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BIG STONE GAPr WISE COUNTY;VA,' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26.
NO. 45.
, BLANKENSHIP,
^ ,{NEVS AT LAW,
.^Hle, Virginia.
a , , .??r|?.t .
jOS.L. KELLY
J , \YERS BUILDIfC
V.\.
WALLIS,
Efej .InNVI-YANCEP
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T & McPOWELL,
n'ev's at law,
A. VV, SKEEN,
>ne C ip, Virgin fa.
. T. If: VI NE.
[wet-at-law.
???? Cap, Vir flnia.
rNER p/iaury,
stey-at-law.
,e Cap, Virginia.
t;.;;> ?. ADDISON.
iKNEY-at-law.
. |S c ip, Virginia.
\'s & fulton,
:\t;vs a r l? W,
? ? Cap
!AN " M HEWS A WAY nop
(NEYS A I" LAW,
? ? Cap, VI? inia.
? ml I .'l; niiiaB, .
?RSQ.N & MILLER, ?
ivNEYS-at-lavv.,;
::. G. ELY,
TORNEY-A T-l.AW,
?v Covo, Loo t:c , Vii,
ivELLY,
: i.SURGE')n, :
Can, Virginia. ,
imjitU |.< < ill*, llotl.
!?*? in.: Si,:!i(
:;.tf i
C, ?. KUNKEL,
surglon,
p, Virginia,
:V,
H REEVE, M. D.
?KB OF WOMEN
EXCLUSIVELY.
Bristol. Tenn.
- pruner;
DENTIST,
J antrat Hotel.
.Ii) rift:
a t HACKER,
engkeek and
surveyor;
l;' >a G ip, Virginia.
:?L^ SMITH,
^g1\eek and
surveyor
k::<j Post Office.
' D- HURD,
^HITECT,
Cap, va.
Rations
" vj estimates
v A IHOKOUCH AW)
r >::i*. Va
pR0PRIETOR.
Mill r.,|,
A COMPROMISE BILL
Will Soon Pass Both Houses and Be?
come a Law.
i Several of Thon* Who tlftr? Tl+rn Airulnut
I If Are Now Thonpht to IImt* Fallen
Into Line?flow Itrpvbl Irani" Will
Ai t KmnniiiH Probleumtle H.tlll.
I Wa?minoton, Ort 23.?A special to
the Cincinnati Enquirer saya: The ex?
citement lias subsided. Now it is gen?
erally conceded that the neu compro
inl?e hill on y,i!r<T will pass both house'
and become n law. It seems to bo un
! dcrstood that tlx: administration i.
rcadj* to swallow the senate modifica?
tion of its repeal project, and oven to
! claim it is a victory. It was a sort o.
rough wooing, hut they f-nv "Yes" at
i last to romproinisc Several of th?
senate democrats hung back for ,-.
! while. Including such as MiHp, trh)
nnd Hill, but it would not be surprising"
If all were to come in finally and sup
p< rt the amendment It Is very ban.
for two or three senators to stand out
against all their associates. Mills do
eiarcd that he would vote against al*'
timcndmentsto the repeal bill, and thai
he had "burned r* 11 his bridges," Init at
that time he expected to bo on the
same side of the stream with the ad?
ministration. H?1 '.".ill be very apt U
t< '<- ;u the president desires him to do.
lily, of South Carolina, said he would
not support the compromise, but h-*.
too, is apt to yield to' 111?=? associates.
Hill has been holding back, but meas
nre Is not likely to be beaten by hi>
vote.
The attitude of tlie republicans is not
fixed, but only two or three votes are
claimed for the amondmcnt out of the
original republican repealers. Carey,
of Wj-omlug; Manderson, of Nebraska,
pr.'1 Squire, of Washington, arc count- j
ed on for h^lp to pass the project. The 1
silver republicans will probably sup-'
port the amendment and then vote |
against the bill :is amended. The sig- !
nature of tlie president is cxpeoted.
The east< rn element is not happy over
the result, and they swear it is a dis?
graceful surrender to the minority,
chom they wanted to put to the sword.
There were some striking develop?
ments in the lonp- contest of two and a
half mouths in congress. After all the
talk of brute f"r<ke an 1 endurance and j
attempts toviuvoke it neither house of
congress has been bronght to n eon
clusion in this poor way. The demo?
crats In the house of representa?
tives agreed informally upon a given
time for debate, and took the vote
;11m.ri an ngtieed plan between the lead?
ers. In the senate the sitting up all
night patent-medicine process to force
r. vote would not work at all. Th<*
long sessions only served to irritate
senators a:M postpone adjustment. Mr.
Hill's Albany plan for riding rough?
shod over tier gules seemed to please
the leaders q? the force bill, republicans
like Aldrich, Hoar and Lodge, but not
the democrats. Mr. IM ills was the only
democrat to give public consent to it,
nnd he !;u<! to disown his own reoord
A REIGN OF TERROR.
Ahth;*.m:i W'iltt? Cr.p.i Forbid the Ginning
?>f Cotton t iirll '.in- Price Advanced.
iJiKMiNoriAM, Ala . Oct ?.M.?Two gins
were, burned in this state hist week, It
is supposed by white caps Posting ol
gins con tin ties and many ginsnrc idle, j
and in some sections terror reigns. |
The white caps are now at work in the
Coosa v.illey.
