Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1879 — Page 1

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VOL. XXVHI. NO 46. ESTOIASTAPOUB, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1879-WITH SPUPLEMENT. WHOLE NO. 308.

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DISASTER ON THE DEEP

Collision Between the Steamship Champion and the Ship Lady Octayia Early Friday Morning, About Sixteen Miles from Cape Henlopni. The Champion Goes Down in Five Minutes, With Thirty-Two Persons on Board. Twenty-Five of the Crew and Passengers Reported to be Saved. All of the Lady Passengers Los During the OonfasiQn. . COLLISION AT SEA. The Steamer Champion Sunk and ThirtyTwo Lives Lost. Lewks, Del.,Nov. 8. The steamer Champion, from New York, for Charleston, was run Into and sunk: yesterday morning off thecapeR. Thirty-two lives are reported to be lost; persons are said to be saved. The ship Lady Octavla, from Breakwater, for New York came in collision witn the steamer Champion, striking her amidships, and sinking her in Ave minutes. Twenly-tlve persons are reporred caved, and 32 lost. The collision : occurred 25 miles off the capes at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The steamer Is badly aani- : BKed, and is being towed to Philadelphia. The Champion left New York on Thursday. Cap. tain Lockwood communded. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OW THE ILLFATED STEAMER THE NEWS AT KGV YORK. New York, Nov. 8 The following are the caMn passengers: J. L. Marvin, C. Stefleny, W. W.)lark, Wm Peete, Win. Siska. Joseph Mitchell, Mrs. Andrews and Miss Nickol, of Charleston; H. H.Uailable and wire, of Boston. Tbe steerage passengers wer-j c. Patten, P. Patten, J B. Foster, M. Brrad, Ka'e ' Thrackey, Rose Barbery and J. B. Hord. The officers and crew were: Captain, R. W. Lockwood, of Charleston ; John It. Moffltt, purser, of Charleston ; R. H Leonard, mate; Cbarles Miller, second male; 8. O. Stiles, carpenter. Seamen: John M. Thompsnn, Frederick Richards, Charles Epler, fr'rana Jacobson, Paul Habn, John Nelson, James T. Anderson, Frederick McMann and Richard Owens and John Allen, both boys. A. T. Potts, oiler; firemen, Edward Jones, Patrick Klyn, Wm. Farrell, Frank Pettiu Mike Savage aud Lnke Kelly. Strokers: August Winters, Frank Garigan, Wm. Curtau, Luke Kelly and Alexander Rose. Peter Smalls, steward; Charlotte Hmalls and Catherine Cross, stewardesses; - John Foster, porter; Andrew Mlddleton.messman; Isaac Hammond, cook; John Ricuardson, second cook ; Daniel Oirardson, pantry cook; AntlonloMisbaw, pantryman, and Oeo. Holland and Moses Cook, both wallers. Steve Reeves, engineer; C L. Bnnce, first assistant - engineer; Casper Fobery, second assistant englneer. The vessel is laden with general cargo, which, it is said, was insured. She was valued at about f-MO.OOO. No dispatches have arrived at the company's office regarding the disaster up to noon to-day. Tbe company have tele graphed to Charleston, Philadelphia and other points for news. Tne following dispatch was sent to Colonel Whaley & Son, agents of the steamship at Lewes, Del., by the agents here: "Please see that thote saved have tbe best accommodations the ship affords, and tell both the captain and steward to take particular care of them." Captain Lockwood has been in tbe employment of the company for about 12 years. He lived In Charleston, aid was an nnmarried man. A good many of the crew were colored men, some of them residents of Charleston. Tbe Champion was a two-masted vessel, brig - rigged, and a side-wheeler. She waa about .2u0 tons burden, and about 2(0 feet Ions'. There were only a few Cillers at the company's office this morning making iuqu'ries about tiieir friends. One visitor inquired for Patrick. The Champion sailed from lb is port on Thursday last, two days before her time. Tbe agents say it was dne to the greatly increated business R. H. Leonard, first officer, resided in Brooklyn, while Charles Miller, teconvi officer, belonged to Charleston. Captain Lockwood had been in command of the Cnampion for about 12 years. A dispatch from Lewes, Del., says: Crow-Is of people have gathered around the branch office of the Maritime Exchange, hungrily asking for news. From the reports of tbe pilot boats it appears the bark strnck the f-team-ship amidshlps.cultlng her to tbe water's edge; she tilled and sank In five minutes. That 8 lives were lost is confirmed by later renorts. The collision took place at Sti miles east of (jape may ana uemopen, just about daylight, at which time considerable fog lay on the ocean of the shore. The ship Lady Octavia was much damaged, and could not proceed further on her voyage. Accordingly a signal of distress was hoisted and the ting shown for a tup. In response one of the large . Delaware bay tug boats came to her and gave her a tow. She is now on her way up the - Delaware river, bonnd for Philadelphia. The breakwater is lull of shipping, and masters of vessels at anchor here and residents of Pilot Town are flocking to Lewes for Dews. The . Champion was one of the Arm Iron bteainshlps launched !"-. this country, having been built in 1859 at "Wllmigton, Del., for the late Commodore Vanderbilt. Hbe had frequently been overhauled and re paired, and was considered in excellent condition. The steamer was rated 1; her original tonage was 1,452, out of late was 1,418. She had three decks and two roasts, was built In four compartments, and she was brigantine rigged; her length was 234 feet, breadth of heaiu 31 feet, depth of hold 25 feet, t-lie was equipped with a beam engine. The Champion originally run to Panama. She was sold by Commodore Vanderbilt to the Pacific Mali Sleamsnip company, from which she was purchased about li years ago for the Charleston line. Her last voyage was the two hundred and sixtv-sixth she bad made In ..