Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 32, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 October 1889 — Page 6
T. LOU IS THE PLACE.
Xw Other Illy Ke Wi4l KttHeted for the WrWa fair It HanrtV i ThreereurtR t th JpltlH Mt the lTdltr4 trtltw Swbrr lL fr CwMthleiatlH. Mere '.baa eae-halt of the people ef the Unite States hv els i St Lewi and attend the Word's Fair here eonTenhatly. The estimated population i.f Mlsiow.it is The gut is now til f .urth ia jwpuiatkHi, New York being nrst, with .7fK); Pennsylvania seeoud, with H1 Ohio third, with SJM.tM. Sfr the Worlds Fair opens Missouri will doubtless lead Ohio in population; for the rapid increase umat soon overcome tbe present small difference la favor of OI:lo. Bordsring Mlssoarl, audjiu cloe evervday communication with 8t, Louis ar several of ths great States of the Union. Illinois, her next doer neighbor on the east has ,40S,OK; lows, lying alongside o the north, has 2.000, &; Knnsa, bordering almost the entire western limits, has l.SW.OMj Arkausas, separated, Ilka Iowa and Kiusns only by a surveyor's line, nnd bordering the whole Southern limit, has 1 M0.000: Tennessee, clinging close up to the State at the southeastern earner has 1,,00), and Kentucky, joining the bonier at the samo point, has 2,M,005. while Nebraska, touching the extreme northwestern corner, has 1,800,Here is a total population of 17,0i)3,OOJ, or more than one-fourth of the entire population of the Union, in and ailjjlnlns to Missouri. This iuclndestlieaiostiirogress've, thrifty and wonderful section of the country, too. Iowa, Kansas ami 'ebraska are marvelous in rapid grouth and development. Illinois Is tbegiat prairie State of the Union, whose farms, and cities, and railroads are famed all over the world; Arkansas is the Southera wonder, fall of minerals, of frulls and forests, aad fall of citiei that represeat the rapid and pecnltar growth or the material wealth of the new worli? : while Mksoart is the "empire within a State," of which the whole world ht.s heard. Ia material projerity. growth of Industries, increase of population, iioiupraeai or wealth, construction of cities, perfection of educational, ruJigioMH.mil soelal systems, these eoiaraanities have uo equals In the history of the world. Passing the border lines of the 8tat and going to the next nearest neighbors ia constant, close communication with St Louis, which is the commercial center for the whole population to be reckoned in this estimate, there Is. on Cio north. Minnesota, with 1.6" Oi), elosely waaeeteu ny several trunlc lines of rail way; dire fl?.iZ I' "'Iscoiu with 1.hi aooaeBl'atttSt Ljuis to Chicago. Oa the west. HTvnn r.r. 8M as to ?2 5, Watl' ;w Mexic. 100.1)00! all traroraail fmm . t i. st Uiii. riir.,i- n, .r-.:..." r"l St. Louis railroads. Oa the sawth. Toiaa. with S,S.W); Louisiana. l,ft,000: Misskwlppt lJOiOW; Alabama. 1 W,000; Georgia. S,S0).a; all reached by a IhorosWt system of railroads centering in St. Lonie.ansl the people of which would hare to psws tareagh St. Lonls to reaeh lha fair If located elsewhere. Oa the east; Indiana, with 3M,m, very closely Mentlied with 8. Louis and Xksouri. Total population of a'ljaceat Statea and Territories. which, uldod to the popiat4on of Mkwonrl and States bordering, makes 98 m.m population within territory immediately aad tfcorouchlr alliesl to S. Lwis. J Almi Siates aasi TerrnoiitM HM.eg Vatai.... .... .................. ......4t,aeaM The aaHmated total popstlaMosi of the TJTaitsHl SUtsH i m,m.m. More than hn4f f Um Mai la repreeeatesl by the erritoryahswi moatioaes. Jkn all es the Mate and Territories feat toward the Faeiftc are more easily reached frm M. Loeig than from Chieao, theh- population must be added to the St. Lewie eel nan. When this is deae. the sbewinsr i ererwhelmiaair ia favor ef IK. Lottie. Utah.. risMMa 4 eajhaWJbaiMakaM Oresma. xiar-r: wnjrm vvtuvrm...... 1,9SS,H9 Tetal. 3. St. IXtlsterHtery mjm.m Grand total .at.ftM.eea OWo with ,W,it. the Carollnaa with S,09f,lM. Florhta with Xl&.m, Virginia, with l,m.m. aad Wet Virginia with ,') onght to be added to the column, far these States are all ia close connection, and in constant commercial comnraaieation with St. Loni. Thus the column would show that 45,W6,OO0 of the 2.M9.900 people of the Union will find Kf. Louis a central, convenient site for the World's Fair, while eiery State ia the Worth and East will Had as good transportation facilities for a trip to St. Louis as to Chicago. Foreign travel Is not to be left out of the calculation. Missouri is midway between the great States on tho Atlkntic and the awer and growing States tin tho Pacluc. Notwithstanding