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C0KDEN8EI). ILLINOIS wmmmmmh proceedings. 9***i pgv 'ryCy^?^\ • tp |4- THK HOUM of Representative# devoted its i Jn. 19 to debate on the bUl for the nMot Vita John Porter. Messrs. Sloonm Mid in tmrt* of the men- Cutchson, Brown Md It. The feature of tbe a remark made by Gea. Kloeum. I President Garfield with having in- (to claim, and Ironically referred to milfttanr wisdom of the members, which poked hisaes and greet oonfuBion. Mr. BiMMNH arid Porter'* action oonld be explained , wa)y bv his hatred of Gen. Pope, and made the Jpotnt that not even cowardice could be aliened 0a an excuse for inaction. The Senate was :iot session. f SWBHAI. petitions were presented in the , Jan. 21, asking an investigation of the dtt^ow legislation of the resiiectlve States, and Others praying for a law to give ox-prisoners of war the benefit of the pnblic lands. In secret on a resolution to discuss the Mexican with opon doors was detested. . Jmunds introduced a Wi to amend ) act granting lands to the Unlfltad Central ; roads, and to secure to thermitcrt Suites lebUdlKiK of the compauies. Mr. Mortfan i r'Solution, v lUch was agreed to, that r Committee on Foreign Relations inquire Into the subject of settlements in the valley of ItM Coneo river, Africa, and report such ac- ' mm as is necessary in furtherance of our com- " WflKl A bill was passed ]>eriuittinec retired Vst&PW OKcera to hold civil office in the Terri- • 'iimrlea. There was a lengthy deimte on the l»tll to ~ civil government in Alaskn. The House (he rules and passed Mr. Hotman's declaring t hs t all forfeited land grants at «noe be taken by the Govcnnnent; all laws tending to disuse of public lauds ABOQLD BE N'!KSL«! AND SIVWNLAL INQ {pressed; that ail agiicnltural lands should referred tor actual homesteaders; that, the mittee on Public Lands should at once rc- bills covering the above sentiments and en- g them into lawn, such measures to have lence to debate over ail save revenue and biUn The vote passing these rea­ lms 351 to 18. The House also inssed, a suspension or the rules, a bill i*i>ealing law prescribing tbe Iron-clad oath. Mr. ifftnttbdnoed a bill to api>roj>riate#r><UH>o for erection of a building in Chicago for the use •facts. Rills were introduced to make of attorneys In pension cases $10, and authorize the extension of the Chesapeake "and Ohio toad to Fortress Monroe. Tint subject of foreign disc - *a«--' fgalnst American commerce was .discusscd in the Senate Jan. 22. The Committee on Foreign Relations was Instructed to prepare a report embodying measures which, when enacted into American interests, Recent by France, Germany, Mexico and Brazil is also to be investigated. The Corn- tariff and I . _ . _ mlttse on ladiaa Affairs reported adversely on iv <.,s ;i" r the petitfcaw for the opening of tike Oklahoma lands. Mr. Hoar Introduced a bill to prevent the cteonlstton in the mails of lottery advertise- aenta from foreign countries. The Sen­ ile In executive session confirmed Emory of Georgia, to be District for the Northern district, i ia of considerable interest to farm- •ball not be subject to suit if he only trays it for Ms own use, and not for sale or manufacture, end that no liability shall attach to him until he «as Retired notice that the article is a patented W whereon no royalty has been paid. The BOose also passed tbe Greeiy Belief Expedition M'L The eommittee on public lands reported a HI for the forfeiture o( the Texas Pacific land fini A bQl was also reported for the erection a pabHe bnilding at New Albany, Ind. THE biH for the relief of Fitz John Porter '•as iqwrted favorably to the Senate by Mr. •swull. Jan. 38, and Mr. Logta handed in a MaiaN; report, Mr. Sherman asked immedi- Sge oawskleratton for a preamble and resolution fjMttfng tbe circumstances of the reoent election jtotbles at Danville, Vs.. and the kllHns of Mathews in Copiah county, Miss.. and calling or a full investigation of the whole matter, tat Mr. CeokreU objected, A resolution wav passed <Mng a clerk at $i,oeo per "mmm to each Senator who is not chairman •tttee. Mr. Plumb secured the passage tutloa directing tbe Secretary of the b report the. status of land in Indian . art occupied by the five civilised A Joint resolution was passed to permit • mut naval otBeer named Reynolds to aooept a dtoamioa from the Emperor of Austria for saving the lives of twelve men. TheHonseof ljupwiwmlsllnii j>ees-d a joint resolution of ftwlw «e Capt. Oabrlelson and Lieut. Rhodes, <rf ths mvsnoe steamer Dexter, for heroism at the wreck of the steamer CUv of Cohun- oua. Mai resolutions were also passed •PPnytMtni $50.000 tor the support of destlUite_ Indians at. the Crow agency and the torts in Montana, awl calling for information as to the expenditure at Hot livings. Ark., and the eon ilttonof die work or improvement. Mr, Hewitt offered a resolution of inquiry in regard to the trade between the United States and S MwTtoo. A Mil waa reported appropriating 710,000 to pay rebates on tobaoco and t31.965 'the expenses of the Legislature of New Mex- i. A WB waa introduced for the erection at Helena, Ark* of a public building costing not , to exceed 1100,000. ". A JOINT resolution providing for the re- fOoval of the remains of the late Maj. Gen. E. C. Ord, ftcom Havana, where he died, to Washington, passed the Senate Jan. 24. The Joint resolution for the relief of tbe Greeiy ex- • pedltkm, with an amendment that the party be setantsen, was also passed. The resolution in mud to clerks for Senators was amended to provide that they receive t*J per day and be ap­ pointed only for the session Bills wore intro- «ned tor the preservation of forests on the national domain, and to authorize the President to pay baak the indemnity fun l to the Chinese Mteiniuaat. Some work was dene on the Alas- fa Civil Government bilL In the House of BepresentaUves, a bill was introduced providing that pensions for total disability be $20 per awnth, without regard to rank. A bill was pasood making an appropriation of $3,750,000 to pay the oiaima for rebate on tobaooo. A hill wu reported appropriattng $100,000 for a public building at Chattanooga. A Joint resolution waslpaesed antborising the Secretary of the In- terlor to detail an^mploye m assistant clerk of the CommitteeouPensious, The House refused to oonenr in the Senate amendment to the :||̂ ely rtiiefbUL TWIt EAST. ~ Tam lather of Berth Clear, vko toarried the llvln* skeleton in Philadelphia, - that the marriage be annulled because Hdif the insanity Of his daughter at the time of » ®ol«nnisntlon... .William H. Guion, of Mew York, agent for the Guion line of Eu- gjn>can steamers, has made an assignment. f SwSwSratfL* ®8tim*ted al '̂OO^OOO, the Two ov the eraw of the United States L; Speedwell have been ordered under ar- . §eet at Portsmouth, N. H., by Commander r> McKitehie for robbing the body of avicHm of isjifhe Cltj' of Columbus wreck A careful Examination of the mental condition of NWt by Judge and jury shows he has raaovered his reason since Juatloe waa irated out to the villain Dukes. <9Sda aeeords with public opinion in tbe mat- •j«r- Nutt Is now a free man Edward J. M«*ny. who has disappeared from Brooklyn. " AM a defaulter