THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERVOL. XXII., NO. 129. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THOBSDAY, SEPTEMBER' 22, 1892. EIGIIT-PAGE EDITION

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WOffIITRAIN WRECKSThirteen Persons Perish in a

Collision at Shreve, 0.

BURNED TO DEATH IN DEBRIS.

Impossible to Help the WretchedPeople in the Blazing Ruins.

Kansas Robbers Derail a Train Rearing

?1,000,000 of Treasure? Four Men

Killed and Many Passengers Injured,

bat the Cars Do Not Take Fire.

CLKTgtASD, Sept 21.?What will un-doubtedly prove the most disastrous acci-dent in the history of the Pittsburg, FortWayne & Chicago railway took place earlythis morning near Shrive. A fast east-bound express tram collided with a west-bound freight, both running at full speed.The collision occurred on a sharp curveand in a cut where neiftier crew was ableto see the other train approaching. Im-mediately after the crash the tlames burstforth, and it is believed but two or threeof the persons were killed outright, theothers having been pinned down andslowly roasted to death.

Thirteen burned and blackened trunkswere taken from the wreck. They werethose of George Smith, fireman, Crestline;D. E. Reese, postal cleHc, Massillon; 11.8. Allen, postal clerk, Columbia; G. C.Mann, postal clerk, Chicago; J. D. Patter-son, postal clerk. Beaver Falls, Pa.; S. D.Glenn, brakeman, Allegheny; N. Ham-mond, fireman, Allegheny; Samuel J.Jackson, expressman, Chicago, and fiveunidentified bodies, including those of aladv and child. Some of those unidenti-fied were bound for Alliance, 0., and oth-ers to Espevville, P».

The seriously injured nre: Frank Burt,Crestline, engineer of the express train;James Adec, Sundusky, passenger; G.Stoker, Pittsburg; D. D. Rhodes, Mahon-ingtown, Pa.; VV. 11. Brown, Hunting-ton, Ind.; L. Koch. Massillon, O.; F. Arm-strong. Noblesvilte, lnd»; J. Earnest, Mill-ville, N. J.

Two postal cars filled with through mail,one express car and three freight cars wereconsumed by fire. This afternoon $50,000in silver bricks.was taken from beneaththe masses of iron ahd cinders, some ofthe silver being melted. A temporarytrack has heen built around the wreck andtravel partially resumed.

The wreck was a terrible one, and withthe exception of three Pullman cars thetrain was a shapeless mass. As soon asthe people of Shreve heard of the Wreckmany of them hastened to the scene withlocal physicians and tried to extinguishthe flames and rescue the anfortunates inthe day coaches. The fire had gained toogreat a headway, however, and little conldbe done. Those that perished were pinneddown by timbers, and the people outsidehad to stand back while the hopeless vic-tims were slowly bnrned to death. Thefireman of the freight train had a horribledeath, as he was in the cab and hisfrightfully burned body dangled in theair in view of hundreds who visited thescene, the wreckers being unable to get atlam because of the heat.

A TRAIN WKECKKD »V ROBBERS.

four Men Killed, Thirty-Ave Persons In-jured Near Osage City,Kan.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 21.? Passenger train,No. 8, on the Atchison, Topeka SantaFe railroad, eastbound, was wrecked earlythis morning three miles west of OsageCity. Kan., by train robbers, who hoped toplunder the express car of $1,000,000, whichwere being transported from the City ofMexico to Boston for the Mexican Centralruilroad. A wrecked train, four menkilled and thirtv-tive men. women andchildren injured are the terrible results ofthe attempted robbery. The robbers stoletools from a section hose at Barclay, threemiles west of the scene of the wreck, andremoved the fishplates which joined tworails together. The robbers selected thetop of a grade going up which the trainwould likely slow down, lessening thechances of so badly wrecking the train asto bury beneath the debris the treasurethey were seeking. The precautions wereunavailing, as everything they soughtto avoid occurred. When the train reachedthe spot the engine left the track, andmost of the cars followed it, pilingone on top of another, and makingan awful wreck. Th»* express car wasburied so that it required two honrsofdigging to get at it. Fortunately, althoughthe engine was at the bottom of the pile,the debris did not catch hro, and thus anawful horror was averted. a« manv of theinjured would in that event have perishedbefore the rescuers could reach them. Theengineer, fireman, express messenger andguard were crushed to death in the wreck.There were about 2oS passengers on thetrain, but none of them were killed.Several were badly injured and some maydie. The money was recovered from thewreck by Maj. Llewellyn, of the Santa Feroad, and turned over to the Wells-Fargocompany. The Santa Fe has offeredSIO,OOO reward for each tram wrecker, andsc vera! posses are searching the country.

