The Exeter Advocate, 1890-9-11, Page 6TRE N O. STRIKg.
The Knights of liabor Tell Why They
Were Discharged,
MED OP THEINIFFALO BW11011111EN'a BPILIKE
An Albeny despatch says: The eitnation
tof the strike en the Delaware & Hudson is
this: The Soleeneciteedy yarde were to.day
manned with a full force of day ana night
men. The yaraa at Green Island have
been similarly manned for the het two
days. In the Lumber street yard in this
eity there is a complement of day men
M work, but no night force whatever. In
the Church street yard about half the usual
neiruber of day hands are at work, but no
night forge has yet been eeoured. Chief
Pinkerton chime freight trains have been
Stoned for the last few nights as they
paned threugh East Albany. He said two
shots were fired at a train passing through
there at 12,40 this mornieg. Mr. Pinkerton
has informed the elate/ of polka that if this
work is not stopped there will be trouble,
and he will not be held responsible.
Business on the Central ?load, to all out.
ward appearances, is being traneaoted as
though no strike was on or had ever cm.
=urea. At the strikers' headquarters they
teal the situation today shows no material
change, but that they feel justified in
claiming the advantage from the fact that
their members present as firm and deter-
mined a front as ever. They were jubilant
when they learned that the State Board of
Mediation and Arbitration had decided to
investigate the menus which led to the
strike. They say the investigation will not
.be finished, at the earliest, until Mr. Depew
returns, when the true facts of the ease can
-thus be laid before him. Knowing the
tenability of the position they have taken
they are firm in the belief that their cause
will be substantiated by the investigation,
Ima knowing the decided views Mr. Depew
has heretofore expressed in the benefits to
be derived from arbitration they expect a
speedy settlement of the controversy after
his return.
THE emcee() TROUBLE.
A ralianati KIND o to A FEED° W.
An atustriau Lie atenant tattle llt weet-
/watt and iii aaed4 Patentee De Cannot
Wed.
A Vienna deep ttoh paye A dietrelleing
murder and strielae is the eensatien here
to -day. The city eaoletiteet, gerr
disturbed at the attachment his 18 -year.
old daughter had termed for a lietneuant
in the lament, earned Fischer, etartee
with the girl fur, a holiday taip tri th
Tyrol, heping thus m cure her of her io
fetuation. Herr Sealing aud his family ben
reached the °azalea a small village with e,
single hotel. There they learned that the
lieutenant was following them, and before
night he arrived and put up at the hotel
where they were stopping.
The parents of Mise Siding watched their
daughter carefully that the might have no
conamunicatien with the lieutenant, ana for
several days she waa not out of their sight.
The other moening the young lady left her
apartment to go- to the breakfast retina,
slightly in advance of her rather, and upon
reaching a point opposite the room occupied
by Fischer the door was suudenly thrown
open and he sprang into tha passageway,
seized the girl around the waist and dragged
her into his room. Then he placed a mewl
against her temple and blew out her brains.
Turning the weapon upon himself, he fired
a second time and fell dead beside her.
Attracted by the reports, the terrified
guests ran to the apartment, where the two
bodies were found stretched on the ever.
The mother of the girl, as it happened, wee
the first to enter, and she fainted at the
eight.
Lieut. Fischer left a letter upon his table
narrating the incidents of his life until he
met Miss Sating. He told of his love for
her, the belief that it was reciprocated and
the utter uselessness of his hoping ever to
marry her, owing to heart disease, which
he had inherited and which had been
increasing in its intensity to such a point
as to demand his retirement from the
army. His physician, he said further, had
warned him against marriage, and now
when he saw fent a position and his love
lost to him he had resolved to end hie hie
at once, and in ending it end aloo flat life of
the one dearest to him.
SUE DID NOT CONE.
A Balloonist's Offer to Marry the Young
Woman Who Would mane an gee nsion
With Him Not Accepted.
Joseph Colwell, a handsome balloonist,
of Birmingham. Conn., announced some
weeks ago that he would marray any young
women who woeld go up in a balloon with
him at the Forestera' picnic held there last
Saturday. He received many acceptances
by mail, but made no choice. He attenarei
the picnic) and brought with him a ranee.
ter. When the hcur came for the ascension
the announcement was made from the
grand stand that the balloonist "was rcaey
to carry out his agreement. Colwell stood
beside his balloon with an anxious expres.
sion on his face. Every neck in the crowd
was craned to see the young woman who
wished to win a husband at such a price.
Ten minutes passed but no young woman
came. So the balloon was cut away, and
up went the would-be husband, and the
band played "Annie Laurie" and" The
Girl I Left Behind Me."
A Chicago despatch says: Twenty-seven
switchmen in the employ of the Lake Shore
_Railroad struck last night, completely tie-
ing up all the business of the road so far as
Chicago is concerned. The trouble' grows
out of the stook yards difficulty.
