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S" v- -lV 'Tt JSrXA -?wf-tf r - s -v- wLi Vfe. - -5! XV . -j- TGCr?.. --. .r Mrv J-'-V J i -X" t-ii-F --T i 7? nij- - -?,' ti. -u-- - -?r-'i"j i. s rvr V 5 - r i?. r-' ? TO JERICHO. Dr. TaImao Deoribe Biblioal SoantM in Palestine. TfceVaBeyef TIi SCaryeT the Gee -11m Wertk of CfcrlatJaatlty-ataar In continuation of his lectares on the Holy Land Dr. Talmage, in a late sor son at Brooklyn, took his text from Luke x. 30: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho." Dr. Tal mage said: It is the morning of December 5 In Jerusalem and we take stirrups for the road along which the wayfarer of old fell among thieves who left him wound ed and half dead. Job's p cture of the horse in the Orient as bavin? neck "clothed with thunder1 is not truo of most horses now in Palestine. There is no thunder on their neck, though there is some lightning in their heels. Poorly fed and unmercifully whacked they sometimes retort To Americans and English, who are accustomed to guide horses by tbo bridle, these horses of the Orient, guided only by foot and voice, make equestrianism an uncer tainty, and the pull on the bridle that you intend for slowing up of tho pace may bo mistaken for a hint that you want to out gallop tho wind or wheel in swift circles like the hawk. There wore eighteen of our party, and twenty-two beasts of burden carried our camp equip ment Wo aro led by an Arab sheik with his black Nubian servant carrying a loaded gun in full sight but it is the fact that this sheik represents tho Turk ish Government which assures tho safe ty cf tho caravan. Wo cross tho Jehoshaphat valley which, if it had not been memorable in history and wero only now discovered, would excite the admirat'on of all who look upon it It is liko the gorges of tho Yosomito or the chasms of tho Yol lowstono park. Tbo sides of this Je hoshaphat valley are tunneled with graves and overlooked by Jerusalem walls an eternity of depths overshad owed by an eternity of architectura Within sight of Mount Olivet and Geth semane and with tbo heavens and tho earth full of sunshino, we start out on tho very road mentioned in tho text when it says: A cortain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves" No road that I ever saw was so well constructed for brigandage deep gullies, sharp turns, caves on cither side. There aro fifty places on this road where a bighwaj man might surprise and overpowor an unarmed pilgrim. On this road to-day wo met groups of men who, judging from their countenances, havo in their veins tho blood of many generations of Rob Roys. Joseph us says that Herod at ono time discharged from tho service of tho temple 40,003 men and that tho jjreat part of them becamo robbers. So late as 1S20. Sir Frederick Hennikcr, an English tourist was attacked on this very road from Jerusalem to Jericho and shot and almost slain. Thcro has never been any scarcity of bandits along. tho road wo travol to-day. With the fresh memory of some recent violenco in their minds Christ tells tho people of tho good Samaritan wiiocatno along that way and took caro of a poor fellow that had boon set upon by vil lainous Arabs and robbed and pounded and cut Wo oncunped for lunch that noon close by an old stono building, said to be tho tavorn whero the sceno spoken of in the liiblc culminated. Tumbled in the dust and ghastly with wounds tho victim of this h'ghway rob bery lay in tho middle of tho road a fact of which I am certain, becauso the Ilihle says tho people passed by on either side. Thcro wero 12,000 priests living at Jericho and they had to go to Jerusalem to officiate at tho templo. And ono of these ministers of religion, I suppose, was on his way to tho temple service and he is startled as he sees this bleed ing victim in tho middle of tho road. "O," ho saj-s, "horo is a man that has been attacked of thieves." "Why don't you go home?" says tho minister. Tho man in a comatoso state makes no answer, or, with a half dazed look, puts his wounded hand to his gashed fore head and drawls out "What?" "Well," says tho minister, "I must hurry on to my duties at Jorusalera. I havo to kill a lamb and two pigeons in sacrifice to day. I can not spend