The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 5, 1895, Page 5

: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1895. TWOFATAL DISASTERS Many Persons Go Down With a Falling Bridge. FIERCE FIGHT FOR LIFE. Victims in the Water Struggle for Places of Van- tage. COLLAPSE OF A GRAND STAND. At the Buffalo Driving Park Death and Injury Are Caused by an Accldent. ELKHART, Ixp., July 4—A terrible ac- cident occurred at Bristol, a small town six miles from here, late this afternoon. During the progress of a boatrace on the 8t. Joseph Rivera crowd of pmbably_b‘w people was jammed on a three-span iron bridge. During the finish of an exciting race, and while the crowd was cheering tremendously, the bridge gave way and the mass of humanity was precipitated into the water forty feet below. As near as can be learned at present ns have received serious e and neighboring cities were telephoned for and went to the vith all possible haste. The accident happened at 6 o'ciock. The the last of a series that had fur- principal sport of a Fourth of ration. When the unfortunates in the water amidst a mass of iron and wood framework the groans of men, women and children arose and spurred to activity those who seemed dazed by the magnitude of the catastrophe. Luckily the water was only five feet deep or many would have been dtowned. The crowd on shore saw many people in the water fighting with each other for a place of vantage or some means of escape from what seemed certain-death. It was some time -before effective aid could be given. As soon as possible, however, long planks, ladders and ropes were secured and & dozen men waded out and, helped by those on the bank, lifted the main girder, h held several people under the water. One by one the injured were brought to shore, and those living at Bristol were taken care of immediately by their friends i hurried to their hom The neigh- boring stores and houses were turned into temporary hospitals and many who lived at a distance were taken care of here. Owing to.the excitement, whieh amounts to a frenzy, and the rapid scattering of the jured by their friends, it will be some time before a complete list of the injured can be obtained. Those thought to be fatally injured are: Dr. Cash Detrow, concussion of spine; Mack Little, both legs broken and injured internally; Mrs. Mack Little, badly in- jured about the head and shoulders; six- year-oid son - of Mack Little, both arms and one leg broken; daughter of Mack . Little, both legs broken; Jonas Reprogle, both arms and legs broken. The day was a pleasant one and a large erowd was in the city witnessing the fes- tivities. Bristol is the center of a popu- Jous country and the rural folks were pres- ent it Jarge numbers. Those who could not. get on the bridge lined the banks and other points to get a view of the sports. The day’s sports were just ending when the accident occurred. Many of the farmers as well as their relatives and {riends were hastily placed in wagons and, without waiting for the aid of physicians or as much as leaving names, departed for their homes. It is believed that many in- jured were taken away in this manner and it is thought that some of them will die. The complete list of the dead and injured will at all events not be known for a week. Every train to-night brought from sur- rounding towns relatives and friends of visitors to Bristol, for the news had spread over the country with great rapid- ity. Thus. the houses where lay the wounded were searched by many anxious- looking persons for some one who had not returned from the celebration. Those who were able to be moved were carried to the cars and taken home, while those more seriously injured will be attended at Bris- tol. The bridge. has been used for many years. Only last spring it was repaired and considered able to bear any strain that ‘might be put upon it. Examination of the part of the structure which remained in- tact shows that the railing had given way under the pressure of the crowd and car- ried withit part of the footway on which the people were standing. The following is a list of the wounded as far a learned to-night: Dr. C. E. Dutrow, fatally; Clyde Trumbull, Three Rivers, Mich., cut in body and head; Mrs. George Williamson, body crushed; Mrs. Albert Stamp, Hubert Nicholson, Jessie Wesso of Elkhart, broken legs and arms; Daisy Little, broken arm; G. B. Floyd, Howard Meyers, Mrs. Mary Mil- Jer, Arthur Sassman, Motville, Mich., both legs broken; George Roth, Miss Lida King Miss: Trattela, Porter, Mich., foot and neck hurt; Frank Fry, hurt internally; Mrs. E. J. Smith, arm broken; John Kist- ner, Elkhart, hip and head hurt; Miss Stewart, Charles Caraman, Met Caraman, head and feet crushed; Douglas Stewart, hurt internally; Frank Reptogle, wife and daughter, badly injured; Garret Blooming- ton, Josie Frane, Elkhart, badly injured; Mack Little, wife and son, legs broken. INJURY AND DEATH. Terrible Accident at the Buffalo Driving Park. