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The morning call., 1891-12-25
BRUTAL MASSACRE.
MurderouS Raid by the Notorious
Bob Sims Gang.
Residence Burned and the Inmates ShOt
Down While Trying to Escape.
Another Bloody Chapter in the Career Of an
Alabama 0utlaW-LiYeS OF Citi-
zenS Threatened.


MOBILE (Ala), Dec. 24.-Three months
ago Bob Sims, leader of company of re-
ligonists in Choctaw County, was arrested
for running an Illicit distillery, which lie
claimed he had divine authority to run.
Two of his brothers. fellow believers, res
cued him, killing bystander and wounding
the deputy in charge. One of the brothers
was killed. Sims and the other brother
escaped. and have been hunted vigorously
since.
Last night Bob Sims and his gang reap
peared near Vomack Hill and attacked the
house of John Mcmillan, who had been
member Of the pursuing posse. They set
fire to the house, and as Mcmillan and the
other inmates rushed out the gang fired
upon them.
Charley Utsy escaped unhurt.
Fluellen Utsy was shot, but not mortally
wounded.
John Kennedy, McMllan's father-in-law,
was killed
John Mcmillan was shot three times and
will die.
A twelve-year- old niece of Mcmillan was
killed.
A ten-year-old nephew was shot and
burned up in the house.
Miss Belle Mckenzie, a school teacher.
boarding at the McMillans was shot twice in
the neck.
The outlaws then opened McMillan's
store. robbed it OF what goods they wanted,
and left it lighted up anu open, scattering
shoes along the road. They remarked that
they would burn out and kill Dr. Brown and
Frank Tato tonight
Sims daughters are dressed in mems
clothes and armed with Winchesters. A
large body of men are after the gang.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
Two Collisions on the Hudson
River System.
Seven Persons Instantly Killed and Many
Others Seriously Injured.
Lives Of Passengers Sacrificed by Brake
mans Neglect Of Duty-A Costly
Bottle Of Whisky.
eIeciaI to The MORNING CALI.

YoNKERs (N. ", Dec. PA shocking
accident occurred tonight at Hastings, on
the Hudson River road. between st. Louis
express and the Niagara Falls special
train. The accident was directly the out
come of collision earlier in the evening in
the tunnel at Sing Sing Prison. between
freight train and the Croton local train.
The first accident blocked the road with the
trains on both ends Of the tunnel. The
weather was thick, rendering it difficult to
run trains with any degree OF safety. The
locomotive on one of the express trains
crashed into the rear sleeper of the other
train, and several cars. mostly sleepers,
were teescoped.
The rear Wagner car of the Niagara Ex-
press was telescoped. All the injured were
in that car.
KILLED AND INJURED.
Seven persons in all were killed, as fol-
lows:
KNIGHT, A. NJ, conductor on the Wag-
ner car.
BALDWIN, A. NJ, New York.
TOLLEY, THOMAS W., Boston.
Four others not yet identified.
The injured are:
MURPHY, r. V.
FORD, d. B.
FoRD, Mrs F. NJ.
HoYT. g. W., colOred porter.
BEST, DR.. Z.
BALDWIN, H. r.
BALDWIN, HOMER.
BALDWIN, Miss LILLIAN, all of New
York.
Two or three of the injured may die.
There were eighteen passengers in the
rear coach of the Niagara express and three
Of them escaped uninjured.
THE FIRST COLLISION.
An almost criminal delay in sending out
wrecking party TO clear the track after
the first collision between the Croton local
and the freight first conducted to the trag-
edy. In the first collision no one was killed,
but several passengers were badly bruised.
For three hours the main tracks were filled
with debris, without any intelligent effort
at clearing them.
A brakeman was ordered back with a
signal light. He was told to 20 at least one
thousand feet. The man, when he reached
there, considered the distance too short in
which to allow the express for the West 10
stop, anu he went along further some zee
feet, up to where a switchnan's hut stood.
There the brakeman and the switchman met.
FATAL BOTTLE OF WHISKY
1t WAS Christmas eve, and there was a
bottle of WHISKY in the hut. and the men
went in. They pledged their healths and
pledged the day, and all unmindful of their
charges, they fingered over the bottle. 1t
was minute or two at the most. But not
more than a mile away train was COM
| ing at lightning speed. A half-fnished
| drink was thrown down and thp hra N
rushed frantcally out but the train seemed
only phantom OF death. Swiftly it passed
| him. He halooed, but only the sound OF
| rushing wind answered him es the train
! fed on. Death was riding in the cab ami
| the brakeman and his switchman friend sal
| down palsied at inevitable disaster to which
their careessness had SO largely contrib
! uted.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
CHINESE UPRISING.
The FanatiCal Inhabitants IuCited to InSur-
r6CtiOn by Willy SChemeFS.

