Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 31, 1883, Page 5

THZ OMAHA DPATLY BES-- TAIIUVI‘RI)AY MAY 81 ) eSS St—— ——— 7 — —_— == — ymen 80 {og and \ngin MARE | N d,' F to the dead, and called he clt!- d k fell into th der, Th The New York End of the Brock- lyn Bridge Cathed in Huo- m:n Crimeon, A Remarkable and Uusccount. able Panic and Destruc- tion of Life. A Soore of Persons Trampled to Death and Dczens Be- verely Wounded. The Terrible Struggle for L fe Graphically Describad by the Farticipants, “A Resmoraeless, Fearfu!, Stu. pid Force, as Immovable as the Bridge Itself.” A Heap of Helpless Humagity, Bruieed Almost Beyond Recognition. Tremendous Excitement at the Chambera S8treet Hospital and Oity Hall. Husbandr, Wives and Childrea Separated, Some Never to Moot Again. A Sad Eoding of Decoration Day Ceremonies, BSpecial Dispatches to Tin Bxa, New York, May 30 —A fearfu catastrophe occurred on the 8 large number of people have los their lives. the horror, aro 8o far nnidentified, At about 4 o’clock the long line of people oa foot in the centre walk o the straciure going from and coming to this city, thickened, swelled and stopped in its motion just at the stairs leading from the concrete road. way to the bridge proper. Sirong men and feeble women, manhood and in. faincy. WERE WEDGED TOGETHER in that fearful pressure of the crowd. which extonded mlies, one might eay, on elther end of the line. It wasa re. morseless, fearfal, stapld force, thaf heid {ts victims as immovable as the East River bridge this afternoon, by which Tne narrowness of the footway for passengers ts the causa of A majority of the dead sfon, w8 Wigon afier Wagon tore up to the dour and surgeons descended A perfect stream of unconselous forws were borte to the station on streteh- vra, an the ambulances wero filled and driven away, ‘‘THRY FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS,” “I was walking along tho bridgo towards the New York entrance,”’ asid a man who held a young girl, who was crylng bitterly, by the haad, ‘*when I heard shouting and ecream- tog suddenly arlss In front of me Chen I eaw hats, sticka and hands strotehed wloft and with one scream the whole dense mass surged and swayed toward the gates. I suppose the people thought the bridge was comieg down; angway they fought, screamod and yellea like demovs. Children and women were kaooked down and trampled upon and I was borne irreslstably out, ThenI found *|thls littlo girl, who had lost kLer friends and here we are safe, thank Goad!" Tno_little girl sald her name was Flors Davls, 92 Lewls street. THE BLOCKADE, “‘I went ou the bridge,” sald Chas. Bligh, 59 Third street, Brooklyn, “‘at abouat four o'clock, and ss 1 was ap- preaching the river span I found my- self unable to move elther backward or forward, Women and children com- menced ecreaming. Hundreds of men climbod with great ditliculty on to the beams runrcing over the rallroads and made their way to the carrloge way. Many let themselves drop through between the beams snd were caught by.those baneath, A number of wo- men also escaped this way. The po- Itce and others helped to pull out the 1| dead and dying and they were lald on the roadway until the ambulance came. The shrioks of children on the path- t | way were blood curdling; they orled ‘Help, help,” ‘Save me, for God's sake!' but where we were we could do nothing.” THE CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY, £ Mr. S. Martln, superintendent of the bridge, was seen by a reporter a few minutes after tho accldent, He said: “Five minutes before word come to my office about the ocatas- trophe, I received an answer to my {rqulry that everything was golng on smoothly on the bridge and pedestri ans were moving along quietly. L certainly have no idea what caused the horrible tragedy, as various accounts have reached me from four dlstinct sources, I hear, however, that the panic was brought about BY A GANG OF PICKPOCKETS, s s t 2y ard a'l around the|street. Twelve dead bodies had baen wounded, most of them |lald In the basement of Chambers 1510g beatdo the walls. |etreot hospital at v'olook. 