any moro timo with this unfortunate. I guess some body elso will take caro of him. Rut this 's ono of tho things that can not bo helped, anyhow. Resides that my business is with souls and not with bodies. Good morning. When you get well enough to sit up I will bo glad to see you at the templo" And the min ister curves his way out toward tho over hanging sides of tho road and passes. You hypocrite! Ono of the chiot offices of religion is to heal wounds. You might havo dono hero a kindness that would havo been moro acceptable to God than all tho incense that will smoko up from your censer for tho next three weeks and you missed tho chance. Go on your way, cxecratod by tho centu ries. Soon afterward a Levi to came upon the sceno. Tho Levitcs looked after tho music of tho temple and waited upon the priests and provided tho supplies of tho templo. This Lcvite passing along this road whero wo aro to-day, took a look at the masses of bruises and laceration in tho middle of the road. 'My! My!" says tho Levi to, "this man is awfully hurt and ho ought to bo helped. Rut my business is to sing in the choir at tho temple. If I am not there no ono will carry my part Re side that there may not be enough frankincense for the censers and tho wine or oil may havo given out and what a fearful balk in the service that would make. Then one of tho priests might get his breast plate on crooked. Rut it seems too bad to leave this man in this coniifon. Perhaps I had better try to staunch this bleeding and give him a little stimulant Rut no! The ceremony at Jerusalem is of moro im portaaco than taking care of the wounds of a man who will probably soon be dead anyhow. The highway robbery ought to be stopped, for it hinders us Levitcs on our way up to the temple, There, I have lost five minutes already! Go along, you beast!" he shouts as he strikes his heels into the side of the animal carrying him, and the dust ris ing from the road soots hides the hard hearted official. Rut a third person is coming along this road. You can not expect him to do any thing by way of alleviation, because he and the wounded man belong to dif ferent nations which have abominated each other for centuries. The woanded man is an Israelite and the stranger bow coming ob this scene of suffering is a Samaritan. They belong to nations which hated each other with an objur gation and malediction diabolic. They Bad opposition temples, one on Ifoaat Gerizim and the other ob Mount Me rlah. and I guess this Samaritan wfiea he comes up will give the fallen Israel ite another clip and say: "Good for you! I will just finish the work these haadita begaa. and give you one more kick that; w.ii put you out of your misery. And . here is a rag of your coat that they did net steal and I will take that Waatl yo dare to appeal tome for asercy? jnaa np. Why, your aBoeeters wor- .--7Z-: r, . w-ae ej eagat fc'i""--""- ."----i- a, uerisiav Jiew H&g&S1 tfcat! And tkaU" will JSCr-r : vru."i".ri? - - . iS""K - X .-J-s &,i. -" f1---"-!?- it---- -i?4w-w J fc & r-50. S-j 3&ar9 wvz?-z r-i - r .ir v ., Tj-- nay the Samaritan as ha pounds the fallen Israelite. No; the Samaritan rides up. to the scene of suffering, gets off the boast and steps down and looks into the face of the wounded man and says: "This poor fellow docs not belong to my nation, and our ancestors worshiped In d. Cer ent places, but ho is a aaaa, and that makes us brothors God pity him. as I do!" And ho gets down on his knees and begins to examiae his woands, and straighten out his limbs to see if any of his bones are broken, aad says: "My dear fellow, cheer up, you need have no more care about yourseif, for I am going to take care of you. - Let me feel of your pulse! Let me listen to your breathing! I hare in these bottles two liquids that will help you. The ono is oil, and that will soothe the pain of these wounds, and the other is wine, and your pulse is feeble and you feel faint aad that will stimulate you. Now I must get you to tbo nearest tavern." "O, bo," says the man; "I can't walk; let me stay hero and die." "Nonsente," says the Sa maritan. "You are not going to die. I am. going to put you on this Least and I will hold you on till I get you to a placo where