A dispatch from Kdcn (Ala.) states
tfoat tlie big gin nnd oil mills pf Kon
f\r\<V A Punlap, near that ph.ee, were
posted Sttturda}* morning.
The following notices have been
posted in various sections and on scv- t
cral ir'm^:
?'Unite Caps of Alabama. Notice: I !
now forbid yen ginning any more cot- i
t< a at this pi are until cotton is worth
ten cents per pound. If you do you will j
find your ir'in in ashes. So yon will get
no further notice.*"
"General .Notice?Toglnners?f C??nn
valley: From head to foot, as we I
haven't time to give you all individual
notier?, yon are forbid to gin anivrijorc
cotton until cotton is worth ten cents
a pound."
"To Merchants?You are notified not
to 1 uy cotton for less than ten cents a
pound. If you do.yon will find your
store in ashes." , ' ?
"To Farmers?You are notified not (
to sell or have cotton ginned until it's
xvorth ten cents a pound. If you do;
your corn-cribs will be burned."
"To Officers -Von are notified not to
make any levies or force collections: If
you do you will be hilled on sight.
"White-Caps or Alabama."
The situation^is considered serious,
and an appeal will be made to the gov?
ernor for protection:
RANK FRAU67
A Chirrcoan Wfco Fleeced Many ef ITU
, 1'onr Creditors.
< incAoo, Oct S3.1- August .Tcrnberg",
r real estate dealer, made an' r.sSlgn
m< nt on cure s. and did the bank
in- firm of .Tcrnberg, Griffin A. Co.* both '
to Attorney Edward Mwhojry, wh^o had
Ivcn .Tcrnbcrg's life-long friend. Ma
honey resigned r.s assignee, and* a bill
filed in the county court shows that
between fiCp.OOO and *r<!0?;000 has been
stolen from poor creditors; ?
J* appears that) about, 13,00,000 which
had 1 ecu paid by poor foreigners on
land contracts, .Icmberg .invested, in
real estate and boifds, transferred his,
ho ding to confederates, anil made an
assignment \VJjcre there were sup?
posed to he assets of o vor ?'?'00,000, there
is practically notHing.
liven lu Chimney.
Wabash, Ind., (Jet; 2a. ?When Train?
master Courtriglft built a fire in his
if idence he was astonished to discover
a thick ^stream of a "strange, sticky
liquid run dowpi tho E*tove?|)lpc and
over the floor... He cleaned it- Up, but
as it continuedflow, made i ail In?
vestigation, whieJi revealed tbe. fact
that a swarm of-l>eos had lodge*} jn,.the
chimney during the hot weather, and
had made a large* cjifantity c?f honey,
which, when the natural gas fire was
lighted, ran down the Hue. The chiijo
ney was cleaned of -tts Siicchftrin^ . con
tiu.ts and Mr. CduVtrijglit4bas had no,
furt her trouble. .,
Hunter r nt-.tlly Slmt.
INDIANAP0I.18, Ind.,"Oct." ?Joseph
Gardner was instantly killed Sunday
while squirrel hunting. Gardner^ with
tljree companions, drov9, "teu miles
south of the city. In pulling -his gun ?
out of the wagon the hammer caught,
ind Gardner received the charge in his
".bdomen.
DISOBEDIENCE
Can*** Another Terrlbt? Itailro*t<l "Wreck?
Twenty-Six Corpse* an<1 a Number of
j \Ynni:<lc<l I'ecoTeroU.
j Battle Cuekk, Mich., Get 31.?The
j worst wreck of this year occurred at 4
I o'clock Friday morning in the yards of
the Grand Trunk Line, close to tho
I round house in this city, "by which nt
least twenty-sis persons lost their lives
and double as man}' more were badly
injured.
I A Raymond & Whitcomb special train
of passengers from New York and Bos
I ton was returning from Chicago. The
[ train was in charge of Conductor Scott.
I of this city, and Engineer Wooley, and
j too';: ichs at this station to meet at
: Nie".. . No. 0, the Pacific express going
went, due at this station at 1:35 o'clock
this morninf, but which was three
hours late.
The conductor or engineer, or both,
of the Raymond special, disobeyed
orders and passed Nichols station and
collided with the Pacific express com?
ing west at tho rate of about thirty
miles an hour. The two engines were
driven into each other and are a total
wreck. The one on the express was No.
158, a new Took engine, in use only two
weeks.
The engineers and firemen when they
saw that a collision was inevitable,
shut off steam, reversed engines, put
on brakes and all jumped and escaped
without serious injury. The engineer
of the Pacific, express was named Gil
Cranshaw and the conductor Hurt The
conductor \was badly hurt by being
caught in the ear.
When the collision took place the
second und third day coaches on No. fi.
the train going west, wore completely
telescoped. It was in these cars that
tlx* horrible sacrifice of life took place.
The second coach cut through the third
coach like n knife, and the car passed
over the heads of the sleeping and ill
fnted passengers, who were completely
entombed as if in a furnace.
The passengers in the four coaches
were more or less injured, and in one
of them iNo. 13, called the unlucky
coach, which has been in several acci?
dents before) there were twenty-five
bodies taken from the wreck Friday
morning.
