St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 18, 1887

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1 „„ Oe wares’ rest o 4 REET. J FRESH GOODS. ICES. eer Don to $8.00 Don to $2.50 s down to $1.50 and $2 --++- Down to $1.50 Down to $1.00 Misses’ and Children’s ometers | co., Hic BREVITIES. Prohibitionists convened at yesterday. Soldiers’ Assoctation will * 10. to-day. mysteriously murdered 8. C. night before lust. | gent a reply to President congratulation, sent May London are demandin 8 prociaim the Nation rociamation issued at ay, the city of Osborne, city of the second class. °o , the North German at Germany can never ap- Anand of Bulgatia’s course. ster named Walter Brockstedt — 7, in the Yellowstone 8 ranch, near Billings, ) Council refused to renew the gas company and have at the city by the Brush eleo- enger train collided on Gulf road yesterday at 11 nexa, Kan., six miles north- ridges were exploded on the way, Ireland, yesterday, with- ithe town hallof Crusheen, ras fired into. the member elected for North- ‘Cheshire, England, on taking ament yesterday received an e Giadstonians. m passed ores, the ——— Kan., te ay, amed 8. W. Carter, and doing mage to property. ssued by Fore Minister De calls on the Powers to join esting inet Prince Ferdi sruler of Bulgaria. " „ importers of veneers, at No. ety ew York, and also at alled for $1,000,000. 22 con- ts tothe amount of $80,469. il was c rd ., after a desperate + — be- A and his posse and the friends who was wanted for murder. ng of minent citizens at ba, | evening, a strong timent in favor of closer com- is with the States was evoked. dard is out in advocacy of a 2 It declares Gladstone anomalous ition hel th their legs dangling on — Heal fence. berger again left the at 5 yesterday, with his mind in us condition. In view of the al condition Judge E. D. New- rder suspending the sentence. yas been received to the effect n, a wealthy citizen of Man- n 0 0 unda ed assassin — an unknown 4 yesterday Mrs. Sarah R. ughter by the first wife of the on ©. Depauw who recently ut $6,000,000, fled a suit to con- her father upon the grounds july executed. W. Va., yesterday a couple of ing work on the est Virginia an assignment for the be tof ) preferences given the Mo - riaborers and others working Freut excitement and serious oys of Newton's ranch, Tonto- puta few — ago in search of h been missing fer ito thelr midst, ki J cer, who 104 before the — * will be given at the Cavoagaln those desiring to enjoy the mance of the opera should mot All the fun of the unique per- music and bright points are the Bijou Company. The part whose death was ase * eclatet, df taken Dy | DISPATCH Reach 150,000 Readers. gt - Dispatch. — vol. 38. NO. 40. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1887. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. CRAWFORD . &. We have just opened up the fin- est line of Tape-Hdged Hcru Lace have ever seen! We ordered them from the manufacturer in Scotland last spring! We had them all made from our own picked styles and to our own order; therefore they cannot be duplicated else- where. Crawford has marked the prices very, very low, in order that they may keep step to the music of the Great Cheap Sale now going on throughout the store! He will sell you Lace Curtains all the way from 75 cents a pair to $8 a pair. You ought to goin and see these goods second floor—choice of two stair- ways or two steam passenger ele- vators. ay Crawford has a busy time these daysin his House-Furnishing De- partment. There are over thirty men and women in this stock, and they are kept on a lively jump all day long, which is not only good for Crawford, but good for the boys’ and girls’ digestion; and for the public itis just splendid. And the public knows it, or they would not be there, as they are all day long, buying those useful tins by the wagon-load for about half noth- ing! You can buy tins of any kind right up on second floor, if you are quick about it, for less than the tin cost at the mines before smelting! Crawford has an object in this just at present. He wants to bring in the crowds, so as they will buy his Summer Lawns, Parasols, White Goods, Fans, and everything of that kind—but he is selling them awfully cheap, too! Have you been to Crawford's lately? If not, GO! It will do you good to see the crowds! You would think everybody was in town yet. Crawford has just opened up 100 cases new North Star Blankets and 150 bales Bed Comforts, but he is not advertising them yet, and he says if anybody wants to buy thus early he will let the Blankets go, just for a flyer.