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 4—While 10,000 people sat in the new grand stand at the Buffalo Driving Park at 5:30 o’clock this afternoon a section of the stand fell. The cause was a weak stairway, which held over forty or fifty people at the time. Un- derneath the stairway was a wineroom, which had beeri crowded with people on'y a’ moment before. They were climbing back to their seats in the stand to witness the start of a race when the aceident oc- curred. In cdving in so suddenly the stairway took with it a section of the grand stand, and piled about forty people—men, women and children—in a mass. Then the im- mense. crowd stood up in their seats and rushed toward the stairway and then back from it again. In the stampede women fainted and were trampled upon or jumped from the stand to the ground, and in other ways contributed to the excitement. After the stand had been cleared the people were held back with difficulty while dhose who Lad fallen were extricated. Carriages were soon at hand, and took to their homes about forty men and women who were but slightly injured or who suf- fered from the shock. Ambulances took the most severely in- jured to the hospitals. The hospitals gave out this list of the injured to-night: John Gilroy Hill, colored, four ribs broken and internally injured, will die; G- Barrett Rich, president of the Commercial Bank, left leg badly fractured; Frank Veater, back broken and fatal internal in- juries, will die; Mrs. James K. Cuddy, scalp wounds and head and face cut; Mrs. Woods, broken thigh; T. Kitchell, right leg fractured; Mury Montgomery, internal injuries, collarbone broken; Mrs. Howard Herr, both legs broken; Mrs. F. M. Crandall, wife of the librarian of the Bu- reau of Public Printing, Washington, seri- ously bruised. The grand stand was a new one and was built about three years ago by Cicero J. Hamlin, the well-known horse-owner, who is also the owner of the driving park. ISOME MINOR CASUALTIES. As Uswal Death and Injury Come With the Fourth. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 4.—Independence day was unusually prolific of painful acci- dents, two of them fatal. Up to 11:30 P. M. there were fifty-four casualties veported by the police. Thomas Baehr, aged 16, was shot in the head by a stray bullet and instantly killed. John Kern, aged 3, was also struck by a stray bullet and died at | midnight. Milton Meyer, aged 9, had both eyes blown out, and Charles Fenton, | aged 10, and Arthur Wayatt, aged 15, each lost an eye by powder explosions. CHICAGO, IrL., July2t.—Three persons were killed, and about fifteen injured in | various ways as a result of the celebration. The following is the record of-the most serious cases: Anton Deering, wounded by shot froma | revolver fired by August Zeriski, will die; | Faleen Shane, shot while examining a revolver; Joseph Karnald. William Mithen | and Leroy Myer, seriously injured TIFFIN, Onro, July 4.—The 18-year-old son of Silas Hull of Attica, while loading his shotgun with buckshot this morning knocked it down, and the arm was dis- | charged, the bullets striking his mother in | the abdomen and little sister in the breast. Both will die. SACRAMENTO, Carn., July 4.—Little Albert Farr, aged 9 years, has not as many | fingers to-night as he had this morning when he got out his toy cannon to cele- brate the glorious Fourth. He loaded the | gun to the muzzle, lit the fuse and then | sat down to await results. The fuse burned out,as he supposed, so he picked up artillery and turned it over to see what was the matter. There was really nothing the matter, as he soon discovered, for it went off in his hand. The palm was terribly lacerated, and his little finger has not been found. ILL THEIR THROATS CUT. Editor Fields Kills His Wife and Baby and Then Himself. The Woman Had Evidently Con- sented to Die With Her Husband. MEADVILLE, Mo., July 4-—S. A.| Fields, until recently editor ‘of the Post at Polo, cut the throats of his wife and baby with a razor this morning and then ended his own life in the same manner. The bodies were found in a garden about 200 yards from the house of his father-in-law, about five miles northwest of here. The family was visiting there at the time. A note was found in Mrs. Fields® pocket saying that everything they had was to be left to her mother, Mrs. Thomas. It is evident that Fields and his wife had agreed to die together, for she went into the house after they went out and put on an old dress and went back and the deed was done. Fields was a lawyer by profession and was about 35 years of age, but bad made a failure of his practice. Two years ago he attempted his own life by throwing him- self out of a second-story window. He was in goed circumstances. S AN ENOCH ARDEN STORY. Dr. Brown Leaves Jail to Find His Wife Married Again. MACON, Ga., July 4.