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after viewing the remains adjourned to Cnited States and Mexico west of the Mn*meet at the othce of the acting coroner Rio Grande wan read.wasat 10 o’clock.Then Mr. tjMiay |resentt*d .1 resolutionWitnesses were examined, and after calling upon the secretary of the interiorpericellithe tacts as they in substance appear be* for information as to whether the leases l*ielow, were ad luced, brought in a verdict of the Seneca oil lands had been made in *of accidental death.the usual manner and whether there hasfirmFrom the position of the laxly, which been any corruption. It was agreed tolife.lay face downward and lengthwise of without debate.1)the track midway between the rails, it During the presentation of memorials,clinwas inferred that the dead man had been walking on the line and had beenMr. Spooner oflered one trom “severaltimlthousand men who work for wages inhadstruck anti killed by train No, 1, bn- the lumber districts of Wisconsin’’ ask-gineer Agnew and Conductor Gibbons, ing for the enactment of the lumber aH*adue herefronBuffalo at 1 -'Hu schedule of the Dinglev bill.ill fo’clock Thursday morning. The right leg had been severed jusi below theThe fenate was quite deluged withmisresolutions.IllOfknee, both feet and hands were crushed Mr. Vest tDcm. oflered a resolution 81Htlanlt;l the skull and, in fact, every other for a comprehensive inquiry by the com-T1itbone of the hodv broken.merce committee of the senate into themoiThe severed limb lav about fifty feet causes of and remedies for the Mississippiwest of the hotly, ami a trail of blood, floods and said he would call it up at thefragments of clothing, etc , showed that next meeting of the senate.the unfortunate man had been draggedor rolled along flt;»r about 2(H) feet. Train lion calling on the commissioner of labor3, due here at ‘ 01 o’clock a. in., very for information as to the cost of produc-likely inflicted some« f thtin- ing 1,000 feet hoard measure of whitejuries by passing over the dead pine lumber, the an-wer to include thebody of poor White, but from the fact cost of work in the woods and in thefound imbedded, endways, into the west Canada. Adopted.side of one of the railroad ties, it is ul-fhen at 12:32 p. m. the senate admost an absolute certainty that death lourned till Monday.was caused by train No. I, which at thatI HU hoi si;point was running eastwardly.The house w’as in session seven ruin*Several theories were advanced as to utoe todav. The journal was not read.how the accident could have occurred, but The objection was that no quorum w asall of them were at bt t problematical, presentSuicide was hinted at, hut from a con*I t I.ISl. ill % I !M*I v«,S.versation the deceased had with l\dietOtlicer Roberts Wednesday evening nosuch thought had entered his head at(.oi^rnor II as 11 ii -v % |»|»oi nl me nf ofl,ninVM*rlt; as Insurance* 4 o»nmission^r 4 onlirmctl.that time. White was a member ofHakrisb! k« , f’a., April 1*0 — PresidentBranch 1,0. M. B. A, hut had been |*ro.Tern. MeCarrell presided in thesuspended for nonpayment of tines and neuate today. The members had notassessments. At a meeting of the branch realiy got over the effects of their exheld Monday evening it was decided to , (lr8iou trip to New York, and as a re-reiustate him upon the payment of the etl]^ numerous hills were called up out ofamount due by Saturday evening, order and many postponed for theIt was with reference to securing the present. Senator Saylor, the chairmanmoney for liquidating his accounts with ot- the committee to investigate thethe branch that White had conversation condition of the miners in the bitumiu-with Officer Roberts, and a meeting be* ona district, asked that the time for thetween the two had been arranged for committee to report he extended fromThursday afternoon.May I until May 15. There was no ob-F.ngineer Agnew, who ran the loco mo* ieetion and the time of the committeetive of train No 4, was oue of the wit- wa9 extended.nessesandtest i liedthathehadneitherseenWhiteThe governor sent to the senate forfelt a jar suchnor confirmation notification of the appointasthe collision merit of James If. Lambert, of Philadel-with any object generally imparts, when phia, to be insurance commissioner foraWhite was struck by his engine, if he term 0f three years. The appointmentA a _ 1was run down by Irs train. This, luw* wae approved. The senate adjourned atever, can be explained satisfactorily, as j p mlocomotive No. 1-1 is one of the big mo- The house met at 10 o’clock. C. K.guls need on passenger trains during the summer season, and its great weight would lessen the shock in case of eol-Bolles, of Philadelphia, presided in theabsence of Speaker Boyer, who is said tobe seriously ill at his home in Phila-lisiou.delphia.White had been seen about town until After several reports of committeesnearly 1 o’clock Thursday morn- }ia«i been presented, the house took uping, and though he was sober tuHg on second reading, and among theearlyintheevening,itis first was the Lyon ripper. Mr. Tilbrookthought probable that he had become asked that it be postponed for the pres-intoxicated and was seeking a lodging ent. No member asked why he madeplace in one of the box ears stationed on request and the bill went over. Thisthe switches in the vicinity of where he ^ave out the impression that the bill iswas killed.i.(lead. In fact almost every one believesThe dead man wa between 35 and 40 it is. Next week the bill will come upyears of age and is survived by a wife on geeond reading and will be actedand rive children, three of whom areinmates of an orphan asylum at Erieupon.The bill introduced by Charles Simon,and two ot them make their home providing for the purchase of the fran-thiscity.White’s wife chises and property of certain corpora-is employed at one of the Meadville I tions bv the municipal corporation orhotels. The deceasedwas for manyyears a trusted employe of the Standardsuch franchises are exercised, was killedOil company and until recently held a on second reading. The bill was opposition with the company in this city. p0sed by P. M. Speer, of Oil City, whoIntemperate habits, however, brought him into disrepute and caused himspoke of the stealing of valuable franchises by street railway and other cortrouble which resulted in his discharge, porations and the hundreds of thousandsrivlt;w hi(lari1 TlMr. Pettigrew followed with a lesolu-The body was taken to McXett’s un- of dollars that are lost to the municipali-taking establishment and prepared ties and taxpayers in this way.hatdislamsea'that a piece of hone from flu* leg was mill, both in the Lnited States and n,k'residing in Olean, were notified of the proceeded to the consideration of theaccident, and are expected in the city, ballot reform billon second reading. TheWhat dispositionbeenmotion was voted down.tookw eiofveslotupwh\ofwilDuamlarit swoethpettheontrethertqfoul ngRupilID*WimeWitheIpe;acielotinfornnmghonohelotstcphwcalltaltodoat!eaFarcorporations within the limits of whichdrhrnesuhefor burial. White’s father and brothers, On motion of Mr. Keater the house A1cuinbnofFuneral arrangements will he made uponconsultation with the family of the deform bill and promptly killed it.fitThe measure was a supplement to thetaceased.tiiAlthough the coroner’s jury failedact of May 19, 1874, relating to election alexonerate the railroad companycontests, providing for a recount of 25votesA
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Titusville Morning Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Apr 30, 1897
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