“ at Clearing- Bale Prices. There’s nothing small about Crawford but his feet and his profits. p. CRAWFORD & Co. 2 Newlani’s College of Midwifery —AND— LYING-IN INSTITUTE. This is the only institute of the kind in the Westin which regular physicians lect- ure, and which is conn with a Lying- in Institute, so that students wil! receive ractical and theoretical lessons. Male and emale students admitted. The lar term will commence March apd September every peer. — wao expect confinement accom- DR. H. NEWLAND, 1205 Chouteau av. PROF. MATTHEWS’ OLD ESTABLISHED DYE WORK S. No. 812 OLIVE STREET. Gentlemen's Clothing Cleaned, Altered and red im best style. Orders by express promptly atten to. NUGENT'S Remnant Sale TO - MORROW WILL BE THE Greatest Attraction of the Hour FOR FRIDAY’S SALE, SIX CASES Palm Leaf Fans NEW OVAL SHAPE, BEST QUALITY SATIN PALM, AT { CENT EACH. IMMENSE ACOUMULATIONS OF Remnants of Laces and Embroideries — — 25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR Calicoes, Ginghams and Satines AT HALF PRICE. BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT ALL DAY FRIDAY! B, Nugent & Bro. 815 to 821 North Broadway, Between Franklin Av. and Union Market. Pure Milk, : : Be. Lemonade, : Be. ‘Watermelon: : 10c. Ice Cream, : : 10e. THE POPULAR DELICATESSEN LUNCH ROOMS, 118 N. FOURTH STREET, 712 OLIVE STREET, 718 NORTH BROADWAY. ESTABLISHED 1859. CLEANING, DYEING.AND REPAIRING. SUITS CLEANED IN SIX HOURS. Cleaning. Dyeing. 200e8s codes gece Cc „ On cece One ants eeteeeer 22 8 1 5 „ 9 W. SURBLED N. 6th st., bet. Market and Chestnut sts. SEA BATHS ‘ung ou GENUINE SEA SALT, dr Prickly Heat“ * Pfei“. . J) BIS, 100 Bach Orders by express promptly attended to. SPONGES Bath, Tollet and Carriage,“ T Very Low Prices. Mellier Drug Co., 711 Washington Av. LL ard Furniture, Stove and Carpet Co. 1111, 1113 and 1115 Franklin Avenue. Our house-cleaning is done, and we have placed on sale OUR NEW STOCK OF New Designs in Bedroom Sets and Parlor Furniture 5 bor Stoves, Refrigerators, Cook . Carpetings, Oil-Cloths Folding Beds, Pianos, and Eve A= eeded in Housek Oe PUCED PRICE and ON EASY PAY Call and see our beautiful goods, and we will TERMS as any house in the world. open every night until 9 o'clock. LATEST NOVELTIES ee ing, at RE- NTS. ntee CHEAPER PRICES and as FAVORABLE gland's action in Egypt warrants her taking LATEST EDINION BREAKING DOWN. THE TORY-UNIONIST COMBINATION UNABLE TO RESIST DEMOCRATIC INVASION. Lerd Randolph Churchill Pays His Com- pliments to the Government—An Autumn Session of Parliament te be Held—Mlle, Druin’s Arrest—Prince Bismarck’s Omi- cial Anniversary—Blaine in Germany— Russia and Prince Fferdinana—Foreign News. Special cablegram tothe Post-Dispatch. Loxpox, August 18.—The straits of the Government and the panic of the Unionist party are conspicuously shown by a remark- able article in the Government organ, the Morning Post, to-day. It says: ‘‘It is clear that the present machinery of the Unionist party is breaking down, and repairs are urgently required to obviate an otherwise inevitable catastrophe. However great the in- dividual merits of Salisbury’s colleagues in the lower house, it is recognized in all quar- ters that the combination they present is not strong enough to resist the tide of Demo- cratic invasion. The Conservative front bench is clearly not in touch with popular feeling, either within or without the walls of Parliament. This element absent it is impossible for the Conservative Govern- ment to exist. Even if the combination should not be successful as a Government it will form the basis of a united and powerful opposi- tion.’’ This, of course, is inspired by Ohurchill, who is always on good terms with the Post. The article contain an attack on Goschen, and a good deal of plain speaking to Salisbury. A characteristic hint is that the Government had better reorganize itself before the season of provincial eloquence sets in. All of which are Clearly Randoiphian ideas. MLLE DRUIN’S ARREST. The arrest of Mile. Druin at Isle of Wight and her imprisonment from Saturday to Wednesday as a dynamiter, for having model- ing Clay in he? bag, is a very bad blunder, and the British Government will have to eat some very humble pie before they are done with it. The lady was arrested without a warrant on an anonymous letter of some Paris scribbler. The next step probably will be the prosecution of the local policemen and Superintendent Stephenson, who took upon himself the re- sponsibility of the whole affair. I have been to the French Embassy this morning, but they know nothing of the matter officially, as no to them. - n. THE GRACE SYNDICATE, A Gigantic Scheme to Make Peru an English Colony. Special Cablegram tothe Post-Dispatch. LONDON, August 18.