Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 23, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 September 1881 — Page 2

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WEEKLY COURIEB. O. DOANK, lttttslor. JASPER. - IMMANA.

TOPICS OP THE DAT. WOK Alt AND POLmCAJU Tim Emperors of Gcxmany and Bns sta met t Neufehwasser en Ik th. TIM Xmperor William, Crown Mm Frederick William aad Bismarck pro mm dad from Dental.: In the morning. Upon their arrival atXeafahwaaser Um Bmpcror boarded Mm Imperial yacht Hohenaollern, which Iwed out of the harbor Md wm met by tk Ruseiea yacht with Um Caar on board. Tkt iron -dad squadron trad a salute to Um two yacht, ami lay to alongside eeek ether, la Um afternoon Um Caar went on beard tkc Hekeasollera, and wm warmly wellacfl. T1m Cur's yacht wm ssnmpsntod by two small men-of-war. At a later hour Um Emperors drove into Dentate;, amid Um pealbtg of bells, salutes of artihery and great ehier. The trial of Rev. Dr. Thomas, at Chicago, before the Boek River Conference erf the M. K. Chorea, upon chargM of "dk stagnating doctrines contrary to Um artielos of reilgtoa and astaUMMd standard of doetrhMs of tka church," resulted in a verdict ef ftiBtr upon all Um chart and tpodacatioa. The result of this decHloa is simply to forward Um ease to tke Geaeral Conference, which meets n October. Dr. Thorns, ky advice of kit counsel, kat announced kts intention to obey tke order of Um Bceteeltteal Court luapcndtag him from Um ministry, and will take a vacation until after Ms i is disposed of by Um General CooferHox. Fkaxxmx Rxkd, the Democratic Ceexressional eandldato In tbeLewHtest District, Xatae, kne withdrawn from Um canvass. Judge Gilbert will now reeetve tke united anti-Republican vote, and Um wanes prom (set to he deee and exciting. Sidkxt Laxixx, the poet, died on Um Stit at Lynn. Polk County, if. C, where he bad gone to recruit his health. Tkx Pennsylvania Republican State ' Csmveatlon nominated Oea. g. M. Bailey, of Fxyetto County, for Treasurer, Um only Bate onto to be filed at Um coming ewe Tke nominee is known as s Cameron Tw San FrxucUoo Republic, at tke reeeat election, elected their candidate tar Sheriff by a majority of about 1,000. The larger portion of the Republican candidate "Were efceeen by muck smaller ma)orUles, and Um Democratic candidate for Tax Collector got la by a few hundred votes. Thb Maesachmmtts Supreme Judicial Court dismtsted Um petition of Oelta J. Moblasoa to be admitted te practice as an attorney la Um courts, on Um ground that under tke laws of Um Comieouwealtk women are not entitled to be admitted as attorneys. At a meeting bold bj Um Virginia JtepubAean State Executive Committee, okoaen at Lynchburg by Um CoaliUoa Con--veatioa, rosolHtloas were passed ealllug upon Government officials la Virginia for two percent, of their salsry for a eampalga fund. Tke seeesemeat. It Is explained, Is not obMgataiy upon thote called on. Several meet prominent representatives of Um Government m Um State have been namsd to eatkot tkc fund. Taw President's phyticiana appsvrenily ilaagrss as to tke cause and extent of the dan cutty with hi right lung. Dr. Bojmlea la quoted as sayieg (on Um lttk) : "There is jm doubt but that an abeeess kne fonaod on mm President's light hut, but If no further i of a similar nature occurs I think at sunleieat vitality to over It. The trouble is not materially i now wan before we left Washington, I attribute Um complication to chronic ktoed -poisoning. " Dr. Biles hold that tke dMeuKy wttk tke lung m merely a " limited tabular maammaUon, oaused by Um wound or uraok of Um bullet; that were are no In emmUone of an abscess, aad ttmt Um patient's Vitality wW over tome tke eompUcaiion. The gmnnukw swelling kne entirety subsided Um wound is apparently in a healthy aad healing splendidly." All scree that this was one of Um Pre!tm hMt dmvm alMM 1m wm mImi Va raa so well, la fact, mat PostmasterJames had quite a loag Interview wtth kka aad was very favorably Impressed with the improvement ttmt had taken place. BSXJAXIX H. BxKWaTKKt OR Pkifatelpkea, and George Bike, of