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Cambridge News (Newspaper) - January 11, 1877, Cambridge, Ohio Up t the Cambridge news. Published every thursday Cambridge Guernsey county Ohio. L. Q. Haines proprietor. Terms of subscription for one year if paid within the year.$2 of if not paid until after the year expires. 2 50 no paper discontinued until All the arrearage tre paid except at the option of the publisher. A very Large circulation. Tho camb Frisi t4ws. News. . 31. Cambridge Ohio thursday january la 1877. $2.00 per annul. Advertising hates. Spack. From. In. La Jar Jne Quarter column. $12 50 $18 75 00 00 17 50 25 of 40 of so Oln Sisoi 50 of 40 Ooi 60 of j too of one third column. Jim half column. Jne column. Fifteen cents per line for local in Reading matter ten cents per line Forlo cat notices first insert Ion and five cents per line each subsequent insertion ten cents per line Tor special notices first Inser Don. Aud 6hc. Per line each subsequent insertion. Marriage and death notices free. Obit Aries five Enta per Lins. Business cards. A a a 1 a a a a a a Quot a a a a a a i. I Quot Tig a. Cooper. X. Be of by Sok. Ors. Cooper a Jefferson dentists Cambridge Ohio. Iez office on West Market Street Oyer Shaffner a Beymer a St Are. Teeth extracted without pain by the use of nitrous oxide or laughing Gas. Mar4-�?T75-tf i. B. Wilson. I. A. Burson. Wilson amp Burson dentists office in the times Block Over the Guernsey National Bank Cambridge. Ohio. A. 27, lbs to of j. G. Ferbrache livery and Sale stable in the rear of times building. Get patronage solicited. Accommodations Good. Of Cambridge Ohio. Morton House formerly Starr hotel Joseph Morton proprietor West Side Public Square Cambridge Ohio. New pleasant and convenient net 29-78 Lambert Thomas. X. Harper Ronni. Lambert Thomas a co., prof nce Anil tool commission merits 139 North water Street and 146 Delaware wharf Philadelphia a june 15-7 new factory. William a. Carr Fine Boot and shoe mater Cambridge. Ohio. To shop in Rainey s building on Mill St making Aud repairing sewed work a specially jy22-tf j. Woodford livery feed and Sale stable on Pine Street North of main. Persons arriving on the cars or any others taken to All Points of Guernsey county on the shortest notice. Ap22-�?T75-tf j. D. Taylor. It. Anderson Taylor amp Anderson attorneys at Law f it co to. Office adjoining the Taylor Block. We. Isi. Siens attorney at Law and notary Public. Will practice in Guernsey and adjoining counties. Collections promptly attended to. Post office address Cambridge Ohio. June 15-74_ t. O. Marin Cai Penter and Joiner Cumberland Ohio. Csp"1"persons wishing work in this line will be promptly accommodated by calling on or addressing the above named. June 15-74 do k. Kyles Marble and Granite works Cambridge Ohio. Keeps on hand a Fine lot of the celebrated red and Gray scotch Granite monuments at the lower prices. Italian and american Marble monuments of the Best style and Quality. Marble and 8iate mantles. May3-75-tf at Mackey Sart gallery Cambridge a specially is made of find photographs. Also copying and enlarging old pictures and finishing them in India Ink water and Oil colors oct 29-74 we. Ogler Boot 6c shoe maker. In the Davis Block opposite the Public Square Cambridge Ohio. Off he is prepared to do All kinds of work on Short notice Aud on reasonable terms. Give him nov. 30. 1876-tf a Call. Mrs. Sarah Jane Moss is prepared to clean and co lob clothing for ladles and gentlemen braid hair and make switches to order. Combines straightened. Janl�?T76 Cambridge o. C. Parker House Painter first class Grainer and yarn Sher. A residence Corner Winfield and Church streets Cambridge Ohio. Country work solicited. Apj9-�?T75-tf a a thing of Beauty is a Joy forever. Art gallery. Day amp Scott photograph lists Quaker City Ohio. Photographs in every size and style and in the perfection of Art. June 16-74 Kirk House formerly Grant House Corner of Market and fourth Street. W. Amp. S. M. Kirk proprietors. June 15-74 Zanesville Ohio. John i. Dollison proprietor of the he Sclier House Cor. Broadway and South streets Quaker City Ohio. Iii a Hie is one of the Best arranged houses in Eastern Ohio. Guests will receive every attention necessary to their Comfort. May4tf Fairview House Fairview Ohio. F. Dubois proprietor. Of this House is newly fitted up and kept in modern style. Good stabling. May 18-tf Mccollum a Mckinney Are prepared to attend to All the wants of their customers in their line of making and repairing wagons of All sizes and patterns. They also invite attention to the facilities for and the other thousand and one things Mads at the Blacksmith s shop. A Mccollum a Mckinney mar28- 79-tf South end Mill f treat news of tue week. Congressional. In the Senate on the 3d, the committee on privileges and elections submitted a report that w. M. Turner manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at Jacksonville Ore., had refused to answer certain questions on the ground that he could not divulge the business of the company also a Resolution declaring that he is in duty bound to answer the questions. Ordered printed. An executive session was held and the Senate adjourned. In the House e. W. Barnes manager of the Western Union Telegraph company at new Orleans was presented at the bar As a rec usant witness and a hearing was postponed to the 5th. Two reports on the admission of Belford As representative from Colorado were presented from the judiciary committee the majority declaring Colorado a state in the Union and that Belford should be admitted the minority recommending the passage of an act admitting Colorado. Recommitted. Adjourned. In the Senate on the 4th, the Bill to establish a court for the trial of contested presidential elections was called up and Wright Iowa spoke at length in its favor. Ile argued that there was no Power Given to Congress to inquire As to How electors were chosen Etc. It was the duty of the president of the Senate to count the vote but he believed that an Appeal might be taken from his decision Aud that tile two houses acting separately might by their concurrent action overrule him. Kernan n. A said the two houses had the right and the duty was imposed upon them by the Constitution to a out the vote. Sherman Ohio said it would be revolutionary if the objections of either House could exclude the vote of a state. The Bill was referred. Adjourned in the House the military Academy appropriation Bill was reported from the appropriation committee. It appropriates $265,161. The Bill fixing the of