Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 July 1889 — Page 2

"WEEKLY COURIER. C. IDOA-XK, J?ubliher. JASPKR, - INDIANA.

MINISTER LINCOLN, Mrs. Lincoln and Russell Harrison dined with Queen Vic. tora on the 15th. The proprietors of the cotton mills in Augsburg, Germany, on the 16th, voluntarily reduced the hours of labor in their mills from twelve to eleven hours a day without a corrsponding reduction, in wages. As now arranged, the Johnstown (Pa.) sufferers are put in five classes, and are paid respectively $600, $400, $200, $125 and $80 each. If there are funds enough for another distribution, the same bais will he used. Mayor Grant of ew York, on the 17th. sent letters to 500 men. representing over $l,500,000,000 asking them to meet in his office, on the 25th. to arrange for holding an international exposition in New York in 1892.. The stable ot the Lowell (Mass.) Horse Railroad Company was buraed, on the sight ef the 17th, with 120 horse, five oars and other couteats. The Hotel Belwest was damaged, and several persons were slightly injured. The officers of the Southern Cotton Oil Company deny the current report that the company has been absorbed by the Cetton Oil Trast. They declare that their company is absolutely independent, aad proposes to remain so. Osly twenty-nine members of the South Dakota Constitutional convention were present oh the lfttti. The only businets transacted was the adoption of a metiea requesting standing committees to report as early a possible. Ktxo Humbert of Italy heard aa Edison phonograph, oa the 1.1th. and manifested great delight with its working. He talked into the instrument at intervals for aa hoar, and sent a phonographic message to the Queen at Venice. The Johnstown (Pa.) Board of Trade pawed resolutions, on the 1Mb, urging that steps be taken to bring the matter of cleariag np the river to the attention ot the National Government, aad urging an appropriation for that purpose. Contractor Slavi.v, who did a good deal of the dredging for the Panama Canal Company, says he believes the Anteneaa Contracting aad Dredging Company, of which he is president, will soon complete arrangements to finish the canal. Cummisgr, the New Havea (Conn.) letter-carrier, accused of soliciting campaign money from post-oSce employes, was examined before the United States Commissioner oa the 17th. He admitted the charge, aad the case was adjourned for one week. The Dake of Cambridge, Commander-in-Caief of the British army, wkl a visit, oa the lets, to the eamp of the American riflemen at Wimbledon. He was shown the 'action of the Springfield rifle, ia which the old soldier manifested considerable Interest. The contract for the new Coagres sioaal Library building at Washington has been awarded to the New England Granite Company, of Hartford, Cobb., a 41,900,606. It is estimated that it will require from 09 to 1,000 mea for f oar years to execute the work. The Pittsburgh committee for the relief of Johastowa sufferers, on the lfth, voted $400,000 of the funds on hand to the State Commission for distribution by the latter. The committee also deekled to wind up its affairs and leave the State Commission ia charge. The session of the South Dakota Constitutional convention, oa the 17th, was fully attended. The commit tee oa rights of married women reported aa article exempting the property rightfully belonging to a married woman from liability for debts of her husband. The Congress of the Three Americas which will meet at Washington in the autumn is attracting a good deal of attention in England andthroughoat Europe Tae State Department, in a laudable deeke to give the matter the widest prominence, has sent out circulars explaining the purposes of the meeting far and wide. The session of the South Dakota Constitutional convention, on the 13th, lasted but seven minutes. Only thirty delegates were present less than a quorum. The convention as a body will accept an invitation to attend the Water-way convention at Superior, Wis., August 6, aud its work will be arrauged so as to be completed at that time. The Russ House aad stables at Fresno, Cal., were burned early on the morning of the 17th. Some horses perished. It was at first reported that a number of persons had lost their lives ia the same, bat after a thorough search of the ruins it was found that no one was burned to death. Several persons sustained burns, but were not seriously injured. The published reports of Pension Office trouble, aad of the dismissal, on the l&th, without sanction from Commissioner Tanner, of Drs. Coolidge, Mason