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JP& 5?"' ggkpennt feiahtdralcr J. VAN SLYKE, Etflter art FTIHI«H«r. lfcHENRY, ILLINOIS^ THE NEWS GRIST, Important Happenings in Every Quarter of the Civil­ ised Globe. r The Very Latest Intelligence Flashed Over the Tele­ graphic Wires. „ iV; LATEST DISPATCHES. t-r" WAR ON THE LEAGUE. Parliament Informed that the Irish National League Has Been Proclaimed. LORD SALISBURY announced in the Brit­ ish House of Lords on Friday that the Government had proclaimed the Irish Na­ tional League. Mr. Balfour, Chief Sec­ retary for Ireland, made simitar announce­ ment in the House of Commons. He said the League was proclaimed as a dangerous association, under section 6 of the Irish crimes act amendment bill recently made law. The Government had thu? taken the power conferred upon them by that statute to prohibit and suppress the League. The proclaiming of tue League was the subject of excited discussion in the lobbies of i 'arliament, says a cable dis­ patch. Gladstoniaus assert that the Gov­ ernment is unjust and imprudent in pro­ claiming the League. The ParnelliteB say that the Government wish to create trouble and outrage in Ireland during the coming winter: that the proclamation will force the extreme measures of the League to the front, and that the Government, will shortly bitterly repent their action. Ali the important documents of the League hare been removed from the headquarters i&Dablin. OBITUARY. Alvan Clark, of Telescope Fame. A BOSTON dispatch announces the death ©f Alvan Clark, who had a world-wide rep­ utation as a practical astronomer and man­ ufacturer of telescopes. His age was 89 years and 6 months. Through his efforts he has given to the world the largest and most powerful astronomical instruments ever made. Spencer F. Baird, Eminent Naturalist. PBOFESSOB SPENCER F. BAIRD, of the United States Fish Commission, died at Wood's Holl, Mass., aged 64 years. When he was only 23 years of age, he was elected Professor of Natural Sciences iu Dickinson College. He removed to Wash­ ington in 1850, and became Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, at the head of which was then the late Professor Henry. This position Professor Baird held until May, 1878, when, upon the death of Professor Henry, he was elected Secretary and Manager "of the In­ stitution. The Business Outlook. THE business failures occurring through­ out the United States and Canada during the week numbered 161. Interviews with the leading firms in the various branches of trade in New York City show that gen­ eral business is in a very satisfactory con­ dition. Collections are reported good, and a healthy tone pervades all lines of trade. B. G. Dun <fc Co.'s weekly trade review states that everything now turns on crop prospects, and that, while the estimates of the harm done by the drouth differ widely, the injury to wheat does not appear im­ portant, and corn has not been damaged so extensively as to overbalance the increase in acreage. While the railroads continue to report large earnings, 108 roads show a net gain of 7.7 per cent, for July over last Tear. The weakness in sAiurities operates t«pre- •ent qples (or e^oisioi^ and new rflads, ttd thus affects thetlemand for ndlx and Marine Disaster. THE steamship City of Montreal, of the Tnman Line, which sailed from New York for Liverpool, Aug. 6 was burned at Sea five days later. The passengers number­ ing 420, and the crew left the burning ves­ sel in life-boats, one of which, containing thirteen persons, has not been heard from and was doubtless lost. The occupants of the other boats were picked up by the steamship York City and taken to Queens- town. The officers and crew of the City of|Montreal behaved handsomely, and to their heroism and coolness the survivors probably owe their lives. The burned steamship was valued at $300,000, and car- lied a veiy heavy cargo. The Drama. A CHICAGO dispatch sayB: "Midsummer theatricals in Chicago have had a rich, restful charm through the artistic minis­ trations of the Palmer company at Mc- Yicker's. During the past week they have presented 'Elaine,' ana the success which it achieved has emboldened the manage­ ment to retain it for another week--the twelfth and last of the engagement. The engagement of Mr. William Florence will follow the Palmer season at McVicker's, beginning with the production ot a plav by Gayler called 'Uncle Bob.' " > " Henry George Nominated* , HENBY GEORGE was nominated Secretary of State by the New York State United Labor Convention at Syracuse, on the "Clarendon Hall Platform," on which he made his canvass for Mayor of New York. The Socialists of the metropolis have passed resolutions denouncing the exclusion of their delegates from the con­ vention, and propose to put a ticket of their own in the field. Telegraphic Notes. GEORGE G. WRIGHT, of Des Moines, Iowa, was elected President of the Ameri­ can Bar Association, which has just closed its session at Saratoga. SHERIFF KENDALL and his posse of nine were ambushed by the belligerent Utos near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. i ,a hard fight they escaped with a loss of three horses killed and four men wounded. The settlers are fleeing for their lives, and the ho stiles are betas ce- enforced. . " BAST. As express train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad flew the track as it was ap­ proaching the station at Washington, and crashed into a three-story brick building jjsed by the company as a signal-tower, llie engineer was killed and about thirty outers injured, some of them dangerously. Ahewreck was caused by a failure (he iir-brakes. i WEST. A SPECIAL dispatch from New Albany, Ind., says: "This city is greatly excited over the news of a suit to set aside the will of the late Washington C. DePauw, who Mr? S ™,0(W°- The Plniatiff is Mrs. Sarah Ellen Mcintosh, wife of J. A. Mcintosh, of Salem, Ind. Mr. DePauw ihSATLr/6!' lh,e Pontiff is his only £? fa,ret Two sons are liv­ ing, the only children of the second wife, and the third wife and her daugh­ ter, Susan M DePauw. To Mrs. fic- Intosh he willed two poor farms not .orth W