u. S. Marshals and deputies was passed. The compensation of Dep to marshals is limited by the Bill to $1,200. A Bill giving parties contestant time to enter lands under the Preemption Homestead or Timber culture acts after the contest has been decided w As passed. A Bill granting a pension of eight dollars a month to All who served sixty Days in the mexican War or thirty Days in the Florida or Black Hawk wars and to their surviving widows unmarried Wras passed. The consular and diplomatic appropriation Bill was considered in committee of the whole and without reaching a vote the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 5th, Morton id called up the Resolution declaring that Turner the Jacksonville Ore Telegraph manager is in duty bound under his oath to answer the questions propounded to him by the committee. Kelly Ore hoped the Resolution would be adopted. There was no reason Why telegraphic should not be made Public w Hen Justice demanded it. He was satisfied that nothing improper could be shown As he was present at Salem and knew of All transactions. After a lengthy discussion a vote was taken on the adoption of the Resolution resulting yeas 33, nays 3�?barnum, Burnside and Eaton no quorum voting. Adjourned to the 8th in the House Barnes the rec usant witness was brought before the bar and submitted his answer in writing. Referred to the judiciary committee. The contingency deficiency Bill was considered in committee of the whole and without action the House adjourned. The passenger agents at a meeting at new York on the 2d, determined upon the following Advance in passenger rates upon the trunk lines new York to Cleveland $8 to $11 Toledo $10 to $13.50 Detroit $10 to $12 Chicago $13 to $18 St. Louis $17 to $23 Indianapolis $12 to $17 Louisville $15 to $20 Cincinnati $11 to $16. David Dudley Field was on the 2d elected to Congress from the seventh new York District to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Smith Ely or. His majority was 3,449. The new York legislature convened on the 2d. George b. Sloan was elected speaker of the House. In an interview with a new York Herald reporter on the 3d, Hon. We. A. Wheeler declared that the a great Issue of the Day shall and must be settled by the strict carrying out of the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Congress cannot investigate whether Louisiana has gone for Tilden or Hayes. The action of the returning Board is final and Epli. Horn the Wrell know minstrel died at new York on the 3d. The mines at Lykens pa., were discovered to be on fire on the 1st, and All efforts to extinguish the flames were unavailing. A the Only Means Bear Creek was turned on the so and made to flow into the slope. About 800 men Are thrown out of employment and the damage done cannot be repaired in a year. The presbytery of Newark n. J., on the 3d, by a vote of sixteen to twelve found or. Lee guilty of violating the scriptures by allowing women to preach in his pulpit. S. S. Bright sex president of the suspended City Bank of Harrisburg pa., and his two sons one the sex cashier have been arrested on tile charges of conspiracy to defraud of embezzlement and of obtaining Money under false pretences. The Bank failed with liabilities of $350,000 assets $70,000. At the Republican legislative caucus of the Maine legislature on the 4th, Hon. Jas g. Blaine was unanimously nominated for u. S. Senator by acclamation. The Montreal express train on the grand trunk railway was thrown from the Trank at Gilead me., on the 4th, by the engine striking a Snow Bank. The entire train went Over an embankment fifteen feet High. Mitchell brakeman was fatally and the Engineer brakeman and baggage master badly injured. None of the passengers were killed. The Price of Gold in new York declined on the5th to 106 a the lowest since november 1873. Edwin w. Major convicted at Nashua n. H., in december 1875, of poisoning his wife was hanged at Concord on the 5th. At the scaffold he declared his innocence. The Boston Board of Trade on the 5th adopted a report taking Strong grounds against the adoption of a Silver basis. Sens and Aarhaus Denmark on the 3d this is the first Railroad Accident involving a loss of life that Ever occurred in that country. The romanian government has revoked its order restoring the army to a peace footing. It was reported on the 4th that Ute european plenipotentiaries had modified their demands and it was hoped the Porte would accept the proposals As a basis of discussion. A Madrid dispatch of the 4th announced that an extradition treaty Between Spain and the United states had been concluded. A special order forbidding German officers on the Active list from entering the russian army has been issued by emperor William. The investigating committees. Washington. Tile new years reception at the White House was a very Brilliant affair. Twelve to fourteen inches of Snow fell at Washington on the 1st. The debt statement issued on the 2d shows an increase during december of $3,585,142. Coin balance $96,117,418 currency $9,483,-860. No action wats taken at the Cabinet session on the 2d on the resolutions of tile Louisiana legislature asking the Protection of the government against violence. It was decided to make no change in the orders to the military authorities in the South. Cronin the Oregon democratic elector testified before the Senate committee on the 3d that he made no arrangements to have the electoral certificates handed to him by the Secretary of state was convinced that he was lawfully appointed elector put the certificates in his pocket because lie was afraid Odell and others would take them from him was paid $3,000 for his expenses As messenger. W. M. Turner Telegraph manager at Jacksonville Ore., was questioned by senator Morton As to the alleged Transfer of Money by Telegraph from a new York banking House to firms in Salem and Portland and refused to answer. The Senate on the 3d confirmed Geo. Ii. Anderson As postmaster at Pittsburgh. Sex asst. . Fisher of the District of Columbia convicted of abstracting court papers was on the 3d sentenced to eleven months imprisonment at labor Iii the common jail. The president on the 4th sent a letter to the Board of police commissioners of the District of Columbia requesting their immediate resignation. No reasons were assigned. The House committee which visited South Carolina to investigate the election returned on the 4th. They generally do not apprehend armed collisions Between the two parties and think there will be a peaceful settlement ultimately. The