Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1884 — Page 2

8l)t Dfinorr die Sentinel 1... RENSSELAjER. INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - - Publisher

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. The property of the New York and New England road has gone into the hands of a receiver. Its indebtedness is over $1,250,000. The Art Loan exposition in favor of the Bartholdi statue pedestal fund, New York, realized net receipts of $12,000. At a point on the river nine miles from Pittsburgh, the tug-boat I. N. Bunton was set on Are by a collision with her tow. Most of the crew sprang overboard, and three are still missing. She soon sank in shallow water, as did three coal-boats. The total loss is $50,000. Robert Martin, aged 53, and James B. Graves, 65 years, were hanged at Newark; N. J., for murder. Martin's crime was the murder of his wife, being drunk at the time he committed the deed. Graves had always been regarded as a crank, and the little boys called him “Monkey Graves.'* He bad frequent quarrels with Eddie Soden, aged 13 years, and repeatedly threatened to kill him. On the night of Dec. 20, 1881, Eadie started out to perform his duties as a lamplighter. Graves stealthily followed, and, while the boy was mounted on a lamp-post, shot him down frpm behind. He was convicted Jan. 19, 1882, of murder in the first degree. His defense was insanity. Dr. Spitka, the ijiedical expert who testified for Guiteau, assisted by six other doctors, examined into Graves’ case. They certified that he was insane. The Court of Pardons refused to commute the sentence. The autopsy, made by County Physician Hewlett, Dr. Spitka and twelve other doctors, showed that Graves was insane. Signs of insanity more numerous and intense than are found in lunatics who die in insane asylums were discovered. All the doctors were agreed that a lunatic had been hanged. The resignation of Henry Villard as President of tho Northern Pacific road was accepted by the Directors at their meeting in New York last week. Villard is completely ruined financially. The closing act of his business career was the handing over to assignees of his New York mansion and other property, with instructions to dispose of the same, jay a mortgage of $200,000, and discharge any indebtedness to the Oregon Railway company, the residue to be given to his wife. Russell Sage dropped $1,000,000 in Wall street in one day. A great tumble in Union Pacific stock was the cause of Jhe simulator's grief. Pittsburgh iron mills have plenty of orders on hand, and the outlook for the trade s encouraging.

WESTERN.

A serious railway accident happened on the lowa division of the Illinois Central, near Fort Dodge. Three passenger-cars went down a fifteen-foot embankment. Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Bureau county, 111., was instantly killed, her infant escaping all injury. Seven passengers were woundel, some of them very seriously. In the United States court at Kansas City, Judge Krekel ordered that Frank James be given to his bondsmen in the Blue-cut robbery case, the State tribunal having first gained possession of the prisoner. The trial of Montgomery, Pettis, and Clementi, for criminal assault upon Miss Emma Bond, was brought to a conclusion at Hillsboro, 111., on the 2d inst., the jury rendering a verdict of not guilty, after several hours’ deliberation. There was a good deal of dissatisfaction over the verdict in Christian county, particularly in the neighborhood where the Bond family live, and some talk of organizing a mob to lynch the acquitted parties was indulged in. Mr. A. D'. Bond, an uncle of the unfortunate girl, having lost his reason by the outrage and the prolonged excitement, hanged himself the conclusion of the trial. He was a highly respected citizen, and the event added greatly to the feeling against the prisoners. The dam at the Huron mine, near Han cock, Mich., burst the other evening, demolishing two houses and a portion of a foundry, and killing six persons. Clementi, one of the men acquitted of the Emma Bond outrage, went from the jail at Hillsboro to Irving, 111., where tbe citizens gave him ten minutes to leave. Charles Deitzler, a barber, shot and killed a saloon-keeper at Weiser City, Idaho,, for which he was hanged to a tree by a mob. In a free fight in a saloon at Denver, Slade, the pugilist, struck an officer, and was placed in the station-house. John L. Sullivan undertook to take a revolver from- a hotel proprietor, but was chased out of the building. In the Ottumwa (Iowa) City jail, a person named Williams shot and killed a turnkey and escaped. He also fired at the Sheriff’s wife, who endeavored to stop him, but missed her. Four prisoners were suffocated in a burning jail at Jerseyville, 111., their names being Wall Dunsdan, James Gregg, Emile Kahler and August Schultz. The courthouse was burned at the same time. A train was 'wrecked at Charlestown, Southern Indiana, on a spur of the Ohio and Mississippi, running from Vernon to Louisville. A score of people were hurt, including members of the Yale College Glee club. The polygamous Bishop Sharp informed -his priests at Salt Lake City that, from what he had heard at Washington recently, if the Almighty did not pilot the Mormon ship she would surely sink. Twenty-seven women, five of them religeuse and twenty-two young lady pupils under their instruction, were burned to death In tbe Convent of the Immaculate Conception, a Roman Catholic educational institution at BellevUle, 111.

