The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 05, 1886, Image 2
The Philadelphia News gloats over the
fact that the Quaker city has a bigger
heet of plate glass than New York, but
it thinks that Philadelphia architecture
''makes the city a laughing stock."
I
' The printers in the calico-making mills 1
f the Connecticut valley have a very |
close organization in each neighborhood, 1
and will not impart the secrets of their
trade to any but their own sons and
the sons of members of affiliated organizations.
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r A young lady teacher in the high
school at Tiffin, Ohio, accomplished the
feat of whipping thirty-five boys, rang- I:
ing from nine to fourteen years of age, i t
in fhirfv-fivA minutes. Next dav she I
wrote an essay entitled "Woman the | >
weaker vessel," and that night sat up j 1
with a young man six hours. But, de- >.
spite her many talents, she can't vote. I 4
Frank Boling of Cherokee, Kan., j
threw himself on a feather bed that lay j <
on the floor during a thunder storm. He j ;
neglected to draw up his legs, and his ' <
feet were touching the floor, when the : ]
lightning struck the house and played I j
about his feet, burning them and knock- ' ]
ing him senseless. That part of his body 1 ]
that was on the bed was not hurt, and a ; 1
child lying by his side was uninjured, j All
of which may be used to show that j \
feather beds are good places of refuge in j ]
thunder storms. j 1
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A traveling snake charmer says that it ;
is easy to win the confidence and affec- : ^
tion of a youthful boa, or anaconda, as i
they are not venomous or vicious, and ; ,
can only exert their power of crushing by j ,
getting a purchase with their tail on j 1
something that will offer sufficient re- i ,
I J
6istance after they have completely coiled (
themselves around the limb or body of j ^
their intended victim. If surprised or an- |
noyed, they may bite, but can do no seri- j
?us harm thereby. Their tongue is as soft j 1
and slippery as velvet.
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A singular enterprise is announced? 1
namely, the formation of a company with , 1
$1,000,000 capital stock to dredge the . <
Carson river, in Nevada, for quicksilver . ]
and amalgam. Eighteen miles of the rivei i 1
bed have been located. It is estimated ! <
that ten per cent, of the bullion product j (
of the Comstock mines has flowed as tail- ! ?
> I
ings into the Carson river, and that at : <
least $40,000,000 will be recovered. The j (
TM-rtrvriofnr hna ^rpflorps at work at New l L
t""l ? O" -- .
Grenada which have been successful in 1
recovering much treasure from the rivei j Z
beds, ! r
4? ====== i (
In acquiring Burmah, England has got j .
possession of vast forests of teak, which, j
never plentiful in India, was becoming j .
commercially very rare. Of all the woods I ^
grown in the east this is the most valua- ;
ble. It is neither too heavy nor too |
hard; it does not warp or split under ex- j ^
posure to heat and damness; it contains !
an essential oil which prevents its rotting J ^
under wet conditions, and at the same i j
time acts as a preservative to iron and i j
repels the destructive white ants; it is, j c
withal, a handsome wood, of several va | j
rieties of color and grain, and takes a j
good polish. !
The Xew York Graphic remarks, edi- j ^
torially, that i'electricity has now comc | *
into use so generally for illuminating J 1
purposes that it is somewhat strange that j (
no successful attempt has yet been made ; J
to apply it to the lighting of railroad j '
trains. One of the most disagreeable !
things about railroad traveling is the of j
fensive odors given out by the ordinal1}
oil lamps. This is especially the cast j '
"with sleeping coaches, where, as a gen (
^ eral rule, the windows are closed, ano (
the traveler wakes up in the morning
half smothered with the close, smoky at ]
-Biosphere. Electric lamps would d< J
away with this sort of thing, and th< <
man who succeeds in introducing a 6yg- 1
tern of electric lighting in our railway <
cars will be hailed as a benefactor,'' '
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A most extraordinary memory is that j
of Hans Von Bulow, the pianist; in fact, J
it is said that there is no musician alive 1
who can approach him in the ability to
carry in his head piano and orchestra) j
scores. One of the most remarkable ex
hibitions of his memorizing powers wa;
given in a recent series of concerts a<
London, where he played the Sonatas ,
of Beethoven, thirty-three in number, al ]
mfp nf fivp nr si* each niffht. with I 1
out notes. It is said that on one occa i j
sion he conducted a performance 01 ' ]
Wagner's famous "Xeibelungen-Licd,' I ]
which occupied four consecutive even j
ings, and during the entire representa
tion he did not require the assistance ol
ao much as a scrap of print or manu
script. lie knew every note of the mas j !
ter's composition, and all that he had to
do was to devote his attention to the orchestra.
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One of the strangest sights of London ,
is the yearly collectiou for the hospitals
on Hospital Saturday. In almost every
corner of the great city and its suburb*
are to be seen ladies seated at small
tables set on the sidewalk. A large placard
is attached to the table soliciting 8 j
contribution. On the table is placed a j
box with a slit in the lid through which i
a penny can be dropped, and on the box i
5s printed the words, "For the hospitals.'- i
The lady does not solicit contributions. |
She sits on a chair beside the little table, j
sometimes knitting complacently or has i
a book in her hand. Often a couple ol '
little girls act as solicitors and modestly j
request the passers-by to remember the ;
sick and the wounded. Ladies of the j
highest social standing do not consider it J
beneath them to attend to contribution ;
boxes on Hospital Saturday. These lit- j
tie tables obstruct the crowded thorouglifares.
They are on the bridges and along
busy streets, but everybody cheerfully
gives way for them, and few pass them
by without dropping their mite in the
box for the hospitals,
"The sway of the gamblers," says the
New York correspondent of the SaD
Francisco Argonaut "increases in New
i'ork every d ay. Many of the gamblinghouses
have been re-opened, and all the
card-men who have recently been run
Dut of Philadelphia and Washington
have come here. They are clannish to
the last degree. They move up and down
Broadway in pairs, infest the best restaurants,
stare women out of countenance,
and stand in small battalions in front of
the St. James Hotel. They are a welldressed,
scrupulously neat, carefully
gloved, and a polite body of men, but
they are a unit when any one of their
members gets into trouble. It is rather
odd that a gang of gamblers should
wield such a power in New York. The
secret is found in the fact that a great
many have a strong affinity for Wall
street men, and they are all hand-in?lovc
with the local politicians."
