Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1872, Page 1

CHICAGO, wagn Dadl; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 187 VOLUME 26. " Tonon Assurance Corporeion LOINDOIN. Frocal Commitice. 2 FOST. (ORDON NORRIE, I e of Fommnn, Joltusion & Co. # . FRY, JOWARD_POTTE] R R A T O B Bron & oy (GOOLD H. REDMOND,0f Deanistoun & Co. Total Funds, Goll, - $15,234,425 Fire Assets, Gold = = $5,064,000 GEO. C. CLARKE, Agent, 3 and 4 Fryan Block. Insurancs effected on Fasiness Buildings, Merchandise Provisions, Dyellings and their contents, OCEAN NAVIGATION. White Star Line. NEW YORK ANDZIVERPOOLNewand fall-powered steamships tho six )xr&enm rld. OCEANIG [eio2y] SRS s BAL, 53 burden- Ak oo BT T Pom Thiement 5 FHUNS! DAYS, calling a Cork Harbor tho day. following. hio While Staf fock, Pavonia Ferrs, Jerses City; “Passenger acommbdntions ffor all’ classos] unrivalled, combining safoy, speed and comfort. Saloons, state- Fooms, smoking-room, and bath-rooms in midship see- Ton, Whors Jeat motidn 18 folt. Surgeon and steward- e ocompely thoso stesmors, by % tosSaform, old: steorage, currency. Those wisning 15 scad fos foionts: ot (e o8 counisy ‘ean obtain IMNT gfl id certificates. Cof %o o Passengers bool r from al!h‘amo!mnaflu. Paris, Hamurg, Norway, Swodes, Indis, Austral Chin cursion tickets granted af the lowest e, H ates.” Drsits from £1 toward. - or nspection of s ormation, $oply it the Companv's ofices, " New Zoh o Ce. 63 Sauth Markor-at. cseo. A LSGREGREX, Agents " HATIONAL LML, 8giling from New York for Queens- town and Liverpool every Wednes- day, and for London direct every fortnight. CABIN PASSAGE, $65 ARD $15, Steersgo to and from British points. Bteersge to or from German points. Btecrsge to or from Bremen or S . I81 DOIDIS:eresesreneeneas one. 57 currency. Theo Steamships of this line aro the largest in the trade. WILLIAM MACALIS FOR EUROPE. CUNARD MAIL LINE, Established, 1840. ¥rom New York every Wednesday. From Boston_ every ‘Bturday, - Cabin pacsego S50 and 3100 gold. Ex - ‘Cursion tickats at reduced T21es. 1o i 2 s gm«: c 2nd from British points. .00 curzoncs. %o or irom German points. .00 DEY. ¥e 0 or from Bremen of bean 38.00 currency. n Great Britain, d and Continent. ot ning or morebandicn o ad foam B Du VERLNET, e REMOVAL FASHIONABLE FURNITURE! . V. STRONG FURNJIORE (0, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. REMOVATIL CERSTENISERGH COMMISSION MERCHANT, Hes Remeved {o 199 East Kinzie-st. Pt il e L s L FINANCIAL: Loans Negotiated Onrealestate, in the city or suburbs, at onrrent rates. HUBBARD, Jr., 158 Enst Washington-st. A. O. Slaughter, BANKER, Gommer Clack and Medison-sts. Buys and sells Sto Bonde, smd Gold.. Receises moncy o8 depocts snd roans: 3cts a Generel Banking and Brokerage Businees. REPUBLIO INSURANCE OERTIFICATES T will buy % market price., R. D. STILES, 13 South Clarkest., Boom 6 i =N . S. PROFESSIONAL. DR. H. TONGUE fas removed to 187 and 180 EAST WASH: 8 B Hoome 4, 5ana 6l pas o i cafo o 1 Erentes! shcces fn buring all diseases of tho osd. exa. Zndear. Separato rooms and good accommodations o 1adios and gentiomen. MISCELLANEOUS. FLORAL DECORATIONS For New VYear's Cut, Flawers, Boquets, ate. ‘WAL T. SHEPHERD, Florist, At Roddln & Hamilton's, Jewellers, State and Washington-sts. T0 RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. A large and desirable contract is sbout to be let. Firat- clazs parties, with Iarge capital, may learn particulars as below; o othors need apply. Address CHARLES H. ROBBINS, P. 0. Box 3370, New York City. 7 FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. $5 Packages FRACTIONAL GURRENGY FOR SALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE. . SCALES. FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES OF ALL SIZFS. 7 FATRBANKS, MORSE &CO 'WEST WASHINGTON-ST. MEETINGS. DMasonic. Annusl Commanication of Apoll NO.642 ", 4 3F for eloction of Shears 2o povatsut of s, Thi o Dl R IWIN QREENE, Boccstas e FOREIGN. Death of the King of the Sandwich Islands, - No Successor Named, and a Revolution Anticipated. The Slavery Questinn' in the Spanish Cortes. A News Budget from the Antipodes. NEW ZEALAND, Bax Fraxcisco, Dec. 24.—The steamship Ne- brasks brings New Zealand dates to Nov. 27.- The twenty-eighth session of the Provincial Council opened on the 19th inst. The Governor has commenced the department reforms which, Bays the Independent, * if likely to create a cer- tain degree of dissatisfaction amongst the few, will be calcalated to satisfy the House and coun- try.” The department under the charge of & native Minister is the first to feel the new besom. The office of Inspector of Volunteers and Mili- tia has been dono away with. The intertribal disputes assuming & rather threatening character having occurred at Wai- pu, on the east coaat, the resident msgistrate writes that both parties are armed, and refuse to allow each other to cross the river. The Nebraska ‘‘dressed ship,” at Dunedin, and fired a salute in honor of Grant's re-election, which was replied to by the Naval Brigade. The return of the customs revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 80, 1872, published in the Gazette, shows total of £203,277, against £183,- 792 for the corresponding quarter of last year. The ship City of Newcastle was wracked off Cook’s Infet, and sixteen persons lost, on the night of the 19th of November. 2 'he Pacific Fire Insurance building, in Fort street, was found to be in flames, which resulted in the total destruction of several stores adjoin- ing, and the magnificent pile of buildings kmown 23 the post and telegraphic offices, and the Pro- vincial Government offices. Important discoveries of coal have been made at Gipp's Land. The Governor, Viscount Canterbury, goes home in February. g The bill for mining on private property is not likely to pass this session. The Sydney Assembly rejected the narrow- gauge rsilrosd. : o estimated expenditure for the year shows - an increase of £176,000. At Adelaide, £16,000 in bonds will be issued in the Colonies for the cons ruction of the South- eastern Railroad line. The Fiji settlers and planters are very much dissatisfied at the composition of the present Government. A meeting of planters was held 2t Evuka, on the 6th inst., at which very strong hxiim,ge was spoken against the Government. e Nebrasks insugurates a direct lino be- tween Auckland and San Francisco. R — SPAIN, Maprm, Dec. 25.