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STARVING FAMILIES. Tiie Wolf at the Doors of Dakota Farmhouses. Pi+ifnl in t.fi a Pa.r ?. A VJL1 Ui. i/VWMVk*?4wu am ***w . ?. Northw&st. The frost which came in August, destroying a very large portion of the wheat crop an a dozen counties of North Dakota, and the prairie tires which have been sweeping over that region during the past three weeks have wiped out houses, barns, granaries and almost every means of subsistence. leaving hundreds of families on the verge of winter without provisions or fuel, and in many cases wholly without means. So bad has the situation become that committees have been appointed at Grand Forks, Fargo, Devil's Lake, Jamestown and Dunoeith to visit St Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago to solicit aid in money, clothing and provisions. , Mr. Jonathan Harpman, was sent from Devil's Lake to investigate the condition of Uie suffering people. A week ago he went to ? BAwantw fomilioc f\f HflhrOWQ a DCbUOlUOUV Vi. Octcaavj tuuiu.w V/. ? living in Cleveland township of Ramsey county, and of them he says: "The people are absolutely destitute of food and fuel, and something must be done, and immediately, or they will starve to death. "The real condition of the people beggars description. Men, women and children are in rags, and they haven't a cent of money in the world. Their crops were totally destroyed. Their land, stock and farm implements are mortgaged up to their full value, and the mortgagers are threatening foreclosure. I spent Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday in going from house to house giving ancouraeement and promise of aid. The most absolute distress prevailed everywhere. Women and children were crying, and men were going barefooted and in rags. One place I called at was the home of a minister who had just come from Europe. The people told > him that he must not stay, that thev could not support him and that he would starve. He replied that he had no money to leave with and would have to remain and share their lot. His house consisted of onlv one room, with nothing but a dirt floor. He was accompanied by his wife *nd two small children. One of the latter was wrapped up in a crib in order to keep warm, and the other was blue and shivering with cold and emaciated with hunger. There was no fuel, with the exception of a little dry manure, which is ali that any of the families have to burn, and all they had to sat were dry crusts of bread, which were l^in^ upon an otherwise bare and empty "All of the houses,"' said Mr. Harpman, "lacked not only the modern conveniences, but all of the ordinary necessities of life. Six of us took dinner at the house of the only man in the settlement who had saved all bis crop, and were compelled to eat our meal witn one knife, three forks and three spoons. "The people have lived on potatoes since August and now their supply of them is about exhausted. The potato crop in most cases did not yield the seed that was planted. The Manitoba roid has agreed to carry supplies to the settlement free of charge, and now wnat we want and must have is instant and immediate relief in the shape of fuel and food. They can get along without clothes by staying in the house, but they cannot live without food. The people will starve unless they get he!p at once." Mr. Harpmann then enumerated some of the cases which led to this usual suffering in this particular colony. It seems that this is the third year they have been located here; the first year was devoted entirely to breaking land and getting it ready for crops. To rin this, the settler who is without means must mortgage his pre-emption in order to obtain funds to buy cattle and machinery and provisions for the first year, duriug which there is no return from the land. The stock are usually mortgaged for supplies and the necessaries of life. During the second year the crops are generally light and the farmers don't expect to much more than pay their living expenses and the interest on their mortgages. Last year the crop? were a good deal above the average for the second year, and the farmers were greatly encouraged for the outlook for this year, and consequently made big pre? parations for an unusually large crop, expecting to be able to realize enough to pay their mortgages and have enough left to live on until the fourth year. The frosts which came in August completely destroyed all of the wheat there was, as well as all vegetables, even those which are as hardy as turnips. It is claimed that the frost was sufficiently severe to freeze a quarter of an inch of ice in low places. CHIEFS ATTICE CAPITAL, Sixty-One Prominent Sioux at the Interior Department. The sixty-one chiefs and sub-chiefs from the great Sioux reservation in Dakota, composing the delegations from the several tribes of the Sioux nation, which have come to Washington to confer with the President ? ? rt' fV?A T n fnri nnsl t/1 CU1U LUtJ OCl. I cuai JT VI luu lUWi ivt, uuv* m. present their objections to the law recently passed by Congress for the relinquishment of 11,000,000 acres of the reservation, were escorted to the Interior Department at 1C o'clock the other morning by their respective agents. All the chiefs, as well as the interpreters, wore civilized dress, with the exception of moccasins, but each wore conspicuously earrings, ornaments, or trinkets of some kind peculiar to their race. Rarely has so notably a delegation of Indians appeared in Washington. Prominent among tuem were Sitting Bull, who "made the medicine" for the Custer massacre; Gall, * who commanded the Indians in that fight; John Grass, said to be the most intelligent Indian in "he whole Sioux nation, and several others of prominence among their people. Assistant Secretary Muldrow, the members of the Sioux Commission, Indian Commissioner Oberly, R. V. Belt, Chief of the Indian Division of the Secretary's office; Mr. Peel, Chairman of the House Indian Committee, and Delegate GifTord of Dakota occupied seats near the Secretary. When all had been seated the Rev. Mr. Cleveland. a member of the Sioux Commission, offered a prayer in the Sioux language, asking for the presence and guidance o? the Great Spirit in the council. The Indians stood with be wed heads during the prayer, and at its close Secretary Vilas addressed them. He explained in details the methods which he had adopted to secure a faithful and honest and free expression of their wishes with respect to the law. He said that the Commission had been instructed to fully and with absolute faithfulness interpret to them the provisions of the act Every Indian over Its years of age had been furnished with a copy of the act, so that he might have it interpreted for himself if he doubted the offi Ciai mierpresauon. xne oecreiurjf sniu tuai the chiefs before him had teen selected to come to Washington and lay before him and the President their objections to the act. He would gladly huar their objections and would give them every opportunity to explain fuliy their w,slies in the matter. Several of the Chiefs responded through an interpre'er, saying they were too tired after t. eir long journey to talk, and at theii request the council was postponed for a couple of days. "i PETBOLEUM EXPLODES. 