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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, FRIDAY, .DECEMBER 25, 1891.
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SEVEN JJVES LOST
In a Wreck on the New
York Central Railroad
last Evening.
Tan off the track in a cut near William'
station this morning, and the passengers had
a narrow escape from death. As it was 17
were injured, but none badly.
The accident was caused br the rails
spreading. Four coaches were derailed and
pretty badly smashed up. Fiftr feet beyond
the cut was a deep fill. The train was
almost on the brink of it when it ran oft
LUGGING 'W LABOR,
Last Resort of Foraker's Backers in
His Fight for tbo Senate.
TWO SEEIOUS SMASHUPS.
Delay to the Buffalo and Niagara
Falls Special Train
CAUSED BY THE USUAL HOT BOX.
A Number of rassengers Wounded, Several
of Whom Will Die,
SEC0XI WRECK WITHIN 1 TEW HOURS
ffrECIAI. TELEOHASTTO THE DISPATCH. 1
XevtYore, Dec 24. There were two
collisions on this end of the New York Cen
tral ltailroad lines to-night In the first
no life was lost. .The second was disas
trous. The Buffalo and Niagara Fall special,
which left the Grand Central depot at7:"0
o'clock, was delayed one mile north
of Hastings. The Tear brakeman was
sent back to Hastings, to signal
the St. Louis express, which leaves
the Grand Central at 8 o'clock. Instead of
standing on the tracks and waving his lan
tern, according to the rules of the road, he
w ent into the depot. In a moment or two
he saw the heavy St. Louis express thunder
ing by the station. In less t nan 7j seconds
it had covered the distance between the
depot and the delajcd express, and there
was a craslu
The engine literally disappeared inside
the last sleeper of the express. The heavy
wood and iron work of the car was smashed
to bits, and seven passengers were lying
dead and many wounded. Some of the
wounded are likely to die. Four of the
dead bodies were not recognizable last
night. The list is as follows:
TUt or the Killed and TCoonded.
BALDWIN. Mrs A. IT., of 71 Hast Eighty
fiftU street, widow df Homer Biltlwin, sr
KNIGHT, A. X., conductor of the Wagner
car.
roLLEY, Thomas W.. publisher 18 West
Twenty-third street, honse 71 East Thirty
eighth street, New York.
Four unidentified corpses.
The injured are:
BALDWIN, HOMER, slightly.
BALDWIN, Mrs. IL K.
BALDWIN, Miss LILIAN,
BEST, Dr. STEPHEN E., 2tt Lenox
Avenue, New Yoi k.
FORD, Miss D. G.
rORD, Mr. E. M.
LIVINGSTON, D C. Ridgway.
MURPHY, T. is., 51 Chambers street
"WHITE, J. W., porter of the Wagner car.
There were others, less seriously, whose
names were not taken. The Buffalo and
Niagara Falls special was composed of one
combination baggage and smoking car, one
ordinary coach and two "Wagner sleeping
cars, the Burnside and the Gibraltar. The
Gibraltar was the last car on the train.
There were 1G passengers in her, besides a
conductor and porter. All the other cars
were filled.
One of tlis Fastest on the Road.
The train is one of the fastest night trains
on the Central. lis first regular stop after
leaving the Grand Centralis Peekskill. Ex
actly what caused the train to stop above
Hastings to-night is not known, but the
railroad officials sav it was probably a hot
box in one of the sleeping cars, and" not the
smashup at Sing Sing, 10 miles up the
iracK.
THE WINERS SURRENDER.
A TWO MONTns STRIKE IN INDIANA
IS DECLARED OFF.
Block Miners Decide the Fate or the Con
test, Being' Starved Into Robmisslon
Bltnmlnotu Men Yield Very Reluctantly
Will Resume at the Old Scale.
Terre Haute, Dec. 24. The striking
coal miners of Indiana have suffered a de
feat The men will return to work imme
diately. This conrse was decided upon by
a delegate convention held in this city to
day. No one of the national officers were
present.
The Chairman announced that after grave
consideration of the situation confronting
the strikers, the officers had determined
that it would be uuwise and disastrous to
further prolong the unequal strife, and he
asked for an expression from the repre
sentatives as to what they thought of the
matter. The delegates from the bituminous
district were disposed to quarrel with the
movement to retreat, but those from the
block fields stated that their men had In
various quarters become so dissatisfied with
the little aid being extended by the organi
zation that thev feared a serious break
would occur verv shortlv if they were not
authorized to return to work en masse.