Supt. Mercian took a crew of men down
to the stock yards yesterday afternoon.
Just before reaching there the men quit
and left their engines standing on the track.
Some time afterwards another crew was
alerted, but it abandoned the engines at
Forty.third street. When the night (shift
came to go to work they learned that Supt.
Anesden had discharged all the men who
had left their engines. They immediately
held a meeting and the men in the yards at
Twelfth careen Forty-third street and
Englewood walked out in a body. A general
meeting was called at the corner of Sixty-
third street and Indiana avenue, and a com-
munication was drawn up and addressed
tto Stmt. Amsden, in whit:ea it was stated
That the men would return to work when
Those who had been discharged were rein-
etated. Amsden replied that the men had
been discharged for refusing to perform
their duties. A etrike was at once de-
clared. The switchmen held a meeting
to -day at which Supt. Amsden was present
and explained the circumstances under
which the night force struck and asked the
men whether they intended to stand by the
company or the strikers. Thirty-four of
the sixty men present signed a paper agree-
ing to stand by the company and to go to
work. The remainder decided to side with
the strikers. Two engines were sent to
work needed there
are at work in the Lake
Taokington to do
and the remeind
Shore yards. ,
THE SI,
There is noreeet
situation at th -ra
is quiet, aud t
were yesterday
needed. Ther
yards. Thera
the Chicago & Al
CR YARDS STRTILE.
articular change in the
ook yards. Everything
engines, manned as they
e doing whatever work is
re no switchmen in the
o change in matters at
yerd.
tch gives the close of
a before the State
a well as the eat-
's.cherged. Knights,
ngineer natter'
nsatisfactory
arrogant
tie up
lo if
A New York de
Mr. Webb's evid
-33nerd of Arbitre.tio
deuce of some of the
as followe :
.311r-.7eart continued—
Les was discharged to
service. The man Lee wa
end insolent, and said be ve
'every wheel between here and
be did not get some of the Van
money. Several of the men knew
cause for which they were discharged.
Their relations with the Knights of Labor
had nothing to do with their discharge.
Mr. Lea's prominence in the order was no
reason for his discharge.
‚Mr. Pryor endeavored to find out if the
Knights of Labor question had been dis-
cussed by the Boa4,praarlireet0r5, but the
Board of Arbita 1e1pdm1t the
-question.
rwrings IONATIVa.
Tite rhat,akokeo DtyluO at the Greet
Arnerleau Watering Place.
A despatch frem Newport, B.L, at!. ;
The Rev, Vatixon Iguatime preached tvetce
on Sunday at St. Geergeto Chapel and
mauy gettegera listened to him, R Voile
of the splendor of Newport, and Maiden.
tally referred to the divine command given
joneh to go to Nineveh, "that matt city,
and cry against it, fee their wickedness is
oome up before me," Evidently the good
man lead heated tie read of the fashionable
dissipations at Newport duringthe past
week or two.
His hearers were impressed
with the idea that Father Ignatius had felt
that he had a divine commend to visit the
Nineveh of America during the height of
is very fashionable season. The eloquent
than was listened to with interest,
and when he spoke of jest's weeping
over Jerusalem his hearers felt that
the preacher bad gay Newport in mind.
He spoke of the splendid scene on BelleVue
avenue yesterday during. the parade of the
coaches, and he also referred to the im-
mense amount of wealth represented here
as well as in the large wicked cities—cities
which could be quickly destroyed if the
Divine Master so willed it. Many people
will be apt to presume that Newport is m
a condition to need the week's mission
which the men in sandals and plain clothes
is to inaugurate here to 'morrow. Fortunate it
is for Newport's spiritual welfare that the
gayeties of the season are on the wane. The
people will soon turn from the error of
their ways. August draws to a close with
clear skies, a full moon and with the leaves
showing a change from bright green. A few
dry leaves are rustling about the front
porch as guests at the Ocean House gather
about the coal fire to-night—another limo.
tuition.
A TERRORIZED TOWN.
--
A Gang of Incendiaries Cause Trouble in
a Michigan Town.
A Cheboygan, Mich., despatch says :
The laity is terribly excited by an apparent
attempt to wipe out the town by a gang of
incendiaries. Property -owners are petrol".
ing their possessions armed with revolvers,
and all firemen and police are constantly
on call. Yesterday six fires were started,
but were extinguished with slight damage.
This morning a fire started in Patrick
Maloney's barn, which was burned with its
contents. At 11 o'clock this morning fire
was discovered in several parts of Thomp-
son, Smith & Son's warehouse. The tired
firemen were unable to cope with the
flames, and before the fire wee extinguished
the big warehouse was consumed. The fact
that fires were set where there was every
chance of their devastating tie town has
induced the officials to appoint a large
number of deputies to patro the town.
