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I H hi SKPALlA WEEKLY BAZOO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1880. A BOLD BL'KtiLAK. s s v 'A He Robs a Missouri Pacific Ex press Car of Fifty Thou sand Dollars. It Is Darkly Hinted He Is Jim Cummings of the Jesse James (Jaiig. But as Frankly Admitted That He Is But Twenty-Five Years of Age. St. Louis, Oct. Mw Adams Express car attached to passenger train N j. 3, on the St. Louis and San Francis railroad which left this citv at 8:25 o'clock last night was robbed of over $50,(XHJ in cash between here and Pacific, Missouri. It stems that as the traia left this city a uiaa giving his name as Cumminss, presented letters to tfco express messenger, Mr. Fothringham, purporting to be signed by the officers of the company, stating that Cummings was about to take a run on the line aud ask ing Fothringhan to GIVE HIM POINTS. When near Merimac the stranger over powered the messenger, gagged him and bound him to the safe, after which he coolly rifled the car, cut open the bags con taining the silver, but took none of it. At Merimac the robber left. The robbery was not discovered until the train reached Pa cific, when the express car was opened and Messenger Fothringham found tied to the safe. The express offi :iais are reticent, but admitted that over $50,Q00 was taken. A singular coincidence is that the thief gave the name of JIM cummin -, the only member of the once ce'ebrated James gang who has never been account ed for. Fothringham say the robber is about twenty-five years old, six feet tall, weight about 200 "pounds, dressei in dark clothes with dark over-coat. He thinks the robber had accomplices as he oeemed to be talking with some one on the front platform of the car. Fothringham is about twenty-four, lives in Ste. Geneveive, Mo., and has been in the employ of the Adams Express company for about four years. Superintendent Damsel says Fothring ham's record has been of the best. He had only been on the Frisco run since .Tine. He worked for the company prior to that time in Kansas City. He had run on the Southern Kansas, the Fort Scott and Gulf and the Missouri Kansas and Texas roads. He had been working for the company in all about four years. Superintendent Damsel and private detect i ve Newcomb had A CONSULTATION with the police authorities this afternoon but at the present writing no formal demand for aid has been made upon the express company. Mr. Damsel stated that every effort is being made to obtain a clew to the robber and to procure his arrest If seems that so far Mr, Damsel and his advisers accept Fothringhams statement as true and that they ar working on that theory but they will not commit themselves fully on this point Superintendent Damsel, of the express company gives the following as the result of the long EXAMINATION OF THE MESSENGER made at the office of the company this morning. "Mr. Fothringham says that as he was about to go out on his run last night, a man came to him with a letter purporting to be signed by myself and Mr. Barrett in structing him to ta ke the bearer, Jim Cummings on his ran as far as Pierce City for instruction. In accordance with these supposed instructions Fothringham took the stranger and set him to work checking up. Then he began his own work. Foth ringham was standing with his back to the stranger, his coat off and the handle of his revolver sticking out of his pistol pocket. About fifteen miles out from the union depot HE WAS ATTACKED FROM THE REAR The stranger gripped his neck with one hand and grasped his revolver with the other. Before Fothringham realized what was being done he was thrown to the floor. He struggl d and fought but the ttranger overcome him and bound him hand and foot Then he put a gag in his mouth and tied him to the safe. Having secured the messenger he proceeded to go through the safe and take all there was in it Several pouches of silver he cut open but left them when he found what the contents were. At Menike some mn working in a lime kiln FLAGGED THE TRAIN on account of an obstruction on the track. While it was standing still some one tried to get into the express car, but the robber stood ove- Fothringham with a revolver and prevented his making any eflort to cry out. At or about Pacific station the rob ber took his plunder and opening the front door of the car went out on to the platform and closed the door after him. What he did after that Fothringham does not know. He lay on the floor of the ear until the fain reached St. Clair, when he was able to get THE THE GAG OUT OP HIS MOUTH. cry out for assistance. The train men hearing him endeavored to get in the back door and finding it locked went around to the front door which the robber had left open, They released him. Foth