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The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
THE RED CROSS SOCIETY.

DANvILLE, N. Y, Jan. 22-Miss
Clara Barton, president of the Ameri.
can Association of the Red Cross, has
received 5000 from the president of the
st. Louis branch of the association,
which she has forwarded to M. Gus.
tave Moynier, president of the Inter.
national Red Cross society, to be ex-
pended for the relief of the sick and
wounded of the Balkan armies.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
Latest News
BY TELEGRAP
COAL NINE EXPLOSION.

CHICAGO, Jan.--A special from
Newburg wv. va.) sent after midnight
gives the following particulars TO {
coal mine explosion. From present an.
pearances At last thirty-dve lives in all
and probably ten more, have been
sacrificed, many of the dead being our
most respected citizsns. About the
hour named while the day shift q,
miners were at work in the mines
which Is located on the outskirts Of
town, the air was suddenly rent with
. most tremendous explosion. the
force OF which knocked men sdown in
the street half a maile away, shstterine
windows and doors all over town and
even crushing the stout sides of frame
houses for long distance around the
the mouth of the Orreil mines. while
from the deep shaft OF the colliery a
dense cloud Of mingled smoke and
vapor arose 200 feet in the air.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
DAMAGES AWARDED.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-I the suit ol
Thos. II. Stringham against Mrs. A,
T. Stewart to recover $4,000 damages
for injuries received while in her EN-.
ploy on farm at Gorden City, L. l.,
which was tried In the Kings country
Supreme Court, the jury yesterday rem
dered vernict Of $45, 800 in favor OF
plaintiff.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
OIL WORKS BURNED.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23.-The Car.
rollton Cotton. Seed OIL mills together
with large stock on hand burned
yesterday, morning. Loss estimated
at $4,000; insurance, s45, 900, in home
end foreign Companies.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
A Verdict.

DAcATER, ILL.,, Jan. 2S.-The jury
in the $4,000 damage case of George
Brown agsinst the Pullman Car Com.
pany and the Chicago, St. Louis and
Pittsburg railway company, brought in
VERDICT Thursday night In favor of
plaintiff fon $3.50 against the Pullman
Car company. A motion for new
trial was overruled.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
Sentenced;

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-Dynamit-
ers Weisman, Koosher aud Mittle-
stadt, who were convicted on January
9Th of having illegally stored gunpow-
der within the city limits, were SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment
each in the house OF correction.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23
A Turco.Egyption Army.

!. CAIRO, Jan. 23.-Moukhta Pasha,
the Turkish commissioner in Egypt,
mas proposed that a Turco Egyptian
army be organized for the defense of
Egypt, iu the place of the English
army now in that country, as In his
opinion that the latter army is loo
costly burden for Egypt in view of
her limited revenue.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-01-23

PARIS, Jan. 23.-The army is exeit-
ed over rum0r that Gen. Boulanger
the minister Of war, intends to dismiss
from service all officers who are sus-
pected of being in sympathy with
monarchists.
MINNIE. Bernhardt will start for
America on April Is.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
AN INDIANA MURDER
About which There Was Strong Talk Of =
sunday Night LynchInE.

EVANSVILLE, lSp., Jan. 3l---Late Satur-
day evening Nicholas Hudson shot and
killed stephen Ellis in the suburbs OF Rock
port, Spencer County, Ind The two men,
with several others, left town after supper
for their homes in the country When
short distance out a quarrel arose,
resulting in the shooting Of Ellis through
the body by Hudson. Another man named
Cissna was suspected, but when arrested
he said Hudson was the murderer The
latter was pursued by the officers and ar
rested eight miles from Rockport while in
bed asleep having revolver and brass
knuchs with him. He confessed and was
taken TO Rockport and put into jail to-
wards morning. He had been drinking
heavily Hudson is about twenty-five
years old and very tough in his habits.
Ellis was quiet inoffensive citizen, about
twonty-four years old and married, There
is great excitement up there over the muir
der and strong talk OF lynching Hudson,
Precautions have been taken against lynch
...n
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H,rtinuIou Recommended.

