Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-19

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hour, and then died.
The beam held the car from sinking
more than foot into the water. There
we're about thirty passengers in it, and
strange TO relate, none OF them were
seriously wounded, although few were
confused or Jared. The hind car did
not fall its whole length into the creek,
but the rear end remained on the
abutmcnt, elevated at m angle Of forty
or fifty degrees. The passengers were
thrown forward into heap, but none
received material injury. The whole
bridge was broken down. The engine
tender and baggage car were literally
crushed into fragments. The baggage
of the passengers was nearly all lost or
DESTROYED. The engineer was running
his train over the bridge at high rate
of speed, and probably had got halt
over when the locomotive went through
il. Ii seems that the farmers in the
neighborhood knew that the bridge
was in a dangerous condition, but gave
no notice OF it. A boy offered to build
a fire near il to warn the night train,
but his father would not permit him
The crash was heard for more than a
mile, and the erpectont people came
rushing to view the scene in very few
moments. The Superintendent of the
road was aboard at the time. He had
crossed the bridge at 4 o'clock of the
preceding evening, and appeared not
to have been aware Of its dangerous
condition.
A vote was taken on Saturday after
noon in the Wisconsin Legislature, for
the removal Of the Capitol from Madi-
son to Milwaukee. II was defeated by
one mojority-thc Speakers casting
vote. The bill passed its engrossment
on Thursday by eight majority, but the
alarmed citizens brought such bat
terry of expostulations and entreaties to
bear on the members that the eight
majority was reduced to tie, and the
Speaker saved them the loss OF the
Capitol for this year at least.
Fort Winnebago WAS an applicant
for the capitol, but finding that the
Milwaukee interest was very strong,
voted to keep it at Madison for the
present. Had the bill passed the
House, it is claimed that it would have
easily gone through the Senate, and
there was no doubt but it would have
received the Governors signature.
Another Court Martial farce is now
in session in Chicago.
Capt. Barker, of the Chicago ORA
goons received a letter a few day:
since, notifying him that he must at
tend to little Court Martial, in which
he was to figure as a prisoner instead
of the Court:
The notice commanded the Court tc
assemble and the prisoner to appear
on the corner of Futon and Fifth
streets.
A, the appointed hour, Capt. Bar
ker and his witnesses appeared at thu
the corner designated, and believing
from the wording of the order that tn,
Court would be held in the street, ar
ranged pile of lumber, in the mos
convenient manner for the accommo
dation Of all parties, and quietly await
ed the advent OF the Court. Lon.
past the appointed hour the Cour
came, clothed in from one-quarter t
one eighth uniform, including tw'
shocking bad hats. The prisoner wa
invited to 90 over to the ante-room G
Fort Dearborn Lodge, |. O. Q. f., bu
he insisted that the Court should be oil
gained on the lumber pile as com
mandcd in the writ, but finally consent
ed to 90 to the antc-room, as a matte
of personal favor to the court. 4
soon AS the Court organized, the Presi
dent asked the prisoner what the d.
he was charged with, but the prisione
did not know, and after long consul
tation, the Court failed to learn upol
\ hat charge the prisoner was to b
| tried, and adjourned for week. TIL
farce will probably come off at the ap
pointed time, provided ,ne Court Ca
ascertain for what purpose it was or
gained.