UOO, .11 told, wU to hT-iidow and his other three sun ning children ha willed what will amount to a million dollars each. Mrs Mcintosh married against b£ lather s wish, but she thought he forgave her, as he visited her and was otherwise kind to her, and both she and her father were zealous members of the Methodist Church. She sues to obtain one-sixth of the estate, and makes the natural heirs and all other legatees defendants. Her ground is that the will was unduly executed." SENATOR STANFORD'S answer to the rule issued upon him by the United States Court at San Francisco, to appear and show cause why he should not he compelled to answer certain questions propounded him by the Pacific Railway Commission, was filed on Thursday. Senator Stanford pleads forgetfulness of details, the impropriety of making public the private business of the Central Pacific Company, and the hard­ ship which would be involved in the ex­ posure of its secrets to competing com­ panies as among the reasons why he should not be compelled to answer the questions. He avers that he has never cor­ rupted nor Attempted to corrupt any mem­ ber of the Legislature or any member of Congress or any public official, and has never authorized any one else to do so. A CHICAGO express on the Fort Wayne Road was wrecked near Bayard, Ohio. The porter was killed and several persons were seriously injured. AN Indianapolis telegram says: A geutieiu&u who has been prominently iden­ tified with Orange County affairs for years is in the city, and gives a terrible picture of the reign of fear in Orange, Crawford, and Harri­ son Counties owing to the lawless "Whit® Cap" organization. As he started from home he met an lionest and well-to-do farmer, who was hur­ rying away from nonie with his family and such of his effects as he coaid carry, impelled by the "White Caps," who had mode an as­ sault upon him, and who threatened him with death if he (lid not leave the county. His premises had been plundered bv the outlaws, and he v. as frightened nearly to death. The informant stated that no one could conceive of the condition of affairs without actual experi­ ence. f-ome idea of the general fear which pre­ vails may be had from the fact that the gentle­ man is here to urge upon the Governor the ne­ cessity of calling ont the militia, but, in giving information of the outrages, asks that liis name be omitted in the publication of the facts. A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch of Friday says: "Chairman Pattlson received a telegram from President Cleveland yesterday authorizing the Pacific Railway Commission to UBO its discre­ tion as to <-mploying counsel to assist the UniteS States Attorney in the application to compel h'enator Stanford to explain ex­ penditures of the Central Pacific ltailroa I. Mr. l'attisou left to-tiny for Philadelphia. Commis­ sioners Littler and Anderson will remain here till Saturday, when they will go t.> Portland, Ore., and will probably hold a eomion at Pocn- tella Junction in order to take testimony in reference to the Union.Paciflc. If the court de­ cides that Senator Stanford and others must answer the questions nut to them, the Commis­ sion will again return to San Francisco and re­ sume the taking of testimony. It is understood that the report of the Commission will be hand­ ed to Confiress at the opening of next session." AT Chatsworth, 111., the Coroner's jury impaneled to investigate the recent railroad horror returned a verdict recommending that Timothy Coughlin, the section boss, be held to the Grand Jury for "gross and criminal carelessness," and declaring that "the leaving of the track without being patrolled for six hours before the passage of the excursion and the settin ? of fires by the section men on smh a dry and windy day as the 10th of August were acts which deserve severe criticism." Coughlin was arrested and taken to Pontiac, where he was lodged in jail. A DISPATCH froih Republican City, Neb., says a cyclone from the north struck the town, and every brick building in town was wrecked. A brick schoolhouse berng bnilt was blown down, burying se^n workmen. Five were injured, und J. J. Lanning and a man named Allen were killed. The damage will reach $50,000. THE well-known jewelry house of N. Matson <t Co., at State and Monroe streets, Chicago, has failed. The liabilities amount to about $300,000, and the assets will, it is thought, yield $100,(MM) more. The failure was precipitated by the recent death of Mr. Matsou. _ SOUTH. SENATOR BIDDLEBERCMSB, who was lodged in jail at Winchester, Va., for con­ tempt of court, was rescued by a mob of his friends Friday night. The mob scaled the jail walls and took the Senator out on ladders. JAKE PETTIJOHN, of Forsythe Connty, Georgia, was sentenced to death thirty years ago for murder. He made his es­ cape, and has just been arrested iu In­ dian Territory. He will be taken back to Georgia for execution. WASHINGTON: THX Secretary of the Navy has awarded the contracts for constructing the five new naval vessels for which bids were opened recently. Cruiser No. 1, the Newark, is awarded to Cramp & Sons, for $1,248,000, according to the department's plans for the hull and the con­ tractors' plans for the machinery. Cruiser No. 4 is awarded to Cramp <fc Sons (con­ tractors' plans) for $1.35««5f)00. Cruiser No. 5 is awarded to the Union Iron-works of San Francisco (department plans for hull and machinery), for $1.4*28,000. Gun­ boats Nos. 3 and 4 are awarded to N. F. Palmer, Jr., Jfc Co., of New York (John Roach's assignees), at $490,000 each. THE Secretary of the Interior has re­ voked the order of withdrawal of indem­ nity lands for the benefit of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, and in a long letter to the Commissioner of the General Land Office directs that they may be restored to settlement under the Ere-emption and homestead laws. It i stated that between '25,000,000 and 30,000,000 acres are involved in this decision in the case of the Atlantic & Pa­ cific Company aloae. The order also ap­ plies to all the other railroads named in the Secretary's rules of May 23 last, except