The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-08-19

about mile and half. was won by
Disturbance, Fortuna second, Way
farer third. Time 3:04.
NEW ORLEANS, La. August H.
The steamboat Bonnie Lee. hence
Saturday for Red River. with $50
tons of assorted merchandise. blew
up and sank Monday evening at
Lone Wall Landing. The boat is a
total loss. She was valued at Sl5,-
600. and insIred in Cincinnati for
$4,000. The value of the cargo is
unknown. JeffPossey. second clerk.
was Killed. and McDermot's little son
is missing.
New YORK, August 1l.-lnspect-
ors June and Mathews, local steam
ship inspectors, not having paid any
attention to indictments found
against them by the grand jury,
United States Commissioner Shields
has issued bench warrants for their
arrest. Mr.. Udell. president of the
steamboat. company. who is one of
those indicted in Commissioner
Shields Office prepared to give bail.
LONDON, August ia dispatch
from Kustendej TO the Times, dated
Yesterday. says six pOntoons and two
propellers heavily laden with Aus
trian troops. munitions and artillery
passed up the Danube last night.
Other vessels similarly laden have
also been passing. 1t is evident that
an important movement is in prog
resS.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph says the Turkish
Minister of War will take with him
twelve regiments of infantry and
artillery. They are under orders to
proceed Immediately.
LONDON, August ia dispatch
to the LlOyds from Alden, says up
wards of one thousand passengers
and crew were drowned by founder
ing of the steamer Jeddath. on the
18th inst. in Cape Guardifai. The
vessel was bound from Singapore to
Seddath. The Jeddath belonged to
the Singapore Steamship Company
and was built at Dumbarton, Scot
land. and was an iron screw steamer
2S0 feet long, with net tonnage Of
953, and a gross of 1541.
A Reuter- telegram from Alden re-
ports the steamer Jeddath, from
Singapore, of the 14th inst, was of
Guardine on the 9Th with 1913 pill
grims from Jeddath. All on board
perished except the captain and hi'
wife. the chief engineer. chief officer
an engineer, and sixteen natives
who were picked up and brought tC
Alden by the steamer Scendia.
LONDON, August ia Bombay
dispatch says news has been received
from Chawan Choite as late as Mon
day. This dispOses of the rumors O.
Il disaster received from that quar-
ter Tuesday.
Special to the Statesman.
DALLAS, August 12.-Hurt,. o
Dallas was nominated for court o.
appeals; w. NJ. Brown, of Marlin
for comptroller; Walsh, of Austin
for commissioner of the land Office
by acclamation. f. w. Lubbock. fol
treasurer, by acclamation.
Ex-Governor Hubbard and Gov
Throckmorton, were nominated fol
electors for the state at large; E. E
Jarvis and B. f. Dunn, alternates
and Hon. John Hancock elector fol-
the Fifth district. The convention
is still in session.
PHILADELPHIA August 12-Last
evening the second section of The
excursion train which left Atlanti,
City at 6 o'clock, ran into the frs
section, telescoping the rear car
killing one and injuring over forty
The train was filled with Catholic
eXcursiOnists, of sixteen cars
and left the city at o'clock. the
second section of ten cars soon fol
lowing. All went well until the first
section reached Mary's landing when
the engineer slowed up and started
to run on the siding to allow the
passage of the 50 express from
Camden. All the cars had passed
the switch except two. When the
second section came laundering on
The persons that were on the
rear platform of the first train
ut the time jumped to the ground
|
back into the cars. The locomotive
came bounding on and crashed into
the rear car still standing upon the
bridge. So terrible was the force
of the collision that the engine fair
ly plowed q furrow half way into
the car. the roof of the latter being
lifted over the smoke stack of the
locomotive. The shock broke ono
of the cylindersOf the engine, and
instantly the scalding water was
poured out upon the terror-stricken
occupants of the car. Rain had been
pouring down heavily, and conse-
| quently all the windows of the car
were down, and the steam which
filed the car added to the terror of
the accident by concealing every
thing beneath impenetrable clouds.
The scenes that ensued are described
as being simply terrible. From be-
meath the concealing vapor were
heard the agoniZed shrieks of
women and the piteous walls of
children and painful yells of suffer-
in the cars of the first train ran pell
nell from them and jumped through
the windows and rushed, they knew
not whither,and in their unconquer-
able fright it was some time before
reason prevailed, and earnest efforts
were made to rescue the injured and
relieve their suffering. As there
were nearly two thousand people
from Philadelphia on the excursion
train the excitment among those
looking for their friends at the
wharf as the wounded were brought
over from Camden was intense.
Some of the women had gone down
to the seaside in light summer cos
TUNES, which furnished but slight
protection against the steam lets
and the only difficulty is to see
where they are not burned They
were carried from the cars to mass
of flour and cotton, under which
a human form was scarcely distin-
guishable and but for the low means
they seemed dead. AT two O'Clock
this A. NJ. ten ambulances were full
and as the number of stretchers
proved inadequate, several victims
still remained in the cars.
Mays LANDING, n. j., August II.
This place is in state of intense
excitement. Union Hotel is turned
into temporary hospital, and in the
parlors are several of the dead and
dying. In the front room lies Mrs.
David McCrystal with her face and
body frightfully scalded, and by her
side is her husband, also badly
scalded. In the next room lies Mrs.
Doodle, badly scalded about the
head and face. Near her and COW