Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1882, Page 1

\~( " ELEVENTH YEAR. “SPUYTEN DUYVIL. ‘The Dreadful Disaster of Last Friday Night, Full Particulars of the Acci- dent and List of the Dead and Ipjured. “The Whole Thing OCaused by the Negligence of the Rear Brakeman, “Who Hated to Go & His Train. +WFar from National Associated Fross, New York, January 14.—The cause of the accident on the New York Central railroad at Spuyten Dayvil last night was this: The special Tarrytown local theater passenger train, at full speed, ran into the rear of the through western express to New York, which had stopped in a deep cut just previous to crossing Harlem river to Manhattan island, be- cause of some accident to the air brakes. The brakeman on the ex prees failed to go back and put up the danger signals, and as the cut is a very sharp cur and at a point_ where stops are neyer made, the engineer had no meaus of knowing the danger ahcad until with- in a few feet of the express. He was going so fast that his engine cut clear through the rear coach of the express .and drove most of its timbers throuzh the coach immediately ahead. Both coaches were filled with pas sengers, and stoves and lamps upset, oil and coal scattered, and both of the wrecked coaches took fire and were almost instantly a mass of flames. The cut being through solid rock, which stands close to the track on both sides and very high, it was almost impossible for the passengers to escape and entirely impossible for assistance to reach them. The locality of the accident is about midway between where the track leaves the Hudson river and where they cross Harlem river and enter the city limits and about eight miles from the Forty-second street de- pot. Young Valentine, who was killed together with his Dbride, wnee Miss Louise Gaylord, of North Adams, Mass., was married on Tuesday night. They were crushed, and burned in the fire which followed. Licutenant ‘Governor Barston, of Vermont, was with the bridal party, but went forward as the train stopped, and escaped uninjured. Park Valen- tine, Sr., also with Valentine, was on the platform of the rear car and jump- ed off, escaping uninjured. The unknown woman whose body ‘was recovered from under the stove in the same car is supposed to be Mrs. Maude Brown, of this city. Miss May Daniels, on her way from Troy to visit friends in New York, was rescued alive. She suffered contusions and burns but will recover. Oliver Kelley, a stove manufacturer of 8pring City, Pa.,, was taken out through a window in a dying condi- tion, his right arm was fiumud off nearly to the shoulder, and he was in- ternally injured. He was 38 years old. His doing words were directions to send to his wife. The body of a man of large stature, the face burned recognition, was next taken from he wreck. Then came a body ap parently that of a negro supposed to be one of the palace car employees. Then two more charred and blacken- ed trunks of human forms were lifted outupon blanketsby the five men. One of them was the body of a man. On other, it was conjectured, was that of a woman. It was some time before more bodies were found and then fragments only remained of them. It was impossible to tell whether they were parts of one, two or more hu- man beings. Up to midnight the to- tal number of dead was 8 and badly wounded 2. The wreck of one car only, the rear car, had been searched. The express train on ¥Fridays dur- ing the session of the legislature has generally added to itat Al- bany a number of palace coaches to accommodate members going south to spend Saturday and l%uuduy at home, the assembly generally ad- journing from Friday noon to Mon- day, as it did yesterday. The train leaves Aibany at 2:40 p. m. and is due in New York at7 p. m., making the 160 miles with buttwo stops. Yester- day it did not leave until 3:20 p. m, It consisted of fourteen cars, being two mails, two baggage, three pas. sengers and six palace coaches, the latter in the following order from the rear : Idlewild, Empire, Minnehaha, _Vanderbilt, Sharon and Red Jacket. These coaches were all Wagner cars, very heavy and strong, closely and stiffly coupled and packed with peo- Ele, a majority of whom were assem- lymen from New York and Brook- lyn and politicians and reporters who had been engaged in the political deadlock at Albany, Most of the re- rters were in the Empire,where State enators Wagner, Jacobs, Browning and Keiran, Assemblymen Chapin, Mook, Robert Van Allen, Costello, McManus and Sheehey, Emmigration ‘Commissioner Urlich and others were discussing the deadlock when the train stopped in the cut. It did so gradually and the pause caused no alarm. Mr. Valentine sr., whose son