New Terk, have keoa ratataad by the Government as aeuniBl Ja tke Ster-reute cases. axew s(JWavJsmaSai ttQMamCMasl amamlmi aw iMwflvsoy mm, Me, en Uw Iftk, for a RepreeentaUve to Osagrni, to ill Um vaeaaer caused by Uw jssignatina of Senator Frye, ex-Governor 3MtesysaTyy RsfgftlbtlMvjl, WeM (IhtUMlt OOUMMUUJU AMD nrDUaTstY. Tmm Meapbis Cotton Kxebutgt sMAeUa for August reporU generally unmiveeakie weatker, on account of sxoosefve sksntk plant frulUng bndlr, wtek serious ; of forme and bolls. Worms hare I m some localities, but ne serious ( from this cause rs anmureat Omt of Um iudioaUom of Use proaperHy oftsMeaoatry m the extraordinary tales at fnjblM kuMte m Um last year and a katf. OaeaMs of Um General I.omce any tkat faareturatfer tkt fscni 1M1, when eominamd ami tabumtedilt skew tkat tke sales ex mud during tke year wlH sxeeed Uw sales af any ether year la tke eausl of tke Govern- , la wougM probable tkat the transi lor tae present year will equal n net IteoMoflaat year, provided titan k rkWfalumrog . tammmmtlan. AaCT.wterrrtefro Ubt Interietaf Caaada to Great Brttnm k . I by way of Hodeoa Bay. Tke

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lIlaew'tmM isl 4aMaV $Uf WVffttMfk Mef ttuae aMOtks In Um year k said te be a M ksty, aad tka auly hutrndteeat la tke bteeky mm usmsaap asmejinsMHaewwswv wmr ag up of tkt entrance ky ls,wMek drlttt la J' aValts tot April aad May. Tn St. Loom raUroada oa tka 10th adopted a rate of flS to Mew York aad fit to Beaten, and a proportionate rats to other emmBssoFaU; Jpmemnn, emVi OaWanmSar wa (smwmt wtu C?euela5aeJm cut . Fkaxcc Ckaxdlxx, tka prawn Oeaend Pnaseuger Agent of Um Missouri PaciHc, has been appointed General Passenger Agent of Um Gould Southwestern system, comprising Um Missouri Pactnc, Mlaeouri, Kansas A Texas, Iron Mountain, International A Great Northern and Texas Paeiao and their branckot aad extensions. O. W. Burgles, at present General Paeeenger Agent of tke Iron Mountain, is appointed Assist ant General Paeeenger Agent of the whole ayttem. CHXM AMD CABUALT1KS. A wurrx convict namod Maatey, tired of his prison -lire, made an eslort to eeeape from a oenvict camp on a railroad near At mate, Oa., but was oaugkt in the act and oemmltted to tke tender care of a barbarous negro wklpping-boes, who fret strapped his body securely over a barred and tasked kim so unmereifullv with leather -thonged whip that he died In great agony la a short time. Two freight trains on tb Little Miami Railroad collided near Cincinnati on the 10th. Jamee Simon, Are wan, was killed, aad Um locomotive was badly wrecked. At Hot Springs, Ark., two other day, a colored boy assaulted Mrs. J. W. Parker, a lady aearly seventy years of age. He was arrested and lodged In Jail. Next morning a party of masked men repaired to Um prison wltk tke intention of lynchlnc Um culprit. Tke colored people got the news and were kid In tke woods. As the masked men approached the colored men tred upon them, about one hundred sbote. A few shots were tred at random by the white men, who were compelled to withdraw. About one-half of tke colored men broke and ma. One white man was wounded. Richard S. Jgrrxgrs, one of the most prominent criminal lawyer of Georgia, i-eeenfty committed suicide at the resilience of kn brother at White Sulphur Springs, Ala. He had loag suffered from a distressing nervous affection. A von numbering; nearly a hundred men rode Into Dardanelle, Ark., the other day, and, surrounding the Jail, where two murderers, Taylor and Bruce, were confined, overpowered the guards, secured Um keys of the prison, and taking the prisoners out, hanged them to a tree. MmcfSJLUkXuovn. Tkx Georgia Legislature has panted a temperance bill. It provides that en a petition of one-fourth of the qaaliied voters o( any city In Um Stale, Um people in said municipality shall have a right to hold an election to decide whether intoxicating liquors shall be sold in Um limits. It. also provides that no Intoxicating liquors shall be sold at any given point ia the county, except with Um consent of a majority of Um qualifed voters living within three miles. Tmx North German Q cue ' ft says the Government during the next session of the Landtag intend to present proposal for the re-establishment of the Prussian Legation at the Vatican, which has been informed of this intention through Von Schloexer. It may be presumed Um Pope it willing to