They were pinioned under the scatc.
rvnd jammed np against the end of the
coach by the next coneh. which had
telescoped it, and then burned like rats
in a trap.
T he accident was a mile from the fire
station, and before water could be
turned on the ears were all burned.
The Pacific express was made up of
thirteen old coaches, and four of them
were completely burned, catching lire
from the lamps in the ears.
The bodies were burned so badly
ns to ho unrecognizable. Nearly all
had their heads, arms or legs burned
off. and can not be identified as yet.
As the second ear was drive n back into
the third it sweat the people in a mnss
to the north end of the latter car in the
vicinity Of the Move, before which most
of the In die", were afterwards found.
The ears took tire, ami in an instant
they were all in a blazo. The night
yardmen and the neighbors in the vr
einitv were on the scene as soon as pos?
sible*
One passenger escaped through a
doorway. Others who escaped mashed
out the windows and climbed through.
Only three escaped from the left side,
and not more than six from the other
side. .All of the rest of the occupants
?f the second coach perished.
The most horrible ?ight was that pre- !
seated by Mrs, Charles Vandusen, of
Fort Plain, N. V. Mie succeeded in
getting half way out of the window,
but her legs were fastened, and those
who ran to her assistance could not re
leas" hex*.
She was burned to death before their
eyes with one-half of her body still
hanging out of the window. Before
death came to release her suffering she
gave her name.
Henry C'aufiold, one of the night
clerks at the Chicago ar.dCrand Trunk j
otfiecs, heard the crash, and immcdi- j
ately pulled the fire alarm 'box, and
then telephone i the engine-house and
in formed, them of the wreck. The fire- I
men responded promptly, buttho wreck j
was over a mile away.
The distance of the nearest hydrant j
from the wreck and the difficulty of!
driving the hosewsgon between the
cars and tracks, delayed them till ;
the fire had gained considerable head- j
way.
The awful work ef rescuing the dead
and inj?red was not completed until 0 i
o'clock 1-Viday morning, when the last
body was taken out of the wreck.
Sufticmnt.stretchers were not to be i
had. and the workers nailed boards to- j
get her on which the charred bodies j
were laid; and carried away as fast as |
they were extricated. A temporary I
morgnc was made of a freight -car in
which tb.e-disfigured bodies were placed.
In charge of .local undertakers.
So horribly burned and c harred are ,
the 1 odies lying in this impromptu;
morgue that it*is hardly possible their |
hnntcs will ever be known.' At 9 o'clock \
twenty-six dead bodies had been taken '
out of the ruins of the wrecked cars ,
r.nd this, is .Mipposed to be the total;
number of *. iatirns.
As fast as the charred, fatchels,
valises, pocketboolcs, watches, etc., ;
were recovered from'tiie debris, they
were turned over to the police officials.
It is hoped that some of these grim !
relies will give a clew to the identity ,
of some of those who und such an aw?
ful death. Many of the watches were
of gold and one of the poeketbooks
contained nearly* $50tt,
A Tubllc Funeral for .>I-\c.llu!ion.
Pahin, Oet, ? At a cabinet meeting
held Friday to decide upon the details
of the public funeral which the govern- j
ment has now decided to give to the re- |
mains of Marshal MacMahon, it was
?announced*'that the body of "the ex-j
president would lie in state at the j
church of La Madeline, and that it |
would afterward be taken to the In- :
val'ides. and that' M. Dupuy, minister of I
public instruction; and.Gma Loizitlbri, j
minister of war will make addressses j
Upon the occasion. It has also been j
-decided to give the remains of Gounod,.!
the great composer, a public funeral.
Steamboat lloiler Explodes.
Chahi.'-siu.v, W. Va..O :t. 2b?Steam?
er Ben Woods' boiler blew up Friday
just below here, fatally scalding Joe
Nichols and badly scalding two;
.others. The boat was shoving eight
empty, barges against a swift currents
and had on top much steain. 1
! FJJTY-THIBD CONGRESS.
Special hcsiloa,
Washington, Dot 17.?Senate?The amend
menu to tho rules Introduced by Mr. Lodge,
wore discussed Monday by Senators Harris,
Vest, Aldrich and FUL The reat of tho day
was occupied by Mr. Jones, of Nevada, who
continued before a large and Interested audi?
ence hl> argument In behalf of silver.
Ilor^r?The house Monday afternoon passed
the McCrenry Mil, with the amendmentsoffered
by Mr. Geary and Mr. Catninetti. The bill as
parsed extends the provisions of the Geary law
nix months, defines Chinese laborers ana
Chinese merchants, makes mandatory pboto
praphic Identification, requires marshals to
carry out orders for deportation, jailing China?
men without bail ponding the execution of tic
Donation writs, and excludes Chinamen eon
viced of felony from permission to register.
Mr. Geary declares that the bill as parsed is
perfectly satisfactory to the coast, and If en
forced at the oxniratlon of the time limit will
scttip tho Chinese problem.
