The Hood River Glacier It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. VIII. HOOD : IlIVER, OllEGON, FItlDAY, FEBllTJAltY 12, f 1897.' NO. 38. I NEWS OF THE WEEK WORK OF, CONGRESS. Fl i 1 thf roiitinp pnnr.FPniMrss. A COWBOY OUTRAGE. From All Parts of the New " ; World and the Old.- OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Oaa.prchen.lTe Review of the Import ut Happenings of the Past Week Called From the Telegraph Column.. . The Homestead steel work started n this week in . all departments, giving employment to 4,000 men. . Mrs. Mary Scott, a pioneer of 1864, , died at- her home in Walla Walla, at tb i , age of 79 years. Her husband, in Scott, died only three months ago. ?he president has signed, on the rec taendation of the , secretary of the in 'dor, an order, reducing the num ber of. pension agencies in the United States from eighteen to nine. It is said this will save at least $150,000 per an- 1 Hon. j. F Boyer died at his resi dence in Walla Walla. ' Mr. Boyer was one. of the best known men of that oity. In business, in church, in social life and in almost every matterof pub lic interest he was for many years one of thejnost. prominent men - of the In land Empire. - : A Santa Fe train was held up an,d robbed by two masked men near Nel- son, A. T. One of the robbers while attempting to break into the express car was shot and killed by Messenger Summers. The other escaped, taking "with him about half a dozen registered packages, the through mail pouches being unmolested. , A grand ball, on a luxurious scale, in honor of President and Mrs. Diaz, was given Saturday night at the palatial residence of Pablo Escandon, of the opulent family of that name. It was in point of importance, taste and dis play, what the Bradley-Martin ball will be in New York. News has been received of the whole sale killing of paciflcos at Jubaco, Ma tanzas province, last week, by one of Weyler's captains, .named Marios. ' He raided a small village, expecting to find an insurgent hospital there. Being disappointed he arrested twenty of the men, and, putting them in line, he or- ; dered every odd numbered man shot, promising to spare the others. No sooner had these been dispatched than he had the others put to the machete. Revi Myron Reed, pastor of the Den ver .Broadway Temple Association, preached a sensational sermon ' last Sunday, in which he discouraged the collection of grain and money for the starving people of India, while there is so muphySuffering and need in our own country. Rev. Reed declared that present conditions in India were brought about by British misgovern ment and should .therefore be relieved by the. British people. Two. drunken tramps, . named Shep pard arid " Irving, respectively, were locked up together at Merced, Cal., and. a few, hours later, w;hen the cell was opened, Sheppard was found lying dead on the floor-, with a red mark upon his neck" indicating that he had been strangled. Thirty-five cents in change, whioh -.Sheppard had when locked up, were.. found in Irving's possession. The latter!: was charged with his com panion's murder. , . The ' Pennsylvania state eapitol has been destroyed by fire. The Jegislative halls are in ruins and a newstructure must, rise from the ashes of the building that has served as a meeting place of the state legislature since 1822. ' The flames "within the short space' of an hour, ate up $1,500,000 worth of prop erty. '.The inefficiency of the Harris burg volunteer fire department is gen-' erally blained " ; A special cablegram from Frankfort- on-the-Main to the New York Post says " that the Berlin committee of holders of Oregon Railway &, Navigatiqn Com pany 5 per cent bonds have received a, point bid of 45 from the Northern Pa cific and Great Northern railroad com- panies for all the stock of the Railway 5 Navigation Company represented by bemthe purchase price to be payable 'yl, with 8 per cent interest. The , is 'conditional on its acceptance by east $3,000,000 of .etock. It is un stood .the Union Pacific ; will also ome interested later if) the purchase. leorge .Edward Butler, the most led criminal of late years, has just ar 'ed in .r San Francisco on the Swan -Ida 'JtM Australia. " He was imme itely'i arrested by Australian deteo res and will be taken baok toi answer jiis numerous crimes. He is known hav killed at least twelve men, and is said' his .crimes may reaoh forty, j is cold-blooded, method was to insert j n "ad"" jimr,Australian papers for a ' respecting 'partner. " When he found a an that 'suited his purpose he would ire himEt to j Mme desolate spot and lere ' request him to dig. When the lsusgfcting ."'victim would .have dug jep enough' in the earth, Butler would ' ime be'hihd him, and either shoot or ;ab histi;- He would then rob him, ' iry the body m tne newly made ave, destroy al, traces o his crime id return