Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1887 — Page 2

®{)e IcmocraticSentiiif i RENSSELAER, INDIANA. W. McEWEN, ... Publisher

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. Samuel F. Besse was hanged at Plymouth, Maes., for murdering Richard N. Lawton, of Westport, Dec. 23, 188-5. Only the •witnesses specified by law were admitted to the jail-yard, and the hour of the execution was kept secret, and the crowd which usually assembles at hangings did not gather at the jaiL Wesley Greer, of Cannonsburg, Pa., has been awarded damages of $0,902 for the destruction of his house by the escape of natural gas from the company’s pipes 122 feet distant.'* The funeral of Henry Ward Beecher, at Greenwood Cemetery, New York, was attended by an immense concourse of the deceased’s friends and parishioners. Mrs. Beecher and the other relatives took an affecting farewell of the remains at Plymouth Church. The prayer of Pastor Halliday at the grave was of an unusually touching description. The will of Mr. Beecher bequeaths liis life-insurance policy to his widow, the sum to be invested and paid to her in quarterly payments. Tho remainder of his estate is left to his children. Fears are entertained that Mrs. Beecher will not long survive her husband. Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, the sculptor, made a very satisfactory cast of the great preacher’s face. The State of New Hampshire last year paid $193 for grasshopper bounties and SB2O on bears. Burnett Tiffany, whose secret marriage to Bertha Peirson created so much gossip in New York, has sailed for Havre, and tho understanding is that he has left his two weeks’ bride never to return to her. He was prompted by his parents, it is said, in taking the step, and the young brido languishes in the back room of a third-story tenement without any visible means of support. The funeral of Mrs. Neebe, wife of one of the condemned anarchists, was made tho oocasion at Chicago of a formidable demonstration by the followers of the red flag. Addresses were mado by George Schilling and Paul Grottkau, the latter denouncing tho authorities for indirectly causing Mrs. Neobe’s death. Tho Paris commune was eulogized at length and its leaders treated as the pioneers of a great and good cause.

WESTERN.

If that savage which Lord Macaulay prophesied would one day wander among tho ruins of London over comes to America wo are willing to wagor that he will bo regaled by a “Black Crook” show, says the Chicago Daily News. The performance of that perennial spectacle will always be associated by tho presont generation with tho name of luralfy, for those enterprising managers are the only entrepreneurs who devote their whole attention to this style of entertainment, and they have found no play so successful as the old stand-by “The Black Crook.” For the next two weeks at McVicker’s Theater, a new company under their management will give the play another hearing, doubtless with the same result Over two hundred persons engaged in a fox-hunt uear Jacksonville, 111., and kiliel three foxoi as their reward. Nearly nine hundred fruit-cars, awaiting loads of oranges, are lying at the chief shipping points in Southern California. C. E. Bresler, of Detroit, forwarded & Michigan raccoon mat of unique design for presentation to tho Emperor of Germany on his ninetieth birthday. Colonel Worden, an agent of the General Land Office, has forced several lumber companies in Michigan to pay for cutting Government timber. The grand jury at Morris, 111., returned a joint indictment against both Schwartz and Watt l’or the murder of Kellogg Nichols, tho Rock Island express messenger. Henry F. Gillig, manager of the American exchange in Europe, followed Liwrence Barrett to Grand Rapids, Mich., and attached his properties and $1,530 in the box office on a claim for $12,592 advanced in England. Mr. Barrett gave bonds to produce tho property when wanted

SOUTHERN.

