Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TEIBUNE.
F. RE. & E. ! ; . KIItmELL , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB.
OVER THE STATE.
THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE , Jan. 4. At 12:20 Lieutenant
Governor Shedd took the gavel and called
the senate to order. Tho Rev. Mr. Tate ,
of Sheldon , opened tho session with prayer.
Recess was taken , after which , on recon
vening , Micklejobn , of Nance county , raa
elected president of tho senate. Walter M.
Seeley was elected secretary. V. C. Shick-
ley was the unanimous choice for first as
sistant secretary. E , O. Lewis was chosen
an second assistant secretary. For clerk
of tho committee of tho whole J. II. Enter-
daywas tho unanimous choice. W. 1 > .
Wildtnan was chosen sergeant-at-arms ,
with Erwin Nestover as assistant. The
Rev. J.tTatc , of Buffalo county , was chosen
chaplain. Perry Walker was elected post-
musterand James Ireland assistant. For
doorkeeper , J.V. . Brush was elected ; as
sistant , Frank Saunders , of Kearney
county ; secondassistant , Joel Parcell.
Miss Nellie Dupee , of Lincoln , was unani
mously chosen for enrollment clerk ; Miss
Olmstead , engrossing clerk. John R.
Simpson was elected janitor ; assistant ,
Jfr. Evcrson. M. "Windle , postmaster. The
officers elected presented themselves before
the secretary's desk and were sworn in by
Secretary of State lloggen. The president
appointed a committee consisting of Sen
ators Robbiu , Linn , Burham , Majors ,
Snell , Brown , Calkins , McNamara and
Hartwell , to advise with tho chairman and
form the standing committee. A motion
made .and carried that all employes be un
der the direction aud control of the secre
tary. Adjourned.
HOUSE , Jan. . The house was called to
order by Secretary Roggen and the roll
called by Brad Slaughter Newcomev _ of
"Webster , nnd Miller of Butler , were placed
in nomination for temporary chairman ,
the former receiving GG votes and the latter
30 votes. Mr. Newcomer was declared
temporary chairman. Brad Slaughter was
elected chief clerk pro tern. Whitmore ,
Caldwell , Slater , Bentley and Pembertoii
were appointed acommittcc on credentials.
Recess was taken , after which , on reass.'m-
bling , the committee on credentials pre-
Bcnted their report which was adopted.
Chief Justice Maxwell was brought to tho
bar of the house to administer the oath of
office to its members. The house then pro
ceeded tt > permanent organization , llar-
lan , of York county , was elected speaker.
A senate committee presented itself at the
bar of the house and notified them that
the senate had organized and were now
ready for business. McConnnghy. of Polk ,
placed tho name of Brad Slaughter , of Ful-
lerton , for the o'lice of chief clerk. Smythe ,
of Douglas , placed the name of E. J. Burke ,
of Douglas county , in nomination. Slaugh
ter received 73 votes , a majority , and was
declared elected. A resolution was offered
granting the use of representative hall , on
Jan. G , to the Nebraska Women's Suffrage
association , for holding their convention
on that date. Adopted. Adjourned-
J-.IXIOI.N , .Jan. 0. SENATE. A resolution
was passed requesting the secretary of
state to prepare for the use ol the senate
400 copies of a legislative manual similar
to Ihc manual of JSS5. The senate and
Louse met in joint assembly at 4:30 p. in.
nnd canvassed the vote on state officers.
A resolution was passed authorizing the
president of the senate to appoint the cus
todian , pnge.e , and other customary odicers
of the senate , and locate rooms for com
mittees.
LINCOLN , Jan. o. House. The first bill
of the session , house roll No. 1 , was intro
duced at 3:27 this afternoon by Russell , of
Cblfax. It creates an additional judge in
the Fourth judicial district. House roll
No. 2 was introduced by Harrison , of
Saunders , ami is a bill to repeal the act
creating a r.iilrond commission. Agee , of
Hamilton , offered a resolution providing
for a committee of nine to investigate the
report that there are now about twenty-
four indigent soldiers in this state , who are
unable to furnish the proofs necessary to
secure pensions , and to report to the house
what legislation is necessary for the relief
of such persons.
LINCOLN , Jan. G. SENATE. Senator Col
by introauced bills as follows : Prohibit
ing the acquisition of Nebraska real estate
by aliens ; a bill to make eight hours a day
of labor ; one to reduce the fare on all rail
roads in the state to3 cents per mile , nnd
to accommodate tho commercial traveler
by allowing him to carry 250 pounds of
bngsage ; one to make election days general
holidays ; one to aid mechanics and labor
ers in the satisfaction of liens ; one to es
tablish and maintain public libraries and
reading rooms in cities of the first class ; a
joint memorial requesting congress to pass
laws to CHtablish uniform freight and pas
senger rates on railroads , nnd prevent dis
crimination by railroad companies ; one to
amend the divorce law , and one to protect
girls under 15 years of age.
LINCOLN , Jan. G. House. The commit
tee appointed to wait uponthegovernorre-
turned and announced that they had per
formed the duties assigned to them and that
thegovernor and state officers were present.