ringham says the robber.was about six feet high, 24 years of age, weighed about two hundred pounds, he had dark straight hair cut close, a thin dark mustach a low forehead, wore dark clothes and a dark gray over coat, he was GAGGED WITH A HANDKERCHIEF. tied into knots, forced into his mouth and tied around his bead. His hands were tied together behind his back with a silk hand kerchief. Hi6 legs were fastened together with straps taken from valises in the car and with cords and with the heavy strap which was around the safe. He was tied to the handle of the safe. Mr Damsel added in reply to questions that it was the cus'om to send new men out on the road, and that such orders as Fothringham says were presented to him by the robber would be issued either by Route Agent Barrett or himself. He stated that Fothringham telegraphed to the company's department manager that The Express Robbery. St. Louis, Oct. 27. There are no new de velopments in the Adorns express robbery. Mr. Damsel was seen at his office this morning but said that he gave the associ ated press all of the facts in the case, so far as they had come to his knowledge yes terday, and absolutely nothing new had turned up since. In regard to the report that Messenger Frothingham ha i mane a confession, he stated that there was NO TRUTH IN IT, that they were working on the theory that the messengers story was true; that the latter had not been arrest d nor placed under surveilance, but of his own accord was in constant communication with the officers of thecomoany and detectives. The despatches from Springfield printed here this morning giving the story of a man who traveled from St. Louis with an individual who answered the robber s de scription, whose satchel contained a large number of bank notes tied up in packages, was shown Mr. Damsel, who said that if the story was true, it was A VERY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. But there were so many stories afloat of a like nature, that it was difficult to select the probable from the improbable ones. They would investigate the occurrence but double: if it would lead to the discovery of the robber. The detectives have several other clews. "Frothingham in relating in detail his experience with the robber, to-day said : AFTER BINDING ME, Cummings, as he called himself, look the key to the safe from my pocket, unlocked the safe and took the pouches out He then took his gripsack and opening it Uied to force the pouches in without opening them but could not do so. He theu took his knife from his pocket, cut the pouches ojen and removed their contents. He then removed som articles of clothing from his bag and threw the c out of the window of the north side of the car. We were then somewhere HE HAD BEEN ROBBED, and that Mr. Damsel w s notified of the fact about half past one o'clock this morn ing. Mr. Damsel says he cannot yet name the amount stolen, but as the run was unu sually heavy he thinks it will exceed 40,000. Not much is kuown here of Fothringham. It has heen iinposs ble to obtain any - , thing farther of a definite character b ut the robbery to-night. Superintendent Damsel and the private detectives who are ; patiently working up the case have stude oosly KEPT OUT OF SIGHT. to-night and seemed to have iaken special naius to keen out of the wav ol rep rter nor is it known where Fothrirglum m. It is afe to say, however, tuat he is const tntly undt-r the eye ol an officer, and that the ex pre- c impany officia here are doing all in tht ir power to get at the facts in the case, and to cc,.re the robber. variou i II hki Fl are current, but the prevailing outride opinion is that the inessenfct-r knows more about the matter than anybody else, though robody seem disposed to charge him with being directly concerned in the roblery. The local poiice, a9 far as can be ascer tained, are doing uuthing iu the case. A BIT OF HISTORY Jim u naming, once a very active mem ber of the James and Younger bands, who terrorised Missouri, is pottibly the last who could answer to his name were roll called of the members of that once famous band of bandits, with the exception of Frank James, who is living the life of a quiet shoe merchant in the little Uwn of Nevada, this state. Cummings was A MAN OF POWERFUL PHYSIQUE, and in that respect answers this descrip tion of the bold and successful express robber of last night. He was, however, never guilt) of dre sing well, which was probably ascribable,to the fact o his pre carious "existence and the dangers in which he constantly found hi i self. He was identified in many if not all of the d wing robries perpetrated during the successful reign of MISSOURI BAHD1TS and was known as a fearless and desperate member of that gang. As the bandits be gan to find