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' jl /f cldffZonal Intelligence Concerning the AcT
I f I\ \ cldent on the Jioston and Providence.
f Beaton dispatch : Tho revised Hat of the
It injured in tho railroad nccidcnc yesterday
I 1 showed that 114 persons were wounded.
I | All night long a large force of workmen
I tt | were engaged in clearing away tho debris of
I I the wrecked cars at tho scene of the bridge
I ' ; JOftHtor. ItwaH but slow Avork , and hut
I ' liHlo headway waa made , yot the men
H i . ' ivorlcod hard and when the light of morning
I \ . wuh sufficient for a continuation of labor
I I \ without means of artificial light , the work
- 3 progressed more rapidly. Hopes were being
H / stretched around the scene , und nil persons
H < \ wno were nofc actively engaged in clearing
Wt \ ) tho wreck wero forced to keep outside the
H'f J Una. A large force of men arc at work takg
H f I ing tho bridge apart. The baggage car and
I' } ) one of the rear cars of tho train have been
\ ? completely demolished and all that marks
} i the spot whero theso two cars were at the
j * ( .base of tho embankment is a heap of kind-
ling wood. Tho wreck is a more appalling
I sight than the ruins at tho recent White
Itiver junction disaster , and this points
j / strongly to tho fact that the train was runj
' ' -l ning at a rate of Hpeed fully twenty-five
j ' miles per hour. Tho forward earn , which
! / lie at the oinbankmentand in tiie roadway.
\ remain in the same position in which they
J fell. There were undoubtedly wore cars in
} { tho train , as the tin tops or nine are to he
" \ found , but the remains oT two cas are in
\ such a state or demolishment that K is im-
'
* J possible to discover any parts of them.
"J This was .caused by tho fall down of th *
v , / embankment , and consequently the rumor
{ has prevailed that there were but eight cars
j ) in Mio train.
\ Martin Welch , sub-foreman , of West
? Roxbury , was at work yesterday morning
with a gang of five men , cutting wiIIoavs.
( The party was stationed G'50 feet from tlio
bridge , on tlie southeast end of the strucl
ture , and every man had an axe. Welch
said this morning : "Wo had just begun
our work. I saw the train coming , and
stopped to look at it. I saw it going on
the bridge , and noticed that the train was
acting queer. The engine and three cars
wero across , but the whole train was Blinka
Owing to the duplication and misspelling
of names it is now believed that the re-
"
i ports of the number of persons killed have
been considerably overestimated. Up to
noon to-day Dr. Draper had Bigned four
deal h certificates and Dr. Ilai ris three ,
making the entire death total up to noon
twenty-four.
The following is an accurate list of tho
' dead :
Myron Tilden , Dedliam , conductor.
E Lizzie Walton , Dedliam.
Kosubel Welch , saleswoman ; West Roxd
f burv.
William , T. Strong.
Peter Swnbcn , tailor , Central station.
William Edgar Snow , salesman , West
Itoxbury.
Miss Laura Price , Roslindnle.
Miss M. I. Odiorne , Hales woman , family
live near Dover , X. H.
Edward E. Norris , freight clerk , Dedham.
( Miss Noi-ris , Dedham.
! i.izsie Manderville , Dedham.
Waldo B. Taylor , policeman , Spring
Street station.
Albert E. .Tolmson , watchmaker , Roston.
Stephen T. Houghton , gasfitter , West
Roxbury.
Emma P. Hill , clerk.
llarrv Gav , clerk.
.Miss Snrau 13. Ellis , Medfield.
William E. Durham.
1 fa tte Dudley.
Wel-ster Clapp , West Roxbury.
Mrs. II. Cardinal , Rosendale.
I
Alice BurnettRoslindale. .
Mrs. Marie Brooks , West Roxbury.
Mrs. Ida Adams.
Total , 24.
A careful canvass of West Roxbury and
i Deiihani shows the number or wounded to
' " l > e at least 111 , of which number fifteen
are classed as fatally injured , while more
than a score are in a precarious condition
stud their wounds may prove fatal at any
i time. The work of moving the wreck at
Btihsey Wooods bridge , the scene of the
S accident , progressed rapidly to-da3' , a large
gang of workers being engaged , while a
i Kcjuad of policemen kept back an everte
• swelling crowd of relic hunters.
J Thomas Donne , an expert civil engineer ,
j well-known throughout the country , was
b at the wreck all day in tiie employ of the
R railroad commissioners • witii a view to
jr learning anything that can be learned from
' tiie clearing away of the ruins and the in-
I spection of the fragments of the bridge. At
2yt ) p. in. the commissioners began an in
! vestigation into the cause of the accident.
: ng and swaj'injj most violently. Then ,
just as the fourth car was half on the bridge
i and hnif on the embankment , on the other
: { side , the bridge went down. The fifth car
plunged down with it. and in its fall
dragged back and down into the pit below ,
the fourth car , which , as I have said , was
already half way on the Lank. The car
j behind the fifth car came plunging and
crashing down upon it , and the last car of
tili , the smoker , rolled over twice as it went
down the embankment. 'My God , the
bridge is down ! Run , boys , and take your
< axes , ' I yelled. I started as fast as I could
* go and they with me. It was an awful
1 h ght ; such struggling , and sighing , and
moaning I never heard in all my life. Some
of the passengers who first succeeded in
getting clear of the track seemed dazed , bea
wildend , scarcely able to realize what had
happened or whero they were. Others
could and did help us , but on
the south side of tho wreck there
• wiis no help for nearly ten minutes.
| The smoker was the car that we came to -
first. Our boys swung their axes with a
B will and we knocked in the end of the car ,
cut away between the windows , and then
K went in ourselves and began the work of
rescuing. We saw the uniform or Olliccr K
Walter B. Lalor and took him out. He
was unconscious when we reached him and
probably dead , although his lips quivered
Tor a moment or two aftelwe had him out
beside the wall. We took out Mr. Snow ,
win * wnR dying , and at least a dozen in-
jared persons. The unhurt passengers , if ]
there were any ( I don't remember see
ing a man in this car but who was more or
less bruised and scarred ) helped us and Ate
t'liiptiod the car , taking out the cushions
and laying the injured upon them. By this
time teams had begun to come , and wo
1 * placed the wounded in them by twos and
threes , and they were carried off to tho en-
glne house at Rosindale. All was confus
kIoii. People were flocking to the plnce.