ThiB settled the question. If the miners
in the block were determined to bolt In case
the strike was continued, there was no al
ternative left but to declare it otT. Ad
journment was taken at noon for dinner
and to await the arrival of National Vice
President Vcnna. The latter was not on
hand at 1:30 o'clock, and the delegates re
convened without him. A vote was taken,
and it resulted favorably to return towork.
A committee was sent to conier with .1.
Smith Talley and ascertain if the men
would be allowed to resume at the old fig
ures, 70 cents per ton in the bituminous
and 75 cents in the block. Mr. Talley re
plied affirmatively. The committee sub
mitted a report to that effect, and the strike
was formally declared ofE
DENOUNCED BY JTANY LEADERS,
Harrison's Friends in Indianapolis
Looking Out for lliiu.
KOTT
BEhTA L0CKW00D WILL RUN AGAIN
CANADA WANTS SETTLEBS BADLY.
Trying to Fill Up at the Spigot as Mnch at
Is Lost at the Ban jr.
Ottawa, Dec 24. Tho Cabinet at its
meeting to-day, considered the policy of
immigration bonuses which has been in
forca during the past season, and armed at
the determination to continue the system
for the coming year. It is understood
transportation companies decline to pay the
proportion of the bonus, which they did
this year. The amount is to be fixed by
order by council, in which the Government
will pay 510 for the head of a family, and
55 for each member of a family for the
settlement of land at any point in the
Dominion west of the eastern frontier of
Manitoba.
The time in which a settler is allowed to
lake up land and yet receive the bonus may
be extended until 12 months, if necessary.
An active immigration campaign will be
entered upon both in Great liiitatn and on
the continent.
The St. Louis Express was comn'osed of
two express cars, two ordinary coaches and
three sleepers. Her running time between
the Grand Central and Hastings is nearly
two minutes faster than the Buffalo and
Niagara Falls special. Her first regular
stop is Poughkeepsie, and she goes
through the towns between here and there
ata terrific pace. To-night she was two
minutes later leaving the depot, and made
no more than average speed. She was go
ing particularly fast at Hastings, for there"
arc no switches or sidings to fear there.
No Warning to the Engineer.
The engineer had no warning whatever of
the danger until his engine was within a
hundred feet or so from the rear of the
stalled express. Then he discovered the
red lights on the tail end of the last car.
He blew his whistle, reversed the engine,
and jammed down the brakes all in an
instant, but too late.
No one in the car had time to think before
itwas all over. There were shrieks and
cries from the wounded and dying, and
then lor a moment there was absolute
silenre. sae for the panting of the engine
that stood in the midst of the sleeper, and
for the crinding of its nnclntched wheels sin
the track.
It was several minutes before the passen
gers and train men recovered from the shock,
and then they were panic-stricken. They
trampled on each other in their efforts to
get to the open air. "Some were hurt in this
way. It was fully five minutes before any
one had recovered suflicicntlv to see the
damage wrought and to think o"f saving life
Attempts to Save the Injnred.
The trainmen were first about Thev
Had axes irom t ne uninjured cars, and got
lamps and torches and went to work chop
ping away what little woodwork of the
Gibraltar that rcmainr '
The injured who n .-o pinned in the
wreck moaned and begged to be released.
A half hour's chopping by the trainmen
and some of the uninjured passengers, who
had also procured axes, cut awav the shell
of the telescoped car, and the bodies of two
or three of the dead were brought out.
Now and then an injured man was released.
The dead bodies were laid out beside the
track on improvised stretchers. Beds were
procured for the injnred, and the doctors
attended to them. Beside their cuts and
brnls's and bnAen bones they had been
frightfnllv scalded by the "steam that
escaped irom the pipes that heated the
cars.
It was more than an hour before the last
of the injured and the dead were taken out
Then a train was made up, with the doctors.
These were put on board and taken to
Yonkers and Tarrytown.
Some of the LackT Ones.
There were 18 persons in the car Gibral
ter, including the conductors and porters.
Of these the three who escaped were J. E.
GouW, a man named .Tacobson, of 243 "West
Twenty-third street, and a man named Cor-
roick. The engineer and fireman of the
secot'd train were not hurt
The other wreck occurred in the tunnel
under Siug Sing prison, upon the Central
Hudson Iiailroad, at C:30 o'clock to-night
The south-bound Croton local, due at Sing
Sing at CJG, in charge ot Engineer Ellis,
crashed into a freight in charge of Conductor
Byan, that was backing up from Scarboro.
