Daily Missouri Statesman from Columbia, Missouri • 1

THE DAILY STATESMAN in LIM II II Cll Mil 1111 UM Mll I MM WMW 11 HI 11 lir Hf 1 I I IM 111 I I 1 I 1 'I Ml 1 'M IWf y' Volume I COLUMBIA MO WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 121870 Number 80 gaily tatwmau 'M Wednesday Morning Nov 12 1879 Daily Missouri Statesman (Issued every day except Monday) 'l l' 7 terms: (PoiUgo Prepaid) or one year fin advance) 95 00 or six month (In advance) a (W or ibrco months (In advance)' 196 or one mouth (in advance) 60 Nosubscriptloi' received for less tlurn one month will deliver the Daily to town sub aenuers between 7 mid 8 on the morning of their issue Subscribers who desire their yu Dcrs deposited in the Oolumblu post oilice or forwarded lr them by ma'I (postage prepaid by us) will be iiccominuuutvd lRVix9WrfzrBR i I 1 Business Manager ADVBUTUHMMKTS 1 Tun omits per line fur sir days and two dents per lino for enoli issue for live issues or leas with out ebunge minion measure Locals changeable nt option of advertiser inserted at 3 cents yer line per issue Advertisements for a longer period than six days at special nites No advertisement 11 inserted for less than lOcents 1 Extrupapers 5 centseach or three copies for 10 cents i 1 Il Wheat in St Louii No 2 red $1 23 1 24 cash ni'J i A'poriion of Laayelle county wai visited tho other day by a fearful lor nado destroying the villages of Page villo and Stroaburg and seriously in juring1 several persons among them Gen Jo Shelby Particulars to mor ow Il The Meteors on' riday Morning Be up and for the shower of meteors after one o'clock riday morning next Nov 13 If it ooours as advertised let thetown bells bo rung to awake the sluggards The exhibi If It will be free and no reserved seats 1 Compliment io Oapt Kayne General Sherman in forwarding the report of Capt Scott Payne of the fifth cavalry to tho secretary of war of the fight at Milk river endorsed it as follows "This modest and most ad mirable report is received after I have finished my annual report else I should have embraced it almost entire as a better description of the fight at Milk creek onSoptpmber 29 I' i The Kansas ire' 111 The burning of the cracker manufac tory in Kansas City on the afternoon of the of Corle Co' resulted in a loss to the firm of from $75000 to $100000 on which there was $30000 insurance Six persons em ployes in the factory were killed and several others wounded' the killed being Emma Kemper aged 18 years George Kemper aged 14 years Annie Becker aged 17 years Louisa num moll aged 18 years Charley Sohul thole aged 18 yearoj and Andy MoCon noil aged 14 yearsm: The weakness of the walls was direct' cause of the disaster and the first intimation of the catastrophe wasn 1 a sudden cracking of the walls and a general falling In' of timbers bricks '(i and machinery all toward the center and toward the lowerifloors iThe fur the candy department were11 the third fiopr'and going down in ''the general ruin i entire fabric which' burned with grclat fury i h' Wj BRCEBBGE II liil'n'i II HJ i 1 urthehP4ttHditsf the Dis 1 aster at Stfotiarles lui lii I Spectacle) at he jjctfnv of the Accident'' CUJU lr "I Oondensod from tiio SiLouU Bopublican oi i Monday 1 M'lil lin Thefe was a broad empty gap in the' uh long network of iron ire Stic that had 1 lately been outlined against the sky in a light airy tracery ''measuring" the breadth in three equal spans I casual1 glanoe' it seemed ae i 1 '''though the gave way had 1 "I'droppddu'down bodily all at once arid 1 11 'settled to the' bottom of the river? i The' bridge was constructed with the truss ihI ill biili i rising 'high at either sida of "the road but hii 'ii bodD'Whlch was on a level with tho bot 1 l'i' tottt truss The' Span had evi i ffiHentiy' broken in falling and had ae i i iisdlf' id' the bed of the 1 riverr Tho truss was high enough io i show above the water the whole length and of course 11 protruded io the great I esl height where the water was shal low The irussss ou either side of the track stood like two fences