Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 September 1893 — Page 6

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WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXIC, XubliHher. JASPER, INDIANA Thk hone committed on territories decided, on the 2lst, to report n bill for the admission of Utah us a Mate. Thk weekly statement of the Imperial bank uf Germany, Issued on the lbth, shows a further decrease in specie of 2,080,000 marks. Rio in: .Iankiho was under fire of the insurgent ileet again, on the ISth, for three hours The forts in the harbor returned the tire with good effect. Tin: 10th, whieli was tlte sixty-third anniversary of the opening of the first public niihvny, the Liverpool & Man chester, was Railway day at the World fair. Tin: editor of the Weekly Indepen donee, a radical newspaper in Prague has been arrested and looked up for publishing articles offensive to the nu thorities. Thk Poles residing In Daltimore Md., have appointed a special commit tee to arrange lor tlie collection 01 ex hiblts for tlie World's fair to bo held at Leopoli, Austria. 'IHK two frenchmen who were ar rested in Kiel, on August 2S, on th charge of being spies, were taken to Hcrlin, on the '21st, for preliminary ju dicial exauunation. Thk Spanish government has declared a quarantine against the ports of Hamburg, Germany, and Hull, bu ginmi, in consequence 01 the preva lence of cholera at those places. John G. Dnnw, lately associate editor of the Irish World, and a noted writer on political economy and ethics. died at Ins home in blizaboth, N. J on the ISth, of heart disease, aged 72. fJXOiXEr.H knapp, who was shot in the Lake Shore train robbery at Kes sler, Ind., and taken to ICondallville, was very much worse, on the ISth, and it was feared that his wouud would re sult fatally. Thk Planters" Labor and Supply Co. it Honolulu have asked the govern ment to permit the importation of 5,000 Chinese agricultural laborers as an offset to the Japanese, who largely predominate. i Tin: president sent to the senate, on the 10 th, the nomination of W. It. Ilornblower, of New York, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, vice Samuel IHatchford, deceased. Thk marriage of Miss Flora Davis, daughter of Mr John Davis, of New York, to Lord Terence Ulaekwood, youngest son of the marquis of Dult'crin, has been fixed to take place in Purls October 1U. SritGEON-CiKNKItAI. Wyman of the Marine hospital service received a cablegram from Dr. White at Hamburg, on the 18th, stating that there had been nine cases of cholera there, five of which had proved fatal. Cnor.KiiA has reappeared In Moscow, Kleff and northeast Hungary. In Moscow the outbreak is most serious. There were thirty-two cases and eleven deaths in the convict forwarding prison at that city between the 1st and 11th Sin Ar.nxAXDKit Gat.t, retired Canadian statesman, died on the 19th, at Montreal. Sir Alexander held different cabinet portfolios before and after the confederation, and was a high commissioner in England for a period. Tin: police intimated to all of the London banks, on the 10th, that a gang of expert American forgers were on their way to that city. It is said that the members of the gang possess the secret of effacing handwriting from checks. It is stated that suspended silver mines in Colorado, Utah and Montana owe Han Francisco powder companies upward of e"00,O00, which It is impossible to collect. Requests for payments are answered with "(Jo see Cleveland." Uniti:i Status Commissioni: Edmvn'Ps, ofTlilludelphiu, decided on the ISth, that Ah Me, a Chinese laborer, should be deported to China, he being in the United Stages in violntion of the Chinese exclusion net of 1M12. This is the second Chinaman ordered to be deported by Commissioner Edmunds. The state authorities having failed in their efforts to collect seed grain for tho farmers of western Kansas, the Ancient Order of United Workmen has taken hold of the project, and will endeavor to furnish the needed aid to members of the organization, and to others if a surplus should be collected. It Is intimated that Mr. Van-Alen, nominated for ambassador to Italy, will restore the lavish regime of William Waldorf Astor, which sulTered u check when Ministers Stallo and Porter held the oilice, they being competed to live within the salary, while Mr. Van Alcn, who is worth 820,000,000, can ily high. Tin: house committee on rules do cided, on the 21st, that the Tucker bill to repeal the fedentl election laws should be taken up for consideration, on the 2Uh, and that the vote on the passage of the bill and the pending amendments should be taken on tho 10th of October, twelve days being allowed for debate. IIu.Mtv R. CocititAX, tho embezzling weigher at the Philadelphia mint, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hell, on the ISth, and held in S.10,000 bail. In order to give him time to procure- counsel ho wns remanded to the custody of a deputy United States marshal. .Superintendent Hosbyshull testified that the shortage amounted to S2Ü.O0O.