to the Holders' Union of North ,America for over $20,000....Abill has been I in the Mow York Legislature for speculators in theater ticket* $25 for i odenee in selling- seats above the adver- Iprieee. J: ELMEE WEIB, 10 years of age, while at Salem, Massachusetts, broke 'ce- . A Newfoundland dog, i . . fami'y had saved from starving, to the odgeof tbe water, dived ;|pB«tor the boy and dragged him to the land, psu" ne was soon resuscitated. Ax expiodoa - ooouni IIMI OA* oredo Obel aad iron mmptmf» mttny aft otto, Col., witorisiHVNtwa were te the alae. The wUak ituciV fset frosn aw MhlM» w» «i» pieto|)rwieolnd._ Flfty rix mem. «atf ktttod. ******** th?Swt% ef vS0 uilDV WWw HwmUVIPI A RAILROAD oiBoial at Indianapolis says Samual Sloan is dstoiinlaeo to secure an extsosioa toChiea«o tor the&aokMvaaaa read and will parallel one of YaoderMlt's lines unless the latter will sell a track vt saalHi a traffic arrangement for ninety-nine years.... California reports the driest season for seven years, with bad indications for the growing crops. HB SOITTH1. CHICOT county, Ark., dttring the era of reconstruction, issued bonds to the amount of $900,000 ia aid of railways wfctoh were never built. The courts have given judg­ ment for an amount which almost equals the value of taxable > property, and an effort is being made to compromise the debt at 40 per cent. BURGLARS at Terrell, Tex., crawled under a sidewalk and tunneled through three different brick walls until they reached the foundations of the bank vault of Childress it Harris. They blew off the outer door of the safe, but failed to destroy a six-inch steel door and its time-lock. The dense smoke caused an alarm, and the papers in the outer vault were found by the officers to be on fire. 1 he safe contained $150,000 in money, which the robbers failed to obtain. TEN prisoners at Wheeling, West Vir- \ ginia, disarmed Jafler Colby, beat him in a | brutal manner, and esoaped to the roof. The citizens heard tbe alarm and began tiring at the prisoners, who went back to their oells. 1 A BAFT was drawn into a whirlpool in the upper Cumberland river near Car­ thage, Tenn., and nine men wore drowned. THE body of Mrs. Elizabeth Holli- day, who died at Baltimore, was left unburied by her two brothers, and when the house was visited, two days afterward, rats were found feeding upon the corpse, and with difficulty were driven away. The ears, hands, and back of the head had been devoured. The city authorities interred the remains. WASHINGTON. FRED, DOUGLASS, the well-known colored leader, was married at Washington, last week, to Miss Helen M. Pitts, a white woman, formerly of Avon, N. Y. The first wife of Douglass, who was a colored woman, died about a year ago. The woman he has just married is about 85 years of age, and was em­ ployed as a copyist in his office while he was Marshal of the District. Douglass himself is about 73 years of age>, and has daughters as old as bis present wife C. W. Tyson, a committee stenographer of the last Congress, testified before the House Committee on Accounts that Speaker Keifer forced him to resign, in order that the place might be given to the Speaker's nephew.... John C. New states that he has resigned the Assistant Secietaryship of the Treasury, and will plve his attention to his private business 'n Indianapolis. THE Government directors of the Union Paciflo road report to the Secretary of the Interior, that the management has given them the fullest information as to its work­ ings. The funded debt of tbe company was, on June 30, $83,947,980, and the face value of investments held is $50,938,4MO. The direc­ tors pronounce for steady and fixed rates, even If high, ratherthan fluctuating charges brought about by competition. WASHINGTON dispatch: It is a fact that there will be t^> tariff bills submitted by the Demoerats to the Ways and Means Oom- mitte--one by Mr. Morrison, the other by Mr. Mr. Hewitt. Hewitt's bill will consist largely of a comparison of rates in tabular form, with the reoommendation that the lowest rate be taken. Mr. Morrison's bill will be a short one, providing for a horizontal reduction of from 15 to 25 per cent, on the average, with large additions to the free list, particularly in raw materials. POLITICAL. IT is rumored at Leavenworth that Senator Ingalls will be chosen to fill Judge McCrary's place on the Federal bench, provided Gov. Olick will appoint a Bepubll* can to tbe Senatorial vacancy thus created. THE Pennsylvania Republican State Convention will be held at Harrisburg, April 16. The Democrats hold their convention at Allentown, April 0. 1 A WASHINGTON correspondent tele­ graphs: " There is a good deal of talk among members of Congress about the meeting of the National Democratic committee to be held in this city Feb. 2•£ to select a time and place for holding the next Democratic Na­ tional convention. But two cities for the convention are mentioned prominently; they are Chicago and St. Louis, with the pre­ ponderance of sentiment in favor of the lormer. As to the time, it is generally taken for granted that it wiil. be about twenty days after the ^Republican* convention."....The Virginia Senate--23 to 10--passed tbe resolu­ tion requesting Mahone to resign his seat in the United Skates Senate. A MEETING of the Pennsylvania Bo- publican State Committee was held at Phila­ delphia last week, when-it was decided to hold the State convention at Harrisburg on the 16th of April next. Nothing was said giving any clue to the action of the Pennsylvania delegation at the coming national conven­ tion, and it is believed that no in­ structions will be given by the State oonv^n- 1 •r t . * 4 \ WffH DEATH. gigHtett'-Mi %OHe Cut Mtee «i Graftal .Oft .... yaol Ha durtta A to years. OYER £600 of the O'Donnell vengeance fond raised In New York has been forwarded to London, aad English detectives are en- deavo "lug tnwe the holders. WaratMs have been s«Macross the Atlantic that fresh outrages are to be perpetrated... .One thou­ sand African slaves have been landed on the west ooast of Madagascar by Anr s The ooffee crop in Jamaica is an entire failure ha some parishes. The making of sugar Is re­ tarded by the scarcity of labor The excite­ ment attending Moody and Sankey's aseetiairs in England Is increasing to something like the revival of 1875. THE Nationalists of Loughrea, Ire­ land, notwithstanding a proclamation by the Government and tbe presenoe of 900 polioe, held a Baeetiqg 8uaday in the yard of the Catholic chapel, where three priests advised the assemblage to join the league. SIB SAMUEL W. BAKER, who formerly led an expedition against the slave-traders of Central Africa, says the British Govern­ ment's abandonment of the 8oudan Is a na­ tional humiliation Russia has made a fonsl demand upon Turkey for £250,000 IN­ demnity still due on account of the war. Ute* la Hie - GEORGE A. WHEELER waa hanged at 4Msa Francisco for strangling his sister-in- A dele J. Tillson, because she evinced a WilUngnees to marry, when, notwithstanding :• jy* wheeler's wife was living, she had been MS mtstkess. for years. A divorced woman Mrs. dtratton wanted to wed Wheeler " before the execution, but the Sheriff I to the ceremony The First Na- bank of LeadviUe, which closed its |S«t week, bad deposit* aggregating ,M§, and no tangible assets. It is charged Prtwdftnt Lewalfc, well known as . overdrew bis account $50,COO. am the city in a can iage.... brothers, under sentence to be at Jackson, Ohio, broke jail by in- --- HT the guard with drawn revolvers. ^Shay wrS captured about one mile from *pwa« and one of them was Bliot throuah the *. MBMr....H«er Fenton, Mo., Louis lioedecker sjiahjawtfe were murdered with an ax. and iMsnraevse roooea. roe bodies of the dead with ghastly wounds.... grlgteaqpg In Mel ean county. 