Business is almost at a standstill, and de-
termined men ire watching withseaseless
vigilance the more dangerous fire -traps.
Tres
A Deltas,
stage runnin
was bel
"That eh
Pryor, trani
s us off," re:marl:tie
round to the Knights
Labor Homo ye Committee.
Mr. Webb said he had arranged for the
services of Pinkaaton's men some time be -
lore the strike. "Veen asked about the de-
tails of the arrangetinaent Mr. Webb declined
to answer. Mr. Wahheaid not seek the
.protection of the policeetatathorities prior to
employing Pinkerton's meastgaie concluded
Mr. Webb' s testimony. attartee
William A. Valentine, of NWeYork, a
Knight of Labor, was sworn He liKAthen
passenger teeth man for the New Ycl*
Central. H araa ischarged. The notice'
was in wri as never told why he
was dist* ever had been drunk
while in e company. a
Denni ht of Labor, t
bed that
Central'
alloyed
,Was fill
never
been
Geller
of hi
g.
ed. ff
service 0
cCarthy,K
e had been dfaalee,rged from t
;service, althongtbe had been e
it for twenty yelaas. His pie c'
five rainutea at tetkards. He hadt
glected his work tiled had tither '
unk or insolent. le had a*ed
Manager .Toncey abetut the cause
adischarge. He was iala that', he
vould, ave to leave the Knigli of Labor
.;
tor thetcompanyds service and t 't ha had
beenteating trouble with Lee.
VeLee, Knight of Labor and istriot
Meter Workman of Assenably 246, teeth
feeaaat the Board to which be belonged
oriaith
rea the strike. It wad for a violation
of n agreement between the company and
1114 employees, and because they were
Kfaiglats of Labor. He had never neglected
bis work, but was discharged. He had a
nonversation with Mr. Tommy on July
.27th about the adjustedent ef existing
grievances in an amicable manner. He
neuld get no settisfectiort. He told Mr.
Noorlieeit there was too Much water in the
stock of the road, and he had neva said he
vented any money item the road. Mr.
Toacey told him he was a. detriment to the
interest e of the company and an agitator,
-but that he would recommend him to some
e
tether Mach
Beano tees taken at this point.
Noth
excepting what
tered mail. Thee
robbers, both yo
One was dressed in
other in a dark coa
dard pants. They
revolvers and a Winch
Wood, proprietor of th
offered a reward of $100 to
either or both of the robbers,
doubt that their object was to
in Colot ado,
., despatch says : The
eon here and Telluride,
day by road agents ne '
valuable was seoorei
a possibly in the regni,
were but two of the,
men ana masked.
nit of dark blue, the
checkered vest and
armed with four
r rifis. David
tage line', has
"be arrest of
'here is no
um the
FIRE BUGS' WORK.
Incendiary Attempts Excite Tonawanda—
The Population Aroused.
A Tonawanda, N.Y., despatch of Thurs-
day says: The lumber city has had eleven
fires within the paet twenty-four hours, all
presumed to be of incendiary origin. The
Lumber Association has ,offerea a reward
of $1,000 for the apprehension of the incen-
diary. Last night, about 11.30 o'clock,
Dodge's planing mill was discovered to be
on fire, and in rapid succession for the next
two hours fires were found and extinguished
in numerous places, including Kentai, Hot -
Usher's, Bass & Co's. and Holland Bros'.
lumber yards, J. S. Bliss' shingle factory
and twice oars on the Central tracks were
set afire. To -night a Central fireman,
passing through the Tonawande Company's
lumber yards, saw a man running between
the piles. He stumbled, fell, arose and
disappeared. The observer could not see
him distinctly enough to identify, him.
Almost immediately the fire department
was called out to subdue the flames in the
lumber piles of that yard, and twenty
minutes later fire broke out in another part
of the yard. The whole population is
aroused. Watchmen are redoubling their
vigilance, and if the firebug is c might he is
likely lobe roasted on his own pyre.
THE STRANDED GLENDA.
She is Very Badly Damaged and Will
Probably be a Total Loss.
A Halifax despatch says : The Furness
line steamer Ulunda, from St. John for
Halifax, to load for London, which sailed
from the former port at 5 o'clock last even-
ing, struck on the Cow Ledge, Briar
Island, at the entrance to Grand Passage,
on the Freeport side, at Il o'clock last
night daring a dense fog. Her hot tone is
reported gone from bow to amidships and
the wafer flows in and out the forward
compartments. The engine -room is dry
and the after part of the ship floats high.
