Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-08
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Train No. 5, Baltimore and Ohio limited,
coming west ran into the first section of
No. "a, fast cattle train, at Rosensteel
siding, two miles east of lockwood, Pa, at
GAO last evening Six men were killed In
the collision and several others badly hurt.
The dead are Henry Bush, Frank McCar-
thy, Thomas Browning, w. H. Lippincott,
B. M. Ball and William Manning. The in
jured are ]. l.. Pierce and 1. G.. De Grave.
Both trains were going at the rate of forty
miles an hour and came together while
rounding a curve. Neither crew had time
to jump or sound a warning. The express
and mail cars on the limited were tele-
scoped and reduced to kindling wood. Only
the heavy vestibules of the passenger cars
saved them from a similar fate. Fully
dozen cattle cars were piled up in the
wreck, killing and manning many of the
dumb bruteS.
A dispatch from Shanghai states that con-
sternation has been caused by the discovery
that the Tei-Yang squadron has been caught
in a trap at Port Arthur by the japanese,
owing to the neglect overriding of Ii
Hung Changes orders Ii Hung Chang dis
claims any responsibility in the matter.
In the circuit court of appeals in CinciI-
natl yesterday p. NJ. Arthur, the grand
chief engineer of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers, voluntarily dismissed his
appeal from the Injunction issued against
him by Judge Taft, on the prayer Of the
Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan
ItdllTOdu SOUpdHy, " SoHiPCi " iS
scind his order to members of the brother
hood in the employ Of companies operating
connecting lines to refuse to haul cars or
the Toledo Ann Arbor and Northern Michi-
gan Railroad Company, and restraining him
from issuing any further order Of the same
kind to enforce n boycott.
State Senator John F. OMalley of Illinois
vest arday shot Charles Sheppard. cab
driver, and Nicholas Varis, a saloon keeper.
According to the story of Varis. Senator
O'Malley drove up to a saloon In carriage
with two companions. Drinks We're pur-
chased for the party, and Varis says ne
then asked O'Malley for his payment. The
senator drew a revolver and fired at the
saloon keeper. The shooting of the cab
driver occurred shortly afterward.
Police Commissioner John G. Sheehan OF
New York city is endeavoring to meet the
fact that the penitentiary is staring him IN
the face as he endeavored to meet Mr.;
Goffs questions when before the Lexow
committee Lewis l.. Delafeld, who has
been one of the legal advisers Of the COM
mittee of seventy, said positively yesterday
that the charges against Mr.. Sheenan would
be investigated to the bottom, and II there
was a case against him for violating the
election laws by instructing Tammany
voters, that 1t undoubtedly would be
pressed.
The proposed address of sympathy with
Russia at the death of the car was con-
sidered yesterday in the lower house of the
Hungarian diet. The motion finally passed
by an overwhelming majority
The prohibition against the ianulng Oh
American cattle at German ports has taken
another complexion. 1t has been agreed
that Germany leave the decision In This
matter to the preponderance of expert
opinions In this connection, TRANSACTIONS
from American veterinarians showing that
infection from Texas fever is limited to GER
tain localities are being prepared for SUBJ
mission to the imperial secretary of state
for foreign affairs. Germany must also
rely upon American expert opinion in this
matter and principally upon DIR. Frank Bill
lings the state veterinarian of Nebraska.
1t is stated that the Importation of English
cattle into Germany will also be prohibited.
The reason for this step is not stated.