the vain hnaats made by Chicago and Xew York of connection wtth the world, it must be seen, by a mere glance at the map, tint the wide, wide world, with its roads of iron and highways of water, caa come into S Louis about as comfortably aad conveniently as into either of those cosmopnUtna renters; for the world is not made up of London aad Pari. Berlin and P"me. The people who plow the waters of the Paciflo are more numerous by millions on mitlioiis than the people of the Atlaniic. and are tusking rapid progress in the accumulation of wealth, as well as vast contributions of patronage to the commerce, manufactures and arts of tk! New World, the discovery of which (he great fair will commemorate. -St. Louis Republic. Algernon Algonquin, a Uolon tourlwt, enters an Arizona store 'Vow havo robe du nuH?" Ban?! 3Se Wowors. Clothier and Furnisher. "Tho glorious Wsj? of our beloved land," excinimcil the ImiwMionesl or tor, in a fine burst of patriotic fervor, 'will ere long wave over us with four new hPivs glittering in ita i lustrious galaxy, and in matchless grandeur the country will march on to Its destiny, outgrowing iU geographies, ita maps and charts " "Huzza! Huzza!" yelled an enthusiastic school-book publisher in the wudinnee. Chienge Tribune. The distinction of being a foiU cj nowadays is by o mtnm as gresU a was oue the oaes.
THE CENSUS BUREAU. nerlMlHtMt Prr Him IWh CeaetM K arrow l'rltr Tkoreugkly OrMHts4 mh4 WMI Nw iiet ThlHK. M KHlH4MKH for thn At'iutl KMumtraliH la Juw h .V Year. Washington-, Sept. . The work of the Census Bureau is now about organlied, althaogh the actual enumeration of I the people 4oi not begin until next June, yet that hat become the smilWt part of j the work performed as the deeeualal of , the United States. ThestatMtkMof mannfaetnres, etc., eoverlng a terWil of ten year requlree .he labor of a large nnnther of ecil agents and an organisation of the work that mut be complete and exact In onl r to produce the beet ' reftultti. In order that the flrtm of ear ning on the business may be jierfeet as possible, Superintendent l'orter has JMrrt rcrttr, SitMir;,Jt4 of He Cru. apportioned the wor among eightea chiefs of as many divisions and their j,ubordiaates. The organization of the otttce is far in advance of what it was ten years ago. As is well known, it is Mr. Porter's purpose to complete the work of the census as soon as possible after the actual enumeration of the population has been completed. He has flniehed the preliminary work, completed the orgaaizitloa of the office, aad is now prepared for the collection of statistics. In fact, th-s collection of statistics has already been beua A FLORIDA CYCLONE. Mnrrar Hall, h llrarh lintel at I'Hrbtc Brweh, Itullv lHii4crJ-A Itoy Carried Away anil Kltlnl TrmlH tletveil hj ObtrucliiiH4 I'llert an the Railway Trarks-It hm Wicked While It lasted. Hut was Sobh Over. Jacksoxvillk. Fla., Sept. 24. A cyclone passed over Pueblo Beach, sixteen miles from here, at six o'clock last even an Immense beach hotel. The tin rof was torn off; the windows aad doors 1 hrar i .n.t .i i,..n.n.. shattered condition. The serv- ' . . . . (" niM carpenter snop near xne uoiei were completey demolished Prince O'Neil, a boy thirteen rears old. was standing by the hows and buggy of Lawrence Uaynes, near the dancing pavillon, awaitia? the arrival of the evening train. The horse, vehicle aad boy were lifted into the air and carried nearly two hundred feet to the beach. Th "boy was killed outright. A freight car oa a side traek was lifted ia the air, turned over twice and landed en the north, side of the mala traek sixty feet distant. A passeuger train, due at six o'elock, was half ar: hour late, owing to obstructions oa the traek. Had it arrived oa time a haaured oottagers returning from the city would doubtless have been killed or seriously injured. The force of the wind was seek that pteees of timber were driven through tbr twe-iash plank foot-teg of the railroad station and were with great dlMeaHy extricated for the passage f the train. The cottages sseaped with little or no damage, and no serious iajury to persons k reported beyond the death of the O'JJeil boy. The damage to Murray Hall and surround lags is estimated at ,. II elosed for the season last Wedaeeday. It is owned and managed by John O. Christopher, of this eity, who is at present in Cincinnati. Great excitement prevails among the eoUagers, but the weather is again, perfectly ealna. The eyelone revered an area of not over seveaty-ftre feet la its revolutions, aad buildings and persons outside of this circle were uninjured. The storm was less than three minutes In duration