SOUTHERN.

* i. •' *— Fritz Halder, County Treasurer at Yazoo, Miss., who was .a peacemaker in the recent tragedy, has expired from wounds received.

James A. Wallace, cashier of the Bank of Hopkinsville, in Kentucky, has absconded, leaving a defalcation of $40,000 to $50,000. In the mountains in Arkansas, bear, deer, and wild turkey are exceedingly plentiful. A hunter in Searcy county recently had a desperate fight with a bear weighing 700 pounds, and came near losing his life. Vai mar Rector, a negro, was hanged at Baton Rouge for the murder of Duncan Williams. The condemned man refused to remain on the scaffold, and screamed and begged-for life until be was bound. The Sheriff at Eastman, Ga., on opening the cell door of a colored murderer named James Crum midge, about to be hanged, was attacked with a knife. The doomed man then made himself unconscious by hacking bis throat. He was taken to the scaffold on a stretcher, and supported until the drop fell. A heavy snow storm prevailed last week in sections of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, with the coldest weather known for years. At Charleston, S. C., the thermometer registered- 13 degrees above zero, being the coldest weather registered in that region for 135 years. “The defunct city of Memphis, Tenn., had a debt estimated at $5,506,000. Of this amount the funding board of the taxing district has secured possession of $3,500,000 in exchange for new bonds, and two payments of interest have been made.

POLITICAL.

Senator Miller, of New York, is said to be laboring hard for the defeat of Presi-' dent Arthur, and it has been predicted that he will control the delegation from his State in the next National convention. He has stepped into Conkling's shoes as a leader, it is said. Gov. Hamilton, in his message to the Legislature of Maryland, vigorously denounces the practice of bribery at elections, which he declares has reached the proportions of a State disgrace.

WASHINGTON.

Congressman Browne, of Indiana, has received letters giving details of gross frauds practiced by speculators in timber-lands on the Pacific. It is asserted that certain Senators and Representatives are interested in the .profits. A Washington telegram says: The House Commerce Committee, as it is constituted under the new order of things, will be devoted almost entirely to the subject of interstate commerce. This is a question with respect to which party lines will be drawn. At the White house reception the question was decided as to whether, in the absence of Mrs. President or Mrs. Vice President, the wife of tbe Speaker ranked the wives of the Secretary of State and Chief Justice as the first lady of the land. A precedent was established, for when the hour for the reception arrived Mrs Carlisle came in upon the President's arm and took her place on his right. Friends of the measure express confidence in the speedy passage of a bill extending thqf bonded period on whisky. • Following is the statement of the public debt, issued on the Ist inst.: Interest-bearing debt. Four and one-half per centss 250,000.000 Four per cents 737.032,750 Three per cents 274,937,250 Refunding certificates 315.150 Navy pension fund * 14,000,000 Total interest-beaming debt 51,276,885,15 ) Matured debt.■”s 15,138.795 Legal-tender notes 346,7.19:6 6 Certificates of deposit 14,560,000 Gold and silver certificates 200,930,531 Fractional currency 6.989.428 Total without Interests 569,219,655 Total debt (principal)sl,B6l,243,ooo a otal interest 12,172,323 Total cash in treasury37s/174/200 Debt, less cash in treasury 1,498,011'723 Decrease during mb r.. 11,743’337 Decrease of debt since June 30, 1883. 58,049483 Current liabilitiesinterest due and unpaids 1,930,229 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 15438’794 Interest thereon '336198 Gold and silver certificates 200,930*531 U. S. notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 14,5i>0,000 . $ 375,374,200 Available assets— Cash in treasurys 375,374,200 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, interest payable by United 81a.es— Principal outstanding»... $ 64,623 512 Interest accrued, not yet paid. 1, > 5'7,15 Interest paid by Uuited States Interest repaid by companies— By transportation services 17,631 893 By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings 655,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 40,935.000 The decrease in the public debt during December amounted to $11,7(3,837. The decrease since June 80, 1883, was $58,049,483. The Attorney General has ruled that a Postmaster cannot take from the money order fund of his office sufficient to pay a clerk for issuing the orders. Commissioner Dudley has discharged from the Pension office three highsalaried clerks, on charges of frequenting gambling-houses. The first matter tfoat will be considered by the House Committee on Agriculture will be the suppression of pleuro-pneumouia and other contagious diseases among cattle.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Commercial failures: C. A. Constant & Co., retail dry-goods, Chicago, liabilities, $125,000; Jeffords, Bailey & Co, lounge manufacturers, Jamestown. N. Y., liabilities SIOO- - F. J. Conklin & Co., tobacco, Binghamton, N, Y. • William Carroll & Co., hats, New York city, liabilities $50,000; Ullman & Lamb, plantation supplies, Natchez, Miss., liabilities $20,000; Eager, Bartlett & Co., woolen goods, Boston, liabilities $80,000; Gillies & Bro., teas and spices. New York, liabilities $75,000; Delos & Pratt, furniture, Toledo, liabilities $30,000; A. M". Church; jeweler, Chicago, liabilities $10,000; J. A. Anderson, clothing, Atlanta, Ga., liabilities $35,000; John D. Leslie, grain, Elkhart, Ind., liabilities $30,000; Thomas S. Renard, notions, Cincinnati, liabilities $75,005; Reis Bros. & Co., fancy groceries, Cincinnati, ' liabilities $600,000; Isaac Reis, wholesale cigars, Cincinnati, liabilities $300,000; C. W. Savage & Sens, general merchants, Mlles City, Montana, liabilities $100,006; Jacob Jocoles, fancy goods, Nashville, Tenn., liabilities $40,000; H. E. Dueming, hardware, Shelbyville, 111., liabilities $10,000; J. E. Musselwhite, notions, Peoria, 111., liabilities $20,000; Landrum & Butler, dry goods, Augusta, ba., liabilities $88,000; Gillison & Donalson, hardware, Minneapolis, Minn., liabilities $15,000; A. J. Defossez, operatic manager, New Orleans. liabilities $75,000.

