THE OREGON SCOUT, j
JONES & CIIANCKY, PnblUlicm
UNION.
OREGON.
TDEXTIFTISO Till! TICTIMS.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 10. Tlie testimony
before Coroner Loppcr In the Inquest over the
Baltimore & Ohio wreck this forenoon nt
Tlllln, O., was principally almeil at the Iden
tification of the persons who tcrUhcd by relics
nicked up at the scene of the disaster. The
names of T, 0. Pembcrlon, of Payne, O., Frank
linwmnu, of Mcclmnlcsburg, Pa., and David
Obcr, of Ohcrlln, Pa., are added to the list of
killed already given.
I. V.. Rnnkln, special detective for the Unl
tlmorc & Ohio, was called as n witness, Out
nothing could be gotten out of him.
Robert Chamberlain, the Republic under
alier, who took charge of the bodies of the
victim', testified that he took eleven bodies
from the wreck nnd It Is certain that thirteen
persons perished.
Alfred Toinpklup, of Republic, also testified,
rouoboratllig the evidence of Chamberlain.
He said thai the workmen, In clcnilnir up the
wreck, paid no attention to the charred re
mains, which were shoveled off the truck w.'th
other debris. "It seemed," he said, "that
they wanted to get rid of the bodies as soon
as possible and try and cover up all tliev
could."
The list of the killed is now given as fol
lows: rAssi!Noi:ii3.
David Obcr, Oberlln, Pa.
Frank Itowman, Mechahlcsburg, Pa.
John 8. Gartner, Meclinnlcvllle, Iowa
M. II. Parks. Wiifh ngton, I). 0.
Joscnli Postlcthwu to, and his two mus,
Spencer and Henry, Murtlnburg, W. Va.
T. O. Pcmberton Piy nc. ().
TIUINMICX.
William rrcucricks, fireman passenger
cmilnc.
Pierce, express messenger, Wheeling,
J. M. Francis and F. Irwin, Blackburn!, O.,
linemen.
This accounts for twelve. It Is believed
that tiie txxly found behind the tender was
that of a tramp. It Is suspected that .1. U
llcntly, of Bloomlngton, III., was on the train
and perished In the flames. The Inquest will
be continued to-mor.-cw.
DOTS AXD DASHES.
Two cast bound freight trains collided at
Russell, Kansas, Thursday, killing T. T.
Alexander of Ottawa and If. 0. Tinges,
Tim first 1
Kansas City grain buyer, Instantly.
train boil stopped when the second rail Into
Its rear cud, smashing eight or ten cars.
Doth engines of the second train were wreck
ed. Secretary Lamar and Mrs. Holt were mar
ried 'Wednesday nt Macon, Georgia.
Father Augustine, of tho Franciscan order
of Polish monks of Austria, Is about to visit
Chicago, In compliance with orders from the
pone, before selecting u situ for a monastery
and school.
James Ityan, tho ncwly-apolntcd postmas
ter of Appleton, Wis., Is one of the pioneers of
that town, nnd a veteruu editor.
There nre live or six Inches of snow at Ma
con, Georgia, nnd Jackson, Mississippi. In
tho latter city tho streets uro filled with Im
provised sleighs.
Tho mcsBago of tho governor of Minnesota,
In dealing with railroad questions, suggests
the free storage of grain, urges legislation
against watering stock and tho giving of
passes, and recommends the general cheupeu
of passenger fares.
Three men were killed nt Bhcakvllle, Penn
sylvania, by the explosion of boiler in a saw
mill.
James Spencer, of Whitehall, New York, has
been nominated by President Cleveland to be
assistant justice of the supreme court of Da
kota. Tho Innkeeper at Ibicharcst who made an
attempt on tho life ot Prime Minister Bratla
no was sentenced to twenty years' penal servi
tude. John Roach, tho famous ship builder, Is
kept In bed under the Influence of unyodyncs.
Ills physicians regard his cancer as likely to
cause bis death this month.
Assignments have !ccu made by Edwurd
Marchessaw, owner of a rlco-mlll at Now Or
leans, and Ames, Health) & Co., fumlturo
dealers, at Memphis.
A receiver has been appointed by a London
court for tho Monarch Steamship company,
against which corjoniUoti tlireo petitions for a
declaration of bankruptcy bad becu filed.
8 APIS It Ell IS 1 TUK 11 AltS.
WMtrotk,
Wearer and 1 la I git t
in m
I'enltenttary.
Sr. Lous, Ma, Jan. 0. Dan Morlarity, in
the charge of a Pliikcrtou detective, arrived
from Kansas City this morning. Ho tells tho
tamo story about his connection with tho
robbery as before, except thnt ho adds that
when ho wrote toWlttrock refusing to hnvo
anything to do with tho scheme, the latter
answered him that there was absolutely no
danger, as ho had tho messenger "fixed" all
right. Ho emphatically denies having
"Miuealcd." It Is supposed that ho will not
be prosecuted and that ho was brought hero to
testify lu tho coming trlul against Fotherlug
ham. Tho Adams express robber, Frederick
Wlttrock, W. W. llalght and Thomas Weaver,
weru taken to tho pi-nltentlarv at Jelferson
City by an earlier train than was expected,
but notwithstanding u largo crowd congre
gated at tho railway stntlou to jco them off.
As tho train pulled out a number of United
Btatcs express employes joined lu giving threo
cheers for "Jim Cuming."
The trip to JcIIitmmi City was uneventful
nnd after the iimnl prellnilnurles nt tho peni
tentiary tho prli-oneis were placed lu repuratc
cells. They will bo put to work In n day or
two.
