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OVER THE STATE.
MISCELLANEOUS ST.1TJ0 MATTERS.
A sixteen year old boy named Jlecok wns
j run over by the cars at Omaha last week
i and killed. Ho was walking on the truck
, and on account ol tho wind , which was
blowing almost a gale , did not bear the ap
proaching train.
' Gim.ni ) Island has inaugurated a new de-
' parturo in tho matter of raising revenue
J for tho city's support by imposing upon
| every class of business within its borders
! a license for the privilege. Tho cost of li-
< censes ranges from 55 to $500 per annum.
] Hawkers and peddlers are to bo taxed $10
! eacli day.
Tun goneral assembly of the Presbyte
Ij rian Church of the United States , com
mences at Omaha on the 10th of May. It
will continue probably two weeks. The
assembly is composed of 480 delegates ,
rcpreeeu ling every Presbytery in tho United
States , nearly all of whom will be in at
tendance , together with the various boards
under the direction ot the church , standing
committees , and many of the officers act
ing under tho boards. Each Presbytery is
entitled to at least one clerical and one lay
delegate , tho larger Presbyteries being cnti-
tled to a greater number. Tho event will
be one of considerable importance to
Omaha.
A vkkdant young man from Ohio en
route to Los Angeles , California , stopped
off a day to 'Bee the sights in Omaha.
While thero he Tell in with a clever fellow
I who , ns they perambulated tho streets ,
asked to seo his ticket. When it was
shown ho snatched the paste-board , scoot
ed up an alley and was soon out of sight.
The Buckeye sent back homo for funds to
continue his journey. j
Signal , service telegrams are a thing of j
„ the past in Lincoln , owing to tho lack of
I funds. They will be resumed when tho now
I levy becomes available ,
j Fremont calculates on 15,000 population
by 1890. New dwellings are going up in all
' directions , and not a few substantial busi
ness structures will be among the improve
ments for 1887.
\ A juvenile temperance society is to be
\ organized in Beatrice.
A good deal of real estate is changing
hands in Madison enough , in fact , to give
tho town quite a boom in the dirt line.
Five school buildings accommodate tho
, rising generation of Seward.
8 Methodists of "Dakota City will put up a
I ? 2.000 church.
1 Goudon offers a bonus ol 51,500 for a
I flour mill.
I Tun salt well work at Lincoln has been
resumed after a cessation of six weeks dur
ation. Mr. Bullock , the contractor , states
that he proposes to complete the contract
in nil requirements , notwithstanding tho
fact that the entire distance from 1,200 to
2,000 feet must be done by him at a direct
loss.
Articles of incorporation has been filed
IS in the Hall county clerk' office of the
Grand Island Canning company , in which
the capital stock is made § 20,000 , with
the privilege of increasing to § 100,000.
Pender special : Saturday a prairie fire
started in Farley's pasture , east of Logan
creek , and spread rapidly before tho wind ,
which was blowing a gale. Striking the
i north line ol the reservation , which was
opened for settlement last fall it caught
several settlers unprepared , burning up all
of Thomas Head's hay , destroying a barn
continuing a calf belonging to Jack Walker ,
a hay stark and wagon , and barn and con
tents owned by Eli Hansen , and a burn
with fifty chickens , the property of one
m TipnerjThe losses , while not large , will
fall heavily on the settlers , who are strug
gling to open up new homes on the virgin
lira ' s if.
Tun people of Catherton are vigorously
cussing that part of Grover Cleveland's ad-
! ' ministration that is responsible for the
! ' carrying of the U. S. mailo to and from
1 . Catherton. On account of a change in
routes Catherton has had no mail from
> J any direction for some two weeks past and
fi . no immediate prospects of receiving any
II „ in the luture. Hence the kick.
jl' - It took one hundred and fifty pages of
IS * legal cap paper to complete the bill of ex-
jj ceptions in the Shcllenburger case , which
If * has been filed.
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II The G. A. R. boys of Hartington have
\m \ already appointed a committee.to attend
( " to decoration day exercises.
; i TnERE was recently held a meeting of
iS business men and leading citizens of Na-
I ! • ponce to devise ways and means to con-
I tinue prospecting for coal. The leaders in
[ i , the movement have great faith they will
, | ' find coal in paying quantities.
j The Methodists of Dakota City will erect
a fine church this season. The site has
been selected.
i Tiie auditor of public accounts has been
sending out to the railway companies of
the stato blank assessment sheets to be
filled in with the assessments of railway
property in the state , the returns on which
must be made on or before April 5.