1'wo of aud agaiu s (rnatfo mother [the dead were ldentified as Geo would rash In boquiclag tor rome one |Smith and Ellen Rordar. Amoang lost, There wers ponn to seawerher, | the [njared wers F, E Do, W.lhel fore tho r of the toseusible ooon- [mlna Lowe, Thomae Riordan, Mes. pled all thouglits, The jiagle of the [Chas. Vogeler, Minnie Smith, Ela ambulancs bells acded w the confu. | Reqaa and Frauk Hernett, Among the unconclous were two naldontitivd wen and women and a hoy sed gltl,” It was not until tne dond wagons came out that tho public knew sny- thing of the eatastrophe. The wagona were followed ff tho bridge by women orying for their children, and by men crylog for thelr wives, Several of the women were half naked, many had on only rags. Oae woman had both shoes torn off and almoat ALL WERE BAREHEADED, There were hundreds of them, dir hoveled and erylng. Thelr faces were white, and in many instances were covered with dust and dirt. Mrs Edward O. Colburn, of Brooklyn, came out into Caatham street, leading a little boy with each hand. Sae had lost her husband \n the throng, He had taken thelr youngest child with him. While she was talking with the raportor on ChItham atacet, her eldest daughter, a gitl of 19, ran up to her crytug, ‘‘Where fa father?’ The mother answered she did not know. Mra. Colburn seid, ‘It was an awful ex- perience, I saw one woman tall back- ward from the steps, and as soon as she fell she #as juwped npon by men who were forced after her. They TRAMPED HER TO DEATH, I was pushed up vgainst the ralling and turned round and sround, my clothing was torn and I was exhausted. When I last saw my husband he was holding oar youngest child vp in the alr and belog carried toward the edge of the steps by the crowd. I clung to the railing, At last some one from above grasped my wrists and hauled me up out of the crush, A few mo- ments later they got my two boys up. At that time the bodies lay at the foot of the steps. One man who was white a8 a sheot struggled out of the maes with his dead child held above his head. He was screaming. I stood by the rail lcokiag for my husbaud and our other child, Ido not yet know whether they aro safe,” Mr, H. Abercombie, of Skaneateles, sald: ‘‘After seolng the parado yes- terday I went on the bridge. At 3:30 p. m. I was twenty-five yards from the steps, and waiked towacd them, I noticed a jam on the steps, and stood watching the immense throng. A man goton the {ron work and back- oned the crowd to go back, He was not a policaman. I saw no policeman there, I heard a scream, and several other screams followed, THE CROWD SURGED BACK, and I jumped over the fence. Tre jam centered on the steps. I went Goneral Observance of the Day Haliowed By the Nation's Heroes. I'ha Beautiful Work of Decor- ating Their Graves In. creasing Yearly. Yhe eremonies in New York, Washington and Cleveland Decoration Day Spoctal Dispatch to Tus Brs. Niw York, May 30.—From wn early hour the streets in all scctlons of the olty roeounded with atrafns martisl muslo and hundreds of per. sons were out in holiday sttire to wit- ness the display, Tho route slong stone foundations of the bridge itself. The stoppage lasted nearly one hour, during which time scores ot people fainted To relleve the jam, the bridge offisials removed some of the iron paling a fow feet from the New York side, when, of course, thoas un- fortunate enoagh te ba near enough, aud woak, fainting at desth, as they were, immedistely fell heltor-skelter, heels over head, down on the jagged, gravelly road below, a masa of BRUISED DISCOLOKED HUMAN FLESH, Scores were trampled upon in- stantly aud to stumblo was death. Men were dragzed out of that heap of helpless huminity with faces blue a8 lodigo and the life blood trickiing out of their nostrils, and children as well as women pale, dishovelled and dead. The roadway on either sice of the walk was strowed with dead and nothing. afternoon, many Brooklyn, Now York policemen had warned us that thieves and bunko men were working on the bridge, but as nene of them were Identitied we could do As soon as I heard of the crash, I ordered the roadways thrown open and people are going across that Way now. The Sun extra saye; ‘‘There was a crush at tho steps at the New York approach of the Brookiyn bridge this A panic foilowed and at Iast fourteen persons wero kilied and The crush began shortly before 4, At that hour there were thousands of people upor the bridge, most of them coming from The alr was clear and brlek and the people raptdly walking. As crowds the short dying, a pitlable sight, and yot, it is said, no efforts were made by the bridge officials to stop people coming Tae dead and dylng were carrled off in wagous, caris, eto., fmprovised on a momont for service, and it was o long time before the po- lica arrived and euything like order restored or an ambulincs appoared. on the bridge. Moeanwhils TEAMS \ERE RUSHING BOTH WAYS at full gallop over roadways, why no one could tell, threatening the limbs and lives of those on foot who were attempting to help the unfortunate shouted themeselves hoarse, “‘Clear the way;"” wagons rat- tling over the rough siones, men and ‘women crying In all directions, made 1t a bealam iudeed. A party of men in nuiform did some service st the spot as voluntesr police, to check the victims. Men vulgar and curlous, AT CHAMBERS STREET HOSPITAL. Here