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ygmtg painflraln I. VAN StrtOE, MH mi PvMMsr. cHENRT, ILLINOIS. W- THE VIDE WOfiLB. Catalogue of the Week's Im­ portant Occurrences Con- ^ciMlySanunarised. • oe by Electric Wire Every Quarter of the Civil­ ised World. LATEST DISPATCHES! *4 >i •44, COUNTING_THE SLAIN. ffee Victims of the Chatsworth Honor Number One Hundred--The Coroner's Jury and the , kallway Commissioners Inquiring Into the • /Accident. THE exact loss of life by the railway tlfeaster at Chatsworth, 111., is still in doubt. It is probable that the number of kiHed and fatally injured will reach one hundred. More than that number were seriously hurt, and many more sustained slight in­ juries Several of the dead are still nu- identitied. All of the wounded who were able to travel have been removed from Chatsworth, Piper City, and Forest to Pe- orik or to th-ir homes. The bodies of the killed were also taken to Peoria, and such as had not been claimed by rela­ tives were interred by the company in that city. The Coroner began an inquest on Friday. The Slate Board of .Railway Commissioners also begiui an investigation. The theory that the budge was fired by incendiaries for the purpose of wrecking the tr.iiu and robbing the pus- stngers has impressed the minds of the railway officials very strongly. A Chats* worth special of Saturday says: ,. The s:'ono at the two morgues on Friday morning was both horrifyiug and sickening. The extreme heat of Thursday had r.ipidly advanced the decomposition ot mangled corpses, and the bteuch was overpower.us- Each body was covered in spots with liies that buzsed about in the sunligtit, the ghoulish insect-i alternating from body to body. No means were- at ha d for preservation o» the remains, the supply of ice being exceedingly limited. Those ot the dead who were- uniden­ tified lay on the L'oors ot the morgues pilar Jed by village policemen, the faces 01 the corpses being hidden froiu them by a blanket or an old coat. Ttie sit lation became n urgent that the officials cl the Toledo, Peoria and Western Hoad decided lo remove the bodies to Peoria by consent of Owner Long, having previously ordered the necessary number of plain wooden coffins from Bloomington and which bad ar­ rived during the morning. The uncotfined dead disappeared early in the day, and it was in­ deed high time the bodies were removed from public gaze, 'ihey had lain over twenty- four hours in the depot and improvised morgue until their appearance was very revolting. Many had been recognized daring the night and claimed by frtends and relatives, who had gotten coffins and made preparations to take the bodies to places of sepulcher. The hideous bodies ot the un­ known unfortunates were carried away, wash­ ed, and laid out in course shronus. Then they were examined by surgeons and agents of the company, who made memoranda of physical mar*s iur purposes of future identificui on. The names of some of these were obtained jrorn the tickets which they had bought for the excursion. The Kailroad Commis­ sioners wanted photographs made of the dead, but till.5 project was bv no means feasible, owing to the condition of the bodies. Thi- de­ scription was m :d • in triplicate--one com going to the Coroner of Livingston County, a second to the railroad company, and the third as a waybill or ticket f..r the dozen or more bodies. Ihe cojypany fctvi li number < £ cof­ fins, ana m th^se t'je bodies Wtro laaced. The transfer was made in a freight-car far re­ moved from the station, so as to be out of sight ot the curious public, who little knew what was being done. The freight-car containing the todies was sw itched into the regular express train, anl was soon on its way to Pecria. A Peoria telegram of Saturday says: t^fctetday -wag a day 0f mourning in Peoria --trape on the doors, the dead literally block­ ing the undertakers' establishments, and sor- IOW, weeping, and utter desolation all over/the ctty. The suddenness and horror of the calam­ ity are upsetting men's reason. There are several here in the city who lost friends and relatives in the disa-ter, whose names for mani­ fest reasons it will not do to mention, for whom the worst is feared. The undertakers of the rtty had more than they could attend to. All last night the death-carts were rumbling through the city, trains bearing the dead ar­ riving at li ::io and i :10. In many instances the dead were taken to their late homes. But the condition of the bodies was such, owing t > the terrible way in which they were mangled and the great heat of tha weather, that it was necessary to send for the undertakers to re­ move them. I Indians on t'.e Warpath. THS White River Utes are on the WAR- path, and are in force under the old rene­ gade, Chief Colorow, at Meeker, Col., the scene of the great massacre. The whites are abandoning their ranches, and con­ sternation prevails. In a brush between the Sheriff of Garfield County and the reds, occasioned by an attempt to arrest two indicted bucks, one Indian was shot, ^he Governor has been telegraphed to for assistance, and the attention of the War Department has been called to the oat- break. Destructive Blase. A FIRE, originating in Masonic Hall, Pittsburgh, destroyed that and a number of other buildings. The loss will reach Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Brief Telegrams. THE wheat crop of Dakota will ran over 40,000,000 bushels; the corn crop, 30,000,• 600, double the yield of 1886 Three men were killed and three others fatally injured by falling 300 feet into the shaft of the Cleveland Mine at Ishpeming, Mich. Near Tucson, A. T., the San Francis­ co west-bound express was ditched and the express car robbed by four men. The Sheriff is on their trail Pleuropneu­ monia has been discovered at King's cat­ tle yards, Detroit, Mich., over a dozen eases existing at present. Quaran­ tine will be instituted immediately.... A gang of hoodlains boarded the excursion steamer Alaska on its return trip from Put­ in-Bay to Detroit, and plundered and beat the passengers at their sweet will. Upon the Alaska's arrival at Detroit eleven of the gang were taken into custody Fred Mopt, alias Welcome, was shot to death in the yard of the penitentiary, near Salt Lake City, for the murder of John F. Turner at Park City, seven years ago. He sat in a chair smoking a cigar while five of the sheriff*B deputies -.discharged their rifles at him. Death was instantaneous. BAST. NEW YOBK dispatch: "Drs. Fitch and fields, examiners in lunacy for the De­ partment of Charities and Correction, to­ day reported that they had examined Thos. J. Mooney, the alleged dynamiter, who set fire to the National line steamer Queen, and found