davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
BATTLES AMONG MINERS.
Sanguinary Conflicts Between Two
Factions in Pennsylvania.
AN OUTCOME OF THE STRIKE.

Two Furious Fights in Which Guns,
Axes, Knives and other Weapons
Were Used-At Least Nine Men Fatally
Wounded, and Forty More Injured-
Many Ringleaders Put Under Arrest.
GIRARDvILLE, Penn. (SpeciaD.-At least
nine men received fatal injuries and posi-
| bly, two score others were more or less Sc
riously wounded in bloody riot here late
at night and early in the morning. The
battle was the outcome o. a quarrel over
the Hazelton troubles.
Thirty-six men are known to have bee
wounded and about fifty more are being Sc.
:reted by their friends, who fear that they
| will be sent to jail. Twelve OF the ring
leaders were brought before Justice Elias
Eissinger, and ten before Justice 81. B.
/ Johnson.
All were charged with assault with in
cent to kill, housebreaking, and rioting,
and were held In heavy bail for court.
| Many more warrants have been issued, but
| have not been served as yet.
DR.. Charles Schlesman attended to
twenty-five OF the wounded. nine OF whom,
, he says, will die. Drs. William Monogram
and Joseph Donaghue attended to four
teen others, and how many the other
physicians cared for Is not known.
Several hundred PolanderS board at Will
lam Culacabbage's hotel on Second street.
Joseph Cavendish Is proprietor OF hotel
at the east end OF town, where several hun
dred n ore Polanders make their headquar-
ters. Bad blood has always existed be-
| tween them for long time and the recent
strike troubles at Hazleton enbittered them
still more.
Culacabbage, It Is charged, and his fol-
lowers to the number of several hundred,
arming themselves with guns. revolyers,
knives, axes, and clubs. marched to Cayen-
dish's Hotel, where several hundred OF
their enemies were celebrating pay day.
The Cavendish men ascertsined that their
themselves hurriedly awaited their arrival.
After demonstrative march the Culacab-
page contingent arrived and Immediately
stormed the saloon.
Then bloody battle ensued. The men
! fought like demons; the shooting was fast
and furious; axes, knives, clubs, and other
weapons were used with deadly effect. The
battle lasted almost an hour, when the
Culacabbage gang was routed, leaving their
wounded behind.
Everything in the house was smashed,
and the floors were strewn with wounded
men. The walls were bespattered with
blood and shreds Of human flesh.
After the routed rioters had returned 10
! sheir headquarters the Carendish men
| armed themselves to the teeth and marched
20 their enemies rendezvous, where a bat
: lie still bloodier than the first ensued. The
police force and the constables OF the sur
:oui ding region were called to the scene,
,ut were unable to cope with the rioting
horde. who continued hostil:ties until
| morning.
The townspeople did not sleep wink all
hight, and while they watched the progress
II the fight during the night they made no
attempt to interfere. The residences OF
many citizens were damaged, and several
outsiders were wounded.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

at work on q levee being built near the
State capital, Baton Rouge, were arrested
and taken to jail.
The mail situation, however, is the most
serious. and the people Of this city intend
to ask President Mckinley to intervene. 1t
Is contended that President Cleveland.
during the big strike in Chicago. took such
a stand In the matter OF keeping up mail
communication as to prevent any trouble
from that cause, and 1t Is expected that
President Mckinley will put his foot down
on the small towns where a half dozen men
assume the right to stop passenger and
mail trains.
Mobile and Shreveport have practically
decided to conduct sanitary measures by
other means than heretofore used. Shreye-
port has been spending at the rate OF five
hundred dollars day for sanitary work
and maintenance OF quarantine guards.
She cannot stand the outlay any longer.
Mobile has undertaken drastic measures.
She will not stop the good work nor cripple
herself financially. To carry on the work
a practical system Of conscription will be
started, and men will be drafted for lin
tied periods for work on the streets and on
the guard lines. This Is another matter
which closely approaches the workings OF
war times, and recalls those half forgotten
DAYS. One thousand men are reported as
having been drafted for such duties to-day.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
CLAIMS A CENTURY OLD.
3ennsylvania Farmers Called to Pay
81 1000, 900 to the State.