Washington. Oct. IS.? Senate? Tuesday
was devoted by the rennte to the senate itself,
and that body was liherally roa.it':d by th'
members themselves. Nothing more severe of
the senate has been said cutsid'- than was said
on The Inside Tuesday. Mr. Sherman made a
personal address to tho democratic majority,
and amon7 otaer thirds said; "If you can't ilo
anything yourselves, in God's name leave mat?
ters to us, nnd we wili act" Mr. Sherman de?
clared that tho republicans have always acted
while In ihr- majority, boldly, harmoniously,
patriotically, and now the democrats, in ma?
jority, can not agree with one another nor with
their president, ncr ha with them.
I! orpk?A bill dispensing -.vi th proof of lov
ally In the ens^s of perRons who before th<? wr.r
wero entitled to pensions or to bounty lands,
was objected to by Mr Burrows (rep., Mich )
os far as the pension clause wns concerned
Thereupon Mr. Gates, who had charge of the
measure, courteously withdrew th" pension
clause, and the bill was passed Then camp up
th? Cox banking bill for the better control of
national banks, and, after a cordial exchange of
viows between Its supporters sind opponents,
it vrh agreed to without dissension There*
malader of the day was consumed in considera?
tion of the public p Inline bill. Without dis?
posing of it the house at ? o'cloc'; adjourned
Washington, c.ct. 10.?Senate?The senate
resumed session at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the expiration of the recess tsken
Tuesday evening. Mr Morgan .D., At a.) look
tho tloor on the motion of Mr. Dolph to amend
the. journal so as to show the prosence of Mr.
Allen when the roll was called at (5:30 o'clock
Monday evonlng, that senator having failed to
answer when his name was called. At the con?
clusion of Mr. Morgan's speech, Mr. Voorhces
moved to lay on the table the motion of Mr.
Dolph to amend the journal Agreed to?yeas.
45; nays, 3. Mr. Teller fit. Col.) moved to
amend the Journal so that It would show his
presence on a certain roll-call when ho did not
rospond to his nsme, and ho addressed the pen
ate. At 5:15 p. m. Mr. Voorhces moved that
the senate tako a recess until It) o'clock Tburn
day morning, which was agreed to.
riOUSE?Mr. Wolverton, from the committee
on judiciary, called up tbe bill to reduce and
regulate the fees of clerks of 17. s district and
circuit courts a-.d the returns made by district
attorneys, marshals r.nd commissioners, and it I
was passed. Mr. Geary then called up the New
York and Now Jersey bridge b!lL Pewitt. j
Warner, of New York, and Geary almost came j
to blows in a dispute over an amendment to the
bill, after which It was passed. The house ihen
resumed consideration of the printing DHL A
proposition lo publish 403, QPO a Idltionnl copies
of ;i:c "Horse book" excited a good deal of dis?
cussion, They cost fifty cents per volume. A
Compromise providing for 75, OX) copies was
agreed upon At 5 o'clock, without eomplct- [
ir.g the consideration of tho bill, the home ad- i
Journed.
Washington, Oct. 20.?Senate?Vv hen the
senate Thursday entered upon the third di- 1
vision of the legislative day of Tuesday, at the ;
e: piratlon of the recess at 10 o'clock Thursday
less than a dozen senators wer.- present.
Exactly half an ho'?r wns consumed in securing I
a qrorma The Now York, and New Jersey
bridge bill was laid before the senate and re?
ferred to the commute e on commerce. A re?
port from the iln.mce committee was presented, i
showir.g the probability of a deliclency In the
revene.es of the government The committee
shows a deficit for the f;r-1 three months of thy
pr< sent lisis-il year to be over -tM.OW.OOO, at the
rate of IW.OOO.OO? for the year.
Herst -Mr. Outhwaite, from 'he committee j
o:i rules, reported a special erd< r for the con?
sideration, of tho bankruptcy bill, beginning
next Monday at 2 o'clock. ;?r.d rontlnuing every
day until disposed of. Tno rul< docs not pro?
vide for the closure, 'j h1' consideration of the*
prhring bill-., .as then reoumcd, but was su* -
pcudod at C cV.ock by a previous order. The
? ouse then procee led to puy i s tribute to tho
memory cf the late Representative Mutchler, j
of Pennsylvania At the conclusion of the me?
morial h ivi? s, the house, at 3;<5p. m., us ;.
furilK r in of resp. cl tu the memory of thu
deceased, adjourned,
Washington. Oct. ?!.?Senate?No business j
of importance transacted Friday.
House?Chairman Snyrcs presented n:i
emergency deiiciency bill, appropriating ?IS7,
ISCft for custodians and ja: itors of public build
iv> v Xiw.o'o for clerks to members. Passed.
Com-idurution ol the bill to compel railroads to
mail; tain stations at town sites In the Cherokee
strip established by the interior depart-'
men:, v..v. then resumed. The bill passe?1,
la tne st'Cond morning beer, Mr. iSyr.um
called tip the bill to remit fifty per cc;it if the
? :i;s due on exhibits ;*.t tho World's fair.
After further debate. Mr. Caminetti effert'd nn
n:r.o:i-..ms:i\ v.'hlch was adopted, extending tho'
provisions of the act to such exhibi s may
be transferred to she Midwinter exposition ac
San Francisco Mr. Aldrich etYered an addi?
tion' .1 amendment to release v..tlrcly from duty
such portions cf the exhibits as are purchased
for or donated' to the Columbian MuMOum at
Chicago. The aaier.dnicn?? of -Mr. Aldrieh ami
Mr. Bynuni wcrj adopt* il As amended Ihe
resoluti?n was then passed without division.
