People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — Page 2

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The Colombian winter of 1892-93 is likely to be held in long remembrance. Tu French courts have decided that a young man born in France of a French mother and English father must serve his time in the French army. Th* road question is at the front everywhere. The governor of Wisconsin, in his message to the legislature, recommends legislation looking to a uniform system of good roads throughout the •tate. Th* Ladies’ Hermitage association of Nashville, Tenn., who are engaged in the patriotic work of attempting to preserve and restore Jackson’s old home to something like its former grandeur, need about 115,000 to purchase the entire collection of relics and place them in the Hermitage. “Sleepy Hollow” cemetery, which is situated just out of Tarrytown, N.Y., is famous as the resting-place of Washington Irving’s body, and it also contains the family plots of D. 0. Mills, Manton Marble, Gen. Delevan, George Lewis, the late George Jones and many other noted families of New York. It would be impossible to find a parallel the progness of the United States in the last ten years. Every day that the sun rises upon the American people it sees an addition of $2,500,000, the daily accumulation of the republic, which is,equal to one-third of the daily accumulation of all mankind outside of the United States. It is said that fully 100,000 complete -sets of pie new Columbian stamps, costing Unpack will be taken by collectors. Mr. anamaker estimates that the -stamps sold this year to collectors will net the government over $1,500,000, as this money will not have to be earned by mail service. The value of the stamp exhibit at Chicago is estimated at $500,000.

The pennant to be borne at the masthead of the United States mail subsidy ships is 20 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches at the mast and 5 feet at the end of the swallow taiL Its field is red, bordered by nine inches of blue. In the upper left-hand corner is an eagle in blue, with arrows and a branch in its talons, and bearing on the breast a shield with stars and btripes in red and white. The government employs numerous women to make the increased number of flags required by our enlarged navy. All the work is hand-sewed to insure strength of seams After leaving the hands of the each flag is tested by being soaked alternately in fresh and salt water, and is also submitted to a strain of seventy pounds on the woof and fifty pounds on the warp. Austria, which for a long time was not inclined to make an exhibit at Chicago, is now surprising everyone by the extent of the preparations which she is making. The imperial eagle of AustriaHungary will be displayed over eight departments of the great exposition, viz.: Agriculture, gardening and landscape gardening, mining, mechanics, and other industrial products, •-art and woman’s work. A becent application of aluminum to the frames of eye-glasses has attracted some attention. The weight of the frame is almost imperceptibly, yet the lenses are softer than without rims. As the amount of aluminum used is extremely small, the difference in price between such glasses and those with •teel frames is trifling. The fact that aluminum does not corrode especially recommends it for this use.

