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linieterameM.i. Milo.UNDER THE WHEELS.Patrick White Met With a Terrible Death Thursday•apanoe.eotaoki.BODY BADLY MANGLEDjier andI In* ( oi om r’s InqticNlI ml ilt;*Hl Ihmin*r of theI'oinf lo llit* l»lt;-n«l Mini I lining lllt;t*lt;*nister of■tilled b. Train No. I oi ll»«‘ M. Nior amiV. Aiintry asl»«;itli IIcim'iihihI ae i a 50Hilraml I’i \ t* 4li i llt;l ■«* 11 Ikriuk !.«*«!vemtieslo lli« l.o*in^ His |*onM ion.About 5:30 o’clock Thursday morning,cm nu 11-P.mies-Jolm Roddy, the day hostler of the• *s of the ^e8tern York and Pennsylvaniamember railroad, when on hin way to the round-h lie has house of the company, met a couple oflt;ieiuitymen bei iw Hale’* crossing w ho informedt distmhim that a man watt lying dead on theis is therailroad track a shoit distance west ofinte i to thenRoddy went to the spotom (’or-mentioned, about '2(H) feet up the trackuior unfrom the crossing ot (5 ntra! avenue andthe railroad, an 1 there found the mansociated bo,b’ Patrick White. Roddy ini-i against mediately repaired to the W. N. V. A P.depot, where he notified the operatori».and then Chief of Police McGrath.employes, a verdict of course would haveleen uncalled for and unjust. Whitewas a trespass! r in every sense of theword, and although his terrible deatliis regretted, no one was to blame for hishorrible fate excepting himself. This isthe opinion of all fair minded citi/.ene.nit: sA on. i.tasks.Neiiafor 4|iia Waul* an lu%lt;**«|ii;alioiiol T'la4-in !IimI«‘.w ASifiNoTON, April 2th- The questionof whether business was to be done bythe senate this week was raised today byMr. Pettigrew (S. R., S. 1).) when thesenate met todav.Mr. Pettigrew proposed that the senatedirect a conference on the Indian appropriation bill.Mr. ('handler (Rep , N. If.), however,gave notice that he would object to anybusiness being done, because there wTas ageneral understanding that none shouldh? taken up during the absence of manysenators in New York to attend the ceremonies of dedicating the Grant monument. other senators protested thatthere had been no such agreement made.Twi1S«*«riinS»iSnInIfl«Gistrictot latowswhofor ttutecertslay’A1vest i1gestereupon Mr. l^uav Rep , Pa.) suglt;1 that before the ImUan hillbeerwanW OO!disposed of there should he an investi-bluflgation of the leases of the oil lands ofmilethe Seneca Indians ol New York, re-Dtmarking that the senate should know 1R. F Taft, Kstj , acting coroner, wan whether the Indians were being robbedmanI i» ii*» summoned ami etnpannelled a jury con- of valuable interests.andsis'ing of \V. T. McKern ie, John Coots,A message from the President trans-swolas * irre I Caleb Wallace, W. 11. McDonald, Charles mitting the report of the commission to1 i vetMcLaughlin ami 1*. J. Callahan, who adjust the boundary line between thehadadvance after viewing the remains adjourned to United States ami Mexico west of the ein^»s before meet at the office of the acting coroner Rio Grande was readwasevening at 10 o’clock.Then Mr. ijuiay presented a resolutionrce uponWitnesses were examined, and after calling ujon the secretary of the interiorperncel lathe tacts as they in substance appear he- for information as to whether ti e leasesthelow, were adduced, brought in a verdict of the Kenelt; a oil lands had been made inof tlof accidental death.the usual manner and whether there hasfirm!v Tele-From the position of the body, which been any corruption. It was agreed tolife.iterview J lay face downward and lengthwise of w ithout debate.INI I II’Athens, the track midway between the rails, it During the presentation of memorials, n*nan out- I mas inferred that the dead man hail Mr. Spooner otlered one trom “severaltimlbeen walking on the line and had been thousand men who work for wages inhadreorgan- I struck and killed by train No, 1, 1 n- the lumber districts of Wisconsin’’ aek-niglperative I gineer Agnew and Conductor Gibbons, ing for the enactment of the lumber aHtahie, and I due herefroniBu tlaloat 1 50 schedule of the DiDglev bill.ill fitogetherour for-o'clock Thursday morning. The rightleg had been severed just below* theHie senate was quite deluged withinmresolutions.11108accept a knee, both feet and hands were crushed Mr. Vest iDem.i otlered a resolution B1Ht*om the and the skull and, iu fact, every otlier for a comprehensive inquiry by the coiu-Tlieeolutely hone of the hodv broken.merce committee of the senate into themorThe severed limit lav about fiftv feet causes of and remedies for the MississippiriveI.west of the body, and a trail of blood, floods and said he would call it up at thewinpondent lra«ulente f 1ling, etc , showed that next meeting of the senate.dant accord tbe unfortunate man had been draggedMr. Pettigrew followed with a lesoluThe,(ieneraior rolled along for about ‘.’(H) feet. Train lion calling on the commissioner of laborhadI •*» due here at 3:01 o'clock a. in., very for information as to the cost of produc-V ‘ I . . . ... . . . . . I • . AAA lt;• . I 1 \ C Iilist1 a tie icelikely indicted somef thio- ling 1,000 feet hoard measure of whiteT. i juries by passing over the dead pine lumber, the an-wer to include theci»rph f t4- I J J 1 j 1andf ^jvi body of poor White, hut from the fact cost of work in the woods and in thescatrid a bat- that a P‘ece hone from the* leg was mill, both in the United States and n'k't to reinfound imbedded, endwavs, into the west Canada. Adopted.w eri appearsside of one of the railroad ties, it is al-I'hen at 12:32 p. m. the senate adofmost an absolute certainty that death i mrned till Monday.vesA.was caused by train No. 1, which at that1 UK HOI SClot« ks havepoint was running eastwardly.The house was in session seven millmia witliSeveral theories were advanced as to uloe todav. The journal was not read.and 10,how the accident could have occurred, hut The objection was that no quorum w asupwinV, numberall of them were at be t problematical, present.ofthe line.Suicide was hinted at, but from a eon*wilI t I. INI. % 11% I IM*! v«,S.versation the deceased had with PoliceDuiOtlicer Roberts Wednesday evening noif Milan 9neh thought had entered his head att«o % iiiior II as 11 ni; v % p|M»i ill 1114*11 f illI jinn Vm* i*I as I iisii ra H4‘4* lt;aifeiiii issiiMiir i initi i .amis faying time. White was a member of11akrisbi klt; , Pa., April 2'* — Presidentilar1 Greece prftnoh 1. 