The engine of the local and a dozen cars of
the freight were thrown in all directions.the
rubbish filling the tunnel and blocking both
tracks. The passengers of the local re
ceived a severe shaking up. The engineer
and firemen jumped. The tracks were
cleared 10 at o'clock. Tho blame is placed
upon the engineer of the freight
SEVENTEEN PASSENGERS HUET.
A Vestibule Train Derailed Jnt Ehort'ofa,
High Embankment.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 24. A vestibule
train on the East Tennessee Railroad
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A DIBASTEOUS MUD BLOCKADE. (
Merchants or the Mississippi Valley Suffer
ing From Dirt and Water.
Buelington, Ia., Dec. 21 Special.
The worst mud blockade known in the his
tory of the Mississippi "Valley has existed
for two weeks. Country districts have been
virtually isolated from the larger business
centers and have lost bAvillv in their in
ability to market their products. Tho. lost
to merchants depending on the country
trade, especially in holiday purchases,
amount to fullv $15,000, in ' Iowa alone,
while $1,000,000 will not cover the loss to
shippers, merchants and farmers during the
present month.
The miserable situation still continues,
and it is feared that numerous failures will
result among country merchants, while
business generally w;ill be seriously
affected.
DRILLING THE NAVAL EESEBVE.
The Militia of the Water Prove to Be Apt
Students on a Warship.
San Francisco, Dec. 24. About 250
officers and men of the naval reserve, under
command ot Frederick B. Chandler, vis
ited the United States cruiser San Francisco
to-day and spent the day in working the
ship and drilling with the guns. The regu
lar naval officers ot the ship acted as in
structors and were much pleased with the
proficiency and zeal exhibited by the re
serve. Arrangements will be made for the re
serve to drill on every cruiser that may
come here, and it is expected that the ship
Hartford w ill be detailed and fitted up for the
ue of the reserve and as a recruiting ship
for the navv. ,
rsrECtXt, TILEOBAM TO THE OISPATCn.l
Comjmbuh, O., Dec. 24. Foraker's
backers are now using all the tricks known
to the trade of the professional politician to
secure the 'condemnation of Senator Sher
man by the labor organizations of the
State, with the view of working up a senti
ment which may possibly aid their man in
defeating Mr, Sherman's re-election to the
United States Senate. Through misrepre
sentation and the promise of reward, they
have so far succeeded in getting a few men
in two or three cities to pass a series of
resolutions upon a subject which their con
stituents in no wise have ever given them
the authority to pass.
The organized labor of the State hasnever
heretofore taken any action in matters not
clearly outlined in the purposes and objects
for which they are organized, and will not
permit a few scheming politicians to pull
the wires iu such a way as to bring discredit
upon the name ot organized labor. As an
indication of their feeling upon .this sub.
ject, the following interviews with prom
inent members of organized labor are given.
Pat McBryde, Secretary of theTJnited Mine
"Workers, says:
Organized Labor Keeping Hands On.
"I think it very unwise for the members
of organized labor to become mixed up in
this fight. "What we want at the hands of
the next Legislature is certain reasonable
legislation in our behalf, and in pursuance
of that desire we cannot afford to make
enemies by taking anv part in the contest
for the United States Senatorsbip, which is
a matter to be settled by the Jicpublicau
members elected to the next General As
sembly." Feril Basterdes, a member of the Legisla
tive Committee of the Ohio State Trades
Assembly, and S. P. Ewing, President of
the Columbus Trades Assembly, and also
treasurer of the Ohio State Trades Assembly,
cmphaticallv indorse Mr. McBryde's view's,
as expressed in the foreenine. and advise
that organized labor keep its hands clear of
the question altogether.
The Logical rositlon for Labor.
E. J. Bracken, a member of the Legisla
tive Committee of the State Trades Assem
bly, says: "The only logical position for
labor to take, if it did anything at all,
would be to advise the selection of a mem
ber of organized labor to go to the United
States Senate. As far as the resolutions
now being engineered through a few organ
izations are concerned, thev are of no benefit
whatever to us, and will do us a great
injury."
