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A. C. KOSHER, Mlskr.
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NEBRASKA.
CTTKREKT COWMEN!.
It is estimated that four thousand
people committed suicide in Pris the
past pear.
Charles Steyexsoj., of Fulton, 5",
Y., is reported as fifty years old and as
having never eaten meat. He is evi
dently afraid of the American bog.
The City Coancil, of Halifax, (X. S.)
recently pas.oed a resolution permitting
colored children to enjoy the same
school privileges as white ohildren.
Ma. Perkins, of Kansas, lately intro
duced a bill in Congress to appropriate
30,000,000 annually from internal rev
enue taxes of the country, to aid in the
encouragement and support of common
schools.
The House Public Lands Committee
recently considered the argument
which have been made and unanimous
ly voted to forfeit the grant of thcTexas
Pacific Railroad. The bill was to be re
ported 3t once; other hind grant case
would ho considered by the committee
as rapidly as possible.
The authorities of Canton (China)
are said to be vigorously preparing for.
war. They are building a telegraph
line between Canton and the Tonqutn
frontier. The Viceroy of Canton has
issued a proclamation summoning the
people to prepare to repel the French
invaders, at the same time expressing
friendship toward other nations.
A member of the late Texas Stock
men's Convention is reported as esti
mating that two million head of cattle
and horses are supported on free grass.
Half of this grass i3 public property.
The net profit is twenty-five per cent.
The two million head of stock is worth
forty millions- dollars.and the owners of
the stock therefore get out of the free
grass a profit of ten millions dollars a
year, half of which comes from the
school ami State lands.
A colored man named Robert Gor
don who was a slave until he was thirty
five yeara old, when he purchased his
freedom, recently died at Cincinnati
leaving a handsome estate. After am
ply providing for his widow, in his wilL
he devised $25,000 for the establishment
near Cincinnati of a home for aged and
indigent colored women. He expressed
the hope that others might add dona
tions for the same object until the
home is adequately endowed.
At Newark, N. J., the other day
Judge McCarty sentenced John Egan,
ex-Speaker of the Assembly, toiniprison
ment at hard labor for thirty days in the
penitentiarytand to pay a fine of five
hundred dollars for an attempt to bribe a
member of the Legislature. The court
took into consideration the pica of
uilty,.the prisoner's health and the
petiton for mercy, also the fact that
Egan is forever disqualified from hold
ing any office of trust or profit in the
state.
The live stock dealers recently sub
mitted to the House of Representatives
a petition, asking legislation to protect
their interests. The memorialists
Asked Congress to provide means for
the extinction of the disease of pleuro
pneumonia. This, they say, is only to
be done by the .slaughter of all the in
fected animals. The estimated expense
ef such a measure is one million five
bundred thousand dollars, not more
Shan one-third of which need be imme
diately available.
The flrst statue ever erected in Indi
ana wfts that of Oliver P. Morton's, re
cently unveiled at Indianapolis in the
presence of an immense concourse ol
people. The entire cost of the monu
ment is $12,500, all of which has been
collected. This included the cost of an
iron fonce to inclose the monument.
The pedestal upon which the statue is
placed is eight feet high, and is of
Clark's Island (Me.) granite, the one
word, "Morton," being cut in large,
clear letters on the south side.
Recently there was an attempt to
burn the Foster Grammar School build
ing in Summerville, Mass., in which
were several hundred pupils. Investi
gation discovered the incendiary to be
Fannie G. Walker, a fourteeu-year-old
pupil. The evidence showed the girl to
have a mania for setting fires. When
quite young she was nearly burned to
death in a fire which she set while play
ing with matches, and she still bears
the scars upon her face and neck. Al
though the evidence was positive against
her the girl firmly denied her guilt.
The irrepressible Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines, widow of General Gaines, whe
has figured as plaintiff in many heavy
suits the past quarter of a century and
who recently got a verdict again the
City of New Orleans for over two mil
lions of dollars, is again to the front.
The House Committee of Private Land
Claims recently unanimously reported a
bill for her relief. It provides for the
issue of patents to Mrs. Gaines for thirty-eight
thousand four hundred and fifty
acres of land on account of grants made
by Spain to John Lynd and Thomas
TTrsmohart from whom flhfi received the
title, provided that no mineral lands be I
' Included in the grant. h ,
THE WORLD'S DOINGS
imrjr f the Dalljr ewh
PROCEEDINGS P C9XGKBS9.
fcr tlie Senate, the 14th, Mr. Vest pre
sented a petition of pork packers of 3t. Louis
praying for retaliatory legislation against
France and Germany. Mr. Sherman called
up the resolution for the election of President
pro tfm. and moved that Senator Anthony be
chosen. The resolution prevailed, but Mr.
Anthony declined, when Senator Edmunds was
elected and duly qualified. The
Senate afterwards wtnt into ex
ecutive session In the House lr. Belford
introduced a hill to promote the public wel
fare by securing reasonable rates of transpor
tation on railroads aided by the isue of
United States bonds. It recites the annua! re
port of the Cnion and Central Pacific Kail
roads, shows large ?ums as net earning above
ten per cent, and provides that tariff charge
on local and through frcizhJ be reduced to
one-half the average rate existing In l&Cand
I.sKt. without regard to clarification. The in
troduction of bills continued until adjourn
ment. Ix the Senate, on the loth, a petition was
presented from citizen of Kansas for a Con
stitutional amendment for woman's suffrage.
Mr. Anthony's resolution concerning the pro
hibition of the importation of healthful
American meats was taken up and dis
vuvwl, when the Senate went into ex
ecutive session In the House, Mr. Cobb,
Chairman of the Committee- on Public
Lands reported a bill declaring forfeited cer
tain grants of land made to certain different
States to aid in the construction of ald road.