and passed off toward th northwest THE BASE BALL MUDDLE. The Meetltin r the American Iatltt at ClnelnHMtl and th Ke.ulls Krnetted. Cimcixxati, Sept. 34. Messrs. Von dt Ahe and Byrne, each with a contingent of interested parties, arrived here yesterday raorniug to attend the meeting ot the American Association at the Grand Hotel to investigate the Brooklyu-St . Louis squabble, caused by the latter club leaving the Brooklyn grounds on account . of alleged unfair umpiring, and to inquire into the action of the St. Louis club at Brooklyn in absenting itself after I twenty thousand people had assembled to witness the game. At eleven o'clock I the board of directors went into secre t session. The directors are Ave in namber and are comjiosed of Pres Ideal IWikoff, Mr. Parsons, ot the Louisvilles; Mr. U'hittaker. of the Athletics; Harrr Kterne.acting for thoCincinnatls,aad Mr. Born, of Columbus, O. The directors finally decided that the first of the two disputed jfames between the St. Louis and Brooklyn clubs be given to St. Louis by a score of 4 to 2. and awarded the xecond game, at which the St. Louis club fulled to apinar, to the Brooklyn club by a acore of 9 to 0. The fine of against the St. L mis clut for fulling to play this game must stand. The directors also censured the player of both clubs for their conduct In endeavoring to delay the first game, and also recommend the dismissal of Umpire Goldsmith for Inc ttnpeteney. The report of the directors was rattled by the Association meeting, and the members spent the rest of the evening in feasting aud a general good time, and ad' (ourned. m Collected a llHd riirnt' Tension. You.vostowx. O., Sept. The arrest of Oeo. S. Swanston, a leading attorney, causes excitement. It was made at the instance of K. S. Pipes, of Washington, who charges fraudulent collection of pension money by impersonating a dead Mian. H secured a pension of pr quarter for Henry Pope In December, Jt). One year later Pope died. He continued to get his nwll at a couutry postoMce aud by forging the names of wit nesses and Pope's and notaries' ncknnwliaeut4 of the Hants hs received Ihe money one year after Pope's (loath. The Pen sliMiOflke learned of the transact ion, and an effieer was sent with the ufecru ; result ;
CHICKAMAUQA.
The Armr ef the f'nmttertatMl Meets II AdretMirte mi Ike Mettle-VleM t'Mekeinausja-.Taw Htwe aad IH Ur Meet and lht I'ast FtH-setteN-AddrisMes lr t.ftrdtMi Had Kora. Chattanooga, Ten a., Sept , To-dav was a glorious climax to the reunion of the Army of the Cumberland. The grand barbecue and the permanent Arginizi turn of the Chickamana Memorial Association took place at Crawash Sprint, o the edge of the famous battle-as Id of Chiekautanga. Fully twsuty-tve tboasand ieople were on the grounds. The Blue and the Gray were together, the past forgotten. At one o'elock Governor John B. Gordon of Georgia made the ad dress of welcome. Governor Gordon said: Mk. Chain ax as Fstxow.Soi.iii5n o Worn Anninrt Oe thfat assivemrr morniaf the South ltr-s yoa with nsenvered heads, with open arms aad hottest hearts. She eac net receive joy with eosilv aad hapostag rerentette, hut with lmpifeltv ot ipeeeh and pa trtotic purposes ae nladly greets the brave and generous &t each army aud ot every vee ties. To this renowned battle-ground, made hjr Amerieaa blood, kh bid you weleesse. The South roaarswlate the whole eosatrj that these h sur!e nlatns, where tweaty-stx years ago you met la deadly hectioaal eonnict, are to bceome the scene aad witness of yoot e!nt pletlee of restored and eadwrlax fraternity. Sh eonKratuUtes the Kepuhlle that here, where the North nd th South marshalet the Ir hosts for liattle, thee hosts new mel in Hvtng, lastlax brotherhood, unite ! la bonds of i mutual ropi'et and roartdac. a brotherhood mrxle better. Irarer and graader by mutuilly cherUhed and twjrih:bl wemories. To you, Ocncral Recran. and U the sob I dim orihe Army of tht Cumberland. I eoms I wltli a froltHer's greeting oa my Up and a b dlcr's sympathy la my dieart. Speaking ot thov? who I am called to represent. I pledge their arne"t cc-operatton la the sacred mission wlilch coavene you. and ii. all things which pertain to the peace, welfare and union of the Awe.