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ttollMQtOtt -r I VOLUME II. WASHINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1887. NUMBER 18. DIRECTORY. MAILS. Northern and Greenville Due daily s p. m. Closes at 10 p. m. North and -South side river mail j)ue Monday, Wednesday and Friday at i) jn. Clo6es at 7 following mornings. Olllce hours 9 a. m. to 10 p, m. Money Order and Registry Depart Tient 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. STATE GOVERNMENT. (ivivernor Alfred M: Scales. LicUj. Governor Chas. M. Stedman. Vvivtary of State William L. Saun- S inlitor- -W. P. Roberts. Treasurer Donald W. Bain. unt. of Public Instruction S. M. Printer, ttornev General T. H. Davidson. STATE HOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Commissioner John Robinson, Secretary T. K. Brunei'. Chemist Charles W. Dabney, Jr. Gen leral Immigration Agent-J. T. : .)tr 1 .in ck. COUNTY. 'ht'i'ill and Treasurer, R. T. Ilodsre superior Court Clerk G. Wilkeus. Kogister of Deeds Burton Stilley. Surveyor J. F. Latham. Commissioners Dr. W. J. Bullock, chiir'n, J. T, Winfield, F. P. Hodges, F. 15. Hooker, H. N. Waters. Doard of Education J. L. Winfield, ch;ur';i, P. H. Johnson and F. B. Guil ford. Superintendent of Public Instruction - He v. Nat Harding. Superintendent of Health Dr. D. T. Tayloe. CITY. Mayor C. M. Brown. C lerk John D. Sparrow. Treasurer W, Z. Morton. Chief of Police M. J. Fowler. Councihnen C. M. Brown, W. B. Morton, S. R. Fowler, Jonathan Havens, W. II. Howard, Alfred D. Peyton. CHURCHES. Episcopal Rev, Nat. Harding, Rec tor. Services every Sunday morningjand night. Sunday School at 3.30 p. m. Rev. Nat. Harding. Superintendent. Presbyterian Rev, S. M. Smith, pas tor. Service? every Sunday morning and night Sunday School at 3.30 p. m. Superintendent. Jas. L. Fowle. Methodist Rev. W. R. Ware, pastor, Services every Sunday morning and ev ening. Superintendent, Warren Mayo. Sunday School, 3.30 p. m. TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. Ketorm (Jlub Regular meeting every Tu.i dav nififht at 7.30 at Club Rooms. W. C. T. U. Regular meetings every Thursday. 3 p. m., at Rooms of Reform Club. I ub and Union Prayer Meeting every Sunday, in Town Hall, at 2.30 p. m. Muss Meeting in Court House every 2d Thursday night in each month. LODGES. Orr Lodge, No. 104, A. F. and meets at Masonic Hall, 1st and 3d dav niirhts of each month E. S. A. M. W. M., R. T. Hodges, Secretary. Phalanx Lodge, No. 10, I. 0. 0. F. Meets everv Friday night at their hall Gilbert Rumbey, P. N. G., J. R. Ross, Secretary. Washington Lodge, No. 1490, Knights of Honor. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall A. P. Crabtree, Dictator, J. D. Myeis, Reporr ter, .J. R. Ross, F. Reporter. Chicora Council, No. 330, American Legions of Honor. Meets every 2nd and 1th Thursday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall C. M. Brown, Commander, Wm. M. Cherry, Collector. Pamlico Lodge, No. 715, Knights and Ladies of Honor. Meets 2nd and 4th Monday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall Wm. M. Cherry, Protector, T. B. Bowen. Secretary. Excelsior Lodge. No. 31, O. G. C. Meets 1st and 2nd Tuesday nights at Old Fellows' rlall-C. W. Tayloe, Com mander, Wm. Cherry, Secretary. The Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company, of Washington, N- C OFFICE, CORNER MARKET & SECOND STS Opposite the Court House, WASHINGTON, N. C Washington Mutual Benefit Insurance Company. CHARTERED BY THE LEGISLA TURE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Issues Policies on Life. Health and Accidents risks; also Fire risks taken, ind. a General Insurance business done. Office, Opposite the Court House. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBACCO STORE S.H. WILLI AMS,Prop'r. Sole Agent for Ralph's Sweet Snuff All Brands of Snuff; Cigars and Tobapco. J&wrjtaing in the Tobacco line, and New broods -constantly on hand 7 :1 :ly HE COMETH NOT. A Bridegroom-elect Fails to Material ize on His Wedding Day. A dispatch from Sharon, Mass., says: Considerable excitement a d talk have been occasioned in this village and in the neigh boring town of Foxboro, over the disappear ance of Charles A. Bardley, of Orange N. J. just before his wedding day. The hans were published in the Catholic Church nere three successive Sundays. The house for the oc cupancy of the bridal pair was hired and the rent pain in advance, and the wedding ring purchased and fitted on the finger of the ex pectant bride, The bride was a young Sharon