< 5ov. Dawes then took a place upon the
platform and was followed by the officers-
lect , as follows : Secretary of State Laws ,
Treasurer Willard , Auditor Babcock , At
torney-General Leese , Commissioner of
Public Lands nnd Buildings Scott , Super
intendent of Public Instruction Lane. Also
by the present state officers. Ex-Gov
ernor David Butler , State Librarian Guy
A. Brown , and others also occupied seats
upon the phitform. Governor Daves was
introduced by President Shedd and deliv
ered his biennial message , which was list
ened to with evident interest and close at
tention.
LINCOLN. Jan. " 7. SENATE. The special
committee on standing committees report
ed the following : Judic'ary Colby , Snell ,
Hikeljohn , Bobbins , McNnmara , Brown ,
Lindsay , Fuller and Vandemark. Finance ,
"Ways and Means Majors , Holmes. Burn-
ham , Heartwell , Tzachuck , Kent , Sherwin.
Agriculture Keckley , Calkins , Burnham ,
Higgins , of Cplfax , Sprick , Wright , Higgins ,
of Cass. Highways" , Bridges and Ferries
Sterling. Sprick. Lindsay , Campbell , Keck
ley. Accounts nnd Expenditures Linn ,
Xindsay. Colby , Moore , Bonestead. Mili
tary Affairs McNamara , Colby. Majors ,
Higgins. of Cass. Calkins. Municipal Af
fairs Lininger , Moore , Heartwell , Wal-
bache. Schmiuke. Public Lands and
Buildings Moore. Srhminke , Lininger ,
Fuller. Conger , Colby. Kent. Internal Im
provements Schminke , Mooee , Tzschunk ,
Higgins. of Colfax , Shermin. School Lands
nnd School Funds Conger , Fuller. McNa
mnra , Walbach , Casper. Federal Relations
DurnnSterling.Keckley. Wright , Tzschuck.
Public Printing Kent , Snell. Conger. Sher-
win , Cu per. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills
Snell , Holmes , Linn. Kent , Mayors , Mei-
Jdejon , Bonesteel. Counties and County
Boundaries Campbell. Meiklcjohn , Linn ,
Lindsay. Bonestel. Education Holmes ,
Campbell. Brown , Lininger , Calkins.
Library Canper , Duras , Burnhnm , Fuller ,
Wright. Claims Lindsay , Moore , RoL-
bins , Keckley , Bonesteel. Banks and Cur
rency Heartwell , Holmes , Kent , Camp
bell , Wulbuch. Railroads Brown. Henrt-
l , Fuller , Rabbins , Kent. Snell. Keckley ,
ali Saii SSs
Liningcr , Bonesteel. Miscellaneous Cor
porations Fuller , Mciklejohn , Hearlwell ,
Sprick , HigginH , of Cass. State Prison
Vandemark , Brown. Conger , Burnham ,
Schminke. University and Normal School
Holmes , Rpbbins , Snell , Majors , Lind
say. Constitutional Amendments Me-
Namar , Majors , Bobbins , Colby. Tzschuck.
Public Charities Calkins , Iliggins , of Cass ,
Lininger. Casper , Higgins. ot Colfnx. Privi
leges and Elections MciklejohnMcNiunnr ,
Schminke , C.impbell , Majors. Live Stock
and Grazing Interests Burnham , Mcikle
john , Lindsay. lliggiiiH , of Cuss , Wright.
Miscellaneous Subjects Walbach , CalkfTis ,
Higiins of Colfax , Sterling , Wright. . Med-
ical Legislation Sherwin , Tzschuck , Wai-
bach. DuniH , Lindsay. Insane Hospital
Wright , Schminke , Conger. IX-uf. Dumb
and Blind Asylum. Tzschuck. Schminke ,
Sherwin. Reform School and Home of tho
Friendless Bonesteel.CongerLinn. Rules-
Brown. Linn. Heartwell , Vandemark , Ster
ling. Labor Colby , Scliminko , Iliggins of
Colfax , Sprick , Vandemark. Jicdistripcing
and Apportionment Ribbins , Lindsay ,
Moore. Ileartwell , McNamar , Fuller , Lin
inger , Brown. Majors. Immigration Hig-
gins of Colfax , Duriis , Tzschuck , Schminke ,
Vandemark. Mines and Minerals Ilig
gins of Cnss , SIcrling. Darns , Calkins. Cas
per. ManiifnctiiresHnd Commerce Sprick ,
Holmes , Walbach. Wright , Higgins of Cass.
Revenue Linn , Meiklejohn , Stcrling.Duras ,
Snell.
Snell.mSCELIAXEOtJS
mSCELIAXEOtJS STATE MATTERS.
TILLID SWANSON , of Omaha , lost her arm
by having it caught in machinery in a
laundry.
BY the end of tho year final proof had
beon made on 10,000 acres ol government
laud in the northern half of Antelope
county before the clerk of the district
'
court nt Neligh. This is equal to 100
farms of 1GO acres each.
uu..iui.b tome ol > L oi undul case in Hast
ings. The unsavory talk is made up of the
usual ingredients , an intriguing villain , a
too susceptible wife , a confiding husband , a
ruined home and a letter threatening tho
villain with a coat of tar and feathers ,
A PIUE occurred in the B. & M. head
quarters building at Omaha the other
night , entailing a loss of S100.000.
