The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-21


and stopped st the station. bat the train
men neglected to send h~rk the danger sig-
nal and . heavy freight which vss follow
ing ran into the rear coach. The emigranss
a~ b danger and escaped in time.
NEAR Hampstead, Tex, . fe~ mornings
ago the north bound train on the Hoas:ns
& Texas Central Railway was wrecked
and eight people ~sre Killed outright and
fifteen wounded. Prompt investigation by
railroad authorities revealed the fart that
a diatolical work was don. by discharges
employees and thieves tn th, vicinity, who
sought TO wreck o freight train for spoils
contained. After breaking into a section
house the wreckers obtained the necessary
tools and by pulling spikes and un~fastening
the plates arranged the rail 90 yield q
the pressure without, however, entirely re-
moving IL. IL % happened that the pas
senger train having the right of way and
being behind hand was the first 90 reach
the scene OF disaster. IL struck a loo>ensd
rail. and the engine and tender got over
safely while two baggage cars, mail and
express and two Pullman sleepers went
over the ihirty-foot e~mbankment and into
the creek. In the baggage car, l. Cardoza,
travelling passenger agent OF the New
York, Texas & Mexican Railway, was
drowned. together with f.. r. Loris, bag
gage master, and G.. w. Lewis, porte.
Some Of the wounded were fatally hurt.
NEWS recently came of a most horrible
butcbery in Guados, South America
The Doxey Opera House, at Anderson.
Ind, burned q few mornings ago. Loss,
5000.
The Joint Executive Committee OF Trunk
Line Commission in New York decided re-
Gently TO restore the e~ast-bound tariff rates
As adopted las, July. They viii apply To
all classes Of freight except live stock.
Each road, and especially the President
thereof, will be held strictly responsible for
aey cut hereafter.
The steamer Rodorn was recently very
badly scorched at New Orleans. La. Dam
age Of $1,000 was lone 70 the steamer and
so bales Of cotton were destroyed.
BENJAMIN SHORTER's decapitated and
otherwise shockingly manglcd body was
oundo on the railway near Berea, o., n few
mornings ago. He had money when last
seen, also a revolver and pocketbook, non,
Of which were Oh the body. II was be-
lieved he was murdered by tranps, robbed
and left on the track.
EDWARD WHITE and a negro called
punch" Collins were arrested at Santa
Fe, y. NJ, a few days ago charged with
being implicated In the attempt % wreck a
passenger train near Socorro on the night
OF October ~. The train was fired into in
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treasure in charge of the express company.
but this was prevented by the courage o,
the engineer. The prisoners were lodged
in the Santa Fe Jail, and officers started in
pursuit of the gang, for whose capture n
reward Of 5000 was offered.
SECRETARY MCCULLoCH of the Treasury
received an urgent petition against the inn
portation of foreign rags n few days ago.
signed 10y many prominent citizens. II
was so urgent and so universally signed that
he responded with a promise of immediate
consideration The following is the petition:
We, the undersigned, recognizing the fact
that there is great danger of the introduce
ton of Asiatic cholera into the United
States through the medium of old rags i'm
ported into the country and coming from
European ports, do hereby respectfully
suggest and urge upOn YOU the neces-
sity for immediate and decisive action in
reference thereto. We are prompted thus
10 appeal to You because of the recent
removal of restrictions on the importation
OF old rags, and it is our firm belief that
his threatened danger can be averted onlv
by the most thorough and systematic dis
injecting of old rags coming from any and
all European ports. Trusting your honor
able department will see the urgent neces-
sity for speedy and definite action. we beg
to subscribe ourselves, very respectfully.
Here followed many distinguished names.
AT Trenton, y. j., the Rev. Henry 5.
Williamson, rector of st. Paui's Episcopal
Church, was lately found dead in a lane or
the edge of the city, by two boys. He was
living on the ground with a bullet wound
on the right frontal bone, from which
brains and blood had oozed out and becom.
coagulated. He wore a pair Of spectacles
which were blood stained. BY his side on
the GROUND was a brand new ivory-han'led
Smith Il Wesson revolver. Only one
chamber was emptied, showing that but
one shot had been fired. The pistol had
evidently been held close to the forehead.
and it was no doubt a case of suicide,
though no reason was assigned.