girl, named Bridget Finn, and the wedding was to have taken place on Monday last at i he Catholic Church in Stoughton, but up to the present time no knowledge of the whereabouts of Bradley has been learn ed. About a year ago the couple met. He was a native of New Jersey, by occupation a hatter, and was employed by the firm of Caton Bros, & Bixby. He told all his friends that he was to be married on July 11th. On the first day of July he bade Miss Finn good bye and went to the home of his parents at Orange, N. J. He was to return the follow ing Thursd iy. He drew his pay and told the cashier that he was to be married, and he wanted what ws due him and would be back to his work after his wedding. He failed to write to Miss Finn, and when the day for his return came without bringing him or any tidings of him, she began to grow anxious, and when three days went by without any word, and the morning of her wedding day came she was almost distracted With a brother and sister she visited a friend of Bradley's, who went to New Jersey with him, but he could only tell them that Bradley said he was coming back on the same train that he took. Five day's have passed since the wedding w..s to have taken place. The girl feels the situation keenly, but says she cannot believe that he has deliberately de. serted her. IN BLAZING CARS. X Passenger Train Runs Into Frei; Cars Loaded With Oil, and Catches Fire. ht A dispatch from St. Thomas, Ont., says; A terrible accident occurred at the crossing of the Grand Trunk Railway and Michigan Central Railway, this city. An excursion train on the Grand Trunk from Port Stanley ran into a passing freight train on the Mich igan Central Road Vith a number of cars loaded with oil attached. The engine crash ed into one of these cars when the oil instant" ly took fire and burned with great fierceness communicating to the cars on both trains, and extending to griffins warehouse, coal and lime sheds adjoining the track on the west and to John CambelFs dwelling on the east, all of which were burned to the ground with contents, Engineer Donnelly, of the excursion train, was burned in the wreck. The fireman jumped, and esr a;ed with slight; injuries. The forward car of the excursion train w as filled with passengers, who made desperate efforts to eseaie from the burning car, but, notwithstanding hundreds of brave and willing hands were immediately at work to assist in their rescue, it is feared that a number of lives were lost, and that the bodies well be burned beyond recogn.tion be fore they can be got out of the wreck. At eight o'clock, when thousands of jeople were crowding around the burning pile, one of the oil tanks on the cars suddenly exploded, throwing hundreds to the ground with great force and scattering the blazing oil in all directions, and severely, if not fatally, burn ing many. Nine b 'dies have already been recovered, burned to a crisp. It is almost impossible to ascertain with any certainty the names of those lost in the wreck until the arrival of the late train from Fort S tanley. ROBBED IN HIS CAR. A Railroad Man Surrenders His Cash and Jewelry to a Desperado. A dispatch from St. Louis, says: On Mon day evening Charles M. Hayes, the new general n anager of the Wabash "Western railroad, started for C ieago in his private car accompanied by General Freight Knight and Assistant General Passenger Agent Crane. The car has two state rooms, and in the open part of the car there are two berths Mr. Hayes took one of the staterooms, Mr Knight the other, and Mr Crane went to bed in one of the open berths. About 3,30 in the morning Mr. Crane was suddenly aroused, and, on opening his eyes, saw a very big man standing by his berth with a long pistol cocked and the muzzle in close j promoxity to Mr. Cranes head. The door at the end of the car which had been locked when they went to bed, was open. All this Mr. Crane took in while the intruder was saying with profane accompaniments, "Give me yorn money quick."' Mr. Crane seeing argument was useless, hauled his vest from under the pillow, and handed the fellow a $10 bill. "Give me that wat h and chain," said the robber, and Mr, Crand handed over the Jewelry. About this time the porter, who was asleep in his berth at the end of the car, was aroused by the noise and entered. Ti e burglar started to run but fell down, the negro falling on him. Then the robb r pushed his pistol against the negro's stomach, and threasened to shoot. This frightened the negro, and he retreated. The thief got up