JcrKr.nsoH c'itv, Mo., Jan. 0. Tho train
nibtwrs, Fred Wlttrock, William W. Halght
nnd Thomas Weaver, were brought up from
Bu Loiili to-dav and placed In tho penitentia
ry. They excited morn Interest than tho leg
islature as tho story of Wlttrock' bold per
formance uud his escape In a leaky skiff hail
becu rehearsed In various shapes nnd with
fomo udditlons. Coming up on tho train, tha
trio wns very cheerful, Mugtug and laughing
most of tha time. Thev weakened u llttlo
when Introduced within tho walls ot their fu
turo homo and looked remorsefully sub
dued ns they were ushered to their cells by
William Itviin, tho Glendale train robber, now
llkn themselves under sentence, hut who occu
pies tho iiosltiou of ufnUtunt turnkey lu tha
penitentiary. Wlttrock and llulght will bo
cell mates, being placed lu tho south side of
ball II lu cell Na Us. Weaver Is In (ho north
side ot ball 1) lu roll No. 11U Halght will bo
kuown on tho penltenllsry records as Na 0100,
Weaver ns UIOl nnd Wittruct ns OlUi. They
arc not yet detailed (or work,
ISTKll-STATH COUMKltCK 11ILU
Washington dispatch: Senator Mc
riicrson to-day submitted an amendment
to the luter-atnto commerce bill proposing
tho nddillon of tho following words to sec
tion S, which prohibits pooling: "Pro
vided, however, that if, after full Investiga
tion, tho commission or a majority thereof
aro of the opinion that the interests ol
boih shippers anil carriers will ho the best
promoted by an equitnblo dlvlson of tho
trullle Or ot tho proceeds thereof, tho pro
visions of this section may not be opfoicod
prior to January one, 1888, uud it shall
b the duty of the commission to report
their action with tho reason thorefor to
coiigrt ia December next."
IS THE HASPS OF A HKCMVER,
Chicago special: A New York special
nays: lifts of $1,000 to $500 were made
!n Willi street Inst night that the Union
I'ticilic would be in the bunds ot n receiver
inutile of lx months idioiild the inter-stute
I' coin nieri e bill puss. The almost certainty
of its passage, together with doulilfl of tho
, passage of the debt extension bill make tits
' stock weak, though the lurg," short interest
, Already in tho Ktock prevented a p. rent
many sales which would otherwise nave
been made. CoiiHcrvntive bouses nrogen
cniily watching the market without doing
much trading. They Iwliovo that on the
wm:ii;c ul tho inter statu commerce bill I
Gould "ill mnke it another occasion to
vent his pleen by jumping on tho market
n lie did directly niter the (let In on In l In
Wabash cane. W. S. I.awson wiib scatter
ing )ici lit intiH among the Chicago stock
Iiim so to-day tlmt Wabash preferred would
e under U'l iiiNido ol a ncek. It Hold Iroin
III ''own 1 '2'.' lo-diiv
Til 12 HISS A Tl! AN1 HOUSE.
ffltat Is llelng lone In llollt llranehes of
tit Xatlonal Congress.
Sc.vatk, Jan. 6. Tho sonnto then took
op tho resolution offered yesterday by
McPhcrson, calling on tho secretary of tho
trasury for a statement of indebtedness
of Pacific Railroad companies to the gov
ernment, nnd an to tho effect of tho funding
hill thereon. Agreed to. Tho somite on
motion of Senator Mitchell (Pa.), took up
nnd passed tho bill to glvo a pension of
$2,000 a year to Mnry 8. Logan, widow of
General Logan, ns major-general of volun
teer Senator Mitchell stating that tho bill
proposed to do precisely whnt was dono
lor tho widows of Generals Hancock tuiil
Thomas. Senator Vest thereupon intro
duced bis bill increasing the pension of Mrs.
Dlalr from 5130 a month to Si. 000 a year,
and, nt bis request, tho bill was Imme
diately considered nnd pnssed. Tho inter
state commerce Mil wns then considered
until adjournment.
Housk, Jan. 0. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa,
introduced a bill uuthorir.ing tho construc
tion of a bridge across tho Mississippi river
at Uubtique, la. Referred. Tho Iiouso
went into committee of tho whole,
Springer, of Illinois, in the chair, on tho
pension appropriation bill, which appro
priates $70.IM7,G00, being only $5,000
below tho estimates, tho reduction being
in tho Horn for the rent of ofllces for pen
sion ngencles. Withoutainendmont or dis
cussion the bill wns road, reported to tho
houso and nnsscd. Iiouso then wnnl. infn
committee of the wholo on tho naval reor-
ii.mn.iii.nMi uiu, ana jtuuouc iinai action
adjourned.
Hk.natk, Jan. 7. The senato proceeded
to business on tho calendar and passed tho
following bills: To settle and adjust tho
claims ol any stato for expenses incurred
by it in defense of tho United States; for
tho relief of Job. McNnughton, of Ohio, an
ox-lientemiiit in tho volunteer sorvico; a
bill appropriating f 1100,000 for tho widow
nnd daughter of Krslrino 8. Allin (former
muster-armorer nt tlioSpiiiiglloldnrinory),
the inventor of tho Springllold breech-loading
rifle musket, in compensation for the
use of tho Invention by the government. I
Senator MandiTson icported back tho
houso bill providing for a school of instruc
tion for cavalry and light artillery at Fort
Riley, Kansas; and for tho completion and
construction of quarters for the army nt
certain posts, Tho bill was amended by
appropriating $.'10,000 for Fort D. A. Rus
soll and SoT.,000 for Fort Robinson, Nob.,
and the bill was passed.