111., TMmlMStrxjtApvellBti: court has affirmed BcMoa that the Pul'man l alaoe-< ur com- ••®Ot a common carrier of passengers. * ^ a noted desperado, and Paid f fialNS worth tl£0,WW, was taken XBCBOrOGY OF Tine WEBX. EX-GOKORESSMAN GREEN An*wn, of Kentucky; Mrs. Eliza Quincy, of Boston, granddaughter of Joeiah Quincy, of Bevolu- tionary fame; Judge Robert H. Forrester, a prominent Chicago lawyer; Gen.W. C. Plunk- ett,a prominent manufacturer, of A da ma, Mass.; Bev. Edward Fontaine, of Louisiana, who first suggested the building of jetties ior the mouth of tb%Mississippi; Judge John Randolph Bell, a leading cit.zen of Missouri; Commodore Timothy A. Hunt, U. S. Navy; Samuel T. Glover, a leading lawyer of St. Louis; James F. Clark, a wealthy citizen of Cleveland; Earl Grosvenor, son and heir of the enormously wealthy Duke of Westmin­ ster; Sidney P. Walker, a well-known Chicago insurance man, and a former member oftbe famous Ellsworth Zouaves; Senator P. H. Smith, a pioneer of Cheboygan county, Wis.; James try den, of Franklin, Pa., oousln of Premier Gladstone; Henry Moss, of New Or­ leans, well-known humorist; Judge W. A. Porter, an eminent lawyer and old citizen of Southern Indiana. COHMEKCUL FAILURES. THE following failures were reported by telegraph daring tbe week: Liabilities. Trowbridge A Son, floor and gpdn, Al­ bany, N.Y T*T7..... w. c. Howland, organs, Chicago wade & Cummings, clothing. Hew York. Suffolk Connty Bank, Patchogue, jj. I. Geo. Keller, provisions. New York City Bank, LeadviUe, Colo Thnma* A Sons, coal miners, Evana- ville, Ind Lake Bros., bankers, Grenada, Miss..! B. F. Crook, merchant. Forest, Miss... N* ^lan8on' dry goods. St John, LA H. Henly, miilinervj Cincinnati... wm H. Guion, steamship agent. New York. F* W. Chipman, dry goods, KentviUe, N. H Mayer Bros., cotton brokers! Vioiu- burK, Miie Will'jtt Bronson, lawyer. Newiork!!!; E. J Bermiagham, publisher. Hew York Plckard, f ar'ni'ture, ' Lockport, Miner, clothing, Cheboygan, JFTLCU Cleveland (O.) Wooien Mlliis".".'. Eberly fo Bowman, dry gwkls. Co* lumbus, O.. B. H, Chamberlain A Co.. dry Ocnewo, 111 f. T!TT Grant & Co., dry goodH, GaiT»bu'r*, rl. C Fir*t Nat i onal bank^ JUekdvme/Cola! 1! Ctonee/ liros., dry goods, ESQ Claire, wis. A. Conway, iron,'ErierPa^.... H. G. Hawaii & Co., itaperbox manfact- nrers, Milwaukee Rcland, McLean A Co., lookiog-glMS manufactnrers, Boston W. Littlefield, general store. East Saginaw, Mieh'. fao.ooc 10.00C 15,000 1SO.OOC 96.00C 100,000 1S,000 06,000 10,000 80,000 40,000 65,000 179.000 700,000 lT^OO 1S.000 10,000 VJ0M 38JB0§ 30,000 20,000 850,000 UfiOO ADDITIONAL NEW& A Lincoln (HI.) dispatch rajs that interest in the Zora Burns homtolde has been revived during the week by the investi­ gation in progress before the Grand Jury, and was heightened when that body presented an indictment charging Orrin A. Carpenter with being the perpetrator of the horrible deed. The defendantcaine into court with Mr. Hodnett, one of his counsel, and appeared .somewhat excited when called before the bar. He was immediately arrested under a bench warrant, to which Counsel lieach took ex­ ceptions and argued before the court that 6uch a proceeding was unnecessary and not iu accordance with the practice in such cases. The exceptions were overruled by Ju<L?e Hcrdman with marked emphasis, who said: "1 cannot and will not admit the defendant to bail. He must go to jail. The Sheriff will tike charge of the prisoner"--which was Im­ mediately done. The prosecution claim that sutticiont is before them and known of to convince any jury of the defendant's guilt of the crime On a farm near Elgin, 111., some difficulty occurred between William Coombs and his wife. The latter soon made her appearance at a neighbor's in a crazed and bioody condition, and reported that her husband had attempted her life and then killed himself. It is generally believed that Mrs. Coombs cut her husband's throat inself- ae tense. She was a Mrs. Ureen, irorn Chicago. Coombs' brother died in the insane asylum of Michigan The twin babes o» Isaac Martin, of Liberty Mills. Ind., who had been placed to sleep in a cold room at night, were found frozen to death in thofhorning John Anderson and Zacha- riah Snyder, for the murder of James Van Wye Aug. 17 last, were hanged at Mt Ver­ non, Ind. The criminals, who were mere boys, appeared to be penitent, and the exe­ cution passed off without unusual exaite- ment. $ THE Ohio Senate refused to confirm the appointment of ex-Gov. Foster as one of the trustees of tbe Toledo asylum, and It Is understood, that Gov. Hoadly will not press the nomination. Miss £. R. PAINE, residing near Winchester, Va., one of the best-known ladies in the Shenandoah Valley, has created a huge sensation by deolarlng herself to be a man, and applying for a marriage license. He is 38 years of age, and of excellent business abilities. AT Florisdorf, Austria, Detective Bloch was shot dead by a man who, when captured, was found to possess a dynamite bomb, a revolver, and a poisoned dagger. The assassin shot a citizen twice who assisted, at his arrest, and attempted to explode the bomb to destroy himself and his captors.... The Captain of the American steamer Brook­ lyn was not allowed to land in Madagascar unless he would make use of a French boat, which he declined to do Col. Csetlogon assorts chat Khartoum has sufficient pro­ visions to last 6,000 men five months. 8blah SPKAGUE, a farmer of East Meadow, on Long Island, was attacked in his barn and nearly murdered by a mulatto. The villain then went to the house, struck Mrs. Spra^ue, and began a search for money. The neighbors heard the woman's screams for help, and they scoured the ooun- try until they captured the rob­ ber. Mr. Sprague is not likely to survive his injuries. A piece of Ice getting into the puddling machine being experimented with In the Western iron mill at Ptaoenixville, Pa., resulted in an explosion which wrecked the machinery and injured several persons. ONE of the jnrors in the Emma Bond case spends considerable time in crying; an­ other runs from his house when visitors ap­ proach it, and a third has been dismissed by a beautiful woman to whom he was engaged. A CLUB has been organized by the Republicans of Baltimore to secure the nomination of Senator Logan tor Presi­ dent. MB. BI*AJR introduced a bill in the Senate Jan. 28, for the free circulation of newspapers within the State where published. M . Cam­ eron presented a petition from the Merchants' association of Milwaukee for retaliatory leg­ islation against French and Germ in wines. Mr. Beck called up hte bill to prohibit tbe Secretary of th% Treasury from pur­ chasing bonds above par, which was referred to the committee on finance. The bill for a civil Sivernment in Alaska was passed, with a pro-bltory liquor clause. An adjournment to the 28th waa taken. The H >use went into committee of the whole on the Fitz John Porter bill, and speeches were made by Messrs. Taylor, Bayne Keifer, and Bay. Afterward, the Senate bill for tbe removal to Washington of the remains of Gen. Ord was passed. The Speaker presented a communica­ tion from the Secretary of the Navy, stating that no service was rendered the British navy, during the bombardment of Alexandria, by American .olfisf^s or men. THE_MAKKBlr. A NEW YORK. BKSVSS ...f".50 Hoos A. 73 FLOUB--Superfine A.75 WHKAT--No. X l.