—The bill, providing for the emancipation of the slaves in Porto Rico, was read in the lower branch of the Courfs, .yester- day. AL slaves are to be free within four months’ after the promulgation of the passage of the bill. Slave-owners are {0 be indemnified for their yrua:fi?d Many of the Deputies expressed their ap- proval of the bill by cheers after its reading. The Government again snnounced that re- forms in Cuba were postponed in consequence of the insurrection in that island. RID, Dec. 25.—The Port Rico Emancipa- tion bill provides that slave owners shall re- ceive 80 per cent indemnity, of which the State €hell pay 40 per cent and 'the Colony, the re- ‘meinder. S THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Bax Fravcisco, Dec. 24.—King Kamehameha V. died at Honolulu, Dec. 11. Heis the ]ast of thie royal line, and named no successor. There isan inteneg;uhnmi‘ during which the people are Bovereign. 6 Legislative Assembly meats on Jan. 8, “when it is expected it will nominate the successor of the late King. The Hawaiin Gazelfe 1avors & po) move- ‘ment for the purpose of securing a free Consti- tution, and a revolution is expected. At the Iatest dates, the country was quiet. 8. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23. i1l with Typhus fever. Br. PETERSBURG, Dec. 25.—It was officially an- nounced to-day, that the Czarovitch has been ill since the 19th of November, and his malady becoming serious on the 19th of December, it was pronouncod s case of typhus fever, accompanied with an affection of the abdomen, which tho physicians consider of & grave character. The bulletin issued this morning says his Imperial Highness pested & sleepless yet tranquil night. The fover has not abated, but his condition continues about the same. EER FRANCE, Panrs, Deo. 25.—The Prefect of Parr has is- sued an order forbidding Spaniards to sojourn in the department of the Basses Pyrenees with- out written permission. THE WEATHER, ‘War Department Prognostications— Reports from Various Points, ‘WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF TnE CHIEF BIGNAL OFFICER, DIVISION oF TELEGRAMS AND REPORTS FOR_THE BENEmT or Cownrence, 'WasmINGTON, Deg. 25.—Probabilities—For New England, essterly winds, cloudy weather, snd snow. Kor the Middle States, fresh to brisk southeasterly to northeasterly winds, cloudy weather, and snow. For the South Atlantic States, northeasterly to northwesterly winds, cloudy weather, and rain. From Tennesses tg Ohio and lower lhdu’fl, cloudy weather and snow to-night. For Rlissouri and the North- west, winds backing fo mnortherly and northwesterly winds, with falling tempera- ture and clearing, but partly clondy weather, .| and extending eastward to Michigan and Illi: nois, and possibly Indiens, and the western por- tions of Kentucky and Tennessee. OrCINATIL, Dec. 25.—The thermomater com- menced 3° below zero at daylight and ran up 10 20° above at dark, with a slight snow-fall, Batr, Me., Dec, 25.—The mereury in this city, this morning, indicated 28 degrees balow zero, which was the coldest, with perhaps one or two exceptions, gince 1857. Coxcorp, N. H., Dec. 25.—The weather here to-day has been intensely cold, the thermometer, at an early hour this morning, indicating 30 degrees below zero. EBANON, N. H., Dec. 25.—The mercury here to-day was 30 degrees below zero. LANcAsTER, N. H., Dec. 25.—The past night has been the coldest ever known here. At half- past 8 p. m. the spirit thermometer indicated 25 degrees below zero, and at 7 this morning 45 to 80 degrees below zero, sccording to location. Numerous cases of frozen limbs are reported. P S i Jimmy Kennovan’s Thirty-one-Hour Tl Dance+ : om the Vallejo (Cal.) Chronicle, Dec. 14, Jimmy Kennovan fin‘uh)ed his thirty-one-hour dance at 2 o'clock Iast night. A larger number wes in attendance at the'ball than the evening previous. Jimmy kept in locomotion throughout tho whole time snnounced, only taking a brief recess at 1 o'clock yeaterdsy afternoon for the purpose of bathing his fest and having a brief Tespite. , At this time hio chowed few symptoms of over-exertion. His feet weraslightlyswollen, but he otherwise seemed as fresh as when ho commenced. His extremities were bathed by his treiner with brandy, which proved & most excellent specific for the purposs for which it was used. Before the expiration of the ten minutes allotted Jimmy began to fecl eleapy, and was glad to begin his exercise as saon as poseible. At frequent intervals, he drank wine with raw eggs a8 an invigorant. Hisappe- tite was also keen daring the trial, and ho ate heartily. When the last twenty minutes before A tho elapse of the thirtv-one howss had come, Jimmy, who, i seemed, had husbanded his strength for the close, ““let himself out,” He seemed a8 fresh and more vigorous than when he first began, and he danced the last three dances with an aner%y and heartiness which would have put to blush & youth of sixteen. Jimmy, in fact, did Dot stop when 2 o'clock struck, but kept on going for neerly ten minutes longer, When the feat was finished be de- patied with his treiner for his lodging where he was placed in s hob bath, rubbed down and put to bed. The spectators during the evening enjoyed themselves in sing- ing and dancing, and passed the time very agrae- by Jimmy slept calmly and peacefuily until 7 o'clock this morning, when he arose and dressed himself. He made his appearasce on the street this forenoon, apparenily as fresh sa ever. For a person G0 years of sge, the feat which he has performed ~is sometkicg truly re- markable. FIRES. Further Details of the Confla- gration on Centre Street, New York. Seven Persons Missing---Supposed to have Perished in the Flames. in Two New York Theatres Slight Fires Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, NEW Yor, Dec. 25.—The great fire on Centre street, last evening, by which the Cexton Build- ing and other structures were totally destroyed, proves to have been more disastrous than firat reported. It is now certain that at least geven lives were lost in the flames. Notwithstanding that the buildings burned are = mass of ruins, the debris continued to blaze all day, and it was found necessary to keep one ergine playing on the ruins continually. In addition to tho seven lives lost, fivo other persons were injured by falling walls or in making their escapo. Relatives and friends called at Franklin street to-day and anxiously inquired for the following persons, who were known to have been in the building at the time the fire was discovered. They have not been scen since, and but little doubt exists that their charred and probably un- recognizable remains now lie bencath the ruins. Jane Stewart, 77 Charleton stroet; Bridget McGrath, 331 First avenue; Margaret Donolus and Mary Donohue, sisters, 123 East Tenth strest; Margaret Bell and_Charlotte Bell, sis- ters, 60 Avenue A; James Devins, sged 12, 164 Broome strect. 