eennsylvania Farmers Called to Pay
$1,000, 900 to the State.
In accordance with the provisions OF a
sew law many Pennsylvania land owners
are now being called upon by the State to
pay over about 81, 900 900 in cash owing to
the Commonwealth for over 100 years, and
they are much perturbed. The debt Is upon
tands bought from the State, part pay
ments on which only had been made.
Every county in the State is concerned.
Schuylkill County owes S23, 900; Lehigh,
$40, 900; Chester, 900; Lancaster, S70,-
BOO; Lebanon, s10, 900; Montgomery, s10,-
200, and so on. The forefathers OF famous
old Daniel Boone's father and grandfather,
who bought lands from Pennsylvania, ly-
Ing along the Tulpehocken Creek, Berks
County, failed to pay cent OF the purchase
n oney, and all this must he, paid by the
present innocent owners Of the lands,
amounting to quite sum. It must either
be paid In fifteen days, or it will be lien
upon the property. The father Of Daniel
Boone bought 160 acres in Cumree town
ship, near Reading, but paid nothing on It.
Abraham Lincoln's ancestors also bought
many acres in 1870, but they paid every
penny, spot cash, for all the land they bar
gained for. Hundreds Of farmers feel like
,ontesting these century old claims, but the
lawyers say that they had better pay them,
IS with the accumulating interest after
awhile the claims will be 80 high that theI
SAINT pay at all.
In some cases nearly every dollar OF the
farmers profits for tho season will be re-
luired to pay this Indebtedness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
rHE NEWS EPIToMl2ED.
waahinTton Items.

The President has made the following
appointments: Ex-Congressman Hosea
Townsend, OF Colorado, to succeed the
late C. B. Kilgore as Judge Of the United
States Court for the Southern District OF
Oklahoma; Charles A. Wilson, OF Rhode
Island, to be United States Attorney for
the District Of Rhode Island; BENJAMIN F.
Stone. Of Ohio, to be Consul at Hudders-
field, England.
Newton C. Bates, o. 8. N, has been ap-
pointed Surgeon-General and Chief OF the
Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery OF the
Navy.
The report ofthe Director Of the Mint
shows the total coinage executed at the
United States mints during September to
have been s10o44, ,449, classified "a follows:
Gold, SS.762. 1875; silver, 81 ,050, ,092; minor
metals, S231 .9S2. OF the silver coined $780,
050 was in standard dollars.
Secretary OF the Interior Bliss has ap-
proved the action of the Commissioner OF
Patents In disbarrinS John Wedderbrrn &
Co., OF Washington, from practising before
the Patent Bureau.
The monthly Treasury statement shows
that at the close OF business September 30,
1897, the public debt. less cash In the
Treasury, was 1,012. 122713, en- increase
since August 80 Of 1878 ,592.
During September the Government re-
ceipts were s21 .933. .096. and the expendi-
lures s25. 1865, ,s15, an excess OF expenditures
OF S3, ,435.717.
Since the recent shooting Of the colored
, Postmaster at Hogansville, Ga, the Ad-
ministration he's ceased appointing ne
groes to local offices in the South.
Secretary. Long, in his animal report,
will recommend to Congress that three
battleships and ten or twelve new torpedo
boats BIZ added to the navy.
President Mckinley and his party have
returned to Washington from their trip to
Massachusetts,.
Fire entirely destroyed the central power
station OF the Capital Traction Company In
Washington. Adjoining buildings were
gutted. The total loss Is estimated at
$500,
; Senator Wilson. of Washington, says that
a scheme Of government for Hawaii had
already been considered by several Sena-
tors.
Secretary Wilson will ask Congress for
q large appropriation for the Bureau OF
Annual Industry, the Farmers' Bulletins
and the Weather Bureau.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
OCEAN RECORD SMASHED.
New Steamship Kaiser wilhelm. Der
Crosse . Marine Marvel.

New Steamship Kaiser wilhelm Der
Groase Marine Marvel.
The Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse, the larg-
est ocean steamship aaoat, arrived on
Sandy Hook Lightship Sunday evening at
sos O'Clock, having broken all records for
the Western passage from southampton.
It was the maiden trip Of the Kaiser, and
she not only justified the great hopes that
were entertained foE her by her builders
and owners, but exceeded them in the
bargain. She crossed the Atlantic in five
days twenty-five hours and forty-fve
minutes, lowering the time between ports
one hour and forty six minutes.
The previous record held by the American
Line steamship St. Paul was six days thir-
ty-one minutes.
Not only has the big ship beaten the
Southampton record, but she has also to
the credit OF her maiden trip the fastest
single days run. On the nautical day end
ing at noon Sunday she reeled of 564 knots,
exceeding by two knots the fastest days
run by the steamship Lucania.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

