Show BY BV TELEGRAPH ri pir pin n veste teste WESTERN N ung L USE I 1 NE M ad it r c A A N I 1 adago ile ilc lie AGO 14 the meeting of roads in ta new tripartite combination with the burlington road forthe for tor tile purpose of hearing its decision in ili regard to enter ing the combination to have been held thefT th dinst has haa been posta postponed boned till tili ahe owing to the inability of gen cotter to be present at the former date tonino from the kansas city pol poi roes moes into effect wednesday rhy rhe e regular meeting of the pool will be eld eid nid ald tomorrow it is thought ail an lini tini cable cabie agreement may way result it is andee ander understood stood a settlement of lne trouble of tilo eastern and west eritt crikt lines iines on passenger business from the seaboard to the missouri river will be made on mutual concessions rather thau than on commissioner circular of f dec nee loth as stated in a dispatch from new york I 1 14 hazen hazon third As general has jias compiled a statement based upon thero there the returns of 40 post juices offices that usually return one half the postal revenue showing receipts jor for vile tile quarter ending dec dac alst aist IW were wore 0 ou 76 1 chis his is ib a falli falling agoff guu gau in receipts compared wath the correspond corresponding lla iii quarter ter of taft provia us year ear of bl b l or 40 sj 4 JO 0 per pe rient ant AR the reduction in in postage went into effect during this thil quarter the returns were ere awaited oth with uth bome ome anxiety by the postal iho ho were in some doul in n to the eject of the reduced rate upon the revenues of thia thit tu department aboss A loss of has been expected these r turns aro are gratify gratifying in they indicate eoe toe ac department IV wui ill til be in in receipt of a r V at least to meet the bewes ol 01 of the present fiscal year aidt ED pa lo 10 while a jain aaen iiii on tae and linua ilnia rall rali railroad road was an ou oll well which was bein being fire lire box was open ana and taip tue gaa gas ig cited be getting vil til ag the w well weli eu an U A bire fire C the train jumbles jumpper tile file track and twelve persons are reported burned to death another the engine jump ped red the phe brair ag and ard d with an oi air tank elod exploded 1 I 1 No thins definite dennite has yet beell beeh received received d one woman is beatt and bad from ten to fifteen persons are badly burned ASti astl A stream eam of if waste w aste oil flowing f from rom a lank lank across the bradford bondall railroad caught lire fire this andril ingas anglas the passenger train from wells vino villo for Brad bradfort bradford fogt foit f ran into it and the tile train mas was was immediately enveloped in lla lia flain laek ekk ehk the 4 the tho track tract for a distance of f fully JOO yards was cover covered edwith with oil it is bell beli believed eved the tho i gus gas coming coining in contact with tho the firebox of the engine exploded ou which spread on the hurricane of wind and eliv cliv enveloped eloped the doomed train which was wag instantly a mass of flames so iu intense tenso was tyas the heat that the yin windows vin dows were ivore c cracked rac ked and fell in inless time than I 1 it t takes to write writt it the ephs phs passenger coach and bag gages car were conveyed into the seething ding dino hissing mass of nire nife the coach was Ks filled with peopled people there vas aas A as a tush for but t the e heat was so intense that the pable passengers were driven back and forced to jump through the windows landia landingin landing in the snow A relief train with surgeons was dispatched bathe aff the scene upon its arrival a terrible ter Tible sight presented itself chepas the passenger ener ened coaZ coach and baggage car were smoking ullus ruins the engine lay on its back 1 havn having turned a complete sumer it a is definitely known that only xii Y f forr foun our oar PC all ali women were burn burned ed to dea ded death th we the deadware dead are mrs alfs I 1 0 V fairol dir air of Kini zua junction givlio wh 0 w was burned beyond leoo recognition mrs airs 1 fair Is a young woman who had only been married two celb aff w io miss hiss katie mor alor ans aus NY a small station near xieu toie aie tie body burned almost to a crisp miss A moran foran was found han hwu hang ing outside the coach gk asping grasping a tia tig window sill the other dead woman has not thir TAIr thirteen teen other persons dersons burned acim A number willdie lo 10 Governo was inaugurated today to day aay A anon snowstorm v storm interfered mittle with the parade e Q J lo 10 henry B payne was elected jwied united states senator today without opposition the lican laicans of both houses voted blanks MALDEN massi maest 15 mrs valeria stone died this iao ido morning rhino ruing from the effects of a f fall fali aili alli four weeks ago D duning during i 1 the past few years this benevolent ben lady has g given 1 ven to college a and schools for girls over GA texas 15 Weather erfle erfie neld special the me westbound west bound texas passenger assen gere gerl train was wrecked this morning by a broken rail ten terl miles west of there were ab bout atit thirty persons wounded sol soi some nobu quite ite seriously no abne was killed outright in the list of