Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-19
Disastrous Railroad Accident.

DishstFous hafIrOau Acctuent.
CINcINNATI, December 1S,b.-A collision
occurred last night at Kings station, thirty
miles from here. between the limited express
and passenger train on tie Pittsbure, Gin
cinnati and ST. Louis road. The extent of
the damsge is not fully known. W. III. |
Wharton. postal clerk was instantly killed. |
Postal clerks Hanover, Hollinsshesd and |
Goebal were also hurt. One engineer is re. |
ported killed. There is no news regarding
the passengers. The railroad men say theT
have no information.
IsECoND DIsPAToH.l
CINCINNATI, December 1Sth.-It is now
stated that only two persons were killed
postal clerk Wharton and engineer Peters
No passengers were hurt. Kiralfy Bros' ele-
phant was killed. This is the elephant re.
Gently dosed with two gallons of whisky.
THIRD DISPATCH.I
CINcINNATI, December 1Sth.-Dstails are
extremely mesger, but the following is
known: The accident happened on a high
curve betwes- Foster and New Lebanon. |
Engineer Pike Peters, of the east-bouud |
train, had his head separated from his body. |
Postal clerk w. 81. Wharton, living in Ur- |
bania, was also instantly killed. snd w, II. |
Hanover, postal clerk; NJ. Hellipgshead, a |
substituted; Harry Madison and Adam Geo. |
kel, postal clerks, were seriously in jured. No |
satisfactory reason is given for the accident. |
IN
"Around. the. World" combination was on |
the east-bound train. Their elephant, BAN. |
boo, was killed, but as far as known the |
other members of the company wholly es-
capped.
FOURTH DIsPATCH.l
CIECIyEATI, December 1Ssh.-Later To-
formation adds: J. G. MCGOWAN, postal
clerk, was injured, but his injuries are slight
The cause of the accident WAS that engineer
Pearce mistock the accommodation for the
limited express train. At sharp curve the
trains crashed one at the rate Of 45, the other
at 40 miles an hour. Two engines mashed
together, and the postal cars piled upon them,
No other cars were thrown from the track.
Kiralfy Bros elephant was not killed, as re-
| ported.
iFrfghtfui Powder Explosion.
PATERSON IN. J J, December 1Sth.-The
| press house Of Latin & Rand's powder works
at Mountain View, eight miles from this city,
| blew up this afternoon killing three mer.
| The explosion shook number Of buildings in
| this city.
PATERSON. December lSth.-The names Of
! the men killed are Bryan Tansy, Henry
| Ruhl, an emigrant, and John White. The
| men had just about quit work when the ez.
| plosion occurred The buildings for miles
around were shaken, and not pane Of glass
was left whole in the neighborhood.
Northern Check Gutdore,
WASHINGTON, December 1Sib.-Northern
cheek and love Of money-makiug, SO much
! reprobated in the South, have been met and
over-mstched in the sunny cline Of Georgia. |
| The United States Senate sent a committee
| to attend to Ben Hill's funeral snd assume
| the expenses. Il was an average country
village undertaken who arrived here lately
] and presented a bill for S3 100 Among the
cpa haruipo Se0G 60 ba,vco
| probably s greater price than any hearse in
| the South cost one for embalmiDg, $500
| usual price tere, S25; and one for casket,
| $500.
They asked: Have you psrtner?'
eyes"
"Did he make out the bill ?"
"No; did"
swell, we are convinced you are crazy.
| You had better go back and let your partner
make out a new BILL SO that we can see If he
| too, is entirely demented."
The Georgia undertaken offered to cut the
bill down at ore fell swoop to 81, SEQ but the
| committee weuld not listen to it, and sent
MIN back to make out new account He
had to borrow money from an undertaken
here to pay his way back. His original idea
was when he set out from home. that his bill
| would be promptly paid then he would have
taken o brother undertaken, living here and
gone with him to New York fer jolly good
time. Imagine the two updertakers on q
spree
The Political Assessment Case Declded.
WASHINGTON, December 1Ssh.-The Su.
preme Court of the United States TODAY
rendered decision in the celebrated political
assessment case Of Newton Curtis. Curtis
was employed in the New York Custom
house, and was convicted under the statute
forbidding any officer or employe of the Gov.
ernmert, rot appointed by the President,
from receiving from fellow.employe money
10 be used for political purposes. The case
| came before the Supreme Court on an appli-
cation for a writ of habeas corpus on the
ground of uuconstitutionality, being an
| abridgment of the personal liberty of Gov
ernment employees in the capacity of
| citizeus. The opinion was read By
| Chisf Justice Waite, and holds that
| the Act is entirely constitutional,
and tending to purity and efficiency in the
| public service; that while il prohibits one
employe Of the Government from receiving a
| political assessmeht>or q contribution from
another, it does not prohibit such payments
| 70 persons not in Government empioy-so
| that an employe may give money to advance
| the interests of his party, if so inclined. The
opinion further holds that the commitment of
| the prisoner pending the payment of the fine
| imposed was lawful, and Curtis was remand
ed to the custody of the Marshal for the
| Southern District of New York. Justice
Bradley read 8 dissenting opinion, holding
that the law is unconstitutional as it is an
Interference with the individual liberty of
citiz.ns.
| Congress,
! WASHINGTON. December 1Ssh-In the
Senate to. day Vest submitted minority re-
port of the shippirg committee, which was
ordered printed. Pugh offered an elaborate
amendment to the civil service bill, but the
Indian appropriation bill came up and the |
civil service bill was laid over Har1i-
son delivered eulogy on OftS, ana
moved an adjournment out of respect to his
memory. The presiding officer appointed
committee to sttend the funeral, consisting Of
| Harrison, Kelham and Ssunderr. Adjourned
| Ia the House resolution for recess from