you can have a soft mattress and an easy pillow." Now tho Samaritan has got the wound ed man on his feet and with much tug ging and lifting puts him on tho beast for it is astonishing how strong the spirit of kindnoss will roako ono, as you havo seen a mother after three weeks of sleepless watching of her boy, down with scarlet fever, lift that half grown boy, heavier than herself, from couch to lounge. And so this sympathetic Samaritan has, unaided, put the wounded man in tho saddle, and at slow paco the extemporized ambulanco is moving toward the tavern. "You feel better now, I think," says tbo Samaritan to tho Hebrew. "Yes," bo says, "I do feel better." "Halloo! you, landlord! help me carry this man in and make him comfortable." That night the Samaritan sat up with tbo Jew, giving him water whenever ho felt thirsty and turning his pillow whenever it got hot and in tho morning bo fore tho Samari tan started- on bis journey he said: "Landlord, now I am obliged to ga Take good care of thiB man and I will bo along here soon again and pay you for all you do for him. Meanwhilo here is somothing to meet present expenses." Tbo "two pence" ho gave tho landlord sounds small, but it was as much as S10 here and now, considering what it would there and then buy of food and lodging. As on that December noon wo sat un der tho shadow of the tavern whero this sceno of mercy had occurred, and just bav.ng passed along tbo road, whero the tragedy had happened, I could, as plainly as I now see the nearest man to this platform, seo the Riblo story ro-en- acteo, anu saia aloud to our group un der tbo tent: One drop of practical Christianity is worth moro than a templo full of ecclesiasticism, and that good Samaritan had more religion in flvo minutes than that minister and Lcvite had in a lifetime, and tbo most accursed thing on earth is national prejudice, and I bless God that I live in America whero Gentile and Jew, Prot estant and Catholic can livo together without quarrol, and where, in tho great National crucible, tho differences of sect and tribe and pcoplo aro boing molded into a great brotherhood, and that the question which tbo lawyer flung at Christ and which brought forth this in cident of tho good Samaritan, "Who is my neighbor?" is bringing for tho answer: "My noighbor is the first man I meet in troublo," and a wound closo at hand calls loudor than a templo sev enteen miles off, though it covers nine teen acres. I saw in London tho vast procession which ono day last January moved to St Paul's cathedral at the burial of that Christian hero. Lord Napier. The day after at Uawarden, in conversation on various themes, I asked Mr. Gladstone if ho did not think that many who woro under tho shadow of false religions might not nevertheless bo at heart real ly Christian. Mr. Gladstono replied: "Yes; my old friend Lord Napier who was yesterday buried, after he returned from his Abyssinian campaign, visited us horo at llawarden and, walking in this park where wo aro now walking, ho told mo a very beautiful incidont He said: 'After tbo war in Africa was over, wo wero on tho march and wo had a sol dier with a broken leg who was not strong enough to go along with us and we did not daro to leavo him to bo taken caro of by savages, but wo -found wo were compelled to leavo him and wo went into tho houso of a woman who was said to bo a very kind woman, though of the raco of savages, and wo said: "Here is a sick man, and if you will take caro of him till ho gots well wo will pay you very largely," and then wo offered her flvo times that which would ordinarily bo offered, hoping by tbo excess of pay to secure for him great kindness. The woman replied: "I will not take care of him for the money you offer. I do not want your money. Rut leave him here, and I will take care of him for the sako of tbo lovo of God." Mr. Gladstono turned to mo and said: "Dr. Talmage, don't you think that 'though she be longed to a raco of savages, that was pure religion?" And I answered: "I do; I da" May God multiply all the world over tho number of good Samari tans! In Philadelphia a young woman was dying. Sho was a wreck. Sunken into tho depths of depravity, there was no lower depth for her to