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Show EASTERN. ': M'-niphi.-j il.L-!sivt?!y Watid. , Kailroad Collision. I Hol.KKA AltATI.Nii. Tin lut itiibl Haha ( oi pti- , Utv lit Mmlm -.. Lie. Ktr.. Kte. Kitiii. Thunder and l.iiflt I iii n. M-l,, phi-. II. "lie.. f the -ev.p -I rain and thunder .-L.nuis ever known here rag.'l L-t nigiil. :iecoiup:uti'-.l 1 I.V ilillliee -heels of electricity. Ill an h"iir and it lialf. two and "seven- : hiuidreths inches of ram fell. It is j feanl great damage ha.s Jmh-ii done to th- ilan(ing interest.- in adjacent ' counties, but the sanitarv condition is greatly imn.v d. 1 Ion.jaetjbTli.ii- ..n is recovering from his attack of. ,hl,n, VincrH'ii et Alieuil ut Vienuii. N. w York, 1 1. ,lack,-on Sehultz writes that tlie American department of the Vienna exposition will be in complete onler by the l"'ih of June, ) which cannot be the ca.-e witli that of ;mv other nation, not exec it ing Kng-liiud, Kng-liiud, which has the advantage of a corp.- of workmen brought to Vienna to hit-ten the completion and perfect that department. The Austrian government, gov-ernment, he says, should have taken another vear to prepare for the exposition. expo-sition. Not only are the grounds un-lini.-hcd, but all tho.-e facilities which they had promised aru incoiniilcte. Vitolher Knilroud Accident. Newark, X. J.. 11. A passenger train from Xew York, and a freight train came in collision at East Newark, New-ark, this afternoon, and lioth engines were demoli-ed. The baggage c:u-s telcscoicl with the siuuking car. One engineer W;is fatally Wounded, and a large number of passengers were cut and bruise I. Tin; piL-scn-gei-s in the smoking ear erowdoil through the windows. The air brakes prevented a more serious disa.-ler. Tlie engineer of the freight train 'is to blame. The rtlvvortli t'ase. New York. 11. Frank U. Wab ! worth w;ts arraigned in the court of I Over and Terminer to-day, 'on the j charge of having murdered his father. . He pleaded, through his counsel. 1 Judge Oarvin, not guilt v . Counsel for tiie defense art- to arrange with (he district attorney tin- the .lay of trial, which will be in aNmt two weeks. The Prize King. St. Louis, 11. The second deposit of SliKia ide in the ooming prize light between Tom Allen and Mike Mel' ml, was made last night at Tom Kelly's saloon. Mcl'ool h;is gone into light training, near this citv, nd Dublin Trix wilt arrive .and take charge of him in a few days. Allen will probably train in, or near Cincinnati. Particulars ol'the Colliery Ks-plosion. Ks-plosion. Shaniokin, L'a.. 11. The iollowiiig are piirliculai's of the explosion in the Henry Clay Colliery here yesterday. The Colliery had not been inspected for some lime, but was always considered con-sidered safe. It has. a capacity for mining S.fHiO tons coal per month, and sixty-live men are employed in it. ( 'onnul lhumheiser, the inside kiss, wont into an old working on the water level, when the explosion immediately imme-diately followed, caused, it is thought, by lire damp being fired, which communicated com-municated with the air ways from the water level into the slope below where the men worked. The miners, in this section of the coal region not being accustomed to black damp, thought it was blasting powder that hail been set on fire. They remained in the utoou until utmost overcome with black damp mid then starting to come up met the body of the water dauipand tell senseless. The stronger men manage.! to get out, however, and gave the alarm to the guide and others who followed, but on reaching the top of the slope they fell back, being be-ing completely overcome. John Hans, the outside loss, on hearing the alarm, ininicdiatelv went to their rescue. Alter proceeding at tout ol0 yards he fell face downwards in ;i pool of water and was drowned. Enoch Magenski was found drowned by his side, eight men where brought out dead. There was no caving in of tlie mine, as at first supposed, and there was no fault in the ventilations. The accident resulted from the old gas exploding in a disused working. I'p to 10 o'clock last night, 10 dead bodies- were taken out. IManyof the men from the surrounding mines came to render assistance. The excitement ex-citement is intense, wives and children child-ren rushing to the scene of disaster and finding their husbands and brothers broth-ers either dead or gasping for breath, while others were eagerly watching the arrival of friends on the stage wagons from below. There were 50 men in tlie