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SEDALIA WEEKLY BAZOO. VOLUME 15. SEDALIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22. 1884. NUMBER 34.

DEVIL'S BRIDGE DISASTER. Further Particulars from tbe Wrecking- of the City of Columbus. Statements of the Sarv'vois Concerning the Terrible Disaster. The Pilot Charged With Deserting His Post to Warm B23 Hands. A Further List of the Dead and Missing the Condition of the Wreck, Efforts Being Made to Recover the Bodies of the Dead.

Wails of Sorrow and Condolence From the Homes of th9 Victims. Boston, Uses Jan. 19- Fifteen suv'i-vors of the wrecked City of Columbus arrived hare this morning f'om Naw B.dford, many of tVena in condition, aad some too dazed giv any intelligent accounts of the wreck. MR. F1TBBAHK'8 TATBfc-5NT.

Fairbanks, of Gorhain, Maine, says he was in hia berth in the steerage, but awoke and was somewhat uneasy when the accident occu-red. He is of tbe opinion the steamer Btruck on the rocks sevens! tines before tbe come upon them finally. He noted three successive shocks aod thought it miht be that the high sea hiii ling ice against tbe side Wnen the steamer jammed upon the rocks THE WAXER ItUSBED J3TO THE STEERAGE i and he scrambled out taking the greater part of his clothiDg. As the vessel filled she keel 1 OTer and he got into the rig-ping wheie he clurg for hours with the breaking over him at frequent intervals. At one time some of the rigging Rave way and fell upon him nd be received a blow across the forehead which scanned him and another in the chest, but his fingers were then frozen to tbe rigging and he was not swept off.

He attributes his safety to his rubber skirts which he had around hui and thus kept his clothing dry. Many more he thinks would have been saved but the high sea running. THE BOATS COULD NOT APPROACH THE TVBICK. "When his turn came he jumped into the raging water, and after reaching the surface was swept within reach of the rescuers. He saw two who made the perilous leap overboard washed away to death, and believes many met the same fate.

Before the rescue was attempted a single boat with several Indians in it came off from Gay-head, but they could not approach the wrectr. They were engaged in picking up floating matter. While in the ringing the pilot told him he fixed the course of the vessel and fastened the wheel, and as he was very cold, "WENT TO THE SMOKE-STACK TO "WARM- himself. He remained there twenty minutes and when he returned to his post he found the ship had veered around. When he ascertained the vessel was among the rocks and it js probably impossible to sive her he put her right on to shore and ran her as high as he could with the above result.

Although she drew seventeen feet of water her fore foot was in eleven feet. Fairbanks is of the opinion many passengers did not leave the cabin until their bodies were washed out by the waves, which soon tore off the after part of the deck and carried out bodies, furniture and baggage BEFORE THE I.YE3 OF THE HORRIEIED SURVIVORS. Oscar Iasiagi was in the riguing with him, and he perished before aid came to hand. Not a woman or child wps seen by him alive after the vessel went ashore He thinks Norton of the Boston Globe did not succeed in gaining the deck. MR.

WEIDMAN'S STATEMENT. H. Weidmnn, of Lawrence, who wns in his berth in the cabin of the state rcooi, was awakened by the first shock. He aroused his companion, Fred M. Sargent, of Merrimac, who was lust.

The vese then toppled over. He reached the main rigging with great difficulty. He tells of the sweeping away of one boy and one of those in the rigging, as the cofd caused them to lose their hold, or the waves tore the rigging from their grasp. "When he was leaving the cabin he saw one gentleman keeping a lady and two boys in their stateroom. None of this parly were seen afterward, th cbin and all in it being overwhelmed by the sea.

ENGINEER PHILUPS' STATEMENT. H. A. Phillips, first assistant engineer of the City of Columbus, states When we struck, Morrison the chief engineer exclaimed, "The vessel is r'hore." "We shut down right off and the ship backed off. Then we got bells to go ahead, and she drove right on to the reef again.

It did not seem ten minutes before she sank. I had just time to get a life preserver. The boat was outside the buoy, but there was a tremendous current. About forty men TOOK REFUGE THE RIGGING. where they remained until half-past ten a.

when a life boat put ofi'from Gayhead, aad took away several passengers, one of wnom died soon afterwards. Shortly after noon another life beat put off to the distressed vessel, and in the meanwhile the revenue cutter Dexler came along and sent off in two boats twenty-one men from the wreck and placed them aboard the Dexter. Pour of them died afterwards. THE TOTAI XUMBER OF PERSONS SAVED was twenty-three. Five dead bodies were recovered.

