Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 7, 1888, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALy BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAR. CROOK 1S A MAJOR CENERAL, The President Nominates Him For | the Terry Succeesion. HONORS WORTHILY BESTOWED: Colonel Brooks Nominated to Be a Brigadier General-The Carcers of Both Gallant Officers Reviewed, The Indian Fighter's Reward. WasnixeroN, April 6.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bes.|—Representatives Me- Shane and Dorsey were at the white house this morning and urged upon the president the nominations of Briga- dier General Crook to be magor general, and Colonel J. R. Brooks of the Third infantry to be brigadier general, and were assured that the nominations would be made. Atnoon they informed the Ber correspondent that the nominations would likely come in to-day and surely within a week. Between 2 and 8 o'clock the president's executive clerk ap- peared at the senate with the nominations in the order named. Both were anticipated some days ago by the Bee, which also antici- pated the retivement of General Terry long before there was scarcely any one who could be made to believe it. The nominations give general satisfaction and the Nebraska dele- gation is very much elated over them. The two senators and three representatives tele- graphed Generals Crook and Brooks their congratulations this afternoon, while a score of other legislators and many army officers joined in sending individual telegrams of filicitation. The nominations w merited and are timely. The president was not only anxious to get the nominations off his hands but was glad of an opportunity to recognize these officers, whose confirmations will quickly follow. The record of Colonel Brooke is brillia nt and is known to notonly the people of Ne- braska, where he has served with great gal- lantry, but the country at large. He is the last of the nfantry colonels, having been promoted to his present rank less than ten years ago. He is not a graduate of West Point, bnt entered the service as a volunteer immediately upon President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men. After the attack on Fort Bumter he was ma raptain of the Fourth Pennsylvania infantry and served three months, when he returned home, raised a regiment, became a colonel of the Fifty-third Pennsylvania infantry, served through the war and was mustered out as a_brevet gen- eral in 1806. In the reorganization of the army that year he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-seventh infantry, was promoted to colonel of the Thirteenth in 1879, and transferred to the third infantry the same year. = The nomination of General George Crook gives general satisfaction, and nothing but words of commendation can be heard in regard to the course of the presi- dent, who was guided solely by the magnifi- cent record of this distinguished soldier, General Crook is a native of Ohio, gradu- ated from the military academy at West Point in 1852 and was assigned to duty in the Forty-eighth infantry, then serving in Cali- fornia and Oregon. He soon became noted for courage, coolness and skill in Indian war- fare, and his name has since become a house- hold word in ever tate and territory west of the Mississippi river. During the war of the rebellion he became one of the most prominent commanders of the national forces, reaching the commund of a scparate army, and atv the close of the war was in command of all of Sheridan's cavalry in Virginia. With the surrender of Lec he was promptly ordered back to his old field of duty in northern ornia and eastern Idaho to quell the Piutes and Bannocks, then holding high carnival in those states as well as Nevada and Washington territories. He pur- sucd them during the worst winter ever known in that ion, and at last brought them to bay in the infernal caverns of the lava beds of Idaho, killing a great number and reducing the remainder to submission. This brilliant success induced President Grant to order him to Arizona territory to ry his hand upon the Apaches, who had n at hostility since the first coming of the Spaniards. General Crook first en- deavored to secure peac by gentle means, but these failing, he began his opperations with startling energy, attacking the hostiles in their chosen strongholds, and striking blow after blow without an hour of respite, At the head of the Sunta Maria, at the canyon of the Salt river, at Turrett Butte, on Superstition mountain, and dozens of other places the Apaches were surprisced by Torond night marches, thoroughly whipped and forced to surrender to the numb of 5,000. They were not permitted to live in peaceful idleness, but were compelled to farm for their living. 'Only one band was exempt- ed from Crook's control, the Chiracahu: who afterwards gave the authorities so mucl trouble. Promoted to the position of brigadier- general, Crook was transferred to the De- partment of the Platte, where the Sioux, Cheyennes, Banunocks and Utes were elements of danger to the public peace. On his campaign against the Sioux and Cheyennes in 1876 and 1877, he led his troops for two winters in the face of bliz- zards in Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, at @ temperature of 40= below zeroand through & summer of unusual heat and unprecedented rams, The entire command narrowly es- caped starvation, being reduced for eleven days to a diet of horse meat and water, His troops fought the hostiles on Powder river, ‘Wyo., in February, 1876; attacked and dey troyed the village of Crazy Horse on the Lower Powder in Moutana in March; again met and defeated them on the Tongue riv Montana, on June 9, 18576; whipped Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull on the Rosebud, June Jagain on Goose Creek, Montana, 1 again at Slim Butte, Dakota, pre and totully duan'ni'nd the vil- 1 of the Cheyennes on Willow Creek, \;yominu. in the arctic weather of Novem- ber 25, 1876 ‘T'his last blow proved to be too much and the hostiles sent iu runners beg- ging for terms. As soon as the ground would admit of marching, 4,400 Indians surrendered Red Cloud agency, Dakota, in Febru- ary and March, i877. 