themselves in closei quarters and after the cruel murder of Conductor Westfall, of the Rock Island road at Wins ton by Jesse James, tbey began to dwindle in numbers and it was about that time that Cummings became "less numerous" in transactions of a similar character. AFTER THE MURDER OF JESSE JAMES by Bob Ford, the suicide of his brother Charlie in Ray cjunty, the disappearance of Bob out West and the subsequent sur render of Frank James, the remaining member to be accounted for was Cummings, He has not been seen or heard from in years, and the sudden appearance of a man answering in a measure his description, bearing the sane name and engaged in the same enlivening occupation has created some excitement. NEAR MERRIMAC I should judge, for we had just passed through a tunnel. He transferred the money to his bag and was then ready to make his escape. Before he left he said to me : "You would be surprised if I told you who I am." I said : "I don't now as I would." ''Well," he continued "i AM JIM CUMMINGS, the last of the Jesse James gang. I was in the Blue Cut job and only got $1,500 out of it. Since then I have passed considerable time tn Australia and San Francisco." He seemed familiar with the names and doings of the various members of the James gang. When we began talking he removed the frag from my mouth but when the train reached a point near Pacific hej replaced it so that 1 could make no out cry, in the mean time threatening to blow my brains out if I attempted to attract any ones attention." TO TEST THE MESSENGERS STATEMENT a search was made for the clothes which he said the robber had thrown from the car and on the no th side of the t ra a uear Merimec several articles of clothing and some old paper and print ed songs were ing out Frothingham V statement as to the size of the wearer, who is supposed, of course, to be the robber. A number six teen collar was also found. Frolhingha:u statements have thus far been remarkably cl-ar, straightforward and free from con tradictions. Th- opinion is gaining strength that the robbery was a bonna fide affair and that the messenger was in no way accessory to it There are really no more developments in the ease Iv-nighl. Mr. L. C. eir the western manager of the company said: Our rir-t p'irp se and our object is to catch the robber and all the reorces of the company will be used in that direction. The recov ery of the stol n money is a secondary con bideratt jb with us. WE HAVE REIMBURSED THE BANK- to day to the amount of over $40,000 and shall "finL-h paying the last money to-uioi-row. Mr. rrothingham has not beeu ar rested yet and we have made no accusa tions agait.t him nor will this be done un til we are well aured that we shall be justified in doing s , the messenger, how ever. i within ready call and has volun tarily offered to be "of any possible assis tance in pointing out the guilty party. A H0KKIHLK WRECK. A Limited Express Train Runs Off an Open Switch Into a Bank. Ihe tars Take Fire and the Pas sengers are Roasted Alife. A Terrible Disaster for Which Some One is Certainly to Blame. Is it Cuniiuings? Springfield, 111., Oct. J7.-A gentleman who arrived in this city yesterday stated to a reporter last night that as he was board ing a Chicago A; Alton train at St. Louis yesterday morning, and just as the train was starting out a strai ger hastily entered the smoking car, carrying on his arm a heavy overcoaj and in one hand a satchel. He walked through the car looking for a vacant seat and finding none he treated himself in the unoccupied half of one the other ha f of which was occupied by the gentleman who gave the reporter these facts. The man seemed to be very nervous and excited and looked restlesjdy about. He was unable to remain quietly in hi seat, and finally drew a St Louis morn ing paper from his pocket and SEARCHED HASTILY FOR AN ITEM which he evidently expected to find. He suddenly stopped at the account of the Adams Ei press robbery and read it intently. He read no further and pot up the pap;r and opened his satchel to get a cigar. As he did so, the gentle man plainly saw a tangled bunch of bank notes stuffed in one corner of the bag and several neatly tied packages of the same, carefully stowed aay under a lot of cloth ing. The man then drew a traveling guide from his pocket aud turned to a map of upper Canada which he studied in tentlv. W THE SUSPICIONS OF HIS COMPANIOM were not aroused until he took a more careful survey of the man's features, when he noticed that the eyebrows, eyelashes and complexion were very daik while his hair was very light, ex cepting one lock on the right side of his head, which was black. Closer scrutiny convinced him that the man was wearing a wig and it then occurred to him that he might possiblv be the e. press robber him self. At every station he went to the toilet room with his satchel until the train re sumed its journey. Frequently he re marked that the train was making very slow time and displayed great impatience to reach his destination. 