stage at tlie time of the explosion. iV of whom arc known to have escaped and will recover. AViu. ' Brown, a prominent coal operator at this place, fell down the Dauiol Webster Web-ster shall this afternoon loo feet i deep. His leg was broken and he was otherwise severely injure.!. The Kxly of Conrad Druniheic-er is not yet tbund. but the men are working work-ing with a will to get to him. His time Itook was found thi? morning. , Five of tlie victims will lo buried to-, to-, m.rrow. The coroner's jury adjournal till tit-morrow morning, they not coming com-ing to a definite conclusion, but the deaths are generally attributed to tire damp. Drumlai-er's k!y, when found, will tell die whole story. : : .lore Modoc Red Tape. j Chicago. 11. A Washington spe-! spe-! cial says the administration organ j here, under the heading of "What is tit lv done with the Modocs.'" lias some suggestions which have been agitated in both legal and military circles for some time. It says that ! persons who profes to know are pre-' pre-' aiding that neither captain Jack, nor j any of his foiiowcrs will le hanged. ! The military commission will he or-' or-' gani.'ed by general Schone'.d ami will doubtless try them promptly, but the findings of that court mu-t lv approve.! ap-prove.! by the rrcsident. and then comes the tug of war. Tiie nrst question ques-tion to K brought before the President, Presi-dent, by tlie adherents of the peace policy. wi;i I v denying the legai;fy of . fue nii'.-.i.Ty ivmmissiou which is to j try the culprit.-, on tho 'ground that general Canby w-.is ni killed ;is Coin- mandcr of tho army in the Uepart- ment of CohmiHi, hut wa- killed I whae acting as a peace commissioner. Havirg been pla ed at the head of the cotv.missiou by a nec:al agreement agree-ment Kiwevii tho President aud the secretary of the interior, with full power in the premises, he could have removed a o.-nimi-:or.or if he had thought, necessary, and was speeialiv soleitol ibr this special duty. Tiie seen '.oy of war. :u the order an- d. ixd April 'l-lih. iy- :.e"wv.- killed tn-. :r prcse:-.: r-ky :'i-tr n :in- r. rva wl:cre I:.'1 t r: ' o'-uM l1 T1 (,;:.. -v :r ryi- p- w n 1.0 was kilim. I .tavi:-.g g.-u- '.:' a-a a-a ptace io:v.:r.:-r:.- r. aw.-.y fr;-m hia nutrdcrt carrot, fviv:-jrc,l; touched V miiir.-irv tnl'un .1. but only ' ;. dd auti.rui..-. As to the k:'h uf Mi. T::onLiT and th.M v,.':: at ii later d .te. tise niil:t..ry e- un-iii-.-!ori can Like no '"-guitue e oi ' 'i.it oll- n.-e. .is a -tale of war th n -u, U tv .-ii our tri-'ps and the M--i..--. .-li.jihd th' I'r.sident ov. 1 1 . : i t lion.-, tlie p.-.i. e lil- n W ill ' ie li pro to hung toe whole tu- 1 -ii I- I, -r til'- Ssii-n in" Court of In.- ! I'lofd Sl..h s bv :"i writ .,f .... .... . TI,'- p'-aee ne u claim that tie-I tie-I nig'Li-.- of the in. -.-:,ge fjojn tii--W ir ! pir'ire nl. announ. "mg ic-n. I'.ml.y- d.ath. sho-A- iu-iv-iy toat he a.-ing a.- a pe:ice coninii-t -ion. r. and tii.-v .jnote t'i. re fore frn-.U frn-.U ni.i -U" ,-p.ak.- .. lien. Canby .i iiaving gone tvith ll,e -ac n- nii"ioiier-. .ut. r wlncli h- s---iii-- lo li.ev ui conip.-nii'd them to a U-l coii- fereiiee Willi liie .Vage chief-. Ill Ml p- -r-.A friendly .-...uieil. ;uid ther t hi- death by treachery, outside of lii-military lii-military lines. 4'rluie Hiitl 1 auallie". Cincinnati, 11. A can uf lewder weighing -) Kind- ex.I.U-l y.--ter-lay at tlie hou.-e of Mr. li.-orge Edmonds, Ed-monds, at Stculteio ille, Ohio, killing three of his children, ami fatally w mni ling am it her. Tin1 can had bvn place-.! in the oupl-oard by tlu-father, tlu-father, and in the absence of the parents pa-rents the children set tire to it. .lames Mepermntl. a bnt.-h.-r. was shot dead while standing in hi.- .-tall in the lilh street market this morning by W. C. Daniels. The parlies had had sonie trouble on Sunday la.-t. from which tlie shooting is supxiscd to have originat.il. Auburn,' N. V., 11. A brutal murder mur-der was committed in this city, last night, by Merritt Wheeler, keeper of a house of ill fame, lie murdered his miMress, Fanny Sterling, by holding hold-ing her by tin1 hair and knocking her to death. New York, 11. This morning Nathan Na-than liaitman shot and killed .lames McAdams, an employe of the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania R. li. Co,, in Jersey City. Bailman hail been di-charged from the employ of the company by Me-Caun, Me-Caun, tlie van! master, and meeting the latter he drew a pistol and was at out to lire, when MeAdams interfering, inter-fering, a struggle ensued, during which the pistol was discharged and McAdams killed. Middleton, N'. Y., 11. Dr. Lewis E. Meyers, dentist of this place, while ' drunk this evening, slabbed his father in the breast near the heart with a sharp instrument. Meyers is in cu.