Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-10-28

Some knowing sports assert that as
soon as the election is over, the sntus
of the Cofbett- Mitchell little bout will
be as it was day ago; that is that it
will go on it John McLape, the boss of
Gravesend, says it may. Others insist
that Governor Flower, who stopped
boxing in Buffalo, to be consistent,
must make the sluggers go elsewhere
than in this state to slug.
ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 20.-Replaying to
Mr.. Watterson's editorial IN the
Courier-Journal threatening southern
senators and predicting party disaster
because they held out against the gold
standard, the Constitution of tomorrow
morning will say: We can heartily
sympathize with our contemporary g
wrathful protest against delay and with
his anxiety for our beleaguered inter-
est, but right here our pathways
diverse-we are not looking to John
Sherman for counsel or wise rebuke,
nor can we regard the southern silver
senators as obstructionists, when every
telegram and statement that comes
from Washington tells the story of
their earnest efforts to secure q COM
promise, and of their eagerness to meet
their brother democrats in caucus
with view to adjusting their differ
ences, while the antl-silver senators are
really opposing the caucus and in
timating that If they go into it they
will not be bound by it. This plainly
shows who the real obstructionists are
and the country will hold them re-
sponsible who refuse to consider a
compromise and vigorously Oppose the
time-honored democratic method of
getting together and agreeing upon a
common basis for the sake of party
harmony"
WASHINGTON, 1.-TheOct. 2 secretary
of the interior has appointed a COM
mission to treat with the Yuma indians
for the opening Of a portion of their
reservation to settlement.
The commission consists of W. J..
Houston of Atlanta, Georgia, John j.
German, of Pennsylvania and Peter
Brady of Arizona. The portion of the
reservation which it is proposed to open
lies on the west bank of Colorado river
opposite the town Of Yuma, Arizona and
is part of the Colorado desert of south
ern California. Ths Indians have
petitioned for the change on condition
that they shall have water for irrigation
of the lands which they retain.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 2O.-The
error of one human being, one man who
crouched affrighted in his prison cell to.
night, led to the greatest railroad holo-
causs in the history of Michigan, to-
day, and twenty-six human lives paid
the penalty OF the moments neglect
Two trains both laden with passen-
gers met in direct head-end collision on
the Grand Trunk railroad at 3:45 this
morning in the suburbs of this city
Twsnty-six charred, disfigured and
unrecogniZable bodies lie in the morgue
tonight and twenty-seven marred and
bleeding victims are groaning in agony
in Charity hospital. How many of
those wounded may be in the death list
tomorrow none can tell, for the injuries
IN many cases are quite unfathomable
to the medical examination that is pos
sible now.
Both were regular trains, although
each was considerably behind time. One
was a Raymond & Whitcomb special
train returning from the Worlds fair
and the other regular Pacific express,
west-bound.
The engineer of the Raymond &
Whltcomb train had positive orders to
side track for the express at the siding
a mile east of this city.
He ignored the orders, and 600 feet
beyond the siding be met the east
bound train. Both trans were wrecked
and half OF the train Of the Pacific ex-
press was demolished and burned.
The engineer and firemen of both
trains jumped in time, but twenty six
passengers on the Pacific express met |
almost instant death.
The day coaches in the front part of |
the train were teleseoped aud burned, !
and of the twenty-s;x human remains |
at the morgue tonight twenty remain |
entirely unidentified.
The identified are as follows:
Mrs. G. G. Van Duzan, Sprout Brooks,
burned to death after the wreck and |
w. w. Glenny, Woonsocket, r.. l.,
burned to a crisp;
Mrs. F. r. Mckenzie, Middleton,
Conn.,, burned to a crisp;
L. A McGarocy, Ontario, Canada,
and burned to death;
j. W. Beardsly, Watkins, n. Y,
burned and mangled.
The coroner has numbered each body |
now in the morgue, consecutively, and |
noted the articles found on each body
that might lead to Identification.
The Raymond & Whitcomb train was
in charge of Conductor Scott, of this
city. Engineer Henry Woollsy was
pulling it, and there appears to be no
doubt that Engineer Woolley's neglect
caused the accident.
The conductor and engineer received
orders here to meet the Pacific express
at Nichols. Engineer Woolley got orders
at Battle Greek, and getting beyond the
stretch of double track, kept right
ahead at a rattling pace. He met the /