him to be insane." HENBY 8. IVES & Co., of New York, have made an assignment to Bdllivan & Cromwell, the announcement causing in­ tense excitement on the Stock Exchange. The liabilities are figured at between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000, with the as­ sets slightly in excess of the latter amount. Bulls and bears seemed overjoyed at the news, believing that the stock marketwould •how an immediate improvement. WEST. TjBB wheat crop in Minnesota and Da­ kota proves to be the largest on record, and superior , in quality to any gathered since 1883. South Carolina crop reports are favorable. The largest yield of cotton on record is expected, and the same is true of corn. There will be a full crop of rice and sorghum sugar cane, and potatoes promise well. Corn prospects in Dakota •. and Minnesota are excellent. FOBEST firee are again raging in North- cm Michigan and Wisconsin, says a Chi eago special. A vast amount of timber and other property has been consumed, and many towns and villages are in dan­ ger of destruction. Thousands of men are fighting the Hames. Unless rain soon falls, the losses will reach an appalling ag­ gregate. JAMES RETNOI<DS, a tramp who as­ saulted a woman near Leon, Iowa, was pur­ sued by a party of armed men for twodavs. He was captured near Decatur City and lynched, alter confessing the crime. Miss Conger was met by a tramp, who made in­ sulting proposals, at. the same time draw­ ing a revolver. The frightened girl started to run, but was knocked insensible by the tramp, and assaulted. A mob of 300 men started from Decatur and Union Counties in pursuit. The villain was corralled in the bush near Afton. This is the third case of the kind in Decatur County within a short time, and the people of that county were exasperated to the highest pitch. BROWNSVILLE (Neb.) telegram: "Hiram Schoonover shot Mrs. Sloss, his mother- in-law, dead the other night while she was taking corn from him without leave, and has been held in the sum of $1,000 for trial on the charge of manslaughter. He says he mistook Mrs. Sloss for a polecat." THE convicted Cook County Commis­ sioners were taken into court at Chicago on Thursday, and Messrs. McClaughrey, Oliver, Casselman, Geils, McCarthy, Klehm. and Lynn were sentenced. Mc­ Claughrey was sentenced to two years in the Penitentiary at Joliet, tbb others being fined $1,000 and costs each. Mc­ Claughrey was taken to Joliet. Boodler Klehm wept copiously when arraigned. He read a written statement to the court in'which he rehearsed certain|important ser­ vices he had rendered the public in his ca­ pacity of - a County Commissioner, and asked to be dealt with as mercifully as possible. Slate's Attorney Grinnell spoke a good word for Klehm, in view of the as­ sistance he rendered the State during the trial, and at Mr. Grinnell's suggestion a fine of $1,000 and costs was imposed. SOUTH. PARSON HARRIS, a colored man, living near Helena, Ark., was killed by his wife with a shotgun, which she emptied into him while he was beating her. A MACON (Ga.) dispatch says that "Capt and Mrs. B. F. Woolfolk, their six children, ranging in ages from 16 months to 20 years, and Mrs. West, aged 60, an aunt of Mrs. Woolfolk, were mur­ dered in their home on Friday night. Thomas G. Woolfolk, son of the captain's first wife, who was sleeping in the house at the time, has been held by the Coroner's jury for the crime. He says that some time oefore daybreak Saturday morning he was aroused by groans and the sound of blows proceeding from his parents' room. His half brother Kichard ran into the room which adjoined his, and, thinking that murder was being committed, he (Thomas) jumped from a window in his night clothes and bare feet and ran to the house of a negro, three or four hundred yards distant, to get them to arouse the neighborhood. He says he was afraid to return, fearing that hd himself would be murdered; but went back after half an hour. No help had ar­ rived, and he went in to see if the family had been murdered. He found them all dead. He stepped in a pool of blood in passing and left footprints on the floor. He found his stepmother lying so that her head was on the floor and her body on the bed. He raised her up and £laced her on the bed. He then changed is clothes. By this time a crowd had ar­ rived and soon after he was taken into custody. * Thefunera| of the nine victims took pl&ce at Rose Hill Cemetery. Macon, on £unday. Three thousand jJeople at­ tended. The services were brought to an abrupt termination by the arrival qf Mrs. Edwards, own sister of the murderer, who was in Athens at the time of the commis­ sion of the crimc. Heartrending scenes followed, bringing tears to the eyes of every Spectator. Woolfolk was carried to Atlanta for safe), keeping. He denies his guilt." fc A DISPATCH from Lexington, Ky., Bays: "John Clay, the only remaining son of Henry Clay, died at his farm, near this city. He left the city in his usual health, going home, and after dining went out to superintend repairs on a pump. While giving instructions to the workmen he fell dead without any premonitions, of heart disease. Mr. Clay was 67 years old. He had no children. John Clay possessed but few of the characteristics of his illus­ trious father, being a plain farmer, devot­ ing much time to raising thorough-bred horses. He became a Catholic twenty years ago." WASHINGTON: THE Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, says a Washington telegram, has taken the first step to declare Indians cit­ izens of the United States under the al­ lotment bill. On Aug. 13 an election is to be held at Niobrara, Neb., over a county seat matter, and the citizens learning that the Indians at the Santee Agency were determined to exercise their light of franchise under the allotment bill appealed to the Indian Office to prevent it. Gen. Upshaw replied to telegram from A. D. Holbrook making this protest stating that under the laws of Nebraska all citizens of the United States who have resided for 6ix months in the State, forty days in the county, and ten days in the ward and precinct had the right to vote; and that under the allotment act the Santee Indians were citizens of the United States, and must be granted the same privileges as other citizens. Ex- Senator Van Wyck telegraphed here also to ask if Indians were to be allowed to vote, and was informed by the de­ partment that they were. Agent Hill was elegraphed by Mr. Upshaw not to try to influence the Indians in any way. A WASHINGTON dispatch says: "Col. Lamont has measurably satisfied ^public curiosity in regard to the President's route on his prospective Western and Southern trip. The details of the affair have not been