Tut : citizens of Atkinson have organized
a board of trade.
EWINC claims to have shipped more hogs
than any other point west of Norfolk.
GKA'ND ISLAND has a good prospect of
securing a glucose , sugar and starch factory
to cost 5100,000 , and employ 150 hands.
PLAINVIEW wants more houses. Families
arc boarding in hotels for lack of dwellings.
GRAND ISLAND is rejoicingoverher bright-
ming prospects in a manufacturing point
of view.
PLATTSMOUTII makes a very creditable
mowing of the year's progress , the total
imoiint expended being § 253,823.
INDIANOLA'S improvement record for the
onstyear amounts to § 100,000 , with 33
. . .r pent incretise in population.
THE postoffice at Blair was broken into
on the night of the Gth , the safe blown
open in a skillful manner and the contents
rifled. About 5300 in stamps , some money
ana twelve registered packages for local de
livery were taken. The contents of tho
packages are not known. This is the sec
ond time in a year that this ollice has been
robbed , each time done in the same man
ner.
ner.i
i HE Sidney Telegraph learns of a dottier
living on the north divide who makes n
practice of eating and killing prairie dogs.
This is an example that might well bo fol
lowed by many people living on the west
ern plains. The fle h of fie prairie dog is
very white and tender , and as he lives al
most wholly on grass and roots , there is no
known reason why he should not be eaten.
This is a case of everything in the name.
If these animals had been called prairie
squirrels instead of prairie dogs they
would not be as numerous in the west an
they are now , because people would have
mdged from their names that they were
uood to eat , and a trial would have con
vinced them that their judgment was cor
rect.
BEATRICE does not propose to be behinrl
the times and will organize a toboggan
A LINCOLN special says : Pat O'Hawcs
has been in the city for a few days confer
ring with the attorney general in reference
to the draft he holds which belongs to the
state. The obstinacy that Mr. O'Hawes
has exhibited for several weeks in refusing
to turn the money over to the
governor has at last died away , and he
wi.l now turn it over and trust to the legis
lature for reinburaement.
THE Elkhorn is in the field pushing sur
veys southwest from Fremont. One ol
these lines taps David City , another Sew-
nrd , while a third goes in * he neighborhood
of Ulysses. It is understood that the ob
jective point is Hastings.
THE prese net of wild geese in the north
ern part ol v'he state at this season is , ac
cording to the "old inhabitant , " indicative
of a short winter.
MR. GAURIGAN , an engineer on tho Chi
cago , Milwaukee , St. Paul & Omaha , has
been shot at three different occasions dur
ing the past three months while running
through the big AVixer cut between Craig
and Tekamah , and he.feels that his posi
tion is becoming quite'tlckliSh . ,
THE receipts "ot'thV'vFr&uont
gross ' post-
office for the third an"d-.fomjtKrJuarters of
the year were 56,362. ? s |
THE new Brownell hall cqljogernt Omaha
was thrown open for students on the 4th
inst.
SUITS have been instituted against
Messrs. Sturtevant and Jackson , ex-treas
urers ofNance county , for the recovery ef
sums aggregating 56,000 clamed to be due
the county from them.
A PECULIAR accident happened in Omaha
the other day. A man named Yerga , em
ployed in the parking house of Harris &
Fisher , was dangerously injured by becom
ing suspended from a meat hook in one of
the departments of the house. The hook
caught him in the left jaw and forced its
way through the skin into his mouth. He
suffered excruciating agony until a physi
cian was called and relieved him.
E. T. HORN has been appointed superin
tendent of the eastern division of the Fre
mont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad ,
with headquarters at Norfolk. Supt.
Horn was formerly a conductor on the
road and is a railroad man of ability and
experience.
HEUMAN NATEASTADT , for several years a
wagon maker and blacksmith atCoIumbus ,
has made a jump for a more congenial
clime , leaving many creditors anxious as
to his whereabouts.
FIFTY-NINE marriage licenses were issued
in Pierce county last year.
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7 * O NATIVES KEED APPLY.
Dissatisfaction Expressed With Presidential
Appointments in tins Territories
Washington special : Delegate Gilford
has been reading the riot act to President
Cleveland. He went to the white house to
urge the name of a Dakota man for a ju
dicial office in that territory and the presi
dent displayed some , impatience at Gif-
ford's importunities , ab which the latter
said : ' 'You must remsmber , Mr. Presi
dent , that wo have good men , men pure in
morals and highly qualified as to legal
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ability , tofill these offices nnd all offices of
this territory and a majority of our peo
ple want them in these offices. "
"But I cannot appoint your citizens to
these positions , " said the president , "be
cause every man in your territory who
amounts to anything is arrayed on one
side or the other ol your territorial fight
or is in some corrupt transaction. They
are mixed up in your quarrels and they
are unlit , to hold ollice. It seems that it
takes but a few monthsfor the peoplegoing
into Dakota to get into the meshes of your
lingsters and to be p'aced beyond the palo
of unbiased citizens. "
This fired up Gifford , nnd he replied :
"Well , you propose to disregard the voice
of the peopl there in choosing their offi
cers , do yon ? 'Now , there was Day. who
wanted to be governor. Day was endorsed
not only by his party nt the polls in his
candidacy against me , but by the people.
