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A. C. HOSMER, Publisher.

BED CLOUD. NEBRASKA

CURRENT COMMENT.

The W&ltham, (Mass.) watch fac-

tory recently made another reduction ol

wages, creating great dissatisfactionamong employes.

. Genebai. Sherman is reported as

having recently said that he would

"sooner go to the Penitentiary than to

the White House."

Queen Victoria is said to be in goodhealth, with the exception that she is

unable to stand upon her feet longerthan a few minutes at a time.

It is estimated that during the pastyear fully one thousand Chinamen havecrossed over from British Colnmbia intothe United States.

Senator Allison was recently re-

elected by the Legislature of Iowa, re-

ceiving the unanimous vote of theRepublicans of both branches of theLegislature.

It was reported that a massacre olChristians had occurred at Khartoum.It was also said that King John offered

a refuge in Abyssinia for the officialsand foreign Consuls at Khartoum.

The police of St. Petersburg are said

to be occupied exploring cellars, exam-

ining basements, dragging alleys and

peering behind every box or other ob-

ject that might shelter or hide a Nihilist

Paris is said to contain a quarter ofmillion of destitute people. Mechanicare reported as having pawned theiitools to procure food. They have ncwork if they had tools, and no tools il

the' had work.

Two young Brazilian dudes, of NewYork, recently arranged to go to Canadsand right a duel, but a young lady in-

formed the police and they were de-

barred the pleasure of enrichingCanadian soil with their precious blood.

TnE House Committee on Post-offic- es

and Post-road- s, recently agreed to re-

port favorably the bill fixing the rate ol

postage at one cent for three ounces onnewspapers and periodicals sent byothers than the publishers or newsagents.

Henry Joiixson, of Iron County.Mo., aged thirty, was recently marriedto Charlotte Cooper, aged one hundredand three. The bride's descendants tothe fourth generation attended the wed-din- g,

and there were great-grandchildr- en

present older ihan the groom.

Dell Asnccorr recently confessed,at Chardon, O., that he, Ira Bidlakeand wife, thireen years ago, murderedand robbed Mrs. Robinson, aged eightyyears, in her own house at Mungen,where she lived with her imbecile son.The murder had been a mystery sinceits occurrence.

The Chairman of the House Commit-tee on Public Lands recently told a cor-

respondent that the report of the com-

mittee in regard to grant of lands torailroads would contain "some mightyinteresting reading," and that in the"next three months twenty million acresof railroad lands will certainly be de-

clared forfeited to the Government andopen to public entry."

Fred Douglass, the well-know- n col-

ored leader, was married in Washing-ton the other evening, to Miss Helen M.Pitts, a white woman of Avon, N. Y.The wedding was quite private, onlytwo witnesses being present. His firstwife, who was colored, died about a yearago. The woman he recently marriedis thirty-fiv- e, and was emplo'ed as acopyist in his office while he was Mar-shal of the District. Douglass himseliis about seventy-thre- e years of age, andhas a daughter as old as his presentwife. .

An examination of the accounts of thelate United States Marshal Hall, oiWestern Pennsylvania, discovered ashortage of about $150,000. The busi-

ness of his office was transacted in avery loose way, and a dishonest deputydiscovering a shortage, attempted tcblackmail him. Marshal Hall defiedhim and refused to be bled, whereuponthe deputy reported him to the Depart-ment The Examiner said Hall wasvery much affected by the discoveriesand "was apparently more astonishedthan anybody else.- - The matter scworked upon him that it was feared hemight commit suicide, and a watch wasset upon him to prevent any such unfor-tunate occurrence.

William D. Ringo, a wealthy bach-

elor, of Newport, Ky., died recently atthe age of seventv-tw- o vears. Withirthe last four or five years he had adoptedr5v ornhan children, whose aces ranp-p- I !

i o efrom three to five years. He was pos-sessed of a fortune of over half a minionof dollars, which by will he left to thesefriendless little waifs. He was eccentric;but very systematic even in bad hab-its. For years he had been addicted tc"drink, but always drank at one bar andnever until after night, where he wouldremain two hours. He kept two merunder monthly pay whose business i:

was to see that he conducted himseliproperly when under the influence oiliquor and to take him home.

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THE WORLD'S DOINGS

A Summary- - of the Dally News.

PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS.In the Senate, the 21st, several petitions

were presented praying an investigation ofdivorce legislation in different States, and toarrange for the collecting of divorce statistics.The Senate then took up the calendar. Thebill permitting' retired army officers to headthe civil offices of the Territories passed. Thebill establishing civil Governmentin Alaska was taken up. It providesfor a Governor, to be appointed by the Presi-dent, with powers similar to those of Govern-ors of other Territories, establishes courtsetc. An amendment was adopted making thelaws of Oregon as far as applicable, the lawsof Alaska. A final vote was not reachedMany bills were introduced in the House;among them one by Mr. Anderson (Has.) toprovide for the adjustment of land grantsmade in aid of the construction of railroads.A resolution offered by Mr. Holman thutinthe Judgment of the House, all public landsheretofore granted States and corporations toaid the construction of railroads so far as thesame are subject to forfeiture by reason of

nt of the conditions on which thegrants were made, ought to be declared for-feited to the United States and restored to thepublic domain, and instructing the Committeeon Public Lands to report a bill to carry intoeffect such views, was adopted by 231 to 18.The bill repealing the laws prescribing theiron-cla- d oath was passed.

lx the Senate, the 22d, Mr. Cameron,Wis.) from the Committee on Indian Affairs,reported adversely a number of petitions ask-ing the opening of Oklahoma lands to settle-ment. At the conclusion of morning business.Mr. Anthony's resolution relating to prohibi-tion of American pork by France and Ger-mut- iv

was called up, and debated. It wasamended and adopted. The Senate then tookup the bill to provide a civil government forAlaska, but before reaching any conclusion,ivent Into executive session In the House,Mr. Parker offered a resolution directing theCommittee on Agriculture to inquire into theallegations that the manufacture of oleo-margarine and butterine was detrimental tothe dairy and agricultural interests of thecountry. After the introduction of bills the

"House went into Committee of the Wholeupon the Greeley Belief bill, which passed.The House then took up the calendar. Whenthe bills relating to public land grrfnts werereached a spirited debate took place as towhether they should be referred to the PublicLand Grants Committee or JudiciaryCommittee. The House by a voteof 111 to 38 referred the bills to the LandGrants Committee. The bill passed providingthat no damages or profits shall Ik? recoveredfrom any defendant for an infringement onpatents when it shall appear that he merelyiised it for his own benefit on any article pur-chased in open market without notice thatthe same was subject to patent. On motion ofMr. ltynn, Thursday, February 2S. was fixed asthe day for delivering appropriate tributes tothe memory of the late Dudley C Haskell.

Ijr the Senate, the 2.1 I, Mr. Sewell, of theCommute on Military Affairs, reported favor-ably the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter.Mr. Logan presented a minority report. Mr.Harrison presented a petition for the As-sembly of Knights of Labor lor Indiana, pray-ing for legislation to prevent the importationof foreign laborers under contracts madeabroad. After other proceedings of minorimportance the Senate went into executive?ession In the House Mr. Anderson offereda resolution requesting the Secre-tary of the Interior to imme-Hatcl- y

infonn the House whether or not theLeavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston and At-chison, TojKjka Jc Santa Fe Railroads had leencompleted within ten years from the passageof the act granting them lands, and if not. bywhat authority the list of lands was certifiedto the State of Kansas. The House went intoCommittee of the Whole on the state of theUnion, which occupied the balance of the day.- The Senate, the 24th, passed the HouseJoint resolution for the relief of the GreelyDxpcdition, voting down all attempts to limitthe expenses, a resolution was passed givingSenators a clerk at six dollars per day duringthe session of Congress. A bill was reportedfavorably making all public roads post-road- s.

The debate upon the bill provid-ing a civil Government forAlaska was then resumed After theintroduction of numerous bills, the Housewent into Committee of the Whole on the billmaking appropriations for paying the rebatetax on tobacco, and the payment of the ex-penses of the New Mexico Legislature. AfterDonsideration, the bill was reported to theHouse and passed. The bill appropriates

for the rebate on tobacco, and S2i,!Vfor the payment of expenses of the Legisla-ture of rew Mexico. The House.n the Senate bill providing for the relief ofthe Greeley party.

Is the Senate, the 25th, Mr. Blair intro-duced a bill to provide for the free circulationof newspapers and other periodicals and pule-licatio-

within the State where published.Mr. Hayard, from the Committee on Finance,reported favorably on the bill providing forthe issue of circulating notes of Nationaltanking Associations. A Committee of Con

ference was appointed on the GreeleyRelief bill. A bill passed donatinga part of tho Fort Smith mili-tary reservation to the city of Fort Smithfor the benefit of public schools. The Alaska billwas then taken up. debated and finally passed.It provides a civil Government for Alaskasimilar to other Territories, but prohibits theImportation, manufacture or sale of intoxicat-ing liquors, except formedicinalandsclentiflcpurposes The House considered at lengthin Committee of the Whole the Fite JohnPorter till, but reached no final action.

POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.Samuel T. Glover, a well-know- n attor-

ney and prominent citizen of St. Louis,died recently, aged seventy-one- .

John Frazek, a Liverpool lumber mer-chant, lately arrived in New York, wasfound the other morning sitting on astoop, frozen to death.

The Legislature of Kentucky continuedat a dead-loc- k on the election of a UnitedStates Senator. Senator Williams was inthe lead, with Blackburn close to him.

A resolution asking Senator Mahonc toresign recently passed the Virginia Senateby a vote of 23 to 10.