and his bride were in a compartment on the Idlewild when the train had stopped, went on the rear plat- form and looked out to see what was the matter. Another passenger, aslim man, joined him. alentine heard the shrill whistle of the Tarry- town express, approaching at a speed of torty-tive miles an hour, all trains whistling on the approach to warn the trackmen. He looked back up the cut, and at two hundred feet away saw a headlight coming. He sprang off the platform and climbed up the side of the cut and escaped. The small man turned and ran nck into THE OMAHA DAILY BEE the ear and must have been instantly killed. Park Valentine and hisbride were evidently not killed by the col lision, but were burned to death. Their charced bodies were found close together. Valentine, senior, says that whe he saw the headlight the man with a red and white light, whe had been sent back to signal the Tarrytown train, was standing waving his lantern net ton feet from the rear of tho platform of the Tdle- wild. The train had stopped two minutes before the collision and he could have got up the track far enough to stop the Tarrytown. The enginecer and fireman of the Tarrytown tramn stuck to their posts and did all in their power to reverse. Both were found in the cab in the middle of the wrock, neither seriously hurt. When the train was stopped Sena- tor Wagner arose from his seat in the Empire and walked out on the rear platform of that car where he was standing when the collision occurred, He must have been instantly killed and afterwards burned, as th. for- ward floor of the Idlewild was telo- !cnpc‘ r the car floor of the Em- pire. e roof of the Idlewild was shoved until it lapped completely that of the Empire. Passengers in both traing were thrown violently from their scats and nearly all more or less injured. Geo, Spinaey, reporter ot The New York Times, escaped through a win- dow of the Empire, and hoaring an aged gentlemeu fastened in the same car crying for help crawled back through the same window, extiicated him, although the car was blazing at the time, took off s own ulster, extinguished the fire oa his clothes and then helped him out to a place of safety. After this Spinney gathered notes of the wreck and telegraphed The Times two coluans report of the | wreck. It has been ascertamed that when the train stopped Senator Wagner went forward and ascertained that the engineer stopped beeause he found he could not control the air brakes while the train was in motion, and wanted the defeet remedied before he took the train through thecity streets. Wagner then started back to sce that the danger ials were put out and was on this Mission when killed. The bodies of all the victi been brought to this city at 11 a. m. The question of respensibility for the disaster is now the main topic of discussion. Al railroad officials agree that the blame rests entirely with Melius, the brakeman, who neglected to flag the Tarrytown train in time to prevent the collision, The coroner ordered the arrest of Melius thisafter- noon. John M. Townly, general superin- tendent of the Hudson River railroad, said this atternoon that the blame of the disaster rested entirely with Me- lius, the brakeman. When mechani- cal expedients are exhausted, it is found safest to send the rear brake- man back to flag any coming train. This is a standing order, and the brakeman knew he would be dismissed if he violated it. Melius offered no excuse, beyond that he feared the train would leaye him behind. Ex- perience proves that recalling a man back is as dangerous as not to send at all. The conductor is not expected to see or know his brakemen are out. A train is too long for a conductor to see to everything. The rear brakeman is always selected and supposed to un derstand the responsibility of his po- sition. The brakeman in this case did not do his known duty, and the company could not supply foresight to know if its employe does his duty. Superintendent Catlin, in charge of the brakemen of the Hudson River and Central railroad, said: “T exam- ined the case this morning, and found the cause of stoppage of the train was that one of the plugs of the auxillary air reservoir on mail car 678, of the Lake Shore Line, that came through from Chicago, gave out, and this re- reased the spring brake which caused stoppage of the car and train. As air ses all cars which were connected, it thus became necessary to bleed the air chamber in which the spring was, to have the pressure taken off so that the train could proceed. T understand Conductor George J. Hanford, in charge of the train, who is a very care- ful man, at once sent back Brakeman Melius with a red lantern, to stop any train that