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THE WEEKLY TELEUKArH: TUESDAY OCTOBER 10—twkLve fc'AGKS.
MUD RUN MURDER.
The Disaster on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad.
PEOPLE SCALDED AND MUTILATED.
* men attached a locomotive to the wrecked the signal to the section jollowloir wa*
engine and started to pull it from the wreck, measured this morning and found to he |
bufthe fir“ movement of the shattered 1,000 feet. A. the tram was ascending a
wreck brought from the wounded such grade it could have been stopped in lew
awful cries* of distress that surround-, than that dlstaaee. According to invest!-
ing friends ordered the engineer to gation thus ftr made the company s rules
desist on the pain of his life. They did not and orders were complied with by the tele-
mutilated* 6 ^ raSDgl * d “ r KtaFnKS *!ES&v8[j£$S
A few houses about the spot were thrown
open to the suffering, and bonfires were
lighted to aid in the work of relief, which
was not completed before noon to-day.
Passengers on the train which caused the
terrible disaster state that, seeing the train
The Demolished Cars Reveal Horrors Un
paralleled In the llldeoas Annals of:
Reckless Railroading—A Woman's Leg
Chopped Off In Releasing Her—A Man
Hanging Head Down from a Car Roof-
Frenzy of Parents and Friends—The Fu
neral Train.
section.
road company will he over one million dol
lars.
TWO OF TUB INJURED DIE.
Nine additional names nre given out of
bodies from the Lehigh wreck which havo
abead'when far down the road, They sprang been identified. Two of the injured brought
from their seats and stared in wonder and
surprise that the train did not slacken
its speed. Suddenly the engineer nnd
Wilkesbarre, Oct. 11.—About 10 o’clock
last night a dreadful acc.dent on the Lehigh
"Valley railroad was rumored to have taken
place, and further report said the wrecked
train was a section of an excursion train re
turning from Haselton. Nearly 0,000 Lu
zerne and Lackawanna people had gone
there and no one knew just who had re
turned. The railroad officials were mute;
they knew nothing. Gradually the stories
took a terrible form. It leaked out that
Superintendent Mitchell and othera had
gone down the road on a special engine;
then a private telegram arrived saying the
accident had occurred at Mud Run, one sec"
tion of the excursion train running into an
other and forty persons were reported killed.
The people were in agony and the crowds at
the depot swelled to hundreds. Still oili
cials were mute. No dispatches could be
gotten over the wires. Many well-known
citizens were seen at the depot wringing
their hands, their faces tearful and
pale with dread. Women thronged the depot
with terror-stricken countenances, aobbing
and crying, or silent end trembling with the
dreadful uncertainty. Still the railway
authorities preserved their terrible silence,
declaring that they knew nothing. Every
means was taken to get an explanation, but
•11 to no purpose.
A New Jersey Central train finally bronght
news to the effect that 80 were killed, and
the excitement grew intense. All the White
Haven physician! bad gone to the scene.
There were seventy-eight cars from Wilkes
barre to Hazleton, the number of passengers
being about 6,500. The sections were all
crowded to suffocation, furnishing the condi
tions for a terrible lose of life in case of a
wreck.
THE AGONIES OF 8BSFENCE.
Throughout the night the depot wes
thronged by hundreds of persons suffering
untold agony over the uncertainty. The
throng was loud in its denunciation of the
cuuipauy for refusing ail information ami
causing needless suffering.
At 3:30 a. m. a report was in circnlation
that arrangements bad been made for the re
ception of a large number of the wounded at
the hospital. The rumor was soon confirmed.
The officials were expecting twenty-five of the
vii lim*. With Midi a list nl aimii’.l.-.l in;;
in this direction the public pulse stood still
over the horrible possibility, and thousands
of panting hearts quivered in dread. Many
persons wanted to go to the scene of the
disaster and endeavored to charter a loco
motive. Rev. Father Moyian of Scranton
offered to pay cash for any expense in that
direction, bnt the favor could not be ob
tained, owing to the absence of Superintend
ent Mitchell at the wreck.