1In subscquent operations against disaffected Utes and Ban- nocks, Crook showed the same energy, skill, courage and knowledge of the situation. R called to Arizona in 1552 to subdue the Chi acahua Apachas, who were again on the war path, he made tho meworable march against them into the heart of the Sierra Madre, three hundred miles across the Mexican border, surprised Gerommo's stronghold, killing nine and inducing the others to sur: render, Five hundrea aud twenty-five Chir- soahuas returned to the agency, being every soul of the hostiles, and seventeen white captives were restored to freedom. Genoral Crook 1s known to the country at large us a firm friend to all Indians anxious to do right and live at peace. His firm advo- cacy of the cause of the Dakota Poncas in 1851, and his unswerving friendship for such of the Apache bands as have kept faith with the whites, has attracted favorable attention throughout the country. He will hold his new position for six o1’ seven years, retiring o 1884, His headquarters will, in all proba. bility, be Chicago. [General George Crook, United States army, was born near Dayton, O,, September 8, 1820, He entered the military academy at West Point July 1, 1343, duating in 1852, e was assigned as brevet second licutenaut the Fourth regiment of infantry, and pro- cooded by way of Nicuraugus (o 010 Lis rex: iment, then stationed in California. He moted to be second lieutenant July 7, 1854 be first lieutenant March 11, 1856, und to be captain May 4, 1561. During this time he was constantly and actively employed in the vari- Sus Indian wars which mark the early his- Jory of California. Iv 1807 be comwanded | the Pitt river expedition, and was wounded by an artow in an engagement on the 10th of June in that year. In two other actions (July 2 and Juiy 26), he broke the power of the Indians and restored_peace to northern California. In a period of about nine years he was brought in contact with nearly every tribe of Indians in Oregon and Washington territories, his services being always in d mand whére active and arduous work was required At the outbreak of the rebellion he at once came east and obtained (September 12, 1561) the command_of a regiment of volunteers from his native state. His regiment, the Thirty-sixth Ohio infantry, was ordered for duty in West Virginia. Crook immediately began the work of transforming the raw re- cruits which constituted his command into trained and discipiined soldiers, and by tact and persistent effort he succecded in bring- ing his regiment up to a point of proficiency seldom found in volunteer regiments at that date. Juring the winter he drilled his men in a large building which he had caused to be ed for the purpose, and by this means his command in condition to begin a operations as soon as spring opened. He was appointed May 1, 1562, to the command of a provisional brigade, and May 3, 1863, with inferior numbers inflicted a telling blow on the rebel forces under General Heth at Lewisburg. General Hoth in his report of this action stated: “I attained without firing & _ shot that position in front of Lewisburg which I would have selected. * * Victory was in my grasp, instead of which I have to_acknowl- cdge & most disgraceful retreat.” The rebels were utterly routed and driven demorali from the field. This was Colonel Crook's first battle in the war of the rebellion, and for his gallant and meritorious services on this occasion he was brevetted a major in tho ular army. He was wounded in this affair but remained on the field until the end of the fight. The steadiness of the troops on this_occasion and their brilliant success is attributable to the drill_and disciplme they had received during the preceding winter months, Colonel Crook was next engaged in the norttern Virginia campaign (September and October, 1862), and was promoted to be brigadier general of volunteers Septe ber 7, 182, his commission being specifically a' reward for gallant and meritorious — services. His brigade participated in the battles of South Moun- tain (September 14, 1862) and Antictam (September 1%, 1862), and Tor his gallant con duct at the latfor ho was brevetted a lieuten- ant-colonel in the regular He was next sent to West Virginia where he rendered invaluable service from October, 1862, to February, 1863, in clearing that state from guerillas ‘and ‘“‘bushwhackers.’ He was in command of the independent divis.on at Carthage, Tenn., from March toJuly 186+, participating in the Tenncssee campaign with the Army of the Cumberland and the ad- vance on Tullahoma June 24 to July 4, 1863, On July 1 of this year he was placed in com- mand ogthe Second cavalry division of the Army of the Cumberland. In the active campaign which ensued, besides almost daily skirmishing, he was engaged in the action at s Gap (June 26, 1863), the battle of naugua (September 19,1563), the pur- suit of General Wheeler's cavalry' (October 110, 1563). This pursuit = was one of ' the ~_most brilliant cpisodes of the war. With inferior numbers, General Crook drove the enemy before him and struck him severe blows at the foot of the Cumberland mountain (October 31), at McMinnville (October 4), and at Farmington (October 7). This brief campaign of ten days required the most constant activity, and for the skill and vigor with which it was con- ducted, and for his brilliant services at Farm- ington, General Crook was brevetted a colo- nel in the regular army. During the ensuing two months he was occupied in_difficult and dangerous operations against gucrillas, which he conducted with eminent success, clearing the country between Shelbyville, Tenn., and Rome, Ga. From February to July, 1864, he was in command of the Kanawha district_in West Virginia, conducting a raid on the Virgina & Tennessee railway, which was utterly de- stroyed for many miles. During the raid he was engaged at Cloyd’s mountain (May 9), New River (May 10), and several skirmishes, in all of which he wis successful. In June, 1864, he n raid on Lynch- burg, Va., which | was reached in spite of the vigorous resistance of the encmy, whose opposition led to_continuous and skirmishing, The combat at Lynehiburg w another victory for General advanced position was untenable without fur- ther support, which could not be rendered. With admirable skill he thereupon withdrew his forces to West Virgini pite of the c forts of a active and numerous enemy. For his “gallant and _distinguished services” on this raid he was brevetted a major genergl of volunteers, Ho commanded the Department Virginia from July, 1864, to F being engaged m the actions of Snitker’ Ferry (July 19), Kernstown (July 21), skir- mishes at Hall Town, August, 1864, When al Sheridan began the famous Shenan- > called General 00k 10 his side as a counsellor, and Crook’s ices during that stirring period are world renowned. He participated in the action of Berryville, September 3, the battles of Opequan, elber 19, Fisher's Hill, September 22, Strasburg, October 14, and