might come in the rear, and then went forward to see what wasthe matter. Melius had ample time to have gone half a mile, if necessary, and it is likely that there is where the fatal error occurred, as from all ac- counts the man went back a very short distance. T understand Melius has disappeared, and was last heard of at Poughkeepsie, whero he lives.” Coroner Merkle, in whose district the accident took place, and Dr. Waterman took a special train to the sceae of the collision this morning. On their arrival they found the bodies already sent by order of Coroner Knox to the Grand Central depot. Merkle telegrnghcd Superintendent Brissel to hold the bodies until he got back. On Merkle's return Coroner Knox at once turned over jurisdiction in the case to him. Merkle examined the bodies All of them identified by friends will be taken in charge by them, The bodies of the unknown man that of the supposed clergyman were taken by Merritt, undertaker, to await identification. ~ Property and valuables of the victims were given to Detective Shannon of the Grand Cen- tral depot, excepting those kept by the coroner for identiflcation. The property of Mr. and Mrs, Valentine were given to Mr. Valentine, Sr. The body of Oliver B. Keely, of Spring City, Pa., was taken to Morritt's, Miss Browy's body was left in charge of friends. Merkle examined ( Superintendent Townly and Bis regard to the accident. They nothing personally of the aflair. Had been informed one of the air brakes of the Chicago express got out of order and that the train was brought to a stand and that the accommoda- tion train tollowing run into it. The only reason they could imagine for the disaster was that the flagman had not wrapped 16 around the old gentleman, | 1| are there ready to nab | OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16 1882, gono back far enough to allow the train being brought to a stand Bissel telegraphed orders to Pough- kecpsie, where Brakeman Melius lives to have him como down. Coroner Morkle authorized Sergeant Goodell, of the Nineteenth sub.precinet, to arrest Milius on arvival and let the coroner know of the arrest so that he could give him a preliminary exami- nation, The inquest will b carly part of next week, It is now claimed the fire which consumed the greater portion of the wrock was not caused by the stoves, Each car is supplied with about a dozen lard oil lnmps. When the roofs of two cars cut undor oach other they were ignited by the lamps which re mained in place and floors and furni- ture caught fire from the lamps which were shattored. All passengers who have boen intor viewed unite in denouncing the brake man, who hsd time enough to lave gone back a mile and flagged the second train, Oliver B. Keolay, who lived several hours atter being conveyed to a hotel, was conscious to the last. He r nizod one of the police as a f mason and told the ofticer he w member of the Sprivg City L« No. 0 “Write to my wife said, “‘and give hor my love.” were his last words. One arm was burned off and the body was faicly roagted, Mrs. T. W. Brown, who was killed, was returning from a visit to the bed. |side of a dying relative. Her hus band is a mining stock broker at 8 Broadway. He went to the Grand Central expecting to meet her. The first intiwation he received that thero had been an accident was the arrival of a portion of the express train. One brakeman told him the remainder of the cars were at tho scene of the dis aster. Filled with apprehension of tho worst, Mr. Brown procured a car- iage and drove to the scene. He held in the ris found the body of his wife. The lady was about 40. The remains wore brought to her late residence on Forty second street. The remains of Mr. Daniel L. Ran- som wore idontitied. He had been a zuest at the Hoffman house about two yoars. He was 32 years old, unmar- vied, fand from St. Lawrence. His business here was that of a stock speculator. THE DEAD. The following is a correct list of the dead: Senator W. Wagner, New York. Park Valentine, Bennington, Ver- mont. Mrs. Louise Valentine, of North Adams, Mass. Dr. D. L. Ransom, Messina, N. Y. Rey. Father Mareshal, S Troy. 0. B Keeley, Spring City, L. R. Pringle, Philadelphia. WOUNDED. Briggs, New York, severe internal | injuries. J. W. Browning, senator, of New York, cut in the head and otherwise badly bruised. Edward Cahill, New York City, bruised about the ribs and back. A. Chapin, assemblyman, Brook- lyn, cut in the head with glass. Mary Daniels, Sherwood house, New York, acalded on the breast and arms. John C. Jacobs, senator, Brooklyn, bruised about the head and shoulders. Edward Kearney, New York City, bruised about the arme and body. Leonard Kellerhouse, Kingsbridge, severely bruised about the head and body. Robert A. Livingston, assemblyman, Putnam, shghtly bruised. Sydney P. Nicholr, police commis- sioner, New York City, cut on the arms and legs. : Mrs. E. R. Phillips, White Plains, severely bruised on the head and shoulders. Hampton .J. Robb, assemblyman, New York City, bruised on the head anud sghoulders. Edward C. Shechey, assemblyman, Now York City, severely bruised about the body. ALpaNy, January . 