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La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31
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about 7 o'clock near Holmes. a
small station sixteen miles east OF
Trinidad. No. 4, the east bound
California limited, was two hours
late and while rounding a bad
curve near Holmes, four cars lett
the track and rolled fifty feet down
an embankment. The cars imme-
diately took fire from the explosion
of Pintsch gas tank in the COM
posite car and were entirely con-
sumed.
There were about forty passen-
gers on the train and how they es-
capped serious injury will always
remain a mystery. What remained
| OF No. 4 arrived in the city about
90 p. m. and Ave OF the injured
were taken to the local railroad
hospital. The injured are:
Conductor Boucher, OF Las We
gas, badly burned on both hands
and the face. His injuries are very
painful, but are not considered
dangerous.
Brakeman Frank Bope was seri-
ously burned about the face and
| hands and the hair on his head was
nearly all burned off. His cries of
pain were pitiful.
c. p Fairbanks, porter, of Chi
cago, received cut from broken
glass on the side OF his head and
was considerably burned on the
left side OF his face and his left
hand; condition not considered Sc
rious.
NJ ID. Baer, news agent, OF Kan
sas City, bruised on right hip.
David Willard, Chicago. dining
car waiter; bruises on right leg and
foot.
K. Egan, barber on the COM
posite car, Chicago; cut on back
of the right hand, bruised under
left eye, confusion of the right hip
and right arm.
ID. w. Grubbs, colored porter,
Chicago; confusion on left shoulder
and arm.
r. j. Bennett, Chicago; cut on
the head and left foot badly bruised;
his chest was severely squeezed.
f. ". f. Griffin, Kansas City;
bruised on the back and right side.
| Charles l.. Heberen, New York
injured over right eye and in thigh.
| NOT one OF the passengers was
seriously injured and all were able
to continue their journey on No. a,
which left here about 3 o'clock
DR.. Frank Finney went as far as
Coolidge on the train, and attended
those who were in need of his ser
vices. He says, however, that
none OF the passengers We're injured
seriously beyo7d being bruised and
shaken up, Nota bone was broken
in the wreck.
1t is claimed that the accident
was caused by the spreading of the
rails, but as the train was two
hours late, and the schedule time
is forty-fve miles an hour, it may
be presumed that the train was
running at very high rate of
speed and probably jumped the
track-the four cars being whip
lashed, term familiar to all bows.
The baggage car was on the rear
end, and the engine and one Pull
man passed over in safety. The
Pintsch gas tank which exploded
and set fire to the wreck was in the
composite car, in which were all
the persons who were injured.
The passengers on the train lost
all their baggage, and corpse
which was being taken from Los
Angeles to Harrisburg, Pa, was
cremated.
The wreck occurred on a curve
which is well known to all railroad
men running south, and of which
they have for long time had a
wholesome dread, most of them ex-
periencing feeling of great relief
every time they passed the place
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31
The City Council.

The city council convened We'd
uesday night in special session 70
close up the business for the year
La Junta tribune., 1898-12-31
KRIS KRINCLE'S

Headquarters for nuts and
candies is at Carlton & Tin
dall's store. A choice assort-
ment within reach OF all;
Black walnuts per lb -o5c
Large hickory nuts per lb -o5c
Shell barks per lb--o64 nc
Almonds per lb--- 2oc
Brazil per lb- -I2Hc
Pecans per lb---Ioc Ioc
Filberts per lb- -Isc
English Walnuts per ID ---IaKc
Fresh roasted peanuts per ID Ioc
CANDY.
Choice mixed candy per-lb- o7Hc
Peanut squares per lb---I I2Kc
Choice creams per lb I7Hc
Yankee peanut per ID. -I2Kc
Choice caramels per lb ---- Zoe
Jelly beans per pound I2Hc
Cinnamon inperials per lb I2Hc
Chocolates per 10 .I2Hc
Cake ornament, any kind
per Id -2oc
Stick candy per h. ----- Ioc
This is only partial list of our
Christmas Candies. We have the
largest and finest stock of candy
in La Junta.
CARLTON -TINDALL MER. co.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Ladies HandkercIiefs
me handsomest line of Ladies Handchiefs &C. each it
has been our pleasure to SELL - N -
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Men, best Linen Collars usual price &C. or for exc
our price is Ioc. each 49,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Linen Crash
Linen Crash the zoe grade in plain also striped beau
the yard. y INV ' ioi
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Straw Hats.
Mems Straw Hats reduced nearly one.ha1f
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29
Ladies Dress Goods.