Mrs. Cleveland’s inauguration shoes have been ordered of a manufacturer in New Canaan, Ct The material is of the best French kid, and the making is to be in the. highest style of the art. The ehoes will be worn on the 4bh of March next and till the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies. The ladies of the whole country will be delighted to know the dimensions of a white house ehoe. These are to be SX, width B. Thirty-nine new vessels will be added to the French navy this year, including eight cruisers, one submarine boat and thirty torpedo boats of various kinds for use inshore and upon the High-seas. All of these new vessels are expected to make their trial trips this year, but some of them will not be placed in commission before the middle of next year. All are es French build, and will be launched at Lorient, SaintNazaire, Havre, Cherbourg and Toulon. There is an interesting story, very little known, of how Cruikshank conceived his picture of Fagin the Jew. During the time he was illustrating “Oliver Twist” he spent days traversing the east of London in search of a face that would correspond with his con'beption of the character. One day, while •tending before a mirror in his diningroom “pulling faces at himself.” so to •peak, for the want of something better to do, he accidentally made the features for which he was looking. The picture, of Fagin is really that of •Cruikshank himself. Beggaby in tlfe public streets is one ■of the most difficult of all the evils of pauperism to suppress. Not once in a hundred times is the man or woman ■who accosts a stranger on the public •treet a worthy object of charity, says the Philadelphia Press. It is a matter of personal experience which any one can duplicate who has the experience that ody one deserving case will be found In eleven years of inquiry and investigation among street beggars. The ignorant and thoughtless public, howover, gives these cases so much encouragement that begging on the streets steadily increases.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Several relics of antiquity Lave bee* found on a large hill near Huron, where a group of seven mounds can easily be traced, with an obscure winding path leading to a cave below. The central room where the relics were found has a double, circular wall, and was probably used for sepulchral purposes. Investigation at Richmond showed that the natural gas explosion which occurred late the other night was one of the worst that has occurred in the gas belt The residence and store of T. Q Crabb was completely wrecked. His mother, aged eighty-five, was fatally injured. The child was blown against the wall, where it caught and hung to a nail The explosion was felt for eight squares. The total loss is $3,500. W. A. Guleten was elected postmaster of Bluffton the other day by a vote of 147. The candidates were an even dozen. Isaac Hamilton, wealthy farmer, fell dead at Greenfield. The extensive milling plant of the Thos. J. Sayler Ca, of Renssalaer, was destroyed by fire the other morning. A colored female servant is supposed to have been the one who attempted to poison Lawyer James J. Walker’s family and who set fire to the house and barns at Evansville. A large number of minor road laws have been introduced in the Indiana legislature, but the first comprehensive measure came a few days ago from Representative Dailey, of the road committee of the house. The bill abolishes road supervisors and puts the township trustee with an advisory board, composed of justices of the peace, in charge of road building. It provides for a tax of not less than ten cents on the SIOO and not more than twenty-five cents for roads, half of which is to be used in permanent improvements. It also provides for a vehicle tax and turns various fines for misdemeanors into the road fund. It provides that the cost of building roads shall be assessed onehalf against property within a two-mile limit and one-half against the whole county. R. O. Cbandall, one of the oldest physicians and’ residents of Laporte, was found dead in his sleigh a few miles from town, a few days ago. He was returning from making a country sick call, and is supposed to have died from apoplexy, having suffered from previous strokes. The special committee consisting of Senators Stewart, Wray and McCutcheon, to whom the matter was referred, have prepare a bill redistricting the state for judicial purposes The number of districts by this measure has been reduced from fifty-four to fortyfour, and the districts have been as nearly equalized as possible with reference to the amount of business done. It is claimed for the bill that it will save ten circuit judges and ten prosecutors, whose salaries would cost the state $30,000. At Richmond James A. Sales and A. C. Scott became engaged in a quarrel, and Officer Betzold was sent to make the arrest He attempted to arrest Sales, who resisted and showed fight After a short struggle Betzold drew his revolver and shot Sales through the mouth.

At Hammond a fire destroyed three business houses and an adjoining dwell- ; ing. The fire originated from the ex- ' plosion of an oil stove. The loss is ■ (15,000. The jaw of Robert Broadhurst, of St i Joseph county, is slowly but surely rot- ■ ting away. His physicians can do noth- | ing and the unfortunate man will die. | The trouble all came about through the use of an ansesthetic in having a tooth drawn. Cocaine was administered hypodermically and the effect will prove fatal Peteb Johnson, a well-known young man of Muncie, was jailed and bound over to ths circuit court charged with passing a forged check bearing the name of Maring, Hart & Co., glass manufacturers. The amonntwas fifteen dollars. Johnson always bore a good reputation, and the affair caused a sensation. John Leverton, a wealthy man of Huntington, has been sued for (3,000 damages by Miss Belle Holmes. She alleges Leverton wrote a letter in which he charged her with criminal offenses. Two explosions of natural gas at Muncie in factories did (20,000 damages the other day. Polk McFadden has brought suit in the circuit court at Mt Vernon against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. for (10,000. The plaidtiff alleges that he bought a ticket on that road, i and was forcibly ejected from a train ; because the same did not stop at the ' station his ticket was good for. He was thrown off at V abash bridge, and came near freezing to death before he could get to a habitation. At Huntington, Chauncey F. Meyers, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for black-mailing Mrs. James Crane, was given a rehearing and acquitted. The satchel and hat of P. C. Slocum, aSt Louis traveling man, were found near the river at Columbus. No trace of Slocum can be found.

The painters in the Chicago & Erie railroad shops at Huntington struck because an advance of 8 cents an hour was refused. Thbee children of Geo. Paugh, at Sterling, died within a few hours of each other of diphtheria several days ago and were buried in one grave. George Duncan, an Indianapolis barber, was seriously shot a few nights ago, opposite the state house on Misissippi street, by footpads. When siezed by them he broke away and ran and they fired, striking him in the small of the back. A sensation has been caused at Huntington by a suit filed against the late board of county commissioners, in which they are charged with allowing themselves illegal fees. It is alleged that they allowed themselves per diem pay when they were not in session. At Fountaintown, James Mack, while hunting, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun.

