THE OMAHAI
TWENTY-imST YEAH. OMAHA. SATUKDAY MOUSING , % DECEMBER 5 , 1801. NUMBER 170.
T OF WFAITII
Ul nJufiLlllt
Rmsell 8ago Has a Narrow Issspo from tin
* n Awful Death.
DIABOLICAL DEED OF A DESPERVTE MAN ,
Dema'di of a Ora ik for Money FollowoJ b ;
Terrible Explosion.
S'.VERAL PEOPLE BLOWN INTO ETERNITY ,
Members of Humin Bod'es ' and Fra'jmenti
of Flesh Scatterd Broadcast.
TERRIBLE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION.
Dcnth ol' tlic Jinn \ \ ! n > Throw the
Dynnmlti ! Hvpci ionc-os ol People
ple In the Ollice M.ile-
nient front Sir.
Nnv YOIIK. Doo. I. Kussoll Sago , the
mlllionalro broker , escaped ilcnth by n mir-
nclo today , Ins onico nnil the onllro Ktnpiro
building , in which It vvni , being sbakun to
Its very foundation by the explosion of dy-
immito bomb , littilcd by n cr.ink who mndo n
domiiiiil upon Mr. Sago for the immediate
piineiitofsl.r > J < lOO , tno ultimatum bolnij
In case of refusal tbo death of the mlllioti-
niio , the crank nnd those oinplojeiHii the
ollee.
Hover in the history of the metropolis is It
probiblo that an event Has occurred thai for
the time caused moro excitement oti Wall
Bticot and lower Broadway , rally i > JO,000
people woio drawn to the scene of th'i c < c-
ploiion , and for tin hour the police vvoro
pow urloss to brine order out of chaos.
Tito ofllcei of Uussoll Sago were on the
second floor of the building numbered 10 , 71
and 7.t Broadway , situated on the southwest
corner of Houtor street , overlooking the
Trinity curchyaid , nnd n stone's throw from
Wall stiuet.
It was just twenty-two minutes past 12
o'clock when the ox plosion came , \\ltu afoico
that i-as absolutely stnitling , completely
wrecking the second Iloor of the ImiMitig ,
thtovv ing pedestrians on the street to the
ground and st irlling people for blocks around.
Tbotc who wcro close ni hand saw n man
blown through ono of the windows of Sago's
onico into Rector stioet. A fuw minutes
later Mr. S igo hlmsolf , with dlood streaming
from his face and h.inds , w.is helped out Into
the street ntul taken to O'Contu-ll's clrus
btoio , just oolow W ill street OH Broadway.
Tlioro als.0 w.is cariiuu tbo man blown from
the window.
SuitoniPiit of Mr. Stifje.
\Vithln ton minutes after the explosion Dr.
A. P. Muni ) , the ptusicinn of JnvGoulo' , was
nt the slue of Mr. Sago anil personally at
tended to his injuilcs , which piovcd to bo not
of a sorlous nnturo. Tbo hair nnd ovobrows
of the initllonniro wore burnt and his fata
urnl hands cut by small particles of class and
plaster , the result of the explosion. Mr. Sago ,
though suffering from the sbock , made the
following statement while his wounds were
being dicssod :
"A man , who gave his name ns II. D. Wil
son , canio to my ofllfo just now. I.had never
BL'cn him before Ho had n carpet bag in his
ham ! niidsnid : 'Ifou will not give mo
$ l'r > 0,000 I will blow \ou nil to ploi.es.1 I
know nothing fuithor except horing a great
explosion , falling on the Iloor nnd logained
consciousness hole. The man 1ing on the
Iloor ol ttiis illu5 store is , I believe , the snmo
ono who asked mo for money. "
When Mr. Sago's wound * , woio dressed ho
was taken In a cab to his home.
Outside on the street overj thins was con
fusion , men lost tholr heads , and rumors of
the vvlluost kind lllled the air. Twenty weio
wild to have been killed nndinjuied and from
the building tiromcn led or carried the dead
and injured. Ambulances weio summoned
from thioa hospitals , nnd soon the streets
ai-oiinil weio solidly filled with a struggling
mass of persons , all eagjr to got to the scene
of the disaster.
When the police arrived In force the buildIng -
Ing was quickly cleared of all pot-sons nnd a
scmch inado In the u rocked olllco
Ilorrililo SIlitH. ;
Just insldo o ( the door of thn general onico
wns found the trunk of a man in n stuto that
) cndorcd letcgnitlon Impossible , the head
having been severed from the body. A
pointed , ioddish bcaid gave the nppcuranco
of 'in educated man , which was enhanced by
the biouu curls of the hair unit the heavy
mustache that adorned the upnor lip of the
dead one. When the body was takun m > It
was found to bavo been toui in stuods by the
explosion.
The intorlorof thoofllcos plaiulv showed
that the force of the explosion was something
turrltlc. All tlio partition walls wcro blown
down and the sashs nnd window f tames
fniccd outward The calling had been blown
do\\n nnd the floor was forced downwind ,
rendcilnglt unsafe to walk upon. Desks
nnil chairs woio overturned nnd huiled Into
nr > Indescribable mass , nnd every plceo of
glass In the big air shaft that ran to the roof
was shivered Into thousands of paiticlos. A
search quickly showed that tbo bodv of the
man with the pointed beard was the only one
ninong the debris
In tlio monntlma the ciowds In the stioot
grow larger , the elevated trains from uptown
bringing thousands to the scene , all Impelled
by curiosity. For an honi confusion reigned.
Then the police found tholr heads and some
thing UUo n coucct list of tbo kilted ana in
jured was hail.
Victims of the i\ploslon. :
But ono person had been killed outright ,
the man wllli ttio pointed board. Ho Is sup
posed to bo II 1) Wilson , the mill , uho
jnada the demand for monuy from Mr. Sago
unit the ono uho throw the bomb
Benjamin P. Morton , who was blown
thiough the window , a clerk In the oflka of
Mr. Huge , was removed to the Chainuors
Htieot hospital , u.horo tin Hied nt I p in
whllo under an operation for fractuto of tlio
skull The deceased was a lesidcnt of Par
Uocknvvnv , L. I ,
The following Injincd woio taken to the
hospital-
PIIVSU Uonriir n20 years old , living at
BorpiMi Point , mid ulnploxcd ns n clerk for
Iinbio X Co , brokois. Ho was In Sign's
ollUo nt the Uino of the explosion. His bltull
was nactuiod and ho will piobablv dio.
Claims W OMiimsh , Kusscll Sago's
cashier , of ll Berkley place , Brookln , frao-
tuiod bkull , will probably din.
SVMUI .1 CVIIIOUN , cleik , of UVi Doano
Btioot , Diookljn , lacerated wounds on head.
Win MM K. Luiuou , who was In the
building nt UK ) Unto , locolvod u fr.iutuio of
the lev. Ho was tnkui to bt Vincent's
lioiplt.il.
COIONIM J J Stori M , a brother-in-law of
Mr Sane , and chief i-lcik , was bndl } cut
ubout the head aim fate ,
When Colonel Slocum's wounds were
ilit'sscd bo returned to the scene declaring
ho hud loll tlio door of * ho bafu onoii and was
fearful that the secuiltics In It had been
blown out nnd loit. ( Julolsly gathering
together what ho found ho placed thorn in a
Binull sufo and had It iomo\ud to the onico of
the Manhattan Uuilioud company In the ( .nine
building.
rr.ittinonu of n Iliiinnn Hotly.
tate la tbo afteiuoou tbo firemen found
among the debris a log which was thought
to bo that of a woman. Whether It Is or not
bus not been discovered. Sago never cm-
plood a woman typewriter and as tins fact
Is well established , the supposition is that if
the leg Is that of n vvoti.an Ills nil that is loft
of ono of his "put nnd cull" customers who
was In tlio ofllco at the time.