The above are expressions of honest and
true members of organized labor who have
never been mixed up in political .intrigues
and admit of the approval of nine-tenths of
the membership iu the State.
vantage. It is said that several of the post
office employes refused to pay the assess
ments, and aay they will resign rather than
be mulcted of half a month's salary. Post
master Higgins, when asked about the truth
of the report, refused to talk. A district
convention has been called by the Republi
cans for January 9, to meet in this city,
when the fight w'lll be settled.
BELVA WILL BTJN ONCE KOBE,
Her Heart and Soul In the Cause or Woman'
Right to Rale.
Binohamton, N. Y., Dec. 24. In an in
terview to-day, Belva Lockvvood, who is
here as counsel iu a pension case, stated
that she would undoubtedly become a can
didate for Presidental honort next year.
Heart and soul she is in the cause of
woman's right to rule.
During the past four years the party has
materially increased and plenty of funds
have already been subscribed by men hav
ing the aid of down-trodden womanhood at
heart, which will be used in a campaign
that will open the eyes of both political
parties and carry the nation by storm.
HABBISON'S HOKE FIGHT.
TOMAN IS DYING.
The Good Gray Poet Sinking Fast
Late Last Night.
TOO FULL OF YEARS TO LINGER.
A Sketch, of a Lonp Life Full of Innocence
and Son?.
Friends or the President Planning to Help
His Re-KIertlnti.
Indianapolis, Dee. 24. Harrison's
friends and supporters from all parts of the,
State held a secret conference here last
night. There was a good sprinkling of
postmasters and revenue collectors, and the
Seventh district was especially well repre
tented. They were here to organize oppo
sition to the anti-Harrisonites next month,
when the election of members of the Cen
tral Committee takes rdacev The rivalrv
between the two factions threatens to break
out into open warfare before long.
The postmasters in a meeting here some
time ago decided to sit on the fence during
the political row, but their actions last night
were in direct opposition to the decision.
Westmoreland's Judicial Candidate.
Geeessbueo, Dec 24. Specla1, The
"Westmoreland Bar Association, at a meet
ing to-day, indorsed Judge Harry White,
of Indiana county, as a candidate for Su
preme Judge. The indorsement was made
irrespective of.party.
REBELS IN THE CAPITAL.
GAltZA'3 BAND 'GET THEIR MONET
FROM MEXICO CITY.
DISTINGUISHED ONES WHO IIOXORED JHM
rsriCTXL TELEGBAM TO TOE nTSPATCtl.l
Philapelphia, Deo. 24. In the famous
little frame cottage at 423 Mickle street,
Camden, Walt "Whitman, the good gray
poet, lies at the point of death. The doc
tors are in doubt as to whether he will last
over Christmas or not. The doctor de
clined to state what his patient was suffer
ing from, and confined all his information
in the single statement thai the poet was
very ill. Mr. "Whitman's heart is at
present all right, but he lit liable
to sufier a collapse from heart fail
ure, which would result iu his
death. He was unable during the day
to take any nourishment, butlast night his
CLARKS0N TALKS.
SENSIBLE FABHEBS.
Thfy
Will Hold a Meeting and Secure
Money to Make Good Roadt.
"Wr-ST Chester, Dec. 24. The spirit of
road improvement has reached the farmers
and taxpayers of "Westtown township, this
county. They have held a public meeting
and discussed plans for the work, and
nearly all the citizens are bent on giving en
couragement to the project. There are in Hit
township 25 miles of public roads, of which
15 miles are reported .to be in need of im
provement Another meeting w ill be held
In a few days, "when it is expected that
arrangements will he perfected for borrow
ing the sum of JC0.000 with which to accom
plish the desired result
Virginia Sales or Leaf Tobacco.
Da:s-vili,e, Va., Dec. 24. The sales of
leaf tobacco on this market for December
were 3,325,700 pouuds. The sales in De
cember of last year were 1,488,703 pounds.
The sales from October 1, the beginning of
the tobscco year to the close of business in
December were 7,0Vi,071 pounds. The sales
during the .ame period of the last tobacco
year were 9,528,448 pounds.
$$. $$es 4$ss
COL. MULBERRY SELLERS
Has returned to the
again in a new novel
-world or literature
BY MARK TWAIN,
Which will he TJiiphshed in the Sunday issue
or THE DISPATCH, beginnlne,
Sunday, January 3.
Tho title or the great humorist's first story
for the jtress is
, The American 'Claimant,
And In it Colonel Sellers lays claim to an
English palate. It has a Tronderfo.1 plot,
abounds In the most amusing situations and
will add another laurel to the crown or the
world-famous author,
MARK TWAIN'S GREAT NOVEL
BEGINS SUNDAY, JAN. 3.