Seventeen of the saved and four of the dead were brought here, and six s'ip od to be dyiiv; ore aie a Gavin ad, ami of dead two ae hUu -ti-u Helen Brooks of Xohboro, and Fred. Chan Ir, of 1 vile Park, a 1 another -s a mail siipoosed from a card lonvl his poenets, to ne one tbe f'j ol chartison Matte', jsl )ji. it is not known who ve-e in that got a at ay fio.n the ship. OF T.i;-: jAsr sriFus wt WOMEN AND CHI! Uilf.S. pot one who'ii so fa- as known we saved.

A youog ran uatmu Me. 'imuc, knocked off beihglcg uy a spa' atj'i icsi. Tie i.i amship had a modecs.e ca -v ci imsceHareons and -he urtek Jies oae hundreJ i.iitde Dev'ls Etge Buoy. OTHER SURVTVf I SI'AIFMKS 10 Sav it was very da'k when the s'eanier struck and the vessel leaiaiofd upright diiTting backwad while ion passepgar crowded on deck. Alter drifting several lerihs ssiern the vcfc-l Jurebei ond the sta swept everything.

The Fi'Dswoilh boys cl'mb'd into t''e ri'iu and were saved through the enecv John White, a seaman. The servivors saw ONE BOAT OOXTAUSLXG i WoJtAN Ul'SliT. and ihe sea soon demolished the boat. It was fearful the way the omen wee sirt.pl away. Soma rushed on deck with ther husbinds and as the full foice of tbe storm broke upon them, realn-j all thiatv their arms around their husband's necks and bade them good-bye, and a fer moments later they were swept overboard.

A mother with a child held tight in her artjs was borne wst by the wave almost before reaching tbe dock. HOT OWB VfOXAN REACHED THE BIGQINQ- The majority weta washed overboard by ibe waves and a number probably smothered in their berths. After the vessel struck the quartermaster sa'd the ship was taking water He then got all boats ready, but the sb-p listed and that cou'd got on hie slue. Some weie from the novt side into the tea. Iu five miuu'es tiie ship righ'd ard sunk From the time sue struck until be iif' -en minutes.

On the arrival of the Boston special New Bedford train FIVE HUNDRED PEOI'I AT THE DEPC r. and immediately surrounded the fifteen survivors of tiie wreuk. AU hire marks of lliesftuygle for Hardly on had a complete suit of cloth'ng. Tluy were placed in carriages and driven to the office of the steamship company here. jien and women hastily scanned each face, but their frieiuis weie not anions; the rescued.

Anxious rel: lives ard friends soon came in. and a few met husband, or fathers and neighbors. The Devil's Bridge is formed LIKE A SHErH CDS CROOK, It begins near the shore. jist north of the light, and runs westerly about half a mile, and then extends in a northerly di-r -tion a few hnndred yards fuitber. The buoy mark'ng out the side of the reef is distant about a quarter of a mile from be west end of theSreef and not over two aad one quarter miles from the shore.

It is rot usual for steamers bound ftoui for ports as far south as Savannah to take the course pursjd by the city of Colum- bus. They gei erally sail south of Nantucket, giving the s' a's extending fifty miles south of that a wide berth. I seems that Captain In laying his course too soo i was s'eing relatively in a northweic co se which brought him inside the buoy ma king the outside of the Devil's Bridge, and consequently full upon the reef. The diiection of the wind was off the shore, ard the vessel must have been steered close to the ledges to have over come the force of the gale and reach the place of the wreck. TH 5 I.Oc Edward Sprague Rand, who, with his wife is among the 'ost was one of the oldest and best krown conveyancers in Suffolk county.

Ry id was nearly 72 years of age. He was agt of Harvard in 1SS8. Osc-r Janji, consul-general for Turkey for the last seven ye.rs, also treasurer of the "Wasolboro Mills, was 38 years of age. Mr. nd Mrs.

Wright, of Lynn, are among the lost. Mr. right was a broker of Col. Ca jll D. Wright, chief of the bureau of statistics and labor, and among the best-known men of Lynn Dr.

Horace C. Barilett, of Lydon, and wife were going to Florida on account of Mrs. Bartlett's health. Dr. Barilett was a son of Thos.