- the service of the latter company. The vessel never met with any serious mishap before, and was considered a remarkably lucky hhl p. Her value is variously estimated at from f 12-5,000 to 1200,OvO. She was partly insured against Are, bet bad no marine Insurance. Tbe Lady Octavla, which did the damage, is an old English build, one of the first built exclusively of Iron in British Lloyds. She is reported to be built of , neavier iron piates man tne law requires. The Lady Octavla was built in 1834, in Warrington, on tbe eact coast of England Sba registers 1,172 tons, new measurement. was zuu leet long, ao leet oreaotn of beam, and 22 feet depth or hold. She was la-t surveyed In London, and rates high in Lloyd's. She was among the first of the iron ftiilna hnltt. in North England. On the 1st of September she - -aalled from Rio Jalnerowlth witn a cargo of couew, cieariug ior ureaawaier lor orders. She anchored off Lewes, insida the hrenir. water, on November 3, and remained there , until tne evening or the eth.when she then went to sea, and had been out of harbor com. naratlvely a few hours when the frlehlfiil anri. dent occurred. She is owned In Greenock by O. Adams A Co. The Champion waa amplv provided with life saving appliances for 1M triwnit, one duo- ii ve meiai me boats, all i iulpped: one life ratand 103 life nreaerveinCaptain Lockwood, of the lost steamer Champion, arrived in this city this afternoon, with the rescued seamen, and reported to tbe agent's office, and were heartily welcomed ana congratulate! on weir narrow escape. tub rescctko. The names of tbe rescued as learned ant Captain R. W. Lockwood, Second Officer O. Miller; seamen, Charles Edler. Frederick McNiuii, Frank Jackson, Frederick Richards and Richard Owlngs; Chief Ecgineer Wesiey rteeve, r iit ijaawtaut r.ngmeer yj. ti, rjunce; firemen, Euward Jones, William Farrell, Pa'ilek Fl vnn. Lake Keller and Alexander Jioss; Chief Cook Isaac Hammond, Porter Jonn ester; eiewaraess uauiarlne Cross; waiters, Oeorge Holland and M. Pinckney; fonr of the passengers and two of the crew, Caotain Lockwood said, were picked up by an unknown bark, supposed to be Norwegian, . which lowered-boats and rescued these peo ple. Anv w .m. was aaiu w ue oouna nortu. BTATEXkjrf or THKCAETAPf OP THE IX.L-VATKD STEAMER. Captain Lockwood, in answer to interrogations, gave the following account of the dia.

a-tcr: We bad a remarkably quiet voyage np

in urn time oi tne accident, wnen we leii, New Yoik the weather was foggy, but this cleared away before we were 10 hours out. On tbe morning of the collision I lert ray room about five minutes past 8, and returned to the pilot house tor a few seconas. I bad hardly got back to my room again when I heard one sing out, '-Sail ahead and bard by," and I lumped into tbe pilot house and rang the bell to stop the steamer, and then to back out at full speed. I saw that tbe ship waa coming down upon us, and a collision was Inevitable She was steering K. N.E. We were going S. S. W., half south. Tbe ship had foil Bail on, and headed right at us. We were going under steam, and nau just set the lore topsail, sue struck us right on the bows of tbe cathead on the starboard side, and crashed right into ns, staving In eur whole dows. x was atraiu mat my vessel would siuk in almost an tustant, and at once ordered the first mate to go forward and see what water, if any, tbe Champion was making, but before he bad time to return I fouud tbat my ship waa fast sinking, and 1 then ordered tbe second mate to get the boats in readiness, tbat Is, to cut them loose from my ship, as it was fast going down, l also ordered mm to nave tne life raft cut adrift, - so that it might be rendered useful. In case the steamer went down I was afraid she would give no warning. My next work was to warn the lady passengers of their great danger. I rushed Into the cabin aud said: "Ladies, the ship is going down: you have not a moment to spare. Never mind your clothing; come out at once." I believe there were but three Indies there, but of this I am not sure. None of them came out, and tbe only response I received was loud screams and sobbing. They could have come out very easily. If they had wished to ao so, nut i suppose they became panic stricken. My duties called me away, aud 1 was still in hopes tbat tbe women had obeyed my summons; but, unfor-tniiiiti-ly, I fouud out afterward, they had not I believe they were all lost There has been but one female saved, and that is tbe stewardess, Catharine Cross. When the ship went down I was standing by tbe main rigging, and near me stood a number of the crew. I said, "Boys, save yourselves, and don't mind me." Each of tbem then took a lite preserver aud expressed their determination to stand by me. Alter a few seconds I said: "Throw tbe life rait overborn d; I'll come afterward. Jump for your Uvea." This was speedily done aud they left me. I was the last to leave the vessel and went down with her. I soon came to tbe surface again. This may seem strange, but It is nevertheless a fact. 1 kept near to the surface of the water, and so I sup pose did not experience the suction of tbe vessel while sho was going down. When I came to the top of the water I found myself close to the lile ra't, on which I was pulled by those already there. I have been commander of the Champion tor the past 13 yeais. Mr. Leouard was the first officer in charge when the collision took p'ace; he ran forward the moment tbe crasU occurred, and that was the last I saw of him. He waa a good and experienced seaman, and had sailed with me lor over 14 years, ile wasa man of about 48 years of age, and a resident of Brooklyn, and he leaves a wife and two children. My room where I went, 'Just before the collision adjoined the pilot house ;ln fact, yon could altnoot step from oue to the other. The Champion carried about five lire boats and a life raft. 1 understand that four passengers and two seamen were picktd np by a bark that came along some time after the collision. I have heard since that she was a Not wegain, but that is all. None of as know her nameoranythtng about her, beyond the fact that she was evidently bound north. Tbe Lady Octavla, tbe ship that ran into us, saved nine live. We saved the rest on tbe life raft except, of course, thoe who were picked up by the unknown bark. Tbe night ws a beautiful starlight one, with little moonlight. We were about 80 miles from land, from Cape Henlopan, which bore between 15 and 10 luiles east northeast of a five fathom bank lightship. We were in about 14 fathoms of water at tne time. The last I saw of the Champion, or at least her wreck, was the topmasts, which were about two feet out of water. 