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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES A: CIIANCIJY, rnbllalirr. UNION, : ' : : OREGON. ARRESTS Jir THE WHOLESALE. Kan-ant for Tiecntu-tiro Men Mixed Up In Tiro Startler Ozahc, Mo., March 15. Warrants have been sworn out for the arrest of twenty-two men. all living near Sparta and Chadwlck, charged with having killed Charles (Irecn and William Katon, and thirteen or them hate been arrested and are now under a strong tpjard. Five of the men, Sam Preston, sr., 8am Preston, Jr., William Roberts, Bird Kay nd James Prejton arc kept In the :ourt Toom here. They are all men with families and live near Sparta. Eight others, Among whom are John and Wiley Matbcws, Dave Walker, C. O. Simmons and Joe Jnman, were arrested by Sheriff Johnson and large pos sc at their homes near Chadwlck to-dav and will proba bly be brought here to-night, except Ihhikm, who. claiming to be slok, arrived with his guard on the evening train. The nine others, It Is expected, will be brought In within the next twenty-four hours. Among the latter Is William Walter, who. it Is reported, was shot'nnd wounded at the time f the murder. Prosecuting Attorney U. A. Watson says the preliminary examination will hardly be begun before the last of the week or next Monday. Sam Preston, sr., when arrested was at the depot here ready to take the train for Jcllersou Cltv, where ho Is wanted In the United States district court to answer to an Indictment charging hlrn with an attempt to Imtlmldatc a witness from appearing against the alleged Bald Knobbers before Commissioner James at Springtlcld. All the men arrested protest their innocence and claim that they aie able to prove alibis. OOOI) CITIZENS llHONANT. A largely attended public meeting was held at tlio court house Sunday night and strong resolutions against the Bald Knobbers adopted. Since then the sheriff has been promptly aided by volunteer citizens In the woric oi arresting mo accuncu names. u hearliur u rumor to-day that a posse was hav Ing trouble with llald Knobbers at Chadwlck this afternoon another nosse of leading citi zens armed and started for that place, but their services were not needed. Some express the oulnlou that the governor should take stens to hcln In suppressing the lawless organ Izailons as it Is a disgrace to the whole state while others are confident that the local au thorities backed by the best people of the county are able to accomplish the desired end. and favor the Immediate calling of n special term of the circuit court to try all the parties accused or complicated in me murder. James Eaton, his wife and their daughter, Mrs. Charles Green, have been removed from the scene of the homicide to this place and are stunning at the Flnlav house. Eaton said to day: "My son Wlllaii about three months ago was laKen out 01 lieu iy a party oi masKeii men and severely whipped. They told him thev did it because ho had said if the llald Knobbers ever came around him they would have to carry away their dead. William dcnl id having said It, but It' was known that we were all opixisrd to the organization and In favor of upholding law and order. Last Kri day night, William and Ills wife ami Green ami ins who were an ai my nousc. ,urn. Creed was In lied sick and has been so the past three weeks. We all retired for the night, occupying the same room. IlOW TUK ATTACK WAS MAPK. "About 11 o'clock we were awakened by loud cursing outside aud Ileum some one call out: "flet out of there, you, or we will kill vou." William rcolled: 'I will get out as nulek as I can,' expecting that he would be taken out again and whipped, as hn he bad re recently received anonymous not Ices to leave the country or take the contrriuciicos. Just then they smashed In the window, and as my wife stepped to the door to raise the latch, It was violently burst open and slio was knocked backward. The other door was also forced open aud masked men crowded Into tho room. By this Hum wo were all up and my wife had handed mo my self-acting re volver. Three of the men caught me by the arms and attempted to take mo weapon away from me. 1 threw one of them back and thev commenced shooting at us. As the men fell backward I alined to shoot and think that I did as one ot the chambers was empty next morning, unu uuiiet Mrticic me ami parsed through the back of my neck, and as 1 turned to see my assailants, 1 was struck on the head with an axe aud fell senseless to the Moor, and did not regain consciousness until the next morning." Eaton's wounds though severe arc not fatal, nnd ho Is rapidly luipinvlng. Ills daughter. Mrs. (Ireen, was quite jit anil has received a shock from which there Is soaie.lj a poisl bllltv of her recovery. As soon an the alleg ed "llald-Knobbers" entered the house in her excitement slid got out of lied, and the aid of tho lamp which was burning, could fee what was going on. She says: '! saw my husband shot through the head aud he fell deail near by where I stood, and mv brother William shot In tho face. One ot the muu placed the muzzle ot his gun clove to my In-east, hut as be tired I jerked the gun to one side Willi my left hand, the bullet striking my little linger, aud with my right hand 1 torn the Utile mask from tho inun's face, uud rec ogulzed him as Uud Ituy, III,OOl OVKll KVKHYTIIINO. "The men then hastily left the house, and as they were going one of tboui tired at my brother, who was partly lying on the bed. Four buckshot entered his back, I think that was the shot that killed him. I think there w ere twenty or more shots II roil In all, aud about mm number or men in the house. Alter me shooting there