LONDON, Dec. 24.-The Governor of Kwei
Chow reports that in the prefecture of Lii
Ping the Inhabitants have great cause for
discomfort 1t appears that the public
granaries had been used on the SLY until the
contents were exhausted The Sub Projects
and certain other officials were sent to make
inquiries into the case, aud when the work
was done they were imposed upon by other
people who also pretended that they were
newly appointed officials and who attempted
to levy blackmail.
These proceedings raised a discomfort,
which has been taken advantage of by GER
tain clever swindlers, who exhibited kind
of magic lantern in the native temple at
night. Large audiences were attracted by
this, and men armed with swords and
spears were made by the lantern to appear
as coming to the assistance of the natives,
while wooden ticket was sent around to
incite the people to revolt. The Sub-Prefect
then seut officials familiar with their char
acter to quiet the people.
They refused to admit these new men and
determined TO rise in rebellion. Troops
were then sent and the Sub-Prefect was re-
moved from office, while the district magis-
trate was appointed to take his place. He
has been equally unsuccessful IN his en-
deavors to quiet the natives and is now
being menaced by attack. Additional
troops have been sent to him and it is eX-
pected that thev will soon succeed in forcing
the rebels into submission.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
RUSSIA'S DESTITUTE.
False Reports Concerning the Condition Of
The Famine Stricken Peasants.

LONDON, Dec pa letter has been re-
ceived from Moscow declaring that when
the Governors of the famine-stricken prov
inces submitted the most gloomy reports
TO the Central Famine Committee, it re-
fused to allow the reports to be sent to the
Gar. and insisted that they be modified.
Acting under instructions. when the Cover
nors were given an audience by the Car,
they told him that matters in their respec-
tive provinces were satisfactory and the
situation improving.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 24.-lt is reported
that some time since the Government in
tended to employ thousands of the inlabi-
tants of the famlne-Siricken provinces in
the work Of constructing the TranS-Siberian
Railway, which is to connect VlodivostOck.
Russian post on the Pacific, with Euro
pean Russia. At present an enormous num-
her of convicts are unemployed. Despite
the guards they escape, and the work falls
upon the nnotfendng inhabitants of the
country. SO frequent have become the
complaints against these men that it seems
the Government will be compelled to abau-
don the use of convicts.
A committee of the Moscow Red Cross
ton of private bounty among the sufferers by
famine has just detected a defalcation in
its funds to the amount of 10000 rOubleS.
AS the special patroness of the club the
CZarina has ordered an inquiry to be made.
General KGchanotf, Governor of Wilnadi,
has decreed the closing of all Catholic and
Lutheran churches there. 1t Is said this is
only the prelude to further restrictive
measures,
The morning call., 1891-12-25
BRANDED LIKE CATTLE.
Cruelties Fracticed by Harvard College secrt
Sncie,ies

Cruelties Practiced by Harvard College Secret
Societies.
BosToN, Dec. PA sensation has been
caused here by the publication of an open
letter by Hon. William Lloyd Garrison to
President Elliott and the IA ,ulty of Harvard
on the subject of ''the fearful abuses now
going on in that university among the nu-
mer0us demOralizing secret societies." Mr..
Garrison says: Especially, for example, the
secret society known as the ID. X. Z. has
long been source of scandal and private
indignation. Aside from the penalties at
tending the initiation of members, cruelty
has been superadded akin to the barbarsm
of the FIJI Islands or the practices of de-
graded Indian tribes. As the elimination
of their ceremonies, and as the indication of
pluck and endurance, the victims arm is
barred for branding. In case that has just
come under my observation, six deep,
savage burns from the shoulder to the
elbow were inflicted with a lighted cigar.
Lifelong scars and Disagreement are bad
enough, but the shock to systems already
reduced in vitality by previous physical ex-
actions, is severe and dangerous. In COM
parson with the cigar branding the burns
would be merciful, but it seems necessary
to add to the danger of the burn that of
blood poisoning Outside the precincts Of
the University SUCH mutilatiOn would call
for quick interference of the law, and it de-
serves to be an indictable offense common
with other societies which flourish in your
sight. A bar providing intoxicating liquors
is here maintained, contrary to law and de-
cent morals. Only last year many of our
respected citizens had the modification of
seeing their sons arraigned in open court
and fined for this otfense. i ask with solicit
| tude whether such proceedings are beyond
your control. There vet remains to par
ents the alternative of invoking the inter-
position of courts of law" President Elliot
refuses to talk"
The morning call., 1891-12-25
ARSENITE OF POTASSIUM
Testimony of Chemist in the Barnaby
PnisnninR Casa

