Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 January 1903 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier. C. DOAM;, rabllskrr. 9AÜPEB. tili UnUAMJk A jur- t Hloomington. 111. on tht VI. acquitted Min Dato) ( arletoa of the charge of murdering Uro, Jost pk The l'nited States supreme court adjourned, BU Ihc --d. for tiM I lnitBmm hol Ida y , t aaset agate M Jna uarv S,

Mi . (Irace Comb, . pioneer resident and mother of i Mayor .lohn ( i'inl'. died at St. Jnaeph, -Mo., on tin Id, agcl Tl t cars. Si thousand und tvcnty-si Bailee of railroad wri r liilt in t lie l'nited st;;tes (luring lW.'. tthieh is greater than In nut vcur since Is"'. S-ignor Masengni, the Italian composer, was arrested in Chicago, on 'he Mil, im a charge if rmbc i. iu nl uiuilc U a for MM I manager. m Ftreaaan 11 . i. mi-, nf Beda a, Mo, aaj i.iiie! in an Breidt nl waieh derailed u Missouri I'acitic pa Beenget tiain near Marshall. Mm., km the Mtk. Dr. J. o. Lotvry an assassinated at Fair Play. Tex., on the n irli t t the h. as he stood Dear a window . , , - a . l unk; int" liuui'i ii, 110 wnnimi lie Tirnniirtv known .1 T li r.ist . ....... : . t... i. ...... u..iii.t .I. i 1. the treasury department as ihe loca tion for ihe new f-leral building at Jacksonville. 111. John Armstrong, who was twice president of llie South Dakota agricultural society. a found dead .n lus bed at Aberdeen, S. !.. OB tin - d, from heart disease. Henry I arink COBBBnitted suicide at Grnnd Rapid, Mich., on the Slat, by drowning himself in a cistern, desperately fighting off friends who were attempting io save hi in. A severe storm Halted Copenbagi i letiniark, on the Mtk and -'Tth. ami did enormous damage to property and shipping. Many lives were loa both on land anil at sea. Judge Baaauel J, Clarke, who ltd an overland expedition to California in 184'.. anil w ho was a nieiii'm r of I !i first legislature of that state, died at tieneva, Idaho, on the Mtk. Ja-k Ihmohue. chief of d. tri lii s at it BpringB, Ark., was shot to death, un the 13 tk, by Prank Dougherty, "l i aoou after mortally wounded kinaaeli by tiring a shut into his head. The crown princess of Saxony U is located at loneva. Sv it.erlatni, on the li'Mi, whither she hail tied in company with Prof, liiron. a Frenchman. She wb living under an assumed name. Two l'nited States soldiers raised a tow in a saloon near Fort Aaalllllmllia. Mont., on the -'"th. and in the sh,.,,,. ing which followed both .soldiers were aaonaded and taken to the em it boaBatted. The aaaajtal army board, a a mi-i ting in WaahlnftMit on the 3d, decided that the facings of the new uniform ahould le lilu instead of white. The "cretary of war will finally )a-) tD tli matter. Mrs. Lena M. T.iili- was arrested a. David City, Nelv. in the 23d, i harged with the murder of her hii-hand. Harey l.illie. in October Inst. II- w.u thought at the time lo have l-en killeil by burglar-. A number of negroes refiisel to pi? dscir fare on a Cotton Belt train near McNeil, Ark., on the 33d, and in ur altercation with them. ti nun wbtl apaav aidioaj ihe conductor were daa g-erously wounded. The boats of the ha Ileal ( .ntania ami Massachusetts ran a threemil. race, off Port of Spain, Trlaidad, on the 24th. for a pur- d fl.ooo. he race reaulted in a tie, the tiaoe being tU niiniites, s seconds. a On. Kreil I). (Jrant bus l.en sel.cted Bs executor of the estate of his Another, whose will was n.e.l m 'he Mtk, The value of t he relate appro i mates $:.' 14.0011. and is ti he oivided among her children in fottf equal -hareThe building oeeup'o-d as a Store bj aTiekolaua & Co., at lUooniington. III., ok deatroyed bj lire, on Ike ?Sth, with a loss of ;-,.i"'o. and the stock of W. Klein, adjo'iiing. mil badly flain.-igeil bv vat r. The loal on both will reach tZOOJMX). The crown princess of BaSOI de aertcd her home and family, on December II. ami no trace of bei caa le bad. The fad was not made publhl until tin- B9d, wheai the king orderaal It published i.i the ofiicial jouituiL An adopeaneat is aoapected. Montgomery tioilley. a negro, killed poii: emau in Pittsiung. has., early Christmas morning, and two hours later he was taken from jail by a mob and hatred. The rope brake befote he nni dead and lie fell to the grOSSd, when some fne of the nob raided his (MaTerlttfa by cutting his throat. Ten men. survivors of a eolli-ion I etween two schooners in Massnchuettk bay, vere picked lp hy a vessel, on the jlst. and landed In Huston o'i the 22d. Kiev en others who wer. o,i the schooners r.t .he time of the collision were drowned or Mrided from the cold. Tle aurvivora were three days in an open boat, and underwent Jndesci ibubl uffrri'ig -.

