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DEATH'S HOKKOi: Railroad Disaster at Ila- VCOD. O. A rtfct llHkN lata rra4-a tHM 4?a Tria- .arlr rifty rela killed ae4 lajar4 Maar af la Tie. t.M itaraeA. Harmis. O, July This atatloa -waa the scene early yesterday morning erf on of the mmt appalling railroad j avceidr.. which ever occurred la the j tat of Ohio. At S o'clock the vestt- j tinted night esprc train on the Srw , York. I'ennvlvania A Ohio, which had ' omf to a stop here, wa run into by j fat tra n and almost totally derool- I 'had, thi- wreck instantly taking tiro. . Nineteen peo were inatantly killed 1 and twelve maimed aod injured in U awful disaster. Two roi'.ea from Ravenna the New Vovk. Pennsylvania A Ohio and Cleve land A-1'ittstiurgh roadacros. When the Xew York Pennsylvania Jk Ohioeipres reached thi crossing It waa delayed for at considerable length of time, behind tave express and thundering along at a rapid rata wan a refrigerator train, used to transport meat and aecuUmed to raver the distance It had to run at a a peed littla lean than that of an ordinary ftasacngcr train. After the halt at tha Cleveland A Pittsburgh crossing waa nded, tha express hurried on to Ra venna and pulled up at tha depot Hut tba time the train waa held at tha Cleveland A Pittsburgh road was suf ficient to permit the meat train to coma op. and hardly had tha wheels of tha -i press ceased to revolve when tha engine of the freight crashed Into tha 'rear end of the express almost at full speed. The scene that followed waa terrible In the extreme. The engine plowed ita way, pushed on by the weight and mo mentum of the heavy cam behind it, through the coaches as if they were 'made of thin Ward. Alton tha grind ing and crunching of the cars could he ! beard the agonUcd shricke of maimod panaenger. who but a few seconds be- fore were sound asleep. There were two or three sleepers on the train and these were well filled. There was also m cur of excursionists bound vast Many glass blowers from Findlay were on b.'unl going to New York statu. A dfir.en Hople from Akron composed an cxcur.'.ion party on the ill-fated train. When the collision occurred those In the rear curs were either instantly willed, wounded or pinned down by portion, of the demolished cars. The latti-r could nt I'scaiie nnaided, and in the terrible fright and confusion that followed mid In-fore the citizens of the 'town could reach the scene of the dis aster tire started and spread witti frightful rapidity. If the accident hud been awful before it was n jw an uu- equalled horror. The Humes rushed through the. debria and the shrieks of the maimed or pin fouoil could lie plainly heard on the night air. Forward of this wounded and unharmed passengers were getting -thcmelves out of the cars that were atill intact They did all they could to atar the Humes and rescue the imper iled. Hut before this was done nine teen people were sacrificed, that many bodies U-ing taken out afterward. 'M-isl of these monglud corpses were 'bltu.oncd and burned in a manner (cV;ening to look uMn, some of them V'.eliu' rousted into unrecognizable vuri .i the work of taking out the bodies fir fTvssed the full extent of the calam ity dawned upon the workers from the town and those of the passengers who raped alive. ly daylight nineteen bodies had been carried out ' "Those wounded to a considerable ex 'tent nnmltered twenty-three. Many others were bruised and scratched. At daylight a subdued and fearful crowd of several hundred stood at the tatinn, gazing upon the awful sight, while all about them was a smothering odor of burning human flesh, arising from a mass of blackened, heaped-up wreckage. the Kii.i.r.n and iiui-red. Ravcnna. (., July 5. Following is a 'fall list of dead in the collision here Friday: Henry Uildeo, John Macavcry, Patrick Kyan. T. llauf, F. Burns, J. Kimball, Owen Hardeman, Thomas "Nolan, Thomas Keevtlle, (Jeorge Gil lea, David Itelehian, J. Coyle, W. New comb, I). Kyan, IX Cassldy, Henry Me GiU, O. Uriffln, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; A. Ounthrop, of Urooklyn, N. Y.i W. Kane, of Urooklyn, N. Y.; nurse girl, xinknown; Infant child, unknown. Of the nineteen the first sixteen were .