—M. P. Grace of New York has been in London for several weeks. He has been in active co-operation with cer- tain English bondholders, trying to carry out his old scheme for the financial conquest of Peru. With the assistance ofa party of En- glishmen, headed by Sir Henry Tyler, he has been trying to float bonds amounting to £10,000,000 sterling on the English market. Thus far he has not been successful.If he should succeed in carrying out the programme of his financial associates, the interests of the United States in South America will be seri- ously threatened. Congress would certainly direct our Government to pro- test against the Grace-English bondholders’ scheme. Atthe beginning of the Peru-Chilian war Peruvian bonds to the amount of £60,000,- 000 were held in London. These bonds were secured by guano deposits. After Chili gained a victory she took Tacna Arica and Tara Paca, the guano provigces, leaving the English debt unsecured. Recently the Grace combination has secured from the Peruvian Governmenta contract containing enormous grants of priv- Ueges, such as the monopoly of banking, rail- road, express, telegraph, etc., and to receive part of the customs revenue, and so,forth. Practically THIS GRANT SURRENDERS PERU to the syndicate. This contract is yet to be ratified by the Peruvian Senate. But as the President of Peru is said to be interested in the plan with all of the leading government officials, it is represented in London that there is not the slightest question about its being carried out. The consideration to be paid by the syndicate for these concessions is $50,000, - 000. This is the sum sought to be raised by the Grace combination from the English public, through the sale of bonds. The English bond- holders of Peruvian bonds who are in the Grace syndicate, also agree, as a further con- sideration, to cancel one-half of the old debt, amounting to £30,000,000,and it is further understood that the English holders of the un- canceled half will seek to secure the aid of the English Government to compel Chilito surrender enough of the captured provinces to guarantee the payment of this uncanceled half. It has been represented to high English men that the action of Chiliin capturing the guano provinces was so opposed to English interests as to warrant now a demand for their giving it up or securing the interests of the English bondholders. They say that En- similar action against Chili. English officials are further tempted with the prospect of gain- ing Peru for an English colony. If the Grace syndicate succeeds in complet- ing its contract, the United States will likely interfere on the basis of the Monroe doctrine. application on the lady’s part has been made Blaine is traveling so quietly that it is impossi- biefor any one to follow without information from some of Mr. Blaine's personal friends. Thé correspondent in question passed through London last Saturday to the Continent, still bunting for Mr. Blaine, although the latter was in London until yesterday, stopping at Brown’s Hotel, one of the quietest places in London. England. AW AUTUMN SESSION. LONDON, August 18.—The Cabinet have de- cided to hold an autumn session of Parlia- ment. SMITH SILENT. Mr. William Henry Smith, the Government leader, did not refer to an autumn session in the House of Commons this afternoon, presumably because he was unwilling to show his Band at present. The fact that the Cabi- net has decided to hold such a session, how- ever, is undeniable. A DISASTROUS STORM. The damage caused by yesterday’s storm is very serious. In London three persons were killed and a number of churches and houses were struck by lightning. In the country also there was much destruction of property and many persons are reported to have been killed. TENNYSON AND HOME RULE. Lord Tennyson, replying to an inquiry as to whether Mr. Gladstone’s home rule policy, if carried out, would produce separation and disaster, writes that he thinks a closer union of every part of the empire would be for the better. Ireland. \ ADVICE TO IRISH LANDLORDS. Dumm, August 18.