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Jakes W. Hyatt, the new United States Treasnr, U a native of Konralk, Uonn., and is nearly 50 years of age. Se attended the common schools until ac was 13 years of age, when ke enjaged in active business. He advanced rapid'.y until, in 1660, he became a trusted clerk in the banking house ol Le Gmsd Lock wood & Co., of New fork, which position he held until 1872, when he returned .to Newark and
ras elected justice of the peace and 1I30 vice president of the D anbury &
Norwalk Bailway Company. The lat-
xt office he held until 1881, when he
was elected president. In 1874 he wae sleeted president of the Norwalk Horse Railroad Company, and has been
re-elected each year since. In 1875 and 1876 he represented the town of Noralk in the lover brance of the State
Legislature, and served on the House
Committee on Finance. In 1876 Gov.
IngeiBoll appointed Lira Bank Commisiioner. Tliis office he held until February, 1887. In 1883 he was elected tc ;he State Senate, but resigned after ;wo months' servics, as he found that ' le copld not well attends to the duties
f the two offices. In February of this
rear he wits appointed National Bank
Examiner for Connecticut and fihode
bland.
The Buffalo conspirators, Hiram E.
and Charles M. Everest, have been
duly convicted by a jury, and it is to be presumed will be duly sentenced by a
judge, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Buffalo conspirators were managers
of a large oil refinery, said to be a
branch of the Standard Oil Company.
Ihey were American citizens, and were
very rich. Nevertheless it was proven to the satisfaction of a jury that they were conspirators, moved by much the uuue spirit that prevails among anarchists. They were men who believed in the domination of "groups" over law s firmly as Messrs. Spies and Parsons do, and they proceeded to assert that
domination by the Spies and Parsons
methods. They procured dnpes to blow up the works of a rival company, just as Spies and Parsons conspired with their iupes to destroy property and life. The
"group" in whoso success the Everests
took interest was formed of rich men,
the "group" in whose success Spies and
Parsons took interest was formed of
poor men. Before the law there are no rich, no poor, and so the Buffalo conspirators were convicted, even as were the Chicago anarchists. The Buffalo men
Jo not call themselves aoarohisM. bat
et mi iiium.
THE NEWS RECORD.
A Summary of tie Eventful
ings of a Week, as Reported by Telegraph.
PellUeal, Commercial, and Industrial Hews, Fires, Aeddents, Crimes, Suicides, Etc., Etc
LATEST TE1LEGBAMS.
A SPECTAli from Pittsburgh, dated the
12th inst., says: The most disastrous fire
known here for years is now raging in the
heart or the city. Xue damage wiu certainly reach up in the millions. Shortly before 10 o'clock smoke was seen issuing
from the rear of Masonic Hall on r Ith
avenue. The fire seemed to be in the second story occupied by Campbell & Dick as carpet a ware-room. The alarm quickly sounded and the fire depaitment responded promptly. Before they arrived, the rear
portion or me tmnaing was onrning. xns Hamea spread to Hamilton's nine story building adjoining, and by 11 o'clock they reached such proportions that tbe entire fire department of the city was called out. At 11:45 Schmidt & Friday's building, nine stories high, caught from the
intense beat and in ten minutes more tue
Dispatch building adjoimnc, was 111
flames. The buildings are now burning fiercely and at midnight there are no indications of the fire being controlled. It is feared that half the block on the north side of Fifth Avenue, between Sniithiield
and Wood Streets, is doomed. This
property is the most valuable m tue city. Grave fears are entertained from ihe sparks which are flying in oil directions. Residents and owners ol property for half a mile around are on the roots putting out
eparks with bucket? of water. On Vir
ginia Alley in tne rear or tbe Masonic Hall a number of tenements have been destroyed and twelve families rendered homeless.
So far no casualties are reported.
United States Senator BipdIiE-
bebgeb was fined $2o and committed to jail at Woodstock, Va., by Judge Newman, for contempt of court. A placard is paraded on the street reflecting on the Judge. Partisan feeling runs high and there may be trouble.
As accommodation tram on the Evans-
ville and Indianapolis Railroad, went through a wooden culvert at Saline City, twenty miles north of Evnnsville. The engine and fifteen freight cars passed safely over, but the culvert gave way under the coach and it fell fifteen feet, injuring six passengers.
At Madison, Wisconsin, a large barn at
the State Insane Hospital, five miles north, containing one hundred tons of hay, and a large quantity of grain, and several heads
of cattle was burned. Loss, $''t,(MK).
AT Ashrille, Ohio, on the Scioto Valley
Bailway, Ira Scothora and John McOhoe
attempted to cross the road in front ol the
south-bound train. The engine sirui'k
them, broke the wagon into kindlins wood, killed McGhee, and injured Mr. Scotho'rn
so he cannot live, and was reported dying
by tne trainmen, une or tne norses was killed outright and the other injured sererelv. Scothom was a young mnn and McGhee amiddle-ased man, both resi
dents of Ashville, Ohio.
Jennie Doty, the 6-year-old daughter
of Chas. Doty, of Lima, Ohio, while attempting to run under a heavily-loaded
express wagon, was cuugat under me u neeis and dragged some distance, and received injuries from which she is not expected to
recover.
Court is at a standstill again at More-
head, Ky., waiting on the grand jury. Quite a feeling of uneasiness was felt throughout the town the other night, due nrobablv to the fact that Andy and Wylie
Tolliver, Z. T. Young, AHie Young, Green Mannin, Wilson, Hogg, find otliors of tho Tolliver sympathizers left town very suddenly. As parties armed with Winchesters
were seen about dusic, Judge (.010 ordered out a comoany of soldiers to patrol the
town. While this detail was in the upper portion of the town six or eight shots were tired in quick succession iu the direction of the Cottage Hotel. This caused tho long roll to be beaten, turning out the entire camp. The detail was doublo-quicked to the depot, only to find everything quiet as the grave not a person to be seen or a light visible. The supposition is that the shots were either cartridges placed on the track in front of a passing freight train or shots fired bv mischief-makers to annoy
the soldiers. Keligions services being held byBev. William Barnes, son of Geoige 0. Barnes, were brought to a sudden termination the congregation rushing out pell meU, many ef them going to the camp. Quite a number of the citizens, amoug them John Bogers, rushed to the camp upon the first alarm, claiming protection from the soldiers. PliETTBO-PNEUMONIA has been discovered at King's cattle-yards in Detroit, over a dozen caves now existing. Quarantine will be instituted immediately. The annual reunion of tbe Eighty-first O. T. I. will be held at Greenfield, October 6 and 7. Members of the regiment are requested to send the address of themselves and others to Capt. Goorgo W. Overmyer, Lima, Ohio. The prairie fire which broke oat about five o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the vicinity of 86th and Holstead streets, Chicago, resulted throe hours Inter iu the total destruction of the Weber Wagon Works, at the corner of 81st and Wallace streets, the Auburn school building just across the street, a two-story flat adjacent to the school building, a few cottages on Wallace street, north of 81st street. Little attention was paid at first to the prairie tires, but it burned over large districts and got beyond control when under a strong wind. Loss on the works, $150,000; insurance, $75,00(1; en school building, 111,1,0; insured for $10,1X10.
