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I TIIE RED CLOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCT. 20, 189U. 4 1$ v HORROR IN MICHIGAN" FRIGHTFUL REAR END C0LLI8I0N AT JACKSON. "Twenty Mlnutci for llreakrast, but Only ft Moment In Which to Din" A Disaster That I Only rxplalned bjr the Lack of 1'erfectlon In lluninn Ingenuity, Jackson, Mich,, Oct. H. The second Rrcatcst nccltlent in tho history of the Michigan Central railway occurred hers within 100 yards o( the place whoro al most fourteen ears ago to a dny the Pa c!Qo express crushed Into n freight engine in Oct., 1871), and eighteen people were killed. Tho disaster has so far a record o( twelve dead, llvo probably fatally In jured and fifteen others more or less hurt. At 6.4!' o'clock In tho morning on excur sion train originating at Owcgo, N. Y., which had been turned over by the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western to the Michigan Central at Buffalo, was stand ing on tho track at Jackson station, when ft second special, also laden with excur sionists from tho east, crashed into it from the rear and telescoped tho three last cars of the Owcgo special. Several Hundred Saw tlie Crash. Many of the passengers of this latter train had been out to breakfast; some had returned and wcro In tho coaches; other were on tho platform. Their tralu was about ready to pull out when tho second special came into the yards aud in sight of tho station under check. When within n few hundred feet of tho standing train Engineer William Whclan, of the second special, put on tho brakes, but found to hlsularm that they did not work. Tho speed of tho train did not diminish, and reversing his engluo Engineer Whelan and his fireman. Joscnh 1'. Kluibling. jumped from tho locomotive. The train kept on and in full view of tho several hundred peoplo iu and nbout tho ntatlou dashed into Iho rear 'conch of tho first train, passing nearly to tho other end. Nona Irnu 1 in Ttirco Cars. There wcro ilghtcars In the traln.nllNow York Central tars except ono which was put In at a station on tho Canada Southern division to replace ono disabled. Tho cars nre much lighter than those an the Mlchl Central, mid the soventh and sixth can from tho first engine, wcro completely telescoped, tho ono being fitted into tho other snugly. Tho fifth car was over turned, and thrown across n hide track nbuut fifty fret east of tho Htotlon. The Michigan Central car was next, and it was badly smashed on lmth ends, tho plat forms being carried .way nnd tho windows nil smashed. Tho passengers on this car werofewnnd none of them was seriously injured. It was In the sixth, seventh and eighth cars whero tliu slaughtertook place and not a sluglo occupant of either of theso cars appears to havo escaped death or injury. Long Mst of Victims. Tho officer of tho road give out the fol lowing list of tho killed nnd injured: Killed Mrs Charles Starr, Elmlra, N. Y.; Miss Maggie McMaster, l'euu Yan, N. Y.: Miss Harriet Breeze, Pino City, N. Y.; Ocorgo llolTmnn, Sarnnac, N. Y.; Mrs. J. A. Beardslic, East Canton, Pa.; Mrs. J. II. Koelcr, llammondsport, N. Y.; Mrs. Lloyd Woodbury, Hath. N. Y.; Mrs. D. J. Glbbs, Wheeler, N. Y.; infant child of Mrs. Alison Harrison, ElmiraN. Y.; Jas. ttoo&K, Bsth.N. Y. Two have not yet been identified. Of these ono is a dark-skinned man with a (lowing gray beard, about CO years of age. There nru no means of identifying him. The other is a woman of 35, with dark hair and sallow complexion, having itoinn show of beard on her upper Up; wears a wedding ring on the fourth finger of the right hand. Tho man is terribly crushed nbout the head and face, but tho features are discernible. They have uot a scrap to identify them, but home of the passen gers say that they believe their names wcro lluck, and that they were husband nnd wife. Iujurcd: Mrs. O. W. Graham, New York, nnd Mrs. J. A. Burlingaine, East Spring field, Otsego county, N. Y.. Injuries uot known; Mrs. Alllu Harris, Canton, Pa., in jured internally, recovery Idouhtful; Mrs. Mary Wakefield, Elmlra, N. Y., face cut badly, severely bruised; Miss J. M. Ander son, Mar&h Hun, Cuyahoga, county, Pa., badly cut about head uud face: Miss Ulancho Dcardslee, Canton, Ph., badly cut, leg hint, nnd skull fractured;, Mrs. Alfred Btarles, Elmlra, injured internally; Mrs. C. W. Fay, Elmlra, badly bruised nnd scratched; Mr. W. H. Hum phrey, Chenango Lake, N. Y., left arm broken twlco aud right hand cut; Miss Maud Henedlct, Canton, Pa., Injured about back nnd internally, probably fatally; Miss Kato llcaley, Morris Hun, Pa., bruises on