CUUBRNT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. (Eitra Session.) In thonenate, onthe liuu. after preliminary buinoss had been difpoed of. tho repeal bill WH token up ami Mr. Voorhee math' Another, proposition to tho opponents of th bid to tlx a I time to clono debate, lit Mik'iifMi'il Monday. the 25th, for tho close of the debate ml u vote on the '.7th. but Mr. Tiller ou tho mri of tho opp,wltliu. declined to multo an lunwiwiii at this Um In tho biut tho Intention of tun democrat- to carry out their protfrntnrao of roportitur tho feriura! election bill huh proventmt by the want of a quorum, mid tho homo adjourned without transacting any luislnos. ix tu senate, on tho lkth. Mr. Stewart offered amendment to tho yilon-Voorlioo.i nilvor bill Inviting Mexico, tho South und Central American republics. Hnytl und San Porn Intro to Join tho United States In n monetary conference, und addressed the senate on tho atnondmonts. Mr. Poner'n resolution directing the committee on tnter-stato commerce to Investltruto the recent train robtierle was called up. ami Iti discussion oceuplod tho remainder of the session. Tho sonata In n t ody attended the contennial ceremonies of the laylnsr of tho corner Mono of tho capito! i uildlnir. und Immediately after ndjourno! ... In tho homo the journnl was approved und u recess was taken to attend tho corner stone ceremonies, at tho conclusion of which tho houso adjourned. In the senate on tho ISth. Mr. Squlro wave notice of u substitute for tho repeal bill. Mr. Voorhee.o. in a Ion speech, defended himself from adverse criticism in tho maiiapement of the repeal hilt, by hhoKlnit th impossibility, tindor tho rules, of malsln creator haste, drawing out a spvoro reply from Mr. DuboW-ddahoi. Tho mutter was further discussed by .Messrs. Hoar. IMatt. Teller and Stewart. Mr. Mills then took tho floor on the repe il bill In the house proceeding were a.iln blacked by Mr. Hurra ws. of tho ulnorliy. ami no business was trausactod. In tho senate, on tho VJth. after twenty inlnut"s iiKvotod to routine business and a tilt between Messrs. Voohoes and Piatt for possession of tho Moor, both yielding. Mr. Georire (Miss. i addressed tho senutJ In opposition to me repeal Mil. He was followed by Mr. Gray

v m! iuiiuuii uy .nr. uroy i.i,-'i wuruv S leiUS.I laoWII In the house, nt Italian Hag in the ph er Iouk' cession devoted to ! - ... . Is. tho committee on rule-.''-11- V1' lllUl uas ,le

iwoi.1. in favor of tho bill the close of nnothe obstructive me tho. reported the bill to repeal tho föderal oloctlon law nuu it was placed on this calendar. IN tho senate, on tho 21st. Mr. Pcffor re-in troiiuceti tne bill to provide for a bureau of loans. Mr. I'latt offered a resolution of cloture which wont over, and tho repeal hill was taken up, Mr. White (CUD addressln-.' tho' senate in a four-hours' speech, when, after a short execu tive session, tho senate ndjournd In tha house tho report of the committee on rules pro viillnsfor tnklncun the election Uvs reneal bill on the ifith, and for a final voto on October 10, was adopted. The house refused to approve me report or tne committee on accounts recom nu-nuin-' mo assignment or tnir;y-six com mlttee clerks, and adopted tho minority report reuucmi; mo number to twenty-live. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. TiiofSAxns of people thronged to the capitol grounds at Washington on the night of the lbth. to hear t ie rinirin of the chime of bells on the new library uuuuing aim to attend tiK- open-air concert by tne Marine band and tho grand chorus of 1,500 voices given in honor of the capitol centennial. a i..ui,k numoer oi cotton gins in . . . m . a ltienville parish, La., have been pla carded with notices to Che owners to discontinue all ginning until further notice under penalty of having their gins burned out. The notices further state that if the merchants press the farmers for not marketing- their crop tiiej will be waiteii on by regulators. Miss iOCA DiKTltlcll. aged 20, of Kokomo, Ind., headed a band of high waymen who robbed four people in one night. Her plan was to induce reputable eitlzens to protect her on the plea that she feared to bo on the streets alone. She took her victims down a dark street where her ac complices lay concealed. I'm: London Times says that, not withstanding a .little, natural chagrin, Uritish yachtsmen, who appreciate Mr. Carroll's pluck and persistency, will be please to learn that he will not return to America empty-handed. The Xavnhoe won the llrenton Itcef cup on her merits, and she has quite redeemed her character as a hard-weather boat. A I'Kcri.lAit condition of afFairs exists among the farmers in a dozen or more of the largest cotton-producing counties In south Alabama. They have formed a combine and swear that no cotton shall be ginned or sold before October 1 in order to force the price to ten cents per pound. HrMiiiKlis of corered wagons are returning from the Cherokee strip. The parties were unable to get claims and are loud in denouncing the sooners, who, they claim, got all the best lands. There are a large number of people leaving the strip on every train who are In destitute circumstances. Ur.v. Mkkskkmiric, a Methodist minister at Spencervllle, O., was knocked insensible and awfully beaten, on tho night of the 17th, by a hoodlum who was offended by remarks made during the delivery of his sermon. Tub elements made a plaything' of St Paul, Minn., for a time, on the ISth, and the dry spell was effectually broken by a steady downpour of rain. Tin: remains of a man und four women were found in the burned ruins of a house In Whltechapel, Loudon, on the lllth. Thk will of F. L. Ames, of Hoston, wns filed for probate on the 10th. It contains no public bequests. The real estate and personal property In North Huston is given to the widow, together with SoOO.OOü outright and an annuity of eno.OOO. The residue Is given in trust for the benefit of the widow and children. As A result of the unsatisfactory outcome of the experiment of settling Scottish crofters in the Northwest territory, the Iti-ltish government, hns decided to abandon all efforts at state colonization. Thk paid admissions to the World's fair on the loth were 172,308. A ToitN'ADo at Augusta. Wis. on the ISth, blew several frame buildings off inetr lonndntlons, took the roof off Williams' store, leveled barns and fences und pulled trees up by the roots. Kkv. Samuki. II. IIam.idav, formerly assistant pastor to Key. Henry Ward Ileecher, was stricken with apoplexy In the parlors of Plymouth church, Kroooklyn. on the 20th. F.U7.A PoitTKit. aged 101 years ami 1 days, died, on the 10th, at Oak Mills, Ivas. Mrs. Porter was horn in Vlr. glnla, and was owned by near relit tiv,e of George Washington.

