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HHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY JANUARY 11 1887
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ACCIDENTS BY RAIL
HORRIBLE OCCURRENCES OF THE
WEEK CONDENSED.
A lit if bt Train Collide* With a L»«Molo« Brprw*
acd Btrswe Death and Do.tructJou-A Aooounl
of the Tiffin Horror-An Incjaest Over
the Victim* of the Horror. Etc.
Tiffin, O., January 1.—At 2 o’clock this
morning the west l>ouml fast freight train,
kitowu as the Krie express, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, collided with a freight train
one mile west of Republic. The express does
not make a stop at I he town of Republic, a vil
lage of 000 inhabitants, eight miles oist of thia
city, and it is supposed was running at a speed
of not leas than sixty miles an hour. The
freight, eastward bound, bad expected to make
a siding at Republic, and was probably making
a rate of speed not Iras than thirty miles per
hour, nnd thus running in opposito directions
on the Mine track caused a telescope as dean
cut find disastrous ns lius ever been ivit newel.
The engines were run into each other as one
' stovepipe fits into its mate, and all that could
beaein was
A CHAOTIC! MAP* OF MUSH, IRON AND STEM..
Only three survivors remain at Republic.
Thm areMm. Mary IWIethwaito am! two
young children. Her husband nnd two sous,
aged eleven and eighteen, were killed. They
were emigrating from Belton, Wetzel county,
West Virginia, to Chiillrothe, Mo. In some
way. that even the mother was unable to re*
late, she got out of the car in which she had
been traveling nnd wandering away from tho
buttling train, carrying Imr two youngest chi I*
dre u in her arms, entered tho first house in
which hho found light. Klio was almost crazed,
end With diflirulty her name whs ascertained.
Washington, January 4.—From a number
of ditpatchea from western points it is gather
ed that Express Messenger W. Scott Price, of
Wheeling; Wm. Frederick, of Washington,
fireman of express, and F. C. Hartley, of Wash
ington, wero among tho killed. Tho total
number of passengers was sixty-five. Tho
amoker woa entirely consumed and all the
passengers in it killed.
Charles P. Toll, of Detroit, who with his wife
was n passenger on tho wrecked train, wmn in
terviewed at Toledo, at noon. Ho says, at 2:15
this morning ho was awakened by being thrown
violently from his berth. Tho train consisted
of an cuginc, baggage ear, ouo coach nnd two
slcei-c rs. The train collided with an oast bound
freight, which had got stalled a mile west of
Republic and eight miles oast of Tiffin. Tho
two engines wero utterly wricked. The roach
telescoped with luggage ear, so eomplotely that
the two can wero rrurtied into tho space of
one. Tho two sleepers did not leave tho track.
The telescoped cart caught tiro fromaitoveaml
tho paMengeis, living and dead
IMI'ntSONKDfPN TIIIC HttATTfCRFD WRWK.
Tho engineer nnd llromen of tho freight
train leaped and saved themselves before tho
collision. Tim engineer of the express, named
FatUnnn, had a leg broken nnd sustained a
aevt.; wound in the shoulder. His fireman
was raught between tho enginoand tender, and
died in a few minutes. Tho uninjured passen
gers and residents of the neighborhood sot to
work to aid the wounded passengers in tho
burning ears, rescuing all who could bo rosebud
up to the tliuo Tull left, which was at five
o’clock.
Eight dead bodies had been rescued from tho
Wreck. A baggageman of tho express was
thrown through the roof of his car, escaping
with a broken leg. Tho express messenger,
who was sitting beside him, was killed instant
ly. No one iu the sleeper waa Injured in the
least. Among the passengers in the sleopor
were Mrs. Fish, of Joliet, Ilk, sinter of General
Logan, and her son Charles, neither of whom
were injured. The shock was so terrific that
ferment in Hie neighborhood
TOOK IT TO UK AN F IRTIIqUAKK
and wero aoou at the scene of the wreck. In
the eonfesion of tho wreck a hot dispute aroso
among the trainmen as to responsibility for
tho disaster. It appeared that tho freight
tiain was running on the date or the express.
Tho engineer was lu-ard to remark that ho had
left the last aiding with only thirty (KMiiuia of
•tram, and on an up-grade east of Titlln his
engine "went back on him” nnd tho train
•tailed.
