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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JCJNEl G, 1 ö fc 0 TITHSUPPL E AIENTVOL.. XXVIII. NO 24. WHOLE NO-1533.1

DREADFUL - DISASTER

On Long Island Sound at a Late llour Friday Night. A Collision Between the Stoning, ton Lino Steamers Narragansett and IStonington. Tie NairgaEsett Strnck Between Mid&blp, Ttvkes Firs and Sinks. Many of th9 Passengers Jump Overboard, While Others Take to the Life Boats. Eighty-Three Persons Known to HaTe Gone Down to Watery Graves. A Scene Toat is Beyond Description by Any Mortal. Heartrending Stories Told by Tnose MfboWm Rescued. A TERRIBLE CALAMITY. A Collision Between Two Loop Island Sound Steamers. Ikw York, Juue 12. .The steamboats stonlDtoa and NarragtDsetl were In collision last iilbt on Long Island Sound, aul tue present announcement is that the Narraganett took tire anil rank. The passenzers rescued are scattered along Liong Island shore. A Boston dispatch says: "There am reports la this city of considerable loss of lite by the sinking of the Narragansett." SECOND DISPATCH. 10:) a. m. At the ofllce of D. 8. Babcocfc, President of the -Old reliable" Stonington Line, to which the steamer ntoninzton belong, the only Information that could be obtatneJ was that there had been a collision. Nothing could be learned of the fate of the passengers. A private dispatch, says a number of liven were lo it. The disaster took place near the Connecticut River. THE THIRD DISPATCH. 11 o'clock The steamers In collision belonged to the name line. The Narrajjansett vat on her regular trip from New York to ionium foil, ami the steamer Stonington was returaiug to New York, Tne collision occurred about It :15 p. ra., off the Connecticut River. The Narragansett . TOOK FIRR AND SUNK in four fathoms or water. The passengers of both steamers w;re transferred to the steamer City of New York, of the Fad Rlvr Line, to Boston, and they arrived la New York at 1:15 this mornlcg. It is Impossible to ascertain at present THE LOSS OF LIFE. Two bodies, however, have already been recovered. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Stosinoton, Conn., June 12. The steamer Stoniugton arrived ateIU Ihis niorninz. with r.bout flfty survivor from the Narragansett. The bow of the lormer was stove In nearly to the water line. .She struck the Narragansett at 11:30, on the starboard slCe, forward of the wheeihou.se. The shock burst the gas tank, and m lit teen minutes the Narrugausett was on fire, and soon after sank.-The aleatneis New York and Providence came to her assistance, and all the boats and life rafts ot thelour steamers were lowered and put in service. Two hours elapsed before the last paaseDger was picked up. Most of the passengers were tranMened to the Cliy ot New York. The passengers say the officers and crew of the Narragansett behaved with great coolness and nerve. On. the arrival of the Stonington the village was aroused, and men and women Laateued with clotblug and assistance. TWENTY FIVE WOMEN WERE on board In taeir la their night clothes -one died before react lug here from the shock. The body ha not . yet- been identified. One man alio died Kev. E ft. Lockwood, of Sixtyighth street MetrtaiL-t Cb wich, New York, who was on his first trip East. Mot of the Eastern-bound pasKengerx left on a special train. No estimate can be made here or the loss or lire. There is a general agreement among the survivors that, out of a passenger's list of more than 3uu, a large numlwr MUST HUI BEE5 LOST, as the water around the burning steamer was alive with ktruggting people, cllnslng to rarts and every conceivable thing. Most of the women brought here were in the water several hoars. One lady had about t't.OUO In her valise which was lixt. Two ladies on the steamer Mtonlugton died after being picked op. Their remains await identification. It is feared that more of the passengers who were in berths below the main deck lld not have time to save themselves. The bow of the steamer Stonlngton was knocked off. THE STOBT AS TOLD BY THE STOXISGTOX PASSENGERS. The Post extra has the following account of the disaster from paaeneers on the t-Uonlun ton: "Soon after thesteamer left Providence the weather became thick, ay it o'ciock nearly everybody was in bed and all on board quiet. At about 11:15 there was A BCPDKW CRASH, end in a moment there was terrible confusion. Men, women and children, in all stsgei of undress, rushed frantically from their berths and rushed to the upper decks. For a few momenta everTbodr thought tne toai was sinaiuz. ana there was a struggle for life preservers. The o racers of the boat said the boat was leaking forward. Dot there was no danger, it was then seen that the steamer into which the Htonlnzton hd run w the Narragansett, The latter had been truck amidships, and two or threw minutes after the collision flames burst out and, a"ri also immediately enveloped the entire vessel " THE SCENE WAS FRIGHTFUL. The shrieks ard cries of the passengers on the Narragansett were dlstictiy auuioie on theSronlntcton. They could be seen leaping Into the water and rushing frantically In all directions The boats of the Stonington were low red after a dlay ot several minutes, and by that time the Narragansett had settled and wasrinklnz. Br some blunder the pluvs In the life boats were left out, and they filled with water. ThU caused additional delay. The men In the boars did not know how to row them; at last they reached the scene of the wreck and picked up a number of persons floating on life preservers, mattresses, chairs. tables. Dianks. etc. Tne scene wasappaiung At this Juncture the City or New Y'ork came ud and lay afloat some distance. Hhe lowered her boats and picked np as many ot TBS E0W5I5Ö PAS3IXGERS as she could find,' when all hope of further rescue was abandoned. - Home or ine rescuea persons, 175 In nnrooef, who had been transferred to the City of New York.returned to the Stonlngton. Manvof the Dtsaengers rescued were badly scalded; others were half naked. PARTICULAR! BT A TAgtETfGER Or THE KABRA- ' ' ' ' G AI SETT. .' 1 J. H. Wilcox- adlustlnz azent of the New Y'ork Life insuraae Company, and resident at Lhtcazo. was a passenzer on tne rtarracanaett, and relates the following story: He waa a routed by tne notse or ine collision, ne im