aad Sell, three medical examiners in his office, were denied at the Interior Depart ment on the 17th. Assistant Secretary Bassey says no discharges have been made unless recommended by Commissioner Tanner. Fire in the hemp warehouses oa the Fregel quay at Koalgsberg, Germany, on the lUtb, destroyed property valued at 600,003 marks. The English steamer Tcrtona was lying at the quay when the are started, and was burned to the wa ter's edge. The crew only saved them selves by climbing Upon other vessels ly ing alongside, mere were very many narrow escape. Ih the report of their investigation into the uncial acts of the Milwaukee (Wis.) postmaster the (Jivil-Service Commis sioners sayt "A more outrageous piece ef official misconduct it would he hard to imagine. It is, however, so far front be lug unlets that it is simply a sample of the misdeeds shown in exhibit A, the analytical statement compiled from the eerttneattou iMWk and other records." thk wtsiites, failures for the seren days ending on the 12th, as reported to ft. G. Dtin 3c Co.'s Commercial Agency, number for the United States tl, aad for Canada K, or a total of n failure; as compared with a total of 90s last week, and !j the week previous to tho last for iu corresponding week of last year the figures were 49, representing SI failure In the United State and M lathe IfeMtiBifcnef Canada,

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tie wt jj imr. KRSONA4. AW GCNCRAf. Mn. Thomas Scxtos phut of organlzatioa for th new Tenant' Dofeste Untrue of Ireland wan subtalttod to iim mooting of the ramellitos on the IMk It contempi the union at! all tn Irh souaat la im strung, compact orgaahutioa. founded oa the lias of th tra4e aaioas, aad supported in Um same way hy weats Mpoa tlta aiembers taeaMlrl proportioned to taw aasoaatoC tfc.ir hoWiugs. Hahoub Skwkll, HMMtary af the 8amoan Commis4ioa to Berlia, arrived ia New York, oa the litis, oa th taufcip Xtruria. A terrible oollisioa ocestrred a ts W cm tern New York & Paaylvauia railroad oa a eharp carve near Petroleana Centre, Ph., urea milas from Oil City, oa the Uth. One aaaa was killed aad several others were severely iajarad. Mahsh DUXCA.X aad three of his children are kaowa to have been drowaedby a cloud-burst oa Soldier creek, near Fort Robiosoa. Neb., oa the night at A IXftt, aad it is feared that many other lives were lotFears are expressed at Cairo that the advance of the dervishes along the Nile is rwillv oalv a feint iateaded to cover a far more formidable movdaeut. If the fears turn out to bewail grweusded, ypt will he forced to rely for wucty apoa the loyalty of the Bishareea tribes, aad this is by no weans above suipicio. Lieutenant Bcskk, ia enarge o: ta Central police district of Baltimore, Md., found a strange maa sitting ia front of the statioB-house at three o'clock oa the morning of the 14th. He was ia a stupor from opium, aad died soon after. 0 the 14th the French cttixeas f Nw York aad vicinity celebrated the hundredth, anniversary of the fall of the Ha. tile with a grand reeeptiea aad eoacert. The Hotel Keepers' National conven tion met in Buffalo. N. Y.. oa the lHa. The board ordered by Secretary Tracy to report oa the subject otreaeral orgiaizMtton. tactics aad anus jot we nary. held its arst meeting at the Navy Depart ment oa the 17th. P. 8. Ross aad Joseph S. Saaford, oa the Uth, brought iuit agaiast the South Brooklyn Railroad & Terminal Company, of Brooklya,for ISI for breach of con tract. The contest over the property of the late Thomas 1L Blythe was coatmeaeed in San Francisco oa the lth- Itsromises to be one of themo-itcelebradcaes ever brought to the attention of tsw costrts of the coast, as the property involved w valued at :H,eO,(KW, aad the dahaaats aumber over two hundred iwoof. A REWlutk).v was ia-Kd ia the Xoaana uontitttatioaai coaveatMa. oa ine 15th, that the acoaats of all osctals he investigated at least oace a year, aad that a State examiner be appelated for that purpose. Mrs. Terrv, of Salt Lake City, L lata. attempted to light a fire, oa the ISth, with coal oil. Aa explosioa occurred, the burning oil causiag the death of herself and ner thirteen-year-old dasghtcr. The Chief of Engineers, on the 13th, re ceived the annual rport of Captata W. L. Fisk, in charge of river aad harbor improvements ia Loaisiaaa aad Tex a. After aa examiaatioa of Bayou SC J4ia, from the head of aavigatiom to Lake Poacbartraia,. Captaia Fi-V says the stream is not worthy of improvemeat. Axon those sabfKiHBed to attend e JlcQuade trial in Ballstoa. N. on the 15th, was lawyer