Housi:, Jan. 7. On motion of Mr. Per
kins (Kas,) tho senato bill wiib passed,
amending tho act providing for tho salo of
tho Sac and Fox uud tho Iowa Indian res
ervations in Nebraska and Kansns. Tho
nmeiidmont provides for the allotmont of
lands in sovnrally to minors nnd orphans.
At the evoning session tho houso passed
forty two pension bills including one grant
ing $50 a mouth to General Durbiu Ward.
Adjourned.
lloosi;, Jan. 8. Tho senate joint reso
lution wiib passed appointing James P.
Angell a member ol tho board of regents of
tho Smithsonlnn institution. Tho com
inittco on civil sorvico reform roported
back tho senato bill repealing tho tenure of
ofllco act. The house then went into com
inittco of tho whole or consideration ot
bills reported from tho committee on pub
lic buildings ami grounds. Tho first bill
called up was that appropriating SHOO,
000 for tho purchase of a sito and tho
erection of a public building at Charleston,
S. C, and nuthoriiing tho salo ot tho pres
ent sito ot the postofllco building in that
city. Tho matter was discussed until
adjournment without action.
IIoubk, Jan. 10. Tho speaker laid be
fore tha houso a communication from the
nocrctary ot tho treasury in reply to a res
olution asking for interpretation ot the
tnriit law respecting duties on Ilsh. Uutlet
tho call ot states iv number of bills and
resolutions went introduced, (if I er which
tho Iloor was given to tho District ot Col
umbia committee, and, utter tho passage
of several District bills, tho Iiouso ad
journed. Sh.natk, Jan. 10. Tho snnto nt 2:50
took up tho Inter state commerce bill
and j
Reck took tho floor in favor of tho confer
enco report. At 2 o'clock Heck coucludod
Ills remarks and Senator Cullom took the
floor and gave his opinion ot tho bill nt
oino lemitli. Senator Stanford argued
ngatust tho bill. After executive session
tho somite adjourned.
Si:n.vtk, Jan. 11. On motion ol Maude
sou, tho house bill for tho relief of settlers
and purchasers ol lands on tho public do
main in Nebraska and Kansas was taken
up and considered, tho question being on
tho substitute roported by tho rnmmitteo
on nubile lauds, Hio substitute approprl
ntes 5-5,(100 to roimburso tho purchasers
of homesteads ami pro-omptors wtio tiail
to pay tor their lands to the Northern
Kansas Railway company, which wirs do
c tied by tho circuit court of tho United
States to bivvo prior title to tho lands, Iho
basis of remuneration being $11 50 per
aero. Alter discussion the substitute was
agreed to, aid tho bill thus auieiideil
missed ami a conforeuco wan asked for.
The intcr-stntii cuiniiiorco bill was then
considered until adjournment.
Housi.,Jnu. 11. Thebill for tho irectlon
ot u public building nt Charleston, S. C,
passed. Tho bill appropriates 9100,000
tor tho purchuso ot a sit, and $(00,000
tor tha erection ot a building. Tho bill
passed creating adepartmeutot agriculture
and labor. It provides that I hero shall bo
at tho seat of government an executive de
partment, to bo known as tho department
of agriculture and labor, under control ot
a secretary of agrlcultiiroand labor and an
assistant secretary. There shall belli tha
department of ngrlcultureaiid labor a divi
sion which shall Is) undercharge ot tho com
missioner ot labor, who shall hold his olllco
four years, and until Ids successor shall bo
appointed, unless sooner removed, and
shall recolvu a salary ot $5,000 uyear.
Tho coiuiiiNslnuursliall collect intoruiatioii
upon tho subject ot labor, Its relation to
capital, hours of labor, rate of wages, cost
ot production ot articles prod mod, earn
lugs of laboring men uml wumuu. moans ot
promoting their material, social, intellec
tual, nnd moral prosperity, uud tho b-st
means to protect Ills ami prevent nrcidsnts
In mines, woikshops, factories, mid other
places of Industry.
Sknate, Jnn. 12. Senator Manderson in
troduced tx bill to fncilitnto promotions
nnd to retire from active service, on their
own application, officers ol the tinny who
served during the war of the rebellion three
years, as olllcers or enlisted men, in tho
volunteer or tho regular nrtny. Iho com
mitteo on const defenses r ported (ns
amendments to oe oirercil to the bill to en
c tiriizt! the innnutacturo of steel for ordi
name) ini item appropriating 000,000
lor fortlllcat ions uml other works ol de
fense. Ordeied printed. The senate then
considered the Inter-statecommerco bill till
the hour of adjournment.