there are lying, 13 bodies,— six unknown men and six unknown women, and Geo. Smith of 42 Watte The cflice was filled with peo- ple making frantlc Inquirles for miss- Ing frlends, and with hysterical Two more of the dead,— one boy of 15 and the other a young woman,—are lylng at the police sta- E. Daly, No. 79 Benry street; Wilhelmina Loewe, No. 190 Monroe street; two unknown women; Mrs. C. Vogel, No. 3,214 215 atreet. women, tion unidentified. F. 26th street; Minnle Smith, No. Houston street; Ellen Regen, Horatlo street; 257 Grove street, Jersey Clty. Followlng is a partlal | LIST OF WOUNDED, Frank Barrett, 19 Mot left arm broken. H. his mother was with N Otto Bischoff, 619 Kast Sixth street, ler broken and body injured internally. Andrew Dougherty, six years old, No. 152 Pearl etroet. Charles Eberwien, 334 treat, leg crushed, s M. Eoeret, East Fifty East Six h street, Thowas Roerdon, 18 years old, 86 Mont. gomery ztreet, injured about head, Delone vt eeim clgbr maker, 335 | ybove thelr heads to save thom from Mina d the crush, People were still paying t, 758 Houston street, Mrs, \ 5, Mark's place, ured in the cheat, aged 18, 8¢, Marks ave aue, Bro klyn, iojured about the body, Loslie Regue, soverely iojured. John Keller, West-Farms, missing, Tgnacio Antepars, 282 Seventh avenue, bruised. Annie Goldstein, 59 East . Broadway, head badly injured. Sarab Gaertener, » young girl, 27 Suf folk street, bruised in the head, arms and | ® logs. iAIbOI‘“flI Bohnet, 139 Division street, ‘was last seen to fall with her baby in he arms, when the crowd rushed over her, The 'baby was found but the mother is missing, THE SCENE IN THE CITY HALL police station was slmply terrible— n unknown boy and an unknown girl; Mattle A, Styles, reet, legs and wulatto, 7 Manhassett ] tinger, & young lady, chest injured and right eye badly crushed; 443 flight of stepa, these in front pushed back for fear they would be precipi- tated over the steps, a distance of about six steps. These people in drawing back from the steps mede the nuclens of the jam, for the thou- sands behiod them pnshed on un- heeding. Almost instantly the peo ple began to shout, ““Stand back!” and “Glve us room!” Moaauwhile the crowd from Now York, which was at the foot of the steps, got blocked. The men at the head of the New York crowd fought thelr way back, leaving a clear space at the foot of the steps. The shouting and crowding from the Brooklyn side increased. It was ut- alongside and walked along and hung to the rall with one hand. Just as I got upon the north slde of the fence the ocrowd swayed toward New York and threw a girl down at the right hand corner. She went over sldewlse and forward, and fell on her face. Then four men and women foll on her, Tae crowd cried, ‘every- bedy come over and get away for God's sake.’ I have been used to handling emall gangs of men, I yelled for them to got over the ratl and polled a man over. I gothim over and » woman next to him, and after a hard struggle got them so that they stood along the iron work. Meantime the throng was wedged at the scene of the accldent. Thae rash was from Brooklyn, as New York entrance was closed to all but reporters and those engaged in carrying off the dexd and wounded. It was not until a quarter of Jsix that a equad of pollce were sent on the bridge and the crowd was thinned.” Rov. Wm, H. Reed, 166 Washing- ton street, Brooklyn, recovered a valise with sermons and an umbrella at Oak street atation. He lost them In the crush while trying to help a man with a child out. Both escaped. Tae followlng additions to the liat of {ujared is reported at the New York hospital after midnight: Peter Regan, aged 34, No, 47 Park street, lacerated scalp wound, An unknown man, ribs and arm broken. terly fuexpllcable. 'Tne people in the advance guard of the Brooklyn crowd were pushed toward the steps. They seemed to have a horror of going over the ateps, although the flightis only five feet. THEY LOCKED ARMS, and pushed fariously back against the thousands coming steadily over from Brooklyn, In a few minutes, at a polint just above the steps, there was a slow yielding to the frightful pres- sure frcm behind, and the front of the crowd was forced nearer and nearer to the edge of the sieps, Women and men wers screaming for help, and men were shouting confusedly, Um- brellas, parcels and canes were thrown over the ralls by the people, who needed thelr hands to fight their way out of the desperate crowd, At last, with a single shock, that cut through the clamor of a thousand volces, a young girl who had lost her footing fell headlong, and strack the pathway at the foot of the gtopa and lay for a moment. She raised herself on her hanas, and would have got up, bat in ancther moment she