reach. Word came to the midnight mission that she was dying in a haunt of iniquity near by. Who would go to tell her of the Christ of Mary Magdalen? This one re fused, saying: "I daro not go there." A Christian woman, her white locks typical of her purity of soul, said: "I will go and I will go now." Sho went and sat down by tho dying girl and to d of tbe Christ who came to seek and save that which was lost First to the for lorn one came the tears of repentance, and then the smile as though she had begun to hope for pardon of Him who came to save to tho uttermost Then, just before she breathed her last sho said to the angel of mercy bending over her pillow: "Would you kiss me?" "I will," said tho Christian woman, as she put upon her cheek tbe last salutation before in the heavenly world. I think God gave her the welcoming kiss. That was religion! Yes, that was religion. Good Samaritaas aloag every- street and along every road, as well as this one on tho road to Jericho. Rut our procession of sight seers is again in line, and here we pass through a deep ravine and I cry to the drago man: David, what plaoe do you call this?" aad he replied: This is the brook Cheritb, where Elijah was fed by the raveas " Aad ia that answer he overthrew aaylife-loag aotioas of the place wadre Elijah was waited ob by the black servants of the sky. A braok to ase had ateaat a alight depression of groaad and a stream ferdable, and per haps fifteen feet was Sat here a chasm that as earthquake matt have scooped oat with its biggest ahorel or split with 4ta mightiest battle axe. Six haadred feet deep is it. aad the brook Cneritk is a river which, when in fall force, ia a silver wedge, apUtUag the moantaina into nraciaieea The feath ered dcaceadaats of Elijah's raveas still wiag their way across this ravine, hat are mat like the tfaeea take. Ttoy-are aala-rgvaa eagles. aad one ef them eealc carry ia its aadoliaahedeUw, at aj; . - t- - .. -Jv ! l-2)7lr -"? T?J l y. 5i:?3-S-tt--iS .'jJiS ' 'J-irwV- j ! ;'-.-- cfVj :2--- for a halfdca?c lijsaa. So Basalts ? the raveas; they are caarfreroaa and would rather have picked eat the eyes of Elijah, whom they foaad at the mouth of bis cave ob tbe side of Caerita waitiag for his breakfast; having; drank his mora! ag beverage from the raahiag stream beneath, than have bean his but lers and purveyors. Bat God comaellad them, as He always compelled and al ways will compel black aad cruel aad overshadowing provideaces, to carry help to His childrea If they oaly have faith eaough to catch the blessiag as it drops from the seeming adversity, the greatest blessiags always comiag not with white wings but black wings. Rut look! Look what at four o'clock in tbe afternoon bursts upon our vision the plain of Jericho and the valley of Jordan and the Dead sea. We have come to a place whero tbo horses not so much walk as slide upon their haunches, and we all dismount for the steep de scent is simply terrific though a Pr.n cess of Wallacbia, who fell here and was dangerously injured, after recovery spent a large amount of money in try ing to make tho road passable. Down and down! till we saw tbe white tents p tched for us by our muioteers amid tho ruins of ancient Jericho, which fell at the sound of poor music played on "ram's horn." that ancient instrument which taken from the head of the lead er of tho flock of sheen, is perforated and prepared to be fingered by the musical performers, and blown upon when pressed to tbo lips. On tbo evening of Dccombcr G we walked amid the br ck and mortar of that shattered city, and I said tomysalf: A'l tbis was done by poor music blestof God. for it was not a harp or a flute, or a clapp'ng cymbal, or an organ played, at the sound of which tho city surren dered to destruction, but a rude instru ment making rude music blest of God, to the demolition of that wicked place which had for centuries defied tho Al mighty. And I sa'd, if all this was by tho blessing of God on poor music, what mightier things could bo dono by tho blessing of God on good music, gospel music If all the good that has already been dono by music wero subtracted from tho world, I belicvo three-fourths of its religion would bo gone Seated by tbo warmth of