to. the city for a fresh vio la. His crimes show that he was ut ely devoid f any- sense' of humanity. Proceedings of the ' Senate In Ope ' Session. . '" Washington, : Feb. 10. The senate was in executive session most of the day, considering the Anglo-American peace treaty,' so ;fhat . little time was given in open, session to the transaction of regular leigslative work. " Early in the day, the bill rearrang ing the judicial distriots of Texas was passed over the president's veto by the unusually heavy majority of 75 to 1, the negative vote being that of Caffery of Louisiana. . Speaking of the bill, Mills said the burden of the president's objection was that the judge of the court, the clerk and the marshal opposed the change. For years the development of Texas had demanded the change,' but every time it was attempted there was the opposi tion of court officials who desired their convenience consulted rather than the convenience of the public. And so, in this case, said the senator, the presi dent had accepted the views - of the court officials rather than those of the representatives of the people. . V The effect of the vote is to make the bill a law without further reference to the president, as it has already passed over the veto in the house. .'-,.. Pettigrew sought to have the bill rel ative to amending the timber culture laws recalled from the president to cor rect an error. Hill interposed the legal point that it was beyond the power of congress to take a bill out of the hands of the president to amend it on matters of substance, i: It might overcome the veto power by withdrawing a bill from the president when it was liable to be vetoed. The resolution went over. At 1 o'clock, on motion of Sherman, the senate went into executive session and so remained until adjourning at 5:25. - '. . - i . In the Houae. Washington, Feb. 10. The house devoted the 'whole day to District of Columbia business, and eight bills of more or less local importance were passed.;.. ' ' ''';s;v.: a :' The certificates of election, of the principal electors, . forwarded to' the house by the secretary of, state,, were submitted and ordered to lie on the table, in anticipation of the counting of the electoral vote. '.. The report on the immigration bill Vas presented, and notice given that it would be callea up tomorrow. Barthold, who fought the first report, has signed the present report, and it ' will be adopted, it is believed, practically with out opposition. The speaker appointed Grosvenor and Richardson as tellers on the part of the house to oount the elec toral vote. A resolution was adopted requesting the secretary of the interior to inform the house what action had 'been taken to enforce the terms of the treaty of 1868, with the Navajo Indians, by which these Indians are required to re main within the limits of their reserva tion. At 5:10 P.'M,:the house ad journed. ' ' : ; EDISON'S' NEW DISCOVERY. With the 'ew, Invention Surgeons Can See Through the Body. -' New York,', Feb.' itf. Thomas A. Edison is about,, tfc give to , the world another discovery as wonderful in its way as the fluroscope, by means .of which he puts the X rays to practical use in revealing the bony structure of the body. ; ' a v "It was," said he, ' "the action of the X ray on crystals of platinocyanide of barium which paused Roetgen to make the , original discovery. Imme diately afterwards. " I discovered that tungstate of . calcium was more power ful, and I constructed a practical instru ment for utilizing tl crystals in con nection with the Xray.: Tungstate of calcium is not sufficiently sensitive to transform the Btrange light discovered by Roentgen to. a light that would ; so illuminate the' interior of the human body as to render its mct delicate tis sues visible, in other words, to make it, transparent." - . tv-A'-. ' ;)..-.' .".-v . ': Mr. Edison set about to find a crystal whioh ' would .possess- the quality. He has discovered one. Its name he will not yet reveal, saying he is still experi menting with it, and desires to exhaust its possibilities before,announcing it to the world. . ' ' A , By means of newly discovered crys tals Edison will now disclose to the eye of surgeons organs and tissues that have hitherto been seen only in the dissect ing room. , It is probable that when he perfects his new discovery the slightest derangement of the system will be re vealed to the doctor's sight. Stoned by a Mob. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. When 'ex- priest Joseph Slattery concluded his lecture at the Industrial Art hall last evening and appeared at the door to take' his carriage to his hotel a mob gathered. Two policemen got in the carriage with Slattery and his wife and drove off. . - , "" ' The crowd at the hall was held in check by the police, but parties of men and boys armed with stones and bricks were lying in wait nri the alleys along ; Broad street. ' As the carriage passed these points, -volleys of stones greeted ; it Policeman Clemens was cut over his right eye; Policeman -Dorris was light- 4 i. 3 Cl.i. i , : i . I ly cut. uuu tDiaifoiy uau a eiiuuar in jury. They reached the hotel safely, but tha carriaga was badly wrecked. Bullets Whizzed Close to the Captain-General. HE WAS GREATLY WORRIED A Perilous March to Havana An other American Newipaper Corre spondent ' Arretted ' by Spaniards. New York, Feb. 9. A Key West special to the World says: As General Welyer was marching with his column just before entering Santa Clara, his horse was shot from under him by a Cuban sharpshooter. It is supposed the shot came from a dis tant hillside. . Throughout the march from Rodas,' the oaptain-general was assailed by missiles of this kind, and several times barely escaped being wounded. He is greatly worried over it, and large scout ing parties preceded the advance of the Spanish columns to capture the daring marauders. A Spanish force of 5,000 was am bushed Wednesday night near Naza rene, just ' west of Santa Clara, where General Weyler was then, and narrowly escaped annihilation. . ' - v A Correnpondent Aire. ted. Washington, Feb. .9. Consul-Gen-eral Lee today; telegraphed the state de partment from Havana: . ' ' "Sylvester Scovel, a World corre spondent, was arrested yesterday at Tunas, Santa Clara province. , -' " ' New York, Feb. 0. Sylvester Scovel is the only New York correspondent who has been for any length of time with the Cuban army in the field. . He has had considerable success in eluding the vigilanoe of the Spanish troops and getting his dispatohes out of Cuba. He is the son of Rev. Dr. Scovel, president of Wooster university. He is well ed ucated, and an all around athlete; Scovel " was manager of , the Cleveland Athletic Club when the Cuban rebel lion broke out. In a spirit of adven ture, he determined to join the pa triots, and in October, 1895, he left Cleveland for Cuba. CHARLESTON BLOCKADE. Will Be a Social Ae Well As a Naval . ; "Even. ',. Charleston ; S. .C.,' Feb. 9. The steamer Fern, the first of the blockade fleet, reached here today from Hampton roads. ' The ' flagship New York, the battleship Maine, cruiser Columbia and Monitor Amphitrite, which left Hamp ton roads with the Fern, are expected tomorrow. The fleet will number about twenty vessels, and they will, in all probability be here within the next few days, when the great mimic blockade of Charleston harbor is sched uled to begin. Arrangements are in progress for the entertainment of the naval officers. ' A number of commit tees have been appointed, and navy officials as well as leading officers of the blockade fleet will be given a hos pitable reception. It is intended to give a ball and receptions during the blockade maneuvers. Secretary Her bert and Colonel Farrow will be guests of the chamber of commerce, which will give a dinner in their honor. Charleston will probably witness dur ing the blockade) one of the largest orowds ever assembled here. Ice George, on the Mtoslnlppl. . Louisville, Feb., 9. An ioe gorge, fifteen feet high and twenty miles long, which has been forming. for several days, gave way this afternoon. Several New Orleans and Memphis packets have been caught in the ice and com pelled to lay up. . If these have not succeeded in finding refuge in the tribu taries, the loss may be large. A tele phone message from the scene tonight states that the Buckeye State ran into Blue river to escape the ice. The wa ter in Blue river quickly rose with the passing gorge, and quickly receded, leav ing the steamer stranded on the shore. Her ' pilot house and smokestack were demolished, and it is now thought she will be a total loss. Her value is $40, 000. : V -" . Gave a Gond Stage of Water.' Pittsburg, Feb. 9. Both . the Alle gheney and Monongahela rivers, are full of floating ice, and are rising rapid ly, but a dangerous flood is not appre hended. -f.X good boating stage of water is assured, however, and between 7, 000,000 and 10,000,000 bushels of' coal, will be shipped to Southern points dur ing the first '. of the week.' Several tows Were made today and started, but had to lay up because of the ioe. ,'The Monongahela above Brownsville, " and the Allegheney, above Kittangin, are still frozen over, and the " weather is getting colder, so they will probably not break up now. i " -An Old Lady Murdered. Salt Lake, Feb. 9. A Tribune special from Butte says: Mrs. .Mary McDonough, a lady 70 years old, was found murdered at her home today, in the town of Basin, in Jefferson county. She was found in a back room of her, house, her head and face being- hacked almost to pieces, with an ax, which was found in the room. No motive i known for the deed, ." Senator Thnrston .Returned HI. Spee on the Pacific