was little boy, and BURIED FOUR DEEP + | under the bodles of others who fell over the steps after her. Sho was dead when they got her ont more than - | half an hour sfterwards. The men sprang up-n tho rails at the slde and steps. No police wers in sight. Erory - | mlnnte the excltement grew worse Men iu the crowd lifted their children , | their pennles at both gates and equez fog fn. At lagt the people at the New York end of the bridge understood what was happening and tho gates were closed and word was sent to , | Brooklyn to close the gates there, Messeugers were sent to the police on in Oak street, but before any ide help came, the bridge police, ted by ocltizens, compressed two grocers wagons into ambulance service , | They were loaded up with the dead r (and dylng and driven off the brldge followed by crowds of the DISTRACTED MEN AND WOMEN, As the wagons came out on the street they were obliged to stop to Yhentne approaches was oclearod at ast, IT WAS LITERALLY COVERED with artlcles of clothing and peraonal property abandoned in the struggle, They were viewed with amazement by people coming over from Brooklyn, who heard of the disaster. In the ex- cltement of the crush Wm, Oxford, aged 45, a drunken man, deliberately jumped from the brldge approach into William street and recelved severe in- ternal injurles and external bruises. The place on the brldge where the ac- cident ocourred is the danger spot in the structure. THE MISSING, In the New York hospital the list will yet be extended. Itis reported many of the wounded, perhaps some of the dead, were driven stralght to their homes when they reached Chat- ham street, instead of to the city hall statlon, Inquirles are making for many persons missing and sup- posed to have been on the bridge at the time of the accldent. Amoang these were Edward E. Colborn, sge 13, Willlamsburg, who got reparated from his father and brother in the crush on the bridge. He had not turned up at midgnight, but his hat was found on Oak street. - waved the crowds back from New Death of Father DeBlieock. and Brooklyn cide, but the people | special Dispatch to Tux Bix, continned to crowd on toward the Cuicago, May 80.—Rev. Father John DeBlieck, one of the oldest and most disclugalshed members of the order of Jesults In this country, snd for many years a leading educator in the Jesuit schools, including those at St. Lovis, Cioclunati, Bardstown, Ky., and Chicago, dled here to-day of cancer of the throat, aged 62, i ‘The Bottom Dropped Out, pectal Dispatch to Tk Bus, KnoxviLLe, Tenn., May 30,--To- night an accldent occurred causing damage to the Knoxville water works, The bottom of one of the reservoirs dropped out, emptying In five minutes 500,000 gallons of water into the cave beneath, The water dld not come to the surface, though the reservolrs are on a hill several hundred feet high, The exlstence of the cave was not gonerally known, which the procession was to pass was lned with people. The windows of the houses along the route were also crowded. Oas the plaza at Madison Square was creoted a stand, on wiich woro seated the president, Secrotary Chandler and Secretary Folger, Attorney General Brewster, Major Goneral Hanocock snd staff, Mayor Edson, Commodore Upshur, Brigadier General Baron De Trebri and Gov orunor Ludlow, of Noew Jorsoy, with (ten. Weaton and Gen, Spencer, and many others of prominence. Opposite the grand stand was another stand, equally bright with flagsand bunting, on which sat officers of the G. A. R. and guesta, The president and party were oscorted from the Fifth Avenus hotel to the reviewing stand by the Olid Guards and a guard of honor, composed of two comradea from each G. A, R. post. In addition toseveral Grand Army posts, were a naval di- vislon, c)mposed of seamen and ma- rines from the Brooklyn navy yard, under the command of Rear Admiral George H. Qooper. In the rear pro- cesslon were a largo number of tracks decorated with flags bearing immense loads of flowers, a large portion of which were contributed by the children of the public schools, The procession marched down Broadwzy to Canal etreet, where the divisions were dismissed. That por- tlon golng to Brooklyn cometeries, wmarched over the East river bridge. When the procession had passed the reviowing stand President Arthur and party were eacorted back to the Fifth avenue hotel, where for two hours the president received a large number of visttors, The day in Brooklyn was celebrated with wonted enthusiasm, The Day at the Capitol. Special Dispatch to TuN Bxx. WasaiseroN, May 30.