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DILLON AND O'BEIEN.
T ACCOUNT OF T11EIK JIJSGKXX XS-
-A. Clever Kafc Opening in Chicago nnd
Kaltbing of the Operator Action for
ICccovcry ofa t < : ir o Tract of liind
1n Western ConntlcK of Nc\vTfork
JV New' Order by the Custom GClclala
.AfTalr * In Oklahoma .
Dillon and O'Rrlcii.
DUBLIN , Oct. 17. United Ireland
/prints an account of the escape of Dil-
Alon and O'Brien , written by O'Brien
himself. lie says : "We rowed from
Dalkcy Wednesday at midnight to a
jracht lying two miles off the store.
'The next mprning found us ninety
. miles away toward the Welsh coast.
Friday and Saturday we lay in a dead
-calm. On Sunday morning wo landed
-tit Lands End , when the wind again
-died awajr and we were forced to lie all
day in brilliant sunshine within two
miles of shore. A Trinity house cutter
passed quite close to us and the crow
of the Itoyul Adelaide , off Falmouth ,
-actually exchanged greetings with our
sailors. The fog buried us from sight
on Sunday night , ? four , steamers blowing -
-ing fog horns around us during the
night. Wo cleared the Lizzard in the
zinorning and darted across for the
.French coast to out-trick British ship
ping. Wo were becalmed .again on
JMonday , and obliged to beat up the
-channel. A brisk gale sprang up on
.Monday. While passing Guernsey ,
-after midnight , wo were apparently
{ pursued by a revenue cutter , which ,
however , was unable to weather the
igale and abandoned the chase. In the
morning we were running free before
the wind for Cherbourg , where we
( landed at 11 o'clock.
Wo'had reached our last day's sup
ply of water. All the arragements
worked perfectly , thanks to a promi
nent Dublin citizen who superintended
them , and wo had unparalleled good
.luck. "
Clever Safe Oppniii r
'CHICAGO , 111. , . Oct. 17. Henry E.
-Adams , a young man from Minneapo
lis , came to Chicago some weeks ago
and .took rooms at the Wayne hotel on
.Michigan street. There he became
acquainted with a young man about his
own age , who was a cousin to the hotel
proprietor , but this was not known by
Adams. Within the past few days
Adams.proposed to his new found
friend to rob the safe in the hotel.
Adams was to get up at 4 o'clock this
.morning and open the safe.
The hotel proprietor was told of the
: plot by his cousin who pretended to
"take the part of an accomplice in the
irobbery , and a little after midnight
two detectives were led into the hotel
.and secreted behind the office counter.
-Just as the clock struck the appointed
-hour the safe robber tiptoed into the
* liotel office and went to work. He had
pared the nail of the index finger on
-liis right hand until the blood vessels
were exposed and then by placing the
- sensitive spot on the knob of the com
bination lock , he could distinguish the
movements of the numbers as they
.Jell. For an hour he worked , while
fthe perspiration dropped in'balls from
* liis brow. At last there was a sharp
click and as the first streaks of dawn
-came in through the windows swung
back the door. With a sigh of re-
ief he reached into the safe and laid
"liis hand on a package of bills.
' The detectives then sprang forward
-and the would-be robber was under ar
rest. He was incarcerated and closely
.guarded at headquarters.
After millions of Acres.
NEW YORIT , Oct. 17. A large num-
* "ber of the heirs of Kobcrt Morris , a
cmilhonaire of the revoluton and Wash
ington's financial agent during the darkest -
est days of the struggle for American
independence , have decided to bring
-action for the recovery of a large tract
-of land in the western counties of this
state , said to embrace 1,204,000 acres
--and estimated to be worth someUung
like $50,000.000. The heirs reside in
this state , Pennsylvania and Ohio , and
it is the descendants of Robert Morris
# in the latter state that have taken the
iniative effort for the recovery of the
property , which they believe the great
/patriot was fraudulently dispossessed
of and to which they believe they have
-a valid claim as heirs. The Ohio heirs
" have retained George M. Hester , a
prominent real estate lawyer of Cleve
land , and at a recent conference of the
claimants it was agreed that a contin
gent fee of ? 3 0,000 bo offered to Mr.
Hester to prosecute the claim , one of
* the .wealthiest heirs guaranteeing all
the attorney's fees and expenses involved -
volved in looking up the title to the
'lands in question.