'i'he Forties of Vfqtims Scattered ;Broadc ast In Calais Harbor. The f; e of an explosion of petroleum gas on boarri the French steamer Ville de Calais, which hud just arrived at Calais, France, from Philadelphia, tore off the deck and partly carried away her sides. Only the forward portion of the vessel sank, and the fire raio l fiercely in that portion above water. Other shipping lying in the vicinity of tiie steamer was much damaged by the explosion. The less of life was great. Portions of a dozen bodies were found lying on the quays, arms, le^s and heads being scattered about in shock n/ confusion. It is supposed that the i?nit oi! of f?ns generated in the hold caused th explosion. Four bodies have been found. Fragments of iron were blown incredible d stun es, and all tho windows of the ca riages in tho railway stations were broken by M<e explosion. The F :'ti lard Oil Company of New York received r. cable dispatch announcing that i "om twenty to twenty-five persons perished > . the explosion. "KACK3 Oi gold were discovered in Helena, Jl.outana, t/ workmea digging a sewer. The 'city is buiit on Great Last Chance Gulch. . The dirt panned out fifteen c*nt? to the pan. THE NEWS EPITOinZEft ftasiern ana ininaie states. Congressmen Ashbel P. Fitch and Sau uel S. Cox have been renominated for Cot press by Tammany Hall in their respectiv districts in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cowell, of Ostei ville, Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. Howar Lovell, formerly of Osterville, but now c New York, tried to drive across the track e West Barnstable. Mass. The engine struc the wagon and Mr. and Mrs. Lovell and Mi Cowell were instantly killed. Mrs. Cowell1 arm was badly mangled and she was inter nally injured. The United States gunboat Petrel ha been launched from Cramp's ship yard a Baltimore in the presence of a number c distinguished army and navy officials. Sh is the smallest of "the vessels that compos the new navy. Twenty-seven victims of the Mud Ru disaster were buried at Pleasant Vallej Penn. John "Waters was stoned to death a Pittsfield, Mass., by a party of drunken me: whose orgies he and his wife had intei rupted. While Mrs. William Morgan, of Donald son, Penn., was sitting in her dining-roon nursing her infant her six-year-old sor picked up a shotgun and discharged it. Th entire charge entered the head, face, breas and shoulders of the unfortunate woman an< the back and head of the Infant, fatall; I wounding them. Fire resulting from an explosion of ga destroyed the Cameron Colliery at Shamo kin, Penn., entailing a loss of $75,000. A freshet in the Penobscot River ha: caused great damage to pulp mills and papei actorids. Bangor, Me., has been partiallj under water, and the damage to machinery and buildings is enormous. Sonth and West. Fields, the outgoing County Treasurer o Wanbansee county, Kan., is a defaulter ii the sum of $20,000. Thieves robbed an excursion train on th "Wabash road in Indiana and secured $20,000 j after which they escaped. At Bevier, Mo., striking coal-miners at 1 tacked their substitutes, fatally woundinj i several, and killing Thomas Wardell, th principal mine owner. A pay train, containing $10,000, plungei into a gap at Reno Gulch, Dakota, and thre masked men attempted to rob it. Paymastei Reemer opened fire on the robbers and in ; stantly killed John Clark. John AVilsou wa ! fatally wounded, and the third man, name* j Johnson, escaped. The three were ranch 1 men of the Black Hills. Alt. the cracker bakers between Pittsburj and the Rocky Mountains have agreed t< advance the price of all crackers on accoun of the wheat corner, the range being fron half to one and a half cents a pound. A colored girl named Pauline McCoy j nineteen yeai s old, has been hanged at Unioi I Springs, Ala., for the murder of Annie Jo j rand, a fourteen-year-old white child, last February, whom she killed in order to ob I tain her clothes. The execution was private The strike of the Chicago street car em ] ployes has been settlorl and the men have re j sumed work. A practical victory was woi j by the strikers, although concessions weri 1 made on both sides. Dr. C. K. Greog, son of the Episcopa I Bishop of Texas, shot and killed himself a j McKinney, Texas, while suffering from th< j effects of a hypodermic injection of co | caine, with which he was experimenting. Chatu.es Morax, Jr., son of the Nev I York banker of the same name, was sho ; and killed near Waco, Texas, by C. W. West I Willi WUU1I1 no uuu lurueu u i{uuiiui. ] Chang Yang Huen, the piinese Ministei | to the United States, has arrived from Pen j and proceeded to Washington. The non-fulfilment of the full terms of hi agreement by Verkes, the Chicago stree railroad man. has led to a renewal of thi street disturbances and of tho strike. Joseph Joiner was lynched by citizens indignant at his career of crime, on his waj to jail at Hulto, Texas. Lewis Edwards, a colored murderer, wa 6hot dead by a party of masked men wh< broke into the jail at Jessup, Ga. Hon. John Wentworth, better known aj I "Long John," a wealthy citizen and ? : famous pioneer of Chicago, has died of olc ! age. Washington. Jurr* Sawyer of the United States Cir cuit Court m Washington, has issued tw< writs of habeas corpus to test the validity ol the Chinese Exclusion act. President Cleveland has nominated E P. Earle, of Alabama, to be Consul at Cog nac. Secretary Whitney has been informed that a large crack in the sternpost of the ro cently launched steel cruiser Baltimore wil delay the completion of that vessel severa months. Mrs. Cleveland has returned to Wash ington from her vacation in the Adirondacks i She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs j Folsom, and Dr. Ward, of Albany. Th< i party was met at the station by the Presi i dent and were driven to the Executive Man sion. A V ' jAlAMnftAM A# ClAlIT nVliofo Vl QI A LAftUL Uricgai<iuu U1 >J1VU.