—United Ireland urges landlords to embrace their last chance and confess that home rule is inevitable. It ad. vises$hem to appoint a committee to meet Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Parnell and Lord Salisbury in a found-table conference and submit to them suggestions regarding their wishes and to make the best of the situa- tion. The result will be, it says, the election inafeW weeks ot a home rule House of Com- mons, and the opening of an Irish parliament in 1888, Ifthe landlords fraternized with the National League, instead of screaming ‘‘Sup- press it,’’ they might still influence the struct- ure of the home rule party parliament, which will follow, whether the landlords like ar dis- like~ it, Bualgeria. AWN ITALIAN OPINION. ROMB, August 18.—The Riforma fnsists that the recognition of Prince Ferdinand by some of the Powers is sufficient to make his elec- tion valid in accordance with the Berlin treaty. SUITS RUSSIA. St. PETERSBURG, August 18.—The Journal de St. Petersbourg says the view taken by the Berlin North German Gazette of Prince Ferdi- pand’s manifesto is clear and correct, and deciares the proelamation to be a veritable act of defiance and an exhortation to Bulgarians to evade all their engagements. Prince Ferdinand, it says, appears to have realized that his rupture with public rights is com- in hig path of adventure. Germany. VISITED BISMARCK. KISSINGEN, August 18.—Baron Von Lutz, Bavarian Prime Minister, and Baron Von Crallsheim, Bavarian Foreign Minister, have paid a visit to Prince Bismarck. On Septem- ber 238 and October 8 Prince Bismarck will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his assumption of the offices of Prussian Foreign Minister, and Prussian Prime Minister, re- spectively. Herr Von Gossler, Prussian Min- ister of Public Worship and Instruction, has commissioned Prof. Donndorf, the sculptor of Stuttgart, to make a colossal bust of the Chancelor in marble, at the expense of the Government. Afghanistan. A BLUE BOOK. LoypoN, August 18.—A blue book on the Afghan Trontier negotiations has just been issued. It shows that the general settle- ment is based upon equal and mutual conces- sions onthe partof Russia and Afghanistan. The latter concedes a rather large area of ter- ritory, but the land is valueless, while the Russian concession will be the source-of,.a small income to Afghanistan. Italy. WILL PLEASE GERMANY. RoME, August 18.—It is stated that Baron Blanc, Italian ambassador at Constantinople, will become Italian Minister of Foreign Af- fairs. The appointment will bea welcome one to Germany. THE CHOLERA. It is semi-officially stated that the cholera in Sicily has been overcome, and that there is no longer any danger of the disease spreading at Naples or Resina. Austria. LORD AND LADY CHURCHILL. LONDON, August 18.—The Vienna corre- spondent of the Times confirms the statement that Lordand Lady Randolph Churchill are living in retirement near Vienna. Russia. KATKOFF’S SUCCESSOR. HAMBURG, August 18.—A dispatch to the Journal from Moscow asserts that Gen. Tcher- naieff will succeed the late M. Katkoff in the editorship of the Moscow Gazette. The Dominion. HWANLAN GONE TO AUSTRALIA. ö TORONTO, Ontario, August 18.—Hanlan left here this afternoon for San Francisco, en route to Australia. A number of friends were at the station to wish him bon voyage. LONDON GOSSIP. Amertoan and English Race-Herses—Prince plete, and continues precipitately and blindly }. 1 UFä— = [PRINTS & GINGHAMS There are so many millions involved in this scheme that a number of powerful English in- fluences have been secured to force govern- mental action in favor of the syndicate’s plan. Ifthey can get anything in that direction their new loan will float, and the plan for mak- ing Peru an English colony will then be pushed along. hs — — «=C—Sti‘<—tétCt GONE TO GERMANY. Mr. Blaine Successfully Dodging a Wicked Chicago Correspondent. Special Cablegram to the Post-Dispatch. Paris, August 18.—Mr. Blaine passed through here Tuesday night on his way to Germany. He is going to visit the principal German places. His last four days’ visit to London was forthe purpose of filling some social engagements made before leaving Scot- land. There is some am ent in newspaper circles over the failure of the correspondent of a Chicago newspaper to keep up with Mr. Biaiae. He was especially directed to follow Mr. Blaine and send every thing to the discredit of the ex-Senator that he could invent or find. This he The lat not seen Mr. Blaine for a fortnight. The lat- ~always-one-dayahead-ot- hmm-reland. Ar. Ferdinand’s Failure. special Cablegram to the Post-Dispatch. LONDON, August 18.