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KAHBAS Crrr , Mo. , Sept 23 - The Times
Bays : The most frightful wreck that has oc
curred on any railroad In this vicinity for a
long time happened In"Dead ManVcut on the
Missouri Pacific railroad , nineteen miles east
of Kansas City , about 4 : SO o'clock yesterday
morning. Two freight trains came together
with a terrific crash In a head collision , anil
both engineers were horribly mangled and In
stantly killed. The cars were piled on top
of each other In a mass twenty-five
feet high and tho wreck caught fire
immediately. One of the trains was loaded
with cattle and about ninety head were killed
outright or burned by the fire , and two cars ol
wheat and one of Ice on the other train were
destroyed. In the opinion of Chief Hale the
loss will foot up almost 5100,000. The acci
dent was caused by the carelessness of the
operator at Greenwood , who reported to the
dispatcher that the east bound train had not
passed his station , when In fact It Lad cone by.
The east bound train , No. 23 , was In charge
of Conductor F. M. Mount , Engineer James
Dowler and Fireman R , F. Alcorn. It
consisted of eighteen cars of grain and gcn-
eral merchandise. The west bound train
consisted of twenty-two cars loaded with cat
Bfr. tle , jn charge of Conductor Rotbaker , En
gineer J. IL Ligh ter and Fireman J. W. Calfus.
now IT occunr.ED.
The west bound train had orders to run to
Lee's Summit to pass the east bound. E. C.
Jamison , the night operator at Greenwood , had
been asked concerning the east bound freight
and he reported that it had not passed bis sta
tion. It is supposed that lie had been asleep
when he was called up and that the east
bound freight had passed without his
knowledge. The run to Lee's Summit
was a Ions one for the west bound train and
Engineer Dowler put a full head of steam
on and at the time the accident occurred was
pushing his engine forward at the rate of fif
teen miles an hour. The other train had a
slight grade to overcome , but the time she
was makiug was fully twelve miles an hour.
"Dead Alan's curve" is with
quite a deep cut a
rock embankment nearly 35 feet high on one
cide and a similar one 10 feet high on
the other side. The curve is the sharpest on
the road , and in the day time trains can not be
perceived coming round it a distance of over
forty feet It has always been rcgarde d as one
of the most dangerous places on the roa d , and
Its name v.as significant of wreck and disaster.
The cut received its name on account of a man
who died of Asiatic cholera during the war
having been buried on the spot Soinu years
since a dreadful accident occurred at the place
and the railroad men feared the spot
NO PKEMON1TION OF DANGEK.
The engineer on the east bound , train was
running under orders to pass the other freight
at Blue tank and he was making speed for that
point , supposing the west bound freight was
sidetracked there waiting for him. The night
was quite dark and both men were keeping a
sharp lookout as they went into the curve ,
but the first intimation cither had of danger
was when the headlight of each approaching
engine swept into view from around the
curve. Both men reversed and threw back
tho throttles and whistled the shrill
signal of danger , Engineer Dowler and his
fireman both leaped from the Jcab at once.
The forward brakcinan was on the tender and
he leaped off at about the same time. Alcorn
the fireman jumped to the side on which is
the lower embankment and succeeded in get
ting out of danger and the br.ikernan also got
out"of the way. Dowler , however , tried for his
life on the other side and was clambering up
the steep and rocky bank when he lost his
bold and fell just as the trains came together
and with them was hurried. The cngiifeer of
the west bound train J. IL Lighter was
equally unfortunate. lie performed his duty
like a hero and called to his fireman , J. W.
Calfus , to leap for his life , and attempted to
leap out of the cab. He stuck to his post a
moment too long , and at the crash ho.was un
able to clear the engine , and was buried to
gether with his brother engineer beneath the
wreck. Calfus , the fireman , narrowly escaped
with his life , being partially buried by the
piling up of the cars. lie was badlv crushed
-and 'Injured as it was. Thomas ferryman ,
who had charge of the water tank at "Little
Blue , was on the west-bound at the time , go
ing to Lee's Summit. In leaping from the
train he broke his leg.
AWFOL SCENES AT THE WKECK.
' ! . " The engines were "Moguls , " which weigh
elghty-ono tons. At the nigh rate of speed
both were going they went together with a
fearful crash and being so heavy they crashed
right through the iron and steel of the other.
The west bound was go ng the faster of the
two and it was slightly raised , although the
parts of each as they appeared after they forced
themselves together looked as though they
were welded In ons piece. The cars "ot both
trains piled on top of each other over the
prostrate engines and as the deep cut pre
vented them from falling to the sides they
raised themselves in a pyramid over twenty-
five feet high. Some bore semblance to cars
but the most of them were nothing but a mass
of broken timbers and iron. The front ten
cars loaded with cattle in the west bound
train being lighter than the heavily loaded
gram and ice cars In the other train were
thrown in one unshapely mass over the others ,
the timbers parting and the cattle bellowing
with fright With nearly fifteen cars and the
engines piled up into one demolished and un
shapely mass the scene beggars description.
