Youngstown News, 1895-07-12

              The Youngstown News. VOL. XV. YOUNGSTOWN, K. Y., FRIDAY, JULY U\ 1895. NO. 22. BUCHANAN PUT TO DEATH The Wife Poisoner Executed by Electricity in Sing Sing Prison.! TOOK TWO SHOCKS TO KILL Dr. ISuchanan's Long t for Life Ended by Lnw—He Denied Ills Guilt to the Lnst—Hi* Kiul Wa* Fainted*, Although !!<■ Survived the Effects of the First Current— History of the Case. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan died In the electric chair iu flie Now York State Prison at Sing Sing after having repeatedly bnfHed the decree of justice which eondemud him to death on April 26, 1892. It was the conclusion of one of the most remarkable cases iu the legul history of the country. He failed to secure a new trial after his conviction, but a mul'iplicity of counsel had succeeded iu staving off Cho execution of the sentence for more than three years. The execution itself was probably the most successful since the introduction of the electric death law. Tho man died protesting hi.- innocence. Front the moment he left his cell until the fatal shock was administered he did uot utter a word. Shortly before leaving his cell ho made to the prison physician a soieme declaration of innocence. Tho Warden was kept in suspense until ho received a reply to hie sharp telegram to the Attorney-General. In this message he eatd that he did not propose to assume the responsibility of putting Buchanan to death unless he was first advised by the Attorney- General that it would be legal to do so, in view of the appeal to the Federal courts. The reply of the Attorney-General satisfied the Warden, and he decided to go ahead with the execution. He informed Buchannn of hig decision, but the prisoner did not believe that hie last hour wil- at hand until tho Warden told him that he must prepare to go the death chair. His wife had gone to Ellersll".,, the country seat of Governor Morton, the night before, and be indulged in the forlorn hope that she would obtain Executive clemency in the shape of a brief reprieve. But that hope was dashed in the morulng, when his wife t')lograped that the Governor had declined to Interfere.In the mean time the iritnct&ee invited to the execution had assembled in the death chamber and the preparations were completed for the execution. It was just 11.20 a. in. when the iron door leading to the fatal room was swung open tn admit him. He had not more than a half-dozen steps to take from his cell to the chair. He walked firmly, but had his arm linked In that of Prison Chaplain Wells, who led him to the chair. The straps were adjusted by tho guards, and Electrician Davis took a final survey of the arrangements. At 11.21. exactly out, minute after Buchanan entered the chamber, a nod was given by Dr. Gibbs, who officiated an timekeeper, and the electrician pressed the button, which was the signal to the unseen executioner to turn on the fatal current. Tho body in the, chair gave a sudden convulsive nioveaiuut. which strained the straps by which it was bound, and then remained motionless. The current was applied at first at tho full intensity of 1740 volts, and after seven seconds was reduced to iiO volts, where it remained for fifty seconds, when it wae turned off. The physicians immediately sought for evidences of life, and after a hurried examination announced that Buxhi'uon was not dead. At 11.22.32 Davis again gave the signal, uud the current was turned on at full force. It was not reduced this time, but wiu* held at 1740 volts for twenty-three seconds. At 11.22.55 the current was again turned off and this time Buchanan was pronounced dead. Ah Boon uh Buchanan was pronounced dead, the body was turned over to the physicians, and the post-mortem examination was begun at 11.30 o'clock. When it was concluded the body was turued over to his wife ■ffho took Itto New York City for burial. un. KeuF.r.T w. BccnASAN. Buchanan's Crime. The crimp for which Dr. Robert Welsford Buchanan paid the extreme penalty of the law was the murder in New York by poison of his second wife, formerly Anna B. Sutherland, who had kept a housa of questionable repute in Newark, N. J., and whs fifteen years hie eenior. Dr. liuchanan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, thirty-four years ago. Ho settled In New York City in IMH7 and began the practice of medicine without much success. In IHB6 he married Miss Anna Brice Patter- Bon, his first wife, who has stuck to him through all his troubles. He obtained a divorce