14.—The senate chamber has been draped in mourn- ing. The desk of the late Senator Morgan is also drapod. At the meeting of the senate Monday night arrangements will be made for attending the funeral in a body on Tuesday. H. R. Valentine, father of the young bridogroom, has returned to Troy on his way to his home in Bing- hampton. He says the story of the bride clinging to her husband so that neither could escape is erroneous. They must have both been killed in- stantly. Mr. Valentine is himself ut terly prostrated by the shock. ALBaNY, January 16. — Senator Grady says the deadlock is not affect- od by the death of Senator Wagner, The governor must issue a call for a special election to fill the vacancy and the election must be held withi thirty days thereafter. The district is strongly repubilcan. PuinapeLriIA, January 16, —Oliver B. Keeley, who was one of the vic- tims of the Spuyten Duyvil disaster, was well known in this city, having had an office and warehouse on North Second street, He was accompanied by George Thomas, one of his sales- men and a resident of Philadelphia, He has not been heard of since and it is feared he was one of the victims. He was a single man 33 years of age. Extradition Muddle National Associated Press. Pirrssuka, January 16, —The case of Miller, who escaped from the peni- tentiary here ina shoe box, who is now in Toronto awaiting extradition, bids fair to become of national inter- est. Wardens Wright and Dressler 0 a8 KON a8 the Canadian authorities give him up, which they will not do for some time yot. Miller was arrested on the Chargo of carrying concealed weapons and released on his own recognizance, and then arrested on the charge of attempting to murder the victims of the Catfish (Penn.) robbery, for which he was originally imprisoned. This latter charge is made in order to ex- They | pedite matters. hotween the United Srates and Canada. The oase will have to go to the Canada superior court for decision, Briof Telograms. National Associated Pross. Rich mmoral discoveries havo beon mado noar Willeox, Arizonn. Spoc imens ofore from the ledges assay from 8600 to 812,000. The district has been named Cachise. The excite Cabezos, Large nunbers are coming in from the surrounding districts. Owing to the harsh north winds which have prevailad 1or the last fow days the grass has all driod upin Cal ifornia and sheep raisers are getting sezinusly alarmed. A new trial has beon granted W 1 Burns, sentenced to haug at Dover, Ark., on next Friday Gov. Blackburn selegraphs that Major Hicks must bang i Covington on next Fridagjwith s:nall pox or not, Tho doctors say he will probably dio before the time. Ho isnow delivious, Tho mother of the lute Gen, Geo, A, Custer died Saturday morning at Monroe, Mich. The Dotroit I coiving con from all parts of the ening Nows is ro Hueh S Peeples, e plaintitl] is still in jail pendu steps for his ar Whitla of the local freight Wabash, at Det siderable more thai 10,000, office of Hehad for months past His present whero abouts are unknown A\ voin of poetioleam has been dis covered at Leavenworth, Chas. P. Jones, one of the shrowd ost erooks in the country, escaped jail appeared. suicide of W, Carnoy Bellodunnd, of Gloucestor county, New wick, Saturday. failed gash from o ear, which speedily terminated his life. By the fall of two two-story framc houses in the rear of 103 Prince street, Brooklyn, N. Saturday, three hoys, Spollan, William Winchette Thos. Bule, were killed. hoys natrowly escaped being killed. is still amid the debris. clerks in capitol offices. A bill was introdnced in hereafter issued shall bear on taxed at the samo rai o as lands. petitioned the Virginia legislature tc Leflingwell, in a drunken row at Vol untown, Conn. cause which led to the crime. was arrested. Venerable John M. prominent citizen of Dayton, was struck by a D. & M. Bell, onee a turday gian, died suddenly at Marictta, O., on Fri night. ~ About South Oarolina seceded he was fa- mous for his anti-secession sentiments, and once when he made n spocel in New Orleans threats of jynching him were mide, Harry Bascom, the actor whose fect were f n near Boston recent- necessitating amputation, has ap- plied for admission to Home. The application will be grant- ed. The