with a crew of twenty-five men was approaching DnfTs Station n cow attempted to cross the tra.-k boforp tho train, when tho engine struck it with such forco that tho entire train was thrown from the track. Nine of the construction crew sustained serious injuries. Five of thorn cannot recover. A ronTSMOPTH (Ohio) dispatch says: "The application for a new trial in tho case of Alt McCoy, convicted of murdering Dr. Northnp, was overruled and McCoy was sentenced to
tho Penitentiary for life. Execution of sontonoo was stayod until tho next regular term of court, wiiich begins Oct 10, in order that his attorneys may appeal. Piorson McCoy's case was callod and his attorneys asked for a change of vomio. It was afterward agreod to continue the case until the October term." W. T. IUndaia of Eookton, HL, and B. F. Lyon Son, of Kalamazoo, Mich., both manufacturers of paper, have failed, the collapso of W. 0. Tyler A Co., of Chicago, causing their downfalL James Hbysolds, a tramp, who assaulted a woman near Loon, Iowa, was pursued by a party of armed men for two days. He was captured near Decatur City and lynched, after confessing the crime. Mibs Coager was met by a tramp, who made insulting proposals, at tho samo time drawing a revolver. The frightened girl started to run, but was knocked insensible by the tramp and assaulted. A mob of 300 men started from Decatur and Union Counties in pursuit. The villain was corralled in the bush near Afton. This is the third caso of the kind in Decatur County within a short time, and the people of that county were exasperated to the highest pitch. Whoe tho firemen were working in the ruins of some burned buildings at St. Louis the walls foil in, burying seven men, three of whom wore taken out dead. All tho other victims wore seriously injured, and one at least will die. The convicted Cook County Commissioners were taken into court, Thursday, and Messrs. ' MoClaughroy, Oliver, Casselman, Geils, McCarthy, Klehm, and Lynn were sentenced. McClanghrey was sentenced to two years in tho Penitentiary at Joliet, the others being fined $1,000 and costs each. McClanghrey was taken to Joliet Boodler Klehm wept coptonsly when arraigned. Ho read a written statomont to the court in which he rehearsed certain important services he had rendered the public in his capacity of a County Commissioner, and asked to be dealt with as mercifully as possible. State's Attorney Grinnell spoke a good word for Klehm, in view of the assistance he rendered tho Stato during the trial, and at Mr. Grinnoil's suggestion a fine of 1,000 and costs was imposed. McClaughry caused a written statement to be read in court, in which ho affirmed his entire innocence of the charges against him. A Maeqtjettb (Mich.) dispatch reports a terrible disaster on tho now extension of the Northwestern Boad to Watarameot, near Norway, Mich. A crew of men, after fiUBhing building a water-tank, filled it with water to test it While tbe men wore sitting around eating dinner tho tank suddenly burst with terrible force, killing six men instantly and badly injuring six others. TEE SOUTHEEH STATES. A Fobt Woeth (Texas) dispatch reports that
IAQQnuwr ox men ana ouy ware ihjuvl-wu wi tho public square iu that cityoa Saturday night, engaged in firing anvils and discharging fireworks in honor ot tho viotory won in tho State by tho anti-prohibitionists. A keg ot powder had been pecurod for tho occasion and one of tho boys was seated thereon, when some one from tho other side of the square fired a rocket which struck the keg of powder, causini! a terrific oxptoslon. James Lazenby, 17 v nrj old, was blown several feet into the ' air"; ho was bumsd on every part of his body, and expired Sunday morning. Wave HatehoU, aged G years, ws burned nearly as bod as Liizenby ; he died in the afternoon. Gus Hatclioll, aged 11 years, was stripped of his clothing from his hips down ; he cannot recover. Two other boys, Sam Johnson and William Saftkaberry. were terribly but .not! necessarily fatally burned. I An interesting question is involved in a suit . which has just been tried at Parkersburg, West Virginia, before Judge Jackson of tbe United States Court, who has reserved his de- ' cision. The plaintiff sues to recover an interest in certain land which was sold by his
1 father, now doceasod, in I860, and the de-
. ferred payments on which wero made iu Con
federate currency and Virginia bank notes when ihey were greatly depreciated or entirely worthless. Upon tho decision of this case
the title to a.vast quantity of land in various parts of the South depends.
John Clay, the only remaining son ot Henry Clay, died suddenly at his farm near Lexington, Ky. After eating a hearty dinner ho
went ont to superintend repairs on a pump, and while giving, instructions to the work
men fell dead of heart disease. Mr. Clay
was sixty-seven years old, He bad no children. He was married about twenty
years ago to his nephew's widow, Mrs. Colonel
Irwin, whose husband was killed at the battla of Ferryvilie while in command of a Confederate regiment John Clay possessed but few of the characteristics of his illustrious
father, being a plain farmer, dovoting much
timo to raising thoroughbred horses. John
Clay is tho man who, when told by Rev. Dr.