from her in 1890, and about a year later married the woman whom h" murdered. Hho was rich, and Buchanan madt, no secret of the fuct that he married her for her money. Two days after the marriage he induced her to make a will lonving tu him a!l ht* property unconditionally, ehe died suddenly. While on uertiiek bed a professional uurwi ftad somebody else who was present saw BucUauau givo something to her in a spoon. Her body was exhumed and expert testimony showed thnt she hit l been poisoned. His trial lasted nearly six weeks, including the time consumed in getting a jury. The jury, after deliberating twenty-eight hours, brought in a verdict ot murder iu the first ilegrw. The Htory of the repeated appeals Is ft matter of current history. TRAIN ROBBERS IN OREGON. They Take an Hour and Forty Minutes to Go Through the Train. The Southern Pacific overland northbound train wae stopped at 10. IS o'clock p. m. by three highwaymen near Riddles, Oregon, and robbed. Sticks of dynamite were placed on the rail, which disabled tho engine by blowing the flanges off the pony trucks and brought the train to a stop. Taking the fireman, two of the highwaymen proceeded to go through the train and every car from the express to the rear Pullman was searched. Nothing was obtained from the express car, for there was no treasure on board. On the mail car better success was met with, and the Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, and Victoria registered sacks were rifled. The passengers were also searched pretty thoroughly. The robbers, in going through the train, passed all who had the appearence of being working men, but made others hold up their hunds while they went through their pocketa. The Sheriff of Klamath County was on board with a prisoner. The robbere appropriated the Sheriff's pistol. None of the ladies were molested in the car during the time the train was held up, one hour and forty minutes being consumed. The robbers outside kept firing sticks of dynamite to intimidate the passengers. After the chief robber had secured his booty he ordered the engineer to proceed north for one hour. He then shot out the headlight, and firing five additional shots, which were signals to his companions, disappeared in the darkness. BICYCLES FOR SOLDIERS. Albert Matthey of the Fir»t Artillery Completes His Rl<le to Chicago. At 1.45 p. m. June 24, Albert Matthey. the soldier bicycle courier, who had ridden from New York City, delivered to General Merritt, Chicago.commanding that department of the army, u message from General Miles, which was given to him on June 10 at G a. m. at Fort Hamilton in New York. After lelivering his message he started for Fort Sheridan, hia anal destination. Young Matthey in a soldier in G Battery of the First Artillery, and was a volunteer for the 1000-mile ride. Matthey expected to make the distance in ten days, but his actual time was day?. His was the first longdistance ride t>y an army courier where a full equipment of arms and baggage) was carried. He had strapped to his light wheel a 3pringfleld rifle and packed knapaack and aaversack. The trip was intonded as a demonstration Df the value of the bicycle under the conditions of actual service. The previous courer ridee have been made with racing equipnent. Young Matthey also held to the actuil rules of the service, camping out in open lelds and cooking his own food. He con- Ined his expenses to the armv ration comnutation and travel allowance of less than 31.50 per day. PROFESSOR HARRINCTON IS OUT. Che Chief of the Weather Bureau Removed bv President Cleveland. Professor Mark W. Harrington, Chief of :he Weather Bureau, has been removed by :ho President. There has been friction between Professor Harrington, who is a holdover official, and Secretary Morton, his of- Scial chief, for some time. On June 19, ac- Jordlng to the statement which Professor Harrington now for the flret time makes public, the President requested his resignation, ''because of personal interests," as Professor Harrington says. The Professor refused to resign and the President directed his removal, to take effect on July 1. Professor Harrington was appointed Jby Secretary Busk in 1890, from Michigan, because of his long acquaintance with meteorological matters. He was a member of the faculty of Ann Arbor University and had the influence of the Michigan Senators. There was an investigation into alleged irregularities in Weather Bureau administration a year or more ago, and there was considerable talk at