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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
CAUGHTIN THE COG WHEELS
Fatal Accident to u Superintendent Of an
Indiana Pulp Works.
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Muncie, Ind, Jam. 10.-Superintend-
ent Charles Cunningham, at the Mum
Gle Pulp works, attempted to cross over
the top Of a big vat near pair of
3-foot cogwheels last night. He lost his
footing and fell.
His feet were pulled between the cogs
to the knee. The two two limbs clogged
the wheels SO that "a belt broke and the
grinding ceased. The man was held
fast for nearly ten minutes before the
other workmen could get the wheels
apart. There is no hope of his recov-
cry. He has a family, and is 25 years
old
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
FIRE IN A GIRLS SCHOOL.

Some Sick with Measles Rush Into the
Cold Streets Half Clad.
BY tho United Press.
Chicago Jan. 10.-Over 100 girls were
driven from their beds at a. m. today
by fire, which damaged the upper story
of the Chicago Industrial School for
Girls, at Prairie avenue and Forty
ninth street.
None of the girls were injured but
several are likely to die from exposure.
Measles had been epidemic in the school
and about twenty-five Of the pupils
We're i'll. They, with the others, We're
compelled to rush to the street in scant
attire. The fire was extinguished with
slight damage to the building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
THE OLIVES WE EAT.
Our Consumption Of Them Increasing
Every Year.
BY the United Press

Every neuT.
BY the United Press.
Washington, JAM 10-The consump-
tion of olives in the United States is
increasing rapidly as "a result of the i'm
migration of large numbers of people
from Southern Europe within the past
few years. This fact Is enlarged upon
by United States Consul Adams at Ca
diz, Spain, in report to the depart
ment of state. He shows that the
value of the olives sent to the United
States from the one province of Seville
last year was S326,SS4 and the quantity
was about 150 900 bushels.
This years crop Is short about 25 per
cent. The consul thinks the duty of
20 per cent imposed by the new tariff
act will not materially affect the vol
ume of imports and that the treasury
will be clear gamer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
CARS FALL FROM A BRIDGE.
Traffic Delayed for Several Hours on the
Eric Railroad.

ETC KUIITOUu.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Carbondale, Jan. 10.-A wreck on an
Ontario and Western switch at North
west today delayed traffic for several
hours on the Erie railroad.
The switch runs over bridge above
the Erie tracks and several coal cars
fell from the bridge to the tracks be-
low. Nobody was injured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
GUS THOMAS, OUTLAW, SHOT.

The Southern Desperate Killed by a
Drummer" -
BY the United Press.
Memphis, Jan. 10.-Meager details
have reached here of double killing
in Hardin county. Gus Thomas, the
most famous anu desperate Of south
ern moonshiners, was shot to death by
a commercial traveller named Steel,
who In turn was shot to death by a
party Of Thomas friends. The drum
mer was taken for a revenue spotter
and the tragedy followed.
Thomas brutally murdered DIR. Martin
Of Kentucky at Red Sulphur Springs
q week ago. and Is also the same person
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
BIG CLAIM AGAINST SIAM.

s. J. Check WANTS S1,OOO.OOO for a
Breach of Contract.
BY the United Press.
San Franslsco, Jan. 10.-Among the
arrivals In this city yesterday was 8. j.
Cheek, of Bangkok, Siam. who Is en-
route to Washington I'M connection with
a s4,OOO.OOO claim for damages against
Siam. The case Is sensational, and has
been pending before the state depart
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-11
WEATHER REPORT.