1 would rather not just at present sty anythtDg about who was to blame ior the collision, bull thluk the ship could have avoided it. FURTHER PARTICC1.ARS OP THE TERRIBLE COLLISION. Philadelphia, Nov, 8. The ship Lady Octavla, in collision with the steamer Champion, has arrived. Her captain reports that he left the Delaware break waU-r at 9:30 a. m. on Thursday. At 4 a. m. on Friday, 40 miles east by north half north from Cape May, was run into by tbe ship Champion, from New York. The Champion struck us Just aft tbe stem. The steamer was so badly damaged tbat she sunk in four minutes. Thirty persons of bercrew and passengers were lost aud 24 saved and placed on other vessels by the Octavia. The first mate of tbe Octavia, James Ferguson, was in charge of the deck, at the time of the collision. The Octavia brought none of the rescued to tbe port. The following is the list of tnose of the Champton crew aud passengers known to have been saved. A LIST OP THE SAVED: R W. Lockwood, captain; Charles Miller, second mate; John Thompson, Cbarles Ehier, Fivd K. Madman, Fred K. Richards and Frank Jackson, seamen; Richard Owens, (boy); Wesley Reive, cblef engineer; Charles E. Bruce, first assistant engineer; Edward Jones, William Farrell, Patrick Flynn and Luke Ketley, firemen : Alex Rose, coal passer; I saas Hammond, chler clerk; Jobn Foster, porter; Catharine Cross, stewardess; George Holland aud Mows Perckey, waiters. Four passengers and two of the crew were placed ou ootra ot an unknown ouri and sent to New York. STATEMENT OP THE CAPTAIN OF THE LADY OCTAVIA. Captain James Johnson, of Greenock, man, ter ot the Lidy OJtavia, makes tbe following statement: My ship arrived at Delaware breakwater, irom Riojanerlo. for orders on the 2od oi October, and sa led for New Yorlr about 10 o'clock Thurwlay night last. About a quarter past 2 yesteiday morning, when we bad sailed about 80 miles, a collision occurred. The night was clear and warm, the moon wossiuuing brightly and we were mnv. ing at the rate of three and a quarter or four buois per nnur. jiy cnier mat reported a t-teamer ahead, 10 mluutes before the accident. The steamer continued on her course and I 6n mine; we approached each other, bnl immediately before the crash the man on the lookout of m v vessel reported the steamer's starboard light from our port bow, aud then she shifted and her port hht btcame visible, showing she had turned on her couroe. We had a man on the lookout constantly, but there could have been no lookout on the Champion. Her captain, uwKwuuu.nuunrifucuuj' UI1U lue HQ Qaa ai tered his course a moment b-fore the cniiialnn but assigned no reason for doing so, and tbat he did not see my ship, which indicates that my idea in regard to the lookom. waa inutt indeed, I was Informed tbat the man who snouia nave been on the lookout waa aloft loosening a sail. The ship sank in four mln nies aiier tne collision, and tiere was a terrible panic. I at once ordered the boats lowered, and in fact thev were In thmmur before the steamer went down. Two of her crew Jumped on board my ship at the time she struck. In all, 30 persons were lost, among them tbe first mate and five women. Twelve of the missing were passengers. I mean to say that tue steamer came at us end on, and there was no possible means of avoiding her. It was lmpoHKible to tell the extent of her Injuries, she went down so quickly and there was so much confusion. Four or t.h passengers and two of tbe crew were sent to New York on a bark that came alongside, but a uiu urn. Btii, tueir names or tne name of the vessel wey are on. " THE BOATSWAIN'S STORY. The' following statement in regard to the uuiwwr is maae ny me ooawwain of the Or. tav.a. "I waa on the deck of the Octavia at the lime of the collision, being one of the watch. We saw a steamer, hnt ah waa ,s heading for us, so we kept our courre. All of aauuuen inn steamer took ameer over to port, but there did not appear to be anybody on her deck, except' one man, who was engaged in looannlng a sail. We called to thn ai-.umo,-butltwastoo late, as we were struck lnimeumiciiy. one was so Close tnat two of her erew prang over on to our vessel. We sang out to back her stern and she did bo, but three minmet atterwaro she went down. We at once lowered a boat and picked np nine persons. We then went a second time and picked up about 13 more persons, sornn of whom were in a small boat and three on a life raft. They were crying and screaming for help. The third time ws went out no mora or th. was to be seen . As soon as the Octavla was struck her fore compartment filled with water to the depth of 11 or 11 feet, but the vea"""i wiin ngni Duikneads the water did not get illtO anv other iwirtlnn Tham.u Of thA fltAftmpr W iuu. t i. .. w r ",oj new ior,waon the dtckof thoCham

plon and was lost. Three It dies and several children were lost and only one woman, the