-Class blowers of Findlay and Corning, N. Y., and the last three passengers in the sleeper. The injured were: Joseph Morgan, of -Corning, N. Y., cut on the face and badly burned about the legs and bock; very serious; Thomas II an ley, of Corning, N. Y., severely injured about the face and head and shoulders; -Ceorge Smith, of Corning, N. Y., - crushed and burned; James Dwlcken, of Corning, N. Y., crushed and burned; James Smith, leg broken; II. CL Oe draff, bead, neck and shoul ders at and bruised; John Cad ween, iliia, iiax-k and shoulders injured: James Alctaill, badly squeezed about the body; John Keating, cut on the head; A. I'. Jones, head cut; Jonas Clark, head cut; J. Haling. J. Code, M. Mosier. H. "Yoang. C. Hilly. W. C. Jones, A. Humphrey, II. Humphrey, John CTHara, J. McCain, Edward Merry, of JUaltbv. ELtCTROCUTEO. r - t imm at Saw Meraaeeea Hf VWa trwtlv al waa- atae. H. . V ry lata War well-ltaat laeteataaeaaa. M Mao. N. Y., Jaly a. The killing ot the ftnir murderers, James A. Mo rum, Harris r-aniler, James Wcmd and ShiMnja Jugiro, waa dona yesterday noro lug. Murura was killed at 4 i1 o'clock; Smiler ws put to death at H; 'A'ond aoet his doom at 1 3V; Jugiro waa killad at S oft. At 4 o'clock Flnrom walked Into tha death room, acompsnied by Father freeden. He seemed to be waking a tremendous effort to keep bin com posure. He had reivived Father Crae den's last ofllcea and had declared him self ready to die. He was firmly strapped into the chair and the death current was applied. Ilrath was instantaneous. There waa a sudden contraction of the nerves and all was over. Smiler came next Rev. Mr. Kdger- ton cheered him up. Ilef ore Sm iter had 1 time to think he was strapped In the chair and an instant later the current , of electricity was flashed through him that sent him into eternity. I Next to follow was Wood, the negro. ' He bad been worked up to a state of religious enthusiasm and it was while in this frame of mind that he waa fast ened into the chair and killed by the fatal shock. Jugiro was atublmrn to the last There was no apparent hitch in the four executions and they were pro nounced a auccess. The death of the four men apoeared to the observer to Is painless. ls?sth came like a flash. It waa one awful shock and then ob livion. The doctors took charge of the four bodies immediately after 'death and Ikv gan an autopsy to discover as far as possible how rapid had been the killing and the precise effect produced. The witnesses were besieged by re porters as soon as they made their ap pearance from the prison. All of them refused to say anything, except that the execution passed off without a hitch and had lieen a success. Warden llrown had laid a strict injunction of secrecy upon them all and had evidently made such an impression upon their minds that tHev were loth to talk. All looked thoroughly used up and exhausted. They hud lieen through a terriblo or deal and the effect were plainly visible on their faces. Slocum was awakened at H::iO a. m. and as he sprang from his cot rubbing his eyes, he asked: "Is it time?" "Not quite yet," I'rincipal Keeper Connaughton replied; "but it will soon be now, my boy." Slocum gave a sort of gasp as he re alized that his last hour hud come. Nevertheless, he steadied himself and, after a tremulous minute or two, he said: "All right, I will lie ruady." White he was waiting for his last meal on earth, his spiritual advisers came into his cell and passed about fif teen minutes with him. He received holy communion. His breukfast was ready. He ate sparingly of iKiilcd eggs and coffee, nnd at M: 15 he signified that he was ready for the supreme trial. The invited witnesses who were anxiously waiting for the death scene, took up their positions. There was not as much formal order about the inarch as there used to be in the Tombs. Slocum walked steadily to the awful room, ills arms were ilea nenina ins buck and a strap on his legs allowed him to step about twelve inches at a puce. No time was lost When the death chamber was reached, Slocum walked to the fatal chair and sat down. Ilia feet were tied and his arms and bead firmly fixed to the proper places. He was ready in a moment A moment later Warden llrown touched the bell and the current waa applied. Slocum died instantly. Half an hour after Slocum waa awakened Smiler had been aroused, and while Slocum ate his breakfast Smiler was being prepared