large ocean steamship Queen of the Pacitic, constructed for the Pacific Coast steamship company, was suc- cessfully launched from the ship yards of Wm. Cramp & Sons, Phila- delphia, Saturday, the ceremony of christening being performed by Miss Juha Cole, of Staten Island. The vessel has accommodation for 130 tirst-class and seventy-five steerago p ssengers. She will” ply between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, and will be ready to leave for herdes- tination in about a month. George Appler, acar examiner on the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, was crushed between two freight cars and instantly killed yesterday morning at the Utica freight depot. The Bond adherists have decided to abandon the proposed contest and at noon Saturday the new president, Gowen, took possession of the Read- ing road. On Saturday Gov. Cameron approv- ed the Riddleberger bill No. 50, known there as the “coupon killer” bill, which provides that a court of justice or a jury shall pass upon the genuinencss of such coupons as may be offered before they be accepted by the state for taxes. To-day the rates on flour and grain from Chicago to the seaboard will be advanced by the trunk lines. The Dominion government an nounces in the Canada Ofticial Gazette they have disallowed the provincial act of the Manitoba legislature incor- porating the Winnepeg Southeastern railroad company. ment has reached Toubstone and Dos | R. L. Hood's defuleation as cashior | been gambling aud denking to oxcoss | | the | Guit t, will foot up com | prople of the country believod in and Pomeroy, Kansas, near | | at Akron, Ohio, Safurday night, with the aid of a servant girl, who also dis- Nows is received of the death by Beuns. | e fist attempted to cut his throat with an axe and He went to his barn and by wmeans of a seythe made a frightful 3 Y., on William and Two other Tt is rumored that the body of a man Auditor Massey holds out in oppo- sition against the dietation of the Vir- ginia legislative caucus rulo adopted by the readjusters, which provides for the appointment by the caucus of the Vir ginia legislature on Saturday, provid- ing that all state, city or county honds their face the provision that they shall bo German citizens of Ridhmond have ) take action to facilitate immigration. Samuel Green fatally stabbed John Marital infidehty on the part of Loflingwell's wife was tho Green Ohio, locomotive just north of that city and killed on Col. W. H. Sparks, a noted Geor- the time Forrest's Notwithstanding the circular re- cently issued by the Dominion gov ernment calling on certain banks to make return to the government loans on bank stock, etc., the monthly bank statement shows advances under the head of loaus, discounts, or advances g and Goiteaa did not ehango tolearams | ‘ state, over the victorions termination of its livel suit. | | martyred prosident.” Natlonal Amsociated Pross | . The question arises | for which stock, bonds or debentures, whother there isany extradition treaty | ote, are held as collateral, have in cronsed from 81,269 061 in November to 81,396,340 during the last month, owing to heavy losses sustained. The paid up capital of the Exchange bauk of Yarmouth haa beon 1mpaired 20 per cent. The directora recom- mend stops bo taken for reducing the paid up capital in all 30 per cent, thus providing ,nr A resorve of about 840, 000 and placing the bank in condition to resume business, - - Compliments of Whitelaw Reid. National Assoc ated Pross, New Youk, January 15.—White- | Taw Ruid in personal “editorial yes torday reforring to the man who printed in the Herald recontly Reid's alleged letter of advice to Garfield, usod the following language *‘Butto Messrs, Conkling & Co. ,who put him forward, we have pot sought a revival of last summer’s warfare. We Know that no friond of the president has sought 1t with hisapproval and that no friend of the ropublican party seeks it Whoever does seek it will speadily learn that the essentinl facts Iave not been changed by the bullet of the assassin. - The nomination of Judge tson was ominently it 1he resignation of Platt was an incrediblo and childhike folly, and Guitean hias not changed that, The verdict against them by theirown character of it. The Messrs, Conkling and net of raignment for the murder of Martha | Jogislature was overwhelming, vot it GAMBETTA'S CRIP. Strengthening His Hold on the French Government, By Attempting the Ennctl.nent of Laws that Do Not Buit the Majority. The Attempt to Restore Par- nell to Liberty Looked Upon as a Wenkness, And in View of the Circumstances It Will Not be Done. National Amsociatod Press, Pans, January 15, —Gambetta's at- titude in the