Rough effects in Ladies Dress Goods-spring goods also
at II Hc the yard. $3.50 "
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Nacfne Spoon Cotton
The very best Machine Spool Cotton in coors and white
&C. per spool. Others get &C.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Ladies and Children's Black Hose
Ladies and Children's Black Hose, worth {
the pair.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29
Beautiful Organizes,

About pieces to day those beautiful nc Oroandes
price at '' NN' WV P''' 'h~
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29
Ladies Fine Shoes.


we nave a few pair of Ladies Fine Shoes size aH ,
e season or two old, that We will for &c. The
regular price On these goods 81 20 and e.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29
Millinery Goods,

Millinery Goods,
BOSS on Millinery. We have competitions Peon,a
heard Of prices fA"'is at un
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29
Men and Boys Clothing.

Men and Boys Clothing,
wy Men and Boys Clothing at prices astonis the natives
10 not mention prices prices without quality is LARGELY
Work but would respectfully suggest that YOU will sae
money on this as well as other lines BY invespano orr
terings before buying. sNs our OF
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Table Damask
:, Kea! Irish Linen Reached Table Damask 66 inches
WIDE FULLY worth 81, price CSC.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

Corsets,
Corses reduced in price good 25c Corset for nc
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-07-29

All Linen Damask Towels,
All Linen Damask Towels, worth aoc
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-07-07
SPANS BEST FLEET SUNK
Ceryera Made a Bold PLAY But Mas
Called Down by Schley.
CHRlSTOBOL COLON CAPTURED
Two Torpedo Boats Destroyed by an Ameri
can Yaent-i5OO Spaniards Captured
American Loss. One Killed.
Two Wounded.
COLON CAPTURED

Admiral Cervera's feet. consisting of
the armored cruisers Cristobal Colon,
Almirsnte Oquendo, lnfants Maria Teresa
and Vizcaya, and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers, the Juror and Pluton, which
had been held in the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba for ak weeks past by the COM
bined squsdrons of Rear Admiral Samp-
son and Commodore Schley, lies at the
bottom of the Caribbean sea Off the
southern coast of Cuba. The Spanish ad.
miral is prisoner Of war on the auxiliary
gunboat Gloucester (formerly Mr.. j.
Pierpont Morgsn's yacht Corsair) and
| 900 to | 500 other Spanish soldiers and
sailors, all who escaped the frightful car
mage caused by the shells from the Amer
lean Warships, are also held as prisoners
OF war by the United States navy.
The American victory is complete, and,
according to the best information OBJ
tainable at this time, the American veg
sells were practically untouched and only
one man was killed.
Admiral Cervera made as gallant
dash for liberty and the preservation OF
his ships AZ has ever occurred in the his.
tory of naval warfare. In the face of
overwh elming odds, with nothing before
him but inevitable destruction if he re-
manned any longer in the trap in which
the American fleet held him, he made q
bold dash from the harbor ut the time
the Americans were least expecting him
to do 30, and fighting every inch of his
way, even when his ship was ablsze and
sinking. he tried to escape the doom
which was written on the muzzle of
every American gun trained upon his
vessels.
The Americans saw HIM the moment
he left, and commenced the work OF de
struction Immediately. For an hour or
two they followed the flying Spanisrds to
the westward along the shore line, send
ing shot after shot into their bulls and
tearing great holes in their steel sides.
They showed no signals of surrender
even when their ships commenced to
sink and the great clouds OF smoke pour
ing from their sides showed that they
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-07-07