the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, the Hastings & Dakota, the St Paul Pacific, the St. Paul Jk Sioux City, the Sioux City & St. Paul, and the Winona «fc St. Peter. These are still under consideration and undecided. GEORGE W. JULIAN, the Surveyor Gen­ eral of New Mexico, in bis annual report to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, says that about 4,000,000 acres of land have been illegally withheld from settlement within the last year... .Prepay­ ment of interest on registered bonds to the amount of $13,494,000 has been ap­ plied for at the Treasury Department in response to Secretary Fairchild's recent circular Some of the bills for the funeral expenses of Gen. Grant have not yet been paid by the Government, and suit is threatened against the estate of the late Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall, who made himself responsible for their collection. COLONEL LAUOKT says that it has been definitely determined by the President to go direct to St. Louis without a break; that the time of departure will be fixed so as to bring him into St. Louis "Veiled Prophet's" Day; and that he will then proceed straight to Chicago, to arrive there Oct. i. "POLITICS" THE Nebraska State Prohibition party held its convention at Lincoln on the 17th inst. Forty-four counties, with 346 dele­ gates, comprised the gathering that was the largest Prohibition convention yet held in Nebraska. H. W. Harvey, the Prohibi­ tion candidate for Governor last fall, pre­ sided. Speeches and resolutions took up the greater part of the day. The platform adopted declares constitutional and statu­ tory prohibition to be the vital question of the day. It denounces license, high and low, as public bribery and crime, favors pensions, favors woman suffrage, declares for the Govern­ ment control of railroads and telegraphs, and demands the repeal of the law that ad­ mits foreigners to vote in municipal elec­ tions upon declaration of intention and before naturalization. The convention nominated as their candidate for Supreme Judge J. F. Abbott, of Crete; and for Re­ gents of the State University the Rev. J. p. Newell, of Salem, and the ltev. S. H. Hilton, of Central City. Tho delegates from the Second Judicial District iioxnin* ated Mrs. Ada M. Bittenbender as their candidate for District Judge. Tho lady is a member 'of the bar, and a successful practitioner, who asserts that there are no legal disqualifications should she be elected. COMPLETE returns from the recent alec tion for Governor in Kentucky give Buok- ner, Democrat.17,015 plurality over Bradley, Republican W. S. Cappollar has been elected Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Ohio. Mr. Cappel- lar is said to be an advocate of Mr. Blaine for the Presidency. THEBE was a noticeable absence of prominent politicians at the Pennsylvania Republican State Convention which waa held at Harrisburg on the 17th inst. Adju­ tant General Hastings was chosen Chair* man, with a long list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. While the Committee on Platform was preparing its report nomina­ tions were made, resulting in the choice by acclamation of Captain William B. Hart for State Treasurer, and Henry W. Williams for Supreme Court Judge. The^latform sub­ sequently reported and adopted favors tariff "for the sake of furthering American manu­ factures;" declares that the surplus in the National Treasury cannot be better ex­ pended than in the enlargement of the general pension list so as to include all honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors; demands more rigorous laws for the restriction of immigration; denounces President Cleveland for "furthering sec­ tionalism" and refusing to grant pensions to "soldiers eminent in their efforts to sus­ tain the Government"; indorses Blaine for the Presidency, and extends sympathy to Gladstone and Parnell in their efforts on behalf of Ireland. DURING the three years ended July 30 45,373 postmasters were appointed. The total number of postoffices in the country is 58,157. .. . ' .. ' GENERALT . IN a private letter from Mr. Blaine, .re­ ceived at bis home in Augusta, he says: "All news and rumors of my coming home or of my ill-henlth are the invention of the correspondent of the Chicago News, who is following me everywhere. I never was better in my life. I have not been ill a moment since I came to Europe. 1 am coaching daily, and we are all in perfect health. I expect to sail for home June next " FBED DOUGLASS, who has just returned from an extensive tour of Europe, reports that he was everywhere treated with dis tinguished consideration, notwithstanding his complexion. CAPT. SHEPHERD, commanding the rev­ enue cutter Rush, reports to the Treasury Department the capture of one American and three British schooners for taking seals in the Behring Sea contrary to law. The vessels were all sent to Sitka, Alaska, and turned over to the United States Marshal for prosecution. A RATE has been made of one cent a mile to the reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Louis from points east of the Mississippi River, coming into com­ petition with the Central Traffic Associa­ tion roads. GRATE fears are entertained for the Bafety of the United States revenue cutter Bear, which was on duty in Behring Sea, pro­ tecting the fisheries. The steamer has not been heard from for some time, and. as she was leaking badly at the time she cleared from Ounalaska, it is thought she has been lost. UiE CHATSWORTH HORROR. Additional Incidents of the To­ ledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Disaster. ' > ' g Stories of Survivor* of the Awful Wreck--Mtraculoat Escapes. Shocking Scenes--The Mysterious Sui- v jide--Robbing the Dead and Wounded. At the Scene of tbe Wreck. A close inspection of the wreck causes one to wonder how a singlo person escaped death. The momentum of the train must have been appalling. The cars not only telescoped but in some cases were crushed down into the earth. On the flooring of one car the bulkhead ot the rear car had torn the boards up for a distance of ten feet. Iron work hod been torn and twisted to * jennies* mass, and