Show AT HOME AND ABROAD hazelton pa sept IS 13 hazelton quivers on the edge of a volcano uncertainty is the keynote of the situation and the town is sleeplessly awaiting the dawn of a day fraught with unknown and fearful possibilities at this writing the troops are marching on the mines of coxe bros at eckley which nestles in a valley about eighteen miles from here telegrams to brigade headquarters late this evening indicate an alarming condition there the remoteness of the situation wall make difficult the securing of definite news from the scene before morning two hundred miners at buck mountain which is about thirteen miles from eckley went on a strike this morning and started toward the eckley mine the superintendent of the eckley colliery telegraphed gen gobin for troops but later in the day the request was withdrawn the superintendent in notifying the general that the striking miners had stopped marching at 4 this afternoon gen gobin received another telegram stating these miners had again assembled and had marched on the eckley mines and forced the miners to quit work it was stated in this dispatch that the miners had been roughly handled gen gobin has ordered the city troop of philadelphia to go to the scene of the disturbance the start will be made shortly after midnight or else just before daybreak the troops will ride across the mountains a distance of eighteen miles to eckley eckley is a small mining village and lies in a valley there are a number of col there and fears have been entertained for the past forty eight hours that trouble would break out the men have been acting very ugly the situation tonight in hazelton district is one of unrest all the col in this district are apprehensive of danger requests have been pouring in to gen gobin from the various mines asking that he send troops to the places in order to prevent any possible outbreak the general states that he will not send troops to any point unless an outbreak does occur the general declines to give the names of the collieries colli eries as all the men in them are still at work the operators however are apprehensive of a strike and want to be prepared tor for any emergency two mine superintendents in this immediate vicinity have asked gen gobin to place guards around their houses this will be done gen gobin will not make public the names of the superintendents who made the requests new orleans sept 13 the announcement no of the ninth ease case of yellow fever in new orleans including the delphi death was made by the board of health late this afternoon it is probable that another case will be added to the list exhausting the serious suspicious cases now under investigation the ninth case is edward mcginty McGl nty a young man living immediately opposite a residence up town where a child died from the fever that had been prevailing at ocean springs mcginty had been a visitor to the family during their residence on he mississippi coast urd since their return to the city has been a constant visitor it is therefore believed that mcginty contracted the disease front from the sick child members of the board of health have been in close attendance upon the case and completed their diagnosis this afternoon As soon as they had done so the board of health took charge of the premises prem baes quarantined the inmates made liberal application of disinfect tants in the neighborhood and took all necessary steps to prevent a spread of the disease this is the first case reported up town all other cases being in the lower section and in this instance as in all others the origin of the case has been traced to ocean springs port arthur tex sept 13 A tornado terrible in its intensity struck this city at an early hour last evening six people are known to have been killed while many others were injured buildings were blown down and great damage was wrought by the storm many buildings were blown down including the railroad roundhouse where may ainsworth was killed the natatorium the bank building townsite companas comp anys barns hotel hayden strong leagues building shifted off foundation brennan building colonnade hotel spence lyons building C J millers grocery store several barns canadis Ka nadis saloon the herald office alfred wolfs saloon the hayes building and M S Solin grocery several residences suffered severely that of dr A barraclough being carried across the street many out buildings were completely blown away from early morning the sky was threatening and a stiff gale blew no rain of consequence fell until 4 pm and then it was accompanied by a heavy wind that increased in intensity until it reached the enormous velocity of eighty miles an hour every building in the town is of frame construction except one brick the port arthur banking company building the far end and roof of which were blown away the bodies of the victims have been sent to beaumont for interment no cemetery as yet having been started here there were many acts of bravery and the suspense during the severity of the storm was terrible advices advises from winne tex say that nearly all the houses there have been blown down and torn away at webb all of the barns and one house were demolished and scattered over the country nothing can be heard from sabine pass as all telegraphic communication has been interrupted A relief train left beaumont tonight for this place and sabine pass ed Kir scherner a prominent citizen was on a gulf interstate railway train on his way to beaumont when the storm struck this section every one on the train thought we would be blown from the track he said tonight it was pitch dark and raining and the wind was blowing like it never blew before it is known that much destruction was wrought at sabine pass with probable loss of life the following telegram has just been received from mr Kir scherner at beaumont the relief train has just returned from sabine pass it could not got get nearer than eight miles from sabine pass it is reported that the new town is completely gone nothing heard from the old town from reports things look bad there kansas city mo sept IS 13 port arthur is a town of about 1000 to 2000 people and has probably houses many of which are substantial structures the gulf railroad owns a magnificent ent depot and the principal pai hotel is a costly structure of seventy five rooms port arthur to Is the southern terminus of the kansas City burg gulf railroad and is situ situated atea sixteen miles inland from sabine city in 1886 a wave swept over sabine city covering the place with six feet of water destroying many houses and causing several deaths great distress was caused and there were many narrow and thrilling escapes when the gulf road was first projected land on sabine pass owned by kountze brothers of new york city was offered the railroad company for a terminal both because of a fear of a tidal wave and owing to a failure to reach a satisfactory price for the land the proposition was rejected port arthur then became the southern terminal of the road and was built up on the strength of that enterprise Galveston Tex sept 13 Ata at an early nearly hour this morning the wind at galveston gained a velocity of thirty seven miles an hour ships had been forewarned of the expected st ormand those along the dock were in good shape A few small skiffs were sunk and two barges were driven ash ashore oreon on the flats fiats west of the wharves the only building to suffer was