House, .Inn. 12. Tho house considered
nnd passed the Kdmunds nntl-polygamy
bill. The bill makes the lawful husband or
wife of any person prosecuted for bigamy,
polygamy, or unlawful cohabitation a com
iieteut witness mminst the accused, and
further provides for a registration of nl!
muriiiiges, making it a misdemeanor tor
nny person to violate tho provisions rela
tive to such registration. It annuls all ter
ritorlnl laws, providing for the idenlifiea
tiou of vote of electors at any election, nnd
also all laws conferring on territorial courts
the power to do term i tie divorce eases, and
nbolislies woman suffrage in the territory
in Utah, renames are prescribed for tin
lawful intercourse, and polygamy is defined
ns marriage between one person ot one sex
and more than one of another sex, and is
declnrcd to be a felony. J ho financial cor
pora lions known as tho "Church of Latter
Diiv Saints." nnd tho "I'erpetnul Kmigriv
tlon Fund Company," aro dissolved, nnd
tho attorney general is directed to wind
them up by process of courts; and all laws
fur tho organization ot the milithi ot the
territory and the creation ol thoNnuvoo
legion are annulled. Polygumists arc maile
inclhgihle to vote. A testoath is preseribei'
to all persons desiiing to vote, that they
will obey thu laws ot thu United States and
especially thu laws In respect to crimes de
fined in this mid theorigliiul F.dmuuds act
Till! ESaiSKKK WAS DllVSIC
Invrstlgatton Into the Horror at Tiffin, Ohio,
Cleveland dispatch: The inquest into
the causes of tho llnltimoro it Ohio wreck
at Republic, Ohio, who begun ut 2 o'clock
this alternoon nt Tillin. A special dispatch
says that the city hall where the inquest is
boing held was crowded. Tho first witness
examined was L. F. Fletcher, conductor of
the train. Ho said:
"Kd. Klier wns the engineer ot the freight
nnu . .1. L'ullison tho lirenmn. Wo ran
from Tlllln to Seneca siding, about threo
nnd a half miles east ot hero, and side
tracked tor tho enst-lioiind express. After
this train passed wo had forty-five minutes
in which to mnke Republic siding. We left
this placo with 1-15 pounds of steam. Af
ter wo loft this phieo I noticed that the
iriun was siueiniig, l went lorwaril over
the cars, eighteen in number, to the engine,
to see what wns wrong. I found that the
steam bud run down to forty pounds. I
opened the door of tho furuaCo and looked
at the fire; then looked at my watch and
saw that wo had but four minutes until
No. (!, tlio west-bound express, wns duo. I
took n red and u Into lantern and startod
nnd ran ahead to flag her. 1 got about
100 yards in the curve and signalled to
stop. As tho express uppronehed I no
noticed tliat tho eiig ucer had reversed bis
engine. In the meautiino the freight had
coii'O to n stand and the engineer hud shut
oir tho steam ami jumped off when thn col
lision occurred. Tho engineer had been
drinking. 1 saw him take two drinks ol
whiskey at llloomdalo nnd two at Fos
toria. When I saw that he had but four
minutes to mnke tho siding at Republic,
tho engineer did not seem to realize the
danger ahead. I tried to get the passen
gers out of tho burning cars. I heard no
shrinks or cries ot others In tho burning
cars."
W. J. Culllson, fireman on the freight,
was tho next railed. Ho said that ho was
a arm hand ami had been ou the road but
tin on weeks, and never know nnything
about the business bolore. Ho Bald:
Wo had trouble in keeping up tho fire.
'We had 1-10 pounds of, steam when wo left
Soueca Siding. The train ran four or five
miles, when tho steam was down to sixty
pounds. Wo wero then going about three
miles per hour. Tho conductor camo in,
looked nt tho lire, and said it was all
right. When the conductor wentnhend to
ling and saw tho express coming, ho yelled
back for us to jump, uud nfter tho collision
occurred I tried to gut tho porsous out. I
saw persons in thcro burning, but I wns bo
excited I could tell but little about it.
Charles Suelder, ot Columbus, was tho
first hrukcmnn on the freight. Ho said:
I was in tho cab of tho engine, ami
noticed that they had but ono guago ot
water, when thoy should hnvo at least
tlireo. 1 was going ahead to ling but tho
conductor grubbed a lantern and went. I
know nothing about tho conductor or en
gineer drinking. At tho collision I saw a
man hanging about half way out of tho
smokor who called to mo for God's sako to
help iiim out. Tho man was supposed to
bo M. H. 1'aiks, of Washington. 1 heard
no one ou the inside ot the smoker.
Thomas V. Heskett, ot Wheeling, W. Va..
conductor ol tho express on tho night of
tho collision, testified:
Tho express wns threo minutes lato at
Republic. I had about sixty passengers;
fourteen or llttecn in tho smokor. Of that
number five escaped from tho smokor, two
by being thro'wn out ol tho top ot tho cur,
uninjured, uud threo somewhat Injured. 1
think there wero not more than ten killed.
llKTTBtl Til AS UAXaiXa.
Fort Smith (Ark.) special: John W.
Pnrrott, one ot the Indian territory mur
derers, to have been hanged hero on tho
11th inst,, had his sentence commuted to
fivo yenrs imprisonment in tho Chester,
HI. penitentiary to-day. Parrott became
very angry, ou hearing tho telegram read,
bi cause ho had not received nu uncondi
tional pardon. Ills ctlms wns tho killing
of nu old man named McAdams anil bis
son, in tho C'hcrokeo Nation Inst summer.
Ho claimed tho killing was done lu self
defense, but tho jury, thinking otherwise,
found him guilty on both counts of thu in.
dietuumt for both murders. Judge Parker
only sonteurod him for one murder, and
the commutation may not help him much,
for lie may now lie sentenced to hang for
tho oilier murder If tho court sees lit to
sentence htm,
Jackson Crow, a ne.-ro il.sssrrtdonnd tho
murderer of Charles Wilson, a prominent
Choctnw cltiisn, was brought in to-day
from tho Choctnw Nation and lodged in
the United States jail. Crow resisted nr.
rest, ami .Marshal Harnblll had to set lira
to ( row's house ami bam and smoke him
oul before ho would surrender. There were
n number of women ami children in the
h ou wo at tho time, but tho marshal nnd his
posso wero stood off by Crow with his Win
chester rifle. Crow was caught Sunday,
nnd while attempting his arrest Uarnhlll
had bis feet badly froteii nnd is sutferluc
treat pain.