They said they wanted him in the office ,
and yet you did not listen to them. If we
had a statehood we should select by pop *
nlar ballot men for offices whom you will
not consider now and you , even you , must
acknowledge that for the purpose wo have
statehood now ; all we lack is the form of
admission. "
Ex-Representative Barney Caulfield , of
Dead wood , nor hero , is disappointed and
disgusted at the appointment made of a
successor to Justice Church. He thinks it
is an insult to the intelligence and integrity
ol the territory , and says the president's
objection to appointing Dakotians to this
position will not stand ; that the very men
the president itMaking from New York to
fill the o Hires , according to his own state
ment , will become entangled in questions
before the people of Dakota within a few
months after they enter the territory , and
that therefore there can be no
possible advantage in going elsewhere for
men to fill the offices , if only to get those
who are outside of agitating the questions
before the people. Cnulfield thinks the
truth is that the president goes to New
York for appointees because he wants to
reward personal friends and despairs of se
curing anything in the office line for legiti
mate residents of the territory.
FIVE AXD SBre.V I'EAIIS.
tttis is the Sentence Pi'ononnenl Upon Tttree
of the Express Rubbers.
St. Louis dispatch : The probability
that Fred "Whitroek , the Adams express
robber , and his confederates , would be
brought into the criminal court to-day ,
drew a large number of people to the court
room , anxious to catch a glimpse of the
famous highwayman. At 11 o'clock the
grand jury , which was at that hour ex
pected to be ready to present thuir indict
ments , announced that they were not
ready to report. An adjournment was
taken to give them further time to consider
the cases , and two subsequent adjourn
ments were taken , the last one until 2 p.
in. for the same purpose. At a late hour ,
when Judge Normille took his seat , the
court room was crowded , the spectators
filling the aisles and doorways. The grand
jury filed in and took their scats. )
"Gentlemen , have you anything to re
port ? " asked the court.
"We have three true bills to return."je-
snondcd the foreman.
The bills were handed to the judge , who ,
after , looking' them over , dismissed the
jurjOne of these was a joint indict
ment against Frederick 'Wittrock , Thomas
Weaver and William Wl Haight , charged
with larceny from the railroad car. The
indictments charging them with robbery
in the liist degree were prepared yesterday ,
but the form was changed to the above so
that there might be no difficulty in holding
Messenger Fotheringham , fornn indictment
of robbery in the first degree would be an
admission of his innocence. At 2:15 the
pri.soners were brought from their cells in
the "Hold Over" into court and arraigned
at the bar.
"If the court please , " said Clover , state's
attorney , "the defendants in this cnsedcsire
to plead guilty to the charge in the indict
ment. "
The clerk then asked the defendants if
they heard the charges. They replied in
the affirmative , and to the question as to
whether they were guilty or not guilty , an
swered "Gniltv. " The state's attorney re
commended that the extreme penalty of
seven years in the penitentiary be meted
out to Wittrock and Haight , and that
Weaver be given five years. The judge
then sentenced them in accordance with
the recommendation. AVittrock and Haight
took their sentences stoically , the former
remarking , "We have made our beds and
must lie in them. " but Weaver was evi
dently affected. He cannot reconcile him
self to tho idea of serving sentence when
Kinney , Moriarity and others who re
ceived part of the stolen money are
allowed to go at liberty.
After receiving their sentences the pris
oners were taken back to the cells , where
they will remain until to-morrow , when
they will be taken to the penitentiary at
Jefferson City.
After Wittrock , Weaver nnd Oaight were
sentenced to-day and were taken to jail ,
they were observed to start at the sight of
Fotheringham. who stood inside the cage.
Wittrock walked up to Fotheringham
shook hands with him said he had done
him a great wrong , but hoped he bore him
no hard feelings. Fotheringham assured
him he did not , nnd the three entered into
an earnest conversation regarding the
events since the robbery.
RECEPTION AT OAKFTEir.
Washington special : Mrs. Folsom held
her first reception to-day at Oakview , as
sisted by Mrs. Lament and Miss Hastings.
A number of the principal people in diplo
matic , official and social circles waited
upon the handsome mother of the presi
dent's wife , although the effort meant a
dreary three-mile drive over a miserable
road in the face of a severe snow storm.
About noon Mrs. Cleveland arrived. She
looked her best and had added the beauty
of very rosy cheeks , wrought by the brac
ing wind. A long sealskin dolman almost
covered a dark dress trimmed with pnnsa-
mentrie. The reception lasted from 11 to
1 o'clock.
PEARLS A 7IALF
Rapid City ( D. T ) special : Saturday'a
Journal published a resume of the building
done in this city during twelve months and
shows a total of $358.000 expended in new
buildings during the time. Adding to this
the expenditure for the new water works
system , the street railway , the county jail ,
the electric light system and the grading of
Main street , etc. , the total expended in im
provements during 1886 reached the > and-
norae figure of $457.000.
THE improvements in Fairbury the past
rear foot up nearly ? 100,000.
WIIO WAS TO ISLAMEf
A Raiiroad Accident in Ohio Attended With
Great T.oss of Life.