—The ‘‘na- tlon's dead,” whone remains are inter- red in cemoteries n and about Wash- ington, were honored this morning with the usual coremonies of Docora- tlan Day. Memorial services at the principal cemeterles were conducted under direction of the Grand Army of the Republle. G. A. R. posts pa- raded in ualform, marched %o the Ar- lington National cemetory, where the principal servicea of the day were held. Here a large number of people assembled to witness the coremonies, which wereof animpreesve character. A natlonal salute was fired by slg- nal corps and immedlately aftorwarde the proceseton for ex-soldiers, sallors and soldlers’ orphaus formed and marched, headed gy the Marioe band, through the cometery, decorating the graves. At the head of each of the thousands of graves a mioiature American flag had been placed, and ay the procession passed up and down the long lines, flowers were profusely scattered over the mounds. At the tomb of the **Unknown Dsad" a halt was made, and while the band played a dlrgo, flowers were strewn thickly about the enclosare, Impressive sorvices were held at the Soldiers’ home, In them Gen, W. T, Sherman, Postmaster G sueral Gresham, Chtef Jastice Walte, Juatice Strong, Generals Sturgle, Ayres, In- galls and Rosecrans, and a number of ladles, the wives and widowa of promi- nent cffisers, and a detachment of regular troops, participated, together with the Grand Army posts. The ex- ercises Included & poem by Consul Byers, author of the song ‘‘Sher- man's Maroh to the Sea,” tho delivery of an oratlon by ex-Jastlce Wm, Strong, of the U, 8. supreme ocourt. Similar] exorclses were held at the Congresslonal cemetery. The Day at Cleveland. Special Dispatch to Tus Bua, Ouevenanp, Mdy 30,—Garfield's tomb In Lakeview cemetery was decorated with flowers by a committee, like other soldiera' graves, and in ad- dition with a beautifal wreath sent from the Garfield school at Des Moines, Iowa, Hard showers Inter- fered with the ceremonles, and the exerclses were held in-doors {nstead of at the cemeterles, Lynchburg, Va., in Flames- Special Dispatch to Tus B Ly~scusure, Va.,, May 30.—The most disastrous fire that ever yisited this clty broke out at 10 o’clock this morning, sud Is now raging furlously. Five huudred thousand dollars’ worth of property {8 alresdy destroyed, In- cluding The Daily Virginian bullding and the fixtures of the Commercial bank, the large hardware establish- ment of Jones, Watts Bros, & Co., the large tobacco manufactory of Flood & Peters and other buslneee houses. Soveral resldencer were aleo destroyed. A strong wind is blowlng, and the fire dopartment s unable to copo with the flames. Telograms have been sent to Richmond for aasist- ancs, . UNDER CONTROL,] The fire was got under control after raglng two hours, destroying property to the amcunt of over $300,000, Th Virginlau offico was totally destroyed, besides two 1o establishments, A number ot smailer bulldlegs were des- troyed, on whioh thore was a partisl trsurance, ahd others partly damaged by water and fire. Five meu— Holtey Gouldman, polleemac; Jas. Vaaghn, Felix Beleldore, Jas, Clemen and Capt. Wm, R. Moore, the last con- ductor on the Norfolk & Western ral » road—were burled under the falling walls of The Virginian balld- fog and kilied. It took several hours of hard word to recover thelr bodies, The ctty councll held a meeting to- night, passed & resolution of respect to attend the funeral. The counofl alio wado arrsugemen's for the eroo- tlon of s monument over their graves, Buolnoes has practically suspendsd all The oliy Is in great gloom over the tragle death of fiva peraons. Thoe white wnd colored willtery eompantes wors oalled ont by the mayor carly In the day for proteo tlon of properiy, everything belng in A state of uoparalleled confasion The fire compauios of Richmond and Danvills were r-oalled, their rervices 1ot belng needed. Tho fusarance ag- gregates about $100,000 A — GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, Speelal Dispatches to Tin lius FIRE St. Prreresoro, May 30.—A fire ocourred In tho Puatileff iron works, oanalg o loss of 300,000 roubles The works wero destroyed in which rails were made, PETER'S PENCE, Romk, May 30.— Poter’s penoe have continued to decrease no rapldly dur- irg the past fow months thet an sp- peal addreeved to all blehops {s beiug propared by the Pope, uring them to awakon the felthful to the necessity of providing a fund for the needs of the holy see SANCTION WITHHELD, LoxvoN, May 80,1t s reported that Lord Derby wlll not give his sanctlon to the annexation of Now Guinea by Queensland. It la stated, however, that he has agreed to allow tho eatablishment of Kaglish statlons on the coast of that Taland. HOUSE OF COMMONS, The government's bill, relative to sgrtoultaral holdlngs in England, paseed {ts second resding in the honse of commons last evorivg. Iu the commons this afternoon, the bill empowerlng local authorittes i Ireland to fmprove tho dwelllngs of laborers, passed its scoond readlng, MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, DubLi, May 80.