Everybody was screaming and shouting ,
some with pain , others giving orders. I c
cannot remember incidents Avith much dis- :
tinctness after this , for I , too , Avas getting s
excited. I only know that Ave kept at s
work until 10 o'clock and staid until all e
were taken away. t
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} nOJT CAT2ZE TIAYE WIXXtSRED.
UV" Cheyenne special : The weather for tlu
i' - / past few weeks has been delightful in Wy-
j , oming and cattlemen noAv hope to pull
j - through in very fair shape. The snoAv fall
j j. in many parts of thestate has been greater °
* , - the past winter than has been known foi c
j • * years. The principal losses Avill be in the "
j Belle Fourche and powder river country t
. $ i/ Avherc the ranges Avcre overstocked. The a
i " , " • ' feed , thongh good , Avas short , and the snow n
' % fall • phenomenal. The losses in that seci
j i j tion will come close to 25 per cent. In ;
jt ' other regions , except perhaps Sweetwater , ]
f , the losses will not be more than the averu
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l' S- " age. I
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* y Dr. Junker , the African explorer , has arj j (
jL rived in Munich , GergEtBy , fa good health. a
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AJtRESTS J3F THE WIIOLEHAZE.
Warrants < for Twenty-two Men Mixed Up in
Two Murders.
Ozaihc , Mo. , March 15. Warrants linve
been sworn out for the arrest of twenty-two
men. all living ; near Sparta and Chadwick ,
charged with having killed Charles Green and
William Eaton , and thirteen of them have
been ancstcd and arc now under a strong1
( juard. Five of the men , Sum Preston , sr. ,
Sam Preston , jr. , William Roberts , Bird Ray
mid : James Predion arc kept In ttic court room
here. . ! Tiiey arc all men Avlth families and
live near Sparta. Eight others , Among' avIioiu
are John and WIlcv Mathews , Dave Walker ,
C. O. Siiiunoii3 and Joe Iiiinan , were arrested
by ShcrlilJohiiEoii and a large riosse at their
homes near Chadwick to-day auu avIH proha-
lily be brought here to-night , except Iimmn ,
who. clainilnjj to he sick , arri\-ed Avllh his
guard on the cveiiinir train.
The nine others , " It is expected , will he
brought i in within the next twenty-four hour ? .
Amot ig the htttcr is William Walter , Avho , it
is reported , was shot and wounded at the tune
nf i the murder. Prosecuting Attorney G. A.
. Watson says the preliminary examination will
hardlr be In-gun before the las > t of the week or
next Monday.
Sam Preston , sr. , Avhen arrested Avas at the
uepot hcie ready to take the train for Jefferson
City , Atiiere he is Avantcil iu the United States
district court to answer to an indictment
charging' him Avitli au attempt to ( intimidate a
witness from appearing against the alleged
Bald Ktiohbeis before Commissioner James at
Springfield. All the men arre.-ttd protest
their ] innocence and claim that tlicy arc able
to prove alibis.
GOOU CITIZENS I DION ANT.
A lanrclv attended public meeting was
held at the court house Sunday niirht and
strong resolutions against the Bald Knobbers
adopted. Since then the sheriff has been
promptly aided by volunteer citizens In the
Avork ol arresting the accused parties. On
hearing a rumor to-day that a posse Avas hav
ing trouble with Bald Knobbers at Chadwick
this afternoon another posse of leading citi-
zeus armed and started for that place , but
their services were not needed. Some express
the opinion that the governor 6hould take
steps tolielp iu suppressing the lawless organ
izations ' as it is a diVgraec to the whole state
while others arc confident that the local au
j ]
thorities backed by the best people of the
county are able to accomplish the desired end.
and fa\-or the immediate calling of a special
term j , of the circuit court to try all tne parties
accused or complicated in the murder.
James Eaton , his Arife aud their daughter ,
Mrs. Charles Green , have been removed from
the scene of the homicide to this place and arc
stopping at the Fiuhiy house. E3toa said to-
day : "My son Widian about three mouths ago i
was takeu out of bed by a party of masked
men .and se\Tcrely whipped. They told him
they did it because he laid said if the Bald
Knobbers ever came around him theyAvould
haA'c to carry away their dead. William deni-
id havimrsaid it , but it Avas known that Ave
were all opposed to the organizati n and iu
favor of upholding law and order. Last Fri-
day night , William and his wife and Green
and his Avifc were all at niv house. Mrs.
Green was in bed sick and has been so the.
past three Avccks. We all retired for the night ,
occupying the same room.
HOW TIIE ATTACK AVAS MADK.
"About 11 o'clock Ave were aAvakeucd by
loud ( cursing outside aad heard some one call
out : ' 'Get out of there , you , or Ave Avill
killyou. j "Wiiliam repliedI will get out as
quick as I can , ' expecting that he would he
takeu out again and whipped , as he lie iiad re
recently received anonymous notices to leave
the country or take the consequences. Just
then they smashed in the Avindow , and as my
Avife stepped to the door to rai.-e the latch , it
Avas violently burst open and she Avas knocked
hackArard. The other duor was also forced
open ! and masked men crowded into
the room. By this time Ave Avere all up and
my wife had handed me my self-acting ic-
vol\cr. Three of the men caught me by the
arms and attempted to take the Aveapon aAvay
lrom me. 1 UireAV owe of them back and
thev commenced shooting at us. As the men
fell backward I aimed to shoot and think that
I did as one of the chambers Aras empty next
morning. One bullet struck me and'passed
through the back of mv neck , and as I turned
to see my assailants , I was struck on the head
Avith an axe and fell s-enseless to the Iloor. and
did J not regain consciousness until the next
morning. "
Eaton's Avounds though severe are not fatal.