continue tn permanent relation with Prussia through suck Location, which would en able present or future differences to be more easily arranged. A Paxaxa dispatch says : In a fight at Matngalpa, between about fi.OOO IndiaM on one side and a detachment of troop and tome 1M dtiaent oa Um other, tke In diant lost 000 in killed and wounded. Tke other party had twenty-eight killed and a number wounded. Previous to this nght the Indians attacked Btqulpals, and killed tke Captain in command, a commissary, and a young telegraph operator named Vega. The slaughter of various individuals fol lowed, some of them Indiana who had re fused to Join Um malcontents, and horrible outrages were Inflicted upon other. Txx Jewutk Worn tart : Russia ia at last taking active steps to suppress rigorous ly any further outrage on the Jews. Tkx larger portion of Um village of Loneootttng, Md., has been destroyed by are. Tke him fa estimated at fM0,QQ0; insurance, 187,000. Tkx village of Rdcbeabach, in the Bernese Oberlaad, Switxeriead, was almost destroyed by a fall of stone. Vesuvius is in a state of erantkm. A Ixkvix dispatch of too 9th say; Tke police last evenlag attested Jive women and three men belonging to a notorious band of robbers, and doteeUvee are on the track of ether members, who are operating In other towns. This band is mosUy from Missouri and Karnes, where they are said to have Mown open over tfty safes within two years. OverlMOO worth of plunder was recovered among them. Kid Lanreas, the supposed leader, was among Um sight arrested. Owixo to the number of recruite required to All the army to Ita authorised strength, Um standard for artillery and Infantry I ixed at Ive net four and upward, weight 190 to 190 pounds; for cavalry, ive feet four te Ave fast ten, weight not to exceed 1 pounds. Becruttk and omeers are being ordered to Arisona. Tmx Prefect of OonetaatiiM, Algeria, hm received a dispatch anaotmcing sixtyone persons burned to death la oae day by tercet ares. Many perteas wore wouaded, aad US dweJtings destroyed. The value of nettle amln and nfker aitlulet devoured hv w fne ewoea eweereu wmaws osm smssnmj uarm v WW a usw tvx e5sn?d efcWunrws' Ja5 JsJOpOOO ePsmnMMsi A WjumixoTOx dmxnteh of tan 11th t secretary Kirkwoed, AdiutemVGen oral Drum and Governor Fremont had a tomy reteUve te the lifinsi of of Arteeaa from beetiM en the part of tka Apt eke In It was decided to furnish the Strut eaet with Um needed supply of

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tkat portion of the Territory tk tevastau. Governor Frtmtnt left far Ait-soaato-nlgat. Thb rKumwlng of the O'Lnary family in CmoinaaU la aacribed to the eating of canned mackerel. It U supposed that acetate of lead or some other salt of load had been formed la eonsequeace of the mixture of lead with tin used in manufacturing the sheet tin from which the ma wm made. A wspatch of the Uth in reference to the late Mlaeouri train robbery say : The names of the parties o far arrested are: Matt and Creed Chapman, John Burger, William Murray, Andy Ryan, John Land, James Wllkereoa, Cans. Flk and ffn. millwell. Posses are coming In and the general belief to t hat the search will be abandoned for Um present. The prisoners stoutly main tain their Innocence, and previous reports of a coulee ion are contradicted. A later dispatch says Flak has proven an alibi aad been released, and that 8m Bannister, of Glendale, has been taken into custody under suspicion of being implicated ia the robbery. Thb strike of the eotUm-handlers at New Orleans culminated in a serious riot on Um 10th. Tn Mayor, Indlng hit ponce force lacuFi .at to quell the disturbance, has called upon tke Governor for troop. Reports have been received of the robbery of the village of Bates City, seven miles east of Blue Cut, the scene of Um re cent