—At the meeting of tho Irlsh National Lesgue Har. rington announced that 389 branches of the league had been formed. Sexton made a speech, in which he referred to the succose of the leagae in Amerloa. Referring to the pope's circular, ho declared thut the Interfor- ence of the pope in the Parnell testi- monial indleated o perllous and intol- erable Intervention in the fatare polltl. cal courae of the Irish psople, but that tho prlests mafutalued a dignified silence, with which, ho seid, Parnoll's admirers wero saticfied Moscow, May 30 —The emperor and ompress sttended the opera this eveunlng, The rcene in the opera house was one of exvraordinary splendor, TovLoN, May 30.—A trauspor sall ed to-day for Torquin with troops. Rour, May 30 —Three of the pris- oners charged with partiolpating in ihe Oderdank demcrnstration were nen. tenced to imprisonment for one year and pay a fine of 500 lire, Heport of o Steamship Company. Special Dispatch %0 Tus Bx New York, May J The annual meeting of the Pacific Mail steamship compauy was held to-day. Presldent Houston reported that the act prohib. itng immigration of OChinese had caused a falling off of several hundred thousand dollars, but that the number carrled to Britlsh Columbia made up for this joas. The war between Ohlli and Peru has been injurlous to the company's interest, but work on the Panama canal had added to their fraight recelpts, The entire iudobtedness of the cow- pany now is less thau $1,000,000, due to the Panama rallway company, which is belng liquldated at the rate of §20,000 per mouth. The net earn- ings during the year is nearly 5 per ceut on the oapital stock. The total oarnlngs for the yosr, $4,102,764; ex- penses, §3,190,606, The following directors were elacted by votes representing 160 000 sharee: Juy Gould, Sidney Dillon, Russoli Sage, C. P. Huatington, B, H. Por. kiug, Jr., Henry Hart, Wm, Romsen, Edward Lanterback and J. B, Hous- ton, They will organiz> and elect ofticors in & day or two Accidents nt S Spectal Dispateh to Tix Brw Boston, May 80.—The yacht Sky- lark sized tn the harbor this aftor- noon, snd the followlng persons wore lost: David Batler and Matthew Kenney, of Forest Hills; Jas. Wood and Joseph Cieary, of Boston; Rich- ard O'Brien, of South Boston, and another unknown man, The steam gauge cock on board the steam barge Andrew Noater, burst this afternoon on the way from Polnt of Plnes, soverely rcaldiug John J, 0'Laary, of Boston, and Edward Hart, engineer, who wlil probably dle. Burt MoNsmara sud Henry McCarty, of East Boston, and Andrew Mc- Intyre were also severely scaldad, probably fatally. Congregational Saoleties. Bpecial Dispatch to Tun Bus, BostoN, May 30,—TlLere were im- portant meetings of the Congrega- tional socleties to-day. The Ameri- can College and Educational soclety reported $135,000 given colleges and $30,000 added to the permanent fuud. Atameetiugof the Amerfcan board of commissioners for foreign miesions, to- day, it wasaunounoed the fund had come to un end and $91 000 had been asked for tho year's missionary work, more than could be procurad, Recolpts from donetions and legaolee durlng 16 pist nine months wero $343,000, wmd In the next three months It will bs necessary to have $150,000 more, 'he annusl meeting of tue Univer- sallat Publishing soclely wes held to- dsy. The bustuoss of the house the ast year has boen the largest of any year aince its organization, A Little Fight Spectal Dispatch to Tnu Bax. Quavaquin, May 30.—There was fighting » little above the eity this worning between the steamers of the contending parties, Little damage was reported, There was fightivg also at Malacombe, half a league off. Buelues houses are closed by advice of Velntemilla, . — A Powder Party Busted. Spoctal Dispatch 4o Tun Bun. Quesec, May 30.--A frightfal acel- dent ocourred at Betchnan, twenty miles below Point Esquimsux, Four- teen men from the seal fishery were dividing two kegs of gunpowder in one of thelr houses; one wes smoking men onrrled about one hundred yards. The ontire party were badly burned; none klilod outright CAPITAL NOTES, Special Diepateh to Tun Ban, JOURNALISTIC GHOULS, WastiNatoN, May 80, — Captain McNelr, of the Jeanctte board of In quiry, said to-day that Seaman Noros testficd to cortaln facts which were suppressed by nowspapers, Those facts related to tho shockjuy ¢oseora~ tlon of the graves of Lleutenant De Long, Surgeon Amblor and Collins, Noroa received permission to accom pany corrospondent of The London Standard and Telegraph and an artiat of The Hlastrated News to the graves of the Amerloan cflicers. When they