Tiffin (0. ) dispatch : The fast train on
the Baltimore it Ohio railroad which left
New York at about 9 o'clock yesterday for
Chicago with five coaches and four fcleep-
era , all well filled with passengers , collided
with the eastern boundfreightsevcral miles
east of this city about 4 this morning.
The passenger train was fifty minutes late
and was running at the rate of sixty miles
an hour. Passing Republic , a small sta
tion , like a flash , they rushed along a curve
a mile west of that town when suddenly
the engineer saw the freight train under full
headway within a hundred yards of him.
He at once applied the brake and reversed
his engine , but it did no-good , and the next
instant the crash came , telescoping the
coaches and piling them upon each other.
To add to the horrible scene , fire broke out
in the smoking car and soon spread to the
oilier cars. Many people were killed out
right , while others were wedged in among
the broken cars and slowly consumed in
the flames. The screams of the wounded
nnd dying were heartrending ; but no as
sistance could be given until a farmer
awakened by the crash came and with
other neigh bora worked like heroes to save
the perishing. The ground was covered
nithsnow. The collision occurrred one
mile from town and nearly half a mile
from any duelling and at 2 o'clock in the
morning. It is related of one Bradley , a
prominent Knight of Labor , from Wash
ington , who. while the flames were bursting
from the car windows , which had been
broken in the crash of the collision , that ho
by some means pntouthis hand and threw
hs watch and pocket book to those whom
ho could see on the outside. He was pen
ned in on the inside and was being roasted
alive , but those who saw him were unable
to render him any relief. They could hear
the frenz'ed and horror stricken man as he
madly endeavored to burst the barrier
that held him in his fiery prison. The
charred remains of the express messenger
consKtcd simply of two tlifgh bones which
wert found in the debris of the car.
The engineer and fireman of the freight
reversed their engine nnd jumped for the
snow linnk. Theengiu > i < > r of the express re
versed bin engine nnu sprang to the left.
The fireman endeavored to get out to the
right , but , being overcome with fright , fell
close to his crushed engine and was badly
burned , but not beyond recognition. His
body has been placed in a neat casket and
is now at the undertaker's at Republic ,
awaiting the arrival of his relatives.
Though only nine bodies have been re
covered from the burning wreck , there must
Lave been many more that perished , as
the tally of those who escaped and those
wounded is far short of the number of the
persons known to have been on the train.
Several watches found in the ruins may
serve to identify some of the victims. Fol
lowing is a list of the killed : Joseph Post-
lethwaite , of Belton , Wentzel county , W.
Va. . and his two sons. Spencer and Henry
Postlethwaite ; W. Scott Pierce , express
messenger. Newburg , W. Va. ; Frank Irwin ,
lineman , Bhickhnnd , 0. ; J. M. Frances ,
lineman , Bhickhnnil , 0.WiIiiam ; Fredericks ,
fireman , Washington , D. C. ; M. II. Parks ,
officer of Knights of Labor , Washington ,
D. C.
There are nine distinct bodies that are
burned to crisp and a mass of charred re
mains until nothing but pieces of the skull
and bones are left. How many persons
these represent will never be known. The
railroad officials claim there were but ten
persons killed , six of whom were passengers
and the otherfour employes. Only one per
son escaped from the omoker unhurt aud
his name is unknown.
Cleveland dispatch : At 1 o'clock the
east-bound height tiain in charge of Con
ductor Fletcher , pulled out of this city ,
having received orders to sidetrack at the
Scippio hiding to allow the east-bound ex
press to pass. After the passenger train
had gone the conductor being without
special orders , exercihcd his own judgment ,
and determined that inasmuch as he hud
half an hour to make the switch at Repub
lic , a little more than five miles distant , be
fore the arrival of the fast express from the
east , due at that point at 2 o'clock , he
pulled out. The night wasbitter cold , and
much difficulty was experienced in keeping
up steam in the engine. Finally at a point
half a mile west of Republic ths train
came to a standstill , being unable to move
further. Just here was made the horrible
mistake which resulted in tha loss of many
lives-ami the destruction of thousands of
dollars worth of property. Although the
conductor must have known that he was
encroaching dangerously near the time of
the express , he did not send out a signal
until his train had come to a standstill ,
nnd he found it impossible to move any
further. He then started forward with a
lantern himself. At this point there is a
sharp curve , and Conductor Fletcher had
not proceeded more than the length of
of twenty cars when he saw tho headlight
of the approaching express rounding the
curve not more than forty rods distant ,
and running at the lightning speed of sixty-
three miles per hour. Horror stricken
with the knowledge thata frightful accident
could not be averted , he flashed his light in
the face of Engineer Lem Eastman. The
latter at the same time saw the
light of the freight engine , and giving a wild
shriek of whistles for biakcs , he re
versed his engine and jumped for
his life , crashing through the window of the
cab , carrying glass and sash with him , and
alighted in a heavy snow drift. He escaped
serious injury , his hurts being confined to a
slight wound upon the knee. As he real
ized the danger , he called to the fireman ,
William Ficdericks , to save himself. The
latter was engaged in shaking the lire and
raised up anil hesitated a Moment to glance
forward as if to estimate the danger. This
was fatal , as at that instant the crash
came and the poor Fredericks was pinned
and crushed by the mass of wicck. The
effects of the collision can be better
imagined than de.scr.bed. The engines
of the two trains reared into the air
\ike a pair of enraged living monsters
and then settled down upon the track
driven into each other until their cylinders
touched. The force of impact ja mined the
baggage car into the tender of the fast
tram , the expre.ss car into the baggage ,
and the smoker into the express. In less
than five minutes from the moment the
collision and before any organized effort at
rescue could be made , the fire of overturned
stoves communicated to the woodwork
nnd the flames leaped high in the air , their
roar mingling with the cries of anguish of
imprisoned victims , to whom death in its
most terrible form was a horrid presence.