Mr. Chnnos .Tamos , a railroad man and a
resident of Chattanooga , Tonu , hul an ap-
iiolutmcnt with Mr Sago at U o'clock and
had an oxpeilcnco that ho will not soon for
got. He says. "I called ut Mr Sagb's of
fice at I'J o'clock and found him out. A seat
was offorou mo in tbo main olllco near the
desk. I took Itand walled Mr. Sago's ro-
turu. Slttlue on a bench near the wall I
noticed a man perhaps llvo toot eight Inches
lu height. Ho vvoro a plug lint and had a
pointed board ana heavy brown mustachp.
At about 11 ! 15 Mr. Sago j-amo In and gieet-
Ing mo asked me inlo bis private onico. Mr.
Sago had just lomoved his h it mid nsked tnu
to bo sealed when ono of his i lurks onlerod
and said something to him that I did not
hear.
' Turning to mo ho said 'HM-uso mo for a
few moments' nnd passed through the door
Into the main onico. The door closed behind
him nnd I pushed my chair ever to the wall
and sil facing the door through which Mr.
Sago hud gone.
\ \ hen the Kvplc nlon C.une.
"It might have been two or three mlnules
when the explosion cnmo. I was blown up
nearly to tto colling , and the chair on which
I sal was smashed Into pieces I tame down
all in a heap. Dust and small panicles of
pliisler and smoke filled iho loom I was
completely ua/ed and did not know what to
do. I lomcmbor muKing my way turougn
the pissngo way which thi > explosion hud
blown Into the main olllco. Thoic I met Mr.
Sage , with blood trickling down his fnco nnd
hands , his clothing torn nnd covered with
dirt and dust. When ho saw mo ho said
'How shall wo get out ! '
" ' \Viiit , ' I replied , 'until this dust settles.
I think wo will Do all light , as the woist
must bo over.1 Then I recovered in \ senses
ami taking him by the arm led him uown the
stairwav Into the street. "
jvinong the debris in tlio wrecked olllco was
found the tcmaina of n silk hat , evidently
worn by the man who gave his name ns Wll-
snn , and In ono coiner of Mr. Sago's private
onico where Mr .lames was sitting nlono nt
tno Uino of tlio explosion n man's band
Mr. Washington 11 Connor was in his of-
llcoon the Broidway fiont of the building
nnd on the same Iloor with Mr. bago when
the explosion cnmo Mr. Connor \\as out of
the building mnotictho lirstand assisted Mr.
Sago to tlio uiug stoic Within hall an hour
nfterwmds ho lind opened a new onico just
across tbo Broadway and was transacting
business all day.
As Mr. Sago was being led through the
lower hall of the building into the street ho
naid. "It Is a djnnniito explosion and they
meant it for us this Inuo. "
Itlow n Into Many 1'ioucs.
Thncoionor made an oximmaiion of the
manulod lomalns of .ho man found in Sago's
onico and fiom the mangled mass of llosh
and clothing took a seven-chamber bulldog
lovnlvor. This was all that could bo found
bv whicli nn Idontillcatton coulu bo
made. Wli it was loft of thu mad-
linn's body , nt least It was so la
belled and nccopted by police nnd
coroner , was laid out in Undeitaker Dult's
onico at Si Ciiconwich street. It was not
much. The bend was thoio blackened but
not badly dlsligured. U was cutoff at the
top ot the neck and looked for all the world
like the mask of n man : )5 ) or4U years old with
a full beat d that might have been long , but
was now buriiod close to the chin and cheek.
Then thorn was n leg the right , the loft
foot , ono hand and that was all. The body
Dronor W.LS gone ; of neither cheat nor
ubdomen uis a tiaco found. The loj that
uasthcic was uiokcn and twisted. Such
shiods of clothing as were tourd .shewed the
man hud worn tiouseis of a bluo-black plaid
with n black overcoat and long black stock
ings. That might bavo stalled the story
that a woman's log was found. Ho had been
careful to rid hlmsolf of everything that
might disclose hK identity. His name had
been wiitten in the corner of his blick hat ,
but ho had cut It out \vilh a knife.
There was a hole in the lining wboro
it hid been. Clouds came ant ! went ,
looking nt the face but no ono knowit When
dirkness fell , the undertaker , tired of the
sight , thtovv a cioth over It and shuthis uoor.
Hussull Sago made the following btntcmcnt
to Inspector Bjines this ov oning :
Siic niul.tlip Minim in.
"I came out ot my onice , having been sent
for. 1 found tbero was n man with n satcnel.
Ho hinded mo a caid lioaiing tlic name of II
D Wilson. Ho said ho came from John D
Koekofollcr and nt the same time handed mo
a typowiltten loltoi In n sealed envelope. It
wiis nodiessod to mo. I opened It nnd found
that it was a doirand upon mo for the pnv-
mentof ? I,2T,000 ) ( ) The letter stated that'if
the money was not Given up at once to the
presenter of the letter that bo would blow
nfr , himself nnd the enllie olllco up with dy
namite. I read the letter and placing It in
the onvclono handed it hick to him and
turned to go into inv private onico when the
explosion occurred. "
Coroner Messmor wont to the Chambers
sticet hospital and took the nutc-moitoin
statement of Tiank Hoboitson , 1onis 1 ! ) old ,
ancmplojo of W. M. Imbic A. Co , stock
brokers ntfiO Bioadwny. Ho said : "About
12 . ! 0 o'clock I wont over to Mr. Hussell
Sage's onico , No. 71 Bioadway , with a check
to got 100 snares of Buillngton & Qulncv
stock I saw nnan talking to Mr. Sago very
Attentively. The latter seemed to shun him.
The man pulled out what looked like u pis
tol. Hall gllttoicd and bo put u In his light
hand ovoico.it pockot. 1 know notnlng more
until 1 culled minder. I heard an explosion
and ovoiybody jelled murder. The os.-
ploslun look place a second after I saw him
put ttio gllttciing object In his pocket. The
man bad a high silk lint , light In own sidc-
whUkors , was about .Is yeius old , woio a
blaolc ovuico.it and was well dicssod. Ho was
alone and had a square satchel. "
Storj ol'tlio Plot.
The stoiy of the plot on Mr. Sago's Hfo
pees far back Hii sell Sago , jr , talked
freeh about it Ho said that of lata Mr.
Sago had iccolvcd thico or four ttueatcning
letters signed by ono Juincs Walsh. In one
of them the writoi demanded ? l,200,1)00. )
Why that Hum , Mr. bago could not saj. fho
recent tioublos between President Amliows
of ttio Now York Steam Heating company
and the Standard ( Ins I.lgtit company now
iomo to plnj in tno case. A largo part of the
stock In dispute belonged to the widows of
Spinola it Manueim Those woman , WaUh
said In his Ictteis , ho was about to marry.