The following circular has been issued by
the traffic department of the Union Pacific
railway : "To all concerned : You are here
by notified that a compliance with the ini i
ter-slate commerce law , which becomes ef- j
festive April 5 , 1887 , demands various and !
important changes in the tariffs of this
company , affecting inter-state business. All
existing tariffs and special rates ( rebates or
otherwise ) now in effect or that may be .in
effect between stations on the lines ope
rated by this company , except those ap
plying to local business between points in
- the same state , prior to April 5 , 1887 , will
f be void on and after that date. Now tar
iffs , published in comformity with the re-
. . quirements of the inter state law , will bo
lrr _ . ' issued as early as practicable. "
! fe > There arc over 8,000 members of the G. j
- A. R. in Nebraska. j
ifer * James Galvin. an Omaha man confined ,
? . " ' ' in jail in that city last week , died a few ]
; ' • > • hours after being locKed up. Too much J
If - strong drink was the cause of his sudden J
§ * * taking off. . I
fe Madison's board of trade waBorganized } ,
it - ' by twentyeight of the leading citizens. ,
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ON tho east sido of Emerson is a ditch
for draining laud. The other day Helen
Carrabine , aged about eight years , was
playing rith other children above tho
bridge , when she slipped on the ice and
tumbled into the ditch , which was full of
melted snow. She flouted with tho cur
rent , and a little way below tho bridgo
crawled out of tho wator without assist
ance , and unable to call lustily for help , as
sho was too much chilled and sntikcd to
walk home. It was a pretty cold bath
and a very narrow escape from drowning.
The people of Culbcrtson have on hand
a canal scheme. The surveyors have run
one line from a point , north of town , Bixty
feet above tho river , to tho French ,
just seven miles west of Culbcrtson. The
I cost of constructing tho canal will bo con-
1 siderably less than was at first anticipated
as tho draws and canyons on tho line , it is
found , can be easily passed. The Sun says
that if the people of Culbcrtson and vicin
ity want to make that tho city of the Re
publican valley they have it within their
power to accomplish their purpose. A
direct water-fall of forty feet can easily be
had to furnish an inexhaustible water-
power.
A series of meetings under the auspices
of the M. E. church of Western wero well
attended. Deep interest was manifested
throughout and quite a number of conver
sions ure reported.
At Wahoo Jansa's dwelling and aaloon ,
including stock , on Lincoln avenue , were
completely destroyed by fire. The fire is
supposed to bo the work of an incendiary.
The loss is about § 2,500 ; lully covered by
insurance.
I The authorities of Gates college , Neligh ,
have secured the funds for the erection of a
Lndics' hall. The plans and specifications
have been adopted , and as soon as the
condition of the ground will permit a hand-
3ome three story brick building will bo
commenced , to cost § 5,000.
At Broken Bow John Sanderson , a noted
character , stabbed his youngest brother
Beveral times , probably fatally. He is uu-
arrest.
An immense canning factory is being
erected at Seward.
The Omaha Fair association will givo
§ 0,000 to speed contests at their Septem
ber meeting.
A thirteen year old son of Montgomery
Pollock , of Dodge county , had a leg frac
tured. He was riding a horse when the an
imal fell with its weight onto the boy.
In 1S86 there were 1.091 persons who
made final proof on land in Holt county ,
aggregating 274,040 acres , as ' reported by
the auditor of public accounts.
The government at Washington has
granted a pension to Johnathan Potts of
Beatrice.
J. W. Henderson. B. & M. agent at An
gus , died very suddenly , last week , from
hemorrhage of the lungs. He was appar
ently in good health , being on duty when
he began spitting blood and died within a.
few minutes. His body was sent to Ba-
tavia , Iowa , for burial.
Ainswoutii has voted to build a § 10,000
court-house for Brown county.
The boonvng Platte river has proved
disastrous to a good many bridges.
Rumors are prevalent concerning the lo
cation oT the bridge division of the Bur
lington & Missouri at Falls City. The
bridge at Rulo will be finished by October
1 , 1887 , and then several roads are ex
pected to be built to Falls City , to use the
new bridge. The Burlington & Missouri
will build a line to Topeka , Kas. , and the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe are known
to have expressed a desire to come.
The auditor of state has published in
tabular form the total insurance business
of the state during the year 1SSG as com
piled from the reports of the different com
panies filed in his office. This reportshows
that eighty-nine direct fire insurance com
panies transacted business in the state
during the year and the totals of business
transacted show the risks written amount
ed to $09,305,335.71 ; the total cash re
ceived in premiums amounted to § 1,192 , -
2G7.S7 ; the losses incurred amounted to
$445,89G.4G , and the losses paid by the
differentcompnnies footed up$39S,549.70.
Five thousand dollars are now sub
scribed by the business men of this town to
be expended in boring for coal , gas or an
artesian well , as the results may develop.
Tiie Methodists have erected a fine house
of woiship at Maple Grove , Nemaha
county.
Numerous cases of measles in a mild
form exist in Saunders oounty , and the
school's have been closed in consequence.
Many builders in South Omaha , whereat
there is a gentle kick among some of the
citizens of the former town.
