The naval advisory board held a
meeting this morning, during which
a consultation was had with the secre
tary of the navy and several official.-’
regarding the propriety of beginning
the word on new vessels at as early a
date as a sufficient sum of tire amount
appropriated for use by the bureau of
construction remains yet unexpended
warrants the beginning of the work.
The new map of the United States,
prepared under the direction of the
general land office, is now in the hands
of the printers in New York and will
soon be ready for distribution. It is
said to be the most complete and ac
curate one compiled by the government.
It contains over 4,G00 places not on the
old map. These additions are mostly
in the west. Rapid strid anin that sec
tion render the map now lit use almost
valueless. "7
Running Into a Stock Train.
St. Paul, Nov. 15.—This morning, at
Robert station, twenty miles east of
Hudson, on the Chicago, Bt. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, a stock
train, while stopping for water, was
run into by a freight train from behind
The caboose, in which were the con
ductor, brakemen, stock men and sev
eral passengers, was'smashed to pieces.
The conductor was burned to death,
nothing but his bones being recovered.
One of the brakemen bad an arm turn
from the socket and died from loss of
blood within an hour. A passenger
named Finn was badly injured. A
number of cars were badly wrecked and
many cattle killed.
• A Horrible Tragedy.