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FIFTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. s t 8e-slOH) In the senste. on tae Jsta. the aseassa Uns iv ukrn up by sir. it rn AI. In .n !dJrrs m .,,lv kjcv f n l-lhinlun canal by iL. Nksrasasn routr. A luuntx r f tili! ttcrr pssxl anl a cu.i- : n in- reHrt seov'ttltng fos the paymni f (he iiiikii cf th. strik- i.imm:sl.iii wns agieeU to. after hl h an adjournment was takn until January In thu house the session . very brief, the iiiy Bsasssaaa trantet awtnaj the nnai S ti.ii on the bill o defruv the siH-nsea 'f th' coal strike mmlsalon The h'ue slss-i adjuurne! until Januar i PERSONAL AND GENERAL. yVealty Watson, of IVtroit. Mich, was slmt ami iut.inth Willed st M..I dleport. nt.. on the Jid. by his brother Samuel, who mistook Wesley for a butglar. In a tight at M uhllesboro. Ky.. on the 33d, the result of an old grutlge, Wdliuin Mills as shot 1i death bv Ihristopher Turner, who was hiiuseit asOTtallj wounded. Mis Linie l!illboiie lire i shots frm a revolver into the Insly of a young man mumtl Marsh, at l'on station. Tenn.. on the Jd, fataliv woiimling him. t Kansas City. Mo., on the C4tli. William P, Hollenl'k. atualed by doaceatte trouble, shot and seriously injure! his sick wife, attenuated to kill Iiis st.p.laughtr. and then who: hlauetf through the heart. Mrs. Mci.ovcrn and her three ch.ldttit were bemad to death in a tire which destroyed the hue in which I key were sleeping; in Pierce he Id, n. N . .n the 131 h. Two men vvho were badly injurl in 'he explosion in a pool room at Hot Rpelitjra, rk . on the afteruiMUi cf the Seth, died the same night. The residence of P.. M. t hamoers. at Ferguson. Mn, was destroyed by tire on the 33th, causing a loss of $l..oou. Kmil Engst roaa was found fro.n to death on the river hank at Ifolhie, 111 . on the :th. OeorgC t arter -hot and killetl hi wife and himself at Kugene, Ore., on the E&th, Two hundred passengers were badly haken up and bruised by a vv reek tin the Chicago A Alton, at Atlanta. HI., on the Mtk. Med Ledford, aged S3, and Mr-. Mary A. u.lsopp, aged '". wer- inarriid B4 H.iriisl. urg. HI., on the 3341s. At Algona. la., on the Mtk, Harry Adams killed his wife with a shoAgOa ami then blew out hU brain-. The thermometer was 1 below zero it. ii the siiw ;vv feet ! p at UoueItl eL S. 1.. on the 'Jjth. Edward Mosby.a negro, was tabhed to death by arnjuia KoU-rts, in st. Luis, n the Mtk, Advo. ales of the oinr.il.;; statchossl bill have not by any means aLandoned hope of securing the pa-sage of tinbill by the senate, despite the eileii deteraajtasstioai of the opponents of the measure to talk it to death. It is estimated that kleagO citiren spent l4M0y3M for ( hristmas I w aents. They bought gaesia f isetter grade and in larger ip.;antities t his. yaaur than ever before. Irrordlag to population St. Louis was well up with her sister city. harhs Henry Burr rosby has re t lrneHl to his home in Detroit, after an absence of almost thirty years. Mr. Cfoeby is now in his one IraSsdreri and eighth y.ar. He Iaiins that he is the son of Aaron IJurr. A