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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12
ANOTHER MINE HORROR.
Forty Men ISIIIed in a Burning Wine

About 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
fire broke out in the shaft of the Osce-
ola mines at Calumet, Mich, and it is
at this time more than probable that
forty men and boys have been burned
to death or suffocated.
The fire started in shaft No. 3,which
is used to carry the miners to the sur
face from the main, and when the fire
broke out all of the men and boys en-
rloyed in the mine, about two hundred
in number, made a rush for the shaft,
in hopes of being taken to the surface.
The fire was too rapid for them, how
ever, ann the chance of escaping by
the shaft was entirely cut off by flames
and smoke. The majority of the i'm
prisoned miners made a break for
cross cut, and in this way managed to
reach another shaft from which they
were taken to the top. Forty were
missing when the roll was called.
Within a short time after they had
reached the surface, smoke began pour
ing from all the shafts and the escape
of the men below was cut OIL. Ihe
men in charge say now there is not the
slightest chance for any OF the men
now in the mine to escape with their
lives. If they are not burned, they
must have been choked by the
dense smoke within a short time after
the fire started. Fortunately the
mine was not heavily timbered as
some of the mines in this locality are,
and il will not take it a great while to
burn. As the thing not stands there
4 not the slightest thing that can oe
done for the men and no effort is be-
ING made to extinguish the flames.
There is nothing known as to how the
fire originated.
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FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.
Dynamite Explodes, Horribly Mang-
ling its Victims.

A frightful accident, resulting in the
death OF five persons, occurred Monday
at Specht's Ferry, a small station on
the Milwaukee road, twelve miles
above Debuque, Ia.
A. Kirschner, Of. fountain city, has
the contract of putting wing dams in
the river, and has large force Of men
employed These men boarded in a
large shanty, run by Edward Latshaw,
whose home is in Victory, Wis. Mon
day morning foreman @. II. Owens
was passing the boarding house, when
he noticed one of the Latshaw's firing
a rifle near the house, which was raised
from the ground and under it a large
amount Of dynamite. Owens pointed
ont the danger Of an explosion and the
lad promised to stop firing the gun.
Owens passed along and had got about
fifty feet when the gun was again fired
and an explosion of dynamite followed.
There were seven persons in the build
ing which was blown to atoms. OF the
seven, four were killed, also the boy
outside who fired the fatal shot.
A little girl, aged five, standing out
side, had her clothing entirely stripped
from her, but was not injured.
Latshaw's body was found 200 yards
away, his head partly buried in the
earth. The boy who did the shooting
was thrown over the top Of a high tree,
falling to the earth in a shapeless, IN
recognizable mass. Hans Bjordan' e
body was found hundred feet from
the building, every bone broken and
his body bruised and blackened.
In Specht's Hotel every window was
shattered and the building otherwise
damaged. The side of the warehouse
cayed in, and a smaller building near
it was unroofed. Barges moored on
the other side of the river were so
much damaged that it is feared they
will sink. The hamlet has every ap-
pearance Of having been swept by a
cyclone. The noise of the explosion
was heard at Plattsville, Wis ten miles
away, and parties six miles mp the
river thought a steamboat had burst
her boilers. Every boat and train
that could be had was busy carrying
people to the scene, and during the
day thousands Of people were present.
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Mr.. W. II. Tally was struck by
lightning at Slidell, Ia, Monday at
/ 80 p. m, and seriously injured. The
bolt struck a tree under which he was
standing. splintering it and knocking
him down. It seems to have struck
him on top of the head, tearing several
holes in his hat, bruising his head and
passing down the spine, slightly discol-
oring the flesh and leaving distinct
marks on the body. He recovered
from the shock, is perfectly conscious
and suffers terribly from the hip joints
downward only, having no pain in the
upper part OF tn body. He has been
taken to the Touro Infirmary for treat
ment. Mr.. Walter Erntt, who was
standing only a few feet from him
when he fell, was not shocked by the
holt.
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Gen. Miles, commanding the De-
partmcnt of the East, is taking active
steps TO secure for the use of the army
accurate information as to the condi-
tion of all roads between large centres
of population and places of strategic
Importance in his department, which
might be required for the movement
Of troops in an emergency involving
the mcapacity of the railroads. Since
the expansion of the railroad service.
these naturM arteries of communica-
tion generally have been suffered TO
fall into had condition, and it is the
purpose of Gen. Miles to do everything
possible to better this state Of affairs.
Realizing that the old road charts are
of little service, the information de-
sired is being collected 10y officers
detailed for the purpose, and the
bicycle will be usually the means of
transportation used. Last week First
Lieut. G. w. Stevens. First Artillery,
left New York on wheel for Washing
ton. He found the road as far as Phil
adelphia in good condition, and made
the run to that city from New York in
seven hours and twenty-five minutes.
After spending a day and a half in
Philadelphia looking over the maps. he
started south. The road from Phila-
delphia to Baltimore was found to be
very bad, and owing to the heavy rains
good time could not be made. Be
tween Baltimore and Washington again
the road was good. Lieut. Stevens is
now about. to start on an investigation
Of the roads in Virginia, nearby Wush-
ington.
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THE LATEST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
NEWS.
NTERsE AND CONDENSED FORM
Case OF Revolving Cruelty--Debarred
from the Mails--Stranded in London
--Attempt to Blow up a Church.
Shot His Wife.