A Xc\v Ctifttom XBoKse Order.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. Assistant
Secretary Spaulding of the treasury
department has written a letter to the
-collectors of customs at various large
offices , in which lie holds that merchandise -
-chandiso remaining in the warehouse
-and under bond more than one year-
prior to the 1st of August last is liable
-to an additional duty of 10 per cent ,
prescribed by the revised statutes ,
when withdrawn for consumption after
that date. This decision is to apply to
k .all merchandise similarly situated.
"Tho letter in conclusion directs the
withdrawal of such merchandise so
situated to assess and collect the a8di-
tional duty in the case of any with
drawal heretofore made without it.
rg
g Oklahoma' * Governor in Danger
KANSAS Cm. , Mo. , Oct. 17. A spe
cial from Oklahoma City says : Gov
ernor Steele , en route to King Fisher
tto attend the Grand Army of the Re-
spublic reunion , received warning that ?
Ihecoulcl be assassinated if he passed
through hero ttccauso of having vetoet
the bill locating the territorial capitoj
at this place. At the solicitation o |
his family and friends ho left the traic
at a small station before reaching Ok
lahoma City and continued his journey
by stage. The feeling against the gov
ernor is very bitter , and it is believed
that desperate men would have carried
out the threat had not the governor
changed his roulo.
Good Word * from IfarrlMon.
CANTON , Ohio , Oct. 15. As the
president on his return to "Washington
passed through this city ho talked
briefly to thousands who had assembled -
bled at the depot to greet him , saying :
My Fellow Citizens : The inconveni
ence which you suffer today , nnd under
which I labor in attempting to speak
to you , comes from the fact that there
are more of you here than can come
jvithin the range of my voice , but no
more , I assure you , than I can take
and do take today most hospitably into
my regard. It gives me great pleasure
to stand here in the prosperous and
growing city of Canton. I am glad tote
to be at the homo of one with whom I
have been associated in congressional
duties for a number of year3 and who
in all personal relations with you , his
neighbors , has won my regard , as I
am sure he has won yours. [ Pro
longed cheers. ] Without any regard
to what you may think of the McKinley -
ley bill , I am sure you are all the ap
preciative friends of Major William
McKinley. [ Cheers. ] Kind hearted ,
generous and full of chivalrous courtesy
to his opponents , I am sure he has not
failed to win your respect and that
Canton is proud of him us a son. You
have here today the men from the
shops , from the railroads , from the
stores , from the offices of your city.
You are living together in these help
ful and interchanging relations which
make American cities prosperous. The
foundation of our society is in the fact
that every man shall have a chance to
work and that every man shall have
such wages as will enable him to live de
cently and comfortably and to rear his
children as ao thinks best. [ Cheers. ]
We all desire every kind heart does
that all the relations between em
ployers and workmen shall be friendly.
I wish everywhere the associations
were closer and the employers more
thoughtful of those who work for them.
I am sure there is one thing in which
we all agree , whatever our view on
tariff or finance , and that is that there
is no prosperity , in the wide and lib
eral sense , that does not embrace every
deserving and industrious man and
woman. [ Cheers. ] We- arc here , all
responsible citizens , and we should all
be free from anything that detracts
from our liberties and independence ,
or that retards the development of in
telligence , morality and patriotism. I
am glad here to speak to some who
were comrades in the great struggle of
the civil war ; glad that there are sol
diers who had a part in that great suc
cess by which our institutions were
preserved and the control and sovereignty
eignty of the constitution and the law
were forever established. To them 5
extend to-day a hearty greeting , and
would , if I could , extend a comrade' : ]
hand. The heat of this day and thq
exhaustion of a dozen speeches as wq
have hurried along make it impossible
that I could speak to you longer. '
beg to thank you all for your presence ,
and to hope that as American citizens
however we differ about particular
matters , of legislation or administra
tion , we are all pledged , heart and
soul , life and property , to the preser
vation of the union and to the honor
of our glorious flag. [ Great cheering. ]
Germany9 * Retaliation.