for his crisis by Rev. Edgerton. Exactly thirty-one minutes after Slocum'a dead body had been removed from the chair to the au topsy room, Smiler waa placed in the aeat of death. In the fraction of a second after the straps were secured the fatal spark was applied and Smiler was dead. One of the jury fainted, but Keeper Connaughton's presence of mind quelled any consequent disturbance. The electrocution of Wood and Jugiro then followed quickly. Slocum and Smiler were wife mur derers. Wood and Jugiro had killed their men in brawls. The electrodes were not applied, aa in the Kemmler ease, to the top of the bead and the base of the skull, but were bound to the foreheads of the con demned men and then the calves of the legs. The current was turned on in each case for twenty seconds. The voltage waa between 1,500 and 1,00a In each case there were apparent evi dences of revival, as in the Kemmler case, and in each of these four cases the current was turned on a sec ond time. In spite of the fact that the sponges were kept con stantly wet, all four men were burned by the current, especially about the calves of the legs. The medical men present agree that death came on the first contact, and that the seeming re vival was merely a reflex muscular ac tion. None of the witnesses were over come by fright, and all of them who have spoken have made the statement that the electrodes were successful and that death in all cose was Instan taneous and painless. EXECUTION. aeaaraUaf la Taai.rvi AB, L T.. Jaly AtWa. fcaka. la the Seminole nation, yaaier day. L'Btest, a fall blooded Indian, was Xeeutrd. Four weeks ajrn ba and another Sem inole had a quarrel durl- which lie killed his opponent with a and then chopped him in two pieces. He waa tried according to the Seminole law, foand guilty ami sentenced to be shot At oilm k yesterday morning be waa brought to the runnril ground and told that he bad but two hours to live. He walked around the council ground aa cool aa if lie bal come to tha council without anr wonl, shook hands and chatted fmely with his friends until the council In-1 1 told him his hour of doom bad come. He was pointed to a large flat rock near by and told to sit on it The cap tain of the Light Horse then ratne for ward and told the Joomed man to pre pare for death. Ha walked with a firm step, took his seat on the rock with his face to tha rrow d and folded his arms across his breast The captain took his handkeri hief from his pocket and bandnged his eyes. Then he beckoned to two of his Light Horse to advance. Said he: "When I give the word, lire at the top button of his coat" After stepping bark a little he gave the word "lire," and two sharp reports rang out The condemned man did not fall but drew up his arms and twitched nervously. Two of the oflleera ran for ward, took him by the arms and laid him on Ins back on tliu grass, where lie died in two minutes. A BRAVE ENGINEER. lie (lives l Ills Owa Ufa Hut Havas Ills I'aaMMiawr. CmrAfio, July b. A sensational train wrecking Is In-ing investigated by the Chicago, Milwaukee A St Paul road. The wrecking occurred near Lansing, la, July 4, and has, up to this time, es-cnK-d piihiicution. A prisoner was to day taken into custody at Lans ing, and the officials are on the track of his three confederates. The Mcdregor passenger train Imund for l.s Crosse, Wis., with several cars heavily loudod with passengers when near Lansing struck an obstruc tion placed upon the rails and the en gine was hurled over the bunk into the Mississippi river. Fortunately the curs remained on the track, the engineer, Chnrles Todd, giving up his life to save his passengers. The fireman jumped nnd saved him self. The engineer reversed the lever and opened the sand vulvo so that the cars might star on the rails. His first question when rescued from the ruins of the engine, badly sculded and writhing in ugony, was If any passengers hud lieen hurt I pon re ceiving the negative unswer from the passengers who crowded about him, Todd smiled as ho looked around. 