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mam, tixiNora NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. /Attfel an entertained for (he safety of tfea Aptbeldi statue. The Secretary of the Board has reported that the tocdkara Is particularly weak, and may ponfb(j break some of these days and en' fall lott of life to visitors. He recom- jnends that the arm be closed to visitors. Experts, on the other hand, claim that the alleged weakness of the stattie is all "bosh." A TELKORAM firm Philadelphia reports that the Supreme Court of that State has Just decided the Pennsylvania prohibitory law to be constitutional. The remit of this is that the mere holding of imitation butter in that State will sub­ ject tM party to a criminal prosecution. F&AXB8 at Lock Haven. Pa., destroyed SlMaMr'f building, valued at $75,000.... 11M New York Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions approving the inter­ state commerce bill except the provision prohibiting greater charges for a shorter than for a longer haul and the one prohib- resistancs on nttta was &&S3S5 taothmL|M _ .. , code of ffbn-elMTules, winch Were prf under the previous question. These rules were carefully framed to guard again at every contin- genoy likely to tdte in the event that Robertson gets the chair. WiS HIllfilTOiV.' 1 r • THB decrease in the public debt daring December was $9,358,902. The interest* bearing bond* BOW MUTANT to $1430,494,- 4(>2. The treasury stock of gold has been steadily gaining sine* July last, and is now f 170,912,413. The government's holdings of silver - have rapidly fallen off for some months, the aggregate being $75^998,944. Following is the official debt statement for December: INTOUM1VMU1CM DMBT. Bonds at 4^ per cent. .$ 950,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent. 787,781,a}0 Bonds at 3 per sent.* 63,8J9,Q00 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 190,100 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,OOJ,OJO Pacific railroad bonds at 6 i percent. M, 843,513 Principal. Interest Total •91,110,4M, 483 U,8S8,T90 •rM -"""r'l'--' , :>4 -OK an order by Judge Greshain, Mr. PerkinB, the contumacious witness in the Indianapolis election fraud cases, hps been released on bail. > THE Grand Jury at St. Lonis has found •a indictment against Dan Moriarity, charging him with being an accessory after the fact to the Jim Cummings express rob­ bery. Moriarity was a switchman at the Union Depot in St. Louis at the time of tha robbery. Haight, the man who planned, the robbery, has made a written statement of his connection with the affair. He says therein that his poverty and his inability to obtain employment forced him to de­ vise some means whereby ha might provide his wife and child with the necessities of life. To do this he planned the robbery and approached Wittrock with file scheme. Wittrock became enthusias­ tic over it, and thereafter took the affair into his hands,and he (Haight) heard noth­ ing more of him until he read an account of the robbery in the papers. Soon after that Wittrock sent him $1,000 by Oscar Cook, and sommoned him to Leavenworth. He says it was he who forged Mr. Damsel's signature to tha pass which was present­ ed to Fotheringham, and had the Adams Express letter-heads and envelopes print- ad. Fotheringham, he asserts, is abso­ lutely innocent of each and every charge brought against him. Wittrock says that he specially stipulated with the detectives tint he would not surrender any of the stolen money until the mortgage of $1,700 cm his mother's house had teen raised. This, he said, had been done, and heisnow willing to serve his term A water {Famine is threatened in Chicago. The water works are contending against one of the greatest iee-lloes known in Lake Michigan for a dozen yean, preventing the proper work- teg of the pumps. A reckless waste ; of wa­ tt? aggravates the situation. AiijjXN FOIALIYKK, who imagined him­ self to be Jesus Christ, was adjudged in­ sane at Decatur, 111. Upon leaving the court room he jumped to the stone floor below, falling upon a prisoner, whom he tried to kill. He next granted the steam- coil, horning his hands to the bone before his hold could be loosened .... At San Franciseo a dynamite cartridge was placed in a dot on this Sutter street cable road. A lady saw a man lift the trap and lower • lighted package. The explosion shattered the masonry and broke the pul­ leys. The iron plataa oil the man-holes vera blown two hundred feet At a orayer-meettng near Eldorado Springs, Mo., a nan named Oakes, who created a disturbance, was rebuked by a farmer by the name of Clark. Oakes then drew a knife and cut Clark's throat from ear to ear. ... .A leak in a natural gas-main at Youngstown, Ohio, caused an explo­ sion, in the new Andrews block, on South Market street. Flames buret forth at once, and the entire building and the First Bap- tut Church were destroyed. The total loss is $100,000 There were fourteen pouches of letter mail and about a track- load of paper mail burned in the railroad wreck at Tiffin, Ohio In a railway acci­ dent at Bussell, Kas., H. C. Tinges, of Kansas City, and F. T. Alexander, sup­ posed to live at Ottawa, Kansas, were kill­ ed Thomas Johnson closed a thirty- day quail feat at Springfield, Ill., by eat- . | • TWfi M»inrn|U ! _ • ;| A SAK AUTTOHIO dispatch furnishes meager particulars of a horrible collision on the Southern Pacific Bailroad, 200 iniles west of that place. Nine Mexicans were burned to death among the wreckage. The men were riding on an open flat-car when the collision occurred. This car was driven Under a heavily laden box-car, on the top of which several others had piled, when the entire wreck took fire, literally reacting •live the Mexicans, who were pinned down on the top of the flat-car. None of the bodies were recognizable when recovered. Louis NAD IN, a Frenchman of Mobile, Ala., has juBt discovered that he was swindled out of $11,000 on Nov. 30, 1886, by two fellow-countrymen who pretended to place bis money with their own in a box for safe-keeping and then gave him the box to care for. When opened a month later only newspapers were found in it. ' SLIGHT shocks of earthquake are still a matter of daily occurrence at Summerville, U. C At Macon, Ga., Secretary Lamar •nd Mrs. Henrietta Holt were married at hr-r?.- ...» «.142,333,182 DEBT ON WHICH XMTKKK8T HAS """P SINCE auTuairc. 