James M. Lyddy. ef New York City. He did sot repa, and Judge Daniels isud aa attachment for him. aad he was arrested. A msi'ATCH from Shanghai tate that the Emperor has istted aa edict orderiag the immediate Minding of Use project Taag Chow railroad, aad that the Marquis Tseng has been appointed by the E:aBeror general director ot all raiiroadi ia hiua. , It is stated that the leading pahlishia? houses of the United States have formed a combination for the control of the s-ale of educational works. Thk charter election called for the Mth at Oklahoma City, Okla.. wsw spre-ed by military. No attempt was made to hold the election, as it wa seen that trouble would enstte. postuimeHi. aad the matter was 1 Owi. to reeeat alaMroa storms ia Northern Bohemia, all the vises in that region, as well as the entire frait crop, will prove a total failare. Thk French Chamber of Deputies, oa the 15th, passed th sapplementarycredit asked by the Minister of Mariae for the purpose of building sew war- hii. A bill was aUo passed extending amnesty to various classes of political offenders, after which M. Mellae, presideat of the Chamber, read the decree closing the session, aad the Chamber adjourned. The following is the statement of the operations of the entire system ef the Union Pacific Railroad Company for : May last: Gross earning. $3.41.11; expenses, irl.sl..tl3. Compared with May, lis, there is aa increase of 3SX,bI the surplus. . T. Lewis, of Pittsburgh, I a secre tary of the Miners' National Progressive Union, wrote to Presideat Mc Bride of that body, oa the lMh, resigaiag his offlce. Mr. Lewis intends to sever his connection with labor orgaaixatitMM entirely, aad will ge to the Pari Exposition a one of the party of Americaa workmen. Oa his retara to this coaatry he will begin to practice law. I.n bis annual report to tlte Cumx Engineers, Lieutenant-Colonei Maaield makes the followiag eMtatates for Maprovemeats to rivers aad harbors ia Massachusetts for the fiscal year ending Juae 39, ltl: Newharjport harbor. iU:&i Merrimac river, Gmacester harbor, 4S,0; Lyna harbor. mOOJ: Istm harbor. 44.M, aad Provlneetown harbor, 4 ,. Chah. H. BOU.MAK, ot tnte Nauonal Fich CommlwiMi, dled,oa the Ki, m the swamps of Southern Georgia, where he was engaged in scientific work for the Government. He was a recent graduate of the Indiana State Ualverstty aad had acquired a national reputation as a naturalist. A watkr-spwct destroyed the town of Chilapa, State sf Guerrero, Mexico, en the lth. The leading members of the IrWi Home-Rute party mot Louden oa the .th, to arraMtre the preitminaries fr the orgaaicatioa of tas new Tnnn4'Dsfeae Club. Thk International Assoeiatinn srf Ti;I?t Agents wal rjraak4 ia Cincinnati, on the 1Mb, with sw haadred members. The next meeting vriU h; held at Jacksoavitle, Ft., oa the seeosd Tuettlay ia February' axt. The enaiaeers m the main Hue of the PiMsburigh tc Western railroad, oat the lth, naked for an advance of seveaty-ive cents a day, and tsweatened a ktrihe Jf thek sWrnaad was avt eesa piled with.

AT Pwerto M Atpaa, MskM of JltWfsslm. Mexim, a ftaM took pian. sum the turn, between a patty of thirty uusarjtrs and a force of cue torn home ua taw. fat which twn gaard and tiarae imatvilot i were kilted. GxxxRjUi cmwtiM hrft Waahinetaai, an tW Mth, for Xw York City, tonttead aaaeeaiacof nW Boned of PaiiMsiatisai andOfdanaee.of hh WhsmnW. Tun Umls Paetens; the fir U uW three famhrnliac ttisaiw for h nun of the Mariae Mcwpisal serrira. the more trictly to enforo the qaarantiae law. ha been completed and was launched at WUsaiag -ton. DeL, on the 17th. Ix the Britih Moswe of Csnawas, oa the Mth, the Scoscfc Ivsul-kreravBaat hill pat t ed the committee Mage. Una. Bbcutku the weli-kanwn Saaten Island brewer, died, on the Msh, after a lone iUaoss. He leave a large etat. Tun SehuylkiU Paper Mill, at Manayank, Ptu owned by Prank McDonald, was burned ea the Mth. L, s,p; istfaraace, jsft. Cooat. G. L. GtLLBc of the Army Engineer Corps, has mad his annaat estimate on the work done durisic the fica year jut ended on rivers and harbors ia New York Htate. The report, thongn volamiaan. dee not contain any thhag ef great importance or latere, but deals largely wish what has been aeemptibed in previoa years. The comps.itors of Vienna strnek, en the Mth. fur higher wage. The miners of Kladao. ia Bohemia, decided, oa the Wth. renew their strike, aad gave notice to this elect to the asiae owner. At a meeting ef the New York State Hotel Keeper Association at Buffalo, oa the MMh, President Gerriou broached the sabjeetof a National