Many persons, after waiting during the
long, weary hours from 10 o’clock to 3
o’clock in tne morning, took the southbound
train which passed here at 3:10 o’clock and
went to the scene of the appalling disaster.
Jt was there learned that the third section
of the excursion train had stood on the track
a few hundred yards from find Run, waiting
for the section ahead to go out of the nay.
A flagman, some say, had tent back with a
lantern to guard the train from the rear.
Suddenly passengers on the rear saw a
train approach at a nigh rate of speed. Sev
eral of these passengers who saw the dan
ger jumped and escaped. In an instant a
Hash of the headlight illuminated the inte
rior of the ill-fated rear car, there was a
frightful crash and the engine plunged her
full length into the crowded mast of human
ity. The shock drove the rear car through
the next one for two-thirds of its length, and
the second ear was forced into the third.
Not a single person escaped from the rear
car; the second was crowded with maimed
and bleeding bodiei, and the third car had
kilts tar. HtagMi who escaped unin
jured, but the terror-stricken passengers of
both trains made their way out of the cars
and on going to the telescoped engine and
cars were filled with horror as the terrible
disaster dawned upon them.
8CALDINO THE DYING.
The shattered engine was pouring forth
streams of scalding steam and water, which
hid from their eyes the fullest measure of
the horrible scene, while «ita hissing sound
deadened the shrieks and groans of those
imprisoned in the wreck. Ghastly white
faces peered into the windows to be greeted
by the facea far more ghastly. Some of the
dead sat pinioned in the seats, erect as in
life, staring open-eyed as if aware of the hor
rible surroundings.
As the steam and smoke cleared away
from the rear car, its awful lights were
revealed. Timbers were crashed and
wrenched, while on all sides hung mangled
bodies and limbs. The few bodies which
were not mangled were burned and scalded
by the steam and little remained in the car
which bore human resemblance.
When the shock of the first crash had, in
a measure, subsided, the uninjured begau to
do what could be done for their unfortunate
companions. The few light tools on the
train were called into requisition, but proved
feeble isztraacnts, indeed. The Si. frauds
Pioneer corps, who were on the train, were
■nppiied with steel broadaxes which were
meant for holiday occasions. Thiy were,
h iwerer, but little adapted to the work and
were soon rendered useless. In the mean
time she windowa of the car* were amaihed
in; brave men entered and released those
least hurt or least entangled.
In one car they found John Lynch of
Wilkesbarre hanging from the roof by one
leg. His cries brought friends who, to re
lieve his suffering, stood upon the wreckage
and held bis weight upon their backs until
he waa released from bis terrible poeilion.
A PINIONED LEO CUT OFF.
A young lady waa found caught hy the
lower limba. One of her legs waa quickly
released, but the other could not be freed,
and unfortunately a misdirected blow of an
axe severed it from the body. .She heroic
ally bore her tortnre, and taking out her
gold watch she handed it to an acquaintance
as a gift to a friend at home. She was put
on board of one the trains and given all pos
sible care, hut she could not survive her ter
rible injuries and died in the arms of friends
board the car.
To free the bodiei in the rear ur train-
fireman were seen to jump,
here died to-day in the hospital and five or
six more are likely to die. The Uitof [den- certificates are eloquent tributes, and speak for themselves as to the efficacy of B. B B
tified dead now foot np sixty-one. The num
ber injured is surprisingly small in propor-
aud then came the shock. Engineer Harry I t | 0 n to the total cssnalities, many
Cook and firemanHugh Gallagher sustained p| e being reported killed than injured. There
slight injur is. The fireman subse.-iuently
stated that he saw the red light, informed
the engineer and then jumped. The passen
gers gave many different at counts of the
probable canae of the accident, some attri
buting it to negligence of the flagman in not
going back with the red light, others say
the fourth section which ran into the third,
had no air brakes.
SCENES AT THE DEPOT.
After the news wan received at the hospital
■till remain a number of unidentified bodies.
WHO IS RALPH BOYD?
A Mystery In Connection With a Former
Tax Collector.