body; Johanna Kealoy, badly, right arm crushed nnd hot): legs broken, recovery doubtful; Mrs. T. Donovan, Mor ris Hun, Pa., chest bruised aud hip in jured; Mr. A. Herriugton, Elmlra, N. Y., leg fractured and otherwise bruised, nuklo nnd leg broken and injured Internally; Miss Sarah A. Keeler, Hnmmondsport, N. V., leg broken, injured internally; Mrs. Herbert Gardner, Horseheads, N. Y., head bruised; Hobert Walsh, trainman, seriously Utilised: William Phillips, of Saginaw, hurt internally; L. H. Alns worth, of Elmlra, N. Y., leg hurt; John Deardslee, of Canton, Pa., crushed nbout the body; Mrs. C. W. Fay, of Elmlra, nnd Laura Fay, her daughter, cut about tho head; Engineer Whalen. of tho colliding train, ono leg broken. Tho rest of tho in jured hnve comparatively slight wounds. Latek. Tho man and woman classed na uuknowu havo been identified as Mr. and Mrs. GUmore, Morris Hun, Pa. l? Smallpox at Chicago. Chicago, Oct. 14. Four newenses of smallpox havo been discovered by tho health authorities. Joseph Plllonwasro moved from 10NJ Van Buren street. Tho others wore removed to the pest house from t23Vau Horn street, where cases had been previously reported. Mary Pyscb, ono of the patients at the pest house, died. JlnUlu, Much of the Mutilans, PAWS, Oct. 14. Fetes In honor of the liiiMtnii visit to Toulon were hold iu many towns In France. Dccoratlous and Illuminations were general. All of tho leading Russian d French newspnpors contain articles dwelling upon tho slgnlfl rnnco of the event-the cemontlng of the two couutr . . 1 Henry 1'rcsertcd Smith Ronton. I CINCINNATI, Oct. 14. Tho Ohio synod of the Presbytcrlnu churoh by a voto of 70 to 51 hns tefuscd to sustain the appeal of Professor Henry Preserved Smith from the decision of tho presbytery of Cine n. iiati which suspended bun from tho min WENT OVER TWO MILLIONS. I The Week f Chicago nay at the Oraat World's Fair. Chicago, Oct. 10. The attendance for last week at the World's fair did not reach tho figures that many sangulno peoplo thought it would, but it did very well, there having been mora half dollars dropped into the fair strong box than dur ing tho whole month of May. The seven day record was 3,131,601. Tho total attend ance for the poriod of the fair has beou up to Saturday night 17,KJ,MM, leaving lets than 2,000,000 to make up tho coveted 20,. 000,000. This week the schools in tho city have a holldavnnd the admission for "chil dren under 18 years" has been reduced to 10 conts, tho idea tendance of noor being to permit the at- children. To still fur-' ther securo the end generous cttl-cns are buying tickets to give to the children, and up to this wrltlug 80,000 havo been pur chased. Manhattan day winds up this weok, which began with paid attendanco of 8l,i00j aud New Yorkers nro trying to make tho day rival Chicago day, Ono schcino is to have halt a dozen New York regiment of militia here, Including the famous Seventh. A strong effort will be made lo get President Cleveland here for that dny nlco. Tho directory has had MO, 000 souvenir tickets printed for that dny, and hopeful ones mo predicting that there will bo that many pnld ndmlsslons Oct. i!4 will bo Mary Washingtou dny, and Oct. 30 Daughtera of tho Hevolutlou ;day. It will be called Patriotic day nnd 1.000,000 is tho attendanco figure set, which will be tho case perhaps. Ex-Presldeut Harrison was received by tho national commission Saturday and mado n brief speech. Ho then went on with sight-seeing as plain "Hen" Har rison. Tho Stonewall Drlgade band, of Rich mond, Vn., has arrived, and will bo tho attraction nt Mount Vernon House. His the band that followed Stoncwnll Jackson nil through the war. .Lord aud Lady Aberdeen nre at tho fair to stay to the end. The Evangelical Alllanco, Humane, nnd Walt-saving congresses havo ni'.Journcd, and tho W. C. T. U. hns tnkou their place at the Art Institute. Some Chicago Day figures. CHICAGO, Oct. 11. A few statistics re garding Chicago Day at the fair aro of in terest. Tho reports of some of the conces sionaires nro r.s follows: The intramural railway carried during the day liir,8Xi pas sengers; tho Ferris wheel, RJ.881; electric launches, 30,513; tho btreet in Cairo was visited by 00,000 peoplo, nd Hngcubeck's animal show by 35,C0& At the Welling ton rcttnurants tho consumption of vdi bles was: Sandwiches, SJa.oOU; cups of coffee, 180,000; oyster stews, 80,000; loaves of bread, 15,000; rolls, 75,000; doughnut. JbO.OOO; glnsses of beer, 'JjOJUO; gallons of iullk,7,0U0. Demolition of lllgllulldlugs. CHICAGO, Oct. la A Chicago house wrecking company has mado an offer to