l,uiie for orphan girls, daughter of Free Masons of Peamaj hania. is to he erected at Itroad street anl Bristol BTei Philadelphia, by William L. Klkii,. at a cost of more than $360,j -'OO. ol. Henry ( lay T.o. kwoo.l ,jje, ;n BeUenae hospital. New York, on the ssal, .. i .i a. , ..!, h Mien niness. He was f., vars old. He was breveted major for gallantry at the storming of F.,r Fisher. He was the author of "The AUdition of the Pr. sidem y." Mr. A. W. Mnehen. superintendent B rural free deMwgfy, has ttaassd an order that the postmaster at Maet of fie freaaj which a rural free deliverv ro.it.- starts shall post in a omspic iniis place in his oflice a list of the patrons of each delivery route. Thousands of cattle are report. 1 to he starving on th. range in Borth? western Calerado. The Humane a ciety appealed to the owners to re, cue their sto k and they have replied 1hat they are powfteaa to do so. The cattle are snowed in on the high range without (asture or water avail ahle. l'erlin Bsmapagar announees. apparently on authority, that a i.erm.ni condition precedent to arbitration ithat n. uehi BJHMf pay l.TOO.Ws M. Wars (33tU,(HjO) in cash to satisfy laltiis. re sident ami Mr. I.'ooserelt foonl the usiinl pairental pleasures in seeing that their children were the recipi ent ol tack articles as tky deal red for th I hristmas season. There was no t hristmas Iree. but there were Tinni. roiis presents exchange 1 in the If bra ry. I"inrt'ri r William spent Christmas In his usual way. His majesty took a walk in the afternoon in the Sans land park am! distributed bright gold aieeea, freak from the i... ani.iig the ganleners and watchmen. Jean Pcbetarria, a aakiaa passenger oa the steamer Iji Touraine. risaiia ttd sui. kta by jumping overboard. ..a the -'1st. on the voyage from .. , 'ork to Hav re. afra. M. a. ateGalre, d gt, i.miis. oiother of the wife of Oca, Rageaw .. tarr. I . S. V tetir.-d. died of pneuaaonia, on Ike Mtft, at st. Viaeeait,i hospital. Santa Fe. V. M. Fire at Newark. . J , on the 2oth. did .XJ,hi damage to a number mercantile houses. Amos Hissed, a pioneer lunnker of Ib'IiV'T, Col . die'.' ol paralv-is, vn th Mtta

A poat oflice inr pectnr hav m foaasd him $ 4mi short in his seeoitna i- K. (ireeaiaar. ki master at lornlntid. 1 11 ''in it tit t e I suicide, on the 7tlh. hy shoot iajf hiatssdf in the h.-ad with a r vidver. The tin mills at Newcastle aaJ Shensnaro. la . etuph ying :.(HHI men. which have been nllr stm-e July, will ie put in aaaajatlaaj aa .hmiutry 1. tien. Ionard H V.l ha accepted an invitation to rrpnd to m to.i-t a; the laii(uet of the Kansas Hay club, at Kiiijhh ia, on January Mrs. Marshall S,itt ley's fine redence. in South Springfield. III., was burned tt the ground n the J. th. causing a loss of fj.uuu. Bdwaed tiny murderetl and roblietl of $l.Jai and bis store burnesl. early ( bristmas morning, near Mai t In w v. I , .,. Mrs. Walter legally was fatally burned und her twin hoys ptr.she! tu a tire at Cuero. Tex., on the- '.'"th. Mts Miry H..rTw,!l (atherwood. tlie well-kuuw n authoress, died of cancer, at Chicago, on the .'btb.