Hastings figures on becoming tho second
city in the state not many years hence.
The legislature adjourned for a brie"
season to enable mcmbcrsito attend the G.
A. R. encampment at Omaha.
The saloon and dwelling house of Mr.
Jansa , of Wahoo , was destroyed by fire.
THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
Lincoln , March 12 Senate. Senate file
2G9 , to provide for the urbanization , gov
ernment and powers of cities of the second
class , having more than S.OOOinhabitnnts ,
passed. Senate file 239 , amending fixing a
poll-tax at § 3. passed. Senate file 214.
providing for the appraisement of land
taken by railways , passed , as did senate
file 241 , providing for a lien upon female
animals.
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Lincoln , March 12. House. House
roli 15 , appropriating § 35,000 to the blind
asylum at Nebraska City , was reported fa- '
vorably from the committee on public '
lands and buildings , but a motion to re- '
commit to committee of the whole pre- ,
vailed. House roll 313 , to establish a
Normal school at Plum Creek , was re- '
ported back without recommendation. !
House roll 485 , fortherelief of Cass county , '
aud senate file 103. amending the mud tax
law , wero reported back favorably from • .
their respective committees. After some .
further proceedings of an unimportant !
character , the house adjourned until noon !
Monday.
Lincoln , March 14 Senate. On third .
reading the bill , senato file 171 , by Mr. Col
by , changing the time for personal taxes to t
become delinquent under township organi
ization , was passed by unanimous vote. \
Senate file 182 , relating to the conveyance
or title land by trustee , was , in a spiritless
manner , recommended to pass. The bill
nllowing the taking of judgments on item
ized accounts supported by affidavit in c
case no defense is made , was recommended e
to pass. House roll 19 , creating a state r
board of pharmacy and regulating drugc
fists , was recommended to paes. i
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| Lixcoln , March 14. House. The house
convened at 2:20 : o'clock. After prayer
tho following petition wns read :
Lincoln , Nob. , March 14.1887. To Hon.
N. V. Harlan , Sneaker of the House or Rep
resentatives : I desire through you to mako
known to the honorable houso of represent
atives of information which warrants mo
, in making the chargo that inemb rs of tho
house cotnmitteeon judiciary , whose names
I deem it improper to divulgo at this time ,
have become parties to a criminal conspir
acy to defeat the b 11 now in possession of
said judiciary committee , senate lilo No.
98 , an act to amend sections 214 and 215
of tho criminal code. I have positlvo
iknoulo ' so of the attempt of ono lnsmber
of the judiciary committee , who claimed
to represent others , to extoit a largo
sum reported to mo as § 5,000
from certain kcopers of gambling
houses in Omaha , for which sum the said
members offered to procure an adverse re
port of the committee on tho anti-gambling
bill , and cause its final defeat. A largo
.Hum , amounting to several thousand dol
lars , wiib thereupon contributed by tho
' parties interested and placed at tho dis
posal of the members or the legislature
who aro in collusion to carry out this cor
rupt bargain. I am also reliably informed
thatn corruption fund was raised and dis-
I tributed by certain contractors for public
works and parties connected with cor
porate interests to bring about the defeat
of , or radical changes in , senato file 84 ,
known as tho Omaha charter bill. I hold
myBolf ready to substantiate these charges
and mako known to any investigating com
mittee appointed by the house all the facts
| known to me concerning the same.
I [ Signed ] E. Rosewater.
I Dempster moved that a committee of
seven be appointed by the house to in
vestigate tho charges and report their find
ings to the house. So ordered.
Llncoln , March 15. Senate. Tho sen-
nte passed S. F. No. 150 , relating to coun
ty and city bonds , also II. R. No. 19 ,
which establishes a board of pharmacy
and requires tho registration of pharma
cists. The supplementary appropriation
bills Nos.483 and 484 were reported favor
ably by the committee on finance , ways
and means. The bill for tho validation of
deeds , which was drawn in the interest of
Judge Gosliu in .the Goslin-O'Brien suit ,
over certain Omaha real estate , was rec
ommended to pass. Several other bills
were recommended to puss and the supple
mentary appropriation bills made neces
sary by the addition of twenty days to the
session were passed.
Lincoln , March 15.House. . Mr. Russell
chairman of the judiciary committee ,
moved that the resolution adopted ye.stor-
day providing for a secret investigation of
the charges made by Mr. Rosewateragainst
certain members of tho judiciary commit teo
lie leconsidercd. Tho motion prevailed.
Mr. Russell , chairman of the judiciary com
mittee , moved that the investigation bo
held with open doors and the public be in
vited. The motion was carried. A motion
was made , adding Messrs. Randall , Peters ,
Pvmburlon , Fox and Veach to tho investi
gating committee. The motion to stiiko
out the enacting clause of the militia bill
was lost. The appropriation for the first
year was cut down from § 40,000 to § 30 , -
000 , and the appropriation for succeeding
yeuis from § 35,000 to § 20.000. The
salary of the adjutant-general was cut
down rrom § 1.500 to § 1,000 and the bill
was then recommended for passage. H. R.