stewardess of the steamer was saved." The boatswain says when tbe Champion was first seen she wasln tue wake of the Octavia. By fast sailing she got ahead and veering on ber course was in such a position at the collision that the ship (truck her bow on. THE STATEMENT OF THE FIRST KATE OF THE OCTAVIA. First Mate Ferguson, who had the deck of the Octavla at The time of the collision, says that tbe steamer took a sheer and showed me her red light for a few seconds, and Immediately following the red light was shut oat from my vision and the green came In view. Then I saw tbat a collision was inevitable. 1 sang out at the top of my voice, and I heard scotillog on the steamer's deck, as if a number of people were munlng along It. 1 heard an order given on board the steamship of "hard a" and that was all I could distinguish. Whether it was hard a port or hard a starboard I do not know. Dlreollv afterward the steamer stt uck cur vessel abaft the stern on the oort side, masblna- her hnwa and cutting her three feet under the water, almost instantly filling the fore compartment. Only a water-tight bulkhead prevented the ship from foundering. I went forward on the forecastle bead, and saw the steamship unuer our bow, uacaing astern, ana a confused moss of casks and wood floating about ns. I gave tbe order to lower the boat in the davits to save life, and told the rest of the crew to back the yards, which was quickly done. Before tbe boat reached tbe steamer it sank outof sight. The boat picked up uiue people, return eu ana Bwea 11 more. Two persons who were In the lame boat be longing to the Ill-fated vessel were also saved, and two others were saved by clambering into our headgear at the moment of the collision. THE LOOKOUT'S SAY. The man In the lookout on the Octavia an Austrian, and known by his messmates aa Peter was asked if he knew who was to blame. He answered. "Vea: it will all come out at the right time." It is stated upon autnoritv of one or tbe crew or the Lady Octavla that tbe ba-k which took away four of the passengers and two of the crew of tbe Chan. plon was the British bark l'e .rel Clndlac from Sharpness for Philadelphia. A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION In a Candy Factory, in Which Seven Persons Were Killed. Kansas City, Mo , Nov. 7. A terrible disaster occurred ou the corner of Second and Main streets, this afternoon. The extensive cracker and candy manufactory or Carle & Sons, occupying four brick three-story buildings, tumbled down, and was completely consumed by fire. At the time of the accident 107 persons, mostly boys and girls, from 12 to' 20 years of age, were at work in the factory, all or whom escaped alive except seven. The c ill e of the accident cannot bo fully determined, but as au explosion occurred simultaneously with the fail of tbe walls, it is supposed to ba a repetition or the accident in New York last year, a starch explosion. As soon as tbe walls fell the buildings touk fire, and the Are department was on hand In Ave mluutes, and by their efficiant service the fWmes were kept from extending to the buildings adjoining. As roon as the news of tbe accident had spread about the city, the parents and frieuds of those employed there flocked to the scene to learn the fate of their loved ones, with anguish depicted on their countenances, nntti they found thosewbom they sought. As soon as the firemen bad subdued the flames they set to work digging for tbe dead, and up tolop.m. had taken out three Emma Kemper, Anna Becker and CharlesSchuilize. Those still missing, and supposed to be in the ruins, are LjuIs Humraell, Andy McConnell, George Kemper and Johnny Kemper. The buildings and contents were a total loss Insured for 29 000, follows: North American, or Philadelphia, 13,000; Pennsylvania Fire. 2,S00: Men-hunts', o'-t Joseph, 2,000?PeopIes',orNewark, 81,500; Farmers', or New York, Sl.ttX); American, of Philadelphia, 12,400; French Corporation of Paris, tl.OCO; Commercial of London, f,000: Imperial aud National. S3.00U: Klremans friend, (WOO; German American of New York:. 2,4'K); Hamburg Bremen, 14,000; mauuaLijiii, i,wj: x-uueaix, i,iuu ; juanuiaC' turers, S1.000. The New York Bank Statement Other Financial Matters. ItTipur V S T -1 - 800; specie, increase, S4,148,dii0; legal tenders, decrease. $5,1U,' 00 ; deposl U, decrease, S2,48l.voo ; circulation, decrease, 1169,000: reserve, decrease. .m j u 3 uuw uuiu bw,mj less uittn tue legal requirements. The proposals to sell United States bonds to the Government, under thn circular of the sesrury or tne treasury offering to purchase Sli',000,COO, were opened at the sub treasury today. Thy were 31 in number, aud came from various sectlous of the conntrv. amount ing to (11,110,200, at prices ranging from 105 60 to 110. The secretary ot tbe treasury was not E resent, and the proposals have been sent to im tor consideration. There were a number of offers of currency sixes, which were not received, as the circultr was consirned to Include only bonds Issued directly to tbe people, and not their issue to railroad companies. Just before the close of the day Assistant Tieiisurer Hlllhouse received the following uirjniuu irom uiu Htcreiary oi me treasury: Decline all offers. You are authorized to pay 100 for IlO.OtO.OtO July bonds of 1881. (Signed) John Shkkman. This decision was unexpected by nearly everyone here. The Post says: Open doors lor private sales to the sub treasury at a price of about H of 1 per cent, below tbe market quotation. A large number of bankers and brokers assembled in the sub. treasury to near the proposals. Much interest was manifested, and the wholo scene wa such as to suggest a recollection or the exciting days goue by, when tbe Government used to sell large amounts of gold and buy large amount of bonds. Tbe 6 percent put up by those offering bODd locked up uu til the secretary's decision was received, amounted to (550,000. A Coal Famine at Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Nov. 8. On account of the continued low stage uf water In the Ohio river, and the small supply of coal In tbe city, grave appreheu-loui are felt that a coal famine is lniraineut in this vicinity. Consumers in this city require from 100 to 150 tons per day to supply their needs, and a this rate tnere is but three or four days' snpply now In the yards. Heretofore the railroads have not brought a sufficient quautity to supply the daily demanus, on account of a lack or fc littles in cars, etc., and no general effort has been made by them to do so, as It has been found im possible to com pete with boats while the river contains sufficient water to float barges from Pittsbuig. Ten Inches of water is reported in tbe river (it Pittsburg, with no immediate prospect of a rise, coal is now selling at W per ton; during the summer It sold at li. 25. Atthis season of the year there Is usually 3 000,010 bushels on sale. Some efforts are being made by dealers to purcnase coal from Indiana and Southern Ohio mines. Mr. Ingalls, president of tbe Kankakee rout, has agreed to deliver 10 oar loads dally from tbe Brazil (Ind.) mines, and arrangements are being made with the Marietta ana Ciuclnnatl and Little Miami roads to deliver an increased number of car loads daily. The New Wabash Officers. New York. Nov. 10. At a meeting of the Wabash, St. Louts and Pacific Rillroad company to day, to complete the organization, the following officers were chosen: Cyrui W. Field, president: B. W. Lewis, first vloe president; A. S. Hopkins, second vice president: W. B.Conrea. treasurer; James F. How, secretary ; J. C. Gault, general manager. Executive committee, Cyru W. Field, Jay Gould, Ruxsell Sage, A. L Hopkins, Solon Humphreys, Tbe-uew stock will be ready for Issue on Friday. The Coal Markets. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 10. The following notice to agents has besu issue i by the Hue and sales agents of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company: "Do not send any more orders for coal of any size from ny colliery for November shipment; a'l orders now received are taken subject to November prises." Death of m Prominent Man. Cincinnati, Nov. 9. Abraham Aub died this morolng. He Is widely known In Jewish circles, being president of tbe Jewish Orphan Asylam, or Cleveland, sin se its establishment, by tbe order of tbe B'nal B'rltb. He was also president of the Jewish Hospital and Hebrew Relief aanelation, of this elty. "eo"

A FEAKFUL FALL.

An Entire Freight Train Goes Through a Bridge at St Charles, Mo., By Which Four Men Are Instantly Killed and Several Wounded. A Collision Between tha Steamer Falcon and Schooner Try on, OH Barren Island. Tiie Steamer Sinii in a Few Minute?, but the Crew and' Passengers Saved. The Latest News From tke Heeeal Elee ttoa la Sew Tori, A TEUBI11LE ACCIDENT. A Freight Train Goes Through a Bridge at SU Charles, Mo. Several Persons Killed. Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 9. About 8:30 to-nlgbt as extra train, engine No. 107, Kin ley conductor. Plowman engineer, was crossing the Hi. Char es bridge, over the Miaoourt river, cornlog cant, the west span of tbe main structure KUddenly gave way, precipitating 17 cars of live stock and the caboose into tbe abyss. Tho engine and one car, with the conductor, engineer and fireman were saved by breaking off the connection between the cars. Three dead bodies and three ban I v injured men have been recovered riom the river. At this late neurit is impossible lo learn the names or the residence of tbe unfortunates. Latek There were five cattle drovers from Malvvcn, la., who boarded the train at Hoberly lu tbe caboose, but their names are not known, nor can it be ascertained to-nlgbt how many of tbem were killed, there ere alao two brakeinen, Cbarles Irwin and James Mum hart. Tbe pa-nenger train that left here fur the west at ti:!"i to night only went to Pergusou Station, 11 miles out, then came back, I here being no means of crossing the river at Kt. Charies. A transfer will be luade to-morrow, and tbe trains will run regularly. Tbe loss by tbe disaster can not bj stated to-night, but will be heavy. - FULL PARTICULARS OV THE DISASTER -THE MAUKSor TBOSE KILI.KU. St. Louis, Nov. . A visit to-day to the St. Charles bridge, one span of which fell last night, disclosed a terrible wreck aud dei-troo-tlon ot properly. The bridge proper Is au Iron Howe truasof three spans, anu the truss that fe.l seems to have lost itt bearing on the piers on both ends at the same time, for it lies in the river in au almost horizontal position, and Is fml or cars as it waa iWore it iett It. rest upon the pi -ra. The cause of the accident is not known. but C. Stiallersmitb, of the Baltimore Bridge company, under whore personal super vision the briiige was constructed, thinks It was occasioned by a trues or a car leaving tbe track. Conductor Klnley, however, le.UfW before the coroner's Jury ibis afu-ruoou tnat the train was all right wheu It pawted on to the bridge. Anothar theory Is that the bridge was struck by lightning, a very heavy xionu having prevailed about au hour before the disaster. The names of those wbe were In tie caboose when It went down, and who were killed ou'rigbt, were J-wlatt Weuren, a wealthy stockraiser and vice president ot the Frist National bauk, of Malveru; Mr. Hide, a resident of Montana, a friend i f Wearen.wbo waa accompanying rue hu t r to HI. Loula, aiid Oeoi ge or Joseph Barnhart, a biakeman, of Moberiy. Mo. John Summer, a drove r. of Malvern, had his leg broken In two places and Fred Divla, a young man oi aooui m years, wuo was bringing stock to this city fjt hh lirtber, al-oor Malvern, waa only terutobed and verv little Injured. J. M. Htrnhn, a tock raiser ot Mal vern, was aiso in tne caooose, uut wnen ne beard the crush of timbers and Iron and the great splashing or water, be -sprang out of the Ue doer of the car on to the floor ot tbe bridge approach only a few feet from the cboMii. aud before be con id rezaln ns feet saw the (aboose plunge down the awful abyss oi in ieei. niseacape was one or we most wonderful ou record. Chailes Irwin, a brakeman, was on top of the caboose, and went down with If. and waa so lerriblv mangled tbat he died at noon to-day. He baa a mother living at ML Vernon, O. The bodies ot Wajren, Hyde aud Barnbart were Ice lowed in handsome caskets aud sent by special train this alternoou, and Irwin will probably be forwarded to Ohio to-morrow. Summers Is renelvlug every possible attention at the Gait Mouse ao i. jnHries. ine coroner's Jury heard the testimony ot Conuuctor Klnley and Mr Kt m li n I li in t'.nrr. 1 n nnfl aiHiicrwl nr.