The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 24, 1897, Image 2
| MANY VICTIMS OF STORMS
Great Havoc Wrought by Wind and
Rain in Several States.
AN ASYLUM BUILDING WRECKED.
t Five Person# Killed", and Several Hurt
by the Fall of a Barn In Lincoln, 111.?
Heavy Damage Reported in Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky and Nebraska?Great
Lot. Inflicted on Crops?Barns Burned.
Liscols, IU. (Special).?Lincoln was visited
almost on the anniversary of the water
i spout of 1892, by a terriDie storm, r actory
roof3 and chimneys were blown away,
houses were damaged and trees dismantled.
The oentre of the storm was about the Illinois
Asylum for .Feeble Minded Childred,
where flre boys were killed and the superindendent
seriously injured. The buildings
were considerably damaged.
THE SEW AIR SHIP. TO BE I
It was at the asylum farm, however, that
the greatest damage was doue. There are
about sixty boys regularly employed,under
the direction of Superintendent Jacob Wiljjaert,
to care for the six hundred acres
owned by the State.
A party of twenty-six boys, averaging
fourteen years old, had been* taken down
to assist in picking peas, and placed under
the charge of one of the oldest employes,
Lemuel Oleason. The day was intensely
hot, and when the work was done Gleasoh
took the boys to 8alt Greek, which flows j
through the farm, and treated them to a
ifka
.As they started back from the creek a
storm cloud was seen coming up, and. to
' escape the rain, the attendant hurried the
boys Into the big farm barn. Superintendent
Wllmert was lu the barn. The boys
had just entered the barn when the storm
' roke, and it seemed to centre its fury on
l the structure. Without warning the build
feL lug gave way and fell, crushing its occuR
' p"ta beneath Its timbers.
If-r , TV storm eontinoed for about thirty
; L minutes, bat before it was over the work
of reaoue waa begun and five bodies were
k\- taken from the ruins. Superintendent Wil"><
marts was one of the ?rst of the injured to
t release himself. His head is cut and his
5%'" back and abdomen were crushed by timh
ben. Attendant Gleasou has a crushed
Hi foot and xeeetTed Injuries in the back
whloh ase quite serious and possibly dangerous.
The killed were Cornelius MacKinsfp,
James O'Brien, Cassie D. Lazaron,
; . J. C. Cooper and Sylvester Baker. The injf
" ~ < - fared are Heinrieh Berger. Milton Garray,
p._ Bobert Alcot and William E. C. Witham.
STORM OAMACE IN INDIANA.
KeotarkaMe Meteorological Variations
Make'Thlngs Exciting.
L.,-i Ian>iAXAroxjs Ind. (Bpecial).?Severe and J
disastrous electric storms raged in many j
t > portions of Indiana. The Government J
IPR* weather observer says it was a most re- :
markable disturbance. Many buildings
\ , were demolished and the crops and forests
suffered heavily. John Street's farmBp.
* house Oft the Ohio River was wrecked and
his son and a servant were killed.
' At English, Ind., the courthouse was
damaged to the extent of $3000. A southbound
"Monon" train eight miles beyond
j Bloomington, Ind., was struck by lightning
' and the passengers shaken up severely. I
Johnston the conductor, was painfully injured,
hut will recover. Later as the train
was Bearing Gasborg, Ind., it ran Into a
b c large tvse that had been blown across the I
S-i I track, aad the engine was badly damaged, I
EV . At New Albany, Ind., about twenty houses I
Were unroofed and the streets were strewn
with debris. A circus teat was ripped to I
pieces and the monkey cage was demol- I
(shed, and there was a great scattering and I
chattering of the little animals.
At Muscle, Ind., the Albany Lumber I
*' Company's sheds were blown down, the Al- I
bany bottle works unroofed and chimneys I
V * and stacks blown down.
' The wart wing of the Paragon Paper Mill, I
Si at Eaaton, Ind., was blowu in during the
storm. Four people were buried In the I
"l wreck. The loss of property is 825,000.
OHIO AND KENTUCKY IN THE PATH. I
&.V. ' ' .