eck, October 19 His flank _attack on I s Hill was onc of the best conducted and most brilliant feats of the war, and was decisive of the campaign, *‘Had the heavens opencd,” 1t has been swid of this affair, “and Crook's forces been seen de- scending from the clouds, no greater con- sternation would have been created.” His distinguished services demanded recognition, and October 21 he was promoted to be major general of volunteers, and was brevetted a brigadier general for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign and a major generul for his gallant andmeritorious services in the battle of Fisher's Hill. From March 26 to April 9, 1805, he was_in command of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, being cngaged in the battle of Dinwiddie court house, March 81, Jettersville, April 5, Sailor’s Cr April '6, Farmville, April 7. It was Crook’s command that reached Appo- mattox station on April 8, and throwing him- self in advance of Lee's army prevented his further retreat. As a result of this move Lee's escape was cut off and he surrendered on the following day. General Crook was next assigned to the command of the District of Wilmington, N. C., which he refained from September 1, 1865, to January 15, 1566, when he was mus® tered out of the volunteer service, in which he had attained the highest rank conferred by the government. In the regular servi he had likewise received the highest brev rank attainable, but in actual rank he re- wained where Ko was at the beginning of the war and was still & captain, July 18, 1800 he was promoted to be a major of the Third nfantry, and July 25 licutenant colonel of the Twenty-third infantry. ‘The close of the war brought him no respite and he was at once assigned to even more arduous duties in the west, and in November the general who had lately controlled and di- rected the movements of over 60,000 men, wus engaged in leading sixty men against the savages of Idaho, and with this small force quelling the uprising of the Snake Indians, He was successively placed in com- mand of the districts of Owyhoe and of the lakes and of the Department of the Colum- via, until Murch 22, 1871, The Apache In- dians had long been extremely troublesome, and in June, 1571, General Crook was as: sigued to the' command of the department of Arizona und 1o the task of subjugating these indiaus who had successfully defied the power of the whites since the time of Cortez. $o'at ‘once. bogan Organieing the 1roons of his command und studying the character of this intricate problem. The country was little known and the dificulties seemed in- superable. At length everything being ready he took the field in person, and in a short active campaign, lasting from October, 1 oril, 1873, he _completely crushed his savage opponents and the. terri- tory of Arizona was rendered inhubitable and prepared for settlement and development by the whites. For his brilliant services in Ari- zona e was highly commended in orders, and in October, 1578, received earned reward in a commission as br general. He remained in * Arizona until March, 1875, wheu the Sioux troubles in the northwest began te ussudie dangerous proportions. He was at ouce ordered to the command of the Departwent of the Platte. Taxiug the field of W OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1888, in command of the Big Horn and Yellow- stone expedition, he fought eral actions and captured many of the hostiles, contribu- ting largely to the successful issue of the war, and_the resulting peaco which has lasted 1o this day, and which opened up for settlement the northern and western varts of Nebraska, the territory of ing and the famous mining fon of the Black Hil'ls, Dakota. In 1878 he sup- pressed the uprising of the Utes in Colorado. In General Crook's first service in Ari- zona one band of Indians had been_expressly excepted from his operations, These were the Chiricahuas, They were dealt with by a “'peace commission,” and remained wnpun- ished for the outrages they had committed. As a consequence they retained a confidence in their own powers and a contempt for that of the whites, which at a later date, when armed with modern weapons, rendered them the most dangerous and warlike of all tho Indians of the continent. In July, 1882, the Chiricahuas, by their incursions, endangered the safety of Arizona. Mismanagement had brought about a very unsettied feeling among the previously conquered tribes, and a gen- eral outbreak was threatened. General Crook was at once ordered back to Arizora, where he soon restored quiet among the res: crvation Apaches, The Chirjcabuas were at the time in Old Mexico, and from their inaccessible natural fortress in the mountain fastnesses in the Sfrra Madres sallied forth in bloody raids through Arizona and New Mexico, a perpetual menace to the peace and prosperity of those territo ries. General Crook conceived the daring plan of penctrating the mountains and at- tacking the Chiricahuas in their own haunt He organized a command of 193 scouts from the all but hostile Apaches of the reserva- tions, and forty-two white solaiers, and tak- ing the command in person with this force he crossed the Mexican frontier and disap- peared in the mountains. It may be said that the whole country, and the army in_particu- lar, held its ‘breath in suspense and walted anxiously for news from this gallant band. ‘A month passed and still no word came, A few more days and the general and his little force re- appeared, bringing with them as captives tho whole Chiricahua tribe. Asa result of this expedition over six hundred of these Indians were placed upon reservations und peace was restored. The character of his allies, the difficult nature of the country and of his enemy, the boldness of his plan_and the re- sults obtained will ever mavk this expedition as one of the most daring and successful to be found in histor During the two years following the Chiri- caliuas made rapid progress toward civiliza- tion and self_support vilized methods, and for the first time in” its history Arizond was entirely free from Indian troubles of any character. Tn 1885 came a rencwal of hostilitics. A portion of the Chiricahuas took the warpath under Mangus and Geronimo. The hostile band was pursued with tireless energy until March, 188, when the wholo band surren- dered to General Crook in Mexico. On the way to the United States Geronimo with a y of thirty-three men, women and chil- dren escaped.” The remainder, seventy-seven in number, were sent by General Crook to Florida. The rcmnant of the Chiricahuas under Geronimo