and between them lay the wreck of the stock train The water was deep enough to fill tho cars many of which wore entirely sub merged while the smashed and splin tered fragments of others were plied IN TAXar ED MASSES against the Iron truss At the west end dose to the pier was the heap of rubbish of four or fivo stock cars which had tumbled down successively one upon another each pounding its pre decessor into slivers and crushing the lives out oi hundreds of head of stock Upon top of this heap piled round with huge iron pillars from tho bridge stood the caboose the only oar of tho train that appeared above water in any eemblance of lie usual shape Between tho two fences of trestle hundreds of 'the animals whloh constituted the freight train met speedy death but many were found with breathing room above water and aliye in the morning rom the caboose and the wreck about It had been taken tho dead and living who went down with tho train The ilei wae as follows KILLBI Josiah IVosrsn Malvern Iowa Mr Hyde of Mtlvurn lows Jos Barnhart brakeman wouNnxo Charles Irvwlo brakeman red Davis of Malvern John Somers of Malvern Strahan of Malvern Irvwin was so badly Injured that ho died at noon Sunday Strahan's injuries wero slight TUB work RESCUE was prompt Bonfires were lighted along tho western shore and tho flames Illuminated the entire wreck and de bris The dead and wounded wero but a throw away but a body of deepwater ran between them and the rescuing party Small boats skiffs and dug outs were brought into play and a thousand willing hands were ready to JOIN IN THE WORK of liberating the wounded and finding the dead The work of finding the bodies was not a difficult one as the caboose was the oar whloh remained on top of the whole wreck and it was in this oar that all the bodies were found with the exception of that of Barnhart who was on top of the train at the time of the fall getting out the cattle After tho saving of human life tho piteous appeals of tho imprisoned cat tle and hogs wore answered Men armed with revolvers walked over the line and where a sufferer was found who could not be released from tho de brie a bullet hole in the head put an end (o its Some of the hoge however who moaned the loudest wore beyond even tho reach of the bullet buried away in under tho wreck These 1 were of coarse left to die Some of them lived through the night and day and when the timbers were taken away from and around them they camo out not looking a bit' tbo worse for their terrible fail The hogs met with the best luck Their round fat bodies saved full a hundred of them from death The cattle did n'6t fare so well Out of the 200 not one was taken alive from the wreck the DEAD AND WOUNDED Whon the bodies of Westen Hyde and Barnharii were taken from the debris life wae already extinct Woaren and Hyde with Irving Davis and 8om ers wore in tho caboose at the time of the disaster while Barnharlt wae on top of the train and it la thought upon thecabooic The only other occupant bf the oabooee when the front end of the train went down was James 9irhaniJ ijMIRACULOUS ESCAPE Mr Strahan is president of the irst National bank of Malvern Iowa and is also largely interested tn the live stock trade Ho together wiih Meters Woaren JHydei Somers i and Davis 1 owned tha eighteen cars of live slock which they: intended to dispose of In 1 the Buffalo live stock market Joseph Wearen was the vice president of the irst National bank at Malvern and a prominent live stock dealer Mr Hyde was also ongagod 111 the live stock traffic hi Mr Strahan is fifty years of age tall spare and gray haired Ho said to a rlj i iion "I was seatad til the caboose Ibokitig out of ii the north door it when all at oqco heard a rumbling noise sfiaad Without ell wae dark but the oraeh sounded louder ahead In a sec ond an Inti'puleo took possession of me That 11 Impulse was to jump I eould not tell where for it was so dark without that I could not see twenty yards ahead or behind 1 jumped and landed on those two ties those two the first from the gap I