To add to the fearful fright and terror of
both the men and animals the fire in the en-
.glncs soon communicated to the cars and in a
very" little while the flames had spread and
enveloped the whole mass. There were nearly
ninety head of cattle in the cars which had
gone over the engines. Part of them had
-escaped from the cars which had broken but
the most of them were roasted in the fire
which soon became raging. Being in the
deep cut there'Vas no chance for the cattle
-getting out and they perished uttering the
peculiar noises made by animals in mortal
terror.EFFORTS
EFFORTS TO SAVE THE TRAINS.
The brave firemen and brakemen , with the
conductors who had escaped , endeavored to
check the flames , but finding that impossible
they Immediatelv set about to save what they
could. The wreck was almost total , but some
of the cars were on the track and these the
-men , aided by several who had been attracted
by the flames , pushed out of danger. They
worked heroically and help was sent for among
the larm houses in the near vicinity. This soon
arrived and a messenger was sent to Little
Blue , the nearest station. All the means that
could be thought of or acted upon were taken
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by the little "band to save something out of
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theburning mass but the heat was so'intense
that they could accomplish nothing. As soon
after the collision as possible the accident was
reported and the east and west wrecking
trains with a large force of men were sent to
the scene. Water could only be obtained at
the Little Blue tank over two mlies away , and
it was brought from there. The authorities at
both Independence and Kansas City were noti
fied , and chief Hale went down immediately
with the steamer John Campbell No. 8 on a
special train , arriving there about 11 o'clock ,
too late to be of much service in extinguishing
the flames , which had by that time almost
burned out , but of Incalculable service In
handling the wreck.
Tte two wrecking trains set right to work
getting the track in order as soon as he fire
Was stopped and the debris was rapidly cleared
away. All the wood work was found to have
been burned away on the two engines , and
there was not ajxece of ironja either that was
perfect , tne maemnery or nom oerag almost a
total loss.
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
In clearing away the mass Dowler was Uia
first victim whose body was recovered. He
was found at the bottom of the pile and was
burned and mutilated in a frightful manner.
Lighter , the other unfortunate engineer , was
not found until nearly fire o'clock , when he
was taken out unrecognizable. The bodies of
both men were shipped at once to Sedailla ,
where they had lived with their families. The
injured men were placed under the Immediate
care of a physician and Calfss was taken to
ILee's Summit
The cars destroyed consisted of ten cars
loaded with cattle , two cars loaded with wheat
.and one with ic % . The track was tern up for
over twenty-five feet Headmaster Hinder
superintended the clearing away of the debris
and by 6:30 hut night tho whole of it was got
ten oil the track and the road made free for
traffic again. Host of the cattle on tho tram
belonged to Mr. W. Crandall of Leroy , Coffee
county , Kansas. His total loss he reports was
forty-five cattle.TRAINS
TRAINS LAID DOT.
All the morning trains over the Missouri
Pacific road were late yesterday and the most
of them had to be brought into the city by
very circuitous routes. The night trains got
out of the city on time , the track being an
nounced as clear before they started ,
The operator to whose carelessness the ac
cident was due lives at Greenwood. He has
not been arrested , but probably will be.
CHIEF HALE DESCRIBES THE SCENE.
Mr. George C. Hale , chief of the fire de
partment , m speaking of the appearance of
the wreck and Its surrounding , said : "The
wreck was the completes ! one , perhaps , that
ever occurred In this part of the country. The
scene of the wreck was a cut about twenty-five
feet deep and not over thirty-five feet wide ,
about three miles west of Lee's Summit
There the two great Mogul engines weighing
eighty tons each plunged together , and
to fearful was the shock that" the heavy
cars loaded with stock were hurled on top of
each other until the two trains were nothing
more than one great mass of wheels and
Iron and shattered wood. Fire at length
broke out In the wreck and the fire
department was called upon to render some
assistance In checking the flames. A train of
fiat cars was made up and Engineer A. Mur
ray pulled out of the city carrying steamer
No. 2 , 650 feet of hose and several large tanks
of water. The run of nineteen miles was
made In twenty-seven minutes and In twenty-
eight minutes water was playing on the fire.
The scene that broke upon our sight as the
train rounded the bend approaching the wreck
cannot be described. There was a terrible up
roar going on from the cattle that were being
burned to death and the smell that arose from
the wreck was shocking.
WONDERFULLY INTENSE HEAT.
"I never saw a more intense fire in my life.
The heat produced by the burning fafof so
many cattle was so great that it was almost
impossible to throw the water at first with any
effect While we were throwing water the
empty tanks would be taken back and refilled
once more. You can imagine how intense the
heat was when it melted part of the bells that
were on the locomotives. As far as I could
discover In the wreck there were ten car loads
of cattle , holding in in all about 180 head ,
and one car load each ot ice , wheat and hogs.
These cars were all smashed to a irrcat extent
but some of them were almost literally
shattered and twisted into fragments. All
of these were piled up on each other In a
great heap In the cut as would not have
been the case had the collision oc
curred on open ground. I think that this
fact accounts largely for the great loss sus
tained by the accident Thu heavy trucks and
the large weight of iron and wood which com
posed the debris held most of the stock im
prisoned until they were I urued by the fire.