CHICAGO , Oct. 20. Referring to
the beet sugar industry , William Hen
derson of Xew York gave a reporter
today an interesting bit of Washington
\ JtJmJttr JLW AW * A\S U14. LAI M * AAU * . Vrf iS * . ± \JJtJf
he said , "than a secret intimation that
Germany intends to prevent , by ex
cessive export duties , the shipping ol
beet sugar seeds to America. Should
this prove true the industry is liable
to receive a terrible blow ; for , though
our soil , or certain parts of it , is prime
for the growing of beets , there is
something laclcing to produce seeds
that will grow an equal quantity of
beets. Moreover , even were the beets
grown here of that kind the industry |
is so much in its infancy that not half I '
the demand fo ? seeds could bo sup
plied. The motive that would actuate
Germany to such a deed must be , it is
thought , her desire not only to protect
her own beet sugar industry , but to
take a back-handed slap at us in re
taliation for the injury done her by
our McKinley bill. No open steps in
that direction have yet been taken by
the German government , but the
source of Secretary Husk's informa-
tibn is excellent , and though the sec
retary , who , as you may know , is very
jjreatly interested in promoting beet
sugar in America , is saying nothing
about the news , I know that he is keep
ing up a powerful thinking. "
Justice Ullllcr's Successor.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. It is alto
gether probable" that President Harri
son will nominate three members of
the supreme court of the United States
before the coming winter is over. He
will name Associate Justice Miller's
successor before congress convenes , so
it is said upon good authority. Attor
ney General Miller , the president's re
cent law partner and present most in
timate counselor , may take Justice
Miller's place. The president's friends
say that Judge Gresham will not get
either of the positions to be made va-i
cant by the retirment of Justices !
Blatchford and Bradley. It is likelj/ /
that there will bo promotions from th < j
district or circuit benches to filLtho
other two places.
South Carolina republicans will not
put a ticket in the field. -
HEAVY FARM LOSSES.
PRAIKUC FWE3 JRf
liy IfAKOTA.
g Left for Storlc to tlvo Upon
IVhero the KcftponHibillty Ilcsts
A ICcccnt Order by tlio AVar Depart
ment An Incident Revived by ilio
Death of General Rclkiiap XJiolitnv
Regarding Importation of Allen La
borers.
Heavy IiOKBC * by Prairie Fires.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Oct. 15. The
Journal's Fargo , N. D. , special says :
T. S. Anderill. one of the railroad com
missioners of North Dakota , resides at
Antelope , west of the Missouri river ,
where he is interested in stock raising.
He reports a deplorable condition of
affairs among the ranchmen of his dis
trict resulting from the recent unprec-
dented prairie fires. Between the Hart
and Cannon Ball rivers and in the val
leys of both the destruction has been
almost complete , while about Kill
Deer mountain and east of there noth
ing has been left for stock to live upon.
At Riverside ranche , at the mouth of
the Little Hart river , 500 tons of hay
and J500 head of cattle were burned up.
At the Parkins ranch , on the Cannon
Ball river , the loss was the heaviest.
At Wicke's ranch everything was
lost except the buildings. In all
the settlements in the valleys of
the Hart , Cannon Ball and Knife riv
ers the loss has "been quite heavy , the
fire going completely through the vil
lages. In almost every instance the
small valley farmers have lost their
crops and feed for the winter.
During the course of the fire the
wind was blowing a hurricane. At
Riverside ranch firebreaks 806 feet in
width had been made , but the flames
leaped over them as if they were not
there.
The ranchmen are inclined to lay
these fires to the Indians from the Fort
Yates reservation , who come up into
the valley of the Hart , Cannon Ball
and Knife rivers and drive game south ,
burning the prairies behind them to
prevent the game from going back be
fore being killed or captured. The
ranchmen assert that they will be able
to get strong circumstantial evidence
or positive proof against these Indians
and propose to take the matter before
the proper authorities to prevent a
repetition of their present losses.
A -"War Department Order.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 15. The follow
ing order has been received from the
war department : "By direction of the
president , Major General Nelson A.