She in all probability prove a total
loss. The Ulunda is a splendid Clyde'
built steamer of 1,161 net and 1,769 gross
tonnage. She is only 5 years old. Her
length is 275 feet, breadth 35 feet, and
depth of hold 23 feet. Her engines are 200
horse power. She is a sister ship of the
Farness line Damara, the two steamers
being built originally for the Halifax
Steam Navigation Company, and plying
between London, Halifax and Boston.
They passed out of the company's bands
and into the possession of Christopher
Furness several years ago and have since
been engaged in the direct London service
of that line. The steamer was worth about
$125000,
OBAEAED INTO AN IaBl3EN%
he Vancouver Collides
Berg.
RE OUTS OU BEADS,
With a Monster The Chastly Occupation of a Noted
rreachman.
A VOTAGE rum or FEBIL.
A Rimoushi Wharf deepatoh of Tues.
Oey says : The steamship Van -
gamer, of the Dominion Line,
reached here early this morning after an
exceedingly atorray and exciting voyage.
She sailed from Liverpool at midnight
Thursday, the 21st Mete with nearly 600
passengers on board, many of whom belong
to Toronto end other Parts ot Ontario.
Very soon after leaving Moville on Friday
evening she encountered a strong head wind
and heavy sea which continued with
increasing force till Monday morning, vehco
the wind blew a furious gale, and the sea
rolled mountains high, tossing the monster
vessel about in a terrible manner. The
tables in the saloon were set for breakfast
with the greatest difficulty, and after they
were ready a frightful lurch of the ship
eent glass, china and provisions dear off
on the floor,- smashing the fragile wares
into atoms. A similar scene was witnesaed
in the second cabin. Confusion prevailed
everywhere. Many persons were thrown
from their berths; decanters, bottles,
glasses, eta., were upset and scattered about
the staterooms. Ilona of water dashed
over the main deck, fore and after, and
many passengers were drenched and a few
'were thrown off their feet and dashed
against the bulwarks by the water that
flooded the decks and poured down the
stairway to the saloon.
Thie state of things lasted till late
Taaday night, when the wind and sea
moderated, followed by heavy rains all
day Wednesday, and some fog. Thursday
opened fair, but in the afternoon rain again
began to fall, and dense fog set in shortly
afterwards. An immense iceberg had been
seen in the distance, seven of these monsters
being visible at once. Captain Lindell
decided to lay to till the fog lifted. We
were now approaching the entrance to the
Straits of Belle Isle. Towards morning
the vessel was again started and proceeded
slowly. Land was sighted at the south
about 8 o'clock, and numerous icebergs
were passed.
A THRELLIXO EVENT.
retorts from the Xing gold mine, e
iph were sent out Monday morning',
b*aidifferent route. there e strong
ensplinhehat the robbers had confederates
here. haeevalue of the retorts was over
$80,000.
Elsa° .4.r ends in congress.
A Washington (le tch says: In the
House to -day fihibnstdg against the Lard
Bill was confirmed. Th`
Lady Clatteolaila formerly Miss Janette
4rirOMe, Of New York, wife of Lord Ran
aolpat Churchill, has given birth to sten
$lati thita aince her neartiage in 187a.
* was a scene,
occasioned by a remark,- ahe.de by Mr.
Cannon which was inter ted by the
cruse as vulgar, and in a pers centre-
veraYeduring its discussion Mr. eckwith
(Nevatjairasy struck Mr. Wilson ( shing.
ton). That atom great exeiteme ' the
Democrats Vs ibg(aatangeten'ay milt - ea. of
iti
the scene. After qtriate Wae,aakeattatai ' fl,
Mr. Cameron disclaimed ' Vaillfirertlad ri.
struction placed upon his remark. no
House adopted a resolution directing the
ergeant.at-Arnas to arrest absentees and
yoking leavesealateabsence exoept those
anted for ifinesa: Waite alehatetlee Tariff
I was taken hp eittffaipine progress was
--.... ...--
'lased examples were ei owly followed
as d, what a fine thing i
Afever swindler has bee
nteea tes rict cotton fie
ould be
Ho g
pillearand on receiving his fee malty $5
—he gods from stalk to stalk labtitig for
the " king miterpiller." Presently finding
a big fat fellow, he hangs him by a string
to a tree. He then telle the credulous
farmer that the strung -up inseot will die at
suoget and that then all the other cater,
'tillers will leave the place.
In only five States of the Union can a
teaoher legally flog a pupil.
Eddy's Weekly Squib is renponeible for
the stetement that "Mr. aames Brown
Potter has obtained a divorce from the
lady Waal gave rip society to reform the
ing Florida.
of cater.
ilitarv and the church militant.
n Cable says : The Welsh
enconformists are in a state
t about the presence of
Ileotion of tithes. There
g of ewords or consump.
is quite sufficient to
'sbary w,as in earnest
be could not pass his
at least see that the
cited. The farmers did
thought it would be
the bailiffs, or, as on a
ar and feather them.
n Wel* martyr did not
e presence of troops te make
ve the law. He has, however,
yielded to compulsion and shown that when
•
authority is upheld even the obstinate
Welshman obeys without resistance.