mediately realized wnat naa nappenea, ana hastened from his staterotm, carrying pantaloons and coat, bat leaving behind aSotf and

crutch, which he usually uses, having bat one leg. The boat was now . ON FIRE, and there was a scene of the utmost terror and , confusion. A woman flung herself upon him screaming, "Save me and my child!" lie manaisl to dress himself and struggle on 1 deck, where was a scene of equally mad confusion and frantic fear. A dense fog prevailed and only the whistle and bell of th Utoninzton gave token of her presence, not far otL There was A CRY FOR LIFE B0AT3, J and one was cut loose from amidships, from near where Wilcox was standing. He threw himself over the side of the boat and fell safely within It. Others followed, includins the woman who buried him beneath her weight. Home one cut the boat loose and it was pushed off trora the burning steamer to avoid being swamped by passengers, who were swimming about supported by ii'e preservers or pltces of furniture and dlling the air with CRIES FOR HELP. The boat was pulled out, and wlthlu a short time the Narragansett sunk, leaving total darkness on th water. The boat remained out for what Wilcox Judged to be about three hour", when, feeling the approach of a omiDg storm, be urxed the men to pnll for the steamer Stonlngton, which was still blowir g her whistle, as the only hope to escape being upset. They did so and were saved. The boat's load. Inducing Wilcox, numbered thirteen. Three of them, he thinks, were of the crew ot the Narragansett. Wilcox did not learn the name of any person In the boat. ANOTHER STATEMENT of a passenger, made to a reporter of the Providence Journal, says: "The passenger was lying on a lounge in the Captain's room and heard three whistles of the approaching steamer, which Rounded as If over his head. In an instant the collision occurred. The Narragansett fell away about a quarter of a mile and soon AW ALARM OF FIRE

was given. The flames blazed so fiercely and spread so rapidly that the passengers wer obliged to leap over from the hurricane deck into the water, and were seen In every direc tion clinging to seats aud life-preservers, and weie picked up by the damaged steamer Huntington by the light of the burniDg vessel, aud fully 0 persons were rescued." Hits passenger estimates the number afloat at fifty ; the clerk of the Narragansett placed the number at thirty. W. 1). BocE.or ritlsburz. ana jonn ve;cn. of Milwaukee, are aved. Rev. Dr. Lock wood, who died attfr beinz taken from the water, was ou his ürst trip West. WHAT THE PURSER SAYS. The purser of the Narragansett stated that there were not more than IBU pas-engera ou the boat, and that the loss can not exceed fifty, as it Is Known that more than ixv vera brought to this city and large numbers were taken back to Stonington. It Is also known that a schooner which came up sent out boats and picked up several people. A passenger and naval cadet were swimming about tor over an hour before they wer picked up. One young mas was seen to deliberately SHOOT HIMSELF, when cries of Gre, and that the boat was sinking were raised. Tne report of a pistol waa also heard In another direction A deck hand of the Narragansett Fays he nmped ovei board as soon as the collision took place and clung to a brofcen spar, lie saw a boat lowered from the Nariuiransetl overturned and the occupants, he minks, wre drowned. It la said in five minutes after the collision there weie rive feet of water in the hold, and in ten minutes the Bteamer was burned to the water's edge. The scenes subsequent to the collision are described as heart-rending. A boat's crew discovered au old lady STRUGGLING IN THE WATER, and wheu thev pulled to where she was It was discovered that Hhe clasped an elght-mcnths old In ant her grand child closely to her breast, and both were pick a no. ine collision, fire and sinking of the Narragansett occurred within auch a hort time that many in their rooms asitep at the time must have been lost. The shneks ana cries oi terror oi the men, as well as women, were terrible. WHAT ANOTHER PASSENGER BAYS. Ctarence Leonard and wife, recently of Booth's Theater, were passengers on the Narragansett. Leonard says at the time of the collision the lights were out. II cried, "For (iod's sake light the gas that I may save my rife." Homebody did Jigui the gas, nd just then a man rushed through the alcoa shouting, "Put on your life preserveis WPh some difficulty wefouud two In our room aud tried io fasten them to our bcd.es, but bdiog without proper fasten ings, when we got iuto the water tney were more of an Impediment than use. Thoy worked over our neatis anu were wiuiont support, but finally we managed to ut hold of the i ones of a life raft aud were lifted upon it. The raft was so crowded that my wife laluted. She kept cramped on her knees for some time. A dozen ot persons were clinging to uie ropes around the raft aud maklug frantic effort to get npon It. The raft was six Inches uuder water, i hrough the weight ot persons ciingioe to It. The rait was flually towed by a towboat to toe City or New iork. lvouard speaks In. strong