—A peculiar Enoch Arden story, which is international in its bearings, comes from Waycross. Dr. Brown returned a day or two ago after an absence of twenty-five years and found his wife the happy spouse of a well-to-do citi- zen of this place. Brown is a Frenchman with an interest- ing history. When he left this country he went to France to look after alezacy. A quarrel with his lawyer resulted in the murder of the latter and Brown was sent to prison for twenty-five years. The lez- acy was used up in the endeavor to acquil him and when he was freed he was penni- less. His first act on being released was to come to Georgia to see his wife, whom he had loved all the years of separation. She had long since given him up as dead and had been married twice. Her present hus- band is a Mr. Thomas, who lives near Sheriff Mill, in this county. Brown’s grief on finding her wedded to another man was inten: He asked her and her husband to visit him, but she refused to grant his request. Brown has gone away again, discouraged and heartbroken. His Wife 1s Suspected. LINNEUS, Mo., July 4.—At 6 o'clock this morning Cy G. Cummings, a boot and shoe dealer, was found dead in bed. A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of his wife, whom he married a few weeks | azo, and she has been placed in custody. | Cimmings was an Odd Fellow, and it is said that he told a number of his brethren that his wife was trying to do away with him, and that she had more than once put | poison in his food and drink. The woman is Cummings’ third wife, and he got her by advertising in a matrimonial paper. Mrs. Cummings protests her innocence. ——— Kansas Temperance Union. TOPEKA, Kaxs., July 4.—The annual | convention of the Kansas Temperance Union, held in this city to-day, was the largest temperance convention ever held in this State. Richard Wake was elected president of the union and Dr. 8. S. Robey -secretary. At to-night’s session a number of short speeches were made by prominent temperance men. el Lo Collision of Electric-Cars. COLUMBUS, Ouio, July 4.—By a rear- end collision on the Columbus and Worth- ington electric railway this afternoon two cars were wrecked. A number of people were more or less seriously injured and Mrs. Sarah Ryerson will die. The train that was wrecked was carrying a number of Knights of Maccabees who were going to a picnic at Worthington Grove. i Three Were Drowned. BEVERLY, N. J., July 4.—A skiff con- taining a party of three women and two men was upset this afternoon and James Bevan, John Anderson and Cornelia Marembaco were drowned. All were from Philadelphia, and the accident was caused by a woman jumping from a yachtinto the small boat. MUCH BLOOD IS SHED, Fierce Riots During the Street Parade in Boston. A VERY ACTIVE TROOPER Rushes to the Rescue of an Insulted Woman With an Orange Dress. SABER AND REVOLVERS USED. During the Terrible Conflicts Two Men Are Killed and Sev~ eral Injured. BOSTON, Mass., July 4#—The most ex- traordinary scenes were enacted in East Boston. It began with the exchange of insults between the paraders and the thousands of sightseers who lined the side- walks; it ended with a murder and the in- jury of two persons after the paraders had gone over the route and disbanded. Por- tions of it were on their way home. All the trouble was in connection with the afternoon parade, which had come to be called *‘The Little Red Schoolhouse parade,” the paraders representing A. P. A. lodges, Patriotic Sons of America, Orange lodges, Order of United Workmen and other kindred organizations. This parade was booked to start at 1:30 and the head of the column started from White street nearly at that time. It pre- sented a novel appearance. It wascom- pletely encircled by police, who not alone led the column, but flanked the sides of it for-a hundred yaras. There were fully 300 | policemen under the command of Captain | | Pierce and Captain Irsch. There wereabout 1500 men in the parade. | It was headed by *The Little Red School- house” which has been the subject of much talk and comment. It was a facsimile of the regular New England schoolhouse seen in all of its States. At the very end of the procession camea barouche drawn by four gray horses, which was without police protection. In the carriage were O. C. Emmerson, H. Roberts, Mrs. O. C. Emmerson and Mrs. J. F. Camp- bell. The carriage was profusely deco- rated with American flags, and Mrs. Campbell wore an orange dress, When the rear of the procession was be- iween Brooks and Putnam streets, on Sar- atoga, the crowd closed in. A drunken woman, decked in