chairs, partt- beea injured. Theee^flve, together with two Others, were all that were rescued from that car. "When the hotel-keeper cainu down I asked him how it happened that he was not killed. He replied that when tbe crash came his wife was sitting in one seat and himself and tho baby were in the one inst behind, near the front of the car. The baby waa knocked off the •eat and he stooped to pick her up as they shot Into the mass of ruins ahead. Just at that moment, ne said, a timber penetrated the car, shooting across tho plaee where he had been Bitting and struck a young lady who sat oppo- vf ,® neck He was thus pinned down by tne timber, which also protected him from being smashed and saved his life. He looked across the aisle and saw the voting lady's head had fallen over on tho baek of ner seat and hung only by the skin. "The Bight of the dead and wounded lying in tne adjacent flelds was horrible. Thev were lying in little heaps of about a dozen, all hav­ ing been killed in a different manner. The en­ ure side of one man's face would be mashed in, while a hole as large as your flst in the fore­ head of another would show where a tirnl>er bad penetrated. Three-fourths of the dead never knew what killed them. It was a Bight I never want to look upon again. There were young ladies in picnic dress, with their white skirts saturated with blood and the front of their faces mashed beyond recognition. One young-looking mother had held her baby in her arms, when a timber, striking the child in the back, impaled both victims in instant death. The mother's face did not hear a scratch, but the expression upon it will haunt me. to the grave." Mr, Church saidtbatthe action of the railroad I lifted her was to beg me to find her mamma, anil I I'To11, iti 1 <1 to do B", th" • 17(^11 T w ITS as I could see throe dead women in tne car I then stumbled upon a woman whose lees were twisted together in the timbers, though they did not seem to be broken. I leaned her back against a cushion while I helped a boy out, and when I turned baek to release her she was dead. I subsequently found that mv sleeves were bloodied when I had reached my arm around her neek to raise her, and I suppose her head must nave been crushed, though fdld not " it. There was simply no aMk and such experiences." 1^. HARRIET BEECHER STOWI notice it scenes FOREIGN. PRINCE FERDINAND, Bulgaria's new King, arrived at Rustohuk and was joyous­ ly received. Guns were fired in honor of the occasion, and after a banquet tbe Prince was borne on the shoulders of the people to the street. MR. PARSELI, according to cable ad­ vices, has neither the strength nor the wish for another collision between his own fol­ lowers and the Speaker, backed by the rest of the House. The Irish may un­ doubtedly wreck the land bill if they choose on the question of the method of revising rents. Some of them wish to wreck it. Mr. Parnell does not. Should violent counsels prevail he prefers leav­ ing the responsibility to others. FROM a blue-book just issued in London it appears that the Afghan bound­ ary question has been settled upon the basis of mutual and equal concessions by Itussia and Afghanistan. But the question is: "Will it'stay settled?" Probably not.... United Ireland tells the Irish landlords that home rule is inevitable, and advises them to make tbe best of the situation. It predicts the election of a home-rule House of Commons in a few weeks, and the meet­ ing of the Irish Parliament in 1888. A SPECIAL from Victoria, B. C., says: "News has been received from Superin­ tendent of Provincial Police Roycraft, who went north with a force in a special steamer some days ago to arrest an Indian who murdered two farmers in Cowictoan,3a | year ago. He captured the Indian. He also confirms rumors that the missing schooner Seabird, which left Port Tpwn- send a year ago from the north, was taken! by Indians, burned, and the entire crew.' murdered a short distance above Seymouri narrows. Capt. Moore of the Seabird; lived here. Boycraft captured seven oft the supposed murderers." ' THS Ameer of Aghanistan, says a cable* dispatch, having been unsuccessfully treated by the court physician for a boil, ordered the instant decapitation of that un­ fortunate doctor. The order was carried out, and applications for the vacancy ace probably not very numerous. MARKET REPORTS. ' NEW YORK. CATTLE HOGS. W H K A T--No." 1 H ard..! I!" 1" I No. a Ited CORN--XO. I OATS--White PORK-- New Mess CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers Miciium. Common Hoos--Shipping <>rades FXjOrii--W inte r Wheat.... WUKAT--No. SI Red Winter CohN--No. ' OATS--No. 'I White ! BUTTEB--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CnKESfi--Full Cream, Cheddars. Full Cream, new ROOK--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu. .. POHK-- lfess ^ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash Co**--No. # OATS--No. 2 White " " Kyk-- NO. 1 POHK--Met* BT. 1-OUia WHKAT--NO. 2 Red COLIN-Mixed OATH--Mixed POHK--New Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cash. CORN--No. OATS DETROIT"" BEEF CATTLE. HOGS.... SHEEP ° WHEAT--No. 1 White...] CoiiN--No. 1 OATS--No. 2 White....'..'.'.". CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. A Bed CORN--No. 2 ...."" OATH- NO. 2 '.... PORK-- Mess LIVK HOOS : BUFFALO. WHEAT--NO. I Hard COBN--No. 2 CATTLE. INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLE Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN OATS--No. 2 Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Prime Fair Common Hoos <4.00 5.25 .a? .82 .48 .85 15.50 » 5.50 0.00 <£ .ws <<* .50 (.«• .40 Id 16.00 4.75 8.75 8.00 5.00 3.75 .11 .40 Kt .24!$# .24 & .18 ,9 .10 .11 # .12)»4 .75 & 15.75 (ft 5.25 ($ 4.90 <« 3.7 » <<S 5.75 «JL 4.25 .71V» .40 « .25 .20 .20 .10*4 .11'* . :«* <g 16.25 .to .40 .22 .45 14.25 & .«»* m .40*4 .46 (314.75 .60 .37 .C6t* .38 2(Vfrit -&> 14.75 t<15.2> .74 3* .45'i® Ml 0 .74*6 .46 .265$ 3.75 & 4.5O 9.25 <0. 4.00 8.50 (4 4.25 .77fc<9> .78*$ .44* £ .80 <9 .45'ij .31 .73 & ASH 4 .28 <f* 14.75 4.73 .81 .47 4.35 8.00 4.75 8.00 .42 *i> .25 .74 '46*4 Hi 15.£> 3.50 .81<4 .47!