\ \- Uivio iit? arrived in Washington, to consult in refer ence to the proposed cession of a part o: their reservation. The President approved the act for the re lief of settlers on the old Camp Sheridai military reservation; the joint resolution foi the enclosure of certaiu points on the battle field of Gettysburg; the act in regard to th< | settlement of boundary lines between Coni necticutand Rhode Island; the joint resolu J tion in aid of the sufferers from yellow fe ! ver, and the act making enlisted men of the signal corps responsible for public property A decision has been rendered by Judgi Sawyer in the United States C>rcuit Court San Francisco, upon two test cases under th< recent Chinese Exclusion act The Court af firms the constitutionality of the act, am holds that all Chinese now in the Sai Francisco harbor, as well as those on the waj from China, must be seut back. President Cleveland has approved th< act authorizing the establishment of life saving stations along thu coast, Mrs. Ada M. Bkttinger, of Lincoln Neb., has been admitted to practice befori I Vlm^QTYiQ fYmrf. lioincr fr.hf LlIlU UUiLCU UCUbGO K'U}/1 v-mv WM. V, WV...Q w ?. third woman accorded this privilege. The Senate has confirmed the followinj ; nominations: Harry E. Shields, to be Re ceiver of Public Moneys at Seattle, Washing ton Territory; George S. Duryee, to tx United States Attorney for the District o New Jersey, and James A. Moore, to b United States Marshal for Nevada. Foreign. Emperor William, of Germany, paid i visit to the Vatican in Rome and held an in terview of twenty-three minutes with th Pope. The election of representatives in Hayti fc< choose a President resulted in favor of Sena | tor Legitime. The palace was attacked bj General Thetemaque, the opposition candi fate. The forces under Legitime repellei the attack, and a desperate battle ensued, ii which Thetemaque and 100 of his follower were killed. The greater portion of the village of Poin du Chene/New Brunswick, burned. Loss *100,000. A revolution has taken place in Bolivia. The leaders of the revolt are two men namec Pacheco and Rivadeneira. President Arc* es aped to I>a Paz, where he is busily en gased in organizing troops. Sucre was oc cnpied by In liuns, and the mutinous troop! have disbanded. The only authorities in the capital are the two leade. s of the revolt. A consi'ikapy against the Dutch resident1 in Java has been discovered at Madion Forty-two of the ringlea lers in the move ! ment were arrested, and eleven others whe i refused to surrender were killed. | Forty thousand copies of Dr. Mackenzie's I book on Emperor Frederick's case have beer I seized at Leipsic by the police. The book is j not allowed to be sold in Berlin. The poiic* ! have seized copies exix>sed for sale at boo! stores in Berlin. Tin: French Chamber of Deputies ha assembled, and Premier Floquet introduce( his bill to revise the Constitution. Lord Mount Tkmple, a wealthy and fa mous Englishman, is dead. He was seventy seven years of age and leaves no heir. _Thb German Emperor, accomnanie 1 b] King Humbert of Italy and the Duked'Aosb vinited Nap es, an 1 was enthusiastically re seived by the populace. A courier has arrived from the Cone< (Africa) Free State bringing details of th< ienth of Major Parttelot, who was killed bj a porter in the Stan ey relief expedition ii revenge for ill-treatment. The murderei was placed under arrest and has since beec t hanged. iti ,-v. . LATEB NEWS, Chablks Matthews, sixty years old, ini flicted* thirty different wounds in his breast ?- -* o A "Mock, VilUnr* | WHO a KH1IU, tilt OpriU^UCiU) iuuoo, , auuug himself. Besides these wounds he severed - his windpipe. He had been on a protracted d spree, and stabbed himself while suffering 'J from delirium tremens. it k A murderous assault was made at Eliza* beth, N. J., upon Colonel Rufus King, Jr., .. a member of Governor Green's staff, by unknown thugs. s Thomas L. Barnes, a Philadelphia butcher, who has been a monomaniac on ree ligious subjects, sacrificed his only grande child by dropping it out of a third story window, dr.8hing the infant's brains out. r In a quarrel in the Valley Iron Mill at ' Pittsburg, Penn., Matt Burns attacked and t fatally injured John Walter with a red hot n iron puddle. The stage from Jerome was "held up" 1- near Sanderson Station, Arizona, by one ^ * ?mA?nk nf mnnAV wft? ra ^ man. a ouiau auiv/uuv ~?j g cured from the five passengers. The mail t was untouched. * The President has returned thirteen pri ^ vate pension bills to Congress without his 3 approval. Senor Don Pedro Perez Zelidon, the new United States Minister from Costa ' Rica, has just arrived at Washington. r Count Pulio Real, Consul General 01 7 Spain to Canada, committed suicide at Quebec by shooting. He was despondent because of financial difficulties. f Marcelina Campos, a colored woman, 1 114 years of age, has just died at Havana. B Cuba. She leaves a ninety-year-old son ? I her second one?many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, i- and a twelve-year-old great-great-great /*??on^cnn 0 **" The Afghan rising against British rule has 1 been crushed. Ishak's troops have sur9 rendered, and Iahak himself has taken refuge 1 in Bokhara. ! THUEMAN'S LETTER. > The Democratic Vice Presidential I Candidate Accepts. i The following is the letter of acceptance of the Hon. Allen G. Thurman: ? Columbus, Ohio, Oct 12. 1 To Hon. Patrick A. Collins and others, Com~ mittee: ' Gentlemen?In obedience to custom I send you this formal acceptance of my nomi nation for the office of Vice-President, made by the National Convention of tlie Demo cratic nartv at St. Louis. i When you did me the honor to call upon a me at Columbns and officially notify me of my nomination I expressed to you my sense 1 of obligation to th'e Convention, and stated t that, although I had not sought the nomina9 tion, I did not feel at liberty under the cir cumstances to decline it. 1 approve the platform of the St Louis 7 Convention and cannot too strongly express ' dissent from the heretical teach ings of the monopolists that the wel' fore of a people can be promoted by a system of exorbitant taxation far r in excess of the wants of the Government. 