tawdry finery, marched up to the rear of the carriage, shouting loud insults. One of the men pushed the drunken an back. Some men in the crowd fell the man with loud shouts. A milk ailed through the air, falling into the The occupants of the carriage elp. ndrews of Everett, a private bury Horse Guards, was stand- ing on the sidewalk near by. He was in full uniform, saber at his side rews had been in the escort of the Mayor all the morning. The bright yellow plume of hi the struggling la in the carriage. “Help us, soldier,” one of them cried shrilly. Andrews rushed into the thick of the fight, drawing his saber as he ram. He waved the heavy blade above his head. shouted for Albert in the Rox The crowd fell back a second, then rushed | | upon the orange plume with a tremendous roar. Four men stood by Andrews, one of them brandishing two self-cocking revol- vers. In seven minutes the scene of a terrible battle. drews was driven up Saratoga street. Twice he fell. Twice the men with the re- volvers fired. Itisvery probable the re- volvers were charged only with blank cartridges. Andrews retreated, slashing and feinting with his saber, but cutting street was the only once, when one voung man named | Stewart of Brooks street had his nose | slashed off. Hardly had the crowd started the fight when a messenger was sent for the police. At this time there was not a policeman within a quarter of a mile. ailed three mounted policemen to the rescte. They came down Boston street on the gallop. At this time Andrews and his support- ers were nearly done for. Officer Bates and the others did great fighting. Bates was struck by a brick immediately on arriving at the scene. A number of hi teeth were knocked out. His uniform was spattered with blood. With great difficulty Andrews was pro- tected till he reached 449 Saratoga street, where he dashed under Bates’ horse and escaped over a fence into his father's house. The mounted officers held the crowd at bay ten minutes more; then a vlatoon of fourteen officers dashed to the rescue, clubbing right and left. Many heads were broken before the crowd went scurrying down Saratoga street. Michael Doyle of Morris street was clubbed so severely that he now lies dying at the City Hospital. Only two arrests were made. The crowd made another attack on the lines at Prince- ton street, but were easily dispersed. A small detachment of the paraders was coming down Border street just after the parade had been dismissed. At about the corner of Maverick street there was trouble, which originated in the same manner as did the other disturbances of the day. There was hooting and hissing, followed by personal altercations between those who were coming back from the parade and the -people in the crowd. Some sticks and stones were thrown and the melee in- creased, whereupon a number of the pa- raders drew pistols and began firing indis- criminately. John W. Willg, who is said to have been an involuntary varticipant in the affair, was struck by a bullet and received injuries which resulted in his death. | Just a few feet from Wills stood John | Ross, one of the paraders. Ross pointed his pistol at Wilis, according to the testi- mony of a man who stood nextto him, and fired, the bullet striking Wills just above the right hip, passing into his abdomen. He gave a stifled cry and fell to the pave- ment. When Wills fell, a young man named John Quirk sprang toward him and bent over the bleeding body. He claims that Ross pointed his pistol at him and fired again. The bullet grazed hisright temple. Patrick A. Kelly was also wounded, but itis not known whether with a bullet or how. Rossand a man named Harold G. Brown were arrested on suspicion, while many persons are held as witnesses. Wills lived in East Boston and was a longshore- man. The police formed a guard about the The ladies shrank in fright. | An- | nelmet attracted the attention of | Gradually An- | Captain Irsch | rest of the lodge and escorted it to the ferry. On the ferry-boat they hid their badges and regalias and mingled with and were lost in the crowd. ; HAVOC OF THE FLAMES. Fire Sweeps Through the Town of Well- ington, Ohio. WELLINGTON, Onio, July 4.—At 8 o'clock fire broke out at the rear of the Methodist church, on Main street, in a small house owned by C. W. Horr. A brisk wind was blowing from the south, and almost as soon as the small town Fire Department was ready to begin work a dozen buildings were ablaze. Tn thirty minutes the fire attacked six- teen buildings and progressed practically uncontrolled. Talegrams were sent to Cleveland, Oberlin, Lorain and other places asking for assistance. At 10 o’clock an engine and hosecart ar- rived from Cleveland, but up to midnight no response had been received from the other towns. The Cleveland fire-fighters be- gan_working in a practical way, but the fire had assumed such proportions that the force contending against it was totally in- adequate. : Rumors of three or four fatalities are current, but are mnot yet confirmed. Already $150,000 worth of property has been destroyed and the fire is making steady and rapid headway. At 1:30 A. . the fire is believed to be at a standstill and practically under control. The entire business ponflm of the town and many residences were destroyed. Pty e A REJECTED SUITOR’S REVENGE. With Dynamite He Blows Up a House Containing Five Women. LEMONT, I, July 4.