Mr. Jes*e A. Robson of Sandersville, ac
companied by Mr. W. H. Boyer, were in
the city yesterday, having returned from
Fort Valley. He left for home on the
confirming the wont fears, the scenes at the j morning train b, Sdseunah.
depot were heart rending indeed. .The object ot Mr. Ko^ons via u to Port
Several hundred persona had aaaem- galley w..s t . find ilia sender of V pa- kaye
bled there aud as, the report spread i of money received by his wife on .‘ atur-
that a train was approaching, then a rush : day. It seems that on that day .Mrs. RoV
waa made for the platform. A line of po- sou received the package, which coiHaiutd
licemeu and railroad employes was drawn
up to keep back the crowds. It was then
reported that the wounded were on board,
aud were to he takea on to Mill creek,[near
the hospital, there to be transferred. One
desperate man, hearing this, sprang forward
and, with an awful imprecation, declared
that his family were on the train and that
aay attempt to keep him from them would
cost * life.
It was learned a little later that no
wounded were on board. As the train drew
up it was found to contain many from
Pleasant Valley and Minooke, who had left
dead friends behind. As they alighted and
nu t friends and ac lunintances their shrieks
aud walla were pitiful to hear. One yonng
woman moaned that her father and sister
were dead; another a brother, and so it went,
and the crowd became wild with excitement.
Gradually the facts narrated were gleaned
from the more composed.
A sad incident was the presence on the
platform of Michael Whalen of Pleasant
Valley. Up and down he wandered, ques
tioning each one as to his two boys, uged
respectively twelve and fourteen years.
Fiually one of the passengers remembered
that one of the boys was hart, and the strong
man groaned. As the informant hurried
away he told the reporter that be thought
both boys were dead.
The report getting abroad in Scranton,
nnmber of persons who had friends on the
train hired a special train, on which they
came down to this city. They were desir
ous of going on to the scene of the wreck,
but were refused permission by the company.
They were highly indignant at the treatment
received.
A special train of three cars, in charge of
Dr. W. Trimmer of White Haven, arrived
here at 6 o’clock this morning from the
wreck, with twenty-two injured persons.
They were placed in the care of Dr. W. G.
Weaver of thla city, who accompanied them
to the city hospital. Dr. Trimmer reports
that many of the injured are badly burned
hy gas causing fruits the engine.
1 be killed, us Lr a* learned, nnmber for
ty-nine, aud the injuied twenty-two.
THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
At 6:30 o’clock this evening the funeral
train arrived in Wilkesbarre b-aring fifty-
seven corpses. They had been partially pre
pared fur hurial and lay upon boards placed
upon the backs of scats in turee pas-enger
ci.aches. It was an awinl sight, indeed, to
look through the long coaches at tbe bodies,
each covered «iJi a white cloth, here the
form of a boy of 12 years anil beside it that
of a stalwart uian. As the train drew up to
the Wiikobnrre depot it took a dozen police
men to keep back the frenetic crowd of
friends anti relatives who had come from
Scranton and Ptessaut Valley 10 meet their
dead. A special coach had been provided for
those friends, but they insisted on entering
the cars containing the dead, and were pre
vented by force and the eilorts of five priests
who were on the train. One body was re
moved from tbe cars at Wilkeslurre. The
train then continued on its way up the Dela
ware and Hudson road to Miner’s Mills and
Scranton.
SEARCHING AMONG THE DEAD.
The people in the special coach again be
gan to clamor for permission to enter the
funeral cars, bnt were again refused, it be-
ing alleged that uo one had keys. Several
who were in search of missing friends be
came desperate and aoon broke down the
car doors and began a frantic search for
their loved ones. Clothes were torn from
the maugled and scalded bodies, revealing
the gay uniforms of St. Aloysius men. cadets
and otber members of the societies. Those
who knew their relatives were on board,
also flocked into the cars and began re-ar
ranging the attire or coverings of the
corpses. Many were distorted and in hor
rible attitudes, and friends endeavored to
lessen their frightful appearance, and at
Miner’s Mill the train stopped to leave one
body. No lights could be obtained nnd
much of the work was done in partial dark
ness.
THE DEAD AT THEIR HOMES.