and } he is rapidly improving. His daughter ,
Mrs. Green , Avas quite ill aiid has received a
shock from AAhich there is scarcely a possi
bility of her recovery. As soon as the all eg-
ed "Bahi-Knobbcrs" entered the house
in j , her excitement she got out of bed , and by
the aid of the lamp aa hich was burning , could
* sce Avhat was going on. She says : "I saw my
husband shot through the head and lie fell
dead near by wheie I i-tood , and my brother
William shot in the face. One of the men
placed the muzzle of his gun close to nry
breast , but as he tired I jerked the gnu to one
side with my left hand , the bullet striking my
little finger , and Avitlt my right hand I tore
tin * little mask from the man's face , and rec
ognized him as Bud B < u\
ItLOOI ) OVEJt * iVEllYTiIN"0. :
"The men then hastily left the house , and
as they AA-ere going one of them fired ar. my i
brotherAvbo i ; Avas partly lying ou the bed. Four
buckshot entered his hack. I think that was
the shot that killed him. I think there Avere
tAventy or more shots fired iu all , and about
that number of men in the house. After the
shooting there Avas blood on nearly everything :
in : the room. My little 3 year-old girl AAas on f
the floor by the side of her dead father , and !
my babe Avas in bed. Both had blood all
spattered over them but neither AA'erc hurt. "
The house Avhere the murder was committed [
is , made of logs and stands on the homestead [
of Green , near the railroad , nearly three miles i
east of Sparta. The Greens came from Wisi
consiu and have lived in that locality the past
three years , as ha\e also the Eaton family.
The latter formerly liA'cd in Webster county ,
Kentucky , and all bear excellent reputations ;
among the people in and around Sparta.
CUTTING JFXZX STICK Tl'PE.
ZCew Orleans special : A. K. Cutting , the '
whilom sensation of the border , has turned i
up in this city and in search of a ] ob of >
type setting. He said that he had given up '
his ideas of the conquest of Mexico for the 1
present. "But I have them so arranged , "
said lie , "that they can be revived at any
moment. I have been engaged in an ex-
rcusive correspondence on the subject , and
have the pledges of JJOO men who have ; 1
suffered Avrongs from Mexico similar to '
mine Avho are ready on my notification to |
join ' me in any expedition I decide upon. "
"Has the notoriety you gained been at
any time financially profitable to you ? "
"So ; personally it has been disagreeable ; j
but that would not ha\"e mattered if I
could have been paid for being a curiosity.
I tried lecturing through Texas , but through i
unwise management I sunk Avhat little
money I had. 1 should think that some
steady , quiet man , with little money , could , I
back me for a lecture tour in the east and
make it a paying venture. Do you know
of any such in New Orleans ? 1 will Avork
at mj * trade as a printer until I can secure s
some employment outside. I haven't
stuck type for eighteen years and my
eyes have been injured by confinement in
the Mexican prison , so that business is not
the best in the Avorld for me to go at. "
JIEECJIEK'S SUCCESSOR.
Brooklyn ( X. Y. ) special : Tho officers of I
Plymouth church state that the question ,
or a successor to Mr. Beecher will not be
considered until next fall. There will be no
"candidate for the pulpit" heard. Tho gen
tlemen Avho occupy the pulpit between noAv
and then will be ineligible for the perma
nent pnxtorate , because of other employ
ment , , like Dr. Abbott of the Christian Un
ion , or Dg. Armitago of the Fifth Avenue
Baptist church , neither of whom would givo
lip ids present position to take charge of |
Plymouth church. Dr. Abbott will preach ,
next Sunday morning , the Rev. Dr. Reed I
Methodist ) in the evening , and Dr. Armit-
uge the following Sunday. *
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CLOSELY WATCniSa THE CnOLEHA.
Tlie Danger of Importing the Scourge Into
the United States.
Washington special : Dr. Hamilton , sur
geon-general ! of tho Marino hospital service ,
is i keeping a close watch on the ports in-
fected I by cholera , and tho nature of tho
ntcrcourso hctirecn these ports and the
United 1 States. Under the provisions of
the | Iiiav of 1S78 , a weekly abstract is furI
nished , him by the state department of the
sanitary , reports Avhich consular and diplo-
malic ( officers are required to make. Tho
last j report , dated tiie 10th inst. , states
that in Buenos Ayres "cholera still exists ,
but I makes little progress in assuming' an
epidemic , form. " '
The consular nddsthat : "Iu tho interior
of ' tho Argentine Republic , hoAvever , the
disease hss assumed the proportions of an
epidemic. ( In Rosario , during the last
month ' , the daily number of cases averaged
GO i to 100 , while about 70 per cent were
fatal. | In Mcdoza , the development of the
disease ( lias been most remarkable and th. *
population or that city of 20.000 has
been almost decimated , and in the coun-
try districts the disease Avas equally
fatal. , In Tacuman the number of
cases ' has. on some dayH , been aB high as
r ' 00 , of which about one-half proved fatal. "
He is happy to say. howcA-er , that the dis-
ease i Heeinsto have greatly abated during
the last two Aveeks , and the hope is enterc
tained that it Avill noon have run its course ,
Rosario is the only cholera infected in-
terior city which has direct trade with tho
United Statrs. Its exports aro almost ex-
e'usi\-ely hides. Dr. Hammond states that
the fact is unquestioned that cholera germs
enn \ be conveyed in merchandise mid rags ,
buthe thinks it would bo rather an able
bodied cholera germ that could lo ate itself
in ! a hide and survive tlie voyage. Cholera
also prevails in Valparaiso , Peru , and has
prevailed iu Nagaski , Japan , though that
port is now declared free from in ection.