'J he gentleman who related these facts is confident that on his trip to Springfield he occupied a seat with "Jim Cummings," the Adams express robbfr. VERSAILLES'" VISITATION. One-Fourth of the Business Houses of the City Consumed. Fifteen Head of Horses Perish in the Cruel Flames Versaille, Mo , Oct 25. (Special.) A terrible conflagration originated here Sun day night about midnight. The fire began n Vaughn fc Clark's livery stable about one block west of the court house. How it was ignited no one seems to know, as there was no one at the stable at the time. Before the fire was discovered it had gained such a headway as to pre vent the possibility of controlling it or even of removing any of the animals, fif teen of which, with nearly the entire stock of vehicles, harness, saddles and feed were L consumed. There being no fire depart ment in the city a bucket brigade was or ganized as quickly as possible a fur the alarm was given, but the (trong southwest gale, which was blowing at th time, ren dered their efforts almost futile and the flames spread rapidly east Uking in their course Hardys agricultural imple ment establishment with most of its con tents. The post off.ee came next from which a portion of the contents was saved, then Heiman & Dells butchershop, a one story building. The next buildiug w is a two story build ing occupied on the lower floor by Spur lock Bros, general nirrchandisd store and above by the Oddfellows hall, all of which with most of its contents was consumed. Adjoining this on the south was the city hotel, a two story frame, which was also consumed. Passing rapidly south the flames swept away Banks Bros, grocery store, the Ma sonic hall, Wassungs saddlery and harness shop and several additional buildings on the same block. At the same time the flames driven by the fierce wind had made their way to the north side of the street and in rapid succes sion devoured Martin Sp dels grocery store, the barber shop, Washburns ding store, Martins drug store and news stand and a large two story brick building belonging to Daniel Lutman, and occupied by the Aeu wenger office, Anthony and hohling's law offices, and the city council roons In the meantime the citizens finding tceir efforts to subdue the flames futile, had turned their efforts to preventing a further spread east, and by herculean and daring efforts succeeded in preventing their crossing to the east side of the street among the h ind some large bricks and the court house. Tii resnlt of the conflagration is a loss of at. nt 50.(100. with not more than half found and have been brought to this city, that amount of insurance, and the destruc- One of the garments measured about ;i0n of nearly one-fourth of the business thirty-eight inches around the waist, bear- portion of the city. Milwaukee, Oct. . A special to the Enniug WiecrHin from Portage, savs: Lust night soon after midnight the west bound limited train was din hed at Km Hio siding, a small stat:on about thirteen miles east of this city on the main liue f the Chicago, .Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way. There are two sidetracks at the place and at the time the train was due last night both were occupied by freight one by a wild train the other by train No. 14, Conductor II. P. Hankey, of this ity, which had just pulled in from the west to allow the limited express to pass. No. 14 was very long and the conductor was at the head of the train RELY 1 Mi IPOK A BRA K KM AN to attend to the switch. One report says the rear brakeman, whose business it was to close the switch after the train, for some reason neglected to do so. Another and more uaobable -lory is that Ik started back to close tt.e switch but before he could reach it the limited express which does not stop ut any, except large places, came tearing down the grade at fifty miles an hour and left the rails at the open switch. THE SIM SOS ARE IS A CUT where the road curve, so that the switch light cannot be seen from the east until the the train is within a few rods, so that the engineer of the limited expiess could not see the switch light was turued wrong until too late to stop. The engine left the track and ran a short distance and brought up against the side of the cut toppling over the baggage car. Two regular coaches followed while four sleepers kept the rails. The engine and cars th it went off were badly smashed and soon took Are from the stoves. Engineer Little and Fireman Eagan soon crawled out from under the locomotive badly burned and scalded. The baggageman had a