It was as the train drew up at Pleasant
Valley, that the most heart-reuding icent-s
were enacted. Ropes had been stretched
about the depot auil guards kept the im
mense throug back. The shrieks and
screams of stricken friends and relatives
were pitiful in the extreme. The first body
carried out was that of a 13-year-old boy,
borne in the arms of his stalwart brother,
then, one after another, forty-six white-
sheeted bodies were carried out and given
into tbe charge of friends. The shrieks and
cries oi women and the hoarse shonts and
imprecatious of men made a terrible scene.
When all were out the train again pulled
out with tbe remaining dead to Scranton
and Minoka and points beyond.
There are tea bodies still unidentified. It
is impossible to tell the nnmber of wounded.
Twenty-five were bronght here to the hos
pital and numben of others slightly injured
have gone to their home or ore being cared
for elsewhere,
A RAILROADER’S STORY.
The story of the disaster on the Lebig
Valley at Mud Run, as told by an official, ia
as follow*: “Eighty-seven carloads of peo
ple attended tbe parade at Hazleton from
Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Carbondale and
other places. There were eight sections of
the train, and these followed passenger train
No. 12, with orders to run ten minutes
apart. These orders were also delivered to
the telegraph operators at all the signal sta
tions. The seventh section came to Mud
Run ahead of time and waa stopped until
the ten minutes expired. The danger sig
nal was displayed at the station, and the
rear brakemen were sent back as an addi
tional precaution. Section No. 7 laid a
short distance beyond the s’ation.
No. 0 came thundering along, and
the brakemen gave the engineer the
signal to stop. He failed to heed it, and
dashed by the signal. The train plunged on,
disregarded the signal at the station and the
awfnl disaster followed. The last train was
filled with people from Csrbomlale. Three
can were telescoped. The distance from
the end of tbe wrecked section of the train
to tbe spot where the brakemen stood giving
535, «' d was sent by “Ralph Bjyti,"’
though ilie letter enclosed with the money
was signed “Willie Corneal.” On the back
of each bill has been written “J. A. Rob
son, attorney at law, Sandersville, Ga.,”
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For the Citizens or Tyler nml Sn tth County
ns Uttered by John M. Adams, of the
Firm of McKay and Adams, Druggists.
I havo been a practical druggist in Tyler
for a number of years, and in that time
have had occasion to examine, try, and no-
IT REMOVED THE PIMPLES.
Round Mountain,Tex., March 29,1887.
—A lady friend of mine has for Eeveral
years been troubled with bumps and
. f pimples on her face a d neck, for which
tice the effect of nearly all the highly she used various cosm etics in order tore-
recommended preparations or patent med
icines on the market, and as I have suf
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ber of years, from a severe form of inflam
matory rheumatism, and could find noth
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drawn a conclusion that all patent medi
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ago, I was induced by a friend now living
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long persuasion on his part I finally made
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lid myself of the terrible affliction; and it
now affords me the greatest pleasure of
and the writer gave as a reason for return- m y life to state to the citizens of Smith
ing them that he could not pass them. and county that 1 am entirely cured, wtth no
sent the money to Mrs. Robson, not know
ing the whereabouts of her husband. On
receipt of the package Mr. Robson tele
graphed that he would pay a good reward
for the apprehension of the sender, but re
ceiving no satisfactory replv, he went him
self to Fort Valley. He was told by the
agent there that the man who sent the
package was a stranger and could not be
identified. Failing to get a clue to “Ralph
Boyd,” Mr. Robson returned.
Mr Robson was the tax collector of
Washington county, and some time ag> he
reported the robbery of his safe of some
thing like §1,800. He was charged with
defalcation, and was recently convicted.
Pending a motion for a new trial, he is
out on bond. Shortly after the alleged
robbery he received a package containing
§200 from tome person signing himself
“Willie Corneal,” and acknowledging that
he was the tramp who robbed him.
In explanation of how the bills bore
Mr. Rollon’s name, it ia said that while
collector he had a habit of writing his
name and address upon the back of such
new bills as passed through his bauds.