surrendered to General Miles under a promise of immunity from pun- ishment for their offense In April, 1886, General Crook was ordered to the command of the department of the Platte, where, in 1887, by his decision and sound judgment, he succeeded in preventing aserious uprising of the White river Utes under Colorow. From the beginning of his carcer in the carly days of California to the present time, in a service of mearly forty years, he has been almost constantly in the field. =~ Wh ever active and arduous service was required General Crook wus in demand, and could be found sharing the hardships and enduring the same fatigues and privations as the pri- vate soldiers of his commands, His service during the rebellion was uniformly gallant and meritorious, often brilliant and _always warked by good sense and_sound judgment. As_an Indian fighter his name will ever remain inseparably connected with the history of the west, and his successes on many a field from the Missouri to the Pacific and from the British possessions far into Mexico, have won for him the name of the greatest Indian fighter of our country. GOLD DISCOVERED. A Tract in Southern Califorma Spark- ling With the Ore. SAx DiEGo, Cal., April 6.—Reports of rich gold discoveries in Lower Californma have created much excitement in this city, and prospecting parties have gone to the scene. The San Diego Union ascertained the fact that a number of experts have been in the lower California gold fields and have brought back to their employers a reliable report of rich discoveries. The paper publishes an in- srview with an expert who had been in San s valley. He states that in traveling over the Sierra Madre mountains he dis- covered a tract thirty miles long and twenty miles wide, in which there are hundreds of veins, averaging from three to twenty feet in width, principally compesed of free gold in white quartz, which is easily worked, and as- s from $300 10 £2,200 per ton. The placar rounds are reported to cover thousands of acres, and are said to be rich in gold dust and nuggets, The White Oaks Road. EL Paso, Tex., April 6.--[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.[—Contractor M. R. Locke, of the White Oaks railroad, tele- graphs Vice President H. L, Newman that he will be here to-morrow, when all matters will be arranged. Information from the east clearly establishes that this enterprise is backed by the Southern Pacific. A branch of the Missouri Pacific from the Denver & Rio Grande line will run to White Ouks, and the two joint interests will be united, thus af- fording the Missouri Pacific a Sun Francisco line much shorter than via the Denver & Rio Grande and to the Southern Pacific a route 800 miles shorter to New York, il The Indian Bible Question, MibpLeTowy, Conn,, Apiil 6.—At to-day’s session of the New York East Methodist conference, resolutions were pussed instruct- ing the delegates to the conference to ask for the appointmen t of & committee to consider the matter of the recent order of the govern- ment prohibiting the use of the Indiun bible in Indian mission schools, especially request- ing that consideration be given the question whether the government has the right o prohibit the use of native languages in in- stitutions which receive no pecuniary support from the government. e -— . The River Rising at Kansas City. Kansas C11y, Mo., April 6.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The river registered 19.2 feet above low water mark this morning and is rising at a rapid rate, No damage is antici- pated to-day although the water is fast com- ing up to the damage line, Large cakes of 10e are being brought down by the swift cur- rent and branches of trees and debris indi- cate that the river is flooding the low lands above, Reports from Leavenworth indicate a rapid rise there. The water lacks but three feet of running over the abutments at the east bottoms. —— Floods in Minnesota. S1. Pavy, April 6.—~Many houses and flats at Mankato flooded up to the middle of the windows and the river is still rising West Mankato is submerged. Three feet more of water will cover the Milwauke tracks, and all trains have been abandoned tonight on account of the water in the vieinity of Good Thunder. It is said the iron bridge at Garden City has been swept away. - - A Family's Sore Distress. WiLKESBARRE, 4., April 6.—Mary Sharp, of Wanemec, was engaged in the manufac- ture of whiskey this afternoou when the pots containing the same topped over into the hot fi The fluid blazed, setting fire to her clothing and she was burned to death in a few moments. Three of her children who tried to save her were also burned. The husband and father, John Sharp, who was at work at the time, is reported to bave become iusane. THE WRECK AT NEW HAMPTON Pushing the Work of Olearing Away the Debris. AT THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER. Why the Bridge Gave Way—Accounts of Eye Witnesses—Belief That the Smoker Contains Several Dead fes, — The fowa Railroad Horror. CnickAsAw, Ia, April 6.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bem.]—At 4 o'clock this morning work was again renewed on the wreck at New Hampton. Help from other divisions of the road was brought into requisition and fully two hundred men have been at work during the entire day. The water in the Middle Wapsie began to recede about six hours after the accident, and it has up to this time fallen about three feet, and work on the wrecked cars Is renflered much easier, The dead and woundedWere all taken to New Hampton as fast as they were taken from the wreck, and the dead bodies put in charge of the undertaker, while the wounded were pro- vided with suitableelothing and as comfort- able quarters as could be furnished. Drs, Mixer, Babeock, Wright, Gardner and Roome are in constant attendance and are doing all in their power to alleviate the suffering. One of the most pitiable sights connected with the catastrophe 1s that furnished by the Heidecker family. They are all provided with comfortable quarters in the Clark house. The family is composed of father and mother and seven children, ranging in ages from one to fifteen years. The father and mother lay inone bed rendered almost speechless and unable to move. Their faces and hands are a complete scald. In an adjoining room on a wide bed are the three youngest children, burncd so badly as to0 be beyond recognition. At the foot of the bed, stretched out on a cot, is William Heid- ecker, the eldest son. The extent of his in- Juries cannot be learned. During the entire day he has hardly moved or uttered a word Louis and Peter Heidecker were both thrown through the window out into the water as the car plunged down the embank- ment and succeeded in swimming to the shore and escaping with but slight injuries. 