«2 No. '1 Bed CORN--No. % OATS--No. % : \8» PORK--Mess tfca > LASD ,U9 CHICAGO. BEKVKS- -Goo 1 to Fancy Steers.. 6.50 Common to Fair 5.00 Medium to Fair S.5J HOttS ft. 50 FLOI;b -Fancy White Winter £x Good to Choice Winter.. 8.00 WHKAT--NO. a Hpring ;tiXi e No. 3 Red winter. COIIN -NO. 2 : . . OATS--No. 2. RYE--NO. i lUiiijjY--No X 1!i:TTER--Choice Creamery.,..,. K<m«s-- Fresh 1'ORK--Mcms ....; LAUD.. ,OH>4<3 .uo ., M1LWAUKKB. WHEAT--Na 3. 89 <9 .90 COBN--No. S. 53 <& .63 OATS--No. 2 .31 0 .32*4 RY E--No. 2 M » .61 Baulky--Not ,»s & .80 I'OKK--Mess lft.00 <415.50 LAUD s.&o u.oo Si. LOUIS. WHEAT--Na 2 Red. ; COBN--Mixed OATH--No. 2..*.,..... i. RYE I'OBK--M«m LAJ:I> .v........ cINCIN^ATL WHEA*--!fa 2Bed COBN OATS RYE PORK--Mem LABD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Red .07 COBN--No 2 .62 OATO--Na 2.... IMP 40.00S 10,000 _ «. from jail at «SSwStoSe Chamber or tbminerce^. ' "T^L" i destroy tne i&mttj-or the Boreo- rOBKlGJt. BCHKKCK, who recently oonfeseed to the murder of four girls In Vienna, states that he had planned live others, and bonliVH. intended to destroy the family' of the Bareo- it Set citlxen •• •*;••• .i« •• ' .«5 .27 M.75 (ft 10.50 m 6.35 & 3.25 (£< 1.08 & .07 ((i .63 & .41 #13.00 & & 7.25 & 6.25 v.0 C.2i H 6.2J 5.74 (£<i .\5f» <.<$ .90M & 1.00 & .S3 .34 <& .58 «} .65 & .30 /w <i«l&25 t* 1.04 «• .47)9 .:h .55 " 15/J5 1.03 .40 .a2 .54 1.00 <& 1.01 .51 W .03 M 0 .37H .00 .62 1C.25 «* 15.70 . .OSfed .00 ' 'I **• ' ' ' "3 t '4 fbOUB i.75 WHEAT--No. 1 White--........ ,w CORK--No. 2 .52 OATS--Mixed. .37 POHK--Mess 11.26 INDIAN APOLISL WHEAT--Nrv. 2 Red .97 COBN--No. 2 46 OATS--Mixed M EAST LIBERTY. PA. CATTTE--Beat 6.25 Fair #.50 Cwnmon............... 4.75 Hoas.... ...... HtlPETa «V« a 1.02 ** .53 0 Jt 0 5.50 & 1.01 «a .53 & M 010.00 o .» «F .40 All fcrtTwentj- fert tow Their Una, steamship CJty of Columbus, bouud from Boston to Savannah, with llfty-nlne first-class and twenty-two steerage passen­ gers and a crew of forty-five, struck a rook and sunk off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, -Mass. One hundred and four lives were lost. Only twenty-two persons were saved. The ill-fated vessel struck on the outside of Eevil's Bridge buoy at 3 >80 in the morning, the wind at the time/ blowing a gale. The vessel Immediately ffljjed and keeled over, the water breaking in abd flood­ ing tho port-side saloon. All the passengers, excepting a few women and children, came on deck, noarly all wearing life-preservers. All the boats were cleared away, but were Immediately swamped. A majority Of the passengers were washed overboard and drowned. Seven toft the vessel on a life- raft and about forty more took to the rigging. At 10:80 a. m. the Gayhead lifeboat put off and took seven persons. Another lifeboat put off between is and' 1 o'clock. The revenue cut­ ter Dexter came alon» about 12-30 p. m., and sent off two buats. Twenty-one persons, one of whom is dead, were placed aboard the Dexter, and, after all persons had been taken from the vessel, the Dexter proceeded to New Bedford. Three persons died after going aboard the revenue cutter. The total num­ ber saved was twenty-three. Five dead bodies were recovered and 119 souls are un­ accounted for. Capt. Wright, the commander of tbe lost steamer, says he passed Cross Rip lightship at 12 o'clock, and continued by east and west, with a strong breeze west by southwest. "After passing Nobska, the course being west southwest," he says, "I stepped into my room to warm myself, as it was very cold. Everything was working well. After being below a short time 1 heard the second mate, who was in the pilot-house with the mate, sing out to the quartermaster to port helm. I jumped out of my room, thinking we had come across some vessel bound down the sound. I then cried out 'hard aport,' not knowing but it was a vessel, and in the moon­ light I saw the buoy on Devil's bridge on the port, about two points forward of the beam and about 300 yards distant. Tbe vessel immediately struck. I ordered the engine reversed, and she backed about twice her length. The steamer immediately stopped, and I ordered the jib hoisted and endeavored to head her to the north, but she filled for­ ward and listed over to port, so that hei planks were about four feet under wator. 1 went aft and told the passengers to keep cool and get life-preservers. 1 next told the offi­ cers on the deck to get the boats ready. Ths steamer settled down aft and righted, ii was blowing very hard, and a heavy sea was running. We launched on the port side. No. 0. boat, which immediately cap­ sized. The sea was breaking over the steamer's deck, and her stern being entirely under tho water, we were foroed to go upoa the top house. I staid there awhile, but we were finally obliged to take to the rigging. The mate, second mate, the chief engineer, and fourth engineer took to a raft. I think the steamer struck on a lone rook. The Captain is positive he struck outside the buoy, and in backing drifted Inside." Offioers of the cutter Dexter furnished the following statement: About 12:30 o'ciook we sighted a vessel ashore on a reef near Gay- head. The wind was blowing a gale, and a terrible sea was running. As we approached we saw tbe vessel was a steamer, and that the waves were breaking over her. We an­ chored on her starboard quarter, two or three hundred yards away. The cutter's boat was at onoe lowered and manned with five men In change of Lieut. Rhodes, who brought off seven men. A re­ turn trip was made and one man brought to the vessel. Lieut. Kennedy was then dis­ patched ia the» gig, with four men, and took off four or five men. Meanwhile the lifeboat transferred several men to the cutter, and at length the rigging was cleared of survivors. The vessel sank In about lour fathoms of water, and the railing of her bow was the only portion of her hull visible. We found men in the fore and mam tops and rigging. It was impossible to row over to the rigging, as the boats would have been pounded to p'eoes. The men in the rigging were forced to jump into the sea, and we caught them as they arose to ihe surface and pulled them intt#the boats. Some of the men could not swim, but nearly every one in the rigging was saved. Eugene McGarry jumped from the rigging, Lieut. Rhodes jumped for hl4lbut the boat was lifted fifteen feet on the crest of a wave, and it was necessary to go to the starboard to avoid being crushed. McGarry was not seen afterward. At nearly tho same Instant McGarry's brother was pulled into the boat. Capt. Wright was among the