arrlved at the place his companions procceded to dig up the remalns agalnst his most enrnest protest. They wore determined, however, and he wad holpless In the matter, Ho sald he should not have pointed out the graves If ho had snpposed the corre epondents intended to do anythlng bosides sketch them, The journal- fstic ghouls, however, exhumed the remalus, sketched the bodles In an upright position and then replaced them, MORMON PROSELYTES, Tho 330 Mormon proselytes who arrlved on the Novads, Saturday, passod through hero yesterday for Salt Lake. There were about 150 English people In the party, about 100 Swiss, nud the rest from Belglum, Sweden, Norway, Russia and Scot- land. While none were dressed poor- 1y, all of thom showed that they be- longed to the rougher peasant classes of the countries from which they come, and none of them to the class kuown s tenant farmers. — SPORTING. Spectal Dispatches to Turgbin ROW POSTPONED, Point or Pings, Mase., May 30, — The Hanlan-Kennedy raco was poot- poned tiil to-morrow owlng to rough water, LOUISVILLE RACES, Lovisvitig, Ky., May 30.—Seventh day of the spring meeting; track heavy. One mile, Monticello won, Vangusrd second, Metropolitanajthird; timo 1:484. Club purse, two yoar olds, five far- longs, Miss Browster won, Neophyte avnm*\d, Pluck and Luck third; time, orchants stake, all ages, mile and farlong, Modiator won, Checkmate second, Bondholder third; time 2:02§ Club purse, all sges, three-quarters of & mile, Pops Leo won, Highflyer second, Hightlight third; tlme, 1:20, The Rebellion at Belleville Sab~ dued and the Vietim Buried. The Board of Trade Formulate a Plan of Settlement, The Coming Iron Strike. Buarial of the Dead M Special Dispatch to Tux Brn, 1 Lovis, May 30.—The faneral of Wiillam Henderson, the miner killed by the mllitary, took place at three o'clock thia afternoon. Over 1,600 miners attended the fueral. The Inquest was contlnued this morniug, Several witnesses were ex- amined, among others Depaty Sherlffs Regland and Anthony. The testimo- ny was corflieting as to who begun the firing, although Deptty Sheriff Ragland stated he saw a man pointing a rovolver at him aud then shcts were immediately fired. All quiet at Balleville and other mines to-day. It ls belleved same way out of the difficulty will be found aud work resumed at all mines next week, Hettling the Strike. Bpectal Dispatch to Tux bxn 8r. Louis, May 30 —The com- mitteo appolnted by the Belleville Board of Trads to conslder the rela- tlona exlsting between the miners and wmine owners in that district, and to seo what can be done towards settling the present difficulties, have made a report in which they recommend that 'l rallroad companles carrylug coal to St. Louis, farnish a copy of the wolghts of coal produced by hand- working mines to Chas, Nesbit, presi- dent of the Miners’' unlon, on the Hth and 20¢h day ¢f each month, and that Nesbit furnish a copy of the same to each mine; that a uniform screen be established at all hand working mines end that owners of machine mines be allowed to operate them without any reference to the regula- tions governing hand mining, The committee aleo recommended the state loglalature provide fora com- mittee of arbitration, to whom all difficultios between operators and miners shull be submitted, and whote declslons shall be final. These reo- ommendations are simply what the miners aro contending for, Whether the mine owners will agree to the terms suggested s not known, but 1t 1s quite llkely some actlon locking to a settlement of the trouble, Olub purse, mile heats, Rafus L won, Minstral second; time 1:62%, 1:67} AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB, New York, May 30 —The op- eulng dsy of the Amerlcan jockey olubs annual eprirg meeting was ushered {n by occasional dvizzling rain and large attendance; track In good oonditlon, purse race, mile and a furlong, George Kinney won, Gonfalon second, Oarlisle third; time 2:004. Great Metropolitan staker, mile and a half, Bootjack won, Hilarity second, Froegold third; time 5:42} Miie and a quarter, Sirathapy won, C“kl‘y B second, Volusia third; time 2:114. Parse race, one mile, Tank won, Baby second; timo, 1:50}. The handloap steep.s chase, was won by Lillfe Marson, BRIGHTON BEACH, The racing sesoclation bogan its fourth season at Coney Island to- day. Thres quarter of a mile,Littlg Minch won, Iuasks second, Daley's B. F. third: timoe 1:16 Mile, Mary Corhott first, Blenheim second, Monk third; time 1:44} Seven furlongs, King Fan firat, Dounbtful second, Tocsin third; time 1:303. Miie and a quarter, Cromwollffirat, Arsenfo second, Littlo Fred third; time 2:03. Mile and a qnuartor, hordlos, Jim McGowan first, Ringer eecond, Dolly third; time 2:20. BASE BALL ProvineNck, May 30.