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
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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.