LATE NEWS ITEMS, A t-rrible railr-vi ! ac. ih t. hel I ed to hav- Ix-eti due to a telegraph operator's error, happened at the lit tae station of Wanstead. Out., or. the STtk, when a t.raiul Trunk epra train ran into a freight in a binding anowstorm. Twenty-eight persua were killed and between thirty and forty injured. W. Pl Uvan, an fhcial of the Iliiaois Fnited Mine Workers, in a signed statement, on the .'sth. said that the mine workers of the I luted States, in the convention to le BM Id at Indianapolis in January, would make a demand for a material increase in wages. The Venezuelan revolutionists resumed active hostilitie against I're-ivb-nt laMro. on the .'Tth. the armistie having expired, and a battle wa foaght, at the close of which the inCwrgeata maintained their position. Archbishop t'happelle, aptrtltTlrT It rgata to Cadaa aad Porto Kara, arriveil at San Juan. 1. K . on the .-tb. where he was ent kasahttg ically r 1-eiv.d and esoorte.1 to the .-athedral by a large procession. The army transport Sh.-rman strm-k a rock. n the SMh. oa her last trip to Manila, and recehed injuries which will probably render it ejeveaaeiry to go into dock at Hong Kong lor repaira, Mrs. JJeasie Beatoa Freniont. widow of (.en. John C Fremont, died at Los Angeles. Cal.. on the -Tth. aged Ts yeais. She was the da ighter f Misouri's great senator. TLmai II. Hen ton. alebhaaa lootel the Hankof I'nion. at I nion. Mo., on the .'Tin, and secured f I ",ss. An outside goartl kept up a aeaaataat tiring of shots to terrorize the citizens. The lowager empress .,nd the emperor of China entertained tke ladie f the ..mericau legation and Lieut.tien. ihlfi and party at a luncheoBL On the BMk Vice-Admiral Cervera. ho nrrendered hia ships to the American fleet at Santiago, has lern appoint.-.! to the post o chief of staff of the Bpassish uavy. Two little sons of Mrs. t.eorge Cn.nplell v.-re burii to death at Milwaukee. Wis., on the ftta by an oil heater setting tire te the l-d clothing. lit. Kev. John Wogau F - ',g. uh'p of St. i baus, ITaaliiad. dieaj uu the 2 6 th. CURRENT NEWS ITEMS. Natural ga has ),-, n i - r ! IT miles west of Isoui'las. .... in an oil Well. A trip to Paris under anl oyer the ea is planned a Mi Iv.ay attr.o t. -u for World's fair. A (ieoriha negri ha etit Prei lent Roosevelt a wonderfully carved cane bearing MM imag. . The American nomic aas.s-ia-tion and the American Historical .-o-ciety are in session in Philadelphia. C. T. ffm Hit tier has been BpaKslatC I chief of sculpture at the Worhl's fair t siieeee I f, . Itu. kst uhl. resigned tien. W illiam 15..th. f.oin !er af th Salvntion army, will H-ak at the Olympic theater, gt, Li lis. Januarv 11. Isaae sf, Pat ton ar.d Maggie Shaw ncre BBBurTted at I airier Mills. 111.. Friday. The bride is not yet 14 years of age. Mrs Ilock.-ry . wife . f I. -.v. lo, ke. v of Missouri, continues . imre. ami sh- now has a ?:iir chance of reeovery. A MiiinenM.is youth tit his mother" wedding ring to raise money t. pay the e-n. , ad kll ' il el aajajeatg, .1. II. lladkins. n. nf Omaha, has been appointed he 1 gardener for the department of horticulture at ihe W orT'l's fair. P-tniaster 7.. T. CsTeeatag of ('..rnland. III., was found short in hi Se eon n i s ny an inss.-i..r 1 ir. milled suicide. .en A.ien. a tillage in Wa-hingtoa county. Miss., with a w.prtiat ion of b t ween too snd SOU, was a (moat totally deatroyed by tire. The ine..re ration ..f ths .f Ncrris eV Co. packing concern in New Jerevr for t-i.inai.noo has revived talk concerning i be 'iref merger. The w", H of the late Mrs. flysse S. f.rsnt ha Ie.-n fileil for probat. The estate, valued at fi-U.r!, ia to be equally Ii i. i.-d aaaeaaj the four heirsat law and Baad of kin. Hun's and Hr.i.bt reefs reviews aert that the year just .losing has Ix-en kigtalj satisfactory to trade, and that tho r..sH--ts are for a continuance of the.-conditions. Attorney -t.eneral Hamlin of 1 1 line, a will gi to I hicago to investie-ate the alleged al tie-up. he bating inforniaI Jicatei a -oniiiujt;oa to keep up price,