terms against THE CONDUCT OF THE OFFICERS and crew of the Narragansett, He saya the Captain was one of the first to enter the life boat. A Mrs Osborue threw her six-year-old child from th main deck to him. and then jumped for the tame boat and was rescued. She naa noiningoa out ner nigm cioiues anu the child was naked. THE SHRIEKS OF THE DYING and the pleadings of those in the water for assistance were something never to be forgotten. A lady passenger ou the City of New York said, when she saw the Narragansett the vessel was all in tHmes. "We heard screamlog oh, such screaming. It seemed as If it never would end. It came from the boats and from the water and everywhere. Everywhere were people floating with life preservers, MOANISG AND CRYING out in despair. Some of the poor wretches drifted by us, out of bearing, and the cries that were lost In the distance wrung our hearts. Wo cou d not help them. Oar boats came and went bringing loads of men, women and children, picked up from both fhe vessels. There were altogether about 150 of them. They said there was as many lost. Home had lost their wives and some their children or their husbands, aud their misery was heartrending, bome of the children rescued were stark naked, while very few of the women bad anything on but their under garmerts. It Is sal'i the officers did not let the passengers know THE TRUE STATE CF AFFAIRS, and many women were induced by tbem to return to their state rooms, thereby losing time and likely their lives. The disaster causes Intense excitement In this city and throughout New Enzland, where the paasengers In general belong. Leonarda adds that the deck hands In the lue boat beat the fingers off of an old lady dcrperately clinging to the side of the boat. Hhe begged to be saved, bnt was finally eompeUed to let go her bold, and was probably drowned. Further News Regarding the Terrible Affair. Focghkeepsie, N. Y, June 13. Dr. Klttredge, of Fishklll Landing, ono of the survivors of the Narragansett, states that he staid on board of the steamer while the fire waa progressing an til It got so hot that be had to Jump overboard, aud during that time he did not see a single officer of the boat, nor hear an order given, and the life boats were not lowered untt tlhe flames had made great progress. He and bis on were picked np by a boat from the City of New 1'ork. THE RECOVERED BODIES. New London. Conn., June 13. Of the twelve hodle recovered from the wreck of the NarraSansett the fjtlowlng have been Identified: E. . Horton. Jewelrvdrummer, Attteboro, Mass.; William Noyes.of New York; Alfred A. Reed, of Fast Greenwich, R. I.; Mrs. Wm. btevens, of Boston Illzhlnnds; Misi J. K. Little, residence nnkuown. William Noyes is a brother of Benjamin Noyes, of New Haven, recently Imprisoned in Ne w Jerey for violating the Insurance laws of the Stae. ' The Narragansett waa boarded by the Assistant I nspeetor of the light boats Sunday, and he lies in seven fathoms ot water. It la the opinion of mariners that the Narragansett la broken In two. &he la grounded in the western extremity of the shoals. But for her ' grounding there she', would bave sunk out of '. sight. The master of the wrecked schooner reports that he Inspected the wreck In a diving armor this morning. 'A part of the port wneel bouse of the Narragan cot aa ntovari nn oarlv this mnrnlnir In ths

I race. The eoorssa of the - colliding ' - - " . . -.0 - . - ujt ' . - ; J

steamers lay together, but had the Htonlngton Bounded two suceeslve whistles, instead of one, io reply to the signals of the Narraearusett, the uccldent would, lu all probability, not bave occurred. No bodies were recovered to day. WHAT CAPTAIN YOUNG BAYS. . Boston-, June 13. The Herald has the following special: ' Stonisgton, Conn., Juue 13. Captain Young, the officer who was in temporary command of the Narsgansett on the disaster, during the past two days has spent his entire lime at the scene of the accident, lie haisald but little about the collision and subsequent loss of life, except to express the belief that he was In the proper course when the accident happened, and that when all the facta are known uo blame whatever ran bo attached to him. He beard the whistle of the Stonington at intervals for several into utes before the collision, but could not exactly place her, because of ber lights belüg Indistinguishable through the heavy mist and fog. He was proceeding cautiously at a very low rate of snees.1, aud was making his eourse, expecting to soon pass the light ship offCaruneid light. He heard the warning of Mr. Cook on tne bow watch the moment it was given, and with the loss of hardly an instant he ordered his engines reversed and did everything to avoid the catastrophe. In ngard to the cause of the fire. in which followed the collision, he did not express even au opinion, and gave the Inference that he was as much in the dark as other people. With reference to the behavior ot his crew through the trying ordeal of saving his passengers, he aays no crew could have done more under the circumstances. The pafsengerson the whole behaved admirably until the cry of fire was raised, and then they became unmanageable. Through the coolness of his oil', cers and men, every one of whom stood by their poste, many were placed safely on life boats and raits who otherwise would have been lost. In regard to where the blame of the collision should rest, he would not express an opinion. It appears from a conversation wlih the leadlog naviglom of the sound that Captain Y'oung lias been failing with Thomas K Waters for the past thirty-on years, aud was coosideied one of the best pilots on it before ver taking command or a s .earner, which ho has doae for many years.