—Sam Luke, Mr. Bel- mont’s former jockey, was on the Strand to- day. He said emphatically that the horses geen at Jerome and Monmouth parks were 30 er cent better than the flyers on Newmarket eath. ‘‘They are bigger boned, sounder and better in every way in our country. But 1 must say that if the present system of over- training continues , the advantage will only be a temporary one.’ Prince Ferdinand, before leaving the Aus- trian capital for his new dominions, tried to et his life insured for half a million dollars. one of the compan however, to which the proposition was made would agree to take the risk on any terms. The Nahare Sahib of Limri has sailed for the United States on the Adriatic. The steam yacht Mohican left Largs, near Greténock, yesterday for New York with a large of Scoto htmen on board who are go over to see the race for the American * gherty has returned to town from He leaves t- morrow for LEFT THE TRACK. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE PITTSBURG-& CLEVELAND RAILROAD. A Sleeper Jumps the Track — One Man Killed and Four Seriously Injured— Fatal Fall of an Elevator—Verdict of the Ooroner’s Jury in the Chatsworth Disaster — A Big Wreck — Collision of Live Stock Trains—Ca Ities PITTSBURG, Pa., August 18.— About 4 o’clock this morning the through express train which left Chicago at 8:15 yesterday afternoon over the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway was wrecked at Bayard, O., on the Pittsburg & Cleveland road, about eighty-one miles west ot Pittsburg. When the train reached Alliance, O., it was found that the Fort Wayne road was obstructed by a freight wreck some miles east of Alliance, and the train was ordered around by the Cleveland & Pittsburg road. The train was made up of three baggage and express cars, one smoker, one passenger coach, two Chicago sleepers and a Toledo sleeping-car ealled the ‘‘Topic,’’ which was attached to the rear of the train. After leaving Alliance the train was proceeding at the rate of thirty miles an hour. As it swung around a sharp curve near Bayard the rails spread and the Toledo sleeper was derailed, falling on ite side. The two Chicago sleepers also jumped the track, but after running nearly 300 yards they were pulled on aguin and escaped injury. When the crash came the porter, O. Warner, ran to the forward platform and jumped, but got off on the wrong side of the car, and when it fell over on its side, was buried under it. Fortunately there were only three passengers and the flagman on the sleeper, and in the meantime they were being tossed about the car like balls, and all serious- ly hurt. When the train stopped the passengers and trainmen rushed back to ascertain what dam- age had been done. The injured were speedily removed from the gar, but no trace of the porter could be found. It was not untilan hour afterwards that a hand was seen pro- jecting beyond the wreck of the sleeper. The work was immediately commenced and the crushed and mangled body was found. THE CASUALTIES WERE: O. WARNER, colored porter, Pittsburg, Pat, crushed to death. J. L. MALONEY, Detroit, badly cut about face, head and breast; believéd to be fatally in- jured. W. H. DENNISON, Pittsburg, badly cutand bruised, very weak but will recover. GEORGE D. Lawson, Washington, D. C., badly cut about the head, neck and breast. Will recover. W. A. MoCoy, Pitteburg, bruised and injured internally. Very serious. The passeagers inthe other sleepers were badly shaken up, but sustained no serious in- juries. The injured were taken to @ hotel at Bayard and placed in the care of the company's physician, and the train came on to Pittsburg, arriving three hours late. thes An Elevater Accident. New YORK, August 18.—The falling ofan elevator in G. Sidenberg-dCo.’s building, on Mercer street, this morning, resulted in the death of one woman, the injuring fatally of a man and slight injuries to about a dozen girls. At a quarter before 8 o’clock, John O'Neal, the elevator-boy, loaded the elevator to take a number of operators to the upper floors. About eighteen female hands got aboard. When the elevator had got to the third floor it began to descend. O’Neal’s efforts to stop the car were unavailing. The safety catcnes failed to work. The car increased its speed and crashed to the basement. Several of the passengers had fainted. One woman, Mrs. Jane Lynch, aged 55 years, was dead. The body was frightfully mangled. It was found that O’Neal, the ele- vator boy, had sustained a fracture of the spine. He will die. The seriously injured are as follows: JOHN O'NEAL, the elevator boy, spine broken. LIzzn DOUGHERTY, right leg broken. Mrs. JESSIE BRYERS, Greenpoint, ankle sprained and badly bruised. — —— THE CHATS WORTH HORROR. Proceedings of the Official Investigation— Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury. PEoRIA, III., August 18.