The meeting grew out Of insults sd-
dressed by DR.. Wolf to the Premier during
q session Of the Unterhaus, involving .
charge Of "rascality.'
DR.. Wolf fought duel with swords On
NAV with Herr Horlca, q Czech member
OF the Unterhaus, as q result OF violent
scenes In the House between the Germans
and Czechs, In which personalities were ex-
changed.
Count Badeni was formerly Governor OF
Galicia. He Is a young and able Pole, but
very little known, even In Austria, until he
was Unexpectedly called upon to form q
Cabinet in September, 1895, when he as
sumed the duties Of President OF the CoCn-
Gil Of Ministers aud Minister Of the Interior.
His nobility dates back only to his father.
His mothers brother, a Count Mier, mar
ried tho famous German actress, Anna
wierer, who eventually left her large for
tune to her two nephews, Count Casimir
Badeni, the present Premier, and his younger
brother.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
OHIO VILLAGE FIRE SWEPT.
Two Men Lose Their Lives and Seve
Others Are Hurt.

Two Men Lose Their Lives and Seven
Others Are Hurt.
The village Of Bainbridge, Ohio, has been
the scene Of q disastrous Are. An entire
square. containing most Of the prominent
business houses, several handsome resi-
dences and the Methodist Episcopal Church,
was entirely destroyed, aud two prominent
men lost their lives in an explosion which
occurred in the drug store Of W. P. Boards
ley.
The fire was started In = barn In the rear
OF Peril Browns general store by two lit
tie boys who were playing with matches.
The flames spread rapidly. Inthe midst OF
the excitement q terrible explosion oc-
CURED In the drug store, and Mr. Boards
ley, who was trying to save some OF his
property, lost his life. His brother-in-law.
Thomas Higgins, who went to his rescue,
was unable to get out, and was burned to
death, while seven other men were more or
less injured, but none fatally.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
TWELVE MEN KILLED.

Miners Buried Alive by the Csving in OF
. Mine in Mexico.
The San Pedro Mine in the Corralitoa
group, twelve miles from FL Paso IN
Mexico, eaved in, killing twelve men. The
unfortunates were buried alive under
thirty feet Of rock and dirt.
The San Pedro is one OF the oldest mines
OF the group and rich with silver. 1t Is the
property OF the wealthy Corralitos Com
pany, the principal stockholders OF which
reside in New York. President Gerry, OF
the Rio Grande. Sierra Modre, aud Pacific
Roads, and J. Higgins, both Of New York.
are stockholders.
II the mine was not timpered the Mexi-
can Government would impose a heavy
fne on the company on account OF the
wholesale killing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
FIVE MINERS suFFocATep.
IOvsreone by "Biack Damp In Penn.
sylvania Mine.

IOvsreone by @Blaclx Damp" In . Penn
sylvania Mine.
Eiye men met horrible death from
j''blsck damp" the after accumulation Of a
Ilre. in the Jermyn No. 1 mine near Rsnd-
ham. Penn. The dead are Isaac Watkins,
;flre boss; William Thompkins, Joseph
6mith. John Gallagher and William Frank
Hin, conpsny men.
The bodies Of ali but Watkins were dis
covered by q man who went down into the
mine With supplies to combat the fire.
The men who lost their lives represented
one SHIFT" They went on duty at 8 o'clock,
and nobody knew Of their death until the
discovery Of the iifeless bodice. Not a man
IN the party survived to tell the story.
! In the case of each body the head pointed
AeFard the shaft, indicating that they had
8reped and strug: :led toward the shaft and
fresh air, while sudocation was overcoming
6hem.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
iNoIA'S GREAT ACCIDENT.

160 Persons Killed In the Railroad Smash.
Up in Southern India.
running between Bangalore and Mysore In
India show that $50 persons were killed.
Seventy others escaped death, but fourteen
Of them were seriously injured.
A train ran into demolished bridge and
dashed into the river, the boiler Of the en-
giue exploding. aud blowing the engineer
and fireman to atoms. Tha i've cars be-
hind the engine plunged into the flood and
most OF those who lost their lives were
drowned, though some were crushed be-
tween the Shattered cars.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
KILLED At A RAILROAD CROSSING.