1t is quite probuble that members of this family will yet die. All day long numberless people from the farms and from the workshops, business and professional men have been thronging to the scene and most of them have taken away some RELIC OF THE DISASTER. The following aecount of the wreck is given by an eye witness: The train pulled v engine No., 231, J. W. Scagel engineer, Cyrus Morris conduetor, passed through New Hampton some hours behind time, Scagel was an old_employe of the road and knew every foot of the track over his run. As he pulled outof New Hampton he was running at the rate of forty miles an_ hour, but_ when mear what is known us the dry bridge, about twenty rods cast of the main span over the middle Wapsie he applied hisair brake, slacking up the train to about ten miles an hour. He pulled over the dry bridge and then put on steam and at the time of the accident was going at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. A heavy rain had fallen the night before and a large chunk of ice, an acre in area, had broken loose from a biyou above and coming down had struck the grade about midway be- tween the two bridges. The water lacked about cighteen inches of flowing over the bridge, but it came with such force that when it struck the grade the upper end sunk into the water and part of tne mammoth sheet lodged directly across the track, When the engine struck this it jnmped the rails and tore along tne track a distance of thirty feet and then plunged down a ten-foot embankment into the water., Noth- ing remained above but the smoke stack, the dome and a part of the cab. The tender tore loose and switched around in front of the engine. The baggage and ex- pross oar, carrying Blso pouched miall, passed the engine about a length and ahalf and then went, over the embankment. The smoker, carrying about forty people, scemed to tea loose from the bagga, r, and struck the b of the engine, tearing off the entire side. © two passcnger cars left the track, but were not badly wrecked. The sleeper, con- taining about fifteen people, remained on the track. The baggage master and messenger were both in the expre: r, but neither were scriously injured, The mail pouches, express and a lot of baggage were thoroughly soaked, but most, if not all, has been taken out and cared for. The accident occurred shortly after 4 o'clock. As soon as the uninjured passengers dis- ered their terrible plight they made their way out of the cars s best they could ana assisted those who were less fortunate, A dispatcher left the scene immediately and informed the operator at New Hampton. Help was immediately summoned and by day- light a hundred people were at SUALT, o'clock the wrecking train left Mason City with Superintendent Moll and Assistant Su- perintendent Cable and a large additional force of workers. Attention was first di- rected to the smoking ear where tho SHRIEKS AND CRIES coming from the wounded were such as were never o be forgottes Crushed through the rear end of the car was the engine and the steam was escaping so rapidly that it was first thought that all the occupants would be burned to death, The car lay on its side and soon sirong men were at work breaking through the windows and lifting out the in- jured. ‘AugustSharp was found jammed in above the engine, and at the rear of the car he stood imploring help. A strong man gripped an ax, and not until he fell from exhaustion did he quit his work, His last blow inflicted an ugly fuce wound upon Sharp, who was forced to remain in his terrible position for nearly four hours before he could be extracted. All this time in front of him lay the man- irled corpse of Engineer Seagel, while a little farther on were heard the moans of the aged Mr. and Mrs, Heidecker. The body of Willard Andrews was found near him in frout of Mrs, Heidecker. Her little babe lay sleeping in a seat, Her first thought was to cling to1t, und taking the lifeless and man- glu.f form in her arms SHE KISSED 1T and then lay it away from ler forever, ‘The dead thus far recovered are as fol- lows: WILLARD ANDREWS, Lamont, Wis., aged twenty-three vears. CHRISTIAN SURENSEN, Perobyrok, Denmark, ticketed from Chicago to Dell Rapids, JOHN B. DUELOS, ticketed from Chi- cago to Kimball and directed to friends, MARY HEIDEKER, aged one year, J. W. SCHAGEL, Mason City, aged forty years, The wounded are: Jacos Scmant, Jr., Sioux Falls; wounds on wrist and hand. C. J WiELaxp, Geneva, Ia.; both hands, wrists, face and head badly scalded aund severe RING, Aurora, Wis. ; cut over e, and on left cheek, cut on back wnd right hand. J. M. Ciimiswiaxsoy, Denmark ; face scalded and rib broken. Mit. AND Mus. HEIDECKER AND FIVE CHIL- DREN; the man is badly scalded on his hands and face, the woman's skull is broken and she sustained other injuries. The children are scalded on the head and hands Jons MURpiY, Ossian, Ia.; hunds scalded, and bruised on 16g. AutHuk Wiite, Blackstone, Mass.; head head and Avsxen, Monticello, Wis.; scalded head and face and bruised face. KANK STupRBAKER, Boag, Wis.; bruise o head and face and left leg. DaxikL Suiorr, brakeman, Sioux City; head, face aud breast scokled and leg in- jure AvGust Scuarr, Waukesha, Wis. ; beld by the seat jrons in the water for four hours, only his head being out. His head 18 cut on the loft side and both ankles are injured. HEsRy Scnvark, Nora Springs, Ia.; in jured about the head and”shoulders and ace. Apax Kaven, hands and face scalded, Manry Kaven, his wife; scalded on the right hand and has a scalp wound on the left side of head. (us Benrins, Germany ; head and face cut and broken ribs woon Eixns, Marshall, Wis.; head and face cut and bruised and front part of body scalded Prinue Gross, bruised hand. Frank Heimmerman, of Waukon, Ta., was known to have been on the ill-fated train but he has not yet been scen, An account book of his has been fonnd in the car and it is feared that his remains are buried in the debri Nic Ganring, one of the wounded, gives THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT T was in the smoker. 