Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOL. XXYIII—NO. 263
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
More Distressing Details of the Disaster
at Rio.
Tk« Conductor n Rnvlng Mnnlae—Bishop Whip
ple Tells n Heartrending Story of tlie Acci
dent— Helpless Ifomcn Perish in tile Sight of
Strong Men, Who Wore Powerless to Save
Them.
Milwaukee, October 29.— Conductor
Hankey, of the freight truin, who fled into
the woods immediately after the catastro
phe occurred on the Milwaukee and St.
Paul road Wednesday night, hns been
found wandering around in a raving con
dition. He is likely to become a hopeless
maniac. Conductor Searl is resting com
fortably, and it is believed ho will recover.
He said : “Wo were running at a speed be
tween 40 and 45 miles per hour. I had
gone through the cars for tickets'and was
seated in the baggage car at the time the
accident occurred. James Philips, a brake-
man, Wade Clark, the baggageman, and I
were seated in the car, talking together
when there catne a sudden shock and 1
knew we were on the ties. I started to
get upon my feet from the choir
when there was a terriilc
jar, and I was thrown to the floor along
with Phillips and Clark with great force, ,
and all the trunks in the ear were thrown i
around in disorder on top of us, and we
were all three pinned to the floor. There I
was a terrible noise. All kinds of sounds j
mingled at once, and to make it more aw- !
ful it was less than a minute after the
crash that the flames commenced their
work of destruction. I tell you, I thught my
time had come sure. There I was pinned
beneath a pile of heavy s imple trunks and
could not move in any direction. When
I saw the flames at the other end of the
car I thought, Well, this is going to be my
end after all, and I am going to bo burned
to death. It was a sickening thought, I
can tell you. Phillips, the brakeman, was
lying beside me and said if I could give hi m
a little more room he believed lie could
get out,. I accordingly squeezed myself
into as small a space as possible, and by
desperate efforts he managed to get out be
tween the trunks. 1 then escaped through
the same aperture by working myself
under the trunks to the space which he
had occupied. The brakeman at once
climbed out through the window and I
followed him. Clark, the buggnge man,
had a leg broken, but he managed to ex
tricate himself and dragged himself
over the trunks and escaped with
the rest of us. The fire
started at the east end of the baggage ear
west of the coach when they came to
gether. When I get out, which must have
been In less than five minutes, although it
seemed an age, women were yelling inside
the coach and the Are had enveloped the
whole car. The coach was right side up,
but the seatB'seemed to be broken up in
side, and the passengers seemed to be pin
ned to the seats. There was a light load
in the coach. I eannot remember more
than a dozen persons.’’
The loss to the company is estimated at
*50,000.
Tun KraiirlacHii Sisters Perish. '
Milwaukee, October 29.—The Francis
can sisters, who lost their lives by the rail
road wreck at Rio night before last, were
Sister Alphonse and Sister Dempsea. They
were accompanied by a candidate from the
mother house at Newcastle, Wis. The two
sisters had been to Chicago and were on
their way to the Winona institute with the
candidate from Newcastle, who joined
them here. All throe perished.
Illslmii Whipple Interviewed.
St. Paul, Minn., October 29.—The Daily
Globe has the following interview with
Bishop Whipple, who arrived direct from
the scene of the Rio wreck last night.
“The freight train reached Rio about
twenty minutes before the limited train
which was wrecked,” said Bishop Whip
ple, “and the switch had been left open.
Our train was going at the rate of forty-
five miles an hour, so the train officials
said, and the courage and bravery of the
engineer cannot be praised too highly.
He stayed with the engine, and I have
never known an air-brake to be set so
quickly and strongly as that one was. 1
was i'll the first sleeper and had a
berth in the end next to the day
coach. Mr. McGinnis, of Morris,
was in a berth opposite me. The instant
the shock came he sprang from the berth
and ran to the front end of t lie car, but it
was impossible to get out, ior it had tele
scoped. He rushed back and cried out,
‘Collie and help me save these people who
are being burned to death!’ T hud been
awakened but a few minutes before I had
looked at my watch. It was 12:50. I fol
lowed McGinnis in my stocking feet. He
ran faster than T. and when I came to the
burning coach be had taken two children
from a woman near the rear of the coach.
She said her name was Sherrcr, of
Winona, anti asked him to save her chi! •
dren for their father was living. We both
tried to lift the woman from the car, but
we could not, for she was wedged beneath
the bioken seats. A moment after we
reached her her dress took tire and she
fainted, and was burned to death before
our eyes. There was comparatively little
screaming coming from the car, but there
was a rather low moan of suffering, and I
believe that most of those who perished
were killed outright.- The car was tele
scoped at both ends. Mr. Ames, who was
on the train, saw the passengers in that
coach and so did my wife, and they think
there were seventeen. There were two
sisters of charity who boarded the train,
and were bound for Winona. There were
a mother And daughter whose names are
unknown, three young men, a middle-agtd
man, Mrs. Sherrer, her mother and two
children, a man that got on at Columbus,
two men who boarded the car at IV nter-
town Junction, and a man who climbed
out at the top. He and two
children were saved. The others were
burned to death. In about an hour and a
half Mr. Collins, superintendent of that
division, arrived from Milwaukeee and
Philip Langley and Mr. Boyden, of the
company, were on the train and every
thing was done that could be done for the
comfort of the passengers who were left.