RIIKCBIXATVBODSrThe House Committee on Indian Affairs

has agreed to favorably report on the Wei-bor-

bill, granting a right of way throughthe Indian Territory to the Gulf; Colorado& Santa Fe Railroad.

Lewis Boedicker and wife, living on afarm near Fenton, Mo., twenty miles fromSt. Louis, were recently murdered in theirhouse by unknown parties.

The notorious Joel A. Fowler, who inNovember murdered James E. Cole, wasrecently taken from the officers by a mobat Socorro, N. M., and hanged.

Over one thousand tobacco factory em-ployes at Petersburg, Va., recently struckagainst a reduction of wages. The strikerssubsequently held a meeting and appointeda committee to solicit aid to enable them tohold out until employers consented to paythe former wages.

BcsHRon A. Mahox, a wealthy broker,was murdered at Mount Carmel, 111., at sixo'clock the other night within a few feet ofhis own gate, on the most public thorough-fare of the towu. No clew to the murder-ers.

Henrietta Chadwick, wife of FrankChadwick, a traveling man, recently com-mitted suicide at Chicago.

The falling of a portion of the roof of aschool-hos- e on Eat Broadway, N. Y., theother day, created a panic araong'the chil-dren, which resulted in the injury of anumber none serious.

At eight o'clock on the morning of the24th a fearful explosion took place in theColorado Coal & Iron Company's mine atCrested Butte, thirty miles north of Gun-nison, Colo., in which there was reportedto bea great loss of life, as fifty-seve- n menwere imprisoned in the mine, and it wasthought perished from suffocation. Theywere mostly men of families.

The bill prepared by the late CattleBreeders' Convention, far the extirpationof diseases among domestic animals, wan

recently favorably reported o the House,the appropriation being $250,000.

Mr. Sterrett, a farmer, seventy yearsof age, left his home near Mount Pleasant,la., the other day, and was told by his wifethat she would spend the day with hersons, but would leave food on the table forhim on bis return, calling attention to somestrained honey of which he was particu-larly fond. The old gentleman returnedand ate some bread and butter, on whichhe spread some of tho honey, which hiswife had poisoned. He was instantly takenwith spasms, but succeeded in attractingattention. Immediate antidotes saved hislife. It is thought that his wife, who isabout the same age, had become insane.

A BILL has been introduced in the Houseof Representatives providing for a nationalseries of text-book- s to be printed at theGovernment Printing Office for use iu theTerritories, which, if it becomes a law, theauthor thinks, will result in a saving ofover fifty per cent, to tho purchasers ofbooks to the country governed thereby,andprobably result in the general adoption ofsuch a series throughout the States.

The highwaymen who robbed the stagecarrying the United States mails, near Lam-pasas, Tex., a few weeks ago, were arrestedat Austin recently. Some of the stolenproperty was found upon the robbers.

Master ship builders at Aberdeen, Scotland, have notified their men that wageswould be reduced ten per cent.

At Liberty Mills, Ind., the other nighthe twin babies of Isaac and RebeccMartin were frozen to death in their crib,which had been placed in a fireless room.The babes were three months old.

Later accounts placed the number ofkilled by the mine explosion at CrestedButte, Colo., at fifty-on- e men and boys.

Ox the 23th aheavysnowstorm prevailedin tho New England States. In Canada alltrains were abandoned.

The Pullman Car Works, of Detroit,Mich., recently discharged a large numberof men.

Frank De Walt, defaulting President ofthe defunct First National Bank of Lead-vill- e,

Colo., was arrested recently at EIPaso, Tex.

A mixed train on the Lake Erie & West-ern Road was wrecked near Bluffton, O.,the other morning by a broken rail. Apassenger car was turned over and tookfire. Several passengers were seriously in-

jured, and it being very cold several trainmen were badly frozen.

The House Committee on Post-office- s andPost-road- s recently agreed to report favor-ably Mr. Money's bill fixing the rate ofpostage on second class publications de-

posited at letter-carrie- r offices at two centsa pound.

Two lads, Jim Anderson and Zack Sny-der, were hanged at Mount Vernon, Ind.,for the murder of young Van Way, inAugust last.

As Ignatz Puslejotsky, a farmer, was re-

turning home with his wife, near Schulen-burg- ,Tex., the other day, his horses got

frightened, upset the wagon and both weremangled so that tho woman soon died. Theman would also die. He was too drunk tomanage the team.

At a late meeting of the House ComiAit--tee on Education a committee from tho Na-

tional Colored Convention, held at Louis-ville, were present and urged that the col-ored people should bo aided by an appro-priation for educational purposes.

In his statement to the House Committeeon Commerce lately, a prominent Easternrailroad official took the broad ground thatno power of Congress could" regulate rail-road inter-Stat- e commerce in the sense-propose-

by the bills beforo the committee. Heasserted there was no such thing as com-merce between the States by rail in theconstitutional sense of the words. He ar-gued that tho roads are chartered by theStates, are understate control, have ratesregulated by States, and it is only thrdughagreements between railroad companiesterminating at State lines that inter-Stat- e

commerce is now carried on.

ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.The Mormon press and church are jubi-

lant over a special dispatch sent fromWashington by Elder Caiue, Mcftmon Dele-gate from Utah, announcing the discoveryof charges against Governor Murray.Every effort is being made by the Mormonsto get the Governor out of the way. TheGovernor telegraphed to Washington thatbe was ready to meet and refute allcharges.

Early on the morning of January 2G afire broke out in the Stato Prison at Still-water, Minn., and in spite of nil efforts thebuildings were destroyed. All the prison-ers, including the notorious Youngerbrothers, were taken out and placed undera Btrong gunrd in the yard. The loss wasprobably $300,000.

It was recently reported that orders hadbeen sent out from New York to reduce ex-penses on all Gould railroads in Texas fiftyper cent. The train and traek men had notbeen disturbed, but a large number of sta-tion and yard men were discharged.

The other night while John Massey andWilliam Jones were walking on the rail-road track near Coal Valley, W. Va.,Massoy, who was drunk, called to a negrowoman to stop. She refused and Jonesfired at her, tho ball striking the heel ofher shoe. Four negroes emerged from acabin, near by, fired on Massey and Jones'and fatally wounded Massey, who died thenext morning.

Ttson, who it was reported was asked toresign as stenographer of tho House on thelast day of the last session by SpeakerKeifer, in order to make room for Keifer'snephew, was before the House committeeagain tho other day, and reasserted hisformer testimony to the effect that he wascompelled to resign by theHe supported his testimony by letters al-

leged to have been written by Keifer.A man who gave his name as M. F. Lay-to- n,

of Iowa, recently shot himself on thetrain from St. Louis to Pittsburgh. Fromhis actions and expressions the passengerswere convinced that he was insane and wasprobably the murderer of the Bodiker fam-

ily, who were found slaughtered in a farmhouse near St. Louis a few days previous.

The Senate was not in session the 2Gth.

The House was in Committee of the Wholedebating the Fits John Porter bill, butreached no final action.

Since the Senate adopted a resolutiongiving each Senator not Chairman of astanding committee a clerk, a dispositionis manifested by members of the House toenjoy the same privilege.It is understood in Washington that the

office of Assistant Surgeon General of thearmy will be abolished. The Secretary.War, in speaking on the subject recently,stated that while he did not know whoproposed the bill to that effect, still such amovement met his entire approbation.

HORTICULTURAL.

The Mississippi Yalley'Hortlcultaral Socie-ty Meeting at Kansas City Officers Elect-ed and Other Busiaess Transacted.

Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan 23.The Mississippi Valley Horticultural So-

ciety reconvened this morning at teno'clock, many delegates arriving by theearly trains from the Middle and NorthernStates. Over two hundred delegates arenow present from twenty States, three be-

ing from Connecticut, The display of fruitis very fine. In addition to the horticultu-ral display proper, there are on exhibitionvarious specimens of wood indigenous tothe different soils lying between the Atlan-tic and Pacific slope. One of the specimensis a small slab cut out of an Osage orangetree which was reported to have had agrowth oi-ibr- ee hundred years and to havelakt buried upwsxd of two centuries.

Tho first paper this morning was by Mr.Ohmer, of Dayton, O., on the culture ofraspberries, after which irrigation andfruit-raisin- g in Colorado was discussed, D.S. Grimes, of Denver, leading. At the af-ternoon session Colonel D. S. Twitchellwelcomed the visitors on behalf of the city,and tho annual address was delivered byPresident Earle, of Cobden, 111.

Morton, of Nebraska, alluded to thedeath of Dr. Warder, a well-know- n horti-culturist of North Bend, O., and a resolu-tion of respect was adopted by the Associ-ation.

At the evening session Oliver Gibbs, ofMinnesota, read a paper on tho future offruit-growin- g in America, and was fol-lowed bv Furnas, of Nebras-ka, on "Forestry on the Pacific Coast."The meetings are largely attended, andmore delegates are arriving by every train.

Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan. 24.The most important business transacted

by the Mississippi Valley HorticulturalSociety to-da- y was the election of officersfor the ensuing year as follows: President,'Parker Earle, Cobden, 111. ; Vice-Preside-

tu. a. ituuson, JNew urleans, La.; secre-tary, W. H. Reagan, Indianapolis, Ind.;Treasurer, J. C. Evans, Harlem, Mo. StateVice-Presiden- N. Ohmer, Dayton, O.;J. L. Lyon, South Haven, Mich.; E. Y.Teas, Dunreith, Ind.; Prof. T. J. Burrill,Champaign, 111.; George P. Peffer, Pewau-kee- .