No. 4G1 , making appropriation for miscel
laneous items of indebtedness was some
what amended and recommended for pass
age.
.Lincoln , March 16. Senate. The sen
ato went into committee of the whole on
the general file , Mr. Brown in the chair.
Bill 152 , setting salaries of county officers
was recommended to pass. Mr. Colby's bill
139. enabling farmers to plant "wind
breaks" at will on their farms and yet be
entitled to the statutory bounds , was rec
ommended for passage. Mr. Robbins' mo
tion to repeal the present law relating to
wind breaks on section lines wnslost. The
senate reported for passage Mr. Meikle-
john'x reform school bill above mentioned ,
which also includes the parolingof inmates
and sending the feeble minded over to the
Beatrice institute. Mr. Sterling's bill , 179 ,
providing for the annulling of the bonds of
matrimony by a woman whoso husband is
incurably insane , was recommend to pass.
Mr. Linn's bill , 21" , providing for a lien of
the owners of stallions , jacks and bulla
upon the get of the same , was substituted
for file 241 and recommended to pass. Ad
journed till Monday at 2 o'clock. '
Lincoln , March IS. House. The com
mittee to investigate the charges of Ed
ward Rosewater against certain member.
of the judiciary committee of the house ,
met at 9 o'cloek this morning. All the
members were present. The following com
munication was read by Mr. Dempster , the
chairman :
To Hon. John A. Dempster , Chairman ol
the Special Investigating Committee of the
House of Representatives My Dear Sir :
Under the new conditions imposed upon
your committee , I have come to the con
clusion that it would be a costly farce to
undertake to establish tho charges which I
have made in good faith. The memoran
dum which I had placed in your hands
when the committee first organized con
tained very ample and circumstantial
prooN against the parties implicated in
the conspiracy to defeat senate file number
ninety-eight. I relied upon my ability
to have the witnesses named in the
memorandum examined separately , within
closed doors , expecting , of course , that
your committee would also examine each
of the members accused oT collusion and
give him an opportunity to explain his
conduct by his own testimony and if possi
ble to clear himself by furnishing you cor
roborative proof to overturn the charges.
It would be utterly impossible with open
doors to carry out such a programme ,
hence the end would be a mere acknoul-
edgoment that money has been collected
for the purpose of defeating the bill , bat
that that proofs were wanting to confirm
the charge of conspiracy. That would j
whitewash tho very men whom I know to be
guilty by a superabundance of proof and
by their conduct on the floor of the house
when the charges were preferred. I can
even establish the fact , if necessary , that
members of the judiciary committee im
plicated in the conspiracy concocted the
rtcheme Monday night to break up your
committee by insistingupon theaddition of
six member * of their own choosing , and to
thwart tho object of the investigation by
forcing the committee doors open. Their
Miccoss shows that the plotters and their
confcderntis in the lobby wield a baneful
influence in the house. It iiad been my in
tention to puMi the investigation ( as I told
fou personally ) , have the committee sit at
3maha Wednesday and Thursday , and finJ J
sh the inquiry by Friday. This course bej j
ing now impossible , I respectfully request
ihat tho proceedings be dropped , as they i
vould only entail needless expense upon
-he state. i
Urgent business compels me to make a
rip to Cleveland. If. upon my return next
veek , the house persists in making the in- i
'estigation , I shall be at your service.
Very truly yours , E. Rosewater. I
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The next number of The Century will j
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ontain an editorial an. - j
II , " which allunes to some of the tributes ' i
mid to Mr. Lincoln by the leading Ameri- , <
: an writers , but especially to Mr. Lowell'e i
• emarkable record on this point. i
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XniRTr PASSENGERS KILLED.
A Counterpart to tho Recent Railroad
Horror Occurring in Vermont Four Cars
Go Through a High Bridge.
Boston dispatch : Tho recent terrible
disaster at tho Whito River bridge , on tho
Central Vermont railway , was paralleled
to-day , and , with tho exception of tho llro
feature , almost exactly duplicated , at
Busey bridge , on the Dcdhnm branch of
tho Boston & Providence rond. At. Whito
River four cars were thrown from the track
upon a bridgo seventy feet above a river ,
and went down with the bridge to the ice
below , resulting in the death of thirty-two
people and the injury of nearly forty moro.
At Busey bridgo six cars were thrown from
the track upon a dry bridge forty feet
above the highway , and , with tho bridge ,
crashed down into the street , resulting in
death of , according to latest reports ,
thirty-two people , and the wounding of
from forty to sixty more. At White River
the engine and two cars passed safely over
the bridge , and their occupants escaped by
a miracle. At Busey bridge the engine and
three cars pabsed safely over and their
human freight escaped with only a jar.