DENVER, Dec 24.-In the Graves trial to-
day Mel Dahl, chemist was called to the
stand. He said arsenite of potassium is
commonly used as medicine in the shape
of FOwer's solution. The formula for COM
pounding arsenite OF potassium is very
simple. Witness has made tests to find ar
senic often. Witness explained the number
of tests, and said after crystals were OBJ
tained in little glass tubes It was necessary
to test them to prove what they were. There
were many vegetable alkaloids which could
not be detected in the system after being
taken.
Sallie Hanley, Mrs. Barnaby's former
maid, said DR.. Graves introduced her to
Mrs. Barnaby and through his influence
Mrs. Barnaby adopted her as a travelling
companion and maid. She Informed DR..
Graves of Mrs. Barnaby's intention of pur-
chasing a house from Bennett This was
the cause of the threat from Graves TO Mrs.
Barnaby of appointing guardian.
Dr. Graves then went on the witness
stand. He said he made TIE acquaintance
of Mrs. Barnaby three years ago. Shortly
after she engaged him as physician, after
the death of Mr.. Barnaby, he advised Mrs.
Barnaby to contest the will, and suggested
Lawyer Ballou. After the compromise he
had become Mrs. Barnaby's agent He said
lie Eever advised Mrs. Barnaby to make an
affidavit that Maud Barnaby was not her
daughter. He denied having told Mrs.
Barnaby that her husband had willed $780,
900 TO mistress. He also denied having
said anything against the Bennetts, as he
knew nothing injurious of them. The Doc
tor said Mrs. Barnaby was very extrava-
giant, and spent $4,000 in one year. As her
agent he objected to this. He did not know
how much Mrs. Barnaby bequeathed to him
until the will was read after her death.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
IN THE GRAVE.
Funeral Services Over Senator Plumb at His
Late Home.

Funeral Services Over Senator Plumb at His
Late Home
EMPoRIA Kans.), Dec. 24.-All that Is
mortal of the late Preston Ii. Plumb was
placed :beneath his native soil to-day. The
city was in mourning, and flags on the public
buildings were displayed at half mast
Business houses were draped in black and
nearly every private residence displayed
emblems of mourning. The service of the
day commenced with private funeral
service at the family residence of the simp-
lest nature. 1t was attended only by menu
bers of the family, the Congressional dele
cations and few intimate friends. The
service consisted only Of prayer aud singing
corted to the church. On the arrival at the
faldue and the lid removed At 2 o'clock
the funeral services were held at the church,
at the conclusion of which the procession
was reformed and proceeded to the ceme-
terry, where the remains of the distinguished
Senator were placed in their last resting
place.
Mrs. Plumb and Amos. the eldest son,
were too i'll to attend the services at the
church. w. ii. Plumb, the Senator'S father
and three brothers accompanied the other
children. At the cemetery the services
were conducted by the G. A. r. At the
conclusion OF the services three comrades
stepped forward and each deposited beau
tiful floral wreath upon the casket. AS the
body was lowered into the grave three vol
leys were fired by the Emporia Guard, the
bugler sounded TAPS and the multitude
dispersed.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
A BELL HER WEAPON.
Miss Russell SuccessfulIy Gives Bat;