'Well, this is a glorious Fourth we are having. I am afraid wc had too many fireworks." Todd died shortlv after wards. The culprits are suid to be farmers. ASTONISHED OFFICIALS. The ItlamlMsl nf the I.IIm-I Acslnst the Knhert and Minnie Will I'riikalilr Let Out the lists. Washington, July 8 The decision of Judge 1 Urns' court dismissing the libel uguinst the schooner Hubert and Minnie, which vessel supplied the arms to the I tula, was a great surprise to of ficiuls iu Washington. It was general ly bulieved that tho case against her was niiirli stronger thun that which could be made out against the Ita to. and, notwithstanding the rcserva tion in ado by Judge Ross in his de cision, it is felt that his action will causu the failure of the original libel lodged against the Chilian vessel, al though she may still bo bold on some technical charge connected with her escape while under legal detention. This outcome would bo a severe disap pointment to the state and naval depart ment officials after an expenditure, direct and indirect, in the chose of the Hat that is estimated to run up closely iu the neighborhood of $100,000, HOLDING THE WHEAT. Fsrmers Advised to Hold Their Whast Un til They Can Met Holier Prleas. Chicago, July 8. A circular of ad vice issued through accredited official channel of the rarmurs Alliance to all members of farmers' organizations in the United States urges them to com- bino and withhold this year's wheat crop from market nntii the farmers can get their own prices, or, at least. price considerably above the average, The circular, which is presumed to be a secret document, is now ready for mailing and it will be sent to the 2,000, 000 members of the Farmers' Alliance and industrial union, the 1,000.000 mem' bcr of the colored National Farmers' Alliance, the 1,000,000 members of the National Fai mors' Alliance of the north, BOO.COO members of tho Farmers' Mutu al Uenevolent association, the 600,000 mrmliero cf the Patrons of Husbandry and the 150,000 members of the tann ers' league. lha Catholic Population. Wahihnoto. July 8. Superinten dent I'ortor. c ! the census bureau, haa in propnraCion and will soon Issue bulicli;.' u ion the momWship of the Roman Catholic church in the United fates by states and counties. It will show that the membership is o.UAO.OOO communicants over 13 years of age. Minimum limit of nge to 15 years will be Billion d to in the statistics of other churches which are in course of preparation. A TERRITORY A CYCLONC3 HAVOC Haatflr mrk ml arvteaaa ttataa ta.-Ta ad la r HeaUarv tehoe-Al ImI a ll 1 1 r mm a llnal Slaav Sirlsailv laj atara la lialaalaaA. Uatos Roibt, Lav, July?. A ryeloaa pa ed over the lower portion of town yesterday morning, anruoflag house. tearing up immense tree and carrying Biiaailea along with Ik Tha governor's mansion was directly ia the path of tha eycloae and it made a cleaa eweep of every chimney and all the trees around It Tha roof of the handsome resilience belonging to Mr. Marshall was carried away and great damage waa done Vi the place. Toe boulevard waa one maaa of tree torn up by the wind and the street waa filled with debria There was scarcely a pane of glass left ia town aad a few house are completely unroofed. Resi dences were taken np by tha wind and carried for miles. At the penitentiary the scene waa a terrible one. Without any warning whatever the walla of the factory in which 100 con victs were at work were crushed In aa if they bad been mere pasteboard. The guards were helpless and as most of tle men at work were either killed or wounded little could be done toward extricating the unfortunate victims un til Lei? arrived from the main prison building. To add to the horror of the situation the ruins caught fire from the furnace In the engine room, but owing to the heavy rain which waa falling the threat ened holocaust waa averted. The res cuer were quickly to work aud began the task of extrieating the dead and dy ing from beneath the ruina Of the force at work when the storm struck the building it waa discovered that ten had been killed and thirty seri ously wounded, and all more or less bruised. This waa not the worst The hospital of the penitentiary. in which waa lying a number of maimed and helpless convicts, waa also leveled to the ground by the fury of the storm. The work of rescue at the factory building, where the larger num ber of lives were In danger, diverted attention from the unfortunates in tha hospital and It was not until most of the working force had lieen rescued that the prison offi cials found time to turn their attention to the