For eastern Pennsylvania. rain; winds
becoming westerly.
The herald., 1895-07-30
RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED
The "Crime of a Century" Stop
ped on the Stage
TRAGIC DOMESTIC DRAMA
of Marriage
Wholesale Thief Claims as an Excuse
That She Was Hypnotized by
TRAGIC DOMESTIC DRAMA
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO. July %. The prin-
cipal feature of the Durrant case today
was the defendants application for
judicial order 10 prevent the production
OF play called The Crime of Century,
based upon the Emanuel church murder.
The prisoner alleged that ths perform
ance advertised for tonight would infiame
popular feeling agalns. him. The pros
ecution Joined with the defense in re-
quest for restraining order. which was
granted. The work of securing jury
proceeds slowly. OF the thirty examined
today none were accepted. Few a:e
challenged for believing in the prisoners
guilt. The majority are excused for their
unwillingness to accept as convincing.
uircum stantial evidence.
The production of the play entitled The
Crime of a Century. whichIwas placed on
the stage at the A;cazar theater. was
stopped in the0 middle of the third act.
just at the point when Dubois, the ch ar
acter who is supposed to impersonate
D,irfant, was. about to-.dExs-a young wo.
man to the beifry of the church. Sheriff
Whelan and rive deputies marched on the
stage and arrekted the performers. eleven
in all. The manager of the theater was
also placed under arrest. The manager
stepped before the curtain and made a
speech in which he claimed ne had right
to produce the play. but he was taken in
to custody nevertheless tor disobeying the
order made by Judge Murphy restraining
him from putting the piece on the stage.
All gave bail in the sum of $1,000 each and
were released. great crowd attended
the performance, which was Missed at in
terValg --s
The herald., 1895-07-30
THE SPORTS DON'T MIND 1T
Governor Culbers0n's Edict on the Big
Mill
Pools Established Everywhere Where Odds
Can Be Obtained on Corbett or
Fitzsimmons

NEW YORK. July Ex-Governor Gull
berson's edict adverse to pugilistic en-
counters in the state of Texas does not
seem to have chad much effect on the
sports. They all believe implicitly in
Dan Stewards ability to bring off the
big fight at Dallas.
AS side shows the O'Donnell and Smith
fights have alsu engaged tho interest of
the sporting fraternity. In the hotels
tonight the admirers of pugilism gathered
and discussed the points of Stewards S
scheme coming out on top Word was
received from New York tonight tnat
pools had been established in New Or
leans, San Fra nci SEQ. Louisville. Hot
Springs. Memphis, Galveston, Jackson
vile, Atlanta, Pittsburg, Philadelphia,
Chicago. st. Louis. Cincinnati, Denver.
st. Paul. Pueblo, Kansas City, El Paso,
Chattanooga, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo.
Columbus, indianapolis, Boston and
New York, where the following odds
can be obtained: $500 to 5000 againts
Corbett; $500 to $500 against Fitzsim mons !;
5000 to 500 against O'Donnell; 500 to
$500 against Maher; $500 to $500 against
Ryan; $500 to $500 against Smith; S400
to $500 that the Corbett FitZsimmons
bout does not last twenty rounds; $400 to
$500 that the O'Donnell Maher bout does
not last twenty rounds. and $400 to $500
that it exceeds twenty rounds; $400 to $500
that the Smth-Ryan bout does not last
twenty rounds and $400 to $500 that it
exceeds twenty rounds.
Combination beetting-$500 to 500 Cor
bett to win and to pick the other two
winners; $500 to $1,000, Fitzsimmons to
win and pick the other winners. Backers
of the DOCKS who are confident that Gov
ernor Culberson's recent proclamation
will hold offer tempting odds Of $500 to
500 that the fight will take place IN the
state of Texas. In sporting circles to-
night the majority of those who are on
the inside express themselves as being
perfectly satisfied that Stewart knew his
business and Dallas would get the fight.
The herald., 1895-07-30
BAD CONDITION OF A ROAD
San Francisco and San Mate0 Line Is
Dilapidated
The 1ineral Question Will Tie Up Over Half
niiiion Acres Of Land Claimed
by 1t

SACRAMENTO. July 90 William
Clayton. attorney for the receiver of the
San Francisco and San Mateo railroad
company. told doleful tale today to the
state board OF equalization of the horri-
BILE condition of the electric cars. trolley
wires and roadbed of the system. He ex-
planned that the company had forty
seven years of franchise life to live. but
that the road was in fearfully dilapi-
dated condition. Competition of other
electric lines had cut into its recei pts $50
per day. The cars and equipments OF
the road were roughly used.
He estimated the roadbed at S42. 95S !;
the cars at $50, 800; the franchise at $l5c0.
Assessor Siebe Of San Francisco had as
sessed the Metropolitan railway system at
$lS11 per mile, and that system has iron
poles. The rails would not be worth
more than 40 cents per hundred pounds !;
$4,000 per mile would be a very high valu-
alton. Mr.. Clayton incidentally gave the
board some interesting information.
Thus, that the cable car system of San
Francisco was eighty seven miles of sin
gle track. and that the Valencia road
took in $500 dav before the Mission
street line was built.
The herald., 1895-07-30