Seven fraud orders we're issued Mon.
day morning by the Postofice Depart.
ment against concerns CARRYING on
business in various parts of the country.
The companies and persons debarred
the use Of the mails are: The South
ern Construction Company and J. b.
Fleming, st. Louis, Mo-, false pre-
lenses; the Dixon Watch Company
and q. Henry & Co., selling marked
playing cards; George Nye, Milwaukee,
Wis, false pretenses; the British
American Press Association and j. V.
Labarre, New York, false pretenses;
Henry @. Kramer, and Mrs. III. @.
Kramer, New York, false pretenses:
h. r. Savigny, New York, false pre-
lenses; the Southern City Manufactur-
ing Company, Ladies Benefit Employ
ment Company, Meta L. Willard, alias
Princess Willard, alias Mary Willard,
A. p Willard, G. ID. Willard and f.
A. Willard, with offices in Chicago,
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal. !,
fraudulent employment bureau.
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Bad Box.

Mr.. f. Otto, a well-known butcher
of Lafayette, La, and his son Adam,
we're arrested by Sheriff Broussard Sat
urday evening upon a charge Of cattle
stealing. They are charged with hay-
ing stolen two heifers belonging to DR..
7. b. Hopkins, and one COW, the prop.
erty of Bennett Lilly. They appeared
before Justice McFadden, and were
released, after furnishing appearance
bail. The hides Of the missing cattle
were found in the vat at the Otto
slaughter house, and viii be held AZ
evidence. Mr.. Otto claims that he
and his son are innocent of the charge,
which, he says, is the result Of amis
4oEa
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mo- Encourage Manufacturers.

A cooperative association, with a
capital stock of $50, 1000, has been or
gained in Meridian, Miss. The OBJ
ject Of the association is to encourage
the manufacturing interests of Meri-
dian. At the organization Of the as
sociation a committee of three, COM
posed of Capt. W. H. Hardy, i. A.
Loyd and G. @. Williams, was appoint
ed TO recommend the names of gentle
men to constitute a board Of directors.
The committee recommended Messrs.
l.. A. Lloyd, J. i, Chalk, u. Il.
George, @. L. Woods, G. NJ. Hodges,
L. A. Duncan and @. w. Robinson, oil
of whom were accordingly elected.
This association is expected to accom-
plish much good in the field in which
It is intended to work.
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Telephone Line in Operation.

The Meridian, Miss, and Tuskaloo
sa, Ala, Telephone Company, cover
ing the postofiices Of Zero, Causeyville
and Hurricane Greek, Miss, and Mt.
Sterling and Tuscahoma, Ala, has
been put into operation. Another
line is being constructed to Daleville,
Miss, by way Of Marion, Topton and
Lockhart stations. These mediums Of
communication will prove of great con-
venience and benefit to the people Of
the country they viii cover, as well as
the business Of this city.
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Stranded I'm London.