Shipman, of New York, that ho couldn't run
horses and belong to the Episcopal Church,
said: "Bill Bradly belongs to your church and trots horses, and I can't see why a man
can't ran into heaven as well as trot into it
He tlion went at onco and joined the Catholic
Church, which permitted him to engago in his
beloved sport
THE EASTERN STATES. FxrTT striking miners of the Alden Coal Company, near this city, attacked thirty mon who had taken their places in the Alden mines, says a W.lkeebarre (Pa.) dispatch. Many women also took a part in the fight Michael Christ and Jacob Horton, two non-union mon, were fatally injured Their assailants, Andrew Spillow, Andrew Newark, and John lionoff Bonowski, were arrested, Tho fight lasted half an hour. The women assaulted the non-union men with fence-rails, and iheir hnsbands used stones and pistols. Fifteou persons were wounded on both sides, but only the two mentioned will die of their injuries. Henby H. Ives Co., of New York, have made an assignment to Sullivan & Cromwell, the announcement causing intense excitement on the Stock Exchange. 'I ho liab lities ere figured at between 810,000,000 and 4&,000,000, with the assets slightly iu excess of tho latter amount Build and beard seomcJ overjoyed at the news, believing that the stock market would show an immediate improvement THE WESTERN STATES. fat Evangville special reports a terrible aeoideat near Puff's Station, Dubois C'ouuty, IbA, on tne LouUviilo, Evansville St Louis Air Line 6Uw&y. to constrjwug.w,a
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. It is about definitely determined, says
Washington dispatch, that tho President will leave that city tho last week in September and go directly to St Louis, probably by the
way of Indianapolis. Ho will spend two days
at St Louis, and go from thore to Chicago,
Milwaukee, Madison, St Paul, Minneapolis,
Omaha, Kansas City, Memphis, Nashville,
and Atlanta, reaching the latter place in time to moot his engagement for Oct 18. Ho will go by tho ordinary lines of travel between the places named, and, as his fixed appointments will preoludo any divorgonco from tho route
to visit other cities all invitations outside of
it will have to bo doclinod. THE POLITICAL FIELD, A Four Wobth (Tex.) special to the Chi
cago Tribune says: Complete and official returns received from eighty-nino counties in the State give a majority of 66,42:2 against prohibition. Only ten oountton of tho eighty-nine show a prohibition majority. Theso eighty nino counties include all tho eities and most of tho large towns. Tnoro are ninety-two oountioB yet to bo hoard from, but most of them poll less than 200 votes. It Is prohablo that the romitining counties will swell tho antl-prohibitinn majority to 79,000, hut it is not likely to go boyond that, Tho rcturuH aro comploto enough to show that all tho amendments are defeated by large majorities. President Cieveland continues io receive invitations from cities all over the country to visit them. He will probably not go furthor west than Kansas City. His programme will bo made up in ihe next two weeks. THE BAILB0AD3. A Pan Fbancisco dispatch says that Col. Charles F. Crocker, Vice President of tho Southern Pacific Railroad Company, was recalled before the Pacific Railroad Commission and again asked if tho Central Paoifio had paid any inonoy for influencing State or national legislation, and what explanation ho hid to offer for piying bills without vouchors, Mr. Cohery, oonniiol for tho company, said that ho felt compellod to instruct tbe witness not to aus-'vor. "Whft is yutir sbawtr," d$ Bitfhd) CufflWisMWWir Pttff.ft, "ya fttivipa
of counsel I decline to answer, said Crocker.
Tho commission then wont into executive sos-
sion to consider whether or not proceedings shall be instituted in the United States Court
to compel Crocker to answer the question.
President Ktaynesb, of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, has resigned, ! and A. 8. Winslow, of Cincinnati, has been ; elected in his place. The young Napoleon of finance, Henry S. Ives, also rosignod tho Vice j
Presidency of the same corporation, and was
sucoocdod by Christopher Mayer, of New York. Committees representing the creditors of Ives and Stayner and the Hamilton and j Dayton shareholders have been appointed to ; investigate the affairs of the company. It is
claimed there is a shortage of $3,000,003 in its funds, and Ives and Stayner are throatenod with a criminal prosecution. They have thus far refused to permit an examination of their books or to make any statomont of tho
condition of affair).
THE INDUSTRIAL BEALH. A secbet circular has been sent out from
the headquarters of the Knights of Labor proposing a plan of insurance for members of
tho order.
The strike at Brown, Bonnell & Co.'s mills
at Youngstowu, Ohio, over the "two-job" question has been settled, tho firm agreeing to the rules of tho Amalgamated Association that one man shall not hold more than one job. It is thought that it will not be maoy days before all tho mines in the Mahoning
Valley, now idlo on account of tho two-job
question, wdl be in operation.
THE rOBEIQ-N BUDGET. Whttely's dry-goods houso in London was
burned. An accident occurred at ihe fire by which five persons wero instantly killed and several fatally injured Tho financial loss by the firo is 81,250, 000.
The renort of an interview with Archbishop
Walsh at Dublin on the probable effect of the cooroion aot as sont across the ocean by cable:
Thn Arohbishon savs ho does not regard it an
a polities! question, but as one purely social and economic one that concerns tho domestic welfare and happiness of every household in
the lanu. It is quito certain mnt uie nwsicu winp.nt.inn of tho act would break up. root and
branch, tho National league, and absolutely stifle auy open demonstration of sympathy with home rule. It is probably quite as much on account of its unusually harsh features
as xor auy otuor reason im wo iriau Nationalists look upon it as a measure that England would only fully avail itself of as an extreme resort. The Archbishop, attaching only secondary importance to this act, and looking upon tho amended laud bill as removing a large portion of tho in justioes1 of which the farmers complain, augurs happy prospects for tho future. Ho, too, thinks that in a year or two moro an Irish Parliament will again sit m the old Parliament Houso in Dublin. In the matter of the ovictions. which the
Archbishop asks to bo stoppoa, the lact soows jLTmnliinn thnt fnrthn throe months ending July
2, i',140 persons have been evicted. Gladstone,
no saia, aia not want an appeal u w wuuuj this year when thoy were all as confident as rmnlfl ln thflt ftlailgtone WOnld CO hack tO HOW-
er with a tremendous majority to back him.
Apabty of Nationalist .excursionists from
Belfast wore mobbed by Orangemen near that city. Bottles and pistols wore freely used, and many heads were broken.
A Bombay dispatch states that parties of
Russians aro traversing the country around Badakshan, and are ingratiating themselves into the good-will of tho people, acquiring a knowledge of the road, and otherwise playing a fine game. ''
THE CONTINENT AT LARGE. William M. Gibson has arrived in San
Francisco on tho brig John D. Spreckles. He is tho deposed Prime Minister of the Hawaiian
kingdom and was tried on a charge of de
frauding the government The trial resulted in his acquittal, and immediately he took passage for the United States.
lrrrLB Rock (Ark.) special: "Intelligence
ib received from Hamburg to the effect that Thomas Scott, implicated in the assassination
of two officers near Oak Ridge, was captured
in Louisiana, The prisoner started for tho scene of the crime under the escort of two or three men. Just as tho Dirty crossed the Une
they were set upon by a band of armed men,
who took Scott and h&nged him to a limb of a tree."