The ngenta of tho Baltimore and Ohio en
deavored to taka care of Mr*. 1 \wt let Ii write
and children, by sending them to Chicago
Junction, where the company have a hotel,
tin Hie advice, however, of her friends, who
were telegraphed, the consented to remain in
Republic until oho should hear from her son,
who remained in Weal Virginia. Mr. pestle-
thwaito had on hia person money, checks and
notes to the smouut of 2$l,ft00 or $1.(100, being
tho capital with which to start life In tho
new home. There was no way by which
relict could be brought to tlio
wrecked train until too lute. Tho ground
was revered with snow. The collision occurred
one mile from town nnd a half mile from any
dwelling and at 2 o’clock in the morning. It is
relatid of one Bradley, a prominent Knight of
Labor lYom Washington, D. who, whilo the
flames were bnrstiug from tho ear windows,
which had been broken iu by the rolllsion, put
out lilt hand and threw his watch and (>ocket-
book to tlioao whom he could sco outside.
UK WAH PINNED FAST
and was being roasted alive, but those who saw
him were unable to render relief. They could
hear the frentied man us he madly endeavored
to burst the barriers that held him.
The engineer nnd fireman of the freight re
versed their eugiue and jumped. The engi
neer of the expre*a reversed his engine and
sprang to the left. The fireman endeavored
to get out to the right, but being overcome
w ith friaht fell close to the crushed engine and
waa badly burned, but not teyoud recognition!
CLEVELAND, o., January 4.—A Special dis
patch to the ’•lAsuler,’* from Titlln, gives a
graphic account of the collision. At ono o'clock
•u castbouud freight train, in charge of Con
ductor rictrhrr, pulled out of this city, h iving
received orders to sidetrack at Seipio siding to
allow thecaatbound express to pass.
After the paaaenger train had gone, the con-
doctor being without special orders, exercised
bis own judgment, and determined that inas
much as he had half an hour to make the
switch at Republic, less than five miles distant,
before Ibe arrival of the fast express from the
cast, due at that point at 2 o’clock, lie
pulled out. The night waa bitter and
murE difficulty woa cx|tcricm cd in keeping up
•team. The train came to a stand still, being
unable to move further. Just here was made
the horrible mistake, which resulted in the
loss of many live* and the destine*ion of thous
ands of dollars worth of oroperty. Although
the conductor must have known that be was
encroaching dangerously near the time of the
express, he did not send out a signal until r.fter
his train had come to a stand still, and found
it impossible to move farther. He then start
ed foiward with a lantern himself.
Alibis point there ia a sharp curve, and Con
ductor Fletcher hadnot proceeded more than
the Iroxtb of twenty oars when h^ saw the
headlight of tba approaening express ronndinc
• carve not more than fcrty yards distant, and
running at lightnlag*l**d of sixty-threa miles
per boar. Horror stricken with the knowl
edge (hat a frightful accident could not b ®
averted, he swung hia lamp in the face of the f NEWS RY WTRF
engineer, Lem Eastman; the latter at the same I Aira v v kj u 1 yy lliu
moment saw the light of the freight engine,
and giving a wild shriek of tho whistle for
brakes, he reversed his engine and jumpei
for his life, crashing through the window *f
the cab, carrying gloss and sash with liim,
and alighted in a heavy snowdrift. Ho es
caped serious injury, his hurts being confined
bis slight wound upon the knee. As ho realized
the danger, he called to hts fireman, Mr. Fred
ericks, to save himself. The latter was enga
ged in stoking the lire and rai <ed up a moment,
hesitating to glance forward, as if
to situate the danger. Thia was
fatal, ns that instant the crash came and
Poor Fredericks was pinned and crushed by
the mass of the wreck.
The effect of the collision can be better Im
agined thau described. The engines of tho
two
TRAINS REARED INTO THE AIR
A S'rioua Aecidiat to Yoang Man on a fllelnh-
Fotaonctf by Inferior Bakina Powder*-A Man
Shoot* Hlm*«lf Through the Temple.
Bound Dead at Hie non*. Etc.
New York, January 3.—Fire broke out early
this morning at 80 East Broadway, in a large
building nsed as a clock factory on tho first
floor and tenements in the. upper stories. Tho
inmates all escaped in their night clothos in
good season, except Mrs. Block and daughter.
Mrs. Block ij helpless from rheumatism, and
her daughter screamed for help. Policeman
James Haggerty dashed up the stairs just in
like a pair of onragedlivinK monutore an-lthon’O *i® women front Urowine thorn-
«ett!cd down npon tho track, driven into each » " ll »>'>w- HU retreat hy tho tray
— - r — * he came waa impossible, bnt the firemen put
up ladders, and Haggerty carried the crippled
woman down on them, and firemen saved the
other until their cylinders touched. The force
of tho impact jammed the baggage ears into
the tender of the fast train, the expresn car in
to the baggage and the smoker into the ex
press. In less time than five minutes from
the moment of the collision and tefore any or
ganized effort at rescue could be made the fires
of overturned stoves communicated to tho
woodwork and the flames leaped up iu the air,
their roar mingling with the cries of anguish
of the imprisoned victims, to whom death in
it« most terrible form was a horrid presence.