The trainmen and uninjured passengers
were powerless and could do nothing to
rescue the sufferers.
Cincinnati dispatch : The Commercial
Gazette's Tiffin special reports a diversity
of opinion regarding the real cause of the
accident. Reports agree that there was
carelessness on the part of the railroad em
ployes , but whether the blame should at
tach to the freight or passanger crew is a
matter of conjecture. A thorough investi-
; ation will be made. Coroners have taken
jharge of the dead. The Commercial corre-
ipondent gives seventeen as the number
nrho were killed , and says that out of fifteen
passengers in the smoker but one escaped.
A NEBRASKA MAN SAVED.
Chicago dispatch : The only train arriving
iiere with survivors of the Baltimore &
Dhio wreck did not get in until 1 o'clock
; his mornicg. Fred Botzold , a lumber
lealerat Ruihville , Neb. , was one of the
our men who cacupcd from the ill-fated '
.L.
smoking car. Botzold found his legs fas
tened between two seats By the greatest
exertions lie draped them out and crawled
from the cur. A passenger who was unablo
to free himself , seized Betzold and nearly
prevented his escape. Betzold could do
nothing for tho imprisoned man , who sunk
back and was burned to death.
THE EXGIXEER WAS DRVXIC.
Investigation Into the Horror at Tiffln , Ohio.
Cleveland dispatch : Tho inquest into
the causes of the Baltimore & Ohio wreck
at Republic , Ohio , was begun at 2 o'clock
this afternoon at Tiflin. A special dispatch
says that the city hall where the inquest 13 *
being hold was crowded. The first witness
examined was L. F. Fletcher , conductor of
the train. lie said :
"Ed. Kiler was the engineer of the freight
nnd W. J. Cullison the lireman. We ran
from Tiflin to Seneca siding , about three
: ind a half miles east of here , and side
tracked for the east-bound express. After
this train passed we had forty-five minutes
in which to make Republic siding. We left
this place with 145 pounds of'strain. Af
ter we left this place I noticed that the
train was blacking. I went forward over
the cars , eighteen in number , to the engine ,
to see what was wrong. I found that the
steam had run down to forty pounds. I
opened the door of the furnace and looked
at the fire ; then looked at my watch and
saw that we had but four minutes until
No. G , the west-bound express , was due. I
took a red and white lantern and started
and ran ahead to flag her. I got about
100 yards in the curve and signalled to
stop. As the express approached I no-
noticed that the engineer had reversed his
engine. In the meantime the freight had
come to a stand and the engineer had shut
off the steam and jumped off when the col
lision occurred. The engineer had been
drinking. I saw him take two drinks of
whiskey at Bloomdale and two at FOH-
toria. When I saw that he had but four
minutes to make the siding at Republic ,
the engineer did not scorn to realize the
danger ahead. I tried to gel the passen
gers out of the burning cars. I heard no
shrieks or ciies of others in the burning
cas. "
W. J. Culiison , fireman on the freight ,
wa the next called. He said that he as
: i farm hum ! and had been on the road but
Hues weeks , and never know anything
almut the business before. lie said :
We had trouble in keeping up the fire.
"We had 3 < 10 pounds of steam when we left
Seneca Siding. The train ran four or live
miles , when the steam was down to sixty
'
pounds. We were then going about tin c'e
miles cr hour. The conductor came in.
looked at the lire , and said it was all
right. When the conductor went ahead to
Hag and saw the express coming , he yelled
back for us to jump , and after the collision
occurred I tried to get tho persons out. I
saw persons in there burning , bub I was so
excited I could tell but little about it.
Charles Sneider , of Columbus , was the
firnt brakeman on the freight. He said :
I was in the cab of tho engine , and
noticed that the } ' had but one gunge of
water , when they bhould have at least
three. I was going ahead to ihig but the
conductor grubbed a. lantern and went. I
knew nothing about the conductor or en
gineer drinking. At the collision I saw i
man hanging about half way out of th
smoker who called to me for God's sake t <
help liitn out. The man was supposed to
bu M. II. Parks , of Washington. I heard
no one on the inside of the smoker.