World's fair officials to remove from Jackson park tho following buildings at tho following prices, tho company to re tain all tho material: .Manufactures, SJ3, 000; government, $JO,000; electricity, $15, 000; transportation, (10,000; machinery, $3,000; fisheries, 116,000. Tho cost of the buildings was: Manufactures, l,737,43t; govornuicut, $450,001); electricity, fU3,350; transportation, $78:i,lbU: machinery, 1, 170,807; fisheries, J17,07i One Cent n nillo to the ralr. Chicago, Oct. 10. Oue cent per mile ratctffrom nil points in the west to Chi cago wont into effect nt midnight Satur day, and will remain iu effect till nftcr tho World's fair closes. Present indications point to a tremendously heavy traffic iu consequence of these rates. RUIN LET LOOSE. Frightful anil Deadly Kxploslun of Djoa niltu nt Knilngtoii, Ilia. EillS'GTON, Ills., Oct. 17. Tho entiro business portion of Einington has been wrecked by the premature explosion of dynamite. Fivo persons were killed and fio moro seriously injured, two of whom cannot live. The killed arc: James Corn well, Dwlght, Ills., in the employ of Eycr Bros.; Chris Eyer, of tho firm of Eyer Uros., professional well dlggers,ot Dwlght, leaves wifo and child; Fred Eyer. Olney, cousin cf Eyer Bros.; - Eyer, Olney, also cousin; S. E. Fowler, Einington, leaves wife nnd two children spectator. Tho injured nre: John Drown, single, Emingtou, cnunot live; John Kennedy, Emlngton; Chris Shcrer, single, Olney, cannot live; James, Wyllle, Emlngton; William Wyllle, Enilnuton. Others received bruises by the awful shock, but these nre the only oues seriously Injured. The two Wylllo'a wero digging a well, nnd to further their work they filled a gas pipe 2 feet long aud 1 inches in diameter with dynamite, and wero tapping it when it exploded, throwing the men and landing them over fifty feet from tho spot where they were working. The Eyers and Coruwell were mangled In such a manner that identification was impossible. Hats, shoes, and pieces of cloth were scattered nil around tho etreets in thnt vicinity. Every window light in town wns shattered by the Bhock, and stores aud residences near tho uceue wero considerably injured. Fought a Duel with Axes. HiiKNHAM, Tex., Oct. 10. In the Brazos bottom Cute Chadwick nud Johnsou Fel dcr wcro cutting timber when a riunrrol sprang up which led to a bloody duel with axes. As n result unnuwick'n bkuu was cloven In two nud Felder lies in jail in a badly Uiuligurcd condition. THE DEATH RECORD. Hliidkiit V. Hoot, ex-presldent of the Travelers' Protective association, nt Fort Wayne, Iud. Mrs. CoiiNKUA Fulton Ckauy, daugh te r of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, at New York, Jami:b C. Hum-ox, formerly manager ot tho Associated Press, nt New York. Captain J. F. Sm A li.man, well known lnko navigator, at Grand Haven, Mich, Lii'MAN 1'IKK, old time base ball player of note, nt Brooklyn. Thomas C. Eastman, well-known dealer A uud exporter of meats, at New York. Caul Roukk, largest man iu tho United States, nt llvlmont, N. D. Dr. Wii.uamA.M.Mitin, prominent phy sician of Goshen, lud. Glougk O. SintnvK, prominent jeweler ot San Fraucisco, at Mountain View, Cal. ALV1N S, Kkys, prominent in social, military and secret society circles, at Cedar Rapids, la. IIAUM'bC. Seaks, ono of the early set tlers of Rookford, His., at Fountain, Miuu. LATER STORM REPORTS. They Tend to Increase ttio t.Ut of Dliastert ail Dentin. Ciiicacio, Oct. 19. Later roports of the great atorm which swept tho chain of Inke.s last Ftidny toiul to increaso tho list of disnstors. The missing boats nro being heard from nt nil points, nnd nn approximate list of losses can at last bo mado. Thus far it is known thnt 41 peoplo woro lost nnd 10 vessels beenmo total wrecks. Twenty-nino inoro nro on tho boach or waterlogged, nnd whother they can be saved or not will dorond much upon the weather nnd their posi tions, In addition to this long list of casualties, neatly ovuiy storm suflforod ho.ivv boat out in tho damages. Tho cargovi, nro n.i total loses, including follows: Steamer Dean Richmond, foundered off Dunkirk, $110,003. Steamer WoekoActi, foiinderod on Like Erie. $J5,O0O. Schooner Jumps D. Sawyer, stranded off Charlevole, -.U.mi. Schooner .Minnehaha, stranded off Ouekcna, f l(XK). Schooner Hunter, stranded off New Buffalo, 11,800. Schooner Volunteer, stranded off Port Crescent, $.3,000. Tug Acme, foundered on Iiko Huron, $3.'i,000. Yacht Entcrpiise, strnuded on Georgian Bay, tlfiOO. Schooner Falconer, nshoro on Lake On tario, $0,000. Bargo Knight Templar, stranded off Cheboygan, $4,000. Schooner