Electric Storms Cause Death and Destruc- I
jffl'tf. t tlon In Many Counties.
||t* Dimxri, Ohio (Special!.?In a terrific I
thunderstorm Jacob Griner, a fanner, I
living near Ayersville, Ohio, was struck by I
I lightning while in his stable and instantly I
V: killed. The barn was destroyed. Light- I
ning struck the Citizens' Opera House |
* in this city whiie tbe mgn scnooi
& graduating class was rehearsing, and
Clinton Garrev and Frederick Haller, memi
bers of the class, were knocked senseless,
Garvoy being rendered blind and deaf for
an hour. At Wapatoneta, Ohio, Peter
1 ' Tabler, a farmer, was killed by lightning in
bis house, which was consumed by fire,
a His wife and children were seriously in- ;
rA, jured by the shock. At Canal Dover, Ohio, j
the electric light wires were bnrned out in
the storm, leaving the city In darkness, j
ft* , Louisville, Ky. (Special.)?A severe wind j
storm passed over this city. Considerable !
damage was done to property, but no lives i
were lo6t. In several cases houses were
blown down and unroofed. Reports received
from Central and Eastern Kentucky
Indicate that great damage has been done
to crops. The wheat fields have been laid
low, farmhouses and barns were wrecked, i
and destroyed.
Roael, Kan., Wiped Out.
Larxed. Kas. (Special).?a tornado swept
the northwestern part of this county.
Rosel. a village eighteen miles west of here,
was struck and wiped out. Two grain elevators
an ! cv ry house in the place were
swept away. Still further northwest, in the
track of the tornado, all the buildings,
barns and cattle sheds were wrecked. Sev- |
eral head of horses and cattle were killed, 1
and chickens and turkeys were slaughtered i
by the wholesale.
Decrease In Ocean Travel.
Despite .the inducements held out by the
various steamship companies in the way of
superior accommodations and the jubilee
attractions in England, travel to Europe
has fallen off. The books of the large lines
show that the decrease compared with last
year amounts to about twelve per cent, for
first-class travelers, and about eight per
cent, for the second-class department.
AIR SHIP WITH CAS CYLINDER.
Craft With Side Propeller* to Be C?ed a#
Well for Steering.
There is now in coarse of construction
j on the Frank Skillig ranch, near Grand
Island, California, a monster air ship, j
which, it is asserted, will solve the problem
of terial navigation. The craft will be
ready for a trial within a few weeks.
It is being built by the Sweany-Davenport
Manufacturing Company, which was j
organized for that purpose.
The San Francisco Call, in a description I
of the air ship, says: "When finished the I
craft will measure 125 feet in length, j
feet from the floor of the car to the top of !
the cylinder and 37K feet between tho tips of
the propellers. The structuro will con- |
sist of an elliptical gas filled cylinder, to |
which a car is attached, and two propellers. :
situated not behind the cylinder, "as has
been the c&se with most air ships, but on
both sides of the craft, at the end of revolving
shafts. It differs also from other
craft in being without sails or rudder,
being steered entirely by the propellers.
"The car has been "nearly completed and
the canvas cylinder has been made. It will
be coated inside and outside with rubber
paint, and when all is ready for the trial
trip it will be inflated with hydrogen gas.
The tank that will be used in generating j
the gas is already on the ground, and also
eight thousand pounds of sulphuric acid
TRIED SOON IN CALIFORNIA.
and eight thousand pounds of Iron shavings
that will be used in the process."
COLD AND SILVER OUTPUT, j
Increased Production of the Precious
Metals in the United States.
The product of gold and silver in the several
States and Territories of the United
States for the calendar year 1896 is estimated
by the Director of the Mint to have
been:
Gold, Silver, CoinState
or Territory. Value. ing Value.
Alabama 85,700
Alaska 2,055,700 8187,863
Arizona 2,604,200 2,473,373
California 15,235.900 776,533
Colorado 14,911,000 29,185,293
Georgia 151,000 ' 776
Idaho 2,155,S00 6,658,457
Iowa 1,000 ....
Maryland 300
Michigan 37,200 76,283
Minnesota 800 ....
Montana 4,324,700 21,640,404
Nevada 2,468,300 1,355,835
New Jlexico 475.800 889,277
North Carolina 44,300 648
Oregon 1,251,000 78,998
South Carolina 63,300 388
South Dakota 4,969,800 296,727
Tennessee 300
Texas 8,000 679,305
Utah 1,899,900 11,413,463
Vermont 1,000 ....
Virginia 3,500 ....
Washington 405,700 855,426
Wjoming 14,300 129
Totals $53,088,000 $76,069,236
The increase in the production of gold
over 1895 was $6,478,000, while the production
of silver shows an increase of $4,018,000.
QUEEN VICTORIA REPORTED BLIND.
