The leader., 1897-08-11


has fled a sensational plea for divorce
in the Douglass county court. She set
up that on May 81 last, while she was
confined to her bed, Harvey Boone
bribed her nurse to drug her, and
while she was stupefied he came to her
bedside with a minister and license
and they were married.
THE men at the Reading iron plant
at Danville, Pa, who recently struck
against a reduction of wages, have
finally agreed to accept the reduction
| and go to work. Seven hundred men
were affected.
THE grand stand at the White Horse
race track near Lancaster, Pa, gave
way just as the winning horse passed
under the wire. There were fully p
900 men, women and children on it and
hundreds of them were buried in the
debris. Over 200 were injured and four
! killed.
A NIGHT Waterman at Homestead,
n. j., heard woman shrieking 81 am
burning up; save me-" He rushed TO
her rescue, beat out the flames and
picked her up, but she was dead. 1t
proved to be his wife, who was the
victim of a lamp explosion.
AT the free-for-all pacing race at
the Columbus, o., driving park on the
9th there were four starters-.Joe
Patchen, Star Pointer, Lottie Lorrain
and Badge. Joe Patchen not only won
the race on its merits, but paced the
fastest mile ever made in the Grand
circuit, equaling the worlds record of
2:0l made by John K. Gentry at Glens
Falls.
A TERRIBLE disaster occurred recent
lv at Remembering, Russia, town
on the river Dneiper Owing to the
high stage of water in the river a
women's swimming bath anchored
along the bank was swept away. The
bath was occupied at the time by 400
women, 200 of whom were drowned.
TIE long-standing breach in the
Ancient Order of IIibernians in the
United States, which occurred in 1884,
has been closed and the i95, 900 mem
bers of the order are again affiliated
under one head. The union was effect
ed at joint conference of the national
officers of the rival factions held in At
lantic City, n. j., on the 9Th.
JURsE PERUVIAN was legally hanged
at Hattiesburg, Miss, for assaulting a
woman.
The commissioner of the general
| land office is having a new map made
of the Alaskan country, which will be
| of the greatest value to persons con-
| templating trip to the gold regions.
1t will show all the rivers and lakes
and all the routes to the gold fields,
including those through British Co
lumbia. The maps will be out in 4
couple of months.
AT Philadelphia over 200 wheel.
men had registered at the national
headquarters of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen on the 5th. Owing to
rain the all-day run to Valley Forge
was abandoned
ABOUT 200 girls and women struck
work on the 4th at the Fulton bag and
cotton mills at Atlanta, Ga, because
the president proposed to put negro
women to work with them. Some time
after the men employed in the mills
walked out in sympathy with the fe-
male operatives in obedience to the or
ders OF their union. This forced the
closing down of the factory. About
| 500 men, women and children were
GIGected by the strike.
THE fast nver on the Kansas Pacific
railway was wrecked about daylight
on the Sd about 40 miles east of Dem
yer, Col, and two trainmen were killed
and ten passengers badly hurt.
Heavy rains of the previous evening
had carried away portion of a bridge
which spans Comanchc creek between
Byers and Strasburg, and the engine
plunged into the abyss and was fol.
lowed by several cars.
AT Aberdeen, S. d., over 100 tramps
took possession of a freight train. but
were finally dislodged by the police.
At Groton, 5. d., tramps terrorized the
town after big fight, but were jailed
at last
TIE report that Chief Quanah Parker
had been killed and robbed by a gam
bier was false. 1t originated in the
fact that the chief was one of several
Indians who had trouble with outlaws
and that Running Antelope, Co.
manche, was injured by being thrown
from his horse.
wholesale cigar merchant at St Louis,
had her throat cut from ear to ear with
a butcher knife by her insane daugh-
ter. The daughter was found upstairs,
chuckling over the terrible deed. 1t
was supposed the crazy woman's con-
dition had been made worse by the in
tense heat.
DURING fight between tramps and
the crew of Sioux City & Pacific
freight train between Sergeant Bluffs
and Sloan, Ia, brakeman Harry Rob
ison was thrown from the top of car
and may die. The tramps were beat
en- off.
The miners of the Ohio & Mississippi
Valley Coal & Mining Co. at Marion,
H., struck for raise of ten cents per
ton for digging, secured it and returned
to work within two hours.
GERALD ALLEN, aged 20, poured hot
coffee on the breast of man named
Miller to awaken him, in squatters'
camp near Linn Grove, Ky. Miller
then seized pistol and killed Allen.
The Rock Island passenger train,
Chicago bound, was recently stopped
by hailstones near Ottumwa, Ia. which
rolled on the track in the cuts. Every
window in the train was broken. Crops
were cut to pieces.
FIRE broke out in E. T. Bells store
at Lewisburg, w. Va, destroyed no.
tel, two banks, two drug stores and
ten other buildings Loss, SO, 900; in
surance, S25, 1000. The fire was inceli-
diary.
THE state department at Washington
has paid over to an Italian official
Sc, 900 as indemnity for the lynching of
three Italians at Hahnville, La, by an
American mob.
GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP.
1t is said that Corinne received $685.