LIVES LOST BY FIRE.

An Awful Cataatropho at Alton Junction, Ill.—Collision Between ill* Four Trains by Which an Engineer Was Killed—The Bules Take Hundreds of Spectators Are Viewing the Scene, Tank Cars Explode, Drenching Bystanders With Blazing OH—Fifteen Die of Their Burna and Scores Were Seriously Hurt. Alton, HL, Jan. 23. —A* a result of B terrible accident at Alton Junction Saturday sixteen dead bodies are lying in the temporary morgue in this city, fourteen people are so badly injured that they are expected to die within a few hours and thirty-one others are dangerously hurt. Alton Junction, or Wann, is located 2 miles east of this city, and is a transfer station for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago <fc St Louis and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads. The latter road joins the Big Four at this point, running into St Louis over tbe same track. The fast through train known as the southwestern limited was coming out from St Louis at 9 o’clock, thirteen minutes late, and making up lost time at 47 mile an hour speed, when it ran into an open switch and collided with a long freight train consisting mostly of loaded Union Tank line cars. Engineer Webb Ross, of Mattoon, saw the danger too late, but he threw on the air brakes and staid with his engine, being buried in the wreck and burned to a crisp. The shock of the collision was such as to split two loaded tanks wide open and the oil immediately caught fire, the flames shooting 50 feet into the air. The locomotive and baggage car were totally wrecked, but the remainder of the passenger train was removed beyond the reach of the flames. Hearing of the wreck, hundreds of people from this city and vicinity were attracted by curiosity to the scene. And then occurred one of the most awful disasters on record. A few minutes past 12 o’clock there was a light explosion of one tank which scattered the debris on all sides, Betting fire to the stock yards inclosures. This one blow-up caused the impression that the danger from explosions was past, and the throng of bystanders rushed in to save the stock yards from destruction. A minute later there was a deafening report that shook the earth for half a minute and spread a sheet of seething, burning oil in all directions. For those within the circle of a hundred yards there was no escape. Some of them were struck dead by pieces of flying iron and scores of them were knocked flat on the ground. Their clothing caught fire from the spreading flames and was burned from their bodies. Those who could rise did so and ran hither and thither making frantic appeals for help. Some of the sufferers ran to the nearest water and plunged in. Others ran through the fields, and a few of them are missing yet. Of the following list of dead all but the first six and Utt, Miller and Montz died of their injuries after being removed to the hospital. The dead bodies of the last-named were found near the scene of the wreck Sunday morning. The deaths were as follows: Webb Ross, Mattoon, lit: Hiram Cornelius, Iowa; Edward Miller, Alton Junction; two unidentified men; William Shattuck, Upper Alton, Ill.; Henry Penning, Wann, Ill.; Willie M'Carty, Alton; John Locke, Alton; Edward Mauhin, Alton; Daniel Harers, Alton Junction; William Mantz, Fosterburg, Ill.; Charles Utt, Alton: W. H. Miller, Alton; Charles Parris, Alton; John Wilkinson, Alton. Of the injured the hospital physician said that fourteen cannot recover. They are: Otto Hagwan, Alton; John Fred, Alton; Joseph Herman, Alton; Henry Pilgrim, Alton; John Luttrell, Alton; William B. Richardson, Alton; David Richardson, Alton; A. T. Frazer, St. Louis: Frank Barth, Branford, Can.; Frank Scullin, Alton; John Burke, Alton; William Miller, Alton Junction; Murra/, Upper Alton; Ro toft; Upper Alton. Probably forty others received severe injuries but will likely recover. All the dead were burned to death by flaming oil. Of the fatally injured all are more or less seriously burned about the limbs and body. All are also injured internally from inhaling the burning flames, which scorched and parched their throats to such an extent that their escape from instant death is almost miraculous. The scenes in the wards at St Joseph’s hospital occupied by the injured were even more heartrending <han Saturday. Lying on cots, vrapped and swathed in cotton and bandages until they almost lost semblance to human beings, and surrounded by weeping relatives and sorrowing friends, the injured people formed a picture that brought tears to the eyes of even the physicians, accustomed as they are to such sights.