8,874,853 211,398 Principal..., Interest..... Trial 9 9,(86,191 „„ • »J»R BKAame HO nrawam-r, Olddemand and legal-tender notes.S S46,73AS4i Certificates of deposit, £,510,000 Gold r^ertifloateg . 9?,215,635 Sliver certificates 117,34 S,G/0 8,953,704 gniettoa^lcurrency (leas (8,3/^031 > loet or destroyed). Principal.. TOTAL DEBT. Total .•»••• .... ..f 574,664,318 ,41,714.033,635 12,1)50,037 .......11,726,091,692 Less cash items available for reduc­ tion of the debt .f 841,963,564 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 Jo remain neutral in wad Qemany _ of Oenns& neutrality tussiaand Austria oeue' t oable leecsds the adroit w< i adventomsses in London the.other * Total Total debt, less available cash items..... fl,984,181,118 Net cash in the Treasury 42,196,032 Debt, less cash in Treasury, _ . . $1,841,984,498 Oebt, less cash in Treasury, Deo. 1, W" 1,351,342,698 Decrease of debt during the month CASH IN THE TREASURY. . Available for reduction of debt: Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding $ Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding United States notes held for certifi­ cates of deposit actually out­ standing. Cash beld for matured debt and in­ terest unpaid. .. fractional currency 97^315,603 117,916,670 I^SlflLOO? 90,924,912 5,376 Total available for reduction of the debt.. 9941,903,563 Reserve fund held for redemption of United States notes, acts Jau.14. 1875, and Jnly 12,1882 r 100,0001,000 Unavailable for reduction of debt: ' Fractional silvatooin...............9 35,660,935 Minor eotat Total Certificates held L Net cash balance on hand.. 131,493 25,792,357 aT.024,236 42,190,632 !tiS «... Ot six inches of snow at Macon, 6a., and Jackson, Miss., last week. In the latter the streets are tilled with... POMT1CAL. ^ THE Bepubliean Congressional Conven­ tion at Can Claire, Wis., nominated Hugh 3. Price for the short term, and Nels P. Haugen for the long term, made vacant by Jhe death of the late Congressman Price. The nominee for the short term is a son of the latter. Haugen is a Norwegian, and «KfState Bailroad Commissioner. THE expected trouble in the organization the Indiana General Assembly began that body was called to order on the Smith, President pro tern, of the Senate present claimant to $#al cash in the Treasury as Shown by Treasurer's general ; • account $ 444(915,783 PBXSIDENT CLEVEI^AJID the othfcr dav received a call from a young man whom he recently pardoned from a penitentiary, who desired to express his gratitude and offer assurances of future good conduct. He was treated with courtesy and given en­ couragement..... The contract with the Union lion Works of San Francislbo, for the construction of the naval cruiser Charleston, has been executed by Secretary Whitney. , IMPUSTMAE. WOTEB. ATIBX ANDER MITCHELL, is authority far the statement that the spring dividend on St. Paul will be at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. The Burlington and Northern Boad has made a survey through Minnesota to Dnluth. The New York Central Boad declared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent., and the Lackawanna will pay If per cent. Beceiver Coo ley has appointed 6. W. Stevens Acting General Superintendent of the Illinois lines of the Wabash. THE Knights of Labor of Chicago have issued a boycott against the meats of Philip D. Armour, the great packer and provision merchant. A Chicago paper reports Armour as saying that the boycott has had no effect on his business ana he does not think it will. ON increased wages of nearly 80 per cent, the Edgar Thomson steel wbrks at Braddock, Pa., have resumed operations. ... .An increase of $1,000,000 in the capi­ tal stock of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company is announced, making the total , a - r flBNEKAb 4*| "V; . TfilE Medical "Record, says the eas® of the late Gen. Logan appears to be one of those rare ones in which acute rheumatism causes a rapid and fatal issue.... The busi­ ness failures throughout Canada for the year 1886 numbered 1,252, with liabilities of $10,386,000, against 1,25G failures in 1885, with liabilities of $8,881,000. The average liabilities of each failure in 1886 were $8,295, as against an average of $7,055 in 1885. THE steamer La Champagne sailed from New York on Christmas and landed her passengers in Havre on New Year's day. The feat is an unprecedented one. A WASHINGTON dispatch says Mrs. Lo­ gan expressed to an intimate friend of her late husband her opposition to the burial of the remains in the space set apart on the lake front, Chicago, and her willingness to accept a location along the South Parks or boulevards. It in indignantly denied that there is dissatisfaction on the part of Gen. Logan's family with the medical treatment he received in his last illness. The fund for the relief of Mrs. Logan bad reached upward of $50,000 on the 5th inst. NEAB Republic, Ohio, an express train on the Baltimore and Ohio Boad, west­ bound, came in collision with a freight. Immediately after the crash the cars took fire. Fifteen to twenty persons were either killed or slowly burned to death, and all the mail and express matter was destoyed. Mrs. Fish of Joliet, a sister of Gen. Logan, and her son escapcd without a scratch An express train from Chicago was wrecked at West Springfield, Mass.Tby the breaking of an axle. One person was burned to death and nineteen others in- {ured. A large amount of mail was turned.... .Near Pewaukee, Wis., a train ran into a sleigh filled with laborers, kill­ ing Bert McConnell and James Anderson and his son. > THE quired. Thfe sented as a fiking widow or anxious to form a matrimonial because of a false step. A number of marriages *ere entered into, the vi then being thrown overboard, their social position stopping their mouths, women have been artested in Paris. ACTIVE military preparations, said to be supported by Russia, are in progress in Montenegro The innkeeper at Bucha­ rest who made an attempt on the life of Prime Minieter Bnttiano has been sen­ tenced to twenty years' penal servitude. THE French Minister of Commerce an­ nounces that for the first time in history wheat of excellent quality and superior weight has been exported by Bussia from the Cauoasus. Large cargoes have been sent from the ports of Poti and Batoum.... The wheat harvest in Victoria is 12,000,000 bushels, an average of twelve bushels per acre. Tbe exportable excess is 150,000 tons, or 60,000 tons over that of the preced- f ir .. M ADDITIONAL KBITEU • r • •v.