A great many , however , escaped and were
scattered about in the surrounding pastures
and wood" , lowing piteously. Some of them
had cars burned oil , some broken horns and
others a hoof gone or half the entire body
singed and burnt black
The fight with the fire was a terrible one , on
account of the Intense heat , and it could hard
ly be approached for half an hour after we
began throwing water on the flames. So great
was the heat , however , that nothing could be
saved , and had the fire been extinguished the
material recovered would ba valueless. I don't
believe there was a perfect piece of the iron
work left. The brake beams were twisted
about and bent and broken in as many ways
as a man could twist , bend an J broak as many
wires. The whole wreck was almost a total
loss and I do not belisve that § 100,000 will
more than cover the damages. *
THE ENGINEERS' LAST ACTS.
"I stood at the point where the two engines
collided when the heat had subsided , and I do
not believe that either engineer saw the
other's train , on account of the shape of the
curve , when it was more than 100 yards away.
Au examination of the machinery shows that
the levers in both of the locomotives were re
versed , showing that the last thoughts of the
men were attention to duty.
"It Is remarkable to think of the rapidity
with which they must have performed their
last act of service , and the nerve they must
have possessed In accomplishing what they
did , with death staring them in the face. "
The men who responded to the call of as
sistance , which was made to the fire depart
ment were Chief George C. Hale , Lon Hale ,
engineer of steamer No. 2 ; William McCutchln ,
foreman of No. 6 company ; James Radburn.
Charles Jarboe , Cbauncey Butterfield and
Jack O'NeiL Several large tanks , steamer No.
2 and 650 feet of hose were taken out on an
extra train of flat cars. The run of uineteen
miles was made In twenty-seven minutes , and
m one minute more steamer No. 2 was forcing
a stream of water upon the flamed.
TELEGRAPHIC CONDENSATIONS.
.Rev. John Brown , ol Texas , is soliciting
aid in New York.
The French financial doflcifc is estimated
at 74,000,000 francs.
The supreme court of the United States
will convene October 15.
Mayor Smith , ol Philadelphia , was im
peached by the city council.
Douglas Smith , the New York custom
house delaulter , has been arrested.
The French chamber of deputies is still
bitterly opposed to the American bos.
Natchez voted § 320,000 bonds in aid of
the New Orleans & Fort Scott railroad.
Scliuadborst has resigned the presidency
Kf the Birmingham Liberal association.
Mrs. John Smith , of Sandusky , 0. . spoil
ed her cistern water by attempting tt > suicide
in it.
It is now thought thab Gould's Portland
defalcation will reach § 145,000. He has
been arrested.
E. P. Wilson has been appointed general
passenger agent of the Chicago & North
western railroad.
Nelson Carpenter , a notorious outlaw ,
was ambushed and killed in Jackson county ,
Ky. , by unknown parties.
T. Harrington , home secretary , writes to
Treasurer O'Reilly acknowledging .the re
ceipt af 3,000 for the Parnell fund.
Tho resignation of Professor William Fer-
roll , meteorologist of the signal service , has
been accepted by the secretary of war.
Since the beginning ol the issue of tho
combined letter sheet and envelope , one
month ago , 2,000,000 of these sheets have
t een sent out to postofllces.
Figures compiled in the office of the sec
ond assistant postmaster-general show
that the cost of the star route service dur
ing the fiscal year was § 5,414,804 , n de
crease of § 62,623 , or 1.57 per cent as com
pared with the preceding fiscal year. The
steamboat service was also reduced in cost
during the year from § 562,002 to § 446-
419 , or a little over 20 per cent.
SIALNE'S OFFICIAL RETURN'S.
Tho official returns of the recent election
for governor , embracing all except a few
email towns , are as follows : Bodwell ( re
publican ) , 68,837 ; Edwards ( Democrat ) ,
55.987 ; Clark ( prohibitionist,3,872 ) ; Scat
tering , 20 ; Bodwell over Edwards , 12,850.
INSURGENTS KILL THEMSELVES.
MADRID , Sept 23. A number of insurgents
at Toledo shot themselves to avoid being cap
tured. It is stated that all officers implicated
n the revolution will be put to death. It Is
umored that Colonel Melguizo , commander
of the Albnera regiment was _ dangerously
wounded in a skirmish , with rebels.
ifs'L A.
OLD CHARTER OAK WRECKED.
Frenlilmt Bartholomew of This Great In-
niranee Company a Heavy Defaulter.
Hartford ( Conn. ) special : George M.
Bartholomew of this city , president ot the
Charter Oak Insurance company of Hart
ford , is a defaulter in tho sum of $127,000.
0 ! this sum § 105,000 is in actual cash and
$22,000 in paper , since the re-organiza
tion of the Charter Oak in 1878 Mr.Bar- ,
tholomew has had sole charge ol the affairs
ol the company , never being obliged to
make any reporb to the directors. Lasb
Saturday he informed the directors that
owing to the emberzlemenb of Thomas
Plunkett , in the Hartford Silk company ,
and other concerns in which he was inter
ested , he was unable to meet his obligations
to the Charter Oak. He placed the amounb
at § 150.000.