was blood on nearly everything In the room. My little !l year-old girl was on the floor by the side of her dead father, and my babe was In bed. Hoth hud blood all mattered over them but neither were hurt." The lioiue where the murder was committed Is made of logs uud stands on the homestead of (Irven, near tho railroad, nearly three miles cast oi tspai in, lnourcctis camn iroin Wis consin and have lived in that locality the past three years, as have aUo the Eaton family. The latter formerly lived In Webster county. Kentucky, and all bear excellent reputations umoug iuu peojuo in ami aronuu Aparta. vasskh are ficoiinnri:i. Philadelphia dispatch: President Rob. orts, oi tho Pennsylvania railroad com puny, this iilternooii nindu public the fol lowing official action taken by the board ot directors oi the company at ii meeting held on the 11th Inst., relative to the issue ot passes: "This company, having been tul vised by tho general solicitor that tho act of congress known ns (ho luter-stato com merco law In iutemledod to prohibit the use ot Inter state pnssc except by oltlrers ami employes ol railroad companion, tho presi dent Is thereforo directed to iesuo to the proper officer of the linen embraced In the i'onusyivnuiu railroad system the noces miry instructions to curry this prohibition Into clfuct on tho 1st oi April next.' lie will also Instruct the proper ollleere of the railway urldge ami lorry companies em braced In the Pennsylvania railroad ays twin that on and alter April 1. 1HS7. they Khali not Imhiiu any passes for the free trucsDortiiUon ol persons or special curs from one statu Into another, or into the District ol Columbia, except (or oUlccrs or employes oi railway companies, HOW CATTLE HAVE Wl STEREO. Cheyouno special; Tho weather for the past few weolfB has been delightful in Wy oming aud cattlemen now hope to pull through In very fair shape. The snow full in many parts ol thoatato hits been greater the past winter than has been known (oi years. The principal losses will bo in the Jlel.'e Fourche ami powder river country where the ranges were overstocked. The food, though good, wan short, uul tho snow fall phenomunnl. The losses in that sec tion will come close to 25 Krcent. In other regions, unept pcrhu Bweetwuter, tho lo4M will not be more thai) tho aver- THIRTY VASSEXOERS KILLED. A Counterpart to the Recent Railroad Horror Occurring it Vermont Ptnr Car Co Through a High Bridge. Boston dispatch: The recent terrible disaster at tho White River bridge, on tho Central Vermont railway, was paralleled to-day, and, with tho exception of tho lire feature, almost exactly duplicated, ut Buscy bridge, on tho Dedhnm branch of tho Uoston & Providence road. At White River four cars wero thrown from tho track upon a hridgo soventy feet nbove a river, and went down with tho bridge to the ice below, resulting In tho death of thirty-two peoplo and tho injury ol nearly forty more. At llusey brldgo six cars wero thrown from tho track upon a dry brldgo foity feet nbovo tho highway, nnd, with tho bridge, crushed down Into the street, resulting in death of, nccordlng to latest reports, thirty-two peoplo, and tho wounding of from forty to sixty more. At Whllo Kivcr tho engine and two cars passed safely over tho hridgo, anil their occupants escaped by a miracle. At Rllsey brldgo tho engine and three cars passed safely over and their human freight escaped with only u jar. Tho scene of to-dny's awful calamity is seven miles southwest from Beacon Hill. Between the Potest Hills and Roslndnle stations, on the Dcdhuin branch, South street makes a graceful curve and passes under tliu railroad, which also curves at that point. Tho iiridge crossed over tho highway at a height of forty feet nnd was 150 feet long. Tho point Is upon tho bor der ol tho old Itusoy farm, now tho prop erty of Harvard eollego, and the scat ol the Arnold arboretum. At 7 o'clock this morning tho worklngmcu's train, consist ing ol an engine, eight passenger coaches and u -smoking car. left Dcdlium for Bos ton. Webster White was tho engineer. Conductor Webster N. Drake ol Dcdhum wusin charge of the train, uud was assisted bv Conductors Myron W. Tildon ol Dcd- ) ham nnd Mr. Stubbs. Immediately behind . , ... . I - J.V.I me locomotive was a passenger ear, r in toning it were seven ordinary day cars, moot ot them of tho old-Iasbloncd type, ut least witli cast-Iron stoves in the middle ot tho car, and tho rear was brought up by the smoking car nine cars in nil. Stops were nindo at Spring street, West Itoxbury, Highland, Central, aud Hosludale stations, with about 1)00 peoplo on board, mostly worUingmon and women, shop and storo girls, with luuch-bngs in baud, chatting aud laughing merrily, and a few business men. The three forward cars were more densely crowded than any ot the others. At just 7:1 f o'clock tho train rounded tho curvo and passed upon tho bridge. Tho engluo had jimt crossed the first abutment when Kngineor White felt a jar as if tho train had struck something. Hastily glancing backward out ot his call window bo saw nnd heard, as did tho en gineer of that fated Central Vermont train, six rear uirs aud tho brldgo tailing with a criiHb Into the abyss below. Tho three cars immediately following tho engine lind safely crossed tho bridgo, but had been thrown from tho track. Engineer Whltu at ouco uncoupled his engine and putting on all tho steam possible ran down toward For est Hill station. J. H. Laiinnn. a fish dealer, was driving im from Forest Hill to ward tho sceiio ol tho disaster, when the ongluo came down the track whistling wildly. Tho locomotivo slowed down at the Forest Hill crossing and Liinunn stopped