John 11. Merrill, nshoro on Drummoud's Island, fJO.OOO. To this list must bo added two schoon er h, which mo not yet identified. Ono lies eight mile3 off Port Colbomo. Sho is thought to bo tho P. C. Lolghton of Port Huron. Tho other is sunk four miles north of tho Pniislnn island, on Lnko Superior. Only tho top of tho innsts of both boats nro nbovo tho water, nnd it Ih likely thnt tholr crows, numbering six or eight men for each, nro lost. This will muko tho total num ber lost in tho groat storm 08. Some of tho stranded may bo rescued; nnd car goes damaged by water, the loss will ex ceed 300,000. This is the estimate of a conservatlvo underwriter, aftor ho had gono over tho list carefully. To thoso big figures must next bo nddod lossos of not less than $50,000 for minor damages, many of which will never bo reportod in print. This grand total of 58 lives and $G57, 000 worth of property will ndd tho storm of Oct. 1 1 to tho list of history galtu on tho groat luko3. Wliltrcnps Iu l'rlion. Jeffeksonvillk, Iml., Oct. 18. Elijah Dalton, James Dalton and George Holsapplo, each for fivo years, Edward Boiling for thrco yen, nnd Otto Bar nett for two years, wero received nt tho Indiana prison south. They aro tho fivo whitecappcrs who inhumanly whipped Mrs. Elijah Dalton at hor homo nour Borden, two months ugo, and whoso trials havo just closed nt Salem. Limited Kip rets Wrecked. PiTTSiiuita, Oct. 18. Tho first section of the New York and Chicago limltod express on tho Fort Wayne road was wrecked at Wcllsville, O., 40 miles from this city. Two trainmen woro killed instantly and four others wero injured, two of whom will die. Tho passengers wero thrown from their berths by tho shock, but oscapjd with slight bruises and a bad fright. Two Illooks Wore llurned. Owunton, Ky., Oct. 18. Firo broko out in P. II. Blown & Son's livery stable in tho south end of this city. It spread rapidly and 2) houses, embracing two blocks, wcro burned. II. B. McNnlly was burned in tho Exchnngo hotel. Loss, (00,000; insurance, $15,000. Tho origin of tho fire is unknown. This loaves tho town without a hotel or livery stable Knocked Completely Out. Nr.w Ohlkanh, Oct. 18. Twcntv-five hundred peoplo witnessed bantam battlo at the Olympic club betwoon Jack Levin of England and Jim Gorman of New York. Iu tho third round Gorman swung his right on Levin's jaw and the latter was knocked completely out. Gorman received a groat ovation. Killed by Fro.t. Birmingham, Aln., Oct. 18. It is estimated the frost Mondny night, which killed lato cotton, will cut off tho al ready short crop fully 10 por cent in north and middlo Alabama, Tho short crop nnd low piico of cotton will bank rupt many farmers. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Chicago drain nnd FrovUlont. CntCAOO, Oct. 17. Tlio market for wheat wan unsettled. December closed atOJHftiiJHc, about ?Sc below yesterday. May was So to 4o lower at tlio tiusu. Corn was ipilut and eloied unelmngcl at 4lt&lllliC. Oats wero qutet and bteaily. Muy closed Mo to Wo higher at IBJJo. l'nnhlons wero loner and tlio fccliu. ooy all dny. January lioik eloied o lower; January lard 1-Kc lower; January ribs 13c loner. CLOSING IMIICKS. WHE.VT-Octobur, OlUc; Ducerabcr, UJtfc; May.TIUc. CORN-October, STJic; November, 38Jc; De cember. i5if: May, 4IWc OATS-October, Sl.Uc; December, 27Jo; llnv. Ditto asked. l'OUK-OUobor. S1S.33; January, IU.10. l.AUU-October, J'J.W, Novembor, $9.19; January, f H.UJ. mUd-Uctubcr, $s.4.'W; January. $7.30. Chlca Live Stock. Union Stock Vaiids, I Ciiioauo, Ocu 17. 1 CATTIJ5-ltc(clits. 8,0 J) head. Common to extra steers. Sl.-itt5.7l; stoekers and feud- ers, Ji.iW.Tri: cow and bulls, $1.U09J.0, calves. i.WQM&. lluUb-UvccipU. 18.0 a head. Heavy. S'101 IGil.W; toiiimon to tlnilca mixed, SU.lUit0.7i: 'cholto nmortod, $J,0jai."5; ll.lit, fO.-'JBl.W; IplKH. $.VlKKjJi).ai. I hllKKl'-Rccelpts, 19.00J head, l'oor to choice, Sl.OOJJ-J.W.Iumbs, poor tu extra, $,V.'J ' 1.75. j South Omaha I.lvo Stock. I Sotmi Dm Ail t, Oct. H.-CATTLK -Receipts, 4.0U) liod: HO to IV) I lbs., SI.7i)-.Vr;ltiilto MM lbs., II.UIiil.M: ft)') to IIUI IIh., U.OXiH.-n cholcu cowri, J.MKj&'.'.U); cnmiaou cons, $l,,:l.,.00; good feeders, $l.00.'!.HV. cciuunon teederd, $.'.sj-i.ta Market steady to lOo loner. HO'JS-Recolpta, R.nO head; llcht, $0.)3 U0; lillse'l, taiK3)..S. heavy, t0.l04l.iU. Market stronger; ilui So loner. wUKBP-Muttoua, $4.0uJ.W; Uwbs, $3.W (AU0, Market w -.