summaries as follows for the past week:
The average temperature for the week
ending July 29th was: Eureka, So;
Fresno. 81; Independence, 80; Los Ange-
les, 20; Red Bluff, 81. Sacramento, "a;
San Francisco, So; San Luis Obispo and
San Diego. 66. AS compared with the
normal temperature there is a deficiency
shown at Fresno of one degree; San Fran
cisco. 9. and Los Angeles 3 degrees, while
atyEureka, Red Bluff and Sacramento it
is SHOWN that the normal temperature
has prevailed during the past week. No
precipitation has been reported from any
point in the state.
The conditions OF crops remain about
tie same, practically speaking. All grain
crops are reported short as compared
with the average yield. The great wheat
growing belt in Butte, Sutter and Y uba
reports the shortest and poorest crop OF
cereals in many years, while the San
Joaquin valley reports the shortest crop
Of cereals tLis season for many years.
The fruit crop is also shoit. but tine lin
ing (higher prices) attached to that de-
pressing cloud, brings hope and Joy 10
the producers or growers in the great
fruit belts of the state.
The herald., 1895-07-30

Fresno county court house at $3.50 o'clock
tonight was practically under control at
II o'clock. and the destruction was not
nearly so serious as was anticipated. 1t
looked at first as though it would be i'm
possiole to save any portion of the build
in, on account of the fact that the i'm
mense dome which surmounts it could
not be reached at all by tho firemen, and
that when it CAME crashing down through
the center of the building the flames
would be irresistible. In falling the
weight of the dome came down upon
the south wing. and in that portion of
the building the principal damage was
done. There were burned in that wing
the three superior court rooms and the
judges chambers. Below these the
offices of tho supervisors. treasurer. au-
ditor, district attorney and the tax col
lector were saved by the fireproof floor
above them, the damage in those offices
being caused by water. All the central
halls and stalrways were burned. The
north wing of the building. including
the hall of records and county clerk, s
office, was intact being only slightly dam
aged by water.
No close estimate of the loss can be
made at this time. it being variousy
placed at from $40, 900 to $4,000. 1t is
fully covered by insurance. None of the
walls appear tu have been damaged
which will materially decrease the higher
estimates of loss.
There we're no serious accidents during
the fire, and the iremen did all that was
possible to stay the progress OF the flames,
handicapped as they were by the burning
dome beyond the reach of water, and a
lack OF ladders to scale the nigh building.
The cause of the fire is n mystery, but
it probably originated from cigar stub
in the tower by some late visitor. where
il had smouldercd after the closing hour
until the fire broke out.
The great loss in an otherwise prac-
tically tireproof building is attributed to
the folly OF surmounting with veritablo
fire-t.ap in the form OF wooden dome.
The herald., 1895-07-30
MACEO Attacks J|GUAk
Cuban Insurgents Dispersed IL
the SOngO District
HEROIC DEFENSE OF SABANA
Forty Soldiers Calamity Fire Their Last
Cartridge
Captain General Campos Accords Full Am>
nesty to Political and War Prisoners
Under Sentence
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special wire.
HAVANA, July 29.-It is asserted here
this afternoon that Antonio Maceo, at
the head of 5000 insurgents. is attacking
the town of JIguan. near Bayamo,in in the
province of Santiago de Cuba. General
La Chambre, withE20O0 troops. has gone
to the relief of Jiguan. No further infor.
nation is obtainabe at present.
The guerilla forces of the Songo district
and detachment of men from Cuban
regiments numbering 100 soldiers has dis
persed the insurgents near Songo. prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba, the enemy leav-
ing two killed on thef field. Lieutenant
Tarave ra. in command at Baracoa, hear
ing the insurgents had burned the village
of Sabana. not far from Baracoa. In order
to force the garrison to surrender left
Baracoa recently in steamer having on
board 300 soldiers. and landed at Mata
bay under the, protection OF the cruiser
Alsedo. which shelled the woods. The
troops then starteu for Sabana and met
and dispersed the insurgents who left
eight men killed upon the field. On the
side of the troops only four men were
wounded. The garrison of Sabana made
e heroic defense and was many hours
without water. Lieutenant Talaverd, fear
ing Baracoa might pe attacked. re-em.
barked his troops, having previously dee
stroyed the fort at Sabana.
Antonio Maceo, with 5000 insurgents.
recently attacked the fort at Bayara. The
garrison. consisting of forty men. made
gallant resistance until they had fred
their last cartridges. after which the sol
diers broke their weapons into pieces so
they should not fall into the hands of The
insurgents for use. 1t is rumored that Z
tilibustering expedition has landedat Car
tunos.
Before leaving Manzanillo for Cienfue.
gos, Captain-G eneral Martinez de Cam
pos pardoned all political and war pris-
oners. Those released include many un.
der sentence to be shot according to mill.
tary law and others condemned to impris-
onment in the African colony. The cap
tain general has granted three montbs'
leave of absence to General Salicedo, who
will leave shortly for Spain.
The herald., 1895-07-30
Campaign Against the S. r.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 29.--A. H.
Ricketts,. attorney for the California Min
ers' association and chairman OF its com =
mite on the protection OF public lands,
has opened q new campaign against the
Southern Pacific Railroad company by
fling the preliminary papers in a cum
test which will take the settlement OF
existing differences between that ccrpor-
alton and mine owners under the origi-
nal government grants practically out of
the hands of the local federal officials in
the future. The papers were served TO-
day upon William Singer. ir,. acting for
the Southern Pacific company. They
consist OF duplicate copies OF brief, no
tices of appeal and statements of error,
the originals OF which were sent to Wash
ington by registered mail at the same
time. Unless something interferes to
prevent il in the meantime. this proce-
dure will bring the mineral land question
into the courts and tie up over halt a
million acres of lands now claim I'd by the
railroad for an indefinite period.
The herald., 1895-07-30