Mr. Money, Chairman of the Committee on
Pot-ofHef- and Ponroads, reported a bill
making all public roads and highways post
rout-. Hills ere considered in Committee of
the Whole until adjournment.
Is thi Senate, the Kith, Mr. Hoar called
up hl bill providing1 for counting the electoral
vote. leing the same as the bill pased by
the Senate of the Forty-seventh Congress. It
was again passed without debate. Mr. Plumb,
by request, submitted a Joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the constitution pro
hibiting the manufacture ami sale of intoxi
cating liquors In the United states. Referred.
In the Houe bills and resolu
tions were presented: among them a
resolution, which was adopted, calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for u statement
showing the gross and net earnings perannum
of each United States Marshal. Attorney and
Clrk. beginning with the fiscal year ot J?73
and ending with the fiscal year of lrvl. The
Houe considered in Committee of the Whole
the Senate bill appropriating f 1,000.000 for the
purpo-e of continuing the work of improve
ment on th 3Iiasiippi Klvcr. A long debate
followed. Pending consideration the House
adjourned.
Os the 17th, the Chair laid before the Sen
ate a nvmorial from William Pitt Kellogg,
denying nlLthc imputations against him con
tained in m-cntdocuinentA transmitted to the
Senate by the Secretary of the Interior relat
ing to a transfer of the land
grant of the Texas Pacific to the Southern
Pacific, and asking an investigation. After
the morning hour the Senate went into execu
tive eslon In the House a Mil was report
ed from the Pen'ions Committee pensioning
the surviving grandchildren of Thomas. leffer-.-on.
The Senate bill appropriating $,((),fti
to continue Mississippi Itiver improvement
parsed. The House then took up the calendar.
Is the Senate, the 1.3:li, a message was
received from the President transmitting
communications on the subject of a relief ex
pedition to the Greeley party, recommending
immediate action, as tncituatittii of the party
is perilous. Mr. Miller, of California, from the
Committee on Foreign Relations re
ported favorably the bill relating b
the execution of a supplemental commer
cial treaty letwecn the United States and
China. The bill prohibits the importation of
opium from and exportation to China. The
j Senate then went into executive session
I The Houe dispensed with the morning hour
! and1 went into Committee of the Whole upon
the Fit. John Porter bill. Mr. Sloeum sjoke
at length in support of the bill. Mr. Steele
' oppoed. Without final action, the House ad
journed.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
The Ohio Legislature elected Henry B.
i I'avne United States Senator.
The Democratic Legislative Caucus of
Kentucky was at a dead-lock upon the
choice of United States Senator, three can
didates being in the field with Senator
Williams in the lead.
The Legislature of Maryland, after a
lively contest, elected Judge E. R. Wilson
United States Senator, to succeed Groome.
miCELLANEOt;S.
At a late meeting of the Senate Commit
tee on Public Lands, Senator Van Wyck's
bill for the relief of settlers on the public
domain in Nebraska and Kansas was or
dered reported favorably.
The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce recently adopted resolutions me
morializing Congress to provide efficient
defenses for the Pacific Coast.
Dk. J. D. Stocking, Postmaster at Law
rence, Tex., a small station between Dallas
and Terrell, wag arrested recently on the
charge of unlawfully breaking open letters,
and the detectives were after Mrs. Carr,
whose office it was to carry the mails from
the depot to the post-office, on the charge
of deserting the mails. Mrs. Carr was also
telegraph operator at Lawrence. She got
wind that
the officers were after her and
skipped.
While resisting arrest W. II. Alexander,
a cowboy and noted desperado, was shot
and killed on the reservation at Pena Col
orado, Tex., the other day, by a. detach
ment of soldiers under command of Lieu
tenant Eggleston. Alexander Imd been
terrorizing the ncihborhood and threatened
to wipe out the military- One soldier,
named Ross, was killed nnd two others
slightly wounded before Alexander's Win
chester was silenced. Lieutenant E.jgle
ston was fired at by the desperado, but
jumped aside, the ball grazing his blouse.
Hkewktek Cakeros, who had been be
fore the House Committeo on Expenditures
in the Department of Justice, was again be
fore the committee and gave in addition to
thoso already stated a list of twenty-five
more names of persons whose ofiicial con
duct bad been investigated on account of
alleged irregularities and rendering fraud
ulent accounts. Some of thesonien, Cam
eron said, have been convicted. Ralph
Bolin, Special Examiner, who will
be sent to South Carolina to present the
cases of sixteen United States Deputy
Marshals to the Grand Jury, also appeared
before the committee to give bis experience
as Examiner in Georgia, South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida,
New York and Pennsylvania. He began
with the experience of Georgia in the fall
of 1831 and spring of 1682, by the examina
tion of the accounts of United
States Marshal Fitzsiramons, pre
decessor of General Longstreet.
Bolin said that a shortage of $23,C03 was
found. The ofiicial has never been prose
cuted, nor had anything been recovered
from Fitzsimmons or bis bondsmen. The
erroneous charges on the part of Deputy
Marshals under Longstreet, amounting to
$4,000 or $5,000, had been settled through
Longstreet ' He, however, was not blamed !
by Bolin, as the overcharges were made by
Deputy Marshals, who were punished.
It was reported that Sheikh Senousi
was advancing to join Mahdi, the False
Prophet. If true, Egypt was thought to be
In the greatest danger, as the influence of
Senoussi extends over the whole Worth
African maritime provinces to Egypt.
At the United Stales Land-office at Santa
Fe, N. M., recently, the old Fort Sumner
Reservation was sold, netting twenty
Ihousand dollars. The purchasers were
althy cattle men who, it was stated, in-
r tend to use the place for a home ranch, and
stock the range adjacent to the lands pur
chased with forty thousand head of cattle.