and ran out on the platform. Some one inside just at thai time pulled the bell cord. The train slowedj up and the robber jumped off. By the time ; he train stopped the maurader ha t disap; peared. No one knows where or when he, got on the car. DIED "ON THE EXCHANGE. Sudden Death of Vice President B. Hill of the New York Stock Exchange. A. A dispatch from New York says: One of the most distressing incidents that has ever occurred in the New York Stock Exchange transpired at noon Friday, and was sur rounded by circumstances so peculiarly sad that the occurrence caused members to sus pend all business at once without any prelim inary notice from their chairman, Vice President A. B. Hill, apparently in full health, assended the platform to announce the death of M. E. de Rivas, and had hardly finished when he was taken with a sudden weakness. Friends assisted him to the main entrance, but he had just passed the flight leading to the floor when he expired. The announce ment of his death was immediately made and a special meeting of the governing committee was called to take action. The stock ex change adjourned until the next morning on account of Mr. Hill's death, which is sup posed to have been caused by apoplexy. HAD TO SHOOT THE OLD MAN. X Constable's Exciting Experience While Making an Arrest. A dispatch from Carlisle, Pa., says: A serious affray occurred between a constable and a belligerent family at Mount Holly- About a week ago a number of arrests were made for postoffice and express robberies last spring at Mount Holly, Hunter's Run, York Springs and other places. Wm. Weigle, one of the young men arrested, was dis charged for the want of sufficient evidence. Since ihen t.e wife of Benjamin Johnson, one ot the prisoners, has made damaging revelations concerning W eigle. A warrant was again issued, and Constable McG-onigal weni to serve it. He was met at the door oy Weigle's father who barred his entrance and threatened his life. The constable left. Af$er consultation with District Attorney Miller, he again started for the Weigle farm, accompanied by several men. This time he had a warrant "for the father also. The old ma i and his sou were found cradling in a tieid. When the constable tapped the old man on the shoulder he turned and fiercely attacked him with the cradle. His son also got his sevthe in and they did effective work, gashing the constable with ugly wounds- It was only by a quick move that he escaped decapitation. McGonigal retreated and the men followed brandishing their scythes. The constable then opened Are and shot the old man in the left arm and breast. The son then dropped his scythe and fled to th wooded mountain near and has not be.n arrested. The father ran into the house and up to his bed room, when he seized his mus ket and held the stairway against all comers. Finally his wife wvnt up and persuaded him to capitulate. He was taken before a magis trate and held over for court. Officers are how looking: for the son. PRECOCIOUS DEPRAVITY. Colored Girl Twelve Years Sentenced to be Hanged. Old A dispatch from Charleston, S. C. says: At Barnwell, Judge Hudson sentenced Axey Cherry, a colore I girl twelve years old, to be hanged on the third Friday in September for the murder of the infant of Mr, Amo Williams of Allendale, in Barnwell county. The child was sent by her mother to act as nurse for the Williams baby. She pokeu around the house and attended to her duties in so negligent a manner that she had to be constantly scolded. After a scolding one day she was overheard muttering to herself that she was not going to bother wiih that baby much more. A few days after this, concentrated lye was used in s ouring the floor, and when Mrs. Williams left the room for a few minutes sh told Axey that the lye was .poisonous and that she must not touch it. On her return, Mrs. Williams was horrified to find her baby's mouth full of concentrated lye. Axey ran out of the house saying as she left, "I don't reckon I'll have to nurse that baby much longer now." The young murderess all through ner trial seemed to have no idea of the terrible nature of her de?d, and when she was sentenced to oe hanged, she gazed stupidlv at the judge and grinned as she played with the buttons on her dress As she was being carried back to jail she saw her father, and made an effort to go to him She cried for the first time w hen she was told that she could not go home, but must go back to jail to await th dav for her execution. THE COKE STRIKE. The Arrival of Pinkerton's