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XKE Evening Capital. pumlishfo R*ur. rxcci-. O. IaTURPAY, Oct 18. 18H8, THE Mil) HI N HUM Sixty-two People Were Killed or Have Since Hied. STORIES OF EYE WITNESSES Awful Tale* of Buffering—A Pried Who CoMiilen the Arcilent Due to Care- Imiii'U —The Wreck Made 15 Widows and 34 Orphans. Wii.kksbakke, Pa., Oct. 13.—A1l the in jured and dead by the Mud Run accident, with the exception of on? of the former, have lieen removed from the scene of the wreck. Mias Cannon, of Hyde Park, had her back broken anil she cannot be removed. Peter Kline and Terry’Sullivan died Friday m irning. This makes sixty-two victims. The surgixins at the Wilkealiarre hospital say that at h*ast half a d >zen of their imtients will die. The town of Pleasant Valley, where twenty one of the dead made their homes, presents a mournful appearance. On one square in Chestnut Ktnvt nine of theileail find a rest ing pliK-e. The houses eie close blether, and on the front door of each is black craps. Tlie dea<i will l>e buried from the Catholic church. The disaster makes fifteen widows and thirty-four orphans. It is (‘titirnated that the accident will cost the Lehigh V’alley Railroad company half a million dollars to settle with the relatives of the dead and injured. . Scranton, Pa., Oct. 12. Walter Mo- Nichols of the Scranton postoflloe gives the following thrilling account of his experience in the 1 high Valley disaster on Thursday night: “I was on the train following the one that was run into, sitting in a car about the mid dle of the train. The llmt 1 knew of the ac cident was the sudden and tremendous jarring of the train. It was then aiout 7:45 o'clock. Two engines were pulling tho train on which I was. As soon as the crash oe currod, tho people who filled the hind train at once rushed for tho doors. The jam was fenrful. Tho people went out of the windows jiellinoll, and tho first I saw was the forward engine of our train jammed right into tho hind coach of the forward train. Tho cars had taken fire from the broken lamps, but the flames were quickly extinguished by the use of buckets. ■“The scenes were fearful. Bodies were wedged in lietween the seats and among the brok it t haliers. One man was held down by the dome of tho engine of our train which had crashed upon him. Another had tried to oscajie by the windows of the car, but was caught in the crash and the life squeezed out of him. He was pinned between the tim bers. Others were moaning and n’ying most piteously. Stea,u from the engines scalded severely all those who were held down by tho broken seals and timbers Ido not think there was one in tho last car of the front train who escaped alive. My sister, Katie, Maggie Can non and my father were among those in the first train, and of course my thoughts at oni'e went toward my own relatives. But in the excitement it was impossible for me to trace them until nearly an hour had elapsed. Then I found my father, who was injured about the legs l>y Wing caught Im tween the scuts nud my sister, who Itadjsuf fered from scalds about the face and hands from the escaping steam. Miss Cannon was imdly injured, mainly from scalds, and it was not thought at the time that she would recover. Joe Camion was also in the scat with his sister and my sister, but lie got off with a very slight scratch. “On every hand willing persons were at work, rescuing the injured, cutting away the oars and tnkiug the people away to lie cared for. The scene was too terrible to witness, and a thrill of horror passes through me to endavor to detail it.” The Rev. Father J. V. Movlan, rector of St. Peter’s eatliedml. who reached the sceue of the accident shortly after the collision, makes the following statement: “I saw .mo little cadet who hail met his fate in this way, with his hands clasped to gether as if in prayer, nud clutched cl, >se to his tenqieranoe Iwdge. .Several had their limbs chopped off in the effort to extricate them, and in the breaking of ears with axes some persons were struck on the head and killed. The number of bodies placed on the special train to come up the valley was fifty seven. One body was found across the river after the train started and four others died in the hospitals, making the total number of deaths at present sixty-two. “I consider the accident a criminal pi*e of ivcklossnras,” added Father Movlan, “and tho conduct of the company's officials after ward cruel and reprehensible.” In Congress. Washington. Oct. 13. — At the conclusion of tho morning hour in the senate Senator Cha-e resunnxi his remarks on the tariff hill. Mr. Chaoe was followed by Mr. Call on the same subject. In the house the conference report on the Fourth of July claims bill was agreed to. The report of the Stahlnecker in vestigating committee was adopted. It was agreed hat when the house adjourned it lie until Monday. Tho private calomlar was then taken up. Fun ml Dead In His Office. TORONTO, OnL, Oct 11—non. Jam'S Pat ton, collector of custom i for tnis jiort, was found dead in his office in tha custom hous?. The body was found lying in the open door of the vault Death was apparently caused by apoplexy. Cotelle Sale for the Present. BARN’ST ABUS, Mas*, Oct IS.