Show BY TELi TELEGRAPH GRAPH PEK WESTERN UNION LIMB A X 19 R IL DAA CHEYENNE feb 3 reports more or less sensational have haie gone one abroad that the present winter has been severe on range cattle battle and that th atthe the losses in wyoming 9 h have ave been more P than an the average of 0 past ast years A corres has token men some pains to ascertain the the matter and has interviewed a number of gen clemen who are interested in cattle and whose herds range at widely widel separ ate portions of wyoming and dakota all ali reports agree that so far as this territory and southern dakota are concerned the range cattle business has suffered no unusual less during the present presents season easen should the spring be as favorable as them the winter has been the season aiu close with a remarkable small loss up to the present the range cange cattle have wintered remarkably well the native stock is in better condition than usual at this season of the year BRASLAU L I 1 feb 8 this village village and vicinity were thrown into great excitement over the horrible discovery this morning in a house bouse in the back 4 woods about a mile and a half from this vil village loge of the dead bodies of a man and women bermans Oer mans whose news names have not been ascertained tie the house is situated some distance off the main roads the mans body was in a pool of blood on the floor with his throat cut from ear to ear the woman was lound found in abed room up stairs with her head severed from her body both had evidently been dead tor for five or ix days as decomposition bad al r ready se in itis it is sup supposed posea that they were mu murdered and robbed there is no clue to the perpetrators of the deed SAN FRANCISCO feb 3 another murder and suicide occurred today to day andrew fettes shot his wife and then himself both died in a few minutes mrs fettes kept a saloon on fifth street she had separated irom from her husband jealousy was the cause harrisburg feb 3 the senate today toda to da day passed a bill providing for the submit submission assion ot of a prohibition amendment to the state C constitution tit u t ion to a vote of the people Of roma feb S the chamber hamber of deputies discussed the bill submitted by the government for a credit of francs tor for sending reinforcements to the italian garrison at Maeso Mas wab deputies mussa and costa members ol of the extreme left opposed the po licy of the government and urge i the recall of the troops from soudan signer member of the right eight moved a vote of credit without delay and an inquiry into the conduct of the minister afterwards a general discussion closed the excited debate the extremists tre mists demanding that the ministry resign the house then adjourned the ministry feels confident the credit will be voted by a large majority PITTSBURG feb A 4 last night de tec tives hoehne and hulligan 0 cleveland left here having in char charge harry mcmunn charged with complicity comp i ia fa the extensive fur far robbery robber in A that place amounting to when hen the reached alliance ohio five men got aboard and when ravenna venna was reached made a concerted attack on the detectives with a view of rescuing the prisoner A desperate light ensued and ana one of the deceives dec tives hulligan halligan received seven bullet wounds and haehne five some of the assailants were also wounded the rescuers succeeded in escaping with mcmunn both the detectives were featro feat to cleveland they are all living but are not expected to recover cincinnati february 4 the rive reached fifty tour lour feet six inches at 10 this morning and is still rising at the rate of an inch an hour the apparent deflection to the north of the cold cola wave increases the possibility of a disastrous flood here access to the central depot is now cut off movements are also seriously endangered and a little more rise will cut off some of the freight depots disastrous floods are reported in big sandy little miami and licking rivers washington WAA HINGToN feb A 4 the treasurer admitted today to day that secretary manning is to be president and that he jordan is to be vice president os of the western national bank of new york the resignations of both officials are in the hands of the president and W will 11 be accepted in due time washington feb 4 As a result of the ibe conference lasting all day on the anti polygamy bill the representatives of the two houses are reported to be slowly approaching an agreement on the mea measure tiare more nearly resembling sem bling the house bill than that passed by the senate philadelphia feb 4 some sensational sat at evidence was presented before the new nev jersy jersey assembly election committee in camden today to day by the republicans to prove that the ballot box of centre township was opened by the democrats and enough votes changed from haynes to surley to insure the election of the latter to the assembly on the recount wm win C chambley ambley Cb a locksmith of philadelphia testified 1 I was sent for to come over to new jersey to open a box and went and opened it it was in last jut november and on onan an awful dark and stormy night I 1 crossed by the ferry there was one man maa with me when wo we got across we yat in a carriage know the man we drove around the corner then another man dan