1 judge that there must have been a party of five in it at the time of the accident, 1was reading a_letter from my brother-in-law, stating that he was dying, when I heard a sharp crash, and felt a8 if cverything was giving way, and we were going down a stecp decline. Then 1 heard the train bumping along on the track. T raisod up and put my hands on the seat but the next moment I was thrown over and I lodged in the window. My body, up_to waist, was submerged in water, and this T think saved me. The steam from the engine escaped rapidly which was indeed lucky for those of us that have survived. Had we re- mained in this hot steam a few minutes longer all would have been killed, The tramn must have been runuing at the rate of forty miles an hour.,” Among the ladies that rendered valuable assistance were: Mrs. Mattason of Brain- ard, Miun., Mrs. Fabriz of Greene, Ia., and Miss Weiss of Crossville, Wis. The coroner's jury have been in session all day long, but it'is thought that they will not reach a verdict for several days. A special car from Milwaukee, carrying W. G. Collins, assistant general superintend- et W. D. Carrick, goncral baggugo agent; J. Milligan, claim agent, and M. Brosnihan, traveling freight agent, arrived on the scend at § o’clock this morning. By some the company criticized. For man) considered a dangerous part of the road, es- pecially during high water seasons. The Wapsie is naturally a small stream, but in times of heavy rains its overflows its banlks and is converied into a large river. There are but two 150-foot-wide channels through which the water must pass, The grade now acts as a dam, the water above being almost |\\'ukh'u', higher than the water below the cl. The wrecking erew quit work at 7 o'clock, but will resume operations early in the morn- It will be several days before the wreck will be cleared away. The smoker will be the next car to be taken out, and it is ex- pected that several more bodies will be found. The fireman miraculously escaped by being thrown out through the window of his cab on top of the smoker. Fort Atkinson, In.j is quite_severely s this has been A Brakeman Fatally Injured. Booss, Ia., Avril 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.—To-duy a brakeman named Fraok Linerod was thrown from a freight train west of town and had his skull broken. Pleces of the skull were pressed into the brain and he cannot live, He was unmarried and about thirty years old. Railroad Wre Ermma, N. Y., April 6.—The cngmne of the passenger train on the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western railway left the track about fifty miles east of Buffulo, about mid- night, killing the fireman and badly injur- ing theengineer. The passengers are safe. The cause of the accident was a washout of a culvert. A Frightful Accident. New Yonk, April 6.—Last night, at the Delaware iron foundry, six men while ‘en- gaged in casting a lary linder, were pre- cipitated Into the mould together with the Jadle and molten iron. Two of them were so fearfully burned they cannot survive, und the othér four are also burned. OHI0'S TENNARY. Speeches From Distinguished Guests at Marietta. Manierra, Ohio, April 6.—The city s crowded with distinguished guests, come to attend the centenmal celebration. The pub- lic exercises to-day were by the historical society. Hon. Wm. P, Cutler, of this city, read a paper on the subject of a monumental structure at Marietta to commemorate the important historical event that came as a fulfillment of the past as well as a founda- tion of the future. After speaking at great length on the services and ifices of the men who opened to civilization the first gate- way to this great valley on April 7, 1857, he offered a resolution that the society will en- courage the erection of a monumental struc- ture at Marietta, and will co-operate with the centennial monument association in ef- forts to procure pecuniary aid. After the annual election of officers, ex- President Hayes was introduced and warmly received. He said he was very glad to join this centennial cclebration, which is of a character that demands attention from all and for which we have not time enough. He believed in as many celcbrations as can be iven, and hopes yet to attend more of them, 1e was followed by Senator Hoar, who spoke of the pride which Massachusetts had for her sharo in the founding of Ohfo. There are probably no two communitics on the fuce of the earth, said he, more alike in opin- fon, character and_history than these two great commonwealths. ‘The afternoon was spent in driving to the ancient mounds, the site of the old fort, aud other places of interest. At the evening meeting a distinguished audience filled the hall. The principal address was by William Henry Smith, whose subject_was “*Familiar Talk About Monarchists und Jucobins,” It treated of the political contest in the ter. ritory northwest of the Ohio river in the carly years of the state, having particu- lar refercuce to the life and public services of Governor Jercmiah Morrow. He paid a high tribute to the settlers of the territory He cited opinions showing the statesmanship of General St. Clair as governor of the new ritory, particularly concerning St. Clair's views of tho restrictions to be placed on citi- zenship. Coming from u wonarchical and aristocratic government, immigrants brought with them ideas at war with republican principles, and belng victims of oppression they would be too often moved to view all forms of law unjust. St. Clair held that a period be allowed for educating the new comers before entrusting them with all the responsibilities of citizenship. A moderato share of property he deemed essential to make an elector independent. The speaker then sketehed the growth of the party spirit then known as federalist and anti-federalist, quoting from a letter of St. Clair, saying: “Although we are near neighbors, the people on this side of the river are the very antipose of the Kentuckians,” Refer- ring to the admission of Ohio into the union, Mr. Smith brought forth new matter to show there was unfair political scheming and tampering with the ordinance of 1787, and this led to the introduction of Jeremiah Morrow, Dr. Edward Tifin and Colonel Thomas' Worthington, leaders of the repub. lican party of Jeffcrson, In conclusion, after referring to some of the dangers of the country, the chief of w is the pride of money and combinations _that destroy individual enterprise, Mr. Smith said: “Letus not despair of the republic, but acquiring the faith that strengthened the immortal Lincoln, I believe that Providence will find a way for rendering for good the cnormous wealth in the possession of the few, and transforming to conservative Amcrican citizens the refugees of Europe without the horrors of crime and bloody rey- olution,” "Po-morrow will be the real centennial day. ————— - Des Moixes, Ia., April 6.