$ $0 ssss sssssss
The Iowa Flop and Reasons Therefor Pro
hibition a Bad Issne for Republicans
He Says tho State Will lie Redeemed by
Republicans.
New Yobk, Dec. 24. Sptclal Chair
man Clarkson, of the Kepubjican National
Committee, has )nst returned here from a
Western trip. "While discussing Ipwa poll-,
iics he took a somewhat different view of
the causes which led to the election of Gov
ernor Boles than do those who attribute bis
election solely to the prohibition issue, tK
"The Democrats of Iowa are disposed to
couple the political fortunes of Governor
Boies with those of Grovcr Cleveland."
General Clareson said when asked if the
Democrats were pushing Governor Boies
for the Presidency: "They put Cleveland
and Boies in the same team. If Cleveland
stock is up, Boies stock goes with it, and
vice versa."
"How, with a free coinage plank in the
platform on which he was elected, can Boies
be so closelv associated with Mr. Cleve
land?" Mr, Clarkson was asked.
"The issue on which he was elected was
tarni reiorm rattier than lree silver," said
General Clarkson. "Tariff rEforra, with the
local prohibition issues, was the chief issue
on which Boies' fight was made. Boies is
counted on as being a follower of Mr.
Cleveland on the tariff reform question. He
was originally a Kepublican, who adopted
Mr. Cleveland's tariff reform ideas, and he
js supposed to hold essentially the same
"ieivsas the ex-President on the tariff issue
nowi The two men have been associated
together for years. If I remember correctly,
they were neighbors in Buffalo.
"Democrats in the west do not think
that Hill has gained anything lately. I saw
two or three, prominent Democrats, who
lojume.tnat, wiiu isiaine and lilll as the
candidates, they would snpport Blaine.
They, were strong in their sentiment against
Hill."
General Clarkson said that he was not in
favor of the Republicans of Iowa insisting
on prohibition all over the State anv longer
and he had told some of them so on bis visit
West. "I told them," he said, "I was in
favor of making prohibition the general law
of the State, giving local option to the
counties. There is a number of the conn
ties along the Mississippi river in which
prohibition cannot be enforced. Thev are
composed almost wholly of foreign popula
tion and would be strongly opposed to any
license fees. I am in favor of letting those
counties fix their own license fees, and by
doing that the Democrats in those counties
would be obliged to shoulder the responsi
bility for the result " i
"Is Iowa to bo a Democratic 'State In the
future?"
"No," said Mr. Clarkson.
"Is it to be a doubtful State?"
"It is a close State," he said.
"When the question of candidates "on the
Kepublican side next year was suggested
Mr. Clarkson fought shv. He was not di-
The Loyal Mexican General Garcia Gives
Details or the Battle With the Insur
gents Texas Rangers and United States
Troops on the Alert.
San Antonio, Dec. 24. Special' Plu
tario Ornelas, Mexican Consul in this city,
to-day received a telegram from General
Lorenzo Garcia, the military commander of
the Northern zone of Mexico, stating that
bis troops encountered a detachment of
Catarina Garza's revolutionary forces near
Mier, Mexico, yesterday, and that a
battle was fought, iu which a num.
ber on each side were killed
and wounded. The revolutionists were
finally routed and retreated across the
river 'into Texas. The two troops of cavalry
which rushed from the post here to the
scene of the trouble bv special train this
morning will at once enter the field. All
the principal crossings along the Itio
Grande between Brownsville and Eagle
Pass are being guarded by United States
troops,
A letter was received to-dav bv General
Stanley from Captain John G. itoiuke, who
had the encounter with Garza's men Tues
day, which states that he has received posi
tive information that Garza spent Novem
ber in the City of Mexico, where he secured
abundant financial aid to carry on the revo
lutionary movement
It is known that tbg, campaign wbic&he
Is now waging was organised on Texas soil,
the point of lendezvous being a ranch near
tne uttie village orKncinal. Garza received
about SOO recruits within two weeks at that
place, all of them coming from the
Mexican side. They purchased a
large quantity of ammunition in this
city, which was transported to them secretly,
and after completing their arrangements
they divided into three detachments, each
taking different courses, with instructions
to meet near Camargo, Mexico, and then
attack that place.