last to leave tbe Ship. Two men were frozen so stitf that they were unable to relinquish their hold on the rigging. They were at length the only per­ sons remain ng on the steamer except the Captain. Lieut. Rhodes asked him to jump, but he shouted, " Save those men first/' "They are frossen," was the Lieutenant's answer. The Captain then jumped, and, although he could not swim a stroke, he was re -cued by Lieut. Kennedy. Lieut. Rhodes performed a heroio act, which elicits hearty commendation. Two men hung in the rigging, unable to move from exhaustion. Tho o fleer determined to save them at the peril of his life. Returning to the cutter. Lie asked Capt. Gabrielseh to give him a man to s'.eer. that ho might swim to the wreck and rescue the unfortunate men. The Captain gfanted the request, and Lieut. Rhodes was pjaced on the boat. But on nearing the steamer it was found it would be folly to attempt to go alongside. Lieut. bhodes refused to abandon the attempt, and sang out to the men in the life-boat to take him to the wreck. Lieut. Rhodes boarded the life-boat, andt tying a rope about him, waited until within about thirty feet of the vessel, *ben he srrang Into the sea. • Rhodes had nearly reached the wreck when Pe was struck by a piece of timber, and sank. He was pulled aboard the boat and taken to the cutter. His leg was found to be cut, but alter changing his clo hing, as the sea was smoother, he determined to make a last at­ tempt. He again set out for the wreck, and this time the men were reached. One was hanging by tho feet and arms through the ratline, head down. Lieut. Rhodes, put • bcw-line about him, when ho murmured: "For God's sake, don't touch me." The man, who was found to bo Mr. Ulchard-^on, was placed in a boat, but died before reaching the cutter. About 8400 was found in a wallet ia his pocket. The second man, the last person removed from the wreck, was in the ratlins in the weather-rigging, and, although breath­ ing when placed ia the boat, also expired be­ fore reaching the cutter. ^ tho resoued give the highest praise to the ofticors of tho revenue cutter for the bravery manifested in saving thorn from the wreck. The City of Columbus was one of the finest vessels on ti e coast. She was valued at $300,too, and Insured for $250,000. The report of the Committee oft FobUc Lands oondemnlng Huntington's prepoeter. ous claim to the Texas PwrfBc land g*au» and the resolution of the House of Representa­ tives declaring the forfeiture of all unearned land-grants may be aeeopte-i ac s new pasture whereby Congress serves notice on the railroad treasury raiders that they must go out of business. This is the real signifi­ cance of the position taken by Congress, and it to to be hoped that nothing will be done to neutralize it. As to Mr. Huntington, the Payson report, following close upon the heels of the expoV> ure which grow out of his resurrected letters to Cotton, Is simply fatal lv required unpar­ alleled presumption on bis part to come for­ ward as a claimant for the Texas Pacific and- grant, but even his assurance will probably fall him in the face of this rebuff; but if «»I9 ........... ftt BOLDLY DEFYING THE LiWS. Pacific Refuses to Pay Mennj Into the Sinking Fund. [Washington Dispatch.] i,®** attention of Congressman Anderson, of Kansas, has been called to the fact that the In °'i Pacific railroad hits nover paid a cent in cash to tho sinking fund, as required under tho Ihunuan act, which provides that not a dividend shall be paid upon the stock of is satisued obdm at tbe sinking fund Over a year asro the Secretary of tho In­ terior directed suits to be brought against It to pay what was due. Boon after B.dney Dillon called upon the General, and had a long interview . ig n<>t known what took place ^ 5, . but no *u,t was ever ,, '^t!e ?T,er ® »KO the Union Pacific brought suit in the Court of Claims to rerover over »1 OOO.OOO alleged to be due to it I i L 0n• The Government set up 5 °^8"bl'1V "hewing that the road was ln- 'he dnking fund of the Tliur- man act over *<,000,000. This is a matter which Congressman Anderson Intends to look Into, to see if there is not some way to compel the Union Paciflo to disgorge what Is now long overdue. thePoj*?0* ̂ hM b**u*ltllod * doesn t It will not avail him. I he situation of the Paaifio railroad ring . admirably described in the concluding portion of the Payson report, which is summarized as follows: Ths report says that the Southern Pacific was built with tbe money of the Central Pacific out­ ride of the securities baaed upon it, and oper­ ated and controlled by that oompany; that so far as Congress Is concerned the Southern Paciflo never had any rights east of Yams upon which it con Id base a claim against the Government, either legal or equitable; that it built its road exp e»aly without the intention, expectation, or hope of receiving a dollar of aid or an acre of Und therefor from tbe Government; that by Its action It aided in defeating tbe building of the road contemplated by Congress, and the facts presented m the report show that transcontinental transportation now stands in this condition; The next route north of this, the Atlantic and Pacific, Is controlled by the Central Pacific west of the Colorado and by Gould east of it. The Central Paciflo and Union Pacific with Gould's connections east of Omaha control the middle route. By subsidising the Pacific Mall the Cen­ tral Pacific keeps the water route under control. The Northern Paciflo is not only in the "pool* with the Central, bnt an agreement, lias been made between them whereby the territory of the great Northwest is divided between them as to transportation#as though the ownership of the country followed the bnilding of railroads Into it, subject to which practical assertion of owner­ ship the transportation of freight for the entire Pacific ooast is under the control of a few men who adopt as a rule for charge "all the trhfllo will biar." It is scarcely within the range of possibil­ ity that the present Congress, or any future Congress, will listen for one moment to Hunt­ ington's outrageous demand after tho scath­ ing indictment which Messrs. Pay sou and Cobb and their associates on the Public Lands committee have brought against him. On the contrary, they seem to have prepared tbe way for the adop ion of such legislation as will compel the ring which controls the trans­ continental railways to meet all their obliga­ tions to tbe Government and adopt fait- rates for tbe public. The charters of these rail­ roads confer upon Congress the right to pro­ tect the people against extortion and oppress­ ion, and the time is ripe for enforcing the conditions under whieh they wore created. FINAN LEGISLATION. Sherman's Bill, Potter's Plan and Bnok- ner's Scheme,1 (WashingtonTsMbmnJ i i The yiftanee Committee of the SettSfe'ftlfe refused to approve Mr. Sherman's bill to es­ tablish a basis for banking, and also Mr. Mo- Pherson's, which provides for an issue of cir­ culation equal to the faoe of any government bond. Mr. Aldrioh bos not yet taken the sense of the committee upon his proposition to i und the fours into threes and ) ay the cash bonus. Mr. Sherman admits that Ms bill might be Improved. The committee is confident