The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-18

| Washington. Adopted unanimously. The
nomination q the frssident ior Cabinet ON
| ccutive session and then adjourned
/ MARCH THE Senate met and adjourned
/ without transacting any business. senator.
elect Malone, Of Virginia. was sworn in.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
President GARFIELD sent To the Sem
ate, on the 9TH. the following nominations
for Cabinet officers, which were unanimously
confirmed without reference or oll-call:
| State.
William Window, Of Minnesota, Secretary
| Of the Treasury.
Wayne Mcvsieh, Of Pennsylvania, Attor-
ncy- General.
Thomas 2. james. Of New York. Postmas-
ssmns! =; KIrkwood, Of Iowa, Secretary
OF the Interior.
Robert I. Lincoln, Of Illinois. Secretary Of
William H. Hunt, Of Louisiana. Secretary
Of the Navy.
Ex-PREsrDENT HAYES and family left
Washington BY special car, on the 5th, en-
route 70 their Ohio home. AT Severn sta
tion, twelve miles from Baltimore, while
rounding curve at high rate Of speed, the
train came into collision with another train
Of empty passenger cars, drawn by two
locomotives, also running It full speed. The
effect Of the collision was to throw the three
locomotives into the ditch. each shapeless
wreck. The first and second passen-
ger-csrs were partially telescoped
together. The car occupied By ex-Presi-
dent Hayes's family was the nth In the
train and escaped uninjured. although its
occupants were pretty badly shaken up. j.
Wyman Young, Of Shamokin, Pa, was In
stantly killed, and some six other passengers
occupying the first car were more or less In
jured. OF the train men, John Oliver,
baggage mastsr,was killed; Harry Freeburn,
engineer, fatally injured, and several Others
seriously hurt.
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN, on the 9Th.
pcrcmptorily removed from Office ST. Louis
Police Commissioners Finney and Moflet,
the Governors previous polite request for
their designations having been UNDECIDED.
The Governors action Is based upon the re-
cent report Of the Grand Jury, which ami
madverted quite severely upon some Of the
official actions Of the Commissioners named.
THE Democratic Senatorial Caucus.
held on the eth, resolved to 81 once organize
the Senate, maintaining the old committees
q far Is practicable. The Republican eau
Gus protested against organizing until the
Senatorial vacancies are filed, and II was
given out that should the Democrats insist
on doing 90 the Republicans would reorgan-
lie q soon a. they could secure majority.
There was also SONS talk or the special ses-
sion Of Congress being1called.
THE members Of President Garfeld's
Cabinet, with the exception Of Mr.. Lincoln,
were al sworn In on the 7th.
JUDGE BANCROFT DAVIS, Assistant
Secretary Of State to Hamilton Fish, has
been rendered and has accepted the same
position under the present Administration.
Mrs. ELIZABETH X. CHURCHILL,
widely known q 4 speaker and writer IN be-
half Of the rights or women, has lust died AZ
her home IN Providence. r. I.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A FATAL gas explosion occurred at 9
o'clock on the night Of the Sd IN the Rocky
Mountain Coal and Iron Company's Coal
Mine No. ?, at Alma, Wyoming, three miles
from Evanston, BY which fifty five lives win
probably be lost. AT the time OF the explo- |
sion there were fifty Cinnamon and 1--WE white
men In the mine. From the time or the ex- |
plosion TIL .. M. no relief could be ar
forded the doomed men, and the mine slope |
was on fire at the time. An entrance was I
finally effected and fifteen Cinnamon were |
taken out alive, but al we're badly wounded \
and are likely 10 die. No white men were /
saved. The explosion shock every house in
Evanston.
Ar Georgetown, o., on the 9Th, Ed
ward Young, aged about IS shot and in.
stantly killed George Ashmorc, fatally
wounded Clinton Campbell, and seriously y
wounded James Ashmorc. All were young
men, addicted 70 drink, and the tragedy
grew out 81 feud dating back some months
previous. Young claims that the shooting
was done n seIf-defense. lie Is under A.
rest.
THE island Of Ischia, In the Medi-
lerrancan, AZ the north entrance or the Bay
of Naples, has been visited BY terrible
earthquake. At Casca- Maccio!a 900 houses
were demolished, and ITO dead bodies had
been taken out Of the ruins with o hers re-
manning unrccovered. There was consid-
cradle loss q life IN other parts Or the
sland.
An oil.mill q Hickman, Ky, burned
he other night Abe Jones, who was Sleep
ng n the building, burned 10 death, and
Mrs. Person, who occupied an adjoining
house, became craxed with fear and Icaped
rom window into the seething flames.
several other persons were badly injured.
a REoENT railroad collision ii West