—
Decorah Enjoys a Ghost Sensation.
A Cedar Rapids, Mich., despateh says:
A haunted house is exeiting the people of
the city of Decoreb, and promises to die.
close a tragedy of the darkest kind. The
house was occupied by a young woman and
a. man named Johnson. The woman gave
birth to a child, which was disposed of by
some means as yet unknown. Shortly after
this a woman's screams were heard in the
house, and from that time no one has been
seen or heard on the premises. Thia was
three months ago. The household goods
remain untouched. It is thought by the
authorities that both the woman and babe
were murdered by Johnson. An apparition
has been seen, it is alleged, by a number of
the best people of the city, large crowds
congregating near the house nightly. An
investigation is being made.
farmer
of great
leuesars at the
as been no dra
Ittan of powder.
fitter that Lord
whilinhhe said that
Titaitrbill he won
tithes alaatil.d be co
not belieOkitm Th
sufficient teat
recent occasion,
But the me
count
stage."
Fend wife—I am 00 gled you nave thet
habit of walking in your sleep. Devoted
I:tabby—Well, I den't for the life of toe see
why. Espied's, yourself. Fond wife—Why,
I made you carry the baby for hooks last
night, and you did not know anything
about it.
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US DISLIKES TO KIPP WOSIEN.
The guillotiningof the mieoreent Vodable
the other morning and the talk of the Same
operation being ere long 'performed On
Byrand have once More made M. Deibler
prominent in the chronicles of the day,
says a aorreepondent, of the London Globe.
A great deal from time to time has been
said about the Public Executioner of
France, but atill make remains to be told.
He was alwaya an interesting personage
in the eyes of the Parisians, and perhaps
this to why his post is so eagerly
sought after. The last time it became
vacant no fewer than 3,000 aspirants
applied for it, and when M. Deibler
retires from the profession the number
will no doubt be still greater. That there
is a weird attraction about it is proved by
the confusions of all those who have filled
it, and the attraction is furthermore in-
creased by the official title of the berth,
l'Executeur des Hautes (Snores, which is
high-sounding enough to flatter anybody's
vanity. Let it be recorded at once,
however, that the present holder of
it bears his honors with commenda-
ble modesty, and is not above being
interviewed like any common mortal.
Hence I was able to approach him after
the last execution. M. Deibler never
courts popularity by parading himself in
public. No sooner has he done his duty
than, leaving his assistants to take down
and clean the guillotine he withdraws
from the prison by a back door and re-
pairs unperceived to a small wine.
shop in the Roe Folie-Reenatilt,
where he takes a plate of soup
before going home to his family.
Hie two aids, having carefully packed up
les beds de justice and deposited them in a
shed set apart for the purpose, also repair
to the same wine shop, and the three to-
gether compare notes as to the way in
which the condemned prisoner underwent
his punishment and was put out of the
world. M. Deibler then calls for a cup of
coffee, and rolling up a cigarette, proceeds
to chat with the customers, who are anx.
ions to learn all about the last moments of
the departed criminal.
This is the moment to observe him. He
is a man who looks much younger than he
is --a fact which shows that his lugubrious
calling does not weigh heavily on has mind.
He is on the road to 60 but nobody would
think him to bit more than 40. He is of
rather small stature, thick set and muscu-
lar, in spite of an infirmity from which
he suffers. He dresses in black, with im-
maculate linen and his whole get-up would
be most appropriate but for a heavy gold
chain and big breast pin. At first sight
his face has a savage air about it but when
you examine him closely he improves and
he then appears to you in the light of a
typical bonhomme. His eyes are soft and
at times roguish. He is fond of his joke, but
his laugh has a sthange ring about it, and
gives a kind cf unnatural expression to his
countenance. One odd. feature is a small
rough tuft of beard or barbiohe, into whioh
a few white hairs have crept, and which
clashes with his otherwise gentle mien. His
voice, too, is peculiar. Sometimes it is
harsh, at others caressing. He talks slowly
and timidly, as if he were afraid of com-
promising himself. To sum up, he is a
curious character; a mixture of the tender-
hearted father of a family and the
inexorable messenger of death—a man
who has two lives, his home and the
guillotine.
"So you wish to know how Godable be-
haved himself 2" began M. Deibler. "Well
—very well, indeed. I should like to have
such men always. He was one of the pluck-.
lest I ever had to operate on. He bore up
to the last second in the most heroic style.
Pity his courage was spent in crime."
" What about Pranzini ?
"He was the eery reverse. The pleas
said he died bravely, but that was not tree.