that time of Professor Harrington's resignation, but it died away. ABLE YANKEE TARS. They Hasten Aboard a German Steamer at Amciy, China, and Pat Ont a Fire. Delaware Kemper. Consul of the United States at Amoy, China, has reported to the State Department the gallant conduct of two boats' crews from tho United States junhoat Machias in suppressing a fire on the German steamer Tulche. mu-. in Amoy harbor. The Tatcheonjr, which had lately arrived from the United States with a ;argo of kerosene, was observed from the Machias to be on fire. Commanner Houston at once sent two boats' ?rews under charge of Ensign Scales to the assistance of the ship. On getting aboard they found officers and men thoroughly demoralized. "Taking charge themselves," says Mr. Kemper, ''their alacrity and energy under Mr. Scales's cool and wise direction succeeded in suppressing the fire, thereby averting not only the loss of the Talcheong ind her cargo, but possibly calamitous results to other ships." The German Consul at Amoy sent a note of thanks to Commander Houston. TOOK LAW INTO THEIR HANDS. Two Hone Thieves ami Two Alleged Outragerg Lynched. Forty miles east of Guthrie, Oklahoma, farmers caught two men riding stolen horses, and as horses have been stolen nightly for some time past, they lynched tho men, leaving both hanging to one tree, with placards to their breasts reading: -'So perish all horse thieves." Addle Zimmerman, the eight-year-old daughter of a farmer residing several miles east" of St. Joseph, Mo., was assaulted by nn unknown tramp. An armed posse started in pursuit, and, coming up to William Brown, a colored man, who was going along the road, ordered him to halt, when he run, and they fired, dangerously wounding him. He was not the person wanted. Marshall E. Price, the murderer of Sallie E. Dean, a twelre-yuar-old girl, was lynched at Denton, Md. He had been reprieved by the Governor. The citizens were angry when they heard this and took him from the jail, which is a very rickety affair, and hanged him from a tree. > Three Drowned at a Church Picnic. Christine Hai?elin and Hodwick Lawson, both girls, who came to Long Point, ChautauquaLnke, N.Y.,wlththe Zion'Mission Church picnic, went out rowing with Johii Swanstrotn, Budolph Haxelin, a boy, and Albert Carlson. Tueir boat was eld, overcrowded end unseaworthy, and ,sooa upset. The two young women and Swanatrom were drowned. A WAVE OF DEVASTATION Storms Sweep Over Many States With Fatal Effect. A FIERCE GALE IN CHICAGO. Severe Stnnns In Various Parts orthe West anil South-—More than Forty People Perish and Low Eetlinateri at Million*. Caused by Wintl* and Floods—Field* of Grain Swept liare. The entire eastern watershed of tho Bocky Mountains, from the Nebraska and lowa lines to Texas, wasswept by a fierce and destructive storm. Reports of loss of life and destruction of property came with every telegram, and tho downpour, which was at tlrst regarded as a blessing, grew into a wnve of devastation. Fields of grain that promised the most bountiful yield in many years were swept bare of vegetation. In several instances the seas of rain were abetted in their work of destruction by tornadoes. Tho loss was appalling, and those to whom the angry elements spared life have tittle left to sustatii it. The stories of storm were so similar that a statistical summary is all left to toll. The storm's focus embraced an area of 200 miles square, with the southwestern corner of Missouri as the centre. The greatest loss of life is reported from Winona, Mo., where twelve corpses were found, and as many more persons ' were reported missing. At Baxter Springs, in Southwestern Kansas, five were killed nnd eleven seriously injured by a tornado that accompanied the storm. One person was drowned at Columbia and two at Ottawa, Kan. At Van Buren, Ark., a woman and her child were drowned. A family of five were encamped on the banks of Fisk Creok. in the Indian Territory. Nothing of them or their belongings was found after the storm except a part of their wagon on a pile of driftwood. At Thcmasville. Mo., where the rainfall was four inches in one hour, five lives were lost. Reports were received of loss of life as follows: Three at Fayetteville, Ark.; on-at Pooh. Kan.: one at Richards, Kan., and six of a hunting party in the Indian Territory. This gives ii known and probable loss of forty-three lives. This total, it wasthought, would bo increased when the receding water permitted a thorough search. The loss in property can be