Tho directors asked for his resignation
and Sb was given Monday. The directors
discovered two notes , amounting to § 22-
000 , which he had discounted and tho pro
ceeds of which he had used. Mr. Bartho
lomew lelb that afternoon for New Yo
and has not been heard from since , thongli
5b is said thab his family has learned thab
he is in Canada.
An application for receivers for the Char
ter Oak company was made this morning ,
and Judge Pardee. late this afternoon , ap
pointed Messrs. Brooks and Stedman as
senior and junior receivers respectively.
The assets of the company , ib is thought ,
will with proper management realize
§ 1,500,000. The property is located in
eleven states and varies greatly in value.
Ib was known thab Bartholomew was
affected by Plunkcbt's operations , bub ib
was believed that he would pull through
and have a large surplus. The announce
ment of * iis downfall creates a great sen
sation. Ho is connected with many large
institutions and is endorser of a great deal
of papor. He had lived here aboubfifby
years and was one of the leading business
men of the citv. Yesterday he resigned tho
presidency of the Holyoke Water Power
company of Holyoke. lie if ? heavily con
nected with the Florida Construction com
pany. Ho is a heavy indoreer for the
Hartford Silk company and the Union
Manufacturing company. So far as can bo
learned § 360.000 of the Hartford Silk
paper , § 200,000 of the Union company
paper , § 200,000 of the Scliuyler Electric
Lighb company paper , a considerable
amounb of Charter Oak and some Hol
yoke Water Power company paper had
come to liglib.
This paper turns up in many differenb
sections of the country [ outside of Harb-
fonl,3'reporb coming in from Philadelphia ,
New York , Boston , Providence , Holyoke ,
New Haven , New London and other places.
A director of the Charter Oak company
paid this evening thab the firsb intimation
he had of the terrible state of.the com
pany's finnnces was at Saturday's meet
ing. Mr. Bartholomew then said bhat he
had sufiicienb capital to refund all he owed.
He gave no explanation as to what he had
done with the money. He claimed to have
been promised aid from Cyrus W. Field
and other New York capitalists. He went
to New York ostensibly to see them and
lias not been heard of since.
Another director said thab the company
is completely wrecked. There is no money
to its credit , and several drafts have
already been protested.
Mr. Bartholomew is president of the
Schuyler Electric Light company. The
secretary of the company said thab tho
company was sound. The employes were
paid yesterday , the regular pay-clay , and
received only 40 per cent of their wages.
Mr. Bartholomew is president qf the Wab-
kinson library , a trusb of considerable
magnitude , bub Mr. Trumball to-nighb and
he had no reason to believe that anything
was wrong in the management of the funds.
A prominent director of the Charter Oak
company said to a reporter to-night that
the gentleman who audited the accounts of
the company had known for Rome time
that Mr. Bartholomew was in debt in large
amounts. Charles Willard , secretary of
the company , on being informed of this
statement said that he did not for a mo
ment believe that there is a collusion be
tween auditors and the missing president.
"Bartholomew , " he continued , "was rec
ognized by all the officers and stockholders
as the financial backbone of the company.
\ hear , but I do not know personally , that
when the annual examination of the con
cern's condition was made any shortage
would be explained by Bartholomew. In
this way he said that he had placed money
in the bank in his own name to protect it
from attachment , but that it was at the
service of the company at any time. As
for myself I knew nothing about the finan
ces of the company. "
Mr. Bartholomew is a prominent Episco
palian. His outstanding personal paper is
estimated at § 1,000,000. He is now in
Montreal.
AID FOR RELEASED PRISONERS.
Acting Adjutant General Belton has is
sued an order to carry into effect the pro
vision of congisss , approved August 4
last , for clothing and a donation of § 5 in
money for each prisoner released from con
finement under sentence executed at mili
tary posts after discharge from the mili
tary service , and announcing that the com
mandant of the military prison at Fort
Leaveuworth , Kan. , is charged with th ?
disbursement of the funds appropriated.
The clothing will be aimilar to that fur
nished at the Leavenworth prison , and will
be procured in the same manner. Com
manding officers of posts where there are
prisoners to be benefitted by the provision
will immediately send to the commandant
of the Leavenworth prison a list of tha
names of prisoners who will probably ba
released at their respective posts in the
perioi between this date and January 1 ,
1887 , and beginning October 1 , 1886. will
send a similar list in the first week of every
quarter for a period covered by the next
succeeding quarter. The proper measure
ment for coat , vest , trousers and sizes for
hats , shoes and socks for each prisonerwill
be furnished with the list of names.
SOCIALISTIC PICNIC.
New York dispatch : About five thous
and people attended the picnic of the
socialists at Beommer's Union park to
day. Herr Wilhem Leibknicht and Dr.
Edward Aveling and Mrs. Aveling were
present and received an ovation. Dr.
Aveling and his wife made addressed in
English , and Ilerr Leibknicht spoke in Ger
man. - The addresses were mainly con
gratulatory and in no way referring to the
doctrines of socialism. A large squad of
police were present , but there was very
little occasion for theirservices. A drunken
man attempted to cheer aspeakerbut was
promptly arrested. Dr. Bushong , of Bos
ton , was among the speakers. The social
ists evaded the exciao laws by buying kegs
of beer and giving it away to the thirsty
crowd.