A goose which had just died at Stuttgart
left the flock, while still a gosling,
md resolved to have nothing more to do
with its companion geese, but to try a
new way of life for itself. So it boldly
1 - " 1? ~ TTU1?~
marcnea into ine uarrut-Ks ui ? umau
regiment one day and stationed itself
next the sentry box. The Uhlans were
touched by the goose choosing to ally
svith their corps, and built a shed for it
l.o live in. For twenty-three years
aeither threats or persuasion were able
:o separate this bird from its adopted
regiment. "When the corps changed
quarters the goose went with them, and
R-hen the Uhlans went to fight for their
country the desolate creature took up for
i time with a battalion of infantry; but
ao sooner did the first Uhlans enter the
town than the goose marched out to
meet them, and went with them to her
Did quarters. Since her death she has
been stuffed, and is to be seen in a glass
:ase on the gate of the barracks of Stutt
jart.
Statements derived from official
30urces place the total wheat product of
[he world last year at 2,100,000,000
oushels. Of this aggregate Europe is
iredited with raising sixty per cent,
argely in Russia. British India produces
fourteen per cent. The exporting
countries altogether raise almost one-half
)f the total of the world's product. The
separate figures are given as follows:
3reat Britain, 82,000,000; Russsia, 209,
)00,000; Chili, etc, 23,00U,UUU; Austral- |
ts:a, 37,000,000; India, 288,000,000;'
United States, 357,000,000; and Canada, I
15,000,000. Total, 1,033,000,000 bushels.
That is about twice the size of the largest
:rop ever raised in this country. Accordng
to the Detroit Tribune, "These totals
>f the crop of the world show that there
s far from being an over-production of
vheat, and that there is no likelihood of
iny such thing happening. The enornous
aggregate given is, after all, but a
>ushel and a half to each inhabitant in
lirt (r\y a ronr'o Qiinnltr Whilp thf*
1-lC U1 1U XVI Mr J V,U* w * J J .. ??:onsumption
of the English-speaking
)eople alone is about five bushels per
lead per anhuin. If, then, all peoples
should be induced to use more wheat for
'ood, double and treble the largest total
product ever reached could be consumed
;or bread and seed. The value of wheat
Defore it was moved last year was equal
:o $1 per head for the entire world's pop
llation. Evidently, there is yet room to
levelop trade and open the way to dispose
of all the wheat surplus it is possi*
jle for the United States to produce."
Importance of the Hen.
For the year 1883 the poultry product
Df this country was $560,000,000. Undei
in equal division each man, woman an 1
Dhild in the country would have paid
over one dollar to the poultry farmers.
But we paid more than that, for we imported
aiout half as much as we proiuced.
China alone sent us 12,000,000
eggs. These are tremendous figures.
Our poultry interest, it seems, is more
than double the value 01 the dairy inter?st.
It was worth iu 1883 $150,000,000
iioVe than the cotton product of that
year. In the past two years a great
idvance has been made in this industry
in the Ohio valley. The state fair last
Fall and the poullry show the pastwintei
prove that. Small and large farmers,
and persons having but small lots and
back yards, have been penetrating the
mysteries and cultivating the different
breeds pf Cgchins, Brahmas, Hainburgs,
Black Spanish, Wyandotte3, Plymouth
Rocks, Andalusians, and all the others
for all they are worth. It was but a few
rl?r. crrrs fVl.if on PlVi?r? m on mfncorl
UdJO LUUb UU VU1V 4V1U-VV? f-zv.
for si nine-months-old rooster, had de-. '
mands tor all the eggs his fowls could
produce at $3 per 4'setting," and had to
rent several hens at $5 each for two
months in order to keep up with the demands
for eggs.? Wheeling (IV. Va.)
Register.
Lines by Longfellow.
In the portfolio of Mr. Longfellow
soon after his dentil were lounti tne ioilowing
lines, which were written by him
in July, 1879, and which were not madt
public until recently:
In the long, sleepless watvlies of the night,
A gentle face?a face of one long dead?
T at me from the wall, where round its
head
The nighHamp casts a halo of pale light.
Here in this room she died, and soul more
white
Never through martyrdom of fire was led
To its repose; nor can in books be read
The legion of a life more benedight.
There is a mountain in the distant west
That, sun-defj ing, in its deep ravines
Displays a cro? of snow upon its side.
Such is the cross I wear upon my breast
These eighteen years, through all the changing
scenes
And seasons, changeless since the day she
died.
The Baseball Season.
When summer hangs her jewels rare
On every plant and tree,
And soft and balmy is the air,
Ac. of ill l'c ho
.rxo ua|/pj oi?i?
The baseball season has come 'round,
And, with a joyous shout,
He rushes to the baseball ground
Each day when school "lets out."
You'll find he can at once recall
Each champion player's name;
He's an authority on all
The technics of the game.
Some early day you'll see his face
And eyes with rapture shine?
When he achieves the honored pla'?
Of captain in the nine.
First lease of power that be has known;
"Who can describe his joy i
The sceptred monarch on his throne
Would envy then the boy.
?Boston Courier.
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
President Cleveland's Special Message
to Congress.
Sn rr rrncf in m
&&<jOUA118 tllu uicaiiuu ui a \jum~
mission to Settle Disputes.
The President has sent the following message
to Congress on the subject of the labor
troubles.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
The Constitution imposes on the President
the duty of recommending to the consideration
of Congress from time to time such
measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
1 am so deeply impressed with the importance
of immediately and thoughtfully meeting
the problem which recent events and a
present condition have thrust upon us,
involving the settlement of disputes
arising between our laboring men and
their employers, tbat I am constrained
to recommend to Congress le^-,.
islation upon this serious and pressing subject.
