Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-25
EASTERN.


Colorado healer.
Charles Durchek, n student at Wyo-
ming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. was talred
and feathered by fellow students for
stealing from their rooms.
According to New York dispatch, the
Clan-na-Gael is raising regiments in that
city and at Chicago. Cincinnati and other
places to fight for the liberation of Ire
land.
Steve Brodie. the bridge jumper. has
challenged Herr Ahlwardt. the Jewbait
err. to twenty minutes debate. agreeing
to forfeit 500 if he does not prove that
the Jews are q benefit to this country.
William A. Ambrose. the abscondinS
city solicitor of Altoona. Pa. left $780,
COO shortage in his accounts. OF this
amount the city loses $1,000 and the
building and loan associations of which
he was solicitor $4,000.
Intelligence reached Philadelphia on
Tuesday night that on Sunday the Ger
man ship Athena. from New York for
London, with cargo of napbtha. OK
plodcd off Cape May. Fourteen lives
were lost, including the captain. The
first and second mate and four of the
crew were rescued by the British snip
Tafna and brought TO Philadelphia.
The mystery of the disappearance Of
Alexander Houston. Louis Bechtold and
Frederick Fisher. the three hat inisherS
of Yonkers. y. Y. who went on fishing
trip to the Jersey shore, under the Pals
AIDES, Sunday was solved Tuesday night.
Their bodies were found at the bottom
of the Hudson River ut the foot of Park
street by employees of the Warning hat
shop. An upturned boat, a broken oar
and hat were picked up short dis
tance from Ludlow The hat was iden-
titled as that of Fisher. Joseph Wool.
with a crew of men, erappled for the
bodies, and at II o'clock they succeeded
in bringing Bechtold's body TO the sur
face, and soon the other two bodies were
recovered. 1t is supposed that while at
tempting TO make a landing the boat WAS
capsiZed.
Belated ships are arriving at Philadel
phia bearing evidences of the terrific gale
along the Atlantic coast. The British
tankship McXicano came in badly dam
aged. Capt. TAFT stood On the bridge Of
the ship without sleep for seventy-two
hours. The British tramp steamship
Marian. Capt. Grail. from Bilboa. Spain.
Nov. 20, arrived with cabins flooded, ey
erything movable washed from the decks.
two of the fifeboats stove in, sails carried
away and otherwise damaged. Capt.
Davis. of the British tank steamship lie
Cog. in port from Barry, reports expe-
riencing heavy east-northeaSt gales. The
tank steamship Megunticoak, from Phil
adelphia for Tampa, Fla. with coal. re-
turned to port in tow of the tug Mehcr,
leaking badly. The Pacific Mail steam
ship Newport, which arrived i'll New
York quarantine, brought word that on
the morning of Dec. 13 she fell in with the
disabled steamer Claribel, of the Atlas
Line. The Newport passed Il line to her.
but later the Claribcl east it off and sig
nailed to the Newport to proceed and re-
port TO the owners of the Atlas Line on
her arrival in New York.
Five men were killed and six injured
Wednesday morning by the explosion of
Il stcampipe on the American Line steam
ship st. Paul while the vessel lay at her
dock nj the foot OF Fulton street, North
River, New York. The dead are: James
Fawns, assistant engineer. of England:
- Manning. fourth assistant engineer;
Robert Campbell. machinist. New York;
George Williams, machinist, Hobokcn;
Daniel McCullion, machinists helper,
Brooklyn. The injured Frank YES
pers, third assistant engineer, RoXbury,
Mass; Andrew Heard, storekeeper,
Scotland; - Durham, machinist, En-
gland; \. FoSel, cleaner, Scotland; Ed
ward Wischcrt, engineer. AT tie time
of the accident. shortly after Z o'clock,
there were thirty men of the crew in the
fireroom and ten in the engine-room The
main stcampipc, which is three feet in
diameter, runs from the engine to the fire
room. 1t was this pipe which exploded.
The main stOp-valve was blown out. The
accident is believed to have been caused
by flaw in the pipe. Preparations were
being made for the sailing of the vessel
at IL o'clock. but fortunately none of the
passengers was aboard the vessel. The
officers say the necessary repairs Will
take 1T least Il week.
The great strike of Philadelphia motor
men and conductors of the Union Trac-
tion Company began early Tuesday morn
ing, and all lines Of the company were
practically tied up. President Welsh
says hundreds of men are applying for
work. Several ears were dcrailed. The
sentiment of the public is clearly with
the strikers. The company employs about
5000 men, twO-thrds of them members
of the Employees Association. The de
mand of the men is for a working day of
ten hcurs with 50 pay, reasonable time
for meals, protection from the weather
and recognition of their organization.
Before the strike in Philadelphia was
twenty-four hours old, the city was all
but i'll the hands of mob. The strikers
took but little part in the violence, the
rOwdy element doing all the damage
The police were utterly unable to cope
with the mob From early morning I'M
til dusk, as each branch line made dcsper-
ate efforts to start, bowling mobs sur
rounded each car, stoned and hOoted the
motormrn and conductor, smashed the
windows, cut the trolley ropes and wreak-
ed all possible destruction. Then the at
tempt was abandoned. Many persons
were injured by flying missiles, and
complete reports will include fatalities
and thousands of dollars worth of val
nable property destroyed.
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