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TcU ia Brief by Dispatches fron Various Localities. tMeeaayj ta Maad Harri.. Hoar. Indianapolis, lud. le gg ITie ciraaaUjaataaeaa attending a well laid plot to tesl the Is i t f former PresIdeal llsrri-u the night after hie burial about a year ui(o aiue into the paaaeaali a f the p. Ilea throuvli a letter Mgi r a 1 i.ice Si in n -. The p.aa sn to let the fat t f the robbery of the grave kacoaaa known a da or tw. later, ir the exptctatioa that the family Would ftVr a large reward f r Hi ret art i r ing to the statement of u BBS, Raftst ;i a trel. who is r...a iiniiei arreM for rave roiiery ai;i has laafnaed lo a lea Hag o bedies. ecaaeaeted the caasiaae in . u nection with a lasst physician, and the t. 'y h j. t le e.reti-(i in the litter' ofth-e. It va assitme! that the grave af the (urnirr presirleiit ansald ni t be guarded, and when the reward was offered the bo'ly was to be taken to a farm which tantrel had rented and ht wa& to "find" it concealed there and return it and claim the reward. I he police recall that a hint of ihe p!t reached them at the time and that in in hers of the family were BOtifled that it would te well to guard the .T.,if for a few night-, s n in.- say, h.wever. that he place; a "ghoul mark" la the grave the night foltewrtag the faaeral, and that when Catitrel aoald hate "liftet." the bo. y I e a deferred by the mark from doing so. The plice lo. kii B for the vvrit. r of the leter. and the stor) will b further iuveytigated. Willlaa as a hn.iniM I. III. ladienapolir. lmi.. Dec :. -w a. ! V;. reiver, of Franklin. Ind ar.ii. uii. es i that J. V. lavv-ot;, who. he say-. !- a .New Yorker. ha made Miai V'aS iver 1 eir to Btata than 1. .' Uas a Chri-t-tna gift. Aeei rdiagto the father Mi Vsndiver will receite through Mr. Daw ton's wiii. besides tie $!.KO.i'uO anu nn.re in t ash l.isn ;i. r. - ..f laad in northeastern Maine, two resldeaces in New v. rk city aad oi la B toa ami i fine country house with jouaere i t ar Berlin, liennary. Paw) K.tvein. f Mbant . i named as una n ia t . Kiss Vandiver i the or.iv hi.'' f Mr .r. Mrs. W. A. Vamiiver and it scarcely 19. he is well know n s. iallt a m. a : as u musician. I alnld I sl la 1'ik.e l..ant. Petersburg. lad-, De. The rv rerts who investigated the coal tied; here sat there are i.ns.ie n- : coal m r.ke county, ibev agare II i the county contains 131 square mile and thtir iuea!.:ements show Hi.iisi.000 tons of coal in a s.piare n. Ie. There are three teins. rarging in thieknes from four to nine feet. and ti e average working vein are U f et. Tke eeal not hard to get. the deepest shaft In j the county being so feet. The c al crops out everywhere, and n many farms the farmers run in s!..pt and secure coal for thir wi u-e. Hare l.aelW nf a Ho. Kvansville. Ind.. iKc. -". strange fatality seems to follow t he I-t ear-old son if I. W. Fugel. of Ko. kport. A tear ago the hot fell and broke his leg. six months agu he fell and broke the other leg. and three BaoatBs ago he fell and broke bis arm. While playing with an obi pistol a few day - ago ks .hi.t a large hole through his left hand and amputation Baa) '' aateaanrjf. le Seller Iii! ra aehised. Petl lard. Ind.. D 2. Ccrge Sitman. a lalx.rer. v.i before Jmig. Smith, charged tsith selliag his tot.