Is New York the other day Mrs. McDon
ald locked' two children in a room while
she took the third to schooL Returning
boms she found the two children dead.
They had lighted a fire on the floor and had
suffocated.
Is the new rules adapted by the United
States Senate the sale of intoxicating
drinks in the Senate restaurant is expressly
prohibited.
The Grand Montezuma Hotel at Lat
vegas, N. M., burned recently. The guest
lost everything. Total loss, 300,00-).
The Indiana fruit crop was reported
killed by the late cold weather.
Value of exports of domestic breadstuff
for December, 1S83, $12,941 ,G93, against
j 17,037,790 for the same time in 1SS2. Foi
the twelve months ended December 31.
ISSt, $172,692,130, against S1S2,673,8."4 for the
same period 1832.
Ax aged Mormon, residing near Salt
Lake City, Utah, recently read the Gov
emor's message against polygamy, and
then went ont and hanged himself, leaving
four widows.
Secketabt Chandler reported to tht
Senate that there were ninety-three vessels
on the naval register in November, 1SS2, of
these twenty-two were built prior to th
rebellion, thirty during the rebellion, and
forty-one since the close of the hostilities.
At a spelling school the other night nai
Hillsboro, 111., Walter Walcher killed
Stephen Sturgeon. They were rivals foi
tne smiles of the same girl.
Miss Florenxe Hassek, a highly re
spectable young lady of Vandalia, 3Io..
was to have been married a few days sine
to a young man of that town, but he failed
to keep his engagement, when she poisoned
herself. The recreant youth fled.
The other night the residence of Johc
McQuirk, a miner, in Leadville, Colo., wat
blown up by giant powder. A lighted
candle set fire to the curtains and soon
communicated to the woodshed where the
powder was stored- McQuirk saw the
danger, seized his three children and
escaped just as the explosion took place
Senator Edmunds was present at a
recent meeting of the Senate Committee on
Post-offices and Post-roads and gave his
views upon the points involved in the con
sideration of a postal telegraph. He enter
tained no doubt in regard to the constitu
tional right of the Government to build
telegraph lines, but strongly opposed the
purchase of existing lines.
The House Committee on Pensions has
made a favorable report on the bill grant
ing iensions to nil survivors of the Mexican
war, wars with the Creeks, Seminoles and
Black Hawk war.
The other morning the body of Prof.
Peter Voltz. a prominent citizen of Alle
ghany, Pa., was found at tho South street
railroad bridge in Pittsburgh, with a bullet
hole in the temple. He had been murdered
and robbed.
The Senate in executive session rejected
the Mexican Reciprocity Treaty.
The House Committee on Commerce is
said to be by no means unanimous con
cerning the immediate retaliatory meas
ures against France and Germany. The
Townshend bill was defeated in commit
tee recently and the whole 'matter tempo
rarily postponed.
The steamer City of Columbus that left
Boston on the afternoon of the 17th for Sa
vannah, Ga., was wrecked at what is
known as Devil's Bridge, some hours after
sailing. Seventy passengers and thirty
four officers and sailors were reported
lost.
The business failures for the week ended
January 18 were 423, against 333 the pre
vious week.
The shock of an earthquake recently
stirred up the people of Wilmington, Beau
fort and other places in North Carolina.
It was denied in Paris that the United
States will mediate between China and
France.
ADDITIONAL DIS PATCH KS
Congressman Kellogg, of Louisiana,
in whose State Mrs. Meyer Miller made
application for a license as master of a
steamboat, argued her right before the
Solicitor of the Treosurv the other day.
The Solicitor acknowledged there is no law
to prevent her holding a license, and so de
cided. Secretary Folger will order her
license issued.
Jacob Schaffneb, while on the way
,rorn ew YOTk to 1-as egas, .
M., re
ceived intelligence at Li Jnnta of the
death of his brother at Las Vega3, which
caused him to become insane. Before
reaching Lis Vegas he escaped from the
train, and it was feared had frozen to
death. It was thoughtjie had considerable
money on his person.
A recent boiler explosion in the Cincin
nati (O.) Corrugating Company's manu
factory set the building on fire. The loss
was .flC.'l.iVK). There were many narrow es
capes, but no one was seriously hurt. Fif
teen girls in the twine factory on the second
floor were panic stricken and several
jumped safely from tho windows. Two
fainted on the stairway, but were rescued
by young men employes, who rendered in
valuable aid. One saved the wraps of the
girls, but had to jump from a window to
escape the flames.
Mike Cuddigan and his wife who recent
ly caused the death of little Mary Matthews
by cruelty, in Ouray County, Colo., were
taken from the officers by a mob nnd both
hanged. For want of sufficient evidence
John Carroll, the woman's brother, was
permitted to live.
Seven nre-nbers of Henry Kendall's
family resiuing near Louis-rill?, Ky.,-were
recently poisoned by eating Rouah on Rat,
which by mistake had been put in biscuits,
Kendall and a son fatally.
William H. G.clo.v, lately of the firm of
Williams & Gnion, of New York, recently
failed for 2,000,000.
The legal representatives of nearly erery
lapsed grant railroad were present at the
recent meeting of the Senate Public Lands
Committee in opposition to any bills for
feiting their lands.
Friends of the Mexican treaty assert it is
Hot dead but will be reconsidered.
The -discovery of a secret printing office
in St. Petr-jburg (Russia) was the cause of
t,,e arrest of eighteen persons.
The Senate was not in session on the 18th.