Thomas F. Heskett. of Wheeling , W. Va.
conductor of the express on the night o !
the collision , testified :
The express was three minuted late a
Republic. I had about sixty passengers
fourteen or fifteen in the smoker. Of tha
number five escaped from the smoker , tw <
by being thrown out of the top of the car ,
uninjured , and three somewhat injured. I
think there were not more than ten killed
BWUX CITY'S
coux City special : A petition has beet :
signed by five Sioux City preai Iiers asking
the governor to appoint , special counsel to
aid in the pro < wuiiiin < .f ( Haddock
murder case. The petition names L. L ,
Mills , of'liicag'i , nti 1 .1 ud. f ( ' . ( ' . Nonrse ,
of DPS MoitM's. : is lawyers , either of whon
will lie M.itinf.ictory li Uie petitioners. A
meeting of the attorneys for the prosecu
tion wis heid to-day at which it was de
cided to agree to the request of the peci-
tion. The petition also requests tn ! > gover
nor to grant immunity to George Trieber ,
who has for weeks been in communication
withAttoiney Woods. Treiber is a most
important witness and no other man knows
more of the secrets of the defense. Treiber
was stationed to shoot Dr. Haddock on
the night of the murder , and he distributed
some of the money to get other conspira
tors out of the way. He lied to Canada
and went thence to Xew York , spending
several weeks there. Two weeks ago he
embarked for Hamburg where he now is ,
awaiting the result of negotiations. At
torney Woods has a letter written by
Arensdorf to Treibcr since the latter left
here.
TERR1RLE EXPLOSION.
GSTOW.V , O. , Jan. 6. At 3 o'clock this
morning , Jack Temple , a watchman in the
scarcely complete Andrews ! bock ! on south
Market street , opened a window to secure ven
tilation when instantly an explosion occurred
and he ran into the street with his clothes
aflame and rolled in the snow. Flames burst
from the building , which burned with extra
ordinary rapidity , and was totally consumed.
The blocK was of brick and stone aud had
just been completed at a cost of $60,030. Sev
eral adjoining buildimrs were badly damaged
and the total loss will reach considerably
over 8100,000 , with probably § 75.000 insurance.
Watchman Temple was badly burned and
was removed to the city hospital. Another
watchman , Thomas Brannigan , aged 19 , is
missing , and is supposed to be in the ruins ,
while Assistant Chief Davis of the fire de
partment was painfully burned. Two lines of
natural gas mains ran past the Andrews build
ing , and it is supposed the fluid leaked and
was carried into the building through a drain
trench and was ignited when Temple ooeued
the window and created a draft.
/.Y THE If.lXDS Of .1 RECEIVER.
Qiieago special : A New York special
says : Bets of 51,000 to § 500 were mads
in Wall street last night that the Union
Pacific would be in the hands of a receiver
inside of six months bhould the inter-state
L'ommvrrc bill pass. The almost certainty
of its passage , together with doubts of the
passage of the debt extension bill make the
stock weak , though the large short interest
aheady in the stock prevented a great
many sales which would otherwise have
'
bcen'made. Conservative houses are gen
erally watching the market without doing
much trading. They believe that on the
passage of the inter-stati ; commerce bill
Gould vull make it another occasion to
vent his spleen by jumping on the market
iiH he du : directly after the decis'on in the
Wabr.sh en fee. W. S. Lnwson was scatter
ing predictions among the Chicago stock
houses to-day that Wabanh preferred would
sell under 20 inside of a eek. It Bold from
31 down to 29 to-day.
BELOW ZERO.
CHICAGO , ILL. , Jan. C. The signal service
mlletiu shows that the temperature at 6 o'clock
his morning was as follows at the points
tamed : St. Vincent , Minn. , 40 degrees below ' \
: ero ; Bismarck , Dak. . 31 below ; Buford , J
) .tk. , 37 below ; St. Paul , 24 below ; North c
'latte. Neb. , 10 Iwlovr ; Cheyenne , Wyo. . 6 be1 1 -1
ow ; Salt Lake City , 3J above. J
SOTS AXD DASHES. i
Two cast bound freight trains collided at
RuBsell , Kansas , Thursday , killing T. T.
Alexander ot Ottawa and II. C. Tinges , a
Kansas City grain buyer , Instantly. TUc llrst
train had stopped when the second ran Into
Its rear end , smashing eight or ten cars.
Both engines of the second train were wreck
ed.
Secretary Lamar and Mrs. Holt were mar
ried Wednesday at Macon , Georgia.
Father Augustine , of the Franciscan , order
of Polish monks of Austria , is about to visit
Chicago , iu compliance with orders from the
pooc , Iwfore selecting a situ for a monastery
and school.
James Ryan , the newly-appointed postmas
ter of Appleton , Wte. , is one of the pioneers of
that town , and a veteran editor.
There are five or six inches of snow at Ma-
con , G cor j Li , and Jackson , Mississippi. In
the latter city the streets are filled with hn-
piovised slcgh * .
The menage of the governor of Minnesota ,
In dealing with railro.id questions , susrgebts
the free storage of crain , nrgi-a legislation
against watering stock anil the giving of
p.issc.and recommends the general clnjapcu-
of passenger fares.
Three men were killed at Shcakville , I'euu-
sylvan'a , by the explosion of a boiler ID a sa'-v
mill.
James Spencer , o'f Whitehall , Xew York , has
been nominated by President. Cleveland to be
assistant justice of the.supreme court of Da
kota.