Ilo thciefore demanded mono } to put him on
their financial level. Mr. bairo pild no at
tention to him. Mr. Jay ( iotihl was also at
tacked In the loiters , and denounced lu
abusive terms. The writer thioatunod Mr ,
Sago's life , but no attention was paid to it ,
all who knew about the letters bolloving him
to bo a haimless ciank. To ijuoto Kus ell
Supo , jr 's own words. "Tho icsult is known
and Sir Sago has been made an object ot the
dynamite fiend. "
lllhtoiy or tlic I > v n.tmlto 'J'11 rower.
AHUM , N. Y , Doc. I The dyuamlto
cinnk is thought to be llliurn Wilson , aped
15 , an escaped lunatic nnd n native of Oleiis
Palls , Wai ran county. Wilson bad escaped
pioviouhly fiom Mlddloton and Utlc.i
asylums He was voiy strong and of light
complexion The worbt signs of Insanity
werodeveloped fouituonuaisngowhcn ho
Kept the Bolton house on Lnko ( icorgo. Then
ho led horses into the hotel nnd mounting a
table dclivcicd an address to thorn. Ilo was
of late voars tiiliung of limiting horses go
faster than any have over gone , and of patent
lights , anil at ono lima took the shoes olT n
hoi o's hoofs and put them on hU own feet
and led tbo hoi so over some of the most
mountainous counti.v of tlio Adlrondacks.
Wltsou , iiftorshot t leims In Insane nsv turns ,
has been dUchaipud ns cuiod or oicapcd. lie
has pcnoiully ivleuintcd his ficodom by
making attempts to kill t > oma ono who 10-
fused to meet his uciimuds for money Suv-
crul } curs ago ho attempted to kill n man
whom ho had asked for monuy to s > et him up
In mislneis On nn occasion when \V. J
Arkoli wan in Albany , Wilson made a ilo-
iniuul on htm. When ho lofuscd his demand
Wilson threatened to kill him and oven attempted -
tempted to assault him In tils onlce. Ho has
also threatened thu Hfo ol ( JoodvvIn Brown ,
ono ot thu stuto lunacy commissioners It
was tbo loss of money which made him
crazy , Wilson was unojted here about u
} car ago for threatening to kill eoiuo QUO.
JOE IIOUIAN'S ' GREAT
Indiana's ' Famous Obpotor Pledges Hi ?
Suppjrt to Roger Q. Mills.
HORIZONTAL BILL'S ' CHANCE IS GOOD.
Crisp of Goorcln Him n C'lnuli nnd
Jlutuli of Missouri Knows Ho
Is nioutcd Otlicr
OIllCCH.
WASIIIS-OTOV , D. C , Uoc. t jSpoclalTolo-
gram to THE Brn.l The most stiikinir nnd
significant Incident of tonight was furnished
by Judge Hultnan of Indiana , who will bo
chairman of the caucus and who lias often
himself boon mentioned ns a possible candi
date for speaker. Mr. Holmau waluod Into
the Mills headquarters touigbt and grasping
Mr. Mills' hand said
' I bavo eomo to pledge you my vote for the
spcakorshlp , and to say , if I can bung It
about , my colleagues horn Indiana will vote
fcr you also. "
There was at once a general Jubilation In
the loom and a score of hands were out
stretched toward Ilolman.
This incident was quickly perverted into a
statement that flow the rounds of tbo lob-
nios , that Mr. Holinan hud positively turned
ever all the cloven Indiana votes to
Mills. Tlio fact is , as stated by Mr. Bynura
tonight , that sovcn of tbo Indiana democrats
are for Mills and tliootuor four for Sprliicor.
Of these , thrco prefer Mills as second choice.
Another imuortant development In favor of
Mills tonight is the arrival of Don M. Dick
inson , who is walking witli Vilas to Inlluonco
the domociats of the northwest In favor of
the tree trader. Dickinson openly do-
claics that bo will secure sovou of
the olpht domociats fyjin Michigan for
Mills , ono of them , Chapman , being Iriuvoca-
bly t.ledped to MoMlllin. Tlio airival of
Mr. Dickinson comolotoj the formidable list
of Cleveland woilsers for Mills.
The Mills man have also broken Into
Crisp's soutbcrn foices.
Terry of Arkansas , who has been cieditod
to Ciisp , has gone to Springer , whicli is
merely a cover for nn ultimate Mills voto.
Boatnor of Louisiana , another nllssod Ciisp
follower , has come out for McMillin , which
i\lso moans a vote for Mills vvnon neonod.
Hooker of Mississippi , Cobb of Alabama
and Biawloy of South Citolina , all of whom
have boon claimed lor Crisp , have openly do-
claiod for Mills tonight.
V ills 11.in ilio Faiclc.
Buchanan of Vliginin telegraphed Mr.
Crisp that lie is too ill to attend tlio caucus ,
which means another vote lost to the Geor
gian , vvbllo btowart of Texas , whoso absence
was oxnected on account of sovoiu illness ,
surpiiscd Mr , Mills b } appearing at his
headquarters today.
All llicso circumstances have combined to
place Mills uhectlv in the lead toiiipht.
Tlio Illinois delegation continued lo hold
hourly meetings , at which Mr. Sprnipor and
Seimlor Palmer fianticnlly urged thorn lo
stand linn. The Illinois congressmen thoio-
upon peuodically prolostcd tlieirundying de
votion to Sprineei , only to bn called again
within a few moments indignantly to lopol
thoropoits , which everybody believes , that
at least eight of them 'voro for .Mills.
The Now York delegation hcla a mooting
at Chumbcrlain'3 tonight. The only ab
sentees weio Warner , who is ill , and Stahl-
nuclier. The spoakorshlp was not discussed ,
nnd no poll was taken ou that question. Tbo
delegation agreed to 'oto lOrTurnorfor door
keeper , and to use theiriwonty-throo votes as
inigbtscem beat on the other minor oflic.es.
1 ho Indiana delcpatlon tonight endorsed
Mr. Dalton for nostmastor of the house nnd
Incidentally resolved lo present Indianapolis
ootoro the democratic national committee for
the next convention.
The minor ofllcos now scorn liuely lo go as
follows : Cloik , Ivoirof Pen nsv Ivan la ; sor-
gcant-at-arms , Yodor of Ohio ; dooikoopor ,
Tumor of Now York ; postmasler , Dallon of
Indiana.
enthusiastic Mills men now claim that ho
will have I'M votes on tbo second ballot.
T.IKI'uuit vnuici : .
Frl IIH ol' tlin Spc ikership Cnndl-
( Inte.M Conlltlent of > iiuooss.
WASIIINOTOV , D. C. , Doe.I. . ( Special
Telegram to Tnu Bin ] "Mills is us gooa as
elected. Our light is won. There is no need
of moro talk because victory is suiely ours. "
Thus spoke tonight oxGovornor dealing of
California , ono of the most ardent supporters
of the candidalo of Corsicana. "SVobavo
bui-st the Spilngor boom. "
"The Springer forces are Intact. Mr.
Sprlngor will bo In thu flpht to ttio finish , "
said bcnntor-clect Paltnorof Illinois tonight.
"Mr. Ciisp Is sofar in Iho lend that I should
not bo suiprlsoa to sec him nominated on the
first b dial , then if tlio Spiingor forces are
broken , we fool that vvo shall win , for wo arose
so far nhoad of Mills that with those Ihat
will come to us Irom the breach , wo must
win on iho no < ct ballot afler ttio
bioacli. " Thus spoke Uoprosontallvo Catch-
ings of Mississippi , ono of thcchlof enginccis
of the Crisp canvass , and vv lib almost equal
coulldenco do Iho followers of McMillin nnd
Hatch continue lo prophecy.