protective aoeiatioa or -Hotel Mens Tret. The aaatter was talked over, bat no action wa takea. The Baltimore Jfc Ohio RaUmad Company, oa the lth. made applieatkw ia regular form to the Seaboard Trunk Line Aoeiation for the iwiviiere of aaakiag a rate of twe cent a mile for partie of tea or more travelias together on one ticket. This is the rale wnich the Baltimore Ohio anaoaaced on Jane 12. and withdrew u JalyX It m Hated that Jack the Ripper wrote a letter to the poUce omcials o London lefore the latewt Whiteckapel marder statiau; that he vu ab-a: to "f csame kit work." Jvwtt Cootrr. chairman of the laterState Commerce Commikn. arrived ia Bismarck, Dak. a the 17th. and gave the C-02-thutsoa-nsakfr -sne $oaad advice. It i reported that Mr. Lewis will watch the proceeding of the special commission in Mr. PjsraeU behalf. The prea-sBce of pt-omineat Wedsera railroad mea New York, un the 17th. gave rite to the report that the Mfes-twari Pacific is to withdraw from the President' Aociatioa. The State Department has been informed that yellow fever ha broken out at Colon, on the Itbmu of Pnaaaa. Lo jx laadlorde are hem held ricidly to account under the law nxiaa; their reponsibUities tenants. It is expected that a meeting will take place betweea Signor Crisps, me Italian Premier, and Geaat Kalaoky bef ere meror Francis Joeph visit Beciia. General Boccasek declarer the indictment found against ana by the French Government is founded apoa deliberate falsehoods. Two runaway cars on the Lehigh Valley railroad dashed iato a pa--eager bus near ShassK-kia, Pa., on the 17rh. killing three persoas and badly wonudiac many others. A wior3ja.frm Belgian delegate to aaite with the Martz. '.agre precipitated a long dtarai at the labor eoaf erence ht Park on the 17th. The American. Belgian aad Dsttek delegates were in favor of the proposition. The ret iaited apon a tricC examtaatige; c eredential.'. It was derided at Madgebarg. Germany, oa the Mth. to allow the sugar riag till September Ji to fll rontraecf. The price of agar rose apon this report being published. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Convention of the National Aociatioa of General Bacrage Agenw at its se4oa at Detroit. Mich., on the Pise, adopted is sode of rules to gmcm the trnMintiu of dead belie and n aatform transit permit and death certificate t'j be filled oat by the aatnertaxer ana receiving ageat. Stn WAa Malxt. British Ambassador to Berlin, weat to London, on the lsth, la connection with the arrangements for she visit of Empsror William to Eaglaad. The Brkkh Gernment has accepted tenders for the construction off seventeen wnr-hips. They will be built at the shipyard of the Clyde, the Tya and the Merey. The ottcial trial of the gaa-boat Petrel was made on the 1HU. She left Baltimore. MsL. at U a. m. and returned a T:l n. m. The aTcrace ned attatxed was 11.7 knots an hour. Uxrrca States s-icret-sett ks mea captured l.s9 ia eonaterfeR money at Dayton. O., on the 1-Sh. ljt Use Ssmh Dakota Coaetitntional convention, on the lifck. the report ef the committee on the rights of married wornCnaV TntHVS VnWVvuL Ox the 6h. Judge Camaaia. of the State Relief Cemsnisin. ksned MS checks aggregatiag M.2S. to safferors by the Coaemangh Valley fiood. The South Carolina Medical Society, en die KKk, adopted revelations expellag Dr. McDow for immoral. unprofek)al and ungeutlemauly conduct. A hemic of terror prevails hi the little mining town of Leobea, Servi, where the whole popalatiou is oa strike. All the small tradesmen, and even the civic fire bricade. have made common canee with tat striking miners, and all commerce and industry are sHpa4ed. The New Jersey mate Prohibition conventioa effected a temporary orxaaiaatieu and elected its ojutsaitsees on the IHh. Jcuax PacicsroTE, the British MhsMter. iJed from New York for England on the -VKk. While ia hi ova country, Sir Julian wttt arrange his affairs, and la the fall will retara to America with his family. He speaks highly ef the United State, and of the mw&-r hm which he naa been entusrlaiued whim The Parneltites held a msetiag, oa the ;sOu at which Mr. ParueH presided, aad deeiJel to demand, at the enrlieet o$ pjrtunity, a parllaasetttary emiuwie of -sUiry to investigate the origin of the PigX forirerie. Ax engineer el Hamburg. Germany, named Ravrnue, died, oa the l.h from luxuries aaitatned m an a.uileavt while utakiag an aeeent in a balbxa. It i heKcoed thai the entire soek of the Albany N Y.) nVewiag Company Imh been trannterrad 1 the Eusn ya-iss-mte. Tae eimaasy m ene ot un mtleeta that city.