1 The idea that a people can be onriched by heavy and unnecessary taxation, that s a man's condition can be improved by taxing t him on all he wears, on all his wife and cbil9 dren wear, on all his tools and implements of industry, is an obvious absurdity. To fill the vaults of the Treasury with an idle sur'r plus !or which the government has no legitimate use, and to thereby deprive the s people of. currency needed for the business and dailySmnts, and to create a powerful and dangerous stimulus to extravagance and corruption in the expenditures of the gov3 ernment. seems to me'to be a policvat variJ ance with every sound principle of govern ment and of political economy. The necessity of reducing taxation to prevent such an accumulation of surplus revenue and the consequent depletion of the cir. culatinz medium is so apparent that no party ) dares to deny it. We seek to reduce the taxes f upon the necessaries of life: our opponents seek to increase them. We say give to the masses of people cheap and good clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools and cheap lumber. The Republicans, by their platform and t their leaders in the Senate, by their proposed bill, say increase the taxes on clothing and 1 blankets and thereby increasa their cost; I maintain a high duty on all the tools and implements of the farmer and mechanic and - upon the lumber which they need for . the construction of modest dwellings, shops , and barns, and thereby prevent their obtain5 ing these necessaries at reasonable prices. Much is said about competition of American - I laborers with^he pauper labor of Europe; hut does not every man who looks around him see 3 and know that an immense majority of the . laborers in America are not engaged in t what are called the protected industries, and as to those who are employed in such industries is it not undeniable that the duties proposed by the Democratic J measure, called the Mills bill, far exceed the r difference between American and European " wages, and that therefore if it were admitted that our workingmen can be protected by tariffs against cheaper labor they would be fully protected and more than protected by " that bill 5 Does not every well informed man know that the increase in price of home manufac9 tures produced by a high tariff does not go , into the pockets of laboring men, but onlv s tends to swell the profits of others. It - seems to me that if the policy or 1 the Democratic party is plainly prei sente 1, all must understand that we seek to T make the cost of living less and at the same time to increase the share of th i laboring1 a man in benefits of national prosperity ana . growth. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, Allen G. Thurman. a ? * 9 To do the work of locomotives upon the coeimon roads of the country, and the 5 equivalent of that which has been done upon - the railroads the past year, would require^ - in round numbers, 54,0(K),000 horses and i 13.500,000 men. f e . THE MARKETS. 42 FEW YORK. Beef. City Pressed 6 (S> 9 1 Calves, common to prime.... 9 @ 11^ Sheep 3 50 @ 5 25 ? Lambs 5 25 (?) 6 50 Hogs?Live 6j^ a Dressed 7)i@ 8 Flour?City Mill Extra. 5 6o @ 5 80 f Patents fi 50 @ 7 75 i- Wheat?No. 2 Red. 1 10 @ 1 11 J Rye?State 65 @ 69 a Barley?Ma 1 98X@ 99 s Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 50 @ 511^ Oats?N<>. i White ->tato...? ? @41 fc Mixed Western 26 @ 32 Hay?No. I N"w 85 @ 90 8traw?Lone Rye 70 @ 75 Lard?City Steam ? @ 3-90c I Butter?State Creamery.... 25>?@ 26>? Dairy 21 @ 25 West Ira. Creamery 18 @ 23 Faotorv 13 @ 14 ' Cheese?State Factory. 8J^@ 30% Skims?Medium.... 4^@ 6 Western ,8^@ 10J^ Eggs?State and Penn i-2 @ 22% J JJUFFALO. Steers?Western 3 25 @ 4 00 Sheep?Meu.u.nto Good.... 4 00 @ 4 35 > Laiuos?i''uir t? ?oo > 4 50 @5 60 Hogs?Good to Choice Y orks 5 <?0 @5 '.?> 5 Flour?Family 5 00 @ 5 25 i Wbeat-No. Slie.l 1 12 @ 1 14 } Corn?No. 2. Yellow ? (iQ 4S% 3 Oats?No. 2. Wnite ? @ ;;2>| c Barley?State ? @ 90 BOSTON. s Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 7 75 @8 25 1 Corn?Steamer YeliOW, 5'.' @ 60)^ Oats?No. 2 Whito 'AW/, Rye?State GJ @ 64 " WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLB MARKSC Beef-Dressed weight @ 8 . ^heep?Live weight 6 @ 7 j Lambi 4%@ 6 Hogs?Northern ? @ 8 FIULADBLrHtA. > Flour?Penn. family 5 ?5 @ 5 50 , Wheat?No. 2, Red ii> t... 1 05)^@ 1 '6 r Corn?No. 2, l Mixed... 51 4 , Oats? < neraded Wnite ? @ 3:>? P Rye?Na 3 ? @ 72 i Butter?Creamery Extra... ? @25 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 9 @ 9% j -;'r: ' V?; i. % * ?. r- . V a ^7*^5^5?. | CARNAGE ON THE RAIL. One Crowded Exenrsion Train Crashes Into Another, A Large Number of People .Killed and Many Injured. A frightful railroad accident at Mud Run Station on the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Pennsylvania has resulted in the instant death of many people and severe injuries to numerous others. Particulars of the sad affair are as follows: The wrecked train was a section of a Father Mathew excursion train returning from the annual parade of Catholic Temperance societies at Hazelton. Nearly 6000 Luzerne and Lackawanna peop e had gone to Hazelton. There were seventy-eight cars from V?'ilke8baiTe to Hazelton, the number of passengers be ng about 5500. The sections were all crowded to suffocation, lurnishing the condition for terrible loss of life in case of wreck. The third section of the excursion train stood on the track a few hundred yards from Mud Run at 10 p. M., waiting for sections ahead to get out of the way. Suddenly the passengers on the rear platform saw a train approach at a high rate of speed. Several of them jumped and escaped. In an instant the flash ot'a headlight illuminated the interior of the ill-fated rear car; there was a frightful crash, and the engine plunged ber full length into the crowded mass of people. The shock drove the rear car through the next one lor two-thirds of' its length, and the second car was forced into the third. Not a single person escaped from the rear car. The second was crowded witn maimed and bleeding bodies, and the third car had but few passengers who escaped. The uninjured but terror-stricken passengers of both trains made their way out of the cars, and went to the telescoped engine and cars, where the full horror of the terrible disaster dawned upon them. The shattered engine was pouring forth streams of solid steam and water, which hid from their eyes the full horrors of the scene, while the hissing sound deaden*! the shrieks and groans of those imprisoned in the wreck. Some of the dead sat pinioned erect in their Beats. The timbers of the rear car were crushed and wrenched, while on all sides bung mangled bodies and limbs. The few bodies which were not mangled were burned and scalded by the steam. The uninjured began at once to do what could be done for their unfortunate companions. The few light tools on tbe train vreve called into requisition, but proved very inefficient. The St. Francis Pioneer Corps, who were on the train, plied with zeal their broadaxes, which were meant for holiday occasions. They were, however, but little adapted to the wor k, and were soon rendered useless. The windows of the cars were smashed in and men released those least hurt or least entangled. In one case they found James Lyncu, of Wilkesbarre, hanging from the root by one leg. His cries brought friends, who, to relieve his suffering, stood upon the wreckage and held his weight upon their backs until he was released. A young lady was found caught by the limbs. One limb was quickly released, but the other could