Jefferson Democrat Thursday, December 18, 1890 page 1 column 6 Volunteer Transcription  by N.J. ~ Ground Into Pieces ~ ~Terrible fate of Two ladies and a Gentleman ~ ~All Killed By The Train~ ~The Unfortunate Victims to the Act of Boarding a Train When Run Down and Slaughtered by a Train Who They Were~ Minneapolis, Minn., December 11- ? D. TODD and wife of Sioux City and their daughter, wife of Master Mechanic SLAYION of the Kansas City road, were run down and instantly killed by a St. Paul & Omaha passenger train at the State University station this morning. They were in the act of boarding a Great Northern train when they were run down by the Omaha train coming in on an adjoining track at a terrific speed. Mr. And Mrs. TODD were ground to pieces under the engine, their bodies being mutilated beyond recognition. Mrs. SLAYTON was caught by the cow catcher and buried a distance of nearly twenty feet into the air, her body falling against a passenger coach of the Great Northern train. The remains of the victims were scattered along the track for a distance of nearly one hundred feet, and it was some time after they were collected that the identification could be established. The bodied were carried into the station and the coroner notified. Mrs. SLAYTON left a little girl at home who told those that called that her mamma had gone to St. Paul. Engineer of the Omaha train said he applied the air brakes as soon as he saw the Short Line train at the depot. He had a heavy train and the brakes did not answer promptly. Mr. TODD was a prominent conductor of Sioux City. ===================== ~ Compound Lard ~ Washington, D.C., December 9- Two bills imposing a tax upon compound lard were to-day reported without recommendation by senator PADDOCK from the Committee on Agriculture. One of them is the bill that passed the House last session, and the other is the bill introduced in the Senate last January by Senator DAWES, which has never been reported by the committee. Both bills are similar in purpose, and provide for the imposition of a tax upon and regulation of the manufacture of compound lead. The bills were reported without recommendation in order to avoid reopening the controversy of the last session and the hearing of argument, which would necessarily have greatly delayed any action upon them by the committee. It is understood that some features of the house bill were objected to by several Senators, but rather than consider the bill by sections in the committee it was deemed best to report them to the Senate at once, leaving the objectionable points to be considered when the bill comes up in the Senate for consideration. ----------------------------------------- ~ Bill NYE Saves RILEY~ New York, December 8- Bill NYE the humorist, is plaintiff in a law suit against the poet, James Whitcomb RILEY, his chum for years in the work of making Americans laugh. NYE and RILEY have been a money making combination for years, but Mr. NYE charges that, while his own humor was always dry, Mr. RILEY was to frequently wet. In Louisville, he says, early in the year, Mr. RILEY poured out to Bacchus libations which should of honored the shrine of Euterpe, and the result was that when the hour arrived at which the combination should appear to amuse the public Mr. RILEY presented a very willowy form to the audience. Hence Mr. NYE’s actions. The combination went in twain, and yesterday morning Mr. NYE hairless as ever, ascended to the office of WALKER Brothers, No. 25 (?) Broadway, who first formed the NYE and RILEY combination, and put them on the road. To them Mr. NYE told his tale of woe. There was fast writing for some hours and then an adjournment untill to-day. The action, which is for the recovery of some $30,000 from Mr. RILEY, will be tried at Indianapolis. The evidence is only now being taken. ----------------------------------- ~A Land Purchase by GOULD` Hutchinson, Kans., December 7- Another quarter section of land has been purchased by Jay GOULD’s attorney, making 1000 acres in all that Mr. GOULD now owns in Hutchinson. It is announced that the grounds will be used for additional salt plants. Mr. GOULD already owns three soda ash works and ground for terminal facilitation for the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific, which meet at this point. He has long wanted to shorten his line to Denver, and it is said to be his intention to run an air line from El Derado to Hutchinson, hence west to the D. M. and A. at Larued, intersecting the Denver line at the little town of Utica, Ness County, shortening the distance forty eight miles. ---------------- ~ The Proceedings of Congress~ Washington, D.C., December 10- In the Senate yesterday Mr. PLUMB introduced a bill to require the surrendered votes of national banks and to provide for free exchange of silver. Mr. QUAY offered an amendment to the tariff bill to correct a typographical error. The election bill was taken up, and MESARS, BERRY and DANIELS spoke against it. ------------------------------------------------------------ ~ The House~ The resolution providing for removal of the remains of Gen. U. S. GRANT from New York to Washington was defeated, 153 to 92. A number of public building bills were passed. ------------------ ~ Strays To The Stripe~ Arkansas City, Kan., December 9- The report sent out to all stray cattle left in the Cherokee Strip after December 1 would be confiscated by the Government appears to be untrue. Thomas HILL, who had a large range south of this city, had over 500 strays. Last week he sent out a party of five cowboys to gather up strays. To-day they returned bringing with them sixty head of cattle bearing HILL’s brand. They were not disturbed by the soldiers. The party will search for other stray cattle. -------------------------------- New York, December 9- HOWE and HUMMEL made no protest against the admission to probate of Dion BOUICAULT’s will, because the signature was undoubted and the testament genuine. They say, however, that when the will was made Miss THORNDIKE was not the actor's wife. Agnes ROBERTSON not having then got a divorce. As soon, therefore, as searches of some of Mr. BOUICAULT’s real estate have been completed they will begin a contest on behalf of their client as the wife of the testator when the will was made. This may be within a fortnight. ---------------