- -c ; WAS A BLAST OF DEATH ' THE NORTHWESTERN GALE ON THE GREAT LAKES. The S tinnier Dean Itlchnmnd Founder with .Ml on llnnrd nnd tho Minnehaha llrenks Up with Seven, Only On of Vlinni la Snreil. Bitkalo, Oct. 10. Klghtcdi persons, tho entire crew of the propeller Dean Rich mond, nro given up for lost iu tho storm on Lake Krie. Tlio corpses of llvo hnve been washed nshoro oft Van Huron Point, forty miles from this city, near Dunkirk. Tho shore of tho lake Is strewn with wrcckago and merchandise, aud the waves nro hourlv vluldlmi mi further cvldencus of tho fato to which tho lllclnnond has I gone. Another boat, tho Kchooncr Typo, Is thought to have gono down with her crew just oil Gravely bay ou tho Cana dian side, a few miles from this city. Sho is o ned by tho Hargrove company, of tho Detroit. Nainci of tho I.oit Crew. Tho ngentof tho steamer Dean ltich nioud nt Toledo furnishes tho nnmes of tho boat'a cicw as follows: O. W. Stod dard, captain; ISeorgo Boyren, second mate; Samuel Meadows, wheelman; Frank Krnest, lookout; K. Wheeler, lookout; A. B. Dodge, Fccoml cook; Kvnns, chief i engineer: Jacob Ernest, deckhand; Will inm Ziuk, deckhand: OVorgo Schilling, porter nil of Toledo; Walter Uoodyear, first mate, Ottawa Luke, Mich.; J. K. Brady, wheelman, residence uuknowu; Mrs. ltctin Ellsworth, stewardess, Ay liner, Ont.; Frnnk Hilton, sreoud engineer, I'ort Huron; Thermau Hcathnu, liremaii, reel, dvneo unknown; William Sargcnfrcl, fire man, rcsideuco unknown; Frank Patten, deckhand, rcsideuco unknown; unkuown man, deckhand, shipped nt Buffalo. I.n.it Tlmo Sho Was Hi en. Tho last tlmu the Richmond won seen was w licit sho was sighted by Captain Lluske, ot tho Helena, oil Long Point. Tho storm was at Its height at tho tlmo and it was Impossible to render any assist ance to tho vessel, although sho scemod to bojnboring under dllllcultic. Tho Helena was with Ullllculty kept aright horaolf.snd Captain Lelsko reports his experience iu this stoim to havo been tho most Bcvore of n long life on the lnkcs. The Richmond wns battling with tho heavy seas nnd seemed to be nt great disadvantage, al most dismantled nud In imminent dan ger of foundering. Another Fatul Trcrk Ilcportrd. MAMbTKK, Mich., Oct. 10. During the great storm a four-mnsted schooner wns reported nshoro near this placo and tho Manistee llfc-Mivlug crew wns called upon for assistance, the claim bclug made thnt the Frankfort clew could uot bo reached. A train was immediately made up, nnd the crew aud boat were taken toOncknmn, whero tho boat was hauled ten miles through tho woods to Starke. Upon arriv ing there at midnight tho Frankfort crew was found upon thogrottud, having arrived just before daik, but too lato to bo of any service. The schooner Minnehaha had beou thrown upon the bench at nbout noon. Tho nen was running very high nnd swept tlio decks clcau nud the crew wns all drowned exctpt tho captain, v ho jumped overboard with n plank nnd swam ashore. Tho Miuuelinhn was being towed by tho tenmbaigo Henry J. Johnson, also of Cleveland, which liecmnu ill tabled during tho storm, nud Captain Packer, fearing thnt he would go down iu tho open sen, cut the tow Hue nud put for shore. Thosu drowned were: John HalTerty, mate, Cleve land; John ItaiTerty, Jr Cleveland; Mary Kecfe, Cook, Cleveland; William Ahl strom, sailor, Cleveland; two sailors, names uuknowu, both of Cleveland. And Still Another Disaster. Buffalo, Oct. 17, Thirteen moro vic tims havo been added to tho already long list ot fatalities resulting from tho t Ct rl lie northwest gnlo that swept tho great lakes Satnrday and Sunday last. It is now definitely knowu that the steamer Wockokeu, ot Cleveland, foundered In leu fathoms ot water just above Long Point ou the northern coast of Lake Krie in the recent storm, carrying down with her all but thrco ot her crew. The list ot those drowned Is as follows: Albert Meswald, cnptnlu, Marino City; Miss Sarah Mes wald, his sister; Captain John Mitchell, Cleveland; David Jones, first mate, Cleve land; Matthew Busier, second engineer, Marino City; Michael Hinkclman, chief engineer, Cleveland; Charles Mlunrd, steward; Henry Branch, watcluuan; John Hlnkelmnu, fireman; George Smith, tiro- mnn; Edmund Kldridge, watchman; Mike" Kenuey, deckhand; William Kauhl, wheel mau all ot Marine City. Tho Annie bhcrwood l.oit. CHICAGO, Oct. 17. Another fatal wreck has been added to the list. Tho schooner Annie Sherwood Is lost. Her enptain died from exhaustion on board nud a sailor was ' killed by being daubed, ngalust tho lumber ou deck. The crew finally took their dead und abandoned the vessel. Thoy wero nicked up seven miles southeast of Caribou Island by tho steamer Sitka and taken to1 Saultste. Mario. Cremated the Conductor. FoitT Dopoe, In., Oct. 18. A railway wreck occurred on the Chicago and North western at Dayton, Two freight trains in charge of Wllllnui Krb aud John Hooker coll .led. Conductor m was killed and his body was burned to ashes in tho wreck. Engineer Kd Bates was seriously injured in tho back and nbinkeman lost a leg. Tho collision was a rcar-eud one. Csarewlteh to Starry Wales' Daughter. 