The train men and uninjured passengera were
powerless nnd could do nothing to rescue tho
suffererx. C. P. Bradley, of Washington, D.
C., was found hanging from a window of tho
smoker hat his legs wero fast nnd he could not
bo removed. There ho remained until ho was
burned to death, and his charred remains foil
to tho gTonnd,
A RLACK AND SHAPELESS MASS.
lie was conscious nnd gave his ad
dress to bystanders and also said that ho was
tin officer of tho Knights of Labor organization.
Ho gave his watch and other valuables ho
could get from his pockets to Conductor Fletch
er, of the freight train. Joseph Postlcthwaito,
aged CO, and his sons, Spencer, aged 1H, and
llcnrv, aged 11, were sitting in the same car,
nml their charred remains were found in the
ruins of tho ears.
Mr. Postlcthwaitc, hia wife, two boys,
year-old girl, a littlo boy,
of five yenrs and a baby girl of two years, hod
sold their farm of 180 acres iu Wetzel county,
West Virginia, and were moving to Chilicothc,
Mo., near where Mr. Postlothwaits had a
brother living, and where he would make his
future homo.
Williutu Fredericks, fireman of the express,
was caught between tho tender nnd ottgino,
and for two hours it was found irn-
poFnihle to effect his release. His mother
is a widow and liven in Washington, J). C.
Ho was a member of tho Brotherhood of Fire
in, which organization took charge of Jiis
mains. His face in deuth depicted the agony
of bin suffering before death cumo to his relief.
M II. Porks, whoso address could not be
learned, was also wedged in tho wreck and
burned to death, after handing his letters and
cards to ono of the railroad employes. His
body was also consumed, us were tnoso of sev
eral others whoso names aro not known and
perhaps never will bo.
Tho Rccno at tho undertakers establishment
at Republic was ono calculated to niako the
stouteit hearts quail. Ten shapeless trunks of
human beings were stretched out in a row.
There wero I’ostU thwaito and bis two suits
nnd seven others, none of whom could bu rec
ognized, and near them a mass of flcih a-ul
liono that may bavo l>ccn parts of bodies of a
dozen different people.
Chicago, January 4.—A spec ial to tho Daily
News from Tiffin,Ohio, says t ’onduetor Flotchor
says that tho engineer of tho freight waa drunk.
His nnmo is Tyler, and ho is now at Chicago
Junction. Piles of nslios nnd debris, now to bo
seen at tho plat e of the collision, aro lull of
boxes.
Cleveland, O., January 7.—The inquest in
to the causes of tho Baltimore and Ohio wreck,
at Republic, began today at Tiffin. The fir.si .rad
most i m purl mil wit tie--* examine i. was tho
conductor of the freight train, L. F. Fletcher.
He testified that lie bad ample timo to iinko
tho siding to clear the track for tile wrecked
passenger train, but that when within a milo
ofeufety ho became troubled about the slowness
of his train, wont forward to tho engine and
found lmt forty pounds of Rtouiu. Ho then
took his sign;*! lantern and r.ra ahead to try
nml stop the express train, but met it in a cut
only a hundred yards away. Fletcher says he
saw his engineer take four drinks of whisky at
stations at which his train had stopped that
night, nml when ho, Fletcher, went to the en
gine to investigate, his engineer was perfectly
unconcerned ns to what might occur.
Other Accidents.
Springfield, Mass., January 4.—The Modoc
pessenger train from Albany, which should
havo arrived hero about ft a.m.. was badly
wrecked at West Springfield. It is reportod
that it collided with a freight train, tho wreck
taking fire.
The latest from the wreck is that one passen
ger aud one sleeping car wero totally buruod
and several people badly injured, bnt none re
ported killed. The "Modoc” eon slated of one
baggage, ono mail, two sleepers and several
passenger cars, and la the express from Albany
to Boston, reaching hero at 5:2ft aud Boston
at about 0 n. m.
Fourteen first-class Chicago nnd western
mail nouches. and seventy-three pouches of
second-class matter were burned. They con
tained much registered matter and were dos -
fined for all (tarts of eastern New England.