Bartlett, and about finy ye? of age. Mrs. B. Rich, of Boston, whose raine does not appear on tne passenger list because she was making tbe voyage as the jruest of the capta'n, was among the lost She was about sixty yeais of age, and leaves five lildren. Another of the bodies brought here by the Dexter has bsen identified as T.

K. Hale, a produce dealer of Boston. NOT A WOMAN SAVED. Not one woman on the steamer was savedi hjs far has FAIRBANKS STORY CONTR D1CT 0. Cap Wright was shown the statement of Fv' banks, the pilot of the Ci of Coluuib is had ild he lashed the rcl and weot to in himself by the sujo: e- tacK, and wss gone fif or twenty minu'es wri.ht said: the lime of the aster ihe second ofiic-r was in charge i'e slip.

He was iu the pilot nou and the steering rf steadier, nrloh was done by the quar-terma. The 'ilot house was heated by an. ami was vry wa--u, and there no 'CF-iiv leave it to get warm. j-Yon bui. the cfllcer in charge could change tne cou.se ct the steame aud theie was no a ten ntmile aiter she struck to drive her nirlaer on tbe rocks.

VISITING THE VfRBCK. Woodhall, Jan. 19. The steam tuj Storm Kig left here in a driving suotr storm to visit the scere of the wreck of the Cit of Columbus, and rtnrted tba afternoon. Capt McDcnald report! that went close to the ck the wind was from the norihesst and it was comparatively fctnooth.

The steamer appears to bs nung on the ock by her bow with mo3t of the hull under water. Tn derk houifi are gono and the cr'go ia wasbma out No bodies were seen, lua neatber bacomin; thick he nas obPgcd to leait ber. Great qoaatiies of wteccago Iiava drt.Jsd asuora all aloDg lhs Lound. Wright sayg he tue course of tha vecstl to the sac-ond ofticer whn off TarpaHn Cot, whlth hould have takan her wall eUar of avery obstrnclion, he think tht efficar meat haia altered tha course to tbe aeuikward. AT NEW BHDFOKB.

Ifw Bedfoid, Jan. J9 Tks eailr train from Boston this morning wai kaavilr laden with relatives and frieads of tke rietima of tue Ciiy of Cols tubus d'lat'ter. 2ut liitla inforraal'on could gained bar regarding the individual victims and they have since been wandering to and fre along the wharves, importuning all they meet about he wreck. The revenue cutter, Dexter, WAR IN WASHINTON. The House in Special ssion Ovex- the Fitz John tar Some of the Memo .3 Lose Their Temper ana Their Dignity.

TheBloody Shirt Resurrected, Waves in Tiiumph Over the Debate. Fitz John Porter Gets Fits and Garfield and Grant are Not Forgotten. HOUSE. Wasbirg'on, D. Jan.

19. The houso mat to-daj to debate the Fiz John Porter bid. Cnlcaeon, a member of the mi nor! on military oSairs aaid "We had away from the stern real- itica of a period of war into a period of nrA.finnri riaap Ann as tho f.itnrj hnti rnt awa-r from tha period of war the stronger ce- caeie tht away of avnptthy lor the weaker, Reason dictates that it is not for tke hous9 sit. in; in anjtit tribunal (o be swayed by a leeljug of sympntbr. Passing en ha gave a brief oatlne of th even i which led to Porter's Mr.

sad Po ttr. acton coalc onir br explained 07 his hat.au ol General Pepe. vfhan his countrv cried "Fit'. John Porter vis wav," he it whs the vjce of Pope and not his conntry, and he refused to go. If there ever was 2 time wben a man's country called for hin, when ihe destiny or the republic wa? temhliae in the balance, it wa3 the 27th of August, 1SC2.

If ever there was 1 a 1 'die when the miliurv k-ader had reed feel the pulse of his uhornae offrers beat in unison it was of AuguM 1862 when Po.ter disobeyed oidera two asined for not do'ng it That the niht was dark and the road bad. Porter cou'd not march that nint, but Stonewall Jackson marched with his entire corps I.ee marched that uiht, but this brilliant leader of the union army could not inarch, foro th; it wa dark. He Wfiit on io describe the battle of the 29th of August, and pictured Porltr lyinj under the rees at church without making an attempt to aui his comrades in arms, otcause there was a little fine brush in the way. Duiing the of August 29lh where wa. Porter? R-dining under ihe tree? two and a half miles from the front.