Honolulu dates to Aug. 3 report the new Ministry in comploto control. Most of the nominees for nobles and representatives under tho new constitution are of American birth
or parentage. The Government announces
tbat no debts on account of tho King and royal household will be recognized, unless authorized by tho King's chamberlain. A son-in-law of tho late Premier Gibson has been arrosted for forgory. A Boston special says a now secret organization of labor known as "Tho Brotherhood," and in many respects similar to tho Knights of Labor, has been formed and has already grown to considerable proportions. The Brotherhood has been in existence now over a year. Its organization is kept a profound secret and when spoken of is never alluded to by its name. Tho principles of this new secret organization are contained in a printed circular. This circular begins with the announcement that tho organization does not bohovo in strikes, but uses the ballot and co-opcrativo institutions as weapons of warfare Then follows tho novel and striking demand for the abolition of all laws that tend to creato an aristocracy of officeholders, and the demand for tho passage of laws compelling corporations to adopt such measures as will protect the lives and health of their employes. It would also provide for the onactment of laws compelling employers and employes to arbitrate all differences, and to enforce the decision of tho arbitrators. THE MARKETS. NEW JTOBK. Cattle S 4.00 & 5.25 Hogs 5.S5 & 0.00
Wheat No. l White Stlin .5lj No. 2 Rod 80S41AI .81)4
-OHN i0. -J. 4y (Of .SI Oats White 37 c .41 Ponx New Moss 15.75 S 10.23 CHICAGO. Cattle Choice to Prime Steers 4.50 & A.OO Medium 3.50 !. 4.2i Common 8.00 3.50 Hoos Shipping Grades 4.75 ( 5.C0 Pr.oun -Winter Wheat 4.00 & 4,25 Wheat No. a lted Winter 71 j .72 Cobn No. 2 ; ll?43 A2 Oats No. 2 White 25 & .20 BoTTsa Choice Creamery.. 24 0 .29 Fine Dairy 18 el .21
Cheese Full Cro&m. cheddara. .11 tfS .ii!4 Full Cream, new .11 & .llt
AljKiH f IUHU ,1U (3J .11 Potatoes Choice, per brl 70 .75 Pobk Mesa lfl.75 n 17.25
JUUjWAUIUSK. Wheat Cash 60 & .70 Cons--No. 2 41 & .42 Oats No. 2 White 29 .30 Bye No. 1 44 & .45 Pobk Mess 14.25 t 14.75 ST. LOUTS. Wheat No. 2 Red .03 & .CD Conn Mixed 38 tf .39 Oats Mixed 24 & .21 Pons New Moss .15.00 (S 15.50 TOLEDO.
Whkat Cash 74 i .74
I OHN NO. a 47 IS A V Oats ,. 2.1 .20 DETROIT. Beef Cattle :t.73 i't 4.50 Hons 3.2") if5 4.00 HllEKr 3.50 (9 4.23 Wheat -No. 1 White 7S (fit .77 Corn No. 2 44 n .45
Oats No. 2 Whlto 30 $ .30-6
t;iisuinAii. Wheat No. 2 Bed 72 A .72'.
Cons -No. 2 47V. f .48ts
llTH -HO. as BU't. .Sil 1'obk Mass 11.75 i(U5.23 Live Hoos 4.7j gi 5.50 BUFFALO.
Wheat No. 1 Hard 81 B ,8l4
.OUN KU. 2 II v' .4S Cattle 4.23 w 5.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle, i 3.5 & 4,50 HOGS , 4 71 5.5!) KniiF.i' '. 3.00 cS 1.0) Whkat No. 2 Bed 00 .70
Cobs 43 'M .43 '4
VATSNO. 2NiXQ aaf .2 ABT LIBERTY. .. ., . Cattle Prims, 4,? 4. -0 Fair..:..,, 3.'' v, CuiomJ".., fll'ld M.u Mtl.M.! ?.' ' - -S aitjtsv ,..i,,t(iiiNftnMiiiiu ft" w i-as
REYEL OF DEATH.
Seventy-five or More Killed and at Least One Hundred ind Fifteen Injured. An Excursion Train Sinks with a Burning Bridge Near Chatsworth, III.
Fire and Pitiless Rain Add Horvor to the Disaster Dead Bodies Robbed.
Many Peorians Meet Death in. the Disaster Suicide to Escape PainStories of the Burvivoix.
special disdatch from Forest, 111. One 02 tbe most horriblo accidents within the
memory of man occurred three miles oast of
Cbatsworth, on tho Toledo, Peoria and Western
Bailroad, late Wednesday night. Au excursion
train of sixteen tars from Peoria want through
a culvert and upvard of 25 J persona wore killed and injured. So far as learnod, seventy-three
persons were instantly killod and about ono
hundred and siity more or less seriously in
jured.
Tho train consisted of onglnes 21 and 13, a
baggage car, a special car, five coaches, and
six sleepers. Two and a half miles oast of
Chatswortb, a saiall village about seven miles cast ot Forest thore is a Bmalj culvert or
ditch. It is abcut fourteen feet wide and thir
teen feet deep. Tho bridge over tins oulvort was a wretched structure of wood, and the hot weather of past weeks had made it dry as tinder. Wednesday night the supports caucht fire mil slowly burned until tho
entire bridge rested on the charred remnants of the timbers. When tho train came thundering dovn there wns nothing to warn the head engineer that the bridge was a death trap and tho speed jt the train was non slackened.
it nact stoumoa siowiy out oi i;naiswozrn at 11 :40 o'clock, but striking a gentlo down grade tho throttle was nulled out and the train rushed
along at a rutoof forty miles an hour.
llUBLKD INTO THE CHASM. When tho first engine struck the bridge thero
was a crackiag of timbers, and tho engine dropped. The leading engine was not thrown from the track, and continued on its way, taking its teuder with it. The next engine dropped into the chasm, and then the train rushed onward and was piled in a heap, with the exception of the sleepers, whioh escaped without a scratch.
The scene of horror and confusion that followed was frightful. There were about seven hundred licopli on the train, and of these fully
one-half wero in the coaches that now lay in a
nugo mass, l en cars niiea witn aeau ana living people were jammed Into a apace of two oars" length.
HOltiUBLT CBUSHED AND MANGLED. The six coaches were telescoped in the most
horriblo manner, and the uccupants were sim
ply crushed and mauglea almost out oi an semblance to human beings. Thirtv-nine la
dies were taken oat from the end of one of the
cars. When tne crash came they wore swept
off their seats by tho rear car bursting In on them and crushed to death in tho furthor end of the car.
As soon as the survivors recovered from tno awful shock a train hand ran back to Chats-
worth for help. Tho news of tho awful disaster spread quickly and in a short time uun-
ureas of people irom f orest, i;ua':swortu, i-iper Citv, Oilman, and tho surrounding country were on the snot assisting iu tho work of res
cue. The remnants of tho bridge, which was
still burning, recotvea tne nrst attoni'.ou. Water was brought fromfarmeis houses near by and the flames extinguished. None of tho cars caught lire, otherwise tho horrors of a holocaust would have been'added to au;alroady friebtfi'l disaster. Attention wns thou turned to the shrieking inmates of the wrecked cars. Such was the awful momentum of the train that three ol the coaches were not only tele-
oped, but piled on top of each other, iuo
other cars had rolled off the track after tele
scoping. Fourteen trucks wero piled on tue east side of the culvert In tho midst of this awful mass of broken cars hundreds of human beings were intombed. One woman with her baby in her arms was thrown half the length of the car and killed. The baby was not injured. Four colored women sit
ting together wero crushed to a pulp.