Tllli HKXXKVIX VAX At
Washington dispatch: Tho secretary ot
war to-day transmitted to tho house a re
port from tho board of engineers appointed
under the terms ot tha las.t river uud har
bor bill, upon tho proposed acquisition by
tho government ol tho Illinois it Michigan
(Hennepin) canal. Tho report Is generally
tavorabto to tho construction ot tho pro
posed canal, on a lino which is designated
lu tha bill. It was reported by the Iiouso
committee ot railways uud cunuU,
TI1V I'ACIl'lO I'VXOIXa HILL.
Some Important Changrs 1'raposed by llepre
tentative Sprtnyer.
Washington dispatch: Mr. Springer, of
Illinois, in tho houso to-day presented nn
amendment .'hlch ho proposes to offer to
tho Pacific rnilrond funding bill when
it
comes under consideration by tho house,
Ho proposes to strike out nil that portion
of the bill which fixes tho mode by which
tho company shall pay their indebtedness
to t lie government, and to insert lu lieu
thereof provisions directing tha companies
on Oct. 1. 1887. nnd semi-annually there
attor, to jiny into tho treasury of tho Uni
ted States n, sum etui a I to tho amount
which tho United States is required to pay
scmi-nnniially ns interest on subsidy bonds
advanced to each of the companies in aid
ot the Pacific railroads and branches, until
tho dato of the maturity of tho bonds
respectively, less the nniounls ofthepny
merits or reimbursements made by nny
tho coinpan es, respectively, during tho six
months previous to any such payment on
their indebtedness under any act ot coa
gross heretofore passed. At tho respective
dntes of maturity of thn subsidy howls,
the secretary of the treasury i-miII add to
the sum of the principal of sllt.i matured
bonds, all interest paid by the United
States upon I lie same. From said amount
so ascertained shall bo deducted any
payments or reimbursements made by
any of said companies on their in
debtcdncss at any time before Oct. 1, 1SS7
and all amounts in t hesinkiiig fund proper
V applicable to the respective companies
Upon the sum ot the principal of thesub
sidy bonds remaining due nnd unpaid at
til'-respective dates ot maturity thereof,
said companies shall pay into the treasury
of the United States interest thereon at a
rnto which shall bo equal, but shall not ex
coed tli -j rate of interest at which bonds o
the United States, issued in aid ot said com
panics, can bo extended. It is also pro
vided that tho companies may extend the
ben on tho first mortgago bonds now issued
by tho respective companies for tho further
term of ten years after thcrespoetivo dates
of maturity thereof, but at no higher or
greater rale of interest than -1 per cent per
annum; upon this further condition Hint
the difference between tha rale now paid by
said companies upon said first mortgage
bonds and that ot 4 percent per annum
shall bu applied exclusively toliqnidute tho
principal of ii.debtedness of said companies
to tho United States. If. at the date to
which thu last issuo of said subsidy bonds
wns extended tho companies shall havo
complied with tho provisions ot the act,
and shall contiutio thereafter to pay into
tho treasury of tho United states, semi
nunutilly, an amount equal to tho interest
upon such extended Ponds at the rate ol -1
per cent on the amount of interest iudebt
cdness still due and payable, the secretary
ol tint treasury is authorized to al'ow one
j'enr to said companies thereafter in which
to complete tho iiav of tho wholo amount
of the principal duo to the United States
In making payments under tho provis
ions ot tli!s this net, and acts to which this
is amendatory, tho Central Pnrilic Rail
road company and its successors shall pay
into the treasury of tho United States,
who i the sumo shall hnvo become duo nnd
payable as aforesaid, installments of the
indebtedness of itself and tho Western it
Pacific railroad; tho Union Pacific Railroad
company and itssuccessors shall pay those
ol tlio Union l'aciliu Knilroiul company and
tho Kansas it Pacific Railroad company;
tho central branch ot the Union Pacific
company and its successors shnll pay
those ot itsolf. and tho Sioux City railroad
uud its successors those of itself.
Anderson, ot Kansas, also gave notice ol
a, proposcil amendment, providing that
nothing in this act shall bo construed ns
sanctioning tho consolidation ot the Union
Pacific Railroad company with tho Kan
saw Pacific railroad ami Denver Pacific
Railroad company, and transferring ot
their franchises nnd property to tho cor
poratiou known us tho Union Pacific Hail-
way company.
xo x a Tims ximi) avvly.
Dlti'at lr faction Exiirrsaeil With 1're.iltlenttal
Appointments in the lYrrtlortrs
Washington special: Delegato Gifford
has been rending tho riot net to President
Cleveland. Ho went to tho whito house to
urge tlio iiamo of a Dakota man for a ju
diclu! office In that territory and the presi
dent displayed some impatience at Gif
ford's importunities, at which tho latter
said: "You must romsmber, Mr. Presi
dent, that wo havo good men, men pure in
morals and highly qualified ns to legal
ability, to fill these ofllces and all ofllces of
this territory and a majority ot our poo
plo want them in tlicso ofllces."
"Hut I cannot appoint your citizens to
tbeso positions," said tho president, "be-
causo every man In your territory wno
amounts to anything is nrrnyed on ono
sido or tho other of your territorial fight
or is in some corrupt transaction. They
nre mixed up in your quarrels and they
are unfit to hold office. It seems that it
takes but a few months for tho peoplegoing
Into Dakota to got into tho meshes ot your
ringsters and tc be placed beyond tlio pals
of unbiased citizens."