An assignment was made by the tobacco firm of Wall, Smith & Co., of Louisville, on account of advances mado upon crops. Their assets are estimated at SIIO,OOO, and they owe $75,000 to city banks. In Lawrence Cpunty, Ky„, Samuel Smith, aged 10, who had some difficulty with a neighbor named Stephen Hammoud, armed himself with a revolver, and, entering Hammond’s liouso, shot him dead. Hammond’s wife and children, a boy and girl, attacked the murderer, but he soon fatally wounded Mrs. Hammond, and as the children tried to escapo felled them both with balls. Thinking he had killed the entire family he fled to the mountains and has not yet been caught Mrs. Hammand will die and the children may recover. Money sent by John Brown, Jr., for the earthquake sufferers at Charleston was turned over to the Confederate home, with tho approval of the donor. William Jackson was tried for murder at Falmouth, Ky., aud sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. A mob raided the jail, took Jackson out, and hanged him to a tree. Henry Artis, who brutally murdered his stepdaughter at Goldsboro, N. C., by braining her with an ax, has paid the penalty of his crime on the gallows. He made a full confession of his guilt, and said he was sorry he had committed the crime. The execution was intended to have been a private one, but it was witnessed by a very large

crowd who gathered on the outside of the jail walls, which are very low, and from which a fine view of the hanging could be had. Fire destroyed the Commercial Preßß at New Orleans, with a large amount of cotton, the total loss being $150,000,'

WASHINGTON.

The footings of the appropriation bills passed at the last session of Congress are as follows: Agricultural, $1,028,130; army, $23,724,718; diplomatic and consular, $1,429,942; District of Columb a, $4,205,899; Indian, $5,226,897; legislative, $20,701,221; military academy, $419,936; navy, #25,753,165; pensions, $76,252,500; postoffice, $55,694,650; sundry civil, $22,382,490; Mexican pensions, deficiency, $6,900,000; public printing, deficiency, $107,000; miscellaneous (estimated), s3,soo,ooo—total, $247,387,144 The river and harbor bill, which was not signed, appropriated $9,913,800, and the deficiency, which did not pass, carried an appropriation of $4,275,023. D. L. Pringle, of South Carolina, now Consul General at Guatemala, will be transferred to a similar position at Constantinople. C. H. J. Taylor, a colored Democratic lawyer of Wyandotte, Kansas, is likely to be appointed Minister to Liberia. He has had an interview with President Cleveland. In the opinion of Senator Allison of lowa an extra session of Congreis will b.j necessary not later than October to grapple with tho surplus problem. Work on the naval vessels Chicago, Atlanta and Boston was suspended pending a decision as to whether or not they can be completed siuco Congress failed to make a specific appropriation. Minister Manning will be permitted to resign at an early date. It is probable that the vacancy w.ll be filled by the promotion of the Secretary of the Logation, Thomas B. Connery.

POLITICAL.

A Washington correspondent telegraphs to the West the following President al talk: The gossip in political quarters turns upon the possibilities of the “t-herman boom." His trip to the South is conceded to be for the purpose of giving the boom a chance to develop quickly under tho influence of tho warm Southern sun. Messrs. Malione and John D. Wise express the opinion that John Shennan can carry the State of Virginia, both at the nominating convention and afterward ut its electoral vote. The Ohio chieftain himself publicly expresses the opinion that the Solid South may bo divided ill the next Presidential contest. His friends say that during this trip he will throw himself among the Southern peoplo nnd ills el the erroneous impression that ho has no warmth in his composition. They expect him to thaw out in the South and gain much in popularity. They confidently expect that he will got the’ support of the delegates of several of tho Southern Stiitus in the convention. The Blaine men say that they nre not afraid of Mr. Sherman. Representative Brady, who was Malioiie’s first lieutenant for so long, and who has been a Republican leader in Virginia longer than has Malione, does not agree with him tuat tho State can be earned by the “Ohio man." Blnine, he says, can carry Virginia against anyone the Democrats can put up. There is an enthusiasm aroused at tne mention of his name. Not so, lie says, with Sherman. He could not carry the State. Anyone who says he can does not know the Southern people. Mr. Blaine’s friends sav that he is not pushing himsolf to the front, but that ho is there and is going to stay. Whatever work others may do meanwhile,’ they say, it will be found at the convention that tho Plumed Knight will be head and shoulders above everybody else. The Indiana Supreme Court Las denied Senator Green Smith’s petition for a rehearing in the Lieutenant Governorship case, holding that the Legislature only can settle that question. The Nebraska House defeated the bill for submitting a prohibitory amendment to tho poople—yeas, 49; nays, 42—lacking the necessary two-thirds majority. The Wisconsin House passed an act providing that persons involved in boycotting schemes shall bo imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not exceoding $503. Speaker Carlisle was the chief guest and the orator of the occasion at a dinner given in Boston by tho Bay Stato Club, tho most important Democratic organization in New England.