Rev. John jenkins, colored, presi-
dent of an orphanage, accompanied by
fourteen negroes, ranging in age from
5 to 10, has made application to the
magistrate of the Bow street police
court, London, for assistance to return
to Charleston, S. G. He said the boys
had formed an orphanage band, and
he had been told by a committee Of
pastors of the orphanage to bring them
to London, where they could perform
and thus raise money. He found thai
the law would not permit children I'M
der eleven to perform in public, and
they we're now stranded without mon
ey, and he feared that they would
starve. The magistrate was unable to
help the party.
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BOSTON TEMPLE BURNED.
A Heavy Blow TO The Masonic Fra
ternity.

"A Heavy DAOW W Aho
ternity.
Masonic Temple, at Boston, one o.
the finest Masonic buildings IN the
United States, was almost entirely de-
stroved by fire Saturday. The build
ing was magnifeently furnished am anu
the loss will probably reach $4OO, OOO.
The fire was discovered by passer-
bv at 1905, and few moments later
an alarm was given from box 05, notea
az beino located in one Of the mosl
dangerous fire districts in the CITY. AZ
almost the same time an alarm was SEM
IN from box 729, in the Harker House.
and all the FIRE apparatus down toWil
hurried ~ the corner of fremont and
school streets. The blaze here proVeo
10 be trivial, but the confusion result
inc from the almost simultaneou'
alarms gave the fire in the temple a
oood start before the apparatus ar-
rived. or
2 District Chief Reagan, who was on
TOP Of the tower on the fremont nGV ,
Of the building, found the flames cur, ,
inc mn around him, and he was forceu
a iump 10 the roof, almost twenty
feet below. He escaped uninlured'
Abont the same time a tube on chem
icaI engine No. 2 exploded, and Lieut.
Madden. who was working ON the en,
cine was thrown to the ground ana
n,,ossiblv fatally injured. He struck on
IL head and Il is believed his skull "h1
fractured.
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Shot His Wife.

At Ottawa Beach, near Grand Rap
ids. Mich, Monday afternoon John
Vanry, owner and captain Of the little
schooner Three Sisters, that runs on
Blake Lake, shot his wife four times,
then turned the pistol upon himself,
sending a bullet into his brain. The
man died instantly, but the woman
may recover. Jealousy on the part o.
the husband is the supposed cause.
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killing Over a Woman.

Particulars have been received at
Nashville, Tenn, of the killing Of
Kearu Reagin by Dean Tompkins. Just
across the Kentucky line, near Living
ston. Tompkins is United States COM
missioner of Clinton county, KY, and
is said to be a desperate character. A
woman named Ellington, young, beam
riful and reckless, is said to have been
the cause Of the shooting.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

Chas. Conn, n veak-msnded young
Of Sandy Hook, KY, shot and killed
bis brother, Irvine. Wayne Carter
and Robert Crisp, two young men with
whom Irvine Conn had had a dispute,
rill he arrested, il being charged that
tbev had Charley do the deed, telling
him the gun was loaded with goose
herries and would only make hii
brother Jump.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12
Earthquake In the West.

Butte, Mont.-At 1890 O'Clock Fri
day morning a slight shock of earth
quake was felt in this city, lasting
about six seconds. IL was not severe
enough to do any damage, and was
noticed only by few.
At Helena the shock was severe.
People rushed from hotels and build
ing and much excitement was caused.
The shock was also quite severe in
Great Falls, severe enough to be no.
ticed by all who we're up at the time.
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Case of Revolving Cruelty.

The community around Fullerton,
Neb., is greatly excited over case of
revolving cruelty brought to light by
Sheriff Snyder. For Several years it
has been known that family named
Napik, in the Polish colony, had an
idiotic boy, and lately reports of their
ill-treatment of the unfortunate boy
have been circulated. Investigation
by the sheriff developed that the boy.
who is also party paralyzed, has been
kept picketed out like domestic animal
in an out-of-the-way place during the
day, and at night was kept in the
stable with the calves and other live
stock. IL was also ascertained that he
was unprovided with clothing of any
kind during the summer months, but
was allowed to go in state'of abso-
lutte nudity.
The unfortunate boy was taken
charge of y the authorities, and his
parents will be prosecuted.
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THROUGH DIXIE.
HE LATEST DISPATCHES FROM OYER
THE SOUTH
AND coNCIsELY TOLD
Swept Over the Dam--KiIIed on Ac-
count of Women--Shocked By Light
ning--New Telephone Line - Con-
tract for Electric Lights.


