Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY OUFOBER 15, 1SST.

THE SLAUGHTER AT KOUTS

Coroner Lcthennan Finallv Returns a Verdict as to Monday Right's Disaster. The Company and Trainmen Severely Cen sured, and Responsibility Located Grand Jury Summoned for an Investigation. Valparaiso, Oct 11 Dr. A. P. Letberman, coroner of Porter county, ha returned from tha Inouest of the disaster at Kouts, on the Chicago &. Atlantic railway. The coroner's notes show tbe true version of the accident, according to crews on the trains: Train No. 12 left Chicago on time Monday reniug, Oct. 10. Frederick Zeppen field, the passenger engine fireman, testified that they stopped lor water. but did not get ouite close en ouch to the tank. The engine was disabled, and bad to be "ninebed nV' (Removed from the dead center by a crowbar.) The forw Ard brakeman threw the sernapbore. Then th engineer railed him to help the fireman "pinch" the engine. "While we were at this i heard a train whistle. I said to the engineer there was a freight coming. I looked tack, and saw the brakeman going west witn a rod and a white light. 1 heard the freight again whistle down brake. It was then about thirty or forty car lengths from us. We kept 'pinch ing' at the engine as long as we dared, and then got out of the way. 1 saw the rear brakeman of our train raise the red light. The freight struck the sleeper, and pushed tbe train ahead. The bind and front end of the sleeper was hurt. but not much of it in the middle. We helped the passengers all we could. We had an order at Boone Grove, to let No. 5G, a Wabash passengfer. run around us. li. Connor, the engineer of the passenger ttain, testified that they reached the State Ditch about tuidnight, and stopped for water. They had not been there more than three minutes before the other train struck them. "I saw tbe head brakeman throw the semaphore. It was a minute ana a half or two after the semaphore was turned until the train struck us. Tbere is a down grade from the west there. We brote an eccentric strap at Hulbert Station, and were tiring but one side of my engine. We were de tained by orders meeting No. 5 at Hammond nhout thirty fire minutes. We were detained at Iluitiert by the breaking of the engine about fifty-five minutes. At Boone Grove we got ciders to let 50 pass us. We let her pass. That delayed u thirty-one minutes. When we leave a station we have no written order to start. The train-dispatcher tells us to go. Our train had the rights of the road. Tbe freieht struck the sleeper and pushed the train. It crashed the ladies' car, smoker and baggage car." John Dorsey, the freight engineer, testified: "I was fifty-five minutes late at Boone Grove. lied orders from Hammond to run train 48 and carry signals for an extra. Had notice at Crown Point that train 12 (the passenger) was at Hub belt's and to apnroach Ilnributs carefully. Did not stop at Hurlbuts. The operator there gave sigual 'all right.' The weather was clear at Bonne Grove. I saw the operator there, and he gave no signal. I saw tbe white signal clear at Boone Grove. In half a mil I got into tbe fog again. I was not using full steam. I got un easy before we got to the water tank. Although I was not to take water there. I chut off the engine and gave a long whistle and called for brakes. I was going down grade. I did not see the semaphore until I got nearly under it, and ' then I saw it was nearly red. I could not see it before for tbe fog. I reversed the engine and sailed again for brakes. I met the : flagman of train 12 between tha tank and the semaphore. I jumped about three lengths from the passenger train. It is down grade from Boone Grove to tbe tank. There is a small raise in it." J. B. Park, passenger conductor, testified the train was r.early two hours late. Lost thirty minutes at Hammond, waiting on No. 5. Be tween Hurlbut and Boodo Grove tbe eccentric strap broke and fifty-live minutes were lost. Thirty-one minutes were lost at Boone Grove, to let the Wabash train pass. We left Boone Grove at 11:47 p. sr., and stopped for water four miles east of Boone Grove; we were there about three minutes when tbe freight strnck us. The wreck took fire at once We got about eighteen passengers out; nine were caught in the wreck and burned. I bad twenty-seven passengers I am positive. Seventeen continued on to lluntington; one was left at Kouts. The cars took fire immediately and blazed right np. The sem aphore was tnrned when we stopped. 1 did not know tbere was a train coming. The semaphore is 1,500 feet west of the water-tank. Our train was about 300 feet long. When we stopped the brakeman ran back with the signal. I saw the semaphore showed a red light." The freight conductor testified that his engine had no sand and came near stalling at Griffith. The passenger cars were also ablaze when he got to them. Went through Boone Grove at or dinary speed. Did not learn at Hurl out's how long the patsenger had been gone. The railroad officials gave the coroner all the information possible. The announcement that the coroner had reached a verdict was a surprise to him. He has only decided that there were nine deaths. Aftor returning here, in conversation, he stated that the freight crew started down grade and took it for granted that the passenger had got out of the way, although they did not know it. There was a thick fog. His idea of the whole trouble was that the engine was crippled and the fast freight crew was supposed to look out until they got to Kouts. The freight was running too fast for safety, although not any faster than it was allowed to. The coroner rendered the following verdict: "On the 11th dav of October, 1887. informa tion was gives to me that toe dead bodies of a number of persons lay in Porter township, Por ter county, Indiaua, supposed to have come to their death by