—Edward James Holmes, for many years clerk of the supreme court of lowa, died to-day. “and GERMAN BOUDOIR POLITICS, Bismarck Opposed to the Battenburg Alliance, [ Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Rennett.] BerLiy, April 6.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bee.]—Boudoir politics for two days have becn engrossing Berliners Yesterday it was whispered the English queen and the junior Battenburg were com- ing to aid the English kaiserine in marrying her daughter to the senior Battenburg. To- day Berliners hear through semi-official au- thority that Prince Aloxander's suit is post- poned only to rovive if the kaiser dies—that in short only funeral baked meats can bo set forth on the marriage tables been Russia cannot object to a young emperor's sister marrying the czar's enemy while the czar must object to that enemy wedding an emperor’s daughter, Yesterday boudoir politics were saying that both the kaiser and wh prince had been in speeches compli- menting the iron chancellor for policy’s sake in order to placate his opposition to the new Battenberg wedlock. To-day the idea of Bismarck resigning because of a mother-in- law, a grandmother and a czar is pronounced @ silly idea, wherefore an amended and reedited version—with awkward glasses—of the crown prince's recent flattery of Bismarck by the medium of a sort of after dinner speech, is this evening semi- officially printed, and the young man has boeen enjoined to never indulge again in any metaphor—a which is always forbidden by state craft, So the royal romance and the imperial can- ards are already throttled. The result of these boudoir political sensations has been to revive and deepen German prejudice against English muence. It is now doubtful if the empress’ mother visits the empress daughter at all, Prince Bismarck is represented as looking much worried yesterday. He passed an hour with the emperor, and immediately ufterward an hour and a half alone with the empress. Knowing ones say Prince Alexander was about to visit Berlin, but that now he will not come. Bismarck detests petticont influ- ence as much us Richelicu used it, and that for along time o chanceller erisis will be doimaine, PR S PR VICTORIA OBJECTS. Beecher's Book Contains She Don't Like, | Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.| LONDON, April 6.—[New York Herald Special to the Bee,]—The Beecher as in the press of Sampson, Low & Co., when to-day the firm reccived a letter notice from the solictor of John Biddulph Martin, an influential banker and prominent city man, to the effect that chapter 24, page 513, coincident New York edition, reflected a false libel against Mrs, Victoria Martin, his wife, in these words: ‘“After vainly at- tempting to obtain money from wmy self and my wife as the pric of its suporession, the Woodhull women published their version of the Tilton scandal in November, 18727 To-day, also, the same solicitor cabled the New York pub- lishers, Messrs, Webster, to the same effect. Mr. Martin has also scen the London firm, who courteously said they would suppress all allusions objectionable. This afternoon T saw Mrs. Martin, who is unchanged in face, figure or manuers since 1 last saw her many years ago in New York. Mr. Martin isa man of large wealth and high social position. He lives at 7 Hyde Park Gate, just off the park drive, with every luxurious surrounding. Said Mrs. Martin: *The paragraph is wholly false, and as lawyers phrase it, it is so in gener: ials, in colour, and in particuls The publishers have kindly given me a copy of the proof sheet. The charge amounts to blackmail. I do not be- lieve Mr. Beecher ever made or wrote such a charge. 1 challenge the production of any such MSS. of his at any risk of personal noyance to my husband, and I am prepared to bring the libellers to task. Whither has the chivalry of American editors and writcrs fled since I quitted America, that alleged oceur- rences sixteen and even twenty years ago should be even referred to, much less falsi- fied in order to strike at a woman,” What the New York publishers y is best known in their city. Mr. and Mrs Martin, however, scem very strenuous in their intention to fight what they insist is calumny. Allusions may — Battenberg Snubbed. Benuiy, April 6,—The National Gazette says the renewed efforts to obtain the con- sent of the emperor to the marriage of his daughter, Princess Victorfa, to Prince Alexander of Battenberg, have not been successful. For this reason there are no longer any grounds for a_secret conflict be- tw Prince Bismarck and the emperor and therefore there is no question whatever of Bismarck resigning. ———— Fight With Spaniards. Manrin, April 6.—Advices from Zoolos say fighting recently broke out between the Spanish garrison and Zoolo nutives and ten Spaniards and 100 natives were killed and many wounded, including a number of of ficers. The new eroy general has been in- structed to enfor panish supremacy in the Phillipine, Caroline, Mariana and Pelew islands, e The Moorish Difficulty. Loxnox, April 6.—A dispatch from Tan- giers says everything remains quict, It is generally expected a satisfactory settlement of the difforences between the Americun Moorish governments will be effected through the mediation of the British, French and Italian minist e Coercion’s Penalties, Dunw April 6.—Father Kennedy and sixteen farmers of the County Cork have been convicted of attending a national league meeting in the proclaimed district and sen- tenced to three month's imprisonment. i, Lk Will Supend Operations . Roue, April 6. cabinet has decided to stop military operations in Africa during the summer. The special colonul corps will re- main at Massawah, and the rest of the troops will return to Italy - - Battenberg May Get Her. Berviy, April 6.1t is affirmed to-night that Emperor Frederick insists upon the marriage of his duughter to Prince Alex ander, -~ Massing Our Navy on Tangiers. [Copyright 165 by James Gordon Bennett.) GisraLtaR, April 6.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee]—The frigate Lancaster has arrived. - Mormons in Session, INDEPENDENCE, Mo., April 6.—The world's conferen of the re-organized Church of Jesus Christ, or, as it is ordinarily termed Latter Day Saints, began here to-day, Pres dent Joseph Smith presiding. The corner stone of the new church was laid. s . He Was a Thicf. Scorr Ciry, Kan., April 6.