Notlilnj ; SeeniH Cortiin ,
Kvcrybod } sllll claims Iho race , nllhough
the goal Is but a low hours distant with ill
Iho wo-iiind competition In tlio homestretch.
Tbo democratic bouse caucus is to moot at ti
o'clock lomoirow nltcinoon
At 10 o'clock tonight no man can toll with
certainly who will win Iho nrio of iho
second position in power only lo Ihu prcst-
done } In ttio United States government.
Neiuly all of Ihu democratic members of Ihu
house are now in Washinglon. The hotels
wheio the spcakoishlp candidates have their
noadquatlci-j are ciowdod with jostling
groups , all noisily discussing the prospccls
of iho moriovv. State delegations are meet
ing every quarter of an hour aud mysterious
confoioiicos uru balnp bold lu ovary corner.
Tbo situation has neon such all day that n
decided cli mgo might ha reported at any
moment The situation Into tonight Is a's
tremulous us the needle of n Rbakoncompass.
Tbo most noticeable feature of thu day has
bean the firm lone of confidence in Ihe clnlms
of Ihu followers of Mills , lloroto-
foio they huvo allowed the workers
for Crisp to do ull the claiming and
up to last night when they gayu out seine
ralhor skaky IIcures , contented themselves
with vague assurances of ultimate victory.
Mills' rrlenilH Confident.
Tonight , how over , tbo Mills cohorts mo
onthuslnsilu and moro dofiiulo. They claim
n big accession from the northwest , 'caused
In p'trt bv the arrival of ox-Poitiuastcr Gen
eral Vllas , who promised to swing the Wis
consin domociats Into line for Mills. Other
not thorn democrat ! ! are expected to follow
bis lead Tbo Iowa democrats still say they
will vote for bpilnpor on tno first ballot , but
will turn for Mills u honovor necessary.
Thu Illinois democrats have been mooting
at Intervula nil day and it Is evidently a hard
task to keep thorn In line for Springer. Add
to this the fact that thu Missouri delegation
Miowb signs of wavering In nltoglancu to
Hatch , that Washington Is flooded with tele-
grama tonight fiom frcu trade dcmociuls
all ever thacountiv , tmulorhig members to
vote for Mills , aud It U not bard to explain
the astounding confidence of thu followers
of thu father of tlio tauff bill which led the
domocraof to defeat In IbSS , nnd yet in every
estimate Ciisp Is considered In thu lend on
the 111 tt ballot , U Is on the Niibaemjnul break
that Mills' chpiices of success lilugo" , The
name of each candidate who may still bo in
the field tomorriw afternoon nlll bo pre
sented to tbo w s In u nominating speech
as effective as tno orator can maUu It.
Crisp will bo named by Blunt of Georgia
aud Uuviior of Maryland , Mills by Breclcun-
ridge of Arkansas aud Crauo of Texas , Mo-
Mlllln by Washington of Tonnosse'o or
Covert of Long Island , Springer by Now-
bcrrv ot Illinois nnd HaWU by ono of the
Missouri delegation , probably Dockory.
ALL OS Till ! ANXIOUS A/Mr.
Democrat lo CnmlhUtcH f i-tlio Hpenlc-
vr lilp Clalinlnj ; l-.vcry tiling.
WistnsdTov , D. 0. , Dec. I. Too hotels of
the capital are thronged with members of
congress today , nnd tli * spcnkorstilp contest
has reached favor heat. Humors are no
longer a commodity lu ( ho political mart , mid
facts and figures are iibw demanded before
nny prediction receives credence. Yielding
to popular Inquiry , all the candlditos orthoir
friends have nt last nU'on out figures upon
whlcti they base tholr hopes ot success , aud
tbeso llgures have beou supplemented by the
names of thol respootlvo supporters. The
estimates show material discrepancies , but
they nro moro nearly In accord than any which
have preceded them. Upon thu face of t'acso
cs 1 1 mat c" , and uuoti the confession of
candidates themselves , onu fact is evident
that ro nomination Is possible on the first
billet If nil the aspirants remain In tbo Hold.
That this will bo the case , and that llvo can
didates will cnler the caucus , thora Is no long
er good cause lo doubt. The arilval and
cITccilvo missionary work of Scnnior Palmer
last night has so strontrlhonod nnd encour
aged iho forces of Mr. Springer that the
withdrawn ! of the Illinois man Is now In
deed u remote possibility , as all the efforts
have been dlicclod In the attempt to
elTect the disintegration of Mr. Spilngor's
phalanx nnd these efforts have now
proven futile. It is generally accepted
lhal the two minor candidates , Messrs Me-
Mlllln and Hatch , \viltnlso remain In the
llgbt lo iho finish. Undccd , so far as is
known , no serious attempt has been made lo
stampede tlio followers of Mr. McMillin , ns
the claims of the other candidates render it
very uncertain ns lo whether Mr. Mills or
Mr. Crisp would bo Iho galnor by Iho vviln-
drawal of Iho Tonr.oasoo cnmlldnlo. A
strong attempt has Dcon nnd is still being
made to persuade Mr. "Hatch of MIssouil to
withdraw , but that i > outlonmti quite tena
ciously , and oven indignantly , insists that ho
will bo a hopeful candidalo long after seine
of his nrondor competitors linvo letlicd in
humiliation from the contest.
Irony of Politics.
The irony of politics was never bettor
lllustraieil than In the claims of the fi lends
of Mr Sprlngor this morning , Ihat Mr. Mills
will bo forced lo rotlro before lomorrow
alturnoon , and that the Illinois candidate
will absorb tlio greater poitioii of nis follow
Ing. The fi tends of Mr. Mills treat this
prediction lightly nnci oharaotori/o it as a
clcrnr ictalialion by the Illinois caudidalo
for the atlomot ol IhoTexas man lo break
Into bis fold , but Mr. Springer mainlnliib
Ibntthuy will not treat matlTs humoiously
after Hie dovelopmonls of the next twenty-
four hours.
"I will cuter the caucus with fifty-seven
votes , " said Mr. Sprlngtir this morning , "and
it must bo apparent to Mr. Mills and his
f lion Us by this tlmo that I will lead in the
first oallot. It must bis equally apparent to
them no1. . ' , since they ha\'ofailcd , to "win over
my ft tends , that the Only comolnnlion which
can dcfoit Mr. Crisp Is lor Mills and his
ti lends to come ever to tno. With their
assistance I can defeat Mr. Crisp , but that is
the only winning oarit Mr. Mills can now
pny. ! The most unfortunate thing that could
happen to Mr Mills would bomy wlthdiawal
for If the field were lufiyp Messrs. Liibp and
Mills loday , the Georgia candidate would bo
ovorwhelmlnglynomin.itqd. "
At Mr. Mills' noadqjiaft9rs It was denied
that Mr. Springer coula go Into the caucus
with moro votes than < OIr. Mills. "As 10
llgures , " said Mr. Mill : ! , "I have none to
Kivo , but I am still ei , , Jirixxod by thu out
look. I hava yet soon nothing 10 discourage
me. "
Congressman Brooitenridgo of Arkansas ,
the manager of Mills' canvass , said : "Wo
will certainly have moro votes than Mr.