violence and casualty, and, to ascertain so far as possible the cause and circumstances of said death, witnesses were called and sworn and their material evidence reduced to writing, signed by mytelf and filed in the slerk's office of said county, whereupon I find decedents t be, as far as I know, as follows: Dr. Wm. Perry, wife and daughter, a family mpposed to be Millers, four in number, and one unknown man, not burned, supposed to be from Dundee, 111., and one unknown person, who same to their death by reason of injuries caused by the fast freight train No. 48 of the Chicago & Atlantic Hailway Company running into and crushing passenger train No. 12 of paid road, at the State Ditch water-tank, Porter sounty. Indiana, at or about midnight of Monday, Oct. 10, 1887, said accident being the result of the negligence of the train-dispatcher of the said road in permitting passenger train No. 12 to attempt to run with a disabled engine, knowing that a fast freight train. No. 43. was but a few minutes behind it; and by the negligence or carelessness of ngineer Dorsey, of freight train No. 43, running his engine at a high rate of speed through the fog, knowing that passenger train No. 12 was but a short distance in advance of his train with a disabled engine; the verdict being in accordance with the facts: That death resulted from carelessness or negligence on the part of the train-dispatcher and the engineer of the fast freight No. 48, and censuring the company tor allowing a crippled engine pulling a passenger train to be on the road a few minutes in advance of a fast freight, and by tbe negligence of engineer Dorsey in not providing nis engine with sand, and bis recklessness in running a such a rate of speed through the fog." . Tlie Grand Jury Summoned. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 14. Judge Field, of the Circuit Court, has issued a summons to the rrand jury to convene next Monday, and charges iberu with a thorough investigation of the Kouts jisaster. The prosecuting attorney stated tonight that no pains would be spared to bring the tuilty parties to justice. The latest reports from the boy Miller state that he is improving. Serious Charge Against Cltizeos of Kouts. New lorlc Special. C. II. Murray, of Denver, Col., a passenger on ma train wrocxea at uouta station, ind.. Ar rived in this city to day, and told a World reported bis experiences at the catastrophe. He lays the peoplo of the village acted without the least humanity. The living and the injured, he lays, were put upon the express car, which had not been damaged, and were at once carried down to Kouts. "I have never before sesn, and hope never again to see such an exhibition of brutal indifference as was given by the people it that town. The depot was so small as to be 3t no uso, so we all went to the principal hotel in town in search of aid and shelter. The proprietor told us be wasn't going to have his house dirtied up, and slammed the door in our faces. We had one badiy hurt woman with us, who needed immediate assistance, but he took no notice of her. At another hotel, kept by George Miller, we mot with the very reverse of this treatment. We were all taken in, our wants provided for, and Miller and his family worked steadily until morning to aid us. They refused to accept aorthing for their services. In the meantime the town had been arroused and everybody was up, but not one of the inhabitants came near or lent a hand. The next morning at 7 o'clock we left on a special train. I think the company was to blame for the accident. Our train broke down two hours before midnight, and instead of being put on a side track for repairs it traveled on, loosing time every minute.

The freieht train had run three miles in a

straight line on a down grade before it hit us. and I think it must have been going at a reck less rate of speed." Train Wrecked and Engineer Killed. Special to tha Indlanario'U Journal. Cbawfordsville, Oct. 14. Last night, about 7 o'clock, the work train on the T., St L. & K C (formerly the narrow-gauge), was wrecked one mile west of Linden, the accident being caused bv a cow. The engine wens down an embankment, and the engineer was fatally in jured. Tbe fireman jumped from the engine and escaped. The engineer was taken to Linden and died in three hours. The engineer's name isChas. Strickland and his home is at Mattooc, 111. His father is an engineer on the L & bt u. The entire train was wrecked and tha track torn up for half a mile. - AX ALARMING REPORT. Communication with Charleston, S. C, Cat Off in a Very Mysterious Manner. Washington-, Oct. 15. All the telegraph wires leading into Charleston, S. C, were inter rupted suddenly at 12:25 A. m., and have re mained so up to this writing (1:30 A. si.) No earthquake symptoms have developed at Au gusta or Savannah, which are the nearest points to Charleston with which communication is open. Trainmen who arrived at August from Charleston to-night report a high wind blowing at Charleston this afternoon, with indications of a cyclone, but telegraphic communication with Charleston was open for some hours after these men must have left that city. They also report a large fire raging at Magnolia, a suburb of Charleston, 2 a. m. Telegraphic communication with Summervillw, twenty miles from Charleston, is open, but the telegraphers have no explanation to offer for the sudden interruption of the Charleston wires. They report no atmosphericor terrestrial disturbance. 