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-. THE, DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1890.
THE W EM D IK G RF H YACATIOM.
LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDED.
Nineteen Dead ud Tea or More la a
Critical Conditio A Pleasure Par.
tj of Nine Coant Two Dead, One
Dying aad all More or Lees) Injured
Sad Scene at the Hospital.
Boston, Aug. 20. The saddest story
or the miincy disaster yesterday is told
by Judge L w. Edward, of Louisville,
Ky. He was one of a party of nine la
dies, eeotlemen and ctuidren rrom iu
Isville who were north enjoying a vaca
tion. Of the party, two are dead, a
third is dying, and every member of it
was more or less injured. There were
in the oarty besides Judge dward.
Cant. W. R. Abbott and wife, Mrs. Os
car Fenley, Mrs. Mary Fenley and her
three little Kins, and Miss Busie f enley
all of Louisville. They had been spend
ing ten days at .Nantucket, it was
their purpose to spend three or four
davs in Hoston, navmg engaged rooms
at the United States Hotel. After see
ing Boston they were going to Sarato
ga for a few days, and then to New
York. Mrs. Mary t eniey and her chil
dren were to meet Mr. Fenley, the hus
band, who Is a Louisville banker. The
latter was coming north to attend the
bankers' convention in New York.
Judge Edwards is in a critical condi
tion himself. His hands were badly cut
and burned. As he stood on the steps
of the hospital talking to a few friends
the blood trickled down from his hands
to the steps. He said he occupied a seat
on the left front of the car. The acci
dent was as sudden as anything could
be. His companions were also on the
left, but nearer the center. He was
thrown to the opposite side of the car
and for a few minutes he was in a dan
gerous position. The escaping steam
filled the car. He groped about until
he reached a window. He aided his
companions as much as possible until
almost fainting from the loss of blood.
Judge Edwards' clothing from head to
foot was covered with blood. As the
conversation went on a friend of Judge
Edwards, who had Just come from the
undertaker's, informed him that Mrs.
Oscar Fenley, the mother of Mrs. W. R.
Abbott and grandmother of the Fenley
children, was dead. While Judge Ed
wards was at the undertaker's the sec
ond member of his party, Elizabeth
Fenley, 4 years old, died at the hospital.
Gen. Nat Wales, who was reported to
have a finger smashed, was not on the
wrecked train at all.
VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER NINETEEN
DEAD AND TEN AT THE HOSPITAL
IN A CKITICAL CONDITION.
Qutncy, Mass., Aug. 20. Other vic
tims are added to the list of dead this
morning:
Miss Ella Bard, aged 22, who died at
Qnincy hospital. Mrs. Abbie Abbott,
of Louisville, Ky.
The number of patients at the hospit
al has been reduced to ten, nearly all of
whom are considered In a precarious
state, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Baily are
considered to be in a critical condition
this morning and their recovery is ex
tremely doubtful. Fifteen other injur
ed are In private houses, and a number
whose injuries are slight have been lost
track of.
THE DEAD.
The latest report gives, the following
as a complete list of the dead all indent
ifled. Mrs. Mary E.Parker, Wellesly, Mass;
Master Parker, her son; Lyman Mer
rill, Bumney, N. H.; Mrs. L. Merrill;
Mrs. Mattie Francis, Chelsea, Mass.;
Miss Mary E. Tilton, Lexington, Mass.;
Mrs. Mary Abbott, Louisville, Ky.;
Miss Eva Ballard, Asheville, N. Car.;
Mrs. Frank O. Allen Philadelphia; Miss
Bessie Allen; Mrs. Oscar Fenlev, Louis
ville, Ky., Mrs. Sue Fenely; Alice Fen
ely (Infant); Catharine Fenely; Mrs. E.
P. Johnson; A. C-Johnson, her son;
James Byan, South Boston, fireman of
train; Mrs. Nancy Well, Hartford, Ct.;
C. M. Copp, Cleveland, O.
Elizabeth Fenely, aged six, and her
colored . nurse Lucy, are both at the
house of Mrs. Carr, on Hancock street
The little girl is badly scalded and the
doctor says that her condition is such
that he does not think she can live.
The nurse is also very low though her
condition is not serious. No tongue
can describe, the scenes at the city hos
pital to-day. The excitement which
prevailed yesterday subsided toward
midnight and by 8 a. m. the sufferers
were resting as quietly as possible.
Miss Eva Ballard's end came at 7
o'clock after a night of intense suffer
ing. She had been passing the sum
mer at Cottage City and was a leader
in social events there. She has a bro
ther, F. J. Ballard, at St. Augustine,
Fla.
At the commodious residence of Mrs.
Cushing Lane, near the scene of the
accident, are these: Bev. and Mrs. F.