This fired up Gilford, and he replied:
"Well, you propose to disregard the volco
of tho people thero in choosing their olll
cers, do yon? Now, thero was Day, who
nnted to be governor. Day wns endorsed
not only by hie party at the polls in Ills
candidacy against me, but by the people.
They waul they wanted him in tho olllce,
and yet you did not listen to them. If we
had a statehood wo should select by pop
ular ballot men for offices whom you will
not consider now and you, oven you, must
nekuow ledge that for tho purpose we havo
statehood now; all we hick is tho form ot
niluvssion."
Kx-Roptvsi'iitntive Rarncy Caulfleld. ot
Deadwood, now lure, is disappointed and
disgusted at thu uppo'utment mmle of n
successor to Justice (.lunch. Ho thinks It
is an Insult to tho inteliiamcn and intojrit v
ol tho territory, uud says tho president's
objection to appointing Dakotiaus to this
position will not stand; that tlio very men
the president is takmg from New York to
fill the ollire. ncrordiiij to his own state
ment, will become iuiiglcd in questions
bef.. re tho people ol hnliotu within a few
months after they enter tho territory, and
thnt thoroforo thero can bo no
possible advantage in going elsewhere for
men to fill the offices, if only to get those
who are outside ot agitating tho questions
before the people. Cnullli'Id thinks tho
truth is thnt tho president goes to New
York for appointees bocauso ho wants to
reward personal friends ami despairs of se
curing nnything iu the office lino tor legiti
mate residents ot the territory.
37 MUX I CO TltEATV.
Washington dispatch: In tlio secret sea
elon of the senato to-dny the Mexican re
ciprocity treaty, wli ch has long been wait
ing action by tho house of representatives
necessary to carry its provisions into
effect, was brought up on a proposition
from the committee on foreign ivlutions to
uxUmd the time within which tho required
notion might be taken. The proposition,
which wns in tho nature of a protocol ex
tending tha tlnio in which congrosilonal
yirtloii must bo taken to May, 1888, was
brought to n vote and carried. This is the
second extension ot time iu connection with
this treaty.
AS AFUALISO DISASTmi.
Disaster to a Ship Entailing Considerable
tons of Life.
Norfolk (Va.) dispatch: Ono of the most
disastrous shipwrecks which ever occurred
on the Virginia coast happened at 2 o'clock
this morning, near tho Little Island Life
Saving station, fourteen miles south of
Cape Henry. Not less thnn twenty, and
probably more, livis wero lost, nmong
them five lite saving men, who. inthedis
charge of their duties, were drowned. Tho
moruinz was bitter cold ami a blinding
snow storm prevailed, with tho wind blow
lug a galo froiii tho northeast. During a
lull in the storm the life saving patrol from
tho L;ttlo Island LlfoSaviiigstatlon sighted
a large ship stranded on a bar about 1)00
ynrds from tho shore. When he saw tho
vessel ho wns going to meet a patrol from
the Dam Neck station and exchange checks
showing that both patrolmen had becu to
the end of their beat. The Dam Neck patrol
was only a few yards distant whun the ves
sel was siehted. nnd both filed rockets to
notify the crew of tha stranded ship that
she had been seen, they hurried back to
their stations nnd gave the alarm. In a
liltlo while the crews, with life bonts nnd
apparatus, were abreast of tho wreck, and
the boom ot a moitar announced thnt a
line had been shot out to the ill-fated ves
Bel. It was unsuccessful and thusecoml was
lired with a like result. Alter six unsuccess
lul shots, the life saving men determined to
brave tho furious son and tlio death which
seemed certain to await their venture. Tho
word of command being given by Captain
JJelnnza, of I. no having stimuli Ao. 4,
kuown us Little island, six of tlio most ex
pert boatmen manned each boat. At his
command Miey cilvo way with a will, and
in a moment bofli boats weru breasting
the furious waves. J hey reached tho
ship in safety, and four of tlio ship's crew
wero taken iu a life boat, and ten in a ship
boat which was launched for the purpose.
Tlie boats wero headed for shore, and not
a word was spoken, for each man realized
thn awful peril which surrounded them
With a steady pull tho two bouts wero
making good headway for tho shore
when a wave of great power struck both
boats, enpsizinp them instantly nnd pitch
ing their cwenty-two occupants into tlie
boiling sea. Thou began a desperate strug
gle for life, and witli many of tho men it
was n prolonged one. Tho horrified life
savers on tlio ocncli were power.ess to as
sist their drowning comrades or unfortun
nto strangers. Tliedrowniiig men wcreear
ried southward by the seas and some of
them wero washed ashore. As they camo
within reach they wero picked up and on
deavors were mado to re vivo thorn, and in
two instances with success, although ono of
tho two is badly injured. Tlio vessel is tho
German ship Elizabeth, Captain Holher-
stndt, from Hamburg to Baltimore, and
not ono of her crew survives her wreck
Her cargo isuuknown, ns the high seas havo
thus far prevented any attempt to reach
her. It is thought she is leaking badly, and
at sunset iicr musts wero thought to bo giv
ing nway. Or tlio hfo-saving crew tho fol
lowing were lost:
Abel Rnlnnza, captain of No. 3, known as
"Jittlo Island.
.1. W. Land, same station.
Goorgo W. Shono, samo station.