The innkeeper at Bucharest who niade ait
attempt on the life of Prime Minister Bratia- 4
nowas suntcuco.1 to twenty vears' usnal servi 4i
tude. i
John Roach , the famous ship buil.Ier , ! *
kept in bud under the influence of atmrlync.v
His physicians regard his cancer as Lkely to
caiicc his death this month.
Assignments have been made by Edward
Marchcfcsaw , owner of a rice-mill at New Or
leans , and Ame ? , Beat tic it Co. , furniture :
dealers , at Memphis.
' A receiver has been appointed by a London
court for the Monarch Steamship company ,
against which corjxiration tlirec petitions fora
declaration of bankruptcy hail bocn tiled.
SAFE XtEllIXD THE It.UlS *
TTiiirocWeaver ami Ifal'jltt in I/iff
VcnitentUiry.
ST. I.oiris , Mo. , Jan. 0. Dan Moriarily , in
the charge of a Pinkertou detective , arrived
from Kansas City this morning. He tells the
same story alwut his connection with the
robbery as before , except that 1m adds that
\\henbcwrotc toWittrock refusing to have
anything to do with the scheme , the latter
answered him that there was absolutely no
danger , as he had the messenger "lixcd1' all
right. He emphatically denies having :
' squealed. " It is supposed that he will not
be prosecuted and that he wa brought here to
testify iu the coming trial against Fothertng-
ham.
ham.The
The Adams express robbers. Frederick
Wittrock , W. W. HaightandTliutivw Weaver ,
were taken to the punitentiarv at Jefferson.
City by an earlier train than was expected ,
but notwithstanding a large crowd congre
gated at the railwaystation to see them off.
As the train pulled out a number of United
States express employes joined iu giving three
cheers for "Jim Uiimlngs. " '
The trip to Jefferson City wa uneventful
and after the UMial preliminaries at the peni
tentiary the prisoners were placed in s-eparate
cells. They will be put to work In a day or
two.
JEI-FEHSOX CITV , Mo. , Jan. ( X The train
robbers , Fred Wittrock , William W. IJaight
and Thomas Weaver , were brought up from
St. Louis to-davand placed in ilie penitentia
ry. They excited more interest than the leg
islature as the storv of WittrocJv's bold per
formance and his escape in a leaky f < kifZ had
been rehearsed in various shapes and with
some addition" . Coining up on the train , the
tiio was very cheerful , singing and laughing
most of life time. Tliev weakened a'little
when introduced within the walls of their fu
ture home and looked remorsefully sub
dued as they were ushere.1 to their cells bv
William Rvan , the ( rlendale tri.in robber , now-
like themselves under sentence , but who occu
pies the position of assistant turnkey in the
penitentiary. Wittrock and Ilaight will bit
cell mates , being placed in the south side of
hall B in cell No. I-JS. Weaver is in the north
side of hall B in cell No. 110. llaight will be-
known on the pcnitentiarv records as No. 0100 ,
\Vcaver as 6101 and AVI tiroes as OlOi Thev
are not yet detailed for work.
IXTEIl-STATE COMMERCE JJ/Zi.
Washington dispatch : Senator Mc-
Pherson to-day submitted an amendment
to the inter-state commerce bill proposing
the addition of the following words to sec
tion 5 , which prohibits pooling : "Pro
vided , however , that if. after full investiga
tion , the commission or a. majority thereof
are of the opinion that the interests of
borjh'shippers and carriers will be the best
promoted by an equitable divisou of tho
traffic or of the proceeds thereof , tho pro
visions of this section may not be enforced
prior to January one , 1888 , nnd it shall
be the duty of the commission to report
their action with the reason therefor to
congress in December next. "
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2
BARLEY No. 2
RYE-NO. 2
CORN No. 2 mixed
OATS No. 2
BUTTER Creamery
BUTTER Fresh dairy
Eo s Fresh
L'HICKENS Per 9 >
TURKEYS Per Ifo
LEMONS Choice , pcrbox. . . G
OUAMJIIS Per box 4
APPLES Choice per bbl II
BEANS Navy.s , per bu 1
ONIONS Per bu .he ! 1
POTATOES Per bushel
HONKY Neb. choice , perlb. .
WOOL Fine , per lb
SEEDS Timothy 2
SEEDS Bine Grass 1
HAY Baled , per ton 8
FlAY In bulk ! >
HOGS Mixed packing 4
UEEVES Choice steers 4
SHEEP Fair to good 2
NEW YORK.
iViiEAT No. 2 red
r Ungraded red
UN No. 2
3ATS Mixed western 3G
: ORK- 12
JAKD C
CHICAGO.
.VHEAT . Per bushel S0',4' @
* ORN Per bushel
) ATS Per bushel
jARD G
Ions Packing fcshipping. 4 i
BATTLE Stockers 2
SHEEP Natives Ji i
ST. LOUIS.
VHEVT No. 2 cash J
JOHN Per bushel ;
) ATS Per bushel . ' 29
loos Mixed packing 3 i 3 75
UTTLE Stockers 1 ! 270
IIEEP Common to choice 3 ( 400
KANSAS CITY.
\THEAT \ Per bushel
ORN Per bushel I
IATS Per bushel ' .
ATTLE Feeders 2 !
Iocs Good to choice. 3 J
IIEEP Common to good. . 2 '