hospital. In the illy fifty houses at least were unroofed or destroyed. The storm was attended by a most violent ruin in which the rescuers worked and which lasted for several hours. The wounded include nine white and four colored convicts Irom New Orleans and sixteen white and seven colored convicts from other purts of the state. Of there alHiiit six are cxiccted to die and the recovery of several of tho others is extremely doubtful. The total dumuge to the penitentiary buildings is estimated at &i0,000. THK TOHXAIH) IX MIHNIMHIIM'I. liuookiiAVE.v, Miss., July 7. Yester day morning after 8 o'clock the south west portion of this county was visited by a destructive cycloue which demol ished houses and fences aud uprooted trees. Nearly all houses on the follow ing places were destroyed and a num ber of persons injured: Amos Hodgos, Duvid Reeves, Sam I handlers und tho Davis logging camp, where one man was killed and three wounded. Another cyclone passed twelve miles east of this p4oee at 5 o'clock, doing great damage, but no details have been received. Ma whom, Miss., July 7. A cyclone struck this place about 11 o'clock yes terday from the southeast At II. K. McKays plantation the storm destroyed the negro cabins, killed Wesley Young, colored, and wounded several others. At Dr. J. II. McKay' every building was wrecked. PERSONS MISSING. Tats Itavenna Horror More Fatal 1'robsbly Than Muppisied. Ravf.xna, O., July 7. The Inquest on the terrible wreck was resumed by Coroner Sherman, but not nothing im portant learned. Considerable excitement was occa sioned by the report that Conductor Iloynton's report of the tickets showed twelve people yet unaccounted for, though some may have left without making themselves known. Conductor iioynton is firmly of the opinion that others were entirely con sumed in the fire, and his son, who was the negligent flagman, supposed to have been the cause of the wreck, waa one of the victims. The inquest may de velop some sensational facta in this matter. Those who visited the wreck Friday morning noticed pieces of burned flesh lying about the ruina, too email to be identified aa belonging to any part of a human body. The Chsroksas Have Mo TltU. Kinofisukk, Ok., July 7. United States District Judge A. J. Seay ren dered a decision which if sustained will have an important bearing on the title of the Cherokee outlet After the removal of the Cherokee live stock association from the Chero kee strip the Cherokee had placed about 30,000 head of cattle on the land. Ily executive orders issued through the war department these were being removed by troops when proceedings were Drought to enjoin their removal, The decision was rendered ad verse to the Cherokee title and if sustained virtually extinguishes all the rights of the Cherokees to the land. CoL W. A. Phillips, of Kansas, and Judge Roberta, of Oklahoma, repre- envuu the tnerokees. aa sihii ill-Taa HANNIBAL HAMLIN DEAD. Ieath mt laa Msa Ma W.H.d Vtoa fvi ! ill m mm laa Twbat Ilk Afcraaea Uarala d.aly taUet Walla al Ma lilt It. .aw IlAaaoa, Ma. Jaly A Es-Yiea-President Hannibal Hamlia died Satarday Might at a IS o'clock. II waa dowa town la tha afternoon aad went to the Tarratin club rooms, where he wat playing pedro whea his kvead fall foe ward oa hla cheat. A gentleman remarked: The aea ator aeems to feel badly." Mr. Hamlia aaid: "I do." The men gathered around and Mr. Hamlia waa taken to a loanga. Ir. Rnbinaoo, who waa la tha next room, attended hint and afterward Ir Mason and I'blllip were called. No pulse waa visible for aa hour and It waa thought they could not bring hlia out. Finally Mr. Hamlin revived some what and managed to articulate feebly. The doctors worked over him faith fully and his family waa sent for. Soon Mr. Hamlin, Urn. Charles Hamlin, Ll son and wife and other members were at his aid. All waa done for hi in In human power but failed and he passed away peacefully at 8:15 p. m. Mr. Hamlin had been perceptibly falling for a year but aeemed about aa usual in the afternoon and walked dowa town. The remains were removed from tha club rooms, where he died, to his resi dence on Fifth street Ilia eon, Han nibal M Hamlin, arrived here from Kl Is worth about twenty minutes aftet hi father'a death. Hla eon Frank, now in Chicago, haa been aent for and tha funeral will not