of accomplishing something to stop the threatened currency contraction, but what it will te is not as yet apparent. The proposition of Representative Potter, of New York, to substitute 2 per cent, twenty- five-year bonds for ths bonds now in exist­ ence was discussed by the House Committee on Banking and Currency to-day. No vol# was taken. The committee is awaiting thf action of the Senate Finance Committee be­ fore deciding upon a bill to report to the House. Representative Hunt offered a resolu­ tion declaring that the public welfare demands the benefits of the national banking system be substantially preserved and continued for the time being The resolution was infor­ mally discussed but no action taken. Considerable opposition has been manifest­ ed to tho bill- recently introduced by Mr. Buckner, providing for the issue of treasury notes without legal tender quality, to take the place of bank notes going out of exist­ ence. Ihe bill has not been considered by the commiitee. A member said to-day ex­ pressions of opinion regarding it on the part of members of the comm ttee had been suf­ ficiently general to warrant tbe positive pre­ diction that the bill will not receive the ap> proral of a majority of the committee^ EMMA BOND. Gloomy Dayft In St. Louis. A reoent dispatch from St. Louis says: The announcement has been made that nearly all the -rail-mills, iron-works, furnaces, and stove-foundri^ in this city have either closed or were running fit half or less of their ca­ pacity; that all the glass-works were closed, and that there was great depression in all classes of building, throwing perhaps K,000 men out of employment and withdrawing a vers large jum. of money from circulation which has heretofore bee n paid for wages. The reason lor this condition of atlairs is variously given as overproduction and a dull market iu the iron fade, as well as tho un- cetilcd feeling respecting what Congress will do with the taritt question strikes, and the low prices In tho glass trade, and the general winter depression. " Horrible Outrage In Tennessee, A reoent dispatch from Chattanooga, Ttonn. says: Hews has reached this city of a hor­ rible crime in Bledsoe county, Tenn. A few nights since fifteen hogs of John Myers and Polk Simmonds, prominent citizens of the eoupty, were found poisoned. Last night the two men searched a neighborhood called Crow's Nest for the miscreants and found a ball In progress. Tbey Were both seised and Myers was beat§n almost to death, and Sim­ monds waa thrown down and held by some of the dancers in the ball-room, while others took a sharp knife and mutilated him In a manner too horrible to be detailed. The dance then proceeded as if nothing bad oo- ouresd. • posse is out in search of the vlb Is Newport, Tenn., John Davidson, aged 80; and his Wife, aged 86, frose to death inbeC MM F fM In Oft* of *• ftiatonSoM AHm. [Telegraphic Dtopstch from Gunnison. CoL] A terrible explosion, by which over sixty persons were almost certainly killed, oc­ curred In the anthracite coal mine at Crested Butte, a small mining village about thirty miles from here. The explosion blockaded the entrance of the mine, entirely wrecked the engine-house, whlci\ staod 100 fset from tbe mouth of tbe mine, and burled alive flny ŝaveu miners, besides killing rtrnoce. The news waa telegraphed this city at once, and two spools! trains, with hundreds of strong men and all tbe doctors, started for the soeae of the disaster. The cause of the explosion cannot be defl- niteljrlearned, but so far as can be disoov- «5"1 by the ignition ot lite damp, whteh had given neat- trouble In times past, and against which the Colorado Coal and Iron company, that worked the mine, had striven unceasingly. Ifce explosion occurred either in chamber 1 or 2 Just half an hour after the day force of sixty-seven men had gone to work. Tea men were working 1n the. first chamber. Three of these esoaped unhurt. John Angus, who was in a passageway just outside the chamber, was badly buAed, but will recover. The otter six and the llfty- sevon men the were at work in chambers 2 and 8 are thought to have perished. The explosion was of such force as to completely barricade the main entrance. The appfianoes for supplying air, located near, were badly wrecked and the roof of the tramway blown off. ,.®1® S" working on the anthracite mesa, the night fcrce of the Colorado Coal and Iron ZSSXLPSfi c,ttoeM generally, worked bard all day to rescue the men, al­ though it is thought none can possibly esoape alive. The town hall has been prepared for the reception of the dead. As soon as possi- ble tho ffto repaired and put to work pumping air into the. mine. The men then set to work removing the obstructions, so as to reach the chambers and get the bodies out as. soon as possible. At this hour everything is in such confu­ sion that it la impossible to give details. Crotods of women cluster about the entrance to the mine, praying, wringing their hands and crying piteously, presenting a soene the most heartrending. It is said that at the time of the explosion ten kegs of black powder were in the cham­ bers and two where the men were working, and where the explosion is supposed to have taken place. The mine has long been con­ sidered dangerous by those acquainted with it. While one of the best producing mines in the country its operation has been attended with more or less apprehension and real danger. " It's a fire-damp mine," said Superintend­ ent Cameron, "and seems constantly to gen­ erate the most deadly gases in the coal or un­ der it.' These gases pour out of seams in the walls of the tunnels and shafts. Fresh air is forced in along the shaft by machinery at the rate of no less than 56,000 cubic feet every minute. This is quite sufficient to fully sup­ ply the wants of the miners and keep the air perfectly pure unless something happens to cutoff or interfere with the supply. We have always sent a mine-viewer through every chamber each morning before any of the men were allowed to go in. He must have returned this morning before the work­ men started in, and everything must have been all right when he passed through the workings." John McNeil, the State Mine Inspector, says be has no doubt that every man in the mine at1 the time of the explosion was instantly killed. [Crested Butte is a small mining town twenty-eight miles north of Gunnison, ton the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. It Is head­ quarters for Colorado anthracite coal inter­ ests, being on the extreme southeastern or eastern edge of the only anthracite deposits in Colorado. Tbe Colorado Goal and Iqpn company, who own the mine where the dis­ aster occurred, are the principal operators of tho coal mines in this region, litis company Is closely allied to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad company.] tm by garrlron ef tlw L«tf ctly of Resolutions Adopted at Taylorvfflifc (Taylorville (111.) Telegram.] The ladies of Taylorville gave a musical and dramatic entertainment at the Opera house In this city for the benefit of Miss Emma Bond, and to publicly demonstrate sympathy for tbe unfortunate girl, whom they have known from childhood. Tho Opera ho ise has a seating capacity of 