, 1876-12-31


Of passengers There were one baggage, one.
hrst~elass coach, and two sleepers, but even tho
baggage-car bore something suggestive of the
! great horror, for among its lumber were truako1
marked t044htabula. Every other car held its{
quota Of Peapfe en- route to the scene Of thai
accident Il g. sorro~ful and fearful search to.'i
In tn& hf sleeper were hlr. j. v Fsrwel1, |
Mr.. Jacobbaa, Mr. Homer, Ms. Whittle, and Nj.
William h Jennings, going On to take chaget
ct the remains OF
NfR- r. P. BLISS, ;
his wife, and two children, all Of whom were
reported dead.
Prom Mr.. Jennings, who Is nephew Of the
late Mr.. Bliss, a TRIBUNE reporter learned somet
meag7e facts concerning the dead evangelist. /
He was born in Ohio thirty-six years ago, andA
for some time prior to bis entering upon tho}
work of eyange1izatioq was in the employ on
Root & Co., music publishers. There was also!
IN thef employ gentleman named Wyman,
and IN the spring OF 1874 Mr. Whtttlc applied to !
Mr. Wyman to 20 to the sunday-school Con- !
vention held at Rockford. Mr. Wyman fndfng
it impossible to attend, Mr. Bliss vent |
At that Convention Mr.. Whittier
related an anecdotc Of the War, based1
on sherman's sending assistance toa a1cleagured.
citadel, and Bliss wrote the hymn, "Hold the
Fort" which has since been sung around the
world The acquaintance thus tnauguzated be-
tween the two men rfpened into friendship, and
they Joined hands In their efforts to 1cscue
souls. They first held forth at Waukegan, aud
passed through the smaller towns to Elglu-
Then they took In In rapid succession Detroit,
Pittsburg, Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashville,
Memphis, Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Nadi-
SOD, Milwaukee,, and st. Louis.
They we're to have opened se-gices In Chlcagu
again to-day, hut the congregation who expect
ed them Will mourn the loss Of one Of the best
hymn writer's the country has produced
Mrs. Bliss, whose maiden name was Lucy j.
Young, was born in Rome, Pa, and vas At the
time Of her death about IS years old. She was
an estimab1e woman, and to her tlrcless energy
and loving disposition the evangelist owed
much Of the success that attended his 1abora-
Their two children we're George G. and Paul F.,
both born in Chicago, the former 2 years
old and the latter 4. They we're bright, promis-
Ing lads
The gentlemen who went down went for tho
purpose Of carrying the remains to Rome, Pa,
where the father Of 11r. Bliss Is buried, and
where the mother Of the late Mrs. Bliss still
resides.
I'D. PICKERING.
Mr. and 3lrs. Charles Pickering were also en-
route to Ashtabulz to get the remains Of Mr.
John D. Pickering, the brother, land little
Charley Pickering, the 6-year-old sou Of tho
mourners. Johu D. Pickering Was the financial
manager OF Preston l. Co., grain COM
mission firm, and WIS % years Of age
He had started Tor Chicago from Buf-
falo with little Charley. The first tnttmation
Mr.. and Mrs. Pickering had Of the accident vas
when they went to the Gepo. yesterday morning
to meet the loved ones whom they expected on
the incoming train. They asked II tho train
was late, and were then informed Of the horrible
disaster that had robbed them b1th- Last night
they Tese almost FRUSTRATED with xzis:.. 4 ta1