those seriously hurt are eke ehe KO wheeler of abilene and D E bentley and mrs urs mrs airs mc ble alabon of colorado texas walla WALIA walla 15 ohn john J Elfers who shot dan haggerty liaw liag gerty because he would not pay him bur nur four bits he owed hanged this morning i i W va 15 roberh mason was arrested at jacobsburg jacobsberg Jacobs burg belmont county yesterday charged with passing passin counterfeit money and failing to bonds for his appearance at st today to day iii in court was liis ills bogus money was a vera vert verr good Imi imitation sallon of quarters and nickey nickel his operations have hoye extended over a long iong time and have provably prop ably I 1 betat bema lar large I 1 an 15 dr beniamin benjamin ami j 1 I ai J X lle jut hamil superintendent of the knives uni ves ity hospital on Satur saturday daz daX last shot and seriously wounded dr edward martin a resident phy physician clelan at the tile institution ellamil suspected martin of paying improper attention to mrs hamil who has charge chanku of the table at the hos sital but since the shooting hamil stated his suspicions were unfounded jle jie is baid said to have left the city the police profess ignorance of the affair OYSTER BAY ILY fly L I 1 1 15 after aften kf ter ten the adjournment lou iou lourn journ rement ment t today to 0 day ai of the examination into the tappan mason lason owner of the hammer and overalls found near the townsend residence the day after the assault was committed ou on the charge of assaulting ass aultin with intent to kill mr nir and mrs townsend ills arrest caused great excitement GALVESTON 15 castroville castrovilla Cas special ten miles of the strickland pasture fence located inthe in the southern portion of bonderia bondora Bon dera diera county has been 1 cut popular feeling is running ill lit high h bloodshed is imminent GALVESTON tex ib 15 neus news davis special while resisting arrest IV A alexander a cowboy and noted desperado pc was shot and killed lulled on the reservation er at pena colorado texas last sunday by a detachment of soldiers soldiers alexander had been 1 eon een terrorizing the neighborhood and threatened to wipe out olit the military one soldier named na nied ross was killed and two oth others ers sll sli slightly lits wounded before ale aie alexanders xander I 1 lin ain winchester was silenced LINE NL li ii 15 sixty build inas were wrecked wrecker at compton que be bec bee last wednesday by a storm new kew 0 o orleans 15 tie tle presbytery presbyter of the catholic church bayou de lar large C terrebonne Terra bonne parish burned sunday duntay morning rev father Const arout perished in the games dames lordsburg lords burg N al 15 A special ran into a westbound ainest west bound emigrant train near lisbon last night seren seven persons were injured one fatally name unknown panama via galveston 15 american dredge brerke no 2 Is burned loss uninsured supposed incendiary PITTSBURG 16 in ih the nutt trial this thia morning mr nir playford opened for the defense outlining the case which will wili be emotional insanity he said the defense ild iid lid did not deny the killing but would show that at the time th the c deed wasl was committed past wrongs and outrages upon the family had made the defendant unable to control ills his will he lle of lils in fath father r eliat liability to mental which ich utis was hereditary in the family took a strong hold upon him and affected his reason dr fuller testified that he had been the family physician for 17 years and that he always believed bell beli eVed that james iames was mentally deficient and inclined to har bar bor feelings feell ns of f enmity until he became a ino monomaniac he considered him an imbecile in fact airs nutt kutt said james was always a good f 6 0 d boy and ava lva was much nuch attached artacho alwais to t 0 his il parents she considered him the reverse of being heing mentally strong hearing of da nukes dukes els letters he became more so sa and the acquittal of the former greatly excited him once when he be balne came home from town he was much a agitated stated and said mother dont you think that villain dukes had the impudence to look I 1 at me and laugh P the week bufore bea ore ora dukes was wag shot he wo would uld scream murder in his sleep and frequently walked the flo fio orand wept BRADFOR DJa ag the ahe remains of miss momo Moro none fone lone of the victims of yesterdays disaster on the bradford kinzua railroad were taken tooh to oil city this interment the funeral of airs badie hadle B fair takes place at bradford this afternoon the injured number 26 and most of them theal are doing well excepting 1 prof faught Faugh t W H belknap and geo goo mccartney of newbery who not expected to live A coroners jury visited the wreck and examined the site of the tank and marked where the oil ran along the toad the capsized engine was found foun dand and with the throttle open the track was not injured in any manner after obtaining an insight into the causes of the disaster the jury returned to bradford and met this morning to examine witnesses all the developments tend to show that the road will be exonerated from all blame for what is considered an unavoidable accident the flesh of engineer sextons Sex tons hands bands was fairly roasted the skin dropping