- at the NotemliereIeeftf.il. Sifimui was paid to stay swat from the poll and ignei a receit. lie pleaded guilty, and was i.i-fraiü hised for tears Felix Ulis. h furnished the informa lion. will, according t law. rn'eir a reward of ion from the county . Was. ThoasMI Hunt Hrtiriu. Han mmn!, Ind.. Dec. fg 4 hartes Raaa n arried Nellie Wicker fite years ago. tine year later he deeertad her and went aaray. His wife mourned kim as dead for two years and then married sgain. Beeeastly l ia reteraed ta hi wife she deserted the fecond huslan! ar.d ha gone with Ros. itse it taaaj'ae m - south Itend. Ind.. Dec. fV- F. A. Fernan!ez. a Sjwr.ish cigar manufac turer. whocame here several year ago is dead. He had h's tongue cut out t. cure a cancer, caused by ABBokjag He Ws an inveterate user of tobacco. Hanilsntea Will Pay. Wabash. Ind.. Dec -.'I. The bondsmen f John 15. Ibis, held a n. et ing and arrange'! to pay IBM money due into the city treasury. The net !.. tke 11111; make gd ia tr,.00O. Will lrMieel fur Oil. r.loomington. Ind.. Dec. 2fy l'r,. peeling for oil and gas win Im g n next spring an fbe ".'..VSI acres of land that hate been lae? in the MtSBtk BMSTtioaj of the city. Use in Bateeied wiik. l-ifayette. Ind . Isrc. 2i The scarlet f"ter epidemic that broke out aaaaaaj the slnilents of PwCdat 1111 versify has been traeeil to infected millSafe H..kbed. i'raw fortist ille. Ind.. Dec. l'. 'he afe in the clothing store of Warner A Feck was robbed i f fClW. and it i thought the burglar w. re I rawfordstitle men. sst swraea, WalMsh. lud.. Dec. g The Wabash taper coinjiny's m II ha- !. se.l on account of a eoal famine. BJsd .'-Minien are out of work. Kirk a 'trrse I'm, erf l-'slal. (olumbus. Ind.. Ihe M.nrv M. ert. died s tie result ..f :x ki V ft, m f.c.o .s r e a f w .... g. .

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lenible Wreck by Head-End Collision on the Grand Trunk io Canada. .HIRTY KILLED AND MANY INJURED. Ike Wl.rU Oeeurre al Wsiialead. I'.rl Miles I'rnm 1. ..it. Ion, llnrIiik liar. I um Storni. W hleh t.l.l. il iu the suCerlnas I Ihe lalured I'as.ertaers. 1 . Ion. nf.. !)ec. M, frightful Bollisii ii occurred, Friday night, letwc. ii a passenger and a freight train on the iinind Trunk railway at Win stead, .i station n the Sarnia Dfaack of that r ,.d. ami acoordiag to the latest reports from the aecideat, M x isuns were killed aad 4" wer. injur' I. Ihe passenger train was the I'mitic expreaa, So, 5, weat-bonad. It was ruiniing at. a high rate of speed and the freight, wim-h was proceeding east under slow headway, vvas to have taken the switch at Wanstead to allow the pa see agar train t. pass. Ap pareatly neither engineer s:iu the danger in time to avert the accident, for the tWO trams i uine together mar the west swit.-ii with a frightful . rath orerturniagiato the ditch. The bagg.-'ge and cKpress cars telescoped int, the aaaoker Witk appalling results. The wreck was complete and it is thought that hardly :i single jassenger in the smoker escaped injury. Ihe other cars of the passenger train r BM lined on the track. Word was aaJekJj teat ta this city ami doe tore w. re n on the scene. i n.- iii-i ni.-.i Traia. Tkt Ill-fated express consisted of two baggaga cars, a smoker. two Brst-elass coaches ami two I'uilinans, the t helm-fonl and the i'enwick. The aaaoker, wkieh vas telescoped by the eoack beklad it. aad the sites knocked out of it. the roof falling an ! hnpriaoaiag ike paiagiagera it 'v.i- .ii this car that most of the awful havoc and loss ()f Hf,. occurred. The wreck, short Ij after the collision, raagkt tire and hot for the he j roie elTorts of a brigade of paaaen gi-, organietl am! led by an "Id Biaa, who was himself ; passenger on the ill-fated train, the disaster might have , more disaut rotis to thoaa ptaned ! am la the wreck, r.y heroic efforts i.rigmle nut out the tin ln ,;r,,u u,,.. ,,,, ,, u.:.h their hiif- ..ml hau Is. They turned heir ff.rts to getting out the vvoim led who had their sufferings increas.d hy a blinding snow storm and the thermometer near zero. A