Under our form of government the
value of labor as an element of national
prosperity should be distinctly recognized
and the welfare of the laboring man
cVinnlcl lio votrn ivlorl ns fi5npr?inllV Antitlprt to
legislative care. In a country which offers
to all its citizens the highest attainment
of social and political distinction its workingmen
cannot justly or safely be considered as
irrevocably consigned to the limits of a class
and entitled to no attention and allowed no
Erotest against, neglect. The laboring man,
earing in his hand an indi-p;'iisable contribution
to our growth and progress, may well
insist, with manly courage and as a right,
upon the same recognition from those
who make our laws as is accorded to any
other citizen having a valuable intere.-t in
charge, and his reasonable demand should be
met in such a spirit of appreciation and fairness
as to induce a conteute i and patriotic
co-operation in the achievement of a grand
national destiny.
While the real interests of labor are not
promoted by a resort to threats aud violent
manifestations, and while those who, under
the pretext of au advocacy of the claims of
labor, wantonly attack the rights of capital,
and for selfish purposes or the love
of disorder sow seeds of violence and discontent,
should neither be encouraged nor conciliated.
all legislation on the subject should
be calmly and deliberately unaerraKen. wan
no purpose of satisfying unieasonable demauds
or gaining partisan advantage.
The present condition of the relations between
labor and capital are far from satisfactory.
The discontent of the employed is
due in a large degree to the graspingand
heedless exactions of employers and the
alleged discrimination in favor of capital as
an object of governmental attention.
It must also be conceded that
the laboring men are not always
careful to avoid causeless and unjustifiable
disturbance. Though the importance of a
better accord between these interests is apparent,
it must be borne in mind that any
effort in that direction by the Federal government
must be greatly limited by constitutional
restrictions. There are many grievances
which legislation by Congress cannot
redress and many conditions which cannot
by such means be reformed.
I am satisfied, however, that something
may be done under Federal authority to prevent
the disturbances which so often arise
from disputes between employers and the employed
and which at times seriously threaten
the business interests of the . country,
and, in my opinion, t??e proper tlie6f?
upon which to proceed is that of
voluntary arbitration as the means of
settling.these difficulties. But 1 suzg(si that,
inctpfld of arbitrators chosen in the heat of
conflicting claims and after each dispute
shall arise, there bi created a Commission of
Labor, consisting of three members who shall
be regular officers of the Government,
charged among other duties with the consideration
and settlement, when possible, of all
controversies between labor and capital. A
commission thus organized would have the
advantage of beiug an able body and its
members as they gained experience would
constantly improve in their ability to deal
intelligently and usefully with the questions
which might be submitted to them. If arbitrators
are chosen for temporary service as
each case of dispute arises experience and f
familiarity with mu :h that is involved in
the question will be lacking, extreme
partisanship and bins will be
the qualifications sought on eith.r sicle,
and frequent complaints of unfairness and
partiality will le inevitable. The imposition
upon a Fed >ral court of a duty foreign
to the judicial function, as the selection of
au arbitrator in such cases, is at lea^t of
doubtful propriety. Th; establishment by
Federal authority of such a bureau wo.ild be
a just and sensible recognition of the value
of labor and of its right to be represented i.*
the departments of the Go /eminent.
So far as its conciliatory offices ha I ro'ation
to disturbances which int -rfered with
transit a-id commerce between the States, its
existence would be justified uuder the provisions
of the Constitution, which gives to
Congress the power "to regulate commerce
with foreign nations and among the several
States. '
And in the frequent disputes betwean the
laboring men and their employers of less extent,
and the consequences of which are con
fined'within State limits ana tnrearen domestic
violence, the interposition of such a
commission might be tendered, upon the application
of the Legislature or executive of t
State, under tie constitutional provision,
which requires the general government tc
'protect'' each of the States "ag'aiust domes
ic violence."'
If such a commission were fairly organized
the risk of a loss of popular support aud sympathy,
resulting from a refusal to submit to
so peaceful au instrumentality, would constrain
both parties to such disputes to invoke
its interference and abide by its decisions.
There would also be good reason to hope that
the very existence of iuch ail agency would
tnv-ifo atin1ir>nt-inn t/i it, I'nr ftflviffi and POlin
T
sel, frequently resulting in the avoidance of I
contention and misunderstanding.
If the usefulness of such a commission is
doubted becau^ it might lack power to enforce
its decisions, much encouragement is
derived from the concede.l good that has been
accomplished by the railroad commissions
which have been organized in many of the
States, which, having little more than advisory
power, have exerted a most satisfactory
influence in the settlements of disputes betweeu
conflicting interests.
In July, 18S4, by a law of Congress, a
Bureau of Labor was established aud placed
in charge of a Commissioner of Labor, who
is required to "collect information upon the
subject of labor, its relations to capital, the
hours of labor and the earnings of laboring
men and women, and the means of promoting
their material,, social, intellectual and
moral prosperity."
The "commission which I suggest coui.j
easily be engrafted upon the bureau thus
already organized by the addition of two
more commissioners and by supplementing
the duties now opj?osed upon it by such
other powers and functions as would j>ermit
the commissioners to act as arbitrators
when necessary between labor and capital
under such limitations and \ipon such occasions
as should be deeme:l proper and useful.
Power should also be distinctly conferred
upon this bureau to investigate the causes of
all disputes as they occur, whether submitted
for arbitration or not, so that information
may always be at hand to aid legislation on
the subject when necessary and desirab.a.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion, Apiil22, 18S(i.
A TRAGIC WEDDING.
Ten of a Bridal Party Killed During
a Tornado.
The fatal ending of the wedding party near
Rice's Station, Minn., forms one of the saddest
incidents of the tornado which ravaged that
section of the country. The party was as
sembled at the hous3 . of John Schulz, a
fanner, to celebrate the wedding of his
daughter Mamie, and the ceremony was performed
about 1 o'clock. Tli3 afternoon
was spent in .social enjoyment1
and at. 4 o'clock the jwrty gathered
about the we lding feast. It wa-i a happy assemblage
of nearly forty people. The tornado
came, and in five minutes the house was converted
into k indling wood and scattered all
over the farm. Of th? party ten were killed
and many others injured, several fatally.
The bridegroom was killed outright, but the
bride was only injured. Among the dead are
the bride's mother and the clergyman who
performed the ceremony. . _ .
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.
Allen J. Adams, who killed Moses B. i
Dickinson, a farmer, ten years ago, was
hanged the other morning at Northampton,
Mass. He cursed the sheriff on the gallows,
and maintained a stolid indifference to the
last Adams confessed his crime in a drunken ?
debauch last year. -o
Charles Robinson (colored) was hanead
at Wilmington, Del., for assaulting Mrs.