-/ :" THE United States Board of Engineen in charge of the survey and improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers recom­ mend to the Secretary of War that work on the Wisconsin Biver be abandoned, and only so much of that upon the Fox Biver be completed as will finish the enterprise already begun. In twenty years $1,816,794 has been expended upon the Fox, and $590,175 upon the Wisconsin.. HENRY MOBBIS, principal in the New York Filtering Manufacturing Company, at Woodbridge, N. J., has disappeared, after having destroyed the bOoKs and accounts of the concern. He is accused of forgery, is said to have carried off $40,000 in cash, and has floated paper to the extent of near­ ly $106,000. A CONCURRENT resolution providing for the submission of the question of the pro­ hibition of the sale of intoxicating bever­ ages to a popular vote has been introduced in both branches of the Missouri Legisla­ ture. A bill has also been introduced pro­ viding for the restriction of railroad pools. JAHES F. JOT, in reviewing the events of the past month along the Wabash lines of railway, expresses the opinion that all plans of the purchasing committee have failed and that the "system" will be broken up A bill has been introduced in the Ohio Senate providing for the sale of the Cincinnati Southern Bailroad. Cincinnati is excited over the project, there being al­ most universal opposition to the sale of the road. THE second day's session of the Indiana Legislature was attended by a series of partisan wrangles. The Democratic Senate declined to meet the Bepubliean House in joint Bession to hear the Governor's mes­ sage, it having eome to their ears that the Republican managers had planned a coup d'etat to be sprung upon the Senate. In consequence, the Gover­ nor did not deliver his message orally, as nsual, but sent printed copies of it to each branch of the General Assembly. The Senate adopted a resolution declaring that the body recognized no vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor prior to the last election, and refusing to join in the canvass of the vote for the candidacy for the office. The Re­ publican majority of the House, in retalia­ tion for the rules adopted by the Senate, Adopted a set of regulations fully as arbi­ trary as those of the upper body. The effect in either honse will be mat the majority can summarily and quickly unseat any member of the minority, rightfully or wrongfully. MB. M. B. CTJBTIS, the well-known comedian, who achieved fame and made himself rich in the Hebrew character of "Saml of Posen," seems to have struck another rich vein in his new play, "Caught in a Corner." The leading role, Ikey Greenwald, as interpreted by him, is a fine bit of comedy acting, and promises to achieve a great run. Mr. Curtis continues: another week at MoVicker's Theater, Chicago. BENATOB CALL introduced aresolution in the Senate, on the 7th inst., declaring that certain lands granted for railroad purposes in Florida •hall be forfeited, and instructing the Attorney General to bring suit against all corporations attempting to sell or advertise public lands em-, braoed in railroad grants where bills for forfeit­ ure are pending before Congress. Senator McPheraon submitted an amendment to the interstate commerce bill, proposing the addition of a clause to section 5, which prohibits pooling, in effect suspending that section until Jan. 1,1886, whenever a ma­ jority of the commission believe the interests of both shippers and carrier* would be best pro­ moted by permitting pooling. A remonstrance was presented from Daytou (O.j business men against, and a petition from the Kenosha, (Wis.) Businesa lien's Club la favor of, the interstate commerce bill. Petitions favoring the ex­ perimental agricultural stations bill were also presented. Bills were passed to adjust the claims of any State for expenses in­ curred in tbe national defense; for a school of instruction for cavalry and artillery at Fort Riley, and appropriating 990,000 for the widow and daughter of Erskine & Allia, tbe inventor of the 8pringfleld breech-loading rifle. The including . _t pro In tbe last Legislature ana pi „ tbe lieutenant Governorship, called the Senate *0 ocder. Senator Winter, of Marion, the Ke- public&n leader, shouted at the Chair for sev­ en*! minutes, While the latter was Opt Senators eome to order. Finally he rose to • (WtlOB of pflvelege, but was again pounded bjr Smith, who announced that the Senate would be opened witii prayer by Bishop Knick­ erbocker, Tbe Democratic members stood dming its delivery, but the ltepub- prwSSSSgs "I* ^y all foreigners visiting Berlin Frankfort tin* Hambnrt' Leinsic* and other cities of th« Secretary of State has received a dispatch from Frederick Raine, United States coosul general at Berlin, setting forth the annoyance to which United States citizens visiting Europe, and es­ pecially Germany, subject themselves by neglecting to procure passports before leaving this country. Passports are needed - Jlnl[ 1 House passed forty-two pension bills, one granting S50 a month to tbe widow of Gen" eral Durbin Ward. The House also passed the Senate bill amending the act providing for the sale of the Sac and Fox Iowa Indian reservation Sn Nebraska and Kansas. The amendment provides for tbe allotment of lands in severalty to^uners and orphans. THE MABKET& BEEVES, HOGS ... WHEAT- NEW TOBK. upon tbam, did not. Mr. Winter con- tinued to proiest during a portion of the prayer. The law provides that in the absence of the Umtenant Governor tne Auditor of Btate shall eaU the Senate to order, but the Demo­ crats elaimed that as the Lieutenant Gov- Swaw was present in the person of Green Smith this provision did not apply aad I* oil redid accordingly. After the prayer the newly elected Senators were s worn in by ijlljMliie ^Judge Zollan, whereupon Senator ~ publiean. said: "I desire to suggest tiou of Chairman is the only thing »r." The Chair- "And I desire to Hamburg, Leipsic, and other cities of the German Empire where a "minor state of siege" exists, any part of the Russian Em- j>ue, a*#l eiso several place* in AmUm and FOBEl«I«r ,;>f. AN explosion of gas at the barracks in Portsmouth, England, killed four faen and injured four others... .The Paris corre­ spondent of the London Times again affirms his recent statement that Russia and Ger­ many have ooacluded a direct •No. 1 White No. 2 Bed........ CORN--No. 2 OATS--White POBK--Mess CHICAGO. Bnvxs--Choioe to Prime Steers Good Shipping Common uCGS--Shipping GrSuSta.tiir... FLOUR--Extra Spring WHEAT--No. i Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BOTTKB--Choioe Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, Cheddar.. Full Cream, new EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per ba POBK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--Na 1 OATS--NO. 9 KYK--No. 1 POBK--Mess, TOLEDO. WHEAT--Na 2. COBN--Cash OATS--No. 9 DKTROIT. BEEF CATTLE HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed......... COBN--No. 1...., OATS-NO, 2 White ST. Louia. WHEAT--No. 3 COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed POBK--New Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2... OATS--No. 9 POBK--Mess LrvE HOGS BUFFALO. WHEAT--Na 1 Hard COBN--Na. S Yellow CATTXB INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTUE. HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 9; OATS EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common Hoos ttnr,, 9 6.0) O M5 .w» & .94 ,99>*(9 .98)$ .48 tf .49 .40 @ 45 12.00 &1XS0 5.00 & 5.50 4.00 «* 4.50 8.00 @ 3.50 4.S8 & £.00 4.25 & 4.75 .19 .86 .96 & & M & .90 M'/i 9 .12M <* M & .45 & .80 .30^ .32 .21 £ .90 RAILWAY H0RR0E. PrightfU CoUWu *4? the fenlt of a Ottndootor'a fi;, - ^ i -- A Seira of persons KMSt of Slowly Burned to Dentil In the Bias­ ing Wreckage* -1; A -mw™ <°w°) special, - One of the most horrible and hi accidents ever chronicled occurred on the timore and Ohio Hoad near Republic, m# eight miles east of here, at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, through the collision ot a freight and the Sri* expreNii. A* unknown number of per­ sons, estimated at fifteen or seventeen, perished, and several others were badly hurt The names of the killed, so far as they afe known, are: C. P. Bradley, of Washington, D. C.: burned to death. Joseph Postlethwaite, aged 67; on his way from West Virginia to ChiUicothe, Mo.; burned to death. Spencer Postlethwaite, aged 18; son of Joseph; burned'to death. Henry Postle­ thwaite,aged 11; son of Joseph; burned to death. Fireman William Fredericks, ot the express train. George Pearoe, express messenger; burned beyond recognition. M. H. Parks, of Washington, D. C,; burned to death. Mr. Bal­ lard, from New York State; burned to death. Mr. Ferguswt, of Bloomdale, Pa., an old man; missing and believed to be dead. Grant Man- sell, of Milwaukee, Wis.; missing and believed to be dead. George Simpson, of Milwaukee, Wis.; missing and believed to be dead. Koine half a dozen persons were injured more or less seriously. At 1 o clock a. m. an east-bound freight train, in charge of Conductor Fletcher, pulled out of this city, expeoting to side-track at tbe Belplo siding to allow the east-bound exp^m to pass. After the passenger train had gdhe the con­ ductor, being without special orders, exercised his own judgment and determined to pull out; inasmuch as he had half an hour to make tha switch at Republic, a little less than five miles distaut, before the arrival of the express from the ease, due at that point at 2 o'clock. The night was bitter oold «nd much difBoulty was experienced in keeping up steam in the engine. Finally, at a point half a mile westof llepublio, the train came to a standstill, being unable to move farther. Just here was made the horrible mistake which resulted in the IOSH of so many lives Mid the destruct .on of thousands of dollars' worth of property. Although the conductor must have known that ho was encroaching dangerously near the time of the express, he did not send out the signal until after his train had come to a standstill and he found it impossible to move farther. He then started forward with the lantern himself. Atthlspoint there is a sharp curve, and Conduotor Fletcher had not pro­ ceeded more than the length of twenty cars when he saw the headlight of the ap­ proaching express rounding the curve not more than forty rods distant, and running at the lightning speed of sixty-three miles an hour. Horror-stricken with the knowledge that a frightful accident could not bo avoided, he flashed his light in the face of the engineer, Lem Eastman. The latter at the same moment saw the light of the freight engine, and, giving a wild shriek of the whistle for brakes, he re­ versed his engine and jumped for his life, crash­ ing through the window of the cab, carrying glass and sash with him, and alighted In a heavy snow-drift. He escaped serious injury, his hurts being confined to a slight wound upon the knee As Eastman realized the danger, he called to his fireman, William Fredericks, to save himself. The latter was en­ gaged in stewing the Are. He raised up and hesitated a moment to glance forward, as if to estimate the danger. This was fatal, as at that instant the crash came, and poor Fredericks was pinned and crushed by tne mass of the wrock. The effect of tbe collision can be better imag­ ined than described. The engines of the two trains reared into the air like a pair of enraged living monsters, and then settled down upon the track driven into each other until the cylinders touched. The force of the impact jammed the baggage cars into the tender of the fast train, the express car into the bag­ gage car, and the smoker into the ex­ press oar. In less than five minutes from the moment of the collision, and before any organised effort at rescue could be made, the lire of the overturned stoves communicated to the woodwork, and the flames leaped high in the air, the roar mingling with the cries of auguish of the imprisoned victims to whom death in its most terrible form was a horrid presence. The trainmen and uninjured passen­ gers were powerless, and oould no nothing to rescue the sufferers. • h •j M:l ' ^ • - 3 S E V E N Y E A R S . - j. - '( The St Louis Express Bobbers Plead Guilty, and Beoeive a Seven } 4' Tears' Sentenofc / \ ' "1st. Louis telegram.*}'*" The sensation of the day in the Criminal Court was the sentence of Wtttrook, alias Jim Cummings, the now fam< his accomplices, Haight pearance of the prisoners hi for a general tip-toeing and 1 19.00 012.25 .18 & .79 M ^ .87 .96 & .97 .56 <9 .57 1&00 @12.50 .88 <a .88)6 .&*<!* M .90 & .90fc 4.75 8.75 4.50 .84 .88 M i»! 19.95 .83* <* M ~ jn 1SI & 5.50 0 5.95 <3 5.15 & .86 (f .98* & .89* .88* AS* .99* «19.75 w .09 .4* 8,75 8100 4.25 &60 .79 .85 M 4.75 4.15 8.60 4.75 & .88* !