Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 July 1889 — Page 2

"WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOAXK, luliilwr. JJVSrEK. - IN PI ANA.

Thk British gunboats Bramble aad Peacock, stationed Ht Cmi Towu, have beeH ordered to Delngoa Bay. Dckino the last three months f the JUeal year, ended on Use JWUj, 7,813 patents were issued by the Patent Offlce. Freb -Maurer, an old pioneer, dM at hi boai in Urbana, luii., on th 1st. Deceased was eighty-two years old, and 1mvs a large family. Mm. Chkisti.nk Nilksox is making a. sojourn in Loudon. It is not probable that she will ever again sin in public, aa the is afflicted with deafness ami loss of Memory. O.v the 1st (iovernor Beaver ordered two hundred two-story houses built for the Coaeinaugh Valley Hood sufferer as won as oibl, and the work ootuBienced immediately. Owiso to the political situation resulting from the correspondence with Germany and Russia regarding foreign Socialists, the Swiss Bundesrath will not adjourn as usual this summer. The London Chronicle says that when the Pope received the Spanish Ambassador he spoke of the possibility of leaving Rome, and adds that arrangements for his refuge in Spain have been made. A thief entered Sol Mier's Bank at Ligonier, Intl., through a side window, on the 3d, while the cashier was at dinner, secared nearly $10,000 from the cash drawer, and got off without detection. Bins were opened, on the 'id, by Third Assistant Postmaster-Gen-ral Hazen for an improved form of registered package eavelope. There were forty-two bills, embracing a great variety of designs. The sales agent of the coal-producing companies in New York City, on the 1st, issued schedules at the advauce ordered at the recent meeting. The new prices are slightly above those of a year ago. The Shah of Persia went to AVindsor Castle to see the Queen on the 2d. He held a reception on the same morning, at which Lord Salisbury and the members of the diplomatic corps were presented. At the recent examination in Washington for assistant surgeons in lh Marine Hospital service, there were twentyj lx candidates exainiued, of whom ouly four were found qualified for .appointment. It was announced in Home, on the 20th that the Pope would shortly issue an encyclical letter on the spread of atheism in Europe and the semi-official protection thereof by certain continental governments. A .number of rolling-mill firms in the Schuylkill Valley, Pa., advanced the wages of puddlers from $8 to 58.3ft per ton oa the 1st. This advauce is due to the better tone prevailing in the iron market. Seven signatures to tne iron wage scale were received by the officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Bteel Workers, at Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 1st, making twenty-one signatures up to hat date. A mekti.no of the pottery roanufactnrers of the United States was held at Cressoa, Pa., on the 3d, to consider the advisability of forming a combination to equalize prices, prevent cutting and maintain prices. "J Georoe Starr, agent for P. T. Bar num. on the 36th, signed contracts on behalf of the American showman, giving him control of the Olympia, the largest building in London, ia which to give exhibitions next year. XoTwrrHSTA.VDi.NO the prominence which counsel on both sides secured in the Chetwynd-Durham trial, im England, their bills for services were not appreciably lightened on that account The costs to each of the litigants amount to 10,000. The London Standard has a telegram from Berlin which says that the Czarewitch was received there ou his return from Stuttgart by only the staff of the Russian Embassy. It is considered doubtful if the Czar will visit Berlin this month. Mrs. Ansa Gross, aged thirty-four, a patient at the Buffalo (N. Y.) State Asylum for the Insane under treatment for Bvlcldal mania, hanged herself in her roOM with a sheet ou the 30tb. An unsuccessful attempt was made to hush the matter up. The second wholesale outbreak of hydropbobia in Southern Indiana has made its appearance on the farm of Henry Delay, near New Marion, Ripley County. Three of Mr. Delay's cows and a number of hogs afflicted with the rabble have been kilted. The Massachusetts Rifle team began ttieir series of contests with the English crack shots at Msuhead, England, on the 1st, and signalized "the occasion with two decided victories ove the Honorable Artlllwy team, who rank high among British marksmen. While an express was running between Mayence and Mannheim, Germany, one of the passenger coaches left the tracks, and several American ladles and chlldreu were badly injured by broken glass. After their wounds had been dressed they proceeded to Baden. Major Garrett J. Lvdecker, of the Engineer corps, who was recently tried by a court-martial for neglect of duty in puperintendlng the construction of th Washington aqueduct tunnel, has been ordered to Vauceuver Barracks for duty in the Department of Columbia. President McKkex of the Vandalla Line made a projHMltlou, on the 21, to the iterators at Brazil, Intl., to take their coal to Chicago, at ten cents per ton less than iweyaillug rates, if the operators would give teu cents per ton more to the misers for getting out the coal. Special reports to Bradstreet's, on the 2d, show a total of s,(K,0Oi) bushels of wheat at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Dttluth aud at over nine hundred interior elevators in Wisconsin, Mltmesota and Dakota, as compared with lO.T.'AOOO bUshfls one year ago, and 10,7?J,000 two years ago. Thkrr was a heavy rainfall at Wash lugtoH, on the 1st, ami the large silver vault In the court-yard of the treasury building, in which over 8),OO0.00O silver dollars are stored, was flooded with two inches of water. Considerable damage was done to the bexe and bag eoatalaing the silver.