The wrecked train consisted of baggage,express and mail cars, two day coaches,two chair cars and three sleepers. Thecars were thrown over ati embankmentthree feet high and the fir«t six cars tele-scoped. The killed are: Express Messen.ger Frank Baxter, of Kansas City; Ex-press Guardsman Bloomenthal, of Mexico,Mo.; Fireman James Cha<iw ick, of Topeka]Kan., and Engineer Ed Mayer, of Topeka',Kan. Most of the injured were Westernpeop>, but among the nuiaber was MarrLehman. of Blooraingt</n, 111., who isbadly injured and bruised about the headand fare. C. T. Wordiaw, of E.liott, ill.,is also badly bruised.

The wreck occur red at a bridge.The train was running forty miles anhoar, and it was impossible for the engi-neer to see the misplaced rails in time tocheck the speed of the train. The coacheswere piled one over the other until thebaggage and express cars w»>re completelyhidden from view. Men, women andchildren were piled ov»r each other,caught in their seats or thrown throughthe windows. A spot was fonnd wherethret men had lain concealed in the grass,and tracks were discovered ieading fromthis spot to the railroad tra.-k. The pas-s<ni<rera were brought t-» T .peka at 10o'clock this morning. Some of thewounded could not he removed, an J sev-eral »ill probably die.

Train Colliaion at Cortland, O.Oa* BWVILI.E. Pa. sept 21.-A work train

crashed into a j>as»*nger tram st Cortland, 0.,lust» ;gt;t, all the a: d crews beingbad.y injured and a baby killed.

Hail road Accident la I'enrisyl vania.l Pa, Sept. 21,?1 be si-cond section

©1 tue westward bound express on the i'«tm*yl-

vania railroad raa into the first section at theRheims station ycsterd&v e.teraoou, uni thetwo trains were badly wrecked. One engineerwas killed, and the other engineer and bothfiremen fatally hurt. No passengers were iu-jtred.

STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHERS.

The Operators on the Burlington, CedarRapids * Northern Go Out.

CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Sept. 21.? The tele-graphers of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids& Northern, to the number of about 180,went out at noon in obedience to an orderof Chief Ramsay. It is reported U>nightthat Ramsay is negotiating with officialsof other railroad organizations with a viewto securing their aid iu the struggle. Thetelegraphers refuse to talk on this point.Trains are running with but little delay a?yet.

CINCIHWATI. Sept. 21.?The Brotherhoodof Locomotive Firemen are nearing theend of their session. This morning theycompleted the election of officers by choos-ing the following executive committee:Eugene Ball, of Stratford, Ont.: HarryWalton, of Philadelphia; George Brown,of Chicago; Fred Keerer, of Houston,Tex.; T. P. O'Rourke, of Pocatello, Idaho.Harrisburg, Pa., was chosen ns the placefor the next convention, to meet on thefirst Monday in September, 1893. Thenewly-elected officers were installed.

CINCINNATI. Sept. 21. ?The Brotherhoodof Firemen, before adjournment, adopteda plan for the federation of all the railwaybrotherhoods. The plan is lor each tohave three members of the federation onthe general executive board.

REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS.

County Returns Ready for Board ofEqualisation, Which Meets Monday.OLTMPIA, ?[Special.]?All the

counties of the state, except Franklin,have reported their real estate assessmentsto Auditor Reed, for the use of the stateboard of equalization, which begins itswork on Monday next. The total valua-tion reported is $243,270,632. Last yearthe real estate assessment as equalized bythe state board was $270,347,371. The per-sonal property assessment for this yearshows a like material reducton, from$52,148,r>09 to $3.3,843,148. These reduc-tions evidence the etFect of public senti-ment on the assessors. Several of thecounties, however, including Klickitat,Lincoln, Walla Walla and Whitman showan increase. The following is a statementot the real estate and personal assess-ments for 1892:

Heal Personal.Estate.