WaIshington, Oct. ' 3.?s e s a te?Twcn ty
minutes were consume:! Saturday morning
when th" senate reassembled after its recess in
securing a qucrum. During much of this wait
Senators Gorman, Hill ar.d Ynorhccs were jn
whispered consultation. Whet: th" forty-thiru
senator was secured, Mr. refer (pop., Has.) re
Kumcdhissprechasraiir.it the repeal bill, and
finished at l:.15 o'clock, when Mr. Jones ('rep,
N'-v.i resumed his argument against Ihe bili.
Af'.r-r addri using tiie s mate forsome tltn.\ Mr.
Vopriiccti ? >'.:e 1 whether it would be r.groenblo
to Mr. Jones to yield in his argument, saying
he tinders tool that th-- senator did not'expect
to conclude Saturday cycling. Mr. Jones re?
plied that he could no: conclude lor two or
throe days, ami would be very glad to yield at
this t'me. Mr. Yb.?r'.i< es ih-m moved an execu?
tive session, after which the s^nato, at 3:45
p. m., took a recess until Monday at ID a. m.
Hoc sr?A bill to'divide the eastern Judicial
district of<Micbtjta*3 Into northern and southern
divisions'was imssed. An interesting discus?
sion of th"' Onaacial condition of th-j treasury
ar.d the country foilowe I. Mr. McMilkn said it
was i o longer possible to Ignore nie financial
et raits in which tit 2 (raasur; was. The iyors
ury was running behind every month. Nothing
had b-ion paid on the sinking fund for some
times ar.d it was notorious Un\t the treasury
had been driven to th" us ? of a portion of the
Sio^foo.oiw {,-old reserve maintained to redeem
outstanding greenbacks to :ue :t current ex?
panses. _,___
Conduotcr Killed by a Urblge.
KewI'C?xc?rd, o., Oct. 2S?Edward
Elliott, a Haltiraorc & Cihio freight
conductor, was instantly killed by be
ini stnick by a briclpe e.-.st (?f here.
The unfortunato imtn was foitnd Sun?
day 'morning' by Night operator .J. A.
Clark, with his skull crushed and. one
hand ofi'.-_
Struck OH at OnyagSi
Cav-c?;a, lit, October 23.-*At n depth
of n 113 feet a vein of petroleum Was
struck by well diggers on the farm of
Pierce Cooms. The well will be deep?
ened in hope of njnding a "paying How
of oil. ?_
Touched In tho Midway.
' World's Fair, Chicago, (>ct 20?
vWliile strolling in the .Midway Plais
ance Thursday Paul Ueinrlc.hsdorf,
a .Cincinnati university student, was
touched for all his money. . Fortunate?
ly his ticket was left, and he took the
next train for his home In Clifton.'
A COLLISION.
Two Passenger Trains Come To?
gether on the P., Ft. W. & C. Road
Twenty-Five Pkiioagcn Hurt, Thrp? of
Whom Will I'rc/bftbly Die?A Teuder
Drlren Into a Coxeh It? Entire
L*OR-th?An Engineer's Mistake.
Moxrop.viu.r, Ind., Oct 23.?Two
heavily loaded passenger trains on the
Pittsburgh, Ft Wayne and Chicago
road earae together at this place early
Sunday morning in a heavy fog. three
persons being probably fatally hurt
and a score more injured.
The second section of the weHt-bound
vestibule train No. 2.1 was on the main
track, waiting the arrival of the second
section of the east-bound passenger No.
4. which was to take the siding and al?
low the west-bonnd train to proceed.
It was ft:80 o'clock, and the air was
filled with a heavy, unpenetrable fog.
which made it impossible for tho engi?
neers to see further than a few feet
ahead of their engines. The east
bound train was in charge erf Milco
Mcfiuinty, of Lima, with Engineer Pob
Cowan and Fireman L. P. Daily, of Ft.
Wayne, Ind., on Engine No. 1R1. En?
gineer Cowan, being unable to see any
land marks with which to juiice where
he was, thought he was near tho
switch, and was proceeding along cau?
tiously, when he w.?s suddenly con?
fronted with the engine of
the west-bound train with a
solid wall behind It in the shape
of ten heavj* vestibule coachcf, and
sleepers, all packed with passengers. [
The train wns only about four rnr- i
lengths off, and the engineer and fire- :
man could not jump, and when'the big |
engines plowed into one another they i
were in the midst of the wreck, <owan 1
being very badly scalded on the lef-t !
side of his horiy, while iris fireman was j
thrown several feel from the track and !
was fonnd with a broken leg and in an !
insonsible condition by the ysassonsrers
O j
who hastened to their rescue. Fireman
Daily was nuconscious and was hurt
internally. Brp.keman Fred Hunt, was
1 ?et ween two of the cars when the crash
came and was also thrown from the
train and picked up unconscious, and j
remained in that condition for several !
hours. The car behind the engine was i
a coach, but none of the passengers In j
this car were Injured, Imt the next two ;
cars were completely wreckod, and
many of the passengers injured more
or less.