It was not until a visit was made to the morgue back of the hospital that the horrible reality of the accident became apparent Here awaiting the undertaker were the bodies of five of those who died during the night. The bandages had been removed from the bodies and the fearful ravages of the burning oil were plainly apparent Scarcely one of the five could be recognized by relatives. The oil wherever it had touched the skin had burned deep into the flesh, while such portions of the cuticle as escaped entire destruction were blistered and in many places blackened by the intense heat The lips were terribly swollen and discolored and the eyes of all were burned out. Every vestige of hair was burned off face and head and in many places the skulls and cheek bones were exposed.

Suddenly Stricken Blind.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 23. George W. Thayer, a prominent and well-known citizen, was suddenly stricken blind on Tuesday. The sight of his left eye is gone beyond recovery by a detachment of the optic nerve, and serious fears are entertained for the right eye. He is 50 years old and in reading and writing never used glasses. He was mayor of the city for two terms, nine years a member of the board of public worlds and five years president of the West Fair association. His,affliction did not become known out Side of the family u»til Saturday.

A JURIST GONE.

Bo n>ewhat Unexpected Death at Macon, Ga., of Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, of MisaU■lppt, Associate Justice of the Supremo Court of the United States—Brief Sketch •f His Life. Macon, Ga., Jan. 24.—Justice L, Q. C. Lamar, of the United States supreme court, died Monday night at 8:50 o’clock. He was stepping at the home of W. H. Virgin, his relative, and late in the afternoon took his overcoat and started out for a walk. He had scarcely left the house when he was met by a friend and returned to Mr. Virgin’s house, where he talked cheerfully for quite a time with his friends. Justice Lamar dined at 6:50 with the family and seemed to have a good appetite and to be in a cheerful mood. His friend, Dr. Llewllyn, whom he had met; left the house at 7:40 o’clock. A short time after this the justice was seized with violent pains and died in a very short time. The attack was severe while it lasted, and the physician, Dr. A. H. Parker, who had been in attendance, arrived only a few minutes before death. At this time Justice Lamar was unconscious and beyond medical aid. Restoratives were at once administered but were entirely without avail. He died with his head on Mr. Virgin’s hands and apparently without pain, the spasm having passed off at that time. Bright’s disease, with angina pectoris, was the direct cause of Judge Lamar’s death, and is given by the physicians as being the chief complication in the oase. Justice Lamar came to Macon about a month ago from Washington, where he was suffering from an illness, and his death was looked for almost momentarily. Since his arrival here he seemed to be gaining in strength and his health seemed much improved. His death was altogether unexpected in view of the fact that friends who had seen him and knew his condition thought he was on the sure road to recovery and would in a few weeks be able to resume his duties on the supreme bench. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. Washington, Jan. 24. —A cablegram received by Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court Monday evening announced the death of Associate Justice L. Q. C. Lamar at Macon, Ga., whither he had gone for the benefit oi his health. Senator Teller (Col.), who is a member of the judiciary committee, said Monday: “It is my opinion that if Judge Gresham doe, not go into Mr. Cleveland's cabinet he will before many months be on the supreme bench here. Blatchford and Field will retire soon on account of age. We will by special act doubtless retire Justice Lamar early in the next session of congress. Everybody knows that Justsco Lamar is incapacitated by ill-health. He has reached the age for retirement, but has not been in the service ten years as required by law. Lamar is old and poor, and we are going to pension him by retiring him by special act of congress. If Gresham is not in the cabinet he will, I suspect, take Lamar’s place.” Lucius Quintus Clncinuatus Lamar, associate justice of the United States supreme court, was born in Putnam county, Ga., September 17, 1825; received his early education in Oxford, Miss., and was graduated from Emory college, Georgia, in 18©; studied law in Macon under his uncle, Hon. Absolom H. Chapell, and was admitted to the bar in 1847; was adjunct professor of mathematics in the university of Mississippi for a time; entered upon the practice of law at Covington, Ga.; was elected to the legislature of that state in 1853; was elected a Member of congress in 1857 and served until 1860, when he'withdrew to take part in the secession convention of Mississippi; was colonel of ■ the Nineteenth Mississippi confederate infantry; participated in many engagements with the army of northern Virginia; was compelled to leave the service by ill health: was sent as a commissioner of the confederacy to Russia in 1863; at the close of the war in 1866 accepted the position of professor of political economy and social science w the university of Mississippi; the following year was transferred to the chair of constitutional and municipal law and governmental science; in 1872 was elected to congress and reelected in 1874; was elected to the United States senate and took his seat March 5,1877; was appointed secretary of the interior March 5, 1885, and filled the office until appointed, January 16,1888, to a position on the supreme bench to fill the vacancy caused b.v the death of Justice William B. Woods, of Georgia.