CURRENT TOPICS, THE XEWS IX IJtlEF.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL A cmhjb-hurst occurred over the city of Akron, O., ou th Hh, and two inches of water fell in a hur. The cellars of several hueiuess blocks were badly flooded, aud the damage to property is estimated at 10,000, Sand was washed upon the railroad tracks ia such large quautlties as to altogether prevent transportation. Examinations for admissions to Harvard College were held, on the tb, at Cambridge, Quincy and Andover, Mass.; Kxeter and Concord, N. IL; ew orK, Albany, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, Ht. Louis, San Francisco and Bonn, Germany. ,The total number of candidates is about seven hundred greater than in any previous) ar. Trkasurkr Huston, on the 39th, mailed 3ft,Xlu checks, aggregating $7,727.JM9, la payment of the interest due July 1, on United States registered fotir-per-cent. bonds, and on bonds issued in aid of Pacific railroad companies. Three persons were killed and a large number injured by the ditching of the limited express oa the Boston & Albany railroad, near New Haven, Conn., on the 90th. Thirty-six buildings, with a large quantity of machinery, were destroyed by Are at Luneburg,Qrmauy,on the 80th. The roof of the St. Nicholas Church was also destroyed. The Are broke out in the cooperage workshops. The loss is 12,000,000 marks. Six hundred workmen are thrown out of employment. Three of the Telluride (Col.) bank rob bers have beeu recognized and it is believed they will be captured. Their names are Thomas McCarthy, Billy Madden and Matt Warner. The jury in the McDow murder case at Charleston, S. C, after being out two hours, returned a verdict of "not guilty" on the '29th. Hei.iuious services were held in the various churches at Johnstown, Pa., on the 0th, which were largely attended. The ex-supreme treasurer of the Order of Tonti, George W Wright, was sent to Moyameuslu; (Pa.) prison, on the 2tlth, in default of $30,000 bail, oaa charge of embezzlement. The British Cabinet Council, held on the 20th, decided to send additional war ships to Delagoa Bay, Africa, immediately. The betrothal of Princess Louise to to the Kirl of Fife revives the rumors which were prevalent a short time ago of coolness between the Priuce of W ales aud the Duke of Portland, which, it is said, has assumed the character of a permanent rupture. David Ward, residing near Martinsville, lad., reproved his nineteen-year-old son William because he had done some work in an unsatisfactory mauner and also for participating in a charivari. The young man brooded over the matter and, on the 30th, shot himself through the head, dying instantly. A special, session of the Rhode Island General Assembly has been called for the 9th. The president and cashier of the First National Bank of Indianapolis. Ind have been sued for misappropriation of funds involving a loss of $390,000. The objections to the Chicago readybuilt houses have disappeared, and they are now eagerly sought after for temporary habitations by the flood sufferers, in the Conetnaugh Valley. Mr. William O'Brien, who was arrested lu Cork, Ireland, was, on the 90th, released on ball to await trial for addressing a prohibited meeting. The Pope strongly protested at the secret consistory of Cardinals against the Bruno fetes. The first annual art exhibition at Munich was opened on the 1st. Dcranoo, Cot-, was visited by a destructive conflagration, on the 1st, which totally destroyed eight business blocks, including all the principal business houses, three churches and a portion of the residence part of the town. The loss is estimated at $3)0,00). with light insurance. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. An English officer who was connected with one of Heury M. Stanley's expeditions, has been restrained from publishing a book, "With Stanley's Rear Guard," the court holding that its publication would violate the agreement made by those engaged in the expedition not to publish any account of it uutil the official report were issued. Emckror William witnessed the naval resatta at Kiel, on the 1st, from the deck of the royal yacht Hohenzolleru. The Emperor William left Kiel, on the 1st, on tho royal yacht Hohenzollern for his trip along the Norway coast. Wm. John Lank, Member of Parliament for Cork, Ireland, was arrested, on the 1st, on the charge of luciting the people to adopt the plan of campaign. He was conveyed to Tipperary for trial. Mr. Jambs Wixrtanlev, a Protestant alderman and an ardent 1'aruellite, was, on the 1st, nominated for