train robbery on the Chicago A Alton Railroad. Two men', heavily armed and wearing masks, rode into the town, a vll lage of about 1M Inhabitants, and drawing and Bring their weapons began an i ltd in criminate pillage of the place. The Inhsb Hants, It 1 said, offered no resistance, and the robbers after securing their booty retired. A hkavy storm visited Danville, Va., on the 11th. Tree and fences were Mown down, also the Confederate Military Hospital, Injuring several oolomi people. A dispatch from Washington says: Sergeant Mason, of Batter' B, Sd Artillery, relieving Um guard at t be Jail on the 11th, shot at Guiteau through the window of hU cell and came near killing blm, The bull grated his head and wm Imbedded in the cell wait. Mason wm promptly arrested, taken lo the Arsenal and Incarcerated. Tkx Eastern Line steamer Columbia, bound from Chicago to CoUlngwood, Canada, foundered off Frankfort, Mich., on the night ot Uw 10th, and fifteen persons were drowned. Sitting Bull and his band, numbering 175 persons, have been removed front Standing Bock Agency to Port Kendall. The old Sioux wm loth to go, and said be would rather die than submit to the removal, but by Um judicious employment nf the military at ike post the entire band wm got upon the boat without any more serious result than the knocking down of old Bull's nephew with tke butt end of a musket on account of his refusing to go on board. A tquaw of the band, made desperate by the removal, kitted her ekttd and tried to commit suicide. A LAXD-exir is reported near the village of, Elm, Switxeriead. Two hundred persons were killed and thirty houses destroyed. OOKltEJraMP TIXBCtUMS, Thb news front Loag Brae on the ISth wm saeeuragiag. The President wm able to sit tn a reeUnlng-chair for a while, and his appeUte wm good all day. The deetors believe they have conquered Um lung trouble. Tmx death is announced of Ambrose Cverett Bumslde. He wm bom May K, MM, at Liberty, Ind., was graduated at West Point In 147, served in the war with Mexico In 1847-8, took part In the civil war m Colonel of tke Rhode Island three -month volunteers, and in 1SS1 wm appointed Brigadier-General. In Um year following he wm promoted to Major-General. He wm Governor of Rhode Ieiead from lSfW-71. and since then ha represented that State tn tke United Stele Senate. A cam. has been hnmed for a National Convention of representative of the agrteuitnral, manufacturing aad commercial Interests of the country, to be held In New York City on rhe SOth of November, for the purpose of considering aad recommending such Congressional action m will best promote domestic aad foreign commerce, and afford adequate protection to American industry. Fnor. Kimg, with six companion fvs journalists and a Stgal-rvwt observer made an aeoenslon from St. 'Paul on tke evening of Um ISth. Next day Um balloon wm anchored in the woods, four mile from the starting point, gas escaping, and the party domiciled at a farm-house. JxawK L. Waxtmax, the Deputy Collector of Customs at Cincinnati, 1ms been suspended from otftee. There is a deleft In his acoounts of from S3, MO to ttO,00, which Is alleged, from the robbery of his safe In 1070, during a parade In honor of General Grant, The money lost is due te the railroad oompoahM. Dx. H. G. Caxtxxix Mid his ton, Bud Cnntrell, became involved la a difficulty with J. W. Cox about the renting of land In Parker County, Texas. The parties quarreled and fought, Cox hilling both tke Cmtrolls aad being badly wounded. A paxtt of fifty tramps boarded a Peantylvauia fretgbt train near Hartieburg and threatened vtngoaam if any attempt were made to put them off. The train wm delayed until a ear-load of pottos could he transported to tke scene of trouble, when nearly twenty of the tramps were mpMated. At lUoaBKNsd. Va., s thtrstorjr brick buttdiag la eeum of erection for tb Richmond A AlMgkeny Ballroad Oompatrf fell, sad Mveral workmen were Injured, few seriously Wm, W. Warren, a utouwer.wM killed eedMereeihMMeehryfswellyh The ah siitirw attlbntesteabe4h-planaed roof, wkteh was crushed in by the weight ei tlM states.