--' -v.- .- .... v y, ,- J M UvU to-morrow morning. Ketiley swore he bsa taken hundreds much more heavily laden trains across the bridge than the one under which It broke; tbat It had recently been Inspected by a competent person and pronounced sound, and he could give uo rea on lor the accident. Mr. Slralin simply related his experience. The damage to tho bridge Is estimated at 175,0k). The value of the cars and stock is about tJ, 00. A temporary wooden trus-t will be pulup as noon as possible. In the meantime a track will be laid to the ferry landiug, and pa&aengeis and freight trains transferred by boat. -m AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD CASE At Last Decided by the lTn I ted States Suprefue Court. Washington, Nov. lo. No. 52S. George B Fairfield, plalntnl tn error, vs. the county of Oallatln, in error to the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of Illinois. This waff a suit upon coupons of a certain series of bonds. Issued by the county of Oallatln, Illinois, in October, 1870, t-j the 8t. Louts and Southeastern Railroad company as a douatlon lo at-sist in the construction of tbat road. The defenoe set up was in substance, that in consequence or tne provision of tbe new State constitution, whlob went Into etrect on July 2, 1S70, the authority to issue and deliver the bonds, had ceased to exist. The question presented Is whether a donation to a railroad company, legally authorised and approved by a majority of the legal voters of a county, pi ior to the adoption of the new Slate constitution, is rendered invalid by tbe prohibition of such donations continued In that constitution. In ti.e case ot tbe town of Concord vs the Portsmouth Savings bank (82 U. a)., 25.) this court was called on to give construction to a section or tho H lnoia i-tate constitution bow in question, and It then held tbat the donations by counties to rail re aus were prohibited b v it no w ; that they oouid not lawiully be made after Julv 2,1X70, eveD although they had been authorised by a prior statute and by a vote of tbe people of the couoty. It now appears, however, that prior to the above decision by this court, Uie supreme court of Illinois, In coastruelng ttla same section, had decided that donations, if sanctioned by the popular vote before the adoption of the constitution, ore not prohibited by it. This deciaton of the Stale supreme oourt has been reaffirmed by it, as well as recognized repeatedly by legislative action, and tnere is every reason to believe tbat the rule has been relied upon, and that on tbe faith of it many mualolpal bonds have been lasutd and bought and sold in the markets of the country, it is an est bllsbed rule of this court that it will follow the decisions of State courts In the construction of their own constitution aud satutes, when suoh decisions are brought to Its nouoe. (lireen vs. Neal, lessee, 8 Peters, 2H1.) Tin a court therefore changes its own decision as rendered In Concord vs. Portsmouth Savings banks, and adopts that construction of the Illinois constitution declared by the courts of that State. (74 III. Rep.. 277.) The Judgment ol the circuit court Is reversed, s ad the record remitted with Instructions to ive judgment for the plaintiff below on the Or ding made. No. 5. Original ez parte AlviL R. Reed. Petition for writs of habeas oorpua and certiorari. The petitioner was a paymaster s clerk nn the United States ship Essex. On tbe 2Uth of June, 1K7H, he was tried by a naval oourt mar. tiai for malfeasance In office, found guilty ar.d duly senlenoed. The admiral declined to approve the Judgment, and sent the pro

ceedings back to tbe court, that sen-

. Truro luigut do reverseu. ine court thereupon imposed another severer sentence. The petitioner bi lngs bis cere here upon a writ of habeas corpus, alleging, nist, tbat the naval court martial could have no Jurisdiction over the paymaster's clerk; second, that the first sentence exhausted the power of the court, and that the tecood was therefore a nullity ; and t bird, tkat tbe oourt could revise 1U former decision only on tbe ground of mistake, that there wss no mistake, and consequently bad no power of revision. ui wuo fioius mat noneoi vne prisoner s points are well taken; tbat tbe naval oourt martial had iuriadictlon over tun mrum ami case; that the exeroiae of Its discretion within auinonxea limits ean not be assigned and made subject of review even bv the annellato ciurt; snd. finally, that the writ of habeas corpus can not be made to perform the functions ot a writ of error. The petition la therefore denied. No. 45. the Gilbert Barker Manufacturing company, appellant, vs. the Walworth Mannmciuricg oomnany, an appeal front tbe circu t court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, and No. 877, the Gilbert A Barker Manufacturing company, appellant, vs. Coleman's Pneumatie gas works, an appeal from tbe circuit court of tbe United States for tbe Southern district of Ohio. Decrees affirmed, with costs. New Freight