Gardner, a white woman.
The First National bank at Angelica, N. I
Y., has suspended. The cashier, I. S. Robin- ?
son, is stated to be a deiaulter in a large .
amount ot
The four sons of the late William H. Van- UJ
rlerbilt have just added $250,000 to the $500,- fc
iKX) given by their father in 1884 to the New p]
York College of Physicians and Surgeons.
All the New York city horse-car lines qp
save two stopped running on the 19th, employes
refusing to work until the strike on "
the Third avenue line had been adjusted. su
A mold containing 1,000 pounds of molten tb
steel suddenly gave way a few days since in ^
a Pittsburg iron foundry, and tho hot metal
was scattered over many persons. Nineteen ??
men were injured, seveu seriously. d<
Two ladies while watching the progress of w
a storm at Newcastle, Peun., were killed by w
lightniug. la
Captain Alfred Taylor and his wife, w
residents of Poplar Plains, Conn., have just tii
completed their seventy-fourth year of mar- st
ried life.
John* W. Rogers, defeated in March for
the mayoralty of Camden, N. J., has committed
suicide. Disappointment at his de- j"
feat is believed to be tne cause. **
t?t]
The New York police had a sho-t but sav- p(
age fight with striking employes of the Third p(
Avenue Horse-car company who attempted ^
io prevent tt rar lruiu i umuug una LiestiL ius ^
driver and conductor. Seven men, all of ftJ
whom had recei ved a clubbing, were arrested.
This occurred on the l'Jth, and on the 30th all Qj
the horse-car lines excepting the Third Q1
avenue were running again, the strikers hav ^
ing resumed work. m
Conversation was carried on between w
New York ai d Chicago a few days since by cc
means of an improved telephone. The dis- in
tance by wire is 1,030 miles. th
John Carpenter, confined in the New in
York Tombs under sentence of death for al
wife murder, committed suicide by cutting re
his throat. ai
The body of Leopold Schenck, editor of the
German edition o! Puck, was incinerated at w
the Mount Olivet crematory on Long Island
the other morning. 113
Thirtern members of the New York
Bakers' Union have been indicted by the
Grand Jury for boycotting Mrs. Gray'a
uakery. iiioy were uu uircbmu, ituu guvo ar
ball. The result of the boycott has been a jn
large increase in Mrs. Gray's business, per- ^
sons sending money to her from long dis- a
tances. w
Several fatalities from lightning during th
severe thunder storms occurred on the 20th. hi
At Pottsville, Penn., a young man and sev- oj
eral mules were killed. Four little girls in a b(
public school at Freeland, Penn., were injured,
one fatally. James Manly, driver for ai
a colliery at Shenandoah, Penn., was struck rc
dead, and Rev. A. M. Child, a Methodist
minister, was painfully injured at Western- D
ville, N. Y. . ar
The City National bank, of Williamsnort, m
jt enn,, nas suspended. m
- ec
South and West. ?
Several attempts liave bean made to as- w
sassinato members of the Illinois State militia nj
guarding the railroad property at East St. d?
Lcuis. m
Thrke leaders of the railroad strikers- ?
Martin Irons, A. C. Coughlan and Georgo ar
Jackson?and a telegraph operator named a^
Nichols have been indicted on a charge of at
conspiracy to tap the wires of the Missouri he
Pacific Railway company. Coughlan and m
Irons are the master workmen of Knights of e\
Labor assemblies 93 and 101 respectively, and nf
Jackson is a well known politician who ran th
for Congress in the Tenth Missouri district in T1
1884 on the Greenback-Labor ticket. ci
Vice-President Hoxie has refussd to pz
consent to arbitration, as proposed by a com- so
mittee appointed at the meeting of citizens in m
St. Louis. He says there is no necessity of B
AnnAmfintv n /.AmmiffAA f/k orK! frn fn o o fK/i
ap^/V/Uii/iU); uwiuuuuwcc wu ui utuiaug, uo uuu y
Southwestern system of railroads is in full fc
operation. ai
The Governor of Tennessee has appointed ^
ex-Congressman Washington C. "VVhitthorne to "
succeed Howell E. Jackson as United States ?'
Senator. Mr. Whitthorne was born in y
Tennessee in 1835, and during the civil J<
war was the Confederate Adjutant General of ?
bis State. g'
Robert Smith (colored) was hanged at
Nicholasville, Ky., for murdering his step- fl(
father. Camilio Gonzales sulfere.l a similar rj
fate on the same day at Brackett, Texas, for
the murder of a ranchman. ]e
A iiA.ss meeting of Democrats has be3n H
held in Louisville, Ky.. to protest against m
the reappointment of Mrs. Virginia Thompson
as postmistrers of that city.'v**
Later reports give the totals of persons
killed and injured oy the tornado in Minnesota
as follows; St Cloud?Killed, 21; injured,
80; Sauk Rapids?Killed, 87; injured,
100. Rice's station?Killed. 12; injurad, 21. di
Adjacent couutry?Killed, 3; injured 12. .if
Total killed, 78; injured, 218. ^
Some of the^triking Knights of Labor on
tlift Southwestern railroads have returned to se
work. Vice-President Hoxie, of the Missouri
Pacific road, reported on the 19th that g,
the^p!aces of nsariy all the strikers had been ^
Thb Knights of Labor have been organ izing
negro assemblies in Arkansas aDd Texas.
At a meeting of the officers of the different f(
railroads entering St. Louis it was determined
to continue operating their roads with- .
out the assistance or the strikers and without
recognizing the Knights of Labor. se
Two Mexicans, charged with horse steal- S
ing, were shot to death by a mob while cl
in a constable's custody at Collins, Texas. o)
* Washington.
The House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor
rn?~ FZ on arlvorcA
A I ttlUU uy U V U iAD Ui U IAJ yj VI UC1 vu uu im* ? v* ??
report on Representative Taulbee's bill to
provide that no person shall be licensed as a ti
retail dealer in intoxicants by the United jr
States until he has first received a license as ,
such from the local authorities.