Railroads. Washington, Feb. 9. Thurston, of Nebraska resumed his speech upon the Pacific railroad debt. In the Gourse ot Thurston's remarks, Morgan of Ala bama asked w.hether the roads were not paying expenses, to which the Ne braska senator replied he could pot say, not having da'ta before him. " ' ' Thurston said it was "nip and fuck" whether the court should authorize pay ment Of interest on the first mortgage bonds of the. Union Pacific. He said the Union Pacific never earned enough to pay all its interest obligations. Following Thurston's speech, the sen ate, by unanimous consent, went to the calendar ' and passed the following bills: ' i For the relief of the Mobile Marine Dock Company, for the establishment of a soldiers' home at Hot Springs, Ark. j to place Rear-Admiral McCann on the retired list; amending the law in regard to collisions at sea; a resolu tion of inquiry relating to the , capture of the Competitor by a Spanish war ship; for a public building at Joplin, Mo., and for the relief of James Tal free and Pay Clerk Blake, of the navy, on account of a fire at Yokohama. ' '' When the joint resolution acknowl edging the independence of Cuba was reached on the calendar, Morgan insist ed that it should.be taken up, notwith standing objections; He subsequently withdrew the request, several senators protesting. Morgan gave notice, how ever, that when the senate should next come in contact with the resolution, he would insist' upon its consideration. ' The vice-president announced? the ap pointment of 'Lodge of Massachusetts and Blackburn of Kentucky as a com mittee to make arrangements for the counting Of the electoral vote. The Competitor Papers. Washington, Feb. 9. The resolution passed by the senate today relative to the capure of the Competitor by a Spanish warship was introduced by Senator Morgan June 8, 1896, and calls upon the president, for information re garding the capture. Since that time the president has transmitted to con -sress part of the correspondence rela tive to the Competitor and the prison ers. ' ' , ' .; Consular and Diplomatic Bill. ' Washington, Feb. 9. The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill was reported to the senate by the committee on appropriations today. The commit tee restored the American consulates at Horgen, Switzerland, and Alexandret ta, Asiatic Turkey. It also extended the franking privilege to the bureau of American republics. ' ' Decided Against Watson. Washington, Feb 9. It became known today that thd house committee on elections, which had charge of the election contest brought by Thomas F. Watson, of Georgia, recently Populistic candidate for vice-president, against Representative Black, decided .yester day to confirm Black's title to the seat. The verdict, it is understood, is unani mous. ''.'.-'.' -;: ''.-'. v. y : . A Pension for George Hughes. ' Washington, Feb. 9. -Representative Ellis says the George Hughes pension bill has passed the senate and has been reported from the house committee at $50 per month. He expects to have it reached and passed in time to be signed by the- president before congress ad journs. ; ' - '' ' ' " LAST PUBLIC RECEPTION. Mrs. Cleveland's, Farewell Drew a Large Crowd to the White House. ; Washington, Feb. 9. Mrs. Cleve land's farewell public reception this afternoon drew a large crowd, despite a drizzling rain. ' , The White House was artistically decorated with red and white roses and smilax, and groups of big palms and garlands of vines beauti fied the parlors. 5 Throughout the re ception, which was from 8 to 6 o'clock, the Marine band furnished the music. Mrs. Cleveland was gowned in violet and white' striped moir silk, , the bodice of deep cream lace. . She wore a bunch of violets, but no jewels. Mrs. Stevenson, wife of the Vice-president, and the ladies of the cabinet; were the assistants of the mistress of the White House, while sixty-five ladies assisted in the Blue parlor, i Mrs. Stevenson, standing next to Mrs. Cleveland, was richly dressed in black corded silk. Drowned Herself and Children. 1 Salt Lake, Feb. 9. A Tribune special from Butte says: At Big Tim ber, in 'the eastern part of the state, Mrs. John Cort drowned herself and three children in the Yellowstone river this afternoon. The. bodies have not been recovered. ' V ' ' Blaok Jack" Captured. V Silver City, N. "it, Feb. 9. United States Marshal Hall received a tele gram this morning informing him of the capture at El Paso, Tex., by the po lice, of John McDonald,' alias "Blaok Jack," the notorious leader of the gang of border bandits, who have been com' mitting robberies in Southwestern New Mexico and Southern Arizona during, the past year. I Two members of the gang were recently, killed ' in fights with marshals, and it is believed Mc Donald was seeking new companion on ths Texas border. '' Four; Schedules Have. Been V