THE STATE MUST STAND IT.

Nebraska Caught for a Quarter of a Million in the Hank Failure at Lincoln— Total Liabilities About 8600,000. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 4. Th« Capital national bank has passed into the hands of a receiver. Its failure catches the state treasurer for (250,000, the county and city for large sums, and over 100 of the leading business houses, besides large numbers of small depositors, who will lose from (500 to $2,000. The immediate cause of the failure was the fact that the state treasurer had notified the Capital national that he should require SIOO,OOO within the next week. Treasurer Bartley arrived Monday morning and said that inasmuch as the governor, secretary of state and attorney general had approved the bond of Mosher & Outcalt for $700,000 under the law which went Into effect when he took charge of the state funds, he and his bondsmen are released from all liability. The loss, $250,000, will fall upon the state. In qualifying on the board Mosher swore that he was worth $500,000 and Outcalt $300,000. The total liabilities of the bank are about $600,000. Omaha, Neb. Jan. 24.—A commercial agency at this place has given notice to Omaha banks that the Capital national bank of Linedin will probably be able to pay depositors in full. In order to do this its stockholders will be obliged to pay from 25 to 50 per cent on the claims of depositors. It is ! claimed that none of the Omaha banks will lose anything.

SOME EASY WAYS.

The w<*y to spoil a wife is to frown at her. The way to spoil a hog is to overfeed him with corn. The way to spoil a cow is to pound her with stool. The way to spoil children is to take no interest in their doings. The way to spoil yourself is to nurse your conceit and think only of number one. The way to spoil a driving horse is to cut him with the whip when lie doe# not expect it.

DEATH OF A GREAT DIVINE.

BUhop Phillipa Brooks, of HUMchoMtU, Expires at Boston-Hta Death Unlooko* For—Hie Career. Boston, Jan. 24.—Bishop Phillipa Brooks died at his residence, 233 Clarendon street, at 6:30 a. m., Monday of heart failure, brought on by a fit of coughing. The death was entirely unexpected. He was taken ill Thursday with sore throat, but nothing serious showed itself until last evening. Dr. H. A. Beach, his physician, discovered late Sunday evening diphtheretic symptoms and considered a consultation advisable, and called in Dr. R. H.

BISHOP PHILLIPS BROOKS.

Fitz. At this time nothing serious was anticipated and Dr. Fitz remained only a short time. Dr. Beach was with the bishop the entire night. About 6:30 tbe patient was seized with a coughing spasm which lasted for a few moments, and his heart ceased to beat. Dr. Beach said that death was caused from heart failure and not from diphtheria. No diphtheriac membrane was discovered by a superficial examination. Bishop Brooks had said very little during his illness. He apparently had no idea that his end was near, and he did not leave any last message. Bishop Brooks preached his last'sermon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, on Cortez street, last Tuesday evening. Mr. Brooks was born In Boston on December 13,1835, of an old New England family, being one of six brothers, four of whom became honored clergymen of the Episcopal church. His parents were members of St Paul’s church, Boston, and their children were reared under the healthful influence of Dr. Alexanders. Vinton, then rector of St. Paul’s. He received his early education atJPhillips academy, Exeter, N. H., founded by an ancestor of his; pursued his studies at the Boston Latin school, entered Harvard, was graduated there in 1855 and studied theology at the seminary in Alexandria, Va., after which, being ordained in 1859, be was called to the Church of the Advent in Philadelphia as assistant to his old pastor, Dr. Vinton. In 1862 he became rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. Very young for so onerous a charge, ho sprang at once to the position of a famous preacher, and crowded congregations listened with delignt to the eloquent simplicity with which he presented the truth of the Gospel. It was there in the first months of the war that he preached with magic force against slavery and his eloquence was widely recognized as one of the potent factors in fanning the flame of patriotism which sent Pennsylvania’s sons in thousands to the front to fight for the union. After a most successful pastorate of seven years in Holy Trinity he accepted in 1870 the rectorship of Trinity church in Boston and at the age of 35 years he entered upon the work which has proved of such unique and telling in. fiance on church life and general re. ligious thought in that city. The present edifice of Trinity church, noted for its unique architecture and fine intereior decorations, was built for him at a cost of over $1,000,000. After becoming rector of Trinity church Dr. Brooks declined many calls elsewhere, among them a proffered professorship of Harvard and the office of assistant bishop of Pennsylvania, to which he was elected in 1886. Men qf all classes and creeds gathered at Trinity church Sunday after Sunday, filling the great edifice to overflowing. The theology of this broad-minded mw recognized the value of every phase of Christian activity if it but showed itself earnest and helpful. The same liberality of thought which made him willing and glad to preach the word of the Master in churches and halls of other denominations was displayed in his own pulpit, and it was this which drew so many strangers to his sanctuary. He was in touch with the of the age in which he lived, and this, added to his broad sympathy with every Christian efijrt, made him more popular than any other Episcopal minister in the country. Phillips Brooks was elected bishop of the Episcopal church of Massachusetts at the diocesan convention held in Boston, May, 1891, receiving 92 of the 154 clerical votes and 71 of the 109 lay votes of the convention. The election was afterward approved by a majority of all the bishops in the United States and of the Standing committees of the various dioceses. Dr. Brooks published a number of books in the course of his busy career, among which were: “Lectures on Preaching,” delivered before the Yale divinity schools: “Sertpons,” “The Influence of Jesus,” Bohlen lectures delivered in Philadelphia in 1879; "Baptism and Confirmation,” and “Sermons Preached in English Churches.”