Fire losses: fipe jewelry store and five otlier business houses at Saranac, Mich., loss $75,000; the Jackson saw mill, New Orleans, loss $35,000; a woolen mill at West Chelmsford, Mass.-, loss $200,000; six stores and many other structures at Orangeville, 8. C., loss $45,000; a woolen mill at Seaforth, Ont., loss $55,000; the cooper-shop of tbe Dupont Powder company, Wilmington, De!., loss $75,000; a flouring mill at Lodi, Ohio, logs $15,000; Chism's store, Mariana, Ark., loss $15,000; ' Quick’s furniture factory, Burlington, lowa, loss $16,000; the Dakota house block, Jamestown, Dakota, loss $100,000; Lambert A Bishop’s wire-fence manufactory, Joliet, 111., loss $225,000; the Rye Beach hotel at Williams' Bridge, N. Y., loss $25,000; four stores at Oxford, Ala., loss $25,000; several business houses at Tiptonville, Tenn., loss $30,000; a hotel and fourteen stores at Whitesboro, Tex., loss $35,000; twenty-five buildings at • Howard City, Mich., loss $75,000; a block of business structures at Breckinridge, Minn., loss $50,000; a portion of the Seipp block, on Van Buren street, Chicago, loss $50,000; the JEtna flour-mills, Akron, Ohio, loss $75,000; tbe upholstering shops of tbe Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, at Sedalia, Mo., loss $50,000; several stores at Tower City, Dakota, loss $20,000; a cottonmill at Thoriidlke, Mass., loss $56,000; tbe business part of the village of Middlebury, Vt.; the court-house and records at Brookhaven, Miss.; nine business houses at Jacksonville, Oregon, loss $80,000; two stores at Longview, Texas, loss $18,000; an extensive flouring-mill near Newcomerstown, Ohio, loss $85,000; People’s Hardware Store, Bismarck, Dakota, loss $lO,000; two steamboats at St. Louis, Mo., loss $45,000; a hotel and railway depot at Bonvllle, Arizona, loss $30,000; a furniture store at Joliet, 111., loss $10,000; Judge Webster's residence at Bay City, Mich., loss $10,000; a ' building on Monroe Streep Chicago, occupied by Bradner, Smith & Co., paper dealers, the National Printing Co., and Shober & Carqueville, engravers, loss $500,000. Recent deaths: Napoleon Joseph Perche, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Orleans; Hon. John Proctor, one of tbe wealthiest citizens of New Hampshire; John M. Scully, of New York, a lead ing Irish Nationalist; Joseph Longworth, a prominent citizen of Cincinnati; George W. Lane, President of the New York Chamber of Commerce; Joseph D. Murphy, a well-known theatrical manager of Philadelphia; Rev. Francis Hawley, the aged father of Senator Hawley, of Connecticut. A local train on the Grand Trunk road collided with a freight train when two miles outside of Toronto, Twenty-seven employee of tho bolt works were killed or fatally injured, and a like number received serious wounds. George Barber, conductor of the freight train, has been arrested for running without orders. No work having been done within the prescribed time, the Mexican government has forfeited the concession made to Gen. I Grant for a submarine cable connecting the I two republics. J an. 3,4, 5, and 6 were four of the coldest days experienced in the Northwest in many years, the thermometer ranging from 2 to 40 degrees below zero. The failures last week were 319 in the United States and twenty-nine in Canada, u number greater than ever before reported within a similar period. Henry Cernuschi, the French financier, has written to Congressman Kelley in dorsing his bill proposing to limit the-coinage of'silver dollars.

FOREIGN.