mBBBSSSBSSSSOBBSSBSS fit AsmetM lm the FgsjiaVant'k Iang. ALamsa Braamk sueeinl of tka lttk te tke emmfusjan) ewuvsecee ej'wwewe mm amse ta w wweiw Ckmage Jmme says: " The raging fever tkat tke rWfdeat has had alt day k now explained. He hM un doubted I y an abscMs in the right lung. There have been appreheusloas for three week tkat tke lung might be affected, aad tbte apprehension has been growing into a cerlaiuty for Um last three days. To-day the evidences of an abscess are so strong that the physicians practically admit tonight that such a gathering has formed. Dr. Bliss catlt it a local lobular Inflammation, and Mya tkat It is not necessarily very dangerous; but there hi the greatest danger that It will develop pywmia, if It Is not itself a mult of pywmia. The President

am been coughing a good deal suhm he hM been bore, and in fact for several days before be cams. The physicians thought this might be due to local Innammation of Um broach Uil tubes, and they recognised the danger of such an inflammation going downward. When to-day, in addition to Um cough, the Pieekieat raised good deal of mucus, and it wm discovered that In this mucus wm a quantity of pus of a most un keatthy character, no further room for doubt remalnod. The situation thus becomes very critical again so critical that oae of tke phyalclaM frankly admits tkat, while there k still a chance of recovery, K is, he fear, a slight one. Tke Cabinet were informed this evening of this new earnpi (cation. They were not surprised, for they have known of' the apprehension, but the announcement ha caused great despondency. Wken Attorney-General MaeVesgk wm Informed of the new complication he said that be wm almost compelled to give up Um kopM he had begun to entertain for the recovery of the President. The Cabinet, on account of this unfavorable news, have postponed until late in the week their proposed trip to the White Mountains, and may altogether abandon It. The progres of this new complication may be slow, and may be overcome. It Is not aeceRssrily a fatal, although a grave, situation. Kven should pyaemia result from It, there might still be n chance for recovery, but it eansM the eleventh week to be entered Upon with tke greatest anxiety. "Dr. l'anooaet, the eminent surgeon of Philadelphia whom It was proposed to call in consultation, ts here, and said to-night that thhi latest development pointed unmistakably to a pywtnle condition of the blood. It is a metiwtatie absccs, and brings on another crfati of the mom dangerous character. It is not necessarily a fatal symptom, but la of course a new element of great danger. It will interfere with his breathing, will be a new source of local pain, will cause lever, and will tMceseitate additional operations. The pus can be drawn off from the lungs and cleared out thoroughly by weaning through an incision which will have to be made. All this, of course, involve new miffering and exkauttion, and even then there M no certainty of clearing the system. The trouble is in the pyiemic condition of the blood, of which thrsc successive abscesses are merely symptoms. It wm to get pure, nourishing sir, so a to assist Nature in throwing; off this poison, that the patient wm brought to the seaboard. Tke air 1n thb locality Is very favorable for one in kit condition, except that there la seme risk from the moisture. But this wm not enough to justify them in remaining away on that account. The Doctor further said that, while be did not regard Um outlook m hopeless. Um situation wm rather critical. He potts la high terms of Um sunreotw In charge, aad praised them for their nerve and hopefulaee, which he mid wm part of their duty. " A stWre-allyotrine Horror. A Bradford (Pa.) dispatch give the following particulars of Um reeeat explosion near that place: Thb) morning, at 8. SO, one of those horror peculiar and frequent la the oil region occurred, at Jane Seboonever'a well, on the outskirts of Sawyer City, a village six wiles east of Bradford. It surpasses all other, however. In lorn of life four person being InstanUy killed, eat fatally Injured and two others seriously. At the time mentioned, the agent of the Koberts Company wm preparing to torpedo the well with eighteen quarts of nttro-giycerine. The fact of