the olympia the big pavilion at the gulf side two sections of the circular roof were carried away new orleans sept 13 A dispatch from beaumont tonight said the southern pacific at that place received a dispatch from the agent at sabine pass who walked from sabine pass to port arthur stating that the track for eight miles is washed away and that about thirty eight people are missing he reports the sinking of two tugs and the drowning of green moore and lewis beates prominent steamboat men at orange A later message says that the loss of life at the pass will not be so great as reported probably pro bobly not more mor than six or seven A later dispatch from sabine pass says that the loss of property is slight city of mexico sept 13 the people killed at the banuelas Pan uelas quarry explosion numbering twenty four were asphyxiated asphyxia ted by the dense gases generated by the explosion among the number were several horses and the bodies of men and horses lay together in a horrible mass it an age before the heavy atmosphere allowed the gas to arise from over the graves in which they had been entombed outside men women and children wept and wrung their hands while those in charge of the works stood helplessly by waiting for an opportunity to reclaim the bodies one hundred people were injured by inhaling the 9 gas logansport Logan sport ind sept 13 excitement prevails in this vicinity over the capture of a carrier pigeon with a message signed andree the writing to is in english but it is thought that the explorer sent out the message in all languages the bird was first seen to fly over a small town called odaville idaville near here and was next seen when it alighted on farmer Week house in an exhausted condition its capture was easy but in getting the bird down it was injured and died this morning its right foot had a small aluminum band around it on which was inscribed no 21 and the letter A under the left wing was a parchment containing some badly disfigured writing of which only the following could be read august 29 pole the next was erased then came the signature andree 11 the action of the wing had worn the parchment and erased the writing the whole had been tied on the body of the bird and while not loose had evidently been in all kinds of weather at first it was thought that a 41 joke had been played but the exhausted condition of the bird disproves that columbus kan sept 14 Astory A story of crimes ri the deeds of the notorious bender family comes to light in a murder trial now in progress here in the district court ed and george St affleback brothers and their mother mrs george wilson are accused of the murder of frank galbraith injure injune in june last at galena kan the evidence is so direct that george St affleback and his mother were speedily found guilty of murder in the first and second degree respectively and the trial of ed St affleback is still in progress the family are keepers of a dive in gai lena G al braith was shot to death and robbed in the place during a quarrel with the mother and sons over the womans comans daughter his body was thrown into an abandoned mine shaft mrs cora affleback St wife of george and two other inmates of the house gave testimony as to the facts of the murder and from these witnesses evidence of another triple murder at galena has been secured their story is that two girls from western kansas were visited at the wilson dive by an acquaintance mike St affleback another son of the wilson woman who is now in jail charged with burglary became enraged on account of jealousy and killed the man and the two girls with a hatchet the bodies were thrown into an abandoned shaft at galena a force of men are pumping out the shaft in an endeavor to find the bodies of the other murdered persons washington sept 16 news has reached the state department that the bark nonantum Non antum of seattle wash william newham master loaded with coal from panama was wrecked on easter island may ath last the crew numbering fifteen men landed on the island eight of them were taken to val pariso on the schooner marle marie louise and there relieved by the united states consul the others remain on the island where they are well cared for butte mont sept 16 james shea shift boss of the mountain consolidated mine of the anaconda was shot and instantly killed in centerville Cent erville today by thomas lane a miner employed until recently on the same property lane then placed the pistol to hit breast and killed himself shea came here from park city utah some years ago and worked for the A anaconda company ever since H he was 35 years of age lane lived here twelve years some years ago he fell through the chute at the anaconda mine and received injuries which it s supposed affected his brain the cause of killing was an overindulgence over indulgence in liquor by lane who was brooding over his discharge several weeks ago lane showed up for duty under the influence of drink in accordance with the rules of the company he was laid off for the day several days after that he reported for work in the same condition and each time was not allowed to KO go down into the mine finally two weeks ago he was discharged since then he has been drinking heavily today he waited until shea starter started for dinner and when he met the shift boss he began to fire five shots were fired three taking effect in body the last shot was fired as shea staggered into the hallway of his boarding hoose he died in a few minutes lane coolly walked away and meeting deputy sheriff mcglinn Me Gllnn who was attracted by the shots pointed the revolver at the officer who retreated others attracted by the firing were met in the same way and made for cover reaching main street I 1 lane placed the weapon to his hia breast and fell dead st louis sept 16 A special to 66 post dispatch from warrensburg mo says news of what appears to be one dt ft the most dastardly outrages ever committed in the state of missouri has just juat reached this city james hull andy and J J S mckeeken McKe eben two young men of Jeffe reft township are under arrest charges charged with abduction criminal assault an anft robbery wesley jackson of henry county is wanted for complicity in the crime and the country is being scourged urged in search for him andrew stills a young farmer aged 20 years and his girl wife aged ILS IC years left warsaw monday their home had been to drive over to Knob noster where his cifes slater sister resides on the way the horse died and stills was at a loss to proceed us un til the three young men hull M K deeben and jackson offered to femrit stills to hitch his cart behind buggy and drive the couple to thew the 20 destination for 1 the transaction wa 77 made and after getting out into Vs ta country still claims the trio se 84 delae A lae X i A his wife and drove away with her az a ter robbing him of what money n cw h ta had over 5 I the whole country around here 1 jil r aroused and searching for the 10 ssi wife who is thought to have raged and murdered the three youner men were said to have been under AW influence of liquor still stil searched ZW his wife until exhausted but could oba no trace of her farmers whom lii importuned importuner for assistance did not iw be lieve his story and would not join aff M in the search at last several beca becca convinced that there was truth M W ft two arrests followed and mawe lynching lunching lyn ching is strongly talked of |