5 The casunlties reported by the police aro as follows: James Piko, laborer, contusions of body.and Jaceration of the scalp; Benjamin Bal- lou, of 192 First street, Williamsburgh, con- tusions of the leg and abdomen ; Emma Francis, dislocated ankle; Mary Hopkins, lacerated wound of the fece; Capiain T. J. Kennedy, of the police, contusions of the log. The cause of the fire was undoubtedly the up- soting or careless handling of & can of benzine used In the printing office of Dun, Barlow & Co., to clean the cylinders of the presses. Tho flame spresd with frightfal rapidity through tho elovator, which ran parallel with a wooden tair- way, cutting off excape. Many stories are told of the escape of the girls down tho rear end al- most useless fire-escapo, and many individual deeds of courage are rccorded. As soon es tho fire is extinguished search for the bodies will be commenced. The total loss by this fire is now estimated at £250,000 ; insurance, 8184,000. New Yonk, Dec. 25.—The Clifford Hotel, cor- ner of Thirty-first stroet and_Broadway, was this afternoon slightly damaged by fire. . The following persons employedy in the build- ing Nos. 81, 83, and 85 Centre street, burned last evening, are roported missing by their friends : Jemes Stewart, Bridget McGrath, Margaret and Mary Donohue, Margaret and Mary Bell, and James Brown. The thick coat of ice on the ruins provents the police and firemen from searching for them. Nrw Yonr, Dec, 25.—A fire broke out this evening in the ticket office of the Bowery thea~ tre. Damago light. About 9 o'clock this evening the scenery of the Canterbury theatre caught fire. Thers was greab excitemont among the audience, who rushed to the strect. No lives lost. A HARD LAW. A Philadelphia Edxtor Convicted of Libel, After His Paper had Made an Ample Apology. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yors, Dec. 25.—Philadelphia newspaper men are excited over the conviction for libel of Catheart Tsylor, city editor of Forney's Press. Taylor printed an article stating that David H. Lave, 2 local politician in Philadelphia, had been leagued with a certein ring of distillers. The Press pubhished & most ample and Inbored apology, but Lane brought the suit, and a Phila- delphia jury found s vordict of guilty, the law bemg,_ in_that virtuous Btate of Cameron and Billy McMullin, that ¢ the greater the truth, the greator tho Libol” The unhappily candid Mr. Taylor is awaiting sentence, to be sent where Yerkes and Mara aro supplied with par- dons, and newspaper people serve out full terms for telling too strong an article of truth abont anything. Colonel Forney says editorially that this euit is a blow aimed by the politicians at tho freedom of the press. He alzo insists that he should have been arraigned, and not his employe. . CHRISTMAS. How the Day Was Observed Throughs out the Country. OrxomwyATr, Dec. 25.—Scarcely any fire-crack- ers were burned for Christmas. The quiet in the city was remarkable. The business houses wero nearly all closed. —_—— A San Francisco Undertaker’s Expedi= ent—HowHe Thinks to Prescrve Dead Bodies., From the San Francisco Alta. In the course of investigating tho destroying element that affects dead bodies, Mr. Peter Craig, undertaker, perceived that oxygen was the element that caused decomposition; it struck him that if this element coulgbe removed from the coffin, where the body was incased, preservation would be certain. How to ac- complish this at first rather puzzled Jr. Craig, but, not to bo bafiled by trifles, he gave the sub- ject great consideration, and, Knowing that com- bustion was caused by tho union of the carbon of the material and the oxygen of the air, ho tried the experiment of nsing up tho oxygen in the casket by the aid of a lighted candle. He had an uir-tight casket made, and placed a burning candle theroin; he screwed down the lid per- fectly air-tight. The candle continued to burn for eight hours, it then having consumed all the oxygen in the interior was extinguished. This proved the theory—and satisfied him thathe had made an excellent_discovery; but to carry his ideas out effectively, he obtainod the body of & dead man from the Coroner and placed it in tho coffin, with the lighted candle, a8 before, screw- ing down the lid, etc. In this case the candle burmed for five hows and & half and _ _then becamo extinguished, as beforo. To test tho case, Mr. Craig had the body removed to a back room, where it remained- for three weeks, in a perfect state of preservation. This satisfied him, beyond & doubt, that he had succeeded in discovering a new art, whereby bodies could be embalmed without the aid of chemicals. After having suc- ceeded eo well with his invention, he drew the attention of Dr. Edwin Bently to the process, and that gentleman expressed his firm belief in its success. The newapmcoss is to bo fully tested to-day, with the body of Mr. Gowenback, who died in this city on last Tnesday, and whose body has been preserved in this manner. The body can be scen at Corinthian Hall this after- noon, where it_will be brought previous fo its removal to tho Masonic Cemotery. It is the in- tention of this gentleman's relatives {o have his remains taken to Scotland. This will test the procoess, and should it prove satisfactory, which 18 not doubted, Mr. Craig will have addad o new ‘process of preserving bodies to science, THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE. Sketches of the Leaders of the House. The Congressional and Lenislative Ap- portionment Bills. List of Acts Passcd by the Extra Session. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, IspraNAPoLls, Dec. 23, 1872, The extra session of the Legiciature adjourn- od yesterday sine die, the constitutional period of forty days havirg expired. The same body, however, will assemble in regular session on the 9th day of Januery, when they will sit sixty days. Before entering upon a resume of the work accomplished by the session just closed, I will give the readers of Tae TRIBUNE & brief sketch of afew of the leading members of the House of Representatives. - N COLONEL W. K. EDWARDS, the Speeker of the House, is one, of the best and most favorably known politicians and par- liamentarians in the State. He has resided in Terra Haute for a number of years, and is one of the oldest and best attorneys in the Wa~ bash Valley, but has devoted most of his time, during the past fifteen yenrs, to the management of the private business of Chauncey Rose, Esq., the venerable philanthropist and millionaire, who will bo remembered 28 the largest owner, and for many years President, of the Indianapo- lis & Terre Haute Railroad, now known as the “Vandalia Line.” Mr. Rose, like Colonel Edwards, is a bachelor, and thero has long existed & strong personal attachment between them, Colonel E. has previously served two terms in the House, during one of which he was, s now, “3Mr. Speaker.” As a presiding officer, ho has few equals, and has discharged his duties during tho present session in such a manner as to win encomiums from friends and foes-alike, being complimented by a unanimons;vote, at the close of the recess, for the ablo and impartial manner in which he had diecharged the duties of his position, There is little doubt thet he will bo re-olected Speaker at the regular sension, without opposition. THE HON. D. 0, BRANHAX is familiarily styled the ““0ld Wheel-Horze.” He has served almost continuoualy in the House for tho past tweuty years, being addressed, during that long period, as ‘‘the gentloman from Jefferson.” He was Speaker during the eessions of 1867-'68, and was for many sessions Chairman of the Committes on Ways and Means. Mr. B. was a candidate for Speaker of the present House, but was defested in caucus, and, sccording to the otiquette which bas pre- vailed here for a number of years, he should have been appointed to the Chairmanship of the Committes on Ways and Means ; butthe Speaker designated Ganeral Nathan Kimball for that po- sition, with Mr. Branham assecond. Nr. B, was alte made Cheirman of the Joint Com- mittee on Public Buildings, as well as Chairman of the House Committees on the Sinking Fand and on Benevolent and Scientifio institntions. Ho evidently was chagrined at not being placed at the head of the Committes of ‘Ways and Means, and early ovinced & desire to defeat any measure that his rival, General Kim-~ ball, manifested any interest in. This finally drove him to oppose both the Legislative and Congressional Apportionment bills, which he did, championing the Democracy or. the floor, and leading the opposition. During this debats, he declared that hereafter he would be bound by no caucus, and would act as his ovn judgment dictated. . He failed to accomplish his purposs, and, while voting against the Congressional bill, ho voted for the iegiahtive bill. He did no care to take the responsibility of separating himself from his party. Mr. Branham was for many years the Super- intendent of the Madison & Indianapolis finfi- rond, but, for the past several years, has been building the Indianapolis & Vincennes and the Cairo & Vincennes Railroads, ucder a contract from General Burnside. Although deprived of the advantages of an early education, he is a man of strong will and decided talents, and is an effect~ ive and able public speaker. GENERAL, NATHAN KIMBALL, the Chairman of the Committeo of Ways and Means, is tho acknowledged leader of the ma- jority of the House. Ho is a nativo of this State, 18 & graduate of Asbi University, at Green- castle, and a physicien by profession. Ho wasa Captain in the famous Second Indiana Regiment during the Moxican War. This regiment was commanded by Colonel W. A Bowles, who was more _recentl, tried for trea- son in this Btate, being ome of the “Sons of Liberty Conspirators,” convicted by a Military Commisgion, in 1864, and sentenced to deatb, but whose sentence was commuted to im- prisonment for life by Andrew Johnson, and who ‘was aftorwards released by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Second Indisna Regi- mont, it will be recollected, acted badly at Buena Vista, and were reported for cowardice ; but the facts afterwards proved that this disgrace was caused by the cowardice of Colonel Bowles, and that a large %n.rt of the regiment was rallied by thsin]gim all and other officors, and fought nobly to the end of that memorable engagement, with other commands. After the close of this battlo, Captain K. boldly denounced Colonel Bowles for his cowardice; and for this he was arrested and tried by a court martial, of which Colonel W. A. Richardson, of Ilinois, was Presi- dent; he plead Fflhy, was released after being a privately reprimanded, and was ordered on duty with his command. At the breaking out of the recent civil war, (}u:‘gtniu Kimball” was appointed Colonel of the Four- teenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served through the three months’ campaign, after the close of which, be was promoted to a Brigadier General. He commanded 2t the Battle of Win- choster, and is the only Federal General who ever wfiipped Btonewall Jackson's command. Ho made & brilliant record as o General, and was wounded at Fredericksburg, from the effects of which injury he still suffers. In 1866, he was elected Treasurer of State, and re-elected in 1868, going’ out in 1870. Ho is a good public spealer, and would be quite effective if he would Jearn to condense his remarks into the limits usually allotted to public speakers. But, a3 a member of the House, he has been judicions in this respect, and his familiarity with the busi- ness of the Stato made him a valusble member of that body. He is & bitter partisan, and is disposed to hold the whip on all refractory mem- bers with » steady hand. WILLIAM BAXTER AND L. C. WALKER, the members from Wayne, are gontlemen of more talent and influence than any who have represented that county in the Legislature for a number of years. Mr. Walkeris Chairman of tho Judiciary Committee, and, althongh a young man, is regarded 2soneof tho leaders of the msjority. " Ho is & good Iawyor aud a fair public speaker. William Baxter, the colleagne of Mr. Walker, is, in many rospects, the most romarkable mem: berof the House. He is a Quaker, of English descont, and has never taken an sctive part in politics until within the pastfew months. He Was for many years the porsonal, political, and confidential friend of George W. Julian, and was devoted to that gentloman’s intorests up to the Cincinnati Convention, when they parted compray. M. Baxter had becomo & can- didato for tho Legislature, ostonsibly to ropre- sent the Temperance interests, but really to as- sist in sending Mr. Julian to the United States Senate. Mr. Baxter, however, charged Mr. Ju- lian with having deceived him, snd attacked Mr, Julion in o publio speech, in which he produced certain private lotters of Mr. Julian to both him- self and another cacdidete, in wnich he denied being for or having favored the other’s nomina- personal quarrsl. Mr. Baxter is & plain, com- mon-gense man, with a. fino education’; and dresses in full Quaker style,—standing coat-col- ler, and broad-brimmed