* 5.00 & 4.75 <4 5.50 (A 4.00 .70'$ .43 a .tax 4.25 8.75 8.26 6.00 & 4.50 ft 4.29 & 8.75 5.75 0 *JSO m Plundering; the Dealb Mrs. Charles Carlton, ot Oneida, one of the survivors, corroborated the stories of robberies committed and says that there were instances In which the vandals cut off the fingers or im­ prisoned women to secure the rings. Four men are stated to have swarmed to the front im­ mediately after the disaster, aitid to have en­ gaged in the awful sacrilege of stripping the desolate dead under cover of dark neat and con­ fusion. That such impious pillage nrevatled i« ES4. ^ b° ,1de"ie(i- Mr- H- ». Gould, General Freight and Passenger Agent of the road ^"Kht one of the devils in the act and kicked him within an inch Of his life, forcing him to desist. Another scoundrel caught in the act said he was merely securing a memento of the wreck. J. D. McFadden, one of Pe­ oria s dead, was robbed of $/0J. Mrs Deal's rings were Btripped from her flncers' Mrs Potthoff, of Third street, was robbed, though unhurt F. 1). Weinette's pockets were turned in»jde out when his body waa found and his watch and $iS0 were gone. The wife of Capt Dalke, the harbor-master, swears that her hus­ band was stripped of $4,755, and there are other cases. The entire Zimmerman famllv three In number, were robbed. A Sketch and Portrait of the tions, and stoves orushed into fragments. It was as if a cyclone bad lifted tho train up boldly, whirled it round with resistless force, and wen dashed it to the earth in a chaotic heap. The Company Blamed. On all sides, too, the railroad officials are blatned for the accident. It is charged that the inspection of the road was neglected, and this in face of the fact that it was about to send a train of unusual length and weight over the line. People think that the officials should not have been content with the ordinary and regular inspection of the track and its sup­ ports. Knowing that hundreds of souls were about to po over its lino in one long train it is argued that a more than usually careful inves­ tigation of the track should have been made. Again, the company is charged with almost criminal heedlessness and recklessness in al­ lowing a train of such length to go over the line loaded to its full capacity with human beings. A Chicago Man's Thrilling Experience. Thomas Trimm, a Chicago commercial trav­ eler, tells the following story: "I was sitting on the coal-box in the rear of the fifth coach back of the baggage-car, and the first warning I had of the accident was a cracking sound from the front and realized at once that there was trou­ ble. In a monent the car I was in began to sink and I jumped for the strap that holds the bell-cord, but missed it; and at that moment the car was telescoped. The lights went out, and instantly I found myself wedged in as in a vise betwen the door of the car at my back and car-seats, irons, beams, sticks, and a heap of humanity, dead and alive, all around me. I soon found that my legs were wedged in so that I could not get out. I was not hurt, and began to feel around near me to learn what was hold­ ing my legs. It was very dars, and I could not see anything. "My chin was resting on top of a dead woman and all around me were the bloeding dead and wounded. Under my right arm was a man struggling and crying for help, but in a short time I knew that he was dead. The air was filled with the most melancholy and heart­ rending cries, some calling out the names of loved ones, either in the wreck or left at home, and others beegtag for aid. For three hours I remained in fix, and to add to th<? other horrors of the situation I could smell smoKe and see blazo and sparks, and of course I thought the cars were afire, and believed that if aid did not come soon we would be roasted. The dread of being wedged in there, with all my Benses retained, and having a fire slowly creeping upon me to surely roast me was too horrible to be told--it must be experienced to be fully realized. "At first when I learned that I was not se­ riously injured I had hopes of getting out sooner or later, but when I turned my head and, looking out, saw sparks my heart sank, and I longed for my gun so that when the fire would be too close to bo bearable I could end my life. I tried to get my po ket-knife out to use if I found that I was to be roasted, but could not get into my pocket. Great beads of sweat ran down my face, but my mouth and tongue were parched. Every one and every­ thing in our car was confined in a space about ten feet square, and about two-thirds of those in the car were killed outright, while all were injured more or less. I was the least hurt of any in the car. Many men were offering gold watches and 8100 to any one who would get them out. "The men were worse than the women. One woman, although severely wounded, was try­ ing with comforting words to soothe the agony of the wounded and dying around her. For more than two hours no "ono came to their re­ lief, and during that time many audible pleas and prayers were offered for divine assistance. When assistance did come tho first thing asked for was water. That was an ODjKirtunity for the selfishness of humanity to show itself They would grab the water cup from the .lips of each other, so eager were they to moisten their own tongues. A small piece of ice was tea# .Vf.A'i m given to the only living lady in that car, and •he generously Bharod it with all within her reach. I felt resigned to my situation when I heard men chopping below me and I knew that I would not burn. I knew then I would be res­ cued." Mr. Church's Experience. Mr. P. C. Church, a commercial traveler for a New York hardware house, relates many in­ cidents of the disaster. "A friend and myself," said he, "thought we would take a run over, but we never expected to see what wo after­ ward did. "At Chatsworth there was a row of dead bodies lying side by side upon the depot plat­ form. A piece of paper piuned to the breast gave the name of each one. The first body wo came to was that of a Chicago drummer, whoso name I can't remember, but he was running for a large wholesale grocery house here. We had met him the day before, and I