Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-07-24
LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC STATES.

1.-THE telegraph being down, We arc with
ou, our usual late dispa.chcs.-ED.]
The Erie Railroad Disaster..rurtAer Par.
ticulars.
NEW YORK. July 16-There are few
additional particulars Of the Erie Railroad
disaster: Gibson, a passenger. says of the
burning Of the smoking car, that in seat.
wedged in By heaps Of broken timber. sat
Rev. Mr.. Halleck. He was perfectly un.
bur: but unable 70 extract himself from
the wreck. In calm accents aud perfectly
collected tones. he told rs to &c, an AZ snd
try to Gu. inside the car. We searched
around and obtained one from a house by
the roadside, but it was too dull and We
could do nothing with it. We worked and
strove to liberate the unfortunate gentle
man who sat there. sound in limb. awaiting
! the approach Of the hungry flames. Near
er aud nearer they came until his hair be-
gan to crisp and his skin to crack; we, in
like manner, found the heat uHbearable
aud retired, compelled to leave this poor
gentleman. with eight fellow sufferers. to
their terrible fate. We moved of until all
was over Nine passengers were thus
burned to death, and u;ne others injured,
| more or less severely.
Another passenger gays: heard little
children screaming for their mothers; pas.
seugers in the the ruins calling for help,
and groaniug with pain. Axes were got
| aud ouc or two were actually chopped out
Of their imprisonment. Most of the pas.
sengers 10 this car were killed and their
bodies consumed or Injured. should
think there we're sixteen or seventeen in the
from. end ofrhis car and I think bu, two
were taken out alive. lido not think there
was a person killed BY the smash, but all
the deaths were caused BY the fire.
Indian Troubles.
CHICAGO, July l4.-An Omaha special
! Gays Gen. kuger has received dispatches
from Gen. Carr, with the expedition on
the Republican river, to the 1lth inst. A
large village of Cheyennes was taken by
surprise and fifty warriors, commanded BY
Tall Bull were taken. Seventeen women
aud children were captured. among them
Tall Bulls wife aud daughter. The war.
riors held two white women, captured on
The Saline river, as prisoners. They muir
dered one, name unknown, and attempted
to murder the other by the name OF Maria
Weigle. She Will probably recover The
Indians were so completely surprised that
they were unable to carry of single pack.
age They left most Of their saddles and
provisions. Carr captured $50 horses and
mules, s lodges, 50 rifles and pistols, and
number Of camp cquipages.
I,wprycr kac I,ly TX ar.o;.l
train with excursionists on the Kansas Pa
ciGc railroad, broke through bridge this
morning eighteen miles east Of here, in
consequence Of high water The engineer
and fireman were instantly killed and Is
excursionis.s were injured, not seriously.
| The conductor and four breakmen we're Sc.
riously hurt. Thos Livinsen, the Supt.,
was not dangerously injured.
One Of the c1lored churches IN Alexau-
dria held meeting few days ago to see
what should be done with church memh crs
who voted the Conservative ticke. at the
recent election. The Church Treasurer
was among the offenders. and he was re.
moved from his Office A long and exoit-
ine debate ensue1 on tho question Of turn.
ing all the offenders GU, of the Church.
Action was not reached.
Cuban News.
HAVANA, July 1s.-Several thousand
Remington rifles we're shipped from this
port yesterday to Sagua, La Grande, rem
dies aud Neuvitas to arm the volunteers
abou, to take the field against the rebels.
NEW York, July l6.--A Herald spe-
cisl from Havana, July 18th, says, Gen.
PABLO, at the head of three hundred Span.
ish marines, was attacked by the Patriots,
near BOA, small town near Nuevitas.
The marines were compelled to fall back
upon Nueviias, with n loss Of 80. includ-
ing Gen. PABLO, killed. Holquin is sur
rounded.
AT Puerto Principe thousand insur.
gents are concentrating and only waiting
to be armed with Peabody breach loading
rifles with bayone:s to assume offensive op-
era.ions.
Holquin, one Of the insurgents intends
to go to the United States for the purpose
of bringing back force Of Americans.
Intelligence from Santiago. to the 9Th,
reports fighting going on thirty miles from
that city. The Patriots are strongly rein
forced.
General Jordan had Joined the Cubans
under Gen. Seiquerdo, aud now commands
large force.
The Spanish Governor or Baracoa was
actively burning property and killing all
who fell into his hands.
Destructive Tornado.
ST.. LOUIS, July lS,h-The gauge
throughout the entire Missouri Pacific
Railroad, for distance Of three hundred
miles, was changed between the hours of
clock, A. N. and p. N. to-day 1t is
said to be the greatest days work Of asim-
liar character ever done.
a tornado swept over portion of La.
faye,te and Clay counties, on Wednesday,