. Bon @sinen uno
q,auoren perosn nut Die erprObteiten Woritr
aetublt Better BOrter uno Vile
0Darme uuS falte Speifen
al ieoer Saaes,eit. Vile Selitatti.n Der Snb
resSeit Glne rsidbalt'as Auspabl be- ber'T
GiQarren.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
BROoKNGs BROoKINGs SOUTH DAKOTA 1896
GREAT NORTHERN BEATEN.
Sudge Kelly Grants the Injunction Asked
by the State of Minnesota.

Sudge Kelly Grants the Injunction Asked
by the State of Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 18.--Judge Kelly has
fled his decision in the important case
of the State of Minnesota against the
Great Northern Railway Company, and
the state wins. The Great Northern
and Northern Pacific may not enter
into their traffic arrangement, and
Judge Kelly grants the writ of injunc-
tion as prayed.
While the case swings on what ap-
pears to be preliminary motion, that
for an injunction, the decision virtu-
ally determines the whole subject, since
1t goes thoroughly into the matter, dis
cussing the whole body of the argument
for and against the legality and pro-
priety OF the proposed arrangement.
The Points of the Decision.
The points of his decision are:
The proposed traffic arrangement is
q consolidation.
Under the laws of the State of Min
nesota the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific roads are parallel and
competing lines.
The traffic arrangement is, therefore,
contrary to the public policy of the
state and the general laws of 1874 and
1881.
The defendants charter does not con-
tain either in express terms or by neces-
sary implication the right to make such
agreement or consolidation.
That if any such power was ever
given the charter was subject to amend.
ment by the legislature and the laws re-
ferred to.
The Case VIII He Appealed.
President James J. Hill is in New
York. He will, of course, insist on its
being carried with all possible speed to
the court of last resort to set at rest the
question as to whether his company has
the right to make traffic arrangement
with parallel road and competing line.
The matter of consolidation, however,
is in any event dead. If it is not, the
tremendous earnings of the Northern
Pacific during the past three months
have themselves settled the question. 1t
is the general belief that the Northern
Pacific will be out of the hands Of re-
ceiver and back in the hands of it's off,
GERS by the beginning of the new year
The road is now paying all fixed charges
and accommodating surplus.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
NOTED PINE LAND CASES,
Those Against McCord, Heydlauf, Brod-
erick and Others at Madison.

Those Against McCord, HeydIauf, Brod-
erick and Others at Madison.
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 18.-One of the
first cases to come before the United
States court when it meets next Tuesday
will be that of the United States versus
Arthur r. Osborn, Robert G. Heydlauf,
receiver of the Ashland land Office under
President Harrison, Warren E. McCord,
brother of the ex-congressman, Henry
J. Box, Richard Broderick and about 30
others, alleged to be their agents, in de-
frauding the government of valuable
pine lands near Ashland. All these
parties were indicted about a year ago.
To He Tried ON Its Merits.
The demurrer to the complaint was
overruled by Judge Bum at the spring
term of court, and the case now comes
up for trial on its merits. The charge
is conspiracy to defraud the government,
it being alleged that the parties named
secured the other defendants to file ON
lands supposedly for their own benefit,
but in reality to enable the principal
defendants to secure the timber grow
ing ON the lands. There will be hot
legal fight over the case.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
FATAL FIRE AT DETROIT.
Match Factory Destroyed and Three
People Perish.


People Perish.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 18.--Another
fire, attended with terrible fatalities
occurred at $50 q M, when the factory
of the Improved Match company. at
Bellevue avenue and Frederick street
was burned and three lives lost.
The dead are, Reuben Davis, night
foreman, "a years old; John Wagner
night watchman, an elderly man; Agnes
Yettke, II years old.
The factory has been working night
and day. About $3.50 o'clock, shift of
30 hands We're busily employed, when
the fire suddenly started, probably by
friction. The flames spread with great
rapidity. All the employees except the
above escaped.
Davis and Wagner, assisted by the
Yette girl, secured the fire hose and
attempted to put out the fire. Before
they were aware of their danger flames
sprung up all around them and they
were unable t. escape.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
PIX OF THE LlFESAVERS.