Miles , U. S. A , , is detailed a member
of the commission created by the act
approved August 19 , 1890 , making ap
propriations for the current and con
tingent expenses of the Indian depart
ment , and for fulfilling treaty stipula
tions with various Indian tribes for the
year ending June 30 , 1891 , and for
other purposes ; to negotiate with the
northern band of Cheyenne Indians on
the Tongue river reservation and in its
vicinity in Montana and with the band
of northern Cheyenne Indians on the
Pine Kid go reservation in South Dakota
for such modification of their treaty
and other rights as may be deemed de
sirable by said Indians and the presi
dent and for the removal of said north
ern bands of Cheyenne Indians to a
permament settlement upon any of the
existing reservations , and , if the re
sult of such negotiations &hall make it
necessary , to negotiate with any other
tribes or bands of Indians for such portion
tion of their reservation as may be
necessary for the permanent settlement
of the said northern .bands of Chey-
ennes as contemplated ; but no agree
ment shall take efTect until ratified by
"
congress.
Contract linbor.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 1G. The treas
ury department finds it very difficult to
enforce the law in regard to the im
portation of alien laborers into the
United States. A few days ago the
department was informed that the Can
adian Pacific railway had imported a
number of laborers into this country
from Canada to repair its road bed ,
which , for a distance of six miles , runs
through the state of Vermont , enter
ing at llichficld and then enters Cana
da again. Before the treasury depart
ment could act the laborers , who are
employed by the year by the Canadian
Pacific railroad , had completed their
work and returned to Canada. A sim
ilar case along the line of the same
railroad arose a short , time since where
a valuable man employed by the road
and who lived in the United States
died. His place was filled by a Cana
dian , an old railroader , familiar with
the duties of the position. In this in
stance , however , the charge was made
that he came into this country under
contract , and the Canadian Pacific
railroad management filled his place
with an American , as his duties re
quired him to reside in the United
States. In the matter of laborers , the
treasury department did not prosecute ,
thinking it would be straining the law
in a technical sense to do so.
A IVomnit Did It.
WASHINGTON , October 15. The
death of General Belknap nec
essarily revives the incident of his re
tirement from General Grant's cabinet
under a cloud. This country probably
never produced a man possessing great
er physical and moral courage than
that which was illustrated in the ca
reer of General Belknap. His physic
al courage was exhibited on the battle
field , and this , with his ability as a
commander was recognized by his pro
motion to the highest rank. His ex
ecutive ability was demonstrated after
the war ia a civil ofilce and Grant se-
looted him on entering his second terra
for the office of secretary of war.
At that time post-tradorships were
held to bo very valuable positions and
they were given by the war depart
ment. It was a part of the unwritten
history of Washington at that time that
Mrs. Belknap was a very ambitious
lady , who desired to outshine all other
ladies of the cabinet. The general was
not a rich man and Mrs. Belknap was
in need of more money than ho could
give her. It was faho who sold the
post-traderships and used her hus
band's name at the war department to
secure them. The general himself was
wholly ignorant of his wife's interfer
ence , but when the discovery came ,
like an honorable and chivalrous man ,
ho assumed all the responsibility.
The case was clear. It was not
"treachery , " as the press dispatch
says , but a corrupt use of power that
was charged. General Bolknap re
signed to avoid impeachment and Gen
eral Grant , doubtless made thoroughly
acquainted with the circumstances ,
with his proverbial fidelity to his
friends , accepted his resignation and
saved his secretary. Mrs. Belknap
went at once to Europe. Since that
time , for years certainly : md probably
to the day of his death , General Belk
nap , while providing for his wife , did
not live with her.
Greeting * of the Xrc Ident.
ALLIANCE. Ohio. Oct. 15. The pres
ident , passing through this place , on
his return to Washington , was intro
duced to the multitude by Hon. Daniel
Fording , and said :
My Fellow Citizens : There is noth
ing in which the American people are
harder upon their public servants than
in the insatiable demand for public
speech. I began talking beforobreak
fast this morning and have kept al
most continuously at it through the
day , with scavoely time for lunch ; and
yet , as long as the smallest resiuum of
strength or voice is loft I cannot fail to
re'cognize these hearty greetings and
say some appreciative word in return.
I do very much thank you , and I do
very deeply feel the cordial enthusi
asm with which you have received nre.
It is very pleasant to know that as
American citizens we love our govern
ment and its institutions 'and are ready
to pay appropriate respect to any pub
lic officer who endeavors , in such light
as he has , to do his public duty. This
homage is not withheld by one's polit
ical opponents , and it is pleasant to
know that in all things that affect the
integrity and honor and perpetuity of'
our government we rise above party
ties and considerations. The interests
of this government are lodged with you.