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A AK:t tramp, with a ury of being laiitest, starved. tHc., ww tolicved at I Jgnaier, ansi now it appesvM that he is working tfce nad aehettte? vegularly, a roufoderatn fottowing wtth vkHhinf to he u-eJ when not at work. UtMist in the pon ioion o( Thsmaa Hulfman. arvtted a Peru with a kit of bury tar's un4 la ltht paeitii, hV been dentiaed an thoe irfiden from a tor at Cutler. txrv MtKHm-keepets were- rvese at Mk-hifran City hy ItnkertaH detevtlve-. who have been ferreting out nlkgcd hIaxh)of the liquor law:. Mrs. W. a INtabs tlwx wile mi a wenishy man, hs pushing the pro-eeutions. Thk cow oediaaaee having cmh to s4ay ai Greenetwthp. tht fences rHid the- iertty parkis will bss nki4ved. Jamc MrliiK fell from a hay mow and broke hi seek, dving in.tantly. ll wa a farmer iiviasr near Claypool, and thirty-two yars of age. Tm: city autburitiett of CrawfordsvilUi have made war upon all parties who will not asaWr their hou-e. Sevirni sulw have been brugkt and more are to follow. At the I-akes Ave miles wtfft of Montpelier. Nathan Lewis, an old wldier. was Heated under a wire clothes lino with hi granddaughter oti his knev when be wa struck hy a bolt of lightntaar and killed. The child tweaped injury. Knhh: Wkimar. n voMng; man of Shelbyville. caufrht a tkree-piiund has near there the other day. in whk-h was fmnd a silver t)Uarwr when it wus fcoiag clransd. A it-ATHK. tire vi4tel Winburg, two mikr north of Columbus the other night. The livery stable of Clancy t Ilartrnau aad KL White, rjjft'th-r with all thir content! ar.d sevral bead of bor-e were dotroytd. 'Flte saloon buildit y of John Mack, Frank Winterbcrsf. large krc-hott and .several other buildings wt-re hwrntd. The total lo t abut ,tm There h Iwt little inscraaee upon any f the property- destroyed. iL G. Mav'Sehl's line lnnH. valued, at HJM. wai burned to death. Tk Sre the work of an incendiary. J. W. ItitXKK. living near Peru, had a fine horse and. bugfy Mole n t Wot her day. IX. Cnhi-tx.vn. of Iiporte. ha-s comtuncfd suit &jminit Peter ttrt4er lor breach of prosaic. She wants $1.Gnbaer is a younr man ewfaged ia bu:4ness in Chieajro. Tm: other morning about - o'clock a body- of maskrd men stoned a House owned by a notorious character named Nance Vincent at Montpclkr. They broke every window In the house, broke all her furniture and then gave her a coat of tar. Thk other evening fire broke cnit in Centilitre Brewery. Ft. Wayne, supposed to have been caused bra a cigar thrown oa th Boor of the bottling- works. Tht plant was an extensive ne, and an agent of an Eagiisk sjndkate was in thu city, and tendered the owners an offer of S-tuss, for tke works, which was under eoitsideratkm. The plant was entirely de'tryed. and the los will reach ?aa.osJ with an insurance of only The employes wtrv making an effort U save the hooks of the con cern, when she amsnonla tank exploded, scriomily injurinsr three men, one of whom may'db. Xew- Albany's fnsit shipwent. thus far foot up in excess of$ls45.ssss. IANttcr is considering a project ef water supply from Lake Maxtnkuckee. mSit the recent deaths are thje of Richard Arnold. f Stilesvllle. aged ninety-one; Philip Korh, sr., of Kvaasvilkfi aged eighty-foKr, and John H. trow, of Farmers. A t belonging to James Scctt showed unmistakable sijrn of ral4rs and was killed the ofVr day, at Lett's Comer, Decatur County, but not until he had bitten ten or twelve other dotes. "A gr-neral slaughter of canines in that neighborhood then followed. A. E. KnYN.i-i. of Crawfordsville. paM oa d)llar per bushel for the first Wd of new wheat that was brought t the city. The wheat wa graded fo.x GiH::.v Is to have electric light. LKrAS-PT salom-keept)rs have orranix'.ii the "Cass County Liquor Deal ers I'rots-ctive Assx:iatM. a-Hd they pFopnw1 toxtand together in nghtinr tho lrohibi:ions:s. Thk Superintendent of Public In struction has issued a notice to all coun ty superintendent ef the State, sayinjr that each mtbt give an additional bond, as the Mate nan matle a contract tor vxt-boks to be d in the ptthlic schools. The books are distributed to the township trutfe thronsrh the superintendentft. and thn new bonds are de signed to cover any loss to the .State that mav oecnr therchy. The amount of tun bond is regulated by the numher of inhabitants of each county, being for each one thousand population. At Fort Wayne. William Meyer, a prominent farmer, while cutting- Wheat fell off the reaper ami was run over and instantly killed. He leaves