The House was in session only for debate
on tho Fitz Join Porter bill. '
The. St. Charles Hotel, at Paducah, Ky.,
burnedithe otl er morning. Loss. $28,000;
insurance, .'j5,00v.
Among t he v ictims of the ill-fated steamer
City of ColumLus, which was recently
wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts,
were Rev. C. A. Kami, rector of Trinity
Church, at Haverhill, Mass., his wife,
lighter, father ancljggher.
A5 0CEA5 HORROR.
Wreck ef the Steamship City of Colananf
oa the Massachusetts Coaat Oae Hoa
dred and Four Lives Lost Li t of th
Loataad Saved Details of the Disaster.
New Bedtord, 3Iass Jan. 18
One of the most distressing shipwrecki
recorded for years occurred last night.
The steamer City of Columbus of the Sa
vannah steamship line went ashore or
Devil's Bridge, Gay Head, and was totally
wrecked.
The City of Columbus left Boston at thre
o'clock Thursday afternoon carrying eighty
passengers and a crew of forty-five. At
3:45 a. m. Friday, Gay Head Light, bearins
gouth half east, the vessel struck on the
outside of Devil's Bridge buoy. The wind
was blowing a gale from west by north.
The vessel immediately filled and keeled
over, the water breaking in and flooding
the port side of the saloon. All the passen
gers excepting a few women and children
came on deck, nearly all wearing life-preservers.
All the boats were cleared away,
but were immediately swamped. A ma
jority of the passengera were washed over
board. Seven passengers left the vessel on
a life raft, and about forty more took tc
the rigging. At 10:30 a. m- the Gy Head
life-boat put off and too'c seven persons.
Another life-boat put otT between twelve
and one. The revenue cutter Dexter came
along about 12:00 and sent off two boats.
Twenty -one persons, one of whom ai
dead, were placed aboard the Dexter, and,
a'ter all the persons were taken from th6
vesel, the Dexter proceeded to New Bed
ford. Three persons died after going
aboard the Dexter.
Ca'ntain Wrizht siyshe passed the Cross
rip lightship at twelve o'clock and that he
continued by east and west chop with a
strong breeze west-southwest. "After
passing Noleska, the course being west
southwest, I stepped into my room to wnrm
myself, as it was very cold. Everything
was working well. After being below a
short time, I heard the second-mate, who
was in the pilot-house with the mate, si'ig
out to the quartermaster to port the helm.
I jumped out o tiny room, thinking we had
come across a vessel bound down tfie
Sound. I then cried out, 'Hard aport,' not
knowing but it-wasavesselandintbemoon-light
I saw the buoy on Devil's Bridge on
the port about two points forward of the
Learn and about 300 yards distant. She im
mediately struck. I ordered the engine re
versed and she backed about twice her
length. The steamer immediately stopped
and I ordered the jib hoisted and endeav
ored to head her to the north, but she filled
forward and listed over to port so the
plankshire was aboutfourfeetunderwater.
I went alt and told the passengers to keep
cool and get life-preservers. I next told
the officers on d?ck to get the boats ready.
The steamer settled down aft and righted.
It waa blowing very hard and a heavv sea
was running. We launched port No. 6
boat, which immediately capsized. The
sea was breaking over the steamer's deck,
and, tha stern being under water, we were
forced to go up on top the house. I stayed
there awhile, but we were finally obliged
to take to the rigging. The mate, second
mate, chief engineer and first engineer took
to a raft. I think the steamer .struck on a
lone rock." The captain is posi ive he
struck outside tho buoy and in backing
drifted inside.
THE LOST.
The following is a list ot tho-e lost
wm. W. Wrfjr' t an 1 wife, Boston.
E S. Ituml. lawyer, and wife, Koxbury
T. K. Ha e.prwtcc' dealer, Boston.
Sirs. I). S .-n i5, Southampton, Mas.
Henry L. I5iu hlor anil w.te, Dorche;ter.
lame:- A. Mcrr.II. Boston
)car Ios'gi, 'Jurkihh Cjnsul-General to
Boston
N. .1. Morton. Boston ntiJir.
Helen Brooks. Northboro, Mass.
Mr. uud Mr. C. A. Itaud ami son, Boston.
Mrs. Herr ?l:ule, Chelsea, Mass.
Mrs. S.J. I'inkiiam, Lynn.
Joel Xoiirc, Boston.
C K. .Tarncs, Mis Beach, Mrs. Gibcon, Levi
I a vrence. George II. I- e low. Dr. If. C. Bart
lett and wire. Mr. kc.tue. It. B. Bclywt, wife
iirwl tivn rhililif-i Mis. J. Atkmin. Mrs. L
1 DavK H.J. Kt-in r,r. C Hiehiirlson and wife.
K.T Hutclilu-on and wife. a. am c. Henry I.
Daniel and wife. Mrs. James BcjI and Miss
Ileal. Mm. Whluom'i. D. W. Mitchell. J. Tib
liltts. T. A. D.ny. .M.u ynt. x Ciimtnlnffs. 1).
Eaton. A. Cha-e"und wif II Durland. W.
Lapbam. O. B. Hammond. . I). Ball, c. F.
Frost. attln pa-serg.-r-, r- djeces unknown.
The ret-idt-nce none of the following
iteeraa this ens-",r are known: Annie Kelly,
siflj-'ith. C E G xldard. T. . c arfy. (i.
Syne?. C Giiftlii. T. 1.. GhMiwrs. W. H. Wright.
August I'e"'n. J. It. Hebar. J. O. W hit
comb. C O. W ilt-tt. Brown. Walker. Gassett.
The last thnt; applied for tlcki-ts Just before
the hour of starting und the full names arc not
obtained.
THE SAVED.
The names of the saw d are: Horace Wntr-hou.-e.