hat. This, added to the fact that he has o slx'ons English accent, and uses plain language, added to the novelty and interest of " his address,—all of which contributed o secure him a large audience when- ever he was advertiséd for a speech. Before ths canvass closed, no man id the State was batter Lnown than “ Mr. Baster, the Richmond Quak- er.” BMr. B. was an honest and conscientious member, andnever failed to command the atten- tion of the House when he spoko, and few mem- bers exercised a larger influence for good. OTHER REFUBLICAN MEMBERS, Among others worthy of especial mention as being smong the most %rm:ni ng {auus mem- bers, and who have faithfully discherged their duties to the State and their constituents, are: A. C. Mellott, of Delayare; J. O. Hardesty, of Medison; E.S. Lenfesty, of Grant; John F. Hedrick, of Henry; R. W. Cobb, of Hunting- ton; J.D.Thayer, of Kosciusco; E.F.John- son, of Marion; W. W. Butterworth, of St. Jo- seph ; and C. E. Cowgill, of Wabash. THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS of the House labor under the same dissdvantage 23 do their pariy friends in the Senate, viz.: the want of & competent and experienced leader. They have no membor capable of defending any mensure, who was evor before s member of either branch of the Legislature. Their best and acknowledged lesder was M. C. CANTHORY, prominent attorney in Knox Connty. He is & fine specimen of physical manhood, a tolerably clear-headed lawyer, and o fluent speaker, but lacked the experience necessary to make him formidable as_the leader of & minority, Heis second on the Judiciary Committee, as well as a member of the Committee on Benevolent and Bcientific Institutions. T. W. WOOLEY, o of Johnson County, i8 a leading attorney in that county, andis 2 gentleman of fair legal aitain- ments, and a gonfi spealior, but too slow for & leader. Hois a member of the Committees on Judiciary, Education, and Foes and Salaries. MATTEEW L. BRETT i8 the best known member onthe Democratic sido of the House, from the tact that he has served one term us Tressurerof the State, and was an active friend and advisor of the majority in what was familiarly known as the treason- ablo Legislaturo of 1862-3, which did 80 much to embarrass the Government during the darkest period of the war. Ho is a quieb and confidential sort of person, and onerally designated as” dsb was Sleok ” by the Repablicans and their papers. Since the ' War, Mr. Brott returned to Washing- ton_ County, where ho bocame cashier for & National Bank, and still resides there. Hoisa man of good business habits, but an indifferent speaker. Ho wea elected to this present position by barely eight majority. JAMES H. MILLARD is the most youthful and best educated member of the House. Ho is the only remaining member of the family of the Iste Governor Ashbell P. Millard, who was worehil?ed Dy his party from 854 up to the date of his death, in 1859. Young Millard_represents Floyd County, is a fair law- er, and gives promise of a brilliant futnre ; but Tio 6 not smuch inclined to allow his daties to in- terfore with his having & good time. He will outgrow that, however. C. L. OFFOT, of Hancock, iaa young attorney of more than usual promise, and ha$ already come to be re- garded as one'of the most useful members of the body. Ho iss fine speaker, and has de- voted himsolf to tho business of State. There are & number of others on_the Demo- cratic sido worthy of special mention, but my spaco will not permit. THE APPORTIONMENT BILLS. The Constitution requires tho State to be spportioned evory six vears, and the present was tho one in which the apportionments for Congressional, 88 woll a5 Legislative purposes, was roquired to be mado. Of course, the party in the majority always availsitselt of all the advantage they can get in such cases; and this has proven no_exception to tho rule. Taking the vote for Governor 8s a test, the present Congressional Apportionment bill only gives th Democrats four districts, with one doubifal, and the Republicans nine certain, with one douot- fal. The following is THE CONGRESSIONAY, APPORTIONMENT BILL. First District—Posey, Vanderburg, Gibson,s War- wick, Spencer, and Perry. Second_ District—Sullivan, Enox, Green, Daviess, Martin, Dubois, Orange, Crawford, and Pike, Third District—Brown, Bartholomew, Jackson, ‘Washington, Harrison, Floyd, and Clark, Fourth District—Rush, Decatur, Jennings, Ripley, Bceott, Jefferson, Switzerland, and Ohio, Fifth District—Dearborn, Franklin, Fagette, Union, ‘Wayne, and Randolph. Sizth Disirict—Grant, Madison, Delaware, Henry, ‘Hancock, Shelby, and Johnson, Setenth District—arion, Hendricks, Morgan, and Patnam, Eighth District—Vermillion, Parke, Vigo, Clsy, Owen, Monroe, and Lavwrence. Nintk District—Marion, Benton, Tippecanoe, Clin- ton, Fountain, Montgomery, and Boone, Zenth District—Lake, Newton, Porter, Jasper, White, La Porte, St. Joseph, and Btarke, Eleenth District—Fulton, Miami, Cass, Carroll, How- ard, Tipton, and Hamilton. Theclfth District—De Kalb, Whitley, Allen, Adams, Wells, Blackford, and J37. V' Thirtcenth District—Steuben, La Grange, Noble, Elk- hart, Koaciusko, Wabash, and Huntington. LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT. The following is the apportionment for Sen- ators and Representatives. A bitter fight was made by tho minority to defeat it, and every effort was resorted to to_induco the Democrats to bolt ; but tLe statute imposes a fine of $1,000 and_imprisouwent in tbe Marion County Ji until the samo is paid, for such an_offence, and most of the members did not care to run the Tisk. It would not doto resign and break the quorum, for fear Govornor Baker would not issne writs of election to fill the vacancies be- fore the regular scsion, at whick time the votes for Mr. Hendricks, Governor elect, are to be counted, and that gentleman insagurated. If there Was no quoium, how could that be done ? So; thero was nothing for them to do but to sit in their geats and let the bill pass; which in- creases tho Republican majority in both houses from twelve to thirty-four on joint ballot. The tl’nl.lowi.ng counties elect Senators under the new ill : Posoy and Gibson, one, D.; Vanderburg, ons, R.; Warrick and Pike, one, D,; Spencer and Perrs, one, D.; Sullivan snd Knox, one, D.; Daviess and Greenc, one, D.; Martin, Orange, and_Dubois, one, D.; Craw- ford aud Harrison, on Dy Floyd and Clatk, oae, D ‘Washington ond _Jackson, one. D.; Lawrence an Monroe, one, R._Brown and Bartholomew, ome, D Ecott, Jemnings, and Decatur, onme, B;' Jefferson, = ome, R, Switzorland, = Ohio, 2nd Ripley, ono, R.; Decatur and