afterward learned that he got on tho excursion train at a little town above 1'eorin, intending to save time by making another place thit side of Chatsworth. But he went to sleep, passing tho place where he was to get off, not being wak-. ened, until by the accident ho was killed out­ right. "When we reached the place where the acei- dent occurred, the tirst thing wo saw was a pile of mashed-up 00aches as high as a telegraph pole. The top of the second chair-car shot up on top of this, standing like a monunimt at least fifteen feet higher. We arrived just in time to see Mr. Miirpby, a hotel-keeper from Galesburg, climb out of a hole in the top of the first chair-car, which WM just in view, uiion a gle of broken timber at the top of the heap. e pulled out his wife and baby, uninsured but almost exhausted from nuving been penned up for nearly twelve houra. It was with grout difilculty they were assisted to the ground. Mr. Murphy theu went back into tbe hole au<i brought out alive a little bnby. He Wi torn it from the arms of a dead mother. Alter that he helped euft an w*»<oe hae^ had officials after the accident was condemned by almost everybody. Hundreds of people got as far as Forest on their way to the wreck but had to walk the rest of the distance--six miles Officials rode up and down the tracks, and a few slow trains brought in the dead, but the wounded and dying were left on the ground, with no relief except that which their partners in grief could give them. They lay in the muddy all night, with the rain beating down, while their groans and cries went up in vain. As fast as baggage could be taken from the ears, no matter whose it was, it was torn open, and dresses and shirts appropriated for bandages to dress the wounds of tho suffering. After the physicians and nurses had flnishea with the trunks thieves rifled them and carried off what was valuable. "I myself," said Mr. Church, "sawjthe head, shoulders, and arms of a young woman hang­ ing from a car window, and a man went up and began stripping the rings from her dead fingers. Borne of the passengers interfered and made him desist." A Remarkable Escape. Mr. Murphy, a farmer living at Cuba, Fulton County, 111., in speaking of the disaster, savs he felt a premonition that one would come to the train from the time it started. In the first place, he did not believe it was good railioad- ing to place both engines in front. The terrible weight would be almost certain to break down any frail bridge. The train started half an hour late, and stopped quite a while on the other side of the Illinois liiver. At another station at which the train stopped the brakes were not thrown off of one of the coaches, and when it started the coupling broke, which necessitated sending to Forest for another coach. All these delays threw the train over an hour late, and it was running at a terrific speed to make up for IOBC time. Mr. Murphy says tho estimate of forty miles an hour usually given w^s too slow. When Mr. Murphv and his wife stepped on the train they entered the second car from the sleeper, but finding no two seats The Mysterious Suicide. Inquiries regarding the identity of the man who shot himself to be rid of his Agony &T6 without avail. The best information concern­ ing him was obtained Sunday from a man from Lacon, 111, Mr. E. Wadsworth. He was a pas- senger in one of the sleepers. "I was awak­ ened, he said, "by a bump, as I was thrown against the end of the berth, and ot course was soon up and dressed and doing w hat I.could to assist the wounded. I heard cries in the field and goiris to the source found a young man of about twenty whose leg was so broken that the Done protrudod and whose cries of agony were dreadful. I went to him, and he said he had got out of a wrecked car himself and crawled to where he tnon was. I got a mattress and pillows for him and some water, and a lady who had brandy gave him some of that. He talked reasonably for a moment or two, and then said he was from Macomb, in Macoupin County. I asked him what more I could do for him, and his only reply was 'Stay with me.' He seemed to fear being left alone. .Just then I heard a woman screaming and told him I must go to her. I had gone but a little way when I heard a pistol-shot. He had shot him­ self in the forehead." A Thrilling' Story. the Peoria law librarian, tells a thrilling tale. She says that when the chair coaches telescoped she was thrown forward flat. She could neither move nor speak - her hands wero outstretchod, and she lay perfectly conscious for several hours upon her face. The awful weight of a beam crushed her " chest against the rubbish beneath, and when the re­ lief party reached her sho was given up for dead. Tho groans of the dying filled her soul with untold horror and anguish, and the shrieks of a girl cruelly pinned immediately above pierced every fiber within her. One man seized her ankles and tugged furiously to get her out and gave it up. She heard him The famous authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Mr*. Harriet Beecher Btowe, al­ though still able to go about her Connecti­ cut home and take short walks for exercise 1B failing rapidly in health and strength! She is the daughter of Lyman Beecher, and was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 15. 