wagon stall from which the dainties are
dispensed during business hours was
tilted up at the farther end, and in the
house was man and woman hard ut
work in their manufacture.
Great bundles of cora husks were stored
on one side OF the room, strings of red
peppers we're useful ornament to the
wall surface in places, and various other
of the necessary ingredients were distrib-
uted about "he woman was busy grind
ing the chiles, and the man was indus.
triously superintcnding the cooking OF
the sea-gnll. chicken. or whatever that
elusive tactor is that you hunt through
the layers OF husk and corn meal so in
dustr,ously for and so seldom find much
OF. Near the door sat another woman,
grooming over little baby, and about her
clustered several other children of vari-
GUS sizes and ages.
1t was a home pinched with poverty
and wasn't very neat, but it was clean
morally, and the inmates had a commu
nifty interest in their work that was re-
fIeshing.
Everybody knows those fascinating
doors, the upper half of which invites
one to enter by standing open, and the
lower half. by remaining steadfastly
closed, seems at the same time to with
draw the invitation. AS we approached
one Of these doors in an adobe block on
Upper Main street. after leaving the ia
male makers abode. the brigh t, CHEEKY
face of Mexican boy of 18 or 10 appeared
at the upper half and recognizing my
companion as his friend. invited us both
most courteously to enter. We gladly &C
cepted. took the seats he offered. and
while he went to call his mother from
the 'other ROOM" for there are only
two in every suit in those blocks, looked
about us.
The furnishing was of the simplest
description. and tho necessary and
ubiquitous bsd was part of it; deep
niche in the adobe wall was fitted as
shrine, but vases of flowers stood about
and when the mother came from her
kitchen to greet us. followed by ner hus-
band. the family group made most
agreeable acquisition to the setting, that
was i'm IN ediately made still more agree
able by the Young man who produced
guitar and with sweet. strong voice
sang some Spanish songs as only a native
-can sing them. He is an active member
OF the Prima Vera, or young mems club
that meets each Wednesday at the set
Element home. He earns his living in a
brick-yard. and his clothes showed the
result of his days toll. but he was a
gentleman just the same; his hands. face
and hair had been carefully laved and
brushed, and his mother loved him. and
he her. just as much as if they had lived
in st. James Park.
In all tne calls we palO, ana Cne!e were
lot of them. we received the most
gentle cordiality and openly-expressed
appreciation. In each case there was
something interesting. yet in all poverty
was on every hand. But the very
meagerness of the life and resources OF
the people showed how much the kindly
neighborliness was to them. and he way
they talked and what they talked abon
was sufficient proof of the tremendous
and lasting good that the earnest mon
and women are doing among the class
they have reached with their neighbor-
illness, their camaradere.
MARIAN DE CREQUY,
The herald., 1895-07-30
-(san Francisco Chronicle.