chamber of deputies on ascending the tribune to propose the rovision of thexWalton constitution was firmer and more conservative than ever. Ho knew, no doubt, that the wamo ho had to play was dangorous, nd scomed quite resigned to stand or or fall with dignity. A deputation of the radical loft had endeavored to ns- certain his final determination on th question of the revision of the senate and of the serutin do hste, but the Caosar had flatly refused to enlighten them before the meeting of the eham- further than by declaring that if anly faiutly expressod tho condenina it was dofeated on a vote the cabinet tion of the stato and country, and |y oi1a “ay onco resign. This had not san has not changed that. The % Triab T loved Garfiold, and Guitean has not chunged that. They count too largely on Guitean's bullet who think the tho time has alveady como to attempt the rehabilitation of the senatorinl auiciden by alandering or belittling the - Honavy Grooory Failuro. National Associated Pross, Curcaao, January 156, Tt will bo a genuine surpriso to” the business com munity to-morrow worning to learn | that late on Saturday evening the old | established wholesale grocery house of Sibley, Dudl | South Water streot, made an assign- mont for tho benofit of its creditors, Henry M. Humphiry, of the firm of Mosobock & Humphry, who r itly performed a similar serviee Cloys & Co., was mado The liabilities of tho firn. are placed by themselves at $226,000, and as sots at $245,000. The stock will in- voice about 875,000. The balance is in accounts, which aro widely seat tered, The house has been estab lished over twenty years and has boen doiug a business of a million and a half a year. Their failuro was pro- cipitated by the falling due of notes to the amount of 870,000, which the firm had given W. F. Endicott, a former partnor in the firm of Sibley, Endicott & Co., who were suceceded threo years ago by Sibley, Dudloy & Co. 1t is understood there are a large numbor of creditors both in the east and west, but it is thought no one will be seriously affected. Pactfic Railrond News. National Associated Pross, Stovx Crry, Ia., January 156,—In- formation has been received from semi-official sources that the Contral Pacitic will not build east to the Mis- souri rivor, but only to the Wyoming coal fields and send a branch from there south to the Union Pacific line somewhere near the Green river and tako pussongors and freight there, Tho same informant says the South- ern Pacific is making contracts for transportion of California wheat to England and Now Orleans at the same rate as was paid for all sea routes. Wheat cars will bo fitted up to carry immigrants and a fare of $30 from castern points to San Francisco is promised. National Association of Amateur Oarsmen. w York, January 15 —At a regul r meoting of the executive com mittee of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen Saturday, it was decided to abandon the six-oar barge race at the regatta, and substitute a & Co., 48 and b0 | unnaturally put the radicals, who now muster about ono hundred membors, into an excoedingly bad temper, and whon the president of the couneil bo- gan his long and olaborate statement of the motives which had actuated the eabinet m raising the question of re- | vision at this particular moment, he was roceived by the more advanced portion of the chamber with anything but an oncouraging manner. His usual supportors on tho bonches of the lott and loft contre mean- whilo kept perfect mlonce, whilo the right, having nothing to gain or lose i the matter, seemed themselves ut- torly indifforent. As the rending of | the document went on, thoattitude of the house grew more and more chill e, and whon, after an hour and a half, Gambetta returned to his seat on the ministerial beneh, not half a dozen hands were raised to applaud him, Lonno, January 15, —Ministerial iats sy that thero will be no more cabinet councils this month, There has boon no addition to the programme already announced, but a final de- cision has been taken to demand clotare, a moasure of equnl stringency as the Amorican *‘provious quostion” requiring only a bare majorlty to close a debate. This is deomed the means of restoring loegislative efliciency. The suggestion of release of Parnell and other members of parliament ox- cites strong opposition and would be rogarded alike in Ireland and England as a fresh weak attempt at impossible conciliation. Ireland remains in statu quo The decwsion of the central land court 1n the appeaied cascs is anxiously awaited. The Indian government reiterates the warning to the King of Burmah against granting mondpoliesin defiance of the English treaty. Dr. Carver defeated