Senate committee on privileges and elections examined gov. Grover of Oregon on the 5th. In issuing certificates of election to the three highest electors he stated he acted in conformity with the Constitution and in accordance with the Best Legal author to he would procure. The extradition treaty concluded Between the United states and Spain applies to All criminal offences except those of a political nature. The Kast. A sleeping car on the new York express was thrown from the track and overturned on the morning of the 31st ult., about Twenty Miles East of Buffalo n. The occupants a lady and gentleman and the Porter escaped Cerious injury. The car was considerably damaged by fire. An arrangement is reported to have been effected with Peter b. Sweeney of Tweed ring Fame to return and stand trial in the $6, xxx too suit against him. Lucius Robinson was inaugurated governor of new York on theist. Or. Tilden made a congratulatory speech. Gov. Robinson in response thanked him and in his speech spoke of or. Tilden having been called by the people of the Union by an emphatic popular majority to the highest place in the nation. Twenty eight lives were lost by the wrecking of the English ship circassian off Bridgehampton l. I., on the morning of the 30th ult., during a terrible storm. The vessel was stranded on the Lith ult., when All hands escaped and at the time of the later disaster was in the custody of the coast wrecking company whose employees the drowned men were. The vessel was Only 600 feet from Shore but the storm was so violent that no help could be rendered. Four men Only escaped. The heaviest Snow storm for several years prevailed throughout the Eastern and Southern states on the 2d. West Ang South. Seven Young men were drowned at a communication j Gusta ky., on the 28th ult by the breaking j of an ice Gorge. They w Ere All residents of j Utopia Ohio. A Cheyenne by. To dispatch reports tile killing of two couriers and wounding of the mail Carrier Aud another Man on Christmas near red Cloud Agency by the indians. Two Days later the indians ran off Large Herd of horses at Spear fish. A attempt was made to seize an american Steamboat on the Rio Grande River on the 30th, by the mexican guard on the opposite Side from Brownsville Tex. The treasure product of the states and territories West of the Missouri River for the past year was Gold $44,328,000 Silver $41,536,700. Nevada produced the greatest amount. Two feet of Snow were reported at Holly Springs miss., on the 1st, fourteen inches at Jackson and As far South As Osyka la., four inches fell. Z. B. Vance was inaugurated governor of North Carolina on the 1st. In his address alluding to National affairs he said he considered the situation to he critical and the Only Reliance is on the moderation and patriotism of Congress. If they w Ere not Able to effect a peaceable Aud constitutional solution of the question and an attempt should be made to inaugurate the candidates not fairly elected either the people will submit to a great wrong or there will be a resort to violence. North Carolina will follow the Lead of the constitutional men of the North. On the 2d the Florida supreme court returned to the Secretary of state the return of the Board of canvassers and ordered the Board to answer by four o clock to the Plain language of the writ by canvassing the vote for governor and omitting in their return any votes cast for any other officer. The Board made a return at five of clock when the counsel for relator asked and was granted until the 3d to examine the return. A key West Fla Telegram of the 2d says the steamship Emilie sunk the previous night in six fathoms of water. One Man and an infant Are known to be lost and a Boatload of passengers Are missing. The Minnesota legislature met on the 2d. The Illinois and Missouri Legislatures met on the 3d. A Cheyenne dispatch of the 3d reports the arrival of Gen. Crooks command at Fetter Man and the closing of the Indian Campaign for the Winter. The Michigan legislature met on the 3d. At a caucus of Republican senators and i representatives Hon. W. Ferry was renominated senator by acclamation. In the u. 8. Court at Yankton d. T., on the 3d, Mccall the murderer of wild Bill was sentenced to be hanged March i. The inauguration of gov. Drew took place at Tallahassee fla., on the 2d. The chief Justice administered the oath. The address of the governor was Short and conciliatory. He guaranteed full Protection to the freedmen in All their rights and privileges. The legislature organized in both branches both democratic. Hon. William Windom was unanimously renominated for u. 8. Senator by the Minnesota Republican legislative caucus on the 4 the. The general Assembly of Indiana convened on the 4th. In the Senate the democrats elected their officers and the republicans elected theirs in the House. The message of gov. Hendricks was delivered to the Indiana legislature on the 5th. Referring to tile presence of u. S. Troops in South Carolina he said a the constitutional and Independent authority of the 8tate courts and Legislatures is endangered if not supported by a patriotic and Liberty Loving sentiment so Strong among the people that party and partisans dare not deny the Republican legislative caucus of the Illinois legislature on the 5th renominated Gen. John a. Logan for u. S. Senator. Foreign intelligence. A Delhi Telegram says Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India on the 1st, with great ceremony. A Perth dispatch of the 2d says Gen. Nitzkin has been recalled by order of the Czar and All russian volunteers must leave Servia by the 15th. In an interview Between Midhat Pasha and the Marquis of Salisbury at constantinople on the 2d, the former declared that the Sultan would uphold his rights and put his Trust in god. The strike on the grand trunk railway of Canada ended on the 2d through Mutual concessions All the members of the brotherhood resuming their old positions. Nine persons were killed and thirty injured by a Railroad Accident Between har Louitt Aua. The Senate committee on the 30th ult. Heard further evidence from ouachita. Rec. Moore and Burrell testified that they had been forced to Burn Republican tickets and their lives were saved by or. Lacey. Richards swore that or. Young and others Hung him Foster and Hector up to a tree and beat them for refusing to vote the democratic ticket. On Cross examination witness admitted that they were also charged with stealing beef but the beef was afterwards found in Youngs Field. Williams testified that he voted the