Lord Mayor of Dublin. By the explosion of a boiler, on the 1st, at the works of the Asphalt Paving Company : Wilkesbarre. Pa., the englrteer, John Boyle, was blown fifty feet in the air and killed. Thk reduction in the public debt during the mouth of June, as shown by the statement issued from the Treasury Dlwrttnent on the 1st, was f l,3fe:,tji, and for the fiscal year just closed, $W,3!J,0. During the preceding fiscal year the debt was reduced $113,811,00. The total debt now, less cash in the treasury, Is $1,076, OI6,(2l. The State commissary department at Johnstown, Pa., was, on the 3d, turned over to the citizens. The ship-carpenters of East Boston oa what is termed ''new work" struck, on the 1st, for niue hours work and ten hours' pay. t Frank Morris, of Cleveland, O., sentenced to hang July 10 at the penitentiary, has been granted a commutation of sentence to Imprisonment for life. Fifteen thoohanb workmen struck at Brumi. Austria, on the 1st, iucludlng all the bakers in the city. Cardinal Ghonh has received a beautiful present from Pope Leo XIIL It is a large golden and richly-jeweled ostensorlum, and was sent to the Cardinal as a souvenir of the Pope's jubilee. On the 1st, in New York City, detectives arrested Reynolds Timson, of Milwaukee, Wis., for the alleged larceny of f00,00') worth of watches there. Timson was. turned over to Detective Kll of Milwaukee. Mrs. Charleh Fischer, wife of a merchant tailor of Brazil, Ind., while kindling the kitchen fire, on the 1st, wa,s horribly burned by the fire Ignttlug the coal oil in the can, causing an explosion. Prompt relief was summoned, ami she taay reeovar.

&ICRRTARY Nlaini RRd Walker Rlalae have gone to Bar Harbor, Me., where the former will remain until September. President Harrisou contemplates paying the Secretary a visit some time in July. Naval Cadet Hkrmkht L. Dhapkr, of Ellsworth, Kas who waa recently admit, ted to permanent duty aa an Ensign. (ha Won made a Second Lieutenant and astigad to duty lu the Marine Corp.

Aerivx operation commenced at the Norfolk Navy Yard at the bir!nuiug of the uew flscal year, and several hundred mclHuic and laborers were put to work. The workiug force is to be increased to l,w;o men. W. J, Leechman, aged seventy years, died at his home in Centerpolut, Ind., ou the 1st,, from the effect of a snake bite. ' His body became much swollen, involving the lungs. For many years he was u practicing physician. . Fivk weeks ago Dr. Knowles, Iudlaua State Veterinary Surgeon, killed two horses belonging to a man named Ends, j at Carlisle. Eads himself was suffering J with glanders, and word has been re--eeivd that he had died from the disease, J Daniel Ajauvein, tweuty-three years i old, who is a iollee officer In New York City, attempted to end his life while on hi ! way to his post of duty by tl"oting him- j eelf in the right side. He was removed ; to the hospital a prisoner. He is believed t to be out of his mind, and will probably j die. t The official vote of the recent election I in Pennsylvania ah received and com- 1 puted is as follows: For the prohibition amendment, 3W.717; against, ma- 1 jority against, IS.027. For the suffrage amendment abolishing the poll-tax qual irkation, 13.371; against, 430.32.1: majuritj against, 23d,f.V2. A I'assknger train on the Norfolk & Western railroad went through a washed out culvert, near Roanoke, Va., at 1:0! a. in., on the 2d. The entire tralu, consisting of locomotive, baggage, express, smoker, passenger and two Piillmau cars, was piled up In u henp of wreckage which immediately causrht fire from a gasoline lamp ami burned, together with a large number of dead nud wounded passengers and train hands pinioned it the debris. J. C. Ciianky, of Indiana, was, on the 2d, appointed assistant attorney in the Department of Justice, in the place of E. J. May, re-signed. The German officers in tho service of China are about to resigu. At his own request, Colonel John G. Parke, of the Euglnoer Corps, superintendent of tin West Point Military Academy, was, on the 2d, placed on the retired list of the army. Colonel Parke had served forty years as an army oftU"r. The members of the Cherokee Indian Commission left Washington for their homes on the 3d. They will go to the Cherokee country about the 3th. Mr. Thomas J. Morgan, of Rhode Island, the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs', arrived in Washington, on the 2d, to take charge of the Indian Office. A destructive water-spout broke over Altooiia, j'H., aud vicinity, on the nightot the 2J. and several persous were prostrated