entirely arranged, but the general order of proceedings is pretty well settled. The President will leave Washington about Oct. 1, and intends to re­ turn not later than the 20th. Be­ tween those dates he will cover a good deal of ground and will have to do some lively traveling. The plan is to go direct to St. Louis, perhaps making a brief pause at Indianapolis en route. He will certainly be at St. Louis October 6th and will remain there two or three days. He will then go at once to Chicago, arriving there probably on the 8th. Thence he will journey to Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneap­ olis, Omaha, and Kansas City, and then will probably strike across the country to Memphis, Nashville, and Atlanta. The southern portion of the trip has not been conclusively arranged as yet." POLITICS. from Tennessee; Maryland and the District of Columbia, 10 each; Massachusetts, Ken­ tucky, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Wisconsin, 7 each; Mississippi, Mich­ igan, Alabama, and Texas, 6 each. SEVENTY-EIGHT Virginia Republicans, of whom only two were colored, had a conference at Senator Mahone's house in Petersburg to arrange a programme forthe fall campaign. It was decided to hold no State Convention. A committee was ap­ pointed to prepare an address to the Re­ publican voters of tho State. Senator Mahone made a speech in which he urged further attempts to effect a compronjise With the foreign creditors Of Virginia. ; RAILWAYS^ A SALT LAKE (Utah) special says: "J. D. Negus, the ruling spirit in the proposed Utah & Wyoming Eastern Railway, which has been ready for grading for three years, left Ogden recently with two fow-horse teams, proposing to drive through to Sioux City over his projected road. He was ac­ companied by a director of the Illinois Central and an experienced surveyor. A big deal is undoubtedly being arranged. It is said on good authority that the Bur­ lington AT Missouri will reach Ogden and Salt Lake within two years, and will make a bee-line thence to Los Angeles." THE President has appointed the fol- loWing-named Postmasters: Ambrose W. Mullen, at De Smet, Dakota, vice J. H. Carroll, resigned; G. W. Farrelly, at Chanute, Kan., vice J. T>. Beattv, resigned; Lee H. Way, at Luverne, Minn., vice Charles O. Hawes, resigned; John Goetx, at Greencastle, Pa., vice H. P. Prather, resigned. William T. Figg has been ap­ pointed postmaster at Hawthorne, Iowa. GEORGE M. KWAIM of Iowa, Arthur A. Holmes of Indiana, Luciin M. Turner of Illinois, John S. McKirnan of Pennsyl­ vania, and John P. Stout of Ohio have been appointed special examiners in the Pension Office under civil-service rules. A statement prepared at the Interior Depart­ ment shows that from Jan. 16, 1836, to July 1, 1887. there were '267 civil-sexvioe appointments made in that department, ex­ clusive of 27 transfeis and 1 reinstate- I ment. Of this number 24 were from Penn- Bylvan;a, 22 from New York, 21 from Iili Hois, 19 from Indiana, V from Ohio, 11 •;V :;"v7 : LABOR. Iwm tnill troubles at Pittetniig, Pft., have been settled. The glass manufactur­ ers deny that they propose to shut down their works, and the threatened trouble arising from the new State law requiring corporations to pay their employes semi­ monthly is likely to be averted, and the semi-monthly pay generally observed. GENERAL. SENATOR STANFORD, before the Pacific Investigating Committee at San Francisco, Cal., put his share of the Central Pacific lines down at $13,000,000. • IT is stated that at a conference held on board the United States flagship Richmond, at Halifax, N. S., Mr. Foster, the Cana­ dian Minister of Fisheries, declared it to be the intention of the Canadian Govern­ ment to capture the American schooners Argonaut and French wherever found. To this Rear Admiral Luce and Consul Gen­ eral Phelan dissented, emphatically stating the United • States Would never permit those vessels to be taken outside of Cana­ dian territorial waters. FIRB losses in the United States and Canada during -July aggregated $14,026,- 500, double the average loss for July in the past twelve yeftrs. The total loss for the past seven months is $76,928,100, against $63,900,000 for the first sev en months of 1886. LLOYD TEVIS, President of the Wells- Fargo Express Company, testified before the Pacific Commission, at San Francisco, that by the teriraof- the consolidation of the express companies tho Central Pacific Compaqy received no consideration, but one-third of the Wells Fargo stock was transferred to Stanrord, H. D. Bacon, Chartes Crocket, Hopkins, Huntington and himself. Tevis also stated that since the consolidation the Wells Fargo comply had tho exclusive express busi­ ness over the Central Pacific. Tevis ad­ mitted that he was asked to take stock in the Central Pacific and in the Contract and Finance Company, but declined. "Why did you not accept?" was asked. "I look­ ed., at it from a business point of view," said he, "because I thought it would lead to embarrassments, and farther, I was ap­ prehensive that if the- road did not go through I wodM be liable to my pro rata for debts." , ••.•v -i' • ' . QaUi-^ound labor , organization, known a* "The Brotherhood," is said to have gained i a large membership in New En$land.\ It wad founded in May* 1886, and its objects appear to be substantially the same aB those of the Knights of Labor, except that its policy is opposed to strikes. The names of its officers, the location of its headquarters, and the extent of its ramifications are carefully guarded secrets. ~ FOREIGN." AT Paris M. Agnier fought a duel with M. Reinach and the latter was wounded. They are rival editors, and dropped the pen for the sword. The Ferry-Boulanger duel, so much talked of, appears to have dropped out. THE German and Austrian Emperors slobbered Over each other very profusely at Gastein. Judging from the amount of emotion displayed, the touchiness, so to speak, of the parting 6cene, and the demonstrative protestations of mutual affection between the two sovereigns, a European war, with Austria and Germany on opposite sideB, would seem to be im­ minent. ARCHBISHOP WALSH, in en interview, lakes a hopeful view of the Irish situation. He regards the new land act as a measure of great value to tho tenantry, and does not apprehend a rigid enforcement of the coercion act. Within a year or two he ex­ pects to see an Irish Parliament at Dublin. THE London Times construes Lord Salisbury's recent speech as an emphatic condemnation of the policy of tolerating the Irish National League....It is pre­ dicted that Russia, now that Prince Fer­ dinand is about to assume the reins of government in Bulgaria, will adopt a more vigorous policy in regard to the affairs of that country. Extensive preparations are being made in Bulgaria to welcome the Prince. , ^ MARKET REPORTS, MEW YORK. CATTLE « 4.00 0 5.25 Hoos 6.S5 0.00 WHEAT--No. 1 White 84% « .854 No. 2 Red 8OL4OA .81 >6 CORN--No. 2. 