placed in the millions. Dwellings, fences, and farm buildines were carried off and wagon and railroad bridges swept away. Thirty of tho eighty buildings in Winona. Mo., succumbed. Fivo residences, a church and a warehouse went down at Baxter Springs, Six bridges went out in Russell County. Kansas. About Jeffersor City.Mu.. many square miles of growing grain, were covered with debris. Traffic on the Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad was temporarily suspended. Reports of damage to property other than above noted come from five points in Kansas, nine in Missouri, six in Arkansas, and two in the Indian Territory. The storm spent itself in Illinois, but, having lost its force, proved a blessing to crops. The above summaries give only a fraction of loss in property. The greatest burden falls upon tho farmers, as the season Iβ too far spent to plant new crops, and suffering must surely follow in the storm's wake. Details of individual suffering and experiences recall the horrors of the Johnstown disaster. Winona, Mo., was one-third wiped out by a cloudburst. Eleven persons were drowned and the financial loss will reach at least *GO,OOO. The dead are: The Rev. O. W. Duncan, Mrs. O. W. Duncan, Mi«s Mattie Duncan, Mrs. Crawford, daughter of O. W. Duncan; Mise Crawford, Mrs. George Nevins, Norma Nevits, daughter of L. Lloyd Wrigbm, Maggie Cannon. John Morris, Mrs. Nevins. The bodies ot Mrs. Crawford, Maggie Cannon and Mrs. Nevins were found two miles below the town. At 10 o'clock p. m. there was an awful torrent raging, and the water 3tood from four to twelve feet in the streets. A half hour later, with the downpour unabated, "many of the buildings were no longer able to resist the avalanche of water and began breaking and drifting with the current. Pike Creek, which runs through the northwestern part of town, caught the debris and the struggling people, carrying all away toward Current River. The lightning was vivid, and quick, successive flashes showed men, women and children struggling in the torrent. They were clinging to broken timbers, and cries for help could be heard above the roar and din. At Willow Springs, Mo., the storm had developed Into a cloudburst near Winona. Seven bodies were recovered from the flood and it was feared that the loss uf life would reach fifteen. At Highland, 111., a clcuburst did great damage. In many fields the water was deep enough to swim a horse. Hundreds of shocks of wheat were destroyed, miles of fenoing were washed away, and much live stock was drowned. A windstorm extending from Anselm.N. V,, fifteen miles west of Fargo, and from one to two miles wide, damaged 80,000 to 40,000 acres of grain, threw buildings from their foundations, and deluged the country. Four inches of rain fell in a few hours. A terrific storm struck El Reno. Oklahoma. Many small frame structures were rvertuniod and great damage was done to some ot the best buildings in tho city. Tho Kerfoot Hotel was perforated with Hying gravel stones that brolco nearly all the windows out of the west side. Thu First National Bank front was blown in. One of the worst storms in the history of Peoria.llL,swept overthecity. followed by a Hght rain. Great damage was done to buildings, several being twisted and moved from thuir foundations. The roofs of several business buildings wore blown to the street, and the running of street cars was seriously Interfered with. Awnings were torn dowu and windowssmashed in. West of there the damage was great. A terrillr wind and rain storm struck Chicago, 111., and caused disaster and several deaths. Tho first warning of the storm wa.- at 6 p, in. in the shape of dense clouds of dust whirled along ut a tremendous speed and before which men found difficulty in standing. It was JtM than a halt hour when tho force o! the tornado had spent itself, but tho rain poured In torrents for an hour longer. At 11 o'clock p. in. the list of fatalities in the city was said to be at least eight or ten. Charles Kline, John Ross and Charles Lobsbrook were sailing in a boat named the Pilot. They had been out to the Government Breakwater, about a mile from tho Chicago shorn of the lake. They started for shore shortly before the squall struck them, nnd they were drowned Ita sight of thousands. Thu damage to the property through the city was great, especially In the business portion. Thousand of dollars, worth of plate glass windows wore broken, and many buildings were flooded by thu breaking of pipes, roof* an 1 other parts of the buildings. The> day hail been one of the most oppressively hot of the season, and tens of thousands of persons hail sought the parka. The storm caught thorn anil thousands wero drenched, t'p to a lato hour, bedraggled women and crying children erowded fhe street cars. At tbc Ball Fark a crowd of 8000 watched the Chicago-Cleveland contest anil stayed until caught in the down pour. Telegraph and electric light wires worn broken. The Dispatch, a small steam launch, went down in th'' middle of the hike, at take Oouevn, Wis., atfi a. m., nnd six persons', all on board, were drowned. They wore: Dr. Friiu ■. As.