Two negro boys we're in skiff above
Lock No. /, on the Warrior river, near
Tuscaloosa, Ala, at a late hour Sun
day, when the boat capsized and was
swept over the DAM. One boy was
drowned and the other managed to
reach the shore. Scores of persons
engaged in the search for the body,
which was found Monday afternoon
several hundred feet below the point
where the boat capsized.
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Dlsappeared With the Funds.

J. ID. Warden, cashier of the Adams
Express Company, and J. r. Barnett,
city ticket agent of the Yandalia, at
Terra Haute, Ind, have disappeared,
also a package of $4,000 deposited
Saturday by Revenue Collector Jump
for shipment to the Cincinnati sub
treasury. No evidence of any crook
edness has yet been found in Barnett's
accounts. Warden gave a receipt for
the $4,000. He was pension exami-
ner and stationed for years in Indian
apolis, under Harrison's administra-
tiOn
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They Apply for Entry.

-OO Chinese recently landed at
",f' Is. g., as now anticipated,
-u''e application to the collector
\ gi''s at Ogsdenburg, N. ", for
|. =, a' mat port. II is stated that
N OHllese are actors, etc, en- route
4 Atlanta Exposition, and while
7 no good reason known for
\ .aelecnon, the government has
\ y. 'ne precaution to instruct the
.',Ir !, at Ogsdenburg to make a
- 'Iorough examination into the
'eiorepermitting them TO enter.
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IntImidated by a Mob.

The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Times says that the Minister OF
the Interior, inundated by the vio-
Ience of the population Of Southern
France. has made compromise on
tha ouestion Of allowing bull lights.
nd has issued orders to allow the bull
6ohte in Provence, but on condition
that the bulls must not be killed III 'ne
Spanish manner.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

vanceburg, Ky.-Friday morning a
10 o'clock the jury brought In yer
dict n the case Of John Corns, trie'
rrhnrsdav fr for the murder Of his wife by
b-eak;ne her neck, last March. The
;nrv found him guilty Of manslangn-
ter and fixed the punishment a. 81
years in the penitentiary. The puDhe
VA greatly astonished, as 1t was on on
of ne coldest-b blooded murders thai
ever took place in this county.
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Has No Authority.

ius Secretary Hnmlin has written
y y 10 Henry Graves a Co. Of Lon
England I IA which he says he has
'l0fl'y Of law to grant their re-
Y admit free of duty certain
'Oau'd to persons in this country
Present Duke Of Wellington, to
-iaay the painting "lSl5. The
.ll0n is that the paintings aud
y sent to the Cotton States and
'a'lonal Exposition at Atlanta, in
'"se lhey may be entered duty
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

The waits Of the Crescent City that
are in Biloxi having an outing are en-
joying themselves hugely. Saturday
they we're treated to carriage ride al
over the city, some twenty odd hacks
being used for the occasion. Their
shouts of delight brought everybody
to their doors to learn the cause. With
them we're the matrons and those who
have the tots in charge.
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ohlcan Out OF Commission.

Nohican, after being in active
Tor ten years, has just been put
commission at the Mare Island
layy yard, were she will be re-
aad furnished with a new crank
Her men will be transferred to
ailon, which has been ready for
'slon for several weeks, and is
good shape. tits probable that
-non eventually will be sent to
10 relieve the bennington, for
+ ,efyce she is well fitted, being
'lea ship and SO not obliged to
\ ary dock frequently.
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Promotions inthe Navy.

|Sr5 N President :. has approved the
|mo,. g' National Examining Boards,
1o'lng The following officers tO the
- mentioned:
loa - Admiral, Leslie A. Beardslee;
oaofe' John A. Bowel, lieuten-
N rssHIInanders, Geo. w. Tyler, Perry
2 James X. Cogswell, John M;
N second lieutenante, John
!. n, Jay. Marsh, J5hn B. Bliss,
A. y Jungen; lieutenants of junior
9uy W. Brown, Marbury John
IN, marry A. Field, Albert M
frank X. Hill, Roger Wells,
e,eolcd y directors, Thos G. Wal
IN ~ se h Cook, George Woods;
RESISTANT surgeon, Louis T..
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An attempt was made Sunday morn
ing about 8 o'clock to blow up the
First Congregational Church, Of Green
Vile with dynamite. The charge was
placed under the cornerstone, but not
being put under far enough little dam
ACE was done. The supposition is that
The attempt was made for the purpose
Of obtaining q large sum of money that
il reported to have been deposited in
the cornerstone when the church Was
built.
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!. The commission Of Nicaraguan min
isters sent to Costa Rica with refer
ence TO the boundary question. visited
Port Limon Monday with President
lgiias. The city is en- fete in honor Of
the visitors.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

