The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-26

their homes after the first shock, built
lbonilres in the streets and camped out
all night.
In many parts of the county landslides
have occurred, blocking roads, changing
streams and causing general disorder.
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| CINCINNATI. o.. Nov. 16-Mr. Leon
ard s. Smith, president of a manufac-
| turing company, received a letter full
of threats of atrocities to be commit
I ted on his six-year old son unless Mr..
Smith would buy immunity with $4,000
| cash. The letter directed that the
money be placed in an envelope and
/ left at designated point at an APP
pointed time. MIR. Smith took counsel
and left an envelope as directed but
with blank paper instead of money
within, and placed man on watch
Two men appeared, but did not take
the envelope. apparently being satisfied
that trap had been set for them. Mr.
Smith and his wife are greatly agitated
and their fear has been communicated
to the neighborhood In Avondale. this
city, and all keep close watch over their
children.
''iNiN, I IT., NOV. H. ne southwest
ern Express on the Northern Central
Railway was wrecked last night by
charge of dynamite placed under the
tracks near Black Ridge, a short dis
lance north of York. The train was
running at the rate of forty-tve miles
an hour when the explosion occurred.
Passengers were panic stricken but all
escaped uninjured. a piece of rail two
and half feet long was blown off and
two coaches We're derailed and drawn
over the ties distance of 200 feet be-
fore the train was brought to a stop,
The engine had its headlight blown off
and the windows of the cab were shat
tered. The trucks under the express
car and the day coach were badly
wrecked.
hole was blown in the road bed
large enough to bury a man. Where
the rails We're broken they were cut off
as if done by shears.
The wreck occurred at one of the
loneliest spots between Harrisburg and
Baltimore. The police of this city adj
vance the theory that the robbers had
set the dynamite for the Buffalo ex-
press, which is said to carry consider
able money, but for some unaccountable
reason that train passed over the
charge without exploding it.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.-Reports
of the dastardly attempt to wreck the
Express on the Northern
Central branch of the Pennsylvania
Railway were received at the office of |
the company this morning. Detectives |
We're ordered to begin operations from
York and men We're also sent from this |
city and Harrisburg.
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NEW YORK, November IA special |
to the Sun from Columbia, S. c., says: |
One thousand lashes upon his naked |
back quickly brought death to Nathaniel |
Williams, an eleven-year-old boy of Sum |
ter. The body of the child was found |.
tied in the house of Nelson Shaw. IA ne |
gro He had evidently died under the |
lash. Shaw left the place after realiz-
Ing what he had done, and sent n doctor |
to the house. coroner's jury found |
that narrow heavy strap of leather had |
cut into the fish like a duh knife 300 and !
odd times, and II was estimated that I'm I
all 1890 strokes were given. Shaw was I
arrested, and, as there was danger of /
his being lynched he was hurried off to !
laiL no reason IS assigned for the crime
1t Is said to be case of wanton cruel ,
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oGpENSBURG, n. y. Nov 1G-Col- I
nnoi william II. Powell l.. $. A.. retired :
lied at Sacketts Harbor today. II" en-
tered the army as a private in 1861, and
won his first commission the same year
He became colonel Of the Ninth Infantry
In 1897, and was retired at his request in .
1899
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SPENCER, Iowa, Nov. l6-rhc Green
Vile bank, nine miles south, WAS robbed .
Early today. The vault doors were blown
open and the robbers took all the money
and papers. The bank Is owned by the
First National Bank Of this city. The
amount taken Is not known. but the
iamage to the vault and building was
4, 900. There is no clue.