-ist.int Superintendent of the Insane Asylum nt Elgin. III.: Mrs. Franc, his wife, and their child; Father Hogau, Catholic priest nt Harvard. III.: Mrs. Hoflftn, his sister-in-law, of Harvard. 111.. John Preston, of Lake Geneva, engineer of the boat. The Dispatch had been hired for tho day by the party. The engineer advised remaining in harbor nt Camp Elgin. l>ut his passengers insisted on crossing the laket<> Kayos Park. When about midwi'.y aeros.- the squall struck tho bo.it, and she went down hi S5O feet of water. All on boar* sank at ouee. A tornado swept over Pine Bluff, Ark., nnd adjacent territory at 11 o'clock p. in. Small buildings and numerous parts of houses in the city were hurled away for groat distances.A tornado swept across Eatonton ami Morgan County In Ge.>rgia. At Willard station, Gα., every house wa-> wrecked ami Henry Adams, white, and Bob Hardy, colored, were, killed. Buildings, fences and crops on the Martin plantation were carried away. Over in Morgan County Andruw Penlek's farm building! and house were blown away. lVuiek and his family were buried in th" falling timber.-, and Penick and his wife were badly hurt. The home of Jim Collier was demolished nnd two of his children were fatally injured. Robertson's plantation was swrpt clear of everything standing. Tho R >V)rte.iii family took refuge in the cellar. Twenty persons were badly injured. TRIO OF GIRLS NOW. The President'* Third Daughter Horn nt ''Gray GablM," His Summer Huinf, At "Gray Gables." Uμ summer home of President Cleveland, at Buzzard's Bay. Mass.. a little girl was born to Mrs. Cleveland at 4.30 o'clock p. m. Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, the attending physician, said that mother and child were doing well. Ruth an:l Esther, the other dnughters of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, were born respectively on October 3, 1891. and on Heptember 9, 1898. Ruth was bom at Mr. Cleveland's res! • denoe at 816 Madison avenu?, in New York City, which was the Clevelands' home fora timeafter they left the White House in 1889. Ruth weighed eight pounds at her birth. Esther was born in the White House after Mr. Cleveland's second term had begun. DC. J. t>. BEI'ANT (The family physician of tho Clevalands.) RIVER STEAMER LOST. Passenger* Drowned in the Wrerk of the luily Lee on the MUtlislupl. Six persons wero known to have been drowned, and two others Were believed to have gone down with tlvj ItttUMr Lady Lee, which ran into a snag an! S'lnk in tho Mississippi River at tht> head, of Island Forty, near Memphis. Tenu. Thio known victim* are Harry Robinson, baker; Mary Windox. passenger, bound for Dean's Island: her female companion, whose name Is unknown; Colonel l'reaoher,passenger, bound for Osceola:Mrs. Mamie Stewart, bound for Dean's Island, and Peter Watson, colored, of Memphis. Theeteamer, which was a 3tern Wheeler, owned by James Lee ft Co., of Memphis, left Memphis for Oseeola at four o'clock p. m. She carried many deck iiud cabin passengers and a fair cargo. Captain Henry Cooper was in charge. At the head of Island Forty a stop was made to discharge som<j freight. The vessel backed out and was about a hundred yards from shore when she struck a snag, wtileh ripped a great hole in her hull near the wheel. The pilot headed for shore, ami the engineers put on full steam, with the hope of running aground. The vessel hud proceeded only a few foot shoreward when she gave a great lurch. The passengers. In obedience to Captain Cooper, had flocked on top of the hurricane deck. When the boat lurched a great many jumped overboard. Tho engineers, finding themselves nock high Is water, turned on tho lint pound of steam und ran on deck. The boat righted herself and hurried shoreward, until the waters extinguished tho fires and tho wheels stopped and the steamer settled and sank. Tho water was fifteen feet deep at that