The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-02-26
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A west-bound passenger train on the
West Shore Road collided with freight train
at Canajoharie N. Y, demolishing three To-
comotives Two persons were killed. Rail-
way stock valued ut $4,000 was destroyed
Six persons were killed by an explosion OF
gas ut welisburg. W. Va. Two trains on the
Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad colIided near Toll
gate, W. Va, killing five men. An
express train on the Ohio and Mis-
sissirpi Road ran into the rear end of
accommodation train at Delhi, Ohio, injur ny
a large number OF passengers. suburban res
idents. but none fatally. The New York ex-
press on the Bee Line jumped the track AT
Lockland Station. near Cincinnati. Max
Flies Gilman, of New York. is reported fatally
injured. A train the New York, Lake
Erie and Western Road was ditched near Ar
rowsmith Ill. None of the passengers we
seriously injured.
A dispatch from Portland, Ore, says
There is great excitement over the Sena-
torial election at Salem. Ore. Night before
last the joint convention OF the Legislature
adjourned without elccting Senator on the
sixty-eighth ballot. The customary forty
days of the session having expired the DEM
ocrats declared that the Legislature was adj
iourned. The Republicans, however, having
a majority of both houses, passed a resolu
ton continuing the session. The Democrats
were angry. and determined in caucus to
quit the city in order to break the quorum of
two-thirds- Saturday another Joint session
was held, at which but few OF the democrats
-
the Republicans proceeded to vote, declaring
that majority was sufficient to elect Sem
ator. There was no result, however, the
votes being widely scattered
The completion of the Washington
Monument was celebrated at the national
capital with great rejoicing on Saturday,
Feb. II. The dedicatory ceremonies com
menced at 10 o'clock in the morning. Gen.
Sheridan and STAG we're followed to the
grounds by militia companies from Bos-
ton, Charleston, Hartford, Richmond, and
Philadelphia, which were organized from
1858 to 1883. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee led u dIvis-
ion of Masonic bodies. Addresses were de-
livered in the open air by Senator Sherman,
w. W. Corcoran, Col. It. L. Casey and Presi-
dent Arthur. In the Masonic ceremonies of
the District Grand Lodge the eavel used was
one held in the hands of George Washington
in laying the cornerstone of the national
capitol. On the return march from the
monument the procession was reviewed by
the President. In the afternoon, In the hall
of the House Of Representatives, John ID.
Long read the grafton OF Robert c. Winthrop,
and John w. Daniel delivered an eloquent
address.
Marshal Gardner and Deputy Man
ming were shot near New Braunfels, Texas,
the former fatally They were taking James
Pitts and Yeager to the pententiary to serve
life sentences for postotiicc robbery, when
the prisoners turned upon them with pistols,
killing the former and MORALLY wounding
the later. A woman passenger was hit by
stray bullet and dangerously wounded The
desperadoes jumped from the train and
fed. Pitts was overtaken and killed one
hundred yards from. the train. Yeager, his
accomplice, was pursued eight miles and shot
dead.
In the District Court in Chicago,
after trial lasting fifteen days, the jury con
victcd J. c. Mackin, w. J. Gallagher, and
Arthur Gleason of perpetrnting election
frauds, and acquitted Henry Biehl. Motions
were promptly entered for new trial.
Mackin and Gallagher were held in $40, 900
each, and Gleason in $4,000.