LoSpoS, Jan. y The EreAing NeTS
states that II has the highest authority for
stating that Lord Salisbury has advised
the Queen TO summon Lord Harrington TO
form Cabinet The Ntrs expects That
Earl Granville, Lord Roscbery and Earl
spencer will be members Of the new Cabi
net though the appointment OF Granville
as Foreign SECRETARY would elicit n deep
groan from th Liberal portion uf the
country The Dqtip Telegraph is OF the
opinion that The leading Liberals includ
ing the most prominent members OF Mr.
GIadstnno'E last Cabinet with the ex Pre-
mior himself, should invite the assistance
Of Mr. Parnelor nv. llealy IN arranging u
home rule scheme. The entire press Is opl
posed TO tue idea OF the appointment of
lord Granville TO be Foreign Secretary.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
vACCrNs VIRUS.
How 1t h Proposa,ed In Chester County
Pennsylvania.
lPhiladelphia News.l

philadelphia News
The visiting scientists were first con-
lucted to the operating-room, where upon
= padded table, from whose corners rose
four posts, heifer was thrown and her
legs fastened to the posts Her belly, all
the inside and the back part of the thighs
were shaved to the skin. The thin, white
and clean epidermis of the Alderney calf
presented an inviting surface, and Dr.
Zuills assistant, enveloped in spotless
apron, stood over the beast and diligently
scraped off the upper cuticle from sixty
five spots on the skin. DIR. Zuill as fast as
the surface was abraded, rubbed on it the
points OF ivory which had been coated with
the lymph from a scab OF cowpox This
was the process OF inoculating, The call
will be sick, but In eight days the
scabs will have formed and be ready
to remove for the dipping OF fresh
oxude from the sore. The points, which are
made from elephant tusk ivory, are sim
ply thin strips pointed in the shape of a
surgeons thumb lancet. 1t requires from
800 to 5000 of them TO take up all the
healthy virus which is produced from the
inoculation Of calf, 500 being the aver
age. Having been charged as the dip,
ping in the vi-ys Is called, they are allowed
TO dry thoroughly, each one is carefully
wrapped in tin foil. and placed in her
metically sealed bottle. The great enemy
OF the point is heat and moisture combined
The sealing In the bottle guards agains
the latter, and the storage in refrigerator,
kept at about the freezing point OF temper
ature, against the former. Combined,
these influences will set up fermentation
in the virus, which destroys its potency.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
FATAL COLLISION.
Tho Target Was Turned and Two
Trains Collided.
Three KILLED, aud othsr' ManEisd-Twe
oorPses In Transit Matilated aud Gov
srnmsnt Money Scattered About

TUTis o., Jan. 2p-This morning al
" ~ ~ the east bound passenger train on
the Baltimore a Ohio was pulling into
Chicago Junction IL coliided with west.
bound freight train The target was turn.
I'd, blocking the freight train from the sIds
track; The conductor Of the IRE Eht Charles
Palmer, and q brakeman named Thoma.
cTSs'S -s5s Ia The cshoc=e They failed 70
flag the passenger train aud had no signals
out The passenger train was running at
the rate of ffty.fvo miles per hour, or
faster, II carried two coaches and three
sleepcrs, all Of which were badly dam.
aged. In the baggage car was .
coffin containing two corpses, a mother
ana her babe, which the husband was taxi.
ing from Dakota 10 Baltimore The rough
boz was broken open, the oorpses turned
on their faces and horribly muiilated
Two passengers were In the smoking car
playing cards. Neither OF them can tell
what was the trump. The baggage car
Hnd express coach were shattered into
tooth picks, The exprcsgcar was carrying
considerablt amount of Uncle Bam's III.
yer, which was scattered far aud near The
-leepere " re full ~ passengers. aud fortn-
natoly fnr them no one was seriously injured
The engine was buried In the bank NJ.
teen feet away from the track. II lisa com.
tender, baggage car and two coaches we're
thrown about fifty feet ahead Of the en-.
gine Fifteen boI-cafs were piled up by
the track and there was no piece OF the ca.
bockc left that man could not carry of
Thousands from the surrounding country
visited the wreck The naines OF the killed
and wounded are a. follows; J X Briston,
conductor Of the passenger, Piedmont
W Va, aged thirty-two, unmar-
ned, resldes with his mother, who il
widow He died At 1910 q m, unconscious.
George Vandalier, fireman on the passen.
gsr Lafayette, Ind, aged twenty.seven,
married His wife wak 10 meet him at Gar
retL Ind He was found dead beside his
engine Charles Palmer, conductor of the
freight, diei att m married His home
u IN Garrett Ind Compound fracture
Ut the right thigu An un-
known lady was scalded. ami ner
night limb fractured The accident hap
pcne one and half miles from Chicago
Junction. The wreck IL still burning The
wounded werr removed % Tiffin. Miss
Belle Moore, Of Deshler who was engaged
20 be married 10 Engineer Briston. arrived
hors TO night and viewed tho corpse Tho
remains were taken 10 his home AT Garrett
hy bis brother, who arrived half an hour
before his death
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
Apo,h,r Gail for Bond..