Where w.ts the finest corps in the army? Gooe into camp for the nisht. Cowardice was no excuse, for Porter had shown that he was a brave man. Iguo-anee was no excuse for he wastrar a soldier, he has not the excuse of not knowing the will of his commnnder jr the order was explicit. Already clemency has been exercised towards Fitt John Porter. His disabilities have been removed.

He stood a free American citizen. Mercy Id him was cruelty to thousands. A century ago Admiral Bayne of the English navy disobeyed an orler to take his ship into action. He was tried, convicted and shot to death. From that day to this no English officer has ever refused to take his ship into action when ordered by his superior, (applause from the republican side).

"Were Gen. Garfield living this bill would not be here, it never did receive his signature. Bnt General Garfield was dead and the bill was here. He ex-ezprc'ed it would pass by the aid of the votes of men who fought against the union. But in the names of tbe brave men who died on the bloody field that August eve- man standing against the house c.

shoia haveenged. in lh'e of their sing earner and cannot conceive if l- niuuna auu iu tut: uhluu ui ilia sailed with the tug Nellie for the wreck and to search for the bodirs. All the bodies biought here on tke Dexter have oeen identified except one. The Dextsr retums this afternoon and until then no farther information can be obtained from the wreck. All the tugg here have gore to Gayhead.

LATEST FROM THE RESCUERS. Beiford, Jan. 19. The tug Nellie arrived this evening from the sctne of tae wreck, bringing five bodies, one of which is sup-ptieu to be that of Melon, of the Boston G'obe. The bod'fs we.e froz-n stlfT, and the arms were stiffened in positions indi cating the viciims d'ed while claiming to I 1 rr 1 and only one of their bodies been recovered.

ONE MORE FOUND. The body of a lady about 43 yeps of age has been found at Cedar Tree Viuyard Haven from the City of Columbus. CAPT. WRIGHTS REPORT. A dispatch from Capt.

S. E. "Wright says the wreck of the City Columbus, is a mile and a half from shore, with the bow out of water, while the stern lies in about four fathoms of water. The unper works are gone. If the weather moderate.

It may be possible to save some part of the vessel. Nickerson, pieident of the company, left Boston at 3 o'clock this morning on a special train on the New Bedford road, and will look after the saved and take charge of the bodies of the diowned. A dispatch from Woods Hall states that Capt. Wright has become violently insane. The tug Storm King and the Revenue cutter Dexter, are storm bound, the former at Woods Hall and the latter at New Bedford.

A driving snow storm prevails and the weather is very thick. Another lift of the saved includes Kod-eric McDonald and Thos. Butter, Eireman, and Leary Learn an, besides those already named as on board the Revenue Cutter Dexter. the t-cKagH. inev were louuu a line due east from the Devil's Back ledge.

whete the two currents formed an eddy and kept the bodies lloatiug around within the radius of a mile and a half. to the heavy se'i great difficulty was experienced in getting tbe bodies aboaid tbe tug. Capt Hart reports seeing bodies which it wns impossible to recover owing to the gale and the thick snow. The five vie ims are badly cut and disfigured. Capt.

Hart reports when ofi'Gavhead light a boat put ofi'itom Gayhead manned by two mn who reported ten survivors in all landed there one of whom died yesterday, making two that have dit-d among those previously as having lauded there. Tbe ex- ammer investigation resulted in tne men- tification of all but one of the five bodirs that of Morton. It is rumored the steamer Hunter picked up a numbt of bodies. The Dexter has not arrived here and it is be lieved she will remain at Wood's Hall over night. Capt.

T. R. Hammond, of Golds uoro, one of the survivors, slates that between seven and eight o'clock Friday morning the steamer utaucus parked to the westward of tbe wreck but took not the slightest notice of the terribl- tragedy which was enacting to near. He says from his outlook in the rigging on Citv of Columbus he could have distiuctlv seen a the passing how he could overlook a crowd of human beings in the rigging ol a wrecked vessel. The mate of the Glaucus, of New York, states the Columbus having taken a southerly course and the Glaucus a northern course.