landed with my logs be s'" tweeu tho straddled them As I sat there and' before I could regain my feet I saw the end of theoabooHe going down with the je reel end wittv terrible ornBlu That was all 11 was time3osoon' as I could get up! hurried back 19 the West End depdt to iell'of the 11 1 'iiow Mr Strahan jiiiujled' otf the osr 1 1 1 "aiiil upon 'the tioa without falling into 1 '( tll'l 1 1 Ji" MYSTMRY q(4 iJ to him 8 well a to 1 ail others Hit 1 jump was mado beforo tho upper truss epan wae reached Mid upon tho troctlo work which bat no eidoraikto prevent any ono who might happen to fall from tho top of a train from falling into the river If he had made anything ol a jump bo would have gone over the tide into tho river but aa good luck would have it ho made a very abort jump and saved hie lifo thereby CAUSE THE DISASTER Mr al or Smith who was at tho tlmo of tho construction of the unfor tunate tpan supervising architect of the Baltimore Bridge Company which put up this structure after visiting and carefully examining the wreck can not sec how the aocldcoi could have happened other than as follows Ono of the trucks of ono of tho freight cars forward must have jumped tho track and broke thu first two 1 tics ot tho Span Mr Tuttlo (railroadman) rc nr inbqn distinctly to have heard a humping noise precede thg crash of the fall To speak' technically thu lower lateral braces wero knocked out nnd thus gave tho trusses a ohanee to spread Tho result was that the weight of tho car carried the bed of tho span down nnd the trusses collapsed and eame tumbling THE DIRECT DAMAGE to property by this accident was roughly esti mated follows To tho bridge 170000 at tho lowest estimate" To the rolling stock of the railroad com pany seventeen cars destroyed about fluOO To James Strahan nyo cars of cuttle Weareu Hyde six oars of cattle total eloruii cars with about 190 head probably 11'1 000 To Strahan Summers Are cars of hogs and red Davis one oar of hogs total six care with about 360 head probably 93600 The aggregate loss will thus bo nearly iJO 000 WHAT WILL BE DONE Tho arrangements for rebuilding the wero being mado on Monday The working plans of tho span have been preserved and the work can rap idly progress Mr Smith will be the constructing engineer He proposes to put up a temporary span to reopen travel over the bridge as soon as pos sible and ho will havo as many men at work as can bo utilized lie is of the opinion that he can close the gap of 300 feet tn throe weeks when the Inter ruption will cease TRANSER ACCOMMODATIONS The ferry boat at St Charles has been chartered and a house in Brotherton secured for depot for paesongeis to wait in for tho trains and boat Tho night train from Union depot will be discontinued for the present that be ing the exception as no passenger traine No freight can bo handled be tween St Louis and Mexico for several days as there is no way of getting the cars to the river but the transfer ways will bo laid during the next thro or four days Iri! DBIPPINO 8PBING Tho health of tho neighborhood Is good The meeting oi Rooky fork closed last riday with 11 additions to the church Including one Missionary Baptist and unu Methodht Miss Allee Squires is visiting relatives and friends at Booiu'borough this state Turner formerly a citizen of Boone now of Pettis county Is visiting bls old home He has been quite unwell since his arrival Jno Stover paid a Hying visit to ulton last week to see bls brother who Is a pupil In tho Institution lot the Deaf and Dumb armers are busy gathering corn it Is turn ing out very well Tho sign is now right to commence fattening your turkey for thanksgiving it will come If the governor don't forgot it Bogs are about all sold tn this neighborhood The growing wheat looks well In defiance of 11 tho dry weather and Wm Oliver are buildings bridge over Perche near the county poor farm They build the stone piers ot tho bridge at this place they are good workmen and slight their work 1 a STURGEON ITEMS i rdin tho 1 John I Enrsbni tins gone to Vincennes Indiona 