<« .81* (g 12.75 & 4.75 .92* .44 4.50 i @ 5.00 & 5.00 & 4.30 .79* .86 .80 & 5.00 @ 4.50 8.75 @ 5.95 as robber, and ver. The np- ; was a signal stretching of necks bv the audience. The prisoners entered pleas of guilty to the charges against them of lar­ ceny from a railroad. The State reoommend- ed the full extent of the law, seven years, for Wittrock and Haigbt,; and five for Weaver. While this dialogue was in progress Wittrock stood with one hand carelessly thrust in his trousers pocket, and as the suggestions of the Cirouit Attorney dawned on him a look of dis­ gust spread over his features, which he made no attempt to conceal. Weaver appeared to be the most "chipper" of the party, and to all ques­ tions answered promptly "Yes, sir," as if it was a pleasant duty whicu he thoroughly enjoyed. Wittrock was then sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary and to pay the costs of the prosecution. Haight was the next to be dis­ posed of, and during the ordeal he exhibited signs of a nervous collapse He turned pale and trembled, but when ordered to take a seat recovered at once. Weaver took his medicine without any outward sign of emotion, and his sentence, in accordance with the suggestion of the State, was made five years. Wittrook made several humorous references to the cu­ riosity displayed by tbe spectators, but his sole desire was to get to the " pen " as soon as he could. A dramatic incident occurred just as tbe jail door closed behind the robbers. A tall, slender young man in a blue shirt was standing against the screen talking to two ladies in the "cage." "There is Fotheringham," said Haight to Witt­ rock, as they halted near the guard's desk. Wittrock looked latently at the young man in the blue shirt, and said: "By , I believe it is." "Yes, it's him " asserted Haight. By this time the irons had been removed from Wittrock's wrists, and walking hastily to the young man in tbe blue shirt, he extended his hand and said: "Fotheringham, old boy, I am glad to see you. I did you a wrong about two months ago, but I hope you don't hear me any hard feelings " "None at oil," said Fotheringham; "although yo^to^fr advantage of me when we lastfM*,"- 'i • % f . y f ' JOHN ROACH. . < } Tho Famous 8Up-Bnilder on IBs Dtath-Bed -- Afflicted widft '•%$ dancer. • [New York special.] ft ts |mown that for some weeks John Roach, the ship-builder, has been confined to his residence in graduaiiy failing health. According to his own desire, that his friends Bhould not be needlessly alarmed and apprehensive of the effect upon him of fotenae. His dUease its developmeat has the case of General Q poena to the ni(mth ta- S^'All iflHMts taatest its ah^jiMy hfcrfeoirerfol lepfim solong. He? since the entire »n to develop last January. performed, in the oasoer In March-an operation was the hoper that the disease "flight be eradi-S oated. In the summer the trouble returned,« and it became evident to the physicians that>: tiler* <was no hope. Mr. Boach is now fail- relieved only by irig gradually, bis agony ftllOdYtfM." Ship-building on tbe D< p-building on tbe Delaware was made famous through John Boach, and who also may be said to hare built the city of Ches­ ter, Pa.; at least, he has been instrumental in making the city what it is to-day, a great Fhip-bttilding metropolis. Mr. Boach was born in Ireland, bat wan reared in America, in the city of New York. Prior ,to his starting in business on his own account he was a common workman in the Allaire Works. At this place he aoon ad­ vanced himself, through his adaptability to business, to the position of foreman, after which he established himself in busi­ ness with a very small capital; but his old employer's recommendation assisted him to a moderate credit, and his natural force soon gave him prominence. In 1867 he was financially able to purchase the Morgan Iron Works, for about 9400,000, and in 1868 the Neptune Works, for $150,000; and two years later the Franklin Forge, for $125,- 000, and also a large property at Chester, Pa., where he subsequently put in opera­ tion the extensive wotks known as the Delaware Rivvr Iron, Ship-building and Engine Works, of which corporation Mr. Boach was the President and owner. He is tbe builder of numbers of vessels for the United States Government. TRADES UNIONS. The American Federation of •";» Jta Objects aid Alas. i it t The President and leader of the Execu­ tive Board of the American Federation of r v, t. m & 475 learning the real nature of the disease from which he is suffering, his family and phy­ sicians have been reticent in regard to his condition. Mr. lloach, however, now realises fully the impossibility of recovery, and the reason for concealment no longer existlfo In view of this fact, a representa­ tive of Mr. Boach's family has made tbe following authoritative " statement of his condition "Mr. Boach is beyond the reach of medi- ical help save in the alleviation of his suf­ ferings, which have long been incessant and Labor is Samuel Gompers, of New York, who is Second Vice President of the In­ ternational Cigarmakers' Union, and Pres­ ident of the Workingmen's Assembly of New York. Mr. Gompers. is an English­ man by birth, and is now in his thirty- seventh year. He worked as a cigarmaker from his fifteenth year until he was called on to give his time to the official conduct of his union. He has been a prominent promoter ot the plan of federation, and though himself a Knight of Labor, an op­ ponent of amalgamation. He was twice President of the first Federation, and has long been a prominent officer of his own union. Whether the labor organizations should be amalgamated into one large body, or should form a federation in which each may retain its autonomy, is one of the sub­ jects that have most seriously engaged the thought of the labor leaders. The ten­ dency of the trades unions has been toward a federation; and the tendency of the Knights of Labor toward an amalgama­ tion. Five years ago a loose sort of federation wns formed by Several trades-unions which maintained its existence, but was never strong enough or definite enough to exert any great influence. Another move­ ment was begun early in. the year, by' other trades-unions than those which formed this loose federation, to effect a more in­ fluential and definite general organization. This resulted in the recent meeting