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

The strike of the freight men on the Pittsburg Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Road is a failure. Milwaukee dispatch: “The strike of tho printers in this city is at an end, the Typographical Union having allowed its members to procure work wherever they can get it The blow is a heavy one to the union, and it is doubtful if it can hold together under the strain. ” One hundred and sixty men were discharged from tho Wagner Palace Car shops at East Buffalo, on an order from New York City. Rumors prevail that the large nail mill at Bay View, Wis., will bo changed into a stoel mill for the manufacture of merchant steel. Six hundred men who struck for a 10 per cent, advanco in pay at the American Wire Works in Cleveland wore paid off aud discharged. The French steamer Cheribon landed at Castle Garden, New York, 1,191 Italian laborers. They were sent by agents in Naples, who have been negotiating with several railroad and steamship companies to furnish them with laborers to replace the strikers on tho dock 8. One hundred colored persons were taken to Peoria, 111., to take the place of striking miners, and considerable excitement was the result The now men claim that they are able to defend themselves aud will go to work despit) the threats of violence. The workingmen in Rochester, N. Y., have determined to demand nine hours as a day’s work, and if it is not granted to strike.

RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE.

Articles of reincorporation of the Wabash Railroad under the name of the Wabash Western Railway have been filed at Jefferson City, Mo. The capital stock is $30,0dd,000. The Directors of the St. Paul Boad have • declared dividends of and per cent on the common and preferred stocks. «

The gross earnings for the past year were $24,718,403, and the net surplus $1,030,000. Stock in a new organization called the Indianapolis and tit Louis Kailwav, worth $1,000,000, is offered at Mattooo, liL, at 10 cents on the dollar. A New York dispatch states that the negotiations between President Garrett, and the Richmond Terminal Company have fallen through and the deal is off; that a new proposition is now being considered by Mr. Garrett, and negotiations are now on foot for the transfer of the control of the Baltimore and Ohio to a syndicate of private bankers. The Beading Boad has decided to abandon the Schuylkill Canal route to Philadelphia, on which it used 340 boats. It is rumored in San Francisco that Senator Fair lia* sold to the Southern Pacific Company, for $0,000,009, the Santa Cruz steam road aud the Oakland cable system. About $500,000 was paid by a New York house, possibly in behalf of the St Paul Road, for twenty-five miles of track and the franchises of the Joliet Aurora aud Northern Railway.