—In the village |of Romeo this morning a house icont:\ining five women was blown to {atoms by dynamite placed beneath it by the rejected lover of one of the women. Luke Hoyle and_Tim Hoise were aspirants for the hand of Mollie Bierbier and when Hoise was chosen, Hoyle obtained dynamite and revenged himself. All the women were hurt, three perhaps fatally. Hoyle was arrested. 0ING BACK 7O THE FOLL. | Negroes Have Lost All Faith in the Pledges of the Democrats. Prominent Colored Men Returning to the Ranks of the Repub-~ lican Party. i | WASHINGTON, D. | ing the example of H. C. Astwoods, the | chairman of the Colored National Demo- cratic League, who recently left the Demo- cratic party in disgust, other prominent | colored men are returning to the Republi- | can fold. The experience of these nagroes who {made themselves a feature in the | campaign that resulted in the | election of Grover Cleveland to the | Presidency has been particularly har- They were promised by the al committee that as soon as Cleveland clected three big places at least would be given to their Jeaders and a plentiful supply of minor offices appor- tioned among the rank and file. { R. G. Still of Philadelphia, who had | charge of an important organization of colored Democrats, sought recognition las Minister to Liberia for his services. He was ignored by Cleveland, who chose instead a colored | preacher from Pennsylvania with Repub- | lican leanings. Still came to his senses | and quit the Democratic party. { C. H.J. Taylor of Kansas, who was ap- pointed ReFister of Deeds in the district, was the only colored Democrat to land in a good office, but this was due more to the Bersistency of Senator Martin than to the leveland” managers in keeping their pledges. Now comes C. C. L. Barnes of Philadel- phia, once president of the Negro Demo- cratic Club. Barnes was a clerk in the Pension Office during the campaign. Now he is out of the Government employ. He was unfortunate or unwise enough to testify against Taylor in a re- cent libel suit and he immediately got the sharp ax of Hoke Smith laid upon his official neck with sufficient force to deprive him of his_ official living. a consequence Barnes is mad. He is as indignant as Astwood and Still were at heir treatment. Astwood, who had “whooped up’’ the | colored vote for “Cleveland and tariff re- | form’’ sadly remarked, as he returned to Republicanism and his church duties that Cleveland did not seem to think so much | of a colored Democrat after the election as | he did before. Barnes says more than Astwood. He re- cites in detail the infamous treatment members of his race have received from the ‘‘representatives of the slave power,” | now in control of the Government. | Under the present administration, he | s vs, the negroes have been ignominiously treated. ‘“These are a few of the reasons,’ | said he, ““that have forced me out of the | Democretic party, and I am willing and | anxious to retrieve the mistake of my life | by doing all in my power to relegate that | party back to an oblivion from which it | should never have been allowed to escape.’’ | Taylor is about the only colored Demo- crat left. His office pays $4000 a year. . Arsenic in the Flour. WASHINGTON, Ixp., July 4.—Thirteen persons who Jive north of the city were | taken violently ill after supper and at least three of them are mow in such a critical condition that their recovery is doubtfull. They had all partaken of bread, in which it is thought the flour had been sprinkled with arsenic. The relative of a baker is suspected and a warrant is out for his arrest. , July 4.—Follow- — Mr. Uhl Going to Europe. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 4.—Acting Secretary of State Uhl left Washing- ton to-day for a six weeks' tour of Europe. During his absence Mr. Adee, | Second Assistant Secretary, will act as Secretary of State. More Land for Settlers. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 4. — The War Department has turned over to the Secretary of the Interior for disposition under the general land laws the Fort | Washington and Fort Marcy, N. M abandoned military reservations. LN Chicago Merchants Fail. CHICAGO, Inv., July 4.