-'can jeople, Ia their name I proclaim their eternal fealty to the Amerieaa Constitution wheh Is their protecting shield: to the American Republic, wh'ch is the joint work ot thcr Uthers hands: to the Ameriesa Union ol States from which thev withdrew for their safety, but which, saw that the causes of illsen Ion are gnne. they will loyalty and bravely defend for their future protection. We are here to unite with you la a gnat aad eternal sepulcher of sectional hestilltv. The causes which produced alienation were long since engulfed la the vortex of revolution beyond the power of resurrection. Let a, therei fore, "bury the passions which these causes cvo' ed In a still deeper arravc. Let us Iwry thf tm spirit otaiseord so deep that aobl-stol the partisan political trumpet, however widesouatllnz and penetmtinir. can ever wake it tc aertiee aeala. rilassv It who will. Since slarery is abolished and the Chinese wall along the line ot M-i is broke a down, there is ahselutely no legitimate barr er of separatloa andnoeauie for strife. God speed the Hiy whea this truth shall command reeocnttloa throtuchout the Republic; God spted the day whea naworthy doubt shall gtre ptaee ic ualrersal tnist. when unstinted faith la the untmpeachuKe and patriotism of the whole Amerieaa peon I e. tRR ifome the essential pasport to public station, wh he who lights least for party aed mire for country shall be proclaimed br tne pro and the people as the wisest statesmaa and truest friend of llbertv. The address of welcome was responded to by Ueaeral U. S. Rosecraas. General Reseerans was visibly affected over the eloquent and patriotic language of Governor Gordon and spoke feelingly of the grand sight and scene presented, old Confederate and Federal soldiers sitting able by side and mingling m pleasant, friendly converse, and he prayed God that the day would soon ceme when th last vestige of feeling over the war woald be eradicated. He believed that this seene was an attgury of. the glorious success of the project, to make the Chieka atanga hsttle-fteld a National park te appropriately mark the greatest battle ot the civil war. Closing; he said: Xew, fellnw-ettlseas, I am sorry that T ast net able to nuiagty express the feellass I hare oe thta occasion nor te give so seen te the kmd theayhts that eecae te my mtad as 1 steed hers. I am wre I have not the werdst, neither have I the vetee. te appropriately se so, bet I hope sad pray that the future may see the eminent seeeess ef eur fraternal aaeertekis:. After addresses the permanent or sanitation of the Chiclcaatauga Memorial Association was formed. The crowd ia attendance at the meeting was very enthusiastic, aad the proceedings gave evidence that the movement will be a grand success. General Henry M. Cist of Cincinnati, was elected temporary chairman, aad Major Sdward F. Manning, secretary. After a discussion ef the objects nasi purposes of the organization the following officers were elected for four yearst President General J. T. Wilder, of Tennessee; vice-president. General Joseph Wheeler, Alabama; secretary, General Marcus J. Wright, Washington; treasurer. General John S, Fnllerton, of St Louis; board of directors from the Union shle, G. C Kniffeu, G. W. Bishop. Henry M. Cist C. IL Grnsvenor, Fred Vandeverni, S. P. Thurston. J. S. Fullertcn, J. J. R-ynolds. J. Y. Wilder. A. C. McCinng, A. Baird, S. C. Kellogg, W. S. Rosecrans, IL V. Boyntoa. From ths (fanfederate side: Hon. Joseph W. IL Wheeler, C. It. Breckenrldse, Jesse T. Findlay. David If. Hill. K. M. Liw, Marcus J. Wright, Roger Q. Mills, George D. AVIse. Alfred H. Colquitt James Lon?street Joseph H. Lwi. Randall Gibson Charles E. Hooker, F. M. Cockrell. The charter ns prepared was ordered filed and Ihe chairman, instructed to nccoft it when returned. A targe number ofbeinbers of the association were enroll. After the meeting the barbecue took plsce, and it was the most tremendous affair ef Ihe kind ever known In this county. Thirty tables, each 3ft) feet long, were spread. All were amply provided for. The day passed without the slightest jir or accident. On the train this nf ternoon returning from the barbecue Governor Gordon, commander of the Association ot Confederate Veterans, issued an cftichl order for the association to meet In Chattanooga on July 4 next. Itawio "Ma and pa have bee qtinrrolinjr, haven't they?' Willie Yep." lh,sic "Which one got the worst oflt do you know?" Willie Sot jet I'm watting to see which one of them slams the door jfoing- out" Uurlington Free Press. m The following- extract is from a pupil's comiKJsUlott on "The Itlacksraith:" -Mati In his state of incarnation has various, ways of making money to nip ply himself with ntitrittu nt fo that th body may 1 ahlo to exhilarate its immortal tenant,, 'the M)i.' Tlwoao ,.1x)Ve wh.h I'ahnll sjHJAk is the Mnith. Thta trado is of moinehtuus itnporance. It is tji(ie atnusinsc to hear hint when hois mending a piece of malleable work Ho has a way of striking thu iron that ma k rait soiiihI harmonious to the ear, ki siiildreH &ftcn stop to hear htm.