WILLIA3IS1 FAREWELL.
Emperor Wiliiatn in his farewell ordered
to the German army says : "I leave tha
Fifteenth army corps with a feeling of the
liveliest satisfaction , with a firm belief that
the corps will always show the world how
firmly the German people are united and
how all aie animated by the same spirit. "
CATHOLICS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE.
An Appeal to Tiiern in Behalf of the Earth-
yualm Sufferers.
New York special : The following appeal
from the right reverend bishop ol Charles
ton was read from the pulpit of the Catho
lic churches in New York on Sunday lastby
direction of Archbishop Corrigan :
CATHEDRAL GROUNDS. CHARLESTON , S. C. ,
September 19. Reverend Dear Sir : I have
waited a week until time should have al
layed the excitement attended on tho earth
quake lately experienced by this city , and
have enabled us to estimate with some
degree the injuries we have sustained before
making an appeal to the charity of the
faithful. It is unnecessary to describe the
terrors of the earthquake that shook this
city or to detail the ruins it wrought.
There is not a building in tho city thab is
not injured and Tew that are not seriously
damaged. The churches have all been ma
terially injured. The orphan homes and
infirmary will need extensive repairs. Some
of the school houses are entirely destroyed ,
and we have been compelled to dismiss the
the teachers of the male schools. The resi
dences of the clergy are much injured and
the Episcopal residence irreparably BO.
The clergy , the sisters , the orphans , like tho
large majority of the inhabitants ot the
city , sleep in tents. The holy sacrifice ia
daily offered up in a rude fhed on the
cathedral lot in the midst of the camp ,
whero the people are gathered together.
We are utterly helpless to repair or rebuild ,
while the people whoso property has been
destroyed are asking for bread.
With the memory of our many previous
trials , antl in the midst of the ruins of this ,
the most terrible of all , we beg you in the
name of , our Lord and charity's sake to
come to our relief. May I beg you to read
this , my appeal , to the reverend clergy
under your jurisdiction and through them
to the faithful ; to those who are willing to
have a part in our efforts to relieve our
suffering people ; to provide for the pro
tection and care of our orphans ; to reopen
our schools and to repair our churches ;
that we may once more give to Almighty
God becoming worship and service. May
God bless those who help us in this , His
work. Very sincerely in Christ.
H. P. NopTHKUP , Bishop of Charleston.
Collections will be taken in all the
churches throughout the United States
in behalf of the stricken city. The Eev.
Father Shandler , of Charleston , is at
present in New York making arrangements
with the pastors of the churches here.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN BELFAST.
Police anil military Alike Atlactetl by the
Savarjc 3Iol > .
BELFAST , Sept 21. Desultory rioting ac
companied by firing continued throughout the
city during last night and two policemen were
severely wounded and a number of citizens
injured. The Catholics evinced a more bitter
spirit against the police and soldiers and the
appearance of a single constable in one of the
troubled districts was greeted with a volley of
stones.
Rioting was resumed at dinner time at the
junction of Northumberland street and the
Falls road by the Catholic mill hands stoning
the police on duty to keep the Grange Queen's
island ship yard men from coming in contact
with mill hands. The stoning was so heavy
and skillful that the police had to retreat as
far as Shank hill. Here they were reinforced
and diove the mob back , capturiug a number.
AN ARMED HEGUIENr ATTACKED.
While this battle was going on another
mob in a different locality attacked with stones
the Black watch regiment of Welshmen , al
though the soldiers were fully armed and in
fighting array. The troops with"fixed bayonets
charged in double quick time on the mob and
drove them from the scene , wounding a great
number and arresting two.
Still another mob got into a fight in a tram
car stable , and surging out into the street
threw a passing car from the track and over
turned it , though it was at the time filled with
passengers. The rioters were fighting a pure
ly religious fight , but the locality was infested
with rowdiesj drawn thither by the riot , and
when these loafers saw the car up side down
and filled with people they fusilladed it with
stones.
stones.EVEN A FUNERAL CORTEGE STONED.
The terror-stricken passengers crowded
close under the seats and under one another
and shielded themselves as best they could
with the floor mats and seat cushions. Sev
eral were hurtand their situation was terri
ble until the police rescued them and escorted
them to a place of safety.
Tha funeral cortege of a man named Boyle ,
while returning from the cemetery to-day , was
attacked br a inob , who assailed the mourners
with stones. The military charged on the
mob and arrest ; d a score of rioters. In the
tnclee tho colon-1 in command of the troops
was badly hurt. At midnight the city was
quiet.
THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN.
Washington special : President Cleve
land returned home to-night at 9 o'clock.
He came on the congressional limited from
New York , his private car being attached
to the train through the kindness of the
Pennsylvania railroad. Sinclair , his valet ,
and Albert , the cdachman , were at the
depot and received the party. There was
the private carriage and the Dayton wagon
for the trunks , the stuffed deer , the fish
baskets , the tackle , the balsam pillows
and all other trappings ot vacation. Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland's arrival was ex
pected , and hence there was quite a large
crowd at the depot to see then. % but as
usual , Mr. Cleveland did not give the public
much chance to look over him , for he
hastily walked to his carriage and he and
his wife and Mrs. Folaom were driven home.