Bath. Me.: John v hite. Prince Edwurd
Island: K. W. lalrlml-s. (iorhuin: Tiimna?
D'liiry. lire-ran. E.T. IJrijrjrs. Bosttn; Fur
herHa"ion. Bo-ton: A. A. Human. Brooklyn,
Steward: S. K. Wright. Boston; (.artain (J. D.
Wliiicotnb. Hudson. Mass.; W.H. turnsworth.
rown.'end. Mu s.; Geo. W. Kurnstvorth,
Townsi-nd. Ma : John L. l.'ooX Fo-tland,
Me.: H. W.edmiin. Ijiwrence. Mass.: Euycnj
Metary. a.ja McCnrthy. Sornerville. Mas?.:
A. Plnllirs. nst assistant engineer: John Mad
den, f huriottc:wi. P. K. I.; J. It. Hammond.
(JoId-lMinj. Me. The following u embers ot
the crow are kro vn to be sivcd: Captain
Wright: asslrtjnt engineer Philips: tin-nun
O'Leiry: stewar.i Mttman; s.aman Madden.
Following are the names of t:iose taken
3shirat Gavhead. One of them wiwdrad.
nut It Is not krown wirch nn-: Harry Co'.Iii s,
thin! engineir: Win pnu d nz. purser: Mi
chael Kennedy waiter: hdward O'Brien.
Halter: John Holmes, plctran; oce passenger,
name unknown.
TATE rXKNOWS.
The following are those on the raft, whose
fate I- unknown: A. Moirls'in. chief -ngi-ceer:
Edwin C. 1'uller, first mate; Augustus
Hunlln, second mate: Wm. Murray, iifsi'stant
engineer: Wm. Kitzpatrick. carpenter; Blih
ard Sullivan. Prince Edward Isl.ind.
OFFICERS.
FIit mnt3. Fdwurl Fuller, Birnstable: sec
ond mute, Allen hldredge. thatl-aii. Ma-s.;
boatswain, Phillip Clark, I Oi'on; nuait rinas
ter. McDonald: engineer. Archibald Morri--on.
Boston; third engineer. Collins: purser,
W. Spaulding, Boton: socond steward. Howe,
and thirty-three seamen, names unknown.
Four dead bodies of men were brought to
this city on the Dexter: one is not identi
fied. Iwo are identified as Helon Brooks,
Northboro, Mass., and G. Fred Chandler,
Hyde Park, theotheris supposed, from cards
lound in his pocket, to be a member of the
arm of U. Kicnardson & Lo., Clinton Mar
ket, Eoston.,
About forty men took refuge in the rig
ging, where they remained until'lQ:3 a. m.,
.when a life-boat puaiff from Gavhead and
took away seven passengers, one of whom
died soon afterward. Shonly afternoon
another life-boat put off to the vessel, and
the revenue cutter Dexter came along and
sent off two boats. Twenty.one men were
taken from the wreck and placed aboard
the Dexter, four of whom died nfterward.
After all were takerf off, the Dexter sailed
for this port. The total number saved is
twenty-three. Five bodies were recovered
and 119 souls are unaccounted for. Seven
teen saved and four dead were brought
here, andsix suppo-ed to be living and one
dead are at Gayhcad.
Captaiu Wright was among the last tc
leave the ship. Two men frozen so stifl
they were unable to relinquish their hold
on the rigging, were at length the only
persons remaining on the steamer except
the Captain. Lieutenant Rhodes asked
him to. jump, but be shouted "Save those
men first." They are frozen," was the
Lieutenant's answer. The Captain then
jumped, and although he could not swim a
stroke, was rescued by Lieutenant Ken
nedy. Lieutenant Khodes, ot the Revenue
cutter Dexter, distinguished himself by his
heroic efforts, at the extreme peril of his
own life, to rescue the two unfortunates
who were hanging frozen in the rigging ol
the ill-fated steamer. He succeeded but
both of them died before reaching the cut
ter. One of them was a Mr. Kchardjon.
Abont :sjj0.vas fonnd in a wallet in bu
pocket.
WRECKED 05 THE SAIL.
Saifoaa Cnsqaenr of BrokM Kail n
. TriH Koad-A Lonr List of SereTj- In
juria to the PuEer, Sesae of Whix
Xar Storm Fatal.
Fort Worth, Trx Jan. IS.
This doming at two o'clock a west-bound
train, running fast to makeup for lost
tt'ma w.: wttlifn fnnr mfffxt fit lills&D.
, ' .,. -w,.,l th rMtr.
VVUClAa AUb.ClA UU33 Ub Mba-- - - .
break. Two coaches and a Pullman wert
derailed and turned over down an embank
ment. The air was rent with screams and
grcan3 and many were thrown out in an
unconscious state. The Pullman and ad
joining coach are wedged into each other.
None in the Pullman were hurt, bat about
thirty in the other coach sustained severe
injuries. To tho-e unhurt the bleeding
heads and bodies of the others were sicken
ing. Some of the wounded were removed
to a neighboring house and others carried
on the front of the train to Millsap. Phy
sicians were ordered from Weatherford,
Millsap and Fort Worth. Seventeen of the
victims were brought to the Gould Hos
pital, only one a whose in juriei is regard
ed as likely to prove fatal Mrs. Ford of
Illinois.
THE VICTIMS.
The list of wemded Is as follows as far
as ootained:
L. n. AtwelL Columbia, Teen.; deep scalp
wound.
John Ford, nead and face cut.
31 rs. O. S. Ford. Ohio, 111.: fracture of arm
and injury to spine.
Mrs. Jennie Hancock. Abilene: nervous
prostration and scalp wound.