—The Chatsworth in- vestigation was continued here yesterday. Superintendent Armstrong testified that the reason they did not uge two engines in cross- ing the bridge over the river here was that an injury to the draw was found and not becausé the bridge was unsafe. Charles B. Plauts, the train dispatcher, testi- fied that the excursion was run on short time and that it had the right of way. He gave de- parting time at all stations here and State Line where the train would stop for passengers. W. F. VanDorn, another dispatcher, was also examined. Among others who testified was J. Q. Mason, chief train dispatcher; R. W. Burger, 2 Peoria boot and shoe dealer; Con- ductor Stilwell, E. A. Parker, Dr. O. B. Wells and others. The Commission expected to adjéurn to 8 12 to-night, when it was waited on b Maj. insey and Wm. Craner, who presen resolutions froma committee of citizens re- questing the Commifsion to remain one day to hear testimony. The request was granted. The Coroner’s Verdict. CrrcaGco, III., August 18.—A special tothe News from Chatsworth, III., says: The Oor- oner’s jury agreed on a verdict this morning which holds Timothy Coughlin, foreman of Section 7, to the Grand-jury and negatively exonerates the com- any. The management is not censured or running a double header, for a lax system of track inspection, or for anything else. The verdict simply savs that the failure to patrol the tra k for six hours before the train came, and the habit of burning grass close to the track is the subject forcriticism. Thethree or four friends of the road on the jury had better staying qualities than the two or three of those who wanted to flx a portion of the blame on the management. Another Victim. By Telegravh to the Posr-Dtsr rem. Pro, III., August 18.—Elton Waters, one the wounded of the Chateworth disaster, died.at Fairbury at 1 o’clock this morning. The K Disaster. WasHINGTON, D. C., August 16.—Fireman James W. Smith, who lies at Providence Hospital in a badly injured bondition. has made the following statement regarding the accident at the N tea »The train Queens 2 and a half from Washington, all ht. T 2 met ble We lett Queenstown any apparent trouble. e „ and I thi that my — ten minutes late AG, ume. 2 BY CARRIER, FIPTEEN CENTS A WEEK. —— | THE Coroner Patterson began an in into the cause ofthe death of 9 killed yesterday morning, in the accident on the Baltimore & Ohio r.“ The tes- 22 thus far taken shows that the engineer did all in his power to stop the train. When he found that the air brakes had failed. he sig- — sae pyr ening and applied xtra steam rake on which is used in emergency. ~ io tive wheels were sliding when the train approached the , and the brakes on the coaches set solid against the wheels. All the tr hands, including the porters of the slee . were on the platform trying to stop the train, but the time was too short for the hand brakes to act effectively. The injured are doing well and are on the road to recovery. After further teotimany the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death ‘‘from in- juries received in an accident to the express trainof the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. due in this city at6:200a.m. The jury believe that this accident and others that have oc- curred at this point are due tothe ve great rapidity of speed with which trains ha itually — t tee — especially in rounding this , c o company must kn dangerous point. . . Fatal Target Practice. CHICAGO, III., August 18.— Charlie McEvoy, a 10-year-old lad, was accidentally shot and killed yesterday at Maywood while in company with another boy named Charlie Vaillancourt. Several neighbors heard a shot fired and saw the two boys run togetli er to a mark at which they had been shooting, to see where the bul. let struck. The boys were then seen taking to each other with their heads together, and examining the revolver, and then there was another shot, and those near enough heard little McEvoy cry with pain, and saw him throw one arm into the air, runtothe road and fall. When he was picked up he was dead. There was a bullet wound in his breast. At the inquest but one witness could testify as to who held the pistol and that one swore it was in Vaillan- court’s hands. The boy himself, however, swore that McEvoy fired the shot that killed him, while handling the revolver. The j found the shooting wus accidental and that the weapon was in the hands of Vaillancourt. A Fearful Wreck. CHICAGO, August 18.