The scene of today's awful calamity is
seven miles southwest from Beacon Hill ,
i Between the Forest Hills and Rosiiidale
stations , on the Dedhaui branch , South
street makes a graceful curve ami passes
under the railroad , which also curves at
| that point. The bridge crossed over tho
j highway at a height of forty feet and was
150 feet long. The noint is upon the bor
der of the old Busey farm , now the prop
erty of Harvard college , and the seat of
the Arnold arboretum. At 7 o ' clock this
morning the workingmeu's train , consist
ing of an engine , ei ht passenger coaches
and a smoking c.ir , left Dedham for Bos
ton. Webster White was the engineer.
Conductor Webster N. Drake of Dedham
was in charge of the train , and was assisted
by Conductors MyronV. . Tildon of Ded
ham and Mr.Stubbs. Immediately behind
the locomotive was a passenger car. Fol
lowing it were seven ordinary day cars ,
most of them of the old-fashioned type , at
least with cast-iron stoves in the middle of
the car , and the rear was brought up by
the smoking car nine cars in all. Stops
were made at Spring street , West Roxbury ,
Highland , Central , and Rosiiidale stations ,
with about 300 people on board , mostly
workingmen and women , . . shop and stoic
girls , with lunch-bags in hand , chatting and
laughing merrily , and a few business men.
The three forward cars were more densely
crowded than any of the others.
At just 7:15 o ' clock the train
rounded the curve and passed upon the
bridge. The engine had just cross-il tho
first abutment when Engineer While felt a
jar as if the train had struck something.
Hastily glancing backward out of his cab
window lie saw and heatd , as did the en
gineer of that fated Central Vermont train ,
bix rear cars and the bridge falling with a
crash into the abyss below. The three cars
immediately following the engine had safely
crossed the bridge , but had been thrown
from the track. Engineer White at once
uncoupled his engine and putting on all
the steam possible ran down toward For
est Hill station. J. H. Lanuon. a lish
dealer , was driving up Troni Forest Hill to
ward the scene of the disaster , when the
engine came down the track whistling
wildly. The locomotive slowed down at
the Forest Hill crossing and Lannon
stopped his team , shouting to the engineer ,
"What's the matter ? " "My train has
gone through tho bridge ; telegraph to Bos
ton , ' ' was the reply. Lnnnon went to the
station with the message , which was
quickly flashed over the wires. Then he
hastened back to his team and drove up
to the wreck , being the first outsider to
reach the spot. Arriving at Forest Hill ,
the engineer at once rang in a fire alarm ,
which summoned to the scene the fire de
partments of Rosiiidale , with a steamer
and hook and ladder truck from Jamaica
Plain. Having thoroughly aroused the
surrounding communities and telegraphed
the fact of the disaster to the officials.
Engineer While remounted his engine and
ran her back to the wreck , where crowds
were already gathering.
In the roadway under the bridge , in the
space of 150 feet between abutment and
abutment , there were in an instant piled
up the debris of six cars , interwoven al
most inextricably with trusses and girders
of the iron bridge , and within and among
which the passengers were held fast or
writhing in distressome or them crushed
almost beyond recognition.and one or two
of then beheaded. To such as had power
to move the means of extrication were
made easier by the completeness of the
wreck , for the sides and ends of the cara
were often smashed out , leaving more or
less free egress. lJut in the two cars which
struck the abutment the scene was fearful.
The wooden debris was piled up about one
of the stoves , and was on the very point ol
set ting the wreck on fire when the earliest
arrivals at the scene and those who had al
ready succeeded in extricating themselves
unhurt , managed to drag the stove out
through the broken walls of tho car and
deposit it in the roadway. None of the
other stoves wero smashed , for a wonder ,
sufficiently to ignite the wreck with their
burning contents , and the work of extrica
ting the dead and wounded was begun.
The majority of the passengers in the
cars which plunged to death were women ,
all young , happy , hopeful creatures whose
tiny satchels , with carefully prepared
lunches , told pathetically as no wordc
possibly can the circumstances of their
lives. Ben Goldsmith , a resident of West
Roxbury , was one of the fortunate pas
sengers. He was in the last car to land
safely on the further side of the bridge , and
as the car wh ch followed his plunged back
ward and down , he jumped through the
rear of the car and landed safely unon the
embankment , as the dying cries were sent
up from the commingled and indistinguish
able mass below. In the first car that
went down , sat , side by side , Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cardinal. Mrs. Cardinal's head
struck the side of the car and she was
instantly killed. Her husband escaped
with his life. His injuries were summed up
ns follows : Seveie scalp wounds , con
tusion of the chest , with bloody e.\pectora-
tion , contusion of the hip , besides seven : '
bruises on almost every part or his body. '
In the smoker a Mr. Roundy , aged < '
50. was playing cards with E. B. >
Snow , Harry Gay , and Officer Lailler. !