Dimmick of Los Angles; Mrs. Haile,
Fort Wayne, Ind.; Miss Buth Black
burn, Lowell, Mass.; Miss Jessie McAl
lister, Fort Wayne. All are seriously
injured, and Mrs. Vaile, who is an eld
erly lady and grand mother to the two
youog ladies, is considered to be in a
critical condition.
CARELESSNESS THE CAUSE. A "TRACK
. JACK" WAS LEFT IN ITS PLACE '
ON THE TRACK BY SECTION
'. ,' ' MEN.
Boston, Aug. 20. Regarding the
cause of the accident, Division Super
intendent French of the Old Colony
road said last night: "We have not
made an investigation yet, but from
what we learn it appears that the sec
tion men who were at work on the
tracks had what we call a "track jack"
' on the rails and from what we can
leam they had it In when the train
came flying around the curve. From
all Indications, although we do not
know itoffloially, the jack was not tak
en out when the train came up.
Whether or not the danger signal was
set will not be known until the. official
investigation on Thursday." ,
A Globe reporter in prosecuting his
investigations found In a lot of weeds
beside the track near the bridge, the
"track jack" which is supposed to have
caused such a loss of life. Marks of the
flanges on the wheels were plainly cut
on the heavy tool and it bore evidence
of having been run over by a train of
cars. ; The sides of the socket on the
casting to receive the handles by which
the weight is raised were pressed close
ly together, and a large hole was cut
through the casting and the bottom of
the casting was broken- off. . The fore
man of the section gang named Welch,
could not be found last evening.
HARVEST FOB PICKPOCKETS THE DEAD
ROBBED ANDVALCABLES CARRIED
. AWAY FROM THE INJURED.
Quincy, Mass., Aug. 20. It appears
from the statement of passengers that
picapocaeia worked in occasion wun
great success and reaped quite a har
vest, inose wno escaped nninturea
were dated and all that seemed necea-
sary was for a respectable looking per
son to meet any of them and offer to
take charge of their valuables. These
were turned over in many instances.
Mrs. A. M. Jewett of St. Johnsbury.
Vt, gave her pocket book and diamond
ear lings to a man who said his name
was Harry Bryce and has seen neither
ber property nor tne man since.
Several or the dead persons were
known to have had money and watches
but these were not round on ineir per
sons.
Medical Examiner John M. Gilbert
has only viewed the remains of Fire
man Byan, which were taken to his
home in South Boston. No other bodies
will be removed until the medical ex
aminer has inspected them. The city
is full of strangers seeking tidings of
tneir rrienos. -By
order of General Manager Kend
rick the track jack which is believed to
have caused thd disaster will be sent to
the office of the railroad commissioner,
This foreneen Mr. Kendrick received
a telegram from Mr. Fenley of St.
Louis asking that the bodies of his
family be embalmed and sent to St.
Louis. Mr. Kendrick left at once for
Boston to attend to this duty.
Twelve persons are now at the Quincy
hospital, instead of ten as reported.
They are:
W. R, Abbott of Louisville, Mrs.
Andrew Tower of Charlestown, Mrs.
George M. Snow of Somerville, Mr.
and Mrs. E. D. Bailey, of Boxbury,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Needbam of Law
rence, Mr. J. C. Brown of Lawrence,
Judge B. W. Edwards of Louisville,
Mrs. T. A. Addison of Chelsea, Mrs.
M. Welch and and son James of Cleve
land. These are seriously injured, most
of them scalded by escaping steam, and
several are in a precarious condition.
Perhaps one of the most affecting
scenes was that of the two little Fenley
children. They lay on a cot covered
with a sheet, and their piercing screams
could be heard all over the ward. They
died early this morning after suffering
greatly. Four members of this family
met their fate in this manner. At noon
to-day the last of those previously uni
dentified was recognized by Dr. Tilton
as his sister. Miss Mary Tilton. Dr.
Galvin, surgeon of the Old Colony rail
road, has telegraphed to Boston for six
trained nurses. . The nurses at the hos
pital have been on duty since the acci
dent and are tired out.
THE ENGINEER'S STATEMENT A JACK
WAS LEFT ON THE TRACK AND NO
DANGER SIGNAL SET.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 20. The Her
ald' I Cottage City special says Engin
eeer Babcock of the train that was
wrecked at Quincy yesterday is suffer
ing from scalds on both legs, contusions
on the body and cuts on the head. He
states that he passed the main station
at Quincy at 12:58 p; m., and when a
few rods north of the station saw on
the track, about fifty feet ahead, a
working party. A gravel train was
approaching from above and its engin
eer waived to him from the cab, indi
cating the party on the curve. The
men stepped off the track and then
Babcock saw left In the middle of the
track a jack, and he knew in a moment
that an accident must follow. He
whistled, but did not jump from his
engine, and in an instant they struck
the jack. He declares that he had not
the faintest difficulty in determining
that the obstruction was a jack. His
train was going about 25 miles an hour
when the accident happened and he
positively declares that no danger sig
nal was set.