MISCELLANEOUS. The Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company, while reporting a balance of $6,778,840, decided to declare no dividend, but to issue stock to the amount of $1,200,00.) to redeem scrip. Thtt following sensational story about the future King of Engiand is telegraphed from Ottawa, C anada: On tho arrival of the Prince of Wales in Canada early in the ’U s, while visiting Montreal he met and became enamored of a young la ly whose home was upon the classic side of Mount ltoyal. At every place the Prince was invited the young lady would also be found, and toward the close of his highness’ stay in this country rumor coupled their names together in a way which boded no good to tho young lady. A week rolled by, and then liis highness was about to sail, when ho was informed that he must make some provision for her. This he did for tho time being, and left for home. A few months jiassed and a little boy came upon the scene, and tho mother determined to go to England and seek reparation. A settlement was made whereby the sum of $10,0(10 was to be yearly paid to the lady for her support, and upon tho majority of the child the further sum of 525,000 was to be set aside for his sole benefit and use Two years ago the boy came of age, but the payment of the $25,000 was not made.. Suit to recover it has just been entered in the English court against His Royal Highness. The writ is returnable in May. James B. Eads, the constructor of the St Louis bridge and the Mississippi jetties, died at Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, in his sixty-seventh year. From a biographical sketch before us we learn that— Mr. Eads was born in Lawrouceburg, lad., May vs, 1629, aud his early education was acquired iu the schools of Liuisvillo and Cincinnati. Before he had succeeded in mastering the rudimeuts, however, his father experienced reverses wnich necessitated the boy’s withdrawal from school, to which ho never returned. At a very early age Jho developed a taste for mechanics aud a fondness for experimenting with machinery, which afterwards became the ruling passion of his life. In September, 1813, when only U years old, he airived in St. Louis. The Bteumboat on which his father with his family had embarked to seek a home farther West hkd burned, and the family was destitute. Youug Eads sold apples ou the streets to contribute something to tho support of himself. In 18 12 he entered into partnership with Case & Nelson, boat-builders, for the purpose of recovering steamboats and cargoes which had been wrecked, aud the firm prospered amaxiugly. 1n13.5-’jo ho submitted to Congress a proposition to koep the Western rivers open for a term of years by removing all obstructions and keeping tho cnannels free. The bill embodying his proposal passed the House, but was defeated in tha Senate. He retired from active business in 1857 on account of ill-health. During the war Mr. Eads received the contract for building the first seven vessels of tue Mississippi gunboat flotilla. Erom the close of the war to the time of construction of the great sit. Louis bridge Mr. Eads was engaged in no great public works Upon that bridge his fame as an engineer was firmly established. The bridge project was first conceived in 1839. Various sites were selected for the bridge, and the project mot with varying fortunes until Mr. l.uda beg m to take an active interest in it in 1837. In that year he was elected Engineer-in-chief of tho company then formed. He at once secured the services of Colonel Henry El.id anl proceeded to develop plans which were subsequently followed when bridge was constructed. It was completed and opened In 1811. In 18i5 Mr. Eads bogan tho construction of a system of iotties for increasing tho depth of tho water at tho mouth of the Mississippi under contract with the Government. His plans wuen proposed were scouted at first by prominent engineers, but proved eminently successful. His last great projoct was the Tehuantepeo Ship Canal. General McClellan’s papers show that on the eve of the failure of Grant & Ward he and General Grant had arranged to take control of the Nicaragua canal project.

FOREIGN.

M. De Lesseps has arrived in Berlin, it is stated, for the purpose of securing Germany’s assistance in neutralizing the Suez Canal. A cablegram from Paris announces the marriage of Christine Nilsson to Count Miranda. In the arsenal at Belfast, France, two persons were killed and ten injured by an explosion of melinite. The Egyptian Minister of the Interior has resigned on account of scandalous real-estate transactions. On account of the difficulty of forming a new cabinet, the King of Italy refuses to accept the resignations of the present Ministers, who are promised a formal vote of approval by the Chamber. Mr. "Wilkinson, correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, was arrested at Cracow as a Russian spy, and imprisoned for twelve hours. The French Chamber of Deputies has approved of the bill to imp. se a duty of 5 francs per lalo on whegt imported. It is reported that the Russian Government lias invited the Powers to join in a proteit to the Bulgarian Reg-nts agains; the crue ties practiced on the insurgent prisoners. It is asserted by tlfe London Telegraph that the Russian Government has certain British naval designs that were sold by Terry, the draughtsman recently discharged from the Chatham yard. The septenate bill passed the German Reichstag without debato by a vote of 227 to 31. Eighty-four members abstained from voting. The announcement of tho passage of the bill was received with applause. AU the Conservatives and National Liberals and a few Oenterists voted with the majority. The minority was composed of new German Liberals, Socialists, and Alsatians. V