One of the detachments of about 200 men
crossed foe border about 40 miles below
Eagle Pass three days ago, and the larger
part of the other two are supposed to be
now on tho Mexican side. Governor Hogg
to-dav telegraphs General Stanley that he
would send a large force of Stite "Hangers
to the border country immediatelv.
THE good gray poet.
KOI A BIG MILLING WEEK.
The Holidays and. the Continued Scarcity
or Cars Cut Down Trodnctloii.
Minneapolis, Dec. 24. The SorlJaredi
trn Miller says:
The mills last week ground more flour
than they have slnco the middle of Novem
ber. The output for the week was 201,791
ban els, averaging3J,0Il bbls. per day.agalnst
ioi,i uuib. mat hcbk, wtf idi Darrein for tne
coircsponding time in liWOandllO.CIO barrels
In 1889. While the water-power isprotty
good this week, it is evident that there will
beafalljng off in the week's production.
One less mill is In operation than a week
ago, leaving 19 1 mining and producing at the
ratoofabont 81 000 baneli even- 21 bom's
but all the mills will shut down forChilst
roas, and some of thera on Saturday as well,
so that tho half of the week will not show
full returns.
Again, the car question Is growing more
serious Instead of better, and may cause
some loss of time. It is only by the utmost
exertion that enough onrs nro obtained to
keep the mills going. Somo of the packing
floors nro all the time filled up with accumu
lated flour. Minneapolis millers uniformly
agree that the flour trade has been very
quiet the past week-, most Aims not having
sold over naif their prodnctlon. Korelgneis
seom to have been pietty well filled, and bid
a good dtal lowor. The dliect export last
uPAtirnt vaiv hfnv lmlnt. oo -tin i...n...i
against 73,9s)0 barrels the preceding week. '
IX0EENCE DIED A MA60K.
posed to talk on that subiect.
"is the West ior Blaine?" ho was asked.
"I didn't have much time
that question," he said.
to investigate
HAEBISON FOUGHT BY H003IEB3.
An Assessment Ordered on .Federal Office
Holdrrs at Fort Wayne.
Fort "Wayne, Inp., Dec. 24. A bitter
fight for supremacy is being waged in thi,
the Twelfth Congressional district of Indi
ana, between the Harrison and anti-Harrison
factions. The leader of the nntis is
Mayor G, "W. "Wilson, of this city, a mem
ber of the Governor's staff. He represents
the young Bcpublicans of the district, and
his platform is anything to beat Harrison.
He is opposed by Harry C. Hauna, a
young attorney, who is an intimate friend
of Postmaster Higgins, who is counted for
the Administration. "Wilson is immensely
popular, and, ns 90 per cent of the Republi
cans in this district are original Gresham
or Blaine men, and, with the leading lie
publican papers of this city, openly fighting
Harrison, the thanres for the Administra
tion candidate Ve slim indeed.
In this extremity Postmaster Higgirg
sought advice from "Washington, and the
answer came promptlv. It was in the shape
of an order to assess the Federal office-holders
in this district to the tune of ?2,500, and
to spend this" money where it would do the
Administration the most good. .Mayor "Wil
son was not slow in discovering the facts,
and is using the information to good ad-
i
Facts Iu Support or This Statement Given
by a Friend.
2fEW York, Dec 24. William J. Flor
ence, the comedian, died a Mason, a Noble
oftheMystio Shrine in good and regular
standing. His widow will receive f 5,000
from the Northwestern JIasonio Mutual
Aid Association and Sr,000 from the
Knights Templars' Insurance Association.
This statement Is made on the authority of
Dr, Walter M, Fleming, who was associated
with Mr. Florence in the founding of the
Noble Order in America, and was a mem
ber with .him in the organization in this
city.
"Of course," said Dr. Flemine to a re
porter, "Florence was a member of the
order at the time of his death. No secret
was made of it at the time. I issued
the proclamation of his death, which was
published in the newspapers. The story
that he renounced the order on his death
bed is false. He was not accountable for
anvthing he may have said to the Philadel
phia priest. Besides, we bave'no positive
assurance that he did say anything like a
renunciation."
APPLYIBO THS COHSPIBACY iAW.
Three "Union Seamrn Indicted by the Chi
cago Grand Jury.