A. J. Hardin. Terrell: fere arm and litt.' An
ger broken: scalD wound.
Mr. Hardin: h-p and spine injured.
George F. Hall, sprained ank c and shoul
dersprained: scalp tut fiom ear to ear.
Mr. Hall, shuulder sprained and stiff el
b&w. .
B.J. Williams, Dawon: Internal Injuries.
IL S. Stratton. Jrhnson County; injury to
spin" salp wounds.
II. H Rogers. Fort Worth; scalp cuts and
injury tf spine. . ,
J. D.lhckmorton. Parker County: shoul
der dislocated.
L. B Wood, Comanche; scalp cuts, internal
injuries.
Victor 3Ienenez, New Orleans: nose cutoff,
three teeth broken and leg bruised.
George McCiT. Weatherforl: forearm cut
and finger btokr-i.
It. E. Benttej, C !o-ado City: spine injured.
H. B. itenne't. .ott jii County; arm broker.
J. M. Srennet. hip sprained.
J. C Zcin. Ab !cce: .scalp and h n 1 cut.
Mrs. M.J. Gaines. Brown County; scalp and
knee cur.
F S. Gaines, sculp wound.
E. M. Duntar, Du.las: left ankle sprained.
There was hardly a person in the two
coaches that escaped injuries of some kind.
The best attention is being paid those at the
hospital here. Some continued on the way,
while others returned home.
A FIEltY RIDE TO DEATH.
A Passenger Train Knvelopeil In Iturnlng
Oil The Cars Consumed, Tliree Women
Burned to Death and Many Seriously In
jured. Bradford, Pa., Jan. 15.
A stream of wasto oil flowing from a
tank across the Bradford, Gordell & Kin
zua Railroad caught Gre this morning. A
passenger train from Wellsvillo for Brad
ford ran into it, and the train was imme
diately enveloped in flames. The track for
a distance of one hundred yards was cov
ered with oil. It is believed that gas com
ing in contact with the fire box of the en
gine exploded, firing tho oil, which spread
on the wind, and enveloped the doomed
train in an instant in a mass of flames. So
intense was tho heat that tho windows
cracked and fell in.
takes to write it, a
In less tim9 than it
passenger coach and
baggage-car were converted into a seeth
ing, hissing cauldron of fire. It was a ter
rible moment. The coach wa3 filled.
There was. a rush for the doors, but tht
heat was so intense that tho panic-stricken
passengers were driven back, and forced to
jump through the windows, landing in the
snow.
A relief train with surgeons and cots
was dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival
a terrible sight presented itself. Tho pas
senger coach and baggage car were smok
ing ruins. The engine lay on its back, hav
ing turned a complete somerset,
xnc DEAD.
Hts. u. v. Fair, ot Kinzna Junction, was
burned beyonu
woman and hail
Her husband escapi
window.
3Ibs Katie Jloran, Allen's, 2. Y a small
station near Aikln, wa$ burned almost to a
crisp. Mls Moran -was found hanging out
side of the coach gra.spiugthe window sill.
lue third woman burned to death, bad not
been identified.
isacrnED.
Prof. Faught Is not expected to live.
Patrick r-e.xton, engineer, is terribly burned
about the face and hands.
3Ilke Walsh, fireman, was horribly burned
abo.utthe luce and arms.
W. H. Befmai, injured internally.
Jerry Denagan. brakemun. hands badly cut.
Charles Heidrche, express messenger, was
burned about the hands.
George McCartney, a newsboy, was terribly
burned about the head and hands; not ex
pected to live.
A. N. Carpenter, ot Little Gcne-oe, face and
left hand burned.
Jerry Haggerty. Ceres. X. Y., badly burned
Bbiut the tnte and head.
3Ir.s. Black, daughter and son. of Aikin, N".
Y.. burred about the head and bands.
3Ir. Black was mct severely burned.
G. W. Van. wife and son, of Indianapolis.
Ind., burned. The boy was badly burned
about th'? face and hind-!.
John Kafoor, Aikin. N.YM terribly burned
about the face and hands.
An eye-witness of the disaster said: "It
was the grandest and yet the most awful
scene that human eyes ever witnessed. For '
a distance of nearly half a mile the road
bed was covered with oil. At points it was
over the rails. The moment the gas came
in contact with the fire-box it exploded,
firing the oil. In less than one minute the
engine and cars were enveloped in flames.
Great black pillars of smoke ascended
heavenward. Tiio driving wheels of the
engine, which was dashing along at the
rate of fifteen miles an hour, scattered the
oil over everything with a rush and roar
which might have been heard for a mile.
The flames leaped fully 2.7) feet ahead of
the' locomotive, which was thus compelled
to n a through a veritable sea of fire, such
as is seldom the fortune of man to witness. "
A Fatal Cu!Uioa.
Isdulsatous. Ind.. Jan. IX
A collision occurred in the Big Four of th
C, L. and St. L. & C. freight yards thia
morning, causing the death of Gas Pree.
nita, a Big Four car-inspector, the destruc- '
tion of a caboose and of a car loaded with
merchandise. A freight engine had been
hauled in and lef c at the belt. Train No. 13
was rounding the curve in'the yards at a
five-mile per hour rate when it collided
with a caboose which No. 13 was backing.
Pregnitz and companion were in the ca
boose and saw the danger. "The former en
deavored to effect bis escape but was
caught in the wreck, his head crushed and
leg broken in many places. His companion
escaped, although the car in which lie sal
waa sm ished to pieces. The engine's pilot
and headlight were knocked off, and tha
damage in dollars will be omsulerable.