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Eben F. Pillsbttry, a well known New England Democratic politician, died last week in Boston. Martin Y. B. Smith, a New York leather merchant, has failed, with preferences amounting to $122,193. Commissioners appointed by the Masonic Grand Lodge of New York have expelled nine objectionable characters from Prudence Lodge, among them being Jere Dunn and Tom Gould. A rich vein of gold-bearing quartz is said to have been discovered near Atlanta, Ga. In the suit brought against the Customs Collector at Chicago by the importers of two hundred bags of potato starch, Judge Blodgett decided that the article could not be classed as farina, but must pay duty. Nathan Falk, a traveling salesman, charged with stealing 3,000 cigars, threw himself over a baluster in the Chamber of Commerce, at Denver, Colo., and falling seventy foet, was fatally injured. The failure of George S. Crawford, a Cincinnati lumberman, for SIIO,OOO, caused the collapse of the Boyd Manufacturing Company, which owes $250,000, and of S. W. & G. Boyd, with large liabilities. Creditors not preferred are likely to fare badly. The effort to procure the withdrawal of the Prohibition ticket in Michigan is a failure. The law extending the free-delivery system will not go into effect practically until July 1, as no appropriation is available until that time. The Missouri Pacific Road reports for 1886 gross earnings of $15,682,711, and a net income of $8,374,124. George J. Gould was chosen acting President. The Beading Boad has granted an iner. aso of 8 to 15 per cent, in the wagos of its employes at Philadelphia. Cable dispatches announce the failure of an attempt to kitl both the Czar aadthe Czarina with dynamite bombs, It is said that a well-organized plot has been discovered in ltu. s a to overthrow the Czar’s government and to 0.-.tabliah a limited constitutional government The plot has no connection with nihilism, its promoters being large laud-own-ers aud traders. News has been received from Emin Bey to the effect that in November last he was making desperate but ineffectual efforts to break away from his savage surroundings. The Prussian Minister to the Vatican suggests that tho Pope convene a European congress to settle the Eastern and Egyptian questions.

She Saw Snakes.

One cold day John Simons, of Holiday, Pa., threw on to his fire-place for a back log a large unsplit oak stick. f i he p ece had laid for a long time on the wood pile, but with the exception of a small hole in a decayed knot on one side of the stick, it was to a 1 appearances perfectly sound. Simons and his wife sat in front of the fireplace, and soon after the sti k had been thrown on, Mrs. Simons startled her husband with a loud scream and jumped quickly on a chair, pointing excitedly at the back log. Simons looked, and to his astonishment saw a snake coming out of a hole in the knot, which was on the upper side of the stick. The log had not begun to bla e up, and the snake made its escape uninjured into the room and squirmed across it to a corner, where it coiled itself up. It was quickly followed by two other snakes, which also got away from their imperiled wintering place in safety. They were all rattlesnakes of good size, and the heat had warmed them into all their normal liveliness and activity. Simons killed the three snakes with a pair of tongs. They had twenty-one rattles among them.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $4.50 @ 5.75 Hogs 5.75 @ e. 25 Wheat—No. 1 White <4 .93);, No. 2 Red 91 @ .92 Corn—No, 2 49 @ .50 Oats—White 37 © .42 Pork—New Mess 15.25 @16.00 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 @ 5,50 Good Shipping 4.25 @ 4.75 Common 3.50 @ 4.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades. 5.50 © 6.25 Flour—Extra Spring 4.25 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring .77)4 «f .78)4 Corn—No. 2 37 .38) 2 Oats—No. 2 .28 @ .29 Butter—Choice Creamery 29 @ .31 Fine Dairv 23 © .25 Cheese—Full Cream Cheddar.. .12%® .1254 Full Cream, new 13% ® .13% Eggs—Fresh 14 @ .is Potatoes—Choice, per bu 55 (d) .65 Pork—Mess 20.00 @20.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 73 @ .77% Corn—No. 3 39 @ .49" Oats—No. 2 White 32% ,<* .33 % Rye—No. 1 se' .58 * Pork—Mess 19.75 ©20.25 TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash 82 @ .83 Corn—Cash 39 @ .40 Oats—No. 2.... ; 30 @ .30)4 DETROIT. Beef Cattle 4.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.75 © 5.25 Sheep s>o o @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 1 White 82)4 ® .83)4 Corn—No. 2. 40 @ .41 “ Oats—White 32 @ .33 „ r ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 79 @ ,80 Corn—Mixed.. 1. ,36 @ .37 Oats—Mixed @ lork—Mess 18.25 @18,75 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 84%@ .85 Corn—No. 2 39%@ .40% Oats—No. 2. 29%® .30)4 Pork—Mess 18 00 @18.50 Live Hogs 5.50 @6.25 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 91)4@ .92)4 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 45%® .46)4 Cattle 4.50 *@ 5.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 @ 5.25 Hogs....* 5.25 @6.25 Sheep e.. 300 ©14.75 Wheat-j-So. 2 Red 83 @ .63% Corn—No. 2 37 @ .38 Oats 28 @ .28)4 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best.. , 4.75 @'6.25 Fair 4.50 @ 5.00 Common 3.75 @ 4.25 Hogs 6.00 @ 6.50 SheAp 4.75 @5.75