The Seventh regiment, New York State &'
militia, arrived in "Washington from the P
metropolis on the Iflth, and was received
with large crowds, much enthusiasm, music Q
and fireworks. The excursiou was taken by
the regiment in commemoration of its first z<
journey to the national capital at the outbreak
of the war twenty-five years ago. 0
Mn. Powdekly, General Master "Work- e
man of the Knights of Labor, appeared before
the House special committee of investigations
on the 20th and gave his version of the J
labor difficulties in the Southwest. He de- ]j
clared that the railroad companies there did r
not keep their agreements with their employes.
and that undoubted cause of discontent
existed. st
Foreign, 1,,
Sampson Low, the oldest London book ^
publisher, is dead in his ninetieth year. .
Ice gorges in the St. Lawrence river have
fnncuri ti,u uvu'et*. Hnnd that has visited Mon
treal iu niauy years. Many of the city's
streets were entirely submerged. n
Ax explosion of 1,000 pounds of powder 2:
stored near the railroad on the Isthmus of j,
Panama created terrible havoc, twenty-five j
person-: being killed and forty wounded.
Two prominent Parisians have just fought
a duel with swords in which one received a
severe wound. v
Latkk reports put the number of persons s
killed at the fire which destroyed the town of
Stry in Austria at forty, most of them children.
Aft?r the tire many of the shops were
pillaged, and some of the owners in tueir de- p
spuir committed suicide.
Much opposition is being developed n
throughout Great Britain to Premier Glad- ti
stone's plan for Irish home rule.
r-ACTimx n \v.*ll known French | T
sportsman and owner of race horses, is dead. "
Late news from Greece^ ivas decidedly
warlike, anil it was feared "that hostilities *
against Turkey might begin at any moment, h
ik twithstandi'ug the intervention of the great ^
po wei*s. jj
Incendiaries have fired Mandalay, the .
capital of Bunnah, and one-third of the
walled city is in ruins. Hundreds of houses o
were burned.
The wife of a laborer living near Cologne g
has presented her husband with six children j
in less than a year?three ten mouths ago,
and three a few days since. Tha husband is s
reported to be utterly prostrated by his good
fortune. . a
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A TERRIBLE DISASTER
l Mill Dam Gives Way in a Massachusetts
Tillage.
l Number of Persons Killed, and
Houses Swept Away,
A terrible disaster befell the post village of
ast Lee, two miles east of Lee, Mass., the
her morning. At sunrise a flood burst
pon the inhabitants which wrecked three"
lurths of the dwellings and mills in the
ace, took the lives of seven or more people,
id did damage roughly estimated at $200,10.
The town is situated on a brook,
ie outlet of Mud Pond, which
ir\nliAO
OVTVittl papci JU1119 WILLI
ieir running power, dams being built all
ong the stream for four miles. This pond
is an area of about 150 acre?, and was very
;ep. The dam which held the water back
as thirty feet high and twenty-two feet
ide. It was built nine years ago, and of
te has been considered unsafe, but nothing
as dono to strengthen it, and the people connued
erecting louses,upon the banks of the
ream.
The other morning, a few minutes after 5
clock, a tremendous roaring was heard by
ie early risers in Lee. They at once sur
ised the cause, and the ringing of the church
ills and the blowing of whistles aroused
le whole town. It was supposed that Goose
cmd, a larger body of water than Mud
crad, had broken away, in which event the
iwn of Lee would have been in danger. This
arm in Lee awoke Ihe people in East Lee,
ldthey.knoiying from which source to expect
mger and hearing the crashing and roaring
! waters and rocks, although three
four miles away. rushed from
teir homes?some v half-clad, others alost
naked, all fleeirg for their lives. They
ere none too soon. The great mass of water
ime pouring down tbe narrow brook, sweep.g
everything before it, digging trenches in
ic sides, the roads, the meadows, and strewe
rocks, tree?, houses, everything conceiv)le
in the wild rash. The path of the torrot
varied from fifty feet to two hundred,
id where the head waters became conled
to the narrow limits the destruction
as terrible.
From the dam the bursting water poured
to a large swamp of fifteen acres, from the
id of which led tne outlet brook. At this
)int the descent is steep and winding. The
ook turns like a snake in thfl r/ivinp on
5 way to the village three miles away,
id it was here that the roarg
commenced. On entering the town
ie first obsta"le encountered was '
heavy iron and wooden bridge. Spectators
ho saw the wave as it advanced and struck
lis bridge say that it was about twenty feet
gli and sixty wide. It completely enveljed
the bridge and carried it away. Just
>low was the mill of John Dowd, which was
reckeI completely. Tlio dam was washed
vay and with this added weight the water
>Ued on.
A rod further and the house of Simeon
owd was met. Mr. Dowd. seventy years of
^ecni ratfcer infirm, had gone out a moent
before to feed his chickens. He stepped
it ten feet hack of his house, but the water
lught him and swept him into eternity.
ic wi'fa ct/mH nnrnlvT/vl of, tVin cio-ht;
The saddest incident of the day, however,
as the killing of A. N. White, aged fiftyne,
his wife, aged forty-five, and their
lughter Ida, aged nine, and the baby, four
oiit.hs old. They occupied a house reintly
purchased with hard-earned savings,
id were a happy family. When the fearful
,-alanche of water struck the house White
id his family had not risen. Their
>n:e was swept away without a
omenta warning, and not a trace of it,
en of the foundation stones, remains. The
iked body of the man was found lcdcred in
ie crotch of a tree two miles from his home,
be body of his wife was forced by the swift
irrcnt through the window of Garfield's
ipor mill, a mile below her home, and there
i firmly lodged in the machinery that four
en had a half hour's work to extricate it.
oth children were drowned.
Mrs. Theodore King, a widow, about fortymr
yea's of age, was carried from her room
id drowned. Mrs. Charles King, of
ousatonic, a relative, who was visiting at
ie house, was also carried away by the flood,
id her body was recovered from a mass of
jbris. Further down the stream
:>hn McLaughlin's machine shops
ifforft/1 tvro^lr nnr? C+.ill InWAr
iwn Forrest & farmer's and Decker &
abiu's paper mills were wrecked, all the
isement machinery being swept out by the
ood, and, though weighing tons, were cared
along as if they were cork and landed
venty feet uo on a bank. Couch & Oaky's
millwright shops were also destroyed,
arrison & Garfield's and Veranc & Gilore's
paper mills were badly damaged.