Two cor pi os were on the train and one ofthorn
whs entirely consumed. About noon today,
while workmen were clearing away tho wreck,
th(« charred remains of n man were found
1 timed beyond recognition.
Elmira, N. Y., January I —West bound
Friv exprefs train No. lit, collided with an en
gine, iijioii which wero seven men,in the South
(ort yard, in this city, nt throe o'clock this
n oniing. ('onduetor Wheeler liad his collar
lonehrnkctiin two (Maces; engineer, fireman,
the cxnrc»s messenger and ono hrakrman wore
ladly bruised but not seriously injured. Two
engines nnd ono cxproas ear wcio wrecked.
Chattanooga, Tiun., January I.—[Special.]
Two nciidcnts occurred on tho Alabama Great
Southern railway ln»t night which wore intended
with !«** of It to ami great damage. The first and
»mst borrtb’c wiu tho wrecking of a construction
near Livingston, whereby captain Joe Lewis nu
eld l UMOUgvr conductor, who wa> muffing tho en
gine, and hi* fireman, name! Fowler, were killed.
Tho train wi* running nt a high rate of veed
when the engine struck a cow. deratltu^ the train.
Tho engine turned over, crushing Fowler to death
slid reming 1-ewL s legv
Cvonomowih*, WIs., January 4 —A pi-sengor
tiain, which arrived at Pewankee, at six
o'clock,when passiug the ice house, run into a
sleigh load of laborers and iustsutly killed
three pci on-s and fatally injured several others.
Bert M« Council, a young man of this city, nnd
an old man named Audcisou, ami his sou. were
instant 1> killed.
Tiffin, O , January ft.—Every vodige of
yesterday’s horrible act ideut has boon removed
from the scene and traffic has teen resumed.
All that remains to tell the talo is a few charred
t miters. which arc L ing covered today by the
mow, und tbo horribly buruod trunks of nine
Udies which were di»j.Mt trod beyond recogni
tion. These have been cared for hy an under
taker at Republic, aud will be kept ns long as
possible,*o tlmt friend* may identify them.
Every piece of burned clothing, keys and
tvt ty thing that waa not utterly destroyed has
1k'«n gathered up to aid in tho identification of
the bodies. These will te held by the coroner,
who will immediately institute a thorough in
vestigation.
The responsibility of tbo accident is now
placed upon Freight Conductor Fletcher, who
polled cut of the riding four miles wrest of Re-
(iiblic without orders, iutendiug to make the
aiding at Republic for the passenger train, lie
n.isMd hi* calculation just one mile, and tho
remains of the unknow ^victims testify to hia
criminal cnrcUsane**. ^
Palpitation of tho heart, perron—asa, trem
blings, nai vepa headache, cold hands sad feet,
pain in tho back, and ether forma of waakaeos
are relieved by Carter’s Iron Pills, made
specially for tba bl*>d, nerves and complex-
daughter.
THE OLEOMARGARINE ACT CONFIRMED.
Philadelphia, January 3.—The state su
preme court today affirmed the constitutional
ity and validity of the "oleomargarine a^t" of
May 21,188ft, in an elaborate opinion by Judge
Morrill, to which Judge Gordon filed an em
phatic dement. Tho opinion sustains tho
quarter sessions court of Dauphin county in
overruling the motion for a new trial in the
case of W. L. Powell, who was convicted under
the act. In the course of the opinion the court
eays:
‘The manufacture, sale and keeping of an
article may all alike bo prohibited by tho legis
lature, If, in their judgment, the protection of
the public from injury and fraud requires it.
To deny the authority of tho legislature to do
so is to attack all that is vital in police power.’
THE OFFIC IAL COUNT.
St. Paul, Minn., January 3.—Tho official
count of thej vote on the^atnto ticket was ma te
today. The result on governor was: A. R. McGill,
republican, 107,Off; A. A. Ames, democrat. 101,Ml;
T. K. Child*, prohibitionist, scattering. 27.
On licutcubiit-no\cTiior: A. K. Rice, republican,
HI.JfJB;J. Kiniik, democrat, 97,02S; J. P. I’inffii
snt-grivernor.MnyorAmciwcspreieffi n
spectator *' ,l — * *
_ licutea-
interested
attempt
- it had been asserted he
Be det'lines to state his intentions iu tills respect
COLORED RAPTI8T MISSIONARIES.
New York, January 3.—Five colored Bap-
tlst mbfclonaricK— Rev. J. .1. Coles and Mrs. Coles, of
^Richmond, Vn., Rev. K. It. Topp and Mrs. Topp,
of Jackson, Ml«.. nnd Rev. J. J. Diggs, ofHhlplnud,
Ml;*., tailed today for Africa on the Bark Cnrde-
metis. They w ere sent by the Southern Colored
UiiptlM foreign rnio-ions conference, and their
work will be among the negroes in west ceutrsl
Africa.