Soilngcr. As lo what vvo will bavo upon
the llrat ballot , I have prepared no figuies ,
for wo do not expect rf sneaker to bo selected
upon the first ballot. All our estimates ner-
lain lo subsequent ballots , when favorite
ones are out of the way mid congressmen are
fieo to express Ihoir second cboico. "
Siinniiiiio Crisp Men.
At the headquarters of Mr. Crisp Ihoro
was Iho same outward manifestation of eon-
lldcnco which lias chartictorbod hi * canvass
for soma days. "Wo are always glad lo b'ivo
ilguros , and names , too , if dosirad , " s > ad !
Ucprcsentatlvo Calohinps. ' 'Upon Iho first
ballot , assumlnp that 114 votes will nomi-
nale , wo will have within twelve voles of n
nomination , nnd that , ( .00 , with all the candidates -
didates in Iho II old . Air. . Mills is not being n
serious factor in Ibis fight. Ho wl'l ' go inlo
iho caucus vvilli fawer voles than Mr.
Springer , but with all 6f tnom lu the llold
our man will win on tbo second billot. "
"I will PO Into iho caucus wiib fifty-seven
or fifty eight voles , " said Mr. MoMlllin ,
"and all gossip lopurdlug my withdrawal Is
nonsense. "
It Is regarded as unlikely that any ono not
now In tbo Hold can consolidate sufllclont
votes to win.
The Michigan delegation hold n mooting
this afternoon. Tlio delegation will bo nonrl v
If not wholly a unit in favor of Mr. Springer
so long as bo has a fair prospect of succobs.
Mr. Crisn has developed unoxpaolod strength
In the delegation provided a break is made
from Mr. Sprlngor.
Onnrdnu' Against llooilonw.
There U considerable difference ot opinion
as lo Iho number of ballots which will bo
necessaiy lo end thO contort Mr. Ciisp
IbinKs ho will receive the nomination on tbo
second ballot , and If not , then oa tlio third.
The other candidates say that at least three ,
ami perhaps moro , b illots will bo necessary.
Mr McMillin , vvhoio views agreed vary
noarl } with these expressed by his rivals ,
said : "No one can bo nominated on the first
ballot , nor on the socotul , nnd then tbo loader
has got to win very quickly If ho wins nt
all "
A horseshoe , with rabbit foot on each
heel , was sent to the Crisp headquarters
today by n lady from the south , nud with
this double omnium of irood luck , nno of Mr.
Crisp's , suuportois Jokingly asked bo\v anyone
ono could longer doubt tbo result.
KoniililtuaiiH M III Mnlco Nominations.
The icpublican members of the house will
caucus at 7:110 : p. in. for the purpose of nom
inating their candid tto Tor Ibu spcakorshlp
as well as for the mln r.Dfflces of tlM-iuuso. !
Thn task will bo a perfunctory ono. and all
of Iho old olllccrs will iindoubtedly bo placed
In nomination. The caqciis' will bo hold In Iho
house If iho domooruie caucus ndjourrs In
lime , nlhorvviso It will' ' hoMiulu in tno loom
of iho commllteo on jualcjnry. The call will
probably bo Usuod by Hoprosenliulvo Hen
derson of Illinois , chairman of Iho caucus.
T in : iri
Spcoiitl A pent l retfuiliiiiiM' HUH n
Strnnno xporloitci ) Jn KIIIIH-IH City.
Kisses Cm , Mo. , plo. 4 Special Agent
Kietschraor of the Intxj&tato commerce com-
mUslon Is in the city today on his way to
Chicago. Mr. ICrotsahiopr had n peculiar
experience in Kansas' City Thanksgiving
night , and It was because of this that the
fcdeial grand Jury * t Omaha was delayed.
Mr Kiotschmer had arranged to leave ICan-
sas City on tbo Burlington Thanksgiving
night nt 9.10 o'clock , shoitly after
th > s kidnaping of "Junior" Boils. Ho
was delayed BO much that when ho started
for the train ho bad only thiou mliiutos In
which to catch It , Ho had piocurcd his
tlcitot lor u passage oyor the Burlington and
Pullman bnrtli for Omnhu , and not bolng
desirous of losing tl.o faro ho ongngnd n hack
at double pilcu Hi cat < -h tbo train at the
bridge depot. Tim bucK rtuhoa fuilously
down Broadway , < Jiut near the depot a policeman -
man sprang to ttto horses' bonds and after
being dragged nearly a block succeeded In
stopping the team , ' Two polliemun jerked
open the door and demanded the identity of
the government ofllcliil. Ilo succeeded In
satisfying tbo ofllccira that ho was not tbo
kidnaper whom tbo police wro on tlio look
out for , but by tbu tlm < M he bad icactioU tbu
dtniot the tralu was hp' over tbo bridge.
WITHOUT A SECOND'S ' NOTICE ,
St. Fniil Workmen Bnrlod Boneatli ths
Tobris of ix Fnlleu Wnll ,
EIGHT KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED.
Crn/.cd with nxuKcincnt nnd Kcnrthc
Workmen Who INonpctl with HUH-
unity Are tnilnued toCoiiiinunoo
the \ \ oik ol
ST. Pvur , Minn , Dec. 4-At 1H : this
afternoon a force of men were engaged In
clearing away the uobits of the burned build
ings formcily occupied by Fnrwell , O/man it
Co. and Gilggs , Cooper & Co. when ono of
iho walls fell with a tcrrllio ciash , killing
eight men instantly and Injuilng many
others , some of thorn seriously.
Thcio was supposed lo have been fifteen
men beneath the wall at iho tlmo it fell nnd
the inajoilty of thorn were .tilled or received
Injuries which will probably prove fatal.
All the patrol wapons in tlio city were nt
once summoned and the pollcu attempted to
oignnlze the Inboiors who were not under
Iho wall and pet tbom 10 vvoik lomovmg iho
dead and injured.
AVllii with i\cltomrnt.
Thn men were w ilil w 1th excitement , however -
over , and It was u long tlmo hafoio moio than
half n dozen could bo Induced to go to work.
In less than half mi hour the man bad taken
out twelve of their compinions , seven dead
and live injuiod , one fatali } .
Contractor Wllcos. was taken out dead nnd
mangled beyond lecognitlon
The wounded were taken to Iho city hospital
nud the dead , with Iho exception of ono man ,
laid out in the Great Northein freight house.
The wall nppeiiod linn , and gave no sipns
of weakening up to the tlmuof its full. Hx-
cavalions , hovvover , about its base bud
caused it to lumblo.
Most of those lakon fiom Iho linns wcro
badly crushed and biulsed ; olhora were not
so badly maiiplnd , but had ovidcnlly been
killed uy bricks falling on Ihoir heads.
Of these wounded and taken to hospital
only Iwo will recover.
There were no gioans or cries from the lu-
juied us Iho poor follows were c\Uicalod
tioin the ruins by their follow vvotkmcn.
Not oiio had regained consciousness. The
moat careful handling possible seemed to bo
toituro most horiiblo , for Iho rescues weio
not well drilled to tholr tasic ut the outbot ,
and did not work together as they did lalur
on. In thcirdisconcuiludefToitb the } scorned
at limes to bo uulllnp tbo men almost to
pieces. The faces of tlio workmen were
almost as if they had been dead themselves
Thn majority of the men wcro under the
soulli pirl of Ihe wall , and here ttio heaviest
part of the w all fell. Only two were taken
out fiom tbu noitb side.
fjist of til- * Dead an 1 Wounded.
HOWARD . . \ \ lU'OY , contractor.