1,000, an<| every seat was filled. Great enthusiasm wai displayed by all present. During the exer* cises a chairman was appointed, and the fol* lowing resolutions were read and adopted: Re*oltsed, That we, the citizens of Chris fcian connty, 111., the neighbors,friends, and acquaint­ ances of Miss Emma Bond, in mass convention assembled, do hereby extend to her that sym­ pathy which emanates from tbe heart when its objoct is the sutlerer of great wrong, and we i assure her that we have an abiding faith and ' confidence in her intelligence, integrity, and j purity o( character, and give fall faith and credit to her testimony of her wrongs and injuries. Rettolved, That the trial at Hillaboroof the persons indicted for the terribK crime perpe- I trated upon her person was before the whole country as well as before the jury, and that the verdict of the jury was directly opposite to that of nearly if not every intelligent and fair-minded person who had given careful at­ tention to the trial, and especially to the people of Christian county. The ' friends and neigh­ bors of Miss Emma Bond feel themselves wronged and outraged by the verdiot of the jury, and Dablic spinlon is not changed thereby. Rettolved, That we extend to all people who haVe taken or may tafee steps toward establish­ ing what is known as the "Emma Bond fund" our earnest thanks for their interest In the matter, and assure all that we deem her a worthy recipient of their generosity, and that we gladly and willingly join in the spirit of in­ terest which lias been revealed in many places to cheer her heart and provide for her present and future needs. ' THE H0US%UF LORDS, i i Krwjr Senator to Have a Clerk. (Washington Dispatch.! ' The American House of Lords, as the Senate is called since the Chicago Tribune's editorial on the subjeot appeared, is making long strides in the assertion of its privileges. A resolution was adopted today which gives each Senator a clerk to be paid out of the public purse. This is a privilege wbioh no member of the British House of Lords enjoys. It is true that the Senators cannot make tbe addition of $6 daily to their own salaries, but they will each have a private secretary. There is little doubt that the House will vote the necessary additional ap­ propriation each year to the Senate's con­ tingent fund. The House in every case of oontsst for years has sucoumbed, although there has frequently been danger that an ap­ propriation bill would fall because the Senate would not yield. Tbe total additional cost will be about $35,000 annually. The change from SI,000 annually to $0 per day during the session will not make any material difference in the aggregate. One effect of the resolu­ tion will doubtless be to make the scramble for Chairmanships less active. Ihe Senator who can have a clerk at Government ex­ pense wholly to himself may think that he is better served than to accept a Chair­ manship, where it is possible that his clerk may have some public duty to perform. / BITERS AND HARBORS. What They Have Cost the Government Since 1789. The Secretary of War has sent to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Government on account of the improve­ ments on rivers and harbors from March 4, 1789, to June 30,1882. Following is the re­ capitulation by States: Alabama.... $M6.142!New York... $0,539,074 Arkansas.... 315,000,N. Caroliana. 3,961,903 California... 1,493,438. Ohio 3^57,001 Connecticut. '" Delaware.... Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky... Louisiana. .. Maine. 1,537,449 Oregon...... 649,805 3,043,636!Pen sylvania Rhodelalaad S. Carolina.. Tennessee... Texas 706,1901 Vermont 3,490,Virginia... . SI7,SOO Wash. Ter... 4M.363 1,864,064 10,000 2^52,305 Maryland.. . Mas achus °ts Michigan.... Minnesota. NHam New Jersey l47,809jW. Virginia. 1,404,809 Wisconsin.. 1,485,770 D. ColnmbU. 3,938,780 Mlsoellane's. 7,898,860 Repairs..... 447.600 Surveys. .... 33,000 Dredgi'g ma- 296,170i chines 1,115,331 175.5CO , 987,4981 G'd total. .Ilt>5,706,401 1,007,101 783,613 931,843 85,500 3,166,184 545,311 1,683,375 6,500 1,387,588 4,618,496 353,303 38,349,109 3,976,033 4,951,434 A SENATE SCENE* Edmoadi and Lamer at Swords' Points. rWasblngton Special to Chicago Tribune.] A scene is reported to have taken place at a recent session of the Senate in executive session between Messrs. Edmunds and Lamar. Ths cause was the confirmation of Emory Speer to be uis rlot Attorney of Georgia. According to one account the debate had been rather tame until at last Senator Ed­ munds left the chair and began a speech that called in Senators from the cloak-rooms. He waved the bloody shirt us it has not been waved s.-nce the days of Grant. He was caustic and cutting in his remarks, and at last said something that was regarded as personal by Senator Lamar. Mr. Lamar got the floor and replied in kind, and when he finished Mr. Edmunds arose and delivered a reply, holding tbe Southern representatives aud people responsible for what he termed a ••terrible, unlawful, and iniquitous condition ot political persecution in the South." Mr. Lamar retorted, ending by saying: "If It is the purpose of tbe Senator from Vermont to make himself personally offensive to every Senator from the South, he has succeeded, so (tr is I am coiyerned, to the extent that all personal relations between us must cease." PEOPLE AND TRINFNK BUR in Kansas is "sea foam." Miss ADA QPIOOS, of Philadelphia, weighs 632 pounds. SENATOR PATNK has a eon old enough to bo a grandfather. A BOSTON firm offers a prise of ft,000 for the beet American opera. TUB lowa Legislature contalM Affreight Dftlon war veterans. tCompOed from VaHons BOnrssa} • • : Wtfwfcorrors ttetfoBewe* MR «K>efe there Is abupdaat testimony. Capt. Wright had been on duty over since tbey left Boston, and, having taken the ship safely through the mort ̂ augiivts part of the sound, be went to bis state-room for a few movents to get warm. He left three mates nod a quarter­ master in tho wheel-house, with Instructions fco fotlow tho course he had marked out- Be had been below perhaps twenty-five minutes whe^ there was a bump. It was not a crash, or severe shock. Every one near tbe pilot­ house beard tbe mate give tbe wheelman tbe order to "port." Capt. Wright felt sure, as he jumped to the wheel-house, they had run down some sailing craft, an*, without stopping to look, he shouted to the •"»» at the wheel " Hard aport." Instantly realizing the actual situation, he endeavored to work the vessel off, first by steam power and then by setting the, Jlk ^ Neither experiment was of any avail, and within Ave minutes Capt Wright knew that his ship was doomed. The first blow oh the rooks did not arouse more than half of those on board, but repeated Dound- Ing and noise of excitement soon brought nearly all from their state-rooms. When the Mptain abandoned his efforts to get her off, the vessel had already settled enough so that the sea began to break over her. Then every thought was turned to the j means . of saving life. Capt. Wright I rushed into the saloon cabin, where . more than half the passengers, hardly awake. were trying to realise the cause of alarm. I The oommander sharply, but without exclte- i ment, bade everybody keep cool, but to