NEWS FROM TUB CAPITAL, REGARDING PUBLIC LANDS, WAsnrxoTdx, June 14. The conference report on the bill rvlat Ins? to public lands, and finally agreed to by both Houses of Congress, provides that whon any lands of the United States shall have been entered, and the Government price paid in full, no criminal suit or proceeding by or In the name of the Uuited states shall thereafter he had, or further maintained for any trespass upon, or ou account of material taseii from sa'.d lands, and that no civil suit had to be malutaiued lor any trespass upon, or material taken from said lauds in the ordinary securing of land, of working claim, or for agricultural or domestic pur poses, lu malntaintiig Improvement on land of bona fide settlers, or ou account of any material taken by any person without the knowledge of trespass, or without fraud or collusion by any person who, in good faith, has paid the officers of the United s.ates for the same; provided the ptovMonsof this s crion stall apply only to trespasses commltteJ prior to March 1,1879; and provided furtner, that the defendants In such suits shall exhibit to the proper officers evidence of such entry, -and pay all accrued debts. It also restores the provision reducing the price of lands within six miles of railroads to SI. 25 per acre, where they were placed In the market at 12 5 J per acre prior to istfl. PLACED ON THE RETIRED LIST. General E. D. Towcsend, Adjutant General of the Army, win be placed on the retired list to-moitow. He will be succeeded by General Richard C. Drum, at present Acjutaut General. LONGSTREET'S NOMINATION CONFIRMED. The Penate has confirmed James Lonrstreet, of Georgia, Minister Residenter the United States at Turkey. The nomination of General Longstreet was coutirmed witnout discussion, and by the very decisive vote of b9 against 3. CONFERENCE COMMITTEES The second Ommlttee of Conference on the Punday Civil Aporoprlatlou this evening substantially effected au agrtement. The Conference Committee on the general 5e3ciency bill reached an agreement this arternoou. Twenty People It Hied and HousesMauy . Destroyed. Chicago, June 18. Council Bluffs special dispatch to the Nonpareil gives the particulars of a terrible tornado that swept through the southeastern part of Pottawottamte County last evening- The cyclone or tornado is described by eyewitnesses as something terrible. Storm nod wind clouds were first observed forming both eat unl west of Wheeler's grove, the point where the most destruction occurred, and in a short time came together. The cloud, which was conical in shape, came to the ground near the groie, traveling eastward. The track of the s onn was about a half cf a mile In width, and swept everything betör It.demollsblug farm houses, barn" aud other buildings, and carrylnz some of them bodily for a hundred teet, and then dastiirg them to the ground in pieces. At one place a farmer's house, surrounded by a frail fence, waa picked up and theu dashed to pieces in the yard, leaving every board of the fence remaining as it was. There were fifteen to twenty persons killed outright and manv were wounded, while others can not be found. Those known to have been killed were Jesse Osier, wife and two children, Wm. Pace, wife and his two children, aud another child fatally Injured. Alexander Osier, wife and child were carried in the air almost 150 feet and seriously Injured, t'ie child fatally. A hired man employed by the latter, name unknown, was killed. Other persons, six or eight In number, were carried away, and have not yet been found. After the storm had apent Its furies, the scene is described as heartrending in tho extreme. Parents were looking for their children. husbands for their wives, wives for husbands. Not a house In the track of the tornado Is left standing, and there could not be found pieces enough of some to start a fire with. The unparalleled storm did not last 15 minutes, and was not accompanied by rain. Doctors from this city, Red Oak, and other points have got.e to the scene of the , disaster, and many citizens from Red Oak, ten miles distant have gone to assist in taking care of the injured and to bury the ueaa. luereare no railway or telegraph facilities to the scene of the disaster, and reports are rainer meager as yet. It Is thought the storm struck other points, but not with so great force as at Wheeler a Grove. Millions of Feet of Logs Carrie 1 Away by . the Flood. Milwaukee. June 14. The Sentinel's Ocon to, Wis., special sayB: "Ihe damage by flood amounts to S150.0U0. The water la lalllug, and no more datiz"r is apprehended. Tne Sentinel's Chippewa Falls special says from Friday night to eunday Chippewa River roe twenty-lour feet, and the entire upper river is cleared or logs, bom bridge at Chippewa Falls were swept away, and ail on Dnucan Creek except one. Guard locks of t'ie dam was swept away, and fears are en. tertalnrd that it will carry off the lower part of the city. The total loss will probably reach 11,000,000. The Chippewa Lumber Company lose nearly all their logs, piers and booms, but will commence as soon as the water subsides to repair. About 2,U0U,U0O feetof logsre-naln in the poctetat Dells Lsu Claire, but will probably gi out with the rest. Badger Mills, six mile below the city, whs carried away. The French Lumbering Company's big mill at Grand Island will be badly damaged. The Sentinel's Grand Rapid; special Bays An unprecedented raise In Wisconsin river is worklug untold damage. Most of the merchants lost beavllv. approximating K5.100. The main business portion of tho city is an iland, and is only reached dv boats, 'venu nana Inzs have been swept away. The rear part of the store or Brundaze s r ereuson'a waa swept away, carrying away with It Ferguson, who was drowned. uis Doay nas not yet uoeu re covered. The Wrecked Steamer Narragansett. Da Tnnali TManatphM from Rtonlno ton report that a large number of people visited the scene of the Narrazanaett disaster. The investigation or divers show the upper hurrl cane deek and Its state rooms entirely gone, whtia the cahlns and state rooms on the main deck were a charred and nndlstlngulshablo mass. A large quantity of freight has been raised.

CK1.MES AND CRIMINALS.