Mass-meetings of Orangemen and Nationalists were held New Year’s day at Dromore, Ireland, iu full view of each other. 20,000 of the former turned out and about 2,000 of the latter. Several attempts at a collision were made, but the troops prevented bloodshed. Two men were wounded by bayonets. Bett, the public hangman in Austria', who was found dead in bed, is believed to have been murdered. That China desires peace is stated on the best authority by The London Timex. If France will abstain from further hostile action on the Red river, a pacific agreement can easily be concluded. By the terms of the Burlingame treaty the United States Is bound to offer Its good offices whenever China makes the request. After a battle, lasting ten hours, on the heights of Slollon, Puga’s forces were defeated by the Peruvian nationalists, under command of Col. Iglesias. An extraordinary scene is reported from Vienna. A Jesuit preached the wickedness of the workingmen, and twenty of his congregation began bombarding the pulpit with stones, creating apanic, in which three people were killed. Lord Rector Lowell has resigned his Lordship, finding some difficulty in holding such a title and at the same time serving as an Embassador of the United States. The officials of St. Andrew’s university arejsaid to greatly regret the resignation. Currieu, an Alsatian, who threatened to shoot Prime Minister Ferry at Paris, has been sentenced to imprisonment for three months. The announcement comes from Paris that the present French ministry is considering the project of selling the railways owned by the republic. The price named is $84,000,000, and the bidders are the Rothschilds. In the Dublin Weekly News A. M. Sullivan pays a tribute to Susan Gallagher, the woman who was with O’Donnell when he killed Carey, because of her love for truth in not swearing that Carey had a pistol, which would have been a great point in O’Donnell’s favor. Mr. Sullivan dubs her'the “Irish, Jeannie Deans.” United Ireland publishes an alleged confession of O’Donnell to a private personage, in which it is stated that"the killing of Carey was deliberate, and that there was no struggle. Notwithstanding the prohibition of American pork in several countries of Eg. rope, the exports of hog product during the past year Increased 30 per cent. The Nihilist movement is now directed from Paris and Geneva, and tho leaders appear to be disturbed since the recent mur dera at St. Petersburg. In the latter city more than thirty .persons have been arrested on suspicion. The British Cabinet has sent word to Egypt that the present protectorate will be kept up at all hazards. El Mahdi will be given the Soudan, but Lower Egypt will be

parged of his influence. This policy the Khedive does not consider belligerent enough, and hints at a repetition of his ultimatum, in which he demanded immediate military aid for a campaign in the Soudan, oh pain of turning over the whole region (o the Sultan. The murder of Col. Sudeikin has led to a conference between Prince Orloff, the Russian Ambassador to Paris, and Prince Bismarck, and a general conference is being arranged to be held at Gatschina. Several suspects have been arrested by the Russian police. The two Nihilists who were wounded, in the attack on the Colonel have died.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Judge Sawyer, of the United States Circuit court, rendered a decision at San • Francisco in the celebrated mining-debris case of Woodruff vs. The North Bloomfield Hydraulic Mining company, granting a perpetual injunction against hydraulic mining, subject to modification if a practical plan shall be devised for abating the nuisance. The case involved the agricultural’prosperity of the entire Sacramento Valley. The counties affected by the Injunction are Butte, I Nevada, Placer, Yuba, Del Norte, Siskiyou, I Trinity, and Sierra—especially the four first named. During the last six years hydraulic mining has practically stopped in these counties. Farming counties through which the rivers were » filled with “slickens,” as the debris is called, fought the miners in court aud obtained temporary i injunctions. The destruction which “slickens” has wrought on the fertile bottom lands is almost inconceivable. It filled the Yuba, Feather and Sacramento rivers, raised tbeir beds until higher than the surrounding land, flooding the country for miles, submerging Sacramento City and Marysville. This is the most important decision ever rendered on the Pacific coast. The farmers are holding joyous demonstrations in different parts of California. | The sentiment in favor of retaliatory, legislation against those countries which exclude American swine and swine products is growing stronger daily at Washington. In the House, last week, Gen. Browne, of Indiana, offered a bill which authorized the President to exclude from the United States the wines and liquors of France and Germany, as well as other articles of merchandise, from those countries so long as they shall continue to exclude American cattle and swine and the products of the same. Mr. Townshend offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the President to furnish the House with all letters, reports, and other documents in his possession bearing on the subject of the exclusion of American hogs and hog products by Germany and France. The purpose of this information is to enable the House to proceed intelligently in regard to such legislation. The Evening Post Company, of New I York, reduces its capital from $200,000 to SIOO,OOO. A rebellious spirit has been shown by the Indians at Metlakahta and Ft. Simpson, in British Columbia, and troubles are antici pated. The agent, whose authority they defied, has returned to Victoria. There will be few peaches next year, and the prospect for Florada oranges is not the best. The postoffice at Pesth, Hungary, was ■ mysteriously robbed of a box containing i SIOO,OOO. Congress reassembled, after the holiday recess, on Monday, Jan. 7. In the Senate, Mr. Dolph presented a petition for the forfeiture of the unearned land grant of the Oregon Central road. Bills were introduced for a navy-yard at Alg ers. La.; to bridge the Mississippi at Sibley. Mo.; and to give the Southern Kansas road right of way through Indian Territory. Mr. Miller offered a resolu- I tion calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the difficulties encountered in the enforcement of tire Chinese restriction act. The House of Representatives adapted a resolution calling on heads of departments for information in regard to the distribution of circulars asking contributions for political purposes. Bills to the number of 670 were introduced, among them one to place the name of George W. Getty on the retired list, with the rank of Major General; to appropriate $150,000 for a postoftice building at Los Angeles; to prevent the use of the mails to circulate advertisements of dangerous medicines or food; to make a reduction of 30 per cent, in fr ight and passenger rates on the Union and Central Pacific roads; to pension all soldiers or sailors who served thirty days in the war of the rebellion; to provide for the acceptance of the Illinois and Michigan canal bv the Government, and to construct the Michigan and Mississippi canal; to, prohibit imports from countries which unjustly discriminate against American products: toplace molasses and sugar on the free list, and to erect public buildings at Fort Dodge and Winona. Mr. Townshend introduced a joint resolution requesting the President to invite the co-opera-tion of the Governments of the American Nations to secure the establishment of a customs union.

