Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-03
The Vermont Railroad Disaster.


neglect of I. w. johnson, telegraph opera.
ter at Petersburg Junction. to ohsy the o.
ders OF the train dispatcher TO stop the train
at his station. One train had fOrty-ive cars
and the other twenty-five. The engines were
driven into each other and fifty cars were de-
rallied and piled on top OF each other, while
some cars fell into the Hoogac river. The
wreck Immediately took fire. About five
minutes after, the coach passenger train, with
four cars, all filed, was due, and the brake
man, With hands. face and head bleeding,
went out and tagged it. The train men and
passengers on this train at once set about res
cuing the unfortunate men under the freight
train, but il was 30 hot they could do but lit
tie. The killed were Engineer Charles
Msrdsn, Conductor John Barrett, Brakeman
Frank EUlbloux, and On operator named
Bruce Of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad,
who was riding on the engine. 1t is
thought all but Marden were killed i'm
medistely. He lay under the engine. and
could be plainly seen. A number Of attempts
were made to reach him, but without avsil.
Operator IOhnson, who is responsible for the
accident, is IL years of age, and had been on
duty all night, and at in the morning had
not been relieved, owing to the hardness Of
A. Q. Hoag, the station master. johnson
had orders to fl sg these trains and hsve them
meet as Petersburg Junction, and forget TO
do it. He set up an instrument on the ground
near the scene Of the accident and sent and
received messages. The Lose on the rolling
stock and merchandise win reach SIS. 900.
Senator logan Among the IGdians.
CHICAGO, August 2l.-Senator Logan, of
Illinois, was interviewed yesterday. He gave
on outline of his late trip through New Mex
leo, Arizona and Colorado. He said: II
suppose 1 visited twenty Indian villages. The
tribes sre all pesceful and self-sustainiag.
The Apsches and Piutes have large herds Of
shsep and horses. They could be kept con-
fined to their reservations il water facilities
were better, and the Government must bring
this about, or they will remain off thnir
grounds. Along the Northeastern portion Of
New Mexico, and near the line CT Utah, she
country is barren and not susceptible of cul-
tivation for the reason that there is no water
I went to Fort Lewis and examined the stu
alton Of the Jsqueilie or Hickory Apsches
and Southern Utes. The Hickories have q
reservation through which the Denver and
Rio Graude Railroad passes the Southern
Utes are located about Fort Lewis both
tribes are peaceful and fed richly by the
Government, although able. bodied men, and
who live on land as good az any in Colorado
This ought to bs corrected, and shall pre-
sent my views to the Committee on Indian
Affairs Of the Senate. 50 long as the Utes
are perfectly able TO work they ought to be
made &c do so, but they never will while the
Government continues to feed them" Cen
eral Legsn says further, the report that he
owned large landed and mining interests in
New Mexico is unfounded. He did not own
a foot of land there. He thinks che reports
grew cut of the fact that man named John
@. Logan, OF Cslifornis, had large mining
and cattle interests there.
The Western Union in Court.
PHILADELPHIA, August 21.-11e hearing
of five civil suits brought by g. T. Fuller,
Agent of the Chicago Meat Company,
against the Western Union Telegraph Conn
pany, for refusal to accept messages from hin
July 25th, under ordinary conditions, took
place this afternoon before the magistrate of
the district. Plaintiff swore that he presented
messages for Cape May, Atlantic City, Ash
bury Park, Trenton and Chicago. They
were refused, except upon condition that they
be subject TO delay or mailing. Fuller
declined to accept the conditions, end re-
fused 80 send the messages. The officers Of
the telegraph company swora thas plaintiff
was informed that there would be no unusual
delay 10 sending his messages to Atlantic
City and Trenton, and chief operator Clark
swore that on the day named business was
moving with reasonable proDptness between
this city and sll the points mentioned The
magistrate held the suits under Amusement
until Wednesday. Fuller states that be will
begin other suits against the company, AID
claims damages in $4,000.
Faith Cures.
OLD ORCHARD (Me.) August 2d.-The an
nual Faith Convention now being held here
is developing features even more interesting
than reported last year. DR.. Charles Cullis,
of Boston, continues to snoint the manned,
the halt and the blind with the healing oil,
which is of faith, and which is sufficient, he
claims, to conquer all diseases. The most
remarkable testimony, among yesterdays
300 applicants, was that OF Miss Ruth King,
of Railway, n. j. For twenty years she
has bsen almost stone deaf, until yesterday.
She ascEibed all the honor and glory 60 God
for the mira -uious cure. She attended a
healing meeting yesterday, and as she was
leaving felt first an itching sensation, then
heards cracking sound in her ears, and sud.
denly the voice of the speaker burst upon her
as though shouted through trumpet. She
declares she can hear as well as ever. Out of
three hundred cases, several who havs been
suffering from long standing chronic diseases
declared they had been completely cured,
and others announce an improvement il their
condition, and still Others could detect no
change Tor the better.
Georgia Outrages.
CHICAGO, August 2d.-A special from
Gainesville, Ga, says: For some time past
there has been gang of Kuklux m0lesting
The negroes in the vicinity of Maysville,
Banks county. Numerous ou;rages have
besn committed in the last two weeks, such
SIS giving 175 lashes to Cad Bush, and the
unmerciful whipping of Nancy Pricket. Last
Wednesday night the outrsges seem to have
eliminated in fifteen or twenty of the Ku-
klux Khan visiting the plantations of Leon
srd Sanders and james Holland, breaking
down the doors and cabins and maltreating
Berry Sanders by shooting him, and whip
ping Alex. Brooks, Warren Bryson, Glenn
StrOut and other inoffensive negroes. Several
of them have since abandoned their homes
and CROPS for fear of being killed, and were
in this city yesterday. There is no known
cause for the cowsrdly outrsges. Part of the
perpetrators are said to be members Of the
Kuklux of 1866 and 1866.
silver Dollars.
WASHINGTON, August 2d.-The accumula-
ton of silver dollars has become SO great that
it is now quite serious question how to dis
pose of them. All the storage capacity of
the various vaults In sub treasures through
out the country is already oyertsxed, and the
additional vaults, recently built, are also full
The last Congress appropriated $1,000 for
the purpose of providing for additional
storage-room. No places have as yet been
selected where the new vaults will be built,
and the entire matter is held In allegiance I'M
Ill the Supervising Architect can report upon
the most avsilabls place where there is extra
room in the Government building. 1t is
probable the vaults will bs built in the base.
ment under the Treasury Department The
basement under the east wing has never been
exesvated, and the vaults can be built there.
New Hampshire Chooses a United states
Senator at last.
CONCORD, August 2i.-The forsy-second
ballot resulted in the election of Austin L.
Pike United States Senator. The ballot
wss as follows; Whole number of votes
cast, SO necessary to q choice, los. Ed.
ward II. Collins l, Aaron F. Stevens 1,
William S. Ladd l. Tilmsn Marston 10,
Harry Bingham 112, Austin T. Pike ISL.
Pike, having a majority, was declared
United States Senator for six years from
March 4, 1888. The result Of the ballot was
greeted with tumultuous applause. Pike is
6S years old, lawyer in active practice, has
been a representative in Congress, and is
considered one of the ablest Republicans of
the State.
Mexicans Friendly TO America.
CHICAGO, August 2d-C. N. Treat, mer-
chant of Guadalsiars. second city in CONNER
cial Importance in Mexico, is in this city. In
an interview he said there was no sntagonism
in his section Of the country against the
Americans. If there is in any portion of