Chicago, Dec 24. The grand jury
brought in an indictment at noon to-day
against Thomas J. Elderkin, Thomas Nel
son and Robert Lindholtz, officers and mem
bers of the Seamens' Union, for con
spiracy. It is aliened that the defendants cnncnirt
to keep non-union seamen from shipping on
icB9c, vi ii uiu ucrjonuing certain
lake
labor at less wages than tho scale estab-
iisneu ny tne seamens' Union,
nurse thought he was resting easier than
he has done since Tuesday last At his age,
72 years, the prolonged weakness 'is sure to
end fatallv soon. Surprise is expressed by
the attendants over the fact that death has
not already claimed the aged sufferer.
Sketch ot Whitman's .Life.
Walt Whitman was born in West Hills,
Long Island, N. Y., on May 31, 1819, and
was educated in the pnblicichools of Brook
lyn and New York, where, duiiug his early
years, he worked at the printing trade in
snmmer and taught school in the winter.
Subsequently he edited papers in New
Orleans and in Huntington, L. I., aud in
1847-8 he made long pedestrian tours
through the States, generally following the
courses of the great Western rivers. Little
ot his youth that is known is authentic, but
at one time it is said he followed the em
ployment of a carpenter, and in a little
book poetically termed "The Two Rivu
lets" we find a diary of camp life from 18C2
to 18G5, and also his experiences as a hos
pital nurse.
At the close of the Civil War he received
a clerkship from the Government In this
office we remained until 1873, when a stroke
of paralysis disabled him from further
work. He then left Washington and
moved to Camden. Ia the later years of
his life he was a familiar figure in that vi
cinity. He had but one luxurious pleasure
driving, and on sunshiny days he was to
be seen with a broad white hat well drawn
down over his forehead. In conversation
he was entertaining and cheerful; in man
ner, gentle and courteous, kind to even the
humblest aud as a host, hospitable to a de
gree that exceeded his means.
What Brought Him Fame.
His chief work, "Leaves of Grass," pub
lislied in 1855, is a series of poems dealing
with moral, social and political problems,
and more especially with the interests in
volved in the American life and progress of
the nineteenth century. In it he made a
new and abrupt departure as to form, cast
ing his thoughts in a mould, the stvle of
which is something between rythmical
yerse and prose, altogether "discard
ing rythm and regular -metre. For
more th an SO years he corrected and added
to this work, and only in his later davs did
he look upon it as complete. In 1870 he
published a volume of pure essays, called
"Democratic Vistas," in which he used the
word democrat iu its widest sense as syn
onymous with the American form of Gov
ernment. Among his other books were
"Passage to India," "After All," "As
Strong as a Bird on Pinions Free," "Two
Rivulets" aud "Sands at Seventy." But
none of these were equal to "L'eaves of
Gras." Many of the Gray Poet's poems
relates to the "secession war, the" most im
pressive and pathetic of which is an elegy
on me uuunieiy ueaiu oi Auranam Jjincoin.
Every word in this mournful rhvrae wrung
the heart of its coneeiver, as Lincoln to him
was a dear and honored friend. Thus is it
his chef d'eeuvre. His feelings were
wrought to their highest pitch, and his soul
breatties forth in every line.
Of his "Leaves of Grass" Ralph Waldo
Emmerson wrote: "I am not'blind to the
worth of 'The Leaves of Grass.' I find it
isthe most extraordinary piece of wit and
wisdom that America lias contributed. I
am very happy in reading it, as I am always
waiting wnai seems tne sterile, stingy na
ture, as if too much handiwork or too much
lvmph in temperament were making our
Western wits fat and mean. I give vou joy
in your free and brave thoughts. I have
great joy in it. I find incomparable things
said incomparably well, as they mast be. 'I
find the courage of treatment, which so de
lights ns, and which large conception onlv
can inspire. I greet vou at the beginning
of a great career, which must have had a
long foreground somewhere for such a start:
I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this win
beam wm no illusion, but the solid sense of
the book is a sober certainty."
DIctlngnlsbed Correspondents.
The old poet celebrated his 72d birthday
last May, when a distinguished gathering of
literateurs paid homage to his unique
genius. Since then he has led aretired life.
but has not been neglected by the literati
of this country and Europe. His latest
distinguished visitor was SirEdwin Arnold,
who paid a high tribute to the good gray
poet'sgenius. nis correspondence embraces
the leading literateurs of the world, and his
lastjetter, written just before his illness,
was in response to a complimentary letter
from Colonel lugersoll, acknowledging the
receipt oi a copy ot "leaves ot Uras."