THE MARKET.

NEW YORK. -Beeves $ 5.00 @ 7.00 HOCIS 5.50 @6.50 Flour—Superfine 3.75 @ c. 50 Wheat—No. 2 Chicago 1.06 @ 1.06J6 No. 2 Red 1.10 @ 1.151 a Corn—No. 2 66 @ .(8 Oats—No. 2 : 40 @ .42 Pork—Mess 14.50 @15.00 LABD 09 & .09'4 CHICAGO. Beeves -Good to Fancy Steers.. 6.50 @7.00 Common to Fair 6.00 @6.75 Medium to Fair 4.50 @5.50 Hogs 5.00 @ 6.50 Flour -Fancy White Winter Ex 5.( 0 @ 5.50 G< od 1 o Choice Winter.. 5.00 @5.50 Wheat—No. 2Sprina 94 @ .95 No. 2 Red Winter 99 @ l.oi Corn—No. 2 .57 @ .53 Oats—Na 2. .33 @ .34 Ry. —No. 2 58 @ .59 Bariev—No 2 ci @ .63 Buttei.—Choice Creamery 32 @ .35 Eggs—Fresh ‘ 75 @ .26 I ORK—Mess 13.75 @14.25 Raed ; . 94 @ .09 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 04 @ .95 Corn—No. 2 57 @ 58 Oats—No. 2 32 & .33 Rye—No. 2 .63 @ .64 Barley—No 2 oi @ .62 Pork—Mess 14.00 @14.50 Lard . 8.50 @ 9.00 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 94 @ .95 CORN—Mixed .48 @ .49 Oats—No. 2 a 32 @ .33 Rye 54 @ .55 Pork—Mess 14.25 @14.75 Lard. 08%@ .09 CINCINNATI Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 @ 1.01 Corn.!.. ..?... .49 @ .50 Oats .........u........ .33 @ .34 Rye @ .61 POBK—Mess 14.00 @14.50 -. Lard* OBsa@ .09 u ! .. TOLEDO. . S WHEAp—No. 2 Red... 1.00 @ 1.02 Corn.,. . >53-..@ .54 Oats-*No. 2 .32- @ .33 " DETROIT. Flour ......... ...,J 6,’co @6,50 Wheat—No. 1 White.;.......;., 100 @1.02 i Corn—No.2...’i -.49 @. .51 Oats—Mixed. 1 33 @ .34 Pork—Mess..!, 14.00 @14.75 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2R6d.,............. ,9fc @ .99 Corn—No. 2 TtroC .44 @ .46 Oats— Mixed............ 411 @ .83 EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTTE—Best 6.00 @7.00 Fair 5.50 @ 6.00 Common G.OO @ 6.00 Hogs . j 6.25 @ 6.75 Sheep 5.00 @ 5.50 • •

DYING IN DREAD AGONY.