Two Children and Their Driver Meet .
Horrible Death.
) Xsud Baldwin. six years old, and George
Baldwin, twelve years old, children Of
Robert L. Baldwin, orerseer Of J. Edward
Addieks's farm, near cIaymont, Penn, with
the driver OF their wagon, Mytoo Dobriski.
Were instantly killed by train. The horse
was also killed and the wagon was torn to
Splinters.
Dobrisd had started to the home Of Mr..
Addicks. They reached the railroad cross
lng at Carrefoft just as the express train
for Philadelphia was due. II is believed
that Dobrisd thought that the train had
passed, for he drove on the tracks. The
horse and carriage were hurled into the air.
and the occupants Of the vehicle were
thrown out and terribly mangled by the
wheels OF the train.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.

Judge Robert A. Van Wyck Nominated For
Mayor Of Greater New York.
At the Democratic City Convention City
Judge Robert A. Van Wyck, Tammany
man, was nominated by acclamation foe
Mayor OF Greater New York.
Bird 8. Coler, Of Brooklyn, banker. was
unanimously nominated for Comptroller,
and Colonel Jacob Rupert, Jr., Of New
York, son OF wealthy brewer, was chosen
for President Of the Council in the Same
manner.
The platform which was adopted did not
mention the silver issue, but denounced
trusts and the Rsines Excise Law, and de-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
A FARMERS AWFUL CRIME.

Murders His Wife and Six Children and
Gives Himself Fatal Wound.
John Boecker, German farmer living
eight miles from Carroll, Iowa, murdered
ais wife and five children and fatally
wounded his eight-year-old son, Henry.
Atterward the fenIish or demented man
sent bullet into his own head, inflicting a
'atal wound. The family were prosperous
Germans and, as far as is known, lived
happily. No motive for the tragedy has
5"en disclosed. Boecker's victims are his
wife and these children: Caroline, aged
fourteen; Christine, aged nine; Henry. aged
eight; Lizzie, aged six; John, aged three,
and an infant.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
AUSTRIAN PREMIER IN A DUEL

couns Radeni Wounded by DIR. Woln, the
German Nationalist Leader.
4 pistol duel was fought In Vienna
between Count Badeni, the Austrian
Premier, and DR.. Wolff, the German Na'
tionalist leader.
smooth-bore pistols were used, and the
conditions were that three shots were to be
exchanged simultaneously at twenty-five
Count Badeni was wounded on the first
FIRE. but not seriously. The bullet entered
the right wrist and came out above the al
bow.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Progressive League Clubs Of New York, tho
Peoples Party OF Kings and New York, and
District Assembly No. 49, Knights OF Labor.
Mr.. George had previously been nomf-'
mated by the United Democracy, composed
OF numerous free-silver and Bryan clubs,
which were active In the campaign OF last
fall. Mr.. George once polled $1,000 votes
as a labor candidate for Mayor Of New
York IL
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
mauded municipal ownership of franchises

manded municipal ownership Of franchises
and dollar gas.
Judge Van Wyck's nomination made I've
candidates in the field for Mayor Of Greater
New York, as follows: Seth Low, nominated
by the Citizens Union; General Tracy,
nominated by the Republican organization;
Henry George, nominated by the free sill.
verites; Patrick J. Gleason, Mayor of Long
Island City, candidate Of the "Battle-Ax"
Democracy, and Robert A. Van Wyck, cam
didate Of the Democratic organization.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
A NATURAL 6oNEsETTER.

Professor John Atkinson. Noted Enshsn'
man, at Work In New York.
Professor John Atkinson, bonesetter, has
,ome to this country from England to set
he bones and cure the deformities Of the
km:cted. Asa bonesetter he claims to have
no equal, He says he is not doctor nor
6rpeon. but lust a man who has studied
Sones and joints and the best ways OF treat
hr them, until he Is able to NOV them
6sck Into their normal form when they have
BEEN displaced or injured. Atkinson has
he most powerful pair OF hands in the
world. They may not have the greatest
amount of crude strength, although the
iests he can do by his mere grasp are no
mean ones, but he claims they are at ieass
the best trained and most capable hands In
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
GENERAL TRACY NOMINATED.

:Chossn the Republicaa Candidate For
: Mayor OF Greater New York.
Ths Republican City Convention nonin.
,,sted Benjamin r. Tracy, ex-Secretary o.
che Navy. Tor Mayor Of Greater New York;
I&shbel p. Fitch, the present incumbent.
lfor Controller, and R. Ross Appleton for
;pnsideRt Of the Council. Seth Low re.
,oeived forty-nine votes for Mayor. The
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Riley,s Costly Klondike joke.