Tlie tonder of the engine No. 190 was
driven into the car its entire length,
nnd it i? a miracle that both were not
killed. Engineer Potv was on the en?
gine and Conductor Phipps had charge
of tlie train.
DR. SCHAF?,
One of tho World's Greatest Hi Mo Se.hor
iirs, I'ae&cS Away at 111* Horm in New
York.
? New York, Oct. 23.?Rev. Or. Philip 1
ISchaff. regarded In ma 113'as the gro?t-1
est living authority on exegesis and
church history, died Saturday morning
at his home in this city. No. IS East
Forty-third street. Parabysis was tho
immediate cause of death. Pr. Schaff i
was born in Colre, Switzerland, Jan. 1,
1810, and received his early education
nt the gymnasium of Stuttgart. From
there he went to Tuebingen ami Halle,
and finally to Merlin, where in IS41 ln?
took the degree of P. P.. and passod
examination for a professorship.
For few months after this he traveled
tutor to a Prussian nobleman, and.
vm bis return to Pcrlln. delivered a
course of lectures on the subjects for
which he afterward i ccame noted, and
cm which his reputation will mainly
rest.
For a long while he had been a pro- !
fessor in I'nion seminary, and whs ono
of the authorities in the Priggs conlro- i
rersy.
NATIVE WINES.
Proposition to Levy a Li'jht Tnx to U:.b?3 |
Re venno.
Washington'. Oct. 2".? The ways and
'naean.', committee is considering a new
?source or increasing the revenues of
the government. Foe several days past,
consultations have been held be?
tween members of the committee and
treasury officials relative lothc question
of trying native wines. These wines
have riot hitherto been subjected to
taxation under the internal revenuo
'system of the government, and by
reason of this exemption the industry
has developed into great importance in
j almost all parts of the country, u5
especially in California. They have
hud a strong tendency by reason of
their cheapness to supplant imported
wines, which are subjected <-> r heavy
tariff lax, and can be made the sourco
of a large revenue wen with a compar?
atively tight tax imposed upon thcr
manu 9 et uro and sale.
DUEL IN THE DARK.
A ivo Yulparnl*" Ofllrer Itoufs Post
Of?cu Thieve*.
VJhxPATiAiso, Ind., Oct. ?3.?A bald
?tfcy.npt wn , made at mi might to rob
,*.thc post, offieo. Policeman Willovghby
' -w?is just entering the alley when ho
was ordered to hold up his hands. Flo
reached for his gun and the thieves
?commenced shooting '1 he cfiicer re?
turned the tire and u trail of blood was
found for over five blocks .Saturday
morning;. The ofliccrs are making a
?search of tho city, as they are sure one
of the robbers was i?adly wounded.
This is the fifth attempt to burglarise
the of?ce this year.
?* Ein Skull Cru. liei.
Trt.axi.e, 0., Oct es.?Win. Draper
Was struck by the limb of a falling
tree at Ferrid?le, Saturday morning,
?nd| his' skull was fractured: fie was
rurfdered unconscious by the- blow and
It is hardly probable that he will ro*
cv.ver.
/ - Bis Ft- Worth Failure. '.
I' MEMrnr?. Tenn., Oct The Com
\ niercial's Ft Worth (Tex.) specia* says:
I "Stratton .v White. ek'C^ical and gen
[ eral implement dealers, died a decti of
. trust for siOO.000, with but $50.000 pre
; ferred. This is'the large.'.I failure Ft.
' Worth ever experienced-" \
I Rict Act Postol
j -v?a.co:.. Mo.. Oct. 20.?'J he i>a/:t\vijle
;eonl mine strikers. Thursday, by force
i induced the miners at Ardmoro to ?mir,
? work. The riot act has been p'^tc?t
i,?ad Sheriff White preparing fur
^trouble.
A SOUHERN KICK.
Tho Charleston .New? and Courier Scores
the Sllvorlte*.
Charleston, S. C, Oct 21.?Com?
menting' in the Atlanta Constitution
criticism of Henry Watterson's review
of the silver struggle in the senate the
News and Courier says:
"The Atlanta Constitution is 'not
looking to John Sherman for counsel
or wise rebuke.' It prefers to train
with Peffer to follow the path blazed
out by the silver senators to stand in
with the miners who want to force the
government to buy what they have
lo sell at a tetter price than they
can get for it in the open market to
tack the South onto the tail of free sil?
ver kite. We arc not surprised that
the Constitution should choose such
company. The compromise of which
it speaks have all been in this fight of
mine owners in favor of continuing in
some form or other the vicious policy
which has brought tho country to the
verge of bankruptcy. The anti-silver
senators are pursuing the only patriotic
and honest course left open to them.
They should not go Into any caucus in
the interest of cheap money. Tart}"
harmonj'' at the expense of party hon?
esty should be dearly bought. The
southern senators who are filibustering
against the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law arc wrecking the demo?
cratic party. The rest of the country
can stand it if the south can."
SORE ARMS.
Two Million Will Homi He ?he T.-ee, d In
New York.
New Yokk. Oct 21 ?President '?Vil?
sen, of the board of health, riecb\iod
that he is "going to see that every per?
son in this city is vaccinated." This is
a stupendous task whon it is considered
that there are clo.se to 2,C00,C00 souls in
New York, but a very good beginning
has been made and tho work is prog?
ressing rapidly. A daj- force and a
night force is at work. The work will
necessarily take considerable time, and
can only be done by house to house vis?
itation.