—Clevelands b, Providence 2; afternoon game, Puitavkreiia, May 30, —Ohlcagos 22, Philadelphias 4; afternoon game, New York, May 30.-~Morning game, Detroits b, New Yorks 2; after- noon game, New Yorks 8, Detrolts 4 MYSTIC PARK RACES, BosroN, May 30,—The spring meet- ing at Mystic park, first day, 8 olass, best three in five In harness, mile heats, H. B. Winship won In stralght heats, Juage Davis second, Grey Finls third, Bachmaa Mald fourth; best time 2:25], Class 2:29, Billy Briton won, Happy Thonght second; Amelie C. third, Rob- ert H. fourth; best time 2:23, —_————— T ho f Gould. Special Dispatch to Tun Bun, GaLYESTON, May 30.—1t is sald the Gould system proposes to establish this fall at Palestine general car build- ing shops for all its lines TUTTS PILLS SYNMPTOMS OF A A TORPID LIVER Loss of Appetite, Bowels costive,' Pain in the Head, with a dull sen« wation in the back part, Pain under the Shoulder blade, fullness after eating, with a disinolination to ex= e:tion of body or mind, Irritabilit of temper, Low splrits, with a foel- ing of having n ted some duty, Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering a the heart, Dots before'the eyes, Yol low fkin, Headache generaly over the right eye, Restlessness, with fit- ful ‘dreams, highly colored Urine, CONSTIPATION. L O T G T ) ciwes, one dose 0 e of feeling exs s ta 4 nou; Action ular St N. Y. TUTT'S HAIRDYE . @aav Hatm on Wimkrns changs to s Guoms 7. Bold by Drugudsts, of seut by o recelptof. " 81.00, OFFICE, MURRAY ST., N, ¥, u&.fl'n‘n VAL of Valuable lnformation and Vo malled b LEK un aupilcatl von. d resumption of work will be taken ina day or two. No trouble is re- ported as yet to day in any part of the district, and there will probably not be any more. The inquest s still in progress and may not conclude to.day. Two com- panies at Decatur bave been ordered to hold themeeives In readiness to start for St. Olalr county at a mo- ment's notlce, but thelr services will not likely be needed. The Iron Strike, Special Dispaten to Tus Bes. Prrresura, May 30,.—The {ron manufacturers charge that the action of the Amalgamated Association in demanding the restoration of the scale of 1881 in the Cincinnati distriot is a breach of faith and will eolidify the manufacturers’ ranks. They also de- olare that in the strike they will as- sume the offensive instead of the de- fensive ae heretofore, that the result will certainly be a large increase In the number of non-unfon mills, if not complete annihilation of the Amelga— mated Association, President Jarrett denies that the Amalgamated Assocla- tlon has been gullty of breach of faith and predicts that the strike will not last long. Mutilating an'Agreement. Spoclal Dispateh to Tne B Onicaco, May 30.—The striking bricklayers held an indignation meet- iug this evening and refused to be bouutd by the agreement made yester- duy by the committee of bricklayers and master masons, They clalm that aftor the agreement was signed by both perties, that it was given into the hands of George O. Prussing, preeldent of the Master Bullders as— soclation, that before glving it out to the reporters for the dally pspers he removed one of the leaves of the doou- ment and substituting another con- talning a clause not in the original, under which masters msy declare any man not a competent mason and may cempel the bricklayers union to issue an apprentice card to him, The men are very bltter and will not resrme work to-morrow. Mr, Prutsing's slde of the story Is not learned. Obituary. Spoctal Dispatch to Tun Bux, . WasniNaroN, May 30,—Lieut-Col, W. G. Mitchell, acting adjutant gen= ;nldon General Hancock's staff, is CATARRH COMPLETE TREATMENT ONE DOLLAR, Asingle dose of Sanford's Radical Cure in-tantly re'leveithe most violent Sneezing oF Head COlds, ¢ cars the head as It by magic, stops watery dinharges from the noso aod eyes pros ventn’ ringicg noires in the head, cures nervous po ond subdues chills and fever. Catarrh it cleanses the nasal passsge ucus, roitores thesentes of smell, tsste ring when affecied, froes the head, th and bronchiel tubes of offensive matter ens and purifics the breath, stops the cougl arrosts the progress of Cstarrh towarcs Con- packige, of sll deuggis & £ r81. Ask for SANFORD'S KADICAL CURN, Por- THit DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., BOSTON, For the rellet and yrevens COLLINS tion, the lnctaut ic is sppiied VOLTAIg," ,of Kheumatism, Neur. Igia, \ # / Sciatics, Coughs, Colds, W ealt 1427 - Back, Stomach ‘and Bow els, Shooting Palus, Numbness, Hysterla, Foma'e Pains, Pal: I pitatior o Complalo /ELEc \ Saarie LECTRICYNGOLUINS ALASTERS, (sn PLASTERS Eiectric Faitary combioed E gsorith 8 Porous Plasien) and Inughat paid. 26¢ Everywhere, R&Th