Notwithstanding the remarks ol Colonel
Belo , the president has gained flesh , and as
the electric light fell upon his face it showed
that it WHS well-tanned and healthy look
ing. Colonel Lamont and Mrs. Lament
and their two little children , together with
Mrs. Folsom , made up the party. As it
wns Late when the irarty arrived at the
white house , and they were pretty well
tired out , nothing was done but eat supper.
To-morrow the president will take up the
runs of his oflice and the humdrum life of
a president will begin again.
IT IS PLEURO-PNEU3IONIA.
Chicago special : Dr. Salmon , chief of
the national bureau of animal industries ,
after an examination of the lungs of one of
the ailing cows of the Phoenix distillery
this afternoon , decided that the disease ex
isting among the cattle there is pleuro-
pneumonia. , A meeting of the state live
stock commission will be held soon , and it
will probably be decided to have all the
distillery cattle killed and the sheds burned ,
as there is no other way to prevent the in
fection.
Dr. Salmon arrived in the city this morn-
tiing , and met a number of gentlemen inter-
jsted in pleuro-pneucionia. The club room
it the Grand Pacific was filled with author
ities on veterinary diseases , among those
present being H. McChesney , J. M. Pearson
ind C. R. Johnson , of thestate live stock
: ommibsion : State Veterinarian N. T. At
kinson , of Missouri , State Veterinarian
7asewell , of Illinois , Veterinary Surgeon
Murray , ot Delaware , and J. H. Sanders ,
editor of the Breeders' Gazette.
THE A. O. U. W. of the state will have an
jrgan after October 1 , at which date a pa-
: > er will be started in Lincoln by E" W. Mc
Donald.
DISASTROUS BLOW IX ILLINOIS.
from Fifteen to Ttcenty Houses Wrccltcd , out
yobodij Killed.
JOLIET , 111. , Sept. 20. The scene of Satur
day night's ccyclone In this city was vis
ited yesterday by fully 10,030 people. It is a
remarkable fact that although 15 or 23 houses
were completely demolished and scattered by
the terrific wind , yet not a single person was
fatally hurt Everybody seemed to be awaro
of the approach of the cyclone some minutes
before it struck the city and secured their
safety by fleeing to their cellars. The cyclone
came from the southwest straight up DCS
Plains river. The constant flashes of lightning
lit up the sky so that the funnel shaped mon
ster could be plainly seen as it came whirling
toward the city with a roar like 100 locomotives
blowing off steam. As It reached the city
I'rnits it turned cast on Monroe street demol
ishing houses , barns aiyl out-houses. The air
was filled with boards , limbs of trees , sections
of roofs and pieces of heavy timber. Tho
bridge on Monroe street was picked up bodily
and deposited almost intact two blo.-ks away.
A heavy grindstone belonging to Mr. Rutncr
was blown 250 feet Tho residences of the
Schliin brothers , John Day , Iloil Brown , Jerry
Buckley , Patrick Daly , Peter Daly , William
Barrett , John Mahcr and William Hinds were
scattered to the winds. Pieces of some of
these houses were carried a quarter of a mile.
A large number of houses were more or less
moved from their foundations and wrenched
out of shape. The house of Peter Daly , on
Chicago street , was turned upside down. The
roof now rests on the ground and the front
door high up in the air. Telegraph poles were
twisted off like plpestcms , the streets being
blockaded with a mass of tangled wires.
Along Fourth avenue great holes were scooped
out of the hard gravel road. " Eye witnesses
statithat these holes were made by balls of
electricity or fire , which bounded along the
ground. The horse and buggy of Deputy
Sheriff Ward was hitchedln front of his house
when the cyclone came , and when it had
passed the horse and buggy had disappeared.
No trace has yet been found. The damage
to the property in the city is estimated at $75-
000.
DISEASED CATTLE XEAR CHICAGO.
Pleuro-Pncwnonla Among Herds in an Illi
nois County.
Chicago special : There aro grave fears
that the cattle of the Harvey fiirin at
Ritlgeland , near here , have spread pleuio-
pECiimonia contagion. When the disease
was discovered there the other day meas
ures were at once taken to confine the dis
ease , and yesterihiy the usual notice of a
quarantine was served on Mr. Harvey.
There are IIS head on the farm , mostly
belonging to milkmen , who merely pasture
there , and as there is not much , pasture
there the animals hav ? wandered all over
that section of the country. Two cows
and a calf litave been killed on Mr. Games'
farm and an examination of the Itin of
one of the animals showed an unmistaka
ble evidence of pleuro-pneumonia.