at Columbus, Ohio, of delegates from twenty- seven national and international trades- unions, who effected an organization which supersedes the former federation. The new organization, under the name of "The American Federation of Labor," compmes most of the better-organized unions, such as the Typographical Union, the Federation of Miners and Mine La­ borers, the Cigar-makers' International Union, the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and the Iron-molders of North America. The twenty-seven labor organi­ zations already thus united claim a mem­ bership of about 350,000. The double purpose is to preserve the autonomy of every trade organization, and at the same time to devise a way where one trade can come to the rescue of another. It is a problem not unlike that which the founders ot the Federal Government had to solve. Tbe trades-unions, like the States, insist that every one knows best how to manage its own affairs; every oue is jealous of any interference by any other one; and yet all recognize the necessity of combined action. Tl\e fundamental idea of the Federation is that no trades-union Shall abridge the liberty of another. To quote from an explanation of tbe move­ ment by one of its chief promoters: "The carpenters are better judges of all questions affecting their hours of work or their rate of wages than the cigarmakers or the print­ ers of tbe miners can possibly be. The first condition cf healthful organization, therefore, is that the carpenters shall have a union of their own, and that they shall suffer no dictation from any other union. At the same time there are certain prob­ lems which all trades-unions have in com­ mon; for the whole labor world must pull together in the general effort to uplift the laborer." Proceeding on this basis, the American Federation of Labor has been organized so as to give the larger unions which enter it representation in proportion to their mem­ bership, but so as to give at the same time the smaller unions a greater advantage than could be given by representation on the per capita ba*is. Thus in the conventions a union with a membership of 4,000 or less is allowed to have one delegate; a union with 8,000 members, two delegates; a union with 16,000 members, three delegates, and so on, the number of delegates increasing by one as tbe membership is doubled. The Executive Board of the Federation has the power to order all the unions in the Federation to come to the financial rescue of any one of them; but this Board has not the power to order a strike by the members of any union, or to have anything to do With any union's own affairs. * It deals with the unions themselves as units. One-half of ono cent a month per capita is levied by all the unions to defray the expenses of the Federation. The Executive Board has no fund immediately at its disposal besides this, and this is for meeting the expenses of its officers and of the publication of an official journal. But in case of a strike by one union, it has the power, if it approve the strike, (o command the treasuries of all the unions for succor and defense. "The way to prevent strikes," one leading pro­ moter of this general organization main­ tains, "is to be able to make _every strike THE REPUBLIC RBLOCHSF, lbs Responsibility for the Hmdfal Accident -- Were tile fraiit- it' Urn Drank? ; ^ " ;r %&• '5'- . Passengers' Stories of the tiorrtr-- How Forrester Was Sent Fly- ig Through the Reefp 'V "0 . * * - veland (O.) *p«cl&l.<| / ; The wreck of the trains in the fearful aocident on the Baltimore and Ohio near Bepublic is all cleared away and the fall­ ing snow has obliterated all the evidences of the fateful catastrophe. The remains of the nine bodies of the unfortunate vic­ tims are in charge of the Coroner at Be­ public. Every piece of burnt clothing, keys, and everything that was not utterly destroyed has been gathered up to aid in the identification of bodies. The respon­ sibility of the accident is now placed upon the freight conductor, Fletcher, who pulled out of a siding four miles west of Bepublic without orders, intending to TT>«Va the 6iding at Bepublic for the, passenger train. He missed his calculation just one mile, and the ashes of the nnknown victims testify to his criminal carelessness. It is further openly charged that the engineer of the freight train was intoxicated. Whether this is true or not is not positively known. One thing is certain, and that is tbat a great share of Ihe responsibility, if not all of it, rests upon the conductor * and engi­ neer of the fxeight. They knew they were encroaching on the time of the limited ex­ press before their train came to a stand­ still. Mr. Evans' Graphic Story of the Aeoldcat Mr. T. G. Evans of Pittsburgh, Pa., was a passenger on the ill-fated Baltimore k Ohio train. ' He occupied a berth in the forward Bleeper, and was asleep at the mo­ ment of the collision. "I did not hear the crash," he MW. "I was awakened by the jar. Our car trem­ bled and vibrated so that I thought it was careening and about to fall on its side. I raised the blinds, looked out the window, and saw we were standing still. I shouted to the other passengers that we were all right, and told them not to be alarmed. As I looked through the window I saw the flames from the burning cars, and heard cries for help. I hurriedly dressed myself, but by the time I got out the heat was so intense that we could not get within fifty feet of the smoking-car. M. S. Parks, of Washington, had sprung through the win­ dow of the smoking-car, but his feet had been canght in the wreck, and he was hang­ ing downward. He died in a short time, and in a few minutes I saw his skull drop off, a blackened Cinder. I heard no screams nor cries after I got out of the sleeper. The weather was very oold, and big lires were prooably burning in the sioves. The telescoping of the cars had crushed the stoves and scattered (he coals through the wreck. The lamps were no doubt shattered and the oil must have spread the flames. It was scarcely two minutes, I think, from the time I was awakened uutil I was dressed and at the cars. It was then too late to do anything for the people im­ prisoned in the heap of flaming debris. The smell of burning human flesh was horrible. The bodies of the dead were simply trunks, headless and limbless. When 1 looked out of my window I saw tluve persons that looked tike Joseph Postlethwaite