Men Causes its Collapse. A dispatch from Pittsburg, says: An ad ditional force of thirty Pinkerton detectives arrived in this city from Chicago, and were despatched at once to the co'.ie regions. There has been no trouble so far, but the op erators fear the Hnugarian element, and want to be prepared in the event of an out break. A social telegram from Everson, Pa., says: "The strike is certainly nearing an end. The rank and file of the strikers are weakening. blaster Workman Ryno, was notified by one of his lieutenants that it was impossible to hold the men out much longer at the Youngston works, and the prediction was true. Thirty-five of the strikers resum ed operations thene, in addition to the twenty-five who began work onthe previous day. There are two hundred ovens in blast at Jimtown and at West Leisenring an addi tional number of men are working. The operators here are not making any calcula tions upon the probability of the strikers declaring the struggle at an en 1 as a body or officially. They are confident that they can have their works in operation in a very few days with new men and strikers who will re turn to work, it matters not what the leaders !-ay or do. Six families were evicted at "VV est Leisenring. It was expected thai some of them would resist when compelled to leave their homes, but they walked out peabeably and made no threats. The houses made vacant were promptly occupied oy new men who are now at work. The evicted families were taken in bv some of their more fortu nate neighbors.'1 A CASHILR SHORT. Joseph M. White of the Philadelphia "Times" a Heavy Defaulter. A dispatch from Philadalphia, says: Mr. Joseph M. White, who has been cashier of the Times office for about ten years, is said to be a defaulter to the amount of at least $20,000. An examination of Mr. White's; books was made a short time ago, and as a consequence, he we? asked to tender hid res isrnation, which he did. Since that time the! examination has been progressing, and each: day the deficit has increas d, until now it? reaches the figure above stated, although the examination of his books is no yet near com pletion. As indicate i by the books, the speculations have been going n for at least nine y ars, and although suspicion was at various times aroused by the extravagant habits of White it was dispelled by the state ment made by himself that his wife had fallen heir to quite a large sum of money. It now appears, however, that neither he nor his wife have any property or money beyond White's income from his position, and that the money taken by him has been squandered in a lavish way in mataining a position in society which his salary of $2,500 would not warrant. No steps have" yet been taken by the Times Publishing company against the defaulter, but, it is said, that he is now, and has been since his resignation, under police surveillance. He has been at the office assisting the experts in the exam ination of his accounts for several days, and the discovery of so large a shortage, which may be considerably increased by future de velopments, has caused considerable excre r BUILDINGS SWEPT AWAY BY THE FLAMES. Over $1,500,000 Worth of Property Destroyed in One Day. A special dispatch from Montreal says: A fire broke out in the St. Lawrence Sugar Refinery, a seven-story brick building situ ated on Queen street. The whole fire brigade was called out, but were powerless to save the building. The structure, together with the brick dwelling-houses adjoining were completely destroyed. A large portion of the walls of the building fell with a crasQ. A man named Moore, while coming down a fire escape, lost his hold and fell to the ground. He expired almost immediately. Another man, who jumped from a window, broke nis leg. Utners are reported missing or seriously injured, Many of the men es caped from the building entirely naked. The property is insured in a large number of out-of-town companies, mostly Americans. The refinery was only recently erected at a cost of $250,000. Great alarm was caused in the Warmington Stamp Works by the fall of a large portion of the wall and part of the filtering apparatus and boilers, but no one was injured. The entire loss is estimated at $(100,000, upon 8180,000 0f which there is no insurance. Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo., The ho tel at the Norris Geyser Basin, National Park, burned last night. Much of the fur niture, carpets and silver was saved. Man ager Walters telegraphed that he fed all touriss to-day, and will have a temporary building ready in a few days. Total loss about 50,000; insurance small. Lewiston, Me. A fire broke out in the New England Ship Building Company's yard, at Bath, and threatened the destruction of the entire property. The mayor telegraphed for aid to Portland, Lewiston and Brunswick. Three hu Is of vessels were at once ignited. A schooner of 1,000 tons, partly planked, building for Captain William T. Anderson, of Long Island, and valued at $15,000, and an 800-ton schooner, in frame for New Jer sey parties, worth 5,000, and the tug Co checo,, worth $1,000, w ere all destroyed. The fire at two o'clock was under control and the loss was confined to the three hulls on the stocks, the barkentine ou the railway, the office, oakum shop, blacksmith shop and timber and tools. The yard was full of tim ber, and under the fearful heat au i flying flr.ebran is the flames started up in every direction. The total loss is estimated at $100,000; insurance $25,000. Cause of fire unknown. Newark, N. J. The three story brick building occupied by W. O. Headly & Sons as a trunk box factory was gutted uy fire this afternoon. A number of the employes had a narraw escapes. Loss $5,000. Mobile, Ala. Fire destroyed part of the old Matthews cotton press. Mrs. Smith wife of the watchman was burned to death. Rondout, N. Y. The Lawrence Cement Works at Eddyville, were burned. Loss $140,000; insurance $1 000. Philadelphia, Pa. A fire occasioned by spontaneous combustion of malt broke out in the second story of the old brewery build ing of the Louis Bergdoll Brewing Company on twenty-ninth and Poplar streets. The fire gained great headway at once owing to the c mbustible nature of the stock, and in a few minutes the entire old building was aflame and was soon destroyed. The fire wa confined to this building." The loss is esti mate 1 at 8 115,000 840,000 on stock and $75, 000 on the building and machinery. The Bergdoll Brewing Company carried an in surance of $180,000 on machinery and build ings and 115,500 ou floating stock, placed in some sixty companies in sums ranging from $2,500 to $20,000. Pittsburg. The great subteranean fire wdiich started from a driver's lamp in the standard mines at Mt. Pleasant, Pa, , nearly a year ago, has been extinguished after consuming nearly $100,000 worth of property. Baltimore, Md Fire destroyed the build ings of the Maryland Hominy Mills, C. A. Gambrill & Co.'s Elevator, and damaged a large number of adjoining buildings. The losses will amonut to over $300,000, which is fully covered by insurance. AN AWFUL CALAMITY. Nine Colored People at a Funeral Kil led by Lightning. A dispatch says a most remarkable occur rence followed a colored funeral at Mount Pleasant, about sixty miles south of Nash ville, Tenn., nine persons being killed by a single stroke of lightning. The party had scarcely left the grave, when a severe thun der and rain storm burst upon them. All ran for trees scattered about the graveyard. Scarce had the nine unfortunates reached the shelter of an immense oak. when a terrific thunder-cloud burst and the tree was struck. The whole party of nine tumbled down together, ami died instantly. They were: William Burch, pastor of the C. M. E. Church. Hattie, wife of Pastor Burch. Sohn Henna, a minister engaged in mis sionary work. Manuel Orr, a Methodist preacher. Tom Rodgers. Hester Terry, mother of the girl -who was buried. Eliza Terry, daughter of the proceeding. Rose Terry, also a daughter of the same woman. Sebra Guthrie. Three others who were another tree, saw the party sheltered under killed, but were themselves uninjured. It was noticed that the part of each body nearest the tree was scarred and their clothes torn. The most intense excitement prevailed there all the evening, and the wailing and moaning of the frightened were heartrend- AN INSURANCE EMBEZZLER. Arrest of an Agent for Defrauding Pennsylvania Citizens. A dispatch from Norristown, Pa., says: W. C, Sanders was arrested in Philadelphia and brought to Norristown, charged by Jacob (t. Landis with embezzlement. At the hearing it was testified. that in 1881 San ders represented himself to Landis as the agent of a company for the collection of lapsed insurance policies, and obtained such a policv from him. Landis, though learn ing nothing from Sanders, discovered that the Dolicv. which was for $100, had been paid. It is alleged that Sanders secured other policies in Norristown and has never ren dered satisfaction to tlie original holders He obtained from Frederick Gillinger a pol icy for $10,000, and, although six years have elapsed, has never made return of policy or money. Sanders was held in 110,000 for a further hearing, when, it is expected, there wm be additional evidence against him. nenn FIRES A NARROW ESCAPE. Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. A dispatch from Rockville, Md. says: A terrific collision occurred on the Metropoli tan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road at Gaithersburg, about five and a hall miles from this place, between the east and the west-bound express trains. The engine of the east-bound train was completely de molished, and one coach of the west bound was thrown down an embankment on it4 side and considerably damaged. The west bound engine had its cylinder torn off. The collision was caused by the air-brakes of the west-bound train refusing to work properly. When the west-bound train reached GaithJ ersburg it ran upon the switch to wait for the east-bound, which usually passes it there. The air-brakes failed to work, and the west bound train ran through the switch on to the single track and was run into by the coming east-bound train. The east-bound train is one of the fastest trains on the road, and was running at a high rate of speed) The accident occurred just at the end of the double track recently finished, and at a sharp curve beyond the station, within the cor porate limits. The train hands, strange to say, escaped injury. Both trains were well filled with passen gers. The west bound contained many la uies, all of whom were more or less shaken up, but none seriously injured. Several gentlemen on the west-bound train were se verely bruised and cut about the head and body. A large crowd collected in a short time after the accident occurred. They did ail in their power to relieve the sufferers. ihe wounded were taken to the nearest houses, where proper attention was rendered by the people of the village. A passenger stated that the trains came together with a great shock, and ttie steam from the engines filled several cars. The locomotive of the east-bound train ran down the embankment into a cornfield. The pos tal caa of the east-bound train mounted the baggage car, which crushed into the smoker, which contained about fifty people. The smoker overturned down the bank. The passengers became almost stifled by the steam, and climbed through the car windows. The fireman on the Cincinnati train jumped, but the engineer remained at his post and extinguishsd the fire. The engine of the" west-bound train had its left side torn away, and could not be moved. The baggage and postal cars on the Chicago train came to gether with great force, the baggage car being forced into a perpendicular position, standing straight upright. Several passen gers were slightly cut by the glass, but oth erwise no one was seriously injured. A MAN'S BITE. It Causes the Victim to Expire in Aff r-tmy 1 During an Attack of the TjrwVk"iflw. A dispatch form New York, says: That Peter Winkler died in great agony in Jamai ca, L. I. , of lockjaw. Winkler, in company with one or two friends, was at the railroad station in Jamaica on the evening of July 4, w hen he was assaulted by Aaron Larkins, Patrich Kennahan and William Sommers. Winkler was knocked down and his thumb terribly bitten, it is thought by Larkins. Little attention was paid to the wound until July 0, when Winkler went to Dr. Philip Y ood, who advised that the thumb be amputated. The injured man refused to submit to a surgical operation. The doctor ti e tted him for the wound. Last Monday U e pain from the wound wes excruciating and signs of lockjaw became evident. He was soon writhing in convultions and died after suffering great agony. A few hours before his death Coroner F. Everitt secured a sworn statement from trie dying man, on which he swore out warrants or the three men who had disappeared. Winkler was a hard working man and of peaceable disposition. Larkins is said to be an ex-convict, sommers was a nreman on the railroad and Kennahan has no employ ment. HANGED IN A COURT-ROOM. An Infuriated Mod Makes Short Work of John Thomas, a Ravisher. A dispatch from Evansville, Ind., says: "At Union City early in the week a colored man named John Thomas committed a bru- tel assault on a little white girl. A posse was organized, and after a long search he was found at Humboldt and brought back, his preliminary trial was held Saturday. A large, angry and determined crowd filled the court room. He was positively