' .- A WIFE MURDERER HUNG. alve-stov, June 12. Henry Quarten, a n&cro vara, for ton niurda or Kiivir. nn i t 16.9. The execution was private. . 8HOT BY HIS WIFE. .);. ALrrsTott'. .Tunait-ln r r. it i..v. . . , ------- w -'" m i vu was shot, but not seriously . wounded, this afternoon, by hlB wife, who then fatally shot herself. Jealouy is the assigned cause. A WIFE MURDER .JaT LOUISVILLE T.Or-TSVTT.T TV -TnnA It nii.h T " - biijnu 1 cuuvnlibb ir-olnred rnt hla wir' i'lim, tmvn . - , , . iv,iiym cm lumr to-night at her home In California, a suburb ot f. Mi... T . V, . . " -.ij. iirj uii ntrn wpuraiw tor tome me on account of Jealousy. Pendergast ea- . I - -MURDERED HIS MLSTRES.S. New Y'ork. June 13. -Mary Dean, z young r ;ion-u ituujau it, lufi in a leuemeut nouse on fKt TwMitv.ntrt h mrp.t miin i.ori h.) h - - i i- X i er husband, was brutally murdered to-day by " paramour, Augustus i-vttOU, Who Cut r throat from ear to ear. tVHO FIRED THE SHOT? 'nr rnra 1 1 Inno It 1. v. after midnight last night that a mysterious muider or a terrible accident cansinir fWatn sd occurred at Georges vUle. The siory is: W nne lMvtd wniiams.of Commercial Point, id Miss Kate Turner, cf Goorgesvlile, were Uo.l in a prove near l.''nrce.vlii.. rinrin. tha a sen O '-Q.'-i.'I- uui.u . 1 1 1.' I'ternoon. tome one fired a ahnt, which took eft i'ci iu wuuauis Didast, killing him lnmtlv. There are three ihpnilcu mniiTiir stti till Is shooting. One is tltat tho scot was fired t yJcsph Turner, fati-r of Miss Turner, and 1 1 claimed tbat just alter the shot was fired man resembling Turief was seen flftyyards way Another st ry Istltal the shot :us flied y a Jealous rival ; while still another theorv is lült. U'llMnmu' il...i1h .... .- 1 w.- ...( dental shot from a gun can led by a party of . -. .... i ... . t. j 1 i . - uvj a uuuuug in ueign oorilOOU. EXECUTION OF A MURDERER. Little Reck. Ark.. June 13. -William Binns was hung at Warren, B-adley County, on the Jim lusiaui, ior tne muraerci exn Jdwarda u June. 1ST9, near Montlcello. He was con victed In Bradley on a change of venue. Both Were colored men, and were keeping company wiiu a coiorea woman Dnmra Dora COOK, ana Btnns became Jealous. I'd wards' body was ouud In Dora's house, with the tknll crushed with some heavy Instrument. Blnns waa seen near the bou.-e shortly before, and when arrested he had b.ood on his clothes. Both he nd Dor were sentenced to death, but the uovcruor commuted iua woman s sentence to tweuty-one years imprisonment, there belne doubts of her willing complicity. Blnns showed great coolness on the scaffold, and died protesuntc 111s innocence, ine drop tell at noon. He died or straagaiatlon ; his struggles being learful, and his breathing belns heard forty yards irom the gallows for some time after the drop fell. ANOTHER MURDER. Memphis. June 11 W.C. Psi!ev. a resect able fanner, residing near. Como, Mls., was shot and killed by a man named Ppivey, ou östurday evening. Splvey rente-i Und irom Bailey, out of which grew the difheulty. The reports say the killing waa unprovoked. Spivey escaped. AX INSANE WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO MURDER HER HUSBAND. Chicago. Juue 11. It Is learned that last Friday Mrs. Campbell, wife oi Joseph Cainobell, a farmer llvi-g near llacdsboro, III. .bocime deraozed, and while ber husband was in bd attempted to o is patch him with an. ax. She succeeded only In badly dlsflgurlug his iace ana causing him to nearly bleed to üeata. She then fled with her bloody weapon, going toward a neighbor's houHe for the purpose of killing him also, but she fell into a dl cn Irom exhaustion aud was secured. She Is the mother of twelve childten. TRIAL OF CCHRIK FOR THE KILLING CF PORTES Galweston. June 11 The News' srecUl from Marshall, Tex., rays: "The jury in te Currie case has beeu filled out The trefendnnt plead not guilty to the Indictment. The tate witness, Nat A. Harvey, the keener ot the saloon where the killing occurred. testiuea mat itirria naa been arinklugand took a drink just before the difficulty. The first talk he heard between the pirtieswas when Currie said: "You can't give me any stuff like that." Barr) moro said they wanted no trouble, as they had a lady with them. Currie replied: "Uainjied fine Isdy." Currie took a drink and as-ked the witness if he fcow Miss Cummin. The witness replied Currie said he did, adding terms UDht to print. Currie tuen auot at Barrymore, then at Porter, then at FaTymore. The latter ba l pu'Ied off his coat, iiilcdihü tore-sent the Insult to the lady. At tue time of the shooting Currie was between Barrymore and Porter. Dr. Elam JolinEoa testified that Porter diext frcm a wouud from a pistol in the stoirach. Maurice Liarryruore took, inesiar.u. ine ciod presa forward to catch every word. The witness gave a graphic end rapid recital oi the aff ray. II testified going to the saliHn with Porter aud Miss Cummins, and teliiug them to order what they wanted aud retired to attend to some business. On bis return he was told bv Miss Cummins that a funny man had been In the room, md asked: "D you want to buy a dog?" Tne witness remarked this was only an expression, and seated himself to lunch. When he heard ihe same voice say! tig to Porter, "Did you mean that for m?" Porter ex pressed surprise, currie caiiol Porter as-n of a i h. and said "you cau't give ine any ef your gait." ine witness related now currie was reminded tbat there was a lady present, aud repeated the Bame reply of Currie, related by Harvey. - The witness said Currrle asced him If he wanted to take it up. The witness replied he would proteclthe lady.snd was not armed. That Currie swore he was not. That Miss Cummins pleaded with Currie to slop. That Currie then had two pistols in his hands. Currie then shot witness In the left arm; that the witness escaped, going into a saloon in tba rear, lie looked back and saw currie shoot sorter; that witness ran out Into the yard, and came back to Miss Cummins, and Currie neatn lsveled bis pistol at him. That Porter was in a suppli catory attitude when shot; that there was no one in tue luncn room but Harvey and those :n the dtificultv; that Curle asked Porter ta so outside to tlzht it out; tbat Porter said he would be out present ly. Adjourned until morning. Tui: fire: record. A FEARFUL CONFLAGRATION IN THE OIL DISTRCT Bradford. Pa.. June iL Th Is morning, at 1 o'clock, lizhtnlng strnck a VMUJO barrel Iron tank of oil of the illeout Pipe Company, located on an eminence above Tliusville. The oil at once took fire, and communicated to an other tans of the sane elze, owned by the same Comoauv. At l o clock tne burning ou overflowed and ran dovn the hillside, consum ing everythiug In Its coarse. The Octave Kenuerv ana Acme uit vvorkB. one oi tne largest refineries in ihe world, is now burniDg. The oil ran Into Oil CreeK, aud threatened the destruction of a large anount of property In the rltv. Versons residinr In tne neighborhood nave without nooseneius gone -to piacea ot safety. At 5 o'clock tre fire was still increas ing, having reached irankiin ana wnsmnzton streets, and threatened to destroy the railroai bridge. i Fire departments forn Cory, oil City and Warren are In the 'city, in auswer to a telezram from the Msyor ir aid, acting with the nre uepartiueuit vi nnsmc At u .nvw mo buildiugs along bothsldes of the street were horning, and about lOUWO barrels of oi'. There is great excitement li the city, but tin business portion, at -this hour, is believed tobe safe, being mostly couponed of brick buildings. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. . TiTuaviLT.E, Pa., Jute 11. A most disastrous petroleum fire has ben raging here all day, and bas perhaps not yet reached Its height. It started about 7 a.m. One of the tanks of the Tldeout and Tltus-llle Pipe Line Company being struck by llghtiing. two other tanks of the same line also tok lire and exploded, t he oil running down in streams of fire to Oil Creek, the location be ng on the south elde of the bill at the head of Perry street. The Acme Oil Company's Reflnsry No. 11 followed, aud .ha been burning ill day. The loss Is estimate! at - ltxi,iw ' barrels ot crnae oil. beside their . works. The flames spread over the blll.rednclng to ashes all the dwellings ou Breed teet. The Roberts Hotel, close to the bridge, bad not burned nt till 7 o'clock, but several Interior dwellings below wereconsumed. TfceFranklln street bridge la now on fire, and the lailroad bridge below baa hitherto - been savel ' by ' great - exertions. Franklin street and Washington and Perry are foil of drags and fixnlture from the Looses

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emptied by the panic-stricken tenants. ' A Southwest winds would threaten the OU Creek Railroad Depot and the machine shops, aud the Mornlog Herald block, bot little apprehension la felt of such a catastiophe at present, unless the wind should lake an nnfsvorab e turn. The fire departments of Cory. W arren and Oil City are here. There fc plenty of water, and the men are working like heroes aud are refreshed and relieved from time to time. .The refinery business Is the principal prop of home Industry, offering employment to thousands, and the calamity la, therefore, a severe one and felt by. all the business aud laboring class. Mr. J D Archibald, the President of he Acme Oil Company, Is now In New York City. The total loss so far in works and crude and crude equivalent. Is estimated at Sl,0lKj,0UJ, the principal losers being the Tldeoute and Tltubvilie O'l Pipe Line and the Acme Company. Too Keystone Refinlog Ynnpany is also destroyed, belOEgtug to Pickerlnz, Chambeis & Co., and valued at f).CM). 'Ihey lose besides their works 2i,0u0 bat reis of crude and distillate. The Octave Refinery No. 3, on the north side of the cieek, has so far escaped. Later estimates nlaAtr

loss at S2.0-0.uu. The fire Is still raging, and wm pxnumjr jasi ior a aay or two longer, but uuleasthe wind blows from the southwest.it will not extend to the north side of the creek nor attack the depot of the P., T. and B. Railroad. 30 o'clock Another iron tank bnrst and et fi'e to the Franklin street bridge. The Octave Refinery on the north side ia now iu flames. The fire is spreading rapidly. THE TERRIELE CONFLAGRATION. TlTUSVILLE. Pa.. June 12. The fire has arwnt iU fury, but is still razing, disturbing and requiring the continual efforts ot the Ilr department and the detention of out side companies until the daogr is past, The Emery oil tank on the hill, containing io,uw uarreis oi crude oil, succumbed this mornlDg. Mr. David Emery offered thaOorrv department SMW to save it, but in vain, afcd he presented mem with ill after their herculean but futile efforts were over. The exnloaion of the distillate and benzine tanks on the Acme ao. l grounds lent a learful gloom and excitement to the day's distress. After dusk the Titutsvllle CMr-eiis' Battery tried the experi ment oi snooting notes into the various oil tanks to let the oil out so as to nre vent an v sudden overflow, which defy control, as the creek waa rising from the effects of a rain storm, which has swept over this section of ine country during the day. This bad a whole some effect, acd there la little, doubt that the ravages or the f.te will not cros the Creek and Invade the B T. and P. Depot and the adiacent hotels and bliops; cor is any apprehen sion leu now ior tne railroad bridge, our people in the main wi 1 sleep to-nizht in comparative security, though thousands will remain on duty keeping watch. The wind Is favorable to reta ining the fire to its present limits. A number of privnted Wellings on the hill were destroyed, thonzQ of little value. Scores f families slept In the woods last night, and llioss str et, as well aa Breed street, was piactieally deserted One mother fled to the woods Friday night, with the corpse or her child In her arms, which bad died the day before. Titusvilje temporarily loses by thisaccident about one-third of her refining capacity, and works ot the most expensive and substantial kind lu the country. There Is little doubt that Titusvllie'd rank as a point will still be maintained, nor will the Acme owners leave It to other hands. The railroads, aa well as the eople, are deeply interested in their maintenance. More careful estimates place the total loss at 11,000,ouo, the Acme belüg the heaviest losers. We have been Informed by the owners of the burned works that they Intend to reconstruct, on a grander and more improved icale at the earliest possible period. Blatters at Leadville. Denver, Col., June 12. To-day's Lr-adville lviee state that at 10 o'clock this morning all the fire !