Mr. Casuwell , state veterinary surgeon ,
says there will be a meeting of the board of
commissioners early this week , and his
first step will be an effort to induce them
to put a force of men ab work to watch the
home cattle night and day. There was a
possibility ho thought thab all the cattle
would have to be killed , but he could not
tell a.t present. He is of the opinion that
the pleuro-pneiimonia has been about this
immediate region since some time last fall ,
lie explains tho fact that the terrible dis
ease has been lingering about town so long
without being discovered by saying that
the cattle so far affected have been the
property of milkmen. As soon as a cow
took the ( lisense her milk would fall off
to nothing , and the men took no pains to
doctor their stock , for they shipped the
dry cow to the slaughter-houses at once or
traded her off at a sacrifice , without stop
ping to make any investigation of the cause
of her illness. With this view of the case it
would be a wise cattle man indeed who
would venture to express an opinion as to
how far the contagion may have reached.
THE XEW IXDIAX AGENT.
Washington special : Hush D. Gallagher
was to-day appointed Indian agent at the
Pine Ridge ngoney , Dnk. Mr. Gallagher is
a merchant of Greonsburg , Intl. , married ,
and is forty seven years old. He has a war
recoiil ol enviable proportions , having en
tered llic service in 1861 as a private in the
Thirty-first Indiana and was mustered out
lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-fifth In
diana in 1SG5. lie 1ms the distinction ol
having the finest Bet of papers ever filed Jn
the interior departmcntendorsing an army
candidate for appointment , and also of be
ing the first candidate for any Office to
secure the united backing of the Indiana
legislation in congress without a split.
Senator Vorheesnnd ex-Senator McDonald
wrote a joint letter to the president for Mr.
Gallagher , in which they say : "We will be
personally responsible for every act of Mr.
Gallagher if appointed to this office , and
for t'ie faithful performance o ! his duty. "
Mr. Gallagher's implication was a purely
formal one , he himself nmking no effort for
the place. It was endorsed by Holman ,
Lov.ry , Matson , Lamb and other members
of congress , and by sheriffs , county audi
tors , state oilicera and coroners without
number. Mr. Gallagher succeeds McGulii-
curldy , and relieves Captain Bell , who wns
put in charge of the agency after McGilli-
cuddy's suspension.
EX-PRESIDEXT ARTHUR.
New York dispatch : Ex-Preaident Ar
thur has decided to leave New London.
He will return to New York on Monday
and occupy his house on Lexington avenue
this winter. Sherman W. Knevals spent
Sunday with liira at New London , He says
tiinfc the general's health does not show
any improvement , neither can he be con
sidered any worse than when he left New
York. He is certainly somewhat thinner
and Is confined to his chair the greater
part of the time , but his appearance would
not lead a stranger to think him an ex
tremely sick man. His skin is fresh and
rosy , as he no longer suffers from insomnia.
His appetite is only occasionally capri
cious , and he is bright and cheerful. He
takes a lively interest , not only in his own
personal affairs , but in all public questions
of the day. It is not expected that he can
engage actively in business this winter.
3L1RTTSIROXS ARRESTED.
St. Louis dispatch : Martin Irons , leader
of the Knights of Labor strike on the Mis
souri Pacific railroad last spring , was ar
rested in Kansas City last nighb , and will
be brought to this city to answer the
charges found against him in an indict
ment for complicity in tapping private
telegraph wires running into Vice-Presi-
3ent Hoxie's residence. Owing to the re
cent ill-behavior of the master workman
liis bondsmen have withdrawn from his
bond , and he will be keot under arrest
until his case is tried.
DURING the fire at Greenwood sneak
thieves got away with some of the goods
that had been carried from the burning
A JVJ5JP ZXFJ5 LIKE ROCKET.
Successful Tett 3Iaite of tho Invention- *
Pletiro-Pneumonla OUier M'ashtnfjton
' 3' !
Washington special : Some experimental * --i |
tests ot the Cunningham life lino rocket , in * , I
tended to be used by the life-saving service
in carrying a lino from tho shoreto ship-
wrecked vessels , were made hero this alter-
noon. Several rockets were fired over tha
arsenal grounds range. One rocket carried
a lino with great accuracy a distance ot
1,050 yards. Superintendent Kitnball ol
tho life-saving service was very much inter
ested in the exhibition and thinks that this
rocket , if accuracy ot aim and delivery can
bo attained in all sorts ot wind and weath
er , may be used with great advantage where
wrecks are more than 500 or GOO yards
from tho shore. Tho maximum distance ,
it is said , that the Lyle gun , now used by
the life-saving service , can be depended on
to carry a lino to vessels in distress is
about 750 yards. The tests to-day ot tho
Cunningham rocket were merely prelimi
nary to thorough tests which which will bo
made this fall on the Sandy Hook ordnance
proving ground , to prove or disprove its
effectiveness and accuracy in delivering
lines ut distances between 0,000 and 10,000 '
yards.
Commissioner Columan , of the depart
ment of agriculture , who sent Dr. Salmon ,
of the bureau of animal industry , to Chi-
cngo to ascertain it the disease that boa
broken out there is pleiiro-pneumoniii , re
ceived by telegram to-tiny the following re
port :
There is no doubt that tho cattle disease
here ispleuro-pneumonia. The authorities
find much difficulty in dealing with it.
Seventy thousand dollars worth of cattle
are to be slaughtered , and less than § 50-
000 is availableinthe state appropriation.