— Dernberg, Glick & Horner, proprietors of the Leader, one of the leading department stores in this city, have failed. Creditors hold a chattel mortgage for $225000. It is said that the assets of the firm will reach over —_— Poisoned Baking Powder. GUTHRIE, O. T., July 4—A family named Tesch became suddenly ill- after eating, and Maude, aged 9, Madison, 7 and Susie, 3, died in great nfiony. Physicians say a cheap graae of baking powder used, in" making cake, was the cause of their death. —_—— Killed by a Collision. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., July 4—In a collision to-day between a trolley-carand a buggy on Parkavenue, near Elmasisstreet, Alice Glace, aged 40, was instantly killed, M. Pheebe Koch fatally injured and Ed- ward Schneider seriously hurt. —_— Mora’s Claim Against Spain. MADRID, Sraix, July 4.—The Govern- ment has appointed a committee to con- sider the claims of the United States Gov- ernment_for compensation to the Cuban planter, Mora. MAKE THER ESCAPE Three Desperate Prison- ers Leave Ludlow- Street Jail. KEEPERS OVERPOWERED. By a Display of Pistols the Desperadoes Secure Freedom. ALL THE GUARDS SURPRISED. Through a Big Crowd the Fugitives Make Thelr Way and Flnally Vanish. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 4—Three des- perate postoffice burglars, Joseph Killoran, Charles Allen and Harry Russell, prisoners of the United States Government, held up Keepers Edward A. Schneer and Charles Schoen at the muzzles of three shining revolvers in Ludlow-street Jail, seized the keys that opened the three doors between them and liberty, and made good their escape. All this oeccurred in broad day- light, just at 8 o’clock this morning. The streets were crowded, as they always are in that neighborhood, and a crowd of 1000 chased the escaping prisoners down Ludlew street to Broome, where the men separated and were soon lost in the most crowded section of the streets of New York. The story of the escape of these men was told by Schoen and Schneer, as well as by a civil prisoner who happened in the office at the time and was too excited to even make an outery. “I had just entered the jail,” said Schneer, “to relieve Schoen, who was the night keeper. The three prisoners took their exercise in the inner court of the jail between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock every morning. They are sent back to their cells when the other prisoners take exer- cise between 9 and 10 o’clock. JustasI entered the door the three prisoners pulled out their revolvers and covered Schoen and myself. They are big men and very fierce looking. ‘“ ‘Hold up your hands,’ they shouted at us, ‘or we will blow your Duteh heads off.” At the same time they yanked the keys to the three outer doors out of my hands. I was frightened badly as I looked into the barrels of three loaded revolvers, but I shouted as loudly as I could. Allen started to unlock the door leading from the hall where the hold-up took place, while his comrades still faced us with their revolvers. A crowd, how ever, began to gather in Ludlow street as they heard the unusual noise in the j and Allen could not open the door quick enough. He then, with an oath, smashed the big plate glass and reached through and opened the latch. This let him into the office with - three heavily barred iron doors between him and liberty. We kept on shouting all the time, as the desper- adoes rattled the big keysin the heavy doors. As they opened the doors they locked them behind them, leaving us pow- erless to follow in pursuit. The outer of the doors they left open, and left the bunch of keys in the lock, as they had no time to do anything else.” The crowd had reached great propor- tions by this time. A number of police- men came running up and the prisoners had to make lively tracks up Ludlow street, the crowd and the police right on their heels. At Broome street, one block north of the Ludlow-street door, from which they escaped, the men separated, one keeping on, Allen going east on Broome street and Killoran taking the western direction. At Broome and Clinton streets a young man, Louis B. Ostran, was fast catching up with Allen, when the fugitive turned upon the pursuer. “Now sneak,or I will put an airhole through your heart,” he said. Ostran then gave up the chase and Allen was soon lost in the crowd. LINCHED FROMTHE PULPIT Vengeance of a Mob of Men ‘Upon a Negro in Florida. Preacher Bennett Dragged From His Church and Shot to Death. JACKSONVILLE, Fra, July 4-—A special to the Times-Union from Lake City, Fla., says: At the Hope Henry (col- ored) Church, about five miles southwest of Lake City, Robert Bennett, a young col- ored preacher, was dragged from the pul- pit and lynched by a party of men between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning. A revival has been