his team, shouting to tho onglneer, "What's tho matter?" ".My train hns gone through tho bridge; .telegraph to Uos ton," was tho reply. Lnnnou wont to the station with the mossngo, which was quickly Hushed over tho wires. Then he hnsleued back to his team and drovo up to tlio wreck, being tho first outsider to reach tho spot. Arriving at Forest Hill, tho engineer at ouco rang in a fire alarm, which summoned to tho sceno tho lire de partments ot Hosludale, with a steamer and hook and ladder truck from Jamaica Plain. Having thoroughly aroused the surrounding communities ami telegraphed tho fact ot tho disaster to tlio ollieials, Engineer Whllo remounted his engine and ran lior back to tho wreck, where crowds wero already gathering. In tho roadway under tho bridge, in the space (d 150 teot between abutment and abutment, there were in an instant piled up tlio dbhris ot six enrs, Intorwovou al most Inextricably with trusses and girders oil lie iron bridgo, aud within nnd among which tlio passengers wero hold fast, or writhing in distres-, somo of thorn crushed almost beyond recognition, aud one or two ot them beheaded. To hucIi us had power to movo the incana of extrication wore made easier by tho completeness ot the wreck, tor the" sides and ends ot tho cars ueii) olten smnshed out, leaving more or less free egress. Hut in tho two ears which struck tlio abutment the sceno wns (eartui. Tho wooden debris was pileil up about one ot tint stoves, nnd was on tho very point ol setting tlio wreck on ilro when the earliest arrivals at tlio scene and those who had al ready suceeedod in t.xtricating themselves unhurt, managed to drag tlio stovo out through the broken walls of tho car anil deposit it in the roadway. None ot the oilier hi oves wero smashed, for a wonder, sullleiently to igntlo tho wreck with tlioir burning contents, and tho work of extrica ting tlio dead and wounded was begun. The majority ot tho passengers iu tho cars which plunged to death wore women, all young, huppy, hopeful creatures whose tiny satchels, with ctiretully piepnrod lunches, told pathetically as no words possibly can tho circumstances ot t holt lives, lien tlohlsinith, a resident ot West Hoxbury, wus ouo ot tho fortunato pas scugi'rs. Ho was iu tlio last car to laud sately on tlio further stdo ot tho bridge, and as tlio ear which followed his plunged back ward and down, ho jumped through the renvoi tho ear and landed sately upon the embankment, as the dying cries wero sent up from tho commingled uud Indistinguish able mass below. In tho tirst car that went down, sat, sido by side, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Cardinal. Mrs. Cardinal's head h truck tho sldo ot tho car and she was instantly killed. Her husband eseapeii witli his lite. His injuries wore summed up as follows: Severe scalp wounds, con tusion ot the chest, with liioody expectora tion, contusion ol tlio hlji, boslih's sever bruises on almost overv part ol his body. In tho smoker a Mr Rouudy, aged 50, was playing cards with E. U. Snow, Harry Iy, and OHIcer Lulllcr. Every one ol his companions wer killed outright, and u tow moments later Mr, lloiiudy In uud himself standing on the sott clay mud ot ltosludalo road, his cloth ing torn, tlio blood sti earning from his face and head, holding In his hand the "queen ot diamonds" the surviving reilo besides himself of a gumo that will never bo tin- islnd. Itouudy mumigod to got homo, where ho is now lying iu a critical condition, ltohcrt T. Abraham was Jammed in be tween tho seats luullv, nnd his leg broken. His daughter Nellie w& badly Inlnred Iu many place about the llinbsaud body, and ull her front teeth were knocked out and several of them wero swallowed. A pathe tic elgiit was that ol two rlrU with arms around one another, clinging In the em brace ot death. Both had been killed by blows upon the head One muu wus found sitting upright Iu his seat, but stark dead, witli blood (lowing Insaveral small streams from cute ou the head. The women had un awful time In getting out, Many lelt tlioir clothing, which was torn from their forum. There wore yoiinz girls together as it they had occupied two seats facing each other. All those pinned down in the car had a horrible tear ol II ru and shrieked lor Hflflstance to escupo pos sible cremation. Tho wreck was horriblo In tho extreme, and ono ol tho very worst In the annuls ol railroading. As fast tut tho victims were brought out they wero lifted tendeily Into wagons nnd carried to the Roslndule and Forest Hills stations most ot tho dead to tho latter place. Thoso who lived In llo-dn dale, and who wore nblo to walk a score .or more climbed painfully up the embank ment through mud nnd ice on to the trnck nnd took up their mnrch forborne, nnd this corps nf bleeding nnd maimed men tramp ing wearily into tlio town wuo about the first positive Information tho good people of tlmt place hadot theextent of the disas ter. Ueforo tlio work ol extrication and rescue had been completed tho dead hud nearly all been identified and taken away by friends or removed to the city morgue. Tlio wounded had been tnken to their homes or to the Massachusetts general and city hospitals. An soon as tho nows of tho disaster reached Boston the railroad at once began to run trains to tlio scene, anil the Metro tropolltan Street railway started a line ot ciii h running at about five-minutolntervals. Probably' 75,000 peoplo visited tlio wreck, and cart loads ol spinters wero carried away as relics. Owing to the fact that many of tho victims wero removed in tlio way above described, it is Impossible to nlsllt to give an absolutely correct list. Fully seventy persons aro