Tin: well-known steeple-cliaso horse,

Fulurlty, owned by Alderman Nolan, of Albany, N. V., died in Chicago, on tho 10th, while- on his way from the east to San Francisco. Tin: paid admission to tho World's fair, on the -Ulli, were 177,4'iS. Tin: llondui-.m congress has accepted President Leva's resignation, and lien. Vnstjuoz has been elected president of the republic. Thk executive committee of the World's fair directory met on the 20th, and decided to promptly close the World's fair October Ü0. This practically settles all talk of extension. Another 20 pot cent, was ordered paid on the bonded indebtedness, making a total of 70 per cent, of the $1,455,000 now ordered paid. TliK police of Amsterdam, Holland, have arrested Henry De .long and are Invcstlgatingn scries of disappearances of wives that promises to develop a case similar to that of Deeming in Kngland. At a meeting of the Highland Land league In Ohisgow, ou the 20th, the delegates strongly demanded a homerule measure for Scotland and con demned as a grievous wrong the fact that the Scotch crofters should bo hunted to Canada in order that sheep might take their places A seniors mine accident occurred, on the 20th. at the Dolcoth mine, at Camborne, Cornwall. A portion of the mine caved in, burying thirty of the miners in the ruins. Kight are believed to have been killed. Twentytwo were taken out alive but badly injured. I hi: twenty-'hird anniversary of Victor Ktuantie'.s unification of Italy was celebrated in New York city by a parade of the united Italian societies. May (olrovs refusal to nlnee the ace of honor on nounccd by the irauer Phksidkxt Uoxxkv. chief of the World's Congress Auxiliary, refused to allow the international congress of Free Thinker the use of the Art institute, the now famous structure in Chicago. Mr. ISonney said he. would not sanction the use of the hall by any body likely to criticise the church or drag the name of the Creator in the mire. I'i:vi:u has added Its terrors to the already overflowing cup of misery of the unfortunate dwellers on the sea islands on the coast of South Carolina. Hundreds of people are reported sick on these islands as a result of the stench and putrefaction of dead bodies left unbuned from the great storm of August. Mits. David Dowunx, living six miles southwest of West Elizabeth. Pa., at tempted to light the fire with kerosene on tho 21st. An explosion resulted, and Mrs. Dowden and her child were burned to death. The house and contents were destroyed. Dritixr. the twenty-four hours ended at noon on the 21st. there were twelve new eases of cholera and three deaths from that disease reported to the au thorities in Hamburg. 1 hi: 21st was the forty-seventh anni versary of the admission of Iowa into the union. Choi,Rha is spreading among the wealthier classes in Huda Pesth. Ox the 21st the Uank of England re duced its rate of discount to K per cent. Fivk men were killed and live were seriously injured by a gas explosion in the Lance colliery No. 11 of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co. at Plymonth, Pa., on tho 21st LATE NEWS ITEMS. l.V the senate, on the2Jd,Mr. Allen in troduced a bill for the coinage of silver money and to repeal the Sherman act The Plntt cloture resolution was laid before the senate and debated at some length. Mr. Hansbrough then ad dressed the senate on the appeal bill. The hour of meeting was changed from 12 to 11 o clock. In the house the report of the committee on accounts, s amended, was agreed to. Some fur ther assignment of committee clerks was made, when, a vote disclosing the want of a quorum, the house ad journed. A dhkadfuL rear-end collision between the second section of a passenger and a freight train on a siding at Kingsbury, Ind., on the Wabash, at daylight on the morning of the 22d, cost the lives of a dozen persons and serious injuries to a score of others. The accident was caused by the brakeman's blunder in leaving the switch open. Many of the killed and Injured were on their way to the World's fair. Thk prompt arrival of the firemen at the burning of a five-story tenement building, -i:i:j west Fifty-fourth street New York city, at :? o'clock on the morning of the 2'Jd, whose ocennants were only aroused after the stafrway was ablaze, prevented a dreadful holocaust One man lost his lifo by rushing down the burning stairway. The others were rescued by fire, escapes. Jui.ks II. IH'HWKl.f,, vice-president, treasurer and general mannger of the Mast, Duford it Harwell Carriage Co., of St Paul, oMinn., Is