These were scattered about in the usual
course of circulation, but how they came
into the hnnds of "Ralph Boyd” or “Wil
lie Corneal” ia a mystery.
Mr. Boyer, who accompanied Mr. Rob
son, says lie made one of the best of con fed
erate soldiers, and lost a leg in the service.
Novelties in Jewelry.
From the Jewelers’ Review.
Among scarf pics of recent manufacture
is a kitten' , head oi catved moonstone, set
n a collar of diamonds.
The latest wrinkle is au oxidized silver
stamp box with the postal rates ,et forth t n
one side.
A magnificent ornament for the hair
noted recently consisted of a number of
graduated insects covered with diamonds,
rubies and sapphires and mounted upon an
invisible gold wire several inches in b ngth.
An oxidized silver cigar box lately in
troduced was in the form cf a I >rge volume,
with the word “cigars” stamped upon the
back like the title of a book.
A tiny hulf-open silver match stfeshow-
ing a number c-t turq->iscs to represent
matches is a scarf pin that the smoker’s
fancy will snrely “strike” up„n.
The tends m-y toward lluit-d gold watch
cases is apparent.
New hairpins are mounted with true
lovers’ knots of green g->M.
Thick coils of silver rope for waist belts
•re now being (ported.
Black enamel knife-edge bandr, set with
a large solitaire diamond, are among the
most fashionable Lra. . 1.1-tli.- -. a-, it.
A chic scarf pin is a tiny fish pierced
through the body with a gold boat-hook.
As neat nnd inexpensive sleeve buttons
diamond-shaped blocks of mother-o’-pearl
bearing a small gold initial are to be com
mended.
Miniature domino masks of bltteenamel,
edged with gold, now beiDg adopted as
scarf pins, remind one forcibly of the near
approach of the ball season.
Tretty mourning scarf pins arc in the
form of a black enamel shield, with feint
gold rim snd dismond center.
Gallant Journalists.
ram tbe New York Evening World.
The affliction that has fallen on Jackson
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move them and beautify and improve her
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I recommended an internal preparation
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“I GAVE UP TO DIE.”
Knoxville, Tenn., July 2, 1887.
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Hawkinsville, Ga., Feb. 26, 1887.
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'THOMAS PAULK.
SUFFERED FROM’I’ILES.
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Dickinson's Reply to Itlnlne.
Washington, Oct. 9.—[Special.]—Post-
mastcr-General Dickinson will taake it lively
for Mr. IUaine. Ur. Dickinson expects to
return to Michigan shortly to make a speech,
in which be will make mince meat out of
Blaine’a misleading attack.on him vesterday.
Mr. Dickinson never said what Blaine at
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for oratorical purpose. He says Blaine must
be sick.
oft mm; the hall.
The East Teitne.* ... i-repnrtag to Put On
steamer* It Compete With the Central.
New York, Ocl It.—President Inman of
the Richmond Terminal Company rays that
the East Tennessee is now negotiating for tbe
•ale of bonds to purchase steamers to run
between New York and Norfolk in oppoei-
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Central.
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A FKAKl’UL lit UK.
Th© Lumbermen'll Demand Denied and John A. P«rry Omggfll Thro© or Tour
Ihey Adrl«ed to Go Out of Huslness. • .......
. „ - ,, From tliu Atlanta Journal.
Atlanta, Oct. 1L—Tne ueciaion oi uio In the billiard halt in the basement of
railroad commission on the petition of the the saloon at the corner of Alabama and
lumbermen has been issued in print. The Broad street* a man sat cuddled up near
following quotations from the decision gjjgj thU " ornin « »“ bruitcd onJ
present the case as completely aa necessary It was ' j ohn A- j> crryi „ we l| known
for its clear understanding: printer. Last night he attempted to board
“Circular No. 35 waa the result of a con- an outgoing East Tennesae train and came
ference between a portion of the lumber
manufacturers of the state and the officers
of the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia, the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia aud Georgia, and the Savannah,
hjorida and Western Railroad Companies.
The . onditiuus of said circular, as per ver
bal agreeuient made by the parties at in
terest, was that a car load of lumber should
be 22,500 pounds, and the rate class P of
Commissioner’s Standard Tariff less 20 per
cent.”