Adams. $ 1,4 t3,5581| 2*4,768Asotin 452,205 213.750Cnoha'.is. 8.469,41* 953.172Clallam 2,2.M.711 2U),'i4oClarke 4.429,*97 714,169Columbia 3,099,910 1,259,132Cowlitz. 3,NW,700 463.3UDouglas 1,177, 246 539,771Franklin ICar field l.lt.i.UJ) J57.078Iftland 979,284 188,1-28Jeffr»on 4,011,6 k 665,123King 54,773,040 6,961, £25K it*ap. 2,' 36,48, 51 *,512Kittiias 3,572.652 k 1,072,234KlickitatLewis. 5,61:i,t0<> 721,715Lincoln 4,406,120 1,296,h65Mason 1,409,626 197,178Okanogan :tt0,230 412,7*3I'aeific 1.829,19?! 551,170Pierce 37,311,482 5,443.3*5Sun Juan 874.560 75,012Skagit 7.W3.VJ4 765,547Skamania 224,."Ex 86.286snot onish 9,181,68.' 1.053,675Spokane. ol,>il 4,701 3,676,.'t'0Stevens 1,4*4,161 429,31)1Thurston. 7.37! V Is 906.927Wahkiakum. 663,72- 11*,706Walla Walla 8,451,8!5| 2,6)7,175Whatcom 13,9U»,1d0 1,214,555Whitman. 16,206,565 3,903,465Yakima 3,425,91' 750,409

Totals l2i:V27J.6'S2i $38,843.148

The real estate and personal assessmentsfor 1891, as equalized by the state board ofequalization, were as follows:

Real Personal,Estate.

Adams $ 1,506,45" » 531,679Asotin.... - 119.295 25 ?,169Chchalis 10,264,859 1,435,309Clallam 3,520,07.; 333,438Clarke 304,318) 1,216,2»;5Columbia 2,702,440 1,062.8t5Cowlitz 3,60,56* 1,028,429Houglas 1,091,631 641,944Franklin 726,966 270,281(\u25a0artield 1,117,475 6*6,976Island 1,212,78.) 2 .*1,615Jefferson 5,2-2.609 737,531King 56,247,764f 7, '21,211Kitsap 2,8)1.617, 816,041Kittitas. 3,492,.vd 1,:W2,092Klickitat 9-2,6.8) 94<t,607Lewis 7,512,695) 1,342,725Lincoln 4,111,4)1; 1,694,455Ma>ou 1,ttW,287 291,8 ISOkanogan 2ti6,> *>7l 531,7ri6Pac.fic 3,612.3>t 719.679Pierce 53,*14,579 8,632,8*0San J nan 8.'1.541 133,»13Skagit 9,878,3.'* 1,069,030Skamania 1 >-,701 10,1,280Snohomish 7,93'>,553 987,5ii9Spokane 34.'.'j2.4 5,2*9,546htovena 2,002.9 Mi! SiiyStThurston 10,:.07,5)6| 1,415,702Wahkiakum 752.478 1*0,698Waila Walla 6.916,07s 2.3 8,979Whatcom.

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15,601, !.">6| 2,049,676Whitman 12.689,118) 4,623,451Yakima 2,9J5,442, 1,0 .'1,236

Totals j» 276.317,372 $ .">2,118.599

The Hawaiian Cabinet Crl«i».SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.? According to the

statements of passengers arriving ou the steamerAustralia from Honolulu this morning, the Ha-waiian legislature has been caucused, with theresult that tweuty-four members voted in favorof impcachiuir the ministry aud twenty-two

agninst such action. The resolution of want ofconfidence in the new cabinet, as introduced by

Representative Smith, is expected to carry bythe same vote. It is also stated that petitionsare being circulated in certain quarters asking

the liritish government to place the islandsuuder its protection. American residents of theislands arc strongly opposing such action, andwill ask the government at Washington City to

interfere on behalf of their interests.HONOLULU, Sept. 14.?Tlie deadlock, which ex-

isted f or about two weefct in the legislature,ended temporarily on September 12. whan QueenLlliuokalam a; pointed Hon. Edward C. Mac-tar'.ane premier and minister of finance oi thenew cabinet, aud returned Samuel Varker, ex-premier, p» minister of foreign affair*; PaulNewmann.as attorney general, and Charles T.Guiick «s minister of the interio', vice J"f>eucer,resigned. A'.ter the appointment of the newcabinet the legislature adjourhed until today,

when a resolution o? wautof confidence iu thenew miuUtry was presented, and ia being con-sidered as the steamer Australia leaves. It isgeuerally believed that the new ministry willnot go out. The resolution was presented byRepresentative Smith and is as follows:

WBKRKAS. The principle for which the ma-jority of tne lcir.slature is u'>w contending is

the right of the people, through a majority oftheir elected representatives, to control the

policy of tlie government, and for that purposeto control the personnel of the cabinet, and toob-

taln a cabinet representing and having the con-

fidence of such majority; andWH BREAK. The present cabinet haa been con-

structed in disregard of such principle and doe*not represent or rw-sess the confident of thomembers of the legi*lsttire; now, therefore, be it

Knolttd, That the legislature hereby ex-

prt.s«es its want of confidence ia the«preaeutcabinet. .