our camp fires that evening of Dccombcr 6. amid the bricks and debris of Jericho, and thinking what poor music has dono and what mightier things could be accom plished by the blessings of God on good music. I said to myself: Ministers have been doing a grand work, and sermons have been blessed, but would it not bo woll for us to put moro emphasis on music? Ob. for a campaign of Old Hundred! Ob, for a brigade of Mount Pisgabs! Oh, for a cavalry charge of Coronations! Ob, for an army of Anti ochs and St Martins and Ariels! Ob, for enough orchostral batons lifted, to marshal all nations! As Jorlcbo was surrounded by poor music for seven days and was conquered, so let ouf earth be surrounded soven days by Gospel music, and tho round planet will all be taken for God. While our evening meal is being pre pared in tho tents we walk out for a moment to tbe "Fountain of Elisha," tho ono into which tbe prophet threw tho salt becauso the waters were pois onous and bitter, and lo! they became swcot and healthy; and ever since, with gurglo and laughter, they have rushed down tho hill and leaped from tbo rocks, the only cheerful object in all that region Iioing tbeso waters. Now on this plain of Jericho tho sun is setting, making tbo mountains look liko balustrades and battlemonts of amber and maroon and gold, and the moon, just abovo tbo crests, scorns to bo a window of Heaven through which im mortals might bo looking down upon the scene Three Arabs as watchmen sit besido tbo camp firo at tbe door of my tent, their low conversation in a strange language all night long a sooth ing thanrather an interruption. I had a droara that night never to bo forgot ten, that dream amid the complete ruins of Jericho. Its past grandeur returned and I saw tbo city as it was when Mark Antony gavo it to Cleopatra and Herod bought it from her. And I heard the hoofs of its swift steeds and tho rum bling of its chariots and tho shouts of excited spectators in its amphitheater. Tbo region round about the city walls seemed to mo white with cotton such as Thcnius described as once growing there, and sweot with sugar cano and luscious with orange and flgs and pome granates, and redolent with such flora as can only grow whero a tropical sun kisses tho earth. And tbo hour came back to mo when in tbe midst of all that splendor Ilcrod died commanding his sistor Salome immediately after his death to securo the assassination of all the chief Jews whom he bad brought to tbe city, and shut up in a circus for that purpose, and tho news camo to tho audience in the theater as somo ono took tho stago and announced to tho excited multitude: "Herod is dead! Herod is deadl" Then in my dream all tho pomp of Jericho van ished and gloom was added to gloom, and desolation to desolation, and woe to woo, until, perhaps tbe rippling waters of tho fountain of Elisha suggesting it as sound will some tiraos give direc tion to a dream I thought tbe waters of Christ's salvation and tho fountains "open for sin and unclcanness." were rolling through that plain, and rolling across that continent and rolliag across the earth, until on either side of their banks all tho thorns became flowers, aad all tbe deserts gardens, and all tho hov els mansions, and all tho funerals bridal processions, and all tho blood of war was turned into dahlias, aad all the groans becamo anthems, Dante's ''In ferno" became Danto's "Divina Corn media." and "Paradise Lost" was sub merged by "Paradise Regained," and tears became crystals, and cruel swords came out of tho foundries glistening plowshares, and, in my dream, at the blast of a trumpet tho pros trated walls of Jericho rose aga:n. And some one told me that as these walls in Joshua's time at the sound of tho trumpets of doom went down, aow at the sounding trumpet of the Gospel they come up again. And I thought a man appeared at the door of my tent aad 1 said: "Who are you. and from whence havo you come?" and he said: "I am the Samaritan you heard of at the taveraoa the read from Jerusalem to Jericho, as taking care of the man who fell amoag thieves, aad 1 have ust come from heal ing the last wouad of the last uaforta aate in all the earth." And I rose from my pillow in tbe teat to greet him, aad my dretm broke aad I realized it waa oaly a dream, bat a dream which Shall become' a glorious reality as surely as God is true and Christ's gospel is the world's Catbollcoa. "Glory he to the Father, aad to the Sob, aad to the Holy Ghost -as it was ia the beglaaiag, ia aow, and ever shall be, world witaoat cad, Amea " H Had It AS. 