Fearful Railway Accident Near Toronto, Canada. Nearly Thirty Men Killed—Horrible Scenes of Suffering. (Toronto telegram.] Toronto, so long free from any heavy calamity, opens tbe new year with one of the worst in its record, by which twenty-nine persons were almost instantly killed and double that number badly or fatally wounded. The accident occurred in the vicinity of High Park, near the Dominion Bolt and Iron Woaks, > from the employes of which establishment the list of killed and wounded was taken. The dummy train which conveys the men to and from their work at the iron-works started with its usual load of between seventy and ninety persons, and had got as far as tbe place mentioned when it collided with an eastern freight train from Hamilton. The engine of the dummy train was shot back, telescoping the front of two cars, which composed the suburban train, and killing instantly some fourteen of the occupants. Both engines were at once overturned, the dummy falling over the northern bank and the large engine on the southern bank. The tubesen board burst and scaldiug water and steam were thrown over the men who had fallen on the track from the telescoped cars. The dummy in falling had crushed the men on the northern side of the passenger car underneath it. Those were the persons who were killed outright. , The sight was horrible in the e vtreme. Some of the men, with their legs crushed and burning, were unable to extricate themselves, and filled the air with their cries. At last J. J. Mclntyre, one of the foremen in the works, came along and sat to work evtrlcartr ingUhe bodies and the wounded. The conductor of the dummy set out for Mimico to stop all traffic and te’egraph for a wrecking party, medical assistance, and an aujailliarycar from Toronto. When they'arrived the scene had been gathering more hideous features. Many of the wounded had not been removed from the car and were being consumed by the flames. Men were lying in £ll directions, burnt, bruised, and bleeding. The men around the scene of the disaster had begun to busy themselves, and soon the dead were lying in a car and ready to be sent down to the city. The doctors sent up on the auxiliary were busy among the wounded and dying. The surroundings of the dying made the calamity appear even more frightful than it was. Limbs scattered over the track, pools of blood and pieces of the bodies of the sufferers all told terrible tales of disaster and death. Where the disaster occurred was on the bend of a curve, and nong of the pei sons on either train could see the'bther till they were too close to do anything to save their charge from a most terrible death. The bodies were soon put in the cars and taken down to the morgue, and those of the wounded and dying were transported to the hospital. The impetus of the freight train was so great that the engine actually mounted the truck of the dummy, which kept the rails and remained on a balance. To add to the horror of the scene, the boiier of the dummy exploded, and Steam and boiling water scalded and carried death or terrible injuries to the mangled and bleeding men. Then fire broke out and completed the sickening work of destruction. Several poor fellows, Suffering untold agonies, with limbs and bodies burned to a crisp, piteously implored those neqr them to pour water upon their scalded limbs or put an end to their sufferings. The wounded men bore their sufferings with fortitude and patience, a few groans being the only indication of their intense agony. The scene at the morgue beggars description. There are fifteen bodies laid side by side in rows on opposite sides of the room. Mothers, sisters, fathers and brothers are to be seen passing from body to body and, with trembling hands, lifting the coverlets to gaze on tbe faces of the dead. Now and again a cry of anguish telle too plainly the discovery of some dear one carried off in the prime of manhood. One man, John Rowlett, died shortly after arriving at the hospital. When found among the debris lie spoke cheerfully and asked to be allowed to walk. On looking down, he cried; “O,God! my legs are offl” And so they were—burned off. Of those killed eleven leave wktows and children, * Barber, the conductor of the fre’ght train, was placed under arrest immediately after the accident. Kennedy, the engineer, disappeared, and it was rumored that he had fled into the woods near the scene of the collision, and had hanged himself. Search Is being made for him. The conductor admitted that he had received orders at Hamilton to run to Queen’s wharf, Toronto, avoiding all regular trains. He looked at the time-table, but forgot that the suburban train was on the list. The Grand Trunk Is likely to lose heavily by the accident, as it has been conclusively shown that it resulted through the carelessness of one of its employes. The conductor claimed that he had been overworked and had not had time to rest. Prominent railway officials here say the rels tives of all those who were killed and injured can easily recover heavy damages, and it would not be surprising if the Grand Trunk was mulcted $2,000,000.

Presidential Postoffices.

[Washington dispatch.] Under the provision of the last Postoffice Appropriation bill, when the compensation of any postmaster of the fourth class reaches $250 for four consecutive quarters, exclusive of commissions on his money-order business, he is to be assigned to the Presidential grade. The following-named fourth-class offices have been placed on the list of Presidential offices, with the salaries of postmasters as stated: Lebanon, Illsl,ooo'Jonesboro, Tenn. .SI,OOO Gray ville, 11l 1,000 Temple, Texl,4oo Wrights Grove, DL 1,400 Brownwood, Tex . 1,400 Goodland, 11l 1,000 Mazo Manie, Wis. 1,000 Manning, 10wa.... 1.000 Marshfield, Wis... 1,100 Adel, lowa 1,000 Anaheim, Cal 1,100 Frankfort, Kan... 1,200 La Porte City;la.. 1,100 Lindsborg, Kan... I,loo,Walnut. la 1,000 Harper, Kan 1,400 Morencia, Mich... 1,100 Carbondale, Kan.. l,oooMpund City, Mo.. 1,000 Crystal Falls,Mich 1,000 Billings, Montana. 1,600 Pentwater, Mich.. I,looLoudofiville, 0.... 1,100 Kalkaska, Mich... l,ioo Medford, Wisl,2oo Bangor, Mich 1,100 Kentland, 1nd.... 1,000 Homer. Micb 1,100 Pmnington, Ind.. 1,100 Howard City,Mich 1,100 Manson, la 1,100 Leslie, Michl,loo:Vail, 1a... 1,000 Little Falls, Minn. l,ooo|Osage Mission,K’n 1,200 Perham, Minnl,oCo|Glendale, M’nt’na. 1,000 Monroe City. Mo.. 1,000 Athens, Tenn..... 1,100 Huntsville, M 0... 1,100 Hillsboro, Tex.... 1,200 Albany, Mo 1,000 Luling, Tex. 1,200 California, M 0.... I,loo,Dardanelle, Ark.. 1,000 Madison, 0 1,000 Russellville, Ark.. 1,000 New Richmond,©. I,ooo'Fort Davis, Tex... 1,000 Port. Clinton, 0... l.OOOiPort Tqwnsend, Morristown,Tenn. 1,200| Washingtonl,ooo