Rates by the Trunk Lines. New York, Nov. 8 By an agreement between the Eastern trunk lines, the following rill be tbe rates on the articles named, a'ter December 8, )K7: Salt, cement, old rails, steel rail ends, scrap sUel, scrap Iron. plgelelen, pig iron snd blooms, on the basis of SO cents per 101 pounds, from Ntw York to Chicago; not less thsn 15 cents per UK) pounds from New York to the western termini of the trunk lines; railroad Iron, on the basis of : cents per 100 pounds, from New York to Chicago: not less than 20 cents per I0H pounds from New York to the western termini ot thn trunk lines. Rail and lake rates upon the abnve articles will be made upon the usual basis from other seaboard cities, tbe agreed difference to be maintained. Tbe above rates apply to car load shipments only. RESUME OP THE WEEK'S NEWS. A revolution is thought to be brewing In Mexico. The acboorer Petrol was lost at sea, with15 lives, last week. The royal Spanish marriage is arranged for the 1st oi December. Gsnera.1 Xoyep, United States minister at IViis, bta gone to Kjypt. The stea-nship Neciar arrive 1 in Xw York on Sunday, with $712,500 in gold and silver. -. Nearly 100 lives have been lost by fljodt, cbifly at tho east end of the Island of Jamaica. Dr. McCrillus, an old and respected citic?n of Muccie, Ind., was arrested last week for burglary. - The steamship Adriatic, which arrived at New York, on Saturday, biouht $300,000 in British gold bars. Senator Chandler was buried In Detroit on Wednesday afternoon laL He had a very large funeral, and 25 pall-bearers. Eight deaths from yellow fever were reported from Me ed phi. They were nearly all old lingering cases. No new cases reported. Since tbe 1st of January 23,993 German emigrants have landed at Cast'.e Garden, New York, agaiost 18,713 for the corresponding period of last yesr. Jesse James, one of the fatnoui family of outlaws of that name, was killed last week by a companion, George Shephard, who shot htm through the head. Governor Bishop, of Ohio, has sned the Cincinnati Gazette for $60,000 damages for alleged libel in connection with his cond.ict concerning the police board. The New York Herald's steamer Jear nette, which had baen sint out to make explorations at the North pole by James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of tbe H 5 raid, is supposed to be lost. President Hayes and some members of bis ibinethave accepted an invitation to be present at the opening of the Seventh Regiment fair, at New York in aid of the new armory, on November 17. The estimates for the fionenlar and dip.omalic service for the next fiscal year will ex ceed those for the current yesr by abont $90,000. An appropriation ot $2,75J,000 will be ssked for taking the cemus. Joseph E. Bowman, a San Francisco fish dealer, yesterdsy shot Mrs. J. II. Hayes and her niece, inflicting slight wonnds, then b ew his own brains out. The causa waa the refusal of Mies Carr to marry him. The Ohio river la reported lower than it has been for years, consequently the usual snpply of Pi tfsburg coal for liver towns is exhausted. Coal has advanced very materially and there is a heavy demand for all Indiana coale. Leavenworth, Ki, doesn't pay a good re turn on that Republican investment in the way of a negro exodus. The Democrats of the couoty elect their sheriff by 250, their county commissioner by 500, and other things in proportion. Affairs in Ireland are assuming a very serious aspect. The British Government has sent an agent to investigate the oondi tionof the Irish people. Few of the Irish landlords can get any rent paid at all, and matters are evidently approaching a ensie. The New York Poet's financial writer says: On authority which we are. bound to respect we are told It la the purpose of the secretary of tbe treasury to buy bonds at short intervals during the remainder ot the year, sufficient to fill tbe sinking funds for the year. According to our rtekoning, this is abont In the Income tax suit of Mr. Tilden in New York, Judge Choate decided that the witness Colgate could not be compelled to produce bis books before the commisiionera, and ordered tbe examination clost To this decision the attorney for the United States took exceptions, and the case was closed for the present. Marshal Johnson, at Fort Eliott, Tex., has telegraphed to tbe secretary of war for authority to use -United 8 la tea soldiers without arms to help him arrest robbers of the Government ordnance stores. Armed soldiers can not be used under the new law, but as they are cil'iens when off duty the marshal makes the point that they can be nsed unarmed. The secretary has referred the matter to the attorney general. ' The American Women's 8 u Urate association met in Cincinnati on Thusdaylast. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Henry B Blackwell, of Cotton ; vice presidents, T. W. Higrinson, of Rhode Is'end; Mrs. Rebecca N. Haxsrd, of 8t Louis; Mary A. Livermore, of Illinois; George William Curtis, of New York: George W. Julian, of Indiana; Theodore D. Weld, of Massachusetts; Delia Burleigh, of New York; Margaret V. Longley,

of Cincinnati; chairman' of executive comtnlitee, Mrs. Locy Stone; foreign correspond ing reuretary, Julia Ward Howe; corresponding secretary, Myra Bod well, of Illinois; recording secretaries, Mrs. Matilda Hindman, ot New Jerstv; Amsnda Way, of Indiana; treasurer, Frank B. Sanborn, of Massachuaeltr. General Sherman's annual report atatea that 11 generals, 1,559 officers, 20,566 men and 233 Indian scouts, with such officers to the staff aa are assigned by the wsrdeparttuent to duty with the troops, constitute the entire combative force. The various detachments, aggregating 3.4C3 enlisted men of the highest grades, compose aboutone sixth part of tbe enlisted men provided by law for the whole arrr.v. leaving but 20.779 for actual .