2:15 a. M. The telegraph operators at Augusta. Ua., nave been receiving Associated Press dis patches from Washington without interruption all night. Thev cannot explain the Charleston interruption. No earthquake shocks have been experienced at Augusta. What Is Known at New York. New York, Oct 13 1:30 a. m. The facts in relation to the interruption of telegraphic com munications with Charleston, S. C, as far as they are3 known here now, are that (Au gusta, Ga., found that communication naa Dee a suspended, and the manager of tha office telegraphed to tha manager at Washington, asking him to communicata the fact to Charleston and Savannan, Ua., at abont tbe same time, made a similar call on the same office .The Washing ton office than endeavored to comply with the request, but found that their communication. also, was cut off. It happened that there was no seed of a wire to Charleston from New York to-night, and. consequently, none was made up. ice night manager is now endeavoring to get a wire through. 1:40 a. M. A message just received from Sa vannah says it is reported there that tbere is a fire in or near Charlstoc, which has oaused the interruption. J A. m. i he operator at F lorence, is. O.. says he had communication with the operator at St. Stephens, S. C, (forty miles from Charleston), who told him he had felt a slight earthquake shock. I he bt. Stephens operator was going to stop tbe 2:y0 a. M. tram from Charleston and make inquiries. He said the train was late. Cause of the Tronbte. New York, Oct. 15 3:15 a. m. The follow ing telegram has just been received from Flor ence, JN. C: "The railroad force patched up one wire, and it has been learned that the trouble is from a fire at Magnolia Crossing, just outside the Charleston limits, where all the wires going out of Charleston center and leave in one direction. all the railroads from Charleston running through that place. A grocery was burned, and every wire from Charleston was destroyed. THE FIRE RECORD. Burning: of the Baltic Cotton Mill, Involvinga Loss of a Million and a Quarter. Providence, R. L. Oct. 14. The Baltic mill, in Baltic, Conn., owned by H. L. Aid rich & Co., or 1'rovidence, was burned last night and is a total loss. The fire broke out at 3 o'clock this morning. 'J he loss is estimated at $i, JoU,OQ0; insurance, $257,000. The mill was a large fivestory stone building, one thousand feet long by 5!)0 feet wide. It was built in 1857 by Amasa and William Sprague. Latterly it has been operated on lease by II. and Jj. Aldrich & Co. Nine hundred workmen are thrown out of employment. The fire started in the card-room at half past 2 this morningand in a few minutes the flames had spread through the entire build ing, and by half past 5 it was in ruins. The large gas-works in the rear were also destroyed. How the fire started is. as yet, unknown. The insurance on stock and machinery is $176,700. Fire on Board a Cotton Carrier. Charleston, S. C, Oct 14. At 1:30 this afternoon fire was discovered in the cotton stowed in tbe after compartment of the British steamship Bothal, lying at southern wharf and taking in cargo for Bremen. About 2,800 bales were aboard, 000 of which were in the afterhold. A general alarm was given, and tbe tug Mon arch, together with the fire department, eame to the vessel's assistance and commenced flooding the after compartment Tbe damage to the cargo will amount to at least $50,000; covered by foreign insurance companies. Ine injuries to the ship are not considered serious so far as can be asceJtained at this time. Two JAven I-ost In a Burning Mill. Toledo, Oct 14. A special to the Blade from Cygnet, a village thirty miles south of here, says: "The large planing and saw-mill here was burned at 2 o'clock this morning. Four men were sleeping in the third story of the mill. Two leaped to the ground and escaped with severe bruises, but the other two were burned and their charred bodies were recovered from the ruins this morning. One was J. G. McCall. a contractor ror arming gas wens, irom ostoria, O., and the other was William Flaughner, of Sugar Grove, Pa. Loss by fire, $8,000: in surance, $2,000. Origin of the fire unkown. Residence Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Ind., Oct 14. At noon to-day the large frame residence of Mrs. Cyrus Stone, seven miles northwest of this city, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Stone was preparing dinner when fire from a defective flue communicated with the wood work. But a small portion of tbe house hold goods could be saved. Tbe loss is $2,500, with insurance of $2,000 in the Sun, of London. Other Fires. Jamestown. O., Oct. 14. Fire destroyed E. D. Heuugle's carriage factory this morning, and tbe Brickies mansion, adjacent Loss, $14,000. Port Dover. Ont. Oct 14. The large knit ting mills operated by J. Ellis have been burned. The loss is $50,000; insurance, $24,400. About ninety bauds are thrown out of work. Philadelphia. Oct 14. Fire broke out about S o'clock this morning in Murray & Wilson's children's dress-goods establishment, at 27 South Thirteenth street, but was extinguished before it had made much progress. Mrs. Geo. Goodman, who was in the fourth story of the building when the fire broke oat attempted to escape. but was suffocated after reaching the first floor. Temporary Pastor for Fly mouth. New York, Oct. 14. It was announced at tbe regular prayer-meetine in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, to-night, that the Rev. Dr. Lvman Abbott, editor of the New York Christiaa Union, would act as pastor of the late Henry ard Beecher's church until such time as a permanent pastor can be selected. Dr. Abbott is to preach on Sunday mornings and evenings, and be present at the Friday evening prayer-raeetings. He is not a candidate for the permanent pastor ship, and will not undertake any other pastoral duties than those indicated. A permanent pas tor will be selected in January. Tbe jury In the case of policeman Hahn. of New York, on trial for the murder of life-saver Hussy, came in yesterday afternoon vitb a ver dict of not guilty. Do not be induced to take some other prepara tion when you call for Hood's Sarsaparilla. Be sure to get Hood's, which is peculiar.