by lightning during the storm. Eli Mix, the coroner who has beeu in vestigating the fatality which occurred on theework, hew Haven fc Hartford railroad a few miles north of New Ruveu, emu., on the 2th. handed uls report to State's-Attorney Doolittle on the 21. He finds that the accident was caused by the criminal carelessness of Thomas Shields, a section boss. The Chautauqua (N. Y.) Assembly opened its sixteenth annual session on the 2d. The tenth annual meeting of the League of Americau Wheelmeu was begun at Hagerstown, Md., on the 2d. Thomas McBkide and Alex. Hart were instantly killed and several other persous were injured by the bursting of an iinUK-nse steam bleaching vat in the Lyons (la.) paper mill on the 2d. Focr business blocks at Hailey, Idaho, were destroyed by tire, on the 2d, causiug a loss of 4o00,000. The Norwegian ministry resigned oa the 20. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The Senate committee on irrigation, of which Seuator Stewart Is chairman, will meet at St. Paul, Minn., August 1, and proceed thence to Washington Territory to m&ke aa examination of the arid-laud districts. The British Cabinet has decided to ap point a committee on royal grant, to deal with the whole subject of grants to members of the royal family from the imperial treasury. The powers of the committee in fixing amounts lu cases where they recommend appropriations of public money will be limited. The veterans of the Second Connecticut Liirht Artillerv. Battery B, dedicated tht;lr monumeut at Gettysburg, on the 3d. The stone is of granite, ten feet Riga. Frederick Douglass called on tne President, on the 3,1. to thauk him for his appoiutment aa .Minister to Haytl, and to recommend Chas. S. Morris for Miulster to Liberia. It is expected that Morris will get the app ointment. Archdeacon Goodyear, or tne Kasi African Mlssious, died.ou the 3d, in Lon don. The Society of Authors held their an nual banquet at the Criterion Club, Lou don, ou the 3d. Earl PembroKe presided, and over two hundred authors were pres ent. Speeches were made advocating measures for the better protection of authors' rights. The constitutional convention of Washington Territory, met at Olymphla, ou the Fourth of July. The St. Jumits Gazette states that this Earl of Fife and thu Princess Louise will be married next spring. Another terriblo colliery dhaster was reported, ou the 3d, front the district of Stettiu, France, Au explosion of firedamp occurred in one of the pits in which three hundred miners were at work. Their escape was completely cut off, aud there Is small chance of any of them beiug rescued alive. While Ex-Presldont Cleveland was driving lu a carriage with Joseph Jefferson, the actor, near Buzzard's Bay, Mass,, on the 3d, one of the horses became unmanageable and both gentlemen '.vera thrown from the vehicle to the ground, escaping with slight bruises, but both were severely shakeu up. A dihi'atch received from Han Fraaclsco, ou the 3d, by George Gould, president of tho Pacific Mall Sttsamshlp Company, confirms the report of t)it loss of, the company's steamer Granada on the rocks at Puuta Tejohan. The vessel and oargo will be a total loss. The steamer was valued at jJSftO.OOO, aud the cargo at 7A,XW. The Russian press declares that in the event of war betwoeu Russia and Germany, Denmark, Uussia' natural ally, would range her forces against Germany. The Dutitsh jmprs treat the subject very gingerly, but protest in an exceedingly oautlotttf manner against Russia's assumptions. -

STATE INTELLIGENCE Rome City peopla dHy that th reservoir tb?r ia any HitmaiM U tho afty of tha public. IiHi:i:.nk County people ar talking of draining marshon in that county, whioh would rodMm fifteen thousand Nttrt'tf. 1 ) K I A KT M IC.N T Co M M A N 1 1 : 1 1 C M. TltAf via has roorgttnliWMi Stol l'ost. No, , (S. A. II, t Kockvilltt, with forty-wni-u mom Dors. Dt'itt.Nu a difficulty botweon John Corbon and Wioland .fountain, at CrOthi'isvllli thu lattor bit off tho former's oar. Clark Coi'ntV druggist havo bci'B warned that thoy will bo prosocuti'd under tht law if they prescrllw for 'ck persons. Lakaykttk Is nowconnecU'd with tho Kcmpton natural gas fields, tho content of three largo gas wells rushing through a lino of pipo thlrty-nino miles long. Part of tho distance it In conveyed through temporary pipe laid on the ground in preparation for the Fourth of July celebration. The pressure is1 about !W0 pounds, and it forco is tetrlllc, roaring in a deafening manner. The city Is elated over lt advent, and crowds thronged tho city terminal ol the pipe. Mi:s. CliA. Kishkk was seriously injured at Brazil, by an explosion ol coal oil, with which she was kindling a a lire. Dit. .1. Lki:chmax, aged seventy yeats, died at Center Point from tho effects oi u snako bite. Tim Howard County fair will le held at Kokomo .September U to IS, inclusive. Damki. 