democratic ticket to save his life As he had been taken out of bed and beaten. Jones had signed an affidavit to save his life. Thomas Coroner was afraid to hold an inquest on Pinkston. The Senate sub committee resumed the examination into the East Baton Rouge election. Casby coloured election commissioner testified that after the Clote of the polls the democrats made the officers make the returns correspond with the tally sheets kept by them. Dethom coloured corroborated the hanging of Myers left the Parish through fear of his life. Mcalpine Deputy u. 8. Marshal testified to the general intimidation of the coloured people and irregularities in the election. Bird coloured testified to the same effect. The House committee examined witnesses in regard to the election in new Orleans. Lawler testified to the intimidation of coloured democrats and fraudulent registration in the twelfth Ward knew of judge Dibble instructing negroes to vote double ballots at the democratic polls so As to have them thrown out had men arrested for distributing fraudulent naturalization papers on election Day and the police turned them Loose. Wilson u. S. Supervisor at Plaquemine testified before the House sub committee that there was an unfair registration on account of the crookedness of supervisor Edgeworth 300 voters failed to obtain registration papers. Several witnesses testified to Edgeworth a bad character. Veazey supervisor of Lafayette Parish testified that the protest which accompanied the returns from that Parish w As written at the new Orleans custom House and he was told he must sign it to make his returns regular new tally sheets were made out with certain polls rejected which he signed the election was fair and peaceable. The evidence taken by the investigating committees in new Orleans on Hie 1st was of the usual Tenor. The investigating committees heard testimony from ouachita Livingston East Baton Rouge and new Orleans on the 2d. Cliff coloured testified to the Murd Crof Fairand gave the names of eight of the perpetrators witness and Johnson buried the body and Johnson had afterwards been carried off by armed men and never seen since witness House had been burned and his wife and children driven off. Other witnesses testified to the fairness of the election and the absence of intimidation. The tax collector of Liv j Ingston testified that his affidavit appearing in Sherman a report was prepared at the new Orleans custom House and made him say things he knew nothing about. Herron Republican testified before the Senate committee on the 3d that be had been captured by a band of armed men and whipped after Hie whipping they said they had mistaken their Man. Other witnesses testified to eases of violence and intimidation in East Baton Rouge and in ouachita. Several witnesses testified before the House committee to the intimidation of coloured democrats by men of their own color in St. Tain Auy and Concordia parishes. By a party vote the committee reported president Orton of the Western Union Telegraph company to the House As in contempt in refusing to answer a subpoena. Chief Justice budding of the Louisiana supreme court testified before the Senate committee on tile 4th As to the general intimidation of coloured republicans in ouachita and said his Nephew or. Dinkgrave was killed he believed by members of the democratic party for organizing the Republican party he also believed others were killed on account of their polities. The supervisor of ouachita testified that the protest and affidavits accompanying his returns were prepared in new Orleans. One witness testified that the Republican negroes were intimidated and others that there was a peaceable election and no intimidation. Before the Senate sub committee. Lieut. Roe third infantry stationed at Baton Rouge testified that he knew of no intimidation. Judge Dibble of the Republican state committee testified before the House committee that the statement that he had instructed republicans to delay the voting of democrats and told the negroes to vote double tickets was false believed the terrorism had the effect of giving an unnatural coloured vote to the democrats. Yan Tauten testified before the House subcommittee that the affidavit accompanying the Tangi hapa returns saying Williams House was burned and he forced to leave was untrue Williams being then in the Penitentiary. Death of Commodore Vanderbilt. New York Jan. 4. Commodore Vanderbilt died this morning at 10 51 of clock aged eighty two years and seven months. He remained perfectly conscious to the last moment of his life and died almost without a struggle. Since the 2d it has been apparent to his doctors that his hours were numbered and that at most he could live Only a few Days or a week. At four of clock this morning his condition became rapidly worse and he expressed a desire to see the Rev. Or. Deems his spiritual adviser. The latter arrived in a few minutes and the Commodore said a a i think i am nearly gone or. Deems prayed by the bedside of the dying Man and then some members of the family Sang a few hymns in Low tones the music seeming to soothe the sufferer. All his family were sent for during the night. His eldest son William Vanderbilt arrived after Midnight and remained to the end. All of his daughters were present and his wife who has been present by his bedside during the entire period of his sickness was at her Post As usual. . Lindsley and Elliott were also in attendance. They warned both Commodore Vanderbilt and his friends to expect the worst. The news of his death spread rapidly and very Many friends called at the House this morning and sympathized with the mourners. Cornelius Vanderbilt jr., arrived just before his father died. The news of the Commodore s death had Little effect on the Market his death having been so Long expected. The decline in prices ranged from a to \ per cent. It is estimated by those in position to judge that Commodore Vanderbilt was owner of securities having a present Market value of about $85,000,000, and that of this total fully $55,000,000 consisted of Stock and Bonds of then a York Central amp Hudson River railway. The bulk of this vast property is to be kept together and provision has been made for reinvesting the accruing interest on it in his favorite securities. When the news of the commodores death was received at the City Hall the flags were lowered to half Mast a course which was soon after followed by the principal hotels and other Public buildings a Railroad horror. Ashtabula Ohio dec. 29. One of the most terrible