Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-26
EASTERN NEWS.
A FnghtfQl Railroad Accident at
Royal Oak, Mich.
HEAaTaENDlNa CRIES OF THOSE m
THE WRECK.
Mrs. Parsons, the Anarchist. Holds Forth
to a New Jersey Audience.
DEATH OF MRS. ALEXANDER T.
STEWART.
The Supreme Court Decides a
Railroad Suit.
A TRAIN WITH APACHES ON
. TRAIN WITH APACHES ON
BOARD DITCHED.
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the Detroit, Grand Haven'and Milwaukee
railroad, consisting Of a baggage car, W
coaches and q sleeper, ran into an open
switch at Royal Oak, about eight miles
from here, last night, and collided with q
heavily-loaded freight train. Engineer
Odell, of the passenger train, and Fireman
Barrett jumped after vainly trying TO stop
the train. simultaneously with the col
lision. which telescoped the baggage car
and one of the freight cars. the cylinder
heads blew off and the hiss of escaping
steam, coupled with the screams and
groans of trainmen buried in the wreck,
added to the frightful scene. Both en-
gines were completely wrecked. Baggage
man Hennesy and Thomas D. Alexander
were buried under the fragments of the
baggage car and badly bruised and burned,
the stove having been emptied on their
legs. A~lexander's condition is critical.
John Smedley, the fireman OF the freight
| engine, was taken from under one Of the
| broken cylinders, and the steam had
literally cooked the flesh Of his legs, his
right side and his arms. He will die.
Nicholas Lamb, engineer OF the freight,
was badly cut and scalded. The engineer
and fireman of the passenger train
jumped rolled down an embankment and
| were badly hurt. Several others received
| minor bruises. The loss to the company
| is not less than $50, 600.
Spreading ~Anarchism.
ORANGE, N. j., Oct. 25.-Mrs. Lucy
| Dn.111o MIC 80 Aha aonu;afoA GhiNaOO
Anarchist, lectured in the Central Park
here yesterday afternoon, despite the re-
fusal of W. H. Latimer, proprietor, to
allow her to occupy the hall. Mrs. Par
sons arrived at about 2 o'clock in company
with Frank Shultz, an Eastern Orange
Anarchist. The door was locked, and
Mr.. Latimer had placed himself inside Of
the room. Shultz and Mrs. Parsons
burst open the door and entered the hall,
followed by a number Of persons. Latimer
rushed ont of a side room and forbade
them TO enter. Finding they would not
leave he secured a gun and placed it in the
hands of a young man named Fell, telling
him not to let the crowd in. He then ran
to a station house and secured the services
of four policemen. In the meantime Mrs.
Parsons had called q crowd numbering
about 200 into the hall. When the officers
arrived and found that Mrs. Parsons held
a receipt for the rent OF the hall they de-
clined to interfere. Mrs. Parsons then
proceeded with the lecture, which was the
same as that delivered In New York and
other cities, and at its conclusion O small
collection was taken up. There was no
disturbance.
A Supreme Court Decision.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The Supreme
Court to-day rendered a decision in the
case of the Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific
Railroad Company against the people of
the State of Illinois, brought up on a writ
of error from the Supreme Court. The
case was one of alleged unjust discrimina-
ton in violation of a State law of 1871
and revised in 1873. The decision is, in
effect, designed to regulate charges cannot
apply to interstate traffic, as such appli-
cation would trench upon the constitu-
tional powers of Congress n be q dam
aging restriction of the freedom of traffic.
The ruling of the Supreme Court Of
Illinois ia reversed. The opinion is by JUS
tice Miller, the Chief Justice, and Justice
Bradley dissenting.
Death of Mrs. Alexander Stewart.
New YORK, Oct. Is. Mrs. Stewart died
at 10 o'clock OF congestion Of the lungs
and hear. trouble. On Friday she took
dinner with Mrs. Henry Hilton, and on
her way home she contracted a heavy cold.
| On Saturday she was so i'll that she was
compelled to go to bed. and DR.. Miner
was sent for. Yesterday Mrs. Stewart
grew worse, and DIR. Miner rem aimed with
her all night. At hslf-past Q o'clock this
morning ex.Judge Horace Russell called
| at the Stewart mansion, and was informed
| that although Mrs. Stewart had spent a
restless night she was feeling better. and
was able to sit up in bed without any
great effort. At q few minutes after 10
O'Clock Judge Russell was surprised TO
learn from . messenger that Mrs. Stewart
was dead.
Arrival Home Of Henry Willard.
NEW York. Oct. 25.-AmoDg the pas
sengers from Europe to-day was Henry
Willard, formerly President of the North
ern Pacific road. He is expected to re-
main in this city for some time. He
refused to grant an interview. but his
private secretary said that Mr.. Willard had
completed negotiations with German capt.
talists to make investments for them in
American securities.
A Mysterious Dual Crime.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. Oct. 25.-Mr. and Mrs.
John McGowan we're found lying In a bed
in their house to-day covered with blood.
Their fo~ur-year-old child was in the bed
with them. The man arm encircled the
woman's neck. Both bad deep gashes in
their throats. The woman was dead, and
the man died without explaining the
crime.
California POsfmasters Appointed.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-The President
has appointed the following Postmasters:
Bayard T. Smith, at Pasadena, Cal, vice
A. o. Bristol. resigned; Philip Stern. at
Panama Gal. Yica Hhandnra Ruth. ra.