There is not much that a president
can do to shape its policy. He
is charged under the constitution with
the duty making suggestions to con
gress ; but , after all , legislation origi
nates with the congress of the United
States , and the policy of our laws is
directed by it. The president may
veto , but he cannot frame a bill.
Therefore , it is of great interest to you
and to all our people that you should
choose such men to represent you in
the congress of the United States as
will faithfully promote those policies
to which you have given your intelli
gent adhesion. This country of ours
is secure , and social order is main
tained because the great masses of our
people live in contentment and some
good measure of comfort. God forbid
that we should ever reach the condi
tion which has been reached by some
other countries where all that is before
many of their population is the ques
tion of bare subsistence , where it is
simply "How shall IJind bread for to
day1 No hope of accumulation ; no
hope of comfort ; no hope of education
or higher things for the children that
are to come after them. God be blessed
that that is not our condition in Amer
ica. Here is an open chance to every
manjnerc are rarr wages lor lair wont ;
with education for the masses ; with
no classes or distinctions to keep
down the ambitious young. We
have a happy lot. Let us not grum
ble if now and then things are not as
prosperous as they might be. Let us
think of the average , and if this year's
crop is not as full as we could wish wo
have already in these green fields the
promise of a better one to come. Let
us not doubt that we are now I have
seen the evidences of it in a very ex
tended trip through the west enter
ing upon an up grade in all depart
ments of business. [ Applause. ] Every
where I went , in the great city of St.
Louis and in the smaller manufactur
ing towns through Avhicii we passed ,
there was one story to lull and 1 have
no doubt it is true in your midst
every wheel is running- and every hand
is busy. [ Applause. ] 'I believe the
future is bright before us for increas
ingly better times for all ; and as it
comes I hope it may be so generally
diffused that its kindly touch may be
feit by every one who hears me. and
that its beneficent help may come into
every borne. [ Prolonged cheering. ]
Tlie President at Washington.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 10. The presi
dent and party returned to Washington
yesterday from their western trip.
The president is in the best of health
and spirits. He has come through the
ordeal of constant speaking , dining
and hand shaking and through three
thousand miles of railroad travel in
excellent physical condition. Two
carriages were in waiting and the pres
ident was driven to the executive man
sion.
sion.As
As soon as the president had break
fasted he and Mcs. Harrison took a
carriage and paid a visit of condolence
to the family of the late Justice Mil
ler. The president also ordered the
flag on the while honso to bo placed at
half mast , as a mark of respect to the
memory of the dead jurist.
William Hobart , a conductor on the
St. Paul & Omaha railway , dropped
dead while sitting-man Omaha doctor a
ofP.ce the other night.
HONOKSTOTHEDEAD.
SKnncKs omit XIIK
M.UXS OF JUSTICE 3IILT.KK.
The President , Member' * of tJio Supreme
premo Court and OtJier Dlntln-
gui hcd OillcIalNlii Attendance The
lEcmaliix Start for IvcoUuU , loxva ,
the I'lacc of Ilurlal An Important
Ruling by the Intcr-Mato Commerce
CommiMMon The Capital Question
in Oklahoma.
Funeral of Jufetifo .111' lor.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. The funeral
services over the remains of the late
Justice Miller took place yesterday
afternoon in the biiprerne court cham
ber. Shortly after 12 o'clock the re
mains , Cbcoi-ted by the justices , the
president and the members of his cab
inet and a few intimate friends of the
deceased , were taken to the capitol and
the casket placed in the center of the
space in front of the bench upon which
Justice Miller sat for so many years.
Uho chair of the dead justice was
draped in black , a'.id flowers sent by
friends and associates were placed
along the railing near the bench. Pres
ident and Mrs. Harrison sent a beauti
ful design , consisting of two crossed
swords in white cosmos flowers , en
circled by a wreath of lillies of the
valley , roses and purple orchids. A
card attached to them was incribed :
With the deep and sincere sympathy
of President ind Mrs. Harrison. " Mrs.
Harrison , aisU sent a tloral anchor.
Kesting against the supreme court
bench , Immediately in front of the
casket , was a large open book of im-
mortcles on a bank of ferns : "The
loving remembrance of the lady man
agers of the Gariield hospital , " of
which the dead man was a warm friend
and patron.
