The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-23
SCAIDED.
The Victim Of a Railroad
Accident,
: ull Particulars Of ths Disaster %
the Lake Shore.

me Lake S1ore.
CLEVELAND, March 22-The Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern express, due
here at .:05 to night, ran of the track at
Nottingham, eight miles east. while rum
ming at high rate OF speed Engineer
John Lace and fireman Henderson was
killed; crushed against the head of the
boiler, by the tender. which turned COM
pletely over the locomotive aad landed on
the track several feet ahead. The engine
was thrown on it's side. the mail, two ex-
press, baggage and two passenger coaches
were thrown from the track. which was
torn up for 200 feet. The smoker and
two sieepers did not leave the track. No
passengers injured.
TODAYS DETAILS.
Beside those mentioned in last nights
dispatches as injured in the Lake Shore h
Michigan Southern railway accident ut
Nottingham. B. T. Nottingham, of La
porte, Indiana, sustained Fl acture of two
ribs and
A LADY PASSENGER
whose name was not ascertained. was pain
fully cut and bruised.
The freman's name proves to be Thos.
Fl. Stevenson instead of Henderson. He
lived at Cottonwood. was % years old and
unmarried. He was found with
HEAD CRUSHED
against the boiler, back broken, several
fractures of bones, and the upper part of
the body roasted by heat and scalded by
steam.
ENGINEER LACE's BODY
was found in the debris. His skull. and
both legs and back were broken. The
body was boiled and badly torn. His
wife at the time was attending services in
a tabernacle in Cleveland. The express
messenger Schneider, of the U. s. express
Go lost most of one ear, and his back was
badly wrenched, Chas Lockwood. who
had charge of two American express cars,
was badly bruised, and his face was burp-
ed by being thrown on the stove.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Frank Barnett baggage man miraculous
~ escaped unhurt he was the only person
in forward cars not injured
TIRED Of JAIL.
CHEYENNE, W. T., March 22.-George
Parrott, alias big Nose George" one of
the Elk Mountain murderers and IN infa.
NOUS road agent, who is under sentence
to be hanged April I'd, attempted to break
jail last evening at Rawlips. He got his
shackles Of, with which he attacked Jailor
Ranker, when he entered the corridor to
lock the prisoners in their cells for the
night. The jsilor's wife. hearing q COZ
aict. had the presence of mind to look the
outside door. locking the jailor in with the
prisoners. An alarm was then raised and
a large number of citizens hastened to the
Jail. released the jailo- and secured the
prisoner. He will be doubly ironed and
strictly guarded until the day of his exc
cution.
OLD STAGERS
GALVESTON, March 23.-The News,
San Antonio special. says the San Antonio
and Corpus Otristi stage, which left here
yesterday morning. was stopped fifteen
miles north of Oakvile last night by four
armed men, who robbed the passengers of
$4OO and several watches and jewelry and
rifed the mail bag of valuable packages
Que passenger secreted $400
FIRE
ST. LOUIS, March 23-The Touring
mill of Tucker &sGrifhth, and the Iun-
ber yard of H. Nj. Heck at Springfield No,
burned MONDAY night. Inc loss Is ABOUT
$4,000; Insured 1.l000.
"BIG NOSES" MOOSE.
CHEYENNE, March 23.-A special to
the Cheyenne Leader from Rawlins
Wyoming states that Big Nose George
was taken out of Jail by party of mask
men at 1885 last night and taken to a
telegraph pole opposite the railroad
machine shops where rope was thrown
over tcross arm of the pole and Big
Nase George was to climb up q ladder
when the rope was placed around his neck
and the ladder then pulled from under
him telling him swing between heayen and
earth. his last words were Il will jump OF
boys and break my my neck.
COLLECTORSHIP COMMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The nomina-
tion of Robertson who led the fight against
Grant and Copkling in New York last fall.
for Collectership of the port of New York
City, creates surprise and considerable
comment. Other nominations to day like
Chandler, Merritt and Phelps, had the
G feet of removing the feeling among some
that the President was yield
ing to stalwsrts. The Collector of New
York has large patronage and can WELD
-
the state. Conkling, it is said. greatly
preferred not to have this power in the
hands of man opposed to him
so strongly as Robertson. but it is not
believed that Conkliug will oppose his
as that would endaDRer the
of Conkling's friends who
have been nominated for places in New
York. The action of the President IN
dividing patronage between both factions
is regarded as desire to harmonize the
party in New York Merritt. the present
whom Copkling fought SO hard
several years ago, goes as consul general
TO London. Since the executive session
this afternoon it is learned positively that
Conkling and his friends are very indlg.
pant at the nomination Of Robertson and
threaten TO oppose his confirmation.
COAL SHIPMENT.
PuTsBURG. March % The coal ship