Her Affliction Recent Bat Threatened for
Some Time.
It is announced, on the authority of
one of the royal physicians attendant upon
Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, that "the
Queen is almost totally blind." No detail8
of the sad news are yet available beyond
the fact that the affliction is a recent culmination,
although it had for some time
been threatened.
If the cause of Her Majesty's blindness is
cataract, whioh is the commonest form of
Impaired sight in advanced age, it, of
course, is possible to cure it by a simple
delicate operation.
This is the true reason why she will not
ride alone in the procession, and why she
will not leave her carriage at the jubilee
services to be held at St. Paul's Cathedral,
and it is semi-offlci&lly announced that she
will be unable to respond to the greetings
that will be extended to her along the line
I of the royal procession.
It also explains, possibly, the recent revival
of the gossip of a regency under the
Prlnoe of Wales in the near future.
FATAL TORNADO IN PARIS.
Twelve Killed, Fifty Injured and Factories
and Dwellings Wrecked.
A tornado passed over the outskirts of
Toris, France causing the loss of about
twelve lives and injuring about fifty persons.
The damage throughout the area
swept by the tornado was
heavy. Factories and dwellings
were" levelled to the ground. A cafe at
j C'ourbevoie fell upon its occupants, many
of whom wer j injured. The two hundred
i booths thut had been erected for the fetes
at Asnieres, on the Seine, four miles from
the city, were wrecked. The village of
c.oiomues, nines uunuu?i, auu uic
important town of St. Dennis, about five
miies north of Paris, suffered severely.
A cloudburst caused devastation in central
France, notably at St. Germain, where
three persons were killod and a dozen injured.
Houses were carried away by the
flood, the telegraph lines were destroyed,
and much damage was done to other property.
No Shut Down This Year.
For the first time in four yours the Amoskeag,
Amory, Stark and Jefferson mills at
Manchester, N. H., will not make their
usual June shut-down. This throws 14,000
hands out of employment every year. There
is great rejoicing in consequence of the decision
to keep running. The mill companies
have received orders for sixty new
patterns of '25.000 pieces each.
Train Iiobbcra roiled.
An attempt to wreck the New York express
on the Ealtimore and Ohio South
western about sixty-five miles east of St.
Louis was foiled by one of the robbers, who
I warned the Sheriff. The latter reached the
I spot twenty minutes before the train was
| due. One robber surrendered and another
I was fatally shot. They had piled ties on
the tracks. The express car carried $100,000.
Lumber Company Purchases a Mountain.
A lumber company has purchased Mount
I W&sliiigton, the highest of the White
Mountain peaks, its altitude being C292
j feet. It was purchased for its timber, and
[ the price paid was $100.000. _
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IN THE QUIET HOUES.
PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE I
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
Thinning Ranks-A Prayer?Stock Which
Bred Heroes?Voice Which Shall'I.ive?
Love of Country and God-Made Strong
by Faith ? Equality I'nder Our Flag.
Another and another wreath?
We deck new graves each spring;
And smaller grows the gray-haired band *
Whose hands the garlands bring.
Grave veterans, we follow slow
The dull beat of the drum;
There's one brief march before us now,
And. comrades, we shall come
One sleep to share, and o'er each gravo
The starry Hag we love shall wave !
We mourn you not; the days seem far
Since side by side, we fought.
And onward to the meeting-place
The way is now so short!
Sot many" May-times shall we hear
The summons of the drum:
We wait, with unforgotten hearts,
Till, comrades we shall come
Our sleep to share, while o'er each grave,
Thank God ! the stary flag shall wave.
?Marian Douglas.
A Prayer for Guidance.
Father of all, graciously look upon us as a
family now seeking to behold thy face. As
the morning light is thiue, s ?the blessing of
the whole day must come from thee. Guide
us with thine eye, we humblv pray thee.and
give thine angels charge concerning U9. lest
at any time we dash our foot against a stone.
Above all grant unto us large gifts of the
holy spirit. We do not pray for bread alone,
but for the bread of life that eometn down
irom neaven. r or one suouier anu lor our
absent friends we would fervently pray. Bless
the old and the young.and with the sick and
the fainting be thou very gentle. Watch over
those who are full of care and speak comfortably
to those to whom wearisome days
and nights are appointed. Sanctify our
successes, and may our failures teach us
that it is not in man to direct his way. Go
with the child to school and with the man to
business, and may those who Ctty at homo
feel themselves under the constant care of
God. The Lord undertake for every one of
us according to our heart's necessity and
multiply unto as bis grace, so that beyond
all our want there may be an overflow of
divine love* Amen.