The inception of cholera in tiio Argentino
Republic is clearly traced to the landing of
the Italian minister at Buenos Ayres , and
the ( unloading of the greater part of the
cargo ( , and the crow of the vessel ia Aviiich
he sailed , at Rosario , 200 miles further up
the river.
The danger of importing tho senrge from
these ! points into the United States on the
approach > of Avarm weather depends greatly
upon i tho character < d the merchandh-e
brought I into this country. Rags of woolen
stuffs of any kind are peculiarly liable lo
convey i the cholera microbe * . Dr. Hamil-
ton i mentions that up to the present time
Great | Britain maintains the embargo upon
rags , from Spain and Italy , established
when , the cholera Avas raging there more
than ( , two years ago. The Iiiav authorizes
tiie president to place an embargo upon
any importation into the United States
upon ] the report of the surgeon-general of
the ' marine hospital service , and tho preisi-
dent Avillbe asked to exercise that power
on I tlie appearance of the first symptoms of
possible | danger. Tlie power is derived
from I tho general provisions estalishing tho
national i board of health Avh'ch the at torc
noy-general | rules are confined since the abt
rogation , of that body.
.
ini : xext a. a. it. iceuxiox.
The tenth annual encampment of tho
Grand I Army of the Republic in Nebraska
commenced , yesterday morning at 10
o'clock ' in the Annex building. Delegates
from I different posts located in all parts of
tlie | state have been arriving in the city
since ' Monday morning. The estimated
number ' of delegates present is placed at
400. Each post is entitled to represcnta-
tion in the encampment by its commander
and • one delegate , and there are nearly 250
posts | in the state. Three sessions were
held ] yesterday by the encampment in tlie
Exposition annex. Gov. Thayer , tho de-
partment ! commander , presiding. The
sessions are each secret at cacli meeting.
.
The Time of tlie morning session Avas
utilized in organization and getting tho
committees ' iu proper order. In tho afterf
noon session the selection of the location
j
fur ' the Grand Army reunion the coming
summer ' avuh discussed , and there being
but 1 two bids for tlie reunion , Omaha
was selected without ; any consider-
ation i of the other bid. The en-
t . 'ainpuient decided to hold the reunion
from ] Sept. 5 to 10. The grounds for tho
reunion will lie selected by the board of
\ trade committee , and in all probability
will lie Nels Patrick's farm at the Avest end
of ' , the city. Tlie death of Gen. George M.
O'Brien avus formally announced to the
encampment ' and resolutions of condoI
lence ' adopted. The camp fire Avhich avus
to have been held in the annex last night ,
was postponed and the night session de-
voted to tlie election of officers. Arter the
selection , of a department commander ,
hoAvever. ] tlie session closed. Capt. Henry
of ( Fairmuunt , J. II. Culver of Milford and
H. C. Russell of Schuyler , Avere placed iu
] nomination for department commander.
Three ballots were taken resulting in the
election ' of H. C. Russell by a vote of 159.
Mr. Russell served through the AA'ar as a
j private in the Second loAva regiment. He
is i iioav a merchant at Schuyler , and very
popular in the Grand Army ranks.
Tlie Woman's Relief corps of the depart-
menh held its annual meeting yesterday at
the Omaha , post hall on Fourteenth street.
The membership of the Woman's corps
consists of the AviA'cs , sisters and daughters
of tlie members of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
W. S. Randall , of South Plattewas
elected senior vice-commander ; Julius New1
bauer , of Sidney , junior vicecommander ;
J. Presson. of SeAvard. grand commander ,
and Dr. J. Q. Bond , of Grand Island , surc
geon. At the session of tlie encampment
last night all the new officers were installed.
Many of them made speeches on receiving
their credentials , and after the installation
exercises Avere finished the retiring officers
and .many of the comrades addressed the
audience. This encampment has been one
of the most .successful tlie order in this
state baa ever-held , and at the final ad-
journment last night nearly all expressed
themselves as highly delighted with their
treatment A\iiie ! in Omaha. Omaha
Herald.
PASSES ARE PROUTItlTED.
Philadelphia dispatch : President Robi
erts. < of the Pennsylvania railroad coms
painthis afternoon made public the fol-
.
lou ( ing official action takeu by the board of t
directors ' of the company at a meeting held
on tlie 9th inst. , relative to tlie issue of
passes | : "This company , having been ad- *
vised by tlie general solicitor that the act
of ( congress known as the inter-slate comU
merce law is inteudeded to prohibit the iifae t
of inter state passes except by oliicers and
employes of railroad companies , the pre.ii-
dent i is therefore directed to issue to the ?
proper 1 oliicers of the lines embraced in tho
j.
Pennsylvania railrond ' the
83'stcm uecesy
sary i instructions lo carry this prohibition a
into i effect on tlie 1st of April next. " He
Avill also instruct tlie proper officers oT the
raihvay : bridge and ferry companies era-
braced in the Pennsylvania railroad sys-
tern that on and after April 1 , 1887 , they t
shall not issue any passes for the free .
transportation of persons or special cars
from one state into another , or into the c
c
District of Columbia , except for officers or j
employes of rtiilway companies. s
By tne fail ol a platiorm on tne new market
house at Reading , Pennsylvania , fourteen men
were thrown thirty feet to the ground. One 1
was fatally injured and otkers escaped Avith * .
broken limbs.
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SKIPPED WJTJI DIG DOODLE.
AMllttonntre I.lgtitu Out With Hundred * o )
Thoiuiundu of Dollar * of Other Peopl's
Money.
New York , March 17. Sheriff Grant has
j seized the place of business of Walter E. LawB
' ton , ill BroadAvay , known uuder the firm name
of I.aAvton Bros. , fertilizers , on attachments
, ' on creditors' claims nmounting to § 2-10,030.
j I It is charged that LaAvton has absconded to
t defraud his creditors ; that he has disposed of
his property and taken a large amount of mon-
ey with him.
Lawton was a director in the Delta Azotiu
company and Avas entrusted Avith $100,000 in
notes to discouut for the compauy. March 15
he 1 is said to have absconded with the proceeds
of the discounted notes.