A few minutes after the arrival of
the president thc _ funeral cortege ar
rived at the capitol from the residence
of the late justice. The funeral procession -
cession , headed by the two officiating
clergymen , entered the capitol by the
east entrance and the court room
through the main door. The justices
of the court and Justice Strong , who
is on the retired list , followed the cler
gymen and heated themselves on the
left of the casket , which was borne in
by the active pallbearers.
The family a few moments later-
passed in. Mrs. Miller was supported
lo a cLair at the right of the coffin by
her daughter. Irene Miller. Mrs. Tou-
xaan and Miss Corkhill. daughter and
zrranddaughtcr of the justice , were im
mediately behind them and with Mrs.
Reeves and Mr. and Mrs. Adams wore
tented in the first row to the right of
the casket. The other members of the
funeral party were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Davis , Mrs. McKenney and Miss Kate-
Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson ,
Mrs. Paige. Mr. James and Mr. Woolworth -
worth of Omaha and the ladies of the
farr.ilies of the supreme court justices.
The services opened with the singing
of the hymn "Abide With Me1 by a
quartette of male voices. Rov. Dr.
Shippcn of the Unitarian church then
read the burial ritual. The quartette
biuig "Come Unto Me" and the simple
services were closed with a short ad-
uresa by Rev. Dr. Bartlett of the New
"fork Presbyterian church , and the
bcT.cdiction.
Mrs. Miller was deeply moved , and
when the ceremonies were over Mr.
McKenney. clerk of the court , and her1
- > on escorted her from the chamber.
Others soon followed and all Aent to
their homes , leaving the casket in the
room.
At 7:40 p. m. the train bearing the j
remains left the city for Kcoknk , Ja. .
accompanied by the family and a few j
'
friends'of the late justice. Chief Jus J
tice Fuller. Justice Brewer , Marshal
Wright. Mr. Fairst , Justice Miller's
page and a few others.
An Important Kiilii : r.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. The inter
state commerce commission , inthcca&e
of the board of trade of Chicago , com
plainant , vs the Chicago & Alton rail
road company and seven other railroad
companies , defendants , and the Ar-
: riour packing company and eighteen
other packing companies and the board
of trade of Chicago. The opinion was
by Bragg- . The commission orders the'
defendant railroad carriers to make the
same rates on live hogs as on packing
house products from Missouri river
points and interior points in Iowa ana
Mis-souri to Chicago within four weeks
from the date of the order.
The rates are now and have long-
bwen the same upon those commodities :
from Missouri river points and interior
points in the state of Iowa and Mis-
souitfto Mississippi river points and
eastern markets and packinghouses
generally , except to Chicago. The
commission decides that this discrim
ination against Chicago is one that is
unjust and is a violation of Section o
of the act to regulate commerce.
There is Retaliation.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. Secretary
Windom has sent a letter to each of the
other members of the cabinet noting
attention to the fact that the provision
exempting articles imported for the use
of the United States contained in the
'
act of 1S8IJ is no longer in force and
there is no similar provision in the act
of October 1 , 1890. Articles imported
for the use of the various departments
are therefore subject to duty unless' '
specially provided for in the free list , i
Before Judge Miller is buried the
gos = ip about his successor has begun
und various probabilities are suggested , ,
but it may be said that the presiden" j
has not considered the subject for a' '
moment und all reports sent out from
Washington as to the selection of a new
justice are entirely unfounded. j
j The Hon. John Tan Yalkenburg. i
i past supreme chancellor of the Knights
I of Pythias , died at Fort Madison , la. j
Union Pacific Growth.
