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Show THE HEBER HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERY IN A MANIACS CLUTCH. . ? was slowly loosing steam, but still she rushed, on at a rate that meant nothing less than a fearful tragedy at the first switch left.untruned. . As the train swept past Clyman, with. . Janesville, Wis., July One 12. hundred passengers thundered towards death on the Chicago and Northwestern through express north of this city today. Switches were shufbarely in time to keep the train from destruction. Along the track the train Hew; while other trains were rushed opto sidetracks and put of Ganger, by the frightened trainmen. in the door of the loc omotive lay Engineer Steve Hoteling, a man of massive build, powerless in the grasp of a maniac. The insane man brandished a wrench, which he had cluched irom the Both his arms engineers tool-bowere in the grasp of the almost despairing man beneath him. Near the depot platform one of the towns through which the train passed, the lun atic had nearly freed himself, and in another moment, unless help came, the murderous blow of the wrench ' -- r MONDAY. ,, x. out stopping, the passanger and train "crew realized that something Was wrong artd a party hurried forward. Writhing and struggling amonkthe blocks of : coal oath n tender they saw the engineer and his maniac assailant, Hastings was overpowered and taken to tle baggage car. A moment after lie fainted Conciousness did not return until twelve hours later. The intensely lioi weather, made it more trying by the temperiture of the cab, is given as the cause of h is insanity, and there are fears that he cannot recover. . J , at-Clyma- would fall. The maniac was Engineer Hotellings fireman, C. L. Hastings. Near Water-tow-n he stepped from the cab to the tender to coal up. .. He did not return and Engineer Hotelling reached back from his seat, pulled aside the cab curtain and looked out. As the curtain moved aside Hastings founded in, ; .bout. the 7 He clutched the engineer neck ane threw him headlong to the swaying footboads, There the two struggled, as the train dashed on, under a full head of steam. At one time the beengineer all but dropped to the rails "rneath." . ; 7 t The engine, left without fresh - fuel. . A PLUCKY OFFICER. St. Helena. Cal., July 14. Deputy Sheriff Howard went this morning . after a.5 horsethiefXnamedY Collins, overtaking him. Collins ref used to surrender, and Howard shot him in the ankle. Collins emptied a shotgun into Howards breast , inflicting probably fatal wounds. Notwithstanding this, the plucky deputy overpowered the thief and brought him in. Lyching is , likely. RKElT RE PORT.7 Eggs twenty cents per dozen. - Chickens thirty cents apeiece. Butter 12 y2 cents per pound. LWheatninty cents per bushel.---Oats $1.50 per hundred pounds. Hay 6$ per ton. - : . |