occur until after hit arrival aa RAMLira casks. Ilsnnlbsl Manilla born In Tsrls. Ms, Auvtisl X, Isisj. iu ss prepsrnd lor s eol laalste eiluesllon, but as compelled by the dualh uf hla falliar to tske esr of the home until h waa of an, lie laarned printing, studied law slid was sdmltted lo Ilia bsr In is is, an.t prsrllend In his native stats until Isih. lie w.a member of lagialatur Irom ISM until isio and sir a In In IS47. Ha wsa apeakarof Ihs lowsr brauvh Irom l&fl lo IU i and sxalo In Isra In IKioMr. Hsnil'ln received the demoerstle nomination (or conareaa but waa defeated, but waa ranoiulnatad and elected In ISM snd re-elected In 141. Ha wss clioaea to tbe t'nllnd Mistea annate In ism to fill tit vscsd ct eau.ad bjr tha d-ath of John Kslrnald and waa ra-slm-led In 101, but raliid In IM" to be InsuKursteil vovarnor, having- been elect ed to that oltlee sa a republican. In leas than s month be realened tha governorship bavins bren aa-ftln chosen United states aeu ator for I ho full term of six year Mr. llamlln served aa a sonsior until 1CL whi-n he ri-.litni-d lo (III the oftleeof vlee prealdenl, having been elm-ted on tha ticket Hli Abraham Lincoln. He preaided over the annate one year, when lie waa appointed col lector of the purl nf lloilon. wlilob po sition lie rmlKiirU In lsfin. from ltrl lo iwia he hsd slan soled aa rrajonl of the Hinltuao- nlnn Institute at Waahinatnu, to which po sition ho wss susln appolntvd In 1870, con tinuing to ant In the capacity lor twelve yeara, during which Hum lis bouauia dean ol the bonriL Mr. Hamlin wsa sasln elected snd re- rbieted to the I'nited 8latea aenata from MU lo 1HL In the latter yrsr ha was named minister to Spain, but asve up tha ofllee wlliiln s year. He received the di-gre of LI. It. from Colby unlver.lty. TluiUKh s deniocrst In curly life, Mr. Ham lin wsa s strong sntl-slavsry man and so strong were hla convictions on thla queatloa that they fltmlly led lo hla ai-paratlon from the party, llln i-aruer hsd suuie eapeelsllv slgnlflesnt Incident. In Ihn temporary and Involuntary absence of Havld Wiluiot from the houaa of reprraenlatlvoa during the si-s-Inn of the Twenty -ninth congrras. al lha crltlcul moment when tho measure slnoe known sa the "Wllmot provlao" had to be presented or the uieaaura Irrevocably lost. Mr. Hamlin, while his anti-slavery friend wera In the irraatcat cnnfualon, sealng tbsl only a seennd'a del iy would be fatal, offered he bill and aarurnd Ita pnaauga by a vote ot 11 to IU6 In common, however, with Abra ham Lincoln, lie atrove alinplr to prevent the extension of slavery Into new territory aud did not seek Its abolition. NEWS FROM CHILI. The Constltotlonallata Hitter at tha TJnlted Mate llahueoede Likely lo I.oaa. Sam Dikoo, CaL, July fl. Officer ot the United State steamer Charleston, report that tbe feeling on the part of the Chilian congressional party is ex tremely bitter toward the united States, to which they looked, if not for assistance, at least for non-Interference. The Charleston also brings new that the insurgent have now about 80,000 men in the field, while the government force are not quite as numerous. Be sides the insurgent have taken posses sion of almost the entire country norta of Valparaiso. The Insurgent were recently attacked by Ralmoceda' force In the town of Iquiqne. They longht tneir way into the very street and attacked the cus tom house, where there were a great many English goods and a num ber of English and American residents had taken refuge. The) commander of the British war ship Warsprlte appeared with a detach ment of marine and informed both idea that foreigner and their property would be protected. If they did not top fighting In the street be would take a hand himself. They retired to their country back of the city and con tinued the battle! Tbe insurgent finally came off victorious. Row Over Labor Hay. CmcAGO, July 6. The trade and labor assembly yesterday spent about two) hours discussing the report of the La bor day and entertainment committee with reference to the letting of the con tract for printing; a aouvenlr. Fraud was charged and finally the 11 was exchanged between two delegates when the fight commenced. Tbe ut most confusion reigned and for a time It aeemed that everybody in the hall except the women wer mixed up la the melee,