believed to have been injured. Of Hicho a number will dio. The railroad officials aro making a diligent effort to ascertain the exact number ot tlio killed and -wounded nnd will miike a report as soon ns possiblo. The rnilrond commissioners visited tho scene this afternoon and had pointed out to thorn tho supposed catiso ot the Occi dent. At tlio lower end of tho hnngeis which supported tho hridgo is a rnsl-lron box enclosing a clutch which resembled two fingers of a hand drawn up to a. half circle. Thesn clutches were about two and a ball inches wide and ono anil a hull inches thick. Over tho Iron fingers wns around steel pinion about eighteen inches long nnd three inches in dinmetor. Ono of these fin gers was completely rotted a way by rust, and I ho other rusted about half through. Thus the whole strain wns thrown on these weak iron fingers and it was but -a natural consequence that when tho ongluo passed that tliis finger should break, and one ol Its supports being gone, tho whole bridge had to falj ritlll WE TO THE DEAD. What Jir. UallSaM in HI needier Funeral Oration. After the first lesson Dr. Hall commenced his oration. During Its delivery there was not a dry eye In the house, and several times ho was compelled to stop for u time to gain con trol of his voice Dr. Hall said: "The hand that rests so still yonder laid aside tho pen over tho page of an unfinished 'Life of Christ.' It Is possible that the last flash of thought, as the conviction drew upon h m of the probable end of life, was that His life was to lie left unfinished, that lie had not told all that he would have mcu know of that precious revelation. If there was ono tiling that stiried the heart that now rests from its labors more than any other that hns marked his life and makes his memory precious to us now. it wa his manv sided ut terances of Christ living, as going about among men, the Master who (list and last asks us to believe in Him rather than believe what others suy about Him. '1 ho radical question of this age has been : 'Is there a fac ulty of Illuminated reason to recognize a liv ing Christ who can talk to us, and by great communication of his mind and spirit directly lead us Into all truths!' The question insists upon an answer. It will not be put oil by any compromises with past orders and Institu tions, but renews" itself at every turn, echoing in every advance In science and arts; comes up hi every development of litera ture and social progress. Is their faith In Christ behind the consciousness of the individ ual that can lie to him the very word of (iod and Illuminated mandatory conscience? In a country that dreams as yet of a government of the people and for the people that question Is Inevitable and must he answered. It Is not an accident then altogether that a man whoso life had been molded by that question and Its iHisslhlc answer should have paused on the un finished volume of the life of Christ. He has been a man of the people, Chrlstward. Wo remind you that, though the English speak ing race to-day mourns his fall and recognizes Ids loss Americans feel that ho has been a great leader or adviser in the guidance of all manner of substantial interests. Though iio lies there quint In death, yet wo may look at him as ouu who has been through all, and In til tilings the apostle of one supreme Wiought, i preacher of the everlastlnggospel of an even living Christ. You who knew him beet know well that Iu no barren or dreaming sense hut his life been absorbed in this woik and bid with Christ In God." TOUC1UN0 AMiCnOTB 01' THE 1KU. Ill closing his sermon Dr. Hall said: "On his hist .Sunday eveulng Iu this place, tnc weeks ago, after tho congregation had retired, tho organist aud one or two others wero pr ,e Using a hymn aud Mr. Beecher remained and lUteued. Two street urchins wero prompted to wander into I be building and one ot theiu was standing In tlio position of the boy whom Uafacl bad Immortalized, gazing up at the or gan, Tlio old nun, laving his hands on tin' boy's head, turned hl face upward and kls.-ed bun, and with his arm about tho two left this scene of his triumphs, trials aud successes forever. It was a lilting close to a grand life the old man ut genius and fame shielding little wanderers, great Iu breasting traditional ways and prejudics, great also In gesture, -o lIKo nun; mat lie recognized as did tue .Mat ter, that the humblest and poorest were his brethren the great preacher led out Into the night by little nameless waifs. He said of his fattier: "Tho two things which ho desired most were tho glory ot lind and tho good ot men. So it was with him, as the hearts ol grateful myriads uttci-t. Hut wo bid him here farewell: liud to me oftenest will come a vision ot him passing out of .winder door with his arms about the boys, passing on to tho city of God, where ho hears again the familiar voice of the Master saying: 'Of such is the king dom of heaven. Dr. Hall then pronounced the benediction aud the vast audience slowly filed out ot the church, it was a notable gathering aud one Ion it to bet r.vnioinbered, the n-iXTEit nn k.i r. Chicago dispatch: Tho Farmers' Review will print tho following crop summary in this week's Issue: Tho weather for tho last ton days hns been very favorable for grow ing winter wheat, and reports from the entire wheat bolt continue encouraging. Rains and light snows in Kansas aro re ported to have caused un improvement tor growing grain in certain portions ot that state anil Improved tho general out look, which w as becoming discouraging. Iu sections ot Mlchlu'iin and Wisconsin tho Holds are still protected witli snow and nearly all of the reports from