Four night schools weio visited
Thursday night and upwards of .*><>0 pu?
pils wore vaccinated. Nine inspectors
were detailed Friday night to six i ther
night schools. The vaccinators nearly
finished their work Friday among tho
employes in the big establishments.
All the eraplo3*es of hotels have been
inoccttlatcd, as have the hundrods of
children at the Now York Infant asy?
lum at Mt Vernon. The vaccinators
will not get through with the inmates
of the public institutions on Hlaekwell's
and Ward's Islands before the middle of
next weok. Next week, however. Wall
street brokers and their employes will I
be required to expose their biceps for 1
scarification. The work will be bej.'un
among the 3,000 odd members of tho
police force also next week, and after
them the firemen.
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Ono Showman Klllr:l and About ;i I>t?/on
Seriously Hurt.
Clarksburg. W. Va., Oct. 21.?A dis?
astrous rear-end collision occurre i at
Bridgeport, five, miles east of this city,
early Friday morning. Ikimum'sshow
was running in five sections. The fir. t
section, being heavily loaded, was pull?
ing ver}' slowly up a heavy grade, x"'>
ing about two or three miles an hour.
Suddenly, without an instant's warn?
ing;, tho second section, a light train,
came dashing around a curve at twenty
five miles an hour and crashed into tha
rear of the first section. Two rear
sleeping cars wore telescoped and t.ho
occupants pinioned in their berths or
thrown violently to the front end of
the car. About a dozen were hurt,
half being seriously, and one, at least,
fatally injured.
The killed and injured are as fol?
lows:
Frank Everett, New York", both legs
cutoff, died in a few minutes after be?
ing removed from the wreck.
Ueorge (?Minore, New York, injured
internally; thought several times dur?
ing the day to be dying; may recover.
Robert Nellson, New York; J. P.
Frederick, Allentown, Pa; Harry Mar?
shall, Pittsburgh; Nathaniel Merrill,
New York; Charles Mills and F.. K.
Richey, llonesdale, I'e., were all seri?
ously, but none fatally injured.
LOOKING TO CLOTURE.
Senator Voorhees Gives Notice of Amend?
ment to the llulo*.
Wa?IIIXGTOX, Oct 21.?Senator Voor
hees gave notice of an amendment to
tlie rules when the senate convened
Friday morning. It provides that
when a bill or resolution pending in
the senate as unfinished business shall
have been debated thirty days am' sen?
ator may move to fix a time for taking
a vote thereon. Such motion shall not
be amendable nor debatable, an 1 if
passed tlie pending bill or resolution
shall be voted upon at the time fixed.
The senate then went into executive
session.
Mr. Morgan (by rennest) introduced
a bill to facilitate the collection of
debts payable to the Fnitcd States from
government-aided railroad companies
and to enforce the accountability of
directors of said companies.
Tue Twenty-Seventh Victim.
Detroit, Mich., ?ct. 21.?At 10:40
Friday night it was reported from tiie
hospital that Frank II. Smith of Ft,
Plains, N.Y.twhose limbs were so bndly
crushed in the Battle Creek railroad
collision, so as to compel amputation,
could not Jive more than an hour. This
brings the death list up to twenty
seven.
Held Up a Freight Train by Mistake.
Springfield, Mo., Oct. 21.?An at?
tempt was made to hold up the 'Frisco
passenger train which left Ft. Smith at
1.05 Friday morning, bnta freight,which
prccedod the passenger train, was mis?
taken for the latter and held up. Five
or six ofiieers were placed on the fol?
lowing passenger train, but no effort
was made to hold it up
Cholera.
tVATCROSS, <ia., Oct. 21.? Three new
cases of yellow fever developed Thurs?
day at Jessup, all white. J. IL Wil?
liams was discharged, J. II. (Iray is
better.
Death of t'ouductor and Fireman.
j Tottkxvillk, S. I., Oct. 21}.? A train
on the Amboy division of the Staten
Island railway ran into an open switch
Sunday afternoon, causing the death of
Conductor Frank Davis and fatally in?
juring Fireman Wallace Bedell.
EDITOE WATEKSON
Reads the Riot Aot to Southern
Senators for Obstructing Repeal.
Cleveland's Immolation Mar 1*? Rotrlbo*
tloo Upon tbo Deniocrntlo Party, Per.
baps Destroy It, Hat There's a Peoplo
to Condemn, a ?'.cd to Pnnlsh. ?
Louisville. Ky., Oct SW.?Kdito*
Henry Watterson, of the Courier-Jour?
nal, in a two-column leader Th?rs-: :y
morning1, reads the riot act to tl.jso
Southern senators who have obstructed
the silver repeal, and predicts disaster
for the democratic party.
He says: "The spectacle of tho e> tra
session, and more particularly ho
scenes of the last few days and tiltfht?%
are enough to call the dead to lib in
defense of the beleagured interests n-\
the departing glory of the ?out ?: a
clique of southern senators nervii { a
combine of silver mine ownors, \a ,:)g
their experience and * such wits ?*? Lro
left thorn, to obstruct the will of ha
people as it was never obstructed 1*.-?
fore, precisel}* as if their own < \ir
lives, or their own dear dollars wore at
stake."