were on FIRE. But they turned their
heads toward the shore, less than a mile
away, and ran them on the beach and
rocks, where their destruction was soon
completed. The officers and men on
board then escaped to the shore a. well
boats sent from the American men-of-
war. and then threw themselves upon the
mercy Of their captors, who not only eN-
tended to them the hand Of American
chivalry, bnt sent a guard To protect
them.
One after another the Spanish ships be-
came the victims OF the American battle.
ships, and within two hours after the
first of the fleet had started out Of San
tisgo hsrbor, three Spanish cruisers and
two torpedo boat destrovers were lying
on the shore ten to fifteen miles est of
Moro castle. pounding to pieces. smoke
and fame pouring from every part Of
them.
Sampson is directed to send the prs-
oners to the United States. The enlisted
men and non-commissioned officers
among the prisoners are to be sent 10
Portsmouth, n. H., to be confined at
Seavey's Island.
SPANISH PRISONERS MuTISY.
After the destruction of the Spanish
fleet 4i0 men of the Maria Teresa were
placed as prisoners on the Harvard. For
some reason these men mutinied. Tho
officers and crew OF the Harvard were
prepared and the mutineers were fred
upon. SIX Spanisrds were killed out
right and twelve wounded This taught
the Spsniards u lesson and restored quiet.
The battle fought on June 18th at SAM
tiago by General Skaters army proves
to have been more disastrous to our
forces than was at first reported. Our
losses in killed and wounded are now
said to reach the enormous amount Of
/ 700.
General Shafier il now awaiting REIN
forcements before making another attack
on the city Troops are being hurried
forward as fast ~ possible.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-07-07
PROSSHR.

The wool warehouse has received
fresh coat Of paint.
Rev. :. l.. Burrll and son Robert left
for Sunnvside Saturday enroute to North
Yakima, where they will attend the Ep-
worth convention this week.
l.. u. Lspe il having a cellar i0x40 dug
just back Of Il. W. Il. Tay lor's store, over
which he expects to erect large hotel.
We understand that it is to have thirty
rooms. Mr.. Lape is now doing good
business in the harness line.
The new church is progressing very
nicely. The funds are coming in fairly
we'll. The donated labor is, however,
rather slow in coming in. The $3.50 from
the church extension will be sent in soon.
The grandest aud most successful 4th
ef July celebration ever held at Proaser
was witnessed here Monday The farm.
ers from all the surrounding country
came pouring into town early 10 the
morning, and At 10 O'Clock a parade was
formed winch VAS very imposing for
tewn the size OF Prosser. very fine
Grafton, brim foil Of patriotic ardor, was
delivered by County Attorney Vestai
Snyder, which brought forth all the pat
riotic enthusiasm Of the liberty loving
people. The program, consisting Of read.
ing the Declaration of Independence,
singing patriotic songs, etc. was well
rendered. After the program WAS con-
cluded the DAY was given over to sports
and games, a feature of which was
game of base ball, horse races, etc. An
interesting race was half mile running,
best two in three, in which the principal
contest lay between Browns sorrel and
Roberta gray horse, and WAS won by the
gray in two straight bnt closely contested
heats. All who were present pronounce
July 4, 1898, red letter day for Prosser.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Hugh C. Griffin, 10 years of age, waA
sentenced at Santa Rosa. CAL, to life i'm
prisonment for train wrecking.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco
are required to pay the policeman for
his trouble in taking them to Jail.
California mine owners assert the
gold output of the state has been cur
tailed at least so per cent. by a pro-
longed drought.
Oliver Clement. aged IS, of Poplar
Bluff, Mo-, has married Mrs. Hannah
McGinnis, aged so. She was his step
mothers stepmother.
Though one of the youngest general
officers in the confederate army Gen.
Wheeler was the oldest in the national
service against Spain.
The death of Col. Amos Webster, in
Washington. leaves Gen. Horace Porter
as the only surviving member of Gen.
U. S. Grants personal staff.
Nine. Adelina Patti-Nicolini an
nounces her betrothal to Baron Corder-
strom. Swedish nobleman. The mar
riage will take place next February.
The Alabama congressional delega-
ton has decided to put forward Repre-
sentative John H. Bankhead for the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the next house.
Thomas Greenwood Kershaw, leader
of the Christian Science church of Ia
coma, Wash, died of acute pneumonia
as result of his refusal to receive medi-
cal treatment.
The workmen of the Libby Glass COM
pany in Toledo, O., have completed the
largest cut glass bowl ever made in the
world, for presentation to President
Mckinley. 1t weighs rs pounds.
Prof. Henry Van Ingen, the artist
| who had been art instructor of Vassar
college since its opening in 1865, died
suddenly of angina pectoris at his home
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. aged 65 years.
John H. Buchanan, captain United
States navy, retired, enlisted in the navy
10 years before the civil war and served
with Dewey. At Fort Fisher he raced
Lieut.. Bob Evans up scaling ladder.
The steamship Monarch cleared from
New Orleans for Liverpool with the
largest general cargo ever carried from
that port, embracing 20,630 bales of
cotton, 12S,O00 bushels of corn. 10000
slaves.
Sarah Bonnell, an Aboline (Kan.)
young woman, has received legacy of
half million dollars from New York
friend interested in her musical educa-
ton. She will go to Paris soon to COM
! plete her musical education.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
LATER.