He 'has just prepared a complete edition of
Ivrics, including the poems from "Good-bvc,
My Fauey," the little melange of prose and
poetry published this year.
Among the many correspondents of Mr.
Whitman were E. C. Stedraan, IS. W, Gil
der, J. A. Symonds, the poet critic who is
dying In Switzerland; Julius Chambers
Colonel Cockenll, Svlvester B.ixter. Sloane
Kennedy, Hamlin Garland, Alfred Tenny
son, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Talcott Will
iams, Frank B, Sanborn and Gabriel
Sarrazin.
Sure Signs of Dissolution,
MrDxioriT j;atc to-ntght Mr. "Whitman
took a decided change forthc worse. Shortly
after 10 o'clock l"e was seized with a chill
which lasted nearly an hour and Jeft him in
a much more enfeebled condition. Thd
doctor says his patient's body is covered
with the perspiration that presages death,
and that he has onlv a few hours to live. Ho
has refused to take medicine, and the onlv
substance that has pasel his lips'to-day is
water, of which he' has taken two glasses.
The aged poet is said to ba impatient for
jdeath to ponie. Be has said frequently
dnrinsr the last few davs: "I am tired nf
J, living." .,'
SHATTBBIHO AH0IHEB IDOL
Washington Crossed the Delaware on
Raft Instead of a Boat.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 24. Governor Ab
bett made public to-day a letter received
from George W. Savage, of ISahway, which
contradicts the popular idea that the mem
orable Grossing of the Delaware by Wash
ington was br means of boats, and dis
credits Lentz's popular painting, "AVash-
ington crossing tho Delaware."
This disclosure receives additional im
portance in view of the fact that the cor
ner stone of the monument that commemo
rates the victory which Washington won at
the battle of Trenton, fought on the day
following the crossing of the river, will be
laid here on Saturday next. The letter to
Governor Abbett states that the father of
Daniel Banb, a relative of the Governor's
informant, was engaged by Washington,
along with many of his neighbors, to haul
loss with which the soldiers constructed a
raft on the west batik of the Delaware.
This raft was attached to the shore on the
upper and lower ends. When all was
ready, Washington had the upper end cut
loose and allowed the current to-swingit
over until it impiuged on the east bank,
where the raft, thus converted Into a bridge,
afforded means of 'transportation to -his
troops and munitions of war which accoin-
anted them. Mr. Savaec refers to Judge
enry Green, of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, and Charles Broadhead, of
Bethlehem, Pa., as knowing the character
of Daniel dtaub for integrity and truthful
ness. Christmas GIf( for Window Glass Men.
Mr. William LoetHer has returned from
Chicago and brings the news of the comple
tion of the organization known as the
"Western Window Glass Manufacturers'
Association." The meeting in Chicago was
largely attended and the object of the asso
ciation has the hearty approval of big job
bers like Rice, Kimball and others. Here
tofore the price of glass has fluctuated
widely, to that iu a measure the business be
came speculative. The measnres adopted
will secure a steady market There was a
strong pressure to advance the price, but it
was finally fixed at 0, 10 and-.r per cent in
car lots, and action on the advance was post
poned until the meeting in January.
THB GBIF'S AW7UL W0BK
Whole Families Prostrated With It la Ca
bondale and Vicinity.
Cabbondale, Pa., Dec. 24. iSpecial.'
The grip is prevailing in this city mi.
vicinity to an extent equaling the first vis:
tation, a few years ago, and many cases are
fatal. In the little town of Sherman,
Wayne county, the malady has been get
ting in its dreadful work at a wonderful
rate during the past two weeks.
In some instances whole families were
prostrated by it In one family the father
and 11 children were ill at once, while
the mother was confined in bed with a babe.
Iu other instances families of two, three
and four were all down. On Sunday there
were over CO cases In various stages of
disease, and the number has since increased
to over 80. The disease was so widespread
that no services were held in the leading
churches on Sunday.
Governor Campbell as Santa Clans.
Columbus, 0-, Dec. 24. Sptcial.
JeffBoling, the Licking county life pris
oner and mnrderer, will be pardoned. by the"
Governor to-morrow. He is the man whose
sentence was commuted to life imprison
ment a few hours- before he was to be
hanged in 188(5. He murdered John Dong
las, his father-in-law, a farmer. Allen T.
Miller, a Pike county man on a life sen
tence for. assault, was pardoned to-day, as
also was Charles Leverton, a Highland
county two-year man tor robbery.
Extract of
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