The disappearance of Lawton has created a
great deal of apprehension , and it is generally
\ believed that he is a bankrupt. lie left his
office on Tuesday afternoon , as UMial , to go
home , and has not beeii seen since. The
amount of his liabilities is estimated at $100 , -
000.
Rufus T. Kirkland , LaAvton's cashier , states
that Tuesday LaAvton withdrew all his funds
j
from the different banks in Avhich he had det
posited and took the money with bun. He de-
stroyed | all stubs , checks and papers of every
kind j from which any information could be se-
cured as to the disposition of his funds and
property. ,
'
Jotcp 'h D. Joucs placed in Lawton's care
Tuesday ; on behalf of the company § 12.001
and this is also gone. Kirkland states that
on Tuesday he had an interview Avith Lawton
on Broadway , and that LaAvton requested him
to go with him to the officers of tlfe Thud na-
tlonal bank and introduce kirn. This he did.
Lawton also asked him to obtain a blank
warranty deed for a conveyance of al es'nlu
in New Jersey and to meet him at the New
"
York hotel. "He met Lawton there with the
blank Avarranty deed and both Avent to the
Grand Central depot. LaAvton told him that
he intended to lea\e the city by the tr.vin ;
that he had drawn out all his money on de-
posit ; that he Avas ruined ; that he did not
kuoAV 1 Avhat to do and that he would probably
commit suicide.
THE BANK'S IIEAVV LOSSES.
A second attachment Avas issued tills aftei
eruoon at the instance of the chemical amw
motiiate and oil company , AAiiich had deliver-
ed to LaAvton promissory notes of tlie value of
$120,000 , in trust , to discount and hold the
j proceeds for the company's beuefit In ad-
dition he received $ S,0J0 in money. He dis-
counted the notes and kept tlie proceeds and f
letaiuedthe money and converted it to his own
use.
A number of banks Avere reported to be
heavy losers through the negotiation of Law-
ton's paper , among them tlie First and Third
national , the Bank of the Republic and the
Chemical bank , but the president of the First
national denied that his bank had ever handu
led any of Lawton's paper. The president of
the American Exchange national bank ivuuld
neither affirm nor deny the rumor. The presig
of tlie Third national bank savs his institua
tion holds but a very small amount , which is
seem ed by good endorsers.
Just before leaving the city LaAvton dreAv
from the Third national bank , on checks , $1 < V
000 or $12O0J. Some of these checks , to t ! < e
amount of $0,500 Avere returned unpaid
through the clearing house.
Abraham Kling said this afternoon : "I have
filed attachments in the office of the county
clerk for the companies of Avhich I am at
torney. The amount of the claims will aggre-
gate more than $100,000. The property which
J have attached amounts to about as much. I
have no means of knowing just how much
Lawton's liabilities Aviil be , but thev will be
over 500,000. I don't know Avbcre Lsnvton has
gone to , and I Avish I did. He has taken aAvay
about $200,000 which lie raised on notes of
the companies for Avhich I am acting. I can
not tell just yet and raav not be able for
several days to tell hoAV badly the different
coinpaniesand banks are stuck. "
A GIGANTIC * SWINDLE
The associates of LaAvton look upon his disfi
appearance as a part of a gigantic swindling
operation. The bookkeeper of the firm is re
ported to ha\e lost all he had in the AVorhland ,
one man Avho is a heavy loser said Lawton had
overdrawn all his accounts , got all the money
on Ids paper lie could , sold his housccnnvcrtcd
all his properly into cash and left for England
yesterday on his Avay to his brother , Avho Jives
jn Sussex. The amount involved l > j * Ids opera-
tions is placed by everybody at over ? 1,000,000.
It is believed that Lawton sailed on one of
Wednesday's \ steamers. After draAvmg out all
his bank accounts he got a boy to help remove
four or live A-alises which seemed to be tightly
filled. His credit Avas high and lie Avas rated
at over Sl,000,0 0 by the commercial agencies ,
HOW THE HANKS STAND.
. At the American exchange bank the cash-
ier said that Lawton had a small balance
there which he had not draAvn. But the bank
,
also held $ % 0.000 of business paper with his
indorsement. j Part of this Avas notes of the
chemical company. The United States trust
eompauv hold i'3.1,000 of notes with LaAvton's
indorsement. j The president of the Fourth
national said that LaAvton had a small ac-
count there , and got his discounts by that
means. The bank holds notes indorsed b.
LaAvton aggregating $1(5.777 ( , for Avhich they
claim to have ample security. At the Third
national the cashier said that they had none
of J ! LaAvton's own paper , but some of his in
dorsements for Aviiich the hank Avas secured.
LaAvton had draAvn his cash balance. The
Commercial national has § 5,100 of paper with
Lawton Bra's , indorsement and some collat-
eral. This bank has levied an attachment on
LaAvton's property.
Lawton negotiated hs paper through the
note brokerage firm of 'fitus , Meade & Co. , 81
Wall street , Avhich has out iioav less than
$100,000 of LaAvton ' s endorsement * . Meade
said that LaAvton also , sold his paper through
Potter. Lovell it Co. of Boston to Avhat
amount he could not say. and aNo through
Dunn of Philadelphia. "Meade added that
Lauton was in hisolliceon Tuesday afternoon.
He took some of his paper with him and
promised to send Mead a cheek for $10 003 on
Wednesday morning. The check did not
come , andinquires for LaAvton developed the
fact that he Avas mi-sing. Mead said the
total of LaAvton's liabilities or defalcation
might reach $300,000 , and tlie cashier of the
Third national bank said it AAas between
S 300,000 and 8400.0 0. At the bank it was
said that LaAvton had raised A'hercver he
could and gone off.
WHIT I.VAVTON SECUKCD.
Kling. the attorney , estimated that Lawton
got at least § 2110,0 0 in cash from the banks
j-
and on discounted paper on the day of his de- j
parturc. Ho took the money aAA-ay with him.