—ln the su perior court the jury in the case of Philip Colelle, charged with shooting Miss Minnie Chapman, in Deunisport, on March 8, re- ! ported a disagreement Poisoned by a Half Witted Boy. Hartford, Oct 13.—Mrs. C. S. Russell, an estimable old lady living at Rock Land ing, had several hundred dollars in cash se creted in the house waiting opportunity tc take it to the bank. She carelessly revealed her possession of it to Arthur Rich, an over grown boy of 17, who has been employed on general work about the place. He is only half witted. but knew enough to concoct a |dot to secure the old lady’s money. With 14k> object of getting her out of the way, he procured a quantity of Paris green and {Hit a large tcaspoonful in her cup of tea Tuesday evening. Mrs. Russell was taken ill, but tbt effects of the overdose and of a household emetic which she took saved fyir life. Rick confessed his crime an<f gave as his only ex planat ion that he wanted the money to bay a double barreled gun. Rwrt Ofc OaOTalT' THE INTERSTATE LAW. President Adam* Lays the General Kail road Demoralization at Its Boor. Chicago. Oct. 13. —President Adams, of the Union Pacific road, who was in the city on bis way east, said that he thought the in terstate law is greatly responsible for the demoralization in railroad affairs, and ex perience has shown that it is not based upon sound principles. The inability of roads to make lower rates on traffic between large commercial centers and intermediate local points, he says, has the effect of driving the business away from large points, and the prohibition on pools is leading to a general consolidation of roads. The weaker lines, being unable to compete against strong lines on even terms, will be forced out of existence and be absorbed by the strong lines. Saved by Brave Fire Laddies. Chicago, Oct 13. Several lives were saved by the prompt action of members of engine company No. 17 at a fire at No. 86 to to ini West I.nke street The fire started in ttasement of No. 86 West Lake and extended to the building at Nos. 90 and 93, occupied by Albert Gildemeister, who kept a saloon on the ground floor and lodging rooms above. In the sleeping apartments were Giidemeia ter’s wife, tliree daughters, eleven lodgers and a servant. The lodgers were aroused by (.'apt. Anderson and Lieut Case of engine No. 17, and Mr. Gililemeister's three daugh ter* were carried out of the house uncon scious by George B. H irgan, the engineer of the company. The d image caused by the fire was about $2,000. Questions liaised by the Chinese BUI. San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 13.—Judge Lo renzo Sawyer, of the United States circuit court, returned from Oregon and issued two writs of halieas corpus, designed to test some of the questions to lie raised over the right of Chinese, arriving here after the Chinese exclusion act went into effect, to land. One writ was for a Chinaman arriving by the steamship Belgic, who bad a return certifi cate, and the question raised is whether con gress can constitutionally deprive the Chinese holding custom house certificates of the right to return. In the other cam the question is as to whether Chinamen without certificates, in transit to this country at the time the act went into foroe, come under the provisions of the act. A Proposed Union of Miners. PITTHBt’RO, Pa., Oct 13.—Master Work man liewis, of National district assembly No. 135, Knights of composed of coal min ers, lias called a special meeting to be held in Columbus, ()., on Dee. 4, to devise some method of more effectually uniting and solidifying the mining craft, and to take such action ns may lie noc(*sßary preparatory to meeting in joint convention with tho Na tional Federation of Miners and Mine Labor ers on the following day. Murdered hy HU Parishioners. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13. —Dr. Alfred Wil liams (colored 1 is the {\astor of the Antioch colored church in Edgewoori. Koine time ago he formed a co-operative store among his parishioners with himself as storekeeper. Dissensions soon arose. The store was put into the hands of twi receivers. The preacher was found in the woods with more than a hundred buckshot wounds in his body, in flicted by memliers of his congregation. He will tlie. Liquor Selling Druggists In Trouble. Brockton, Ml'S., Oct. 13.