Again he says:
"Perhaps the immolation of Grovcf
Cleveland may be retribution upon lie
democratic part}- for nominating ami
electing him president; perhaps It * ? .y
destroy tho party outright: porhap ii
is ever the will of God for evil to c >rto
to pass that good may follow; but -o
guilty ones will not escape. The* is
one comfort amid fcho desolation i *\t
has enveloped democratic opportun!t es,
and the irretrievable disgrace w .-ft
has fallen on tho democratic part; in
having approvingly submitted to ho
wise rebuke of a republican statcsie. ort,
and that statesman, ,h^]in Sherman
Of the platform pledges upon wi <-ri
the democrucy cume into power, nd
the stubborn, betraying fight within 'ho
ranks now urged against them. Mt\
Watteraon observes:
"We seo the official head, of tho di nv?
ocratlc party ruthlessly insulted with*
out a word of reply or defence from
senators, who, holding democratic c in
missions, aro quiok to rush to th? iid
of mine owners in meanly InsnP.'ng
tholr democratic colleague*. We \eo
tho organization and discipline of ho
democratic part}* blown to atoms, ".fc
by intellectual dynamite, or tho * m
bustion of groat ideas, hut by a most
qtiestionablo train of depreciated < ol
lurs laid in the darkness, and it ii
much to be feared, in the corruption "f
a few silver mines. That is what .vo
sea."
And fn conclusion:
"When tariff reform is beaten, when
the rescinding of the f?deral c' je?
tton laws is beaten, when demoer. * .0
victory is converted into demoer :i#
obliquy and defeat, and when tho busi?
ness interests of the country, deine cd
from healthy Intercourse with tho c r.r
meroial world, aro relegated to :i
plague-stricken comradeship with tl *-i
nations?to-wit; Mexico and fen ;*d
and South America whose m-v?' ??>,
liko their political condition*, are i 1
state of chronic distemper, then ? hi
i these southern and so-called den*, o^r t'd
senators learn in .?ober earnest t . i
there is a people to condemn. ?
God to punish, alike the faith iv.% . .1 i
tho incapable."
??-??" *s* -?
A BUILDING FALLS.
Accident lit nopklrixriMr Fatally f?J' - <<
Two Men.
HoPKtNSVir.lr, ivy., Oct / 1
o'clock Thursday morning :V lull: ;/
occupied by the IllumcnsUcl < arri 0
Manufacturing Co., of this city ?
lapsed, killing one man and ser'or.
in all probability fatally, wor.rv 17
two others. The building, whicTi '.1
a two-story brick, was undergoing ?
pairs at the time. 'I he hriek.i l.1 .?
down had beon piled on the Hoor of ho
second story,ami as tho building h ?.d >t
been properly braced the weight of ii :u
caused the collapse. John Warne 1?
bricklayer from Nashville, Tenm, 1
caught and instantly killet! by tho ! "?
ing bricks, which crushed Iiis chest :u
Charles Davis, a bricklayer from C!?
villo, Tenn., was caught in the ? ? '?
and had both legs broken an I
tained internal injurios, fr< in whieJ. ..j
will die. A man whose name was .1
known was also fatally hurt r'-ey? :1
other workmen .sustained Injurid n m
or less serious. Tho building Is a V< :.l
wreck.
RIOT AT A DANCR
Two Killed ond n Numoer fcrlw. 1
Woandod.
Evansvillk, Ind.,Oct 20.?Word .
been received here of a fatal and hh< .;,
riot at Dixon, K}-., during a Nf .<
dance. The affair arose over .? In
some young' Negress and the attonli' t.i
paid her by the young bucks in .:.?
tendance at the dance. One of .t
young Negroes took uinl rage nl ?
bestowed upon a rival, and whir-p g
out a revolver began to shoot, 'i i
was the signal for a genera! riot, r\ ir
ing which more than sixty shot-, r. ro
fired. A white boy who was merely .<\
onlooker at the dance, was killed, -h
was also a Negro. Four or lire oth , i
were wounded. Ten arrests of i 10
participants have been made, while !
of the guilty ones escaped. The r.fi :r
has created, great excitement in that
community.
* m
World's Fair Visitors.
CinrAGO, Oct. 20.?The total admis?
sion Thursday were 334,705, of which
807,417 paid.
A Tank Steamer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.?The English
tank steamer St Helena, tho largest
and fastest vessel of its kind, arrived
Thursday from London. She cro*.\ d
in eleven days and four hours against
head winds and high seas. This record
compares favorably with some of the.
Atlantic liners. She can carry 2,350,000
gallons of crude petroleum.
Robbed of $16,000 on a Sleeper.
Dallas, Tex., Oct 20.?A pullman
car on the Texas and Pacific railrorvd
was raided by n thief Thursday night.
J. T. Dargon, of Dallas, lost 110,000
during the raid.
Millionaire Wells Drowned.
Di'i.t'TH. Minn.. Oct. 20.?A telegram
was received Thursday stating that
Charles li. Wells, the millionaire lum?
berman and capitalist, of Sagiuaw,
Mich, while- out hunting with a party
of friends, was drowned Wednesday
by the upsetting of his canoe.