service. The general severely criticises the management of Indian affairs. Our latest advices no to this writing con cerning the New York election is that the Republicans elected their governor, Mr. voruen, ana tne .Democrats the lieutenant pwnnigr, ana mat tne Balance or tne state . . k. . i j I : 1 . . .. iue. nuiTtaea oetween tne two parties. t the Dflmimmti hail nnl hti. h-.fl ft r. n - dtdates in tbe field for governor, the returns show tbat Ms. Cornell would have been defeated nvnrwh.lminnlv Ran Unit. . defeated for governor of Massachusetts. initio's. Wlt-coosin. Connecticut, New Jersey, Nebraska and Minnesota wa carried by the KennMlnana f.pr!.rl Vli... - wwj.wum, , . .1,4 Mississippi went Democrats. General Grant and party arrived at Gene, I1L, the general's old Lome, at 3:30 n. m.. on Thursdav lsjt Tha mrl vmm.i and welcomed bv the militia of Galna Free port and Dubdqae, old soldiers of Galena, the Dubuque veteran corps, ant a large number of citn-ns. Tbey were then conducted in procession to the general'a resider.ee, after having made a circuit of the town. Every building in the town was decorated, and arches were erected in many streets. General Grsnt held a receotion at the De Soto House in the afternoon, and at bis own residence in tbe evening. During the evening the church bells were rung, rnacy buildicg were illuminated, and fireworks were sent np at various points. He begins his Eastward tour In few days, and will have receptions at Chicago, Indisnscolia, Cincinnati and most of tbe citiei East. STATE ITEMS. A Mm Wood bucg herself cn Monday, in Huntingdon county, because of bad treatment. MUs Scbemire, of New Palestine, was barned to death by a coil-oil lamp falling' upon her. - An eagle was killed on Motday in Fayette) county, which measured seven feet and a half fron tip to tip. Millions ot wild pigeons are roosting near Henrvvllle. Clark county. A party kills i 65 acin in one tight, recently. Congressman Heilman, of the Evanaville district, has written a letter, positively refusing to enter tbe contest for the nomination lor governor by the Republicans. Coal is on tbe advance all over the State. Tbe Ohio river Is to low that Pittsburg coal can not be brought down tbe river, and Indiana block and other coals are in heavy demand. Cook Walpole, of Madison, assaulted his father with an axe on Wednesday evening very savegely, cutting his arm aud side, and, it ia ihootl, breaking three of his ribs. He wes drank. A coal til lamp burst in Crawfordsville a few nigh's ago. The State law makes tbe andard 120. This can cot explode. The Crawfordsville oil must have been below the Sta e law ttaudard. The Craw for J&ville Star thinks that those newspapers who advocate tbe incoming of tboneands of inle colored men and other laberors injo Indiana, promising them abundant work, are eceraits to tbe labor interests of the 8uite, and false guides, whom to trust is to be deceived. THE STATE PRESS. The Michigan City Enterprise: Tbe Indianapolis Sentinel goes into hysterics over the fear tbat negroes from the south will emigrate Into Indiana and vote the Republican ticket. Well, the Republicans are doing nothing to get tbem here; but as It is a free country, what is the Sentinel going to do about it If they choose to comeT All that we propose to do abont it is to let the white laboring classes know that the Republican party are colonizing . these negroes in Indiana for the purpose of carrying the State in 1SS0, and that when they get hero the white people of the State will have to take care of tbem. as has been the case in Kansas. Now, crack your whip and drive on with your enterprise. If the white people of Indiana ever understand the true inwardness ot tb:s despicable scheme, yoar party will lose 10 votes for every negro voter you import into tbe Slate. Tbe Mitchell Times save: The negro exodus threatens Indiana. Two men representing a community of 2U0 of their I ace In North Carolina, have visited the Stale and report tbat they received auch flatrlng offers In tha shape or work that they will return at once to North Carolina and prepare to emigrate, if the move proves a success it 1 said that several thousand colored people of both Nor.h and South Carolina will follow suit. Whether it proves a success or not tbey are cornier' Twenty families are already reported from Barlholomaw county, and eight from this one. These are the advance skirmishers of the new Republican coinixation schemers. They are coming, Father Abraham, 20,000 strong. Patnam county has heard of tbe proposition of Mr. Laogsdale, ot Greencastle, to fnrnUh homes for all the Southern negroes. Tbe Greencastle fc'tar says: The white workingmen of Indiana are opposed to and will reMent,o far as they have power, the importation of cheap colored labor with which they are compelled to compete. The fact Is that the Importation of illiterate, poverty-stricken colored labor Is simply a prototype of the Importation of Chiueaa cheap labor to (Talifornla, and the retail will be a similar antagonism, finally ending lulheoranimation of workingmen upon a plal'orm emandiug reformation in the premlsaa. Tbe Noblcaville Independent says: It Is the settled policy or the Repub'icao party to ship negroe Into Iadiaca for voting purposes, indl ma has pleuty of room for ludualrious emigrants who are nelf-suaiaining, but emigrants for voting purposs, who are notaelf-suxtaiolDg, Indiana needs none. The party that will retort to uch a poliry will eeetve the Jnat condemnation of tbe people. Let Democrats look a little out 'round. She Waited Eight Louc Years. IPittaourg Telegraph. Eight years sgo a man who was ready to ba married wss sentenced to the Western penitentiary, and Thursday, when bis Ion; sertcs ended, the faithful woman stood at tha prison door to receive her lover, and where be found wedding garments wu'.ch friends had provided. Tbe ceremony wss not delayed, and it Is to be hoped that after all the woman baa received a husband worthy of her constancy.

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