The department cannot pay tor the dis
eased cattle hero because the state laws
require their slaughter without compensa
tion. I have offered , for the department ,
to meet the expenses of the slaughter , ex
cepting the compensation of the owners ,
the disinfecting , and also to make an in
spection of suspected districts. Do you
approve of what 1 have done ? The state
commission are now arranging details ot
the slauuhter.
Commissioner Coleman sent the follow
ing reply :
Telegram received and your action ap
proved. You are also authorized to take
any steps deemed necessary and expedient
to still further confirm your diagnosis aiut
satisfy the most exacting that the disease-
is typical plcuro-pnctimonia.
President Cleveland settled down to his
old time business habits to-day. He was
up early , breakfasted early , and was early
at his desk , looking over his mail. He
began to receive callers at the usual hour
30ii.ni. Among the callers to-day were
Fenators Voorhees and McPherson , Gens.
Sheridan and Drum , and a number ot
bureau officials. At loO the president
came down to the oust room and held a
public reception. There were about 125
visitors present , and the president with
pood grace t > oon passed through the cus
tomary hand-shaking ordeal.
Consul-General Williams at Ilavanna , in
reply to : ui inquiry from the secretary ot
ftla.lv , confirms the report that the Madrid
government has sustained the Cuban
authorities in tlieir refusal to carry out the
treaty agreement making mutual conces
sions to American and Spanish vessels
trading between Cuba and this country.
This will lead to a correspondence between
this country and the Spanish authorities
to ascertain what the latter mean and ulti
mately to cause tbs revocation of the order
carrying the arrangement into effect on tho
part of the United States , unless the Span
iards conclude to carry out the arrange
ments in good faitli. The reported treaty
between Great Britain and the United
States , a synopsis of which has been tele
graphed from Ottawa , Out. , has never been
submitted to the American authorities and
nothing is known of it at the state depart
ment. There seems to be no doubt , how
ever , that a. treaty of some kind is being
ncgotinKejl by Minister Phelps , but nothing
ran be learned as to its scope and provi
sions.
Late information received at the agricul
tural department regarding the condition
of bogs is that in Illinois and Indiana
cholera prevails generally. In. the former
state heavy losses are reported in several
counties. In Ohio and Michigan the condi
tion of the animal is fair. In some parts
i of Wisconsin the farmers are afraid tokeop
hogs on accountof the cholera , and reports
from Iowa are of a similar character in
some cases. Cholera , pinkeye and measles
are reported from Missouri and Nebraska.
The condition is considerably below the
average. Kansas and Kentucky hogs are
generally in good condition ,
WARLIKE ORDERS.
BEKLIN , Sept 23. The Vossisrhe Zeituni
says that General Gourko has ordered cacl
brigade in AVarsaw , Courland and Livonia t
hold itself in readiness to start for the soutl
at a day's notice ; also that each brigade ha :
been instructed to have four cannons read ]
for transportation.
The Russian agent at Sofia has withdrawi
from deposit here the entire funds-of the
agency , amounting to upward of 1,000OOC
francs.
The Bulgarian government has sent Madjid
Pasha , the Turkish delegate , to Constantino
ple to ask Turkey to intervene if Russia occu
pies Bulgaria.
French and German bankers have telegraph
ed to Sofia that they are willing to advance a
loan to the Bulgarian government
QUESTIONS r.T A IIUNGAI1IAN.
PESTII , Sept 23. In the Hungarian cham-
berof deputies to-day Count Apponyi interpola
ted the government concerning the attitude of
Austro-Huniiana on the Bulgarian question.
He declared that Austrian interests did not
admit of any one-sided extension of the in
"
fluence of "any particular power in th
Balkans and said that hu wished to know
whether AustriaciInterests permitted Russia
through a special commissioner , General
Kaulbars , to interfere in the internal cr even
judicial affairs of Bulgaria.
"It la evident , " added Count Apponyi , "that
GernUliy supports Russia. Has there been
any consequent change in the Austro-Gerraan
alliance J"
PLATED HATOC WITH GLASS.
Madison ( Wis. ) specials Tbc severest
hail storm ever experienced in tins city oc
curred here at 2 o'clock this morning. The
storm was accompanied by heavy thunder
and lightning. Hailstones fell five inches
in circumference and all of them were very
large , and every skylight in the city was
smashed. Schiebel , the greenhouse man ,
had 4,000 windows broken in his creea-
house. The storm was bad 'in the sur
rounding country. The bail riddled to
bacco leaves ia many fields which remained
unharvestcd.
Shade trees were badly damaged. Hun
dreds of birds were killed , and about 8.000
panes of glass vrero smashed , chiefly in
greenhouses and photograph studios. The
storm's approach was heralded by many
rumbling sounds and intense heat , and
fears of a tornado were so general that
hundreds of families fled to their cellars.
ADVISED TO CO SLOW.
SOFIA , Sept 20. The Russian agent has
asked the regency to postpone the trial of the
kidnapers of Prince Alexander until the popu
lar ferment has been appeased. The Gcrmaa
consul has advised the government to await
the arrival of General Kaulbara before
action in the matter.