49 @ .61 OATS--White 37 & .41 POBK--New MOM ..15,75 @10.85 CHICAGO. CATTLK--Choice to Prime Steers 4.50 Medium 8.50 Common 8.00 Hoos--Shipping tirade* 4.75 FLOCU--Winter Wheat 4.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red Winter 71 COUN--No. ii OATS--NO. 2 WHITE 25 IG BCTTKH--Choice Creamery 24 & Fine Dairy 18 ij) CHEKBE--FULL CREAM, CHEDDAN. .11 9 Full Cream, new 11 & Ear.8--Freak 10 «* POTATOES--CHOICE, PER BRL...... .70 PORK--MESS. .; 16.75 MILI W A VJ KKJT. WHKAT--CASH .00 CORK--No. 'I 41 OATS--No. 2 White 29 HM--No. 1...., 44 PORK--MESS... 14.25 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--NO. 2 RED .68 CORN--MIXED .38 O ATB--M ixed. .24 PORK--NEW MESS 15.00 TOLEDO. WHEAT--CASH 74 CORN--NO. 2 .47 OATS ,25 DKTliOIT. BKEF CATTLE G.75 HOGS 8.25 SHEEP 50 WHEAT--NO. 1 WHITE I '7# CORN--No. 2 OATS--NO. 2 WHITE GO CINCINNATI* WHEAT--No. 2 Hed CORN--No. 2 OATS'-NO. 2 PORK--Mess. LIVE Hous „ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard CORN--No. 2. CATTLK "... INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLE HOGS SHEEP... WHEAT--No. 2Red.... CORK OATS--No. 2 Mixed * .2e)a0 M1 _ EABT IttBEHXV. CATTLE--Prime 4.25 «T 4.10 FAIR ».75 CCS Common 8.00 <9 S.7J Hoos.. 5.OO P> 5.50 $•*•» 8.75 0i« 9 5.00 4.25 9 3.60 S CO & 4.25 & .72 •*2}< t-s $ & .11* <9 .11, 0 .75. <217.25 0 .TO © .«2 0 .80 & .45 *14.75 & .80' Hi .88 & .25 <315.50 @ .74 H .26 9 4.50 & 4.00 & 4.25 .77 <4 .45 & .72 -A .72 VI .47 >£ 9 .48 U :28 !*3 .2# U.7S ^15.25 4.75 & 5.50 .81 .47 4.25 8.5) 4 75 3.00 •Oft .43 VmPE8 FOR SEVEN. Prescribed by the Jury in tilt Jatreat Omnibus Bocd||,,: - ' • % Qtte at Ghioago. Pi. A Compronuu Verdict, Which Leta Four of the Defendants Off "*" F with a $1,000 Rne. Closing Honrs of a Memorable Trial--What the Convicted , H Rogues Saj. TOLTLCAOO TELEGRAM.] The apparently interminable trial of the Cook County Commissioners, charged with conspiracy to rob this county, came to an end on Friday with a verdict which hardly meets popular expectations. Ley- den, Ochs, Van Felt. Wssserman, Varnell, Wren and McClaughry are sentenced to State's prison for a term of two years each, and Casselman, Geils, McCarthy and Oliver are each mulcted in a fine of $1,000. So completely convinced have the public been of the guilt of these conspirators that probably nothing less than a prison Benteuce for every man of them would have been accepted as satisfying the public sense of justice and ade­ quately indicating the enormity of their offense. The vigor and earnestness which have characterized the prosecution of this ring and the satisfactory verdict obtained in the cases of MoHarigle and McDonald had led the people of this county to lookt for nothing lees than the transfer of every ono of them' to the Joliet Penitentiary. The verdict which allows four of them, who in the public mind were not less guilty than the rest, to escape that fate, docs not give full satisfaction. It is sufficient, how­ ever. to show that the law and the courts M*CABIN* mcu I OC H S WRtw Okl'Il Nl* CtAtsqx VL THE ELEVEN CONVICTED BOODLERB. are still adequate agencies for the prosecu­ tion and punishment of such offenders. The case was given to the iury at 3 o'clock p. m., Friday, and when they retired their first action was to elect A. L. Brown fore­ man by a unanimous vote. There was very little desultory conversation at first, ballots being at once prepared on the ques­ tion of guilt or innocence. Tho first vote on this question resulted 11 to 1 for guilt. One more ballot settled the question of guilt in the case of each defendant, and the matter of the penalty to be affixed came up for consideration. Foreman Brown dis­ couraged general talk on the question and a test ballot was taken. This resulted 9 to 3 for three years in the penitentiary--the heaviest punishment that can be imposed under the statute. The nine jurora who Toted for the extreme penalty were very firm in their convictions, and they labored with the other three earnestly and long. Considerable feeling was demonstrated. At last the fore­ man called for another ballot. It resulted the same as the first, but after some more general discussion and debate in groups two of the three who held out for the imposition of a fine upon all eleven defendants were won over. The third was taken in hand and argued with for nearly an hour. This was 3. I). Clark. He stoutly maintained that there was not enough testimony of a character that was worthy of consideration to warrant sending any one of the defend­ ants to the penitentiary. He was as ob­ stinate in his opinion as were the others in theirs that three years in the penitentiary was too good for all of them, lie would stand a fine for all of them, but no penitentiary. And this was just where matters stood when the jurors were in­ formed that the court had reconvened. Finally some of the eleven began to show signs of weakening. They were very much opposed to a disagreement, and in this Juror Clark agreed with them heartily. Others of the eleven became less firm, and the first signs of a compromise began to be apparent. As the others weakened Clark grew firmer as to Geils, Oliver, Cas­ selman, and McCarthy. It began to look as though if they granted him these four his purpose as to the others might be shak en. Several were at first very much opposed to a compromise on this line; but thev at last submitted, stipulated for seven for the penitentiary, and the maximum fine for the other four. Then there was a season of labor with Clark, who thought that two years was enough penitentiary for the worst of them. T.he sappers had not yet come, and the jurors were getting hungry. Somebody proposed another ballot, which was agreed to. This, to the surprise of some and the delight of •all, resulted in the agreement as read in court. The report of the foreman was drafted, and it had no sooner been signed Bailiff Cahill rapped for order when tho Jury came filing in and were seated, and Judge Jamieson at once began proceed­ ings. r " Call the jury, Mr. Clerk," was his curt order, and the same old form was repeated for the last time. X "Are all the defendants present in oomrt, Mr. Sheriff?" was the next question. Mr. Matsoli was there behind the back of chairs to answer "Yes." Turning to the jury, the Judge asked: "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon your verdict?" One or two of them answered "Yes" in an undertone, while Mr. A. L. Brown, the foreman, rose in his place wi.h the formal answer, "We