not be freed, and a misdirected blow of an axe severed it from tbe body. She heroically bore her torture,'and taking out her gold watch she handed it to an acquaintance as a gift to a friend at home. She was put on one of the frflinfl onH trivpn all nossilila cars btlfc flhf died in the arms of her friends on the car. To free the bodies in the rear car the train men attached a locomotive to the wrecked engine and started to pull it from the wreck. The first movement of the shattered wreck brought from the wounded such cries of distress that the surrounding friends ordered the engineer to desist on pain of his life. They did not wish to see the mangled forms still further mutilated. The few houses about the spot were thrown open to the suffering, and bonfires were lighted to aid the work of relief. One brave man named McGinty risked all danger, and mounting the wrecked locomotives pulled out the lire. 1 he night waa intensely dark, and bonfires bad to he built along the railroad to enable the rescuers tc work. The cries of the wounded as they tried to escape from the debris were heartrending. Nearly all of the passengers were jammed in between the seats and broken timbers. They could put their heads out of the windows but could get no further, as their lower limbs were held in the wreckage like a vice. Every effort was mude to rescue the unfortunates, but in most cases they perished before this could be effected. Many of the male passengers used their shirts for bandages to dress the wounds of the iniured. Two special trains carried the wounded to the hospitals at Bethlehem and Wilkesbarre. Forty physicians were on the ground at daybreak. The first list of men, women and children who were instantly killed, or died soon after of their injuries, numbered about sixty people, and the injured comprised many more. Of the badly hurt many were not expected PROMINENT_ PEOPLE. The Emperor of China is in his eighteenth year. Jay Gould says his health no longer worries i im. Patti, the great singer, is writing her autobiography. The King of Portugal it a translator of Shakespeare. Thr Russian Czar is soon to make a visit to Jerusalem and its holy places. Lady Dudley, the famous English beauty, is as white as a pond lily. Mrs. Cleveland has been making use of her fall ouiing in the Adirondaeks. The Queen of Italy, whose teeth are fine, keep.-, an American dentist always at court. It is feared that the Mikado of Japan has contracted a pronounced habit of alcoholism. 1 he King of Denmark will celebrate the twenty-fitch anniversary of his reign on November 15. R. Gunner, once Emperor Maximillian's aide, is now Keeper of a news stand at Dallas, Texas. Since he got back alive the Emperor of Brazil is receiving all sorts of manifestations of the people's joy. Baron Huene, of the Russian Imperial Guards, has married a daughter of ez-Minister Lathrop, of Detroit. Robert J. Bcrdette. the humorist, has been licensed to preach by the Baptist Church, to which he belongs. Frank Hatton, the ex-Postmaster General, has drifted into business as the Western agent for a newly invented stove. General Boulanger has resumed his daily receptions in Paris, and the agitation in his behalf has been recommenced. Father Schleyer, the inventor of Volapuk, is (fead. A fund for a monument to his memory will be raised by his followers. Ex-Gov. Albert G. Porter, of Indiana, is a portly looking gentleman of medium height, with a well kept gray beard and the a^r of a banker. Mr. Gladstone has recommenced his autumnal recreation of tree felling. He prefers to cut oaks, and leaves the sycamores for younger hands. The German Emperor on his rides atjthe J army manoeuvres is accompanied by a mounted soldier, carrying an imperial purple standard on a lance. It is said that Master Workman Powderly, of the K. of L., who has for some time past been studying law, will soon make application for admission to the bar. A prominent woman lawyer of Ohio is i Miss Florence Cronise, of Tillin. She has been in active practice for fifteen years, and has secured a competence and a large list of clients. General Joseph E. Johnston, the exConfederate leader, is living quietly at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. He is the last of the oilicers of the; Confederacy to bear the full rank of General. Congressman William Walter Pnri.rs, of New Jersey, has a fortune of 812,000,0')0, which is invested about equally in real estate and railroad stocks nud bonus. He is a large holder of Washington real estate. Born in this country an 1 in Great Britain the name of the groat Irish leader Parnell is pronounced by manv as thougn accented on the last syllable. The i'aU Malt Uuzett* instructs its readers to put the accent on the first syllable, Parnell. B. P. Hltchinsow, tlio Chicago wheat | manipulator, is averse to having his photograph taken and has n?;ver allowed a Dhoto- j graptier to point a camera at hiin. His son i eaid a few days ago that ho would give $1000 to get a photograph of his father. I i?yv.-f SUMMAEY OFOONQRESS. Senate Proceeding#. 193d Day.?A bill was introduced provi- q dine that the rate of nension for total disa- ? bility incurred in the* naval service of the United States during the late war shall be $50 per month, whenever It shall appear that the pensioner was on board any war vessel . of the United States during an engagement n with the enemy, for which the officers and crew of the vessel received the thanks of the Secretary of the Navy for gallantry and endurance. .. .Debate on the Senate Tariff bill was participated in by Messrs. Chace, Aldrich, Reagan, Call and Hawley. in 194th Day.?The first Tuesday in December next was fixed for the consideration of j, the Pacific Railroad Funding bill Three pension vetoes were received from the Presi- w dent.... The debate upon the tariff bill con- fr tinued: Mr. Vest spoke, and was answered fr by Mr. Allison. ?r 195th Day.?Mr. Cockerell spoke for four fcj hours on the Senate substitute for < he Mills M bill. Messrs. Allison and Aldrich replied. in * 11)6th Day.? A resolution was offered by w Mr. Allison for a recess, to extend to Novem- & ber 19. It was ODDOsed bv Messrs. Cockrell, R Reagan and Saulsbury, all of whom advo- n< :atea an adjournment sine die.... Mr. Teller m Jelivered an argument in opposition to the financial policy of the Administration, espe- go :ially that feature of it which limits the pur- cj :hase of interest bearing bonds and deposits aj in banks....Mr. George asked for an indefi- M oite leave of absence, which was granted. bi in Honse Proceedings. fr, 232d Dat.?The report of the special com- ]o mittee upon the library building, exonerating fr Mr. Stahlnecker, of New York, was present- lit ?d and agreed to The House, in Committee ar 5f the Whole, took up the Senate bill for the th incorporation of the Maritime Canal Com- ai pany of Nicaragua. 