HUCCESHFUL RURGLARM.
Chicago, January 4.—Burglars got into tho
rufc of the southwest postal station last night
and stole $11,340. Entrnnco was effected by
smashing in n glass window in tho rear door.
The combination handle of thesafe was bruised
that it would not tarn, and them a hole wus
drilled into the safe outside that part of tho
lock mechanism which connects tho combina
tion lock with the bolts. This hole was then
tapned and a bolt screwed in nml turned with
such force that the (deco of tho lock against
which it was forced broke off and full to the
floor of tho safe, whore it was found this morn
ing. Tho limits wero easily turned and tho
safe opened. Tho burglars took nothing but
currency nnd two-cent stamps. Thoro wero
uhout ten thousand letters in the vault, but of
these just five wore opened. One registered
letter was rifled and $20 taken from it, but
nothing was gotten from the others.
CARELESS USE OF CULOROKORM.
Scranton, Pa., January 4.—The coroner's
juiy Impaneled to investigate the causo of death
of John K. Connolly, who died Sunday last,
•s Dr. Johnson B. Amman was about to perform an
operation on him, today found thephyticlan guilty
or gross negligence, lie administered chloroform
wRlirut su assistant, lay ot medical, and s* he was
about to make on incision, Ids patient expired.
Dr. Amman claims that he administered ouly be-
mi two and three drachms of chloroform, but
nit ers or tlm deceased's family testified that tho
quantity used was at least two ounces. Thfcaao
I* in the hand* of District Attorney Ktwnrds, who
w ill prcfcnt It to the grand jury, now Iu session
heic.
BLOODY CLOTHING FOUND.
Boston, January ft.—A bnndlo of bloody
clothing was found yesterday in Lexington,
and caused much surmise. Today Furmor
Brooks discovered, near tho place, tho head of
a mau which had been severed from tho 1>ody,
aud near it other portions of a body covered by
snow. Trunk of body was found a mile from
tho head, naked, and tho entire remains show
ing evidence of having been hacked to pioces
by an ax. A large rubber horse cover, appar
ently intended to covor tho remains, was
found ucar by, and forms tho only clue. Tho
liody ia apparently that of a man engaged in
conib kind of manual labor.
AN ACCIDENT TO A SLEIGH.
Rutland, Vt„ January ft.—Twenty boys
were coasting down Houth Main street on a
sled today, when the sled struck tho sldo of a
bridge at the foot of tho hill, throwiug the
boys hrad foremost Into the stream. Cyril Leo,
fifteen ycara of age, is dying. John iKingsley,
twelve years old, was internally injured and
will probably die. Thomas Shields, twelve
years old, was picked up unconscious. The
remaining seventeen boys were more or loss
bruised, but none seriously hurt.
THE SELECTION OF A SENATOR,
Carson, Nevada, January ft.—The republi
can legislative caucus yesterday selected Wil
liam M. Stewart as nominee for United States
senator. Balloting for United States senator
will take plsco on Tuesday, and as tho legisla
ture is republican, Stewart's election is assured.
SENATORIAL NOMINATION.
Harrisdurg, Pa., January 2.—Tho republi
can legislative caucus today nominated Mathew
8. Quay,of Philadelphia,to succeed Mr. Mitchell
in the United 8tntcs senate. This Ls equiva
lent to an election.
EUGENE HALF. NOMINATED.
Augusta, Me., January ft.—At the republi
can IcgUlativecaucus tonight Eugene Halo was
unanimously renominated for United 8tatoa
senator.
TOBACCO DEALERS' CONVENTION.
New York, January 5.—A meeting of leaf
tobacco dealers was held this afternoon, and a
committee of live made a long and cxluustivo
report, proving conclusively that a majority of
those engaged in the tobacco trade favor the
stopping of all government taxes npon its man
ufacture. The tax was branded ais war meas
ure nnd as a fruitful sourco of oflicial corrup
tion. The committee will go to Washington to
advocate a revision of tho laws relatiug to tho
tobacco tax.
A BVTTF.RIXE FACTORY CLOSED.
PITTSBURG, January ft.—Tbcbatterine facto
ries of ('. II. Kolnnson A Co., in this city, and
of the Pittsburg Meeting company, at Alle
gheny, dosed down today on account of the
state law prohibiting the manufacture or axle
of oleomargarine being declared constitutional.