SMALL TALK.

Petroleum has been in the Punjab, Hindostan. A parson of Ottawa, Ont., resigned the other day because a brother clergyman united in marriage a man find his deceased wife's sister. Probably the wealthiest railroad conductor in America is employed on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road. He is said to be worth $50,000. « ?. A member of a Kentucky church ottered the Ladies’ Aid society $6 if its members would meet and make a quilt without saying a word. Two dozen of the ladles met at the parsonage and in two* hours the qui it was finished, but they all say .they would notdo such a thing again for SSO. A son of George Glaoe, while out hunting two miles below Selinsgrove, Pa., qt a place known as the “Narrows,” treed a squirrel, and, in enlarging the hole in order to secure the game, carte upon a hard substance which proved to be a silver watch. Cutting in deeper, he succeeded in taking out eleven of them. Some five years ago a jewelry store in Sunbury was lobbed of a lot of watches, and it Is supposed that this is part of the plunder.

A FIRE HORROR!

Burning of the Convent of the Immacnlaft Conception at Belleville, DI. Twenty-seven Persons Engulfed by Smoke and Roasted by Cruel Flames. [Belleville (Ill.) telegram.] The llvee of twenty-seven women were lost by the burning of the Immaculate Oon'oep tion Convent at this place. Many others were injured more or lees severely by jumping from the windows of the third or fourth story to the frozen ground beneath. If'ie not known exactly how the fire started. The first report was that it originated in the third story, which was used as a dormitory. An attempt was made by tbe Sisters to extinguish it, but without success. The latest and most probable theory is that it broke out near the boiler in tbe basement. When it was first discovered the floor above was ablaze and volumes of smoke were roll n? up and filling tbe stairways, balls, and corridors of the building. By the time tbe sleeping in- { mates were thoroughly aroused all avenues of escape seemed to be cut off bj» blinding smoke and flames. Then a panic ensced, attended by scenes so heartrending that even the imagination can scarely picture them. Forty or more of the pupils and teachers, in spite of the terror and wild confus on, succeeded in getting out of the building unharmed, and were given shelter from the icy wind in neighboring houses. Their companions were far less fortunate. Many remained in the dormitory, and, rendered helpless by fright, perished without making an attempt toescape. Others rushed to the windows, and, appilied at the prospect of leaping to an almost certain death, drew back and were either suffocated by tbe thick smoke or died in the flames. Some, braver than the rest, jumped from the upper windows and were either killed or badly injured. Miss Mary Campbell, a teacher, of East St. Louis, leaped from the third story and died in a few minutes. Another, whose name was not ascertained, climbed to the roof and either fell or was blown off. She was fatally injured. The fire spread w’th great rapidity, and the fire department was of little avail. The extreme cold retarded the work of the firemen, and even if they could have reached the scene without delay they could‘have been of but little service in rescuing tbe victims. There are no ladders in the fire department, and no provisions for such a deplorable emergency had been made bv the managers of the convent. The unfortunate inmates were, therefore, unable to help themselves, and those who were witnesses of the horrible holocaust were powerless to help them. The streets in the vicinity were thronged with people anxious to be of service. They could do nothing but stand and look on or listen in silence to the appeals of terror-stricken parents rushing frantically around looking for their children or wailing oyer their supposed loss. Within an hour from the) time the fire was discovered the famous Convent of the Immaculate Conception was reduced to ashes ana a few charred and broken walls. As soon as possible the work of recovering the remains of victims was begun. The firemen poured water on the ruins until daybreak, so as to quench the embers and preserve in recognizable shape the bodies of the unfortunate women. Then volunteers were called for, and during the day a large force of men were at work in the ruins. It was a terrible sight. At times the searchers would find two or