He trembled all the time, and when he
reached the guillotine he neatly fainted
away. Altogether, he was a sorry fellow."
Evidently M. Deibler admires criminals
who do not show the white feather; this
to him is their crowning sin. Questioned
as to a female convict on whom he will
soon have to exercise his skill in the pro-
vinces, he said: "I am fond of travelling;
it relieves my mind and strengthens me to
work; but I don't like to have anything to
do with women. It is a disagreeable task.
They cry sc much, kick up such a
noise and give themselyee such airs. The,
conversation then turned on Eyraus. "I
suppose be will be handed over to me in a
few weeks, more or less. Some persons
say no but I feel certain of it. He will
rte121y deserve his fate. Gabrielle Born.
pard, however, will probably escape the
knife. By the way, I don't like you
journalists; you are not always reasonable.
For example, where you say I am too long
about my job, whereas in re-
ality I do all can to get
through it speedily But I cannot
risk losing my place to please you. Sup-
posing I failed and made a mess of the
execution, it would create a scandal at
once. I em not always sure of my assist
ants.. I am obliged to watch them. When
they have laid the condemned man on the
sliding -board, I arrange his position in my
turn, and it is not till I see that 'he is all
right that I let the knife drop. It is a
serious affair, you know, end I am bound
to take precautions to avoid mishaps. I
hope you will remember this in future and
do me Justice." Having delivered himself
of this mild rebuke he returned to the
immediate subject of the interview. " I
do not, as some people imagine, see the
prisoner when he is woke up for the last
time by the authorities. I wait in the
adjoining cell, which is called the salle de
toilette. I am not curious to see him. If
I were not in the profession I should never
dream of going out of my way to witness
an execution, for it is not a pleasant sight
by any means."
Exciting and terrible had been the voy-
age thits far, but it was on Friday about 10
a.m. that the most dangerous and thrilling
event happened, one that will be remem-
bered by the passengers as long as they
live. Fog had once more set in,
and the speed had been reduced
to a deed slow. A sharp lookout was
kept from the boat, as well as by two offi-
cers, one being the captain, on the bridge.
All at once what was thought to be a dense
fog bank was observed about three lengths
of the vessel ahead, but in a moment more
it was discovered to be a huge iceberg, ex-
tending to a great distance on either side of
the course of the ship, and a collision was
inevitable. The order was instantly tele-
graphed to the engineers to reverse the
enginesamt too late to diminish the speed to
any very noticeable extent. By this time the
passengers on deck saw the situation, and
the consternation was ideecribeble. Wo-
men screamed and fainted, and the wildest
confusion prevailed during the few terribly
anxious moments before the crash came.
Chief Engineer Murphy was conversing
with Chief Officer Walsh on the main
de* aft when the alarm sounded. He
turned quickly, looked over the rail.
Mg, and seeing the threatening cal-
amity, rushed into the enineroom and
ordered the doors of the water -tight com-
partments to be closed all through the ship,
so that before the ship struck the ice this
wise arrangement was accomplished, to the
horror of one coal heaver who was im-
prisoned in one compartment, time being
considered too precious to allow him an op.
portunity to escape. Not more than two
minutes at most elapsed from the moment
the order was given to reverse the engines
befere the Vancouver struck the huge
iceberg with a crash and trembling that
sent a
AN 11NWELCOMP..
PhiIlipzeu, the Copenhagen ianzderen Captured at.
New York,
ESCAPED FROM AN ASYLUM.
THRILL Cr II011110R TO THE BRAVEST HEART.
Notwithstanding the reduced speed of the
vessel the collision was so emphatic as to
cause those in the body of the ship to think
that she had struck on a rook, and pas-
sengers, stewards, sailors, etc., rushed on
deck from every quarter like rabbits out of
a warren, and the bootie was a most ani-
mated one indeed. The officers stood to
their posts end gave their commands with
a promptness and firmness that did them
infinite, credit, and the bow Was
under examination almost as soon
as the vessel left the indentation
made in the side of the iceberg.
when the word went forth that no serious
injury had been done to the ship the excite-
ment abated and those whose levee were so
terribly imperilled a few moments before
again breathed freely. Capt. Lindell sa.id
this was one of the largest icebergs he had
ever met with. Estimates of its length
vary from one mile to a mile and a half,
and it towered high above the main deck of
the vessel. As it lay directly across the
course of the ship it was impassible to turn
her in the distance intervening so as to
weaken the force of the collision. Great
quantities of ice fell from the berg from
the force of the crash, dashing the spray in
euery direotion. It is an appalling thought
that had the speed of the vessel been even
ten miles an hour she must certainly have
been broken up, and would possibly have
sank in a few minutes. A seagoing man of
seventeen years' experience says he has
never seen a rougher voyage than the
Vancouver had on this passage. The pas-
sengers were of course nearly all sick, but
the fine weather of yesterday brought
everybody on deck, and the ailing ones are
recovering.