a large family. THcSevmour cltv council hy a close vote rabed the liquor license to the full limit Thk new appraiseaient at Ft Wayne will add two million dollars to taxaldes. and the city tax will be increased from SI to $1.15. Tkk south-bound Pan-Hnndle passenger train killed fowr valuable horses heloncinc: to Geo. Itoeell two wiles south of Tipton, the fHher nhrht The asimals were appraised at $7o. Thk State Board of Health has ordered the wamp near lifavette drained. This swamp was caused by the repairs on the Wabaau & Krie eannl. Wm. Matk. a prontineni farmer near Columbus, was thrown from a vickm home and killed. Ax engineer named Taylor wa Scalded by th bstrstinft of a teampipe in th Resfie Cot Km Millts at Madison. In wax a llnds through Investigation of the StP Hoard of Health that sho ha We drinkins under the name or pare elder vinegar a mixture of rain water and s-tttphnrk acid that weum Weak up the internal eesmemr of an aacrkh. '

FHIdHTFUL ACCIDENT. The KafHt WtM-k Omh hy a t!tmpt of Riwswir Knm h tho .eMlg4 Visiter KxM-A PiM.Mae- TrlM Cat TkrHogh Thougk lh Curs were Kicg StrlU-The llMttt an the WoUHtled. BMAMOKIN-, Pa., July 1S.A frightful acoidont wcourred on the Lohlgh Valley railroad, a mile tnutt of thin city last evening hy two runaway cars cnillidlug with a passenger train, The (load are) Aaron ahipe, single. A enritentor at Htekary Baamp ool Hery. killed by being crushed Iwtweon ths tauk of the looowotlve and platform of ear. John ttouHh, married, oarpatar at Hickory Hwantp. The woundel aro: Norton Weavei, legs and face fearfully lacerated; Levi A)brlht. head out, and leg brokeu; Irwiu Kahur, both legs hrokeii and heau cut; John Baker, slate picker, shoulder brokea; unknown Hungarian woman leg and wrist broktm and head badly cut; Ja. Hodge, lg broken and face cut; Patrick Hrlttoii, legs frightfully mangled will probably die; Mike Urittain. back broken, supposed fatally; Wm. Lideiuau, conductor, bruised about the ludy and faoe cut; Engineer Albert Heed, leg- injured aad faeo aud head badly cut; Miclmel Onble, head cut and badly bruiwed; Mrs. Jotiu Mcllugh, serious internal injuries; John Miller. Polamler.collar-bone broken; J is Frederick, back broken will die; Jadbb Kulp, head, face aud legs cut Hud bruised; John Darott, leg mangled; John Thomas, jaw and face cut. The cars were loaded with miners, slate-pickers and womeu. At Coul Kuti switch the road branches on to the inula line, which had heretofore been hidden by u chain of mountain-. After the train gained the main Hue, a miner sitting on the rear platform saw the two runawny cars dashing down the track Ht ltghtutui! speoiL With a cry of wnruiug.he jumped off nasi rolled down an embankment in safety. The nagtuan, John Metx, followed, and placed a number of railroad ties on the truck, through which the curs passed like n shot, Uy this time the inmates of the two Issenger cars, which were liternll packed, behold the dauber, aud a wild scene of confusion ensued. A slmultimeons rush for the doors was made. A few succeeded iu jjainiir the platform.' and safely jitniHd off. Then a jam oc eurrod iu the door. A number oscuyed through "the open windows and rolled down a steep embaukiuent. Mrs. John MeHugh, about to become a mother, leaped from her seat ami shouted to the men in the rear car: "Clear the way for mel" Instantly the meu who were fighting like demons to et out, cleared n passage through which the worn in rtui out to the platform and jumped off the fly tut; train into the creek. A tecoud lutvr th crash came. After tae runaway cars struck they passed through the passenger cars like a bullet, the coal flying about like a battery of Gatling-guu playing on regiments of massed troops. The scene that followed was terrible. All this time thwrecked train kept the track, aud rushed on to Luke Fiddler statiou with lightning like swiftness, two miles down the Hue. Then the engine left the track aud ths cars telescoped. Here Is where the rao.t damage was done. After the vast clouds of dust cleared away, the work of rescue commenced aud in au hour tho dead and wounded were taken out The cars that caused the wreck started from the Excelsior colliery, two miles east of Coal Run switch. There"J were four cars