LATER NEWS.
For the s c 'nd time a New York jury has
sagreed upon tbe trial of General Alexanjr
Shaler, of ths State militia, who is
larged with bribery in connection with the
lection of an armory site.
The Grand Army of the Republic of the
fate of New York, represented by delegates
om 590 pcs's throughout the State, opened
s twentieth annual encampment in New
ork city cn the 23d. A parade was the
;ature of the day's ceremonies.
The New Jersey Senate, sitting as a court
impeachment, by a vote of fourteen to
iven, found P. H. Laverty, keeper of the
tate prison at Trenton, guilty of two serious
iarges in connection with his management
l his oflice. Ke was deprived of his place
ad forever disqualified from holding office.
Two n;e:i were crushed to death by the
ill of a derrick at Lancaster, Penu.
The grandfather of Miss Folsom, the fulre
bride of President Cleveland, is reported
i a Buffalo dispatch to have stated that the
idy is in Europe selecting her wedding
tVmf +h0 mnrri.itre will take
ill 1UC11 CO, UUU VUUW vuv 0 ?
lace in June.
Four highwaymen who robbed a resident
f the Indian Territory were pursued by citiins,
and when overhauled were shot dead.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination '
f Caleb "IV. West, of Kentucky, to be Gov.
rnor of Utah.
After the burning of the town of Stry, in
lustria, by which so many people lost their
ves, twenty sickly jjeraous died in the suroundiug
fields.
A fire on Broadway, New York, deroyed
business property valued at $->00,00!).
ta^nntvi. t ivnr.ru.' a new York
Jinn, uuoiirm.iu ,
akeress, who has been boycotted by the
uion, has boiii receiving considerable finanal
aid from sympathizing persons all over
le city.
Three successive collisions between policelen
and a crowd of strikers occurred on thef
-d in front of the Havermeyer Sugar RefinCompany's
factory, Greeupoint, Long
v'and. The 2,000 employes of the concern
ad struck for increased wages the day beDre.
Five policemen and many strikers
?-ere wounded, one of the former having his
kull fractured.
E. Remington & Sons, of Ilion. X. Y.,
lie well-known guumakers, have su*ended.
The Knights of Labor are calling; out their |
len in factot ies which furnish supplies to
lie Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Jay Gould testified on the -2d before the
louse Committee engaged in an investiga
ion of the labor strikes in the Southwest.
Ie gave a long account of the troubles from
is Ftnndpoiut, charged Mr. Powderly with
istorting facts aud placiug him in a wrong
ight, and asserted that he believed in arbiration.
but would not recognize the Knights
f Labor as such.
The court of inquiry into the recent Oreion
disaster, held at Liverpool, has exoneatcd
the owners and officers of the sunken
Learner from all blame.
Signs of cholera in Germany have created
tremendous scare.
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SUMMARY _0F_ CONGRESS
Senate Sessions.
Eighty-first Day.?Mr. Dolph addressed
the Senate on his "Interior Depredation"
bill, and a bill also introduced by him appropriating
$500,000 to compensate citizens for
losses suffered from Indians by them. The
depredations, he said, covered a period from
18.V5 to 1878. Referred to the committee on
Indian affairs.... Mr. Call introdu'ed
a resolution reinstating ' a discharged
Democrat to the roll of Senate employes
and providing that the Democratic minority
in the Senate be allowed the same number of
empires, with the same proportion of sal
aries as were allowed by the Democratic ma
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iaj we iic^uumjeui iumonijy 111 lotv.. .
Executive session.
Eighty-second Day.?Mr. Vest from the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
reported favorably the bill to provide for the
erection of a fire-proof hall of records in
Washington. On his motion the bill was
parsed Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to increase
the pension for total disability to $72 a
month....Mr. In^alls reported adversely
from the Judiciary Committee a bill togrant
full pay for the remainder of their lives to
all judges of the United States courts who
may resign after thirty years' service,
or who may become seventy years of age....
Mr. Hoar reported back from the Judiciary
Committee tlie bill introduced by him to provide
for a court of national inquest. Itprovides
that whenever three citizens of a State
petition, under oath, settine forth that anv
person has been killed, seriously injured in
person or property, or threatened because of
political opinions, or with a view to prevent
the free expression of opinion in regard to
matters affecting the general welfare of the
United States, it shall be the duty of the
circuit ;uJge to hold an inquest into the circumrtances
and report the evidence and his
conclusions to the President to be laid before
C'ongre-'s Executive session.
Eighty-third Day.?Mr. Butler introduced
a bill to provide for the retirement of
sixty army officers by placing them on the
retired list. Referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs Mr. Logan introduced
again tie bill to increase the efficiency
of the army, which was recently
defeated. The section increasing the force
from 2">,(KK) to 30,000 is stricken out of the
bill, as now introduced; also the section
increasing the pay of chaplains and the one
authorizing commissioned officers to make
deposits with the paymasters.
Eighty-fourth Day.?A resolution ^was
onerea Dy .an-. wjiiua-u uuatug tuw ^ummittee
on Foreign Relations to consider
the subject of a celebration in 1889
of the centennial anniversary of the
formation of the government, and in
1892 of the four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of America Mr. Miller, from
the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry,
reported a proposed amendment to the Agricultural
Appropriation bill, to appropriate
$5,000 for the purpose of investigating the
nature of the diseases of fruit and fruit trees,
and other plants, due to parasitic fuugi;
$1,000 for field investigations in the South
and West in respect to the discovery and
introduction into cultivation of forage
plants and grasses suitable to
increase the grazing capacity of
a-id districts of the South and West; to increase
the appropriation for collecting foreign
?ofwi/mlf.nrol c+otic+.i'/KJ .
auu UUUIUOVLV/ a^ll-vUJVUJi(?* oimvmv<vw w V VJ
CKJO; to appropriate $15,000 for the promotion
of economic ornithology and mammalogy
of the field habits, distribution and migration
of American birds and mammals in
relation to agriculture, horticulture and
forestry....About 400 pension bills were
passed.