1). Ll'Ki:, Archilmld McGinnes Thos. A. Mayes, Jeremiah F. Putnam, Kdw'tn .1. Hlehardson, Charles P. Shanks, John (5, Greonvalt, Noah W. Ilalley and Wm. -M. Vandyke have been re-appolnted. for the term of one year, as Special Examiners in tho Pension Office. Clauknck 5L Stone, naval cadet of the class of from this State, has just completed his final examination and has been recommended to bo retained in tho navy to till vacancies. Ja.mkstow.v, lloone County", was visited early a few mornings ago by a mad dog.' which bit a number of children. A mad-stono owned and kept at tlreoncastle was sent for and applied. fTiii: post-office at Connersvillo has been raised from third-class to a secondclass, increasing tho salary from one thousand nine hundred dollars totwothotisand one hundred dollars. Thk president and cashier of a National Rank at IndiauaiKilis are charged with violating tho law with reference to loans. Mum. Fhkii IIkss died at Lafayette from the effects of a dose of morphine taken with suicidal intent. Iniuana. is divided into two internal revenue districts, the Sixth and Seventh. Last year the Sixth District paid S2,'.7,461 of revenue, and tho Seventh District paid 51,417,777 Tho compensation of the collector in each district is S4.500. Tho total expense of collecting the revenue in this district last year was Sol,512. John Kbai'sk. a lad ten years old, was drowned in Center Luke, near Warsaw, the other evening, while Imthing. He got beyond his depth and could not swim. Body recovered In two hours. He was tho only son of a widowed mother. MtiOUs McDaniku who lives eight miles east of Shelbyville, while engaged in taking some clothes off the line, the other morning, was struck by lightning and, it is feared, fatally Injunwl. Orlando Havxk, a painter, whoso home is In Kdinburg, while painting the house of Mrs. Brant, ten mile west of .Shelbyville, not long since, fell off tho .scaffold and received fatal injuries. Lv tho proceedings on the part of tho Supreme Court reporter to compel the Secretary of State to accept and pay for MO copies of the reports, and which involved the constitutionality of the law putting the reporter on a salary, the Supreme Court, the other day. held in favor of tho latter and ordered a writ of mandate' to IsMie. The reporter's office Is worth alwut ten thousand dollars a year, and the Legislature took from him all property In the reports and put him upon a salary of four thousand dollars. The court holds that the Legislature can not place the burdi'n of making the syllabi upon the court and that the law is unconstitutional on that account. Major X.vi'lKit, a colored convict who escaped from prison in Indiana, Was recaptured at Dayton, (). Thk (Sreencastlo Natural (7asand Oil Company has contracted with .1. 1. Miller, of Chicago, to Ikiro a well twentyfive hundred feet deep. Tin: thirteenth annual session of the Indiana Music Teachers Association met at Lafayette the other day, with tho largest attendance, in the history of the society. Tho next meeting will be held in June, 1MKJ, at M uncle. Nbau Evansvllle, Fred Schlsler cut an artery in his arm with a pocket-knife and bled to death. Tin: green plant-louso, which has been doing damage to tho wheat in various parts of tho State, has made its appearance In Hendricks County. Reportsfrom all parts of the county show that It in doing great damage to both wheat and oats, and In many places tho oats are almost totally destroyed. Miiinnx IIowki.ls, a young farmer, belonging to a wealthy family, was convicted In tho Federal Court of passing counterfeit money. TiiiKvns entered a clothing store at Lelianoii, and stole goods valued at $1(M. I.V the Federal Court of Indianapolis, Samuel Uullln Is charged with assailing the character of a young lady ttamed Miller, in letters written on a typewriter. Kufltn courted Mlsa Miller, but was rejected. Calvin MAitiiAr.,who runs a saw-mill near Shelbyville, was caught by tho saw and cut terribly, lwth legs and his left ami being spilt to tho bono and his scalp almost torn olT. Jamks Rauiiutt, an Indiana convict, was driven mad by solitary confinement. Bt'tHit.AltH entered tho residence of Daniel Reynard, near Ft. Wayne, chlotermed the family and took l,100.

A FEARFUL FATE.