and his two boys. I did not see them after I got out of tbe car. I saw the Postlethwaite family get on the train, and remember par­ ticularly the old gentleman and his boys, but I may have been mistaken about seeing them from the window of the sleeper." Mr. Forrester's Thrilling KxpertonWt. - (Trom the Chicago News.] Harry C. Forrester, the man who came through the roof of the smoking-car car­ rying the seat with him. was found by his friends early Wednesday morning at the Portland Hotel, where the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad officials were caring for him. He was taken to 182 West Van Buren street, where a friend named W. S. Wixon runs a restaurant. Mr. Wixon called in his family physician and did everything possi­ ble to make the wounded man comfortable. He was in bed when seen by a Daily News reporter, and was weak from loss of blood. "I was aleep, curled up in my seat," he said, "and the first thin? 1 knew I heard a terrible crash and felt myself being hurled through the air, The next instant I looked around and found myself on the roof of the car. The car was broken in two, and I had baen shot through the hole. Although partially stunned, I managed to jump off into a snow-bank and crawl away. I don't remember much after that until it was all over." The attending physician says Mr. For­ rester will in all probability survive his in­ juries. He is bruised from head to foot, and has a bad scalp wound in addition to several deep gashes in his body and limbs. 'Wl- Mr. Sevan* Tell* What Me Saw. Louis A. Bevans, of Zanesville, Ohio, on bis way to Nebraska, was among those who were in the first coach after the smoker. At the Windsor Hotel, Chicago, he told his experience to a reporter: "I was all dressed, with the exception of my shoes, when the shock came. Hastily putting on my shoes and hat and with my overcoat in my hand I rushed out. I was about the first man to get out of the coach, but even when I jumped to the ground smoke and fiames were issuing from the wrecked cars. It was the most complete wreck I ever saw, and even worse than I ever imagined could be produced by a col­ lision. Tbe baggage-car was crushed like an eggshell against the tender of the pas­ senger engine, while tbe smoking-car was split in two and piled on top of the general wreck. The whole forward end of the smoker had disappeared and was scattered about in the form of splinters and twisted iron-work. "Immediately after I jumped out of the enr the people began pouring out. The railroad nv n seemed very cool under the circumstances, and called on all the men to help push back the coaches and sleepers, as they were in great danger of catching fire. It was a little up-grade, but enough of us got hold to push the cars back about sixty feet. In tbe meantime the fire in the wreck was spreading with great rapidity. There was not a drop of water to be had, and all we could do was to stand by and let it burn. We did not hear the shtieks of the wounded, as some of the ac­ counts say, because nearly every one in the smoking-car excepting the four men who escaped were either stunned or instantly killed by tl-e shock. "M. H. Parks and the fireman were the only ones who suffered great agony and lost their lives. I was about the first man to discover Parks. His head and shoulders were half way through a window of the wrecked smoker. One of his arms was free. He screamed for help, and several of us ran toward him. The flames were so hot that we could not reach him; besides, he Was quite a way up from the ground. He threw out one of his cards and a watch. I was unable to endure the sight, and turned away, feeling almost- ready to faint. When I looked again he seemed to have fallen back into the car, and was evidently dead, although the flames had not reached him. Later they did get him out and his body was badly burned. A number of men made a determined ef­ fort to save the fireman who was pinned down in the wreck of the engine. He lived two hours, but finally fell back dead. His legs were crushed and he must have been losing blood all the time he was pinned in. The flames were kept away from his body, however.- "The women passengers were kept In the cars which had been pushed back, and they saw nothing of the horrors. Many of them, however, added to the excitement I'Hf shrieking at the tope of their vaia-- NATIONAL Wlu* la Bate*fcj tito ti^tilMataw, BOTH houses of COB<NM MMmbled, after tha bollday recess, on tbe 4th but., bat imme­ diately adjourned in memory ot H»natf Ijogan. In the Heuate, m aocn m the reading ot the journal waa concluded, Mr. Oallom took the floor and aaid: "Mr. President, the augel of death etalka through the land, and hie viait*- tion haa been most unexpected duriag the- brief recess <4 tbe Senate, imposing on me m duty which X have scarcely tbe heart- of announcing the death At his bome, at 3:87 o'clock me a awy waten l nave mn to perform--tha duty of announe: of my distinguished colleague. . which overlooks this capital city. neral oeremoniea were conducted by the Sena­ tors and Repreaentaiives present in thi» Senate and his mortal remains wer» to the silent tomb. We are chamber, mveyi died one of the-brav«< it and noblest of men--a man loved by the patriotic people of his State and of the nation; a man known to his country and t» conveyed ealled upon to mourn the loss of the civilized world, and for nearly fourteen Fears a distinguished member of this Senate, shall not at this time, Mr. President, attempt to pronounce tha words which are due to the memory of one who for so many yean performed so important and conspicuous a part in the af- charaster and public services of oar associate ; when an opportunity will be given to the Sen­ ators to pay fitting tribute to his memory. Mr. when an op; nltjr will be given to the fcen- ~ i to his President, oat of respect far the memory of the deceased Senator Loon, I move that the Sen­ ate do now adiourn." The motion was agreed to, and tbe Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives Mr. Thomas of Illinois offered the following resolution, which waa unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the House has heard with great sorrow tbe announcement of the death of the Hon. John A. Logan, late Senator cf the United States from the State of Illinois. "As a further evidence of tbe respect felt for the deceased statesman," said Mr. Thomas, 1 move that the House