-todv. The wound is considered fatal. Barrio, Out., 11. Jas. Carruthers was hanged hero, this morning, for he murder of his wife. i - ! Fires. ! New York, 11. A lire at the cor-i cor-i nor of I'eiirl street and Curling slip, Ibis evening, occasioned a loss of $i),lHH) to Dr. W. II. Jackson, owner 1 of one of the buildings, John Pettel 'fcl., C. W. Galloway, E. A. Cas-; Cas-; well and others arc partly insure!. Halifax. 11. The tire" at tlie .Lin-gen .Lin-gen Cape Breton colliery lias I teen extinguished, ex-tinguished, but tlie extent of the damage dam-age is not known. .11 i nister Ore lteimiiiiN iit Mute. New York, 11. The remains of the late Minister Orr were landed from the steamer at 11 o'clock this morning, and escorted by the Knights Templar and a detachment of tlie police force, were taken to the City Hall, where they will lie in state in the Governor's room. Tho Grand Lodge will furnish guards of honor while the Ixxly remains in state. The church services will take plaec at the Pev. Mr. Hepworth's church, Madison Madi-son avenue, ;it fou'r p.m., Friday. Kev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., will read the Protestant Episcopal Church service ser-vice which will be followed by a sermon ser-mon hy Mr. Hepworlh. The Deputy Grand Master will conduct the Masonic Ma-sonic burial services. The President, at his express wish, was informal lust evening of the arrival of the body, and has signifial his intention of being present at the services on Friday. Tlie seventh regimen ft has I teen Or-deral Or-deral to escort tlie remit ins ofMinister Orr on Friday. The casket conLiin-mg conLiin-mg the I udy was viewed by 2,000 persons at the City Hall, to day. Several members of the city council remain on watch throughout the night, with the Knights Templar gn:ul. Cholera News. Memphis, 11. There were twenty-four twenty-four interments, io-tlay, against eighteen eigh-teen yesterday. There is but little excitement tn regard to the cholera, and it is belicval tlie rain last night will have a beneficial effect. Nashville, 11. Cholera cases arc decreasing rapidly. ltad Liin.l Shrinkage. Xew York, 11. An excited meeting meet-ing of the bondholders of tlie St. Joseph Jo-seph and Denver city railway was held to-day. .lames H. Fisher.of Buffalo, Buf-falo, presided. C. V. Hassler said the meeting had been called in onler that the bondholders might look after their rights. He described how the Itonds had fallen to oH and said it appeared ap-peared that instead of a million and a half acres of land being available, there were but half a million acres. .A committee of live was appointed to report to a future meeting. In replv to anxious inquiries, Has.-ler gave his opinion that the transfer company's land, excepr on mortgage, could not be prevented and that the bonds now unsold ought to be cancelled. lVet Point uvnlrj Drill. Poughkeepsie, 11. President Grant an! party, general Sherman, secretary secre-tary Belknap, and others witnessed a cavalry drill at "West Point this afternoon. after-noon. There were mortar practices and lireworks to-night. Seveial of the tioanl of vi-itors leave tomorrow. On Friday the diplomas will It I awarded. LhikI -niiit Decision. Washington. 11. The Secretary of the Interior to-day deeiiUxl that under the bih section of the act of Congress, granting land in aid of the eon-truc-tion of the Northern Pacific railway, the filing of the map of the general routes protects the company from preemption pre-emption settlements within the granted iinnts, which in the States are twenty miles on each line. Of forty-live millions mil-lions three per cent, certificates outstanding out-standing on November, 170, all but thirty thousand have been called in and redeemed. The authority to do so was resisted by Comptroller Gecen. The decision citU the city 1-30,000. Free Masons. Milwaukee. 11. The Grand Lodge of Masons wa.- in session'this evening. Tiie attendance i large. Tho following follow-ing officers were elected for the ensuing ensu-ing year: K. lVi-.'s Piiforo. Grand Mitster: H. E. Hubbard. Senior Grand Warden : J. S. Burroughs. Junior Grand Warden: W. H. Hines. Grand Treasurer: Geo. E. H.iskinson. Grand Svvrvtary. |