got in with a friend who came across c ross the river with me we drove u up p the country a good distance distan ceaud and stopped when we got to the place where the box was it was a private dwelling all ali three got out I 1 was the last one in no one else was there I 1 carried my tools lock picks files screwdrivers screw drivers etc with me I 1 OPENED BOX it was that box pointing to the center township box that is the one I 1 operated upon it had bad three looks locks I 1 picked it open there were papers in it but I 1 see what they were I 1 unscrewed the looks locks and made anade the tae keys to fit them those keys I 1 gave to the men after I 1 opened the box and made the keys kes I 1 was paid 10 by one of the men then I 1 entered the carriage and was driven to the railroad station and abd I 1 went home on cross examination by mr mcdermott counsel for the democrats witness said he be had never been arrested and had never opened but one ballot box before he thought he be was merely doing an ordinary piece niece of work and had no idea he was committing a crime mr mccermott asked that she witness be detained and chairman matthews directed ahe he sergeant at al arms to take him INTO CUSTODY the republican publican Be counsel objected to what th they y claimed was as an attempt to terrorize the vit witness ex judge pancoast mr haynes counsel stad said I 1 it is not within the province of this committee to attempt to terrorism terrorise terr orise orle a witness I 1 protest against it in the name nameon ot law and justice ju stice I 1 on order him committed to the custody ot the sergeant at arms you do so at your peril I 1 demand his inett instant release by a vote of 3 to 2 the committee 8 sustained usta aued chairman matthews and the sergeant at arms was instructed to take the witness in charge and see that he didiot leave the state the then adjourned till later in the afternoon tue the republicans claim they can sustain chain Cham chambless bleys evidence by other testimony and that they have discovered details of democratic conspiracy to chali change gic the result in the third district NEW YORK feb 4 at the headquarters of the ocean association today it was said that smith p aud nd mcneill restaurant keepers had bad agreed to supply a qu quantity tit of f provisions slots for the families of att the h ley aarel atri strivers ers and that ayland many uy land landlords had agreed d not to press t iem em for rent supplies were offered ilso so by the butchers and bakers Thel strikers on tho the pier of the new haven and hartford railroad east river were today to day admitted into the union this makes over four hundred admitted this week the caulkers caul kers and joiners at work repairing the the old dominion steamer that was damaged by the explosion of an infernal mach machine nie struck to dav they had no grievances but struck out of sympathy with the freight chandless chandlers chand handlers lers their places will be filled tomorrow to th morrow by nonunion men THE COOPERS I 1 I 1 employed along the pleis piers with the mill rights joined the strike today to day the painters and mechanics inthe painters Tain guion line ane steamer struck today today the I 1 italians who took the pier places es of the strikers at hudson river depot quit work this afternoon the lehigh valley company closed its gates at 3 8 pm the pennsylvania aim jersey central and in fact all the other piers along the river front fron thad had the same blockade and difficulty in moving freight in the course of his reply to a toast at the annual banquet of the amherst alumni association tonight to night rev henry heary ward beecher said this abomination the knights of labor is the result of this infernal idea of pa 1 eternity of gove government because a le few men in new jersey think chink their employers have wronged them all this nation is called upon to suffer on the order of this paternal government of the knights of labor this is froin want of intelligence THE COMMITTEE of the state legislature to investigate the coal handlers strike met today to fo day and listened to the evidence of a number of strikers their evidence was concurrent to the general effect that the top men could earn about 28 per month and the trimmers about 10 that trimming brimming is highly ia iB jurious jarious to the lungs necessitating heavy outlays 1 lor or medicines and causing death in a few years that the coal companies take from 15 to 25 per cent out of ther their wages for collecting money due them from the captains of the boats loaded that the same deductions is made when the boats loaded belong to the company itself they consider consid gr this an unnecessary charge and asserted the necessity of an advance la in wages in order to enable them to support their families boston feb 4 A meeting of representatives senta tives of eleven local assemblies of longshoremen coal handlers and kindred laborers organizations representing in all OVER MEN was held tonight to night in south boston resolutions were adopted endorsing the action of district assembly 49 for issuing s U ing the no rent manifesto and I 1 requesting e beti ng all members of labor organizations I 1 izat ions who may become involved in the strike to comply with the import of said manifesto also a resolution resola tion calling