standing on the siding below theco'liery. ami it is supposed that some buys, iu order to obtain a ride, uncoupled the two, and loosed the brakes. When nearius n potent switch leading to the main tracks the brakes wore put on, but the boys being unable to tighten them enough, became frightened and jumped off aad took to the wwxls. Wrecking crews nre now ob the scene of the disaster nnd will hare the road open for truffle by mnrniuj. The road will sustain a loss of ir.,0)). IN THE DITCH. irveral TrntoHS Injured ly the HUtMhk of M TriOH en tli CtHclMMUtl. VlnsieiiBe Jt CHirUKii llii. Moc.ntCarmkl, 111., July li A serlws railroad accident occurred ou tlio Cincinnati, Vinceunes & Chicago Hue about two miles south of this oity at iioon vesterdnv. Tho north-bound passenger train, consisting of a fruit car, baggnge car and two coaches, left the track nnd Is buw lvini" bottom mi iu the ditch. The ,au. of tho disaster was the fruit car jumping the track, which spread the rails so that the entire train was thrown off. Almost every passenger ou the train wa-s i.mbied. and fifteen or twenty unite crio'iiy, but fortunately no lives wore lost. Immediately after the disaster was reported a relief traiu was sent out, ana those who were able were taken ou to their destinations. Ihe track was so badly torn up that trains were delayed several hours. The most seriously Injured are: Couductor Charles Lout;, f Danville, Illleftear cutoff aud head cut; seriously hurt. BagasesHr.ster Cook, bruised all over body. Mrs. Porter, Terre Haute, badly bruised and injured internally. Mrs. Daniel. Fairfield, 111., hip bruised and injured internally. Mrs. McMahon, Carral, III., seriously injured internally. Son. of Mrs. McMahon. cut in head. Miss Lttella Cox. of Oreeue County, lad., hip dislocated and injured internally. Mr. Morgan Cox, Jouesboro, Iud., body bruised. W. C. Johnson, VInconnes, side nnd back injured. Most of the passengers were extricated only by cttttiug into the coaches with axes. The locomotive did not leave the track. No blame call be nttached to the railroad, as the wreck was the result of an unforeseen occurrence that could not be nvolded. The officials at Mount Car mel did all they could Immediately on netifleAUoa to relieve the sufferers, am medical aid was sent to the scene of the wreck within an hour. The property of the rnilroad company is generally demob ished. Lnromotlve Bollrr Kxptoslnn. Topkka, Kas., July 17. A frightful ex nlosioa occurred vesterdav on the Unlou Paeifie railroad three mfles west of this city. The switch engine employed iu the yards here was hnullnz a train of rt at cars to a point where the track was Iks ing repaired. Just as it slowed up the boiler of the engine exploded, scattering fragments for adls tance o! many rods. Fireman James Duties was fatally injured and Engineer It T. Hecord received iHlutles which will orobably wove fatal. Trainmen on the Hat cars also received serious injuries. The traek was torn Hp far a distance of 1M feet, and the oars warn soattered pro aiftsmssily about the embankment.

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aVeret-Nervle Mh Make n Msg flanl af CwHNlerMt OfeeMlMek. faptarii llH of the ttaag Hem th ".SIihvIhk" hhh Have a warm 1'tstwl IIhkI with Another, in Whlek ihut ( tHu tlmeem was W HV4m4m1s DaYTOX, O.. Jul v 111. UriitMl Ktio. secret serelee meu euiitHrtMl $il.0(0 in countarfelt money here yesterday erenlug and had a pistol duel with Jumes Uuyoii, a conutcrfelter, resulting In vou'sesoane aud DatovilvM Dmidllu ru. oelving a wound iu the head. Nelson Griggs keep the United States hotel, a road-house near the Soldier's Home, About fifteen years ago (Iriggs nud Gttyon were members of r gang of counterfeiters In Illinois, tirlggs was arrested and served eleven veers at Jul. let. tin von esraned. tstrrvlni? wlih him. oouuteriett plates aud ll).O)0 iu bocus greenbacks. This inouev never mnde Um auiMrunn till last February. Chief Hull, of the secret sari-lo. !iere iu March nnd mud qiiaintnnce, pretending to be au attorney iisiaeu mco iinaius, or Hartford, Conu. a snort time ivo lttll liriiuriIUii bject of couuterfoit lillillMV til 1stlr4u ho offered to get I0 (KW coiinierftt fnr iu. licit then suiMinmiHil riututivu itmello to assist him. Ciiicinuatl to get the stuff, but returned with only K.oM saying Huyon would come on with the balance. CSnyou came, aud DrlKirs dellvorod nil i,f the bogus mourn to H..11 r. ue ivlng Iu return what nurported be $7,000 iu irood mnnnv. lm u-M..). vi-nd t really only 4V)0. Driggs was then olnemt limiar and guarded ia his room. Y.