Wis.; M. Pearce, Minneapolis, Minn.;R. W. Furnas, Brownsville,

Neb.; Prof. E. A. Popenoe, Manhattan,Kas. ; D. S. Grimes, Denver, Col. ; Prof. J.L. Budd, Ames, Iowa; L. H. Nolan, LittleRock, Ark.; V. Munson, Denison, Tex.;Prof. J. S. Colmant, Agricultural Col-lege, Mo.; Dr. Chas. Meier, Mobile?Ala.; Elisha Moody, Lockport, N. Y.; E.H. Hart, Federal Point, Fla.; A. D. Webb,Bowling Green, Ky.; S. Ragan, Independ-ence, Mo.; Dr. Samuel Hape, Atlanta, Ga.;A. W. Campbell, Wheeling, W. Va.

During the afternoon and evening ses-sion interesting papers were read, as fol-lows: "Market Fruits of Kansas City,"by L. A. Goodman, of West Port; "BestFruit Packages," by E. T. Hollister, of St.Louis; "The Value of Careful Packing andHandling," by E. H. Williams, of Indian-apolis, Ind.

The Committee on Nomenclature,consist-in- g

of Messrs. Sylvester Johnson, T. E. J.Burrill, L. B. Pierce, J. H. Halo and J. H.Mesters, submitted the following report,which was adopted:

Your Committee on Nomenclature begleave to report that we indorse the recom-mendations made by Hon. Marshall P.Wilder, President of the American Promo-logic- al

Society, as well as those of ourPresident, Mr. Earlp, looking to a simplifi-cation and uniformity of the names ot thefruits of America, and recommend the fol-lowing rules to-wi- t:

L Every fruit should have one, and but one,authorized name.

2. If tenable, this name should be the earli-est one published as herciualter pro ided.

3. Each name should consist .f one word,and for all new American fruits such wordshould be readily prououncable in the Englishlanguage.

4. No name should be considered authorizeduntil published in some reputable and gener-ally accessible; horticultural periodical, accom-panied with a clear and full description of thefruit; such published name and descriptionshall be sent to the Secretary of the AmericanPromological Society and to the Secretary ofthe Missouri Valley Horticultural Society,

5. In ease of doubt as to tenability, priorityor authority of publication, appropriatenessas a good English word, special action by theabove named societies, or by a State Horticul-tural Society should be considered valid andfinal.

ti. No variety of fruit shall be named by asociety which is not esteemed practically valu-able and worthy of cultivation; this report tobe considered as recommendation to thoAmerican Promolo'cal Society.

The Committee on the Horticultural Ex-hibition at the World's Eair in New Or-leans next December made a report;first, approving of the exhibition andof the action of President Earl in the mat-ter; secoud, recommending that the Gov-ernors of States be requested to appointcommissioners to aid the scheme; third,that it be made known that all appoint-ments must be made before February 10;fourth, that all States be asked to placetheir products on exhibition; fifth, thatpomological organizations be informed thatthe earlier varieties of fruit can be carried;sixth, that a general meeting of the direc-tors and commissioners be held as soon aspossibl ; Seventh, that the States be askedto vote aid to the exhibition; eighth, thatthe States wanting emigration be especi-ally urged to advertise their States bysending their products to the exhibition. Acomparison was instituted between Kansasand Minnesota at the Centennial Exhibi-tion. The former spent $40,000, the latternothing, and in four years after, the popu-lation of Kansas had increased 503,Oo5; ofMinnesota, 18 ,GGG: the wealth of Kansas,$120,0JO,0OO; Minnesota, W,000,000. .Thereport was adopted as read.

At the session on Friday the Committeeon Forestry proposed a resolution, whichwas adopted, calling upon the Governmentto establish in the West experimental sta-tions in the interest of horticulture and for-estry, for the purpose of solving the prob-lem of adaptation of trees and plants to theclimate and soils of the Mississippi basinand the best methods of cultivation. Theresolution further recommends the creationof a Board of Forestry and Horticulture inthe West, which shall establish sub-statio-

at each climatic belt; that agents be sentto foreign countries having similar climatesto obtain seeds and recipes for the propa-gation here, naming especially Russia andChina; that the President of the Society ap-point a committee to frame a bill for sub-mission to Congress embodying the abovepoints, and that the Canadian Governmentbo invited to join in these foreign researches ;that President Earl act as a memberof thiscommittee. The committee was then ap- -

Dinted, as follows: J. Sterling Morton,S ebraska; R. W. Furness,Nebraska; Oliver Mobbs, Minnesota; Pro-fessor Bubb, Iowa; N. 'J.Colman, Missouri;G.J.Johnson, Kansas; S. H. Newlin, Ar-kansas; Robert Douglas, Illinois, and Par-ker Earl, Illinois.

1 he remainder of the session was occu-pied by the discussion of topics of interestand reading papers,

The Society concluded its labors after aa very interesting four days' session andadjourned to meet in New Orleans duringthe third week in January, 1S85.

4Frozen to Death in Sight of Home.

Dallas, Tex., Jan. 25.Yesterday morning the dead body of Mr.