fn Of the Superintendent of the
Government Service.
|tlsHlsGToN, Nov. 18.-Mr. Kimball,
fhhtendent of the lifesaving service,
Y annual report states that at the
v q the fiscal year the establish
snoraced 25l stations-184 being
y Atlantic, So On the lakes, I3 on
A Isanc and ! at Louisville, KY.
~ number of disasters to document.
a'es within the field of the opera
SsAe = service during the year was
inefe We're on board these vessels
Z. /. ls psisOns, Of whom $3.50 were saved
Lost. The estimated value of
n 'ss'sls Y I involved was $S,OO1, ,275, and
n ! lnslr cargoes So, ,645, $50, making
!. 'alus Of property imperiled 80.
" this amount so, l45, ,OYs was
ana a,oO2,l50 was lost. The
y y vessels totally lost was 73.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
lament officials Review
w !, work During the
PAST Year.
...,o,s Annual Devoted to
cattle and Their In
spection.
!. profIciency of Lifesavers
shown-Our Naval
Militia.

.rrsaroS. Nov. 1S.-The report
\. .serstary Of agriculture begins
+ \ 4. !. rsviev Of the work Of the bureau
.r;;mal industry. The total number
ainsl, , inspected at the slaughter
4. '., was considerably over IS, 600, 600,
4 rrssse Of more than $500, 600 over
!, wsvous year. During the year
(,,nortsm inspection was also made
:a0OO animals. The cost Of in
{.siou was reduced to IL cents per
,nf In 1898 inspection cost Az
rhper animal and in 1894 it cost IA
|IhH 100000 animals, cattle and
nTsrs inspected for foreign markets,
! vbeh $4,000 were shipped abroad.
100000 pounds of pork were in
ssd microscopically and exported, as
LIN s., 900, 900 in 1894 and %, 900, 600
buds in 1898.
Markets for American Meat.
kirch space is devoted to discussing
opportunities for American meat
dncts in foreign markets. OF 341, 900
Of meat received at the London
hnl market in 1894, 1900 tons
~ American, while nearly $4,000
from Australia. The Amer
n pDprtion has not been maintained
ngl8S.
$hthe imports Of live cattle to Great
hn, the United States and Canada
Impractical monopoly until the last
years. Since 1893 Argentina's
!nsnts have increased. During the
raght months of the year, ship
3ns amounted to over $4,000 head.
Though the meat of the South Amer
cattle is MT as salable as the
aEcan, the business is profitable and
g to increase. American cattle
aough slaughtered soon after
tns, at prices equal to the average
Tor British carcasses.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
MaSsacres In Armenia Con-
tinue While the Powers
Are Wavering.
England Decides That the Time
to Interfere Has Not
Yet Arrived.
Reported Wholesale Killing
Of Christians In Syria
Confirmed.