these two states continue to bff favorable. Iu Ohio, Indiana, Illinois anil Missouri, reports indicate that the crop Is in a very promising condition, and unless subjected to treeilng weather within tho next throe weeks, promises to oiuergs from the winter nU'iv witli unusually good prospect. Some reports ot Injury are reported from White county in Illinois, in Clermont and Delaware counties, Ohio, and in ltutler, Jewell aud Rico counties, ol Kansas, but these aro only exceptions to tlio good re ports trom fully ono-thlrd ol the winter wheat states west ot Ohio, eliding with March li!. CVItEli HV EAHTHOUAKE. London, March 13. The story so widely told at the time of tho Ktvlcra earthquake of n old lady eprlugiug In terror from her bod and fleeing to the street, rccovlng suddenly the tue ot tier limbs, refer to Mrs. Jerome, tnutlierof I. ady Churchill. It I reported that her paralysis lias entirely disappeared aud sho bai been able to w ulk ever sluco tho thock. Ttio man who has sand In hhu l not half so ttipular just now as the mau who has taud t ou hit sidewalk itffi) JVf. FLoiriiits ox jirituv hash. Emblem of Mourning Sol nrltlblted hi the l'resence of the Head. New York dispatch: In splti ot tho rah. the Btrcots in the vicinity ot Beccher'e resi dence wero crowded with people this morn ing. At 8 o'clock n squad of police took their stations In front of tho residence. A largo nuinbcrot floral designs were received, among them being two wreaths from Ellon Terry and Henry Irving, nnd n, pillow ol whlto roses from Mrs. S. W. White. The coffin rested in the center of the front par lor nnd wns surrounded by n bank ot fra grant flowers, and on all sides could be seen floral emblems fioin the friends and ad mirers of the dead divine. The remains wero dressed in a suit of black broadcloth. Tho features wore nntural and thero wns n smile upon tho face. Early in the morning before srrvices, Mrs. lleecher went into tlio parlor and stood by tho coffin tot- somo time. Sho bent over tho remains, and after printing a kiss upon tlio cold lips wns led into a bnok room. Shortly after ShllO the Rev. Charles II. Hull, of tho church of tho Holy Trinity, commenced to rend tho burial service from tlio ritual of l.lin Episcopal church, and a quartetto sang several gospel hymns. While tho ser vices wero in progress in tlio house, com pany 0. known ns tho Plymouth company of the Thirteenth regiment, was drawn ut) in front of tho house on Hicks street. Only members ol tho family and a tow intimate frienfls wero present during tho services at the bouse. At the conclusion of tlio services at the house. Dr. Hull spoko for fifteen miuutcs. He wus very much affected. The members ol tho family retired utter the remarks; wero finished, nnd tho casket was curt iod to tho hearse, which stood in tho rear of tlio Thirteenth regiment. Tlio Plymouth company took position as guards ot honor, and'tho procession moved to the church. Tlio casket wus then car- ri"d in anil placed on a dnis. in front ol tho pulpit. There will bo music in tlio church during tho whole ol tho time which the body lies in state. Tlio will ot Beecher wns read this alter noon in tlio presence of tho family. It is probable it will not be filed for probate, as one ot its main provisionsauthorizesmcm hers ol tlio family to settle among them selves the division of whattheioisleft. Tho chief feature of it is that Mrs. Beecher is first provided tor. Tile contents of it will not lio made known unless the will is pro bated, ns it is tho wish ot tho family that no publication of its contents should be made. To-night tlio Beecher rcsidonco wns bril liantly lighted and everything around the lioiiso was mado bright as possible. Mrs. Beecher had be:in in her lato husband's room a grout, portion of tlio afternoon, looking over ids papers. It s?oms a delight to her to bo near wheio her husband spent much ot his time. Members of the family aro dressed in bright clothing as though going to church on Sunday, and everything around wus made light and cheerful as pos sible, in accoidnnro with tho often expressed wish ot Beecher iu caso ot his dentil. Hundreds of peoplo culled during tlio day and left cards, including Henry Ueorgo and tho Rev. Dr. McGlynn. All this nttornoon a long lino of peoplo was passing through tho church to view tho remains and continued to increase ami the rush was so great to gain admission tlmt it wns found necessary to increase ilio forco ot ofllcersnroundthochurch door. Tlio throng was made t'o ot ulmost all na ionalities. As tho day advnnced tho lines ol peoplo extended until it reached Fulton itreet, then down nnesidoot tho next block and up tho other witli another wing across Henry street. It is estimated that nearly 130,000 peoplo passed before tho catafalque during tlio day. Thero wore so many wreaths and bouquets left on tho bier that a special place had to bo mndo near tho platform at tho foot of tho pulpit, to ro coivo them. Tho mayor of Brooklyn issnod a procla mation saying: "Inasmuch ns Fridny, Marcli 11, lias boon designated for the pub lic funeral ceremonies of Henry Ward Beecher, and tho common council of this city lias directed that tho public offices shall bo closed on that day, I earnestly re quest the citizens ot Brooklyn, so tar us may bo practicable, to close their respect ive places of trade and business ns a mark ol respect to tho dead and as a token ol sympathy to those who, living, mourn tho lead." QUIETLY LA in TO UEST. The Wife of the Condemned Anarehht Jlurled Without Any Umnual Demonstra tion. C'llcago special: It is estimated that be tween 110,000 and 30,000 poiplo turned out to-dny to witness the demonstration