Railroad accidents on record happened Here at 7 30 of clock this evening. Passenger train no. 5, on the Lake Shore amp Michigan Southern Railroad coming West with two engines had reached the Bridge Over the Ashtabula River a few rods East of the depot in safety in spite of heavy drifts of Snow along the track. Just As the Foremost engine had cleared the Bridge it gave Way and the entire train consisting of eleven cars four of which were sleepers was precipitated into the River a distance of seventy five feet. By the breaking of a coupling pin the head engine escaped the general destruction. For a moment it would have been possible to escape the conflagration which followed by the Quick use of a bucket of water but no one could reach the place in time and in a moment the flames gathered and spread and the whole mass became a Sheet of fire. The scene which followed could have no description that would portray its awful horrors. The crash of the falling Bridge was heard for Over a mile and the lurid Light that reflected on the sky a moment later brought men with ropes and buckets to the Rescue. Those who could be picked from the wreck about fifty in number Many of whom were fatally injured were rescued before the flames reached them and among these were the conductor and train boy. Heartrending shrieks from victims that could not be reached rent the air and froze the blood of Strong men who would gladly have risked their own lives but were powerless to save. Of those on Board a Large majority perished one Man relates that he was in a double seat with three others Over a game of cards and when the train went Down two were instantly crushed to death and the third terribly injured. He alone was saved. Two Little babies were rescued but one in an almost lifeless i condition. In another place fire and smoke came in such volumes and so suddenly that the men were driven Back just As they were on the Point of reaching a woman and child who were wedged in a mass of timbers but still alive. One Man was fastened in near the engine and there for full thirty minutes heroic endeavours were made to loosen the weight above him but in vain. Of those taken out Many have already died. Citizens have thrown open their houses and the sufferers Are receiving All the care that human interest can bestow. Two were at once conveyed to the residence of the mayor whose efforts to save and care for the injured were untiring. The latest estimate places the number of killed at too. Ashtabula dec. 31. During the entire Day Over too men have continued the labor of Clearing away the debris of the wrecked train Aud Bridge in Ashtabula River tearing and carrying away so much of the destroyed train As May be movable. The approaches to the River Are thronged. Upon the High abutment men Are at work with improvised derricks lowering timbers for the temporary Bridge. Over the ice in the River Plank walks Are Laid for Chemento walk upon. Looking from the West abutment seventy two feet Down into the River is a dizzy sickening sight As one attempts to imagine the horrible descent of this ill fated train. Stretching across the River at the left looking eastward lies what is left of the Iron truss Bridge whose fatal flaw7 can never now be discovered the Structure is so Bent and twisted out of All resemblance to its former angular self. This netted tangled Chain of Iron As it lies Black and distorted seems almost to writhe. At the right of it and of the original line of the Bridge the train had lain. Now heaven Only knows what is under this wreck of oar trucks and Iron Frame work which the flames have left unconsumed. There Are none of the cars left. They Are All burned and one hardly recognizes at once what this mangled ruin had once been. The locomotive alone i9 unmistakable. It lies near the foot of the tall masonry upon the Summit of which its front end rested when the Bridge broke turned completely upside Down the cab smashed and Lilied with twisted rods and splinters the Side broken and Bent nearly double the guide bars twisted out of place and All the mechanism of the link motion torn from under the boiler. The smoke stack and upper surface of the boiler is under the ice and water. That this monster fell from that great height is awful but that within that shattered cab upside Down two human beings were carried Down yet not to immediate death is miraculous. La sounds so in the telling but the sight of the tall abutment and the mangled engine at its base puts it beyond the reach of human ingenuity to conceive How or. Folsom the Engineer and his fireman Ever lived a moment. The fireman died to Day. A horse is employed in pulling out the heaviest pieces of the wreck and from time to time the labourers turn up some fragment of human flesh or raiment. Boxes of All sizes from a soap Box to a coffin stand about to receive what is found. In one Box Are a lock of hair upon apiece of the Scalp a single Vertebra a shred or two of smoked or burned flesh a strip of cloth with Large White buttons and a charred Bone a pocket Book charred and soaked with water and a Sample card of porcelain buttons lie near. An overcoat folded and Frozen solid has just been carried up the Hill. Thus the relics Are taken out. In the freight depot the bodies lie in boxes numbered when unidentified. There Are Over thirty bodies or fragments Here and the sight of them is too horrible to describe. One Here a Mere cinder another a trunk headless limbless Here a body burned Black All except a single Arm and hand that probably reached Down into the water the hand clenched in the fearful struggle with fire Only a few of them perhaps seventeen or eighteen can be identified and even the sex of Many cannot be determined. The bodies Are All Frozen solid and thus Are More easily handled without crumbling. The Relief train from Cleveland which came up last night took Back to Day Twenty five of the less seriously injured. The Coroner summoned a jury to Day and commenced the inquest. Or. E. Burchell of Chicago one of the survivors has made the following statement was in the next car to the parlor car the third Sleeper from the rear there were two sleepers behind me there were eleven cars in the train left Buffalo at about two of clock Friday afternoon started an hour late had a very heavy Snow storm when we left they claim 165 passengers were on i think there were Between 200 Aud 25q i do not think we ran More than fifteen Miles an hour until within perhaps an hour before the Accident we were then running ten Miles an hour at the last station before