The Stock Which Bred Heroes.
There must come a time, not very far
?vay, when the chief actors in the work of
decorating our soldiers' graves will not be
soldiers who themselves fought for our
country's life, but their children and their
surviving countrymen, for death will have
claimed the last member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. A million men were
sent back to the walks of private, civilian
life when the rebellion-closed. But thirty
years of time's mowing have cut down the
human wheat then standing in the field,
until the sheaves yet to be gathered are
comparatively few indeed. Let me assure
you, for your country, and in its name, that
your heroism in its behalf shall be held in
everlasting remembrance. You may transmit
to your familfes when you go hence very
HHIa a# mnforlal afneo Hnt vnnr nArt MR
Union soldier in the great Rebellion will be
a legacy to them of untold value, and your
children's children to the latest generation
will count themselves honored ir. having
oome from the stock in which such heroes
were found.?Rev. J. B. Stitt, D. D.
A Voice Which Shall Lire.
When the last prayer shall be said over
the last dead oomrade and the last requiem
shall be sung over his grave, he will still
speak to the living both of the past and the
future. His voice will be heard in the loyalty
ot his children and in their devotion to
the old flag. It will be heard in the better
and ever-improving free education to the
masses, and in the more exalted national
virtue which springs from the performance
of noble deeds and in the living of good
lives. Today the nation weeps over its
dead, and strews flowers upon their graves.
But the air is full of song and the household
is full of rejoicing in remembrance of the
blessings which, through their lives, all
honorable peace has brought to our doors.
Long mwy the flag that they so nobly defended
wave over this favored country!
Long may the nation's children gather under
its folds and fling its colors into the untainted
atmosphere of American loyalty!
Long may the people shout and rejoice as
ifn everv fitnr becomes a star of nromise.and
its bright stripes, radiant with beauty, shall
symbolize the sunrise of universal peace!?
Rev. John W. Savers.
love of Country and of God.
Love of country, illuminated by obligation
to God, which made a few Dutch provinces
that were daunted neither by delay nor defeat,
by starvation nor by death, ultimately
victorious over Spain and the sea: which
made tho handful of New England farmers
withstand the force of the invaders, though
the snow at Valley Forgo was reddened by
their bare and bleeding feet; which inspired
thousands to leave home and shop
and bank and farm and school and
face the cannon's mouth,until in the grave of
the gentlest of our rulers all animosities
were forever buried?this alone can fill our
youth with high motives and sublime ideals,
elevate our press and assure our commerce,
restore our credit and preserve our fame.?
Rev. F. H. Smith.
Made Strong by Faith.
80 search we, Lord, not for some rare'
Far visions of thy face;
In present loves and joys and toils
Let us thy presence trace;
In brave contentions for the right,
Forgivenesses of wrong.
The fears that hope, the tears that smile,
Weak lives by faith made strong.
?Denis W'ortman.
Equality I'nder Country's Flag.
The shifting scenes of a forming civiliza
oKnll civ.. nlnoo to a <ton<olidfl UmI na
tionality; tbe hardy and industrious, the ardent
anu itapetuous, the energetic and daring
men of all sections and nationalities,
shall be linked in production and manufacture.
by commerce and by cheap and swift
communication, aud joined by the feeling of
recinrocal fraternity. Equal rights and
equal burdens will be equally distribute'd under
one nag, on which the siript s shall symbolize
the tears and blood which purchased
the Union, and the stars the hopes which
crown our destiny.?Rev. 0. H. Tiffany,D.D.
The Most Precious Sacrifice.
We read in old familiar story that, one
day in the Roman forum, the enrth oj>ened,
and a great gulf yawned in the very midst.
The augurs said that this gulf would never
close its horrid mouth until it had been fed
with the most precious thing in Rome.
There was doubt as to what the most precious
thing might be, when a young soluier,
armed and mounted, rode boldly forward
and plunged into the chasm, declaring that
there could be nothing s<< precious as life
given for one's country.?Preachers' Magazine.
Memorial I>ay a Monument.
Our grand American Republic was threatened
with disruption and ruin, but by the
devotion and death of loyal citizen soldiery
she escaped that sad calamity. Memorial
Day is tbe monument reared by a g'uteful
nation and established as the medium
through which the great event shall be kept
in mind.?Rev. J. H. Maeomber, U. 8. A.
