The leader., 1897-11-17

loaded at Girardville station, Pa, the
other night Enoch Davis, Henry Jones'
Edward Davis and Frank Grady, all
young men, were struck by an engine
Enoch Davis and Henry Jones were
killed and the other two seriously in
jured.
THERE were 273 failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th, ac-
cording to Bradstreet's report, against
25s for the corresponding week last
year.
\ SPECIAL freight train on the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids Il Northern rail
way struck three-wheeled railway
yelocipede, carrying man and two
women, at New Liberty, Ia, the other
evening. Fred Lausen, section boss.
and Matte Schulsen were instantly
killed. Annie Schulsen, the other wom-
an, was not seriously hurt
THE two CARRIER boys at Guthrie
Ok, played with a stick of dynamite
which they had found, when it ex-
ploded and blew them to atoms and
wrecked their house.
A FAST freight on the Rock Island
struck a COW at Renfrow, Ok, derail-
ing the engine and several cars. En-
was killed.
JOSEPH KELLEY, one of the Great
Falls bank robbers and self-confessed
murderer of Cashier Stickney, was SEN
fenced to 30 years Imprisonment at
Dover, n. H., on the 18th.
JOHN BREWER, apparently dropped
dead in front of a grocery store at
Henderson, Ky, and was carried into
a back room and the coroner summoned.
While the inquest was in progress
Brewer sat up and suggested that
further proceedings be stopped.
Brewer said he had been seized with
an attack of heart disease.
A MEXICAN boy named bernardo
Salazar shot am; probably fatally
wounded two old women and two lit
tie girls at Brownsville. Tex. There
was no cause assig ned for the deed.
A WEDDING party of 80 persons, re
turning from church at BielostCk,
Russian Poland, in a huge wagon
drawn by eight horses, was struck oy
a train while crossing a track and not
a member escaped death.
FIRE destroyed the department store
of w. A. c. Boldt & Co., at Chicago,
known as THE Lion" causing Sl6O, 600
loss. Several small cottages were
crushed by falling walls, causing an
additional loss of s., 900.
j. c. DARRAGH, former presidents of
the Kansas City Safe Deposit and siav-
ings bank, which failed on July II,
1898, was found guilty on the 11t1 of
receiving deposits when he knew the
bank was insolvent and his punish
ment was fixed at two years in the
penitentiary.
SECRETARY ALGER has approved the
estimates for coast defense work sub
mitted by Gen. Miles and they will be
submitted to Chairman Cannon, of the
house committee on appropriations,
some day before the opening of the
session.
IT was rumored at st. Louis that a
d cal is on hand whereby the Wander
bits will acquire the Toledo, st. Louis
& Kansas City railroad, commonly
known as the Glover Leaf"
the lower branch of the Philadelphia
city council the other night when the
vote of rs TO 81 was announced to give
away for 30 years the gas works, worth
$40, 900, 900. Cries came from the audi
ence in the gallery of SHANE, "bribe-
takers robbers" ''perjurers, etc,
and there was storm of Kisses such as
had never before been heard in the
chamber. The police were called on,
but they were powerless to stop the
demonstration against the councilmen.
AN association composed of business
and professional men all over Iowa
has been formed to present great pc
tition to the state legislature for a
change in the exemption laws relating
to married men, so that bills may be
collectible from every man, whether
he is the head of a family or not.
JAMES SIMPSON, engineer, and John
Robinson, fireman of freight engine
on the Burlington & Missouri river
railroad, were blown from their cab,
near Crawford, Neb., by the explosion
of the engine boiler and both instantly
killed. The engine, which was pulling
out 'dou ble-header," was completely
THE state lunatic asylum at Milledg-
vile, Ca, was burned on the 9th. The
700 patients in the building were saved
by the heroic work of the citizens and
tiremen.
The New York Herald stated the
other day that one of the biggest COM
binations in the country was being
quietly organized, namely, an alliance
of the companies engaged in manu-
featuring insulated wires and cables
for electrical purposes.
brewery representatives. held con-
ference at Kansas City, Mo-, to discuss
a plan OF attack ON the prohibitory
laws OF Kansas at the next session of
the legislature.