Edward Riley, of Providence. R. l., gilded
a large lumb of coal, labelled it 10000 gold
nugget from Klondike," and put 1t in his
show window. Ten minutes later man
smashed in the plate glass window with .
paving stone, stole the nugget" and es-
capped
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
A Mexican Town Deluged,

Terrific rains have caused great damage
on the Pacific slope OF the Sierra Madros.
A torrent Of water swept down from the
mountains upon the town OF Candelero,
Mexico, washed away many OF the build
lngs, and drowned ten persons.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Winter Prospect For Gold Seekers.
Distr:ct-Attorney Bennett, OF Alaska,
says the lives of many gold seekers are
sure to be lost In White Pass this winter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Two Couples Lost In . Squall,

William Philips. Jr., eighteen years old,
Of Swampscott. Mass; Patrick G. Horgan,
eighteen; Bessie Corcoran, eighteen, and
Sadie Flynn, seventeen, all OF Lynn, were
drowned while sailing in the harbor at the
former place.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Slowed Away In Q Dark Corner.

Slowed Away In DARK CoVner.
The ship America has arrived at San
Francisco from Prince William Sound with
a cargo Of salmon, and slowed away in q
dark corner was the dead body Of one OF
her Chinese passengers. 1t had been hidden
by the other Chinese to prevent burial at
sea. The man had been dead week.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Thirty Fishermen Drowned.

The fishing feet which goes annually to
Iceland has just returned to its hailins
port. Dunkirk, Scotland. Ninety-six smacks
started, but only eighty-eigh came back.
Eight are lost with their crews, making .
total OF over thirty men drowned.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Rox Kills His Baby Sister.

Flora. the twenty-one-months old daugh-
ter of Ovid Carter, OF Peterboro, N. H., was
accidentally shot by her fve-year-old
brother. The boy was handling loaded
revolver, when it was discharged. The
bullet entered the girls head.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Gold Seekers On Bicycles

The stampede to the Whatcom gold mines
on SILICA Creek, in Washington, continues.
Returning prospeetors say that there Is .
continuous procession Of men, horses,
wagons and bicycles between Wnatcom and
Eight Mile Post, on the State trail.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Greece's Ministers Resign.

An Athens dispatch states that the
Premier of Greece, ". Ralli, officially ten
dered the designations Of the Cabinet Min
isters, and they were accepted by King
George.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Rhode Islander Choked to Death.
Michael Hennessy, aged about sixty
years, choked to death while eating sup.
per, at lis home. in Central Falls, r. /. A
piece Of meat lodged in his throat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Husband-"Do you need anything for
the houseT .Wife-"The cook says
there is not enough chips to last the
week out,"-L;fe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Bones OF. . Mastodon Found In Kentucky.
While excavating for pond on the farm
of L. Y. Harkness, near Donerail, Kys
workmen discovered the bones Of masto-
don. The skull is nearly three feet IL
diameter and the other bones In proper
tion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
Cultivation Of Sugar Beets.

From reports received on experimental
growths, Secretary Wilson, Of the Agricul-
tural Department believes that sugar beets
can be cultivated successfully in nearly all
the States OF the Union.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Senior Sagasta, the leader Of the Liberal
party In Spain, was called upon to form
new cabinet, and after conference with tho
Queen he declared his willingness to un-S
dertake the task.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07
SPANISH MINISTRY RESIGNS.

Premier Azcarraga's Cabinet Goes Out Of
Omce-Sagasta Called In.
A crisis has been injected into Spain's af-
fairs by the resignation Of the Cabinet.
The Queen accepted the resignation OF the
Ministers, but asked General Azcarraga, the
Prime Minister, to continue in onlce untfs
a solution OF the crisis could be found.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

!ff1ends OF Senator Piatt were in full con-
1xol. The platform reafirms the st. Louia
National platform and condemns Tammany
Hall. General Tracy appeared before the
Ieonvention and accepted the nomination.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Three Killed in . Boiler Explosion.
The boiler in the sawmill Of E. G. Dex,
three miles from Livermore, Ky., blew up.
Cold water rnn into the boiler caused the
aecideat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

washington's Wool Clip.
washingtons wool clip for 1897 amounts
to 6, 900 900 pounds.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-10-07

Sixteen Killed by . Boiler Explosion.
Sixteen persons were killed and several
Injured by the explosion Of boiler In a
sugar factory at Botfalu, In Hungary.