W. R. Douglass, a farmer, who resided fif '.

teen miles northwest of Dallas, on Grape-vine Prairie, was found frozen stiff withinthree hundred yards of his house. Hestarted out the evening before with histeam to go to the Trinity bottom after aload of wood. The weather being so bittercold, he had started on his return home andwas overcome and frozen to death. One ofthe horses was so badly frozen that it soondied. The deceased came to this city in1871 from Gallatin, Tennessee. He leavesa wife and three children. Wednesdaynight was one or tl c coldest n glits thiswinter.

HORRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT.

fifty-Seve-n Men Imprisoned in a ColoradcMine by aa Explosion of Fire Damp-N- o

Possibility of Escape from. Death-Fu- llList of the Victims.

Gunnison, Col., Jan. 24.

A fearful explosion occurred at eighlo'clock this morning in the Colorado Coaland Iron Company's mine at CrestecButtes. It was one of the most appallingthat ever occurred in a coal mine in thitcountry. Crested Buttes, near which thimine is located, is a coal mining town thir-ty miles north of Gunnison City, on thtDenver and Rio Grande Railroad. Thcause of the explosion is not definitelyknown, but it is supposed to be from fire-

damp. The explosion occurred either iuchamber one br two, just half an hour af-

ter the day force of sixty-seve- n men hadgone to work.

There were ten men at work in chambeifour. These escaped unhurt except oneman, John Angus, who was in the passage-way just outside the chamber. He is badlyburned but will recover.

Fifty-seve- n men were at work in chain-bar- s

one and two. These are thought tohave perished. The explosion was of suchforce as to completely barricade the mainentrance, and the appliances for supplyingair located near were badly wrecked, andthe roof of the tramway blown off. Tnemen at work on the anthracite mesa are thenight force of the C. C. & I. company'smines. Citizens were generally workinghard all day to rescue the men. althoughit is thought none can possibly escape alive.The Town Hall has been prepared for thereception of the dead.

As soon as possible the fan was repaired,put to work pumping air into the mine, andmen set to work to remove the obstructionsso as to reach tho chambers and get thebodies out to-nig- if possible.

Following are the names of fifty-fiv- e ofthe unfortunates; the other two are not ob-

tainable:Henry Anderson. James Driscoll.John Williams. James Couglilin.W.T.Stewart. Henry tteu art.John Mar.in. B. Hctfrcn.Thomas Hogcrs. Lv. P. Hettron.James O'Neill. W. L. Jones.Jacob Lan. John Donnelly.J no. Anderson. Carl IJodenwald.James Walsh. Chas. Merlinjr.Fetor Baker. Thcs. Roberts.William Bar d on. Jim McCourt.Richard James. Fred Bccht.David Hughes. IberKing.P. McMtnas. Joseph eisenberg.W.T.King. H. Doncgan.Jno. Creeiman, Joseph hraust.John Hular. James F. Stewart, Jr.Thos. Williams. William Neath.John Shune. Morgan Neath.Patrick Barrett. Thomas ulancey.John McGregor. John Hutherford.John Myers. Wm. McCowitt-A.M- .F. W. Smith. Godfrcd.G. li. McIIalson. Dan Mclionald.Wm. Maroncy. Wm. Aubrey.Nick Probst. Hen Jeffries.Thomas Laffey. Thomas Stewart.Jonn fnnec.Many of these are married men and leave

families, many living here. At this houreverything is in such confusion that it isimpossible to give details. A special trainleft Gunnison at two o'clock this afternoonwith surgeons and a large number of citi-zens to render all the aid possible. Thetown of Crested Buttes is in mourning, andcrowds of women cluster about the entranceto the mine praying and wringing theirhands and crying piteously, presenting ascene most heartrending.

It is said at the time of the explosionthere were ten kegs of black powder inzhambers one and two, where the men wereworking, and where the explosion is sup-posed to have taken place. Tho mine hasthree miles of drifting and so it is impossi-ble to definitely locate the accident untilrescuing parties can gain admittance.

At eleven o'clock ht no bodies hadbeen recovered.

Denver, Col.", Jan. 2f.Crested Buttes mine, where the great dis-

aster of this morning occurred, has longbeen considered dangerous by those ac-

quainted with it. While one of the bestproducing mines in the country, its opera-tion has always been attended with moreor less apprehension and real danger.

"It is a fire damp mine," said Superin-tendent Cameron, now in Denver, "and3eems to constantly generate the mostdeadly gases. The seem to generate inthe coal or under it, and pour out of thescams in the walls of the tunnels andshafts; yet the mines are the most perfect-ly ventilated iu the world. Air is forcedin along the shaft by machinery. No lessthan 58,000 cubic feet of fresh air is forcedinto the mine every minute. This is quitesufficient to fully supply the wants of theminers and keep the air perfectly pure un-less some accident happens to cut off or interfere with the supply. This is a greateramount of fresh air than is furnished toany other mine in the country. We senda mine reviewer through every chamberevery morning before any of the men areallowed to go in. Ho must have returnedthis morning before tho workmen startedin, and everything must have been all rightwhen he passed through the workings."