point, and the passengers wbo had not jumpixl or fallen overboard wore taken ashore in the small boats. MRS. O'LEARY DEAD. She Owned the Famoim Cow That Started the Great Chicago Fire. Mrs. Catherine O'Lsary, who wn tho owner of the fractious cow which, in n turn iu tho roar ol No. IS7 Do Kover street, on it memorable night In October, 1671, kicked over n lamp and started a blaze which cost OhiMgD (48 ',003,000, is deed. Btatrn tii>- uitflit of that historic conflagration Mi~. O'Li-aryV lil<: wa.s nn>blU<!red by the popular belief that fhi) indlrui-'tly fu rwpODMbM for thr"-vs of lif« tiud eaormou dwtruetloo ol pfopvjjjr. wh« denied tii>- itory rlgoronsly, and to «ae oommitteo whtirh Investigated tfia flr«! and its causos made affidavit tbnt tho oUeOktlo&i aKout h«rself and th» cow and the lestp Were uot true: but tbe world wa» against her. Then she becarno alUmt. Entreaties and flattering monetary offer* wero alike unavailing. Hho would say neither yea nor nay, even to her friends and a reqaeet to tell the etory for publicatiou usually sroiuod her to a pitch of frenzy. FATAL RIOT IN BOSTON. A Fourth of July Parade of Various Orders Put to Rout. PISTOLS DRAWN AND FIRED. A "Little Keil School Hiran" and Mm Orange ltihhon* Started tlio Plchl. and After Serentl Enron liter* the I'rocc*- •lon Wan llrokcn I'p—-A Cavalryman llr'ruri l>l.trr«-rd Women, The Fourth of July parado ot tho various societies of Boston. Mass., and vicinity «t East Boston ended in a pitched battle between some of the paradors and tho spectators, in which sticks, stones and revolvers were used with fatal effect. Tho paraders reprc .ented A. P. A. lodges, Patriotic Sons of America, Orange lodges, the Order of United Workmen, and other kindred societies.John W. Wills, a laborer of East Boston, one of the spectators, whs shot r.ud instantly killed, nnd Michael Doyle. ,<f East Btwtcu, had his head spflt open with A i-lut. A young man named Stewart had bis noso cut off with asabre in tho hands of ono of tho paraderw, Patrick Kelly sustained u sovcra scalp wound, whether from a club or a bullet was not known, and Officer A. 8. Bates wa.shtt in the mouth with a brick thrown by an unknown person, and lost several teeth besides suffering from sever** lacerations It Is claimed that the trouble all 'Resulted from the. persistence of those who manured tho parado in introducingils a feature allont representing, "tho littln rod school house," which from Its association as thu omblo.ui of the American Protective Association had become obnoxious to many persons. 8o great was tho interest excited by this controversy and tho expressed determination of the paraders to display the school house that fully 30,000 visitors gathered at East Boston. The police otllcials, in anticipation of any hostile demonstration, had a special squad of 350 men,under tho]diroetion of Deputy Superintendent Pierce and Captain Irish, in addition to the East Boston force, on duty, but they marched at tho head ot tho procossion.At soverai points tho crowd uissod at the llftofln hundred panniers, und tho school house, but no further demonstration was made until therearof the parado bad reached Putnam street, when the crowd tried to overturn the last carriage, in which rodo several ladies, one wearing an orango costume. Word was sent to tho front for pollco assistance, and a squad of twenty offloan \vas,sent back. 'A skirmish followed between tho crowd and the officers and Michael Doyle received a severe clubbing. Stewart's nuso wus cut Tiff by a sabnr in tho hands of Albert E Andrews, of Everett, a private in tho Rosobury Horso Guards, who was in full uulform, and who went to the assistance of thu occupants of tho car rioge. By this incident the feeling of the crowd wan Intensified, and wbou the parade broke up mid those who had parttulpatod wore proooediug in companies to tho lerry In order to roach Boston, a group of between sixty und seventy wius surrounded on Border street by a crowd, who commenced hooting and throwing stones. A doseu revolver)) were drawn and in response to the fusillade of stones eight or nine shots were fired. Toe firing of the revolvers brought a Urge body of police to the spot nnd the moh was soon dispersed. As the scone was cleared the officers found John Willie dead In the street, with a bullet wound in his right side, nnd Patrick A. Kelly seriously wounded about the head. .Several other puraons, slightly injured, had been taken away by their friends. It was claimed by six witnesses wbo were