identifl' ed by his victim. At this point some one in. the crowd shouted : "That's enougn. .Let s put him w here he'll do no more ot the devil's work,"' Then the ent re court-room of men numbering perhaps two hundred enraged citizens, rose to their feet, and with an im pulsive rush surged over the posse of officers sweeping them aside, and despite their efforts to save Thomas, the maddened throng seized the trembling and panic-stricken wretch. In an instant a good rope was produced, and a noose, deftly prepared, slipped around the prisoner's neck. Willing hands threw an end of the rope over a beam in the court room, and then the crowd walked away leaving the body swinging." A FORTUNATE ESCAPE. An Accident to the President's Train The Engineer Killed. A dispatch from Utica, N. Y. says: An accident happened to the President's train while returning from Clayton to Alder Creek. The train was brought to a stop before the Presidents party became aware that there was an accident. The engineer had his hand on the whistle to blow for Stiles' Cross ng, when the connecting bar to the forward driver on the right i and side of the engine broke, and the huge piece of steel revolved with terrible velocity, tearing out one side of the cab and ripping up the ties and the ground as the engineer rushed along. A huge fracture was made in the boiler, and th- steam escaped in volumes. The President, when informed of the affair, said he thought there was something serious about the matter when he saw the clouds of steam. Reilly, the engineer who had saved his fireman by forcing him on top of the cab, was found lying along side his engine dead. After instructions were given to care for the dead engineer, the President's car was attached to the express train, which had come up by this time, and was takan to Al der creek, where the President and Mrs. Cleveland, and others of the party, left the car. It was then after midnight V!w. CLINTON'S CMNNIAL CELEBRATION AT PRESIDENT CLEYE LAND'S CELEBRA1I03. Two Addresses Delivered by the Nation's Executive. President Cleveland, with his wife and sister, Miss Rose Cleveland, participated on Wednesday in the centennial exercises of the village of Clinton, N. Y., the former home of the Cleveland family. The procession consisted of six divisions of firemen, militia, societies, etc. Chiefs Skenah doa and Daxtater, descendants of the Indians who gave the site of the village to the original settlers, and over 100 Oneidas, with the Indian band from the Onondaga reservation, were in the line. One Grand Army post, that of Clinton, took part in the parade. Several others refused to take part in the procession. The exercises in Clinton Park began at 1:30 P. M. The Rev. Henry Darling, President of Hamilton College, opened with a prayer. The Rev. E. P. Powell made the address "of wel -come, and President Cleveland spoke as fol lows: "I am by no means certain of my standing here among those who celebrate the centen nial of Clinton's existence as a village. My recollections of the place reach backward but about thirty-six years, and my residence here covered a very brief period. But these re collections are fresh and distinct to-day, and pleasant, too, though not entirely free from sombre coloring. It was here in the school at the foot of College Hill that I began my prepa ration for college life, and enjoyed the anti cipation of collegiate education. We had two teachers in our school. One became after ward a Judge in Chicago, and the other passed through the legal profession to the ministry, and within the last two years was living further west. I read a lit tle Latin with two other boys in the class. I think I floundered through four books of the .Eneid. The other boys had nice, large modern editions of Virgil, with big print and plenty of notes to help one over hard places. Mine was a little, old-fashioned copy which my" father used before me, with no notes, and which was only translated by hard knocks. I believe I have forgiven those other boys for their persistent refusal to allow me the use of their notes in their books. At any rate they do not seem to have been overtaken by any dire retribution, as one of them is now a rich and prosperous lawyer in Buffalo, and the other is a Profes sor in your college and orator of to-days cele bration. Struggles with ten lines of Virgil, which at first made up my daily task, are amusing as remembered now; but with them I am also forced to remember that instead of being the beginning of higher education, for which