—Or Thursday morning $2,000 in currency was stolen from cific express office at Horace, Greely county, by J. H. Draper, the newly appointed night operator. about two months ago, IMBER 204 WHY TALMAGE WENT DRY, The Wets Say There Was Crooked ‘Work Done AND DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION, The Arson Charge Against Brownel] Dismissed-Hog Thieves Bound Over—Odd Fellows at Fremont. Preparing to Contest, Nenraska City, Neb, April 6.—[Spectal Telogram to the Brr.|—Several gentlemen from Talmage, who are not in sympathy with the dry result of the late clection at that place, were in the city to-day making ar rangements and taking legal advice towards contesting the election and claiming fraud on the part of the prohibitionists, e Brownell Discharged, NenmAskA Ciry, Neb, April 6.—[Special Telegram to the Ber, | —James Brownell, ar- rested near Syracuse by an Omaha detective Thursday, charged with sctting fire to the barn of his brother-in-law, George W. War- ner, several weeks ago, had his trial to-day before Judge Jones und was discharged for want of evidence, A Crete Burglar Caught. Crete, Neb., April 6.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—John Clark, who was impli- cated in the robbing of Charles Arens' clothing store in this city on the mght of April 8, 1888, was arrested in Lincoln and brought to this place by Detective Pound. He plead not guilty, waived examination be- fore Judge Achilling and was remanded to jail at Lincoln to wait trial. ~ He could not Turnish the $1,000 bond required, Sale of n Valuable Horse. HastixGs, Neb, April 6.—[Special Telo gram to the Bk, ]—The noted threc-year-old inbred Wilkes stallion, McClure, 4,970, was to-day sold by A. H. Cramer to Church Howeo & Son, of Nemaha county. McClure is said by prominent horsemen who have seen him to be individually one of the best specimens of the Wilkes family i existence. The price paid has not been mude public. Politics at Bennet. Bexxer, Neb, April 4.—[Special to —The following board of trustecs of this village were clected yesterday ane, Enos Bertz, J. E. Vanderlip, O. A. Picrce and J. H. Dickson. The new board ns two republicans, two democrats and > independent. The républicans and dem- rats each had a ticket in the field,and were about equally divided, but the prohibs voted for men from both tickets und decided the election as above. Budd and Summers Bound Over. Nemuaska Crry, Neb., Aprl 6.—|Special Telegram to the Brk.)—George L. Budd and Charles P. Summcrs, the two men arrested for wholesale liog stealing, had their prelim- inury trial to-day and were bound over to the district court. Summers confessed und, among other things, told of Budd is that the woman he represents us his wife and who is lying very ill and in want in the southern part of the city was not his wife but 1 woman with whom he had cloped from Fairbury, Neb., some time since. Goo, Odd Fellows at Fremont. ‘ Fresost, Neb., April 6.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The Centennial Lodge of 0dd Fellows was paid a magnificent compli- ment to-night ut its regzular meeting. There were present represeutative members of tha order from Lincoln, Omaha, North Bend, York, Schuyler, David City, Wahoo, Arling- ton, Blair » Pllger, Ains- worth, Os 4, Newman's Grove, Ord ana Hooper. Altogether there are 150 visitors. The Lincoln delegation, fifty strong, came on sy train this evening, The gathering purely voluntary, the visitors coming to see the splendid team work of the bannep lodge of the west in conferring degrees an muking initiations, Visiting Odd Fellows. Davin Ciry, Neb., April 6. pecial Teles gram to the Bee. ]—About forty Odd Fellow: from this place departed to-day for Fremont to pay a fraternal visit to the Fremont lodge and receive mstructions in new lodge work Brought Back to Life, ) runaska Crry, Neb., April 6.—[Special ‘clegram to the Bre.]—A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs, O. A. Swift, suffering for soma time with typhoid-pneumonia, sank rapidly yesterday and last night was pronounce dead by the attending physician and thi opinion was concurred in by all present, therq being all the appearance of death. The grie of the family and heart-rending cries of the mother as she clasped the body of the child seemed to awake it as_from a decp sleep, 10 she opened he , breathed and has growing rapidly better since. She is pow pronounced out of danger. The caso is p:fi Greeley O nter Incorporaten, Gueerey Cexrer, Neb., April 6.—[Speolal o the Brr|—At a recent meeting of the county commissioners, Greeley Centor wad duly incorporated. J. C. White, R. B, Hutchd ison, J. B. Gaffney, D. J. Farrell and O. Antrim were appointed as town trustees fon the ensuing year. This movement is in keepe ing with the many improvements being made, and means better strects, better sidewalks and a large, commodious school house; all f the near futu With such live men on thy board of trustecs, public improvements assured, 08 fust as means can bo found, merous' dwellings and business houses 4 dy in course of erection, and mop re dy coming in and purchasing fa oughout the county, Active measures { being taken to secure a flouruxd a paper m and there is but little doubt of success, At War Aguin, GuraxT, Neb., April 6.—[Special Telegramy County Attorncy Brierly and John McKenzie, a banker of Madrid, were arrested by Sherifft Winehell in Grant to-dag and bound over in a bond of §00 cach 1o ape pear before Justice Beltzer, of Venago, nexf Thursday, to show cause why they shall noy be placed under bonds to keep the peace, 18 is said they made threats upon the lives of tain individuals 1 Grant, hence the placs ing of papers in the hunds of the oficers fod their ar ARKESTS AND COUNT Mabkin, Neb., April gram to the Bee. | —To-d man, of the Grant Entery and 1. F. Smith, of Grant, were a charge preferred by Johi MeKenzie and 8, 1. Brierly, of Madrid, for riot and assaulf on complainants on the day of the county seat election, Februar Later in the afterncon D. J. Fink went bes fore a justice of the peace and swore & come plaint for breach of the peace against Brierly and McKenzie, who were then arrested bub gave buil and obtained a change of yénue to Justice Heltzer, of Venango. rierly county attorney and McKenzie 8 banker of Madrid, both with unblemished reputationss GLAD 10 BE ARKESTED, GranT, Neb., April 6.—[Speoial Telegram to the Bee]—John McKenzie snd 8, B, Birloriy, of Madrid, to-di :d comiplaint bes fore the probate court allcging that they bad been assaulted maliciously and with riotous Intent by certain parties in Grant on election day, February 28, and warrants of arresh were placed in the hands of Sherifft Winchell for C. M. C. Woolwan, D. J, Fisk, B, ¥. it ARKESTS, .—(Special Teles y C. M. C. Wools Fink ted on