—Near Naperville, III., two Chicago, Burlington & Quincy live-stock trains collided in a tog this morning, making a fearful wreck. One of the engines ploughed through three cars loaded with fat steers for Chicago, and the buge beasts, almost without exception, were scattered, mangled and bleed- ing, along the track or pitched down a twenty- foot embankment. A hog car on the otner train was completely telescoped by the tender, and a great number of bi orkers were crushed to a jelly. One of the engineers, known as ‘‘Yankee’’ Robinson, was seriously, but not fatally, injured. A Big Freight Wreck. BALTIMOEE, Md., August 18.—A collision oc- curred last night on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by one of the east-bound freight trains running into the rear of another freight train, by which seventeen cars were wrecked. The collision was about three miles west of El- licott City, on the main stem near Hollifield’s station. A train of colored excursionists from Harper’s Ferry were detained on the track till this mo The engineer and condue- tor of one of trains were severely, and itis believed fatally injured. The firemen are also probably fatally hurt. Killed by a Train. BALTIMORE, Md., August 18.—The body ofa man,who had papers upon his person showing him to have been successively sergeant, lieu- tenant and captain ot Company A, Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, was found on the Balti- more & Petomac Railroad track last night, near the city. He had been killed by a train. He was a United States pensioner, and was born in Boston. A Mystery Solved. DUBUQUB, Io., August 18.—Patrick Derkin, a well-to-do farmer, residing near Cascade, this county, left a neighbor’s house one stormy night last February for home. That was the last seen of him. Search proved un- availing. Yesterday news reached here that his headless and dismembered body was found at the edge of a creek 200 yards from his house. A coroner’s jury returned averdict of acoi- dental drowning. IVES & Co. eo More Light Upon the Transactions -of the Frisky Young Financier. NEW YORK, August 18.—The WORLD says: The Ives matters have for the time being sub- sided, and Wall street men do not bother themselves talking about him now. A story was published yesterday that Albert Netter, who bought the whole $2,000,000 issue of Cin- cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton bonds from Henry Villard, at an advance of 5 per cent over what that gentleman had paid for them, was in col- lusion with Ives, and that the transaction was merely one by which Ives &Co. could get possession of the bonds to hypothe- ate them without his name ap ng. A re- orter called at Mr. Netter’s ce yesterday. Ar. Netter was not in and his representative said: ‘‘I have heard that story and it is utter- ly false. Mr. Netter bought those bonds, as was correctly stated in the WORLD, and sold them to a syndicate of Cincinnati bankers and brokers. e names of the concerns forming this syndicate are as follows: Citizens’ Na- tio Bank Lafayette National Bank, German National Bank, Western German Bank, Fourth National Bank, H. B. Morehead &Co., Simon & Huseman and our house of Al- bert Netter & Co. The banks and firms are still the owners of the bonds, except about $500,000 worth which have been sold to Oincin- nati investors.’’ . Some of the Cincinnati creditors are not sat- led with the present state of affairs in New York and the mutterin from there may take definite shape belore, long. If the Cincinnati creditors find 7 4 left out in the cold itis not unlikely that Sey ot Simoes teen in Ohio — sho ound again v , lication for his extradition could a Governor of this State. | —_—_— JACOB SHARP, The Aged Boodler Dying in Ludlow Street Jail. New York, August 18.—Jacob Sharp bad a violent chill at 4 o’clock this morning. 48 o’clock he was resting quietly and appeared much better. Warden Keating and Mrs. Sharp are constantly at his bedside and his physician has been summoned. 10:80 a. m.—It is just reported that Mr. Sharp has had another chill and that three physicians and all his family have been summoned to his time unconscious, and seems to be in a dying ition. pie SaRnaTooa, N. T., August 18.—Two hundred lawyers were present at this morning's ses- sion of the convention of the American Bar oe a et te a — — — — — oe 5 2 wile * — * * — x * — — ſ — — ——— — Dre r OE OR ID TE — 2 — = r