Terrible IHoatter wh IUv Xttrfolk 4 Wm rra KnIIihmI Ih VlrglHla-HetWiea Thkly HHtl forty I.lvn l.unt a Hit a Lance KatMber t rrnH Iajurt ttMwHjr hI lh OfHil KMwalvtl to tH Haratag Car -I'mi-HhI l.Ut or tH YllliH-rarlkm-lurt Ilar4 ttt (let Owing: t the ObtrHtlv TMotlts at the KallroMtl (IM- . rial. I Lv.vcHiurHO, Va., July 2. A half-mile i east of Tlmxtou'rt, thirty miles west of this city, occurred at three o'clock this morning the most appalling railroad aocldeut which Virginia has ever known. I The east-bound passouger train ou the Norfolk & Western railroad whs passing over a culvert when the track gave way aud the whole train went through to ( the bottom, twenty-five feet below. The1 nccideut was caused by n wash-out due to tho heavy rains which have fallen within the Inst threo days. All of the cars, five in number, with the engine, were piled up in a hopelessly-conf used mass. The darkness which reigned over j all for a moment was quickly dlspeled as the wood-work of the cars was ignited by j Humes from tho lamps. It was only a few minutes nfter that the wreck was all ablaze, and to the horror of bruised and broken limbs aud mangled bodies was added the certainty of a fearful death by fire. Many had cone to tholr death quickly, but the shrinks and groans of the wounded, ' pinned down by the heavy timbers and by rods of twisted iron as the Hume slowly crept towards them mid began j their awful work, made the scene oue of i intense horror. i Those who were ablo to crawl from i the wreck lent their aid by the light of the flaming timbers to their luss fortunate companions, ittit little could be ; done for them. Thsro wore no tools at hand with which to cut tho timbers that held them down, and they lay there helpless, nud were roasted in full sight of those who had been fortunate enough to BHC'ipO. 1 Thus far tho charred remains of seven or eight human beings have been taken from tho wreck. They are badly mutilated, and it is impossible in any way to Identify them. Their names will not bo known unless a list of the occupants of the cars can be obtained, It is bidleved , that fully thirty people have been killed. It Is difficult, however, to obtain any . definite information because of the ob- ' structions placed in the way of newsgathering by the railroad officials, Further lHrtlcul.ir IMrtlal List of the KIIIimI ami liijuri-d. Baltimore, Md., "July 3. Tho Hun's special from Roanoke, Va., says: The east-bound pnssongor train on the Norfolk & Western railroad, which loft here at 12i0fi a. m. yesterday was wrecked at Thraxton's, twenty-two miles distant from this city. The baggage, express, smoker, passenger and two Pullman cars were burned, having taken firn from the explosion of n gasoline lamp in oue of the coaches. Tho train went into u chasm created by a wash-out while It was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. It Is impossible to give an exact list of the killed and vouuded ou account of the meagerne-is of the information obtainable. There is only one wire in use between RoanoKe and the scoue of the accident, and it is next to impossible to get any thing over it but railroad business. The killed ns far as ascertained are: Patrick Donovan Lynchburg, Pa. Charles Bruce, Roanoke, Va. Fireman I B. Summers, Abingdon, Va, Mail Agent Nathan Cohen, Roanoke W. C. Stead, Cleveland, Tenu,, en route to England, J. W. Real, Cleveland, Tenn., en route io Parts. A. M. James, Roanoke, Va., traveling engineer of the road. J. W. Linsay, Roanoke, Va., train dispatcher, ft John Kirkpatrick, Lynchburs. Va. Dennis Mellon, Hoauoke, janitor of the general offices of the Norfolk it Western, en route to New York to be married. A little niece of Mrs. Judge Thompson, of Staunton, Va. It Is believed that fifteen or twenty oth ers perished, as there were nearly t;ev- i enty persons on the tralu, and between fifteen aud twenty aro unaccounted for. , The dead bodies were horribly cremated. The Injured are: Bishop Alpheus W. ' I Wilson, of Baltimore; wrist cut and body 1 slightly bruised.T He is at the Hotel ' Roanoke here, aud will be able to leave for Baltimore iu a few days. The Bishop ) lost his gold1 watch, all his clothing, aud $30. J. F. Temple, Pottsville, Pn head Hnd limbs burned; F...T. Dexter, Beverly, Mass., severely bruised on thu head and body; J. B. YoUng. Radford, Va., ftrm tunHljed; Mrs. Judge Thompson, Staunton, Va., bruised and deranged with grief over thetlcartiof hernfeee; Belaud Johnson, Roanoke, Va conductor, frightfully cut , on head aud face; K. C. Du Barry, upnr- 1 , intendent, bruised severely; O. 1 Olass, Roanoke, baggage agent, arm j broken; W. II. Hnyward, Pullman con- ' ductor, shoulder hurt; J. D. Tanner, Lynchburg, badly bruised; Joseph Goldbenr, New York, leit and shoulder bruised and hand hurt: Miss Inez Jackson, Texas, bruised; It. B. Ooodfollow, Roanoke, hand aud foot injured; J.t C. Casst'll, Bounoke, superintendent, arm , hurt; M. D. Temple. Chicago, Iwick lu- . ' jurcd; Mrs. R. B. Youug, Marshall, Tex., . body bruised, i On the body of Mr. W. C. Stead, of Clevelmd, Tenn., was found the Hum ot $H.