upon the legislature to petition the he general government to take possession of all mines under the right of 0 i eminent domain and operate them for the good of the people also calling on all knights of labor to refuse to unload vessels known to have been loaded by nonunion non union x pen men the boston longshoremen of provident union tonight to night adopted a resolution endorsing district assembly so no 49 springfield mass feb 6 5 the night express train for Montreal which leit left here at last night ran off the bridge at woodstock va two miles north of white river junction and the steeping sleeping and passenger cars and the bridge were entirely burned it is reported that there are a large number of persons injured and the number killed and wounded is also reported to be large conductor cond actor sorted sturtevant burte ant was fatally injured the accident occurred prop probably ably between one and two this morning on the central vermont road SIXTEEN KILLED TROY N Y feb 5 it is ip reported here ere that hat sixteen persons were killed I 1 oy y I 1 the h e a accident tle DA I 1 last U t night on the vermont C central n railway ii sy near white ely elver junction springfield mass feb 5 the accident to tae the montreal express at woodstock bridge assumes assume frightful proportions as S further particulars are learned tab train was the boston B oston and montreal express on the taie vermont central railroad with connection at white biyer junction with the montreal express from with one sleeping car and one passenger coach which were attached to the boston and montreal train frank wesson ason a son of D B wesson of this city of the firm of smith wesson manufacturers rs was killed and it is reported that the loss of a life is large THE FATALITY INCREASES springfield mass feb 5 the train consisted ot of one sleeping and one passenger coach from here one chicago sleeping car connected at white river rivee orie one boston ale sleeping car one mau car from boston another passenger coach one baggage and aad one express car there are rumors that 50 lives were lost FURTHER DETAILS bradford vermont feb 6 the tha ex hiell left white river junction bound for montreal was filled fifth passengers the coaches and two sleeping cars plunged over a bridge sixty leet icet into the river before the engineer or any anyone one could get to the wreck the cars had bad caught fire and burned the bridge was also burned and inside of twenty minutes all were destroyed it is estimated that fifty persons were killed henry henra Tux oury tury of west wes t randolph vt a well known lecturer is among those these killed rdward edward F dillon of VL vi was killed he was a member of the sophomore h class at dartmouth and pitcher for the springfield maits feb feba 5 frand brandl L hoaas killed was about 35 years of age and leaves a wife aud and three children he was a brother in law of john W Lo lowell ivell the new york publisher the latest reports received here state that the number killed reaches 20 and that about as many more were injured I 1 I 1 HORRORS accumulate the rescuers met with another and unexpected obstacle in the heat which bad become so intense that they were obliged to relinquish their efforts to save the sufferers and were compelled to retreat td a place of safety for themselves and to become unwilling and horror stricken witnesses of the awful holocaust in addition to this and to add to the horror ol of the suffering buffering passengers the weather was intensely cold and the heroic res rescuers emers was hindered thereby in their work no water could be obtained with which to check or extinguish the flames the ice was several sever acl inches thick on the river and there were no appliances it at hand hadd to break it ik THE LIST OF KILLED so tar S ar as learned Is ps as follows edward bangs banga brakeman F L wesson S SS S Westcott ott cephas mills dud and E F dillon nephew of sidney dillon of new york on the ice below the bridge site are twenty six charred and unrecognizable bodies doubtless many were entirely cremated the central vermont railroad officials were at the seene scene at an early kour hour and are doing everything possible to relieve the sufferers cincinnati feb othe O the river at 10 this morning had reached the stage of fifty six feet one inch which was a rise inthe in the past nine hours hour of live inches the di in the rate of the rise is encouraging especially a aa there is yet no rain but with a cloudy sky and the thermometer bove above 32 there is still ground for app apprehension bension of f a rise As it is now it causes serious ser I 1 inconvenience to railroads and to river transportation besides be sider interfering with many manufactories manu factories on the river fronts front every additional boop foot of th the qiu increase crease magnifies agni fies the loss lass at a much higher rate rata until I a rain fall comes however the condition will remain hopeful NEW YORK feb 6 5 the freight block blockade adeon on the river front is ia worse this morning chairit than tha irit it was yesterday afternoon in many ip instances stances the truc kmen left their wagons in line last jast night took the horses to the stable and came back and slept on oa the trucks the truc kmen having waited all day yesterday da y and then |