INDIANA AND ILLIN 0IS NEWS

The Goben Trouble in Montgomery County Takes the Shape of a Lawsuit. The Robbing of Mrs. ViIson and the Two Ar rests That Followed Operations of Railway Thieves on the Wabash Gleanings. INDIANA. J. I. Goben and His Bondsmen Sned by the County Prosecutor for 915,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Oct 14. Suit was filed today by A. B. Anderson, as county prosecutor for the State, ex rel. auditor, against J. L. Goben, ex-county treasurer, and the men who are on his second bond, for $15,000. It -is alleged in the complaint that when Goben vacated the of fice of county treasurer, on Sept 1, 1885, he was indebted to tbe county in the sum of $12,000, which he at tbe time refused to pay, and has since refused to pay, and the suit is brought to recover from Goben and his bondsmen the above amount with interest. amounting to $15,000. Goben is county auditorelect, and wants to assume tbe duties of that office on Nov. 1, and Judge Suyder has ruled that if Goben is indebted to the county he cannot hold the office of auditor unless ha pays the defalcation before Nov. 1. The experts employed by the county commissioners found a deficit of $9, 080.03. The Board of Commissioners, however. will not allow credits in Gobeu's favor allowed by the experts, and hence the suit is brought for $12,000. Mr. Goben still claims that he set tled in full with the county, on Sept 1, 1885. even in the face of the result of the most rigid overhauling of the books, which work . occupied a period of about eight months. It seems abso lutely certain that if Goben refuses to pay the above sum before Nov. 1, G. R. Brown, the Re publican candidate for auditor, will take pos session of tbe office on the grounds of the inel igibility of Goben. It is the opinion of some of the best legal talent that Goben was ineligible to election, and this was the verdict of the County Commissioners when the matter was be fore them for action. Goben appealed from the decision of tbe commissioners, and Judge Sny der ruled that a defaulter was not ineligible to election, but could not hold office. The filing of the suit is probably the commencement of long litigation, and will involve some fine points of law. The Robbing: of Mrs. Wilson. Special to tba Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Oct 14. Last Wednesday Sheriff Paul, 'Squire Dryden, and Auditor Moore went from this city to the vicinity of Eminence to arrest John Miller and Emmet Gray for robbing Mrs. Wilson, last Saturday night The robbery was committed about 7 o'clock p. M. , Saturday, and the amount of procured was $143. Tbe clew pointing to the guilt of Miller was that be had been notified that Mrs. Wilson had tbe money in readiness to pay for a buggy she had purchased of the firm with which he was connected at Eminence; that no other person had been apprised of her having the money, and that be had been seen in the vi cinity . that day in company with - a roan whose description accorded with that of the man who committed the robbery. The clew to Gray's guilt was tbat tbe description of the burglar was a de scription for Gray. Miller was arrested on Wednesday evening, and upon examining the contents of his trunk, some counterfeit hard money, a ladle and several letters were found, snowing tbat Miller had been an accomplice in counterfeiting, or had been actively engaged in it Miller was brought to this city and lodged in jail on Thursday afternoon; his letters and counterfeit money were also brought .Messrs. Paul and Dryden proceeded to Greencastle. where they arrested uray, but returned on Thursday evening without him, according to the account given in this mornings Journal. It is believed tbat there is a gang of counterfeiters in the neighborhood, of Eminence. .. r Burglar Captured. t Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . Winchester, Oct 14. Last night, about 12 o'clock, at Rural, five miles south of here on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, a thickeet young man, claiming to be from Greenville, O., and giving his name as Solomon Smith, was arrested while in . the act of burglarizing the store of W A. Pierson. The agent at that place was remaining up to flag the north-bound train for M. M. Harris, of Decatur, when, just before the train was due, they noticed a light in Pierson's store. Investigation was made, the thief secured, and brought here and lodged in jail. He had only secured a small amount of goods wnen seen. , Mrs. I'romer Sent to Prison. Special to. the Indianapolis Journal. Greensbttrg, Oct 14. A motion for a new trial having been overruled, Mrs. Hannah N. Fromer was this morning taken to the State Reformatory for life. This gives Decatur county two life prisoners in that institution. iurs. Eilen V. Walton was sent there in 1881 for the murder of her husband, and cow Mrs. Fromer goes for the same offense. Minor Notes. Newton Tussinger, of Logansport. charged with selling liquor on Sunday, was fined in the sum of $50 and ordered imprisoned in the county jail for sixty days. Michael Fenton, jr., son of Michael Fenton. of Logansport, was fatally injured in the Wabash yards at Detroit It is supposed that he at tempted to alight from a passenger train while going to his work. While hauling coal a horse of William Powers. a farmer of Parke county, balked, and he commenced whipping the animal, and fell dead in the road. He was forty-three years old, married and leaves six children. Death resulted from heart disease. Edgar Andrews, aged nineteen years, living at Bridgeport, was on his way to school at Plainfield when the horse he was driving became frightened and ran away, upsetting the burzv and throwing Andrews out. Alighting on his head he received serious injuries, which rendered him unconscious for several hours. He remains in a precarious condition. The Sixty-ninth Indiana Regiment held its first aunual reunion in Liberty, on Thursday. and organized by electing General T. W. Ben nett, of Richmond, president of the organization. A grand bananet was held in the operahall in the evening, followed by a camp-fire, addressed by General Bennett About two thousand people were present, and gave theremainine comrades of the regiment a royal welcome. ILLINOIS. Wabash Railway Officials Trying to Ran Down a Band of Car Thieves. 6xiecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, Oct 14. The Wabash railway officials are busily investigating numerous ffeigbt car burglaries that have occurred at various points along the line of late. The latest case occurred between 2 and 3 o'clock Thursday morning, when a car on freight train No. 97, going west, was burglarized of between $1,200 and $1,500 worth of goods, consisting of silks, boots and shoes,- and sealskins, while the train was running between Attica, Ind., and this city. The company's detectives, Mr. Hogan, of Chicago, and Mr. Ballard, of Decatur, arrived here to-day and are trying to work up the case. It is believed that a regularly organized band of carbreakers, having their headquarters at or near Gunner, Ind., are doing the work. Swindled His Creditors. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal - Mattoon, Oct 14. Jacob E. Eads. a farmer who raised twenty five tons of broomcorn on an eighty-acre farm, near Humbolt, north of this city, harvested his crop, sold it for $1,200 cash, pocketed the money and departed for Wayne , county, Kentucky, with his family and household goods, leaving debts unpaid to tbe amount of nearly $1,000. He played the religious role with good effect and superintended a Sunday-school during the past summer. Criminals at Work at Champaign. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Champaign, Oct 14. Considerable excitement exists here over an attempt last night to burn tbe East High-school building. Tbe basement was entered to get sbaviugsand kindlings, and weather boards removed to insert them. The fire was extinguished with partial loss. A

bold attempt was also made to rob tbe Illinois

Central ticket-office. It is believed a dangerous band of burglars and incendiaries have descended upon the city. Found Dead In a Deserted House. Special to the Indlanaeolia Jonrnat Paris, Oct 14. The dead body of a man was to-day found in a vacant house about ten miles southeast of this city. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of death from natural causes, as a sil ver watch, some money and a bill of lading for some tools from Peoria were found on his per son, and tbe body showed that he had not been murdered in any violent way. The name of Michael Mausback was found on his papers. A Thirty-Seven Found Tomor, Special to tne Indianapolis JournaL Mattoon, Oct 14. A dangerous surgical op eration has just been performed upon a woman who is an inmate of- the Cumberland county poor-house. Dr. It. L. Walston, of Decatur, I1L, assisted by Dr. Bloom field, of Toledo, III, re moved an ovarian tumor weighing thirty-seven pounds from the woman, and she rallied and bids fair to recover from the effects of the op eration. Cansed ty Whisky and a Woman. F pedal to the Indianapolis JournaU Mattoon, Oct 14. Joseph Landes, of Charles ton, shot his partner, A. .Latta, three times, this evening, but not fatally. Landos gave him self up to the officers, but Latta refuses to prose cute. They were running a billiard hall, and whisky and a woman are the reported causes of tbe shooting. Brief Mention. Silas Douglas, a coal miner, aged fifty, was killed in the Grape Creek mines yesterday, by several tons of coal falling on him while blastin g coal. The Saneamon County Bank, just organized, with a capital of $100,000, will be opened at Illiooolis, Nov. 1. A. H. Lucas is president, and O. H. Lucas, cashier. The relatives of the Teal-Allen excursion party have made a settlement with the Toledo, Peoria & W estern railroad for the deaths of tbe four women killed at Chatswortb. The grand jury of Livingston county is in session at Pontlac and is investigating the Chatsworth wreck. The result of their investigation will probably be made known in a day or two. The State Board of Equalization met yes terday and adopted the report of the committee on assessment on railroad property. It shows a grand total of three and one-half million dollars more than last year. Oliver Deeds, a coal miner, was crushed in a Shelby ville mine on Thursday. Fifteen hundred pounds of the roof fell upon him. He had been dead several hours when he was found. He leaves a widow and four children. Some mysterious disease is killing the cattle in the southern part of Crittenden township, Champaign county. A score or more have died within a few days. Prominent stock-raisers. whi'e not claiming to name the disorder, think it results from the water famine, which was es pecially severe in that locality, some cattle not having a a rink oftener than once or twice a week for two months. Another cause is thought to be the excessive amount of smut on green corn which has been fe'd since the pastures failed in the latter part of the summer. TIIE LAND OP TRAIN ROBBERS. Attempt to Rob an Express Car by tbe Aid of a Bomb One Man Killed. El Paso, Tex., Oct 14. The Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio mail and express, which left here this evening, was stopped about four miles out of tbe city by three . masked men. While two covered the engineer and fireman with revolvers, the third ran back to the mail-ear and threw a bomb against the door. The explosion which followed shattered the door and side or the car into splinters. The atrent was dazed and badiy frightened by tbe shock, but uninjured, lie recovered himself, however, in time to pour a charge from a double-barreled shotgun into the breast of the robber, who jumped into tbe car. killing him instantly. The two on the engine, hearing the report, fled. The mail agent fired the remaining load after them. The train then returned to El Paso and remained until morn ing. Attempt at Train Robbery. St. Lotjis, Oct. 14. Information was received by the secret-service officials of the Missouri Pacific railway, late to-night, that an attempt was made to rob the International & Great Northern passenger train, one and a half mile north of Spring Station, in Harris county, Texas, to-night Two masked men boarded the engine as the train pulled out from the station, one in tront who covered engineer converse with a revolver, and the other got on the rear end of tbe tender. The engineer was ordered to stop, . which he did. Fireman George Lvun jumped off the engine, caught on the rear car, and rushed through tbe train, notitymg the trainmen and passengers what was going on in front When the robbers saw that the passengers and trainmen knew what was up they jumped from the train, saying "We go now," and took to the woods. The county offi cers were notified as soon as possible, and a posse of men will start in pursuit as soon as it can be made up. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Thirty-fifth Ohio Regiment holds a reunion at Hamilton on Oct. 21. Rev. Thomas K. Beecher has accepted the Greenback nomination for Secretary of State of New York. Caroline Knowlton, one of the women injured at the insane asylum fire, near Clevelaud, Wednesday night, died yesterday. The Missouri Grand Lodge of Masons took action, Thursday night, on the question of the eligibility of saloon-keepers and liquor-dealers to become members of the order, and decided to expel all such members, and hereafter no liquordealers will be admitted to tha order. At New Haven, Conn., yesterday. E. M. Franklin, formerly New York agent of the Osborn and Chessman Comparrv, of Birmingham, Conn., who was charged with forging a note for $500, was acquitted. This was the second trial,a former jury having disagreed. William Harvey, son of the Rev. Wm. P. Har vey, of Georgetown, Ky., college, shot and mortally wounded James H. Coleman, last midnight. in a quarrel over a game of pool at the National Hotel in llarrodsburg. Harvey is seventeen rears old, and Coleman was two years older. The remains of General Kilpatrick were yes terday placed in a catafalque in a room in the City Hail, New York. The room was decorated with a large American flag, and guards of honor from Kilpatiick Post, G. A. R., were placed in charge. The Secretary of War has authorized the burial of the remains at est Point The New York city health authorities issued a public notice, on Thursday, that there was no danger whatever to the city from cholera from patients brought on the Alesia. There are no new cases developed on HoiTman island since tbe night of Oct.7, and the Alesia's passengers are in an exceptionally favorable sanitary condition. At Cincinnati, yesterday, a Japan oven at the Standard Carriage-goods Company, Nos. 137 and 141 East Pearl street, exploded, fatally burning Fred Gick. The explosion was caused bv an ac cumulation of gas in the oven. The windows of the room were blown ont, and the ground in the vicinity trembled as though from an earthquake. Governor Hughes, of Arkansas, has been ap pealed to to protect the colored citizens residing at Clover Bend, Lawrence county. A crowd of worthless characters masked themselves and raided their homes and ordered them to leave. The negroes are peaceable and law-abiding citi zens, lhe uovernor nas ordered tbe sheriff of tbe county to protect the negroes and make a lull investigation. Released from Prison. Richmond, Va., Oct. 14. Attorney-general Ayres and Commonwealth Attorneys McCabe and Scott were released from jail to-night by butted otatea Marshal bcott They are at tbe Exchange Hotel on their parole and constructively in the custody of tbe marshal. On Sunday afternoon they will leave for Washington, and will no doubt be granted bail by the United States Supreme Court until their cases are de cided. These are the State officials who were sent to jail last week by Judge Bond for obey ing the laws of v lrginia in refusing coupons for taxes. The Tronble with the Crow Indians. Billings. M. T., Oct 14. Special Agent Howard, who is investigating the difficulty at the Crow agency, said to-day tbat unless or dered otherwise by to-morrow an attempt will be made to arrest tbe insubordinate Indians. Bloodshed will surely follow. Chief Swordbearer, at the head of two hundred braves, is ramped within gun-shot of the agency, awaiting developments. He is gaining reinforcements daily, and much uneasiness is felt by the settlers. The Indians at the agency are sullen and uncommunicative.

THE PRESIDENT'S JOURNEY

A Pleasant Day's Ride Throngha Region Presenting but Few Attractions. Dave Hawkins and Bill West Ask a Favor and Fail to Appear at the Proper Time Very Badly Managed Reception at Memphis. Ravenden, Ark., Oct 14. The day is bright and the temperature is moderate since the pass age of the Ozark mountain early this morning. It has been running through a sparsely settled region, offering little in the way of popular demonstration to divert tbe attention of the excursionists from the books, or the corre spondence which they severally have in hand. for almost the first time since leaving Washington. An opportunity is offered to examine and enjoy the good things found in the well-chosen library of the Alfaratte. an opportunity of which the ladies are taking tbe full advantage. Tbe President and Postmaster-general Vilas and Dr. Bryant are chatting by themselves in the observatory; Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Vilas occupy the parlor of the private car, and tbe others are engaged for the most part in over hauling and catching up with their neglected correspondence. The Presi dent has bade good-bye to the North west, regretting that his stay had been so brief, that his flight from point to point had been made so hastily, and that fso many things of interest had been left unseen or seen under circumstances which forbade leisurely examina tion and study of the bustle and energy, the patriotism and the exuberant hospitality of the people everywhere. No sign of malevolence or even the slightest intentional discourtesy has manifested itself. He is now entering the South in response to the pressing invitations of the people, the municipal and State authorities, assured of the limitless hospitality for which the Southern people are celebrated, but wondering what new form in the range of human possibilities the demonstrations of welcome can take. Though seclusion and rest have some times been secured only at the point of the bayonet, the members of the party have preserved their good health, and all arose this morning in excellent spirits. Tbe train crossed the Arkansas line from Missouri at a quarter before 10, the excursionists being then at breakfast. At this point attention was directed to tbe mammoth springs, ninety feet in diameter, from which a torrent was bubbling. Its waters form a limpid, shallow tiver, alongside wbicft tbe train is now moving, in whose current hogs and cattle stand browsing the succulent mosses which are its pe culiar produce Beyond, the passengers get their first glimpse of a cotton field. The expedition's artist has abandoned his chops and coffee, and is taking a hasty sketch of as pretty a scene as one could find in a dav's