111. HUN, Oct. 17. The Loknl Anzelget says that the rzarewltch has been formal ly betrothed to Princess Victoria, second daughter ot tho Princo of Wales. The c.nre witch ot Russia, Giaud Duko Nich olas, was bom May Jf, IW$, nud is, there fore, nbout to months older' than Prlu cess Victoria, who was born July 0, 1803. Set en Years for Bare Itobbery. Cincinnati, Oct. 18, Jnmes Benne, who at noon ou Aug. "8 Inst, walked into the Builders' Exchnngo nud stole a packnge from tho sato containing $1,700 has been sentenced iu the criminal court tosoveu years iu tho penitentiary. llruniwiek, Oa., Needs Food. Mrarilis, Tenn., Oct. 10. A special to The Commercial from Nashville, Tenn,, bays: A telegram from a Brunswick mer chant says that tho people there have only una one meat tu inv past twee -ays, congressional , l'rocreilln.a nt llm Ht'iiale anil llnuie at SAnihlntnn. , Washington, Oct. 13. So far in tho nen- ate tic nam -Krcn uoius inn neii, no h"-cloeillilasrechn(tcrs! hours In sections. Bate of lenneseo pre-' Kcnted resolution of n meeting of Lincoln countylYnn., citizens approving the action of their senators In standing nut for free silver. A bill wns reported to pension the widow of General ("orsont $100 per mouth, Free silver speeches were made by Allan or Nebraska and IrhyofNiutu Carolina nnd n repeal speech by Smith ot New Jersey, n Democrat. Voothees re fused to move, to adjourn nnd ho nud , Dubois had n long argument In which both , thicw down tho gauntlet uud tho "sitting . it out" process begun. I Tho hoitso referred a rcsoluslon torn rFce" of congress from Oct, 14 to Nov. 1, that members might attend the World's fair, to tho rules committee. Tho rule to take up tho amendment to tho (ienry Chi nese exclusion bill, which extends tho time for registration for nix months, eamo up nud McCrenry advocated the amendment. Geary opposed it. Both houses passed n bill penult ting Wisconsin to plnco n stntuo of Pierre Marquette iu Statuary hall, tho sctiato amending It so that Wisconsin must give tho statue oue ot hor two places In tho hall. Washington, Oct. 13. Tho sennto con tinued Its Wednesday's session with the silver men blocking business and Insisting ou tho repealers providing a quorum. Martin began speaking when Allen quit, after nearly llfteen hours of oratory. Mar tin closed nt nbout 4 p. in. nud Teller spoke nwhllc,when he was c-ctiscd ou Im portant business. Then Stewart took tho Door. During tho evening tho repealers otforcd a recess, but Stewart refused to quit speaking. Tho quotum disappeared nt 11 o'clock nnd could not be obtained, some Republicans declining to sit up auy longer. Filially nt 1:45 a. in. Voorhees gave Iu, moved adjournment, uud it wns enrried. The house concurred in tho senntenmend meut to tho bill to permit Wisconsin to place n stntuo of Pierro Marquette in Stat uary hall. Tuo bill to protect the forests was discussed without action and the rest of the dny devoted to debate ou the Mc Crenry bill to extend the time for Chinese registration under the Geary law, without action. Wamiimitox, Oct. 14. The sennte re ceived n comiuuulontion from tho treasury in reply to Allen's inquiry how much money tho government had borrowed since March, 1885. The reply was that none had been borrowed. Vest gave uotlcoof n sub stitute for tho repeal bill, which ombodles free coluoge of tho American product nt 10 I to 1 until $$00,000,000 nro coined. I Dolph offered nu amendment to the rules in reference to compelling I 4 tin liMnnlion et -liantltnA- 1'li-s fetiu iiuviivu v nuviivvvci .su repcnl bill came up nnd Stewart talked, lie rested white thoucttonot Judgo Dundy nt Omaha lu appointing receivers for the Union Pacific was reported and tho govern ment's intorests discussed without action. In tho house n few mutters of no parti cular importance were nttended to and then the McCrenry bill wns resumed, nnd tho tlmo for tho debate extended to U p. in. Monday, when voting will begin. Speeches wero mado for the bill, which extends the tlmo for Chlnuso to register, by Itnyuer and Sickles nud ngninst it by Bowers nnd Magulre, both of California. WA6H1XOTON, Oct. 10. Iu tho sennte Sat unlay Morgan, replying to some newspaper criticisms, said the Voorhees