A CEMETERY ROMANCE.
The Fatal Termination of a Freak of
a Young Girl.
Down near one of the southern cities,
where the flowers bloom neari v all the
year round, and the oriole builds his
nest and calls to his mate to come, for
the home is prepared, is a cemetery
famous for its beautv. Years ago it
Was the country place of a very rich
man; he was a widower with a beauti
ful daughter and three handsome sons.
The daughter was a sweet girl, idolized
by her father, which affection she more
than reciporated. A bitter family feud
existed between the father and his
nearest neighbor, who had but one
child a son. At a friend's house this
pretty Juliet met and grew to know
tier Borneo. Naturally enough they
fell in love with each other, vowed
eternal constancy, and thought that in
time, the fathers of each might be won
over by their children, and induced to
give consent to the marriage. But the
old men grew bitter and more bitter,
and the two sweethearts found it very
difficult to see each other. One summer
night the little -lady had an appoint
ment with her lover at the foot of the
hill that was just in front of her house.
The moon was so bright that she dread
ed going out in her own clothes, and
so, in a spirit of frolic, she bad her
maid hunt np some of her brother's
clothes and into them she got, laughing
as she thought how her sweetheart
would be surprised. A long old-rash-ioned
cloak was thrown over her, and
a broak-brimmed, soft felt hatcrowned
her head. As she went over the hill
one of her brothers saw hef and told
his father that he believed some one
from the next place was on their
grounds, possibly to kill some of their
dogs or poison their horses. Very quick
ly the old man rushed to the veranda,
armed with a gun. He saw she figure
moving along swiftly, but be took aim,
aim so sure that it struck his own
heart, and fired. Both arms went up
into the air, the figure staggered
and fell over. Hearing the shot the
walling lover rushed to see what was
the matter. In the meantime the oth
ers had gathered round. The hat had
fallen off the pretty head which it had
disguised, and there, pure and white,
under the light of the moon, was re
vealed to the brothers the face of their
own sister. She was carried back to
the house, dead not able to speak her
forgiveness to her father, or give a word
of love to her sweetheart. The scene
can be easily imagined. The lover up
braided the father, but the yonnger
brother said: "As she lies here let her
be the peacemaker. She loved yon in
life; let us care for each other because
of her death." So she was buried near
her old home, and alt the people for
miles around, knowing of her tragic
death, came to show their respect and
to line and cover her grave with the
blossoms which she had loved in her
life. -
The beautiful country place was sold
with the express proviso that It was to
be made a cemetery, ine brothers and
the father and the lover all went away,
and never came back until each was
brought there to be laid to rest near
theone they bad loved. Now the city
of the dead numbers among its people
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, mho
has engraved on the granite bearing ber
name: After life's fitful fever she
sleeps well." Near by is the tomb of
the Booth family, and that of Rein hart
the sculptor, who died when fame hod
made bis name a household word, is
not far off. There are crosses erected
to the memory of little children; there
are tablets that tell of those who have
lived and loved, suffered and toiled.
But to them who know, most interest
ing of all is the little gravestone raised
to the memory of the uu fortunate girl
who died because of her love.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From out regular Correspondent.!
Washington, D. C, Aug. 18, 1890.
Will Mr. Harrison dare to jump into
the breech of his party In the Senate?
He has been asked, aye begged, by Sen
ator Hoar, who recently expressed him
self as preferring to see every manufac
tory in New England in ashes and the
mechanics reduced to fifty cents a day
and a diet of cod-fish than to see the
failure of the Force bill, and his associ
ates to come to the rescue. Mr. Harri
son favors the Election bill, and ever
since his election he has bitterly hated
Senator Quay on account of the patron
izing manner with which he treated
his highness; therefore if he did as he
would like to he would throw the
weight of his influence, which isn't
very heavy after all, against Mr. Quay;
but he hesitates, because be fears that
Mr. Quay may succeed in having his
resolution shelving the Force bill and
appointing Aug. 30, as the day for tak
ing the vote on the tariff bill adopted
by the Senate.
Can Mr. Quay get his resolutions pass
ed? To what extent will the democrats
support it? It now looks as if the first
question might be answered in the af
firmative, and that the democrats in a
body will support the Quay resolutions;
not because they endorse it but because
they recognize in it a weapon to whack
more than half of the republican party
over the head. The democrats would
much prefer continuing the debate on
the tariff bill for that debate Is making
hundreds of democratic voters every
day, but if Quay should be defeated he
and his followers would probably be
willing to vote with the rest of the w
publicans to adopt a "gag" rule and
pass both the tariff and Election bills.