DOORS OPENED.
teaagaratloM of the Third Aaaaat 0rat falaee Fastlvat at Mteas VH.r, la.-Hte ttpeelwg Aililress MtvsH'SHl Uf Ms JMh M. Thurstee, of hVWmb M aets by the KeveMtr-rtcst w York Kegtmeat Hsatl. Stovx Crrr, la., Sept SC The third annual Corn Palace festival was formally Inaugurated at noon to-day by the throwing open of the doers of the corn palace to the vast throng of visitors, and In the afternoon the first grand concert by the famous Seventy -first Regiment Baud, of New York City, engaged expressly for the festival, was given. In the eveniug the formal ceremonies took plae. Hon. John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, who pres i Jed over the last National Republican convention in Chisago, "slivering the opening address. tuo ticvt Corn JMiucir is by tar the finest that has yet been erected. It is a marvel of beauty and decorative art being cov ered entirely with corn and the products of the field. It is 150xJ( feet in size, with walls :i" feet high at the eaves aud (H feet at the rid?e-pole of the roof. The xtrikiug feature is a maiu tower, 175 feet ami i'l fjt eniinrM t thu Itaao. through which is the main entrance. Flanking this are two smallwr towers, WW feethigV. and numerous spires,miuarets, etc. On the main tower at the height of 89 and 190 feet are balconies exteuding around the outside, which are reached by a staircase within. The smaller towers also have balconies which are reached by bridges from the second aud third floor levels of the maiu tower. A wide gallery runs under the interior of the jmlace. eighteen feet from the ground, under which are booths or stalls given np to exhibits from Iowa. Dakota cud Nebraska. There are also some tine lisplays from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and other States. The interior beautifully decorated with corn, grains nd grasses, the work being done by the ladies. S.i0 of whom have worked on it for three weeks. It woo Id take columns to describe the varied and unique designs which are the wonder of all who see them. The festival will continue three weks, during which time there will be other attractions, such as industrial and trades displays; civic, military, athletio aad other displays. The palace will be preserved intact for two weeks beyond the time for dosing the festival for the entertainment ef the delegates from the South American countries during their tour of the States previous to the assembling of the PanAmerican Congress In WashlagtOK. The city will be beautifully illuminated nt night, and visitors are expected her from every State in the Union. WILKIE COLLINS DEAD. TPwfc afse BuVWd jRV JPwsW aKuMCftitt,te eW w& asttl CuWaburatesr ef Otter tea aHckesse s 5Cs UsSnnV JJn"sHu c9MPw4s tT MWl IetfuS smsI LMerarjr IMNHW-asMtte t Mte rw4assMe CMtrttHHMi te she WerM's 14beswy. 0 Lokbok, Sept M. Wllkie Collins, the eminent aed world-famous aerelist, (tied at his reside see, g Wimpole street, Cavendish Square, at 10:80 o'eloek this morning. It was a strange death for the inaa whose brain had pictured and whose pen, had described the death of all kinds of men ia all kinds of places that could be conceived. He died alone, without wife, ehild or relative to soothe his last agonies w ith that love and sympathy which o.ily come from ties of blood. William WDMe Collins was born In Loados. la January, IStl. After feeing educated at a private school, aad spending two rears with his parents in Italy, he was arUeletl rot four years te a Arm in the ta trade. Ixchaa lng commerce for law, he was a &toiettt In Lla H Ufutm fraUt CWlfM, cola's. Ian at the time ol bis father's death; and his ffrt literary per formanee was an admirable Mosraphy of him with selection from his journals ami correspondence (IStH). Hi devoted himself from this time entirely to literature, and peblfshed suece tally, between into and "Antonlaa, oc the Fall of Home." "Kamld beyond UaIIwjjs, or Note In Cornwall." "HmhI." "Mr W ray's Cth llox." aad "Hide aad Siek." Hesoon aftei became a coatiibator to "Household Words." All his later novels originally