The ladies on the train were especially
kind In earing for the two motherless
children. One was a little girl about 4
years old and the other a baby boy. The
passengers in the sleeping cars had some
slight bruises, but none were seriously in-
jured ^
Bishop Whipple said as for himself he
was in good condition, though the excite-
ment had effected him somewhat. The
other passengers say that Bishop Whipple
was among the most active and cool-head
ed of all the passengers and did gallant
sendee in trying to save the poor woman
who was being Burned to death, not ceas
ing his efforts until the flames drove him
Industrial Progress in this South,
le south is making important industrial
Tess of which the whole country is
y proud, but it is not wise to overesti-
i the effect of this. Doubtless there
:ertain conditions favorable to manu-
ire there that make substantial, it not
phenomenal, advance for years to come
probable, but it by no mesas follows that
other parts of the ooa.itry will suffer on
account of this. A good deal of iron will
be produced at the south, but there is no
reason to believe that this means the clos
ing up of profitable mines elsewhere. The
chief significance of this is in the fact that
more iron will be produced and used in
tbo country than ever before, and so it
will bo in other industries.
One argument.—that is, cheaper labor at
the south—will gradually lose its force. As
there comes to be large bodies of skilled
workmen located there, they will expect
and demand substantially the same wages
as are paid elsewhere, if anything will
keep up a permanent difference In wages,
it will be that the cost of living is a little
less there than in t he north and west. But
in the end the southern farmer may be de
pended upon to base his demands on the
demands of those similarly engaged else
where.—American Machinist.
MORE ABOUT THE CAR ROBBERY.
The Express Messt-nsrer unit Kmploji's of tin- Bail-
road Computi)’ Suspected—The Amount Fur in
Excess of flic First Reports.
St. Louis, October 29.—D, S. Fothering-
bam, the Adams express messenger whose
ear was robbed last Monday night, is still
in tiiis city and lias not yet been arrested,
though lie is accompanied wherever he
goes by a detective. He was in close com
munication with the officers of the com
pany this morning, and it was given out
that lie was assisting them in obtaining a
clew to the identity of tlie robber. It is
believed, however, lie will be ex
amined by detectives and the stories
told by him at different times
compared with a view to finding inconsist
encies and obtaining evidence that ho was
an accessory to the robbery.
Suspicion is expressed that several' em
ployes of the express and of the railroad
company carefully planned the robbery,
with the knowledge of Fotheringliam, and
divided the money between them- Tt was
stated at first the amountstoleu was ::'.i,,nt-
ly in excess of $60,000, but claims have.al
ready been presented to tlie company
which swells the amount to *81,000. The
majority of these claims have been settled,
and as soon us the others are proved they
will be paid.
ON ’.CHANGE.
Macli Interest Manifested anil Wide Flui-tnallons
In Prices.
Secretary Manning Resumes the Active
Duties of His Office.
A miller Call for Three I’er Cent. Honda—A
Fniiipnlun Lie Nulled —The Civil Service Re
movals-Some Talk Ahoiil Politic*.
Washington. October 29.—Secretary
Manning this afternoon issued a call for
$10,000,000 of three per cent bonds. Tlie
I call will mature December 1st. It em-
j braces the following numbers: $50, original,
! number 49; $100, original number 010 to
original number 640, both inclusive; $500,
| original number 207 to original number
I 285, inclusive; $1000, original number (70 to
] original number 2-134, both inclusive; $10,-
j 000, original number 0326 lo original nujn-
! her 7808, botli inclusive.
| Parties holding the bonds called by this
circular can obtain immediate payment,
! with interest to date of presentation, by
, requesting the same in a letter forwarding
| the bonds for redemption.
Killing n Fumpnig!i Lie.
| Washington, October 29.—There is lio
! truth in the malicious report that Secreta
ry Lamar refused a book-agent permission
to canvass the interior department for
“Grant’s Memoirs,” but gave the pi-ivi-
! lege to agents for the -‘Life of Robert E.
! Lee.” The facts arc that agents for both
j the “Grant Memoirs” and Mr. Blaine’s
[book were permitted to canvass the de-
| partmenf. An agent for tlie “Life t>f
j itobt. 13. Lee” e rne to the department
land wished to distribute circulars from
■I room to room. -He was told it would
' cause less disturbance and answer the same
end to leave the circulars with the wateli-
1 man at tlie door, and they would be dis
tributed to the eierks as they le-it.
Tin* Civil Service ItuniOTals.
Washington, October 29.—The suspen
sion of the two United States district at
torneys for stump-speaking has alarmed a
number of officials in different parts of tlie
j country, and they are telegraphing to their
friends bore to find out if the slaughter is
to lie general. V prominent Kentuckian
j said Mi is m*rning: “I should have gone
! home to make a few speeches in uie close
districts, but I was afraid it would be con
strued into a violation of tlie president’s
order, and I didn’t care to lose my place.”