have, your Honor," and hand­ ed the document over to Bailiff Cahill, who in turn passed it up to Clerk Lee. Mr. Leo spread out the document--a sheet of fools- cap--and began reading Blowly and dis­ tinctly: "We, the juryj fifid the defendants, Adam Ochs, etc." There was a death-like Bilence in the room until the name of Buck McCarthy was reached--"fl,000 fine"-- and then there was a faint attempt at ap­ plause from somebody in the rear of the court-room. At the conclusion of the reading there was another attempt at ap­ plause which was promptly squelched by a rap from tho Judge and a rush by the bail­ iffs and policemen gathered there. Directly after the verdict was announced each one of tho defendants was asked whal he thought about it. As the replies were brief they are given in full: Casselman--It is something I didn't ex­ pect. Leyden--I've got nothing to say. Oliver--I'm so much surprised I don't know what I do think about it. Wren--I think tho verdict is an outrage. Wasserman--I do not care to express an opinion now. McCarthy--I haven't much to say, but come to me in the morning and perhaj& I'll give you something worth printing. Ochs--I don't care to say a word. Van Pelt--I can live through the two years, and when I get back here I will live long enough to get even with the who have worked so hard to put me in hole. Varnell--I don't think anything about the verdict at all. I can't think. McClaughry--I ain't saying nothing. I ain't going to express no opinion. Geils--The verdict is a< disappointment to me, but it is no more than I might have expected. Lawyer Sullivan was asked for his opin­ ion of the verdict. He said: "I do not think the testimony justified any such verdict, and my opinion is that we will get a new trial. It is one of those unjust verdicts which result from an excited state of pub­ lic opinion. Now, I don't see how Was­ serman and Ochs were found guilty with the others for their terms of office expired a year and a half before the indictment was found, and it seems unreasonable to pnnish them. Nor can I see how Mc­ Claughry is punished with imprisonment when so many others were punished by fine." Mr. Grinnell and his assistants went back to their room after the verdict, where they were followed by "Buck" McCarthy and one or two others. A reporter con­ gratulated McCarthy on his escape. "What in do you mean?" asked Buck, with an assumption of dire wrath. "I shouldn't have been fined a goil-darned cent. I say it's an outrage." "And I'll say," said Mr. Grinnell, "that you Bhould have got three years, Buck, and I make no bones about saying it, either. I would like to see you in McClaughry's place and McClaughry in yours. You should have got the two years and Mc­ Claughry should have got the fine--that is, if either of yon had to get off with a fine. Buck then left the room. "If it hadn't been for Clark the verdict would have been all we asked for or could possibly get," said Mr. Grinnell. "How­ ever, we are satisfied under the circum­ stances. This verdict is, of course, im­ measurably better than a disagreement, and a disagreement was tho only alterna­ tive." There are also a number of indicted peo­ ple whose cases have not been either brought to trial or a nolle prosequi enter­ ed. The^e are Richard O. Driscoll and James Connolly, employes at the hospital; E. A. Bobiuson, the grocer; Napoleon Bar- salous. the furniture dealer; Edward Phil­ lips, the court-house custodian; William Harley, the contractor; Henry L. Holland and L. P. Crane, the paint case; Philip Kelly, the sewer contractor; Gus­ tavo A. Busse, the hardware dealer; C. A. Hendricks, J. Buckley, and P. Mahoney, the Court House carpenter work job; M. Costello, the coal contractor; John G. Lobstein, contractor; W. H. Gray, the artesian-well job; Chris Kelling, James Murray, and Michael Hennessey, the in­ sane asylum kitchen work; Thomas Mid- dleton, a carpet-cleaner; Levi Windmul- ler, a grocer; G. M. Gunderson, contractor for janitor work; Frank Murphy, employe at the asylum; Charles C. Warren, elec­ tric-light deal; liush K. Warner, roofer; A. J. Walker, F. B. Murphy, and J. J. Hayes. There are no new developments in re­ gard to McGarigle, who at last accounts W. J. M'GARKILI:, THE "CASHIER OF THE BOODLE OAKG. was at St. Catherines, Canada. There is no likelihood of securing his extradition Detective Mooney, in a lengthy inter­ view, tells about his connection with the boodle cases. He says McGarigle's escape was due to too much parsimony in the man­ agement of the case, and that the same is true of the acceptance of Clark as a juror, these being the two big blunders of the whole business. _____ Preu Comments on the Verdict (From the Inter Ocean.] But if the verdict is not satisfactory the great trial has ended in a way to accom- „„„ plish desired results. The power of the than a bailiff opened the door and inquired ! gang has been broken. Those who have if the gentlemen were ready for their sup- been tried and convicted have been 0 .81* « .48 & 5.00 » 4.50 @ 5.50 <£ 4.03 <H> .70 & .4!»H pers. They fell to with a will, aHd.(having fared sumptuously with apetites sharpened by the certainty of their speedy release from their long confinement, they sent word that they had found a verdict and forthwith filed into court. At 8:40 the jury notified Chief Bailiff Cahill that they had agreed, and Cahill at once reported to the Judge, who was wait­ ing in his private room. Judge Jamieson took Ms feat on the bench and ordered the jury brought into court, He also notified Sheriff Matson to bring in tho defendants, who had all been kept prisoners in their private room or in the vicinity of the oourt- room pending the return of the jury. The jury filed in at one door and the defendants at another. The btuus and orush of about fifty newspaper men, who at once swarmed to the front* created some confusion for a moment. About fifty others, mostlv detect­ ives and bailiffs and personal mends of, the defendant or joron, flood np outside the railing. REVEL OF DEATH. Seventy-five or More Killed and at Least One Snndred and Fifteen Injured, An Excursion Train Sinks with a Burning Bridge Near Chats­ worth, III. Fin and Pitiless Rain Add Ifor- ror to the Disaster--Dead Bodies Robbed. Many Horians Meet Death in thl Bii- aeter--Suicide to Escape Pain-- Stories of the Survivors, not been tried and convicted have compelled to loosen their grip. It has been demonstrated that bribery and cor­ ruption are punishable offenses, and that the most powerful of rings can be broken. Year after year the people clamored for war on the boodlers. Mr. Grinnell opened the battle in earnest, and with the ready support given him he has won. [From the Times.] Several other