iney wero iroin i euria. vuuuuciw oviiiwell escaped with a few .injuries about the body. A man named Goodall, a butcher from Peoria, was caaght between two cars and his lower limbs crushed. -For Ood'a sake save me," lie cried to tho rescuers. "I'll give 8100 to any one who wUt Ttnll iiia nut nf here-
But it was impossible. His body could not havo been got out without chopping it out, and
tho poor fellow meet a lew minutes later, iiu son is thought to have been killed. BHB1EK1NO HIT OF IHE I ABKNESS. As fast as nossible the work of release was
prosecuted, but about 2 :30 o'clock it began to rain, and the horror of the night was comploto. The black darkness, which was faintly illumined by lanterns and pierced bv tho awful yells and groans of the dying, injured, and imSrisoned, was now joined by tho elements, and io pouring rain, lightning, and the roar of thunder made a scene that would appall tho bravest heart Ono young man who was taken out with both ltgs broken was carried into a cornfield near by and laid down. He yelled with pain for a time, but an hour later it was found that he bod killed himself by blowing his brains out. Ihe terrible excitement ana pain had prot ably driven 1dm crazv.
As fast as the victims were rescued thoy
were placed side by Bide in the cornfield north of tho track. Bv davlisht Hixtv-five bodies
were lying side by side, silent monuments to
wnat seems to ijaru ueeu a raiiruuu cuujpuuy s carelessness. Tho majority of the dead are
Peoria people. The train contained 175 people
irom 1 eona vwy auu liuuux , ituu uua li um
ber at loast forty-one were killed. STOBIKS OF SOttWOBS.
Mr. J. M. Tennery, of Peoria, was in the first
sleeper, and salu : l xeit tnreo distinct snocus and then heard a grinding sound, and on look
ing out saw that the car in which wo were was directly over the Are, which w as slowly blazing on tho stringers of the bridge. I got out in safety, and the scene presented to the eye and ear was one I wish I could forever effaco from my momory, hut I know I never can. Tho Bhrieks of the dying and the glaring faces of tbe dead will always stay with me. To add to the horror itwas pitch dark save for tho fitful licht of the firo under tho sleeper.
wliioh lighted the faces of those about only to make their fear and anguish visible. On tho mouths of most of the corpses could bo soeu foam, which showed that thoy died in agony. At last wo secured some feeble lights, but the wind blew them out, and abou-;2 o'clock the rain poured down in torrents on tho unprotected dead and dying in the hedges and cornfields adjacent. Our efforts were divided betweou trying to put ont the fire and rescuim: tbe dying whoso cries for help were heartrending, indeed. Mothers ran wildly about crying for lost children and wives for husbands, btrong mon wore weeping over tho forms of their beloved wives. Prayers, entreaties, and groans filled the air until daylight, when relief parties got to work and removed tho dead and wounded from the scene. Tho bridge was on fire before the fain struck. " C. Falroth, who was ono of the fortunate onos occupying a berth in next to tho last sleeper, says that to put out tho fire no water was to bo had. All wont to work with a will with such tools as could bo found on tho cars to furthor dostroy and tear away all the woodwork poaBible, aud with dirt, weeds, dry grass, coats, and olothing ; in fact anything that would act as a weapon against the fierce flames. After a terrible struggle the firo was put out. Mr. Falvorth, on passiug one of tho coaches, was rooupstod. "For God's Baietake my child." a babe, which he immediately did, and, leaving it in as safe a place as could be found, went into the cor and found the mother, Mrs. Neol, of Mossvillo, just dead. Tho seeno in tho cars was beyond description. One young child was found fastened near tho roof of the car head down, where in tho jar and concussion it had I oeu thrown, and was dead when taken down. Others wore found hi all conceivablo shapes, all were thrown off their seats and pilod in tho ends of tho aisles of the cars, bloding from gashes in tho face, arms, or othor portions of tho body. It was, Mr. Falvorth says, tho most sickening sight he ever wituosiecd. William Kllis, one of the badly injured, says he was thrown four or five state forward and stnnnod, and when ho recovered himself ho found others lying ujiou him. His watch was smashed, and butt stopped at 12 :!'!. Ho is of the opinion tliot the bildgo was sot on firo by loungors aronud thero whoso motive it was to plunder tho dead, as he saw some of them; bus-pieioi:-looking follows taking rings from lingers aud money and valuables from tbe pockets of othcrtt not ablo to resist H. W. Whlto, of the Peoria Journal, gives tbo following account: "I was in the second sloeper, and wo woro goini! along about midnight when tboro com a peculiar jostling. I thought that wo bad boeu derailed. Our porter said, 'Wo aro all right,' when some ono said, ' Thero is a lire ahead.' I got up and wont to tho front. Tho head engino had rushed over tho chasm Tho second ongino had tumbled Into it. It had telescoped, and tho engineer was a shapeless niass. 'The first oar was turned at rirht anjilos with tlio track, and tho remaining cloven cars had telescoped ami piled up iu one heap. "Several of u climbed on the cars with axos and lanterns, and went to work. Vbfl first mau wo found wan Billy Stevens the confectioner. He was dead. We uulled him out after some
I oil. rt then vuPd bis 4fiuRl)ter'i. Kn ;.m I i'!j.l Ml- .'t. Ij ij itfo a t lead, Kfcry o
V -.8 7 'UlUllti !l'm ilVIIUf J..i"il' Jl'i'S Sfl!'lWM 1 1 W .ajviiKd. HM (ht) 4 rMf 18
broken. After an hour and a half we cleared tho oar. 1 hey wero offering 850 each for relief. Probably thero wero a dozen bodies taken out. Mrs Deal was ono of theso. "I then went down ou the ground and assisted in taking tho dead down. The peopla on the ground put a plank up and the bodies taken out wero slid down tho plank. The dead woro put in ono pile aud the living in another. Every live person seemod to want to see their families at once. "One of the horriblo incidents was this : A man, well dreSBed, who wus so badly injured that his Dowol.i'wero protruding, called incessantlv for water, and a hn eotild not he Attand.