The latter passed the wreck at a considerable distance, eight or ten miles. At the time the wrecc was sighted by the Glaucus there were forty human beings in the rigging, but the mate avers he concluded the wrecked steamer was on a reef, but after a prolonged scrutiny through his glss, he could discover no ev-idiuce of any human beings. The United steamer, Speedwell, reported on her way from Woods Hall to Gay Head, a number of dead bodies were passed, and also a large amount of wreck j'to. She picked up the body of W. W.

Wright of London and those of two other men and a bov. The Hem' 3 of the FITCH buko, Maj-s. Geo. H. Kellogg of this city, and Capt.

Levi Lawrence, of Ashley, are among the missing pas-engers on the City of Columbus. KeMogg was councilman aud many years chairiuan oi the democratic senate committee. Lawrence was captain of the 57th Massachusetts regiment. LAWRENCE, MAf The following passengers of the steamer City of Columbus belonged here Henry Wiedman, Henry L. Daniels and mother, G.

Hines, James Brown, John Wa'ker, James Fa wcett, Henry L. Batchelor and wife, all of whom are lost except Wi din an. HAVER HILL, MAS? Rev. C. A Rand, lost on ihe City of Columbus, was rector of Trinity church here, and was just s.arting on a vacation with his wife, daughter, father and mother, who also perished.

SAVANNAH, GA. Savannah, Jan. 19 News of the wreck of the City of Columbus and the terrible loss of life is received with profound sorrow in this city. No Savannah people were aboard. The steamship City of Macon will take the place of the wrecked City of Cclumbus.

Adjourned. Pittsburg, Jan. 19. The National Flint Bottle association adjourned this afternoon after affirming last years scaJe of prices. The question of weges was not considered.

wronged country, he protested against the bill (Applause from the republican side.) He honored the gentleman from New York (Slocum) for his devotion to a lifelong friend. But this hour should be given to law and justice and not to sympathy and tears, except tears for the brave men who perished through Porter's insubordination. (Applause from the republican siele. Mr. Slocum I understood the gentleman to say if Garfield were living this bill would not be here.

If he will refer to house report 144, second session, 43rd congress, he will find James A. Garfield was the father of this bill. Applause from the democratic side, and cries of "Send for your report." This bill was brought here by Mr. Garfield himself, and the official records of congress will show it. Mr.

Calkins The gentleman refers to the commission. Mr. Slocum I refer to this. I say Janus A. Garfield introduced this resolution appointing this board.

Jeering, laughter and cries of 4'0h," from the Republican side. And the board was appointed pursuant to his desires, and if he is to refuse his own bantling, or his friends are going to do it, let him start and do so. Mr. Calkins The gentlemen does not aid his bi.i by introducing Garfield. Mr.

Slocum 1 do not introduce him, but he demanded that this investigation be made. Mr. Reed This is a fitting addendum to the the gentleman made yesterday in reply to Mr. remarks. Mr.

Culcheon quoted from a letter from General Garfield to Hon. J. D. Cox, dated Feb. 18, in which he stated he was stunned by the decision Schofield brought.

Mr. Slocum I am no defender of James A. Garfield. Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania He does not need it.

Mr. Slocum, continuing I am no defender of General Grant. Mr. Calkins I know that. Mr.

Slocum For the first time in my life I stand on this floor to hear republicans attack the mi'itary reputation of General Grar t. Shouts of "oh, no," from the republican side. The gentleman who has just taken his seat has done it, and in a most violent manner. Mr. Cutcheon No man, living or dead, in this world or any other, holds General Grant's military ability higher than I do.

Mr. Slocum If I understood the gentle man's language correctly, it was ei'her an impeachment of his integrity or his mili tary reputation. What 1 sav is evident that the friends of Garfield must either ac cent that report or repudiate trie wnoie thing. Mr. Calkins On the contrarv he had such confidence in his judgment in the court martial he had no idea the commis sion would susta'n it which it would have done if prore-ly constituted.

Mr. Cutchen Garfield understood the perpetual claim tint injustice been done Porter. It was in the nature of an aspersion on his judgment and it was in view of the latter fact to be fully investigated. He waa favorable to the comuiL- aion not as committing himself to the report. Mr.

Greenleaf spoke in support of the bill, claiming that under tbe circumstances of tho case Porier wes not only justified in disregarding Pope's ordera, but would have len liable to censure if he had obeyed thena. The old couplet "You can and you can't you will and you wou't; You'll be damned if you do, you'll be damned if you don't" pretty closely described Porter's condition on the 29ih of August. Liks a true sol dier, he took the responsibility and saved his men from an nnneceuiary slaughter. Congre23 ahoald not longer delay doing an act of justice to a meritorious but much aU'ed soldier. ia.