Miss Russell Successfully Gives Battle
to Two Burglars.
Miss Margaret Z. Russell keeps grocery
store at 58 North street, Cambridgeport,
Mass. She is maiden lady and lives alone
in the rear of the store. She is woman OF
generous proportion and much resolution.
Miss Russell awoke about o'clock on
recent morning and saw man standing b.
fore the mantel. She did not faint or gS
into Mysteries. She keeps a big h hlnd-bcll
on a chair by the side of the bed, which sha
is in the habit of ringing Justify when she
does not feel as chipperas she might. 1t is
a sort of doctors call. She seized the bell
as soon as she SAW the man in her room Nn9
rang it with much Zest. She jumped ont OF
bed unceremOniously and ran for the door.
screaming and ringing the bell with might
and main.
The intruder was very much taken abac&
by the reception he received. Nevertheless
he grapped with the big form of Miss
Russell. She promptly battered his head
with the bell and continued TO scream
They were not gentle strokes that fell from
her hand. As the bell, jng!Ing. fell with a
gurgling sort of sound upon his head, he
saw more stars than he had for many day.
He was slowly being OyerpOwered when
another man came to his rescue. The other
fellow had been sitting under the table. He
had Miss RuSSell'S dress in his hand and
was going through the pockets for money. 3
Then the men united forces. Both sDraHg
upon the woman ana attempeted to over
power her She swung the bell right aud
left. ringing it merrily all the while, and
every time it stopped IL was on the head 0S
one or the other of the burglars. IL begau
to look as if the men would succumb to the
terrible blows of the thoroughly enraged
woman.
Suddenly Miss Russell thought one of
the men looked familiar. She looked closer
and knew the fellow was James Brown,
alias James Burke. Its you, Jim Brown,
is it ?" Take that. jim Brown" and Jias
took it on top of the head. The fight
went merrily on. Jim always knew q
blow that was intended for him. 1t was
preceded by the name of the recipient and
with a Take that, Jim Brown" every
time. And when Jim didn't take it tha
other fellow did.
Finally the men saw they we're worsted.
and edged toward an open window. Miss
Russell followed them up. screaming and
pounding them with the bell. The men
reached the window and received parting
blow each as they sprang out. Miss Russell
looked up and down the street a moment
and then went to bed again.
An hour later an officer of Station 8 saw
two men in tho store of f. d. Train, and
with the assistance of two policemen SUN
moned from the station he locked them up.
Miss Russell subsequently identified them
bOth.-BOston News.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
DAVITT DEFEATED.
The Parnellites Successful in the Waterford
Election

The Parnellites Successful in the Waterford
Election.
DUBLIN, Dec. 24.-COntrary to general eX-
pectation the election in Waterford City
yesterday, to fill the vacancy in the Com
mons caused by the death of Powers, passed
off wi thout any serious disturbance of the
peace. The Parnellites carried the day.
This is the first bye election won by that
section of the Irish party since the split oc-
Cured The returns show that John E.
Redmond (Parnelite) received 1925 votes.
and Michael Davitt (McCarthyite) 1929.
On the announcement of the official fig
ures which increased Redmond'S majority
to 546. scene of the widest enthusiasm
followed. Four hundred extra police are
on duty in Waterford Citv, and it is thought
this force is able to restrain the ebullitions
of the victorious Parnellites within safe
bounds.
Both Redmond and Davitt left Waterford
this afternoon for Dublin. Notwithstand-
ing all the excitement that marked the
ParnelHte triumph, there have been no dis
orders Of consequence on the streets, and the
police had no occasion to exert themselves
to any great extent.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
ARusED FIRENIEN.
Two Americans Who Were Made to Suf-
fer Chilean Wrath.

Two Americans Who Were Made to Suf-
fer Chilean Wrath.
Among the arrivals yesterday by the
steamer Keweenaw was Patrick Shields,
the fireman who was 80 badly used by the
brutal Chileans. He was the hero of the
hour, and as soon as the steamer was tied
up at Lombard street he was the center of
little knot, all eager to hear from his lips
the story OF Chilean brutality and spite.
Shields was not the only man on board
the Keweenaw who received a taste of what
the hot-headed natives Of that bantam re-
public would like to serve out to every
American citizen that lands in Chile. An
other fireman, Andrew MacKinsley, also
suffered at their hands.
MacKiusley went ashore with Shields, but
did not try to return to the steamer until the
next day. He can speak Spanish, SO was
able TO understand what the policemen said
when two of them seized him and demanded
money. He told them he had none, and
was knocked down and dragged off to the
calaboose. and placed in the same corral
with Shields, and forced to work cleaning
out manure.
MacKiney made his escape by climbing
the fence, and when pursued took refuge in
private house. He found he had not bet
tered his condition, for a naval officer, who
was in the house. knocked him down and
then held him until the police arrived.
when he was taken back to the horse pen.
Owing, probably, TO the fact that he could
speak Spanish, lie was not abused so badly as
Shields was, and while the guards were
beating Shields he escaped a second time
and made his way on board his vessel.
Shields will never again be the man he
was before he fell into the hands OF the
Chileans He will carry to the grave the
. scars he received from them.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
OH, HOW PITIFUL.
Hungry and Destitute, a Mother in Ds-
spair Kills Herself and Her Babe.