1 1 Thus Bpelman Is now in Losdvlllo Ool keeping boarding house Ills wife la with him Mr John Bummers sold last week to Hubbell Quarles his line young saddle horse Mountain Boy fol 160 A Greenback Club has been organized at school house In this county but there are only ten orc dozen members 8 A Morris shipped about the best oar load 'of cattle to St Louis this week that ever loft this seutlou They would average about 1700 pounds i Mr John Applomanoi BaHno (county has ''bought ofWm Rawlings 100 seres of land riser Centralia and will move to this county next spring Ve EldBnbb got merely hurtlast Bunday by being' thrown from his horse1 He is at to ride homo I We learn that Old has purohased the1 1 storehouse which ho now occupies from Mr 4 'BoMnaon' paying I860 for tftoaame 1 Attain Rayburn aged Si la fJeHsas on a yiilt to relatives Ho Is hale and )t hearty and could chase a jock rabbit all day Cunnano formerly of tbit place attending the medloid department of the Uni versity ot Louisiana nl Now Orleans with vlewjof making nn of himself Ex Unhed 8totol8enator Hitchcock of Ne braska Is In Hturgoon this week looking after ties for tho Union Paulllo railroad Ho is san guluu that Grant will be' the next Republican nominee for pretldont Mr 0 11 Taylor (or several years depot agent at Hits place will bo superseded to day by Watkins nowof Dolton station Tho St Louts Kansas City Northern Co dismissed thulr appeal to tho supreme court fn tho Chancy Dlngmon ease Mr Dingman will now got his money for damages ACCIDENTS OivSunday night a lot of emigrants going oast camped at the Hinkson bridge east of this plaoo Ono ol tho men was sitting by the cimp tiro oldanlng and reloading ids revolver which he accidentally discharged the con tents (a S3 oallbro ball) entered the thigh of his left leg causing a rather severe Hash wound Drs Moss and Duncan attended the unfortunate extracted tho ball and now havo it In thulr poasesalou ns their the parties having boon to Kansas and busted On Saturday last Mr Robert Benedict of township accidentally shot himself In tho left band with a revolver with which ho was BIGGS Manufacturer 0 Glass Tin Oi! Clolh Muslin fti SIGNS Show Cards of all kinds onoo Advertise ments a speolally Bhop opposite Clark Millur Livery Stable Columbia Mo 791m ai'x IfV 'G' llkAi JS'4 1 njfciS Irvin Switzler IRE INSURANCE AGENT COLUMBIA MO Reprepenta tho ollowing Oompanloa Imperial Northern oi Loudon British America of Toronto Canada Home of Now York Phoenix of Hartford American Central of St Louis Best Insurance at Low 'j Rates TO TAX Notice Is hereby given that I will meet tho tax payers of Boone county at the times and places hereinafter mentioned for the purpose oi collecting tho taxes duo from them for tho present year to wit: Hallsville Thurs dy riday and Saturday October 80 and 31 and November 1 if Cedar Ashland Thursday ri 1 day and Saturday November ()T and 8 Clays villa Monday and Tuesday Nov 10 and 11 Burlington Wednesday Nov 12: Eureka Thursday Nov 13 IToyidouee riday and Saturday Nov and 15 Columbia Columbia Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday riday and Saturday Nov 17 Is 1920 21 22 (Circuit Court week) Harrisburg Monday and Tuesday November 21 and 20 Wood luudvlllu Wednesday Nov 2fi Missouri Boclioport Thurs day riday and Saturday November 27 lis and 20 Tux payers will ploaso bo warned that while the books for 1879 are out ut the above named places there can be no tuxes received at the oilice in Columbia except back taxes And you must rumember that the law requires the Collector to make but otiO trip over thu conn ty and requires tho tax payers to meet the Collector at those points uud pay their taxes" 1 and further requires a penalty to be added to all taxes not paid before the first day of Janu ary 1880 and it not paid before March first tho Collector must seize arid sell property 'IAS' GILLA8PY Collector Mo I will accompany tho Collector in the above appointments to assess those parties who are1''' missed in tho regular canvass A MOQUINN 1 Assessor () Mo.