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ThrtM Tarribto Railroad AocUmfcn ia FrlcfctM r Vi Facte ad TiiIm at Cllv-Cel- -Aa- tfcer la Ala wbeck at kaxsas crrr. Kaxsas Citt, Kan., Oct 3&A tail- aad collision, disastrous to life, limb aad property occurred ob tho Union Pa cific acaia line at 7:10 o'clock yesterday moraiag jast iaside of the western city limits of Kansas City, Kan., and aboat four blocks oast of Oakland aveaua. Tbe cast-bound Kansas C;ty k. Cald well express of the Rock Island ran into. the rear end of tho east-bound Denver express oa tbo Union Pacific The col lision involves the loss of tbe lifo of Engineer Patrick Cullen. of tho Rock Island; tho injury of Fireman Joba Cuff and of several passengers, aad tbe destruction of S50.000 worth of rolling stock. Tho cause of the ttrr.ble col lision was tho dense fog that prevailed in tho early morning hours of yester day, causing both traius to be late. The Rock Island Company uses the Union Pacific tracks between this c ty end To peka, by virtue of a twenty year lease, and the difference in timo between the arrival of these two trains in Kansas City is ten minutes. Tho Union Pacific train is duo here at 6:50 o'clock and tbo Rock Island at seven. Union Pacific train No. 204 was about twenty minutes late and had slowed up near Fourteenth street in re sponso to a torpedo signal warning tbe engineer to look out for obstruct'ons ahead, and before a porter could be ent back with a flag tbo Rock Island ex press bore down and telescoped the Pullman sleeping car Wathena. Immediately after tbo wreck tbe scene was one of wild confusion. Sleepy pas scngcrs having been suddenly tbrowc from their positions and landed with out referenco to personal comfort or safety, rushed frantically out of both trains to see what was tho matter. Tho fog was intense and an object could not be distinguished ten feet ahead. Tho injured aro: J. II. Grayson, conductor Pullman car, Wathena, left ankle sprained and severe bruises about the body and head. Edward Jackson, colored, Edwards villo, Kan., both legs broken below tho knees. Since died. J. A. Lapshire. Lincoln, Neb., re ceived a bad cut on right kneo. John DriscoU, Osage, Kan., left leg broken bolow tbo knee. Fred Wright theatrical agent injured. IX A KKNTUCKV TfNXr.U Cixcisnati, Oct 23. A disastrous col lision occurred at 4:4? yesterday morn ing on tho Cincinnati Southern railway in a tunnel, a quarter of a mile north of Sloan's Valley station. Tho trains in volved wero freight No 23, northbound, and passenger No. 5, southbound. When the first Cincinnati train passed south the crew of tho freight appear to have overlooked the fact that No. 5 was to follow, and they pulled out and started northward. Less than a quarter of a milo away they entered a tunnel which is one-sixth of a mile long. In tho most hopeless placo that train men ever met death, the cnginos of the two trains dashed into each other, and tbo cars following, jammed Into each other in a mass. Then camo tho added horror of conflagration. Engineer John Pimlott died yesterday afternoon, making six victims of tbe tunnol collision on tho Cincinnati Sou thorn road as follows: John Pim lott engineer, Detroit Mich.; Fireman Welsh, Somerset, Ivy. ; Fireman Gould, Ludlow, Ky.; Rrakcman John E. Mont gomery, Albany, N. Y.; Postal Clerk C. L. Doegcn, Cincinnati; Express Mes senger EJ. P. Itu finer, Cincinnati. The injured Engineer Pat Taylor, Somerset, Ky., severe; Postal Clerk J. G. Cnylo. Cincinnati, severe; Raggage mastcr John R. Long, Newport Ky., sovere; W. D. Wbeeler, Now Orloans. in chargo of a museum freak known as 'Wild Roso," both slightly injured; Miss Ollio Getty. Dayton, Tenn., slight; Arch Murphy, Madison County, Ind., slight KTILt AXOTIIER- RlUMixuiiAM, Ala, Oct 23. A terri ble collision occurred on tbo Kansas City, Memphis & Rirmingbam road at Ensley City, two