wAsuisaTox, Jan. 2q.--The Secretary OF
tho Treasury has issued a call for edemp-
tion Of bonds Of the 8 per cent loan OF
1852 The principal and accrued interest
will be paid at the Treasury Of the United
States, In Washington, on the first OF
March, 1850. and the interest will cease on
that day. Following Is description OF
the bonds Sper cent bonds Issued under
the act Of Congress approved July u, lSsis;
and numbered hs follows: $50 Original
number 2as Original number 2ligto
original number .ai6S, both iuclu-
sive. 800 Original number lW5 to
original number 1875 both in
elusive 10000 Original number plsa to
original number 05e6 both inclusive,
$1,000 Original number 10, ,f4e 10 original
number i7,4O0. both inclusive. Total,
$1,000, 600 The bonds described above are
sithcr bonds OF the ''original issue which
havc but one serial number al each end, or
substituted bonds,n which may be disun-
guished by the double set OF numbers,
which are marked plainly Original mum.
bersr and Substitute numbers Al OF
the bonds OF this loan will he called by the
original numbers only.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
THE ANGEL OF DEATH
Again InvRdes the Home Of Secretary Bay.
aFd-The Mother succumbs TO tho
shock OF Her Daughters sud
dan Call.


wAsHMoTos, Jan. 3l.-Mrs. Bayard died
this morning Deep sympathy is felt for
the Secretary and his family. Unlike the
death OF her daughter, this one has beon
expected, fer the mother began TO fail at
once when the daughter died. The Secre-
tary is thoroughly prostrated, aud some OF
his friends say they would not be surprised
II he should feel like giving up his
duties here at no distant day. T'ha
Immediate cause OF Mrs Bayard's deaf
was congestion OF the brain, brought on by
the shock OF her daug ghters sudden death
For thc first week following that event she
stood the strain and excitement quite we'll,
but a week ago last Friday she was COM
pelled 10 take 10 bed and gradually grew
worse from day 70 day On Thu sdsy con
gestion Of the brain made its appearance
Che was unconscious for twenty-four hours
h. fore her death Although for years Mrs
BayRrd had been confirmed invalid,
she had for the last six months been
In better health than for many years
Last summer she was very III at her
home in Wilmington, Del, with oomplica-
tion OF the liver and stomach, and her re-
coveF.y at that time was doubtful Al the
solicitation OF her daughter, Miss Kate, she
put herself under the care OF DR. +. A.
Gardner, OF this city, and under his treat
ment she had improved so much ss TO be
able 10 90 in society this winter, although
still an invalid, was in comparatively good
health when her daughter died She was
about fifty one years OF age
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
LOUISA. LAWRENCE co. KY. FEBRUARY 4 1885,
THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
tn. work on IL. Terrace. oo., stsaallyon

The Work on the Terrace Goes Steadily yOB.,
WAsHISGros, Jan. 2s Tho work on the
terraces at the Capitol building goes stend.
lily ON when the weather will permit The
marble is from the same quarries IN Mas
sachusetts Us that used in the construction
of the House aud Senate wings OF the
Capitol, Blocks OF marble come ready
dressed save polishing and addition OF
moldings, nine feet long one foot nine
inches In width, aud one foot seven Inches
thick. II is sawed by machinery at the
quarries and few cracks or blcmishes es-
cspe observation. Another feature that
has been remarked about this marble is
that the more the quarries are worked the
finer the product, aud the supply seems
ineIhAustible. After the marble il taken
out Of the errth II is placed In
schnOnerti carrying about three
hundred tons aud shipped 10 Wash
ibgton, where II IN uhloRded at
Richards wharf. foot OF New Jersey
avenue 1t WAS at this same wharf that alt
tue marble for the Capitol wings was un.
loaded. The force OF workinen IL now em-
ployed Ia dressing the marble preparatory
Tor an early renewal OF the work in the
spring, say about the middle Of March
The stsifways and approaches Of the north
aud south fronts Of tire Capitol will be 3J
feet long aud about fifteen feet high. The
base line H. Of black granite from York
Pcnnsy lvnnia and the walls are OF brick
finely cemcnted. There has been change
In the original plans, growing out OF de.
size 10 use some 0f the space between these
walls fur commit tee rooms On the west
trout, therefore, double windows will be
Put in each panel, and The result will
be light, we'll ventilated rooms
into which fresh air will not have u bs
pumped 10 make them iDhhbitAble The ef.
ftCt of this Improvement on the appearance
OF the Capitol fr om distance win be eery
picturesque The building as seen from
Arlington Heights, looks already as large
again, especially at he base One can
readily imagine, therefore, what viii he the
effect when the entire west front is Joined
to the wings by continuous wall OF pure
white marble. II ia the course of time II Is
decided To rebuild the center OF the Capitol
Ia which the domo Is 40 conspicuous a fea.
ture undoubtedly this grade Of marble will
be used aud the result will be the hand.
soonest and strongest marble structure IN
the world
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Torn TO ncnth in a wheel.