Injunction Against Protective League.

liosTow, Sept. 21.?A temporary injunction wastoday granted against the American ProtectiveLeague. The complainant* ompla n that theorder is insolvent and it is alic-gsd its liab:l!t:eaarc fi.2SI.OUO, and aasets but 1101,s£r>. Counselfor the order consents to a tenai>orary injunc-

tion. Iu two weeks tharo will b» a hearing onthe matter of appointing a receiver.

Tickets over all transatlantic stca-nsh!p linesfor aa.e at Northern Pacific city ticket office,corner avenue and trout street, beati.e.Wash.

l>r. liill fi.ls t»«Ui without pat a.

NOTING BDTSDSPECTSInvestigation Dispels Cholera

Humors in New York.

TEXAS PROCLAIMS QUARANTINE.

The Plspio Diminishing Slowly inHamburg From Lack of Food.

Business Being Suspended nnd Manu-factories Close!, the Poor People

Are Destitute and Dependent on theWorld's Charity.

NEW YORK, Sept 21.?The health depart-ment received this afternoon from Prof.Biggs the result ol the bacteriologicalexaminations made iu the case of JohnKnox, fireman of the steamship Nevada,and Louis Weinhagen. The report statesthat both were cases of genuine Asiaticcholera. A case of suspected cholera wasreported to the board of health this after-noon, being Patrick sjtewart, a boilermaker employed in the Brooklyn navyyard. Two suspected cases of cholerawere/ reported to the health board thismorning. One was from No. 63 Cherrystreet, where Mary Murphy was foundsick with cholera symptoms. She waatransferred to the hospital. The healthauthorities regard this as a very suspiciouscase. The other suspected case comesfrom Mrs. Juenthus' boarding house atNo. 14 First street, from which thecoachman, Louis Weinhagen, was removedon Saturday night. Another boarder, amannamed Henry Engel, is a suspect.. Thequarantine was raised in the seven housestoday* where cholera cases or suspectedcases had occurred. An autopsy was madethis afternoon on the body of CpeJoeWah, the Chinaman who died at No. 14Mott street yesterday under suspiciouscircumstances. The contents from thebody have been subjected to examination.Mary Connerty, the young girl who is at

the reception hospital as a suspect, will bedischarged tomorrow. She has not hadcholera.

A Mrs. Grappolas died tonight, it is sus-pected, from cholera. She was seized witnvomiting and diarrhea during the after-noon. At 8 o'clock she died.

Upper quarantine is today again full ofsteamers. The contingent from the lowerbay added five, which will he detainedhere and unloaded. The cargoes ol theMoravia, Rugia and Xormannia will bedischarged into lighters and the ves-sels returned to Hamburg. Thebig Inman liner. City of Paris,arrived this forenoon. She carried8»2) cabin passengers, among whom areThomas (iailey Aldrich and wife and Mr.Roberts, of the Pennsylvania railwa).The City of Paris went to her dock at 5p. m. The Spaardam, which arrived aboutone-half an hour after the Inman liner,brought out 179 passengers. She reportsall well.

AITSTIN. Tex., Sept. 21.?Gov. Hogg to-day issued a proclamation of quarantineagainst New York city and all other pointswhere cholera may appear.

CAMP LOW, Sept. 21.?Perfect confidencehas been restored here among the detainedpeople by the announcement after thedaily inspection that no new cases of chol-era or suspicious cases had been found inthe last twenty-four hours. The sick inthe hospital are all in a fair way to recov-ery, except an unknown infant, whosemother and two little sisters died on theRugia while at sea. Through the neglect ofthe ship's steward and stewardess it is re-ported the child is dying from the effects ofabsolute starvation. The case has givenrise to very severe strictures among thepeople here, and expressions of the mostbitter indignation at the wanton crueltyof the steamship people. Late this even-ing Maj. Huntington, commandant of themarine camp, reported the death of JosephMcMahofie, a private of the marines, frompurpura hemorrhage, a disease of theveins, from which he had sutiered a longtime.