oe off in lumps he lle will recover washiro rox roy iga ag A joint republican caucus of senators and representatives was held to nl night lit to appoint a a congressional campaign committee more than members of con congress ress were present senator edmunds presided representative miller of pennsylvania was secretary the following resolutions were offered by senator hoan hean resolved Se solved that the sense of this meeting in is a republican congressional campaign a committee should be immediately organized consisting of one member from each atz state and d territory having for the preparation and circulation of documents con eon concerti concerning cerni ng subjects pending in congress and other political I 1 information ase resolved solved that we express sympathy and will extend C cooperation operation co 0 in all ali practicable ways to all southern republicans public ans struggling to exercise the vital fundamental fund funo amee amei GI right ird of suffrage in popular elections aad and no less do we pledge our friendship and assistance to all kli citizens inthe southern states who bave have not been wn republicans but are inarik manfully contending against p proscription to ser tion or the murder of voters and in favor of freedom la in politics the of q alq committee MI 1 0 1 1 hf I 1 sll sli dil Q 1 arft pi fa dt lit in agreed on by bythe the representatives were ivere california senator miller J lorida florida 11 II bisbee bibbee illinois GR dawes lowa iowa senator allison kansas thornas ryan massachusetts senator senator ho hoar a r minnesota W 1 D washburn Wash burm bumm mississippi judge jefferts nevada senator to jones new hampshire senator blair biair new jersey senator sewell new york lonk 1 hiscock north carolina jamer james E ohara ohio wm nici dici mckinley linley jr pennsyl pennsylvania ania J A M campbell ampbell C south carolina E Z IV al mackey vermont J IV stewart west virginia nathan goff jr wisconsin senator sava saia sawyer or dakota J B raymond idaho new Al mexico exico r F T luna W ashington washington territory T II 11 brents when a call was wa ns made for a member of 0 f the tho committee from utah senator E edmunds din ands remarked asre is represented resented bya by a democrat 11 me other state delegations not bein beino fully represented those present asked leave to present the names of members of the committee at some future time they were requested to name their committeemen at as soon as possible bl tile the secretary of the caucus was authorized to call a meeting of the committee next monday night at the arlington notel hotel at that meeting a chairman and executive committe of seven will be appointed new york tonk ag A private letter from a gentleman residing in canton dated dec dee ath says china is determined to tight night and war can only be avoided by france backing cie cle clear a r down to the round ground muddie francc eranee made ma an awful muddle dle dlo of the whole affair had she acted with force at first To liquin would be hers and everything be quiet the i idea of occupying the country with only a thousand or two troops Is too absurd for serious contemplation but that eliat is just what france attempted france in her delay and want of resolution led china to believe that fear kept her back and this idea took such a hold in chinas cainas mind that she will not be satisfied with anything short of a complete surrender of the position which france has assumed in tonquin troops are pouring in from f rom the north and are being raised here the writer says a chinaman told him the other day its no use trying to get along peaceably with a country counie y like ilke eranee france which is the most troublesome nation that ever over existed china must rise up as one man and crush crash the iride pride of the french tried though she succeeded in winning the day stopped short of the mark so that it now rests rest with china to complete the humiliation of proud and arrogant prance france FALL RIVER mass 16 about ten to night a a gentleman gentle gentie manin in passing the residence of charles P stickney Stick ney ncy discovered disco vereda a blaze in the upper chamber entering the house he tle was inet jnet by bya a horrible sight just inside the door was ivas stickney his clothing in flames hands hand shockingly burned at the head of the stairs lay mrs airs 9 stickney alick dead her clothing burned off it was learned that stickneys Stick clothing took fire in an endeavor to save ills his wife the servant ervant girl the only other inmate could give no particulars regarding the fire stickneys Stick qs condition is precarious r ec arious arlous stickney Stick ricy is one of the r fall fali nt river defaulters default ers sentenced bocon cord the flesh on mrs airs stickneys Stick limbs body and face is horribly burned 1 her lir face showed death was preceded by most terrible agony prompt wo work ik by the n neighbors soon checked the iiames llames which did slight damage ickney stickney Sf was removed to a neighbors house and medical aid summoned S u 1 one hand was burned alm aim almost 0 s t completely off and he lay in ter terrible a agony ony As near as can be ascetta ascertained me d mrs stickney had been engaged in saturating the carpet carp eaith 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