leg broken All the passengers in the sleepers got out uninjured, except slight bruises, but in one of the day coaches thirteen were penned in and BURNED TO DEATH. Many others were injured by the severe shaking np. The names of the victims have not yet been made known here. The ' whole train, except one sleeper which they were able to un couple and draw away was burned up. A wrecking train with surgeons went from this city. It was a most horrible and sick ening spectacle, the roasting people making the nigbt hideous with their yells, while the bystanders were unable to render any assistence. It was the worst wreck ever known in the northwest BISHOP WHIPPLE THERE. The Inter-Oeean Milwaukee special says that the report that Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, was on the train that was wrecked near Portage last night, caused considerable of a stir among mat gentle man's friends in this city. If he was on the train, however, he was undoubtedly on one of the sleepers and escaped. The train was composed of one baggage car, one mail car, one passenger coach and three sleepers. The mail car was in charge of John Besch, of Plainfield, who with his five men escaped, though badly bruised. They got all the valuable mail out before the car burned, sixty bags of papers were destroyed. Of the passen gers in the day coach ALL PERISHED EXCEPT TWO small children of C. K. Scherer, of Winona, Minnessota- Mrs. Schere an 1 her mother-in-law, Mrs. Rosens Johns were in the car and perished but wre able to push the children out through a window to the out siders. The chiliren were sent home. The coach contained about twenty people, and the momentum of the sleepers behind it raised the center of it up like a letter "A," when the bottoms came together sin ashing everything to pieces and pinning the people down with the seats. General Manager Mills, who went out to the scene of the accident at four o'clock tit is morn ing, returned at fouro'clock this afternoon. The correspondent saw him when he reached his office. He said, iu response to a question, that he had but little informa tion to give beyond what had already been given. He believed that twelve persons lost their lives in the wreck. Of these he had been able to get but A FEW NAMES There was Mrs. Scherer and her mother-in-law. Mrs. Kosina Johns. Their two children were saved. The poor mother, almost enveloped, thought of her children first andsucceded in pushing them out of the window. There were t f o women wearing the garb of nuns, both of whom p rished. One was a Mother Supe rior of some convent. Information receiv ed here leads to the belief that she was a Mother Superior of a convent at New Castle in Fon DuLac county. Theorder lsknoirn as the third of Franciscan Sisters. A merchant at whose store the sister lought goods says THERE WERE THREE OF THEM aud that they had their packages taken to the depot to go upon the night train to DuPonL THE OTHER VICTIMS whose names Major Miller had, were : Louis Brinker, of Ashland, and Emil Waldersdof, a merchant of Columbus, Wis consin. The only man who es caped from the burning car was Dr. Smith, of Chicago If the merchant is correct about there being three instead of two sisters, who were going on the train. There should be added one to Mr. Miller's of the victims, making in all thirteen. This is probably the full number. It may Ko uvrT davs before the names of the others are secured. The La text Reports. Milwaukee, Oct. 28. Fr..in the most re liab e accounts obtainable to night, the nuoiUr who perished does not exceed ten, and these were all in the passenger coach next to the baggage car. l he 'my oecu-: t;mt- who MCajMM were tw children,; whose mother, Mrs. C K. Scherer, f Wi nona, handed thtm out to a brakeman. Mrs. Scherer w:is pinned down bv a se;it ' and already f we loped in flarm. The res ( uer's bauds were hurned to a crisp. None of the charred remains can be identified. As far as can e learned to-uight THOSE WHO PER1!IE1 ARE: Mrs. Scherer. Mrs. Kosina John-. Louis I'.rinker, residence unknown. A youuif w -nau believed t' kl Mr. ( ic. A. Marr, of Chicago. Emil Woldersdofl, residence unknown. Five or more unkrown persons. Two Sifters, of Charity, one believed to be Mother Alex;i, Superior of a convent at Winona. THE INJURED include Conductor Lucius St-arle, ol Mil waukee, badly hurt about the chest but probably not fatally. Wade Clark, o! (eononiowoc, baggage man, leg broken. Charles r Smith, Fifty six Wabash ave nue, Chicago, broken arm and wrist and face cut badly by broken spectacles. James Phillips, brakeman, cut about the head. ANEW TREATY Spain and The United States SetJ tie Their Tariff Differ ences Amicably. The Discriminating Duties to h Removed From Spanish Vessels. engaged to-night in raking over