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, Jan. PA shock
ing accident happened at Congressman
Scotia mines ut Green Ridge yesterday
morning, A young man named McCaulis
was walking ON a narrow ledge inspecting
machinery, when he fell headlong upon two
revolving cog-wheels. Before he could ro-
cover himselihis left arm was torn from his
body. He then attempted to reach u plat
form but made the horrible discovery that
his clothing had been caught by slowly
revolving shaft, and that he was being
slowly drawn to death. He struggled and
screamed, and in a few minutes his body,
in fragments, was sent whrling around a
aeroon
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
An IntsreslIna Situation.

TRor, NY, Jan. al.-An interesting feat
ure OF the struggle between the Knights
of Labor and the Fuller g. Warren Com
pany was developed yesterday afternoon.
There are seven freight cars on side track
loaded with Fuller q Warren
stoves consigned TO various branch
houses OF the concern. The Del
aware and Hudson locomotive engineers,
who are members of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers and Knights of La
Dor, have refused 10 haul the cars because
the goods contained in them arc boycotted.
Trouble is expected to grow out OF the af-
fair III an engineer Is discharged all the
others, II is said will strike.
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MoSoyoAntLA Cry, PA, Jan. s.-As the
Uniontown express came rolling down the
Red Stone last night the engineer discover,
ed an alarm signal light violently waved
across the track He slowed up, and dis;
covered that huge bowlder had slipped
down the hill and rested ON the track.
A how named Clark lsler, son
., miner. had heard the rock rush
inc down the hill, and getting his pit lamp
ran raj 10 the place and sgnNled thetein and nl,
in doing so saved the train nom terrible
wreck which must havo necessarily been
attended with fatal results. y large purse
Of money was made up among the passen'
gers and presented TO the boy.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
An American Abroad.
TChicago Newe.l


From copy of the Liverpool Times, Just
at hand, We learn that "His Excellency,
the Rt.-Hoa. Frederick II. Winston, Esq,
Minister Plenipotentiary aud Envoy Ex.
traordinary from the United States o,
America to the court Of His Serene Might
iness, the Shah of Persia, has arrived in
England, accompanied by his aid-de-camp
and high secretary, Prince Wolf Won
Schierbrand, and other attendants OF dis
tinction." To reporter OF the Times the
Rt.- Hon. Winston repeated his story about
having declined the Brigadier Generally
rendered by the Rt-Hon. Ricnrd Ogilvy'
Governor General of Chicago and thu
Times prints this story, and adds to 1t the
solemn statement that the Biigadier Gen.
sralcy was tendered in recognition ol
Winston's bravery in battle with the Siou!,
indians on the prairles west OF Chicago, a
special train conveyed the eminent Amer
can diplomatic and his corps to London
where Queen Victoiia's equerry, Si
Launcelot Brown, awaited them at the rail
vay station with one of the royal hacks
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
SAVED HIS FLOCK.
cool Headed Minister Avert, Horrible
Catastrophy.

LIslLLu, III, Jan eea-SiI hundred peo-
pie gathered In the new hall In the rear Of
tho Methodist Episcopal Church last night
60 celebrate Robert Burns birth day The
hall il on the second floor and supported
from the cross boam above by bolted iron
rod. During prayer the floor began TO
sipk and a total collapse Of the building
seemed imminent The Rev. Jas White,
pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church pcroelvinR the danger, be-
gan % sing The immense congre-
CATION paused. aud the intervals OF
insc,lon saved countless lives, for the next
Instant the sinking sensation ceased. In
accordance with the advice then given the
crowd diSbursed In small details An In
vcstigation showed that the thread Of the
rod had stripped of inside the bolt because
OF tho weight below II a rush and the con
sequent disturbances Of the floor had fol-
lowed the settling, the rod must have bscn
Srenched from the bolt, and the building
wrecked. There being large coal fire on
,he floor, aud only one exit by a spiral
stairway, the ensuing horrorS can be easily
imagined A subscription list is being cir.
culated and generously signed 10 reward
the quick wittod pastor.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
SERIOUS FLOODS.
ImmeIise Fields OF Wheat and Orchards
of Fruit Ruinc,l by Recent 0verhows In
the San Joaquln valley.