John McNeil, State Mine Inspector, leftfor the scene of the disaster this evening.He says he has no donbt that every man inthe mine at the time of the explosion wasinstantly killed. He said d visited thismine five weeks n?o and then found it ingood condition. He considered it a dan-gerous mine unless properly worked, be-cause there was more or less gas constant-ly exuding from the mine. Ho said hefound every appliance for ventilating theworkings and considered that the manag-ers understood how to run the mine, andwere fully aware of the danger attendingif the mine was not properly ventilated.

The Wrecked Steamship.Falmouth, Mass., Jan. 24.

Divers visited tho wreck or' the City otColumbus to-da- y. They report all theworks of the vessel gone, not a single state-room remaining on deck. Even heavy ironrods used as stays between houses ou theport and starboard sides wero bent andtorn from their places, while the deck itselfw s broken and open. Heavy timbers layin various shapes beneath the broken sur-face of the deck, preventing divers fromgoing into the hold No bodies were seenBy tne divers. No attempt was made tofind bodies in the steerage, the oiSy descentof the divers being in tho after pare of thevessel. To-nig- ht a terrible gale is blowingacross the sound, and vast quantities ofwreckage are coming ashore at Falmouth.It is expected that bodies will come ashore

t. Seafaring men say Lodies now iuthe water or in the wreck, i. no- - recoveredin a day or two, will be completely de-voured by sand-eel- s. Soundings establishthe fact that the can-buo- y was set as leasta quarter of a mile toward the inshore andthe ledge of Devil's Bridge extended 43Jyards outside of where the can-buo- y wasoriginally set, but this fact does not relievethe officers of the City of Columbus, as theboat lies near half a mile inshore fiom thecan-buo- y.

Justice Forestalled.Chicago. Jan. 24.

Four weeks ago Herman Koerstefn, re-siding here, was arrested for embezzle-ment in Broinberg, Prussia." An officerbearing extradition papers from the Ger-man Government arrived in Chicago thismorning. This afternoon, a, Deputy Sheriffwent to Koerstein's cell for the purpose ofbringing him out for transfer. As theprisoner was about to lewre the cell bedrank what appeared to be a glass of water.Accompanying the deputy to the office theprisoner staggered and dropped into achair, shaking violen'ly. He whimpered,"I am sick," and expiie-- t in twenty min-utes. Koers'ein i.ad drank a, ueudlv- - solu-tion of cyuni e or potassium.

SHOCKING DOMESTIC TIIA(JEI)1

Tragic Ending of a Life of Marital lnr-Uc-it- y

An Elgin (III.) Woman's Story of lionIt Happened A Shadow of Doubt Knv.opine the Affair.

E1.01X, III., Jan. 23.Shortly after noon to-da- y the famil . jqI

B. R. Buzzell, living four miles west ot vZgin, wero horrified at the appeara'e irtheir midst of a bloody apparition."' Tl.Uproved to be Mrs. William Combs, the wi.'tof a neighbor. The woman had stamenfrom her home, about 100 yards ditanrleaving a bloody trail on the su. u . SLtwas frightfully mutilated about the necland shouldir;. The fingers of her left hancwere severed and her arms badly gashedIn one of her mutilated hands the womancarried a butcher-knif- e with an efcht-ii.- h

blade and both edges sharpened. She Jaexhausted and incoherent, but managed ttell the Buzzells that her husband had

her, and when he supposed he hadsucceeded in killing hr had cut his ownthroat. Coombs was found lyin,; on thtfloor in a chamber of his house with hNhead nearly severed from his body. Timroom gave evidence of a fearful struggle.Tables and chairs were tipped over, shretUof cloth were strewn about the walls,! 'atbed-clothin- g and furniture of the apart-ment bespatterrd with Hood, and the en-tire surroundings unusually horrifying.

William Coombs was a well-to-d- o farmtrforty-nin- e years old. He was an Englishman by birth and the father of e en children. Ho had been married three tiinos.His first wife, by whom he had lour children, died in England. Coming to Aim nca, he was shortly afterward inarneiagain. Three children were the fruit rthis alliance. Three years ago Ccnmbs ed

from his second wife. One y$ rago of the present month, agaiiwtthe connsel of his friends, deceased married a wuman twenty-nin- e years old, calling heix.IIMrs. Green and claiming Clnc-ig- as heihome. The woman had a child and waslooked upon by those coming m con'aetwith her as an adventuress. The nni nproved an unhappy one and ttien havebeen bickerings for months, although wopen quarrel occurred until now. Tlit,,neighbors say that the tantalizii pol ekcutions of the woman drove Coonil millanil that he has been insane for two monthspast. To-da-y while the children living athome were at schoel the trouble that culminated so tragically transpired. TIVwoman's story is not credited by the neigvbors, and several important circumstanceare at variance with it, which lead mainto suppose that the woman killed her busband.

JANOTHER LONG ISLAND TRAKEIrT.