appeared as serials in periodical. The nrlnctpa! of them are: "After Iark" (:8."t), "The Ied Secret" (lV7). The Queen Of Heart" (!), "The Woman in White" (li), "No Name" ()Hr. "Armadale" (!!), "The Meeestone" (SH1 "Mm and W rs" (13W). "P.r Ms Flush" (1ST.'), aad "The New Magdaiea" (l!T. Ia l'Stappeared'-MrMlMretlanlei" (twevolaeies), made up of contributions to journals, lit has also written three dramas, "The Froien De-p." The Lighthouse," aJ "Hlack aad While," At the eed of IS74 he visited the Untied States, where he gave puMIc readlass from his werxs In the principal cities. At the death of Charles Dlefcen. Wilkte Cotlias took up sad completed "The Mystery of Kdwin Drood," aad has eoatlnud Ms literary work until quite recently. Through all his Mt erary work Mr. Collins ued the stramre. the weird and the occult freely, but personally, he was most genial aad human of mea.nndlng his pleasures and his Interests in the ordinary affairs of life. He ha been described as a mar vckms sonologist nasi ba'ag merretoue. his mesepolyofa conrersathm was freely given, la work he was methodical, aad frequently raoed against that Impulse for work which Is called inspiration Hofore beginning a nerel he knew Upon what lines his story w "Id run. and, begmn Ng the ntln. weald rt i ai his task working regularly uatH it was neisaed te hhi liking. The Hurley ItHHk Ktibirv. Nraauxkk, Mich.. Sept. 23. Satnrdav hiMin, before the news of the bank robbery at Hurley had reached here, four flashily-dressed strangers arrived in thl-s city oh the east-bound train of the Dnluth, South Shore Atlantic road. They took dinner at the Rreltung House, where their nppearance nttd nettoas excited suspicion. A tall, light-oomplexloned man. who was the gHiksmait of the party, carried a grip and took it into the dining-room nt dinner time, lite others had no baggage whatever. No one hers bad ever seen the men before. After dinner they Inquired about the trains and left on the fast pAseengsr train fur Chkase.
REAR.ENDEft, Ptee tereas Ktttee esse a Namaee Is JerM by a Mear.Kart CM.h en the (tklesKw, hek Istand tas4ae Meaa M WshlagtH Heights. Ill It Is Charge te a llrankea KHjtler. Chmjaiw. Sept SJ.A rsnr-eud oolliston ou the Chicago, K mk IiUud Ac Paeilto railroad at Washington Heights, twelve miles from this olty, at six o'elock last night, resulted in ths death of live persons nnd savers injury to a dozen others. A suburban passenger train whtle standing still was crashed into by a fast freight train and the rear ooaeh ot the passenger train was entirely demolished. Those in the oar who were tint instantly killed by the collision Miiffered terribly from escaping steam before they eould be rescued. The following is a Hat of the killed and injured. KILt.KB. Miss Sadie Kelly, an employe M the Roclf Islaud coiupauy. Mrs. Brown, of Washington Heights. Fred Hnediter, of Washington Heights, Jay McKenzle, of Washington Heights. A woman yet unideutlned. WOL'.NDKD. Gus Mulgahey, a boy of Auburn Parks badly scalded nud will die. Kdward Smith, Jr., badly scalded from waist down. Mr. O'Connor, badly scalded. Daniel Lawrence, lawyer.budly scalded. Autou Schorer, badly scalded. Taken to County Hospital. Jacob Kuen, Imdly scalded. Mr. Wheeler, badly cut Gottlieb Klein, scalded. Parker Heradas, cut while rescuing his sister. Mrs. Steele, slightly injured. Some of those injured are in a serious condition, but it is thought nil will recover except Mulgahey. The train was loaded with suburbanites, chl-fh residents of Morgan Park. Washington Heights and Blue Island. The freight train was running at the rate of tifteen ' F twenty miles an hour, aud the engine : plowed clear thr J Pssnger train. plowed clear through the rear car of, the The engineer reversed his engine lust before the shock and ' jumped, followed by his fireman. I The passengers in the two forward ears did not realize that any tbiuz had banIned, though the entire train was pushed forward nearly two hundred foot by the force of the shock. The uninjured passengers and trainmen had hardly begun the work of rescuing