indictments against the same parties are on the calendar of the Criminal Court, so that it is still in the power of the public prosecutor and the courts to inflict upon these recreant officials a degree of punishment more nearly com­ mensurate with their numerous gross of­ fenses against law, morals and public policy. • "ML son," said a refined mother to hex boy, "you should not use the word black­ guard. It is vulgar." "What should I us« in place of it, ma?" "Why, Afriean sentinel, my dear." IBpeoial disdatch from Foreet, 1)1.1 One of the most horrible accidents within the memory of man occurred three miles east of Chatsworth, on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, late Wednesday night. An excursion train of sixteen cars from Peoria went through a culvert and upward ot 25J persons were killed and injured. So far as learned, seventy-three persons weia instantly killed and about one hundred and sixty more or less seriously in jured. Tho train consisted of engines Si and 13, a baggage car, a special car, five coaehes, and six sleepers. Two and a half miles east of Chatsworth, a small village about seven miles east of Forest there is a small culvert or ditch. It is about fourteen feet wide and thir­ teen feet deep. The bridge over this culvert was a wretched structure of wood, and the hot weather of past weeks had made it dry- as tinder. Wednesday night the supports caught fire and slowly burned until the entire bridge rested on the charred rem­ nants of the timbers. When the train came thundering down there was nothing to warn the head engineer that the bridge was a death trap and the speed of the train was not slackened. It had steamed slowly out of Chatsworth at 11:40 o'clock, but striking a gentle down grade the throttle was pulled out and the train rushed along at a rate of forty miles an hour. HURLED INTO THE CHASM. When the first engine struck the bridge there was a cracking of timbers, and the engiue dropped. The leading engine was not thrown from the track, and continued ou its way, tak­ ing its tender with it. The next engine dropped into the chasm, and then the train rushed on­ ward and was piled in a heap, with the excep­ tion of the sleepers, which escaped without a scratch. The scene of horror and confusion that fol­ lowed was frightful. There were about seven hundred people on the train, and of these fully one-half were in the coaches that now lay in a huge mass. Ten cars filled with dead and dy­ ing people were jammed into a space of two cars' length. HOBBim/ir CRTJSHEO AND HANOI.ED. The six coaches were telescoped in the most horrible mnnner, and the occupants were sim­ ply crushed and mangled almost out of all semblance to human beings. Thirty-nine la­ dies were taken out from the end of one of the cars. When the crash came they were swept off their seats by the rear car bursting in on them and crushed to death in the further end of the car. As soon as the survivors recovered from the awful shook a train hand ran back to Chats­ worth for help. The news of the awful disas­ ter spread quickly and in a short time hun­ dreds of people from Forest, Chatsworth, Piper City, Gilman, and the surrounding country were on the spot assisting in the work of res­ cue. The remnants of the bridge, which was still burning, received the first attention. Water was brought from farmers' houses near by and the flames extinguished. None of the cars caught fire, otherwise the horrors of a holocaust would have been'added to an^already frightful disaster. Attention was then turued to the shrieking inmates of the wrecked cars. Such was the awful moufentum of the train that three of the coaches were not only tele­ scoped, but piled on top of each other. The other cars had rolled off the track after tele­ scoping. Fourteen trucks were piled on the east side of the culvert. In the midst of this awful mass of broken cars hundreds of human beings were intombed. One woman with her baby in her arms was thrown half the length of tbe car and killed. The baby was not injured. Four colored women sit­ ting together were crushed to a pulp. They were from 'Peoria. Conductor Still- well escaped with a few injuries about the body. A man named Ooodall, a butcher from Peoria, was caught between two cars and his lower limbs crushed. "For God's .sake save me," he cried to the rescuers. "I'll give $100 to any one who will pull me out of here." But it was impossible. His body could not have been got out without chopping it out, and the poor fellow died a few minutes later. His son is thought to have been killed. SHRIKK1KG OUT OP THE DABKNESB. As fiiBt as possible the work o( release was prosecuted, but about 2:30 o'clock it began to ram, and the horror of the night was complete. The black darkness, which was faintly illum­ ined by lanterns and pierced bv the awful yells and groans of the dyint,'; injured, and im­ prisoned, was now joined by the elements, and the pouring rain, lightning, and the roar of thunder made a scene that would ap­ pall the bravest heart. One young man who was taken out with both legs broken was carried into a cornfield near by and laid down. He veiled with pain for a time, but an hour later it was found that he had killed him­ self by blowing his bruins out. The terrible excitement and pain had' probably driven him crazy. As fast as the victims, were rescued they were placed side by side in the cornfield north of the track. By daylight stxty-fi\e bodies were lying side by side, silent mouuments to what seems to huve been a railroad company's carelebKiiess. The majority of the dead are Peoria people. The train contained 175 people from Peoria city and county, and of this num­ ber ut least forty-one were killed. STOllIKS OP SUKVIVOHS. 