A Farmer Murderously Assaulted anil Leftfor Dead by n Xegro, who then Attack-ed the Farmer's Wife !ud Kolil( thtHouse The Villian Captured.

IIICKSVILLK, L. I.. Jan. 23.

At about half past six o'clock this morning Selah Sprague, a well-to-d- o farmer UEast Meadow, went as usual to the barn Umilk his cows and feed his horses. He hatjust reached tho barn when a mulatto artacked him with a fish-pla- te used as a ciupling for railroad tracks and, striking hnrseveral murderous blows on tho head, lefthim for dead and made his way to ththouse. Here he saw Mrs. Sprague uutk-kitche-

struck her one blow secured whirmoney he could and left. Some neighborshearing Mrs. Sprague's cries, hurried tthe spot and found Sprague lying in a pooof blood near the barn. A gene a' alamwas sounded, nnd the fanners of link i".lt

Hempstead, estbury andhitched up their horses and started in aldirections, scouring the country for the assassin. Tho man, is supposed to be thesame who attempted fhe burglary at b'outtOyster Bay Wednesday night.

The barn presented tho appearance of aslaughter-house- . The body of Spraguelay against a bag filled with grain. Thtbag was bloody on one side. Sprague inot dead. He seemed to recognize the voic-es of the men. thouirh he could not speak.There was blood everywhere. Near thedouble door there was a irreat pool J iblood frozen into ice. Snra"ue lostmuch blood in this spot it ran over the doorjamb and discolored the ground outside.There was blood on the tub u iler thewagon and on the right hand wheel of thewagon. Sprague was covered with hlooit

There is great excitemetit ah throu'Queens County, in consequence of tne thirdand similar outrage following so quicklyupon tho Maybee and Townsewl allairs.Mr. Sprague and wife were about filty fyears of age. Physicians give no hopes t fthe recovery of Sprague. While terriblewounds on the head of Sprague were iienidressed, he suddenly rose up ami v iiii'hIa full pint and a half of blood. The doe',

they were glatl of it, but still have h'-t- le

or no hopes of his recovery.Mrs. Sprague in her statement says: 'A-- I

stepped into the kitchen a dog barkil Sis a very small dog), and but for thv v

strange thing I might not have noticed tVman so promptly. He said: 'I want nun-ey- .'

I supposed my husband w in tht-bar- n,

and mv first impulse was toI did so. I" tried to rush by the coi jrydman into the yard, and got as far astoop when he laid hold of me. He lute! edme by tho hair and pulled a haiul.ul oufby the roots. I struggled, but it was nuse. He dealt me a blow in the mouth w.thhis fist, which loosened mv teethand I sawfire. This brought us back into the kite!en. He was a powerful colored man, nft Itall, but very stout. He said again, 'Grv 1

me the money or I'll murder you.' I re-

plied, 'You can have all the money in thehouse, but tell me, have you hurt my litis

band' 'No,' he replied, 4I have not -- eenhim.' I thought it strange my husband bar!not been attracted by the incessant barking of tho dog. I went into the sitt.nj;-roo- m

and took my purse from the bureaudrawer and handed it to the man. Thepurse contained S. When the man wasgone away I ran out to summon help andfell on the ice. I hurt my side badly."

The negro, whose name is Chas. A. Sinituor Chas. H. Rugg,was subsequently cap-

tured and fully identified by Mrs. Sprague.He resided at Poverty Hollow, Oyster Bay.He was captured at a" store where he hadpurchased a complete new suit of clothesand had called for some crackers andWcheese. The excited farmers would have T

hung him immediately but for the deter-

mined stand taken by the officers of thelaw. It Is almost certain he was the as-

sailant of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend of Oys-

ter Bay. The officers had much trouble ingetting tHeir prisoner aboard the trainJ-- J

take him to jail. There were between 30j

and 400 men with torches and ropes howl-

ing and shouting, "Let us getathim."Let us bang the murderer!" He was final-l- y

locked in a freight car. AtWestburvthe train was boarded by 2"J0 men withropes and lanterns, who demanded to knowwhere the man was. They did not give up.the search until the train started, some-eve-

remaining on board and swearing-tha- t

they would hanghim. The samesctnewas enacted at Mineola. The prisoner wasfinally landed safely in the county jail.

VThe Sluffgers in San Franclen- -

San Francisco, Jan. 25

Fifty policemen were detailed this morn-

ing to preserve order on Sullivan's arrival.HL reception was a tremendous ovation.Six thousand admirers greeted the great-'slugger- .

Fully 10,0 JO men and fol-

lowed the carriages up the street trying to-kee-

pace with the horse-!- , cheering all theway. The Palace Hotel wa witha crowd desirou of paving resp t to

Bostonian. The attend nice thisevening was spoiled bv ticket speculation.Only 4,001) were preent. Tie combination'sparring was a nt. 'i'h-- y

leave Wednesday fo.-- O.von. O.i the re-

turn they play at tne Grande week.

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