Rush, one, B.: Yigo, anc, B, ; Owen 'snd Clag, one, D.; Shelbyan Johnson, one, D, ; Putnam_and_Hendricks, one, R.; Parko and Vermillion, one, B. ; Fountain and Warren, one, R, ; Tippecanoe, one, B. ; Benton, Newton, Jas: per, and White, one, R.; Lake and Porter, one, B. ; YLaporte, one, D.; B Joseph snd Starke, one, B, } Marshall, ~ Fulton, and Palasld, one, D.; Kosci- usko _and tloy, ~ ome, B one, R.; Noblo and Lagrange, Steuben and_DaKalb, one, R.; Allen, one, D.; Allen, dams, and Wells, one, D,; Huntington and Wabash, ong B Grant, Blsckford, and Jay, one, By Miam| and Howard, one, B.; Css3 and Carrol, one, D.; Ham- ilton and Tipton, one, R.; Boone snd Clinton, ane, D, Mudison and Delaware, one, R.; Rsndolph, one, R.; Wayne, one, B.; Henry and Hancock, one, R.; Fayette, Union, and ' Raish, on¢, R.; Marion, two,’ R.; Marion and Morgan, one, B.; Dearborn aud Franklin, one, Dy ‘Montgomery, one, D, " ‘The Representatives are apportioned as fol- ows : Gibson, 1, D, ; Vanderburg, two, D.; Pike, Spencer, one, ivan, onc, D.; Knox, one, D.; Daviess, on, D.} Green, ‘one,” D.; Martin and Dubois, ‘one,’ D.} Crawford and Orange, one, D, Floyd, one D. ; Clark, one, D. ; Jackson, one, D, ; Lawrence, one, R.; Alonroe, one, B.; Brown nnd Bartholomew, ong, D. ; Jenning?, one, R, Scott, Jennings, and Jofferson, ons B, ; Jetferson, oné, R.; Ripley, Decatur, and Rush, one, R, 3 Ripley, one, R. ; Switzerland snd Ohio, one, B ; Decatur, , ;' Rush, one, R.; Vigo, two, E.; Owen, one, B.: Ciay, onc, R.;_Morgan, one, B.; Johuson, onc, D, ; Patram, One, D,; Heudricks, one, B, ; Patnam and Hendricks, onle, B. ; Parke, one, R.; Vermillion, one, R.; Parke und Montgomery, one, R.; Warren, one, R Fountu, one, D.;'Tippecsios iwo; T.i Benton and Newiom, 'one, R.; Jasper and White, one, B.; Lake, ome, R.; Forter, ome, R,; Laporte,one, Dy St. Joseph, one, ; Marshall an Bt. Joseph, one, D ; Koaclusko'and Fulton, one, R.; Fulton, Pulask{ and Starke, one, D, ; Kosciusko, oo, R.; Whitley, one, D, ; Elkhiart, onc, B.; Noblé, one, o5, one, D.} ashington, one, . | D.: Lagrange, one, B.; Steuben, one, R.; De- Rilt, o R AN, Dtwe, ) Ded - Adoms and ' Wells, ~one, D.; Huntington, ' onme, R.; tin abosh, onc, B; Hiintington and Wabsst, Grant atd Blackford, oze, R.: Grant, one, B; Misnii, one, B.; Howard, ons, R.; Cass, one D.; ‘Carroll, one, D.; ‘Hailton, one, B; Hamilton aud Tipton, one, B.+ Cinton, one, D. D.; Madisony one, D.; Delawae, one, B.; Jsy and Del- aware, one, R; Bandolph, one, B.; Wayne, two, B.; Henry, one, R Hancock, one, D.; Henry and Madi- a0, ofic, B.; Fasette and Unio, ode, R.; Marion, four, R.; Marfon tnd Stelby, one, R.; Shelby, one, D.: Dear borm, one, D.; Trautiin, ons, D Nobic and Elkhart, one, R.; tion. Afier this, the Republican State Central | one, R Marshall, one, D.; Micmland Howard. one, B. Committee put Mr. Bsxier up for a_speech at THE WORK OF THE BESSION. evory place d by ir. Julinn, snd, asacon- | The following is & list of the bills of general i Beananaa 4lcis omoaches mevbock larkely of & | mporance passed by both Houses of tho ie:m- .5 Boone, ono, R.; Montgomery, one, | lature, There were numerous acts of alocal na- ture, and in changing the time for holding Courtg in yériéus counties, which are not con- tained in this lists BILLS ORIGINATING I¥ THE SENATE, No. 1—An act to authorize and encourags the con- struction of levees, dykes, and drains, and for the re- clamation of wet lands. No. 3—An act aliowing the organization and per- potuity of voluntary associations, and repealing tho act of Feb, 25, 1855. ‘No. 5-To require raflroad companiea to fssue stock paid for by tazes voted for in construction of same, to tax-payers or their assigns. N0, 33—Supplemental toan act approved Feb. 25, 1863, appointing_commissioners to gell certain roal ostafe therein named, To proyidea residence for the Governor, snd to make him an aliowance in lien thereof until the ssmels provided, 2 No, 45—To provide for {he permanent inclosure of the Tippecanoe battle ground. No, 5l—Amendatory of Section 1 of an act entitled an act to organize a Supreme Court and prescribing certain duties of the Judges thereof. soBie; 62—Dividing tho Siate fnto Bupremme Ot dis- cts, No. 65—Ceding to the United States certain lands in Indisnapolls, and jurisdiction over the game, for the ergetion thercon of publlc buildings, No, 85—To protect the Wabash & Erie Canzl, and the tolls and revenues thereof from sequestration. No. 87—Granting consent of the Btate to purchass Dy the United States of certain lands in Evansville for pilblle blldings. No. 124—Defining salary of Governor and manner of paying the same. o, 141—In relation to the fanded debt of the Stats thorein named. No. 146—Fixing the number of Senators and Repre- sontatives {0 the General Assembly of the State, and apportioning the same among tho several counties, Yo, 54—A. bill to divide the State into Congressional atstricts, DILLS OBIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. No. 33—An_act sppropriating $75,000 to defray the exponses of the special session of 1813 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, No. of-—n act anthorizing an, sppropristion of money out of the Stato Treasnry for the use of In- diana University, located at Bloomington, Monros County, Indisns, in paying debis created by borrowing ‘money for current expenses in tho years 1870 and 1871, No. 22—An act to amend the fiat section and the titlo Of an act approved March 4, 1865, entitled “An act providing for the completion’ of unfinished busi- ness of any session of the Legislaturs by the next suc- ceeding epecial session of the samo General Assembly,” No. 95—An act authorizing cities and towns incor- porated under the autharity of the State of Indiana, to make a survey and plat thereof, when thera is ng survey and plat siready suficiently 1aid out and adopted. o, 148—An act defining certain felonfes and pre- scribing punishment therefor, compelling testimony of persons engaged therein against others than theme selyes, doclaring contracts with respect thereto void, and repealing all laws in conflict with this act, "No, 27—An act providing for the poyment fo Town- ship Trustees of all moneys which have been collocted from townships for either general or specific parposes, except such money 58 has been - collected for Btats oF county revenue, and prescribing punishment for of- fences against such 1aws. No, 237—An sct toamend an ach entitled * An ach districting tho State of judicial circuits,” Approved June 17, 1852, No, 76—An’ act toensblo countles, townships, and cities bordering on the Stato line toaid in the construc- tion of railroads coming into such counties, townships, or citles, or to the State line. No. 163—An act to provide for a uniform assessment of property and for collecting tazes, No. %0—An act touching public squsres in tons 1aid out and platted and recorded with public gronnds ot specially designated, and tho matters therewith connected. 