ItANb IIANbON. Mveilo laborer
CIIAKMS : KATKINMCI , I'oio laborer.
GKOWt.l. MIAI'INMCI , laboiur.
OIIAKL1 b I/AlisOX
JOHN ADA MoKI. . 15 years of ago.
l < 'ItAMv AIAICL1A.
.TOILS KLis. :
The injured aio :
JOHN WMIUI'V.
THOMAS SOM\TK\ .
FlIAMCO. Ll.TIII.lt.
S\Miret. PLTLIIS.
UNKNOVV v.
These are now lying nt the olty hospital ,
and at BiSO wore alivo. It Is uot thought
thatSomntra , Peters and the unknown can
recover.
Workmen spent all the aftoiuoon soaich-
iiig for moro victims of iho disaster.
Jt.iai.\a.
Many Tr.uiis In iSorth Dakota Hlock-
iidoil hy 111i'liiiK Snow.
GUAM ) roniv" , N. D. , Dec. 1. Ttio storm
Is still raging with Iho mercury about at
zero. Tbo nlr is filled with snow. Halliood
men report the llrst snow blockade in tviro
years. All Iralns nro practically abandoned.
The Great Norlhoin passenger , duo last evening -
ing , is in a snow bank Iwo miles fiom Ibis
cilv. Tlio moicury is falling lanidlv.
Uoports fiom Aberdeen , fc > . D , icport Ihat
the worst wind and snow storm of tlio sea
sou bus prevailed for the last tvventv-four
hours All business ib at 11 slaiulslill and
train services are gioatlv interfcicd with.
At Moorehcad , Minn. , ull tliuGical Northein
trains are tied up.
Hopous from Crooifston , Ovvatonlo nnd
other Minnesota points say Iho bli//ard Is
iiiplup with gionl fury. Snow is filling fast
and drifting badly. All trains are delayed
from five to tvtonly-four houis. Several
persons mo ropoilnd fiozeu lo dcalh. Pierre ,
S. D. , nud Giaud Folks , N. D. , each report
fatalities of this nuturo.
'Much Dtnui o lon < ; nt Carlisle nnd
Olhcr IIIVVIIH.
Cvui.isi.r , Pa. , IJoc. 4. The worst storm
known In } oars swept ever thu Cumberland
valley Ibis afternoon , wrecking buildings ,
uprooting trees and destroying crops. The
damage \vlll roach and may exceed f 100,000 ,
but ns far as could bo loai nod tonight no
lives woio lost.
At Mechnnicsburg fifteen buildings were
blown down , among thorn the National Hotel
and Methodist church. Twclvo other buildIngs -
Ings woio damaged.
At Wnvuesboro , Lindls' tool works and
Iho Wuber school house woio wior-kod.
Foilunnlely the nupils ot iho school had
been dismissed and ttio employes of the tool
worlts escaped wllh slight Injury. Soveial
buildings were unroofed. Ttio township
bchool house and the Western Maryland
louud house were also demolished.
From Iho country como reports of wrecked
and ruined crops and prostrated telegraph
lines
lir.l//.lltlt HltKl'J Ml AK'iOr.t.
Know nnd Cold Weather In the North-
uest I OSH ol' Idle.
MiNsnAroiis , Minn , Dec. 4. Thu storm
continues with unabated vigor tonight. All
trains on the Canadian Pacific , Great
Northern and Noithwostern nro abandoned.
'Iho streets aio almost Impassable , bonous
loss of Hfo 1) feared as tbo mercuiy Is aiop-
plug
At Doloraino , Mrs , John Pcddlo was found
this moining frozen to death about 100 yards
from her homo. She was driving homo fiom
market nud was caaght In last night's blli-
/.ajd Her two chtldieii wcro also b.uliy
frozen.
Kntnl Cilant 1'ovvilcr \ploHion. l .
TACOMA , Wash. , Doo. 4. At Haglo Gorge ,
fifty miles east ot hero , a vvoikman namud
Charles Hedgers was killed nnd Honrv
O'Nnll was fatally wounded by an explosion
of giant povvdor
nici\f .i/n/r uittn-.iti.
oT Intoro.t In the Kn nlar
Servloo Yemer l.iy.
Wvsiiixorox , D C , DJO 1 [ hp3ol l Tulo-
gram to TUB BRB.J The following army
onlors woru Issued today :
Major Samuel M. Harton , surgeon , It detailed -
tailed n a member of tbo Army Retiring
Board ut Los Augoies.Cal. , convened by War
department order dated February U , Is'Jl.
vice Captain Henry G. Burton , assistant sur
geon , hereby relieved .Such jouinoys as
Major lloriou may ba requlrod to make bo-
tvvcen tils station and l.o Angeius In atiuml-
Ing iiicoting'i of the uoard uio norossury for
puollo service. Captain Hunrv G Bui ton ,
army surgeon , will report In parson to Brig
adier General Alexander Met ) McCook.
pronidcnt uf the army retiring board , at Los
Angeles , Cul , for oxamlnatlon by thu uoard
and on the conclusion of Ills examination
will return to his proper station
Order dated November W , Ib'JI ' , appointing
a court martlil for the trial of Major f\
B. ' 1 brock inoi ton , Second artllleA
amended to uliect the court to convo' t
\ \ cdncsday , December P , 1M > I , or as ,
tticrenfter ns praclicablo and iho suspam
ol the operation of said order made In \v
depirtment order of November - ' . ) , 1M > 1
withdrawn.
HO II I111.V II / / / , Oltil
Mnrh fiprciilatlon Concerning ilio
crH ol' the Til'Second ! CoitKreH-t.
Wv insiTON ( Bt inaor : Tnr. Bi r , 1 :
51 ! ) Fet UTI \ril I bTHI.I'T , >
WSIIIXOTOS , D C. , Doc. 4. |
There w 111 bo vorv lltllo accomplished by
congress next vvccfc. In fact Ilttlo will bo
done until after the holidays. Both houses
will convene on Monday at noon. Afler thu
now teprcsentatlvos and senators IHO sworn ,
n joint commllteo will notify the president
that the riflv 'Second congress Is In session.
In the linuso there will bo tbo foimal elec
tion of n demociatiu speaker , cleik , sorpoanl-
nl-arms and dooi keeper The republicans
will give fx-Spcikor Uoed and probaolv the
other ofllccis vvlio sen ed lu tbo last congiess
and who still hold tbo ictus nud draw tlio
salailes , then complimentary vote. Them
will be no mistake about tlio endorsement uf
Mr Hncd's admlnlslrnUon of nlTiilts of Ihu
lasi house No oilier name h is neon so much
ns whispered for the complimentnrv vote
The members of the house will diavv llieir
seals and probably lie in session till late.
Tlio republicans and democratic senators
will hold separnto caucuses on Monday or
Monday night nnd appoint caucus commit
tees which will ngteo upon a luariangomonl
of standing committees of tbo senate Quito
n tut in bo r of prominent Uon huvo iciiicd
to private life since Much 4 lust , nnd several
chairmanships and minor positions ou piom-
Incut commitleeR aio vacant It will icqulro
a gio it deal of confctcncu to detci nitiio w bo
shall 111 ! llii'so vacancies. Tbo democrats
will huvo n much cislor tnslc to ! 1\ n Mate
for minority loproicntaliou on the commit
tees. It is not piobnble that Iho caucu" com
mittees will lopoit their work under a week ,
when iho now aiiangcmcntof the committees
will bo tnlilicul.