journey. Hoxie, Ark., Oct. 14. The floral trophies of this forenoon are one little bunch of golden-rod pinned in a piece of pink tinted paper, inscribed lor the President and His Wife. It was handed to tha President by a tow-headed miss of thirteen at a water-tank stopping place. The President expressed a wish to stop at Marked Tree, Ark., in compliance with a quaint invita tion he ha just received, signed Dave Hawkins. It promises a hearty and novel reception, repre senting the wild West, which, it savs, will be an enjoyable change from the grand parades, with music, which have been his ex perience thus far. "Bill West," the letter continues, "is hustling to get all his hunting equipments to make a display to meet your observation. If the train does not stop at our station, please let us have a glimpse of you, for Presidents seldom come through these parts.' Tbe time wiil not permit a stop. but the President will be upon the platform of bis car and see the novelties offered. At half a dozen points this morning there have been gatherings of from one to three hundred people, whose tnmultnous greetings have been most courteously acknowledged by the President and Mrs. Cleveland. At one point a a company of lancers was drawn up in line with arms at present, and at another, where the locomotive was coaled, the natives had an opportunity to shake the President's hand. Ine line from lioxie to West Memphis lay in a typical Arkansas region. Thero were half a dozen little frontier villages, but, for the most part, groves of blasted forest, giants of live oak , gums and cypress, bounded the view. Inter spersed were openings for corn and cotton-fields, in the latter of which picking operations were going on, and there were casual saw-mills and lum ber-yards. The prevalent d welling was of logs or boards, in front of which blonde youngsters were drawn up in line for review, and around which, in default of flags and banners, bung the family washing. Hogs of shadowy proportions, armed with incredible snouts, glided between the trees, and wild turkeys were sometimes scared up. Seventy-five miles of the region is subjected to overflow by the Mississippi Marked Iree proved a fraud. A wooden sta tion-house, a half a dozen Ehanties, a bridge and a score of open-mouthed natives were the only signs of inhabitancy, and neither Dave Hawkins nor Bill West were recognized. The first sign of the approach to Memphis was the appearance on the train no one knew how they got there of handsome lithographs of the President, and Mrs. Cleveland, the allegorical bordering of which contained figures in the costumes of the ancient Egyptian Memphis, with representations of the industries of her modern namesake. Later, bouquets of flowers sur rounded by snowy cotton balls, made their appearance on Mrs. Cleveland's table. The train reached West Memphis at 2:40 p. m. . A Badly-Managed Reception. Memphis, Tenn., Oct 14. The President is here, tbe guest of the city of Memphis, and tbe largest throng of civilians ever gathered in the city limits is here to welcome him to the South. A delegation of half a dozen gentlemen boarded his train as it came to a stop at West Memphis, informally conveyed to the excursionists the greetings of the several committees formed to do the honors of the city, and invited them on board tbe steamer Kate Adams, which lay moored close at hand. Upon the steamer they were welcomed by about two hundred of the leading citizens, members of the execu tive, reception and entertainment committees. The boat was bedecked with flags, and its spacious cabin was a bower of roses. The Chickasaw Guards and Memphis Merchant Zouaves, with a fine brass band, were upon the boat for escort duty. The Adams cast off her line, and, to the music of an artillery salute fired from the levee on the east side, steamed up past the city, the bana playing and the people along the shore cheering and waving their hats aud handkerchiefs. The vessel went about . three miles up stream, to give the President an opportunity to see the works of river improvement in progress, and, turning! came back to the custom-house. rhere, after a little delay, the distinguished guests were landed. Up to this time tne utmost order prevailed among the thirty thousand people on the levee; but when the President and Mrs. Cleveland had been seated n their carriage, the throngs in their entnusiam broke over all bounds, carrying away ine colored militia guards stationed to keep the way open; indeed, some or ine guarus eeooieu to have joined the moving irregular masses ineraselves, and followed on behind the presidential carriage. 1 be progress 10 me noiei was oy uu means the orderly proceeding it was designed to be, a m.scellaneous procession of trucks, market wagons and ten thousand negroes mixing themselves up with the carriages of the committeesand the guests: but there was ample room, and aside from the delay and the appear ance there was no harm done. 1 he presidential nartv was assigned comfortable quarters in the historic Gavoso House, the parlors of the Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland being richly and taste fully trimmed with flowers and evergreens. The guests remained quietly in their rooms till C o'clock, when they were summoned to dinner in their private d.nmg-room. At 8 o'clock a committee of nearly two hun dred ladies and gentlemen in evening dress as sembled in the corridors or the. notei to escort the President and his party in carriages to see the fire-works. Here again a great deal of confusion ensued, the President and Mrs. Cleve land being well cared for, but the remaining members of tne party being to some extent left to shift for themselves. 1 he fire-works made a creditable display. They were exhibited from thr-e barges in the river, and were witnessed by the presidential party, or a part of it, from a stand in front of tbe custom-house. Returning to the hotel, the President and Mrs. Cleve land, at 9 o'clock, held a reception, which was attended bv 2.000 or 3.000 ladies and gentle men invited by the committee on arrangements. Memphis ccasts of the beauty of her ladies,