(W0. He was on Ills summer vacation aud was going to England. i Nut hi UK Nrw hi the Cronlti Case. CniCAflo, July .1 There were no ne j developments iu the Cronln case yester clay, so far as the reporters were permitted to learn. Judge Longenockersald that nothing of importance had beeu turned up, but he hail a long talk with Detective Palmer, and later with Luther Lnillu Mills. The subject of the conversation lu both cases was tho Cronln business, but still Mr. Longenecker protested that nothing of consequence una happened. Should sufficient new evidence bo found to warraut the calling of a special j grand jury an eft rt will be muda to have the same gentlemen who acted on the June jury serve on the July jury also. . This will bo done In order to avoid introducing the whole of the testimony anew. Many Wcro CbIIimI, but I-Vw Were CIlOfPH. Washington, July 3.-At tho recent examination for assistant surgeons In the Marino Hospital service, there were tw'nty-slx candidates examined. Secrotnrv Wliidom yesterday approved tho report of the board, which states that four of the candidates were found qualified for appointments. The successful candidates are John F. Orooiiwelt. of Louisiana Oettrgw B. Young, of Now York; Win. (. Htlmpsoii, District of Columbia, and BrthJ. VV. Brown, of Virgluia, They will be recomniendfld to the President for appointment rs vacancies occur In the order of merit as shown In Hie exawlaa-tlon.

A YANKEE FOURTH. The CnlrbftttlttH at WmiililHk, I'ihih. FreelitoHt UarrlMiHV Aihlrrw io ih ,Vi inwMri4 .MHltltHrte-The AUrntioH ProcramiHf) Drowned Oat by llrrMi-hlnz Km In. Woohhtocx, Conn., JulyL The morn, lug opened with the pronii of clear weather, but before ten o'clock it was drizzling. Nevrthele the crowd that came to Roseland Park was probably as great as that of lautyear. ItWRan euthusiastto crowd of kbuuIho New KtiBlituders, who caiiio to see the l'rasldent aud hoar the speeches. During the disposition (,f the morning portion of the proKnuuia-j the rain did not seriotuly Interfere wi th thu exercises. Congressman Russell at eleven nVW rapped for order, and after a fewplelH. ant words of welcome to (ho President and the other vlmltors and the people IS. tumbled, nominated Governor llulkeley for chairman of the day. The Uuvernor, in a brief speech, Accepted tho honor, and expressed pleasure at officially welcoming ami printing to tho audience the l'rosldeut. Hearty applause aud rlugii,-

viwvm Kreeieu tne mwulwut a he arose. Ho spoko us follows: Mil, PltKSIIIKvr AMI FKLMW-ClTIZr-NSi It is not my pureo to inako hii 1r-.s today. I did riot know until this morninit that the programme wouM contain any mention of my name ti u, but it would he aluKHier uncivil If I ili not, this opportunity huvlnic Ix-cn oBerw! ri, express, my thanks to those of you who are xatliered htre thU nioniliitf, nmt to him upon whose hospitable Invitation you have gathered for the friemlly andconliul greeting which you have given mr, t,0t only tiviv to-diiy. but In my iro(?res hltlior yesterday (Cr of '(joouV) Your patriotism has Im-oii put to tho tettl by weather condltiotiH us unfavorable as are possible in the summer mjukom, but you will not, I tn sure, hold me responsible lor the Juctthat the bureau IihvIiik these conditions. In efenrpe has lulled to secure to you ttuch weather as we would have desired today. (Laugliterl. H Is very Rratlfymij to know that your love of country and your Intercst In the perpetuation and rlnht observance or this pleasunt celebration at '.Voodstock has so perfectly triumphed over every liiun;dimftit. I tun sure I look into the faces this uiornhv of a body ot citizens lllled with honest pride- In the story of their country, and full of serious purpose to iniilnialn those Institutions from till taint of corruption or decay. We stand tudiiy as a Nation exempt from ail fears of tore ii;n hurt. It is not in ihepoweruf any people it pen earth to hMrni us much, except our own pcoi We do not say this in any spirit of boastfulness, but rather in one of thankfulness for t at Divine ProvlilencM which has iriven us Mtch location aud assignment hhhiuk the natl n of the earth that no people of u great power touehes us on any side. All the more, exempt from thoughts of forclKnassHiiU, ought our thoughts to turn to .1 inKcrs which are Internal and from which u o ie we can have serious Warm. All the icre should every thounhtlul citizen consider Low he tmiy promote