cd to he finally pullod out his revolver and shot himself through tho head. "Ono littlo boy, tho son of tbo Mothodist minister at Abingdon Frank Snadecker. about 12 I
yours old was found on tho b..soni of his dead mother. His left leg hung by tbe skin, bis right arm w as brnkeu, aud ono oyo was pat out. Thoy pulled him out tnd tried' to givo him a drink of brandy. He refused to tako it and said: 'Givo me water.' He novor uttered a tirom. I found a head hanging from a truck. It was apparently thai of a man who bad been caught by tho hair. "I found sovoral hsadless bodies. Those who recognized the doed immediately tioaetod them. "One of the most awful sights was that some Of thoso rohasod robbod tho dead of their
watches and valuables, and some people held the theory that tho bridgo w as set on bra in i order to thus perpetrate robberies." W. Guckcr. ono of tho Galesburg passengers, relates a singular experience. His wife and he j were in the roar ot a cbair car, tho tenth car of tho train. They had no waraina of what was
to couio. The train was running at tho rate of thirty-five miles an hour. Mr. Gucker was aroused by the turriblo crash of glass and breaking timbers. Tho nd of tho car was i poised twenty feet in the air. He crawled through a broken window and slid down the slanting side of the car. His wifo followed safely. Sevoral Galesburg people who were in that end of the car escaped without serious injury. Tho top of tho car ported in tho center. The other end was crushed I ke au egg-shell. P. P. Van Liew, who walked from tho safe end of tbo car the moment before, was caught and daugorously injured. -There woro thirty in tho car," said Mr. Guckcr, "and only six survive. Ont of one tiarty of nine only three live. One man who lad lost his wife and child and was badly injured himself wont into an adjacent cornfield and committed suicide. Six youug men from Canton who w ore ia the first car wero saved by being thrown up through the parted roof." A woman seated near Mr. Guckcr thrust her head through a oar wiudow aud was decapitated. Tho iwokets of a number of thoso injured were picked bv unfeeling rowdies." It. G. liisser, of Kankakee, who was at the scone of tho wreck soon after tho disaster, says: "I was at El Paso and missed the excursion train by less than five minutes. Twenty-six minutes afterward I took a freight train, aud when we got to Forest tho conductor had ordors to bring all tho physicians ha could. When we arrived at tho wreck wo found the most heart-rending and indescribable sceno over witnessed. Kvery ono was beyging to bo taken from the wreck, as they were afraid of it catching firo. The bridge was on fire aud no water was at hand to nut it out. Al. the trainmou and such passengers aa could w ont to work to smother the firo. Wo had nothing to work with oxcept our hands, and had to carry dirt as best wo could. "At about 1 :30 a. m. a shower of rain put ont tho firo and we turned our attention to relieving tbo people iu the cars. Wo worked until 8 a. m and took out sixty-one dead bodies, besides scores ot wounded people. Tbey wero terriblv mangled. Belief trains took the dead and wounded to Piper City and Chatswortb. Tho city hall and school houBo at Cbatsworth were improvised into a hospital and tbo citizens came to our relief with coffee, broad, and butter, and everything possible, especially bandages and medicine for tho Buffering. " Mr. Bisser said be stood the sickening work of relieving tho wounded and getting out the dead until bo came to tho dead bodies of two girls about the age of his own, when his humanity gave way and ho was compelled to stop. ' THE DEAD. The news of tho disaster was brought to Chatswortb by one of tho passengers about midnight, and tho inhabitants aroused. Buggies, lnmber-wagons, and every kind of vehicle were used to reach tbe fatal spot. As fast as the corpses wero token from the wreck they were laid out on the sida of the track. Before midnight the work of recovering tho dead and moving them to Chatswortb was bogun. As soon as ihe corpses wero received they woro placed iu a largo vacant building lately ccupied as a store ; also in tho public school houso and ill tho depot-waiting room. The residents of tho town throw open their houses for tho reception of tho dead and wounded, but tbe former wore all taken to the improvised morgues. Friend and relatives ot tho dead camo to Cbatsworth with tho remains, and tho scones in tho different places where the bodies lay wero heartrending. As the day pussed bodies were being continually brought from the scene of tho wreck, the majority of them being mangled in tbo mort frightful manner, many tf them having their faces entirely torn away, leaving thoir brains exposed, while thoir jaws, fingers, and legs had been torn off. SOTHISO TO LIVE FOB,
There was one incident of tho accjdent which
stood out moro horriblo than an ot tneso uorri. hin ni-Annfl. fn thn second coach was a man.
his wife, and littlo child. His name could not be learned, but it is said ho got on at Peoria. When the acoidout occurred the entiro family of three were caught and Held down by broken wcodwork. Finally, when relief came, the man turned to the friendly aid and
feoldy said : "Tako out my wife first. I'm afraid the child
Sa tliov carried out the mother, and aa a
broken seat w as taken off her crushed breast
tho blood which welled from her lips told now badly Bho whs hurt. 'Ihey carried the child, a fair-haired, bluo-eyed girl of , and laid her in tho coru-nold, ilead, alongsido of her dying mnthnr. Then thov wont back fur the fathor and
brought him out.. Both his legs wero broken, but
ho crawled through the com to tno sioo oi nw wifo, and, feeling her lovod features in the darkness, iressed some brandy to her lips and asked her how sbo felt. A feohlo groan was the only answer, aud tho next instant she died. Tho man felt the form of ids doad wifo and el.il.l mid ,-vin.l out: -Mv God. there Is noth
ing more for mo to live for now !" and, taking a
SlStOl OUt Ol nin UOCKO&, puiieu HIM brimful. nllot went surely throught tho brain, and the thvnn dnl bodies of that little familv are now
lying side by side in Cbatsworth waiting to
oo loentinea. INCirjEXTS OF THE HOBKOU.
Thero was on incident In tho affair which was not only remarkable in its wav, but shows how terribly thoso six coaches wore jammed and mashed together. When the accident occurred Andy Moonoy. of Peoria, and Conductor StiUwcll, who was in charge i it tho train, wore three cars from each other. Moonoy was In the uuviml Mr nnil stillwell in the fifth. The
next instant thoy found themselves literally
in each otuers arms, tno car in rwuiea the conductor was riding having been carried over the two in front and dropped on ton of the ono which Moouov whs in. The
strange part of it was that neither man was hurt. Thore was also another wonderful escape in tho first car. This car was completely telescoped, and tho ooaoh behind it crashed entirely through it, crushing every passenger. Only four people oscaped al vo from this cor, and three of them wero badiv wouadod. but one, a
largo womau .in the middle of tho car, did not
got a scraicii, wmie every oiiu biuuuu uu was
Killed.
"Don't ttBk mo to des ribo the scone," said Mr. A. H. Stauffor, of Bloomlngton. "It was indescubablo. I ran out of tho sleeper half dressed, and did all I could to got the peoplo out of the wreck. One man in tho chair-oar called to ma, and as I went to his aid I had to literally walk on tho bodies of other passengers. While I had him iu my arms and was trying to pull him out of tho wreck, he gave a
gasp uuu. uieu. A MIBACI I.OUS ESCAl'E.