Fled From Trial Only to be Holed.
A Philadelphia despatch says : Stephen
Beak, an old man living in St. Chit county,
III., jumped from a passenger train while
it was going at full armed near Holmeburg
Junction to -day and was killed. He was
accompanied by his young daughter, and
whoa the child saw her father leap from
the train she ran after him and also
jarilped off. She was so badly Minted that
she died Soon afterwards. They were bound
for Hamburg, and had Over $3,000 in their
possession. Inspection of the man's papers
showed that Beek had been held in $300
bail for felonious assault upon a little girl,
and that he had given a cheque to hie
bondsmen to cover the amount and then
prepared to flee the country. There was a
strong smell of whiskey on the corpse.
Tarred and feathered--Fenoe pales and
Chickens.
Staeet girl --4t it's jot the same, Mr.
cell any more., Mafahner (terneetlyl—Oh,
thanks We no trouble at all—I like to
cal
Mashaer, you needn't trouble youraelf
(New Tora weralda
A. horrible Pauraer watt cemlielittea at
Copenhagen, Denmark, last spring. It was,
madepublic when the auntilatede bedy of
the ViO4fin, was found. packed, irelintein
barrel in the 'United States Appraiser's
stores in this city toed coosigned to some
fiotitions personage in a Western State.
There to now detainedat tlsh Barge office
one Alexander Phillipeen, who is sup-
posed to be the petson who committed
this fiendish crime, and who is held
a prisoner awaiting aavices frem the
authorities at Copenhagen. Phillipsen,
arrived here on Friday lest on the Nor.
mannia, accompanied by his wife and one
child. Re is about 30 years of age. His
eyes are deep black and piercing. He is.
below the average height and rather slender.
His appearance indicates that he is pos-
sessed of some means. The details of the,
crime of which Plaillipsen is accused are
briefly as follows : One Or Meyer was the
collector for a large firm at Copenhagen.
It was his habit, on most occasions, to carry
large Sums of money on his person. This
fact was known to one Adolf Phillipsen.
One night Phillipson invited Meyer into
a room at his hotel to have a drink and a
good time generally. There the unfortu.
nate Meyer was strangled and his muti-
lated remains packed in lime and (shipped(
to this country. The object of the murder
was money, but, as it happened, the
murderer only got sixty crowns for his
horrible work, which was all the money the
viotine had on his person at the time.
Readers of the Herald will remember the.
details of the ghastly discovery made at
the Custom House when the hacked body
of the murdered man was discovered. Tho
barrel in which the corpse was shipped was
brought to this country on a steamship
from Danmark and seized for duties
by the customs officials. After committing
the murder Phillipsen sot fire to his house
in order to collect the insui anoe. He then
fled to Hamburg, where he was arrested
and taken back to Copenhagen, where he
was looked up charged with arson. In
jail Phillipsen confessed to the murder of
Meyer. He was tried, adjudged insane and
committed to an insane asylum.
At the time of the murder E. C. Jacob-
son, now a bartender at the Hotel Den-
mark, No. 84 Greenwich street, was stop-
ping in Copenhagen on a visit to some
relatives. He claims to have known both
Phillipsen and Meyer intimately. When
Jacobson saw Phillipsen in the office of the
hotelyeateiday morning he approached
him and said, Is not your name Phillip.
sen ? "
" Yes," was the response.
" Adolf Phillipsen 2"
" No, Alexander."
Jacobeon once more looked at the man
closely, and, as he states, became convinced
that be was none other than Adolf Philip-
son, the murderer of Meyer. This fact he
communicated to several people about the
hotel, one of whom repeated the story to
the authorities at the Barge office.
When Phillipsen called at the Barge
office yesterday morning to get his baggage
he was asked for his passport. He pro-
duced a certificate signed by " Signe," at
Copenhagen, -who is, Phillipsen says, Chief
of Police there. He was then called before
General O'Beirne, who questioned him as
to his antecedents. Hess, he said, a manu-
facturer of chemicals, and has also been
connected with the dry goods business. He
visited this country about eight years ago
and. remained here a year. He knew about
the Meyer murder, but strenuously denied
that he is the Phillipsen referred to. He
said that he bore no relatian whatever to
Adolf PhillIpsen, although he has been told
that he looks very much like him.