VOTED FOR QUARANTINE.

The Measure Passes the House in a Modified Form—Provisions of the Bill* Washington, Jan. 24.—The house has passed the bill for a national quarantine as amended in committee of the whole. The vote by tellers was 138 to 29. No effort was made to secure the yeas and nays. [The bill as it passed the house requires all vessels clearing for the United States to obtain from the consul or vice consul at the nort of departure a bill of health. The president is authorized to detail a medical officer to serve in the office of the consulate at any foreign port for the purpose of funnishing information and giving the bills of health. The marine hospital sbrvice shall cooperate with state and municipal boards of health in the enforcement of the rules of such boards, and the regulations prescribed by the secretary of the treasury to prevent the introduction of contagious and in fectious dieeases into the United States from foreign countries from one state into another, but nothing shall be construed to warrant a federal official in relaxing state rules. On the arrival of an infected vessel at any port not provided with proper facilities for treatment the secretary of the treasury may remand the vessel to the nearest national or other quarantine.! ,

SMALL CHANGE.

Looking for flowers without thorns is a good way to fool the time away. It will not help your crops to find fault with your neighbor’s plowing. A coward ean fight in battle, but it takes a hero to patiently suffer alone. There are no braver men /han those whq are not afraid to speak the truth. God never has to look at a man’s bank account to find out whether he is fiWor tleaven.—Ram’s Horn. To DARE is grea t Tp 'bear is grqatep, I Bravery we share with the brutes; fortitude with the saints.

DANGERS OF TRAVEL.