3tfr. J. M. Tennerv, of Peoria, was in the first Sleeper, and said : "I felt three distinct shocks and then heard a grinding sound, and on look­ ing out saw that the car in which we were was directly over the fire, which was slowly blazing on the stringers of the bridge. I got out in safety, and the scene presented to the eye nnd ear vTas oue I wish I could forever etTace from my memory, but I know I never can. The shrieks of the dying and the glaring faces of the dead will always stay with me. To add to the horror it was pitch dark save for the fitful light of the fire under the sleeper, which lighted the faces of those about only to make their fear and anguish visible. On the mouths of most of the corpses could be seen foam, which showed that they died in agony. At last we secured some feeble lights, but the wind blew them out, and about'2 o'clock the rain l>ourcd down in torrents on the unprotected dead and dyiug in the hedges and cornfields ad­ jacent. Our efforts were divided between trying to put out the fire and rt scuin» the dy'.ng whose cries for help were heartrending, indeed. Mothers ran wildly about cry­ ing for lost children and -wives for hus­ bands. Strong men were weeping over the forms of their beloved wives. Prayers, en­ treaties, and groans filled the air until uaylight, when relief parties pot to work ami removed the dead and wounded from the scene. The bridge was on fire before the train struck." C. Falroth, who was one of the fortunate ones occupying a berth in next to the last sleeper, says that to put out the fire no water was to be had. All went to work with a will with such tools as could be found on the cars to further de­ stroy and tear away all the woodwork pos­ sible. and with dirt, weeds, dry grass, coats, and clothing; iji fact anything that would act as a weapon against the fierce flames. After a terrible struggle the fire was put out. Mr. Falvorth, on passing one of the coaches, w«6 requested, "For God's sake take my child," a babe, which he immediately did, end, leav­ ing it in as safe a place as could be found, went into the car and found the mother, Mrs. Jveal, of Mossville, just dead. The scene in the cars was be­ yond description. One young child was found fastened near the roof ot the car h£ad down, where in the jar and concussion it had 1 ecu thrown, and was dead when taken dowi>. Others were found in all conceivable shapes, all were thrown off their seats and piled in the ends of the aisles of the cars, blet ding from f:ashes in the {nee, arms, or other portions of he body. It was, Mr. Falvorth says, the most Sickening sight he ever witnessed. William Ellin, one of the badly injured, says he was thrown four or five seats forward and Btunned, and when be recovered himself he found others lying upon him. His watch was smashed, and had slopped at 12:13. Ho is of the opinion that the bridge was set on fire by loungers around there whoso motlvo it wus to plunder the dead, as ho saw some of these sus picious-looking fellows taking rings from fin gers and money and valuables from the pockets Of others not able to resist. H. W. White, of the Peoria Journal, gives the follow^n^ account: "I ^fras in the second sleever, and we were going along about midnight when there came a peculiar jostling. I thought that wo had been derailed. Our porter said, ' We are all right,' when some one said, 'There is a flro ahead.' I got up and went to the front. The head engine had rushed over the cbasm. The second engine had tumbled into it. It had telescoped, and the engineer was a shapeless mass. The first car was turned at rirht angles With the track, and the remaining eleven cars had telescoped and piled up in one heap. "Several of us climbed on the cars with axes and lanterns and went to work. The first man we found was Billy Stevens, the confectioner. He was dead. We "pulled hiiri out after some effort, and then pulled his daughters, Kniina and Ida, out. They were all dead. Every one was groaning and crying. Their feet seemed to be jammed. Most of them had their legs hour and a half we cleared pi£habW offering 950 each for relief. bodies taken out 1 A dowtt on tht cfonnd &n<i nmfifirf were slid down the plank. Thn^»!S in one pile and the living in auott̂ Eve ̂ at^nce™011 ™ »»e ^rfanS "One of the horrible incidents was th,-«. a man, well dressed, who waa so b»d!v hiinrJl ssssisssffl"* -»»»»« "One little boy, the son of the Methodist min- ister at Abingdon--Frank Snadecker, about 12 years old--was found on the bosom of his deaf mother. Bis left leg hung by the skin, hi " rigto arm was broken, end one eye Tint They pulled him out end tried to give him * drink of brandy. He refused to take it and said: 'Give me water.' He never uttered a groan. I found a head hanging from a truck It was apparently that of a man who had been caught by the hair. "I found several headless bodiea Those who recognized the dead immediately ticketed them. "One of the most awful sights was that some of those released robbed the dead of their watches and valuables, and some people held the theory that the bridge was set on tire in order to thus perpetrate robberies " W. Gucker, one of the Galesburg' passengers relates a singular experience. His wife and he JJ®1* ̂ tne rear of a chair car, the tenth car of the train. They had no warning of what was J®.®®"1®* Th« tP*in was running at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. Mr. Gucker was aroused by the terrible crash of glass «ad breaking timbers. The end of the car was poised twenty feet in . the air. He crawled through a broken window and slid down tho Blanting side of the car. His wife followed safely. Several Galesburg people who were in that end of the car escaped without serious in­ jury. xhe top of the oar parted in the center The other end was crushed like an egg-shell " P. P. Van Liew, who walked from the safe end of the car the moment before, was caught and dangerously injured. "There were thirty in the car," said Mr Gucker, and only six survive. Out of one party of nine only three live. One man who had lost his wife and child and was badly in­ jured himself went into an adjacent cornfield and committed suicide. Six young men from Canton who were in the first car were saved by being thrown up through the parted roof " A woman seated near Mr. Gucker thrust her head through a car window and was decapitated. The jiockcts of a number of those injured were picked by unfeeling rowdies." K. G. Kisser, of Kankakee, who was at the scene of the wreck soon after the disaster says: ' "I was at El Paso and missed the excursion tram by IOBS than five minutes. Twenty-six minutes afterward I took a freight train, and when we got to Forest the conductor had orders to bring all the physicians he could When we arrived at the wreck we found the most heart-rending and indescribable scene ever witnessed. Every one was begging to be taken from the wreck, as they were afraid of it catching fire. The bridge was on fire and no water was at hand to nut it out. All the trainmen and such passengers aa could went to work to smother the fire. We had nothing to work with except our hands, and had to carry dirt as best we could. "At about 1:30 a. m. a shower of rain put out the fire and we turned our attention to reliev­ ing the people in the cars. We worked until 8 a. m and took out sixty-one dead bodies, besides scores of wounded peo­ ple. They were terribly mangled. Re­ lief trains took the dead and wounded to Piper City and Chatsworth. The citv hall and school house at Chatsworth were improvised into a hospital and the citizens came to our relief with coffee, bread, and butter, and everything possible, especially bandages and medicine