Show v w tryst M V gg y S EIGHTY SIX RAILROAD DISASTER IN one people reported killed aud d sept 14 eighty passengers mostly emigrants and six of tho crew of the steamer sud american from montevideo Mote video sunk last evening it is reported the steamer which collided with her was badly damaged A terrible MANSFIELD 0 abo baltimore ohio northbound north bound passenger train due in this city at 1 this morning was dera led by a switch at siding twenty five miles south of this city and collided with a freight train on the siding A sleeper followed by express car and two day coaches struck the engine and rolled over on their sides badly wrecked almost immediately the freight engine boiler exploded throwing tho wreckage in all directions the two coaches contained passengers nearly all returning from the encampment at columbus the hot water and steam from the boiler poured into the coaches and the passengers that had not been hurt by the broken timbers were scalded the engine of the passenger train which with the express had safely passed the switch was immediately beken to independence and belleville and all haq doctors in these places were taken to the wreck the passengers who were not held down by the timbers crawled out of the windows and by the time the doctors reached the spot nil but four or five were out of the broken coaches edward valentine of chicago and F lukens express agent were firmly pinned under the wreckage harra belinson bm linson the freight engineer was standing at the side of the track next to the passenger train and was found between the tender and boiler of his engine with the front part blown out david wilson I 1 was found doubled apalone sido the freight train with hs neck broken and skull crushed mrs edward valentine of chicago william wansley of shawnee and a brakeman 01 e freight train cannot live the dead men were laid on coats alongside the track and the wounded were taken to houses near by the wrecked train consisted of the engine two express cars mail car baggage car two day coaches and two sleeping cars the only persons injured were in the day coaches the injured number thirty three of whom ely to die the majority of the are members of ane U A R sopt 14 A dispatch from zanesville ohio says baans have been sent from there to the scene of the accident at anken B 0 road it is reported at zanesville that one hundred people were killed and wounded but nv details are known blancha bla ocha sept 12 there have been further shocks of earthquake at Vot izza rue yellow fever chattanooga tenn sept 14 chattanooga has been quarantined against decatur alabama NO sept 14 A train load consisting of ten cars of yellow fever refugees from jacksonville florida was received hero yesterday en route to benderson N 0 the coaches were packed with between four and five hundred adults and one hundred children the country people gathered at the stations to see the train pass through but as soon as the Flori dans threw up the windows they fled like a flock of sheep it was a tired hungry unfortunate looking crowd dr gutters in charge of the train says 1 dont know what the people of henderson who invited them there can do with them pew have any money and many will be objects of charity there are three yellow fever cases on board NEW YORK sept 14 dr wilford nelson who was for some years on the isthmus of panama and who is now a resident of this city has made a special study of yellow feve rHe was in florida last autumn and foresaw the likelihood of an epidemic this year and wrote a letter to the times union of november 1 pointing out the danger in an interview today dr nelson stated that unless stringent precautionary measures are taken a recurrence of the epidemic may be expected in florida again next summer in fact he eaid once established in certain portions of Flori dathe difficulty of utterly stamping it out will be very great 14 this has been the saddest day yet in the jacksonville epidemic the general gloom is made intense by the toss of everal of our very best citizens two of tho noblest of Flo native sous fell today to day louis I 1 fleming and hon henry A lengle number of cases today to day 43 deaths 12 the weather is still wet and disagreeable several physicians and nurses from other cities arrived today to day mayor bryant received a dispatch from hen dessonville der sonville tonight to night that says yellow devor has broken out among the jacksonville refugees at that place 10 the boim sept 14 captain backer starts on sunday for congo he proposes with men to explore the northern and eastern regions of congo state it is hoped he will hear something of stanley major llota marder Loi sept 14 the news of the burdor in africa of major Bart ellot leader of tho expedition in search of henry M stanley has given rise to speculation regarding the fate of the great explorer himself tho london newspapers are unanimously of the opinion that Bart ellot was betrayed tib who organized the nativa portion of the expedition and the question tion is asked why may not stanley have been also the victim of bla treachery A dispatch from st paul de loando states major bartello was shot baly isguby his carriers the bead arabs and men thereupon ran off to stanley falls where jamison 1 was making arrangement poo tib for th organization of tha S expedition he will proceed as quickly 23 risible BERLIN sept 14 preparations for n german expedition to search for ahnin bey are progressing actively chiaese ix SAN FEANCISCO sept 14 the united states dispatch boat dolphin which arrived from honolulu today to day brings aels that the chinese of honolulu held a mass meeting in protest the action of the hawaiian legislature in passing laws tending to prevent chinese from transacting business on the island it is is stated that the chinese havea raised a fund to advance their interests and it is also intimated that by threats tha would compel the hawaiian government to accede to their demands there are more chinese males on the island than there are males of all other nations including natives A horror avei fed NORTH ADAMS mass sept 15 A terrible disaster was narrowly averted in the hoosac tunnel this afternoon when sixty nine workmen employed in the tunnel were overcome by coal I 1 gas from a passing locomotive after the last engine had passed through the tunnel the flagman overseer mccrath that the trac kmen in the three thousand feet section and the electric light men in the 6 feet section were overcome ex press no 33 had just entered the tunnel ana mcgrath ordered it flagged which proved a wise precaution A rescuing party was then organized and the men were found lying on and along the tracer some partially and some wholly overcome had the express train not been flagged the slaughter must have been terrible it is thought two of the cases will prove fatal au vant CHICAGO sept 15 charles J bo den dieck who was arrested several 1 days ago is still held in the central station on the charge of having in his possession a quantity of explosive matter vit hont being able to show any license for having it edition to the daily beius says in regard to bodendieck that about two months bonfield was informed of the queer actions of the man and immediately set about to put him under police surveillance under an as fumed name a detective soon scraped an acquaintance with bodendieck who took him into his confidence and unfolded his plot to him he carefully detailed the plan mapped out by himself to avenge the deaths of baies parsons and engel and thereby elevate himself in the eyes of his friends to the position of a martyr to the cause of anarchy 18 1 of tack was to be the T city i and without exciting the suspicion of anyone he explored every nook and comer of the city hall where he thought his explosive most deadly in its effect aasc tuesday he had everything in readiness for his diabolical and set to work to obtain the chemicals with which to manufacture his explosive he laid in a supply of chlo rato of potash oil of tar saltpetre salt petre sulphur and several other ingredients the composition of which would make an explosive more deadly in its effect than even dynamite or nitroglycerine he also purchased a hundred feoff of fuse and thirty fulminating mina ting caps when inspector Bonfield had been informed of the new move on the part of the dynamiter he ordered his arrest at once before he had a chance to make a dangerous move it is not known that there was anyone else mixed up with him in his scheme outside of the detective as he was of betrayal and beyond intimating thai that something would happen soon took no one else into his confidence it is reported that bodendieck has made a confession |