—0 n the heels of the decision in the supreme court yester day, which resulted in the denial of the mo tion to force the Brockton aldermen to issue drug store licens-s, the jxdice raided the stores of S. M. (Hidden, Everett F. Bowker, George W. Packard and Eugene Linehan, all prominent druggists, obtaining a large quan tity of liquors and arresting the proprietors. All of them were bailed out. Death of Col. George W. Wallace. Nkw York, Oct. 13. A dispatch from Orange, N. J.. announces the death there of Col. George W. Wnlloi-e from typhoid fever. Col. Wallace hail been a deputy clerk of the New York city court for fifteen years, serv ing during the term of John Y. Savage, who died a few days ago. Col. Wallace obtained his rank in the regular army, having served with distinction on the Indian frontier and in the Mexican war. A Canadian Minister Talks W’ar. New York, Oct. 13.—A World special from Montreal says: “Minister of State Cha plea u made a wild s|*>ch here at a ban quet to Mr. White, tlie new member for Cardwell, and son of the late minister. He eulogized Blaine and talked war, suprising everybody. He spoke of Canada's coolness •nder existing circumstances, but most pleased the representative audience by refer ring to Canadian defenses. ” Another Money Package Lost. Bradford, Pa., Oct, 13. Foreman Moore, of the National Transit company, at Coler ville, Pa., received a |>ackage Wednesday morning which should have contained $1,730, but instead only contained several copies of The Pittsburg Dispatch. It had been sent from tlie company’s headquarters at Oil City and robbed on the way. An investigation is being made, A New Road to Denver. Topeka, Kau., Oct.. 13.—A charter has Ixvn filed with the secretary of state for the Dodge City and Denver Railway company. Tlie corporation proixvses to build and op erate a line of standard gauge railway, with a line of telegraph in connection therewith, from Dodge City to Denver. The estimated length of the road is 375 miles: capital stock, $2,000,000. Bookkeeper Smith's Stealings. Worcester, Mass., Oct, 13.—Childs, Smith <fc Co., boot ami shoe jobbers, state that an examination of their )*x>ks shows that their missing bookkeeper, L. W. Smith, has been stealing from them in amounts of from (25 to SSO for a long time. The total amount of the pilfering will be very large. The money was squandered in fast living. A Doable Murder in Havana, Havana, Oct. 13. —Senor Domingo Ba | nuda y Dela Riva, a Havana millionaire, 1 and his wife were found (bordered at their residence on Wednesday. Their daughter, her husband and two servants have been ar rested on suspicion of committing the murder. Emperor William Visits the Pope. Rome. Oct. 13.—Emperor William visited tlie Vatican at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and uas received by the pope in the Throne hall. The ceremonies attending the reception of the emperor by the pope were on a Colossal scale and very unpressiva Commodore Owen*’ Widow Insane. Chicago, Oct. 13.—Mrs. Surah J. Owens, wife of the late Commodore Owens, has been formally declared insane. She was gives into the custody of friends. The Athletics Get “Kid" Gross. Lot is* ILL*, Ky., Oct IS.—“Kid” Cross, a gafcSiSGir. bWu And (0 fhs AtatraM at f-^oW. THE A. O. V. XT. COHTBOYKM* A Celebrated Case Ended in Dm Mola Henry Hock’* lain ranee. Dks Moines, la., Oct. 13. —A deeixian has been rendered in tbe supreme court in the Ancient Order of United Workmen contro versy. The case came from Clinton county, where Henry Bock was a member of Schiller lodge. After the division in the order in 1883, at which time Schiller lodge remained with the state organization, Bock and several otter members united in organizing a new lodge, called Loyal lodge. The grand lodge, na tional branch, refused to issue to him a new certificate without the surrender of the for mer one. Bock kept up his dues in both lodges until his death. The state grand lodge paid the full amount of the certificate held by his wife, taking np the receipted certificate. Like claim was then made upon tbe Loyal grand lodge, but payment was refused with out the surrender of the certificate, which the claimant could not produce. Suit being brought, the district court found for the defendant. Tbe supreme court affirms tbe finding on the ground that Bock had only one contract of insurance, the full amount of which plaintiff has received. Laura Lent Pleads Not Guilty. Brooklyn, Oct. 13. —The amateur opera singer, Laura Lent, who is alleged to have stolen a diamond pin and ring from Jeweler Taylor, has been indicted by the grand jury in the court of sessions. The indictment charges her with larceny in the second de gree. Miss Lent put in an appearance in j court and pleaded not guilty. She is out on bail pending trial. A Decoration for Patti. London, Oct 13.