the s of the coaches. At 11 o'clock the of eleven victims had Twenty-SU Dead. Milwaukee, Oct. 28. A later dispatch to the Smtinei estimates the number of people killed at twentv-six. A force of men have heen enff&sred to-nieht in raking over the ruins charred remains been taken out. The Milwaukee train bringing those saved from the Rio wreck reached here to night. Among the passengers were Bishop Whipple and wife, of Faribault. ABASE BETRAYER. A Yoong Fiend Entrusted With a Lady Basely Attempts Her nin. Clinton, Mo., Oct. 26. Special.! This city was thrown into a state of intense ex citement this morning over one of the most attrocious attempts to commit a nameless crime that has, ever been record ed. Both the victim and the base betrayer of i sacred trust are well known and have always stood high in the commnnitv, nei ther of them are residents of this city but come from the neighborhood of Humans ville. The particulars are about as fol lows : HENDERSON WHEELER, a young mn residing near Humansville, desiring to visit relatives in Kentucky started on his jourr.ey this morning. In company with him was Miss Birdie Hull, a handsome young lady and a daughter of a well-to-do farmer and neighbor of Wheel era. Miss Bir ie was on her way to Clin ton, Illinois, to visit relatives and had been entrusted to the care of Wheeler by her father as he was well fcnown and a friend. When the two arrived at the depot in this city this morning and while awaiting the airival of the north bound train to iSedalia young Wheeler induced Miss Hull to WALK DOWN IHE TRACK with him. Arriving at a secluded place he seized he ind attempted to throw her down with p intentions. Her struggles and screinl lowever, brought assistance and Wheeler ed. He was pursued and captured and" ' brought to jail. When brought up for a hearing he demanded and was given a continuance until to-morrow and recommitted to jail. There is great excitement and indignation here over the aflaii. Both Miss Hull's and Wheelers relatives have been notified and will be present at the trial to-morrow. Young Wheeler is a son of James Wheeler and had been living with his father about five miles east of Hnmans ville on a f mn owned by Hull, the father cf his companion, who, he acknowledged, was placed in his charge. When ques tioned, he protested his innocence and said there was no truth in it. HE ADMITTED BEING DRUNK, and said he did not know exactly what took place further than that he was leav ing the waiting room wht-n she followed him and catching his coat sleeve asked him if he had checked her trunk. To gether they walked down the platform and when they reached the end they sat down. This is all he knew about it and could not remember being placed in the cooler. He said ne was 23 years old, and anxiouslyJ inquired if he could be sent to the pen "withont'n it would be proved on him." Miss Hull is a decided brunette, of me dium height, round face and says she was twenty years old this month Mrs, Hull, mother of the girl, arrived on the noon train from Humansville, and joined her daughter at Gerhardt's restaur ant, where the young woman remained to night and to-day. A Presidential Pr elamation. Washington. L. C, hi IT. The Presil i dent issued tht folio tug iwc.u.ouuoi this atternoon. Bf the President oi the United States ol j America, a proclamation : vN iiEt:E AS, batistactory proof has ueei given to me by the government ol pail thai no disriuinatJU4 dut:e ot tonnage on imports are imtMed r levied in ihi inlands of Cuba and I'orto Kica upon ve$ sels whol' hltinginsr to citizens ol ihi I'ntted Mir.-., or upon the mami!ai!ui 1 n rod uce or mercl.ai.dise imported in th4 same from the l uited States or from utii foreign countrv : and Wheekas, Notification of Mich aboli ! m mm - i ' tiou ot disci iminatinr nutie oi i tonnace and imports as aforesaii i has been given to me by a me mi I randum of au agreement signed this daj I in the citv of Washington, between thi , secretary of state of the United States mm t b i the envov extraordinary and minisU I J ueei tfoveri i ment of the I'nited States of America. n- therefore I. cirover f. level ana President of the l uited States of America bv virtue oi the authority vested in ru by section 4228 of the revised statutes the I nited Mates, do terebv declare dni proclaim that from and after the dat of this, mv proclamation, beinJ M also the date of the noti-cation receiv as aforesaid, the foreign discriminatinj duties and iiniorts within the Lnit States are suspended and diseoniinued far as respects the vessels of Spain and tl produce, manufacture or merchandise u oorted in said vessels into the. lnit States from the Islands of Cuba and Port Kica or troui anv other ioreujn countn Such suspension to continue so long as tl reciprocal