bill was not unconditional repcnl of tho Sherman net but Injurious nnd cowardly. Amendments to tho rules wero ottered forbidding tho reading by senators ot speeches either written or printed, disqualifying senators interested in national banks from voting ou fluuueial questions, to permit tho count ing In a quorum of senators present and refusing to vote, and providing for tho close of debate tho same way as it Is done in tho house. The resolution referring to the elections committee the question whether absent (senators can be compelled to attend was agreid to. Dubois again re fused to vote w hen tailed upon. Poller gao another section of his speech. Then Jones ot Nevada begau a speech, aud be fore ho concluded Voorhees moved to ad journ, which was carried. Tho house continued the discussion of the McCreery bill to suspend Chinese reg istration for six months. The discussion was dreary ami uninteresting. Tho bill Btisncndluu for this year the law requiring $100 worth of work per annum to be done ! on mining claims was passed uud tho reso- lutlous rcgardiug tho Union Pncillc re celvershlp agreed to. Washington, Oct. 17. The senate slight ly amended the bill providing for elections in tho Cherokee outlet and passed it after voting down 10 to 9 nn amendment es tablishing wo nan suffrage, Allison, Carey, Dolph, Frye, Gallluger, Hoar, Kyle, Peffor, nnd Teller voting aye. ldgo made n vpeech on the question of closlug debate in tho senate und prohibiting written speeches. Tho matter was discussed by Hoar, Vest, nud others, the latter Intimat ing that a change of rules would bo pre vented by tho minority, saying that one fifth of tho senate could prevent any legis lation, Jones gave another section of his speech, PelTor nuothersectlouof his. From then ou until adjournment ntlOp. m. there was little except roll calls for n quorum. The house concluded tho dtbato on tho McCrenry bill to extend tho time for Chinese registration, which wns paused 178 to 1 with nn amendment detlnlug Chinese merchants. The Cox bill for the better control of national banks was taken up and the house adjourned. Guarantee Investment Company. Chicago, Oct. 17. All tho ofllcers ot the Gunrantco investment company havo been I .., ... .... tTi..i .'. '.-....i i... indicted by the United Stntes grand jury for using the malls for the promotion of lotteries, The company has Its principal offices at this city and St.Louls. According to tho vUws ot tho proseoutiug olllcers the company is a strained application ot life insurnuco principles ton bond Issue iu which there seems to bo nn udmixture ot the lottery element. It hns douo a very largo business-said to aggregate $50,000, COO. More Murder on the Strip. GUTIIIMK, O. T., Oct. 1(1. -J. L. Stevens wns murdered In his tent nt Perry by un known parties nt U o'clock in tho morn ing. West ot here, near the line of the Cherokee strip, was found tho skeleton nud effects ot nu unknown man who had been murdtrud and robbed. i Commander of the I.ojiil I.egluii. Chicago, Oct. li, General Lucius Fair child, of Wisconsin, was elected common- dcr-lu-chiet ot the Loyal legion at tho. auuunl meeting. General Fulrchlld suc ceeds ox-Presldeut Hayes, who died shortly alter his election last fall. HISTORY OF A WEEK. " A Wednesday, Oct. 11. Jtt ' At Olncyvlllf, near Providence, R. I., ' V r) strike against reduction in wages hns close Cl.fi 11 lltn urAnlnn tittlt nfiinlnalnrf mi t Ot t ), .tni. I ?hB foroerles of Chnrfca T. Walter, c St. Johnsbury, Vt., now amount to $11, IsJO, nud his pcrsonnl debts nre nbout $75, nm Judgo Um.cn dissolved tho Injunction, brought against the Topckn club hlcf' had been enjoined because it" member! kept liquors in individual lockers. Some doubt having been expressed M I lhn .Inlvldl nriattl nf tlin ln 1) MslttiltI rer, known ns F.uiln Pashn, the Jevflsljl Chronicle, ot London, hns made Inquiries i and prints the record nt Kmln's birth, pre 1 served In the nynngoguo of Oppelu, ItU Prussia. Representative Breckinridge, ot Ken? tucky, will havo opposition in his own i party next time he runs, nnd it looks iu though thnt Miss Pollard case would ret tiro him, I Thursday, Oct. 19. : A Topoknmnn claims to havo discov ered n liquid which will turn negroes into white men. ' Tho shortage of ex -Treasurer McCur tain, ot tho Choctnw Nation, is now fig ured nt $,tbO,OUO. Vlrnnt. lfnmlltnti. V. 11.. itnatrnvnil tlin bank block and other property. Total1 loss, $75,000. Thrco largo stock barns belonging to i Daniel Duuhani, of Wnyne, Du Pngoi county, Ills., wero burned. Loss, $8,000, K A relief train of six freight