Eighty-fifth Day.?The bill appropriat
ing S1o,UU;j in am or a national monnmeut at
Plymouth, Mass., was passsd Mr. Morgan
reported from the Foreign Relations. Committee
a bill to indemnify the Chinese who
suffered by the recent outbreaks at
Rock Springs, Wyoming....Brief discussion
was had on the bill to tax land
grants to railroads and on the Inter-State
Commerce.... The Senate received a message
from the President on the labor troubles,
which was ordered printed. Executive session.
Honsc Sessions.
Ninety-first Day.?Mr. Clements (Ga.)
from the committee on foreign affairs, reported
back the Dingley resolution, calling on
the President for any information in his possession
relative to the exclusion of American
fishing vessels from the right to enter ports
of the Dominion of Canada for the purpose of
trading, purchasing supplies, or landing fish
caught in deep water for shipment in bond to
the United States, or for doing
other acts which Canadian or other
British vessels are freely permitted to do in
ports of the United States. Also requesting
the President to inform the House what steps
have been taken to briug such unwarrantable
and unfriendly acts of tho Dominion authorities
to the attention of tbe British government.
Mr. Dingley spoke in favor of the
resolution, which was adopted At the
evening session pension bills were considered.
Ninety-Second Day.?Mr. Forney (Ala)
on behalf of the committee on approprialaAtin
nnllrt/^1 nrv fViA Kill 1 _
liuuj, vaiicu up uuv urn appi iautu^ v^W)~
000 for the relief of the sufferers bv the overflow
of rivers in Alabama. Mr. Hiseock (N.
Y.) and Mr. Nelson (Minn.) urged the propriety
of an amendment making an appropriation
for tha relief of the sufferers from
the late cyclone in Minnesota. Mr. Oates
(Ala.) opposed the bill on the ground that it
was unconstitutional and that the flood
would in the end make work more plentiful
and wages higher. Mr. Herbert (Ala.) supported
the bill and said that though the
floods had subsided they had left desolation
in their track. Pending further discussion
the bill went over A number of small appropriations
for public buildings were made.
Ninety-third Day?A large number of
bills were introduced, among them being one
by Mr. Burrows (Mich.) to provide for the
transportation of the foreign mails. It directs
the JFostmaster-uenerai, be tore Juiyi, l&cu,
to enter into contracts with the lowest responsible
bidder at a rata not exceeding 50
cents per mile on the outward trips of actual
nautical miles traveled for the transportation
of mails between any port of the United
States and the ports of the Pacific
and South Atlantic oceans, the Gulf
of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. The ships
shall be of American register and manned
by American crews, and the contracts shall
extend for a term of five years.... On motion
of Mr. Neglev (Penn.), from the Committee
? <i 1?
on january /viiuirs, mu i uicz> wuic au^^uucu
aud a bill was passed to reimburse the National
Home for Disabled Volunteers for losses incurred
through the failure of the Exchange
National bank of Norfolk, Va.
Ninety-fourth Day.?Mr. O'Donnell,
from the Committee on Education, reporte.l
a Senate bill to provide for the study of the
nature of alcoholic driuks and narcotics and
their effects on the human system, in the
Military aud Naval Academies and in
the Indian and public schools of the
Territories and of the District of Columbia.
House calendar. The report accompanying
the bill states that nearly 2,000,000 men and
women have petitioneitbe Legislatures of the
different States for similar laws, and up to
the present year the wishes of the people have
been complied with in fourteen States Mr.
Sto m, from the Committee on Civil Service
Heform, reported a bill amending the statutes
so as to give honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors a preference in public appointments.
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IN inety-fifth Day.?After various routine
i* i I'll Jf i.L _ A 1 ?
committee reports, tne reuec 0111 ior me -njabama
flood sufferers was supported by Mr.
Cannon 'III.), who thought precedents justified
the House in being humane. Mr. Beach
(N. Y.) was willing to put hishand in bis own
pocket for the relief of the Alabama sufferers,
but was not willing to iudulge his sympathy
or benevolence by putting his hands into the
pockets of others. It was time that a stop
should be put to this kind of legislation, ana
it was the Democratic party which should put
ho el Tii? bill went over without action,
and the House then resumed the River and
Harbor bill in committee of the whole.
Nixety-sixth Day.?Mr. O'Neill (Mo.)
attempted to secure the adoption of his resolution
declaring tha: the House sympathizes
with the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone
and his associates in their efforts to secure
a tree Parliament for the people of
Ireland, and congratulating the people
of that country on the pr speet
of an early and successful termination of
their long and patriotic struggle for local
self-government; but Mr. fcjwope, of Pennsylvania,
interposed the fatal objection, and
though ho subsequently withdrew it. a demand
for the regular order prevented action
on the resolution ? The River and Harbor
Appropriation bill was discussed.
The churches of Philadelphia are said to
pay less for music than do any others in the
large cities of the country. The average for
the (362 churches is about $300 a year, and a
majorty of the choirs do not cost that
amount. The cases are very few where organists
are paid $1,000 or more, or solo singers
more than $500 or $600.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
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Probabilities of the President'sApproaching
Marriage.
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Many Persons Killed at a Fire in
an Austrian Towil
A Washington dispatch sayB: "President
Cleveland's approaching marriage is now regarded
as a certainty. All his friends agre*
that he wou'.d have been very prompt to denj
the story of his marriag?, coming in as pod
tive a form as it has in the last week or ten*
days, if he had not fully made up his mind
on the subject. He has kept the secret very'
well from even his most intimate';^
associates. It is understood that the engage-,
ment took place during Miss Folsom's last
? visit to Washington. It is understood that',
the coming wedding will be a very quiet one^.
if it takes place in June, as the members ct ' r. ?
Mr. Cleveland's family in New York seem to1 ' /
think it will. It is expected that his clergyman
brother will be brought here to perform
the marriage ceremony, and that it will be
private." . v- ;
The young lady to whom the Prerident is , 'o?
announced to bie engaged is Miss France?
C. Folsom, daughter of the late Oscar Folsom,.
an old law partner of Mr. Cleveland's at
Buffalo. The firm name was Folsom &
Cleveland, and the partners were warm. M
friends and constantly together.
Miss Folsom's visit to Washington last
spring was as a school-girl enjoying her vacation.