charged with misappropriating 50,000 of, the funds of the firm. Fort tho first twenty days of the present month customs receipts at New York aggregated 85,507,571 or 81,000,000 less than for the same period of last September. Loan Di'NitAVK.v'.s English cutter Valkyrie, that is to compete with the Vigilant for the possession of the America's cup, arrived at New York on tho22d. A Piu.VATi: telegram sent from Rio de Janeiro, which reached London on the 22d, says the government troops still held possession of the city. A otati:mi:xt preparedatthe pension bureau, on the 2d, shows that since March 4, 1S03, the total number of pensions granted was t5,:t!l0. Tnr.iu: were three new eases of yellow fever reported at Ilrtmswiek. On., on the 22d. Nini: fresh casesand two deaths from choleta were reported from Hamburg on the 2d-

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Ab Charles and Kotiert Hoffman, farmers near Hrazil, wercf returning home, from church their horu became, frightened and ran away, tearing the buggy to pieces und throwing the occupants lo the ground. Charles was Internally injured and can not recover. Hubert was horribly lacerated and bruised about the head and face. A.NDitKW Haisvamxk was torn limb, from limb In a runaway at Michigan City. Death was almost instantaneous. At Terre Haute Dr. A. T. Spottswood, aged over seventy, found a burglar standing at his bedside. He grnp-. pled with him and held him till his son, came to his assistance from the next room. Then they turned him over to the police. The fellow gave his name as John .Smith. He got a sentence for four years and was taken to the state's prison within twenty-four hours. Thk oil house of the Consolidated Tank Line Co., of Cincinnati, caught? fire at Columbus, and was soon stirrounded with llaines that could not lie. controlled. Three terrific explosions before the fire department could reach the scene. All that could be done was to prevent the flames from spreading. The fire was so great that it spread to the I5ig Four track, but the denartmcnt saved the company's property and prevented the explosion of the "company's large oil tanks some distance away. Loss estimated at f 0,000. Thk Hartford City board of health i seized on an old house southeast of i town, on the Dowell farm, to use in I quarantining Muncie suspects, and in ! case smallpox developed, to use as a pest house. Farmers in tho neighbor- i hood were indignant, and the other i night fire broke out in the old house and It was destroyed. There Is no t doubt that the fire was kindled by ' those who objected to a possible pest house near their homes. Couxtkih'kit half-dollars dated 1SS7 j have made their appearance in Elwood within the past few days. It is thought i that some one there has secured a supply, and is taking advantage of the ! present hard tunes to "shove the queer." Thk residence of David A. Fawcctt, editor of the Lagrange Democrat burned the other evening, with all its contents. Thk report in a Cincinnati paper that there were two cases of smallpox in Farmland is untrue. There is not a case in the county. At'orsT A. Nki'mann, an old miller, tried to cross in front of a Pennsylvania passenger train at. Fort Wayne, the other night He was killed. Jkssk Mrli.VAlX was run over by a wagon on the Warren fair crounds and family injured A broken rib penetratet! his lung. David Hithaxax, an old pioneer of Clay county, and a veteran of the lato war, was found dead in bed the other morning. He was a wealthy farmer, and resided four miles south of JJrazil. He went to bed apparently well the night before. During conversation at the supper Uiblo he told his wif.? that. he would not live to see the rising of to-morrow's sun. A sthaxok fatality hangs over tho Weeks family at Albion. Sherman was killed recently while climbing a tree." His brother entered the army during the war and died of lockjaw. Cornelius lost his life by swallowing a cop-, per cent. Thomas jumped from a train and was killed, while Charles, another brother, committed suicide by swallowing poison. Mrs. Andrew Schrader, of Way mansville, of Bartholomew county, has so far recovered as to be able to go to Columbus, and swear out a warrant for the arrest of John ,J. Chafy, .lohn Snyder, Ham Leasman and Henry Mündt, whom she claims to have recognized as among the number who whipped her. Officers at once went to tho homes of tho defendants and placed them under arrest Axothkh sensational incident was added to the state normal school imbroglio a few days ago, when announcement was made that the trustees lnd dropped Prof. W. 15. Woods, who holds the chair of grammar and composition, l'rof. Woods is one of the members of the faculty, being a member of it for twelve years, and his removal has caused a great stir, especially as the correspondence between l'rof. Woods i and President Par.