INC ohh JooHuh
SrocIuoN, Cal, Jan. 27.-The San Joaquin
river has been gradually rising for the past
week. Sundaya portion OF the city proper,
comprising one-tilth of it's area WAS COW
cred with water. Little damage, however,
ensued. The business portion OF the city
was not affected IN any way. Later
The Mass trltct, comprising about three
thousand acres of wheat, was flooded
by the givingway OF a tlood.gate. The dam
age is estimated at about $751;
600 The water about Roberts isl
and which is protected by levees,
rose nine feet above the Lowell of
the land. The pressure was too great for
the levees to withstand, and break oc.
CURED through which the water rushed and
soon converted thirteen thousand acres Of
wheat aud orchards into miniature
lake. The damage here Is estimated
at $350,000. Roberts island is
divided into three divisions with cross
levees. The break occurred in the middle
division. Fears are now entertained that
the cross-levees which divide the upper and
lower portion from the middle section OF
the island may give way. II the middle
section is not soon repaired there is little
hope of stopping the break for week,
though most strenuous efforts are being
made to do SO.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
Convict Cowboys Christmas Present.

JoLiET, LII, Jan, Sl.--Bert Costman, a
cowboy convict serving sentence Of three
years at Joliet Prison from Wyoming, was
released yesterday afternoon, having
served his term. When Coatman was
brought into the clerks office to be dis
charged the clerk handed him a package Of
bills amounting 10 nearly SlA00, and in-
formed him that 81 900 OF the money had
been sent 10 him as a Christmas present by
ono OF the cattle kings OF Wyoming The
eN-convict was nearly paralyzed with as
tonishment at his good fortune, and left the
nrison doors with light heart
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-04
HonoaIna HIS MEMORY.
EuIogies Pronounced on the Late Vice
President Hendricks by Senators voor-
hees. Hampton, Ransom, spooner, sher.
man. Evarts and Others.

WAsHINuroE. Jan. 2T.--Yesteriay being
the day appointed for the Senate addresses in
memoriam OF the late vice-President Hen.
drlcks. the galleries OF the Senate began 70
oil at an early hour. When, therefore, at
noon. President pro tennpore Sherman called
the Senate TO order all the seats In the gal
leries were occupied. the larger proportion OF
the occupants being ladies. After the trans.
action of some unImportant business, Mr..
Voorhees, called up his resolution expressive
of the Senate's deep sense Of the public loss
in the death Of the late Yioe-Presldent Hem
drieks, The resolution having been read,
Mr.. Voorhees, addressed the Senate.
In strong and graphic English. Ar, voor-
hees reviewed the life and public serv.
vices OF &T. Hendricks. In dealing with
Mr.. Hendricks political views, Mr.. voor.
bees said II had been, and especially
late in his life, charged as 4 reproaeh
against him that he was partisan IT, by
that, the speaker said, was meant that he sin
Of the party 20 which he belonged, and sought,
by all honorable methods what he believed
20 be the public good by placing
iis measures .S and rs men men IN
cueat OH was true, aud the term OF rcpr0ach
became just tribute to an honest man 1t
was the partisan OF deep, honest convict ons
dealing Justly with opposing Vows, who, IN
all ages OF the world, Ia every field OF human
progress hrd led the way.
In conclusion. Mr.. Voorhees, said: "As long
as American history treasures up pure lives
aud faithful public services -as long as
public aud private virtue. stainless and
without blemish, Is revercd, so long
will the name OF Thomas A. Hem
bricks be cherished by tho American
people as an example worthy OF emulation.
Monuments OF brass aud marble will lift
their heads to Heaven in honor OF his name,
but monument more precious to his
memory and more valuable to the world has
already been grounded In the hearts OF
the people whom he served so long, faithful.
ly and with such signal ability, in the busy
harvest OF death OF the year 1885 there was
gathered into eternity DO nobler spirit NO
higher Intelligence. no fRirer soul
Mr., Hampton IS. Cl said that when one OF
the great actors In the political arena fell,
all Hniinositee we're buried with him. This
impress on WIS indelibly fixed on the speak.
or mind by the extraordinary spectacle be-
held at the funeral OF General Grant, when
among those who bore tho body OF the great
Captain OF the Union armies 10 the grave
were Confederate soldiers, who, u few
brief } ars ago, were his mortal enemies
The same generous feeling marked the obse
quee of the dead Vice President II political
and personal aniinoslies ceased at the grave,
'ahonld we not be tolerant aud charitable "a
Nonsour contemporaries, he asked.
~-ere our political oppo-
wa