2:;:5d Day.?Mr. Sowden introduced a bill pr pensioning all soldiers and sailors who were th iisabied in the Government service, also pen- m rioning all soldiers and sailors of the late an war after reaching the age of sixty-eight.... Ft Tho bill providing for the electoral couut was passed without amendment.... A bill author- yi izing Rufus Hatch, H. K. Viele, Charles In- as gersol 1 and others to construct a bridge across bj the Hudson River from New York City to New Jersey was introduced.... A bill was re- bt ferred providing for the assembling of the 85 fifty-first and subsequent Congresses on the 1th of March at 1 i\ jr., when an adjourn- 13 ment shall be immediately taken until the 87 first Monday in December following, unless the President expresses a wish to the contrary. 15 234th Day. ? 1 he House refused to consider B6 the Eight-Hour bill Mr. Oates called up his resolution for final adjournment, but no 11 action was taken on tne suujecc Because 01 a zq lack of a quorum. SJTith Day.?Another adjournment reso- yf lution was offered and after a sharp struggle ag to obtain immediate action it was referred to the Ways and Means Committee....Mr. 18 Cox took the floor on a question of privilege, 7,1 and declared that unfrankable matter which had been sent out under his signature was yi not sent by him and declared the frank was ag a forgery. * OCTOBER CROP EETURNS. 5 yi The Condition of Corn, Tobacco, Wheat and Cotton, ^ The Octobcr crop returns, as reported by ?g the statistician of the United States Department of Agriculture, show that the condition of the present corn crop has been equalled only three times in ten years, and >g is exceeded materially only by that of 18.", when the condition was 98 and the subsequent p], ascertained yield 28 bushels by the census of 1830. ~ Tobacco has fully maintained the condition of last month, averaging lor all kinds ?E 88.3. iq The returns relative to wheat are those of jj. yield per acre by counties. As consolidated, [3 the general average for winter wheat is 12 jj bushels por acre, and for spring wheat slight- W( ly over 10 bushels. The former has yielded ^ better than the early expectation, the latter ;r much worse. This is, of cour.-e, in measured jf bushels. Tbe quality is much below the average, which will s:.ili further reduce the supply, as will be shown more exactly hereafter from testimony of inspection and niillnro u'aiirhh: The October returns of the Department 1 make a decline in the condition of cotton. The crop is everywhere late,arid slight frosts threaten early destruction of the plants; yet killing fronts ard still in the future and the & length of the season, therefore, uncertain. a The average of reported condition is 78.9, a decline from 8iJ. 8 in September. FATAL COLLISION. ? d Eight Hungarians Killed Throngb a Flagman's Carelessness. t A VlOQ f XX. ICITIVIO laiuvau uwiuvmv vwU..?M a, on the Pottsville branch of the Lehigh t Valley Railroad, which resulted in the kill- ? ing of eight men and the injuring of twenty? four others. A Lehigh gravel train and a Pennsylvania Railroad fast freight collided near famanend S.iding, Penn. The graval train was backing on a siding when the freight train, which was running L on orders, approached at a high rate of speed and went crashing into the cars ahead h It is said that the flagman did not get back far enough to signal the freieht, which & struck the caboose of the gravel train, the j latter containing a batch of Hungarian , laborers, six of whom were instantly killed. Twenty-six were injured, two of them dying while being conveyed to the hospital. a THE LABOR WOBLD. 1 8 There are 280,000 women milliners. The annual output of our nail mills is 800,- e. 000 tons. About 200,000 women find employment ag r dressmakers. Striking cigarmakers in Havana are com- ing to the United States. Over 100,000 anthracite miners are em- jj ployed by six or seven men. Keokuk, Iowa, has adopted the eight hour y rule for all its city employes. T. B. Barry has resigned from the general g( executive board of the xnights of Labor. h Agitation has brought about the abolition of contract prison labor in Minnesota. M The Pittsburg glass factories have ret gi sumed work, giving 7000 operatives employmonf. y, Kansas will make a vigorous and per- Bt sis tent protest against convict labor in thq mines. . g, Thkre are 200,000 arc lights in use in the lc United States, and 1,000,000 incandescent! lamps. C The biggest passenger engines used in this m country are the long-legged flyers of the Pennysylvania Road. h; A Pittsburg man has invented a nail ma- se chine which will do twice the work that present machies accomplish and at *5 a ton less. & A California company, with a capital of fi| $1,000,000, will establish a big iron plantnear Milford, Utah, that will employ about 2G0J ti men. tt The Hebrew Peddlers' Union, of New York, has requested Mayor Hewitt not tq g allow boys under sixteen to pursue the voca- y, tion. The rapid introduction of the electric lighl te into Nortuwestern sawmills shows the pro- CT gressive spirit of tlie lumbermen of this region . T m Typographical Union No. 7, of New York, has engaged an instructor to teach its pj members the technical points in English composition. Dr Stumm Bros., of Neuenkirchen, Germany, or have offered a prize of ?- >' 0 for the best ^ means of preventing the inhalation of dust by the workmen engaged in grinding clay. The Internationa'. Brotherhood of Hoiler- so Makers and iron Shipbuilders and Helpers ^ was formed at Ciiicugo, J tine, ISst), and now I has o4 branches with a membership of i&OJ. th An Allentown (l'enn.) flrtu has on exhibi- ca tion the largest knife and fork ever ramu- pv factured. ha. h is ten feet long and each has ' an ivory handle. The cost of manufacture I ?, was , re? The pay of the laborers at the Brooklyn ! bt navy yard, which was reduced twenty-five i cents a day in eauli class becau ,e of a reported I deficiency of appropriation, has been restored g,' by an order ol the Secretary of the Navy. , The Russian Workinginen's Union of New re York has succeeded in organizing its countrymen employed in furniture-making establishments into a union. The Russian' union will jg organize all its country men into trades union; $ and form a council of unions speaking onij a the Russian language. q Thf beet root crop of Europe for 1S89 Is r estimated at :JT8">0,0au tons,, against 2,407,050 l tons actual production for season of 1807-88, g * ~m WHAT'CROP. ummary of the Yield for the Current Year. . Shortage of 37,000,000 Bushels Over the Year 1887. The Farmer's Review, of Chicago, has this aportant