3 5 No, 119—An act in relation to the organization of the two Houses of the Legislature, and prescribing certain duties of officers, . No. 285—An uct supplemental to an ack to suthorize aid to the construction of railroads by counties and townships taking stock therein, and making donations 10 railroads, Approved My 17, 1860, g No. 92—An 20t to ‘amend an act entitled an act to establish o House of Refuge for the correction and reformation of female offenders, approved March, 1667, and repealing Bection 11 of thatsct. - N, 86—An act touching public squares n towns Isid out and platted and rTecorded, mot specifically designated, and the mattors connected therewith, No. T3—An sct the per diem. and milesge of tio Goneral Assembly, and providiag that they shall purchase and eir own stationery. No. 93—An act to make specific appropris tions therein mentioned, TRAGIC AFFRAY. A Neighborly Misunderstanding Re= sults in Deliberate Murder—Arrest of the Assassin. % Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. IroNTOYN, 0., Dec. 25.—On Monday morning, 2 murderous affray occurred on Ice Creek, about 15 miles from here, and 3 from Marion. For some time there has becn a misunderstanding between the families of Henry Wilson and his neighbors, the Broughtons, which culminated on Sunday in a difficulty, in which some of the Broughtons used violence toward Wilson's chil- dren. Wilson, early on Monday morning, started to the Justice of the Peace, intending to procare & warrant for their arrest. Passing Broughton's honse he was called back by them, and, entering the yard, soon became engaged in a bitter quarrel. William Brough- ton swore he would shoot Wilson, and, entering the house and getting his gun, came out evi- dently to execute his threat. Wilson, who was alarge mean, while Broughton is_crippled and goes on crutches, clonched with him and took the gun away, when Broughton drew from be- neath his coat a large butcher kmife, and stabbed Wilson in the body, the knife entering its whole length. Wilson lingered half an hour and died. Broughton took to the woods, intending to escape to Kentucky after night. Al night he was very cold, and stopped at Dr. Kreisley's house to warm. Deputy Sheriff William Miller, who happened to be in_ that section on other business, shortly afterwards stopped there for the same purpose. On knocking at the door, he was made to tell his name before being,allowed to enter, and then the Doctor asked him if he had a criminal warrant. As Miller had heard of the case, this aroused his suspicions, and he soon ferretted Broughton out, and brought him to jail the same night. = i e P REVENGE. Details of the Plot for the Lynching of Simmons, the Murderer of Dur= yea—The Conspirators to be Brought to Justice if Possible. New Yoms, Dec. 25.—The Times says it has been ascertained that some_forty men, the ma- jority being intimate friends of the murdered man, were concerned in the plot to Iynch Sim- mons, the murderer of Duryos. By the original lan, the attack on Park Hospital was to have Paes made at ‘midnight on Sunday, but probably on account of the extreme cold, a3 much s any- thing elso, a postponement for twenty-four hours was decided on. The programme was for & number of conspirators to enter the hospital quietly, and, first securing and gagging the purgeons _and wardens_to g:avenb any alarm, * to g Simmons from his d and hang or shoot him. At a late hour on Sundsy pight, the conspiracy became Inown to the police, and Captain Learry x_mmedmal{] tool mensures to_prevent its execution. The hospi- tal was guarded on Mondsy night by police in citizen’s clothes, and Simmons was eafely removed in an smbulance to_ Bellevue Hospital, where he now remains in a room Becure from the vengeance of the mob, and guarded night and day by two policemen. 'The police are very reticent on the subject, but it is understood that efforts are being mado to bring the con- spirators to justice. As yob no names can be ascertained. San Francisco Ktems. SN FrANCISco, Dec, 24.—The performance at the California Theatre to-night, for the benefit of the family of the late Colonel Albert G. Evans, was very largely attended. Copious rain fallen in every section of the State, from San Diego to Yreks, and there is now no doubt of & bountiful harvest next year. The steamer Nebrasks arrived to-dagl from Auckland. The Australian steamers did not make connections, hence there areno maila from that country. A Conarad. New YoRk, Dec. 25.—Ths Sun saysa the rumor- ed burning of Cozzens' Palisade Hotel near Englewood, N. J., is untrue. A Sun reporter went there last evening and found the building intact. A e i o be Manged. Bax Fraxcisco, Deo, 25.—Governor Booth has declined to interfere with the sentence of James Donnovan, the murderer of Winchell. He will be executed in this city on Friday. B Victim of a Kitchen Range. Crservyaz, Doo. 2.—Kate Connor, the gisl injured by the explosion of hot water pipes in s kitchen range ot Colonel Monlton's, on ua- day, died of hor injuties, tg-day - bad steam shut off. It was aboub three Further Details of the Fright« ful Holocaust on the “Short Cut” Road. Twenty-one Persons Killed and Sixteen Wonnded, Serious Accident on the L., P. & C. R. R« ---Twenly Persons Injured. Other Railroad Accidents. Coxy, Pa., Dec. 25.—Tho following is a par- tial list of the killed by ihe horrible accident, which occurred yesterday on the Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh Railroed. near Prospect Station : Mark Haight, of Brocton. banker, one legshat- tered, tho other burned off at the thigh, badly bruised sbout the head ; Mr. Osborne, of West- field, sido of head emashed in and oneleg burned off below the knee ; Mr. Byan, internal injuries ; E. H, Bell, telegraph operator at Shorman ; Mr. Carleton, bruises on body and head ; FrankTay- lor, baggage master of the train ; Cornelius Ma- loney, track-master, of Brocton. The wounded are a8 follows : . H. Loe, Corry, slightly; Jacob Bartland,- of Trving, N. Y.; Levi Briggs, Angoal, N. Y. John A Frilion, Rochestor + alra, . AT, Carle: ton, Mill Village ; her child saved, but hoer hus- ‘band missing ; Maggie_Carleton, of Titasville, Ps. ; George Miller, Fredonia, . Y.; Henry Miller, Titusville; J. J. Burtis, Titusville; ‘Eliza Seally, Ripley ; W. H. Ticknor, Titusvilio: John Cowdy, of Corry, two largo wounds over the left eye and bruised sbout the body ; Bar- ney Cook, injured intornally ‘and suffering great win ; John Dundas, of Hamil- ion, anada, very auvexefy. Fay Flan- ders, the conductor,will probably recover, if his internal injuries are not too severe, Ho- loses two toeson the left foot, and half of the: right foot. His ribs were broken by bein; g\:fle& out with & chain. Earl Bacon, reportsd ad, is only slightly injured, having secured: the registered Ietters, and then jumped. Twenty-one persons were killed altogether, and recovered. Bixteen are 8o charred 2s to be unknown. Four arein the Chantagua Houas swaitiug relatives, and oné st Prospect. There areyet thres to five bodies under the ruins, burned fo ashes, distinguishabla only by pieces: of gkulla and bores, i et it o was going on a down o of eigh- -two to eighty-five feei to the mile and was, about aixty rods from_the Prospect Depot, fnmz eel from the north end of the trestls, when tho broken wheel of the tender was discovered, and under tho impetus of tho down grade, Stop~- pige could mot be made. Every care 18~ being teken of the wounded who are scattered eround in the farm houses near, and medical attendance is Egmmpfly far- nished. The conductor’s pocket showed thirty- Beven through tickots taken up, and ons to Pros- ect. It is supposed thera were, including these, orty to fifty pereons on boerd. Thoe frain con- sisted of one passenger car, one ba_gage car, engine, and tendor, NEw Yoz, Dec. 25.—The Tribune, to-morrow, will publish the following sdditional particulars of the Gceose Creek reilroad disaster : The cars tumed completely over and bottom sideup. They fell perpendicularly to the ground below, a distance of 20 feet. WWhen the cars struck, the trucks crashed ' through the bottoms of them, and as the stoves of the [passenger cara were directly under the trucks, they were crushed to pieces, and immediately the woodwork of the cars took fire. Of forty- six people lmown to have been in the two cars, bub ome escaped upaided, nsmely, the brakeman on the paesenger-coach, - who jumped clear off the cars as they were fall- ing, %xe wood-work of the passenger-car, thickly % o coated 83 it was with varnish, burned froly and befors anything comld be done by the force ab d_ to prevent if, the flames enveloped both ends of the car, and crept rapidly toward the centre. Penned within at this time, with no possibla chance to exiricato themselves, were forty- three adult passengers, the conductor, and ono child. Of those sested in the ends of the car none escaped, but help arriving, about, twenty- five dead and living wore taken out of the centra ofit, and the flames were extinguished, or, more_correctly Epeaking, went out for lack of sagthing further o foed upoa. e remaina of the other passengers were then recovered, and all brought to this place, Tho roll foots up es follows: Saved, all more or less injured, 19; desd, 19; miss- ing, 8. The dead, with four exceptions, were burned S0 as to be wunrecog- nizable from the features, and there are but three that could possibly be identified from the shreds of clothing adhering to the roasted flesh. Five were headless and without limbs, and the remaining ones had the flesh all burned off tho exiremities, The eight missing are supposed to have been completely consumed, and there are pieces of skulls, waiches, and tha like sufficient to partially justify such a belief. Four others are known to have been on the train, namely: Catharine Kelly Byan, and Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur F. Rice, all of Titusville, Pa. 1t is thought they will beidenti- fied to-morrow, as friends are here for that pur- pose. The case of the last-named is & peculiarly sad one. 1. Rice was the only son of James Rice, a leading citizen of Titusville, and his wife the only dm?h!ar of Austin Jackson, of Rochester, N. Y. They were married on the 5th of this month, and were on the way to Rochestex to spend Christmas. Judging from the clothing, bsggage, and appearance of those coming ta identify them, a number of the dead belonged ta the lower classes. The bodies are laid out in the freight house, and will be kept several days for identification. S Ixprasarorss, Ind. Deo. 25.—A serious acci- dent occurred on the Indianapolis, Peru & Chi- cago Railrosd last night, eighteen milea north of: this city. The Chicago exprass train ran over & broken rail. The engine, baggage-car, and first passenger coach passed over safely, but the rear coach was thrown from the track. About twenty peraons were more or less injured, three, it is thought, fatally. The injured wers all brought here and cared for. The following is a partial Tist of the injured: Mark Haines, Richmond, Ind, bedly; H. H. Walker, Indianapolis, badly; George Henry, rakeman _ on the in, ° severely; _ Mm. Boyd, an old Iadyof Plymouth, Ind., shoulder crushed ; A. VY. Smith, of Indianapolis, serionsly injured: ¥. C. Bailey, Ohio, badly hurt; two young la isses Nile, of Plymouth, Ind., shight- Jy; Mr. Norris, of Chicago 5, ufi&hfly; W. H. Cyrus, New Britton, Ind., slightly hurt; Miss Lynch, John McLewin, H. M. Lémon, and R: Biewart snd _wife, residences unkmown, all slightly injured. The accident was caused by the extreme cold weather. The Railroad Com= pany did everything possible for therelief of the sufferers. . 8r. Lours, Dec. 25.—A passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka & Sants Fe ¥Railroad, in Eansas, while stuck in & small bank 12 miles west of Newton, was run into by a freight train. Two cars were lelflukflfed. The conductor and another man were killed, and four or five per- sons were wounded. No names ars mgnrted. Cmvoryyamr, Dec. 25.—Henry N. Palmer, = car repairer, in attempting to get on the morn- ing train on' the Ohio & issippi Railroad, in the western part of the city,fell, and waa run over. He lost his left leg. Railrond New: Br. Loumw, Dec.25.—A St. Joseph, Mo., tale- gram says well defined rumors have prevailed there for several days that the Hannibal & Cen- tral Missouri, Hannibal & 8t. Ig!apbfland 8t. Joseph & Denver Railroads will in a short time ass nunder the control of the Toledo, Wabash & ‘estern Railroad Company. pliis s e Newsboys’ Christmas. MILwAs Dec. 25,—About one hundred and fifty newsboys, ¢ . ~=, complexion, and nationality, accepted ... :_..:ation to a Chriat- mas dinner at the Newhall House, to-dsy, given by William E. Cramer, senior editor of the Daily Wisconsin. The boys say the dinner was a grest success, and all enjoyed it hogely, agd nong more thag the veteran editor humefl.