Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-21
EASTERN NEWS.
A Chicago Limited Express
Train Wrecked.
AN ENGINEER AND FIREMAN BLOWN
SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS.
New Arrangements for Fast Mail Service
West Of Chicago.
THE PEOPLE TO GET IMPROVED MAIL FAcIL-
TIES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST.
A Gang OF Fifteen Hoodlum
Boys Arrested.
.,-a~rrn rEuu Ensc ANHnM-
THE PEOPLE TO GET IMPROVED MAIL FAcIl
tiles WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST.
M'FADDEN, TELLER'S ACCOM-
PLIcE, ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Serious Railroad Accident.
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Serious Railroad Accident.
PrrTsBURG, March 20.-The Chicago
| limited express, coming east, ran into q
land slide near Columbia, Ohio, this
morning at 4 O'Clock, and was wrecked.
A special train with a physician left for
the scene. 1t is believed that 3 number of
persons have been injured.
The official reports say the limited express
was coming down Franklin grade, three
| miles east of Salem, Ohio, at the rate OF 40
miles an hour, when the engine struck an
| obstruction of some kind and jumped the
track and went over the embankment.
| The entire train left the rails, but only q
baggage car and the smoking car upset.
When the engine overturned the boiler
exploded. James Richards, engineer, and
C. Rhoades, fireman, were blown several
hundred yards and instantly killed. Bag
gage master Basil, and brakeman Limbs
were slightly injured. Six passengers were
also painfully hurt, but none dangerously.
Their names could not be learned. The
other passengers were badly shaken up,
but uninjured. A train was sent out from
here Immediately and the passengers trans
ferred.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., March 20.-It is now
known that only the engineer and fireman
were killed. The list OF the wounded is
j. Fl. Mcknight, Fort Shaw, Montana;
II. II. Douglass, Fort Yates, both OF whom
sustained severe scalp wounds. Eight
others are badly, but not dangerously
wounded.
Improved Mail Facilities.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Postmaster
General Gresham returned from the West,
after completing arrangements for the
new Fast Mail Service west Of Chicago.
Negotiations with the Northern Pacific
Railway Company resulted in an agree
ment that the company are to start at 4
O'Clock in the evening with the Western
mail from st. Paul, which now leaves at 8
P. M. This train will place the st. Paul
mails in Portland, Oregon, 81 or 20 hours
earlier than under the present schedule.
Speaking of the new Fast Mail, the Post
master General said: "We are simply
using the means at our command to give
the public the best possible service. The
new fast service has not cost the people a
dollar more than the old service did. They
will get improved facilities without addi-
tional cost"
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-In the Senate,
Hoar called up, and the Senate resumed
the consideration of the bill increasing the
salaries Of United States District Judges to
S $1,000. The pending question was on Nor
gan's amendment, providing that the in
crease shall only apply to judges hereafter
appointed.
In the House. q resolution declaring
Garrison entitled to a seat was unani-
mously adopted, and that gentleman ap'
peared and took the oath of Office.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
to-day agreed to report favorably on the
bill authorizing the return to China of the
residue Of the Chinese Indemnity Fund.
Arrest Of q Gang of Boys.
Boston, March 20.-A gang of Is boys
were arrested in South Boston last night
and their leader held for examination
Many small larcenies are charged against
them, their raids being planned in an old
cellar which they called their den. Cole
man O'Donnell, the leading spirit, is IL
years old. It is.said that he has recently
been released from a reformatory institu'
ton. The ages of the others range from
10 to Is years. They had a peculiar Ian
guage, known only to the members Of the
gang, and misled the officers Of the station
with their conversation.
Protesting Against Paupers.
MAHANEY CRY, Pa, March 20.-Tht
people are protesting against the crowding
Of the Hungarian paupers by the New
York emigrant agencies. A committee Of
the Town Council visited 40 dens, in
which 800 persons were found. Most OF
the lens are old stables, and few contain
more han one room, in which men,
women and children are huddled in sicken'
ing filth and stencil.
Democratic Nominations.
PROVIDENCE, March 20.-The Demo,
cratic State Convention made the follow
ing nominations: Thomas W. Legar, fol-
Governor; Amasa Sprague, Lieutenant
Governor; Jonathan M. Wheeler, Score
tary of State; Charles E. German, Attor'
ney General, and George p. Leonard for
General Treasurer. Delegates to the Ma
tionsl Democratic Convention were chosen.
Fifty Years in a Convict's Cell.
PHILADELPHIA, March 30. - Charles
L~ongherm, widely known as Dickens
Dutchman, died recently, and his death
was made known to-day. He died in the
penitentiary, and was quietly buried in
the Pottersfeld, after serving so Of the rs
years of his life in q convict's cell. He
was not q prisoner at the time of his death,
but was allowed to return and die in
prison. which he looked upon as his home.
McFadden's Trick.
ST.. LOUIS, March 20.-It is stated by the
physicians that the reported attempted sui
| eide in Jail yesterday Of George MoFadden,
| Teller's accomplice in the Pacific Express
robbery, was q hoax. supposed to be q
| trick of McFadden's to get in the hospital,
where escape was possible. McFadden was
as well as ever at noon to-day.
Republican Convention.
PaovTDRScr, March 20.-The Republi.