Qcarantiki, L. 1., Sept. 21.?Dr. Jenkinshas ordered back to lower quarantine theAllen line steamer State of Nevada on ac-count of the recent death of a stoker alterthe vessel's arrival at her dock.

CHOLERA DECREASING 8 LOWLY.

Fewer Deaths at Hamburg ?DestitutionCaused by Sn«p«nston of Ktmlnpwa.

Lospojc, Sept. 21. The Stavdnrd't corre-spondent at Hamburg says: The epidemicis decreasing Blowly. The iigures forWednesday were: New cases,sl3; deaths,181.

Lisbon, Sept. 21.?-It is stated that thesteamer Reichstag, which arrived in theTagus yesterday from Hamburg and whichwas ordered to leave the river, had tencases of cholera on board.

Hamburg, Sept. 21.?Gne hundred andforty-nine new cases of cholera and sixty-lour deaths from the disease occurred inHamburg yesterday, an increase of eightnew cases and a decrease of three deaths.The first installment of 32,000 marks sub-scribed in New York for the relief ol thesufferers was received today.

People who have hitherto done businesswith Hamburg arc afraid now to handleanything made in the plague-strickencity, and in consequence every branch ofindustry shows entire absence of orders.Of course, with no demand for their pro-ducts, the manufacturers find it impossi-ble to keep their employes at work, andthe daily idle population is gaining fresh

accessions from the ranks of the clerks,artisa.is and unskilled laborers who aredischarged ? because of the uiter

stagnation of business. The distress* s

most marked among the dock laborers andfishermen. The shipping trade of the cityhas received a most severe blow from theepidemic, and many vessels belonging t->Hamburg have been forced to tie up untilthe epidemic abate?. Dock laborers aridother men employed about the wharvescan find nothing to do, and inmany cases actual starvation is staring

them in the face. The fishermen, too,

find their occupation gone, as nearlyevery one is afraid to touch fish, let aloneeat it. Those who still follow their busi-ness tind no money in it. Whole loads offish are every day carted away from St.Paul's market and said for a lew marks tofarmers to be used as fertilizer on theirlands. Many of the porters about the cityare without work and have been idle fora consideraole time. Southeast ofHamburg, and belonging to thecity, is a territory called the Vier-lande. Here are _ located manypersons who cultivate small tracts of land

and who have heretofore found a readyand prohtable market for their produce in

the c:ty. Now ail is changed, and thesemarket gardeners are on the verge ot ruin.They are unable to dispose of their pro-ducts, and their fruit is rotting on the

ttees. The situation is extremely bad, ia

whatever light it is viewed, ami succor forthe impoverished arid famishing peoplewill have to come from the charitable.

TBI G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.

N»*t Meeting at Indianapolis Agitationfor Nor* Prailoa*.

WA«HI50T0!» Ctrr, Sept. 21.?At 10 25 a.ni. the encampment was called to orderby Commander-in-Chief Palmer. A gleeclub of veterans sang a song inviting theencampment to Indianapolis next year,and were uproariously applauded. Com-missioner Douglas, of the District «dColumbia, read an address of welcome an 1Commander Palmer made a tasteful andappropriate reply. After the report of thecommittee on credentials had been re-ceived Palmer made his annual addre**.A large portion of the address was directedto patriotic reminiscences of the war, andmemories of the scenes around Washing-ton City were recalled to the veteran*.The race question, which has disruptedthe Grand Army of the Republic organi-zations in Mississippi and tauisiana, wasreviewed at great length, the commanderexplaining how he was forced to ignorethe rights of the departments of thosestates to surrender their charter and toinsist that colored posts Nos. 9 and 17must be recognized. After commentingon the series of resolutions published bythe recalcitrant and insubordinate retiringwhite posts, heconcluded as follows:

Ja dealing with this subjsct, I waa nut acta ?ated by an nnklud thought towards a tinglemember of the department. Itwaa kuowa thattharc were disintegrating forces at work whichthe national encampment concluded It waatime to arrest, and in the discharge of the dutyincumbent upon me under my oath of office II'd it without either a feeling ol lear or preju-

dice.The passage by congress of a disability

pension bill was warmly commended, andit was urged that the statutes to protectthe rights of veterans of the late war inthe civil service be more rigidly enforced.

The report of Adjt.-(Jen. Fred Phistererfollowed the address of the commander-in-chief. This report shows that there was again of 229 in the number of new postsduring the past year. A significant andmost pathetic sentence of this report isthe following:

Practically it may be said that the member-»hipof the (i. A. E. la now at ltt highest pointIt no doubt will remain about stationary for afew years to come, when neceaaarlly it must de-crease, and the decrease will be rapid.