the Accident the Snow was very heavy and we All thought we should be snowed in there i got out and got some sandwiches we lost an hour and a half a time Between Buffalo and this last station before the Accident i went through the cars and found the two Ordinary passenger cars were crowded the smoking car was quite full there were two passenger coaches ahead of the smoker next to the smoking car was the parlor car about one third full or. Bliss the Well known singing evangelist and family were in that car i was in the next car to that the car in which i was was pretty full behind the parlor car there were three sleepers these were quite full we reached the Bridge As Well As i can make it out at about a Quarter to eight of clock the train was due there at a Quarter past five of clock the country around there is rolling but the Snow drifts prevented us seeing much of the surroundings i done to think we were going quite ten Miles an hour one engine had got Over but it was almost pulled Back with the Shock the whole train was on the Bridge when the Structure suddenly went Down and not a vestige remained of it there was no such thing As running off the track the Bridge broke with a terrific smash with the weight of the whole train upon it the first sound i heard was a cracking in front of the car i heard this twice and then heard a similar cracking sound in the rear i then became conscious of a sudden sinking of the car the cars seemed to be sinking Down in the Gulf below there was a general crash and i was recalled to consciousness by the Shock of Landing in the. Snow Creek eighty feet below the first thing i heard was a woman a scream it was i think miss Bingham she cried a ooh help me help me a some of the passengers had got out of the windows and i then heard the cry of lire As the lady cried i broke the window a gentleman helped me to pushed this lady through the window i then jumped out after her she Sank into the Snow i scrambled out of the window then i think i was the last in the car As most of them had got through the windows the car was on fire at both ends at one end i know and i think at both As soon As i got out i found the Snow in the Creek was very deep nearly up to Ray Waist certainly above my Knees i pulled miss Bingham out of the Snow and carried her on Ray Back up to the Bank i stumbled three times and the third time a gentleman helped me to get her to the Only House a Small sort of engine House that was on the Bank i saw the fire was gaining rapidly on the train it burned like Oil at that time i did no to know7 there were any lives lost we saved All or nearly All the people in our car there were some broken arms and legs and some severe bruises and cuts the wind was blowing very strongly at the time and there was a heavy snowstorm the wreck covered the whole space Between the two piers and the burning train was the length of the Bridge some of the cars were smashed All to pieces and the others Lay wrecked in every conceivable shape the fire was very Clear and hot by the time i got out i was completely exhausted and i Lay there cramped for about three quarters of an hour they brought about fifty two alive into and around the House and then they transported them to the town they were All badly Hurt. I think two of these died after they were taken to the town one lady gave birth to a child at the hotel in the town and one Man died who had his leg Cut off the scene i surveyed from the engine House on the Bank was perfectly sickening the whole train was a mass of fire and the wounded were lying about the wreck and crawling away from it the heat was so intense at that time that one could not get very near the sight was dreadful Heads were Cut open bodies were Cut and arms and legs broken and mangled after i and others got to that engine House no one could return within fifteen minutes after that time the heat was so intense that no one could approach the train and those who were buried under it had to crawl away As Best they could there w Ere a great Many in the cars who could not get out the cars were so jammed together the townspeople did everything that possibly could be done but they could not get near the burning wreck within half an hour after the train went Down the depth from the Bluffs to the bed of the River is about sixty or seventy feet the wounded were carried to the hotel and very kindly cared for three or four physicians were promptly on the spot and they did All that medical skill was capable of the lady who gave premature birth to the child in the night was injured by having her foot smashed the scene was an awful one in its horrible details one lady was stripped of All her clothing by being dragged through one of the car win Dows she was badly Cut and was carried up to the hotel the survivors were bleeding from cuts and mangled wounds and Many of them charred with fire and blackened with smoke i believe that or. Bliss got through a window7 and expected to be Able to pull his wife and children through this is Only my conjecture their car was blocked up completely and the family jammed in so that escape except through the window s was impossible the cars were burning at the extremities from the stoves at each end i believe Bliss was burned to death trying to save his wife and two Little one a number of surviving passengers heard the shrieks of the women Flond children but could not get to them they were in a perfect Furnace the figures of those who were burned up in the cars could be plainly seen they were burned up so badly that identification in Many instances was impossible some of those who perished in the fire were burned to ashes Bones and charred limbs were picked out and of some of the lost there were but ghastly trunks i saw but one other Man who escaped with As Little injury As i did i was badly bruised the train burned very quickly it was consumed within an hour in every car were two stoves one at each end and the lamps were All lighted at the time. The following is a revised and com Slete list of the dead As far As known or. Aldrich Des Moines Iowa Lewis j. Barney Buffalo mrs. W. Bradley a child and nurse Chicago or. And mrs. P. P. Bliss Chicago a. Brunner Gratiot Mich. Mrs. C. Brunner and two children David Chittenden Cleveland l. C. Crane new Haven Conn. M. P. Cogswell Chicago mrs. E. Cook Wellington Ohio William Clemens Bellevue Ohio mrs. Emma coffin Oak i and Cal. James Doyle new York Clarence Gage Charleston 111. Alfred Gillette Cranberry Island to. Mrs. And miss George Cleveland l. W. Hart Akron Ohio h. Hall and mrs. P. L. Hall