He also mav have a good deal left of the pro
ceeds of the claims Mr. Kling represented
_ $ : j. )0.000. It is noAvjkuown that he obtained ,
at , least :250,100 on the notes from various
bank's. Noliody could giA'c any intelligent
statement of LaAvton's financial condition as
a Avhole. No examination has .yet Iven made '
of the assets if any there be and though "
attachments haA'e been ser\ed on everything
visible , including his Jersey real estate and
the Spuyten Duyvil residence , it is commonly
believed , that he transferred his interest in ail
such property. His liabilities , so far as knoAvn
though not yet collected in any statement , ci
ore estimated at about ? 1,000OCO , rather less ,
than more. ri
Lawton was the president and treasurer of
the Nevassa phosphate company , and is re- h
ported to have used the company's indorsefi
incut ireely. The company Avas incorporated
Septembi r' ' , 1SG1 , with a capital stock of 53 , -
U 0.0)0. ; ) Avhich avus reduced February 2) ) , 1SS4 , °
to ? 2.170,003. Lawton was said to have the a
coniiolliug Interest in the company , and the C
latter A\as interested in the Na\'assa guano ii
company [ , the Chesapeake guano company , the n
Geoigin chemical works aiid the Rosin fertiltl
Izer company. The company paid good divi- fc
vends and Lawton was supposed to have made w
rood deal of money out of the concern.
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R USSIA-X PEOPLE IXDIGSA ST. a
Vienna , .March 15. It has been ascertained t
that the discovered conspiracy of Russian p
land owners and tradesmen to OA'erthrow the [
czar's government was very extensi\e and in- 1 ,
eluded a number of military officers , and that n
It Avas chiefly on that grouud that the czar was
8)
adverse to embarking in Avar.
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No danger of Brigham young returning to
life. Satan knows Avhen he has a good thing
and neA-er loosens his grip. Buffalo Com \ p
mercial. _ . . . 3
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DEROTAX HOTEL HORROR.
Several People Lose Ttt-ir Liven In a Jlurntng
Dulldlng at Duflalo.
Buffalo ( N. Y. ) dispatch : Another ter-
riblo calamity has visited this city. Tlie
splendid new flvo story Richmond hotel ,
on tho corner of Main and Eagle streets ,
was totally destroyed by firo early this
morning , together Avith Bunnell's museum
and an adjacent building. Tho most dis *
j1
tressrul ' part of tho disaster is the loss of a
largo ' number of lives , estimated now at
[ from twelvo to fifteen , Avhilo the number of
injured is largo. The rapidity of the pro-
gross or the firo cut off tho usual means of
escape and the people within tho burning
building ( Avere compelled to leap for lifo from
. tho AvindoAVrf , go down tho fire escapes or
by ladders raised by the firo department.
The fire began at 3:30 and the guests
Avere aroused by the night clerk , porter and
bell boy , who Avero tho only ones up. Thoy
rang the electric bells and the fire alarms ,
and in 11 few minutes the guests rushed out
of their rooms in their night clothes , only
to < find the stairways blocked by smoko
and flames , forcing them to the roof or
through ] the windows. The shrieks and
cries | of tho people cut off by the flames
were heartrendering and could be heard for
blocks away. There Avero about 1125 pcot
pie in tho hotol. Thofiremeii did noble work
and rescued many persons.
The firo spread to Bunnell's museum ,
which Avas soon gutted. By 0 o'clock the
bote ! and museum and another structure
Avere a mass of ruins.
Tho fire in the hotel began in the baset
nient and followed the clcvatorshaft to the
lop , floor. The register of tiie hotel Avas
burned , together with all account books ,
and a list of the gucstseaniiotbe obtained.
It | is believed there wero eighty-four guests
in i , ( all , and in the confusion that has ensued
It ( is impossible to tell just how many ea-
caped. Many of the guests , Avith a fiery
deatli ! ' a Availing them and no bono of rescue ,
leaped ' ; ' from the upper Avindows , and Avere
either crushed on the pavement below or
wero horribly cut and mangled by striking
telegraph < Avires. From the statements of
i.orror stricken bystanders of those avIio
were seen to go down in tlie burning build
ing when the roof fell , and those who
( reached ( the windows wit Ii blazing clothing
and Avcroseen to fall back into the flames ,
it is estimated that not less than thirty
perished iu the flames. The exact number
avi ' 11 not bo knoAvn until searcli in the ruins
is completed.
In the safe. Avhich is buried in ruins , are
} the diamonds , jewelry and money belong1
ing to the guests , and amounting to many
thousand ! dollars. M. Adlcr , had S30.000
Avortii of diamonds in the safe , and another
guest had over § 25,000 Avorlh of Avatches
and jewelry. * .
The injured have been taken to the bos-
pitals and every necessary attention is
being paid to them. The loss on the hotel
it about 5225,000 ; on Bunnell's museum
about § 50,000. The other losses will ag-
gregate § 50,000.
It. is believed the loss of life Avill not ex-
cced , _ tAveuty persons , but as no list has
been made , this is in a measure , guess-
work. Two guests Avere seen to fall back
from a Aviudowin the third story of tlie
hotel ' into the flames. Three ser\-aut girls
are thought to have perished. One niaii ,
name unknown , jumped from a Avindow
to the street and Avas killed. The guests
escaping from the house saw 'several per-
sons lying dead in the corridors , having
suffocated.
Capt. Kilroy of the police force says he
believes Troiii Avhat lie Avitnessed that
twenty-fivo persons at least have perished.
Tlie ruins are too hot to admit of search
for the bodies. As far as known the dead
and missing are :
Wilson Punell , of R. G. Dun & Co.
Norton Osborne , day clerk of the hotel.
Kate Pierce and Kate Kent , servants.
An unknown Avoman and an unknoAvn ,
man.
AX ICE GORGE DREAICS.