Senator Vest says the tariff bill is worse
than the Election bill.
Prominent republicans openly ad
mit that the fight which is now going
on in the Senate has already practical
ly settled the Congressional election in
favor of the democrats. The openness
with which Mr. Quay is acting for the
special interest of a single clique of
monied men so disgusted some of the
republicans that they announced their
intention to defeat certain clauses of
the tariff bill. As quick as the tele
graph could notify these men, and spec
ial trains conld bring them, a delega
tion was before the Senate Finance
committee demanding, not politely ask
ing, what these rumors meant. The
republican members of that committee
humbly informed them that' their in
terests should be taken care of as had
been promised them when they made
their campaign contributions, and these
robbers of the toiling millions returned
whence they came.
Bepresentative Baker, of New York
who enjoys the notoriety of being the
only man who ever had a resolution
returned to him by a vote of the House,
because of its bad taste, made an ass of
himself again by offering a resolution
reflecting ubon Mr. Mills because of his
making tariff reform speeches. It was
too much even for Speaker Beed, and
he certainly isn't over squeamish about
such things. Mr. Baker was asked to
withdraw the resolution but he refused,
insisting upon having it printed in the
Record. The Speaker then quietly ig
nored Mr. Baker and the House pro
ceeded to business and he did notgethis
resolutions printed.
Public opinion is a great lever. Sec
retary Windom has decided that the
prices paid by the government for sil
ver bullion shall be made public. They
never should have been hid.
The republicans don't do much talk
ing these days about a Congressional
re-apportionment " this year. Cause
why; the Census shows that the South
will gain instead of lose Congressmen.
Few weeks cast Sunerintenent Porter
has worked his force nieht and dav to
get the count completed in order that
the re-apportionment might be made;
but the result has not been just what
was anticipated, and no re-apportionment
will be made. The population of
the country is in round numbers 64.-
000,000.
Becognlzlng the fact that the Con
gressional campaign this year was to be
run on "gall" and "boodle" Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson, who has
an unlimited supply of the former, is
to become the boss dog or the republi
can Congressional Campaign commit
tee. The "boodle" will be furnished
by the usual crowd.
The anti-lottery bill was passed py
a unauimous vote.
After numerous scares the Biver and
Harbor bill went through the Senate
Saturday,
College Culture.
One of our exchanges shows what
college culture is doing for the young
men and women or the town, by giving
the fol lowing notes publication :
"May I have the exquisite beatitude
of escorting your corporal system over
tne space intervening between your
parental domicile to the domed edifice
erected for the worship of the Divine
Father, after the bright il hi mi nary has
passed the horizon? Charlie."
Her answer was:
"In excruciating discomfortableness
I communicate the calamitous intelli
gence that the multiplicity of previous
engagements precludes my accepting
your propitious invitation to accompa
ny my admirable physique to hear the
eloquent theologian promulgate the
truth of sacred writ, when nocturnal
shadows are cast upon the mundane
sphere. . .. Maude."
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An experienced horseman, In an ad
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stitute, thus summed op some valuable
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ists let the shoe disappear with it. 2.
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The less rasping done after the shoe is
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small and as short as possible, so that
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all your getting, get frog pressure; and
despite the possible sneers, or prophe
cies of evil of your blacksmith, always
bear in mind the good old maxim: 'No
frog no foot, no foot no horse.' "
An Ancient War Ship.
Dredging operations now being car
ried out at SantanJer, Spain, have re
sulted in the discovery of the well pre
served wreck of a war ship of the Fif
teenth or Sixteenth century. She must
have been in her present position for 400
years, and was partly covered by a de
posit of sand and mud. Divers have
brought tip guns which bear the united
arms of Castile and Aragon, the scroll
of Isabella or the crown and initial of
Ferdinand.
This ship would appear to have been
employed as a transport, and inasmuch
as some of the arms are of French and
Italian make, it is supposed that she
formed part of the fortunate expedition
against Naples nnder Gonzalo de Cor
doba. She probably foundered while
entering the port of Santander on her
return from Italy. laden with trophies
and plunder. Among the coins recov
ered are some bearing the image and
superscription of Charles VH3 of France,
and otheM issue! by various contempo
rary Italian states. New York Tele
gram. Gov. Hovey, of Indiana, wants his
salary, and proposes to sue the State
auditor for it. The legislature provided
that all money must be held for the be
nevolent institutions, and it seems as if
the governor's only chance to get the
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