J. A. Helunzn, ot Dam Neck stution, nnd
brother of Abol,
Joseph Sprattloy and Frank Totford, ot
No. 4 station, wero washed ashoro and re
suscitated but Kthoride is sn badly injured
that it is thought be cannot survive.
CAlllXG I'Olt THE ISDIASS.
The Ante iiffiiiruf In tlir Act I'rovliltng for the
Sale of Two Itrservutlons.
Washington dispatch: Tlie senate bill
ameudinj the act to provide for tlio saleot
the Sao and Fox and Iowa Indian reserva
tions in Nebraska and Kansas, which
passed the houso Saturday and awaits
only the signature ot tlio president, pro
vides that if any member of these tribes
enrolled nt tho Pottawatamio and Great
Nemnha agencies shall elect to remain
upon the reservation ot his tribe ho shall
bo allowed to select nn allotment ot laud
follows: Tho head ot n family, 1G0
acres, a single person over eighteen years
of age or an orphan child under eighteen
eighty ncres, a minor child under eighteen
forty ncres; heads ot families to select tho
laud for themselves and minor chil
dren and tho United States Indian agent
or orphan children. Tho lauds so selected
aro to be hold from sale ami shall be ac
cepted at their fair valuation, to be ascer
tained by the secretary of the interior, in
part satisfaction ol tho Indians' iutercstln
the reservation, ami of the money-i or fund
realized from tho salo thereof; provided,
(hat his right to share in tlio other funds
nnd credits ot tlie tribo shall not bo im
paired thereby, Tho secretary of tho inte
rior is to cause a patent to issuo to each ot
the allottees, for tho hinds selected, which
patents shall bo of thn IfTal effect, and do-
claro that tho United States will
hold tho laud thus patented
for twenty five years iu trust for
tlio solo uso and benefit, ot tho allottee, or.
in cuso of his decease, of his heir, according
to tlio laws ot tho stato iu which tho land
is situated, nnd that at tlio expiration of
that period tho united Mates will convoy
tlio lands by patent freo of all charge or in
cumbrance, and if any conveyance ahull bo
mado ot tho lauds thus allotted, or nny
contract mado touching them before the
expiration of the time, such conveyance or
contract shall be absolutely null and void;
these lauds aro not to bo subject to taxa
tion, al enation, or forced sale, under ex
ecution or otherwise. 1
i.v awi -isi'tttit; sanxE.
Pittsburg dispatch : Sergeant John Sny
der, or Fort l.owis. Col., nrrlvcd in Pitts
burgyostordny morning, returning to ills
post. Ho had taken an invalid soldier to
Iho National nsvlum at Washington. Tlio
irfim bud been suddenly paralyzed
blnsiihoinous utterances on ids lips-
with
Sor-
gaunt Snyder said;
It was tho most nwo-inspirmg sceno l
ever witnessed. The insuno soldier joined
r company nbout a year ago, hailing
from Illinois or Knnsas. One day ho was
taken sick with a swollen leg. Ho wns
placed in tho hospital, where ho remained
lor several months. When released by tho
physicians he swore by tho Deity that if
lio'was over plsied in tho hospital or so
sorely nfliicted ngajn bo hoped tho Lord
would stii o him dumb. Afow weeks after
wards, while wo wero out on duty, tills
man became sick again. Ho jumped out of
ins tent thu most horrible looking object I
ever saw, his features working in demon
ical convulsions nnd bis eyes bulging al
most ot his bend. His horrified compan
ions went to ills relict nnd ho was placed
under the surgeon's care; but wliilo ho
seemed iu tho greatest agony nnd ids lips
moved In frantic efforts to speak, no count
not utter a syllable. Ho nnver Bpoko
again, and bis tongue becu mo stiff, and be
was soon a raving maniac. I was detailed
to luko him to Washington. His friends.
It he has anj, have not been notified, and
I do not supposo over will be, as their
whereabouts uro unknown. They bad bet-
ter belisve him dead.
Tho will ot tho lato Sidney M. Salmi, ol La
Porte, Indiana, provides that f5'J,000 shall be
douated to Wabash college at Crawfordsvllle.
The Soldiers' Homo nt Grand RapUs, Mich
tgau, was dedicated Thursday.
SOME wAsiirxarox aossw.
Inspector Goneral Absalom Hnird baa
been ordered from Washington to Fort Du
Cliesne, Utah, on public business under
special instructions from tho lieutenant
general.
Senator Carlisle has been Induced to re
consider bis determination to not lie a can
didate for senator ngiiliist Senator Beck
nnd lias authorized his fiicndi to uso his
name. Senator Heck's term does not ex
pire until March, 18S9. Ho is believed to
bo very strong with his const ionts and
Kentuckinns here say Carlisle fill have, a
very hard fight it ho wins.
It Is thought by the officials of the de
partment that within a month a flood of
appliances will bo filed tor patents on de
vices for heating trains by the exhaust
steam from tho engine, by electricity and
by other methods less dangerous than
stoves. There havo been a great many
patents granted for devices ot this kind,
but for some reason they havo not had the
general approval of the railway people.
Tlie president has issued nn executive or
der modifying so much ot thn executive or
der of May 7, 1877, as attached the terri
tories of Mon I ana and Wyoming to the
pension ng-mcy districts ot Milwaukee,
Wis., and directing that from and a'tcr
April 1, 1SS7, all pensioners residing in
these territories shall be paid at the San
Francisco, Cnl., agency.
Mrs. Cleveland held her first reception ot
the season on the afternoon of tin: 8lh
from ii to 5 o'clock. The ladies begHii to
arrive at tlie white Iiouso at 1 o'c'ock and
waited patiently until the appointed hour.