for the suffering." Mr. Kisser said he stood the sickening work of relieving the wounded and getting out the dead until he came to the dead bodies of two girls about the age of his own, when his hu­ manity gave way and he was compelled to stop. THE DEAD. The news of the disaster was brought to Chatsworth by one of the passengers about mid­ night, and the inhabitants aroused. Buggies, lumber-wagons, and everv kind of vehicle were used to reach the fatal spot. As fast as the corpses were taken from the wreck they were laid out on the side of the track. Before midnight the work of re­ covering the dead and moving them to Chatsworth was begun. As soon as the corpses were received they were placed in a large vacant building lately occupied as a store; also in the public school house and in the depot-waiting room. The residents of the town threw open their houses for the reception of the dead and wounded, but the former were all taken to the improvised morgues. Friend and relatives of the dead came to Chatsworth with the remains, and the scenes in the different places where the bodies lay were heartrending. As the day passed bodies were being contin­ ually brought from the scene of the wreck, the majority of them being mangled iu the most frightful manner, many of them having their faces entirely torn away, leaving' their brains exposed, while their jaws, fingers, and legs been torn off. NOTHING TO LIVE FOB. There was one incident of the accident which stood out more horrible than all of those horri­ ble scenes. In the second coach was a man, his wife, and little child. His name could not be learned, but it iH said he got on at Peoria. When the accident occurred the en­ tire family of three were caught aud held down by broken woodwork. Finally, when relief came, the man turned to the friendly aid and feebly said : "Take out my wife first. I'm afraid the child is dead." So they carried out the mother, and as a broken seat was taken off her crushed breast the blood which welled from her lips told how badly she was hurt. They carried the child, a fair-haired, blue-eyed girl of 3, and laid her in the corn-field, dead, alongside of her dying mother. Then they went back forthe father aud brought him out. Both his legs were broken, but he crawled through the corn to the side of hia wife, and, feeling her loved features in the darkness, pressed some brandy to her lips and asked her how she felt. A feeble groan was the only answer, and the next instant she died. The man felt the form of his dead wife end child, and cried out: "My God, there is noth- j iug mere for me to live for now I" and. taking a Eistol out of his pocket, pulled the trigger. The ullet went surely throught the brain, and the three dead bodies of that little family are now lying side by side in Chatsworth waiting to be identified. INCIDENTS OF THE HORROB. There was an incident in the affair which was not only remarkable in its way, but shows how terribly those six coaches were jammed and mashed together. When the accident occurred Andy Mooney, of Peoria, and Conductor Still- well, who was in charge of the train, were three, cars from each other. Mooney was in the second car and Stillwell in the fifth. The next instant they found themselves literally in each other's arms, the car in (which the conductor was riding having been carried over the two in front and dropped on top of the one which Mooney was in. The Btrange part of it was that neither man was hurt. There was also another wonderful escape in the first car. This car was completely tele­ scoped, and the coach behind it crashed entire­ ly through it, crushing every passenger. Only lour people escaped al ve from this car, and three of them were badly wounded, but one, a large woman in the middle of the car, did not get a scratch, while every one around her was killed. "Don't ask me to describe the scene," said Mr. A. H. fStauffer, of Bloomlugton. "It was in­ describable. I ran out of the sleeper half dressed, and did all I could to get the people out of the wreck. One man in the chair-car called to me, and as I went to hia aid I had to literally walk on the bodies of other passen­ gers. While I had him in my arms and was trying to pull him out of the wreck, he gave a gasp and died." A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Hownrd A. Culter, of Carthage, Ul„ who was in the Piper City wreck,t. ith his wife end baby, was in chair-car No. IS, the second from the day coaches. He says : "I heard three bumps, as though the car was off the track. I said to my wife: "We are gone.' The timbers and sticks were flying in every direction. My wife said : 'O, Howard! are you hurt?" I said no. I had the little girl in my anus. My wife said: 'I can't get out unless I tear my clothes off.' 1 kicked a hole in the window, lifted my wife out, and dropped the little girl ont ot tho win­ dow. I measured this morning and it was eight feet I helped two other ladies out who were fast, and then climbed out myself. A woman was lying against the window with her head cut almost oft. I took my wife and baby out of tliu way, and then went back and took out six dead bodies from our car. I was bare­ footed, and as I was getting my feet out to pieces I turned my attention to the relief of the wounded." He says that the sights he saw were heart­ rending. There were men, women, and children with limbs broken, bodies mashed, heads mnshed, several with the head severed from the body, and mangled in all the most horrible foiuis conceivable. He savs he has no doubt that there were a few villains there for the ex­ press purpose of plunder. He states that he saw one of these outlaws climb to a car window where a lady's hand was hanging out and steal a ring from her finger. Mrs. Culter told a reporter that two villains helped a lady out of the wreck and stole her watch and ehain while doing so. AFFKCT1NQ INCIDENTS. At the undertaker's and in the engine-house and depot--wherever the bodies were put in the hastily constructed cotBns--the saddest in­ cidents were of constant occurrence. One of the most touching cases was that of a man whose wife and child were both among the dead. He came into the room where the woman and babe were lying together and lauchinglv walked up close to them pointed to the child, exc:aimiug proudly: "That s my baby." There was a cry of honor, in the room at tne man's supposed unutterable coarseness and hard-heartedness. but the feel­ ing was changed a moment later. His reascn bad given way under thc< shock. At the same moment in another part of the room a man was lying across a rougn wooden coffin, saying no word, and apparently lifeless. He was unin­ jured, but Ins wife was in the coffin over whieh he hung.