To live, to live, is life's great joy?to feel
The living God within- to look abroad,
And. in the beautv that all things reveal.
Still meet the living God.
? Robert Lcishton.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington Items.
The text of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty, together with the President's message
and Secretary 8herman's report, was
Sade pv.blic; ex-Queen Liliuokalani has
ed a protest against the ratification of
the treaty.
Correspondent John 8. Shriver, charged
with cortempt of the United 8tates Senate
Committee, goes fi-ee. Judge Bradley
directed the jurv to return a verdict of
"not guilty." lie was accordingly ac-.
quitted.
It is reported that special Treasury
agents, who havo been making an investigation,
will recommend that all personal
effects of returning American tourists be
The Senate finished the consideration of
the sugar schedule of the Tariff bill, with
the exception of the clause relating to the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, which was
laid over, to be taken up later on. Pettigrew's
anti-Trust amendment was tabled.
The trial of John S. Shriver, a newspaper
correspondent, for refusing to testify before
the Sugar Investigating Committee, was
begun at Washington.
President McKinley returned to Washington
from his trip to the Tennessee Exposition.
Domestic.
Carmine Lipre. an Italian bootblack, became
insane in New York City from a mosquito's
bite.
One of the features of "Bunker Hill Day"
in Boston was the presentation by the State
of a figure of Winged Victory to the battle
ship Massachusetts.
Edward Kilgore was killed by Fannie
Jackson and her brothers, in Ladonia,
Texas.
The United States battleship Iowa was
placed in commission at the League Island
Navy Yard. Philadelphia.
C. D. Collins, a wealthy resident of Tennessee,
was assaulted and robbed near
Meramec Highlands, Mo., by Martin Ensley.
an Intimate friend. Ensioy is me sou ui
Colonel Enoch Ensley. who was one of the
richest and best men in the South.
A report was current in Brooklyn that
Clans Spreekels intends to build a twohundred-thousand-dollar
coffee plant in
Brooklyn.
Fred Musbeck was pitching quoits with a
friend in the yard iii the rear of his store
in Chicago, when a rainstorm came up.
They were about to enter the store when
there was a flash of lightning, followed by
a crash of thunder. Musbeck was killed
instantly. The other man was unhurt.
Patrick Gallagher, owner of a stonecrusher
at Alpine, N. J., had a pitched
battle with his workmen in which guns,
pistols and stones were used. He won, but
no one was hnrt.
Dan Noble, the notorious bank burglar,
was arrested as a escaped convict from
Auburn Prison with four years to serve.
He has been living in New York for more
than a year.
Millionaire W. R. Bradbury, who was
twice convicted in San Francisco. Cal., of
spitting in street cars, must spend twentyfour
hours in jail for his second offenoe, as
the Judge refused to impose a fine. Bradbury
applied to the Superior Court for a
writ of habeas corpus, but Judge Wallace
denied the application, so the old millionidm
will have to cro to the county jail. His
case was the first tost case under the new
anti-expectoration ordinance, and his fate
will probably be a warning.
Judge James Harlan, a brother of Justice
Harlan, of the United States Supreme
Court, was run oyer and killed by a train
near the almshouse at Louisville. Ky.,where
he had been sent at his own desire on account
of his drinking habits.
The National Anti-Hob and Lynch Law
Association was incorporated at Columbus.
Ohio, by 8amuel E. Huffman, W. H. Dickson
and other colored citizens of Springfield.
The purposes o[ the organization
are to discourage mob and lynch law in the
United 8tates and to arouse public sentiment
against it.
The sensational feature of the testimony
taken before the Coroner at Urbanna, Ohio,
in the Bell and Baker inquests, the men who
lost their lives the night of the lynching,
were the statements of three guards on the
witness stand that they had lost their
places because they had taken >art in the
firing on the crowd at the county jail.
The jury at Austin, Texas, in the case of
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, controlled
by the Standard Oil Company, charged
with violation of the anti-Trust law,
brought in a verdict for the 8tate. cancelling
the permit to do business in Texas and
in favor of defendants Hathaway, Grice,
Keenan, Austin and Friese, local district
agents of the company.
Foreign.
Seventeen bodies have been recovered
from the Tham es, London, in three weeks.
Most of the suicides are believed to be foreigners
in London for the jubilee.
Two Frenchmen were killed by Italians,
and a Frenchman stabbed on Italian during
labor troubles in France. ,
The death of Father Sebastian Knelpp,
the wa :er curist, waf. reported from Munich,
Bavaria.