It will be remembered that at the time of
the trial Phillipten's friends used every
means to have him adjudged insane, and
that when this object bad been accom-
plished it was rumored that a large sum,
of money had been raised to secure his re-
lease and have him transferred to this
c o u ona tcroyb.
son testified at the Barge Office
yesterday that he positively identified Phil.
lipsen as the murderer of Meyer. He
remembered, he stated, a peculiar defect
in Phillipsen's speech, winch faiiing the
prisoner also had. It is not unlikely,.
therefore, that this is really Phillipsen, the
murderer ofMeyer. If such should be the case
it must have taken some povverful influence
to have ecured his release from the insane
asylum where he had been confined. The
Phillipsen at the Barge Office shows
no signs of insanity, which is about the
only thing in his favor. The Barge Office
authorities will hold Phillipsen a prisoner'
pending an inquiry. They will telegraph
to Mr. Blaine tend have him cable to our
Minister at Copenhagen to ascertain
whether the Phillipsen who murdered
Meyer is still in the asylum to which he
was consigned after the trial.
Phillipeen's baggage was sent, as he said,
to No. 111 Baltic street, Brooklyn; but
No. 191 Baltic street is not the residence -
of his brother, a physician, as he informed
the police of this city. No, 191 is a three-
story house, with a basement, and is rented:
by a Mrs. Holley, who lets out furnished
rooms. Phillipsen, his wife and their child
arrived at Mrs. Holley's on Friday night.
According to what the landlady says they
were the first Phillipeens who had ever been'
in her house, so that disposes ,of "my
brother, the physician," part of the story.
Mrs. Phillipsen tolme that on ,their -
arrival in New York they went almost
directly to the Hotel Denmark, on Green-
wich street, where they stayed a few hours
and then went to Brcoltlyn. Phillipsen has,
asserted that he was not at the Hotel Den-
mark, Mrs. Phillipsen aid not know that. •
her husband had been arrested, and knew -
nothing whatever of the murder of Meyer..
Mrs. Holley said Phillipsen had informed
her that he had letters of introduction to
several prominent people in New York andi
Brooklyn, and among them one to General
Christensen, of the latter city. General,
Christensen said last night that he had
never seen or heard of Phillipeen.
Shot His Own Father.
A Hillboro', ill., despatch says:
Jonathan Hart Groves owns a large water.
melon patch and has a chronic fear of the
melon thief. Monday night he loaded a
big duck gun with a heavy *urge of shot
and gave the weapon to his 12 -year-old son
with instructions to watch the patch till
daybreak and to shoot anyone he saw in it.
The old man wondered if the boy was
"dead game" and whether he would really
shoot. Jonathan dressed himself and
sneaked into the melon patch. Ile was just
on the point of devouring a luscious melon
when the boy emptied both barrels into the
old man's body. He may die.
Miefortunea never come singly. They
wait till a man is married.
Brave Catherine Watson, of Glasgow, a
young art ettident, lost her life a year ago
in e re saving a mlees
lei st t 1 ;ale ebno ycommemoratedfrom drowni drowning.
a Celtic cross reared on a rock at North
Berwick.
Lunacy ill dreadful, especially when it
takes the form of writing poetry.
In melodrama the villain threatens that
unless the heeoind weds him he will fore.
close the mortgage he bolds on her father's
ancestral acres. In real litS the father
borrows money from a eaVinge bank at 6
per cent. and pays off the villain's 6 per
cent. Mortgage.
Satan at His Boot.
Rev., Dr. F. B. Morse, Calvary Baptist
Church, New York: Satan, in the modern
strike and boycott, has reached the very
pinnacle of his genius for mischief. The
strike is his most atrocious devitie. Under
the last analysis it means anarchy. It
breathes the very spirit of anarchy. The
strike etrikee the striker most strikingly.
A wEtraing to Editors.
Paris edition N. Y. Herald: Japan is
not a pleasant country for editors. A
Japanese editor houi just been sentenced to
four years' imprisonment for libelling
ah Etnperor Who lived 2,500 years
ago. If Japan becomes Christianized it
will be a delicate matter for a religious
editor to toter to the fall of man. Ho will
probably be arrested for libelling Adam.
—The advertisements are an important
feature of every paper. The women, who
are the finanoiers of every household,recog.
nize this so thoroughly that they never
think in these days of making any pur-
chases without looking at the netrespaper, to
see wheee they can prelate° the most
cheaply,
Tbe Matrimonial Market.
Elmira Gazette: To the young nisi&
marriage is a lottery, but to the old maidl
it is a grab bag.
Used to Be Teacher.
Rochester herald: Substriber—Tlais•
town mast be awful dull now; no news
in the papers. Publieher—Oh, we haven't
time to collect nOWS. Our reporters are
all engaged in counting the ballots for the
most popular murderer.
—Butternut complexions peevail on thee
streets.
—At the last session of the Deaf and
Dumb Convention there wee announced
gift of $25,000 by Alexander Graham Bell,
the inventor of the telephone, to the Mem,
dation, for the promotion of special teach-
ing. The fend will he available as soon as,
the taaMoiation *all be incorporated.