at tlio funeral ot Mrs. Oscar Neobo, wife ot tho condemned anarchist. No disturbance ot any kind occurred, and tlio proceedings wero devoid of any thiiigscnsational. Fun eral services were hold at Mueller's hall, at tho corner ot Xortli avenuo and Sedgwick street, and around tlio hall thousands ot peoplo stood tor hours, waiting patiently to witness tlio funeral procession. Within tho hull stood tho coffin, containing tho remains ot Mrs. Neobo, surrounded by a bower ot beautiful Mowers and plants. The face of the dead woman looked calm and peaceful. Tho ball was elaborately draped iu mourning nnd lind a striking ef fect. From oarly in tho morning until 1 o'clock p. ui. hundreds ot people crowded into tlio hall to gaze at the remains, aud at times t lie rush wns very great and tho nulsn and confusion almost intolerable. Tho funeral Bervioes began with the ren li tion of one ot (luitlie's songs by a male chorus, and then George Schilling made an address, in which ho spoko ot Mrs. Neelis ns a wife and mother In effective uud elo quent terms. Tho Franz Abt qunrtette sang a hymn. Resolutions ot condolence wero read, and then Paul Grottknu dtliior-d a speech in German. lie said in substauro tlmt Mrs. Neebe had died ot a broken heart, a victim ot cruel society, leaving behind those who are persecuted with a brutality that lias no parallel in history. Mr. Grottkau continuing, said: Still my duty and my conscience make It Imperative that I litt my voice to accuse that society whoso victim lies on the bier befoio us. From this bier a call shall go forth to the powerful uud tho rich cau tioning them us to the fruitage ot their own storm seed. After a nong by the socialistic inalo chorus, resolutions wero ndoptod to tho ef fect that tho peoplo hero assembled pledge themselves to employ all honorable means to restore Oscar Neobo to his children a tree man; failing in this, to hold themselves responsible for the proper training and ed ucation ol his children. A number of letters of condolence from labor organuations were read, and then tho services in the hull were concluded. Tho lormntlon ol the tuneral cortege oc cupied considerable time, and it was nearly 4 o'clock beloro the solemn march to the grave was begun. The cortege was com posed of various socialist and trude organ izations ot Chicago, in full regulla aud with banners covered with crepe, lies dee nu merous people in carriages and on foot. The Interment took pluce In Gruceland cemetery, niter brlet remarks by Paul Grottknu. Tbe saloonkeepers and brewers of New York city have come to an agreement, aud the pool beer tight Is over. cLEAiirsa Air at the wreck. Additional Intelligence Concerning the. Ac ctdent on the llotton and Providence. Boston dispatch: The revised list of the injured in the railroad nccidenc yesterday .i.nu,.l M, 11.1 nnrunm were wounded. I All night long a large force ol workmen ! were engaged in clearing nwny the debris ot ; the wrecked curs at the sceno ot the bridgo i disaster. It wus but slow work, and but little headway wns made, yet the men worked hard and when thelight ot morning was sufficient tor a continuation ol labor without means ot artificial light, the work .1 ...., -..i.Iillv Rones were being Jil I LnnLU mute ini.i"'.- stretched around the scene, and nil persons sj -I I who were not actively engaged in ciear ui i tin wreck were forced to Keep oillBiiie the ll,,n X Inrc.o fnl-r of IIICll UCe lit IVOH tak- ing the bridgo opart. The baggage ear and one ot the rear cars ot the train have been completely demolished and all that marlis the spot whero these two curs were at. the base ot the embankment is a heap of kind ling wood. The wreck is n more appalling sight than tho ruins at tho recent White River junction disaster, and this points strongly to tho luctthntthe train wiib run ning nt a rate ot speed fully twenty-five miles per hour. The forward cats, winch lie at the enilmnkinentnuil In the roadway, remain iu the same posinon in winch tliey fell. There weie undoubtedly more cars iu the train, us tho tin tops of nine are to bo found, but tho remains ot two ca?s ars in xiich a state of deinolishment that iv is im possible to discover any parts of tli in. This wiih caused by the fall down of the embankment, nnd consequently tho rumor lms prevailed that thero weie but eight cars iu the train. Murtin Welch, sub-foreman, of West Roxbury, was at work yesterday morning with a gang ot five men, cutting willows. Tho party was stationed 050 feet from tlio bridgo, on the southeast end of the struc ture, uud every man nnu uu ue. ai'icn said this morning: "We had just begun our work. 1 saw tlio train coming, and stopped to look at it. I saw it going on tlio bridge, and noticed that the train was acting queer. The engine and three curs were across, but the whole train was slink- Owing to the duplication and misspelling of mimes it is now believed that the re ports of the number of persons killed have been considerably overestimated. Up to noon to-dav Dr. Draper had signed four death certificates and Dr. Urn ris throe, milking tho entire death total up to noon twenty-four. The following is an nccurato list of tho dead: Myron Tildon, Dedhnm, conductor. Lizzie Walton, Dedhnm. Rosabel Welch, saleswoman; West Rox burv . William J. Strong. Peter Swalien. tui'or, Centrnl station. William Edgar Snow, salesman, West Roxbury. Miss Laura Price, Roslindalc. Miss M. I. Odioruo, saleswoman, family live near Dover. N. H. Edwaid E. Norris, freight clerk, Dedham. Miss No'Tis, Dedham. Lizzie Mandcrville, Dedhnm. Waldo B. Taylor, policeman, Spring Street station. Albert E. Johnson, watchmaker, Uoston. Stephen T. Houghton, gaslitter, West