In the British House of Commons William
Redmond (Pnrnellite) opposed a motion
that tbe House attend St. Margaret's
Church to celebrate the Queen's jubilee.
Great damage has been done in Rumania
by the recent rainstorms. The Danube has
overflowed its banks, and an immense lake,
nine miles long, has formed between Fetcsti
and Tchernavoda.
The north of England and Scotland have
1? v ' laa TKa ouhnrha
Deen swept uy ueavy gam. *uw
of Glasgow and the country around that
city were flooded and the railroads were
submerged.
A body of Spaniards has been destroyed
by Ge ueral Bandera's forces near Sabana,
Cuba.
Frank Butler was found guilty in Sydney,
N. S. TV., of the murder of Captain Lee
Weller.
Nelson's old flagship, the Foudrovaut,
was wrecked in a gale off the northwest
coast of England. She had been touring
the coast as a show ship.
Further advices received in Calcutta from
I the interior of India show that great devastation
was wrought by the earthquake.
The tc wn of Shillong has been annihilated,
and great damage has been done in Dacca,
Jamititr. and Mursliidabad. Several lives
have been lost. The funds collected in Calcutta
for the Jubilee celebration are likely
to be distributed among: the sufferers.
Particulars are received of a serious fatality
near the Jllecillewaet tunnel on the
line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
While a gang of railroad laborers were at
work a mud and rock .slide came down on
I a number of the wcrkmen. Five were
I killed outright. Tyeir names are AlexanI
der Cummings, Albe:rt Johnson, George
Phillip's, A. Davidson, and 8. Oleson.
I The Porte has accepted Dr. Angell a?
j Minister from the United States. Ministei
| Terrell has left Constantinople for home.
niu.. ?<..inon Pwnfpnl Tiailwav traffic of
I Alio UAV-VIWU ?? w
flcials are informed that 300 car loads of
corn will be shipped from Texas and Kansas
to the City of Mexico during the next
few weeks. The corn will be used to relieve
suffering in districts where there was shortage
of grain crop.
A serious bread riot occurred at Matanzas,
Cuba. Two thousand Reconeentrados
? men, women and children?made desperate
by hunger, paraded the streets, demanding
bread. Private residences were broker
into and g-ocery stores looted before the
local Spam '< police, 'with swords drawn,
succeeded iL uelling the riot.
The> Uniteu States cruiser Brooklyn
reached Southampton, England, ten days
t oat fi.-om.New Yorlt.
^ FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
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THRILLINC INCIDENTS AND DARINC
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. A"
Little Girl's Self-Sacriflclng DeedStartling
Experience With a Rattlesnaks?
Scaring Wolves by Yelling:?
Attacked by a Huge Octopus.
She lived in Placer County, not far
from where the pretty town of Auburn
aow stands, for it happened many
1 years ago, in the early Ws, and I ex1
pect that but few now residing there
i save any recollections of the affair.
| The family, consisting of father, a
xiiner, her mother and little brother,
I Iwelt in a small shanty erected under
1 ?over of a convenient ledge. The
' woa a miaaraVtlo structure of
two rooms, but it held what a many a
' grander dwelling failed to contain, a
loving household. The mother lay sick
with the fever, and Carmen, then a
girl of twelve, performed the drudgery
of the house. Her.little brother, a curly-headed
romp, of five, was Carmen's
great responsibility. The father was
away from early morning until late at
night at his work, and so the little
hands of twelve found plenty to do. In
common with the custom of miners,
the father kept a store of giant powder
in the house, which in the present
case was contained in a sack placed in
an old wooden box that stood at the
foot of the bed where lay the sick
mother. The upper part of the shanty,
under the sloping board roof, was uti
ized as a storage place for old dunnage.
One night the father was absent in
the mine. By some means the shanty
took fire, probably from the cracked
and defective adobe chimney. Carmen
awoke to find that the roof was afire
i and sparks dropping down. Springing
up she loudly cried to awaken her
mother and Tommy, bnt the little boy
became frightened and hid his head
beneath the covers of his bed. Carmen
sprang to lift him from the bed, when
she saw shower of sparks falling on the
powder box. Becognizing the awful
danger, she attempted to leave the
child for the moment and carry out
the powder, but in her excitement she
caught her foot in the overhanging
bedclothes and fell to the floor, breaking
her thigh bone. Unable to arise,
the brave girl crawled to the box of
powder and, drawing herself up, covered
the box with her body. The
mother had by this time succeeded in
getting out of bed and getting outside
fiie now furiously burning shanty, and
manacred to take with her her little
bov.