dress and put on their life-preservers. Even as he i entered a wave followed him, and there was . a terribly distressing aoene. But the crowd seemed half paralysed instead of frenzied in their terror. Ladles begged for help, but } most of them obeyed tbe Orders of the officers and the calmer men in the room. Nearly j everybody present had on a lite-preserver, | properly adjusted, before going on deck. | Nearly all bad partly dressed before being driven from the state-rooms and cabin bythe I water. There were a few exciting incidents I at this stage of the catastrophe. One lady beg- ' ged Capt. Wright to save her two children, but thefullextentof thedanger was not realized, BO that there was no great panic. The water filled the state-rooms and cabin slowly, and there was the continual pounding of tbe ves­ sel on the ledge. But within twenty minutes i all below decks became untenable, and then the real horrors of the night began. Just as j the passengers reached the deck a trcmen- | dous sea struck the Bhip. A groat white mass of roaring water fell upon the stranded I vessel. Sixty terrorstricken passengers ! stood upon the galenswept deck, seeking j which way to turn in the darkness. A mo- I ment, and they were gone. So sudden was'it i that not a shriek or a prayer came from the little company ere the great wave en­ gulfed them. Every woman and child on board died at that moment. Those in the rigging and upon the house bad only time to clutch tighter their supports when the fall of water was upon them. There was no opportunity to as­ sist tbe women and children to the rigging, where they wou d have been for a time safe, and it is well there was not time, for death would have been Just as sure, though per­ haps more slow and more agonising. About sixty souls remained on board after this first stroke of death. The firte of more than half of these was still more terrible. Half a dozen snoceeded, after great struggles, in launching a boat, and when tbey got a few feet away from the ship their boat capsized, and they, too, were drowned before the eyes of those remaining in the rigging. With the shipwrecked men it became a test of endurance. Soon after daybreak the smoke-stack was carried away. A few were clinging to the stays, and most of these were swept off. Then the bouse broke up, and the few thereon succeeded in reach­ ing the rigging, they being In all sorts of po­ sitions. Two were supported on a loose swing­ ing rone between the masts. They dangled there in the wind for hours, with the rope supporting them under the armpits. The gale swung them back and forth like clothes on a line, while the spray of every wave breaking over the ship drenched them. They were soon benumbed, and probably died as they hung, tho stiffening of the muscles In the cold holding them. One of them was swept away about 9 o'ciook and the other dis­ appeared about 11. - Hen olung one above another to the cross-trees. Those close to­ gether could exchange a few words occa­ sionally, and sad, hopeless words they beoame as tbe hours wore on and no help appeared. Those who, putting their legs through the cross-trees and partially sat upon the rope, were soon benumbed below the hips and lost all control of their limbs. John L. Cook, of Portland, Me., who with Capt. Wright left the wreck last, says that among tho oonfused mass who were struggling and screaming when the ship first struck the reef he niticed a middle-a^ed man and his wife. Their conduct was in marked contrast with that of the other passengers. The panic which had seized the others was not shared by them, but their blanched faces told that they realized the peril whioh sur­ rounded them. The only movement of mus­ cles or nerves was that produced by tbe chilling atmosphere. They stood close to­ gether clasping each other's hands, as if about to contemplate suicide together, and thus fulfill the marital vow of standing by each other in the varying tide of life's for­ tunes and misfortunes. As the wreck ca­ reened with the gale from one side to the other, and while the spray and waves drenched them at every moment, the husband turned and imprinted a kiss upon the companion of his life, and while thus em­ braced a heavy sea broke over the wreck and both were washed away and not seen afterward. Mr. Cook remembers particularly two men--one a seaman and the other a pas- , eenger--who held on in the rigging for five or six hours before. they surrendered to the elements. Up to the last moment they were conscious, und, as they relaxed their bold from the ropes and went down, their last words were of their families and homes. One man who had held out against the stormy elements was killed by tbe falling smoke­ stack just as he was about to be rescued, and by the same event a couple of the crew were so disabled that they only survived the tem­ pest a few moments longer. Second Assistant Engineer Henry Collins States he was aleep in his stateroom when awakened by the shook of the vessel's strik­ ing. He hastily dressed uid hurriedly ran on deck. Passengers from the main saloon who were crowding on deck were washed over­ board as fast as they came up the eompanlon- way. "I went to the engineer's room and saw no one there, then returned to the deck, and, seeing the sea breaking clear over the ship, I made for the mizzen rigging, where I watched everything and waited for a chance to escape. I saw passengers drop out of the rigging frozen stiff. All tho women were completely helpless. Tho shrieks ot' the men in tbe rigging were awl'ul. I prayed that I niijrfft-dJe and be re­ lieved of my terrible agony. Some men cursed and swore, but tho majority prayed for death. All the sufferings of a liH'-tlme were crowded iuto those lew terrible hours in the rigging." Not one woman on tbe Ill-fated steamer was saved! The survivors saw one boat, containing »even women, upset. The sea soon demolished the boat. It was fearful the way tho women were swept away. Some rushed on deck with their husbands, and, as the full force of the storm broke upon t.licm, realizing that all was lost, they threw their arms around their husbands' necks and bade them good-by. A few moments later they were swept overboard. A mother with a child heM tight in her arms was borne away by the waves almost beforo reaching the deck. Not one woman reached the rig­ ging. The majority were washed overboani by the waves. A number were probably smothered in their berths. In the lap of one woman was found a pair of baby's shoes. Nearly all of the bodies had on life-preserv­ ers, and were floating on their backs. The faoos of Ave victims were badly cut and dis­ figured. Two boys are among the survival* --George W. and Herbert W. Farnsworth, U and 17 years of age, of Townsend, Mass. The passenger list of the lost steamer, cor­ rected, foots up eighty-one, cabin and steer­ age. There were forty-five officers, &eamen« and waiters. The total death list is ninety- seven. The passengers were in the mala consumptives on their way to a warmer climate. Tho wealthy Taslgi family, the Rands, the Beals, and a number of ether'rej* rescntativcs of New England stock are among the lost. ? "L- m Mn. BAKHUM has decided to give bis wimp elephaat the name of Tom Thumb, , A: ii •