1811. She was interested and as­ sociated with her sister Catherine in the labors of a school at Hartford in 1827, afterward removing to Walnut Hill, near Cincinnati. She was married in 1832 to the Bev. Calvin E. Stowe. D. D. Mrs. Stowe wrote several tales and sketches, which were afterward collected under the title of the "May Flower," 1849. In 1850 she contributed to the National Era, an anti-slavery paper published at Washing­ ton, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," as a serial* say: "I can't get her, but she is dead any­ way, as he dropped her foot and passed on to relieve those screaming for help. Then another man came by and grasped the lady's wrist, but h<j alBo gave up the task as a hopeless attempt i?r ®e?ure B corpse, and it was not until Mrs. Welch lived through hours of mental anguish and several more unsuccessful attempts were made on her behalf that she was eventually liberated. And yet this lady is but slightly injured, though prostrated with the trials of her imprisonment. Her experience is but together unoccupied they went forward two cars further ana tried to get Hoats in it They failed; and to this failure thev owe their lives, as every one in that enr was killed. Heturidng to the car which they first entered, they found two seats which had been turned so as to face each other which were occupied by K S. Har- ter and wife, of Peoria. On expressing a wish to occupy one of these seats Mr. Harter at once courteously complied, and they sat down and were chattin," pleasantly up to "the time of the (Usaster. Those seats were in the rear, and of t ie whole party occupying the car, about fortv- tive, only five were saved--Mr. Murphy and wife, Mr. Harter and wife, and one other, un­ known. The firBt intimation of the disaster was a bumping sound, followed almost imme­ diately by a sound resembling the hi sing of steam, caused by the cars sliding over each other. Tbe ue*t minute passed as though in a dream, Mr. Murphy waking up to find that he was badly bruised and that tho car was in ruins. Thoro wero few groans, as nearlv all were killed us quickly as though struck by lightning. The roof of tho car had fullen in with the exception of the little corner occu­ pied by the party alluded to. In that c -rner, for some reason, it was still hanging, but vibra­ ting back aud forth as though it might fall at uny moment. A bright light shone in through the roofless car caused by the tire on the bridge and probably from the reflection from the loco­ motive headlight, and Mrs. Murphy exclaimed, "My God! The train is on fire."" Mr. Muriihy, whose shirt was covered with blood, realized for tiie first time that he was badly hurt. Mr. Harter at once kicked out a window, crawled through, and was followed by his wife. The light by this time had gone down, and in the midnt of tbe almost Egyptian darkness that preceded tho storm Mr. Murphy crawled through the window and stood on the outside, when he realized that he was at a considerable height from the ground. How far ho did not know, but he told his wifo he would jump, and. if he could safely, for her to follow. He then leaped into the unknown distance, found it about nine feet, encouraged his wife to do the same, and, being a strong, btalwart man, was able to catch her in his arms and hold her. Shocking Incidents. Both Mr. Kirk and Mr. Wadsworth relate many shocking incidents of the work of rescu­ ing which tame under their observation The latter tells of finding a woman of singular hardihood who was caught in the tender close to the engine. Both legs were crushed, but she managed to sit up, and watched and advised the men who were sawing the timbers to re­ lease her 'In the end of ono car where Mr. Kirk worked among the liodies no less than twenty-nine dead were taken out. This car had gone inside another car and its occupants had all been jauiti ed together at one end. The car of Superintendent Armstrong was in the thick of tne wreck und was crushed to pieces, yet none of its occupants were injured beyond scratches. This is accounted for by the cir­ cumstance that there was little in the ear to hurt any one. Its slight contents did not make a crush so grinding and close that escape was unlikely. Mr. Divine, of Ellenviile, N. Y., was in the second sleeper irom tho frout. He saw much of the tragedv and his account is graphic. "I had not retired," said he, "when the first shock camo. I had just taken the button from uiy collar and was going forwurd with uiv un- dres?ing when I felt tho car <iuiver and divin­ ed at once that there was a collision. I drop­ ped flat in the alley, and was scarcely jitrred The shock over, I got up and went to the front of the car, where the first thing that caught my eye was the burning culvert. I culled all the men in the car to turti out as quickly as pos­ sible to aid those in the wrecked day coaches and advised all tl e ladies, to dress them­ selves, as it might not be possible to move the sleeper in the cuse of the fire extending All this time, from the moment of the col­ lision, the crics of the wounded catr>e back iu a perfect roar. I got into one car and found the little Fuedaker boy, wh' se lea has since been amputated. I next found little Itertha Mandin, whose mother was k^tdi Tbe iUmt thine the little one did when simple, abbreviated prelude to the long list in the maelstrom*of horrors that wring the hearts of the people with woe. An Infant's Wonderful Escape. Mri. C. A. Dewey and little bov, of Canton, were in the wreck. She said that the urchin was found beneath a heavy timber, strange to say, unharmed. The only sign of an accident about the bright youngster were the blood stains on his clothes. AN IOWA LYNCHING. Masked Men Steal a Prisoner from Jail and Hung Him to a Bridge. [Leon (Iowa) dispatch,] Last night a body of twenty-five to thirty masked nten rode into town, pro­ ceeded to the County Jail, and took out James Eeynolds, who criminally assaulted Mrs. Noble near thi6 place two weeks ago. 'J he men took him to a bridge jnst west of town, and bung him over the railing. They knocked the locks off of five doors in order to get to him, and were ocenpied over two hours in the work. Before bang­ ing him the mob tried to get him to con­ fess to the deed, but he refused to say a word. Ihey then put the rope around his neck, fastened the other end to (he rail and pushed him over the edge of the bridge. In a few minutes he was dead. The mob then quietly rode away, leaving him hang­ ing there. VARIOUS tests have been resorted to for lubricants, bnt the manager of any mill may, at very slight expense, de­ termine for himself all the conditions of safety and economy in lubricants, as indicated by the standard of heat development upon any given shaft. The apparatus required for this pur­ pose is merely a thin brass tube, closed at the lower end, and two thermome­ ters. The method of using this appa­ ratus is very simple, consisting in plac­ ing enough water in the tube so that the bulb of the thermometer will be immersed; the tube is then inserted in one of the holes i£ the cap of the jour­ nal, so that the lower end of the tube will be in actual contact with the shaft; the other thermometer is hung free alongside, and then is gauged, the rela­ tive heat developed with oils and with greases. "I DECLARE, Charley!" exclaimed Clare, "you take the words right out of my mouth I" "Oh, mamma!" piped in the little Iiitcher, "now I know what Clare and Char-ey were doing when she let him in!" "WALK slower, papa," cried the little girl, whose short steps were no mntch for those of her masculine progenitor. "Can't you go nice and slow like a police­ man?" r No LOVE is so intense as that of the eighteen-year-old youth for tho twenty-six- y»»ar-old girl. He gets over it, of course, but while it's in motion it's sixty miles an hoar, including stone.