Over one hundred persons are thrown out of
employment. There are $80,000 invested in
tho two factories. What tho oleomargarine
cr inpnnirs have on hand is bciug packed and
shipped to poiuts outside the statu.
THE INDIAN TRUST FUND.
Niw York, January ft.—The World, of to
morrow. will say:
Tbc Untied Pistes government hobls lntru«tfor
tl c l encf.t of Indtsn tribes ft,710,000 of bonds Is-
nnd by the nnithcm otstes on which default has
11 cu made. About fAO.OUO.COO of the same default
cd securities are held by private parties in this city.
F. A. Andre ws attorney for certain New York hol
ders of repudiated bonds, ha* written to Secretary
I emsr urging that the United States sue the de
li, lilting ^ates, claiming that the United State' has
lower to bring an action against any one of the
repudiating state*, while • private individual eau-
m. Net clary 1 amar haa referred the matter to
Attorney General Gotland. If the Tufted States
►I ec.’d tries the desired suit* and win them, iu-
»ll\ Ideal holder* ol U>nda would profit along with
the Lovnnnu tit which annually now make' good
to the Indian** iuterect which the Matt's refuse to
r*y-
MYSTERIOUSLY POISONED,
New York. January ft.—The family of Jo
seph Mauri, druggist, residing on Butler street,
in Bicoklyn. have been mysteriously poisoned.
Two deaths have already occurred. The fam
ily rt taMs of Mauri, his wife Carrie. Lmisa,
aged 14: Joseph, 12; Martha. U). Carrie. 8;
John, fr, Alice, 4; and Kagene, 21 years old.
With the execution of tho mother the whole
family were taken sick Sunday after eating.
J(*eph wmt lo*t night to visit an aunt and
died there today. Eagene died at homo thia
morning. John is dying. The father and four
children are very sick and are being attended
by five physicians. They are unable to deter
mine the cstren of the potioning until a post
mmtem examination is held, reo report of the
rase was made at-police headquarters until late
this afternoon.
POISON ED BY BAKING POWDERS,
Wabash. 1ml., January ft.—The family of
John Wooster, a prominent citizen of MontpO'
tier, Blackford, county, consisting of five per
sons, were (xdsoned Monday night by eating
biccuit in which had been Died a very inferior
quality of baking powder. Two hours after
supper the entire family were seized with teT-
ritle gripes. The patients have grown steadily
warsc and alarming symptoms nave appeared.
Two children arc dying and the remainder of
the family is in a precarious condition.
THE REMAINS IDENTIFIED.
Boston, January 6.—Tho dismembered and
scattered remains found in Lexington yester
day, have been identified os those of Goorge A,
Cod man. a milkman. .Tames Edward Newlin,
one of the number of persons arrested on sus
picion, lms confessed that he alone was gnilty.
He had (dunned the murder for some time, and
was prompted to it by cupidity, excited by
Codman's boastful exhibition on different occa
sion of considerable sums of money. G'odman
was killed nt hia stable, about two o'clock Mon
day morning. During the following day, New-
lit) entered his lodgings, and representing that
In- had becu sent by Codman, gained entrance
to his room and secured $27ft in money and
some valuable
That afternoon he cut the body up with an
;tx fur tiie convenience of handling, loaded the
fragments into his sleigh aud drove off towards
Lexington. While thinking of the deed as he
drove along, he l»rcamc panic-stricken with
fear nnd threw pieces over tho walls and into
bushes in secluded spots and hurried away to
Be .‘ten by another route from that which ho
had come. The police found in Codman’s stable
ample evidence that Nowlin’s story was true.
Newlin is a handsome youug fellow, n little
ov» r seventeen years old, aud Is very intelll
g« ut looking. He is one of four brothers who
re-ride in Somerville. Whilo nothing really
bad ii known of the brothers, they have the
reputation of being hot-blooded and wild. The
father of the family, it is stated, hanged him
self in the penitentiary.
A DYNAMITE CARTRIDGE EXPLODES.
San Francisco, January 0.—Late last night
a dyrumite cartridge was exploded iu arable
slot on the Larkin street branch of the Suiter
street railroad. Rocks in either side of the
slot wero loosened and the masonry work badly
shattered. The pulleys upon which the cable
runs wero also broken nnd tho foundation of
the tunne) cracked. Window panes in the vl-
(inity w« re rattled violently, and in many cases
.‘battered. In a saloon two blocks away a
lighted lamp was thrown to the floor, and
iearly effistd a conflagration. The iron plates
ii manholes of the track were foaml two hun
dred feet away. A lady who lives In the neigh
berheod said that n few minutes before the ex
plosion she saw two men go to the trap. Ono
f them lifted tho trap and the other took n
package from his pocket, applied a match to it
and lowere d it into tho tunnol. The men then
secre ted themselves. Tho explosion followed
nml the lady saw tho cable and machinery of
the trap flying in all ways.
SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Sioux City, la., January 0.—Paul Leader,
ono of the rattles under indictment for tho
murder of Rev. George ('. Haddock, made an
oral statement to a reporter last evening,being
the first time ho lias been induced to say any
thing about the crime. Ho says, frankly, that
lio was present ut the time of tho mardor and
knows tho names of all the parties there. He
rofured to givo tho namo of tho man who did
the >hooting hut describes the act and the
muiderer’s dress aud appearance in such a
manner as to identify a man named Curit. He
declares that the statement of Ott 1 ) Griobcr,
also under arrest, is false and that Griobcr was
net in the vicinity of tho tragedy at the timo.
New York, January 0.~Tho sudden and
stvoro illness of tho Brooklyn druggist, Joseph
Mauri, nnd hLs children, three of whom have
di«d since Sunday, in consequence, as it was
su] rosed, of poison, has been explained. An
examination of tho bodies of the three little
ones was mado bv doctors today and all agree
that death was the result of hcmmorrhagic
smallpox. They were buried thia afternoon.
Every precaution has been taken to prevent
tho spread of the disease by tho health officers,
but it is feared tbit other members of tho fam
ily will dio
through TnE temple.
Yonkers, N. Y., Jonuary 0.—As tho Had
ron River railroad train, duo here nt 12 o’clock,
reached Yonkers depot, the report of a pistol was
heard and it was found that George D. Schelllng,
of Tremont, had shot himself through the right
temple. Rebelling, in charge of Officer Bradley,
or Westchester, and George C. Lay, of 102 Broad
way, New York, had been brought across the coun
try’ nom Westchester to tako the train to Pough
keepsie. They had papers for Schelllng's confine
ment us an insane person lie was taken to 8L
lolui’* Riverside hospital where ho is dying.
A GAS EXPLOSION.
Youngstown, O., January 0.—At throe
o'clock this morning, Jack Semple, a watch
man in the scarcely completed Andrews block
on South Market street, opened a window to
secure ventilation. Instantly an explosion oo-
emred and Semple nut into tho street with his
clothes aflame, and rolled in the snow. Flames
bunt from tho building which burned with ox-
trnoidinary rapidity, and was totally consum
ed. The block was of brick aud stone, and was
just completed at a cost of $60,000.
Two lines of natural gas mains
run nast the Andrews building, and it Is sup-
lxiecd that the fluid leaked and was carried
into the building through a drain trench, and
w as ignited when Scmplo opened tho window
and created a draught.
A LIVING SKELETON DIES.
Chicago, January G.—Isaac Sprague, a liv
ing fckvlcton, died hero yesterday. lie was born
in Bridi “ *
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mini )i'*r ( »m n iiv
limning, fell sick and lmt flesh until he
Cincinnati, January 0.—Joseph Toiso was
found dead at home in Covington Ky.. today. I(e
was born in Italy fifty-five years ago. lmt early in
lift* came to Mexico and thence to the United State*.
He has become famous throughout the country by
reaMmor the composition of the qualut melody,
“The Arkansaw Traveler."
FOUND DEAD.
New York, Januaij 6.—A peculiarly obsti
nate prisoner waa found by the police In the person
ot Mrs. Mary Edwards, of No. 'J2B De Kalb avenue,
Brooklyn, lfer daughter, to whom ahe reftued to
deliver some clothing, secured a warrant for her
arrest. When three not icemen went to serve It Mrs.
Edwards w a* found lying nude on her bed, and she
pcritively refined to dress and go to court So she
was rolled up in blankets and thus conveyed to the
ccurt room. When her ea*o was called aha refused
to move to the prisoners pew, and would talk to
> one. 81)e was carried home, and her sanity will
examined.
At the recent white house reception Senator
igh, of Alabama, waa accompanied by about
tw enty-five young ladles, evidently students from
some local scmlnair. As the senator entered the
blue room the usher, in a loud voice, announced
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FIGHTING THE KNIGHTS.
Adjatsnt General King, of Texas, Denounces Thsa
Unmercifully, and rails tor Inereated Mil
itary Appropriations In Order that
Force May be Met by Force.