According to a dispatch from Shang-
hal, the British admiral has hoisted
the Union Jack over Ting-hai, capital
of the island of Chusen. and over sew
eral other islands in the Chusen archl-
pelago.
The battleship Wisconsin was sue
cessfully launched at the yards of the
Union Iron Works at San Francisco,
Cal, the Goth. Miss Elizabeth Stephen
son did the christening.
Constructor Hobson arrived at Wash
casting away of the Maria Teresa. He
reports that the ship is a hopeless
wreck.
Part of the boilers on the river steam
er L. c. Walker exploded near Stock
ton, Cal, killing five persons and
wounding 20 more. Most of the pas
sengers were in bed at the time of the
accident.
1t is reported that three negroes
were lynched near Meridian, Miss.
They had attempted to kill a white
man.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, the noted pastor
of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, has
announced his determination to retire.
A fast freight on the Norfolk &
Western railway went through a bridge
near Riverside, Va, killing Fireman
Joseph Stearns and fatally injuring
Brakeman Winger.
Fire at Cambridge, Mass, destroyed
the quarters of the famous Dickey
club of Harvard college. The club
loses many fine paintings and valuable
articles of ric-a-brac, the value of
which is difficult to estimate.
In his annual, Secretary of War AL
ger will recommend that the strength
of the regular army be fixed at 100, 900,
and that natives of Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines be enlisted.
A ST., 000,0 600 syndicate will absorb
all the elevator manufacturing con-
Germ of the country. The consent of
all the concerns which it is proposed to
include in the deal has been secured,
an underwriting syndicate has been
formed, and the details of the plan
have about all been worked out.
A record breaking November blizzard
swept over the greater portion of New
England Saturday night, November
Goth, completely deparalyzing tele-
graphic and telephone communication,
while the Northwestern gale, coming
on high course of tides, drove the sea
far beyond it's usual limits and made
mark along the shore exceeded only
by the memorable hurricane of 1851.
Thirty barges and vessels were wrecked
in Boston harbor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30

Ten thousand fishermen living on
Etrup, northern Japan. were on the
verge of starvation.
Santiago de Cuba celebrated its first
thanksgiving. All the ships in the har-
Dor were decorated with bunting and
the day was practically observed by
the Cubans.
Oriental advices say that the houses
destroyed by fire at Hankow October /
numbered more than $4,000, and that
$500 persons were burned to death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
DOMESTIC.

A. Quimby, leading business man
of Des Moines. Ia. dropped dead on a
street in Chicago. -. -.
Josiah Bowers. near Rochester. Ind,
fatally shot his son-in-law, William
C3rr, and then killed himself. A quar-
rel was ahe cause.
The anti-cigarette law passed by the
last Tennessee legislature has been
declared constitutional.
Gov. Scofeld has appointed Joshua
E. Dodge, of Milwaukee, as justice of
the supreme court of Wisconsin.
One of the most terrific storms in
years was raging in the lake region and
throughout all the western states, and
the temperature had fallen from As to
60 degrees nearly reaching the zero
point in some places.
A fire in the pork packing establish
ment of John P. Squire G. Co. at East
Cambridge. Mass, seriously injured II
men and caused a property loss of $780,
COG.
\ large portion of the business sec
ton of Perry. Ia, was swept away by
fire. the loss being over 100000.
j. C, Keough, formerly tax collector
in Holyoke. Mass, was arrested on the
charge of embezzling $4,000.
George and Ed Cotter, married farm
ers, were found frozen to death near
Ash Grove. Mo.
The prize fight in New York city be-
tween James J. Corbett and Thomas
Sharkey ended in fiasco, the latter be-
ing awarded the fight on foul.
Rear Admiral Joseph N. Miller, re-
Gently detached from command of the
Pacific station, has been placed on The
retired list,
Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau, in his annual report says over
1900, 900 forecasts were distributed
during the year, exclusive of those
printed in the daily papers.
The post office in Cleveland, o.. was
robbed by sneak thieves of $1,100.
Fire in Princeton, Mo-, destroyed the
new opera house and three other bust
ness buildings on the public square.
A prairie fire burned over an area Of
Is miles square in Indian territory.
causing loss of $250.000.
A party of IS gold seekers, including
Rev. Mr.. Weber. Moravian mission
airy, were massacred by Indians at the
mouth of the Kuskown river IN Alaska.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PO-
Iitical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
WAR NEWS.