SALT LAKH , Utah , Oct. 20. Iresi. ,
dent Charles Francis Adams and Chif
of Construction J. S. Cameron of the '
Uhiorr Pacific arrived yesterday noon
in the president's private car from Den
ver. They left for Prove yesterday
evening to look up the matter of ties
and return tomorrow to meet repre
sentatives of the proposed road be
tween Seven Devils mining camp and
Silver City , Idaho , 186 miles , and
which will open one of the greatest
timber belts in the country. *
Mr. Adams said that ho had made
what seemed to him to bo ample pro
visions last spring for the road's ex
pected development , but that the de
velopment had passed beyond all
bounds and expectations. President
Hughitt of the Northwestern had told
him that ho ( Hughitt ) had expected
his road's business would increase 10
per cent this summer and fall , and it
had increased instead 25 per cent , and
the Northwestern was hard put to it to
handle its business. The sarno was
true of the Union Pacific. One hun
dred and seventy engines had been or
dered and 1.000 new coal cars in addi
tion to the other equipment , but , ow
ing to the delay of the manufacturers
and a rnarvelously increased traffic ,
[ the road bird been strained beyond its
limits. His men were worried beyond
endurance and all the departments
on the system were rushed to
death. The recent accidents were
simply duo to ill luck , for
which Manager Resseguo was not re
sponsible.He was a faithful official
who had done his best had done more
than could be expected of him and he
enjoyed the full confidence of his su
periors. One million tics would be
put in needed places at once ; there was
new steel on hand and it would go
down as soon as possible , and all re
pairs would be pushed rapidly that the
coal blockade might be removed. The
Union Pacific has double the amount
of new equipments to put on now that
it has had in any other six years since
Adams has been president. Six weeks
of good weather now and the entire
system would bo put in fine shape , but
if bad weather comes now the opera
tions of the system will bo let right
down to the safety notch and the pub
lic will bo told that the road cannot
stand working at an unsafely high
pressure , and they must for the time
being make the best of it. Lust spring
the freshets had washed away thous
ands and thousands of ties made and
in the rough. This it was that had
made it so difficult to keep up the
track. The great mistake was when
the management found the increased
demands of commerce running away
from the road's capacity to handle it
that a halt had been ordered , the situ
ation explained to the public and oper
ations then reduced.
A Frightful Catastrophe Averted.
EUIE , Pa. , Oct. 20. A horrible ca
tastrophe was averted on the Lake
Shore & Michigan Soathern railway
yesterday near Silver Creek , through
the bravery and cool-headed conduct
of an engineer.
A detached section of an cast bound
freight train had been run into by an
other section and a portion of the de
bris was thrown overon the west
bound track just as No. 5 , a fast train ,
was going west at the rate of fifty
miles an hour. Engineer John Burns
of the possenger saw the ; ruck ahead
and then the freight car. He saw that
an attempt to stop his train and jump
would sacrifice the lives of his 150
passengers. His fireman had left him.
Engineer Burns resolved to stand by
his engine. He put on all the steam
and opened the sand pipes , so as to
jet a firmer hold on the rails , throw
the truck and cut throtiirh the freierht
cars and 6th ? r debris. Burns with
wonderful fortitude held the lever , and
the moment he had cleared the ob
struction , reversed the engine and
threw on the air brake. As the train
entered the wreck the sides were torn
j out of three coaciies. The screams of
I women were heard high above the
' screeching steam. Although the en
gine was dismantled the brave engi
neer emerged from the debris alive ,
but covered with scars and bruises.
Stout-hearted men embraced him hys
terically , realizing that his heroism
'
had saved the train.
! I But one passenger was seriously in
jured Mrs. Mary Kane of Dennison ,
0. , who may die.
Joseph Myers of Cleveland was badly
hurt about the head.
'
Probably a dozen others were parn-
j fully cut and bruised.
Not a car in the train left the track.
) After the people were quieted C. M.
Spitzer , a Boston banker , headed the
list , and over § 400 were presented to
Engineer Burns by ihe passengers.
;
Krdiictlon 111 Rxpoiincs Called 5 < "or.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. Acting Land
Commissioner Stone has issued circu
lars to the registers and receivers of
local land offices calling for a mu.c-
tion in the contingent expenses of their
offices. The number of entries , acre
age and cash sales has decreased con
siderably since 1888. but the expenses
have continued to increase.
Sciit IJack for I , fe.
Sr. PAUL , Minn. , Oct. 20 Thomas
O'Connor , with a life sentence for
murder , and who was pardoned a short
time ago on condition that he leave the
state forever , has been sent back to
prison. He did not leave the state ,
but went up to his former home to see
his wife , who was suffering from a par
alytic stoke , and while there was ar
rested on account of not complying
with the terms of his pardon. The
matter was referred to Governor Mer-
riam. who ordered O'Connor conveyed
to the state prison , where he will servo
out his sentence O'Connor had in
tended leaving this country forever
nnd going to Canada , but was detained
by his wife's illness. -