taken to the station house that Harold Brown, wbo was arrextod, did the shooting which killed Wills and wounded Kelly. John Ross, also arrested, woe said to have injured several cthors who were taken away by thoir friends. Wills wan a laborer by occupation, and loaves u widow and six children. There is deep feeling over the affair throughout Boston. BREAK DOWN OF A BRIDGE. A Hundred Perron* Thrown Into a Kivrr, null Several Fatuity Injured. At six o'clock p. m. while about 300 of the population of Bristol, Ind., a village of 600 population, wero gathered ou a bridge spanning the St. Joseph River, watching a tub race, 100 feet of the sidewalk went down, carrying with it about 100 persons. The distance was thirty feot, and the Iron fell on many of those in the water. The town became crazed with excitement. 11l a short time, by almost superhuman efforts, the frightened people were all removed from the water, physicians from surrounding country hurried to tho place, and tho Injured cared foras well aeclrcumstances would permit. None was killed outright, but several woro fatally Injured, among them Dr. C. E. Dutrow. Twenty-threo wore seriously hurt. Twenty others received minor injuries. In fact, nearly every one on the bridge suffered a wound of some kind. A DARING ESCAPE. Three Dangerou* Criminal* ISreak Jail In New Vork City. Joe" Killoriiu 'Charlie Alien and "Harry" Ru.ssoll, notorious criminals awaiting examination on the charge of robbing many nostofllccH, escaped from Ludlow Street Jail. Now York City, -si tho Fourth of July. Allen suatchod tho jail keys from Keeper Schneer, and while lit oran and IttMeU covered thu terrified man wilh revolvers Allen unlocked tho throe doors which stood between them and liberty. Then the burglars walked out, locking tho doors behind them, thus shutting their Jailers In and delaying pursuit. As tho im-u fled northward in Ludlow street thoy separated, just oh the crowd aitruetod by tho tardy alarm of tho keepers hogaii to glvu chase. Kiilorau ran for the Second avenue "L," and Allen and BfHtfefl, who had evidently studied th« route, bolted into alloy.- in the densely crowded tenement district between Essex und Norfolk streets, cfoxHOd rood, d*» Mended lire ■OnriM plunged into cellars, shook oil pursuit and disappeared. How the men got possession ol tho revolvers with which thoy oowed the keeper wns a mystery, but thero was a strong suspicion that bribery was at thu bottom of the jatlbreaklnc, whlcri was one of the most remarkable on record. A reward of (10 0 each was offered by the Federal authorities for the recapture of the three tbieves. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Wanhlnrton Item*. resident Ctortlwd has pardoned Edmnnrt . (riitenden. of Kentucky, sentenced on lune as. li".H. to eighteen mnnthi-' Imprisonnent In tin- Obto IVuitentlary M tho charge, >f robbing tue mail:-. ImMaryOMWt has directed that the neir •evenuo cutter now tielng built for eervic<» it.'in.' tlif Now Englnud onasf Iμ, uamcil the iuni.<l MuniiDiu. and that tho on> tK>in>r mill for -Ji'rvli'i' OB tlu, tfroiit lnkiv l>e niimi>l In' W. Q. flrmlllin. both ftftor former Si<credrio .if tho Tn-inury. Tin- nri">lo*">l'U' "' Wilis li. Moon1, ot llinols. HsChlof of th" WonthtT Hun«nu wfc* innouin-oil from the Whito House. Fl.thi'rrni'ii \vh.\ l>y MMMtMf •OTtfSWßtjr, MCnpyahaatlW at Sandy Hook. wi»ro ordered .. l.'iuv In- the War' Department. They bIWMMd 10 r<vsl»t ■•vletioii by armn. The Suite l).'|..irtituMit instructed Ambossalor ElUtil to tnke stops for the relief of ei:onsui Waller, who is ill in a French prison. Thn prlnolpal post..(H,-os throußhout the •ountry hiivi' dt*oOntlßU*d the uee of the •anoi'llinK machines, by which letters am, lostmarkoil and tho stumps upon them ean•elli',l.The total number of xtnmps of nil kinds iflmed to pMtiDMtan Ifl lh.' tlsoul your Just •lo.aetl wa-> i,523.000.()00, vnluej at »56,883.- HB. This is an Ineroase in valuation of t4.- •00,000 over hwt year. BeONtan Hoke Smith noeepted the InvitHinti ol the Oordele (Oa.) Sound Money ".«i\«ue to deliver un nililross there on tho •urrenev question. Thi'iotal value.>f envelopes Issued to post>nii'#'s durtntr tho fiscal year wa«514,036,019, ind postal cards »4,908,161. Naval Constructor F. L. FernaM tn»pe«teil he mail steamship Now York and found her ■apalile ol carrying ten six-Inch rifled oonlon.Coiuairc executed at the Pnlted States nlnts during Jun.,* was very Usht. bolnif )nly: Oold, 41.750,000; silver. »440,043, aud nlnor colufl, *71,a00. Only I'J.OOn standard •ilvur dollar.