Causing an Immense Plond Which Sweeps
Away Everything in Its Path.
Bismarck ( Dak. ) dispatch : Washburn
gorge broke last night , and early this morn-
ing i the river began to rise rapidly. The
gorge Avas formed below the city. The ice
carried every tiling with it , and struck the
immense Avareliouse of the Northern Paci *
fie , one of tlie largest in the world. The
workmen narrowly escaped drowning , and
.
iu less than tAvo hours from the time or the
gorge the Avater avus in tlie second stories
of the river boarding-houses , Avhich had
.
been built on Avhat avus considered high
ground. The Avareliouse , which is nearlj
700 feet in length , was moved bodiiy ovei
thirty feet and sent crashing against lh <
bluffs. : The loss on this building Avill be
over § 15,000. The meadow land south o !
Bismarck , comprising G.000 acres , is now
one vast sea and ice is flowing over a
newly-made channel in this body of sur-
plus water at the rate of ten miles ppi
hour. The m-er at this point , which
in usually three-quarters of a. mile
Avide. is now over six miles in
width. The Northern Pacific trains will be
unable to cross the river Tor several days ,
and Bismarck will be the Avestern terminus
for ( a AA-cek. Supt. Graham attempted to
go to Mandan. but the Avater on the Avest
side of the river is flowing over the irack
four feet. The tires in the engines Ave re put
out. ]
. Mandan is submerged , and th e people in
the . lower part of the city have been mov-
ing ' into tho upper stories of theirdwelllngs.
All the smali dAvellings on the banks of tlie
stream have been swept aAvay or de-
stroyed , and the steamboats lying at Rock
Haven are in danger. The high trestle ol
the Northern Pacific at this point has been
da'maged. At 1 o'clock the new channel
which the river has put acrose tlie prairie
let out the ice and tho river is fiowing
sloAvly , but the Avorst lias not come.
The ice went out at Ft. Buford this
morning , with a rise of thirty feet , the
highest ever komvn. The flood will not
reach ' here until Saturday , Avhen there will
probably be a terrible destruction. Tlie
loss at the riA-er lauding and on the
meadow land will reach § 30,000.
ERMAX1' A Xli FRAXCE.
_ New York special : The Courier , tho
French paper here , publishes a special .
cablegram from Paris giving an interview
Avitli Count DeLessepson his recent visit to
Berlin. He says Emperor William said to
him : "I am opposed to Avar and Avill not
fight unless I am attacked. My son shares
my views on the matter. I shall always
oppose .var for I am convinced that
neither Germany nor France desire it.
Consequently an entente is abvavs possible
licit immediately attainable in our diplo-
inatic relations. " Count DeLesscps added
that Emperor Augusta expressed a friendly
feding for France. He had a promenade
with Bismarck in the latter's garden. Tho
chancellor ; told him that Avar had been im
minent , but there Avasat present no daug'r
as the situation had greatly improved. He
did not desire Avar. He Avished his viaitor
to ( convey to President Grevy the ex-
pression of his high esteem , and he added
that France Avas fortunate to have at the
head of her affairs a man who Avas so well
t
adapted to play the role of a peace pre-
server. ) He did not blame General Boulan- •
ger for putting France in a state of defense , ,
and he would not interfere in that matter. ,
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For the year ending with February the only j 1
gold and silver mine worked in Michigan 1 <
yielded § 43,153. <
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TI1EAXARCUISTARGUMRSTS. ' R
States Attorney Grtnnell Pleads and Hunt M
JCjcpound * the Law. M
OTrAW.V. ILT , lilarch 17. Tho hearing of * | s
the arguments on the motion for a new trial M
for the seven condemned haymarkct anarch- " * * l
Ists I began this morning In the supreme court. j
Leonard SAveet opened the argument 011 be- 3l
half of the condemned men , but his pica was j * | |
disappointing. It was reported that hewn * j
unable ; to do himself Justice because he did . ' < rl
not : feel well. lie left he room as soon as he yj
hail j finished and reappeared only forashos , | l
time in tlie afternoon. He began his argu- * ;
ment by saying : ' 'When 1 think that * 1
eight lives depend upou the con- J jl
victions and iniDrcsMoiift I may make , by wijitt | • ? i
I shall say , lean not help shuddering. " Con- I 1
tinning , lie said he Avas afraid he could not , * l
make the case understandable in the short ; I
time allowed him. After presenting the court ! I
Avlth a printed synopsis of his argument , Avhich j I
he said avus a skeleton of the road he avus j 1
going to Avalkover he turned his attention to ' I
the witnesses Thompson and Gilmer. The \ I
latter , he said , testified that he could cither • I
see through Crane's building or around the t I
corner off It. He unfolded a drawing . 1
showing the haymarket and its surnnmdlugs j I
and induced Mr. Salomon to stand up at in- , I
ter\als of tAvo minutes for the nest hour in ; I
order to pievent one end from curilng up ' I
while he restrained the other. The court I
could not see Avith any distinctness Avhat Avas I
on the paper , ami Mr. Swett's explaiiatlous I
% A\ould have prevented them from undcrhtand-
ing i the drawing if It should be seen , for he got
even the directions or the streets and nllcvs I
badly mixed in his comments. He spoke I
more than half an hour in enforcing the idea
that Gilmer could not sec around a corner. m
The court erred , Mr. Swelt said , in not ad-
mittiug evidence showing that Spies and I
\ Fischer habitually talked In German. Hcrr
M'ost's book and his letter to Spies were Hie-
gal . evidence In the case , and their admission
had a damaging ctfecf. I
Judge Mulkey asked if the book was taken
by the jury Avhen it retired , and Mr. Swett '
said lie did uot know , Avhercupou Captain
Black said it aa.is not. He referred to Judge
Gary ( as an excellent but zealous judge in the
case ami said his rulings Avere clearly Avrong
in I a number of instances. In closing lie said
he 1 hoped simply for the triumphal vindication I