-ons, which, nub- i lished the other day, shows that he was removed because of his alleged sympathy with the deposed Prof. Tompkins and tha disaffected students. TliK ease of Perry Hilbert came up for trial in the circuit court at Hedford the other day, but the jury failed to agree and was discharged. The judge lixed t Ulberts bond at ?2,000 to appear at the next term. He is charged with 1 killing Granville Cook at Mitchell dur- ' ing the fall of 1SSS, and lie was cap- 1 tu red at Ottawa, I1L, a few months I ago. Gillcrt comes from a good family, but commenced to drink of recent j years, hence the trouble. i In the circuit court at Columbus Adam Keller, a capitalist, filed a $10, 000 suit against Miller & Wichman, implement dealers, alleging that Miller has been guilty of forgery. A xovr.i. feature of an election for ditch commissioner held In Jasper county recently, was the exercise of the I nglitor franchise by fifty members of the gentler sex. This is the first in- I " . - stance on record In Northern India tin. that woman's suiT rage has been practically demonstrated. Tin: anti-Catholic organizations in Indiana have been $o active of late that they have brought many people to believe that there is danger, of a Catholic movement to secure control of the state government Gov. Matthews, who was petitioned to suppress the anticipated resolution, has written a letter silencing the absurd reports. Woitn from Kingwood is that the Whitecaps have burned tho home of the Lamberts, whose son killed Samuel Hannalt. as the outcome of a family feud, and the Lamberts have left the neighborhood

A BliAKEMAN'S BLUNDER

Results in tho Lose of Elovon Lives nt Kingsbury, Ind., And the Injury of it Kcort of IVi-sou Koni of Tlu-tii Kiitiilly Tin" Wurit Wreck tin- WhImmIi Ititllrond Hit Hud In .Miiny Wiir. ICixnsiu'i:y, Ind., Sept 2:$.- Eleven bodies resting upon improvised slabs and tables under the roof of the mot est Masonic hall of this village and score of injured as inmates of tho city hospital of Peru, ten miles distant, tell the story of the latest of railroad hor rors of which this village was the seem at daylight The revised list of tho dead and injured is as follows: HEAP. J. 11. SlclCennan (butcher! Hydo Park, Mass. Harry French, nj;ed II, of tho London Charity scnool. locution, Knclnnd. CharlJs Illrbee. .San Francisco. Alice Hcjd, Kist Hoston. Mas. Miss Nellie II. Tucker. Hoston. .Uas. Wnrrcn O. Hyder, I'humtx, Arlr. H J. Zell. Germany. J. O. Honndy. Lamoille. Ia. John Grecu, engineer passonRcr train, Ash ley. Ia. J. G. Coulter, conductor uassencer train. Do. run. .mich. W. X. Lyon. 1 affKancraaster pauencer train uetroit. .Mien. IXJl'ItKP. i-nmst I', now. Fair Haven, Wash.; sealr wound. .Mis M. A. Kelly. lirookllnc. Mass.; head cut and ldly brised. Otto Huck. Hamburg, Germany; bruLsed and nuKio sprained. G. S. Hodgson. Dover. X. II.: Injured back. Mrs. S. A. Seavey. Soiuers worth. N. II. back injured, general concussions and nervous prostration. Mrs. o. A. Hurbank. Now Orleans; rieht arm ana t.otn Hv's Iiroken; condition critical .Mrs. it. w. Jiyuer. I'liwnlx, Ariz.; face and wwy cut. rtclit let: broken. Simon CanUcId, Ironwood, Mich.; contusions of limbs and body. Mrs. Caulield.wifc of above; left arm broken. i-oiiiusious to neau. ,Mrs. D. IJuynii, Audenried.li.:slljsht bruises .1. ,sKin. residence unknown; left lej imciureu. internal injuries: unconxclous. Kdward Hush, youth, tondon, England; sur lace contusions. w twain bran. London. England, a?ed 11; ooui ie.s oroKen. Allien Moulton, youth. London, England; ritfht arm Injured. Hattio Hutchlns, I'hienlx, Ariz.; Internal In juries. .Mrs. it. u. in, fcoracrsworth. N. H.; left innen uroKen. Annie Hl, .Somersworth. N. 11.; slichtly brulsed. Henry Voklmr, areman of freight train; ecalds anu contusions, Encineer Whitman, of freight train: right urm broken; hurt In back. jonn narncr, iireman of passenger; scalds anu contusions. A moment of forgetfulness orabscnt muuiodness by a brakeman who is I 1.vtn '- 'N-'st of reputation by the I Wabash officials tells the story of the ! seconds tliat preceded the catastrophe. As to the facts themselves there is no room for dispute. Freight train No. 4, east-bound from Chicago, was due at tins point at 4:20 a.m. It was under orders to take the siding and await the arrival of the west-bound passenger express No. 55, which, according the schedule, should have passed the iYii.