Chicago f. A. Hodgkins Bangor me. Charles Kane Pittsburgh Annie Kitter Vilie Beloit wis. George Kepler Ashtabula Ohio Lawrence Lonergan Cleveland Maggie l. Lewis St. Louis to. Philip Mcneill Cleveland miss Minnie mixer Buffalo mrs. D. Marsten Mother and child Chicago Sarah b. Mann Cleveland mrs. W. L. Moore Hammondsport n. Isaac Meyer and Birdie Meyer Cleveland Richard Osborne Tecumseh Mich or. . Peck,Peoria,111., doubtful mrs. G. E. Palmer Bingham ton . Geo. A. Purrington Buffalo John Pickering and Daniel a. Rogers Chicago g. B. Stow Cleveland f. Shattuck Cleveland it. Vernon amp Delaware Railroad r. Stind Cly doubtful or. Trueworthy and daughter Oakland Cal. Mrs. Lucy c. Thomas Chicago Charles Vogel Albany s. D. Waite Toledo Webb Boston Rev. A. Washburn Cleveland. Ashtabula Jan. 2. There have been no bodies recovered to Day from the debris of the wreck and with the exception of Alexander Munroe of Summerville mass., who lies at the Culver House in a critical condition the wounded Are doing As Well As could be expected. The work of identification goes slowly on and now a body then a shed of clothing or cherished Keepsake is brought to Light and delivered to friends. A h. Bourne of Cleveland brother of mrs. Knowles lost in the car a City of. Buffalo a was Here to Day with the nurse of mrs. Knowles family in search of some relic of the deceased or her Little girl. Bits of clothing were identified by the nurse As having belonged to mrs. Knowles. Dr., g. A f. Hubbard of Polk City Iowa from Bergen n. Y., where he had been visiting a brother in Law Thos. Love was lost in the train and it was thought no Trace was left of him. Or. Tone who had come on to search for him was on the Point of going Home but upon coming into the morgue for the last time to Day found two shirts and a shawl w hich he immediately recognized. The shirts were plainly marked a a g. F. these Are All that Are left of the deceased. To o hands were found today. One., the left was perfectly preserved and. Had evidently been in the water. The other was a shapeless mass and was Only identified As a hand by a single Nail. A pin Cushion was found to Day which was immediately recognized As having belonged to Joseph h. Aldrich of Des Moines Iowa. It w7as of some metallic substance. On one Side were advertisements of or. Aldrich a business the other was a Mirror. The deceased had carried it three years. Or. Aldrich a brother in Law and wife who had come on from Des Moines were very much gratified to find even this trifling relic of the dead Man. The following bodies have been identified at the freight House since our last report Martha Tolita Volk by parts of dress and hair she was fifteen and a half years of age and was identified by her father Jacob Volk. Or. Charles Vogel of Albany was identified by his w Ife by some of his coat buttons one leg of his trousers and a a handkerchief and watch Chain. His watch was gone. Boyd l. Russell of Auburn n. Y., w As identified by a cuff bearing the initials ii. L. R. His watch was also found. At the Coroner inquest to Day Henry a. White a passenger in the sleeping car City of Baltimore testified that he estimated the number of passengers on the train at 300. The friends of p. P. Bliss Are leaving no Means untried to discover some Clew of himself or Wrife. The pockets of an unknown Man who had been lying for some time among the unclaimed at the morgue were to Day Cut out and carefully examined. Nothing w7as found in them. Were found to Day which were thought to have belonged to or. Washburn. The wreck Mary and Ellen Austin Omaha or. A. W. Hopkins Hartford four Corners it. George h. Spooner Petersham mass. William Wilson Boston mass. A suggestion by my. Moody. Chicago Jan. 2, 1877. To the sunday schools of America i would suggest that every sunday school in the country take a Penny collection on sunday Jan. 14, for the maintenance education and Benefit of the children of or. And or. P. P. Bliss and for the erection of a Monument to the memory of the Sweet Singer to whom All our sunday schools Are so deeply indebted. Send the Money to Henry Field treasurer care of Field Leiter amp co., Chicago. D. L. Moody. The Souther imbroglio. South Carolina. Messes. Sayler. Abbott and Lawrence the sub congressional committee com pie Ted their work at Columbia on the 29th. Their report from the returns As submitted gives the state to Hayes and Wheeler by about 700 majority. Gov. Hampton on the 2d issued an address calling upon All faithful Law abiding and Loyal citizens who desire to maintain the government of their Choice to come Forward promptly and to per cent. Of the amount of taxes last year. Ile says a a it is for the people of South Carolina now to determine whether they will support the government they have installed or the attempted usurpation which is upheld by the bayonets of the Federal troops. I am but the representative of the people of the state and to their decision i shall Bow with profound respect. As Long As they choose to support me As the. Duly elected governor i shall maintain that position and if supported by them i feel Safe in assuring them that their rights will soon be firmly established and fully Louisiana. New Oblea a Job i. When the Senate met to Day there w As not a quorum present. Stevens one of the holding Over democratic senators was captured while calling on gov Kellogg by these Ergeant at Arras and taken to the chamber thus giving a quorum and Kelso and Baker who ran but were not returned by the returning aboard were admitted to seats. The clerk of the House refused to Call the roil and at the request of the Secretary of state a member called it and sixty eight members responded fifty nine being a quorum. Sex gov. Hahn was elected speaker. The democratic legislature met at by. Patrick a Hail. The Senate was called to order by Ogden a holding Over senator. Nineteen including nine holding Over senators answered to their names. This is the number required for a quorum. The clerk called the House to order and sixty one members responded to their names being More Thun a quorum. Louis Bush was elected speaker. A committee of senators waited upon gov. Kellogg and notified him that the Senate wa9 organized and ready to receive any official communication. About noon the democratic members accompanied by about 500 persons called at the state House and demanded admission. The officers on duty said the members could enter but the crowd Ltd it uld not. A final demand was made by the pieces of flannel underclothing f clerk of the House upon the officials