Every one of his companions were '
killed outright , and a few moments later '
Mr. Roundy found himself standing on the ' •
soft clay mud of Rosiiidale road , his cloth
ing torn , the blood streaming from his face
and head , holding in his hand the "queen
of diamonds " the surviving relic besides ,
himself of a game that will never be fin- !
isiied. Roundy managed to get home , where -
he is now lying in a critical condition. '
Robert T. Abraham was jammed in be- '
I ween tln seaN hndiv. and his leg broken , j
His daughter Nellie was badly injured in ]
many places about thelimbsand body , and j
all her front teeth were knocked out and j
several of them were swallowed. A p.i the- <
tic eigt > t was that of two girls with armi ,
around one another , clinging in the em- .
brace of death. Both had been killed by (
blows upon the head One man wuh found j
sitting upright in Iris seat , but stark dead. (
with blood flowing in several small stream * \
from cuts on the head.
The women had an awful time in getting
out. Many left their clothing , which was
torn from their forms. There were young *
; irls together as if they had occupied two '
scats facing each other. All those pinned *
3own in the cars had a horrible fear of fire
ivnd shrieked for assistance to escape pos- ]
sible cremation. I
Tho wreck wns horriblo in thooxtrome ,
and ono ot tho very worst in the annuls of
railroading. As fast as tho victims were
brought out they wero lifted tenderly into
wagons and carried to tho Rosiiidale and
Forest Hills stations most of the dead to
tho latter place. Thoso who lived in Rosin-
dale , and who wore able to walk a score
or moro climbed painfully up the embank
ment through mud and ico on to the trucU
and took up their march for home , and this
corps of bleeding and maimed men tramp
ing wearily into tho town was about the
first positivo information the good pooplo
of that placo had of thoextent of tho disas
ter. Beforo the work of extrication and
tohcuo had been completed tho dead had
nearly all been identified and taken away
by friends or removed to tho city morgue.
The wounded had been taken to their
homes or to the Massachusetts general and
city hospitals.
As soon an tho nows of tho disaster
reached Boston tho railroad at onco began
to run trains to the scene , and tho Metro-
tropolitnn Street railway starfed a line of
cars running atabout live-minuteintervals.
Probably 75,000 peoplo visited the wreck ,
and cart loads of spinters wero carried
away as relics. Owing to tho fact that
many of tho victims were removed in tho
wayabovedescribed.it is impossible to
night to givo an absolutory correct list.
Fully seventy persons are believed to have
brcn injured. Of theso a number will dio.
The railroad officials ure making a diligent
effort to ascertain the exact number of tho
killed and wounded and will make a report
ns soon as possible.
Tho railroad commissioners visited the
sceno this afternoon and had pointed out
to them tho supposed cause of the acci
dent. At tho lower end of the hangeiu
which supported tho bridge is a casl-iron
box enclosing a clutch which resembled two
fingers of a hand drawn up to a half circle.
Thos clutches were about two and a hall
inches wide and ono nnd a half inches
thick. Over the iron fingers was a round
steel pinion about eighteen inches long and
three inches in diameter. One of these fin
gers was completely rotted away by niKt.
and the other rusted about half through.
Thus tho whole strain was thrown on these
weak iron fingers and it was but a natural
consequence that when the engine passed
that this finger should break , and one ol
its supports being gone , tho wholo bridgo
had to fall.
RUSSIA'S RULER IX PERIL.
An AttemjU to Take His Life on the Anuierr-
sary of < 7 * Assassination of Ills lather.
Sr. Pi-teksruimj , March 15. It was semi
officially stated today that Sunday the police
were unformed thatan attempt might be made
on the life of the czar on that day , it being :
the anniversary of the assassination of his
father. As a result the police arrested near
the imperial palace several persons discov
ered holding dynamite bombs in their hands
ready to throw at the czar as he emerged.
London. March 15. The Russian embassy
in Loudon has received dispatches confirm-
ins : the reports of a discovery of a plot to as
sassinate the czar and the arrest of the ring
leaders. These dispatches say that no actual
attempt was made to kill the czar , as the plot
had been discovered before he left the palace.
The BritL-.li government has received dis
patches to the same effect from the British
ambassador at Petersburg- - .
PRETTY > EARLY SUCCESSFUL.
A dispatch from St Petersburg to the Dal j
jYeipt sa > s : "While the czar was returning
from the requiem services m the cathedral of
St Peter auu St. Paul a bomb attached to a
cord was thrown hi his direction. The inten
tion was to tighten the string , which was
connected with the mechanism , and thus ex
plode the bum ! ) , but before it could be execu
ted the criminal and a su peeted accomplice
were seized. It was found that they lived
together iu a lodging house in a suburb of the
city. The police visited this house and dis
covered there a quantity of explosives and a
number ot icvoluiionry pamphlets. Orer2J )
persons have already been arrested in connec
tion with the i'lLiir , and domiciliary visits are
bemir made thoughout the city.