Roxbury. Emma P. Hill, clerk. Harry Gay, clerk. MissSaran E. Ellis, Medfield. William E. Durham. llattie Dudley. Webster Clupp, West Roxbury. Mrs. II. Cardinal, Rosendale. Alice Burnett, Uosliudale. Mrs. Marie Brooks, West Roxbury. Mrs. Ida Adams. Total, 21. A careful canvass of West Roxbury and Doiihnm shows the number of wounded to be at least 1 LI, of which number fifteen aie classed us fatally injured, while more than a score nro in a precarious condition nnd their wounds may prove fatal at any time. The work ot moving tlio wreck at Bussey Wooods bridge, tlio scene of the nceide'nt, progressed rapidly to-day, a large gang of workers being engaged, while a sqiud of policemen kept buck un ever swelling crowd of relic hunters. Thomas Donno, an oxpett civil engineer, well-known throughout tho country, wus ut tho wreck all day in the employ ot the railroad commissioners with a view to learning anything that can bo learned from the clearing away of tlio ruins aud tho in spection of tiio fragments of the bridge. At 'J:'.Q p. in. the commissioners began un in vestigation into tho cause of tho accident, ing and swaying most violently. Then, just as the fourth car wnshnlf ou the bridgo aud half on the embankment, on tlm other side, tlio bridge went down. Tho filth car plunged down with it, nnd in its fall dragged back and down into the pit below, the fourth car, which, as I havo suid, was already halt way on the bank. The car behind the fifth car ciuno plunging and crashing down upon it, and the Inst car ot all, the smoker, rolled over twice as it went down the embankment. 'My God, the bridgo is down! Run, boys, and take your axes,' I yelled. I started as last us I could go and they witli inc. It was nn awful s ght; such struggling, and sighing, and moaning I never beard in nil mv life. Some of the passengers who first succeeded iu getting clear ot the truck seemed ilnzwl, be wildered, scarcely able to realize what had happened or whore they wore. Others could and did help us, but ou tho south sido ot the wreck there wus no help for nearly ten minutes. The smoker as the car that we enmo to first. Our boys swung their axes with a will and we knocked in the end of the cur, cut away between the windows, and then wont iu ourselves and began the work ot rescuing. We saw the uniform ot Olllcer Walter U. Lalor and took him out. Ho was unconscious when wo reached hitu nnd probably dead, although his lips quivered for u moment or two after we had him out beside the wall. Wo took out Mr. Snow, who was dying, und nt least a dozen in jured persons. The unhurt passengers, it there wero uny (I don't remember see ing u muu iu this car but who was more or less bruised nud scarred) helped us and we emptied the car, taking out tho cushions and laying tho injured upon them. By this time teams had begun to como, and we placed the wounded in them by twos nnd threes, and they wero curried otf to the en gine houso nt Rosindale. All was confu sion. People wore Hocking to the place. Everybody was screaming and shouting, some witli pain, others giving orders. I cannot remember incidents with much dis tinctness utter this, tor I, too, wua getting excited. I only know thut we kept nt work until 10 o'clock and stuid until all wero taken away. itrixa ix ntisox. Uoston special: In the hospital, 111 with general debility, is nuotber famous convict. His name is Moses ex-Governor Moses, ol South Carolina. This old culprit Is pretty well brokeu down physically. He Is an ob ject ot pity, for It ho were eot looee to day lie would lie utterly unable to do anything tor himself. He is a man ol medium height with hollow cheeks und sunken eyes. The ollieials say he lias a consumptive ten dency. Some one naked him a few days ugo what was the cause ot the breaking up ot his health. He replied that it was the ef fect of opium, to which he hud been ad dlc'ed lor many yeurs. This may expiulu the coubumptlou. THE LAST wonns SrOKEX. l,npretlee Memorial Service Over the Re mains of Henry Ward lleecher. Now York dispatch: All Brooklyn wasln mourning to day over the death ot Henry Ward Beecher. Public olllces were closed business entirely suspended and memorial services were held in a largo number ot churches. Tho vicinity ot Plymouth church was crowded. Members ot Company O, Thiilcentli regiment, id which Beecher was chaplain, were stationed at tlio doors ot the church, and no ono was allowed to en ter without a ticket. While the vast crowd ot peoplo gathered outsldo of tho church, tho lady members ol the congregation wore working within. Tho whole Interior was turned into a flower gardon, and a fragrant pel fume of roses pervaded the air. Tho facado ot tho gallery was covered with potted plants. Thoptilpitwus loaded witli (lowers and floral emblems sent by friends nnd different organizations. The casket was placed on a catafalque ot white roses and white carnations and white) smilax, and directly iu trout of the reading desk. Notn vestige of the black covering ot the casket could be seen. Thero was noth ing to ludiciito the presence of death except the stillness which prevailed tho room and the hushed conversation ot tlio mourners. It was nearly 10 o'clock when tlio doors) were thrown open, and those who hud been waiting without for nearly tbreo hours allowed to enter. In the first four seats to the right ot the centre aisle, pews wero reserved for the relatives of the decoased. Mr. Beecher's family wan not present and t he family pew wns filled with flowers. Mrs. B echer was in church a few minutes beloro the doors wero opened, but left with her sons before tlio crowd entered. Before the pews reserved for tho family