--J*ucJe. This story followed shortly afterward (in 1852) in book form, and met with merited success, 313,000 copies being sold in the United States within the short space of three years and a half, and in all, over hair a million copies, including a German edition. In Great Britain its sale was enormous. It has been translated into more than twenty languages, inoluding Welch, Russian, Armenian, Arabic, Chi­ nese, and Japanese; there were fourteen different German,and four different French versions, and it has been dramatized in various forms. Mrs. Stowe subsequently published "A Peep .Into Uncle Tom's Cabin, for Children," 1853; "A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," giving the original facts and statements on which that work was based, 1853; and "The Christian Slave," a drama founded upon Uncle * lom s Cabin," 1855. "Uncle Sam's Eman­ cipation" was issued in 1853, and in the same year she visited Europe, publishing in the year following " Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands." A little work entitled "Geography for My Children" was pub­ lished in 1855, and the next year appeared her second anti-slavery novel, "Dred, a Tale of the Dismal Swnmp," republished in 1859 under the title of "Nina Gordon." In subsequent works Mrs. Stowe has de­ lineated the domestic life of New England of fifty or one hundred years ago. Her other published works are: "Our Charley and What to Do with Him," 1859; "The Pearl of Orr's Island," 186*2; "Agnes of Sorrento," 1863; "The Ravages of a Car­ pet," "Religious Poems," "Stories About Our Dogs," "Little^Foxes," "Queer Little People,' "The Chimney Corner," "Men of Our Times," "My Wife and I," "A Dogs Mission," etc. Mrs. Stowe's home is in Hartford, Conn., but she passes much of her time in Florida,where she possesses an extensive orange plantation. THE CHATSWORTH HORROR. Noble and Unselfish Conduct of tlie \V omen. From the stories of eye-witnesses, the conduct of the women in the j ailway acci­ dent at Chatsworth was ext:emely credita­ ble. Those who died met death with heroic bravery, and those who were for­ tunate enough to escape did 6o only after rendering those about them all the aid possible. There are some who are made strong by great dangers or emergencies. The Chatsworth women are of this sort and dozens of them had hardly extricated themselves from the wreck before they busied themselves car­ ing for the wounded and smoothing the pillows of the dying. The attending phy­ sicians attribute the recovery of a great many of the wounded solely to the minis­ tering care of the noble and unselfish women. , ; Prospective Lawsuits. The pecuniary loss arising from tbe Chatsworth accident is simply enormons. Under the laws of Illinois the rela­ tives of those killed in the dis­ aster will, if they have any claim at all, deplete the treasury^ of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw of something like $350,000, and those injured would receive at least $250,000 more. It might be just as well, at this juncture, to recite some of the vicissitudes of the road as illustrating its condition. In 1880 it was leased to the Wabash, and when that road drifted into the hands of a receiver, the trustees for the holders of the first-mortgage bonds of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw took possession of the road. Proceedings to foreclose this particular mortgage were had, and in October, 1886, the road was brought to sale. It was bought in for the benefit of the holders of the first- mortgage bonds. A new company was organized, which took possession July 1, 1887. The name of the road was for some reason or other changed from the To­ ledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad Com­ pany to the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Company. The new corporation is realizing from $10,000 to $15,000 per month on the road. Should 4he corpora­ tion be held guilty of negligence, ah8 therefore at fault for the accident, the gen­ tlemen who only six weeks ago bought in the property to save themselves will be confronted with claims aggregating little less than a million of dollars. ' This, of oourse, simply means bankruptcy. TEXAS POLITICS. The Defeat of Prohibition--Probable Ac­ tion of the Democratic State Conven­ tion. [Austin (Texas) special to Chicago Tribune.] All the returns are not yet in, bnt so far as heard from the anti-Prohibitionists are 84,000 ahead. Attorney General Hogg to­ day said he estimated the majority against prohibition in Texas as 125,000. He said he believed the only way this prodigious majority eonld be accounted for was that very many thousands of Democrats who had publicly committed themselves to pro­ hibition at the last moment took a second thought and voted the other way. Attorney General Hogg, who is a prominent Demo­ cratic leader and took an active hand against prohibition, was asked today what he thought would be the course of the next Democratic State Convention toward Democrats who voted for prohibition-- Reagan, Maxey, Lannam, Culberson, and other Prohibition-Democrats. The At­ torney General said the issue was not yet braised at present. He said he did not think the Prohibition-Democrats should be pursued and hounded down, for their overwhelming defeat was enough of itself. M:,' ..ik..,.