The report that the insurgents have
captured Iloilo, capital of Panay, in the
Visayas group of the Philippines, is
declared untrue.
President Mckinley has decided that
the Spanish ordnance captured by the
American army and navy shall be di-
vided between the two branches of the
service.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin received a cable
message from Gen. Otis at Manila an
nouncing the arrival of the transport
Figilancia with all well on board.
The commissary department dis
patched the steamer Bratten from Sa-
vannah with 700 tons of provisions for
the starving people of Cuba.
The war department has made con-
tract with ]. w. Overton. of Texas, for
furnishing beef to interior garrisons of
United States troops in Cuba at 9A
cents per pound.
Gen. Carpenter, with 700 cavalry, took
possession of Porto Principe. The city
was formally surrendered to him by
Gen. March. the Spanish commander.
Notice has been received from the
spanish evacuation commissioners Cnat
it will be possible to turn the city of
Havana over to the military authorities
of the United States by December 90
News was received in Madrid that
Gen. Rios, governor of the Visayas
islands. had been killed by the insur-
gents at Iloilo.
Complete returns show that in the
Santiago campaign 267 Americans were
killed and 1,43S wounded.
The Madrid Official Gazette publishes
a decree accepting the resignation Of
Marchal Blanco as captain general of
Cuba
It was said at Paris that Agoncillo,
the representative of Aguinaldo's gov
eminent, was going to Washington to
ascertain the intentions of the United
States.
The members of the colonial cabinet
il Havana rendered their designations
to Gen. Blanco.
The cruiser Buffalo sailed from New
York for Manila by way of the Suez
canal.
A dispatch from Madrid says that the
cabinet has authorized Senior Montero
Rios to sign the treaty of peace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
Nine Were Drowned.

London, Nov. 26.-The local steamer
Jitz James. bound from this port for
Swansea, foundered Thursday morning
off Beachy Head, in the English chan
mel, during gale. Three of the crew
were rescued. the remainder, number
ing nine. were drowned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Mrs. Susan Sanders, aged 107, died in
the house she was born in on Chucky
river in the Watauga valley in Tennes-
see.
The official count on the late election
in Nebraska gives Poynter (fus.) for
governor a majority of 2,721.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
May Cable Her Husband.

Paris, Nov. 25.-Mme. Dreyfus, the
wife of the prisoner of DEVILS island,
has been authorized to cable to her hus-
band.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-11-30
EQREIGN.

The ashes Of Christopher Columbus
left Havana on the steamer San Angus
tine for Spain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-24
How Fish breathe.

Fish do not breathe air. but the life
supporting constituent Of air-oXygen
gas-which is soluble in water to the
extent of 8 volumes in 100 at ordinary
temperatures and in 100 at freezing
point.
The water containing the dissolved
oxygen is made to pass over the gills,
where it is separated from the blood
only by very thin membrane, through
which the gas is able to pass.
Fish in ice-bound rivers have to de-
pend entirely upon this store Of oxygen
for their respiration, and if it becomes
exhausted they are suffocated, just as
we should be if deprived of oxygen.
1t rarely happens, however that any
considerable area of water is entirely
covered with ice, especially in the case
of rivers Holes and cracks are al
most sure to occur here and there, by
which the oxygen of the air can reach
the water and become dissolved in it.
During a long frost fish may always be
found congregated beneath air holes in
large numbers. They are there to
breathe.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-24
Samoas Snake si,as.

Samoa. it is we'll known. is one of the
very few islands in the Pacific where
snakes are found in plenty.
None of the reptiles here, however,
are venomous, and in consequence the
natives show absolutely no fear OF
them
Their Indifference to the reptiles Is
made most markedly manifest at the
hamlet of Iva, on the northeast coast
of Savail.
The dancing girls of the place are in
the habit of employing the snakes for
personal adornment in their dances.
They tie them about their necks, their
ankles and their wrists, festoon them
in their head-dresses. and tuck few
extra ones in the belt in readiness to
replace such as may escape in the
dance.
At their best these sivas danced by
the Sanoans are revolving shows or
savagery. 1t can be easily imagined
that they are made no more attractive
by the village maid and her crew OF
attendant girls careering round adorn-
ed with an assortment of writhing red
snakes