Um torpedoing wm known In Um Tillage, and a number of men and children gathered through curiosity to witness the operation. Churn Rust, the shooter, had adjusted th uh-t o ahell in the hole and Riled tb tar aibular oiiflce in the shell with an exptustve compound. Into this ortace a slender Iron rod pssees, forming what fat called a "iring head." In placing the Iron rod It met with mum obstruction, and Rust struck It on Um end with kki open band. Instantly an explosion followed. Two cans of nltro-glycerlne standing on the derrick floor added to Um force of the shock. Tke report wm very heavy, being beard a dlatanee of seven miles. Htist wm hurled from the derrick a distance of three hundred feet, his bead and limbs hemg torn from the body, and literally scattered about In the form of minermeat. Chsrlea K rouse, who was standing at Um derrick a a spectator, wm thrown twenty feet and Instantly killed, his bead being akocklnxiy cut, his face peeled, his arm and leg broken, and his body being perforated In the breast by a piece of motel. Jamee Threshler, also a spectator oa Um derrick, wm thrown ten feet and died la tea minutes. His entire body wm mangled and burned. William lluntnn, an observer, wm thrown twenty feet, and hi skull crushed. Re lived tea mtautes, A twelve .year-old boy named Fred Slattery, standing forty feet away, wm struck la the abdomen, causing Um Intestines te protrude. The lad ran seme distance and fell late his mother's arms, she residing net far distant from Uw well. Physicians say the bey will die before midnight. A boy named Kevin Hastings bad bis arm broken, leg terribly cut, face burned and hearlag destroyed. At present It Is thought he may reeovar. A piece ot Iron perforated completely the hand of Edward Wtwon, an employe of Um United Pips Une. Several other persons were thrown to Um ground by the eoacuMiea, but none of them were Mriously Injured. The shook was plainly felt ia Bradford. The derrick, engine, boiler and w keel-house earth torn up m Um vfe1nijr''fver7hems eiwu aSdyB? 'rr'ema aswBmoa eSBan Harm rYBmrBrYm ntoKta.

Imt streent Train JUhhery la Mlsssuri. K naA Crrr. Mo September T. Shortly after uiae oVLek lo-uigut the in soming Chicago A Alton ts ner train that left lkitfo Tuenday at li.ii wu stopped and rublied by a band of robbers three miles eat of IwdepeuU.-uco and fourteen et of Ksmsm City. The train ae nagged and then ten or twelve men entered the ears snd robbed the xpre.-cM. b gsge-master, conductor, Pullman tondUi-u or, and ull the passenger, exoept m tbi rear car. The In He In the sleeplng.cnr, . m tlfleen In number, were relk-ved of dUuuuid ear-ring, Hugs, watches and money. They got about $3,004 from the pmwengcrs, and It hi thought about the same amount fiom lbs express safe. The express nmssenger, 11. A. Fox, was terribly beaten over the Lead with a revolver, aad at last gave Up the keys of Um safe, and the robbers took all the content. When they entered the Pullman car, Ave in number, all were makd, and while ens held an open bag or pllloW-mss, each person wm relieved of his or her valuables, which were, thrown indlaerlmlnateiy into Um bag. The car conductor, J. J. Price, lost his watch and chain and 1100, J. M. Ilaaelbacker, the train conductor, ran through the train, alarming all passengers, snd telling them that tke robbers were on board, aad shea ran back and flagged a freight train, running very cioee. He then came back to the train, and wm at ohm searched, but bad thrown his watch into Um ladle' doet. and so they got nothing. One of the robber poked a revolver into his face, and said : ' ' That Is the pistol that killed Weetfail, on the Keck Island Road, and it will kill you If you stir.w The same man. kl be wa Jesnc Jams, and that they robbed the Alton train becatue It bad joined with the Book island and others to capture the outfit. He also said they would burn the ear and bridge if an organised pursuit wm made. Another man In the gang also said he wm Jesse James, and, after robbing the engineer, Choke Foote, gave him back two dollar and told him that, when be reached Kansa City, te go and get a drink and quit railroading out In this section or he would be killed the next time. The robbers talked all the time, and all wore white masks. Some bad