-iui tiepui. at iwu. i ne express. I ,,owep was nn ho"r "1 twenty minJ lltft lnti. ml r... .... it... 1 utcs late, and. owinir to the bnw travel growing out of the World's fair, it was divided into two sections, the second section running twelve minutes behind tho first Doth sections were made up at Ituffalo, and the passengers included people from that city as well as from the various lines centering there from Canada and the east. With the knowledge that under the schedule he had twenty minutes to spare Engineer Whitman of the freight train proceeded from the siding to the main track to take water, the switch being thrown oien by Herln-rt Thompson, head brakeman of the freight After the engine had taken water, the freight was backed to the niding and I hompson closed the switch. Regarding this latter fact there is no room for question, for at .1:10 the first section of the express, thirty minutes late, swept past on the main track, giving the usual signal, one long and two short blasts, to intimate to the freight that a second section was following close behind. What were the movements ot Ilrnkeman Thompson in Ilia next few moments remains to le developed. Certain It Is that when twelve minutes later the second section ot the west-bound ..vpress came thundering along at a speed of forty miles an hour, the switch was open. j in the early dawn, the red lights nt ' the switch and the target were hardly ) discernable, and it is a questioii j whether either the engineer or fireman j of the passenger looked for them, secure In their knowledge that week in I ami wiM.tr mit Iii..,- t,.,il ...... .1. . - ,. ...... , w tue 0....1W umiihi itiiuuiaiiuiariincL'. I.ll.e a flash of lightning, therefore, the train took the siding, and almost before the engineer and fireman realized that they had missed the main track they hud crashed into the waiting freight A second later and the air was filled with shrieks, groans, moans ami piteous appeals for help and assistance. The passenger train consisted of a baggage car, three ordinary coaches and two sleepers. The force of tho collision was such that only the rear sleeper escaped injury. The locomotive of the freight was driven half wav .;-. I I.? .1 ... into the meat ear it its rear. The bag. gage car of the passenger train was tl,rou n Jo "e hide, while the passenfrill. itm,l,.p .... ... 7.. 1 1 .. . .-I.-- . .. , , , fiv .U.IVIH.-7 niiuy leicscopeo eacn J other and the third, a Grand Trunk coach, cut into the sleeper car 'ICansas," carrying away the smoking comJ partmcnt and sections one and two as j clean as though they had been trimmed with a razor-edged axe. The two for ward coaches were completely wrecked and the occupants burled in the debris. Awakened by the shock of the collision, tho sleepers In the rear palace car poured out without waiting to don their clothes discarded the night before, and aided by the trainmen and those of the passengers that had escaped Injury, set themselves to the task of rescuing and aiding the injured. In the meantime the residents of the farm houses adjacent to the track had i

i mains of her husband rests In the one adjoining. The three boys French. Rush and Evans, were on their wav to homes in the west which hud b,.,.n found for them through the aid of the London charity school, of which thev had been inmates. Two score men are scourinir tho surrounding country for Herbert 1 hompson, the brakeman to whoso negligence the responsibilitv for tho catastrophe Is placed. After the freight tram had backed to its siding to await the passage of the express his movements were not observed be nn of the crew. WENT" TO THE BOTTOM. Sudden Sinking of the Uli) tlmi Wur Ship Alexaiulre IVtlon, Im oli Im,- Uj,. I,M or KU;htj- I.lv,". -iy On,. SurWior J. main to Tfll the Story of tli D!:tt-r. New Yomc. Sept. 23. A report of the sinking of the Haytian war shin Alex andre Pet ion. was received In this city yesterday. All on board with one exception were lost All told, eighty were drowned. Among the number were many prominent officials ami diplomats of the republic. The cause of the disaster is unknown. The news of the catastrophe was brought to this city by ex-Minlster to Hayti .1. S. Dun ham, wlio arrived on the steamer Prinz William I. from Port, rill Prlnm 'ihe disaster to the Potion occurred on Seprtcrwhiw 0, about