summary of the whaat crop: The shortage in the wheat crop of 1888 ii le not only to decreased acreage, but also i damage' from various causes. In Ohio, om winter killing and rust; in Indiana, om winter killing, chinch bugs, and lightly om rust; in Illinois, principally from winter lling and chinch bugs, although some tun ties report loss from drought and rust; , Iowa, from chinch bugs (two counties porting a total loss from this cause), also tnsiderable damage from rust; in Michigan, considerable portion winter killed, but )twithstanding this, the crop will be about inal to that of last year; the Wisconsin crop ?B J : J Ul. -1_I? A lueroa cunsiaerauiy xruui uiiucu uukis tuiu me from rust and hot woather; in Missouri linch bugs and wet weather at the time and ter harvesting caused considerable loss; in innesota the chief loss was from chinch lgs, two counties reporting a total loos, and some counties the most injury was caused T hot winds in July; in Dakota the greatest ss was caused by hot winds, although early ost cut off a portion of the crop; in Kansas ;tle damage was sustainel from any cause, id the crop is, therefore, very much larger an that of last year; Nebraska, Kentucky, td Iowa also show an increase. The following estimate of the crop in the incipal wheat-growing States is based on e acreage planted in those States, as estiated by the Department of Agriculture, id the average yield as reported by the irmcr's Review correspondents: Kentucky?Acreage, 1,035,018; ayerage eld, 14 bushels; total, 14,490,252 bushels. ;ainst 11,113,009 bushels in 18S7, as reported r the Department of Agriculture. Ohio?Acreage, 2,356,487; average yield, 13 tshels; total, 23,277,796 bushels, against ,895,000 bushels in 1887. Indiana?Acreage, 2,549.895: average yield. bushels; total, 3,148,635 bus dels, against ,828,000 in 1887. Illinois?Acreage, 1,988,575; average yield, bushels: total, 29,828,(325 bushels, against ,801,000 in 1587". Iowa?Acreage, 2,468,981; average yield. .5bushel8; total, 28,393,281 bushels,against ,837.000 ill 1887. Missouri?Acreage, 1,541,342; average eld, 15 bushels; total, 23,120,130 bushels, gainst 27,144,000 in 1887. Kansas?Acreage, 752,744: average yield, bushels; total, 13,549,932 bushels, against 807,000 bushels in 1887. Nebraska?Acreage, 1,560,000; average eld. 13 bushels; total, 20,280,260 bushels, ;ainst 16,585,000 in 1887. Michigan ? Acreage 1,466.520; average eld, 15 bushels; total 21,9J7,800 bushels, ;ainst 21,6i'2,000 in 1887. Wisconsin?Acreage, 1,141.887; average eld, 11 bushels: total. 12,555,257 bushels, gainst 13,063,000 bushels in 1887. Minnesota?Acreage, 3,035,331; average eld 7 bushels; total, 21,247,317 bushels, ;ainst 38,299,000 bushels in 1837. Dakota?Acreage, 3,994,5'JS, average yield, bu3hels; total, 35,951,0ij7 bushels, against ,406,000 bushels in 1887. Tnt.nl fnr th? plnvfin States and Dakota, 2,840,352 bushels. Allowing' for the decrease in the area attcd in the Southom and Eastern States, ported by the Department of Agriculture id for an increase in acreage in the Western ates and Territories not mentioned above, id assuming that the yield per acre will be oal to that of last year, we estimate the op in the said States and Territories to be 6,158,020 bushels, which1, added to the total t-"ie above eleven State? and Dakota, >uld make a total of 418,938,372 bushels, ainst 4o<5,329,C00 bushels, the total wheat op of 1887, as reported by the Department Agriculture. FLOODS IN CHINA. fore Than 10.000 People Drowned in a Single District. News just recived from China is to the efect that on the night of August 13 seven and half inches of rain fell in Peking, and imlense volumes of water collected in the avines about Llen-li-Ho and suddenly broke a upon twenty villages. More than 10,000 eople were drowned and large number of raught animals. The villages in the valleys near Peking are a danger every season, as the hills are desti uct, of trees and toe waters now togecner in earful torrents unimpeded by tho vegetaion. News of the catastrophe was brought iy missionaries who have been living near he scene of the disaster. THE NATIONAL GAME. Washington is negotiating for Wise and onway, of Boston. Galvin. of Pittsburg, has surprised all by is skillful pitching this year. Boston is weak at first and second bases nd deficient in base-running. Chicago papers estimate the club profits jr the season at about $75,000. Toledo this season has had seven pitcheri nd an equal number of catchers. Three times this season have the New forks been shut out without a run. The Allentown, Easton, Davenport and ioux City Clubs have disbanded. Landman, Jersey City's phenomenon, won eery championship game he pitched. Dalrymple will winter in Chicago and ssume his regular winter railroad work. The addition of Corkhill and Collins has reat'y strengthened the Brooklyn Ciub. Kelly's work for Boston this season has 1 all depai tuients been a disappointment Poor playing and cold weather can't keep le people away from the games in Boston. There have been thirteen eames this sea>n where a nine has been shut out without a it T- ' <- ? 1.J U. UilnonVu that xt dos ueeu bu vu1u ju iuuhmuuvu >veral players wore ear-muffs during one sime. Beakd, of the Syracuse champions, is said > have struck out but three times this sason. The Jersey City Club has retired from the Bid for tbu seison. It is said that the club istSU.O A). Cork mix's last act as a member of the incinnati Club was to strike out with two ten on bases. Brooklyn will play a number of exibit on games with j^eague clubs before the ason concludes. This is the first season in the history of the ssociation that tbe LouisviJles did not cut a jure In the race. In the fifteen games played last season for le wor d s championship, Latham stole half ie bases for St. .Louis. It is a curious fact that Clarkson, of the ostons, received his worst pounding of the jar from his old Chicago team. The Philadelphia Club has only made sixen homo runs this season, six of which were edited to Wood and three to Andrews. Since Burns, Smith and Pur cell were reoved from the Baltimore club, there has sen a marked improvement) in the team's aying. New Orleans is working industriously to ganize a league and wants to take in two ' three Texas towns, but Charleston don't ant any Texas. "Zack" Phelps, of the Louisvilles, is oken of as President of the American Asciation next season in place of Wheeler rikoff, the present head. A short tim; ago Anson offered Duffy to e Bostons for ?uUJl>; now the Chicago iptain says the little rightiielder cannot be irehaseJ for triple that sum. Fok u small man Ryan, of the Chicagos, is done terrific batting this season. His cord includes sixteen home runs, ten threa iggers and tnirty-two doubles. Donovan, of the I.ondons, who is in such vat demand by League und Association ulis, male 1G> hits, 115 runs and stole SO uses lhe London Club asks $o600 for hii leas?. american" association recoro. aw of Club. T/>r t. Louis Si 43 rooklyn 52 .tbletic 52 incinnati SO 54 altimore 57 SI leveland 50 82 ouisvillo 48 87 iansas City..., tW NEWSY GLEANINGS. . Cholera prevail* in tbo Philippine I The attempt to organize a grave-staoa H trust has failed. B Four German frigates have been ordered V off to Zanzibar. 