-Hteninv morniug un attempt was mudo to capture Giiyou, who was supposed to be cmicealed ou Driggs' premises. Hell, who had been, reinforced by live more secrst-service officers, posted his men, three ot them at the edge of a wooded lot adioluing the house, with instructions to close iu ou a signal. Guyou, It proved, wns hid In some underbrush, aud when unobserved between them, but he had not gone tar when tliey saw mm aud opened tire on him, Guyou dodged behind a tree nmt rMtlirnufl Dim ft rt nutting tk lmllt". through Douello's right ear and glaucing over ins scaip. Guvou theu took to his heels, and wss snoti lost to siL-lit. Thu ofttcors art? scour ing the country iu seach of him. One of tne otneers claims to nave wouuueu uuyon during the pistol battle. TRANSPORTING THE DEAD., KK"!ntlni tor the Traintportatl'iH of Deait ItiMlles Ailnftletl at tlm t'ooveiitioH of ihe NatioHMl AootlHtloH of Ue'MerMl llavg;ge 'Agents, Ih Si-,1iiii t Detroit, -Midi. Detroit. Mich., July 19. The conven tion of the National Association of Gen eral Baggage Agents at Its session yes terday adopted a code of rules to govern the transportation of dead bodies aud a uuiform transit permit and death certificate to be tilled out by the undertaker and receiving agent. By these rules transportation of the bodies of persons dying from small-pox, Asiatic cholera, leprosy, typhus fever or yellow fever is absolutely forbidden. Bodies of persons dyingfrom other contagious difcoases must be thoroughly disinfected by bi-chloride of mercury. Persons wuo nave oeen exposed to infection of the disease will not Ue permitted to accomitany me oouy. Bodies dead of diseases not contagious must be inclosed In air-tight coffins. Every body must be accompanied by a person in charge. The box carrying tha body must be plalHly marked, with. the name of deceased, place and cause of death. No disinterred bodies will be received for transportation uulesa their removal has been approved by the State tfeard of Health, and tne local health authorities have consented to re moval, when the disluterred remaius must be inclosed in a hermetically-sealed oaket. These rules have been referred to the General Baggage Agents' Association for its approval. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION. A Chicago I.Hmlier Mill Blown to Pieces HHtt Three Mch Killed. r?uiffin. .Tnlv 10 Tim bntlnr in tho planing-mlll of the 1L V. Stone Lumber Company, on Boyno avenue, exploded at a quarter to eight o'clock yesterday morning. The mill was blown to atoms, scarcely a board or sign of the machinery being Je't. The following were hilled: Jefferson King, engineer. A. Dollar, a laborer. Oscar Kroll, teamster. Four other employes had most miraculous escapes. At half-pat!iiiie o'clock the body of Klug was recovered from the ruins, frightfully mangled. Dollar was nutsdde tho building, aud was in search of work. He also was badly mangled and burned. Belffid was a teanistr for another fll in. His head was crushed by a piece of the boiler. The flames which followed the explo-ion were soon extinguished. The financial loss will be 000. ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY., State UMcitrs of Colorado t'Hilcr Arrest for Conspiracy to IefrHUl the State. Desvkr, Col., July 1!.-The Criminal Court grand jury, which haa been investigating the charges of corruption madeagainst State officials in connection with the purchase of supplies and furniture for the use of the last General Assembly, adjourned Wednesday night. lit their report they severely crttloise the actions of the officials. Yesterday warrants were issued for the arrest of Secretary of State James Hlce, Sheriff Webber ami Uls partner iu the furniture firm ot Graham Webber; W. H. Lawrence, who "I'Pjl the Assembly with statlouery, aud State Printers Collier & Cleveland. All are charged with conspiracy to defraud the B8eoVetary Hlce and Sheriff Webber were abseut and could not he reached with warrants. The others, however, were arrested and released on hail. Mother ami liaeghters Drowned. Yoosostow.v, O., July 1S. -The bodi ef Mrs. Willtam Gilchrist nnd two daughters aged two and five years, were found yesterday in a small atreatn six miles north of this city, Mr. Gilchrist, a stone contractor ia this city, kissed his family good-bye last Tuesduy morning, hi wife saying they would go oa a short . visit U rele lives iu Sharon, Pa. Mrs. Oilc irlst took with her ;0. saying she would deposit it iu hauk before she left, but tlm deposit was not made. She was seea with the children nt eight o'clock on Wednesday night near where the botllts were found, walklBg about in an aim ess manner, avowing nay persons who might approaoh. t

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