wero seated tlio officers ot the Thirteenth regiment, and then enmo members ot the legislative committee. Behind theso wero delegates from nearly every social, poli tical und religious organization in Now York or Brooklyn. There was also a dele gation of tho Colored Minister's associa tion present. At 10:30 t ho Rev. Dr. Hall, accompanied by the Rev. S. B. Hnllidny, commenced to rend tho opening services ot the Protestant Episcopal burial service, which was fol lowed by instrumental and vocal music. After the conclusion of tlio oration by Dr. Hall the public was admitted to view tlio body. Tho lino of people waiting to view the remains wns nearly a quarter of a milo long. It is estimuted tlmt fully L'5,000 people attended the services iu the various churches, and fully twico Hint number wero gathered in tlio street in tlio neighborhood of Plymouth church. Those in charge had intended to close tho doors ot tho church ut I! p. in., but when theappointed hour arrived tho crowd wns so dense that it wns decided to give an hour of grace. The line, commencing at tho casket inside the church, extended down Orange street, to Henry, down Henry to Fulton avenue, nnd thence around tho comer, whero it terminated in an irregular group, which was beyond the pale of polico supervision. Too eagerness of tlio peoplo to got a fuvorublo position in lino, led to a number of mild scuflles with tho police. Strange ub it may seem, tlio blue coutu had the most trouble witli tho gentler sex; more than onelndy would plead with eager earnestness to bo allowed to stand in tlio lino near tho church in order to savo tho long wait necessitated by going down to Fulton avenuo. Tho younger ladies, espe cially, proved themselves superior to polico authority by insisting upon penetrating the lines and calmly ignoring tlio dismayed policemen who were too gallant to arrest tho fair interlopers, and wore powerless to keep them out by orders and protesta tions. The scones of Thursday wero steadily re produced throughout tlio wholo u'ternoon. Thero was some determinntion on all sides to catch a view ot tho body and tho same solemn good order. Tho lino (lowed stead ily into tho church, dividing ut the coffin, until a few minutes utter -1, when the doors wero shut until tho children ot tho Sunday school could be gotten iu order. When tlio lit tlo ones had formed by columns of two, they wore marched in and past the bier, and by their baight clothing and quiet awo gave another phase to tho sceno ot solemn ity in the dusky interior. Tlio children ui.i.mnil pupil to hnvo 11. iiprsonal attach- incut for tho (lend pastor, and more than one youthful pair ol eyes was tmtuca 111 tears nt tlio first glimpse of tho peaceful face iu thccoflin. After tlio children, numbering 3,000 or more, lind passed, thero 'ns nuotber influx of people which continued tor several hours. Business was generally suspended. Nearly all tlio stores were closed from 10 to 12, nnd a trip through Fulton si root, tho main thoroughfare, mado ono think of Sunday. Hie day was very generally observed by tho peoplo ot Brooklyn as a day of mourning. A Veracious Agriculturist. The champion liar halls from l'lkc county, Indiaumi, and the following yarn Is probably the greatest effort of his life: "A young lady who was watching my binding harvester at work fell upon tho table and was carried up with the gram. As the gill was about tboslze of a bundle, the machine did not recognize the difference, nnd so shi camo through with a neat little string aiouud her waist. One of the harvest hands caught her ns tho machine 'kicked' her out and sot her on tho ground right side up, when it was found that she had been more f lightened than hurt." Now if this veracious agriculturist had only added that tho machine thrashed the young woman and shook from her face tho Hour without which no seif respecting woman's toilet Is complete, and barreled said flour for market by the aid of the young woman's hoops, his story would pos sess a completeness and symmetry which would cause it to pass current everywhere as a great and unapproachable work of art. lio. ton Transcript. Secretary Garland's Iluniblo Home. A visitor to his humble home out Fourteenth street would find hlnrself suddenly transported to tome farmer's domicile. It is a two-story frame cottjge which he lives In, located by a market where the farmers and the butchers bring in their products to sell to the people. In the little room w hich tho Attoruey-Cioueral uses as his library or study and where he re ceives his visltois tho furniture consists or a deal table, an old-fashioned rocUlug-chalr and oue or two other chairs of llttlo value, unless the solo object bo to furnish a seat for thj. wea ry sojourner which will not break down; unuor his weight. On some plalu around on the iloor ot the room i are s ort.1 ttie law books ot tho host, this PIfb'"B the extent of his library. A "a,f.05; ulhuted by the grocer serves for tl e torage of the W lxX&U tor Attoroey-tieneral doesuuv f , , , tempory ellect among lilso , 1 pooplt, but has always done so.- WogQ" -". "Ahrmiam U"'n! A """f"." r,i" ,,ps ' februaiy IWW penod of lm itant event- The Mexican war followitia tue An ocxation or Texas, and the Polk aud Taylor Campa'S0' Lincoln Is shown In his career la Cougress (In the campaign for which his en tire expenses were Too. I) and In hi law prao tice and law habits. The trustees of a Western college have es tahl shed a chair ot domestic economy for the beueflt ot the female students. Plain sewing, general housework, and courting from the female standpoint will be the exaet science of the course, or should be .1urtAa'j Vow yard lltrald.