The cries of Carmen: "Oh, take
Tommy out, won't yon!" turned for a
time the mother's thought from her
daughter's danger. The fire had
aroused some of the neighbors who
speedily ran to the burning shanty and
lent what aid they could. Carmen
was discovered and removed. Her
rescners found her almost buried beneath
a mass of burning cinders, her
back frightfully burned. Tender hands
bore her to a neighboring shanty,
where all that could be done to alleviate
her sufferings was eagerly bestowed.
But human aid came too late. The
brave little spirit lingered until the
following day and then departed for a
brighter land. It was not' known until
after she had recovered consciousness,
a short time before she died, that
she had broken her leg. Her last words
were: "Kiss me, Tommy, dear; I've
saved you, and I'm so happy."?San
Francisco Call.
Startling Experience With a Rattlesnake.
"The rattlesnake, owing to the
danger signal which he sounds at the
approach of man, is less dreaded in
the Southwest than the tarantula or
centipede," says a mining engineer in
the New York Sun. "But when sleeping,
particularly in the night, he may
be trodden on before ho springs his
rattle, and then he strikes instantly,
without warning. In cool nights he
somelimes seeks the warmth of a
camper's blankets, as a friend of mine
fnnnd one nicrht in the lower Gila
Valley. Waking one night from his
sleep in the open air he thought his
blankets felt very heavy upon him,
and rising, with them still rolled
about him, he shook to the ground
two large rattlesnakes that had been
resting comfortably above his body
and legs. As they struck the ground
they coiled at once and set up a
rattling that was more effective than
a ly alarm clock could have been to
rouse the sleepers in the camp. The
blankets about him saved my friend's
legs and feet from their fangs, and the
two snakes were killed where they
were with a surveyor's staff.
"A more gruesome and startling experience
was that of another man I
knew, and it occurred in the same
valley. Sleeping on the ground he
dreamed that he was in the coils of a
boa constrictor and that his only
chance for life was to keep the reptile's
head away from him. He woke
to find himself with his right hand
clutching a huge rattlesnake by the
head and neck, while the reptile was
writhing and twisting powerfully to
get free. As he held him the snake
could not bite, and.uomnea as ne was,
my friend had the presence of mind to
hold his grip, while he sprang to his
feet and lifted the snake clear of the
ground. A snake cannot strike except
when part of its body rests upon a support,
00 the man was safe from this
snake so long as he could hold it at
arm's length above the ground. His
hunting knife was hanging from the
fork of a low tree close by. He went
to the tree, fished the knife out from
its sheath with his left hand, and cut
the snake's neck off" just below the
hand that held it. As the body dropped
to the ground he flung the head as far
from him as he could and went back to
his blankets and sat down.
" 'I had a cauteen half full ol
whisky?a level quart,' he said in telling
tli9 story afterward. 'I didn't gc
to sleep again that night, but sat uj
and drank it The morning star was g
in the sky when I got to the bottom of ;
the canteen, and I was as sober as
when I begun it It was just enough: gt
to steady my nerves.'" ^ {
Scaring Wolves bj Yelling. ^ -. J
While on his way to Craig and when lj
about ten miles from town, John W. J|
Lowell Jr., had an unpleasant experience
with three gray wolves which *
ought to be sufficient for one day, says
the Craig (Col.) Courier.
Mr. Lowell noticed the wolves in the i
distance, but paid no attention to them . ?
until after he had traveled about a
mile, when his horse became uneasy.
Looking back Mr. Lowell beheld a
sight which, as he says, caused his hat
to raise not a trifle?three large gray'
wolves about 200 yards distant were
charging after him at a speed which
would soon bring them upon him. < <
There was not a moment to spare, and
the young man hardly knew what to
do. He was unarmed, and the snow
was so deep that it was impossible for
his horse to run from the ferocious
beasts with any degree of success. -iS
Mr. Lowell quickly decided that he
had but one chance, and that was to t y
attempt to bluff. Wheeling his horse
around, facing the wolves, he applied ^
the quirt, and at every jump of his
steed he let forth a yell that would :;M
have put any Comanche to shame. For ?
a moment the bluff seemed a failure, ^
for the wolves continued to approach, v;
and the distance between the horseman ^
and the' shaggy creatures lessened to
about fifty yards before the turn in af- .
fairs occurred.