exemption of vessels belonginj to citizen- or me uniiea ciais ana inei cargoes, shall be continued in the Islam of said Cuba and rorto aico and nl longer. In witness, wheieof, I have hereunto my hand and caused the seal of the I'niu States to be affixed. Done at the city i Washington, this 27th day of October, i the vear of our Lord, one thousand eigl hundred and eighty -six, and of the ind4 oendence of the United States, the oi hundred and eleventh. Geovee Cleveland, L. S. By the president (Signed) T. F. Bayaed, Secretary of state. THE AGREEMENT. The following is the agreement refen to in the President's proclamation : Memorandum of agreement between tl government of the United States of Amej ica and the government of Spain for reciprocal and compl te suspension of discriminating duties of tonnage on ports in the I nited States and in the lands of Cuba and Porto Rica upon v mm . m 1.1- ot the respective countries ana tneir cai goes. First It is positively understood thi from this date an absolute equalization tonnage and impost duties will at once applied to the products of and articles pi needing from the United States or froi . w . . , any ioreign cou trv in vessels ownea No nassenL'ers in anv of the s o ? 1 1 1 wereKiueu. plenipotentiary ol Her Majestv the Conductor im was m the baggage . JJJ -. .jgg u; lhe car when the shock occurred with the bag- , V i w. .. fageaian Clark and Phillips, a brakeman. Ie was penned und-r seveal heavy trunks. Unable to extricate themselves, to their horror, they saw flames burst in from one end of the car. They redoubled their efforts and PHILLIP MAN AO ED TO CEA WL Ol'T Conductor Searle thus released followed him. Clark with a broken leg was gotten out and the three crowded through a win dow as the flames had crept up to within a few feet of them Conductor Searle is new lying prostrated at his home at Mil waukee and tells this story. He says as nearly as he can recollect the occupants of the car where the fright ful incineiatiou occured included a woman with a little girl of about six years, another dark haired woman with a b3be less than a year oh4, a blonde woman of thirty, who seemed to be a companion of the former, both bound for St. Paul ; two Sisters of Charity traveling on a pass. He can recall no descriptibn of any others, but says there were not to exceed fifteen altogether. citizens of the United States to the Islam of Cuba and Porto Rico and that no high) or other import or tonnage duties will levied upon such vessels and the merchai m a 1 t dise carried in them as aforesaid, than a J imposed upon Spanish vessels and the cargoes under the same circumstanc Under the above conditions the preside! of the Luited States will at once issue proclamation declaring that the forei discriminating duties oi tonnage ana u . WT . 1 1 1 . oorts within the l nitea states are su pended and discontinued so far as resi Spanish vessels and the produce, raanufs a . ture or merchandise imported in tnem the United States from Spain or her sessions aforesaid or from any toreu countiy. This memorandum of agreement mm a . m .1 T ottered bv the government oi tne l nit Sutes as a full and satisfactory notiheatic of the facts above recited. Second The United States i inister Madrid will he authorized to negotu with the minister of foreign a flairs, eitl by an agreement or a treaty, so as t pli the commercial relations between I nited States and Spaiu on a pemian footing, advantageous to both countnl In witness whereof, the undersigned, behalf of the governmeut ot the Lnil States and oT Spain respectively, hi hereunto set their hands and seals. Done at Washington this 27th day t)ctober, A. D., 1S6. (Signed) T. F. Bayard, L. S. K. Le Meenuala, L, ORDERS fSSUED. The treasury department this afterm issued the following circ .lar to collectl of customs and others in regard to the mm tm . pension ol denerential duties on carj in spanisn vessels : "Officers of the customs will observe instructions contained in the proclamat of the president, dated to-day, suspeudj the collection of foreign discriminat duties of tonnage and imports within United States, so far as respects the sels of Spain and the produce and mi factures or merchandise imported in vessels into the United States from Islands of Cuba and Porto Rica, or ii anv other foreign country. The instructions contained in the oi of Oct. 15. 18. l No. 143 current sen directing that discriminating duties sho be imposed under Jo01 ot the revi statutes on merchandise imported from island mentioned under the Spanish are hereby recinded and the collectioi such discriminating duties will be dii tinued from and alter this date. rsignedj C. S. Fanchili w Lytton Ambassador. London, Oct. 28. Lord Lytton will cmmA Lord Lvons as British ambaasadi ! Paris. i