Hungry and Destitute, a Mother in Ds-
spafr Kills Herself and Her Babe.
A sad case of destitution came to light in
England recently, but the facts were only,
revealed by death when it was too late for
the humane and benevolent to render as
sistance. A whman whose effects had been
seized and who had been put out of her
home for debt became utterly discouraged
at the prospects before her and determined
to end her life. 1t is an old story, but it
never loses its pathetic features by the tell
ing. The woman had a child, and she de-
cided not to leave the babe TO the mercies
of the world. She took the little one in
her arms and went to the line of the
Cheshire Railway, in the city of Chester
Here she waited until heavy train cane
laundering along. When the engine had
reached a point almost opposite where she
was standing she sprang TO the middle OF
the track with the little child still clasped
tightly in her arms.
IL was utterly impossible for the engine
driver to make single effort to save ths
life Of the woman or the child. The train
struck them, knocked them down, and the
engine and the long train passed over them.
The train ran some little distance before it
could be brought 20 n standstllI. Once it
was stopped, the guards ran back to the
spot where the woman had stepped upon the
track. The sight that presented itself WAS
a most horrible one. The mother and hec
child were found cut to pieces. and for
long distance the track aud ground were
stained with their blood.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
VICTORIA.

The Provincial Legislature to Convene in
January-McLeod's Proposition.
VICTORIA. Dec. 24.-The Provincial Leg
isature has been called together for busl-
ness on January Goth.
Mcleod is not satisfied with the recent
race with Bush. He expresses himself
ready to row him mile for $500 a side on
the Victoria Harbor course.
1t is reported that the Government steam-
er James Douglass will shortly be offered
for sale.
The A. o. U. W. lodges of this city have
resolved with the Washington brethren, to
form a Grand Lodge for Washington and
British Columbia.
Captain Dodd of the sealer Maggie Mae
has shipped crew for next season.
The Directors of the British Columbia
Fire Insurance Company to-day resolved to
hold an annual general meeting on Janu-
ary Dist
The morning call., 1891-12-25

during their control Of the Provincial Gov
ernment. The new Treasurer Of the prov
ince on taking possession at once instituted
an investigation, and announces startling
state of affairs. The late Governments last
financial statement estimates the deficit for
the year at 100000. There has been found
an item il the books. called Especial ex-
penditure," which swells the total deficit,
or excess of expenditures over receipts, to
81, 223 600. The department is now engaged
in tracing where the extra S1,600.000 has
gone to.
OTTAWA, Dec. 24.--Judge Ross to-day, in
the Connolly conspiracy case to defraud the
Government, decided 10 commit Thomas
McGreevey and Nicholas Connolly for ac-
tionable wrong in the Crosswell contract
and admitted them to their own recog-
nizances in $1,000 each.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
WHITMAN DYING.
The Aged Poet Has but Few Hours
Live

The Aged Poet Has but Few Hours to
Live.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. "a. - Walt Whit
mans condition has remained practically
unchanged the past twenty-four hours
Late to night Whitman took a decided
change for the worse. Shortly after 10
o'clock he was seized with q chill which
lasted nearly an hour and left hun in much
more enfeebled condition. His physician
spiration that presages death, and that he
has only few hours to live. He has re-
fused to take medicines, and the only susie
nance that has passed his lips to-day is
water. of which he has taken two glasses.
The aged poet is said to be impatient for
death TO come.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

JACKSONVILLE (Fla.), Dec. 81 State
Treasurer PonS died tonight.
PITTsBURG, Dec PA cable-car this
morning collded with wagon, fatally in
juring two persons and seriously injuring
six others.
READING Pa.), Dec 24.-Martin Meyers,
aged 50. one of the leading checker players
OF this country, was found dead in this city
last night from the results of excessive
drinking.
The morning call., 1891-12-25
Protest by Horsemeu.

New YORK. Dec. "a. "A number Of
owners and trainers held a meeting after
the races at Gutenberg to-day to take some
action in relation to the recent edict by this
Board Of Control, which prevents them
from running their horses on 'big tracks"
il they continue to enter horses at Gutten-
berg during December. January and Feb
ruary. A committee was appointed to draw
up resolutions protesting against the action
Of the Board Of Control, after which the
meeting adjourned until tomorrow.