Pregni.z had been emploved bv the com
pRnV tor several year-. II leaver a wife
and tare children. The c dli inwai due
to tlw tact Miat on the -hi p curve ueitbiV
uiuu -! ; 'Ksee:i uy iiie o;ticr. I
recognition, bne was u young ! 'xSr ... "."r . . ... -. .
onlv b.in innrrfpd txenvouri. V "tKE-u5. " oeyonu an oucsnoti riat
cd bv lumnimr throinrh a I prices oi an raw sugars 11 tne Lnitcu w.
THE CA5E O'ROlTEKb.
.sTlfth Aann.Tl Convention of th- 31I jij5
Valley Cane Gnmr.V Aso-uiii-Jn.
The fifth anneal convention of t . M.s
sissippi Valley Can? Growers' As-- .a' r
wa-s held in He Louis, 1I., vymm-. mg oa
"Wednesday, the I'J-ta inst. I'rfs I u; No
man j. Coleman cail-d the r.,uvc .,, ts.
order. The following .lelete- wretre-
ent:
Illinois If, A. Weber. Geo. W. Gar a-" nv
McMertefl. Chaniaii-n: C. M. wart LI
wardsvUIe: F. K. Gtuwrne. Edward- -
E.Wisd5or. Havana: W. D. Hi!. -. - W
F. 3IcQuaid. ?w.in;vick; O. . (.itbs ( a
Loub Iiifw. Kn-Knjrvjlie: J J. I .... -v
Neoga; H. V.amf'h. Bunker Hili; B ' t
rouitcrvfl e: Dr X. B. Uh. ( aha.o . he
Lowe. JohnonvJHe: J. T. ieiww,-r
William Keller. L.fce ty; s. E. Garun' L
r?
J. G. Heron. Cairo ton; ULi a Cobi. u '
Hail;T.J-Cro.hi:oh II :?: Jarae- A (a .
wi P, Ti.Jen: Levi Pig , It d :e Pra:r.f
Indiana E. W. Doming. Latsyr'tt-. A. I -na.
Danville.
Iowa A. S. Folger. J. X. Wn-on. jv t
ton: J. I- Bozartb. "Jar Fa!!:; D. ir.oi M
Pleasant: James ixto3. Of txrt -ta. n
Kan-as Fred E. ?liinp-o. F E. W r
Lawrence. W. P. Clement, E. B. ( oh-.- I . : r
ling; V. K. sioont. Troy; K. - C.rn.i. o
iro: Jame I a'w-Kia. Kick?berry; F B. -'
burne. Emrora.
Louisiana fiovrrnor H. warm' u i
.4
Thomp-on New Origan: T. .. e 1 r . n
Hope. Edward G. Oa.. H. stuuh.cii.i. w
Orlean.
Michigan DanH Boot. Ilud-on.
Mlonr N'-J- lolnwn. '. D.C lnan. f.e .
C. W. Belcher. C D.C has. J. A. F.I. L. J.
BiSinell. M. Loul.
New VYrv 31. Day, Jr. Buffa'o
Nebraska ProL H.Cu:berr-on. Line n. A.
B. fcmf h. FalrfieW. L. F. I.O'iaI Hifg
T.5. Clarkson. tcauyJer; B. V. I: m o i a
lcn.
Ohio James W llelm. Mfifr.rd; N"iL-n ai
lev. A. Y. Jobn-on. Gene a. j
Tennessee fi. W. GiConl. Xashv.l e.
In his annual addr Ireid n o em n re
vi'wed thfrsu! s of the pas:;.arsl v s l
tl e Northern cane Industry anSoSttei s g
gcs'ionsfn relation thee . lb" -fa- r tuj
teen a diaatroU4 one in tie further : rti by
reaon of a euperabcndin c ot -a-na d un
prccedsntedly eirly IrcsTK an i mi ch io s n t!i
Lcn enta.Iel t-pon farmers n toes ji.t n e
He then .wel uuca the bt-n-ats or ci ly
cropsandthea:piancr5ne'---ar. torr .lut
them. Fert:ii2fcis." hea'd. 'u 1 1' a- .vf.
to the care with deeded ad.antagt-. n . .ill
in increasicg the yield ol the .Top. but .n ha. -ening
Its naturitr-" , .
Tebing ot t. e successful manufactun of su
gar on a larger scale at Ctamraign. Iil.a'd
KIo Grande N J., he passed to the con?nii n
tion ol the production and manufactu.e f i
gar In Kana. and a-lvocateil the central fae
tory system.
Tnenhe pike of the nee s tyof proiding
thepr terapta'ra i s for the telui ti of t'c
cape, and dwelt upoi the nauy etteii-1 ci ?
nf the southern cace. II d. mrrst .tt-t th
W
ctnetould beiai-'Hl in the .--th. a d tha
Othi r crop paid so welt to th a ici r.
He refe-red in an ekninei.t aid fte ng
manner to the death of Iaac A. llcd-t . a
member of the asociafion and a zia ns
friend of the indust. y.
Messrs. Belcher. Webber and Cu.N rtmi
were appointed aornai.teeto:akea.'i)ii i n
thcadurrs'. , . ,
Tne P 0dcnten"O'inced that n oil g' n
of five, from the l ju sia ua.- A o a n.
had come to theConcnion. om'csv'ori IV
w:rd J. G:v. H. C Warmou h. ..ium Th mp
son. T. W. Nichols and Henr t detntz h A
cD'nmittee was uppointtd to conu-rw 'h tin
delegation respecting the espec.al o'cc c ot
the visitors.
Mr. Niccoll, of Louisiana, rctttrnd the
thinks of the Louisiitmi U-.l;g- tion t r tht
gracions reception accanled tnc-m.