I honestly longed, they occurred near the end of my school advan tages. This suggests disappointment, which no lapse of time can alleviate, and a deprivation I have sadly felt with every pass ing year. I remember Benoni Butler and his store. I don't know whether he was an habit ual poet or not, but I heard him recite one Eoem of his own manufacture, which em odied an account of a travel to or from Clinton in the early days. I can recall but two lines of the poem, as follows: " ' Paris Hill next came in sight, And there we tarried over night.' "I remember the next-door neighbors, Drs. Bissell and Scollard and good, kind neigh bors they were, too not your cross, crabbed kind, who could not bear to see a boy about. It always seemed to me that they drove very fine horses, and for that reason I thought they must be extremely rich. I don't know that I should indulge in further recollections that must seem very little like a centennial history, but I want to establish as well as I can my right to be here. I might have spoken of the college faculty, who cast such a pleasing though sober shade of dignity over the place, and who, with other edu cated and substantial citizens, made up the best of social life. I was a boy then, but, notwithstanding, I believe I'absorbed a lasting appreciation of the intelligence, of the refine ment which made this a delightful home. "I know that you will bear with me, my friends, if I yield to the impulse which the mention of home creates and speak of my own home here, and ho'w through the memo ries which cluster about it I may claim a ten der relationship to your village. Here it was that our family circle entire, parents and children, lived day after day in loving and affectionate converse, and here, for the last time, we met around the family altar and thanked God that our household was unbroken by death or separation. We never met together in any other home after leaving this, and death followed closely our departure. And thus it is, that as, with advancing years, I survey the havoc death has made, and the thoughts of my early home become more sacred, the remembrance of this pleasant spot is revived and chastened. I can only add my thanks for the privilege of being with you to-day, and wish for the vil lage of Clinton in the future a continuation and increase of the blessings or the past." Professor A. G. Hopkins delivered the his torical address, Professor Owen Root the oration, and Clinton Scollard, of Clinton, the poem. At the banquet which followed the exer cises, in response to the toast: "The Presi dent of the United States," President Cleve land spoke again, referring to his office and its responsibilities, concluding as follows. "If your President should not be of the people and one of your fellow citizens he would be utterly unfit for the position, incapable of under standing the people's wants and careless of their desires. That he is one of the people implies that he is subject to human frailty and error, but he should be permitted to claim but little toleration for mistakes. The generosity of his fellow citizens should alone decree how far good intentions should excuse his shortcomings. Watch well,then,this high office,the most precious possession of American citizenship. Demand for it the most com plete devotion on the part of him to whose custody it may be intrusted, and protect it not less vigilantly from unworthy assaults from without. Thus will you perform a sacred duty to yourselves and to those who may follow you in the enjoyment of the freest institutions which heav&n has ever voucn safed to man." After the exercises, Mrs. Cleveland gave a reception, which was attended by many ladies. At 0 p. M. the Presidential party reached Utica on their return, and was escorted to the residence of Senator Kernan, where they dined. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land gave a public reception in the Butter field House Parlors. The next morning the President and wife proceeded by special train to Forestport to visit Mr. Cleveland's brother, the Rev. W. M. Cleveland. The Presidential party, ac companied by Secretary and Mrs. Fairchild, s pent Saturday on a tour down the St. Law rence River among the Thousand Islands. Mrs. Wilson, of Lamar, Mo., is engaged in the silk industry as a Southwestern experi ment. She has raised 15,000 worms on the leaves of the osage orange tree, the cocoons are reeled off, and she is preparing knitting and embroidering silk.
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