those who had not been killed when it was discovered that the demolished car was on fire. The flames were quickjjr extinguished, and the work of rescuing the living and dead was resumed. It is said that the engineer was drunk when he boarded his engine, aad was drunk wheu picked up. At midnight the blockade caused by accident was removed. THE CRONIN CASE. The ChirHKA I'ellen After a Xw Mtispeet He l Known as N'olun, Hat That Is Nt III Kent Name-Colleeilnir Kvtdenee Aaainat the Head f the C'eHsplrary. Chicaoo, Sept 26, The Times say the police are after a new suspect hv the Cronin case. He is a Philadelphia who came to Chicago early ia February and left on the day following Dr. Cratdnrsdieappearanoe. His aliases for We real name is not given are Will Ian Bergen and William Nolan. He is sukl to have taken the leading part ia the great or has and was the chosen confidants ot oste est the arch conspirators. We are oolleetiag evidence asralnesr the man daily, M said a prominent Irishman, "and expect to have eaeugh to convict net oaly Xolan, but the great head of She conspiracy. Nolan is not his name,, but far reasons which you will readily anderstead it is best not to divulge it a-t present He is well known in Irish circles, and has done much dirty work for eertala parties who not long ago were high ia tho councils of the Clan-aa-Gacl-and the League. We know that money in large amounts was given that ntuf part ef this we have already traced..'' HOWS THIS, MAJOR BURKE? A Statement that Indicates Slate Treasurer Murke's Knowledge at tbe I.'ialalnaa Khswarlal IrregHlarltle Six Meathe Kefere He Kntlred From Ontce. JCrw Ormcass, Sept 25. Ex-Cashier Stoddart has produced a copy of a letter written by him January 19; 1S8S. front Baton Rouge to State Treasurer Burke, In which he stated that thirty coupons of the supposed destroyed State bonds had. been presented for payment. The number ef Ihe coupons were given in the letter. Mr. Stoddard says that Major Burke telephoned him next day from New Orleans: "Have seen the party and have arranged." Mr. Stoddart allowed the coupons to Receiving Clerk Campbell, who resigned, being unwilling to remain connected with the treasurer's oftica in view ot such irregularity. Major Burke prevailed on him to remain. Mr. Stoddart dhl uot resign, as his term was nearly out. If Mr. Stoddart's statement U accurate. It indicates a knowledge of the eenpon matter on Major Burke's part six month's before he retired from, the office ef treasurer. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. An Appalling t:laaltr that MlgHt Have Orrnrretl at the Milwaukee KHesmpment, Hot IHdu't. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 2t The startling luformation was made public ynsl terday that a great catastrophe during 1 the National encampment was averted by a mere chance. The sloping hillside at Juneau Park, where 100,00i people were seated on the night of the sham naval battle, was moved six inches. Had it not been for the stone roadbed ' ef tbe railway at the foet of the hill, the whole sides of the bluff would teive I slipped off Into the lak?, carrying the people with it The ground at the bottom , ef the hill is bulged aad at the top there ' is a deep fissure, where the sod anil earth have been torn apart Before the seats ', were erected many civil engineers had doubts about the safety of the bs.uk, as much of It consisted of made ground. The .fohnstHWH Directory, Johsstowv, Pa., Sept. 45. The new directory compiled by C. It. Clark was placed in the hands of the public yesterday. The proof-sheets for the directory were ready whea the Hood swept the valley, and ou every page can ha seen the finger-marks of death. Hturrf nnd daggers art distributed all over thn work before many of theut, the former bfore the names of those known to be dead and the latter before thine who have not bee heard from. Mr. Clark' estimate of th dead Is S..VW. Two mors bodies were taken from the debris yesterday, one that of a woman la s cellar at Mlilvale.the other th) remains of a chlM tmm. a pihi f refuse.
