Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-15
ties have fallen nine points. Other leading
American railway stocks have fallen from
two to five points.
Fred Grant Thinks the Grant Family are
Fools.

/ ile> nave laileii nine points. Otner feadlnS
| American railway stocks have fallen from
| two TO five points.
Fred Grant Thinks the Grant Family are
! Fools.
| New YORK, May I4th-Fred Grant said
4 yesterday: While my father has a cent in
| the world, il will be employed in cancelhng
/ the Indebtedness of the late firm. Aside
! from his property. the proceeds OF which
will be employed to settle with Vanderbilt.
/ father will turn the remainder of his
/ holding into the assets He became a
partner OF the firm only short time ago.
/ He put IN 100000. | came on from Chi
/ cago about a year ago. NV wealth all told.
! then amounted to S57 goo | was induced.
+ by Il vision of the enormous profits prom
ised by Ward, to place nearly the whole of
it i'll his hands for investment Neither
/ the General, my brother nor myself ever
took cent from the firm excepting for
actual expenses. | am absolutely pcnn'-
/ less. Ny brother Ulysses has lust rented n
! little cottage in Morristown. n j.. and will
/ Immediately leave the city | also have a
/ little house there. | am perfectly free to
say that we have all OF Us been fools TO
! trust our money to Ward. The gross rascal
1 ity, however, which he has exhibited, calls
for the severest condemnation
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 14th.-The Utah bill
was postponed till Monday.
The bill was reported fayorably extend
ing To August s, 1856, the time Ia commence
1 the laying of the ocean cable
/ Cockrell said he was not in the chamber
when the bill toplace General Grant on the
retired list was passed. Had bc been, he
would have voted against ii.
\ motion by Cullom to make his inter
g.,
/ Wednesday, the Dist was not agreed to.
Call introduced bill, which was re-
ferred to the Committee ON Judiciary, au-
thoriZing the Secretary of the Treasury To
overrule and reverse the decision of inferior
officers of the Treasury Department in re-
spect of all matter of accounts.
Blair moved to take up the House bill
I providing for the establishment of a Bureau
I of Labor Statistics.
The motion was opposed by Coke and
/ Others, who wished to proceed with the
calendar in regular order; but the Senate,
( by vote of ~ ayes to - noes decided to
/ take up the bill, and Blair urged its pas
/ sage.
Pending the debate the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, May 14th.-A resolution
! was reported, unscating Mckinley and
Peelc. Minority reports were submitted i'll
/ both cases:
The House went into Committee Of the
/ Whole ON the consular and diplomatic APP
! preparation bill, and Burns explained its
! provisions.
Canon severely criticised the bill as mig
+ gardly, and denounced the proposition to
reduce the Consular salaries
Follet defended the bill, ridiculed the
pageantry Of foreign courts, and asserted
! that Congress should not pandcr to the
whims of courts to which the United States
had accredited representatives,
Potter made Il vigorous attack ON the
bill.
Robinson of New York expressed his
contempt for the diplomatic service, which
he regarded as an unmitigated hu'nbu :
( and nuisance and school for snobbery.
/ When the proper time came he would
make motion to strike out the appropria-
ton for Minister to Great Britain.
Burns closed the debate in advocacy of
the bill, and it was read by paragraphs for
amendment
Robinson of New York moved to abolish
the office of Minister to Great Britain.
The motion was lost and the committee
| rose.
Springer asked unanimous consent to
put ON passage the bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to purchase about
81, 100000 in bonds with greenbacks held
in the Treasury for redemption and retired
national bank circulation, which would
relieve the money market to the extent of
adding 80 2,0O0,0 600 to circulation
Weller objected, and the House ad-
iourned.
Disastrous Railroad Accident.
PITTsBURG (Pa), May l4th.-About 10
O'Clock this morning a collision occurred
on the Baltimore and Ohio road at point
one mile east of Conncllsville, between q
freight train going west and Il construction
train going east, resulting in Il terrible loss
of life. The construction train consisted of
six cars, containing fifty laborerS, on their
way to Ohio to work. 1t was tclcscoped,
and many of the men were c.ushed to
death Some of those who escaped death
were terribly injured. The names of the
killed have not yet been received. There
is sharp curve where the accident oc-
CURED and both trains came together with
Il crash. The cars are burning and the
bodies arc being cremated.
SECOND DISPATCH]
PrrTsBURG, May 14th.-The engines re-
manned on the track and telescoped each
other III to the smoke-S.ack. but the heavy
tenders jumped into the air and fell, the
freight tender upon its engine and the
gravel train tender back upon the first car
in the rear of it, Here was the scene of
death. Six men were killed outright in
this car, and four others, fastened down by
the broken timberS, were roasted to death,
the car catching fire from an overturned
stove and burning up before the stupefied
survivors could comprehend the awful sit
uation of their Slrcking companions.
Three men escaped from the car.
The wreck itself was a ghastly sight.
The tender of the freight train stood thirty
feet in the air at the side of the car that
was burned, and there could be seen amid
the glowing embeIS, twisted iron rods and
ashes, three grinning Skeletons one sitting
bolt upright, apparently peering into the
flames that had smotheTed out his life. as
well as those of his companions. At noon
large force of shop hands were on the
ground eXtinguishing the flames, and the
wreck train was at work pulling
the debris away and Tcscuing the
burned remains. The Charred remains
of four victims have Just been taken out.
The remains We're rcverently placed on a
board, carried aside and laid down upon
the green grass, which was spotted with
purple forest flowers. 4 lean and hungry
looking mountain dog snuficd around the
flesh, and licking his chops descended upon
the remains Fortunately he was discoy-
cred, and driven away. 1t is expected that
the wreck will be cleaned up this evening.
The officials decline to say who is to blame.
THIRD DISPATCH.l
CoNNELLsvILLE, May 14th-When the
wreck was cleared away it was discovered
that there had been twelve persons injured
and fourteen more were missing The
bodies of ten of those were recovered. The
others are supposed to have been COM
plctely consumed. OF those recovered,
only two-Cassiday and Dermott--could be
positively identified The others were
burned into shapeless mass. One of the
injured-T. c. O'Shea-tiied on the way to
the hospital, making fifteen deaths. The
. injured were sent to the West Pennsylvania
Hospital at Pittsburg, and the dead brought
to Connellsville for burial.
Anti-MonopoIist National Convention.
CHICAGO, May 1ith.-The National Con-
vention of the Anti-Monopolist party met
in Hensby Music Hall this afternoon The
call provided for between 1 800 and / 500
delegates. At the opening there were
about 200 delegates present. The Conven-
ton was called to order at go P NJ by
John I. Henry, Chairman of the National
Committee. At the conclusion of his
opening speech, in which he warmly
praised Benjamin +. Butler Committees