Completed. . BARLEY PUT BACK TO 30 CENTS An Increase on Mexican Cattle Partiou-. -' larly Desired by Western t Oattlemeei Vegetables and Breadstuffs Raised. , Washington, Feb. 8. The daily ses sions of the Republicans of the ways and means committee, which have been in progress for some weeks, ' have brought the tariff bill, which is to be laid before the next congress, to a stage where the character of the measure can be somewhat gauged and where several of the most important schedules are definitely fixed. In their conferences up to this week, the tariff -makers have dealt largely with the general charac teristics of the sohedules which they have had under consideration, and de voted themselves to sifting the great masses of figures, letters and petitions presented to them. Four schedules have been fairly completed the chem ical, agricultural, wines and spirits and the earthen 'and glassware schedules. , , Today's meeting was the most im portant of the series, for it resulted in the framing of the agricultural schedule, which was made a re-enaotment of the McKinley law, with few changes ex cept on unimportant products. : The most' imporant step in connection with this schedule was the establishment of rates of $5 a head on cattle more than 1 year old, and of 25 per cent ad val orem on cattle valued at more than $20 head. i . ... :;. .;' Th$ McKinley rates on other live stock, including the rate of $2 on cat tle of 1 year old or less, are restored. The Wilson rates were 20 per oent ad valorem on livestock, and, while the new duty of $5 on cattle does not reach the McKinley figure of $10 on cattle more than 1 year old, it is said that with the ad valorem on the more valu able grades, it will prove adequate to shut out Mexican cattle. It is against the Mexican stock that the increase is particularly desired, on the representa tions of Western cattlemen that their business has been ruined by the impor tations from Mexico under the Wilson law, which ' amounted to more than 200,000 head. , ' : -, . ' Much interest centered upon barley, which the committee puts back to the MoKinley duty of 80 cents a bushel, be cause the farmers oontended that the Wilson tariff had turned over the mar ket into the hands of the Canadians, while the maltsters, who have been using Canadian barley, have made a hard , fight against any increase. , The McKinley rates have been re stored on fruits and berries, mainly for the - benefit of the fruitgrowers of the Pacific coast. The fruit exohange of the country had prepared a schedule of rates below the MoKinley bill and above the Wilson rates, although thef did not suoceed in having their schedule adopted. ; Among the products in the agricul tural schedule which are returned to the MoKinley rates are breadstuffs and rice, dairy products, potatoes and starch, castor beans and flaxseed, meats and meat products, and poultry, vege tables and salt. 1 The demand of the farmers for the McKinley rate of $4 a ton on hay in stead of the Wilson rate of $2, was granted. Chicory is placed at 1 cent a pound, in accordance with the request of the growers in the central states, who believe they can capture the home market with protection. V RUM IN THE CAPITOL. The Prohibitionists Stirred Vp the Ire : of Senator Hill, Washington, Feb. 6. The session of the Benate today was one of unusual ac tivity, with sharp colloquies and vigor ous speeches', whioh drew large' orowds in the galleries. The ball was set roll ing early in the day when Mprrill en deavored to-pass' the bill prohibiting the use of intoxioating drinks in the eapitol building. . This aroused the op position of Hill, who denounced the busybodies and mischief-makers in spiring this olass of legislation. The senator spoke for fullest enjoyment of individual liberty consistent with the common good. The speech was not only notable for the vigor whioh Hill .threw into it, but also for its effect in prolonging the debate until 2 o'olock, when .the bill was displaced by the Nicaragua bilL. The immigration bill was committed to conference, Lodge, in charge .of the measure, ' adopting this course as a result of urgent appeals for a modification of the bill. Before this was done, however. a warm per sonal' and politioal colloquy occurred between Lodge and Chandler, on one hand and Gorman on the other. ,, Vilas added another day to his speech against the Nicaragua canal bill, and had not concluded when the, senate adjourned. . " , i. A Shipyard Burned. Glasgow, Feb. 8. The shipyard of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company, Dover, near here, has been almost com pletely destroyed by fire. ; The damage is estimated at $250,000. Four thou sand persons are thrown out of em-plovment A Gang of Ruffians Insult and Maltreat an Opera Company. , Spokane,. Feb. 9. Russell Harding, superintendent of the Great Northern