"The German police had warned the Rus
sian authorities that an attempt was to be
made against the czar's life , but the latter
failed to trace the plotters. " <
A telegram from Vienna confirms the Hew.
dispatch , and savs that the bomb was thrown |
under the czar's carriage and that it was .
shaped like a bok , o that it could be carried \
iu the hand with nt exciting suspicion.
A dispatch from : > t. Petersburg to the Stand
ard says that one of the six students arretted |
in connection with the plot can led a hollow
book containing a bottle filled with dvnamite '
and j ) isoned bullets. The others had parcels I
and bags containing bombs. • '
The dispatch also says it is alleged that a i
woman was arrested who had a uomb coni i
cealcd in her mull. I
WARNED BT THE POLICE. I
A St. Petersburg disuatch to the Tim's ]
-vys : "On Sunday the route which was to ,
have been taken by the czar was crowded ;
with gayly dressed people. Before the im- J
perial party left the fortress , the police tele- .
graphed that th-y had grave suspicions that
violence would be attempted , and advised :
their majesties to change their route. Ac- '
cordingly the royal party drove bv way of the '
Neva Quay and a cucuftous route , avoiding : '
"
the town. Mean while ai rests were made at I
the corner of the Ncwsky Prospect and the
Great Morskai , where the plotters expected a
tiie imperial party would slacken its pace I
upon turning the corner. On Monday many :
of the 200 persons arrested w ere released. A j
special council was held on SuikUv night , r
Grand Duke Viadeinir presiding. 1 he would- s
be assassin is of short stature. He refuses to
replv to any questions.
Sunday morning the czar had no suspicion
of anv danger whatever. He had been con
gratulated'by General Gresser upon his con
tinued safetv. He cried on hearing of the '
danger which he had escaped. He did not
learn the particulars until he arrived at the
Gatschina palace. J
The persons arrested with the plot indigt
nantly deny that they are in anv way connee- (
ted with tiie outrage , and repudiate any iilea ]
of conspiracy. Their motto is , they say : "The 1
people ; with"the czaror against the czar. " J
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MILL COyrOR.lI TO TIIE LAW. 'j
Washington dispatch : Members of the 1
General Passenger and Ticket Agents' a so- *
ciatioti to-day adopted a resolution which i
expresses the desire of the association to r
net in harmony with the inter-state comI
mcrco law and pledges tho association to a A
str ct adherence to its provisions. The
convention adopted the recommendation ?
of the national association of baggage ]
agents that 150 pounds of baggage In * fixed I
ns the limit for each full ticket , and referred
to the various local associations a recom
mendation of the baggage agents that a .
uniform rate of 15 per cent on excels bag- ,
mge be established. (
DTiyG iy ritisoy.
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Boston special : In the hospital , ill with j
general debility , is auotherfnmous convict ,
[ lis name is Moses ex-Governor Moses , of . ,
South Carolina. This old culprit is pretty q
well broken down physically. He is an obc
iect of pity , for if he were set loose to day I
lie would be utterly unable to do anything I-
"
for himself. He is a man of medium I
fieight with hollow checks and sunken eyes. C
The officials say he has a consumptive ten S
lency. Some one asked him a few das
lgo what was the cause of the breaking up y
if his health. He replied that it was theef- q
Iect of opium , to which he hud Jieeu ad- q
licted Tor many years. This may explain j
the consumption. q
qS
The shah of Persia has granted 24.000
quare j-ards of ground to Dr. W. W. Tory
ence. p hysician of the American Presbyterian , .
K > ard of missions , for a hospital at Teheran.
The aged step-mothhr of Captian James B c.
Sads resides at La Porte , Indiana , where she H
a compelled to maintain herself by sewing. Si
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My Mil "JBMyjHLHK' .
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QUIETLY LAID TO REST. | '
37ie Wife of the Condemned AtmrchUt J | f
Burled Without Any Unusual Dcmoiutra- s •
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tton. J
Chicago special : It is cstimatod that ba- # 1
twecn 20,000 and 30,000 pooplo turnod f j <
out to-day to witness tho demonstration I J
at tho funeral or Mrs. Oscar Neebo , wife of \v *
the condemned anarchist. No disturbance , f
of any kind occurred , and tho proceedings r |
"
wero devoid of any thingsensational. Fun- -t
oral services wero hold at Mueller's hall , at Ut
tho corner of North avenuennd Sedgwick | , • •
street , and around tho hall thousands of * • " , j
people stood for hours , waiting patiently # l |
"
to witness tho runcral procession. Within jfi f
tho hall stood tho coffin , containing tho i I
remains of Mrs. Neobo , surrounded by a j
bower ot beautiful flowors and plants.