Finally, after a few more plunges in *
the snow by the horse and numerous
yells from the thoroughly frightened f
young man, the wolves suddenly turned
and ran in an opposite direction. Ji
Mr. Lowell followed his lead with t
renewed vigor, and more whoops, and
if any one in the lower country should j
see three badly scared wolves running 1
westward it may be depended upon
+V>of flmr oro nnM wlliftlf '3
threatened the safety of the son of onr
State Auditor.
Attacked by a Huge Octopu*.
A huge devilfish attacked a boat con- /
taining Dr. W. T. Warren and Misses J''
Katie Herbruck and Lillian McKeehan, At
who were out searching for sea urchins '<
and star fish at Tacoma, Wash. The
octopus made his appearance while the . J
party was rowing along the shore of "3
Lemon's beach. It began the battle Jj
by throwing a five-foot arm into the 'f;J
boat, and but for stout resistance / &
would have fastened it about the foot |
of one of the occupants. Dr. Warren. 2
and his companions had only two oars ?$0
and a fish hook as weapons.
The young women took turns in
keeping the boat in position with one
oar, while the other assisted in club- t
bing the furious water devil, which - \
I IabLA/1 4-1-tA wnfflti inln o /nam Affa* m. . Of
IOOUCU iud n uwi. ill w ? avhim* t."w
severe fight the octopus gained a tem ' ,:i*
porary advantage by fastening a tenta- 1
cle around the cross piece in the boat's
bow and starting down the sound. He
proved more vulnerable than the whale
which towed an attacking party over J|
100 miles in the same waters last summer,
for the octopus gave up after tow- J
ing the boat three miles, Dr. Warren ffl
nearly cutting the fastened arm in two w
with his fish hook. Two other arms J
were cut off while the octopus was try- $0
iug to pull the boat under, having fastan
ed two other arms to a log on the
bottom. The monster was then soon ' 4gH
dispatched and dragged aboard. It jjg
measured ten feet from the tips of the
opposite arms and had 250 "suckers."
A Dos Saves Hl? Mistress's' life.
There is a small black dog in Ja- %
maica Plain, Mass., who is enjoying
the distinction of having saved human r'gj
life in a manner that showed unusual CH
in+o11irran/?a Thft onimal is nf no nar- *9
ticular breed, bat his intelligence and ^2
affection have caused him to receive a- 3
"great deal of petting. He belongs to
George Shaw, and his devotion to the |
family has been proved in many ways. v
It was early in the afternoon, and Mrs.
Shaw was alone in the honse. She intended
to spend the afternoon away ?j
from home, and after closing the front
door she lost her footing and rolled I||
down the storm step, striking on her
face and cutting the flesh perilously
near the temple. The blood gushed . 1
from the wound, and she arose and
went into the house, but consciohaness
left her as soon as she reached her
room. It was four hours later when
she was discovered by the family. She
was still unconscious, and was a gory. .:.*$?
object to behold. The only clear spot
on her face was that surrounding the- : *
wound, which the dog had licked until ."?8;
the flow of blood was staunched. He -'?8
was at his post of duty when the doctor
arrived, and it was then discovered JS|
that his attention to his mistress for# 'k!
more than three hours had saved her ,'39
life. His paws aud part of his body . *
tvava hlnnd-stAined and he had made \?li
no effort to clean himself.
Heroism of a Boy.
With a box containing 200 pounds
of dynamite on fire ten feet rway from ':$m
him, John Thomas, a boy who runs a \;S
compressed air hoisting engine in the* Tamarack
mine at Houghton, Mich.. 'Ifl
stuck to his post and saved the lives
of men at work in the mine by his
wonderful bravery. ySm
Ten seconds after Thomas had ' da
hoisted the men to the level,.the dyna- /q!9
mite exploded smashing the engine
to pieces and doing other damage, but
the men and boy to whom they owe dj
their lives were in a place of safety. . :.3
The miners working in the twenty- "v'.i
third level head put seven cases of j-3
dynamite in a box for future use. At
noon a miner, accompanied by Thomas, J
went to the box and found it on fire. -J!
Thomas went to his post, gave the T
alarm to the miners in his level below ^
> and ran his engine until he had hoisted
them out. Ho then fled. The alarm v"'
f of lire caused great excitement, but no
miners were injured in the rush to
i reach daylight from the depth of from
? 3000 to 4000 feet. . , , - {l
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