ing and remained unconvinced of the justice of her claims. Tbe city is handsomely dressed in bunting and flags, and several mammoth arches span her chief thoroughfares. One of the moat striking of these is made almost entirely of bales of cotton. At 11 o'clock to-night the Jacksnnian Democratic Club serenaded President and Mrs. Cleveland. After tbe band bad played a few selections the president of the club addressed the President of the United States, briefly greeting him in the name of the club, and saying that bis reception was not in any sense a political one, but that all parties welcomed him. President Cleveland, in reply, said he had been very much impressed throughout his entire trip, thus far, by the cordial welcome he had received everywhere, irrespective of party, creed or color. At this late hour it would not be expected tbat he would make any extended remarks. Accepting this cordial welcome as another evidence of the boundless hospitality of thecity of Memphis he bade the club good-night The band plated "Dixie" and the eerenadera went home. The President retired atmidmghT. Great preparations were made at Mountain Grove, Mo., yesterday, to salute the presidential

train as it passed through at 7:10 o'clock. Just before the arrival of the train a fruit jar filled with powder exploded, fatally injuring two young men, named Beckwith and Clark. The train did not stop and tbe party pasted on, ignorant of the sad accident Retraction and Apology Wanted. Minneapolis. Minn., Oct 14. The City Council this afternoon passed a resolution denouncing the recent Cleveland editorial in tha Tribune and requesting apology and retraction. Tbe Iowa Evictions. , Minneapolis. Oct 14. Dr. A. M. Hambiin, one of those evicted in O'Brien county, Iowa, writes to friends here that the half has not been told of the horrors of the evictions. Many of the families are living on tbe public highways ic tents made of quilts and sheets. Old men of seventy, maimed soldiers and widows have lost their homes and are sleeping on the cold ground. The British svndicate has taken their teams and milk cows to pay the cost of the eviction. There were 120 families evicted. Steamship News. Oct 14. Arrived: Liverpool, Bavarian, Wyoming, Germanic, from Boston. Queenstown, Oct 14. Arrived: from New York. ,. New Iork. Oct 14. Arrived: from Liverpool; Trave. from Bremen. For Bronchial, Asthmatic and Pulmonary Complaints, "Brown's Bronchial Troches" have remarkable curative properties. Sold only in boxes. SOUNDS LIKE FICTION. A BLIND MAN RESTORED TO SIGHT. REMARKABLE CERE OF A. D. WUITIM0RE. 553 E. Washington Street, Iudiaoapolis. Mr. JWhitimore, a R. R. engineer, while running on his engine, contracted sore eyes from cold and exposure. ' At first he thought but little of it, using sim ple domestic remedies, until they got quite bud. lift then sought the advice and services of a "Regular" oculist, who treated him several months, his eyes continually growing worse. After his money was exhausted, he was sent to a hospital, where he remf ined until the Eight of one eye was gone, and the other fast giving away, fteemg the advertisement of Dr. Barker, who was then at 64 East Market street, he resolved to call upon him, but being discouraged by his physician, who told him that Dr. Barker was an advertising quack, who would soon put out the other eye, he changed his mind, azd kept on getting blind the '"Regular" way. His friends called his attention to the remarkable cures which Dr. Barker was per forming, and insisted that he should see him. With sight gone, purse empty, entirely discouraged, firmly believing that hfe to him must be a continual night, he finally called on Dr. Barker. After a most critical examination, the question, "What do you think of my case, doctor was asked. I be reply came, and with it, hope, 'T will cure you in from three to fiv weeks." The feeling of this unfortunate can be bet ter imagined than described, when leaving the office he exclaimed, "If this man is a quack, may the good Lord send us a shower of them; he has done more for me in fifteen minutes than all the regulars (?) did in fifteen months." The ultimate result is explained in the following f SL lid UUllDAi Dr. Barker I was sorry I did not see yom off, the train had just left as I got to the depot, so I returned to your office and found it full. When I told them you had gone home, one lady cried, she had granulated lids. I told her to go to the physician who doctored me, and she said he bad beeu treating her for nine months, until she was nearly blind. There has been a host of people looking for you. I told thorn that they would have to wait for your return visit or go to Cincinnati to see you. Doctor, the old lady is getting along nicely; her eye is nice and clear. There is no inflammation at all. She rests well at night. (This lady was blind from cataracts). And MY EYE IS AS CLEAR AS A PEELED ONION, AND DON'T BOTHER ME A BIT. I have three cataract cases for you, and will have as many more when you return. Give this letter to the people, and let them know what we think of you. I told a young doctor that you knew more in one day than any of these "regulars" did in a year. He said you understood your business. When I told him of the number of operations you performed, he asked me how you, straightened cross eyes. I told him you did it so quick I could not tell, and he said you was a wonder ful man in your business. I told him these eye doctors here ought to take a few lessons from you; that you would not charge them much. Well, this is all. from your humble patient, A. D. WHITIMORE, 553 East Washington street RETURN VISIT OP A. B. BARKER, M. D. SPECIALI SX EYE, EAR, NOSE & THRO AT Scientifically prescribes and adjusts and Miial Eyes. Represents Cross Eyes as cured ia one miuut by Dr. Barker. Office : 15, 17 and 19 MARTIN DALE BLOCK. (Entrance 51 1-2 N. Penn. et, N. of P. O.) That he is NOT A STRANGER, as he has fivt hundred patients hero, lie COURTS INVESTIGA. TION and COMPARISON. That in EE AFFECTIONS his treatment is pe culiarly his own, mild aud soothing, using no barbarous remedies whatever. That his success in treating CATARACT is aV most phenomenal. That DISCHARGES from the EAR are not only offensive, but dangerous. He can positively cure every esse. That he treats DEAFNESS with gasces, or vapors. impregnated with such medicinal agents as the case requires. That in the treatment of the THROAT and NOSR he has made a rapid stride in advance of other oculists. Tbat in SPECTACLES and ARTIFICIAL F.YE3 he leads any one in the United States. Makes changes) in old material when desired. xlw Will positively visit no other place in the State.