Two Serious Railway Accidents la Illinois —Collision Be wren Santa Fe Trains Near Joliet in Which Three Men Are Killed—A Praia Rolls Dowa an Kmbaukment Near Dixon and Many Paaaengera Are Injured. Joliet, HL, Jan. 25. —In a wreck on the Santa Fe Tuesday morning near Millsdale, 9 miles south of here, three xtsn were killed. Their names are: A. M. Bohn, engineer, Brighton Park, IlL; M. J. Mahoney, brakeman, and Richard Mitchell, engineer, Chillicothe, IIL Two large engines now lie directly across the tracks, side by side, and twelve cars are piled up one on top of the other. Train No. 43, a way freight, left Joliet Tuesday morning, as nsuaL for the west. At Patterson, a small station 5 miles down the road, Conductor William Anglnm received orders to meet the fourth section of train No. 40, eastbound, at Millsdale. At Patterson, he claims, the register showed the third section of train No. 40 as having cleared. As he had no orders for that train be started on for Millsdale to meet the fourth section. The operator at Patterson, Mr. Cross, says the register showed only the second section of 40 in. The way freight and the third section of No. 40 came together at a sharp curve and in a blinding snowstorm a mile this side of Millsdale. Engineer A. M. Rahn, of Brighton Park, reversed his brakes and stuck to his post. He and Brakeman M. J. Mahoney were buried under the wreck and their bodies have not yet been recovered. Engineer Richard Mitchell, of Chillicothe, HL, also reversed his lever and jumped. He was caught and killed. The loss to the company will be between SIOO,OOO and $125,000. The road is entirely blocked. Freeport, IIL, Jan. 25. One of the worst wrecks ever experienced on the Illinois Central road occurred Tuesday morning at 6:30 o’clock at Woosung, a small station near here on the southern branch. Tbe , train was the La Salle passenger, which was bound for Freeport The accident was caused by a broken raiL The baggage car, mail car, smoker and passenger coach were thrown from the track down a 30-foot embankment. All the passengers were more or less injured and two of them may die. The large drift of snow in a measure lessened the fall and prevented greater injury. The injured are as follows: R. G. Nurgess, of Portland, Me., traveling salesman for Yale Look company, collar bone fractured and severe internal injuries, may die; Charles Dunning, representative of Collins & Burgio Stove company, Chicago, badly hurt In ternally, may prove'fatal; L. Friedlander, traveling .man, Chicago, scalp wound; W. E. Henning, Detroit, Mich., injured about body; A. C. Metiver, Chicago, cut on bead and injured Internally; C. L. Mellhouse, Peoria, IIL, traveling agent of the Santa Fe road, injured on head and about body; Lincoln Tefft, Marshalltown, la, formerly of Warren, slight injuries; H. C. Tillinghast, Chicago, injured about the body; G B. Kirtland, Chicago, injuries about the head; Joseph Shuler, Mendota, back injured; Matt Walters, Mendota, bridgeman, leg broken and otherwise injured; L. E. Jenkins, assistant foreman of carpenters for the Illinois Central, Internal injuries; George G. McCarthy, Freeport, conductor, cut on head; M. Pence, brakeman, slight injuries; N. W. Harlacker, Cedarville, postal clerk, injured about breast and legs.

WOULD MAKE NEW STATES.

Republican Senators Hold a Caucus to Consider the Question. Washington, Jan. 25. —The republican senatorial caucus Tuesday afternoon decided by a majority vote to take favorable action upon the admission ol the territories of Utah and New Mexico, but left Arizona out in the cold, This result was not attained until after prolonged discussion. A great deal of opposition was manifested on the part of some eastern senators, who pointed to what they called the manifest evidences of the inability of these territories to take up the cares and burdens of statehood. Objection was made to the admission of New Mexico on account of its great preporfderance of citizens who could not speak or write the English language; to Arizona because of its immense debt and the poverty of the territory; to Utah on account of the prevalence of polygamy, and Oklahoma by reason of its newness and the absence of the essentials which go to make up a successful territory ready for the more advanced position of statehood. The house has already passed the bills for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona, but no action has been taken on Utah.

STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

Fatal Termination of a Sleigh Ride—Two Lives Lost and Two Persons FatallyHurt. Paterson, N. J., Jan. 25.—A sleigh with a party of six, returning home to Passaic City, was struck by an Erie locomotive at the Monroe street crossing in Passaic half an hour after midnight Mamie Ryan, 22 years old, was instantly killed; Maggie Splain, 21 years . old, so badly injured that she died a few hours later. Mrs. Thomas O’Brien, the divorced wife of a saloon-keeper on West street, New York, and John Moore (colored), driver of the sleigh, were fatally injured. There was no flagman nor gate at the crossing. The locomotive struck the sleigh squarely, completely demolished it and killed the two horses. The occupants were thrown in all directions. The injured were taken to the Emergency hospital at Passaic. Miss Ida Bashaw, another of the occupants of the sleigh, was badly cut about the head, but it is thought she will recover.

Another Nebraska Bank Fails.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 25. —The State bank of Wahoo, Neb., closed its doors Tuesday and its affairs were placed in the hands of the state banking board. Fears are entertained that the institution is ip a bad condition. The last statement showed 850,000 on deposit, and more than that was on deposit Tuesday. W. H. Dickinson, proprietor and principal stockholder, has during the last few weeks quietly dis-posed-of all his real estate in one way or another and left the city on a visit. Her Ifc now supposed to be somewhere in Texas.