Howard A. Cutter, of Carthago, HI., who was in tho l'lnor Citv wreck.-:, ith his wifo and baby.
was in chair-car No. 15, tho second from the day coachoB. He says : "I heard three bumps, as though tho oar was off the track. I said to inv wifo : "Wo are
gone.' Tho timbors and sticks were flying in
every uirecwoii. aiy who sam: -u, nwwura: aro you hurt:'' I said no. I had tho little girl in my arms. My wifo said: 'I can't got out unless I tear my clothos off.' 1 kicked a bote in tho w indow, lifted my wife out, and dropped the little girl out of tho window. I measured this morning and it was eight foot. I helped two other ladies out who wore fast, and tbon climbed out mvsolf. A
woman waB lying against tho window with her
head cut almost o. 1 toon my who aim oaoy out of tho way, aud then went back and took out six dead bodies from our car. I was barefooted, aud as I was getting my feet cut to
piecoB l turned my attention to tuo roiiot oi tne wounded."
Ho says that tho sights ho stiw wore hoartreuding. Thore woro men, women, and children with limbs broken, bodice mashed, heads mashed, several with tho hood severed from the bodv. and mangled iu all the most horrible
foi u'iH conceivulde. Ho says ho hus no doubt
that there wore a few villains there for tho express purposo of plunder. Ho states that ho saw mm nf tht-ao outlaws climb to a oar window
where a lady's hand was hanging out and steal
a ring from her Migev. Mrs. t ultor told a reporter tbut two villains
hell ed a lady out of tho wreck and stole her
waton anu cnaiu wuwowiiik u. Xl'lWTlNO INrillKNTS.
At tho undertaker's and iu tlio enginc-houso and depot wherever the bodios w oro put in tho hastily constructed oollins iho saddest incidents woro of constant ocourronee. Ono of tho most touching cases w as that of n man whoso wifo and child wero both among tho ,ld Ho camo into tho room whero tho
woman and babo woro lying together and lauiihingly walked up close to thom pointed to the child, exclaiming proudly; "That s my baby." Thore was a cry of horror iu tho room at tho man's supiHmod unutterable ooarsenoss and hard-heartednoss. but the fooling was ehangod a momout later. HH reason had given way under the "book At tho same moniimtTin np"li"i i ui '. tl " r" to a I'tnu ' h .--it" . j-. .;! . .,leu,.,mi in iUH bo V ...!. mhI m iv.'.. :.' liffcuiii. U rtiH mHn1 1V.-I, Urt UK wife fti ill tt vfflH dm wUhlH
PARCHED FIELDS. The Corn, Hay and Oat Crops ol Hlinois and Indiana Badly Scorched.
Futures In' Several States Dry Enough to Burn and Dafly Taking Fire,
I Chicago tolern-am. The rimes of this city gives reports from various points in tho Weiitem States showing the condition of the crops, which is thus summarized: Tbe drought has been uncommonly severe In most of tho territory covered by these advices, and tho sum of the information obtained is not favorable. While some States have escaped w ith little loss, others have suffered very seriously. In Illinois the "dry spell" has been
especially disastrous, xno yieia or dst nas
neon ugnt, tne crop oi oats is considered Delow the average, while the prospects for com am decidedly discouraging. From present advices it is reasonable to stato that about half the usual yield will be obtained. Many coun
ties report prospects for considerably less than half a crop, wbile only a very few especially favored localities; report an average. About SJ per cent, of the usual yield would seem to be
indicated by tbe advices irom tno state, in tbo great corn center in the middle of the State
many of the farmers are catting up the atetlks for fodder, bolioving tbat rains, if tbey come
at an, win co mo too late to no any gooa. In Indiana. alBO. the drouaht has done muea
damage. Bain has not fallen in many places for moro than four weeks, and the recant showers have been ot little benefit. In some localities the com crop is a total failure, and in no portion ot tho State ia the ordinary yield expected. From one-third to one-fourth of a crop ia tbe tenor of tho reports from this State. Hay is but a poor crop, and oats are short of the usual production. In Wisconsin the drought seems to
nave oeen less destructive nome localities report a falling off in corn, but the crop in most sections of tho ! tate seems likely to be an averii no. while the oat croo is fair. The same seems
to lie true of Michigan and Ohio.
west oi tne Mississippi tne an vices are rauca moro encouraging. Plentiful rains h".e fallen recently In Iowa. Kansas, and Nebraska, which
havo been of untold benefit to the com. The tecrotnry of tho Iowa Agricultural Society reports a probable corn yield of 2lxyw ',000 bushels, which is some 30,100,000 in excess of the short crop of last year.
OHIO.
Powell and Foraker, the Eival Candi
dates for Governor of the Buckeye State.
J. B. Foraker, the Republican Standard-
Bearer.
Hon. Josenh B. Foraker, who has been
nominated bv the Ohio iiepublican con-
venntion fortt second term s Governor of
the Buckeye State, is a naUve of Highland Conntv. Ohio, and is 51 Tears old. At the
age of 16 he enlisted in the Eighty-ninth
Uhio lnianiry, serving unm nunc, iow, and takins nnrt in manv encasements.
tie was rapidiy piomouiu, urewcu Captain for bravery on Ihe field, and when
mmlnaa nnt VM RflrVHlff 08 aid-dfl-
canip on Gen, Slocum's staff. After the war he entered Cornell University, graduating in 1SGJ. Subsequently ho studied taw wni adm'tted to the bar in Cincinnati,
and in 1873 was elected a Judfe-e of the
Superior Court. In 1883 he was nominnt..i for Rnvnrnnr on the Keoublican ticket.
but was defeated by Judge Hoadly. In 1S83 he was again nominated, this time
being elected ty a nanaaome nw.oruy.
IhOJ. K. Powell, th Nom!ne of the Dem
ocracy. fl...l THnman V. Pnirnll. who V
nominated for Governor of Ohio by
the recent Demo Malic iK) conven
tion, was born m Delaware uounsy, ni,; tr tli a vmr 1842. He was
educated in the State, gradu-
INDIANA STATE NEWS-
ating from tho Ohio Wesleyan University in 1H03 and subsequently entering upon the practice of law in 1867. Entering the political arena he in course of timo was the chosen Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Ohio, but with the balance of the entire Democratic ticket met his defeat. Nr. Powell is an excellent representative of the legal talent of Ohio, having not only attained an enviable reputation as a lawyer of ability, but also established for himself a large and lucrative practice in the highest courts of the State and nation.
FORESTRY.