railway, has received the following telegraphi) report from his agent at Shelby Junction, Mont., of the out rages perpetrated by a gang of drunken cowboys, in whioh members of the Co lumbia opera company suffered severe -indignities: - "The cowboys began their disturb ances ' by firing shots around the Great .Northern and Canada train as it came into the station with the opera folks. While thef theatrical people were sitting in the waiting room, one of the cow boys oame in and began to use profane and insulting language. During the altercation I had . in getting him out, I struck him' with my fist. I then looked tha.door to keep him out. ' He went away, and immediatley returned with several of bis chums, armed with, six shooters. He was shouting that he would shoot the agent. . He kicked the door open, and scared every one out of the depot by flourishing bis revolver. The agent retreated to the warehouse, where he remained a few minutes. The ringleader of the cowboys went out, and followed trje theatrical people to the hotel. He assaulted one by striking him on the head with his gun, and struck two or three others with his fist.' . I am advised that he threatened to run the station agent out of Shelby. A warrant is now in the hands of the sheriff, who will probably make arrests tomorrow. L M. Kingsbury'." For three hours the drunken hood lums kept up their terrorism, insulting women, attacking men, firing revolvers and otherwise acting like demons. Sugar Beet Culture. Medford, Or., Feb. 9. Amassmeet ing was held at the opera-house yester day afternoon, for the purpose of mak ing arrangements for testing sugar-beet raising in this valley. A large num ber of farmers were present, and iabout seventy-five have consented to put out a quarter of an acre each for the pur pose of ascertaining the amount of beets the soil in this vioinity will pro duce, and also the amount of sugar the beets contain. Merchants of this city have subscribed a sufficient amount to procure the necessary seed for making the test, so that the farmers will only be out the use of the land. If the test is favorable, parties in San Francisco stand ready to put in a factory of suffi cient capacity to use all the beets pro duced in this valley. ,. t New Lumber Combine. Tacoma, Feb. 9. It is announced here today that the cargo -mills of the Northwest, including Washington and British Columbia, are likely to be brought under the control of a new lumber combine which is being formed for the purpose of controlling and ex tending the foreign lumber trade and the maintenance of uniform price lists and grades, This organization will be the successor of the Central Lumber Company, which recently went to pieces after endeavoring to exercise a like su pervision over both foreign and coast wise markets. It is understood that the St. Paul & . Tacom a Lumber Com pany, of this city, and the Bellingham . Bay Improvement Company, of New Whatcom, will not join. : Young Man and Woman Killed. Caliente, Cal., -Feb. 9. A horrible accident occurred here today, in which John Hardesty, a young man, 82 years of age, who recently came from New port, N. - C, and Miss Cora Akers, of Fresno, were instanlty killed, beiiig run over by a light engine while crossing a trestle. Hardesty and . Miss Akers with two others were leisurely crossing the bridge when , the ; engine came . around a curve and rushed upon them. Miss Akers ' was thrown under the wheels, her body being cut in two. Hardesty, in endeavoring to save the life of his .companion, was.-, also? thrown under the engine, both his Jegs being cut off above the knees. ; The others succeeded in crossing the trestle safely. . Dashed Into a Funeral. Alameda, Cal.i Feb. 9! Shortly af ter 4 o'clock this afternoon, a broad guage Vcal train dashed around an ' abrupt curve near Buena Vista avenue into a funeral procession, which;-, was crossing the track;. The engine jturti:. missed the hearse and struck the hack immediatley behind it, in which were five of the mourners. The vehicle was completely wrecked, but its occupants .' fortunately -escaped with a few nasty cuts and bruises. Herbert Crowe, the driver of the hack, Was thrown between the horses and was seriously kicked by one of them.- : -. r - v . . ' A Head-End Collision. Montgomery,, Ala., Feb. 9. A head end collision between -freight trains oc curred this morning On tbe Louisville & Nashville, near Myers' switch twenty miles from this oity, caused by the carelessness of the telegraph operator in failing to signal ( the southbound train. Sink Kirkland, enigneer, aged ' 28, of Montgomery, and Brakeman Weller, of Middleboro, . Ky., were killed, and the fireman is said .to be fatally hurt. After the aocident, the . operator took to the woods and has not been seen since. . ' Occasional instances have been found of perfectly pure native iron in meteor it f" '