Mrs. Cleveland was assisted by Mrs. Man
ning nnd Mrs. Kudicott, Miss Vilas and
Miss Hastings, nieco ot the president.
Xll'l'EIi IS THE 11 Ul).
Newnrk (N. .1.) spcuiul: A startling story
is printed to day of an at t-empt to deliver
all tho convicts in the penitentiary at Cald
well and kill tho keeepers. Among tlio
noted prisoners in the penitentiary are
Charles Strauss and Charley Bernard.
These two men, together with some others
on the outside, wero tho ringleaders ol tho
plot. The schema was laid through a se
cret correspondence carried on with friends
outside. A number of small jeweler's saws
were conveyed to thn prisoners in tobacco,
soup and ot her articles, and wi re used at
every opportunity to saw tho iron bars of
tlio cell doors. Several of thn bars were
cut almost until ely through and the cracks
filled witli soup, covered with shoo blacking
so neatly as to almost defy detection. The
plot was to have been carried out Christ
mas eve. Strauss, Reruurd and others
were to liberate themselves by removing
the burs on their cell doors ami with these
bars attack tho single guard, get the key
and open the main doors uml admit those
who had agreed to be on hand outside.
They then intended to chungo their clothes
and obtain all tho weapons required from
the armory. If all had worked well they
then wero to go up stairs and overpower
thewnrden nnd h:s family.rob the houso and
safe, liberato what other prisoners they
thought fit, cut tlie telegraph wires, take a
team which was to bo in wniting and be
miles off before the affair was discovered.
It was distinctly understood by nil that
they were not to stick at murder or any
thing nccessnry to thoir safety. Tho jail
ofliciul discovered tha plot iu time, how
ever, and tho wholo scheme fell through.
A TEIlltlTOllY TOUail.
Death of ltobert Itcatn, llrother of
tlie,
Well-Known Sculptress.
Fort Smith (Ark.) special: Robert Ream,
a well known citizen ot Indian Territory,
died in this city last night of typhoid fever.
Tlie deceased is a brothnr of tho famous
sculptress, Vinnie Ream, formerly of Wash
ington, but now Mrs. Hoxie?, of Alabama,
also of Mrs. Perry Fuller, ot Washington
Robert Ream has been a no tod character
in Indian Territory for more than twenty
years, being nn adopted citizen of tlio Choc
taw tribo for a much longer period. His
early associations among tho Indians led
him to adopt in a great measure Iho reck
less disposition of the class witli whom he
was brought in daily contact, and lie be
camo dissipated, getting into troulilo on
morn than ono occasion, getting out of it
ouo time through tho influence of his sister,
Vinnie. Ho wns a man of nerve, and added
a lingo feather to hiscap a lewycais ago by
killing Jones, the worst desperado tho In
dian territory overproduced, at McAllister.
Jones had tor years been tho torror of that
section, and was iu tho habit ot riding into
tlio little towns out thcro nnd making the
inhabitants tnko to the woods. On thcdiiy
he met his death he went to McCnllislcr for
thonvowed purposo of killing Ream, when
tlio hitter got in tho first shot nnd oivi-d
his own life. Ho wns never punished for it,
tlie general verdict being that ho bad per
formed a righteous act.
TliltlllltU: WRECK.
In Which Two .1cn Wre Hunted to Death
Rending (Pa.) special: The details ot a
fatal accident on thn Wilmington it North
ern railroad this morning havo just been
deceived here. When near Lcnapo stallou
tho engine of tho northern bound freight
beenmo stalled, and tho fireman got down
to clean tho crndo. A flagman was sent
bark, but ho had gono but a short distance
when another freight camo dashing along
and crashed into tlio rear ot tho stalled
train. Tlio caboose ot tho standing train
was badlv wrecked and Hurry Hubert, the
conductor, and William 1). Martin, u pas
senger, who were nsleep at tlio time, were
instantly killed. Thostovoin tho caboose
was o.erturned and tho debris took fire,
the two bodies being cremated hi tho con
flagration. Henry Knox, abrakemnn, who
was also in the car, escaped with severe in-
jurus. When tlie collision occurred uie
fireman of tlio standing train was under
the ensine and was terribly injured. Tlie
engineer and fireman of the second train
cacupod by jum i ig.
COLORED COLOXV VOll DAKOTA.
Washington special: A delegation ot
colored men will havo u, mooting witli Dele
gato Giford, of Dakota, to consider whether
a largo colony ot negroes from tho First
and Second cnngressionaldistricts of North
Carolina, and from Norfolk, Vn., can find
homes iu Dakota. There are 11,000 col
ored people iu that Bttction who want to
emigrate. They cannot buy land, tho say,
becu uso no ono will sell, nnd thoy want to
go where they can get government lund.
They thought flint ot guing to lower Call-rt
tornia. but now they want to go to Dako--'
tiv ii mere is any chaiico for them mere
They nre not paupers, and propose to pay
wieir own way. They have lormeti
selves into a socloty, nnd lmve nlreaajr
made arrangonients with the Ualtlniore os
Ohio road to transport them nnd their
frnUl.t t l.H .,t.,L Tlinu trill bCllll a
committee to Dakota to -eo what the win
ter climate is nnd to report on me lro-
icct of getting government land or oi uuj
r,., ,.i,., i,,,i. iifin nl them tirofer lite
in"citiea or villages, but all ot them wautto
rf l,Allr nm. til, 'ill tllOV IlOW (lO, Alia U
bttvo the privilege ot buying lauds.