9 Minneapolis bakers fix the price of bread >H at seven cents a loaf. |H There will be a national exhibition to ;H Palermo, Italy, in 1S9L U The Canadian Government has ordered a survey of the St. Clair River. England and Italy have formed a mart* A time alliance against France. \ Wisconsin cranberries have been damaged twenty-five per cent by frost Extensive opium smuggling across tha \ Dakota border has been discovered. Ekperob William's toar has aroused great enthusiasm throughout Germany. , Tou King, the once famous English pugik 1st, who defeated Heenan and Maoe, is dead, s, There is now no lumber in the Canadian market All of next season's cut has been sold. . A shortage of $40,000 has been fomuLia the office of the Public Administrator of Mir ' Orleans. Poisoned candy is being senp around Canada by some unknown person'through , the maiL A Cunard steamer will shortly beds monthly service between Halifax and the West Indies. F. J. Rees, Chief of Police at Milwaukee, has been removed from office on charge* of incompetency. The English Currency Commission has not been able to agree on the question of a Wmetalic standard. Seattle, WasDington Territory, is snipping large auantitnes of fresh halibut to Gloucester. Mass. .The amount of loss to creditors in Eng* fl| iand and Walea through bankruptcy last year was $3.5,574,525. Bj KING Otto, of Bavaria, is sinking very fast, and his fits of insanity are now man frequent and violent E| A beauty show at Wiesbaden, Germany, ends in a free fight among the com petitory the result of jealousy. |H Great destitution prevails in Dakota cause of the failure of the wheat crop, aad MB an appeal is made for aid. MH The court house and jaQ at Sac City, Io .va, has burned. A prisoner named Charles;^! Carson was burned to death. , , Pasteur's method for preventing anthrax among sheep and cattle has been tried suocessfully in New South Wales. < *- ' fl| , There are $402,000,000 in mortgages an fll lands, lots and chattels in Illinois, of which $142,000,000 are in farm mortgaged Cornell University has pot np a new |H building which will be devoted to the sdeatiflc breeding of bugs and other insects. MB The New York Bureau of EncombnneM has removed 211 telegraph poles and 260,727 feet of wii*e from the streets of that city. .. HE Americans have captured fifteen diploma* twenty-six gold, six silver and three bronaa^H medals, at tno Brussels International Exposit ion. . 1 A San friaxcisco jury estimates a man** legs at fo0,000, at least that is the verdict given George Smith, whose legs were pora-l^H lyzed by an injury. 9M A otammm mamam a? f mAnfw.twA an<) a la. A luunu nuuiau Ul V auu t> ur male companion stopped and held np a Loodon, England, laboring man'and west^H through him thoroughly. 9fl Samuel. C. Pratt was parboiled In the baths at Hot Springs, Nev., be having jumped into the water, not knowing its tem* HBj peratura He died of his injuries. Patti has concluded a contract with Brazilian impresario for next season btHfl Buenos Ay res for $tj^50 a night and a farther contingent interest in the receipts. MH It is computed that this year's corn crop, Hi if loaded for railroad shipment, would nil 2,878,571 c;ir3, and make a train that would HB reach 16,440 miles, or two-thirds .of the wa^HI around the world. W The British Government will pay $250,00#^h indemnity on account of tbe loss eustalned^H through the collision in the River Tagttsof^H the British ironclad Sultan with the Frenofc^H gteamer Ville de Victoria. ? ? Hj A wbiteb on German customs remarks, in the Woman's World: cers may not marry without the con-^H sent of their superiors, and thdir free^H choice is restricted by the regolatioxi8,HJ which require that their -wives mnstlH possess a certain amount of property.^H Money in Germany being much morefl| olentiful in the lower or burgher class^H than in the upper, middle, or profeo^H sional class, it comes about with in-^H creasing frequency that officers m&rry^H daughters of brewers, fanners, inn-HB keepers, butchers, and millers, thxu^Hj adding one more to the many existing^H natural causes which, athwart any r&flH tnaining aristocratic prejudices, are^H rapidly effacing caste in Germany. far as the lives of the people go, she already perhaps the most socially ler-BB eled and democratically behaved na-Hfl tion on earth, and in this respect ofien^^B the strongest possible contrast to tw<^^H adjacent countries. Austria and Russia. Queen Victoria has brgun to de-^H velop a great fondness for the game oj^HB whist. She is not satisfied to let a go by without having her rubbar. Sh<flH is not a brilliant player, but she trie^^H conscientious!j to satisfy her partner^^B Those about here are beginning to bored by her incessant longing to in^^H dulge in the game. She can stand long siege at the table, and oftei^Hl wearies those who are playing witl^^H ner oy ner aismciiuaiiuu w 4UK. ...? said that she hates to lose her mone^^fl as much as though she were poor?foHH she plays the good old English game o^^M a guinea * corner. y MM Three lads at Drummond, England,MM aged ten, eleven, and twelve yearsHfl were caught by the police seeing ho^^^H ! near tbey could comc to killing eacl^Hn other with a shotgun without doing it^Hl The boys took turns, standing agains^Hfl a sand bank with a mark over thei^lH heads, and the others fired at thd^^J mark. The boys liked the sensation o^^H hearing the shot whistle near them^^J Before this they laid their hats an^^U coats in a heap, and fired into them un^H| til they were riddled with shot holei^HH The queerest part of it was that th^^B youngest boy had an official gun l^HH cense. flj^H The death of Benjamin Derix, of Salle, which occurred suddenly, say^^Jfl the La Salle Demo/rat, removed fror^^H [ this life the largi st man in La Sall^^H County. On Saturday last, when h^^^B I seemed quite well, he weighed J pounds, and he jokingly remarked th^^^H lie eould run a block quicker than an^^^H young man in to n. His coffin mea^^^R| ured 34 inches d- ep inside. 33 inch?^^H| broad, and was 6f -ctand3 inches lon^^^H The body could not be potten into hearse and was taken to the cemetei^^BH in a wagon. It took eight men place the corpse in the coffin and many more to lower it to mother eart^^^H