After years of trial the railroads, found
it unprofilble to do business under Circular
35 and so Circular No. 125 was usued.
Circular No. 125 provides that “a car
load of lumber on and after the first instant
shall be 24,000 pounds and charged for aa
provided in class P, and may consist in
whole or in part of any kind of sawed or
hewn timber, posts, poles, logs, lathes,
shingles or staves. Previous to the issu
ance of Circular No. 125, the weight of a
car-load of lumber was 22,500 pounds. The
advance to 24,00J pounds ia a concession
to the shipper in the coat of transportation
six and two-thirds per cent., not by the re
duction in rates allowed in class P, but by
the addition of 1,600 pounds to the weight
of a car-load to be transported for the same
money.”
"The petitioners claim, and there can be
no doubt as to their candor, that their
business ia depressed and cannot be main-
r^iA • if” uw , u T r . w j orK , 1U tained with profit at the rates provided in
which they take their ltvta m their hands. c j rcu [ ar j,- 0 . 125. The railroad companies
near meeting his death. He had a fearful
ride that will make him shudder whenever
(his mind reverts to it ns long as he live?.
Ju t beyond the Nelson street bridge,
Perry stood awaiting the East Tennessee
train, which pulled out lrom the depot at
12:45 o'clock. When the train came up it
waa going faster than he had calculated
upon, but he nevertheless decided to board
it. As the last coach passed him he mnde
a leap and caught the handrails at the rear
end. His foot slipped from the step nnd
are equally po itive and candid in assert
ing that circular No. 125 will not be justly
remunerative for the service they render.
Both parties object. When such a case
presents itself to the commissioner* there
is but one course for them to pursue—to
adhere strictly to the law. They have no
resource at ccmmand that will bring relief
to these producers, and are bound by law
and oath of office to be ‘juat and reasona
ble to both the carrier and the shipper.’
“When a commercial product fails to
yield a living profit to ihe producer or pay
■treasonable rate for the transportation
thereof, wisdom would suggest that such
line of industry should he suspended until
tlie market shall become more remunera-
tivc.
"The petition is respectfully denied.”
AGAIN IN NEW JERSEY.
the
The Democrats In Newark ltreak
Record In Presidential Years.
Newark, N. J., Oct., 9.—The charter
election held, here to-day shows a demo
cratic gain on the general ticket of about
700. The republicans elect eight aldermen
and retain control of the council. Tbe
democrats gain two aldermen and ten school
tli
first time in thirty yrara the
ati have carried tbe city at a charter
i previons to a presidential election.
FALSE HISTORY.
Mr. Ulaluo's Lop.Sided Way of Putting a
Thing.
From tbs New York Tribune. *
Mr. Blaine declares that the.“history oi
of the tariff in this country began under
Washington with a protective tariff which
was increased by twelve separate enact
ments up to the war of 1812, and was
doubled in the war of 1812.” Now, as a
matter of fact, the average duty on duti
able imports from the year 1791 to the year
1812 inclusive, was only 20 per cent For
two years only it rose above 30 per cent.
For three years it was under 16 per cent
In 1816, aays Mr. Blaine, “tlici. h.., ; ■ ; I
exactly what Mr. Cleveland threatens this
country with, the lowering of
the tariff and disaster to the country.”
Aa a matter of fact the average tariff
rate of 1815, the last year of Mr.
Blaine’s first protective period, was only 8
the train was going so fast that he could , l*er cent., while that of 1816 wa* 'l** P* r
not regain his footiug. The train increased ■ cent.; and that of 1817, the first year of “**
its speed. His feet were striking crossties low tariff period was 33 percent. InilSls
and rocks. One of his shoes was torn from it sank to 17 per cent., to ruie steadily to
bia foot. His hands were aching, his arms ' I® per cent, in 1824 and 50 per cent, in
were numb, and he was afraid to let go.
When ones his fingers relapsed their grasp
upon the iron that feltcold as ice he would
be dashed to pieces. Suppose he let go just
os the train was crossing a trestle.