She accompanied her mother, and.
the two were guests at the White House
some ten or twelve days. They were there
again very quietly in the fall, just before?
sailing for Europe.
Miss Folsom's hair is described as soft and
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uiuvyu, ul a ouxuw uvuvpsu uguiaau oarK.
It is combed well back from her full forehead
and loose wave tendrils fall away from their
confinement against the ivory whiteness of her.
face. She has violet blus eyes, a well-shaped.
nose and mouth, and a full round chin. The
warm pallor of her complexion contrasts with
the deep red of her full lips, in which all her
color concentrates itself. With one other pu-r'
Eil at Aurora, N. Y.. she shared the palm of
eing "the beauty of the school"
Montreal's Great Flood.
A Montreal dispatch of the 18th says: "Today
will be memorable in Montreal as the ~
occasion of the greatest flood ever known,. ; ; ;
the water having risen since last night from
forty-three feet nine inches to forty-seven
feet eight inches. Over 500 hundred business
houses are gutted; goods of every description
have been damaged, and all the:
principal business streets are flooded to. ,-'j
depths of eight to ten feet. Boats.
are tn9 only means of conveyance. Uo;
trains from the south can reach nearer thap
twenty-five miles from the city. The foundations
of dwellings are crumbling away.
The streets are crowded by thousands. Toe
damage will reach ?2,000,000, Thousands
are living in attics, with hardly any clothing
and no provisions. Much suffering exists
among tne poorer classes. Four houses in
St. Gabriel nave been washed away, the inmates
barely escaping with their lives."
The water was still rising and showed no
signs of falling. All the newspapor offices
were closed on account of the engines and ,
boilers being covered. The electric and gas J .-T';
lights were out all over the city. All that .
portion of the city lying south of Juror's
street (one tbird of the city) was under water. V- ,.
The Grand Trunk track from Victoria Bridge
to the depot was washed away. Bonaventure
Qui.:.. ? n i ti i
outuiuu, uu tuw vjxauu j.ruuji9 was bwu?uuuuo
under water.
The damage is estimated at from $3,000,000
to $8,030,000. ;,
A Priest Shoots a Bishop.
At 10:30a.il, the other morning, while
the Bishop of Madrid was ascending the steps
leading to the entrance of the cathedral, he
wus shot with a revolver by a priest standing*',
at the top of the steps, the ball entering his
abdomen. This was followed by another,
shot from the same source, which wounded
the bishop in the side, whereupon the wounded
man fell on the steps. The priest then de-.
scended the steps and iired still another shot,
which took effect in the bishop's thigh.
The priest was then seized, and a stop put- to
his murderous work, and his victim wasDorne
unconscious to a private chamber in the
cathedral, where the last sacraments for the
dying were administered to him.
Being Palm Sunday, the cathedral was more
than usually crowded by worshipers, and
when the fearful work of the priet was realized
a furious mob followed the carriage
in which he was conveyed to prison by gens
d'arms. whose preienoealone'pfevented lynching
of the would-be murderer. The motive
of the crime was revenge. a
The man who fired the shots was recently
dismissed from the priesthood, and had fruitlessly
applied to the bishop to be reinstated.
A Town in Austria Destroyed.
The town of Stry, in Galicia, has been
almost completely destroyed by fire. The
number of housss burned is about 600. Many
Sersons were killed. The inhabitants are
estitute. * A
high wind was blowing and the fire
started in several parts of tlis town at about
the same time. Many of the inhabitants
were killed by falling walls and steeples. One
hundred pei-sons were killed on one street.
Tiie lovrn nan, me railway,
station and the telegraph officewore
destroyed. A large number of wounded
were extricate 1 from the ruins and were sen1
to Lemberg. a distance of forty-two milea
where the hospitals are crowded with th<
sufferers. Hundreds of persons are missing
Lack of water rendered aid by the military
futile. Money and food were collected inth<
surrounding towns for the relief of the suf
ferers.
The fire originated in a small shop and tfar
caused by the falling of a lamp tilled witt
petroleum.
Clearing up Executive Business. ,
The Senate caucus committee upon order ol business,
of which Mr. Edmunds was chair
man, have held a meeting, and decided to
clear up the executive business as rapidly al
possible. The committee will report nommar
tions pending before them, and the Senat*
will devote most of its time to their consideration.
The committee on finance hat
reported, or has ready to report, nearly all '
of its nominations, but the committees oa
commerce, foreign, affaire, and judiciary . .
are very much behind with their business;
The treasury department is sending to th?
committee on com merce lette rs similar tothoea
?>nt: t.<-? th? pnmmift vp nn finance bv Mr.
Manning, explaining that certain ofiBciah
were suspendi d and their successors appointed,
in order that the policy of the administration
might better be carried out, and
this is construed to mean that the changes
were made for none but political reasons. AU
such nominations will be confirmed at one*.
THREE BROTHERS LYNCHED.
Shot to Death in Kansas in Presence
of Their Mother.
A few mornings ago the city of Anthony,
Kan., was the scene of a most tragic affair.
About two months ago a fight occurred in
the village of Danville, near Anthony,
' betwe3n three brothers named Weaver and
?. man named Adelsheard. The
latter was fatally wounded, and the
"Weaver boys were arrested and hurried
away to avoid mob violence. They were returned
to Anthony for trial, but their cases
were continued for the term, with bail fixed
at $10.01)0 each. At 1 o'clock A. M., the other
morning, a mob of forty armed men
surrounded the residence of the
Sheriff, where the pri>oners were
under guard. The guard at once rushed the
prisoners out of the back door and into the
basement of the new school building. The
Sheriff was taken prisoner by the mob, when
the deputias, finding it useless to resist, surrendered.
The three brothers fought for their
lives with a revolver which they had taken
from one of the deputies.
They were finally .overpowered and disarmed.
Ropes w^re placed about their necks
?j uw# mdft frn hail? t.hem.
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but other officers hurrying to the rescue
frightened the mob, so tney fired fifteen
or twenty shots into each of the brothers
literally shooting them to pieces. The lynchers
then hastily mounted their horses and
rode rapidly away. The mother of the boys
and the wife of one of them witnessed the
i entire tragedy.
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