publisher, and who lives at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, was robbed Monday
night Of $40 in currency and 50, 500
IN certificates of deposit, by an un-
known colored woman in Omaha, Neb.
Ihe theft was committed in an alley.
Whitney notified the police.
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John Pope, foreman of the furniture
factory at Decatur, Ala, met horrl-
BE death Saturday morning. de was
standing under an ascending elevator
when the rope broke and the elevator
rushed down on him, mashing him IN
o uulp.
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Young; passed assistant

Young; passed assistant paymaster.
Samuel MCGOWAN; pay Inspector, Hen.
~ l.. Wright; passed assistant enci-
neer, Ward p. Winchell. Chief .En-
gineer Herschel Main and Mate Sam
uel Ghee have been retired on disabil-
ity incurred in the service.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

John Pope, foreman Of the furniture
factory At Decatur, Ala, met horrl1
lie death Saturday morning. de was
standing under an ascending elevator
when the rope broke and the elevator
crushed down on him, mashing hlm IN
to uulp.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

The board Of mayor and aldermen
OF Canton, Miss, let a contract for
putting in waterworks and electric
light plant at a cost OF $50, 100. The
Southern Electric Supply Company OF
New Orleans, secured the contract.
The plant will be owned by the city.
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,oo. 600 Feet Of Lumber Destroyed.

Fire broke out in the lumber yard
.,f JH. Grambling about two miles
vest Of Ruston, La, Friday night AZ
o,clock About 100, 900 feet Of lum-
~ was destroyed, much OF which was
= he used in the new school building
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

The Pope has approved the nominA-
t;on ~ the Rev. DR.. Kennedy, 70 De
rector of the American College rector
at Rome.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

Fmperor William, Of Germany ieit
The palace at 5 O'Clock Monday morn
mo 10 witness the army maneuvers'
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GEN. Gordon Issues an Order 70 inc
limited Confederate Veterans.

TTn1fed COnfederATC FFTVE"717
S~, GA-The Cotton States
.nd international Exposition is N re-
ceipt Of letter from Senator SoIn : .I.a
p Gordon, commander-in-chIei oI W llle
limited Confederate Veterans, MORN IN
mo them that he has instructed lpe m
ad;ntant-ceneral .S to issue general orders
49, TSau, The headquarters Of the United
nf.5a-ota ~ onr a., Veterans, announcing
Blue and Gray Day at the 1Ai'o''''o
on September n. 4.,,o caye ~
Atlanta is preparing to take cafs - ~
,he biggest crowd Of visitors On sAas s'las
nv ,las s1SG wS;ch mas visited the city SINCE
CEN ca sherman visited it with his army
in 1865
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

The Right Honorable Cecil Rodes,
the premier of Cape Colony, Africa,
although suffering with influenza, is
able to attend to his official duties.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-09-12

Iobn A R. Warner, Chinese inspec.-
Tor OF the part Of Portland Ore'' oeu
there AZ lidnight Monday
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~ Disbursements.

Iss nas between the congress
!, ''Ous treasury departments have
Ia nrmM condition. The sal
rent iot .men;, 81 the library for
|i mo, Il August were made 10y the
him mrtmcnt on rcquisiiions Of
y Smiord The report Of the
a,mmts for August viii be
pay tbid 10 the treasury this week.
he e,ll nent oi the old accounts had
rsrl- En- completed, but it Is ex-
ie soon.
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Indiana 20 be DoclSed.

nmp the builder Of the In
'A'A reply to Secretary Hcrbert's
rs pros to dock that hattleship in
'Indse Port Royal dock, has asked
,sn, b. furnished plans of the dock,
,ow s length, breadth and depth.
" = mation has been sent to him,
that The dock is quite large
y, YOU 10 receive the Indiana if she
r. vou !, the mr in the harbor. 1t
-. proposed to send the ship to
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w. ID. Whitney, who l. q travelling cling
nam for B. n. Collier. the New lOrA