Browne of Indiana, opposing said the bill aaaintainad i 8 integrity when it was safe to say sot one member in twenty ever attempted to read the voluminous record upon which the judgment was founded. He went into tho history of tha case, quoting the evidence deducing tbe reason for tho roncloaion of tbe decision of the court martial, and maintaining it was just. Port' wilfully disobeyed the orders of his commanding officer, and the excuse presented for his disobedience was shallow and shadowless Pending the debate the house then adjourned. A JUST RETBIBUTION. The Cuddyk83 Lynched for the Brutal Murder of Mary Matthews.

Denver, Jan. 19. Some three months ago Mry Rose Matthews, a blight winsome little girl of ten years, was adopted from the Denver Catholic orphans home by Mike Cuddyke and his wife living on a ranch ten mile3 from Ouray, a small mining town in the southern part of the state. Late last Saturdav morning little Rose died and was baried by Cuddvke in a distant part of the ranch, the little girl was cruellv treated from the first, the neighbors said, and her mysterious death and burial aroused their su-picions and the coroner of Ouray was notified. He immediately repaired to the ranche and found the crave and ex humed the bodv, when unmistakable evi dence of a cruel death was revealed.

The body was covered with knife wounds, one Ie was broken and the skull crushed and limbs frozen. She had no doubt been driven out in the winter storm to die. Cuddvfce and his wife were immedialelv arrested and jailed. They were tried and found guilty of murder. About 1 o'clock m.

a band of masked men went to the hotel where Cuddyke and wife were temporarily held in custody, overpowered the sheriff's guard and took the prisoners away. They both cried loudly for mercv, but as they had ever been deaf to the pleadings of little Rose for the vigilantes closed their ears to the cries of the prisoners. Thoy wore taken outside the town limits where the woman was hung to a ridge pole in a ranch cabin, while her husband was strung to a limb of tree on the opposite side of the road. Their work done the vigilantes retired quietly. The bodies were cut down and buried by the coroner to-day.

John Carroll, Cuddyke's brother-in-law, was arrested with others, but for want of sufficient evidence was allowed to go. This is the first iistance of woman lynching in Colarado. HAPS AND MISHAPS. A Terrific Explosion. Boston, Jan.

19. An explosion, probably of gas, last night in 157 and 159 Hanover street, completely demolished a building, blowing out the front and sending the roof acre the streef. William Conley, of st Boston, and A. H. Blake, of Chelsea, who were passing at the time, were badly hurt.

The windows in almost every building on both sides of Hanover street for a distance of two squares were broken. Nobody was killed. The loss to property is perhaps $15 GOO. Boiler Explosion. St.

Louis, Jan. 19. The boiler in the saw and grist mill of Brink Eikine ta Hallsville, some twelve miles from Columbia, Illinois, exploded yesterday, severely injuring sereral persons and wrecking the engire and engine room. Simon Roberts and Wm. Walker are fatally scalded.

Engineer Nevins is badly scalded and his aim broken. John Elkins' chin is torn off and he is otherwise hurt. Pudlow French and Mr. Head are slightly scalded. CHICAGO CHIPS.

Chicago Divorce Law The Parnellite P.s" Lecture Appointments, Etc. IMPORTANT DECISION ON THE DIVORC LAW Chicago, Jan. 19. Judge Shepard, in the superior court to-day, decided that in order 10 secure a divorce under the Illinois statutes it was essential that the complainant should be a resident of the state for one entire year prior to the filing of the application for a divorce, and that it must be proven that both parties to the suit were residents in the county where the application was made at the ime the offences charged in the bill occurred. As suspicion has always been entertained that a large number of applications for divorce were nisuie by ess people "ho took up their residence Jiere to that end, it is expected the decision may co a long way toward breaking up the practice.

KE-ELKCTED. N. Thayer, of Boston, was re-elected president of the Union Stock company, of this city. NATIONAL P's JohnE. and Wm.