0. M. B. A, hut had been j }ro Tern. McOarrell presidedint he1*1 Sisuspended for nonpayment of lines and geuate today. The members had notwoiassessments. At a meeting of the branch really got over the effects of their ex-etleinto the I held Monday evening it was decided to carsion trip to New York, and as a re*e nap otwakened” theover thereinstate him upon the payment of the 811]^ numerous hills were called up out ofpecthever.amount due by Saturday evening, order ami many postponed for theonIt was with reference to securing the prepent. Senator Saylor, the chairmantreitie ottii eramoney for liquidating his accounts with oj* committee to investigate thethei much isthe branch that White had conversation condition ot the. miners in the bitumiu-lact that I with Officer Roberts, and a meeting he* [ ona district, asked that the time for therepfoufor Dr. tween the two had been arranged for committee to report he extended fromry to be-tbe mostThursday afternoonMay I until May 15. There was no ob-mgKuteinedy of and in allF.ngineer Agnew, who ran the locomo- jeetion and the time of the committeepillt;tive of train No 4, was one of the wit- was extended.lt;wtions aminessesandtest i tiedthatliescrofuloushadneitherseenWhiteThe governor sent to the senate forailments,felt a jar suchnor confirmation notification of the appointmgWeastlie collision ment of James If. Lambert, of Philadel-momanifests with auy ob|ect KeneraU-v hnparts, when phia to |,e insurance commissioner foraW*ea.White was struck by his engine, if he term 0f three years. The appointmentthewas run down by Irs train, This, how- wag approved. The senate adjourned atIII.ever, can he explained satisfactorily, as ] p mpeiided senlocomotive No. 121 is one of the big mo- The house met at 10 o’clock. C. K.acraction ofappoint-guls ueetl on passenger trains during theandBolles, of Philadelphia, presided in theelosummer season,its great weight absence of Speaker Boyer, w ho is said totinhe charge wou^ le8een tbe 8tl0( k in case of col- h)0 seriously ill at his home in Phila-forembers ofliaion.rt moneyWhite had been seen about town untildelphia.nigAfter several reports lt;f committeesmaelation as nearly 1 °,(‘loi k Thursday morn- had been presented, the house took uphois.ingand though he was sober bills on second reading, and among thenoearlyintheevening,itis lirst was the Lyon ripper. Mr. Tilhrookbeinly terms i DeWitt'sthought probable that he had become a«ked that it he postponed for the pres-1intoxicated and was seeking a lodging ent. No member asked why he made15Cth consti- place in one of the box ears stationed on (be request and the bill went over. Thisstoi troubles, the switches in the vicinity of where he gave out the impression that the bill ispiewas killed.%lead. In fact almost every one believeswoThe dead man wa between 35 and 40 it ia. Next week the hill will come upallyears of age and is survived by a wife on second reading and will be actedtatand rive children, Uiree of whom aretoinmates of an orphan asylum at Erieupon.The bill introduced by Charles Simon,doand two ot them make their home providing for the purchase of the fran-atlinthiscity.White’s wife chises and property of certain corporals employed at one of the Meadville | tiona by the municipal corporation oreaihotels. The deceased was forfarmanyyears a trusted employe of the Standardcorporations within the limits of which j)psuch franchises are exercised, was killedOil company and until recently held a on second reading. The hill was op-driposition with the company in this city, posed by P. M. Speer, of Oil City, whohoIntemperate habits, however, brought gpoke of the stealing of valuable fran-him into disrepute and caused him chises by street railway and other cor-nesintrouble which resulted in his discharge, porations and the hundreds of thousands }The body was taken to McNett’s un- of dollars that are lost to the municipali-taking establishment and prepared ties and taxpayers in this way.for burial. White’s father and brothers, On motion of Mr. Keater the house A1residing in Olean, were notified of the proceeded to the consideration of thecuaccident, and are expected in the city, ballot reform billon second reading. TheWhat disposition will be made of the re- motion was voted down.ID:bu9.mains has not as yet been decided upon. The house next took up another re-ofg strength od againsttion com-Funeral arrangements will he made upon form bill and promptly killed it.fitconsultation with the family of the deThe measure was a supplement to thetaiceased.act of May 19, 1874, relating to electiontirAlthough the coroner’s jury failed to contests, providing for a recount ofali25w Yobk I exonerate the railroad company or its I votes.Alt;
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Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
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