Miss Cuthbertsoa, ..f port Baron, Mich., was impi i-oned under tlie wreck two hi ira bat was not seriouslv injured. Hue fo Upaaataa'a lllumler. The aei itlent ii said to have been due to tfce failure of an operator to oi.. orders to the express train to meet the freight af the station. One of the paaaeagata de at libra the Scciil. nt a follows: "We are running at about 40 miles an hour when, without the slightest g, the two trains met with terrific for.e. fin examination it wai fooad that the two engines were in the ditch. The baggage car was thrown on top of the first-class poach, instantly killing a great many and pinning alxmt "il other passengers in the debris. The creams, moans and prayer af the injured were hcartreadiag. One poor woman bagged that her child be saved, n she was dying. The little one was carefully taken front tke wreck, ami will probably rerawer. Tke mother was afterward released, but only ta die in a few mm tea. Ahout 31 people were killed and 40 badly injured! sonic of whom vill die. 'The trainmen as well as every pasBanger dill all they could to relieve the sufferings of the victims. .11 HHKII TIIK TR K. A leelnnd A IMtt.hnra Train la Ike mtrh at Uradr's Lake, O. Cleveland, O., Dec. 28.- The tv esthonad pa Beengte train which left Pittsburg Friday night on the Cleveland A Pittsburg road jumped the rai k at Itrady "s l.uke, (.. eat l Satur day morning, while running rapidly, and Weal into the ditch. J, A Allen, in. in ; lliert Thornton and Edward French. Pattaaan porters, ail received slight injuries. It is said no passengers were hurt. The accident was eaueed by snow filling in a a it. b. t Mlssol HI I ( It'll UHKI K. One Haa Hilled and I lse lalared Near llo.Uon. Knti. Kanaaa I ity. Mo., Dec. fg, A special to t,.- Sj,, from I'aola. Kas.. says a head-on collision occurred between two freight trains on the Missouri PadSc railroad a mile aoath of Dad son. at one o'clock Saturday niornin?. T. F Norton, brakeninn, of Bedalla, Mo . wai killed. William Dedell, enI r. ..s badly araldad) . Spaab dint', bra (eaaan; head cut ami gaak n nrm: . W . Hill, eagtaeer; badly1 hi iii. and both Ir taten erare slightly injured. Killed S a lllah Sea. . a York. ie, n ba ( hniapnajne, of the Prenek ateaaaektp line, arrived Baadaj nigkl from Harre, witk If cabin and s.,u steerage passcnger-i. On Deeeaaber 85, during b strong westerly -nie which lusted about sis, hours, Hi rre llardelkaa, the first aaVet of la I beatpagae, was kflkaf by a high si a I'.trdeii. s was standing on lha bridge when n tremendous o.-a struck the v.s.,1 rM the starboard side, Ihre lag kiat down With great force. lie waa, picked up nneoaaeiona i'ied an hour Inter. His boi1 butirl at sea. a ni W ,

bUKULARS MAKE A GOOD HAerL. The Hank of I uloii, :., I.ouled by Mobiler and I'Hleeii houii ml llullaes Slulen. 1'tiion, Mo , Deo, M, The Baal of Dillon, Mo., wa entered bv burglar a between one aad i" o'atael saiurdaj anornlag little after aaa o'i lock a Is ml eKploaloa Wai heard aad aaveral ahota were lind aroual Ike public s.iiare. Most of tlie citi ciin who beard ike nidee suppoaad it was boys eclehratilig Chri-linas ami paid no attention to it. Os, ar Baach, hardware dealer br Sag across the ticet. though! Ibt bank waa being robbed, bui whan he went to the Window to look out M'al aovered hy a revolver ami forced to keep quiet. The entire contents of Ihe aafe w rt taken. ' two o'eloek the work wai done mill the men left town, walking to the east. A. W. Hoffman, the cashier, vv.m called after it was all over, lie estimates the lo-s at about $!.".mu. he bank carried (10,000 imurauce against hurgla ry. There is no clew to (he robbers but thej were undoubtedly Professionals. I o oi t BO ahota were IWmI to errorie a n; person who might want to ten t urc out. m.w tuns oi ti:itr:i.