almost everything charged against him,
and even volunteering things of which
they knew nothing, and all the while
laughing as gayly as skylarKing school
boy who took his arrest as a huge Joke.
Any reference to the manner in which
he eluded the skilled detectives would
throw him into fit of hilarious laughter.
Last Saturday Brady told the officers
tnat he had pretty good idea where the
treasure stolen from the express train
last October. near Sheep Camp, in Yolo
county, could be found. He WOULD not
admit that he had had anything to do
with that robbery, and SAID he got his
information of the affair from his friend
Browning. with whom he had associated
for several years. But today Brady made
a clean breast of it, admitting that he
and Browning had robbed the train near
Sheep Camp. He told his story in such
manner that there can scarcely be any
doubt as to Its truthfulness. For while
the officers thought he was talking for
notoriety. Now they have reached the
conclusion that he was willing to tell ev-
elything in order that he might be able
to save his neck.
Brady gays tnat before holding up the
passenger train they went out on rail-
road track and experimental with somc
torpedoe placing them in front of a
freight train. They worked satisfactor-
Ily. ailu tne next HiSHI tley WcnI Oul W
hold up the express train Just before
il reached the point selected by them for
their work the track walker came along.
and they pressed him into service. The
robbery was easier and panneu out far
richer than their fondest dreams had led
them to anticipate.
Right after the robbery it was concluded
by the officers that the Grill had been
committed by skilled railroad men an d
it was believed that it was the work of
desperate strikers. This conclusion was
reached because the men who committed
the robbery rode away on the locomotive.
handling it in q manner which con-
vinced the engineer that experienced
railroaders must have had charge of it.
This belief was so strong that thu move
ments of many ex-railroad men were
closely watched by detectives.
Brady, in his confession, assured the
ficers however. that neither he nor
browning knew anything abou. running
q locomotive. They simply trusted to
luck and luck favored them all the way
through.
They ran the locomotive close up to the
town of Washington. he said. took off
their treasure reversed the lever and
then sent the engine On the back track.
At'that time they had no idea that they
mad captured a fortune of $53, 600. They
imagined that the great bulk of coin was
composed almost entirely OF SILVER. After
The herald., 1895-07-30
DOLLY'S EXCUSE
A Wholesale Female Thief Claims That She
Is HypnOtiZed


PORTLAND, Or. July 29.-Dolly Ag-
new, the young woman confined in the
county Jail on charge of larceny, cnly
one of the many similar previous esca-
pades. has made the startling claim that
she is subject to hypnotic influence.
She claims that William Woodward
forces her to steal in spite of herself.
When she is released from Jail here she
is to be taken to Tacoma to answer
charges of Wholesale thievery from lodg-
ing houses and hotels, and her friends
will endeavor to show in defense that
she young woman's criminal career for
the past two years IS due to the peculiar
power exercised over her by Woodward.
her accomplice in some of the robberies.
She is an intelligent young woman, and
claims that her father. whose name is un-
known. is banker and ex-aldeIman of
Chicago.
Dolly would have been placed in the
penitentIary tor the greuter part of per
life months ago. had it not been for the
sympathy in her behalf exeited on the
authorities to good advantage. Wherever
the woman stops she never sleeps unless
she secures a goodly amount of pelf. She
earnestly declares that she means to be
good. and would not do wrong but for
Woodward's subtle power, which she
saws has driven her into trouble again
and again. Her stealings here and on
the souno aggregate thousands Of dollars.
The herald., 1895-07-30

taking out and dividing $1,000 they
buried the remainder of the booty. Then
they made their way to the river where
they stole a boat. Not having any oars,
they used the butts of their Winchester
rifles for paddles and crossed the strea m
to the Sacramento shore. They had pre-
viously destroyed their masks and linen
busters, which had served them as dis
guise. by throwing them into the fire box
of the locomotive.
They buried $1,000 of the money and
their rifles in the northern part of this
city, and remained here several days.
Then they went and got the $1,000. On
another occasion they went after the
rifles. out some one had stolen them.
While he was in Sacramento, Brady paid
500 for bicycle. Browning went to San
Francisco and he followed him several
davs later. There they led fiotous life
spending their money on women and
wine. They made a number OF trips to
Holo county to get the remainder of the
buried treasure. but were never able 10
locate it.
Brady was this afternoon taken to
Marysville. accompanied by Sheriff John
son and Detective Hume. He will be
tried for murder of Sheriff Bogard. There
was a great crowd at the depot TO catch
glimpse of the shackled bandit. He was
in happy, laughing humor.