going on at the church and when services closed a mourner was at the bench in a trance. The preacher and several others re- mained to watch the man. All went to sleep and at 4 o’clock the lynchers entered the church and dragged Bennett from the pulpit. They carried him about a mileand shot him to death. Bennett had been working in Suwanee County for Mr. Bryant Padget and was accused of attempting to assault the lat- ter's daughter. It is said the lynchers came from Suwanee County. —— One College Enough. KEOKUK, Iowa, July 4—The trial of the case against the State Board of Health, for refusing to grant certificates to gradu- ates of the Keokuk Medical College, began to-day. The evidence for the college inai- cated that Dr. Scroggins, the Keokuk member of the board, who is a director in arival college, threatened that he would down the Keokuk institution through the State Board, and had induced it to take this action asa means to accomplish his end. It was also stated that Secretary Kennedy of the State Board declared that one college was enough for Keokuk. Supeogrt ey Garfield’s Son Honored. CLEVELAND, Osnro, July 4.—James R. Garfield was nominated by the Republi- cans for the State Senate at Warren yester- day. Garfield is the son of the late Presi- dent Garfield, and he received his first political honors on the fourteenth anniver- ;arg of the day on which Guiteau shot his ather. T b Clovwdbursts Delay Traffic. M’COOK, NEBR., July 4.—Last evening a heavy cloudburst caused extensive damage to the Burlington railroad track near Haigler and Ives, five different washouts being caused by the irresistible waters whkfiz rushed down the ¢anyons in the vicinity of these stations. One of the wash- outs was about 200 feet in length and fifteen feet deep. One small bridge was washed out near Haigler. Traffic was delayed about twenty hours. e Fatal Boiler Explosion. HOWARD, 8. D, July 4—The hoiler in the Howard Roller Mills: exploded this afternoon, completely wrecking the build- ing and killing ‘the engineer and seriously injuring five other peonle, three of them probably fatally. Two of the proprietors of the mill are not expected to live. The victims are: 0. P. Walker, engineer, killed; T. G. Gould, Lemars, Towa, not expected to live; J. P. Lawson, notexpected to live; Robert Debold, badly mangled and burned, will probably die. . g s Omaha Police Dismissed. OMAHA, NEBR.. July 4.—At the Fire and Police Commissioners’ meeting last evening fifteen members of the force were dismissed. The number included Chief of Detectives Haze and Sergeant Swigare. This is the first decapitation since the in- auguration of Chief of Police Martin, im- ported from Chicago. Other changesare expected. Measures will be taken to oust Martin, as he is not a citizen of Nebraska. e S Drowned While Boating. OTTUMWA, I, July 4.—Thomas Clark and Miss Theo Reardon went out boating on the Des Moines last night and did not return. To-day the girl was found clinging to the capsized boat and drowned. Clark was not found. Both were about 22 years old. Search for Clark’s remains has been unavailing. pt e ZLooted the Treasurer’s Safe. HARRISBURG, ARk., July 4.—The safe in the County Treasurer’s office was robbed 0f §3400 at noon to-day, while the Treas- urer was absent. It is thought the robbery was committed by some person connected with the office. -— Laxecution of a Murderer. RUSK, Tex., July 4.—G. C. King was hanged here Tuesday. ng was convicted in Cherokee County, December 20, 1894, of the murder of Dr. A. F. Drewry, aged 37, married, and the father of seven children. g Death of a Congressman’s Sister. CLINTON, Mo., July 4.—Mrs. Mary A. Ferguson, aged 50 years, died here at 2 o’clock this morning, after a long illness. She was a sister of Congressman Outh- waite of Ohio. % Dot President Harper Dead. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 4. —E. B Harper, president of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, died yesterday of cardiac pn eumonia, aged ——— Justice Orton Dead, MADISON, Wis., July 4.—At 6:30 o’clock this evening Chief Justice Harlow S. Orton died very suddenly. Judge Orton was born in New York in 1817 and was educated in the Madison (Ind.) University. NOW UARDED BY POLICE Three Efforts to Burn a Big Apartment Building in Chicago. Determined Efforts of Firebugs Cause a Panic Among the Occupants. CHICAGO, Irn., July 4.—Three deter- mined int unsuccessful attempts were made to burn the Mecca apartment build- ings, the big flats occupying an entire block at Thirty-fourth and State streets, Tuesday evening. The greatest excitement prevailed among the members of eight families oc- cupying apartments in the buildings; and thousands of people gathered in the streets to watch the firemen. 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