Missouri llitnkers' t saocln ll on Offers m llettnrtl til gMg, Windsor. M11, Dec. 'M.i. J. S. Calfee. rice-preeidenl of the htiaourl Bank era' aaaorlatlon. aaaouneea that a reward of $s(K will be paid for tke nrlest and conviction of the four burglars engaged ht the bunk robbery at I'nion, Mo. or a rewind of 1900 eaek ii there he more than four. Oaveeaaa onr iieari. Jefferaoa tty Ifo., Dee. -.". ;o Docke ry has itTercd a reward of 3(K1 each for the arrest and conviction of the men who robbed tke bank ut I nlOBk Mo., Saturday BtOrnlng. HLAVY MÜK1ALITY RECORD. Paaiar Wae ni tim fr ew liirkrri, I lul. I l"er.ii 1 1 it v -Ina Met VtoteWt I). Ulli. !fea York. Dec. 39, night persona ini-t violent .baths in Greater Kett York Sunday. Three wen clear caaes of suicide end the others result, d from a variety of causes. Urs. Mary ( lathe, aged 4".. wife of the chief olli. cl of the steamer lleverly. died from the result of gas piai.ming. self-ad in iiiist' red. Oeortre Simon ami Jacob Bchwarti dierl alter ilrinking carbolic acid. ! Mary Stack, age.! -'. of Wliifonville. 1 Mass.. tvas foiinil dead in a hotel. Kscajiing gas is given as the cause. Mary Series, aged drank wood alcohol and died in a hospital. Henry Bwsitey was foim I on the Idewalk with a fractured skull an 1 died Inter. Two men are dead as the result f falN. one in tke power house of n itrtet railway company nntl the Other in a lodging bouse. An lvyear-old girl unsin-cessf ully attempted suicide by swallowing car holte acid, anil a woman, 31 y ears old, hanged herself in a police Atatloa, but Wai cut down in time to save hei life. ARMY TRANSPORT DAMAGED. The ahermaa strike Maok mi i Sustains n lleiivv Shock one ut I In- l'nsenucrs lujnreil. Mnnila. Dec. CO. army transport The I'liit.-d StateSherman struck i rock near Baa Beraardiao liijbt. aovtl of l.Hon. Friday night. Tke tnrnaport sustained a heavy shock an 1 some ni her plates ware daaaaged. After thaccident 13 inebea of water wraa foond hi her forward bilgea, but was COfl trolled bj sternly pumping. Tht steamer proceeded to Manila ttttdei her own steain, anil arriveil here Sun day. When the Sherman struck the pas Bengera OR banl were terrified, but there was no disorder. They prompt ly took their stations, with life pre erven on, la the small boats. Thi ofkeeea of tke Bkeraaaa kaadled th situation splendidly. Her cargo ttn not damaged. It. probably will he necessary for her to dock at H i r Kong, A COAL REGI0NSTRAGEDY. The Hecapllaf e.l ll.xly of J .!, t a . of ItttatSMt, Pahs I '.mi m.I au.l Unnler Nuaperletl. New Terk, Dae. The finding of Ihe deeapitiited bed of .lohn Wa. of I'ittsion. on the Lehigh Valley track-. says a dispatch from WllkeatMUTe to tke Herald, rafnta ta a murder, tkere b iiiL' no naarka on the body such aWOnkl have licen evident had Wat been kiii.'.i hy the eara, a Worked during the coal strike. ami had been repeatedly threatened witk bodily harm, ami his nonaa anm one of the many dyaacaited. Be was :i witness before the -trike coin mission. For tkeaa reaaona, inapieiona Inve ben arouaed. STILL SENDING MESSAGES. M irr. oil Ssteni In llnllv f ommnnleail.iM with Kurnpe and KHIelea. reaeaaatly Inerenslnu. (iiiiee Bay, n. s., Dec. ."i Tke m.u coni station at tilacc Day continues t. Banlntaln daily eontninnication with Cora Wall, witk constantly increasing eflteieney and facility. Maraoal Is still here, hut will leave hottlv for the Cape Cod elation, in the meantime he i- sending two or three im-s. ago by wirolesh Belegflgllf ta Europe daily