Such thoughts passed rapidly through
his mind, and his only hope was that the
train would stop at a near station. His
fingers begun to slip. He could hold on
no longer. He shut his eyes and knew no
more. ,
About daybreak he opened his eyes and
found himself lying in the woods about
twenty yards from the railroad track. He
1825. It will thus be seen that during the
period of 1810 to 1824, when “disaster”
was, according to Mr. Blaine, produced by
a “iqw tariff,” the tariff waa not low, hut
higher than the "protective tariff” up to
1812. This proves three things: one, that
the tariff' hail very little effect upon gen
eral prosperity; another, that the effect
naturally produced was the exact contraty
of what Air. Hitdne says it was, and third,
that Mr. Blaine is not any more to be
trusted as a historian than he is as apoht-
icel economist, or a politician.
The next (.eriod noticed by Mr. Blame
crawled to a pile of cross-ties aud again 1* that from 1824 to 1882, In which duties
were relatively high. They were lowered
in 1823, when, he says, “Mr. Calhoun hej
came a leader in the Democratjc party
and “brok? that protective tariff.’ Mr.
Blaine knows, of coarse, that the “compro
mise tariff” was more largely the work ot
Mr. Clay, the originator of the “American
tern,’’ the leader of tho avowed pro-
lost consciousness. He was found by
man named B. B. Landers, who went to
Mr. J. R. Slater s house and told what had
occurred.
Perry was brought to Atlanta in a wagon.
He was terribly bruised, but none of his
injuries seem to be serious
He was found nearly three miles from system,' .
Atlanta, near Roseland station. i tectionists, the idol of all proteclton-
“It was an awful ride,"said Perry to a ista aince, than of any other single per-
porter, “and it seems to me I was holding son. Mr. Blaine’s omission of any reier-
reporter,
to that car about twelve hours.”
Hutcliluson’s Oaln A .
A Chicago correspondent thus figures up
Hutchinson’s gains on his wheat deal:
“From Thursday noon to Saturday night
he drew out of the board of trade clearing
house $975,000 in certified checks, and
there is it Hit1,000,000 due him on unset
tled sales. Then on Monday, when he
unloaded 7,000,000 bushels just to ease (he
market, he had an even 20 cents profit on
every bushel, which netted him $1,400,000
more. This makes his winnings something
like $2,375,000 cashed in and a marker up
for a bagatelle of $1,000,000 or so more.
When he started in to buy September
wheal it waa selling at 85 cents, and it
looked very tempting to him. He felt
satisfied that it waa good for lOcentsprofit,
and told all the boys so, and ‘got the
laugh’ in return, hut the result shows
that his judgment waa comet,”
We have infants in this country 200
vears old still nursing at the breast of
nigh protection snd crying lor more. How
long do workingmen propose that these
sucklings shall work the bnby act ou them?
ence to Mr. Clay and his attempt to fasten
the odium of Calhoun’s name on the
m azure, i. ctziziUiiit’cslly f
He described the tariff of 1833 ae a ‘free
trade tariff,!’ and attributeato it the* finan
cial crisis in 1827.” Inreality.it wss in *
no sense satisfactory to the avowed tree
traders, who urged a uniform reduction oi
15 per cent, or 20 per cent. It simply cut
down the rates very gradually one-tenth
every two years, and it wa* not until t»w>
three yeais after the crisis, that there wa»>
under the method of computation adopt*o»
any considerable reduction. Mr. t-tay
himself denied that the act of 18-[“ “au
anything to do with the crisis of 1837.
New Poetofflce*.
Washington, Ocl it.—[Special
offices have been established ’
Dodge countv, Ga., Junius A. n j*“*®*’
postmaster; Emerson, Sawanuee, cou y»
l’la., Andrew J. Futeh, postnintter.
On Oct. 20 the following Georgta post
offices will be discontinued: ltosemlai ,
Camden county; Tiger, Rabun county.
The postoflire of Koor, Thomas a /,
Ga., was estaldi-lied today and J no. x.
Smith appointed postmaster. Henr
Smith was appointed postmaster at a
View, l’is.