—The sum of £I,OOO was realized from Mme. Patti’s charity concert at Swansea The French consul there, on behalf of President Carnot, has decorated Mme. Patti as Offlcier de I’Academic des Beaux Arts for ter assistance to the French hospital. Death of a Well Known Manufacturer. Boston, Oct 13. —Josiah Webb, well known the world over as the manufacturer of Webb’s chocolates, died at his home in Milton, aged 77. He began the manufacture of chocolate in Milton in 1847 and continued in the business 35 years, amassing a fortune. The Jury Disagreed. Buffalo, Oct 13.—The jury in the Ster wood-Dunning case, in which Sherwood wanted SIO,OOO for the loss of his wife’s af fection, after being out twenty-four hours reported that they were unable to agree and were discharged. To Christen the Petrel. Washington, Oct 13.—Miss Virginia Schley, daughter of Capt W. 8. Schley, chief of the bureau of equipment and recruit ing, has been selected to christen the gun boat Petrel, which is to be launched at Balti more Saturday afternoon. Run Ashore to Avoid Collision. Boston, Oct. 13.—The brig Rocky Glen, Copt. Bray, from East Harbor, Turk’s Island, while coining up the harbor was run ashore on the spit, near Bug Light, to prevent her from colliding with another vessel. She lies easy. The Havana Clgarmakers* Strike Ended. New York, Oct, 13.—A prominent agent for Havana cigars in this city has received a cablegram from Havana stating that the strike of the cigarmakers there is at an end. No particulars are given. Russian Money Market Excited. St. Petersburg, Oct. 13.—The mouey market here has been much agitated during the week. There have been large fluctuations in rubles, often occurring in a few minutes. A heavy fall is feared. Death of a Veteran Newspaper Man. Des Moines. la.. Oct. 13.—L. L. Ayres, telegraph editor of The Des Moines Leader and a veteran newspaper man, died from a stroke of paralysis received two weeks ago. J. I. Case's Danghter Wedded. Racine, Wis., Oct. 13.—Miss Amanda Case, youngest daughter of Hon. J. L Case, was married to Jonathan J. Crooks, of San Fran cisco, at the residence of the bride. The Weather. Local rains and storms, followed by cooler, easterly winds, shifting to westerly. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. New Yore. Ocr. 18.—Money 2>4<g*3 per cent. Exchange steady: posted rates. $4.8i46@4 89; actual rates, $4.84@4.8444 for 60 days and 4.8844 <sbl tft>44 for demand. Governments steady; cur rency 6s, 181 bid; 4s, coupon, 18744 bid; 4>4s, do., 106V4 bid. The stock market opened dull but firm, and in the early dealings advanced 44 to 44 per cent, on a moderate buying. After the first call the mar ket became excessively dull, and the early ad vance was wholly lost by midday. Tbe market at tbe close was barely steady. Only 10,000 shares were sold during the morning. Closing bids: West. Union Tel... 85?4 Chicago A A1t0n..178 Adams Express—ls 3 Del. A Hudson 118 U. S. Express 8044 Del., L A W 142*4 C..CL.C. AL...... 6844 Brie. 29*4 N. Y. Central 10544 Kansas A Texas... 1144 N. J. Central Lake Shore 10844 Illinois Central ... 118 Northwest. 11844 Northern Pacific.. 2644 Do. pref 144 Da pref 6044 Pacific Mail 3744 Central Pacific,... 3544 Beading 54 Missouri Pacific.... 8144 Bt. Paul 67 Texas Pacific 24J4 Wabash 15 Alton AT. H Bur. A Quincy, 114 Canada Southern.. 5544 Ore. R’y A Nav... 9444 Canada Pacific ... 5744 Ore. Trans 3044 General Markets. Naw Yore, Oct. 11.—FLOUR—Quiet but strong: Minnesota! extra. $3.8E&7.50; winter wheat, extra, $&854557.25; city mills extra, $5.75 ®5.90 for West Indies. 1 WHEAT—lrregular; receipts, 1,680 (bushels; shipments, none; No. 1 red state, $1.16451.17; No. 2, do., $1.1844: No. 2, red winter, November, $1.1394; do., December, $1.1544. CORN—Quiet; receipts, 16,750 bushels; ship ments, 70.573 bushels; No. 2 mixed, 53c. cash; da, October, 5244 c.; do , November, 5346 c. OATS—DuII; receipts, 101,600 bushels; ship ments, C 75 bushels; No. 1 white state, 43c.; No 2, do., 3044; No. 8 mixed, October, 30c.; do., Nov ember. 3094 c. RYE—Dull BARLEY—Nominal PORK—DuII and weak; new mess, $16,250 16.73 LARD—Nominal; $9.10 October; $9.70 Kovem her. MOLASSES—NominaI TURPENTINE-Firm and fairly active at unchanged prices. BOGIN—Firm; strained to good, $14*1.65. PETROLEUM—DuII; refined in barrels, 7?*c. FREIGHTS—DuII; grain to Liverpool, steam, BUTTER—Strong and slightly higher for some grades; western fancy, *4©2lJ4c. CHEESE—Weaker and leas active; Ohio fiat, 844®1044c. BOGS—Steady and fairly active; eastern, 22@ 2244 c.: western, 19&22c. RlfE—Nominal! SUGAR—Refined, quiet: cut loaf and crashed. THE WORTHINGTON Prescription Counter. PATENTED APRIL J 36, 167©, Systema Omnia Vincit. Revolving t helves. Revolving Drawers. Simple, ingenious, useful, and eminently practical for compounding Prescrip on s; so pronounced by the highest medi> *1 authority in the land. SAVES TIME. SAVES SPACE. S4VES LABOR, anl PROTECTS H ! JVAN LIFE DR. J. MUSE WORTHINGTON, PRICE, #60.00. ANNAPOLIS. MR * % RUDOLPH KAISER A-sflorist,*- raggjfe College Ave., Annapolis. 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