Forthcomlnc Meeting: t.r tho American Forestry Congress Topics to Be lMeenwiert. Tho topics to be considered at tha session of the American Forestry Congress, whioh will be held at Springfield, 111., September 14, 15 and 16, aro as follows: ni Ncoossitv of change of polloy on the part of the Goucral Government in regard to its timber d2m?'iTect8 and results ol forest legislation In tho different States. , , :i. Miqgostiona iu regard to desirable forest '"status of artificial forest planting iu tho prairio States, and suggestions in regard to the H"a"Mothods of enlarging tno offectivenoss of tbo work of tho Forestry Congress. The constant aud heavy reduction of our forest area has led all thoughtful people to recognize the importance of restoring all areas not suitable to cultivation lo woodland again, and in the pv-urio Mates of largely ineroasins the fo;i'ft area. There are less than 500.000,000 wres of pr me val forest iu the wholo f tbe t'niteti States, and the annual timur o aumpu u (nor tw. ut.v t'l'ion feat. At this n.te,
v Aiu mini,, luoui eauu jxii;. iuil ww i rate Mf iwtMii .
Joseph Carvnr, a prominent farmer
and one of the best-known pioneers in
Wabash County, met a frightful death recently. Mr. Carver and a helper named .Fames Wiley started south with a thresh ing-macbine outfit. Mr. Carver waa steer
ing tbe engine, which was drawing the water-lank and separator. In attempting to cn ihfl hruhm at Miami street. Wa
bash, over th4 Wabash and Erie Canal, the
eenler support of tits structure gave way
under tne e ve tons weignt ana tne now dropped, letting the engine and water-tank down to the water. Wiley jumped and
saved his lifo, though he was considerably braised. Carver bad no time to Rave him
self, and waf: pinned in between the fire
box of the engine and the heavy watertank, which had crashed down upon him.
ne was onlv heard to uuer tne woru
'helo and became insensible. Horses
were attached to the lank and it was pulled aside sufficiently to release the unf ordinate . man, whose body was a sickening sight. Carver lived, but a few minutes. He waa 70 years old and a widower.
-The following patents have been issued
to Indionians: Anderson, Charles, assignor to South Bend Iron Works, South Bend, slip-noose attachment for plows;
xtroaay, aianon a., Dame, corn-pianicr; Brown, James I.., Evansville, nose-bag;
Carr, Millard T., Whitestown, sack tie;
Carter, Alfred W Cartersburg, sa wing-
machine; Cline, George J., assignor to
L. H. and 3. M. Noble, Goshen, brush-
handle attachment; Grassmann, Peter, and
M. B. Cheek, Aurora, feed-water heater; Grimble, George, GUboa, divider; James, Charles H., assignor of two-thirds to F. H. Lowry, and G. W. Blair, Wabash, weather
strip; Louis, Spencer, Boundary, grindstone frame; McGaban, Fred L., India
napolis, boiler-fine cleaner; Miller, William Ii., Van Bnren, broadcast seed-sower; ' Pershing, Henry A., South Bend, combined pettit ledger and blotter; Eobards, Edward, Stiles ville, fence post.
The Indiana Grand lxxlge Janiguia and Ladies of Honor in session at Evansville, elected the following officers, to servo
during the ensuing year; Grand Pro
tector, G. H. Godfrey, New Albany, re
elected; Vice Grand Protector, James B. Kobinson, North Vernon; Grand Secre- J tary, A. S. Lane, Vincennes,. re-eleotes,'
Grand Treasurer; J. T. H. Miller, Torre Haute, re-oleoled; Grand Chaplain, Mary
E. Babbitt, Evansville; Grand Guide,
Bebecea Hislap, Brazil. Augustus F. Ender, a prominent
farmer ot Sugar Creek Township, Shelby
County, started to Boggatown lor a pnymelan for his wife, ridinc a fractious horse.
When within a short distance of the vil
lage he waa thrown from the animal and struck his bead on the ground with great violence, killing him almost instantly. He was about 60 years old, and leaves a family. His wife is in a critical condition. During the recent hot spell Mr, Haseltine, a Kushville honse-painter, lay down in the shr.de in the Court-house yard and went to (deep, and the sun veering round on him h 3 was soon in a bad shape. He has recovered sufficiently to be up, but has completely lost the use of his tongue, and cannot say a word. The physicians do not know whether or not he will ever recover his voice. The Indiana Farmer says that tine crops of wheat and hay have been grown, and harvested. The paper admits that the outlook for oom is unfavorable, but cautions farmers against cutting com at present for fodder. The editor insists that the ear is in good shape, and claims that there' is yet a possibility that timely rains may result in saving the larger portion of the growing crop. A carpenter named John Henry, employed on the steeple of the new St. Mary's Catholic Church, Fort Wayne, lost life footing from some cause and fell about ninety feet. He struck upon a pile ol brieks which fell with and upon him. His skull was fractured and his left shoulder crushed. The deceased was a single man and his home was at A villa. David Armstrong, a Borne County farmer, was driving a clover-huller, when the team became frightened and ran away. Mr. Armstrong received injuries which necessitated the amputation of one of his. legs below the knee, John L. Casey, a brakemaa, was badly crushed in the wreck ot an extra freight train, five miles east of Greonsburg. Seven tars were derailed by a otone, and the road was blocked for several hours. Casey's home is in Chicago. The genral fund of the State is exhausted. A little money from time to time will come in through miscellaneous sources, principally from the insurance companies, but there will be none from the counties until December. Minnie, tho 14-year-old daughter ot William Hubbard, of Darlington, while walkin ? a railroad trestle, fell to the ground, thirty feet below, breaking both arms and receiving other injuries, which will probably prove fatal. Hugh Fleming, of Wabash, a mats son of W.J. Fleming, woe killed in a shocking manner. horso which he was drivinc: ran away, breaking the boy's legs, .. .nd fractnrinff his skull. Be died in
great agony. A south-bound Evansville and Tern Haute passenger-train, running through Shelbtirn, struck and Instantly killed TbomtiS Dawson, an aged resident of that town, who was crossing the track on toot at the i.ime. A young man named Perry Bartistt while iturning home at night, fell a distance of about thirty feet from a railroad trestle north of Milroy, the fall breaking his leg at tha thigh and bruising him considerably. The Clinton Gas aud Mineral Company struck a vein of fine coal at that place. The vein is between seven and eight feet thick, and was found at a depth of one hundred and fifty feet William Walker, who was bound over under $5,000 bond as accessory to the murder of Luella Mabbitt, has been an-. able to give bail and still remains behind the bars in Delphi. Excitement prevails in Elkhart County owing to a disease whioh has developed itself imong the cattle of that section. It is pronounced pleuro-pneumeaia. Thomas Dawson, an aged citisen of Shelbtirn, was killed while crossing the tracks of tho Evansville and Terra Saute Sailroal by being struck by a passenger train. The farm residence of Tho. Higgenbothari, one and a half miles east of Thorntown, was destroyed by fire. Loss, .
L$1,00; insured for $500.
Mrs. Heuvy Wrnntt, of Fort Wayne, while lelirious from typhoid fever, jumped from f window end was killed, Hvlisor. will bore for a. The City Council now owes over hall th capita tin?, Y'hjoh la (til snb)h4 ... . .
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