The only interesting feature of tha aft-ernoon session was the selection of In-dianapolis as the place of the next en-campment. Lincoln deciding to make nocontest. Many resolutions and communi-cations were referred to the committee onresolutions. The special committee ap-pointed to pass upon the report of thesurgeon general brought iu a report con-gratulating the G. A. K. upon the in-creased efficiency of that bureau. The re-port was adopted, as was the report of thecommittee on pensions, which was in-cluded in that of the adjutant general, andcontained no new features of interest Ad-journed until tomorrow.

B. F. Stevenson, surgeon general of the0. A. 11., in his annual report complaintthat many posts have failed to make anysanitary or mortuary returns, so that thestatistics on these matters are very incom-plete. According to Commissioner Raum,at the close of the fiscal year there were878,076 pensioners on the rolls, and theappropriation aggregated *139,132,387. Inaddition to these vast expenditures theannual appropriations for the numerousgovernment home* were Therewere also 173 government cemeteries keptup by government appropriations. Theseappropriations, says the report, seemlarge, but, it adds, they should be thoughtof in reference to the grand moving causecalling them into being, the preservationof the government from overthrow, andwho can place too high an estimate onthat achievement? It is absolutely be-yond monetary consideration. In thUconnection the report makes a statementof the national resources, quoting Super-intendent Porter, of the census bureau, tothe effect that the absolute wealth of theUnited States may be estimated at000.000,000. A number of other reportswere also made.

The Union Veterans' Union, which baa30,000 members, preceded the encampmentmeeting to-lay with a line parade upPennsylvania avenue. Gen. Yoder, com-mander-in-chief, and a large stair, headedby Adjt.-(ien. Street, rode at the head ofthe procession. At a subsequent meeting(Jen. Yoder delivered the annual address,reviewing the progress ol the order. Gen.Green Clay Smith ottered resolutions,which were unanimously adopted, ex-pressing sincere sympathy with ComradeHarrison because ot the serious illness ofhis wife and a sincere prayer for recovery.A committee, of which ex-President Hayesis a mem tier, was appointed to take meas-ures for the establishment of an itidustrial home for sons of veterans. Anumber of corps reunions were heldduring the day. Gn board the Kearsargiit was marine corps day, and the old sail*ors jollied the land-lubbers. Capt. Herbcrt Winslow, son of Hear Admiral Wins-low. who commanded the Kearsarge whenshe fought tiie Alabama, delivered an ad-dress. Vice President Morton and Secre-

tary Tracy visited the ships ami both madnbrief remarks, Secretary Tracy speaking

of the need of a strong navy.Steps were taken today having in view

the birth of a new G. A. It. subordinatoorganization under the title of "Th»Minute Men of '61," to be composed of ail

\u25a0who entered the service under PresidntLincoln's call of April 15, 1801. Massa-chusetts has a state association of thischaracter, and in Wisconsin a similarorganization has been started.

The Association of ex-Prisoners of Warelected Marion T. Henderson, of this city,president. The association is interestedin having congress act upon a bill grant-ing a j»«nsion of |2 a day to all ex-prison-ers who were imprisoned over a certain

number of days. A committee was ap-pointed to consider the question further.

The Pennsylvania and New York dele-gations to the national encampment de-cided tonight to vote as a unit for Capt.Weissert, Wisconsin's candidate for com-mander-in-chief of the G. A. 11. Thisaction, it is asserted, will give ('apt. Wei»-sert a majority of the votes and election.

Ttie Arm; au<t Navy tnlon.PF.IROIT, Sept. 21.?The national Regular

Arruy and Navy Union convention bewailhere today, Commaniler Roche, of IV>»umpresiding. After a number of»|>eeuhes a re-cess was taken until tomorrow. The r»-jM>rt of the commander shows that thaunion now has ninety-one garrisons, and amembership of over'lo,W.».

The Northern Pacific railroad affords un-equalled artTHUtajrea lor a quick, safe an t eou»-Inrtable journey to all point* Kut, -south andSoutheast traina run througa to Cbicairswithout change. and conuoct at Ht Paul tn>l< h.'SKo w lb all tue ftrsi-class lines for ttiaSouth and southwest. Bosnrcyour ticMeta readover that one. LA. Sadeai:. general agent.

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ladles, do not forget '-owing to see the haudksome«t ha««. linnets and novelties ol Uie smaaaat Mrs. M. IX Pease's.