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PERSONAl AND LITERARY. Jay fJould'a "History ef Delaware County, X.'Y.," H'Httea wha hm was SI, is a rare book now, worth f40 vol JIM. (Jeorfti W. Child owns many ? tho papers f Andrew Johnson. Among them i the account-book whioh he kept whan hs was a tailor. Iieetila Chandler, whose name ia eubturibed to some of the most graeeful verses of the day, is Mrs. Leroy Parker and a daughter of the Utst Roar-Admiral Halph Chandler, U.S. Navy. A large number of famous, mm ware onco hook agent. Among ilium warn George Washington, Longfwllow, Uretlla-te, Jay Gould, ox-I'rosklent Hayes, Daniel Wubster, General Grant. Halph Waldo Kmerson and l'rlH'ielllsinarok. Hunri Hocliefort, the Kery I ranch od i tor, is now in hia AUth year, lie 1ik a sniHil but oxosoilingiy choice collection of valuable paintings, and is known its a lover of fins arte, lie appoars often in oocluty and I aliraya faultlessly droned and agrees We. Mrs. Harriot Iloochor S'.owe e visited Edinburgh, wiiora ahe was invited to dinner by William Clmmhorf, tho dull hut pompous publisher ef Chambers' Journal, of which he was exceedingly vain. Mrs. Stowe aeoidentally mentioned that nho believed he publislmd a journal of some kind, but she really forgot its name. Mr. Chamber was peechlosa with astoaishmont Hooka wero scarce, in Puritan days, and perhaps that is the reason thewriters made tho most of thu titles, using Hiich choice ones as "A Heaping Hook Woll Tempered for the Stubbora Kara of tho Coming Crop; or, Biscuit linked m the Oven ot Charity. Carefully Conserved for the Chickens el the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation;" 'A.Pair of Bellows to Blow Off tho Dust Cast Upon John Fry." Mrs. Humphrey Ward's father statos that she and her family were astounded at the success ot "Robert Klsraore." He says: "Wise aad devoted counsellors, after reading the manuscript, gravely discouraged her from attempting to prist it Whea. despite their timidity, she found a. pub1 1 .i 1 . l.na liniiauliAiil u 1 I . I . u . w . friends, who wore in the secret, expected that it might possibly attract tlj attention of a few reviewers. That ii should become, as It still indeed is, the sensation of years, aae aad w to them a mystery." The many admirers of IJiU Arp,' whose delightful contributions to the press have wen for him well-deserved fame,, will has pleased to learn that that genial gentleman has had a stroke ef rar good fortune. Soma years ago a Georgia bank in whieh his sane were deposited failed. lie took a pises ot land ia Alabama hoiosngiag be the hejak, be to be aJmest werth- , less wA the tanse. Xrsst sre wasi d4 J sPrww eivB f imsa me OTVsivpanai ef the- mum has made him lavirijr wealthy. a i -HUMOROUS Little girl You ask if it is proper for a gentleman to "kkm a little girl whs ia tea years eld, going en sieves." Yes. it is proper; hut it Is hardly worth while. Puek. Sobhy "Ma, L've pretty, near outgrown my slippers, haven't 1?" Mama "Yes, Bobby." Bobby "And. ear, ma. how long will it he before I eutgrow yentr slippers?" Omaha Wecje. Wealthy old geat "What! asarry my-daughter! You are being supported by your father." Suiter "Yea, sir. but my father is tired of supporting me, and 1 thought I'd better get into another family." N. Y. WeekTy. Englishman (to stranger) "xcuse me. air. but aren't you a foreigner?" Stranger "Foreigner? STe, sir; I'm an American, pure aad simple. rt Englishman "Ah! and what tribe do you belong to. please?" Harper' h Bazar. Fond mamma "Come here, darling. What have you been playing with?" Darling "Dob' t wemembec." Fond mamma "Your hands are perfeotly covered with dust" Darliag "I dot the dust off o' dat big book." Fond mamma "Why, I declare, the child has been playing with the family bible." Proprietor of museum "I am glad to that you are looking out for my interests so well. That last fcreak the girl who hasn't slept for fourteen years is a dandy" Manager "Sh h! Not so loud. She luv just gone into the next room, and he told me not to wake her until halt aa hour before show time." Texas Sifting. First citizen '"'This electric light is a groat tiling," Second eitixen "Mighty mean thing, I think." First citizen "Why, what's the matte. with it?" Set-ond cltixea "Matter with It! Why, they have planted one right in front of my sitting-room window, there It lights up the whole house, and I've got six unmarried daughters." Boston Courier. Smith "What are you Ion ting around town at this titnoof night for?" Brown "'Fraid to go home. Wife told tne to be sure and remember something, and I've forgotten what it was." Smith "It wain't dry goods or groceries, was it?" Brown "Xo." Smith "Baby-food, tacks ortheatet tickets?" Brown "Xo; but I have, just thought of it" Smith "What was It?" Bt'own "She wanted, we hi rememW to come home earl v." Chluago Journal.
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