LONDON, Nov. IS.-Sir Phillip Currie,
British ambassador to Turkey, who has
been in England during the past month
in consultation with Lord Salisbury in
reference to the troubles between the
Turks and Armenians, has started for
Constantinople, via Vienna. His jour
ney back to Turkey will be made in as
short time as possible, and he will re-
sumo his post at Constantinople without
loss Of time.
Lord Salisbury, accompanied by his
wife, went to visit the queen at Wind
sor castle Saturday. 1t is evident that
important decisions have been arrived
ut regarding Eastern affairs, since The
Post publishes an article evidently in-
spired by the foreign Office. The article
is understood to indicate that the prime
minister has decided that the utmost
effort must be made to maintain the in
tegrity of the Turkish empire, and
therefore efforts must, in the first place,
be directed to restoring order in the dis
turbed district
Give the sultan More Time.
Continuing, the article says:
"For the moment all thought of CO.
ercing the sultan should be laid aside.
He has already given evidence of de-
sire to introduce reforms. 1t cannot be
doubted that he will defer to the wishes
of the powers as soon as circumstances
permit him to do So 1t is difficult to
apportion the blame between the Turks
and the Christians. Sir Philip Currie's
instructions are such as to justify him
in delaying the execution of reforms
until the authority by which they are
to be carried out has recovered from
temporary weakness. At the present
moment any naval demonstration in
the Turkish waters, or undue pressure
on the Turkish government, can only
help precipitate crisis from which
Turkeys friends can hope to gain moth.
ing and her enemies everything"
Missionaries Want an Escort.
A Constantinople dispatch to The
Daily News says that the Armenian
missionaries at Biths have wired the
English and American representatives
asking that the government provide an
escort to Van for them and their fanli-
lies.
THIS correspondent makes the astound-
ing announcement that fully 10000 Ar.
menians have been killed during the
recent massacres.
The Vienna correspondent of The
Daily News also announces that the
sultan has been so upset by the recent
turn which affairs have taken that
nervous fever has set in and that he is
now SO sick that he only devotes two
hours daily to public affairs
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
CLEVELAND'S HORROR.
A Score of People Killed by
the Big Draw Bridge
Disaster.
Drop Was a Hundred Feet and
Not a Soul on the Car
Escaped.
The Motorman Arrested and
Held on Charge of Man.
slaughter.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 18.-The people Of
this city are appalled, by the horror Of
the terrible accident which occurred
Saturday evening on the big Central
viaduct 1t was the worst accident that
had ever happened in this city, and the
story of how the motor car loaded with
men, women aud children had plunged
through an open draw, straight down 100
feet into the river, was told over and over
again. The first reports of the disaster
have been verified in every particular,
with the possible exception of the num-
ber of victims, which is trifle smaller
than was at first supposed. The work
of rescuing the bodies of the victims has
gone ON steadily and so far 15 have
been found, with four persons still re-
ported missing. The identified dead
are: James Mclaughlin, baseball
player; Henry w. Mecklenburg, mer-
chant tailor; Edward Hoffman, conduc-
tor; Mrs. John A. Sauerheimer, Miss
Bessie Davis, school teacher; Harry w.
Foster, Mrs. Minnie G. Brown, Curt
Lepehne, Harvey Hoffman, Mrs. Mar
tina Palmer, Marie Mitchen, Augusta
Sar nski, Gertie Hoffman, Louis +.
Hu .etZ.
The Conductor to Blame.
First reports from the scene Of the
disaster seemed to place the blame on
the conductor. They were that the ill
fated motor car, containing between 20
and 80 people, approached the draw just
hn
bridge attendants had closed the big
iron gates and were preparing to swing
the draw. AS is the rule, the car
stopped and the conductor went for.
ward to release the switch in case the
way was clear. He must have been
blinded by the electric lights, for an eye
witness declares that although the gates
were closed and the draw was already
in motion, the conductor raised the
switch handle. The motorman applied
the current and the car shot forward
and struck the gates with a crash.
There was only a moments pause and
then the heavy Car ground its way
through the wreckage and
Plunged Over the Brink
into the black abyss, amid the screams
and frantic struggles of the passengers,
who at the first intimation of danger
rushed to the rear door. The car struck
the water with great splash and then
there was silence. Soon men began to
rush shouting about, anu police patrol
wagons and ambulances were soon fly
ing to the spot in response to telephone
calls. In an incredibly short space of
time the work of rescue had begun. As
the car went over the brink Of the abyss
the motorman jumped from the vesti-
buled front. All the other occupants of
the car, with the exception of the few
who had managed to jump as it toppled
over, went down to certain death. The
car disappeared from sight as soon as it
struck the water and all on board were
drowned.
August Rogers, the motorman, who
has been held as a witness, has been
charged with manslaughter. This ac-
ton was taken by Chief of Police
Hoehn after he had Investigated the
accident
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-The gross
proceeds Of the fourth-class postoHice at
james lille, Mimi, for the last four quar-
ters shows that Office lis entitled to be
made a presidential Office, and orders
have been issued that the office will be
made presidential Office Jan. /. The
postoffice also at Peshtigo, Wis, and
Edira. Ia, will become presidential ones
at the same time.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
Too Valuable Timber There.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Nov. 49,
The proposition made to the county
board to purchase 10000 acres of county
land for $4,000 was rejected, a. it is
throught half that amount can be real
ized from the timber now on it. The
general sentiment seems to be in favor
Of accepting the proposition.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
S"'NG IN POPULARITY.
secretary Herbert on Our
Naval Militia,

secretary Herbert on Our
4 Naval Militia.
,.i'slos, Nov. 1S.-Assistopt
W.. ~. mcAdoo !, has transmitted to
I'm s MN Herbert the report of Lieu.
E,,,.1 aolack slaS, upon the operations of
al',.Iialli Illitla during the past year.
kSs.,,lan the report Mr. McAdoo
IA, !, - = Organizations are growing
I'm - .svof and the interest of the
krs.aim Msm Is steadily increasing.
Il ssss..ation, sa.i.a founded on patriotic
|6S.as S'iea to every encouragement
baAs ,s.n,, !, the government. Speak
- y ,1sOits of his own inspection
|aNtssOsa Oattalions last summer.
|laal essau aOove all things they need
n 3 ss,ssa, uragement and sufficient
O' themselves in drill.