-lls tolled a a signal for cosing aUp'aersof business, according to the agreement of yesterday. Ten companies of PHI men each, armed with Winehe-ter rifles, formed, and this afternoon l,ö citizens, two-thirds armed, pu-aded the streets. Five huti'lred atockera wen called in front of the chronicle office, and Mooney, the- leader, told them toco home and liohave like men. A few moments after, the Sheriff arrested Mooney without resistance, and be is now in jail. On the return of the citizens' procession it passed the Chronicle office. The strikers dlsjorsed. The wildest uxcl'emeiit prevails, but no blood has been shed up to 4 o'clock, and the general opinion is that there will Im no serious colli -ion, but Lieutenant Governor Tabos and others express great fear. Two Sad Holier Kx plosions. vMilwaukek, Wis., June 14. At 6 o'clock this morning the boiler of Waldeck Wirt's distillery exploded, and twenty minutes later a second boiler exploded. Dave Hanson, the llremsu, was Instiiitly killed by the first explosion, and John Schandein fatally lDjured. fhe building took lire, and was partially destroyed. Loss, 2X,m): Insurance, Sh,C0i. The exuio ion was caused -ty low water In the boilers. An American Schooner Fired Into Spanish Frigate. by a BaSTOX, June H The American schooner Eunice P. Newcomb arrived to-day from Poit Antoulo, and reports that on May 30, twelve miles off' the Cuban coast, she was fired upon by a Spauish frigate, which tired two shots. The schooner hoisted the American flag and hove tv when an officer boarded her and searched for arms. A Heavy Hail Storm. Sioox City, la.. June 11. A heavy hail storm yesterday broke a vast amouut of glass, and subsequently et" res and residences wet e flooded by rain, '.causing damages to the amount ot f lO.UX). Hall stones eleven Inches In circumference were picked up, and in sheltered places lay in drifts till after nightfall. RKSÜMK OF THE WEEKS' NEWS. CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES. At Washington on the day of Garfieid's nomination, the galleries of the House were tilled with people anxious to see Garfield's chair, which was conspicuous for Its lack of decoration customary in like ca-es. Mr. Cox, on Vednesday, from the Committee ou Foreign A flairs, reported a bill to the Houssreternnz tho claim of the BeDj Well and La Abra Mining Company to the txmrt of Malms for Invest igatloa into the charges of Hand by Mexico. The Seoate. on Wednesday, amended the House concui rent resolution providing for the final adjournment ef Congress on June 10, substituting June ltf. The House subsequently concurred In this amendment. The Senate also concurred in the Conferenca report of the Pohtortice Appropriation bill. The emendment reported by theComrnlttee on the District or Columbia repealing the statute requiring police appointees to be ex soldiers of the civil war was adopted by a party vote, except Mr. Davis, of Idinois, wno voted 44 No " On motion of Mr. - Morgan, of Alabama, the approptiatlon for the completion oj the Entomological Commission was increased irom 816,000 to SS.iOU. The House on Wednesday passed a resolution yielding to the wishes of the Senate conferees on the question of the salaries of the Senate employe's, and the bill was sent back to the Conference Committee. The conference report on the river and harbor appropriation bill, which appropriates about Uiaj.OuO more than was originally gianted by the House, was agreed to by that body. Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, made a motion to go Into Committee of the Whole with the intention of considering the tariff bills, but Mr. Kelley's motion to take. irom the speaker's taoie tne adjournment resolution was carried, and the House soon afterward adjourned. . Minister Carlstlancy's counsel on Thurs day filed a replication to the answer of bis wife to the divorce suit begun bv him. It Is thoueht this will be of no avail. however, as the motion for alimony stays ail proceedings on planum a part unm compiled with. The Senate on Thur-day passed bills to erect a monument at the baUlefleid of Bennington and to place classical antiquities on the free list, an amendment being adopted admitting free also salt to be used in curing meat for exportation The House bill in regard to cut hoops was likewise passed, and the sundry civil bill, after it had been amended by the addition of a large number of Items. A proposition to provide in it for a clerk to the Revolntlonary Claims Committee was rejected. The Republicans in the House prevented action on the tariff bills by fllll bus taring, but an attempt by a portion or them to pursue a similar course In regard to the electoral count resolution was not successful. The resolution was discussed on Thursday. A dispatch says tbat a vote npon it will however, probably be prevented. The President sent the name of ex-Governor Hartranft to the Senate for collector of the port t Philadelphia on Thursday. Tae Senate on Friday passed a large number

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words passing between Mr. Hill, of Georgia, and the Senators from Honth Carolina.' Th Mexican penslonsbM was taken op for debate. Oni-rlday the House spent the entire day npon the Deputy Marshals biü, the greater portion of the time beiDg given p to the Republican stump speeches. The Democrats caused to be read extracts from Mr. G.tt fie id's speeches in support of the provisions of the bill. Ths bill waa amended so as to provide that Court maybeopeced to appoint De j-uty Marshal, and passed by a party vote. The Washington correspondent of the NewYork World reports rhat the feeling at the Capital is at present in favor of the nomination at Cincinnati of Heyroour, with- either Thnrmnn or Hendricks for the second place. The Illinois Democratic ticket Is pronounced in Waxhlnatrtn ttia iipnn.i m- . field In that State. None of the Illinois Con gressmen say that Tilden will bave more than . iwooi tue Cincinnati delegation from that State, and thev ae-ree that he -H1 not tw allowed to influence the choice ora candidate. The Senate ou Saturday passed, the general deficiency bill, with amendments, and had a debate npon the Mexican pension bill, during which Mr. Inzah's made a scan da ons charge against Mr. Voorhees, but afterwards withdrew It and obtained permission to bave hla orua expuneeu irom the Keeod. The Kellet; case was laid aside on Saturday, probably for the session. - The conference reports on the legislative appropriation and Ute bills were adopted In both Houses. v The House discussed the electoral count resolution, but tba Renublicana filli bnste-re.1 successfully against ita adoption. The Senate on Monday discussed the exodus evidence. Several Senators spoke. The House on Monday passed a joint resolut ion to en force tue eignt nour law. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEUsi Fifty Cadets graduated at "West" Point last Friday. . General McArthur. Chicago's defaulting postmaster, is to be pardoned. . . Mr. Seymour has agalr, declared he will not le a candidate before the National Democratic Convention. The Republican State Convention of In. dlana meets to morrow to nominate a Gov ernor ana ion state ticket. More careful estimates place the total toss bv the Tltusville. Penn, oil fire at l,XWJ0a, tho Acme being the heaviest loser. William Moore, a fifteen-year-old son of Dr. J. L. Moore, of Washington. Ind wa drowned Saturday whlld swimming. Hon. Lvman Trumbull waa nominated on lat Thursday for Governor of Illinois by the Democratic convention oi mat state. Garfield has concluded to withhold his ac ceptation speech until after the noiolnatious of the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati. A lad named Winemitler. ael twelve veara. living at Benton. Klkhart County; Indiana. was uro wneu rnuaj evening la me Elkhart River. John-Murray, a young man emploved at the furniture factory at :onnersviue, Ind., was sun-struck Friday while going home from the lactory. iuc a. k cniucu b ,s atri Hf usi y tuu H-Hi plat LI Hl( 1119 - removal of Internal Revenue Coniaoissioucr Kaum lor the part he took in the Illinois Convention. It is believed that general amnesty wiH be proclaimed on the French National Fete Day 11th or July, the anniversary ot the taking of -the Bastile. The Greenbaekers In National Convention last weed, nominated General James B. Weaver ffr President, and General E. J.'Caambers for Vice President. The wheat crop, according to reports from various places, will be the largest barvesteat for many years. Many farmers will commence cutting this week. Governor round, or Wisconsin, au original Garfield man, has sent a telegram, to Governor Koste', in which he said: 'Go Flow. Make fewer speeches and more discreet ones " The Republican Convention nominated, Chester A. Arthur, of New Y'ork, last week. just alt-r our weekly edition had goue to pres3. ine ticket is Garneid and Arthur. The collectorsare already Infesting the Department at Washington demanding twentyfive cents from each Clerk to pay the expenses of a serenade to Mr. Garfield on his relura. . "While the Spanish war ship Cuba Espano'a was entering the harbor of Santisga de Cuba, on Saturday, the boiler exploited, killing twenty peonsamT woundlug 113, of wbotu eighty -foui V ore troops being trantported. Samuel Allen, a farmer living near Carpentersviile, lud., committed suicide Friday by shoot lnz himself. He bad se nil rate,! from hla wife, of wboni he was jealous, anal the despoDilency causeJ by his domestic troubles, It Is thought, led to the rash act. The heat Saturday was at intense that laborers in ston-qnarries and in the fields at Bloomington, .lud., were e-impelled to cease work du ing the hottest portions of the day. John Belcher was prostrated from sunstroke while plowing, ami although still alive at dark Saturday night Irs condition was critical. At Rochester, Ind.. Davis' Academy of Music was struck by lightning during a storm that prevailed Saturday afternoon. The chimney was demolished arrd the-roof badly torn np. F.özar Kessler, while ho'dlng a child and leaning against an iron column in front, was knocked senseless, ihe child wai uninjured. . , The latest election reports indicate the Oregon State Senate will stand sixteen Republicans to twenty-four Democrats, an1 the House thirty-seven Republicans to twentythree Democrats, with more than an even chance that the Kepubdcaus will have seventeen in the 8enat9 and thltty-nlue In the Lower IJouse. So much rain has fallen since spring- inNorthwestern Indiana that many farmers have not yet planted their corn. Others did not even get a 1 their ground plowed. The acreage, therefore, will b below the average. Much tbat was planted did Dot grow, and that ' up can not be worked because the ground is so wet. Wheat looks well, but the cold, wet weather is keeping it back, whl'.e the Hessian fly is attacking it recently. The acreage 1 larger than the average, but the yield much below. w Friday afternoon. In a farm cabin near Lawrence, Ind.. a woman was found in an uncon scious condition, witn her neaa mashed almost to a jelly. Further search revealed the dead body of a horse, with Its throat cut, in an ad- ' joining pas'ure, and the dead body of the' woman's husband, a negro, in a piece of woods near by. The murderous ajlalris shrouded In -mysterr. The authorities of tins city are investigating it. The woman - wt'I probably recover, and will then be ab)e to -tell something of the murderous tragedy. In the meantime three negroes bave been arrested on susplion. Senator Cameron ascribes the defeat of Grant at Chicago to cowardice. He was prepared to defy the National Committee in ita attempt to Interfere with the work he believed belonged exclusively to the Convention, but he was overruled by other supporters of Grant for the Presidency, who feared a disruption of the party if he persisted in his defiant eourse. Senator Cameron bas no doubt that if he had not surrendered to the demands of the National Committee Grant would now be the Republican candidate for President Instead of Garfield. - A peculiar case of poisoning ocenred at EUlr burg, Ind., Fi id ay, in the lamily of George Wells, which, so far, has puzzled everyone. Friday morn lnz the family ate fish for breakfast, and soon after they were attacked with vomiting, and true symptoms of cholera took possession of each member. 81x were at ons time down with the disease. Saturday five were lying In a very precarious conditionand it Is feared that two will not recover. The family think the fish Is the cause, while others think it was tue bam they ate. ine nam was examined by doctors, but nothlrjg discovered so far. The terrible storms of Thursday and Friday nights in Wisconsin have flooded the Wausanearryinz off several brldgea and 4,000 CXO feet oi logs. Fifty million feet of logs are Jammed In the river, and a four-Inch rise will carry tbem away. Wisconsin River is thirteen teet above low water mark. The Chippewa River Saturday mornlnz was sixteen feet above hizQ. water mark. The löO.OOUA) feet of logs Jammed, above the city broke away aud went down the river In a solid mass. The rlyer Is being swept clear of piers and booms. Twenty-five million feetof Yellow River logs were carried away. It Is estimated that 2U0.&J0 OOUfeet of logs passed Chippewa Falls Saturday morning, which, were stopped and"held at Dell's Dam, Eaciaire. bat fears are entertained for Its safety. Should Dell's Dam go, tbey would a weep the Chippewa River to the Mississippi. 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