cars ot pro visions nud supplies for the fever stricken town of Brunswick, tin., hns lett Jersey t-tty. Hclon M. Brown, of Chicago, is lying dangerously wounded nt Madrid, Spain by n pistol ball sho fired herself In nn nt tempt to commit suicide because ot dlsap potnimcut in mve. Tho eighty-fourth annual meeting of tho American board ot commissioners for foreign missions convened nt Worcester, Mass., with large attendance. Cincinnati hns been deluged by spurious silver doltnrs, nnd tho city rnllwny com pnuy reports n Iocs ou $IM) tnkeu iu Inst week, Judgo J. O. Ktnory, ot Lawrence, Kns., wns chosen chnlrmnn ot tho International Irrigation convention nttended by over 'XO uciegntes nt os Aiigeies, uni. lfrldajr, Oel. 13. Valentine R. (lurnoy, one of the six hun dred who rode "into tho vnlloy ot death" at Bnlaklavn, has just died nt New York. There are but two of theso heroes now sur vlvlng. Itosn Belle, claimed to be tho handsom est squaw ou tho Plum reservation, was killed by her drunken lutsbaud, the brute beating her head to a jolly, A young man at Harper, Kns., hns been arrested nnd lined $10 for singing "After tho Ball." Asa P. Morse, against whom a vordlc ot $40,000 wns glveu by a Boston jury for" breach ot promise of marriage, is 75 years old. Mrs. Van Houtcn, the plaintiff, la described ns a pretty widow 03 years of age. John Hooker, husband ot Isabella Beecher Hooker (sister of the lnte Henry Ward Bcceher), bos justreslgued tho posi tion at reporter of tho supremo court of Connecticut, which ha had held for thirty six years. At Sioux City, la , the Union Planing mill, Frutic brewery, eight two-story buildings nnd a number ot other houses wero bi.rned at a loss ot nbout $'450,000. Haturdnjr, Oct 14. Canadian Roman Catholics will petition tho pope to appoint a papal ablegate for the Dominion. William Thode, n wealthy money broker of Baltimore, blew out his brains while cru.ed with drink. Obituary: At Newport, N. V., Vlco Pres ident Andrew C. Bayne, ot the JlCtna Fire Insurance company, of Hartford; at St. Louis, William J. Barnes. The American girl who shot herself nt Mndrld, nud wits supposed to be a Miss Mlddletou, of Chicago, hns nlso snld her name was Brown nnd Wilson. There is hope of her recovery. The Michigan Central Railroad company has been assessed (75l(00 by n Detroit jury for tho benefit ot Willlnm Lucklln, n 7-year-old boy who had both legs cut oil by a train last April. A large box lu Westminster Abbey bear ing tho conspicuous Intel "Bones of Major Andre," was opened by a curious visitor recently, and found to contnlu a lot of lamp chimneys. Monday, Oct. 10. Morris O'Brien died nt Macon, Mo., having been poisoned by sardines. Too much whisky brought on a quarrel at Lnkctou, Ky., between Tom Asbworth aud Emmett Steermaii, each about n years ot age, and Stcerman killed Ash worth with a knito, and then escaped. Bob Iugersoll says he wants to see tho day that "no matter hoar threatening tho financial aspect there will be plenty of money." Hobert Alrd, ot Woodlawn, was thrown from n crowded platform ou n Chicago suburban train and his leg broken. Ho has just recovered $10,000 damiges from the Illinois Central. It Is claimed that much opium is being smuggled into Cleveland, nud that the use ot the drug in thnt city is dally increasing. TbePubst Brewlug company, of Mil waukee, bus ndvnnced tho sum of $100,000 to tho city to help itoutot Its financial difficulty consequent ou tho failure of the city depository bank. Tho money Is really an advance pnymeut of taxes. Tuesday, Oct. 17. It is now charged thnt bribery was used on jurors in the trial of Actor Curtis at San Frnnsisco. The names ot the alleged bribers aro McManus nnd Dunn, the latter a state senator, Thoy both deny the chnrge. Fire at King City, Mo., burned twenty eight buildings at n loss of 1 50,000. Whllo tho French are making much of the Russians at Toulon nnd Paris the Italians are cheering the British fleet at Taranto, and tho prophets predict that the great European war is coming on apace. When J. D. Wells, ot Sedalla, Mo., took a pair of trousers from a closet nud gave them a shake a rattlesnake three feet long dropped out ot them. The reptile wa killed. Mr, Yo, tho Corceau minister at Wash ington, nnd his wife attend the Presby terian church. The club house of the Detroit Boat clan ' in Belle Isle psttt was destroyed by fire, the two men in :hnrgo having to jump into Detroit river to save tnetr lives. Emma Goldmun, the New York female anarchist, bos betu w-Utteed to y$M la I the peulteutlary. 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