three charred masses huddled together, seemingly seeking each other’s protection from the advancing fiames. Two bodies were found in the rear part of the building, burned into an unrecognizable mass, but the majority were found beneath where the dormitory was situated. They seemed to have sought shelter in this room when they recognized that escape was impossible. The flames beneath, eating away the supports, let down tho floor with those upon it into the seething vortex of fire and smoke. The pupil boarders and three Sisters slept on the fourth floor; on the third floor the remaining Sisters slept, and on the floor above the basement the orphans and halforphans slept. Those on this floor escaped. The following is a listof the killed, missing,, and injured, as far as is known: The dead identified: Sister Maduedo, Sister Angel'a, Sister Edwina, Mother Superior Mary Jerome, Mary Campbell, Lizzie isch, Susie Weimar, VirgieHeinzelman, Mary Manning, Mamie Pulse and Gertie Strunck. Missing: Agnes Scaling, Mary Scaling, Martha Mantell, Laura Thompson, Miss L. Simott, Lottie Pierson, Hilda Hammell, Mary Bien, Katie Urbana, Mary Bertels, Delphi Bchlernezauer. Josie Plouder, Mamie Bailey. Injured: Sister Monnesse, Sister Stylites, Sister Repartie, Sister Paschales, Sister Daisy Ebberman, Fanny Brurks, Agnes Schneider. The building and contents were valued atOther Blazes. Fires are reported for the week as follows: The court’house and jail at Jerseyville, Hi., four prisoners perishing in the flames, loss$20,000; an oil refinery at Cleveland, Ohio, loss $15,000; a hotel at Clintonville, Wis., loss $15,000; Shultz’s box factory and other property at Milwaukee, Wis., loss $15,000; halfdozen stores at Dalton, Ga., lose, $ 0,000; two mills at Scottdale, Pa., loss $22,000; a cotton warehouse at Atlanta, Ga., loss $210,000; a furniture factory and hotel at Hickman, Ky., loss $00,000; au office building at Peru, Ind., loss $20,000; Hyman & Simons’ grist mill, Wabash, Ind., loss $10,000; Sherman’s shovel factory, Middleboro, Mass., loss . $25,000; a furniture factory at Fairfield, lowa, loss $10,t06; two residences at Wheeling, W. Va., loss $15,000; several stores at Weatherford, Texas, loss $25,000; Tabor Opera house block, Denver, damaged $20,000; Brunson & Co., rubber belting, Chicago, loss $40,100; Dean’s tannery, Tecumseh, Mich., loss $15,000; the St. Nicholas hotel block, St. Louis, Mo., loss $200,000; a warehouse at Racine, Wis.,‘loss $15,000; Weingarth’s dry goods store and other property at Pinckneyville, 111., loss $10,000; a block of buildings at Avoca, N. Y., loss s_o,o<o; tho Academy of Music, Binghamton, N. Y., loss $12,0j0; Church's flour-mill, Union City, Pa., loss $25,000; the City grist-mill, Corry, Pa., loss $15,0v0; Muehe’s hardware s'o e, Dyersville, lowa, loss $15,000; several stores at Milan, Tenn., loss $20,000; a dairy warehouse near Watertown, Wis., loss $10,006; Marston’s flouring mill, Amboy, 111., loss $10,600; a fertilizing warehouse at Montreal, loss $30,000; a brick building at Louisville, Ky.. used for manufacturing purposes,loss $17,000; eight business houses at Carlinville, Mo., 1055525,000; $25,000; a block of ten stores on Fourth street, Bt. Louis, Mo., loss $5 0,003; several railway coaches at New Albany, Ind., loss $30,000; the Beaurivage French-flat building and a cracker bakery, ar. Chicago, loss $120.000; a church at Philadelphia, loss $10,(00; two small stores at Cincinnati, loss $10,o00; a. wagon-factory at Syracuse. N. Y., loss $40,000; mining property at Coketon, Pa., loss $30,000; five stores at La Granze, Ind., loss $30,000; a fiber factory at Parkersburg, W. Va., loss $40,000; the Convent of the Notre -Dame Sisters, Belleville, 111., loss $100,000; a theater and a church at Cleveland, Ohio, loss $200,000. y . . .=7 ■ =■ ■ A dozen cows and a lame horse feeding in a pasture near Glouoes er, Mass., Were attacked by a Newfoundland :dog. • The lameness or the horse left him at the mercy of thedog. The cows huddled together and seemed to consult. They thdn advanced sh a body and covered the retreat of the horse, keeping their heads lowered and their horns presented to the dog until ft gave tip in pubsult \ I A belonging to H. G. Heidt, of Columbia, 8. C., jumped upon a ehelf where its master's revolver lay, and began playing with it. The revolver was discharged, killing the crow. Mrs. Achsa Bvbton, of Croydon, N. H-, has just celebrated her 93th birthday.