Graham yes- terday in a match shooting ofl” two ties. Kach shot at 22 birds. Carver won both ties. Bewiay, January 16, —Herr Putt- kamer, on opening the Prussian diet yesterday, roferred to the improved state of the governments finances and railways, they having yielded 29,- 000,000 marks surplus and” thore was a prospective increase of railroad rev enues during the coming year. He asked a small loan for the cstablish ing of productive works in order to give grentor employment £5 the work g classes. He also said he would carly in the session introduce a bill providing for the enforcement of tho occlosiastical laws of July 28th and also enlarging iu its scope the provis- ions of the act enacting the law. In conclumion ho stated the friendly rela tions between Prussia and the vatican had been resume — CAPITAL NOTES fou red junior raco, The commit- tee appointed decided tho Hillsdale crew should besent to England. A committee was appointed to d upon the time and placo for the regatta. The ofticers of the associa- tion wero then constituted a commit- Nutional Associated Pross. DUTY ON HOOP IRON. WasHINGTON, January 16,—A sub- committeo of the ways and means committeo heard an argument yester- day morning by Mr. Weeks, editor of teo to devise ways and mcans for sending the Hillsdales to England, Smal) Pox. Nattonal Assoolnted Pross. Ricumonn, Va,, January 156.—Car- oline Richings-Bernard died in this city yesterday morning of small pox. Her death created great grief here. She was buried in Holywood ceme- tery, Rov. K. Armstrong officiat- ing. There is no noticeable increase of small pox here and the alarm is sub- siding Poxr Jervis, N. Y., January 14, — Five new cases of small pox to-day, making forty-two casos in all. The Right Way to Pray. Nationsl Associated Pross. Prrrssune, January 16, —A Wash- 1ngton, Pa., special to the Leader says Thomas Forsyth, who with hisbrother Meoshac and Wm. Barringer brutally murdered Thos. Forayth at Mononga- hela City last April, was found guilty of murder in the first degreo. The three defendants were granted separ ate trials, Meshac's commences hJun- day. The jury offered prayer before taking a vote on the verdict. The Star Route Trial, National Assoclated Pross, WaASHINGTON, January 15, —Several clerks i the contract oflice were put on the stand yesterday to identify certain bids as having been taken from the files of that ofiice and the question of the admissability of evi- ence was raised by the defense. The case was adjourned at 1:40 at the re- quest of the defense until Wednesday. The Iron Age, on McKinley and Amos Townsead's bill to amend sec- tion 2,604, revised statutes, by add- ing a proviso that in no case shall the duty on any manufactured article be less than the duty upn the material of chief value from which it is mariu- factured. His argument was mato- rially directed to the duty on hoop and band iron. CLAIMS FOR ATTENDING GARFIKLD, The committee to audit accounts growing out of the shooting, sickness and burial of President Gartield gave notice to-day to claimants to present their claims before the 10th of Feb- ruary, MISCKLLANEOUS, On Friday the secretary of the navy, through the United States min- ister at St. Petershurg, sent orders to Lieut. Dovehauer and Engineer Mell. ville, of the Jeannette search expedi. tion, not to leave the vici where they landed uutil the ruumimflsr of the expedition had been secured and to help in the search by all means in their power. The agricultural congress is most largely attended by southern and wostern farmers, Cereal crops were considered and papers read by Prof. Blunt, of Colorado, and Col. Burk- man, of the United States signal ser- vice. Dr. R, L. Brown, of Indiana, read & paper on the better organiza- tion of agricultural work throughout: the country. —— NO. 17 tions and innumerable petitions, and less than fourteen of all have been dis~ cussed, From now to July are 169 days, from which deducting Sundays, holidays and days for memorial ser- vicos romain 100 working days. If no more bills are introduced it would requiro oach house work off twenty- six bills, ete., a day, not considering the fourteen general appropriation bills, and every Monday for months new bills will pour in so that the hopelessness of the private claims may be understood Kansar Laws in a Maddle. Toreka, Kax., Janvary 156.