of tlie law. I
Mr. Iughain for the state followed and
spoke for an hour before the noon iutcrmls- H
sion and one after it. He turned I1I3 attention
j first to showing Iioav the evidence proved the
existence of a conspiracy to cause a social
revolution by forcible means , and then that
the , arrangements for carrying out the con-
spiracy Avere actually made and enforced by H
the 1 defendants. The law , be said , allowed the
proving j of Hie existence of a consjiiracy- - H
lore 1 connecting any one in particular with it. H
He 1 referred at some length to the evidence H
relating to Spies' speech at Graiul Rapids , In
Avhich he foretold the coming revolution and H
declared that active steps ' toward bringing H
it ' about Aierc being taken iu Chicago. The H
Arbeiter Zi 'dtuuj and the Alarm Avere cs- H
tablishcd expressly to advocate the cause of H
this ( revolution to " be secured i y the use of H
force. H
Attorney Zeisler , for the defense , after giv- H
ing j his views on the true province of the Iiiav , H
said that his clients had been found guilty 011 H
suspicion and on nothing else. New and orlg- H
uial 1 theories of bnv were invented in order to H
secure conviction in the cae. lie quoted at M
length 1 from the examination of tah-iueu in M
the l record to illustrate ivhat he claimed AA'ere M
erroneous ruling. , of Judge ( " .irv. While doing H
this ' , Judge Mulkey asked if ihedefcu-e had B
exhausted J all of " the pereiiq.tory challenges H
and : was told that it had. M
Thompson and Gilmer , the speaker contin- M
tied ] , the only two wit. ie.scs bv avIioiii it AA'as M
attempted to sIioav such connection , were con- M
Aicted of p.-rjurv out of thcr own mouths. M
He referred to their testimony and commented |
favoRibly 1 upou uik > ii it. Tlw last portion of M
ids 1 time AA'as devoted to attempting to sIioav M
that a number of Judge Gary's instructions to H
the jury Avere erroneous. He npjieared a little M
rattled Avhen he began to speak , but soon re- M
covered < himself and altogether made a forci- M
ble argument. m
State's Attorney Grinnell and Attorney-Gen- 1
cral Hunt will sjieak for the state to-morrow M
I'lorniugaud will be followed iu the afternoon M
by Captain Black , who will close the case. M
ALLOTTrXG rXDIAX LAXDS. H
Washington special : The secretary of the * jH
interior j has not yet lawn able to construe M
the | act providing for the allotment of M
lands j in severalty to Indians on tiie reser- fl
vations and to extend over them iu con- fl
nectiou tiiercwith the lawn of tlie United M
States. Tlie Isiav itself is much more care- jH
fully framed than many of the acts which M
Aveie railroaded through the last congress M
iu \ closing hours , and it Avas approved Fell- M
ruary 8. Avhicli lias given ample time for its M
consideration. But tliere are sections M
v.liicli , Avilhout being amltiguous , require M
regulations to presenile their exact effect. M
anil the secretary is clothed with full M
power to issue these instructions or regula- M
tions t to the respective Indian agents. M
Commissioner | Atkins is awaiting tlie secre- H
tary's action on these points before taking M
any steps to put the act into operation. M
He ] haH , however , prepared a list of agen- H
cies Avliere the Indians are in favor of the J
allotment of lands in severalty , and will M
fir.st 1 putlie law in force with regard to m
them. t This Aviil give tho entering wedge , H
and will enable him to apply the laAv in H
other agencies Avhere there is more or less M
opposition ' , with as little friction as possi- M
1 b'e. Comui'ssioner Atkins stated to a re- M
porter I tlie other day that it Avas his desire H
to I enforce the law in the most thorough M
manner , but at the same time to do it in M
such a Avay as would call out the least pos- B
siblc show of objection. M
THE WIXTER WHEAT. H
Chicago dispatch : The Farmers' RevieAr H
will print the folloAving crop summary in | H
this Aveek's issue : The Aveatlier Tor the last flfl
ten . days has been very favorable for grow- B
ing Avintef Avheat , and reports from the M
entire Avheat belt continue encouraging. H
Rains and light shoavs in Kansas are re- H
ported to have caused an improvement t
for groAving grain in certain portions of ' I M
that state and improved the general out- \ M
look j , Avhich Avas becoming discouraging. \ M
In sections of Michigan and Wisconsin M
the fields are still protected with snoAv and M
nearly all of the reports from these tAvo H
states continue to bS favorable. H
In Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and Missouri. H
reports indicate that the crop is in a very H
promising condition , and unless subjected BJ
to freezing Aveatlier Avithin the next three H
weeks , promises to emerge from the Avinter H
siege with unusually good prospects. H
Some reports of injury are reported from H
Wliite county in Illinois , in Clermont and H
Delaware , counties , Ohio , and in Butler. t H
JeAvell and Rice counties of Kansas , hut _ H
these are only exceptions to the good re- H
ports from fully one-third of theAvinter H
wheat states Aveat of Ohio , ending Avitli *
March 12.
COXGDATO'LATfXG THE CZAR. H
London dispatch : DeStaal , Russian. H
ambassador at London , has recei\ed from H
all diplomats in London and from Prime H
Minister Salisbury expressions of congrat- H
latious 1 on the czar's escape from assassin- H
ation last Sunday , and of horror o\er the
plot j against his life. H
St. Petersburg dispatcii : The Official H
Messenger ; publishes tlie folloAving : "Sun- H
day | last at 11 o'clock in tlie morning three H
students at St. Petersburg university Arere _
arrested in Newsky prospect , having in H
] their possession bombs. The prisoners H
admitted that they belonged to a secret
criminal society. The bombs found on
them Avere charged Avith dynamite. Each
bomb Avas arranged to throAV eleven balls , fl
and all tliese balls were filled Arith strych-
nine. The czar and rzarine came back 1
from Gatschina to St. Petersburg this H
morning and attended a ball given by M
Grand Duke Vladimir and returned to- 1
Gatschina in the evening. M