miles out, at 10:30 Tuesday night Two men were killed outright and a number wero wounded. Tbo dead and wounded were brought to this city at a lato hour. Tbo dead aro t. D. Franklin, drum mer, of Nashville; John Kilian, fireman. In addition to the killed twenty-six persons wero injured, a number quite seriously. The collision occurred in this manner: Tho Kansas City passenger train, due to leavo at nine p.. in., was an hour late owing to the wait for tho Georgia Pa cific train. Tho sleeper for tbe Kansas City train had not been attached, but when the Georgia Pacific train arrived the depotm aster signalled the Kansas City train to get out of the way. The conductor of tbe Kansas City train was ob the sleeper, but the engineer, John Russoll, of the Kansas City train, un derstood the dopotmaster's signal to go ahead, and pulled out for Memphis. He arrived at Easley City before he discovered that he had left tbe sleeper and Conductor Poppbsm, and without hesitating immediately started back to Rirmingham at forty miles an hour. The train had not goaa half a mile when, rounding a curve, it was crashed into by an outgoiag freight RCm loan Operator. Harvard, III, Oct 23. Charles Arm strong, aged seventy-seven years, for forty years oae of Harvard's most prom inent citizens, has proved to be a de faulter, having robbed his clieats ef $25,000. He had always borne aa un blemished reputation, but aofr it trans pires that for years ho has been prac ticiag systematic frauds. He had car ried oa a general collection apd loaaing buslaess, besides being a justice of the peace. He loaned large sums of money, making thirteen loans for Joseph Seota ilL raagiag from 4Ct to SL900 each. Investigation showed that all his recent alleged loa bs were bogus K-rpr-tM Bat New Yokk. Oct 2C It waa leaned yesterday thatatamoctiaf aeld Mon day at tke American Express Compaayfa office by the priacipal officers ef tke different express compaaies, it waa agreed toadvaace express rates berin ainf Xerember 1. The basis for all express tariffs ia the rate between New York aad Chicago. The rata at present is ft per ! poaada Uader the aew tariff it will ha ts.SH Rates will be ad vanced M cents f mm Bostoa, New Yerk, Philadelphia. Baltimore aai all other poiata west at Buffalo. Sela- laea aad Pittebanra. Tte-a Wi Kas-ua Citt. Mo, Oct SS. e-ciea last meat aa attorn- to wrack a Bariiafftea train at Liberty. m. eis asm i ueerty aamtth waa craasiay the t mi aa maws zatsr men anejaraat lj fntml ia lmsalaa .tke aaatuy want ap bat aiStsare waat af ta daawt wtaa "ZILTT TfJT. TT" "-TT "r . . t a-aa-sra-w-aasa. ayaaww?-aw-ww-f-a-aaaBr5y w2 ec la-jafis , aUead fear --ZZlT 5 ". wmr i j MtUt 141 ft fm . . l-Ml.PJ aWfc aarrEw-ty -"-iJ-1-'-" ' '-' "J,J "i M Mx-bt. . aw-aawai lev -Ben apaaflaat atravlrta - " -- t r awltaTlaTaaTiaamaamsaT-saav-a .waaaTaaaaaav BlaWWWWaiWl.njia)naaa WRECK. Jfe la tatotrtMl Hat KM- o auy r m r Pf- TbrncA, Kaa.. Oct 2a. The Denver -vaatihnla exareas an tbo Atehtsee, Te aeka A Santa Fe-read. which left Kaa aaa Cty at it: JeVclock yesterday morn ing, jumped, the track on the reverse carve at Wakaraaa at VJ ia the af tor Boen while the trala was ruaalagtfty miles aa hour aad the most disastrous wreck which the Santa Fe has aad for years was the result Tweaty-Ire aasseagera were severely iajared aad one of tfceat Mrs. Kata O'CoBaelL of Chicago, will probably die. For a distance of more tbaa 490 feet the track was entirely torn up. The three rear coaches wero turned on their sides. The engine aad tondor broke loose from the baggage car, and the lat ter turned diagonally acrost'the track. Tbe express car was thrown at right angles from the track, and did not touch tbe roadbed at say po.nt It was turned bottom s do up. Tbe taioker aad.secoad class car were left standing straight but twisted tbcmsclvc at a complete right angle to tho track. The day coach was thrown to the opposite side of tbe track from tbe stnoker and laid on its side. The char car. Pull naa aad tourist' cars remained coupled together. From the engine, wbih aloBe remained oa tho track, to tho mall car it was a distance of 120 feet Tho passengers were thrown tognthir into a confused mass of humanity, which makes it all tbe more reinarkablo that no immediate deaths resulted. As soon as thepassenger) who were uninjured could acramble from the wladows of the cars the wounded were taken out and cared for. Tbo list of tho more severely injured is as follows: Hann Lindsay, Topoka, broken jaw and badly bruised. Kate C. O'Connell. 