The piesident's mossaso will bo read in
the two houses on Tursda } nftetnoon. His
expected that otithatdav tlio president will
send to tlio semite n huge lot of locess noin-
inulions and possibly sumo new ones. About
Wednesday it is expected that borne impor
tant iicvv nominations will go to thu semite ,
probably a secrotaiy of war , two mombois
of iho Intel state commission nnd some , If
not nil of the oiicuit and dUtiict judges , a
member of iho com tot claims and possibly
some diplomatic nominations ttioro being
vacancies in the Chinese aud Jamn missions
Ite.Hi lev's ! tilili
Tbo bond of Samuel C. Smith , cashier of
Iho Fust National batik of lioutilcu , as dis-
buiiinp oflicor for Ihe Builnce public build
ing , was approved toda } and funds to pav for
the excavation , which is nndoistood to bo
now profnossing ruuidly , will bo immediately
forwarded.
Assistant Pociotarv Chandler loday re
versed the decision below in Iho land co'nlost
of Bcnjimln I1. Bowman vs Wnvland h Dxvis
of South Dakota and giantod a ruhcarluir.
K D Hvaiis of Omaha is at the Hipgs , and
Senator fauuudois ot Montana is ut Iho Ar
lington.
Miss Nellie Crotinse , dnughlcrof Mr. Amos
Ciounso of Ibo Tieasurv denulment , who
has boon spending n few d.is wilh Miss
Kitty SUoet , dauphler of Captain btroot 01
Capitol Hill , lias lotuinod to her homo in
Herndon , Vn.
J D. Crossy. who has bo"n at his homo al
Huron , S Dforsomo weeks , 1ms roluuicd
lo Washington for the session.
Colonel John L. .lolloj of South Dniiotn ,
who succocds tbo latu llopiosunlallvo Gam
ble , has arrived and is stopping at f > 8 B
street , northeast.
J. J. Hlchurdson of Davenport , In. , is at
tbo Arlington.
General .1. C. Cowin and .1. H. Millard and
Miss Millard nuivud from Omaha this eve
ning. Genoril Cowtn will npnenr for Mr.
Hoyd in the eolobiated gubernatorial case
hefoio tbo supreme couiton next Moud iv.
Poitmaslcrs nppoiulod touav Nebraska
Giangei , Scotls Bluff county , P .1. Stiawver
vice A. B. Grow , resigned ; ijamar , Chase
county , L. U. HulTm in vl < o V L. Wilson.
lojlgiicd ; Lewollvn , iCeitn i-ountv , C' . Graf
vice S McN' . Scotl. resigned ; Olos , Boone
count > , J. K ICram vice H. U Guilest , 10-
sipned Iowa Bludonsbun : , Wapello county ,
T. Mini ay vice W. F. Pailtor , resipni'd ; Poit-
l am ) , Ccno Gordo county , A. K Hnuiiigton
vice S C Hill , icsignod ; Home. Henry
Bounty , J. A. Sheridan vice C. C. Chun-hill ,
losigned. _ P.S.H.
Onlois Jor Iho Navy.
WVSIIIMTTOV , D C , Doc. I. Secretary
Tracy h is issued an order dotiiching tlio
Nowaik fiom the squadion of evolution , nnd
directing Admiral Wnlkor lo proceed utonco
with tbo Chicago , Atlaulaand Bennlnglon lo
tbo south Atlantic station and assume com
mand of Ihat station.
The order assigning Admiral Benhnm to
the command of tint , station is revoked and
ho will piobably lomaln in Ihu United Slates
waiting orders ,
'iho Newark will , It U expected , bo placed
under Admiral Gborardi's rouiinand , ns pait
of tlio north Atlantic squadron.
Admiral Wulkcr'u command will compiisc
five vessels - his llngsbip. Ilia Chicago , tno
Atlanta , Beniilngton , Yantic and Hsscx ,
wllh he.ulquurlors at Montevideo Ho will
bavo an ofToctivo fleet roadv for iiiiuu'dinlo
scrvico In either the south Atlantic or south
Pacific. _
For the l.asl Tune.
WASHING rev , D C , Doc. I bccrotaiy
Pioctor attended the meeting of tlio cabinet
yesterday for the last tlmo and took ofllcinl
'
leave of'his associates. Ho will tovur his
connection with the War department tomor
row nfluinoon. _
n i.i / n in i tin iu i s / s.
Oll'lU. OF WHTIIPIl BlMlliAU |
OMVIH , Dee I f
The atorm has crossnd Ibo upper lake re
gion Into Canada. Tiaces of It still linger in
Minnesota and upper Wisconsin In the form
of snow.
The woalhor ever all the western sections
has cleared off dollgbtfullv , nud fair w anther
now prevails between the Mississippi and
the Kockios Snow Is falling In Utah aim
westnrn Montmm
'I'hero has not been much change In the
temperature ar.d no decided change is an-
llcipaled.
For Omaha nnd vicinity Continued fair
weather wllh slight changa In temperature ,
probably u Ilttlo warmer today.
WASIIISOIOS. D. C , Dee I For Missouri
and Kansas -Tulr , vailublo winds , slightly
warmer.
For Indl'in ' Territory and Oklahouiu
Wanner ; fair ; notuli winds.
For Montana Local snows ; variable
winds ; statlnnaiy tumporatuiu In western ,
vv armor In euslern portion.
For bnuth Dakola Gencially fair ; west
winds , slight changes in temperature.
Torlown and Nebraska Guneinlly fair ,
noithwost winds ; slight changes In temper
at in o.
For Noith Dakota Occasional BIIOVVH In
oasiutn , fair In wosturn portion ; variable
winds ; warmer by Sunday morning.
Meniiit'r ArriviM.
At London Sighted , lUruria.
At Boston--Poiuvlan , liom Moscow.
At Amsterdam Scheldam , from Haiti-
mou >
Al Bolllmoro Amoiloan , from Brurnon.
At Now York Travu , fiom Bremen ; Gor-
niunlc , fiom Liverpool.
Donlli ( toll.
CuirAi.o , BI , Doe. I. Colonel Dick Taylor
died in this city today , nn'cd N ) . Colonel
Taylor was u personal filunit of Lincoln and
It vv.is. ho who suggeatud to Lincoln the Idea
of greenbacks. _
( ovr-i nor < ninpli II III.
Col i MIIIS , O. , Doe I.ovcrnor I C'ump-
boll h still conflnctt to hit homo with la
grlnpo , but Is not considered dangerously ill
by hla pbyalclaua ,
FOUR TRAINS IN ONE HEAP ,
East Thompson , Oonu , , tlio Soono of a Most
i Singular Collision.
CARS CONSUMED BV THE FLAMES ,
Three Man l.oso Tliolr lilt OH nnil n
Number Arc Unit I ) U oiuuUnl
'llirlltlni ; Hxporlonoo of
PitoviiirNcr , H. I. , Dec. 4 A most ex
traordinary accident occurred nt 1'ist
Tbompsou , Conn. , u station on the Now Yorit
& New Knglnml inniii Hue just before 7
o'clock this morning. Four trains , two
heights and two passengers , wcro piled up
in Indcsciibable confusion within less than
llvo minutes nnd tlueo lives lost , while several -
eral pcisous were seiiously Injured , one of
whom may die.