the public weal, how ho u..iy hold up our imtltutlons in honor nnmtij.' r urselves, securing and promoting both lit St. ito and National lexNlntlon those measures wuleb have best promoted, not Individuals, not the special, hut the stenernl good of all the prop.c. ApFlauee. I think that such meetings as the, the old. fashioned Fourth of July celebration, have la them very Instructive stud elevating power. I think you should be. as dotibtli-f s you are, very appreciative and r.itcXul to him who has inaugurated and. with so much patience and intelligence perpetuated these gatherings. I am glad to be het 'v th you to day, I am glad on this annn er r of that declaration which, afterwards estabi 'ictl by arm, made us a Nation; terlousty s n the presence of I It in whose- guidance ha i v. en eonsplcu-iusly prent in all eur uitilrs to unite with you in freh coiicecratioii to mity ami to the true weal and anpplne&s of all our people. I desire to thank these eomrudes of the grat army of the Union for their escort mix! attendice here to-day. Surely those who In peril on the red ed?e of battle have shown their love for the Stag will not fall to be good citizens now that they have returned to their iole of peace and civil pursuits. To all of you who have gathered from these Connecticut homes I desire to express my thanks for your kind and pleasant reception. It seems to be exceedingly appropriate that one like Mr. llowen. ton here on these Connecticut hill-tops, drawing In in his youth the vigor and strength whuh equipped him lor the harp contests ot business life in our great city, should return hither, bringing back to the old bills and to the old State a tribute out ot that wealth which he has accumulated to beautify and benefit a country to which he himself to so largely indebted. Applause. It Is pleasant to know lliHt his example in this reject is spreading among those sons of New Bngjand who have gone, not only to the great cities and marts of trade upon our Atlantic svaboanl. but even to the Far West that they are coming buck, and repossessing themselves of old New Knglanit homes, and giving their influence and their means to preserve and perpetuate here that high mttnlKHMl tvpe of simple hut strong citizenship which W as the pride of these State In early year. There, are bchlntt we several gentlemen w.th manuscripts in their pockets who are burn in 4 for utterance- llnttgttter, ad 1 w-lll do nr: to day that whu I have ski much formrd the habit ot doing Ut Washington; fsive war to Senator nud HWiMlters or Congress. ;IIearty cheer and erics of "(Jmt."J As th President rt-snuied his nat, three cheers were called for and given with a will. Seuator Hawley wan nest introduced and sike briefly in advocacy of a worthy celebration of tho Fourth of July. Ad-cinte-ltiittlce Miller followed in .1 short address. Congressman T. B. Bei'd, of Maine, was the next speaker, his ubj ct being "Tne victory." Hecretaries Noble and Tracy made a few remarks lu a patriotic strain. This ended the morning programme, and the guests then wont to the cottage on the shore of the lake for lunch. President Harrison rested for a quarter of mu hour, and was then leacorted bask to the stand by (hand Arm men. The first speaker Of tlie afternoon was President Gates of Rutgers College. When he was well advanced in his address a furious aud drenching shower caused the lMl to make a procipitate run for cover. The special guests remained 011 the covered speaking platforni. Mr. Uowen anHounced that the rest of the programme, consisting of tho Dorology and the Benediction would 1-5 carried out at his residence. . , Congressman jrfcKtuley, of Ohio, was announced Io speak, but was unable to come on account of the illness of lils wife. President Harrison will leave Putua'i eight o'clock to-morrow morning for -New Loudon on a special train, where h- will be met by Governor I.add of Rhijde Island, and go to Newport in the Dispatch. The President will return lu the Dispatch at 11 p. m.', arrlvluje In Jersey City In time to take the 8: 10 p. m. train for Washington ou Monday. America Out Therti Ih (ItfMt Shape. Loxiio?f , July 4. Yesterday was a great day for Brother Jonathan in England. With the Yankee riflemen taking the London brigade Into camp at Raluham and Psotta, tho American, carrying off the honors at Honley, the American! here are elated. At Henley the river was crowded with oraft of all kinds flying their brightest colors. When IViolta carried the American colors to victory, from all along the river bank aud from every vessel iu the stream rose hearty aud prolonged cheers for the American and f or America. Every oraft that had an Americau flag aboard rim It tip to do honor to the Nation across the sea aad it was royally saluted oa all sides..