7 Forty-seventh street Chicago, head cut and back in- jured. Mrs. W. C Peaslcc, Tclluride, Col., tooth knocked out and slight bodily in juries, Mrs. EL M. Peaslce, Tclluride, Col., severe scalp wounds. Mrs. Gcorgo Torey, Fresno, Cat, back braised and badly shaken up Mra Jano MacFarland. Carroll Hill. 0., bruised about tbe body. S. Sylvester. Milton, CoL, kneo badly braised. C F. Farrington, Lisbon, 111, d slo cated collar bone. J. J. Ruckloy, rearbrakeman, severely bruised. W. F. Jones, mail ageat Kansas City, injured internally but will recoer. J. W. Fadely. mail agent Kansas City, bruised. Harry Stone, mail agent Kansas City, bruises about tho bead. F. L. Terry, express messenger, Kan sas City, injured in the spina T.'J. Johnson. Kansas City, baggage agent legs slightly mashed. Mibs McFarland, severely shocked, producing nervous prostration. Miss Elizabeth Stich, Switzerland, bead badly cut Mrs Labette Stiobl, Switzerland, shoulder badly sprained. Mrs. W. J. McClurc, Kansas City, arm bruised. Mrs. L. E. White, Oakland, Cal., an cut and sovoro bodily contusion. There woro probably a dozen more passengers who recoived severe shock and slight bruises, but none of them were soriously enough injured to re quire particular attention from tbo pby s cians. Tho pcoplo from tbo little town of Wakarusa turned out en masso to assist the wounded. Coffco and lunches were prepared and every thing possible done to reliovo tho suffering. Railroad men declare that had tbe train not been vestibuled at least halt of tbe 150 passengers would havo been killed, as the cars would have telescoped beyond doubt THE FIRST BLIZZARD. A Girt Frozen to Itontti In a Stortu la N'w Mcxlro. Ratox. N. M., Oct 25, Monday even ing William Nicb and his sixteen-year-old daughter were going from Folsom to tbo ranch. Tho' girl was driving a team ahead, whilo hor fathor camo bo hind with another.' They wero overtaken by a blizzard when about half way home. The father reached home in safety and was horri fied to find that his daughter had not yet arrived. Sho had lost her way in the blinding storm. Tho blizzard continued through tho night so littlo could be done in search ing for tbo .lost girl. Sbo was found yesterday about ton miles from hor homo frozen to death. 'She had roan aged to unhitch the horses and turn them loose before she became exhausted. PENSION ORDER. BaBBBBBB--a-aaBB The Ratiac Fr rhjreleal or MeaUl Dfan blUty. Wasiiixotox, Oct 35. Tbe Commis sioner of Pensions with tbe approval of Assistant Secretary Dussey, issued tho following: Order No. 164, la regard ta flslnr rate of peaslons t-ader the act off Jaae 27.18JS: That all clainiant under tb? act of June 77, 19S. showiBf- a ineatal cr physical dWabillt-r or dleabllltles of permanent character not tbe result of their own IcIobs habit, and which lacapaclta:ta them froaa perfcr-alnc of auasal labor, rendering them unable to eaia a support in aucb a iefree as woald te rate J und-r former laws at or about $ aad lesa ibsn 111 shall be rated tbe sane as lib dla0!l tics of service or if In aad ihit all csaeaabowlng a peasionsble dlsablltr which, if of service origin, woald be rated at or aboat tit per month lhall be rated at f 12 rer moat It. Goaa New York. Oct . Joha Rothschild of Wasbiagtoa, Xeh., writes laspector Ityraes that grten foods men in Now York hare beea swiadliag him; that be scat ia response to circulars from sev eral differeat f 10 cacb, for which tbey promised bim f 100 each in geaaiae bills printed from plates stolea from tbe Treasury' Now be is waiting fcr the "greca goods' that never came. He asks laspector liyraes to help poalsb William Cook. 37 Beaver street or East era Hotel, opposite Statea Island, ferry; F. P. Cook. M University Place; C IL Haat. 150 Third aTeaae, aad H. Fraak, Flasbiag;. L. L Tfca .Has4a VtmlV Xaw Extf avOoav Okawa: Nek. Oct. 35.-JohaK. 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