8t. Lons, January 0.—Adjutant General
King, of Texas, in his annual report to Gov
ernor Ireland, of that state, very strougly
urges the legislature to make liberal appropria
tions and encourage the military, that it may
be an efficient force in case of necessity. He
says:
“A well equipped force is imperative, because a
deep seated aud dangorous spirit of unrest pre
vails, and in many sections, even our own, this dis
content has taken the form of lawlessness, vio
lence nnd bloodshed, and has assumed proportions,
made claims and asserted doctrines that threaten
the very existence of the states and of the union/'
He then, without specifically naming any
particular organization, gives a scathing de
nunciation. which is clearly aimed at the
tions- have had many strikes; have openly defied
the law; hare beaten and abused and sometiules
killed people who only desired to cam a living;
have destroyed property and murdered thoae whoso
duty It was to protect It; have violently interfered
with the business of many states, and
earned losses to many thousands of people
who were not responsible for the al*— J
wrongs alx'Ut which these secret organization
complaining. In view ot these things In the past,
of their active existence at present,
and of their prolmldc continuance for some time tn
the ftiture.it is the duty of the severs! states, of the
K neral government and of order loving. law abld-
g. patriotic citizens, to meet force with force
at everypoint, where it is necessary."
The Texas legislature will meet Tuesday
next.
Chicago, January 4,—A local paper aays thia
morning tho (ailing of the spocial session of
the general assembly of the Knights of Labor
has teen practically abandoned, so far as dis
trict assembly No. 24 is concerned, and as tho
movement for a special session began with that
body.
"I don’t think the plan ever had much basis,’ 1
said one. "It aroso in tho excitement over
tho I’owdcrly order, and was adopted
without much idea of what tho
special session of the general assembly
really meant when it camo to exponso. Then
we got to thinking over what Mr. Powderly
had said; and found out that it was not so ob
jectionable after all. He simply ordered the
assemblies not to pass resolutions indorsing
anarchism. None of tho assemblies had in
dorsed anarchy, they have merely asked for a
new trial for the anarchists. We found we had
no particular fight with the grand master
workman, except that we thought he would
have done as well if he bad not sent such an
order. The socialists did not like what Mr.
Powderly said In bis Now York letter, either,
and were very angry about it; bnt thoy could
not hang a charge for impeachment upon it."
Mr. M. J. Dean, of Tyler, Texas, rcncjred
his subscription to The Constitution and aent one
new subscriber with his own. He got 925 In gold,
as his Christmas present. You may do the same
thing by sending one ucw subscriber with your re
newal In January, aud getting into our "New
Year’s Box."
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More Earthquake Shooks,
Charleston, 8. C., January 4.—There was
a smart shock hero at 8:47 this moruiug, and
two sharper shocks at Summerville at 6:40 and
“50. No injury.
Charleston, 8. C., January 5.—There was
a Might (hock at Summerville at 8 o’clock this
motning. All quiet at Charleston.
Baltimore. Jnnuarv 3.—Dispatches wore
received in this city this morning from West
minster. Frederick, Emmettsbnrg and other
towns in western Maryland, stating that the
inhabitants were considerably excited over tho
violent shocks and loud rumblings which had
awakened them from sleep, and contiaued at
intervals from 11:30 o’clock last night until
early this mors ing. No damage was dono,aa
far as can be learned, bnt as that country is
mountainous the people are apprehensive of
grave trouble. Congressman Shaw, who lives
at Westminster, savs be was awakened bv what
sounded like the blasting of rocks, and pictures
were shaken from tho walls in other booses.
He heard two distinct shocks in rapid succes
sion. The mercury at Westminster was four
below zero this morning.
Westminster, Md., January 4.—Strange
noises and house-shaking, similar to those
toted yesterday, were again experienced at
11:30 last night and this morning between two
and three o’clock. The guests at the Montonr
house and Anchor hotel were disturbed. Since
earthquake has become talked about, persons
are telling of what they heard or experienced,
and it seems that the shoeks began Sunday and
have since continued at intervals.
Paige, Tex., January 0.—A slight shock of
earthquake occurred bore at 11 o'clock yest-
terday morning which lasted two or three sec
onds. The colored servants at the Williams
house were greatly alarmed at the rattling of
dirties and pans in the kitchen. In one store
a number of cow bells, suspended from the
ceiling, chimed. In other stores, tin-ware and
stove pipes rattled and water pipes around the
eaves of houses were shaken down. Several
clocks stopped, The shock wss felt for several
miles around, and evidently passed from south
to north. A few ssv they heard rambling
noises. No serions damage, was done.
Truitt Cotton Seed.
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