-i wen, coined during tho month. Domestic. nzcoßD or tbr lk/loui oiobi. Pf Per Cluhn. Won. Lmt. n <"1ul>«. W<v\ c«. l!:iltlinorn :i:i 21 .fill PhlladeL .33 Sfi .561 Boston ...as 22 .(UK) Brooklyn..H2 M .552 Pttteburg..37 20 .!IS7 Vew YorW.2B 30 .453 OMoagO.. .89 2* .883 Wanh'nit'n.iS 34 .404 rini-lnniitl.34 2fi .BK7j;U. LonK.Bl 48 .Mβ .'l'-v.ilim,!.:!■! 2S .563.Louisville. 1) 4« .155 Abflun E 'kiTt. janitiir 'if the Hl«l\ Sohool in MwtiOOke, Peun., killed wealthy Frederick F. Blttonbender, chairman of a school comnitteo. • At Hnn Luis ObiipO, OttJ., nx-CiOvomor of Miilm. eometttcd suiolii" by nktiit lnudnauni. Ho xtn* ■ Krent Hu(Ti'r>T from seintlos. Defi'mli'r'H triiil trip indicated thnt eha trill huv womlorful rncloK i|unlitiei<. Bherift TamMn romnvod Warden Riialjo ind Ki'npnrs Schnnir Hnd Bohoa&tol Lutllow Street Jnll. New York City, beoaUM of the iix Ul»ci|.lmi' which permittnd the csoapo of he Postoffieo robber.", Klllonin, Allen and Rutaell. Charles J. Klnslor, a PhiWtolphta aldernan, was shot and killed, evidently by necl— lent, while a flai;-rat»lQK- Qrover and Lnla, a<;oil eleven and thirteen years respectively, children of WilUum 4hultz. ot Murcellnc, 111,, wwe drowned Iα Bear Ore>k. Ori'ver wiw bathlnx In the ?reek, and the K'rl, hearini; his screams,went to rescue him tram drowuiutf. Deruberg, Ollok A Horner, propHtfow Uftjg the Loader, one of the Urge il'-partment |j stores <<f OhlciiKii, have failed.  hold ii chattel mortKaff» for (321,000. It IKW laid thnt the assets of the linn will renlte* 3vnr (400.000. Three peoplo were drownetl in the Dfhh irare lllvor lit Beverly, N. J., by tho L-apslMUt at a boat. They were John Anderaon, Fmnk Uevßn", n blryele manufacturer, and XtM Marambeok. Becauoe MftlUe Biern would not aarrjr him Luke Hoyer blew up her home, tn temont. 111., with dynamite, fatally wounding her. her mother and her aunt. Francl* ai. Dickinson, eeventy-ane yean old, a prominent Belchnrtown (Mane.) farmer, was gored to death by a bull. Hie sons found him mangled and dead, lying in the mud. The eafe in the County Treasurer's offloe at Harris!hir«. Ark., was robbed Ot 43400 a>.1 noon while Mr. Vanderver wiwin court con-* suiting with tin* Judge, Henu.iu Reich shot and klllo.l hie wife Amelia in New York City. Acrowd attempted to lynch him. The Defender was floated at Bristol, R. 1., ~ by the tux Arm. The National SchuetKeafest til formally opened at Olendalo Park, Louir Island, after a parade of Hocietlm in Now York City. The new City MiiKtatrnte* took their seats in New York City, and tho retiring Fotloe Justices eutored formal protests. Foreign Notes. An Imporlal ukase relating' to tlio Chinoio lonii Una beun iiuued; lliMsin will Indorse taa ■•■ jui"iij ■ o( tin' bondholders. Tim railway Htntiou Ht Dortmund, Germany, wax ili'rttnyml by lire iinil two inou wan: klllod by tho fallluK of tin wall*. AmbaHsador EuetlH pnwldml mi the Fourth of July banquet (riven In I'arls by tho Amorl* cau Chamber of Commerce. A (lUimtch from Madrid, Hpnlu, mivs that a committee of th>< M lulsti-r* will urrunßu a sottlument of tho Mora claim. Michael (Mearv was convlotod In Ireland of burning bi» wltu to dentil ni u witoti. Four Hundred Cuban in»urifvntii, under AmadorOuorra, wore ilnfuatud In two battlw In I'/ilmii Saltan, Coba. Their loader unci threelleuteuanth w.-it klllnl, tofemher with sixty men. The loittofthutiovurnineat troops wit- seventeen killed anil about the Mum: number woundnd. Ex|M>ditlooß tot Cuba are Nortli, South iiml Central Amurica. Fire in OodilletVmilitary «stabliiihment,lD Paris, caoeud • 1,400,00J damn^e. A dUaxtrouH ooullat;ration in Taris lestroy<*d «-inlit lurk", faotorlu and dwellings, and during Its progress several llramen on.' many citizens wore injured. LYNCHED THE PREACHER A Revival Hervlco Wan Ooliik On ami thr l.yiH iirri Kiiti>r«-.l till; I'lllfill. At Hop* Hi:ury oolored church, about flv» mlli'H Douthwo3t Ot Luku City. Tls., liiber* Lannott, ii young oolorej pnsaohor, was driiggtxl from tbu pul|iit and lyu:hod by r party ol men. A revival hin hwa soiu;; on u* tho churoh, mid wlieu eervi<»j» olo.iul a mourner was ut tho Uanch in « truoo*,. TUo preacher and several othorx remalued to wiitub the man. All went to »l«ep mul M four o'clock thr lynchers unturad nnd draggw Ueunett from tbo pulpit. They took hi* about a mile and shot him to death. ' Bennett bad boeu working iu HuwneM j county for Uryimt l'u«"tt,Hu.l Wiis •ituionlina to aw;iult the lntter'n dnutfhtej