Redmond members of the Bri.ish irliament and memban of the Paraell pa-ty, who have lataly returned from AtHlirlia, expect to sail "from New York Feb. 25th to take their in Parliament. MORE OF TIIE C0MJIS3I0N MUDDLE. A statement accredited to Commissioner Picrson to the effect that the Chicago Alton and Rock Island roads had agreed to discontinue the payment of commission ers in the eastern trunk line territory, is dented by the officials. These two they sav will conlinHe to pay tke commis sions to regular agents or to any one else they may elect.

They will, however, pay the maximum commission at differential tare points in the trunk line territory S3 on first-clasa and $2.50 on second class or the same as formerly, and thev have agreed to discontinue their relations with any outside parties who will use these commissions for the purpose of breaking rates. he omcials ot the Rock Island Alton state that this understanding was reached by direct nesotiations between Messrs Cable and McMullin, representinz their roads, and Mr. Fink, representing the eastern roads. Chicago's whisky vtas. Officers of the citizens' league, an association whose object is th suppression of the sale of liquors to minors, have outlived an assault on the grand jury by challenging the right of a number of saloon keepers who are members to serve on the panel.

This has occasioned a sort of open war with the liquor dealers of the city who have called a mass meeting for npxt Tuesday night to defend their confreres. The citizens' league makes the claim that the graud jury has been made up heretofore with the sole view of defeating any indictment sought to be obtained against salcon kenpers. CRIMINAL CALENDAR. Their First HangiDgr Bee. Rawlins, Wyoming, Jan.

19. Leroy Donovan, convicted of the murder of Wm. Leighton at Reck Springs in May, 18S3, was hanged here yesterday. Donovan was 23 years old, and was also known as John Lee, and was by some supposed to be tbe sou ot John D. Lee, the Mormon of Mountain Meadow massacre notoriety.

He killed Leighton for his money. Dcjovan is the first white man ever executed in Wyoming by process of law. Wade Captured. Yankton, Jan. 19.

Four Mobrara vigilanLs arrived here la3t night, having in custody Kid Wade, captain of the Mobrara gang of horse thieves, who was captured by them at Leniars, Iowa. The vigilants have been on his track since last fall, and will proceed to Mobrara as soon as reinforcements arrive. The Nutt Case. Pittsburg, Jan. 19.

The prosecution in the Nutt case concluded the rebuttal testimony this morning and the defense, not caring to offer any sur-rebuttal, the evi dence in the case was closed in order to give the case to the jury as soon as possi ble. It was decided to limit the speech and arguments. Defaulters Captured. Marshall, Jan. 19.

Easton and McCormack, the ex-agents of the Texas Pacific railway at Sherraau, who defaulted for a large amount, passed west this even ing in charge of a detective. Thev were captured ai Ocean Springs, and bad even- thing in readiness to start to Mexico. Safe Robbed. Philadelphia, Jan 19 The safe in the office of Price Harvey, was bursted and roboed last night of some Philadelphia Reading general mortgage and West Shore railroad bonds. Steamers Grounded.

New York, Jan. IS. The steamer City of Chicago on proceeding to sea this after noon giounded at Headswash channel. The steamship Devonia grounded at the north end of Middle Ground, both will probably get off with the next high water. Will Resume at a Reduction.

Pittsburg, Jan. 19. The employes of the Bessemer steel works at Homestead decided this evening to accept the reduction of wages from eight to twenty percent, of a short time ago. The work, which was suspended, will be resumed Monday. Golnsr to Settle It.

Cairo, Jan. 19. General Gordon goes to Khartoum with full power to make the best arrangement possible to settle affairs in Soudan. Three Times Convicted. Cincinnati, Jan.

19. Wm. McHugh, thrice convicted of the murder of his wife, has been sentenced to be hanged the 2nd day of next May. The Cruikshank Divorce Decided. Hannibal, Jan.

19 The celebrated divorce case of Mrs. Mary Cruikshank against John J. Cruikshank, which has agitated church and social circles for several years past, was decided to-day by the judge of the circuit court, granting the plaintiff a decree and giving her $30,000 alimony and a valuable residence with an equal share of the household property and the custody of her daughter. A minor son is placed in the care of his father. John Cruikshank, the defendant in the case, is very wealthy and one of the largest lumber merchants in the Missis? fppi.

Preparing to Pay. St. Louis, Jan. 19. Receiver Woodard of the Texas St.

Louis railroad returned from Texas this evening. He brings favorable reports ot the condition of the road and says he will immediately turn his attention to the payment of back wages and salaries of employees which are only two months in arrears..