five miles frord Capo TiocAD Therur Jmd justK been put into comaiissyon. She left 'ort an Prince, September 4, bound for San Domingo. She had on board many distinguished passengers, among them being Gen. Mohne, San Domin go s envoy to Ilayt; L. Cohen, the Haytian minister to Mexico, and other well-known diplomats. According to the testimony of the sole survivor there was nbsolutelv no warning. Neither collison with antner vessel, submerged coral reef or storm can account for the occurrence. .'he day was fair, the wind was litrht and the jiassengers were enjoying themselves in the cabin. Suddenly the vessel began to sink. The officer on watcii ordered the men to pass the word to those In the cabins and the forecastle to reach the deck as quickly as possible anil jump overboard. It was already too late. There was terrible confusion in the cabin as the panic-sW-icken people reached tho deck, blocking the passageway as they did so, and preventing one another from escaping from what was destined to le their tomb. In one minute and a half from the time she began to sink the vessel was entirely under water. One sailor, as the shlj sank under him, snatched a pair of oars from a lifeboat and threw himself into tho water. He caught a plank as it floated by and looked around, but not a man arose from the whirling waters which engulfed the war s!tip. Tho sailor drifted for thirty-six hours on the plank with nothing ,toeat or drink, and when picked up he was almost exhausted. He was taken t ) Port nu Prince. The disaster has occasioned universal mourning throughout Hayti and San Domingo. GOVERNMENT FIRE TOO HOT. The Itcbel llriizlllittt I le.-t rtupe!eil t Until Off 1'roni Santo, Nkw Yomc. Sept. 2:1. The Herald's Montevideo (.Uruguay) correspondent cables: News which was received hvra today is not as favorable to th" cause of the revolutionists as heretofore, Tho rebel squafron, of which the Tlcpublica is the llagship. which sailed for the south, Intending to bombard Santos. Porto Alegre, und Rio Grande do Stil, has been defeated. When they arrived off Sim tos the guns of the Rcpublica and Pallas were trained ou the city. The land forces were awaiting the attack, and the shore artillery replied with vigor. The fight was kept up for two hours, when the rebel fleet hoisted author and sailed to the southward. Desertions from the rank's of the revolutionists are dally reported. The government is strengthening its forces, hoping to soon dominate the sHn.ilion. Advices received from Rio t rv moro favorable to, the rebels than thre aro from the south. It is reported tli -t the citizens of the Hrazllinn capital expect that the city will in a few days be surrendered to Admiral .Mellu

m en iiwniconeu, ami men and women boys and girls hurried to the scene ami lent what assistance they could. Most of the dead an l Injured were in the two forward, .lay coaches, and these, were so completely wrecked that the work of extricating the dead and dying was a comparatively ea.-y ne One after another the lifeless were brought out of tho heap of tlml er and placed In a row on the west si.ie of the track, while the injured we -e e trried to the meadow on tho oust side and cared for by the villagers, who ministered to their sufferings ami alleviated their pains as well as the facilities at hand would jierinit In the meantime news of the catastrophe hud been wired to Li Porte Westvllle. Union Mills, .Michigan City and other points within a radius of a score of miles, and within a comparatively short time scores of buggies, wagons und vehicles of every description were at the scene. In these the Injureil were conveyed to the farm houses and residences of the neighborhood, the doors of which were thrown wide open by the occupants, the latter devoting themselves to the temporary relief of the sufferers pending tho arrival of medical assistance. One of the first to be taken away was Mrs. Houndy.of Iowa, who escaped Injury, but was prostrated by the. shock of the collision. She was taken to the residence of II. P. Ellsworth, and upon being restored to consciousness plaintively inquired for her husband who had been seated by her side when the trains came together. From the description she gave of her life's partner his remains were identified among the row of the dead and Vhen the fact was gently communicated to her, she begged that the lifeless remains should be brought at once to the house. Hence the widow is lying prostrated in one room, while the re

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