The faco of tho dead woman looked calm / 9
and peaceful. Tho hall was elaborately H
draped in mourning and had a striking cf * ( M
feet. Ja
From early in tho morning until 1 * ;
o'clock p. m. hundreds of people crowded 'iM
into the hall to gaze at tho remains , and ab ' < 1
times the rush was very great and tho ,
noir > . and confusion almost intolerable. '
The funeral services began with the rondi- M
tion of one of Gmthe's songs by a male r
chorus , and then Georgo Schilling umdu an M
address , iu which he spoke of Mrs. Neebe M
as a wiio and mother in effective and elo- h
quent terms. Tho Franz Abt quartette <
sang a hymn. Resolutions of condolence fl
wero read , and then Paul Grottkau {
deliend a speech in German. lie said > U
in substauco tiiat Mrs. Neebe had died of a H
broken heart , a victim of cruel society , , fl
leaving behind those who are persecuted , fl
with a brutality that has no parallel in , H
history. Mr. Grottkau continuing , said : fl
Still my duty and my conscience make it , H
imperative that I lift my voice to accuse ' 'fl '
that society whose victim lies on the bier ( H
before us. From this bier a call shall go jH
forth to tho powerful und tho rich cuu- f k
tioniug them as to the fruitugo of their H
own storm seed. | H
After a song by the socialistic nmlo M
chorus , resolutions were adopted to the ef- H
feet , that tho people hero assembled pledge ' M
themselves to employ all honorable means / |
to restoro Oscar Neebo to his children a |
free man ; failing in this , to hold liicmsulves > i l
responsible for tho proper training and ed- ' H
ucation of his children. H
• A number of letters of condolence from ' ' l
labor organizations were read , aud theu , 1
tho services in the hull were concluded. ) H
The formation of the funeral cortege oc'j l
cupied considerable time , and it was nearly ' U
4 o'clock before the solemn march to the . j M
grave was begun. The cortege was com- ' H
posed of various socialist aud trade organ- f B
izntions of Chicago , iu full regalia and with ( J l
banners covered with crepe , bes des nu- ' |
meroiiH people iu carriages and on foot. ' H
The interment took place in Gracelanrl H
cemetery , after brief remarks by Paul H
Gtottkau. H
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NOT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. < H
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Land Commissioner Sparhs Enters Denial M
of Certain Rumors. H
Washington special : Commissioner H
Sparks , of the general land oflic , makes a . ' ' H
mi ceiling denial of the published teporfc * > |
that he has written letters to New York M
politicians favoring the nomination of B
Gov. Hill Tor the presidency and himself for | |
the vice-presidency in 18S0. Tho state- V |
incut , ho says , is unqualifiedly false and , H
made out of whole cloth. He never wrote j |
such a letter , never saw Gov. Hill , never M
leceived a letter from him , and nevcrwrote. H
one to tiie governor , and denies the whole M
thing. Mr. Sparks challenges the prnduc- , |
tion oi any such letter. Jin hopes ? .fr. K . H
S. Stokes , iu whose hands the publisher H
placed them , will mnkc them public , and if / M
any of them appear , he will prove them to \ |
be 'orgerics. ' |
Mr. .Sparks'explanation of the disagree- H
ineiif between him and Controller Durham ; H
is as follows : Thenrcountsforthe''Benson , * |
survey's. " the auditing of which is in the f H
hands of the commiHsiouer of the general J H
laud office , were disallowed by Mr. Spniks , < H
mid were never sent to Control- j |
ler Durham. The controller wrote to * B
Mr. Sparks to forward tin : account to him. ] |
that he might act upon them. This Mr. j |
Sparks refused to do , as he nut not going M
to allow the accounts , and it was not his ' < |
[ iluce to forward the accounts , except such < |
is he approved as auditor. I lis reasons ' . ' i l
For disallowing the accounts , he said , were il l
misstated. They were under con- / l
tracts made by his predecessor , it was ' 1
; me , lie said , but the surveys had never ' |
; > eei made. He disallowed the contracts , 'j l
lot because the contracts ought , not to |
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lave been made , but because the service j H
inder the contracts had never been per- i l
Di-ined. Mr. Durham , or his deputy , he j Hfl
: aid. had tried to force him to send the ac- J H
-ounts to the controller's office and bad -j l
akeu the matter to Mr. .leaks , but it hud | |
jeen decided that he ( Sparks ) could do as 'i l
ic pleased about the matter. ' H
Controller Durham corroborates this by ' i l
laying that the only disagreement between ' ' |
lim and the commissioner that he 1
was , re- > ' '
piested the commissioner to furnish tho r i l
ienson accounts , as he thought he had a l
ight to them , but Mr. Sparks refused to t ' ! |
end them to him. ' |
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