in Quot command for the removal of the obstructions barricades police Etc., which being refused a protest was read and the body retired. A copy of this protest was presented to gov. Kellogg who said his object was simply to preserve the peace until the legislature was legally organized. Gov. Kellogg a message was read to the legislature. Ashtabula Jan. 3. Nothing has been found in the Creek to Day except two pieces of Chain a Glass Stopple of a Cologne bottle and two pocket knives. One of these knives belonged to 8. Merrill of Dayton n. Y., and is the Only thing that is left of the deceased. His son immediately recognized this slight memento and w As rejoiced at finding even so much. In the Case of j. W. Smith of Toronto can., there is apparently furnished an indication of the presence upon the scene of the disaster of experienced robbers. Or. Smith is know n to have had upon his person a Gold watch and Chain and in a single pocket a Telegram which he had received the evening before he started a registered letter and $7,000 in Money. This pocket was found w Ith the Telegram and registered letter in it but the Money was gone. A revolver which he was carrying in his hip pocket was also found. Or. Smith was of the firm of Smith bros., Toronto friters and had extensive business connections with firms in the United states. The Saddest scene for several Days Wras witnessed to Day at the Fisk House. When the tw7o Brothers and invalid wife of the deceased were shown the sad mementos enumerated above one of the Brothers a Strong Man broke completely Down in his grief and wept like a child. The invalid wife moaned piteously and not a person in the whole House Bat was moved to tears. The stricken wife communicated the following facts the father of the de ceased is ninety years old and does not know that his favorite son is out of the City. One of his Brothers is in very frail health and it is feared will not Bear up under the Shock when the sad Fate of his brother is communicated to him. The following bodies have been identified to Day mrs. Cowper of Toronto can., a very badly charred Corpse of which there was scarcely anything except the trunk remaining was recognized by her brother by Means of a single Small piece of tape Writh which her hair had been tied. The brother had Given this to her shortly before she started on the journey and Well remembered it. The body had been in the very midst of the flames and not a single vestige of clothing was left upon it but having lain upon the Back a portion of the hair was not burned and the tape was upon this. Eugene Steindel recognized the remains of his brother Robert Steindel by a business card in one of his pockets. The misses Charlotte n. And Martha a. Smith of Rondout n. Y., Are known to have been on the train also we. W. Thomas of Cleveland. The railway officials furnish the following number of passengers on the train 128 number of employees on the train 19�?total, 147. Rescued passengers 68 employees 9�?total, 72. Died since passengers 3 employees in total 4. Names know rescued 72 lost 70 unaccounted for 5�?total, 147. At the Coroner s inquest on the 4th, Mcintyre of Ashtabula testified that no Means w Ere used for the extinction of the fire till Long after any Hopes of its Avail were Given up he was certain that it could have been extinguished without any trouble when he got to the wreck. Porter of Ashtabula testified there was no fire when he got to the wreck with proper facilities the flames could have been extinguished fifteen minutes after they broke out witness said the conductor told him there were 160 passengers on the train. Ashtabula Jan. 6. The following Are additional names of persons now known to have been lost in new Orleans Jan. 2. The Legislatures arc constituted As follows state House Senate a eight holding Over senators and eleven returned by the Board. House sixty eight members returned by the Board Twenty two of whom the democrats claim were not elected. St. Patrick shall Senate none holding Over eight returned by the Board and four who were counted out but claim they were elected. House forty returned by the Board and Twenty two who claim they were elected but were counted out by the Board. A committee of the latter House waited upon gov. Kellogg and informed him of the organization of the House and protested against the occupation of the state House by armed police and militia. The governor replied that the Force in the state House were instructed not to interfere with members of the legislature but to protect them he said the list of members furnished by the Secretary of state showed the St. Patrick shall House had not a quorum of elected members and he must decline to receive any communication from them. At the meeting of the Republican legislature in joint session the returning boards compilation of the vote was read and the announcement made that Packard had been elected governor and Antoine lieutenant governor. In the democratic legislature in joint session the vote of the state by parishes was read and Nicholls declared elected governor and Wiltz lieutenant governor. A in the Republican legislature on the 4th, a Bill passed the so irate Aud goes to the governor appropriating $300,000 for militia purposes. A Bill was passed forbidding the organization of military companies other than militia. 4 a communication was received on the 4th by the democratic Legister tire from Thomas a. Adams president of the citizens committee notifying the presiding officers of the House and Senate that their order on William c. Black treasurer for any amount of Money they May require to the extent of his receipts will be promptly paid. Troth pays. The other Day when a resident of Cass Avenue hired a boy to carry in a ton of Coal he forgot to make a bargain and when the Job had been completed be inquired a a Well bub How much do i owe you a a a of i Dunno a replied the boy. A a can to you name a sum a a a i could i so pose a fraid the lad a a but Mother said if i left it to you id get twice what the Job was Worth a he received enough to convince Bim that truth always free press. _ a according to an English authority redness of the nose in both sexes is produced by inattention to the common rules for preserving health. With men the bottle is the predisposing cause with women and especially the Young tight lacing. An unnatural pressure on the Waist and Chest obstructs the circulation and causes stagnation of the blood in that prominent and important feature the nose

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