Tbo passenger trains wcro the Norwich
Boat train and Long Island .t Knsteru States
express Thu height trains weio ttio local
Southbiidgo nnd the thioucli east-bound
Boston Both the engineer unit fireman of
the Kong Island express were killed , the
engineer being decapitated. The other
fatality was that of nn unknown passenger
on thu train , who was bi.uioil to dcatli in one ,
of tlio Pullman cars.
At Unsl Thompson the local Southbrldgo-
freight made up as usual juu bjfore "o'clock
this moining and hud come to a standstill on
the west-bound track when thorj was a
shuck 110111 n locomotive , nnd In another In
stant theio was n crash , and two engines
uoro n.Kod together , wlillo n long pile ot
fielght cms blocked both the cnst-bound aiul
west-bound linens.
Itvasn special frolgnt , er-st-boutid for
for Boston , on the wost-bouml Hack that hail
stiuck the local fiolglit. Tlio damage thus
far uono was compaintlvcly alight , but the
men had scaiccly touched their loot when
thcio was another locomotive whistle , and In
an iuslant another crash. Tills time It was
Ihe overdue LOIIP Island oxpicss.
Plunged Into iliorcck. .
The cngiiio struck tlio wiecitago on lh
tiack , bouudod in the air and fell ever on Its
side. All the cars of tbo train loinainod on
tltoliaclc. Tlio engineer , Hairy Tabor , had
evidently scon the wioclc , but too late. Ho
had lovciscd his lever' , but that was his last
act , for ins headless body was found busiilo
the lulus of Ills engine , and that of his lira-
man , Jo n.v Til/genie ! , lav near by.
The boiil linlu oidiuniily gels ahead of ttio
CMHCSS. being duo nt Boston ten minutes
ou Her. On account ot both tinins being Into ,
however , and ns the oxpicss goes through
without u stop , tlio bout truin'was held nt
Putnam soveinl minutes nnd then permitted
to go by. Thoie was no delay after tho. ox-
pi ess had gone.
When tlio oxpiess stiuck the 'wreck so'no
ono of the tinin bunds sn.vle.hcd a flag and
i in up Ihu track. Tbo engineer of tlio oont
Itaiu did not see the man until within 100 foot
of liio wieck. Quick as lliought ho lovcrsod
Ills engine put on tbo air brakes ami with the
llromnn , jumped for bis life. The engine of
the boat train went quarter wn\ through the
Pullman , whllo the tender telescoped the
baggage car behind.
'Ihoro wt'ia but few passengers on cither
train , twelve on thu express and about ,
twentv-llvoon ttio boat train. Allot these
escaped except one.
The Pullman "Midland" was the last car
of ttio e > press. It had four passengers.
Thrco of them pot out quickly after
the stock , o 10 escaping Uiroupti a
window In his night shit t and diawcis. The
fouith min , it is uiuleisiood. Blurted to go
out but for bomo reason tuined back. That
was the lust scon of him , for a few seconds
later the engine ol the boat triin crashed
thiough Die car. A piece of skull , an arm
bone nnd a gold watch was all that was
found In the tlobiis of the car.
Imincdlntolv after the last collision flames
Lnoko out ftom the Midland , which was
about the center of the wieck of the four
trains Tlio Midland was entirely destroyed ,
ns woio sovouil box curs with their con-
lonls.
Killed nml'lnjiircd.
UMtllY TAIIOK , engineer of Ilio Long-
Maud e\piess
.ir.Uin riT/nKArl : > . Tnlmr's fireman
AN I NltMMVN MAN , who mis In tlio
" > li epei oT the. tr iln at the tiuiu of thu nccl-
ill nl. At 1 isl accounts thu liodv hi'dnotbuca
taliiin out of thu urcclt.
The injured nto :
IONIUM i u Wni ) , of the ilk-lit ficight 213
'Mstbouni ! .
1'iui MVS Bo\ii' , also of tlio night freight. .
Both of the luster are seriously injuicd.
KMIISI ni Bi in t.\ , of thu boat tiain.
run M\N LO\M > IN , of the boat train.
A Mn CIIAMU i.H , of Chcalnutllill , Boston.
Uxriucss Mi ssi'Miru M vnsni i. of the boat
cxpiess , shoulder injured.
11 MIMil ( M vsri-u CIIASI : of thn boat train.
Tbo four engines are totally dostioyou.
Two of thorn woiu in the contcrof the ll.unoa.
inirn o.\ nun n
Twenty 'Men I lieu lit to llnvo l' < nnd
U liter ) fliMVCb in tlio llnilNon.
HAVI IISTISVW , N. Y. , Dec. I. Twclvo.
binges loaded witli brick , including the Iruno ,
Captain James IConnody ; Delson , Captaia
Pat Hill ; Louise , Captain A. Biadbury ;
Lilo and Loulso-Cliilstio I toy , Captain
Brcnnnn , .lames G Siott and Ullun C Mo-
Oulie , lowed by the Cornell Towinu cain >
pan } ' * boat Townsend , weio coming down
tlio Hudson , and whun opnoblto Ciolon Point
wcro upset ut ubout il p , in. , nnd About
twenty poisons wore drowned. Uho names
of tlio other boats were Mniy G Hunts , Cap
tain Will Dowltt ; Dlackslono nnd Yellow-
Htono ft om J'ompkins , whoso captains' numos
could not be lenincd.
When nt Ctoton Point the svvush of the
river VVBH so Rioat Unit the tup was compelled
to round to , thus foioing the baigca to ride
each other. Being loaded and the tide wash
ing tiigh , the } Immediately unset.
Thcio wcro sixty men on tbotwelvobargo *
and oul } ubout thirty hava soiiui nuhoio. Thu
accident Is reoortrd to bo duo to ttic careless
ness of tlio pilot of thu tug.
The bouts did not sink but toppled ovor.
Upon each oargo were llvo men , mailing
blxty In all. i'ugs are out all over the river
in the hopoof Having any who may have
clung to thu bottom ot the cnpsl/ud uargoa ,
but little hope Is ontoitulncd as to their
safety.
Twelve man aio known to hava boon
drowned from the dtlToiont ooats Great
excltomnnt prevails in tbo village ,
The Hciald has Ihu following details of
the disaster :
Twelve brick barges coming down the
Hudson river w era struck by a violent wind ,
storm off Crotou Point at ! t o'clock last night
and worn cupul/od , Twent ) llvos are reported
to have been lost , The bodies of ton have
been recoveiod at midnight. The bnrgas
wuro In tow of the Cot nail Towing company's
tug TowhsunJ.
Tim storm uamo upon thorn just as they
rc-nuiu'd the point ' 1 ho rlvuris vurv wlUo
nt this plico and a high cinssHea was run
ning. Ai. the tow came around thu point
the waves wuio so heavy that thov begun to
wusbovi'i thOHtcamoi's side. To Have nor
fiom foundering It was neccss ny to henvo to
with head to the son.
The minute iho tow line was cast off the
baigos bewail to drlvo Into one niiolhcrnnd
uound about In the HO.IWMV. AH they
knocliod together some hud holes stove in
tholr Bides and gank thorn nnd sumo elliptic
ono apalnht another and woio entiled over by
their heavy deck lonit-j , thu vvnvcu nnd wind
turning them bjttom uowarJs. All this hap
pened In a very fuw mlnutoi.
Gaining in StruiiKlli
Wt iiiiM.Tu\ , I ) , C. , Uoc.1 SeaetAry
1'ostor U slowly gaining strength aud
AUlo to walk across bit room today ,