do now adjourn, giving notice that at a later day I will ask that the proceedings of the House be suspended in order that his colleagues and friends may bear testimony to his worth." Tho motion was agreed to, and the House adjourned. AN appropriation bill for $600,000 to promote the Colored People's World's Exposition, to be held in Birmingham, Ala., from September SB, 1887, to January 31,1888, was introduced in the Senate on the 5th inst. Senator Sherman in­ troduced a bill to provide tbat all persons on the pension rolls for loss of limb or limbs shall be entitled to receive arrears of pension from the date of discharge or disability. A bill was introduced for the establishment of not less than one agricultural experiment station and farm In each of the several States. A bill granting m pension of S2.000 a year to the widow of Gen. Logan was Introduced. Senator Plumb intro­ duced a bill to fix the amount of United States bonds to be required of national banks. Sena­ tor Cullom presented a memorial of tbe Pitts­ burgh Chamber of Commerce favoring the pas­ sage of the interstate commerce bill; also of the on prooeedlngs of a railroad convention tne same subject. Petitions VWotest- lng against its passage were alo pMPented. Senator Piatt made a long speech on the inter­ state commerce bill, tbe Senate having taken up the conference report. The House paused covering |5," iv appropria bill. A petition from James A. Garfield Grand the Indian appropriation bill, covering 000, as also the military academy approi 115,- ation Army Post of California, favoring the Edntnnda and Tucker anti-polycamy bill, was presented in the House. James W. Heed, Representative for the Fifth District ot North Carolina, sent in his resignation. MB. MCPHRBSON'S resolution, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the indebtedness of the Pacific Railroad Companies to the government, and as to the effect of the funding bill thereon, was adopted by the Senate on the tith inst. The Senate passed bills grant­ ing pensions of $2,000 per annum to the widows of Gen. John A. Logan and Frank P. Blair, and to carry into effect a treaty with China for the suppression of the opium traffic. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of War for the report of tbe Board of Engineers on the bridging of the Mississippi River near St. Louis. Senator Ed­ munds presented a memorial from a committee of the General National Convention ot the Prot> estant Episcopal Church, praying Congress to • provide for obtaining statistics of marriage and divorce. Senator Spooner presented a memori­ al from the State Grange of Wisconsin, praying for the passage of the interstate commerce bill. Toe Senate passed the bill to carry into effect the treaty with China for the suppression of the opium traffic, and also the bill granting to the Kansas, Texas and Southwestern Bailroad Company and right of way across Fort Hayes military reser­ vation. The bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua was reported to the Senate Foreign Committee and placed on the calendar. A bill to protect the morals of minors in the District of Columbia was intro­ duced by 8enator Vance. President Cleveland nominated Thomas C. Manning, of Louisiana, as Minister to Mexico, and Hugh A. Dens- more, of Arkansas, as Minister Resident in Cored. The House of Representatives passed the pension bill, which appropriates 176,- 247,500. Mr. Henderson introduced a bill au­ thorizing the bridging of the Mississippi at Dubuque. In the election contest of Page vs. Pirce, a Rhode Island case, a majority report from the Elections Committee of the House held that neither is entitled to a Beat in Con­ gress, while the minority recommended the seating of rirce, the Republican sitting mem­ ber. In the case of Kidd vs. Steele of Indiana a unanimous report was made in favor of Steele, Republican. First Singing of "Home, Sweet HOBM."' , Perhaps the most thrilling quarter of" an hour of John Howard Payne's life was that when Jenny Lind sang "Home, Sweet Home" to him. Tho occasion was the Jenny Lind concert in Washington, the night of December 17, 1850. The assembly was, perhaps, the most distinguished ever seen in a oonoert room in this country. The immense National Hall, hastily con­ structed for the occasion on the ruin* of the burned National Theater, waa filled to overflowing. Among the no- tables present and oocupying front seats were President Fillmore, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, General Sooftt, and John Howard Payne. Jenny Lind opened with the "Casta Diva," and fol­ lowed with the "Piute Song," in which her voice contested rivalry for purity and sweetness with a flute in the duet, then the famous "Bird Song," and next on her programme the "Greeting to America. All the pieces were applaud­ ed apparently to the full capacity of an enthusiastic audience, and Mr. Web­ ster, who was in his most genial after- dinner mood, emphasized the plaudit by rising from his seat and making- Jenny a profound bow, as if respond­ ing for the country to her "Greeting." But when the "Swedish Nightingale'* answered tho encore bv turning in the direction of John Hovfard Payne and giving "Home, Sweet Home," with all the wonderful tenderness, puritv, and ftimnll/llf.V f f in l<<\4k Mil vvvu VUG WUiUO «UU air of the immortal song, the difference was at once seen between the me­ chanical applause called out by a dia- . play of fine vocalization and that elici- ted by the "touch of nature that inakea the whole world kin." Before the first . line of the song was completed the au­ dience was fairly "off its feet," an4 could scarcely wait for a pause to give expression to its enthusiasm. People ordinarily of the undemonstrative sort clapped, stamped, and shouted as if they were mad, and it seemed as if there would be no end to the uproar. Meantime all eyes were turned upon Payne, a small-sized, elegantly-molded, gray-haired gentleman, who blushed violently at finding himself the center of so many glances.--Brooklyn Mag* artne. ' • i . H Congenial. She--Dear, how do love? He--Why, my darling, oongenial? v. She--Let's prove it. He--WelL She--That what do you love beatf < «- He--You. • She--I mean next to ma, >• He--B-a-s-e-b-a-M. fsfc She--Base-ball is not to eafcSpJ He--Are cigarettes ? She--No, .yon smoke them. He (unthonghtfally) -- Then cream. She--Ah, there! That's it Our taster - < < " * m 1 i know we we