A commit ee of lour was nppo nt d to a".
action regard!' g the suggestion ot the I'ni
dent thnt a National Cane-Go er-As ia
tion should be formed. 'I In- ef'tn. l'tee re
pi.rtod lavorably uron this m ggvn n an !
rciomminded thttupixJntint nt .r a i t.. T i'
teetoilraw.upnconstitut on mid ly liw?t at
wonll express its purposes und ace mp s it.
en's.
A number of reports were made by dec a'tf
fi om the different sections which -hoitcd'a
rying degrees of succe-s a'ta n-d. but n- avI
ill agreed that while the i ear :&SS coull n ' t
souuted as a sucoe-sful one they wen byur
means dicouragisl. but saw a p osporous fu-4
rhe idea of the central f.c:ory s.. stem found
many advocates.
J On Wednesdav evening Pror. H. W. tt ik-j
! Jclivercd an able address on the Proccs ot
Diffusion."
AtThursday session Interest ing iIim-u-'- ot
were had on "Planting. Fertihz'ng ard 1 ul'i
vuting." "Seeds a-:d Hybrid! nt.Mi." and
"Clarification of the Juices, an ud re- bj
Prof. Wtbr, of the Champaiirn 1I1I. Migai
Works, and a series of views projected on J
screen by Prof. Wiley showing many of the
prominent sugar-works of the cunrv. etc.
The committee appointed to confer w th the
Louis'ana delegation reported the fonowing
preamble and resolutions:
WllPRPie Tim Viitlnnnl rnnA-HnMrfr. At
I sociationof the Cnlted States, repn-nred 1
I 3e egatr s f rom Kansas N'ebrasia. Cooia'o
IV" U, .4tM.CVlUt " -T.Ji 'Sv-"t a SllllilU-
Indiana. Ohio. Louisiana. Florida. Gef.rg a and
re.xas, in convention aemb!ed in m. louis
view with alarm and concern the uttt mpr at s4
further agitation of the question of tariff by?
the
Att.s
con
jumers even with the present incidental 5 ro
tection: und
Whuicax. A further reduction of the t.uiJ
n-ould still further depre-s our inilu-tn and
j :usn out one ot the mo-t proni'smg s.n I u
leicxingciancnesoi ouragncn n-11; pn n c
tion. opening up in the Wti-t. :is well as 1 1 tut .
North an J South, an unlimited field ol enter-
prise and m trial wealth by dimini-h.n.r the
millions paid out for tcr -ign sugars and
Wiiekkas, With the ra-onabi fo-frn2
2are of the Government to cnabh- r t huiW
up this industry bylmprovisl irach.nr antl
skilled science to properlydir cc our if rts
ve have land, climate, energy and itu It a'lon
o supply our growing population w.t i ti. she
ugar to be requlrett: and
Wiip.ke.is. Wt'can notrealiietha it cai Ik
the policy of our Government to cruh o'Jt out
industry when we see the aid given to thecul
tivation of the beet in Europe, on 01I.1 x
hausted soil ami a ico.c unpropaiou- i-1 ' ate I
bringing it up from an hun-bl.- bonnii.ti-r t
the product of I'.COO.COO ton pe- ainuni: an !
WnEKEAS.lt is an undoubtod Tact that tht
nroduction of sugar holds outa greater -ourct
of advantage to vtust sections of oar country
than any other ptTHluct; and
Whekeaf, To tring our laborers, whether
tvhl e or. colcr.-d. down to tieievet ot tin
poorly paid laborers of Euroo.-. who live vr, h-
1 3ut meat, or the densely crowded poi uat on
j 3f the Indies can 110 be the poliev oi the law-,
, makers of this free countrv; row. the- rr',
be it ' -
JinoTrrtLby the National surar Growers A
ociat.on of the United Ma es That this (. 011
rentlon protect against any further tumper
ngwithorreiluction of the suzar tariff, and
we call upon thcSenatoisnnd ItepreeuMtiM"1
)t our respective fctates in Congress to-tand
ap and protect our ititerests. and rehe e us of
J10 continue 1 excitements and apprvben-ioys
Df ruin stanng us iu the face: tnat we depj
;ato in the strongest manner any attempt to
.-atiry any teeiprocity treaty with any fi reign
aatlon whereby our industry may be jeoi ar
lized: that we earnestly recommend :he carli
?stpossibleabrogationofthep e-ent rtxipmci
:y treaty with the Sandwich I-iands. by which a
argo monopoly is becoming enriched, and a
tingle individual, by a system of oppressl'ji
abor, wotse than slavery. is pio iu.iug a corrf
non sugar and sclling'his wuatrjmcn ata
ligher rato tban is paid in most i-.uarters of
Jie globe.
mat tho Presldert of this association bere-
luestcd to have this ureainble and therf-solui
uc
J aons published in pamphlet rorm.enu the s'ec
) -clary be directed to. at the carl e t day t o-si-
aie. auures.acopy to eacti ter.at ramni'ii
reeutathe from oursex-emlSta -.
A re-olution wasalsoiid ij.tcdiacf Lciingtl
secretary and Preside if t co-re-m-id wjtn
and invite all tho caue grwei and irnr-pn-lucitsg
a.ociat.'ons thr gnoi tt'e iuntn t
anite and send del "gate to thi? m.c eciling
annual conventi 11 s.
4
The longest line of fence in
the
world will be the wire fence extend ng
from the Indian Territorv west across
the Texas r Panhandle and thirty-liyo
miles iuto New Mexico. Its course will
be in the line of the Canadian River,
and its purpose is to stop the drift of
the Northern cattle. It is a bold antl
splendid enterprise, and will pay
large percentage on the investment.
The fence will be over two hundred
miles long. Chicago Herald.
Three days' imprisonnieui was the
fate of a man" who called to a German
Judge to speak louder.
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