SCORES OF VICTIMS.

Six Cars Crowded with People Plunge Through aViaduct in Boston. Flaws in the Iron-Work the Cause of the Appalling Catastrophe. Thirty Killed, Eight Mortally Wounded, and Upward of a Hundred Injured. [Boston special.! An accident which equals, if it does not surpass in number of dead and wounded, the recent horrible railroad disaster near Hartford, Vt., occurred Monday morning in the suburbs of Boston, on the Boston & Providence Railroad. As the Dedham branch train, which leaves Dedham at 7 .-05 a. m. and is due at Boston at 7:40 a. m„ was passing over the Bußsev Park bridge, which crosses South street between Forest Hill and Roslindale, about a mile from Jamaica Plain, the structure gave way and six cars, heavily laden with human beings, plunged thirty feet to the roadway beneath. Three of the nine curs which composed the train remained on the embankment, having crossed the bridge in safety, but they were wrenched from the rails and nearly demolished. The train was one of the largest and heaviest on the morning list, and, as usual, it was heavily loaded with people going to their work in the city. It is a wonder that any escaped alive, and, as it is, tho names of the dead will number at least twenty-five, and perhaps more. It is impossible to obtain an absolutely correct account of the number injured, hut it will reach 114 or more. Of these at least nine are fatally and twenty-five quite badly hurt, and the remainder received only slight bruises. Some of the injured were at once conveyed to their homes, others were taken to hospitals, while others still found temporary shelter in the residences in the immediate neighborhood. Some of the dead—a majority of them, m fact —were brought to the city hospital morgue, but there were others taken to the depots of Roslindale, Forest Hill, and Canterbury. v onductcr Tilden was in the third car, which remained on top of the embankment, and on the ground directly underneath where he was standing when killed is a pool of blood, while half of tho debris of that coach is spattered with blood. That the horror of fire was not added to the terrible disaster was due to the promptness with which relief was sent. The chemical engine from Roslindale was at the scene within twenty minutes after the wreck occurred, brought by a letter-carrier who gave an alarm of fire upon observing flames issuing from the debris. The flames were soon extinguished, and the firemen then did excellent work in rescuing the injured. The stoves in all the cars were securely fastened to the floors by iron bolts and the doors of the stoves were locked In only one car did the stoves upset, although in one instance a stove was smashed clear through the roof of the car. Tho scene directly after the accident was heartrending. Tho shrieks of the injured were so loud that they were heard in the residences in the vicinity. The bodies of the killed were ho.ribly mangled, in some instances their heads being entirely severed from their bodies, and many of tho bodies were crushed almost beyond recognition. In one place seven bodies taken out of the wreck weve placed in a row. Rescue <>i the Wounded. The engine remained on the track and the engineer, not stop]) ng to learn the extent of the disaster, proceeded to Forest Hill station, whence he sent an alarm by telephone to the city. In a short time a corps of rescuers and surgeons from the city were at the scene. The only person known to have been an eyewitness of tne disaster who was not on the train was J. H. Lennon, a. fish dealer, whose stable# was on tha hill just above the brldee. Lennon was honxr-stricken when he saw the train take its awful plunge through the bridge. For a moment, Lennon sayß, there was perfect quiet, and then the cries of tho injured were heard issuing from the debris. Seizing an ax from the barn Lennon started for the wreck, which he reached in a moment. He climbed into the window of one of the coaches and set to work to release those persons who had been pinned down by the nroktn timbers. Lennon with his ax released four meu who were badly hurt and handed them out of tho window to other men who had come to the rescue. He also handed out the dead bodies of two women, one of whom was nearly