The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-17


Mr.. j. V. Farwell, OF Chicago, is GER
tainly safe.
NEW HAMBURG, n. Y, Feb. "a re-
port that more bodies of victims OF the
disaster have been found is I'M
true. A fragment of Buffalo sleeping
car, in which the deaths occurred, has
just been raised from the water, and al
though rigid search has been made in
the water, no bodies have been found.
1t is the general belief that all the dead
have been recovered.
The Tribune says, in regard to the
railroad disaster, that it is a remarka-
Gals of the road have personally super
intended the recovery of the slain, and
that bodies taken out have been sub
jected to the grossest indignities, and
their personal effects recovered have
been stolen. The bodies have been
dragged, by means of a rope around
their waists, over the ice, frozen ties and
snow, to the morgue car and tossed in
like dead sheep. Ladies' under garments
have been held up by heartless boys
and men and ribald jokes passed on
them. Half the village have possessed
themselves of so called mementoes OF
the disaster, in the shape of clothing,
and even whole packages of luggage.
All of this has been done without the
slightest interference of officials. Two
or three we'll known thieves were put
out of the place, but returned in a few
hours. 1t is true that railroad police
man was on the ground but he was
fishing for plumber like the rest.
The following are the names so far
reported: d. Simmons, the engineer
Vosburgh, sleeping car conductor
Brhine, brakeman; James Hatford
baggage master; Vosburgh, sleeping
car porter; Rev. DIR. Deems and wife
and DR.. Naucrede, of New York; Rev
Morrill, Fowler, wife and two children
Batavia, n. Y; Mr.. Benedict, editor OF
the Cleveland Herald-his wife was al
home in Cleveland, and is safe; VIM
G. Curry, cashier of Second National
Bank, Erie, Pa; L. A. Root, A. A
Gillet, Messrs. Lowell, Rosenthal, Man.
uel and Farbush, and Mrs. E. II. Pease
of Buffalo; Rollin German, Geo. f
Thompson, i. L. Moody, of New Y DIRK
Germanuel, of Rochester, n. Y. A
number of the bodies are u1irecogniz
able.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-THE barl
W. E. Anderson, Captain Drummond
from Prussia, reports that, on Jan. 10Th
while there was a strong gale blowing
from the northeast and a heavy sea
running, she passed a large bark rigge6
Man of War steamer, standing south
ward under close reefed topsails, in lat
itude 80 deg, longitude y deg, 70 min.
steaming slow. The Captain is sure
the steamer was the Tennessee"
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The Irt6un,
publishes startling facts with regard tt
the Hudson River railroad disaster
''The express train was lured to dis
truction by false signal, for which TIT
Company was directly responsible
The signal post, on which the light
were hung out at night, stood at thu
draw, and until this winter man haI
always been on duty at that point, will
instructions to mind the bridge and sig
nal trains. Two months ago, for SAX,
of ecomoy, this watch was removed
and the care of the bridge was added tt
the duties of man stationed at the wa
ter tank, nearly quarter of mile be
low. The trains were to be flagget
from the tank instead of the bridge, ant
at night a white light indicating al
right was left permanently hanging at
post 20 rods from the nearest watch
man. If the signal man had been with
in reach of his signal, where he ought t.
have been, he could probably hav,
shown red light in time to avert tn
| disaster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The Secretar,
of the Navy has addressed the following
letter to representative Sargent:
''NAvY DEPARTMENT, WAsHINGToN
Feb. 13.-DEAR SIR In reply to you
note in regard 10 the Tennessee, and t,
quiet as far as may be apprehension
that have arisen as to her safety, beg
to say that at the time of her departur,
the commission had not decided Wheth
er it would proceed directly to San Do
mingo City, or first visit SANTANA Bal
| or some other part on the northern
coast of the Dominican Republic tina
if she proceeded directly to San Domin
go City the voyage would at an ordinary
rate Of speed under steam have consum
ed to 10 days; that no adVices havt
been received from San Domingo CITY
or any other part to which the Tennes
see would be likely to go since the time
of her departure. There are at this sea
son of the year, no lines of ordinary
| and regular communication from SaI
Domingo City or other parts in SaI
Domingo to any place from which W.
could, since the time the Tennessee wa
due at her destination, have received
| Geographic or other advices of her ar
rival or non-arrival; that no extraordi
nary means of communication were
| provided, and none are likely to have
been employed, except in case of disas
| ter; that since she crossed the Gull
| stream, probably about latitude sc deg
| north, she would be out of the track o.
vessels bound to our ports, and that il
her voyage be successful, we cannot ex.
pect advices from her except accidently
until the return of the Tybee, which
makes the only regular line of com
munication, and which will be due in
NEW l. Ofh III dDOut ten Odys. L ut
Tennessee is new ship, nearly 300 tons
burden, carefully and strongly built
larger than any ship of our squadron
cruising in the West Indies, and is as
staunch and seaworthy as any ship in
our navy. She was launched since the
close of the war, and was found perfect.
ly sea-worthy in long and boisterOus
trips, she is commanded by careful and
experienced officers, had full compile
ment of officers and men, and is COM
pletely provisioned and equipped. She
carries ten boats, among which is large
steam launche. We have heard of no
bad weather in the latitude where she
would likely be, and her route did not
take her any such distance from ports
of our own coast and the West Indies
that in case of serious accident, the sur
vivors of any but the most extraordi-
nary disaster would not most likely
been heard from. The steamer Tybee
left New York on the 1st of February,
sailing in the track of the Tennessee,
and at her usual rate would have arriv-
ed at San Domingo on the Sth, and in
case of any disaster to the Tennessee on
her way or her non-arrival in some part
of the Dominican Republic by that date,
news would most likely be carried by
one of our own cruisers, or by the ex-
traordinary means which would in that
case have only been employed to jam
aica, whence we might by this time
have heard by feleoraDh IT aaems IN