—By the recent decision of the state su- preme court it has been discovered that the laws of Kansas since 1875 are ina most magnificent muddle. By the constitution of this state the low- er house of the legislature ean in no case consist of more than 125 mem- bers, yet in 1877 the number in the house exeeeded this number; in - 1870 the house consisted of 137 members, and ifi 1881 the house consisted of 138 mombers Hence it follows ae- cording to the decision of our supreme court promulgated on January 5th, 1882, that all laws passed which only had & majority by reason of tho as- sistance of the illogally voting mem- bers of the house aro simply 10 laws atalland are absolutely void. As the house and senate journals are stdl in the hands of the vrinter. Tt is not known at this time what effect this decision will have upon the laws of a general nature. ——— Sutotded in a Chy sociated Pross Natton Orrawa, Ont., January evening, while the the Catholie church wore engaged devotion, a report of a pistol was hoard, coming from the scats in the entre of the building. A general stawpede followed, and it was some time befure the cause of the report was discovered. After nearly every one had left the church an old man was found in akneeling position with blood flowing from his right temple, atill holding a revolver in his hand. Medical aid was immediately sum- moned, but betore a doctor arrived the unfortunate man expired, It appears that the victim, who was a stranger in the city, was named Thos. Wileh, and had a few days since been admitted to the home for the aged. Temporary insanity was thoe cause. s Canadian Bank Cracked. National Awsociated Pross, Wyoming, Out,, Jaonuary 10.--A safo in Faucett’s bauking oflice hore was blown open Friday night and considerable amount of cash taken. Entrance to the bank was obtained by forcing one of the windows and no less than threo doors fitted with com- bination locks were blown open be- fore the booty was sccured. The ex- plosion shattered the front windows forty feet away and covered the floor of the large vault with a mass of bro- ken iron and plaster. Many people wore startled from their sleep by the noise bux thought nothing further of it. The tools, stolen from a black- smith shop near by, and a quantity of utty were left behind by the burg- ars. e Tried to Kill a Peddler. National Assoclated Pross Harrispura, Pa., January 15.— Charles and Augustus Dean, of Mer- cer’'s Gap, Cumberland county, have been arrested and lodged n jail at New Bloomficld on tho charge of at- tompting to murder a peddler. The man stopped over night at tho resi- dence ot l)unn and next morning they waylaid and shot him, and supp:sin him dead, threw him under a l)rusg heap along the road side, where a man m a buggy found him shortly after- wards. ‘The peddler was taken before a justice of the peace and told his story with groat difficulty. A consta- ble who arrested the Deans found them dividing the vietim’s money. - - Canada vs. the Pullman Company. National Associated Pross, MontrEAL, Can., January 15.—The amount of the claim on the part of the customs officials against the Pull- man car compuny for infraction of the rovenue laws is about 60,000, This amount, it is expected, will be further augmented by the further claim made of some $20,000 for repairs made to car fittings in the United States upon Canadian built cars which should have been done in Canada. It is asserted that although the governmont cannot collect for infractions of that kind be- yond the last three years, yet should their case be made they can complete the amount by the weight of the fine imposed. Fanny Verdiot. National Amociated Fross. PuitaveLruia, Januvary 156,—The jury in the ease of Robert Lyster Smith, charged with shooting Samuel Josephs in a railroad train while re- turning from a democratic convention at Williamsport, announced Saturday morning they could not agree. Judge Briggs expressed an opinion that the case was a plain one and instructed the jury they must agree. Later in the day they returned a lengthy ver- dict to the effect that the pistol was fired in a frolic. Smith was released on §5,000 bal until 'l'uesday, when the court will decide if it can enter judgment under the verdi - e Hammered a Lawyer: National Assoclated Press Wesr Cuester, Pa., January 16,— Last uight J. D. White, a resident of Upper township, Custer county, hrutn‘ly assaulted Charles Penny- packer, of this place. The aflray, which took place in a lawyer's office, had its origin in business relations. The assailant was formerly a client of Pennypacker's. The latter is in a serious condition, e Twelve Hundred Men Thrown Out. National Associated Press. Pirrspukc, January 16,1t is stated on good authority that the four mills of the Siemens and Anderson steel company were shut down yester= There have already been introduc- ed in the two houses of congress during the fifteen days actual session, 300 bills, besides joint conourrent and simple resolu- day for an indefipitv period, throws ing 1,200 men out of employment,