decapitated and had both arms severed from her body. During all this time, Lennon says, the shrieks of the wounded and the groans of the dying made a pandemonium around him teat was nothing short of horrible. In the meantime passengers from tho coaches who had remained on to,> of the embankment, a d who had escaped serious injury, had joined in the work of rescue. As the dead were removed they were laid in rows on the stone wall, while the wounded were laid on cushions, which were hastily gathered together. Arrangements were instantly made for the disposal of both the ki led and injured. Ambulances and hacks had been sent from the city within half an hour after the disaster had occurred, and as these conveyances reached the scene they were at once started back to the city, laden with dead. A large number of the injured were taken to residences in the vicinity to be cared for, while others were sent to the depots at Forest Hill and Roslindale. Scene of the Wreck. The wreck as it lies makes a more appalling ruin than that of any recent disaster. At Deerfield, White River Junction, and other scenes of horror fire wiped out all the ruins that were not indestructible, but not so this time. There lies the great trough nearly filled with tom, twisted, crushed, and splintered railroad property. An adequate description of the shapeless mass is simply impossible. Of tho nine cars which formed the train six are in the cut. The first—No. 520 —lies minus its trucks near the track, about four hundred feet from the nearest bridge abutment. It was the rear truck of this car that went wrong first, but the occupants were not hurt, being only shaken up. Just back of this car is No. 18, the second car of the train. The car was swept from its trucks and its rear was crushed in by the car following. Car No 26, the third one of the train, is on tho embankment, badly demoralized, but retains its general shape. The passengers in this car were badly shaken up, but there were no serious casualties among them. This car lies partly cn its side about 100 feet from the chasm. Next came car No. 87. It is doubtful if any one escaped from this car alive. The bridge entirely gave way before It reached the inward site, but the momentum of the train and the strength of the couplings carried it nearly over the chasm. It dropped jmt before it reached the abutment and the body of the car dashed against the solid stone wall. The force of the shock shot the roof forwa d so that it cleared the chasm and slid along the rails itself full length. The body of the car was literally ground to pieces, and the bits of wood, iron, and human bodies were strewn on the road beneath, forming the foundation of the wreck. Those who examined the wreck could find no distinct trace in the ruins of this car which could be identified. The only proof that it had existed was the fact that there were plainly nine car roofs at different points, and it followed, of coarse, that nine cars had been wrecked, though it was possible to trace but eight. The cars which lie in the chasm form a pile of wreckage 400 feet long by 100 feet wide. Th© road beneath crosses at such a sharp angle that all the cars were diverted on striking the opposite abutment into a general position parallel with the sireet and the abutments. Most of tho casualties were in cars 87, 80, and 54, respectively, the fourth, fifth, and sixth on the train, and the first, second, aud third of those which went into the chasm. Car No. 54 lies in a heap of splinters, with side and roof broken in. The stovo did not break its fastenings, but was broken above the grate. The fire, however, was extinguished. Car No. 80 lies parallel to car 5, unroofed, and with every seat gone. Several of the killed and •founded persons were taken from this car. Tho stove of this car remained firmly fixed and no fire escaped. Car 81 is partially demolished, while No. 82 lies almost intact upon the ruins. Many persons were injured in these cars and but. few were killed. Back of them is the upturned wreck of the smoker, only a corner of which remains. The car whirled upside down as it half fell from the embankment. Scarcely any of its occupants escaped injury, and Policeman Bailor and one or two others were killed.