The evening times., 1896-08-21
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The Colorado Prohibition State cppyen-
non nuopred resolutions In favor Of the free
coinage~a ~at silver at tpe ratio Of l s-to Il.
+ William Doxin, aged q, !. was fpqpd dead
M the -ktreet Ff Bloomington, NJ. yes
terday. He is believed to have been muir
dered.
Marcus E. Harris, of New York. who is
said to have been the firxtpersorr tUrecog-
nize the value Of the famous peach-blow
vase, is dead.
All the banks In Newfoundland refuse to
acGept American silver coin, owing to the
uncertainty OF the financial and political
problems IN the United STATES" :"
William Gisiss. OF Dennisvtile, Cape May
county, Pa, was killed yesterday IL the
freight yard OF the Pennsylvania railroad,
at The foot Of Bridge avenue, Camden.
DR.. Snyder, an American missionary, In
the employ of the Southern Presbyterian
missionary board, ciaims to have disco 'ered
d new lake ia the Congo region oiAfrica.
John Ceolsy, OF Leiperyiile. a lsborer en-
plcyed on the Philadelphia, Wilmington 6
Baltimore Railroad, was. struck and in
stantly killed BY an engine yesterday.
A telegram from Larissa, Greece. says
that the Turkish troops have massacred
eighty old men, women and children in the
villages OF Trumbuno and Komino, Mace
dopta. ~. rieY. $50 r--.-~4 s,s
Harry n. Wing, booIkcepcr for the State
Savings hank Of Butte, Mon, was arrested
last night On the charge OF. embezzling
funds from the bank to the amount of
SO,1OU.
The Democrats and Populists OF Idaho
have agreed upon basis Of fusion, and all
that now rcruairs is for the Democratic con-
vvntioR to officially ratify she-agreement
arrived at.
james Wright. OF Sharon, was run over
by switch engine on the Pittsburg, She
mango and Lake Erie railroad at Green
vile yesterday and cut to pieces. He tried
| to board 1t while 1t was movingeaDd lost
his grip and fell beneath. ,a
Ell Pool, seventy years old, OF Skippack-
Vile, Pa, died Wednesday night of teta-
nus.., About two weeks ago be mashed a
finger while at work carpentering. The
wound was thought to be healing until Tues
day, when he became i'll -- .iet -
A beautiful monument was unveiled yes
| terday af Powbatan Court House, va, in
memory OF the fallen members Of the
Powhatan troops. Judge John H. Ingra-
ham made the address OF the day. and Miss
Annie McRae werth pulled the cords that
released the veil.
By an explosion of molten metal, caused
| by water in the mods, at the Edgar Thom-
| son blast furnaces, at Braddock, Pa, yes
/ terday, three men, John Dirnen, Joseph
| Lovik and Mike Starko, Hera- plasterea
| with the liquid iron and badly burned.
| Four other workmen were tess SGrf66sly
| injured. e=-,S.-s--~-rs1,
| The boiler OF the steamer Monitou, at
Clark's Lake, Mich. exploded last evening
while carrying over 100 pasaengers to
Mich. and Robert Tawse or O wUss6. MirSf.
were badly but not fatally scalde'i.- "A
number OF the passengers jumped into the
! lake. but all were rescued.
| JohnU. Croweli, a aged six vt xoy ye ars ,vas
killed at Reading, Pa, yesterday afternoon.
\ He was foreman of the repair department
OF the Keystone Wagon KoIks.w IhesAsig
| or dumping wagon had been elevated
to be repaired, aid wilhelm efwweh.sfie iead
was underncalirsit gave away .elpsRipg him
| to death. y
Discussion aud study attbe rf,oney qf1es-
ton has drive1 Milton Y: Ache. Ot., South
Bethlehem, ,Pyas aged twenty three years.
insane He lAeame- suddesy nsau at IFS
fathers home. he shuck rs fathcz.s sNat,
thias Ache. i9stVe faces f6ufug nm df61ii'
scous to the fhor. AsSaA naadman SHas
about to attacksthe faNis his brother ar
rived and overpowered hfm, 'ss-
At $50 last night dfawher-s0ns the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern freight
train No. 9S, east bound, pulled out, drop
ping On the track, throwing stassstxa4 esxs
next to the caboose over to The west-bount
track An extra freight west Was pass
ing and ran into the TIC, -caxs. klilips
Fireman Harry Hall OF chiliicoyhe, while
Engineer West was uninjured Abouss sis
cars were demolished. r.s,-.<~-as~-.,s 20
While walking along the beach at Sea
Breeze. near Bridgeton. n. J.: Charles ~oot
and Frederick lavis, jr. 1.-Two OLA SAcht
ing party, picked up bottle of gun
powder. Wood stuck tin Tie SAND ant
placed lighted match in the. neck Of ths
bottle. q an instant an explosion occurred
Wood was struck in the face aHf had one
side OF his lace torn off. al. eye blown c1
,irely out and was terribly cut on his arms
and body. Davis was badly cut all osef'isiI
head, face and neck and also on his body
Woods recovery is doubtful.
William Coleman, of Peach 'B5stush. Fss
saw an unusual spectacle ius The roaa yes
tert,ay. 1t was that ola large black snaIi
irving TO swallow a ciever=s4zetf~ gusses
snake. The dust in the roadshowe'i strug
gle had occurred between the reptiles. Tn
black snake had swallowed the head an,
a portion of the garter snakes body. Cole
manpickked up the snakes sandcarriedt them'
half-mile. Several persons saw him try t
shake the snakes apart, but without success
He threw them TO the ground, when tn
garter snake backed out of its close Quar
,ars n MI both crawied away.