hats on, and tome bad not, but all wore long dusters. They were armed with shotguns, oid-fMhtened Uunderbusses and platot, aad bad on high-top boots aad farmers' clothe. The place where the robbery took place to in a deep cut, near where the Missouri Pacific track crosses It, and the country to hilly and well wooded, and Just suitable for such a robbery, It is only a few mile from Glendale, where the Alton train wm robbed to 1879 by Jeese James and gang, when they secured nearly 115,000. As soon a the robbers had gone through all the passengers, they told the engineer to pull out, and said: "Good night, this Is the iMt of the James boys' gang." The train cam! at once to Kama City, snd posse of men have already left by special train and on horseback to head off the highwaymen, if possible. T. F. or Frank Burton, the brakeman, made Um folio wtag statement of Um robbery: " I wm standing on Um front platform of1 Um sleeper wken the train stopped, and I beard voices and oaths on the back plat

form. I taid, in a moment: ' We are going to be r ebbed.' Then one of the robbers cried out: We are coming In and going through you all.' I remember that the frelgkt-train wa jut behind us, and I heard It coming up. I Jumpetl off and ran with my lantern down the track. They commenced shooting at me. The bullets whistled sll around me, and struck the rails and stone. They must have fired twenty-live shot a. The engineer Mid: 'For God's take, don't shoot the boy. lie! saving the ItVeiof these penpTV Then one of them threw up his arms and cried: 'Stop shooting!' I n-l'ed Into the cut awl waved my lantern. The freight-train wm stopped only a rsr-lensth off. When I came back one nf the robbers Mid: 'Have you lnt anything? ' I aiiswirnl, 'Fifty cents.' He xaveme mte dollar and fifty cents for Interest. Then I heard one of the robbers My to the engineer: ' Choppy Foote, you are too good a man to keep Mp this buslncM. Here ' 2 to buy a drink tn the morning, and to drinir It for Jesm JamM. I wam you you'll be killed If vou don't leave th road. We are going to tear up and bu-t the Alton and the Bock Island Roads, (-r they've been offering rewards for We've no grudire against the Pttllm n. and we'll switch off' their cars and burn all the ret. I am the man who killed Westlake, at Winston, lie was too smart, and drew a revolver." Burton did not believe it wm Josm James, nor any of his gang. They all acted green at the business, and he thought they were men living in Ute vicinity. They made no attempt to disguise their voices. Frank IiOinbard, Um news-agent, wm Interviewed by a TWow reporter ami wldi " I wa siuiag la the smoklmr-car talking with the conductor, Jack Haaelbacher. We were then on the up -grade, about four miles from Independence. All of a sudden the train came to a stop. I said to Hnaelbneher: There l an o t her freight -train incmrway, 1 stippoM.' We heard loud voices and pistol hot I looked out and saw lantern flashing. We knew that train robber were on us. HaaellMCher ran back Into the train and warned the passengers They were all looking out of Um windows until the robbers called out to them to pull in their beads and keep quiet. The robber had stopped the train by putting an obstruction on the rails and signal imr. I nm sure there were a dosen of them, and some of the passengers place the number at sixteen. Everybody was panicstricken and helpless, I ran out of the ear and found the men guarding the engineer aad fireman. They were pwrlymasked, but at! armed with Hear? rifles. Thev were swearing loudly snd ahootlng at random. Some of them pamed Into the mail-car, but. did not touch anything. Kxprr-Meen-ger Fox In the meantime had barricaded, the express-car. They climbed upon tke car,, rnu around and began in shoot. They broke into the mr and knocked Fox down bya violent blow on the head. They then robbed the safe of everything. I ran back Into the smoking-car and hid most ofmyiaoney. The robbers cams la sad ordered me. with an oath, to lie down. I did so, shoved s gun up to my head snd told me to fork over" I said my money wm under ths cushion. They told me to get It, and Igot it in a httfTyMid!BHrte IrTsWiaad hw?wiitmMk to tee ether ears?ey and jewelry."

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