There are more who think tlie president
should have defined fully what would be a
violation of his orders.
Sorrelary Manning lb-sunn--* Ills Duties.
Washington, October 29.—Secretary
Manning assumed actual control of the
treasury department to-day for the first
time since he was taken sick, and signed
all mail requiring the signature of the sec
retary. He did not, however, write his
signature on treasury letters, etc., but used
a stamp containing the fae simile of his
signature. The attorney-general gave an
opinion that there is no legal prevention
to the use of such a stamp.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
A Washington Paper mi tin* Probable Composl-
tlon of the Fiftieth Congress.
Washington, October29.—The Evening
Star has the following article on the politi
cal outlook : But few politicians are in
Washington this week. It is only seven
days before the elections occur. The
campaign committees have finished their
work, and jiM the candidates are in the
field. The habit of running to Wash
ington all in a hurry at the election hour
to get funds or offices to assist, in tlie
election is not being followed this year.
No assistance beyond the sending out
of documents by the campaign com
mittee has been drawn from tlie
capital. No campaign contributions
have been collected in the departments,
and there has been practically no money
in the canvass from here. Whatever in
terest is felt in the result by the adminis
tration, it rigidly abstains from anything
that could be construed into official in
| a speech upon the bill he termed whisky ;
I “the dynamite of civilization.” Long is a
teetotaler, but is not an avowed prohibi
tionist.
The democratic congressional campaign
committee has sent a circular to every
democratic candidate in every doubtful
1 congressional district asking for informa-
J tlon about the political prospect. The
* committee has now completed all its es-
I setitial work, (jut the rooms will be kept;
| open until after the election.
Till* Brewers* Strike.
Detroit, October 29. — The brewers’
strike in this city has arrived at that point
where the employers arc dictating the
I terms of the settlement of their men. The
strikers seem anxious to settle their difi'er-
ences and asked a conference looking to- *
[ ward a settlepumt. They ivi re told that a [
| conference would he held after the men [
I refunded and remitted the. fines imposed j
on employing brewers for not yielding to i
the demand of a few men. Theslrikors i
held a mass meeting last night and decided I
almost u animously not to make the con
cession. Tnrec nr four hundred men are
out. A bitter light hns been waged against |
the employing brewers.
Off FOR LIBERIA.
I
\ Lmu- Nmnl'-r of IMuriuii Warm's RrpiiH for i
The President Causes a Stir Among
Missouri Democrats.
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Chaki.otm, N. C., October 29.—One him- j
dred adult negroes, besides a large number \
of children, have started out on a pilgrim- j
age to Liberia. For some timo Rev. R. A. j
Massey, a plausible color-nl preacher, has i
be. n preaching up Liberia in the two j
Camiiius, representing it as a land of milk
and honey. As a result, he has secured the j
first shipment, who will take steamer at
Norf Ik and thence depart for the African j
paradise. The scene as the train pulled i
out with tlnApilgrims was a remarkable !
on*. The travelers were crying and sing- I
ir.g such songs as “De Promised Lan’.”
while those left behind set up a terrible
lamentation.
New York, October 29.—There was
much more interest taken in the usually
active list at. the Stock Exchange to-day,
although the widest fluctuations were re
corded in a few of the specialties. West
ern Union, however, was the leader of
speculation, tradiug in this stock being
stimulated by a report that the company
had secured control of the subway. Rich
mond and West Point was again a feature
in trading, but after opening at
a material advance it failed to
score a gain of more than \
further, and later reacted ovqy 2. Norfolk
and Northwestern was active, but com
paratively steady. Ohio and Mississippi
scored an advance on active trading, as did
also other specialties. The efforts of the
bears were directed principally against
coal stoefeB, but had little success, except
against Jesey Central and Lackawana, and
the latter afterwards recovered most of the
early loss. Houses with -ondon connec
tions were purchasers of Lake Shore,
Northern Pacific and Louisville and Nash
ville.
The opening was active and strong. The
gains from last evening’s final figures
ranged irom J to J. The prices were some
what. irregular, but generally heavier deal
ings, wiiiie Jersey Central and Lackawanna
were conspicuously weak, though some of
the spec aities were strong. The market
soon rallied and Western Union became a
special feature. There was a period of
weakness in tlie al'tei noon, followed by a
rally, but in the last hour the market re
ceded and closed weak. The declines are
in a majority this evening, but changes
are generally for fractions only. St. Paul
and Duluth, however, is up 21, Ohio and
Mississippi lj and Western Union l. I ferencc. All efforts to get the president to
Jersey Central shows the only important J lend a band have failed, and, as a rule,
decline with a loss of ltf. Sales 412,000 I members of congress who were re-mark-
shares. j ably successful in getting offices earlier in
the administration have been defeated in
convention. Some have bis :■ beaten in
convention on the tariff question, and it is
thought at the democratic committee
rooms that within the party tin* proportion
of tariff reformers will be much larger in
the fiftieth than it is in the present con
gress. In New York, particularly, those
democrats who voted with Mr. Randall
have generally been given a buck seat. As
to the general result of the election, there
DANGER ON THE DEEP.
A Ciiino'i! Simmer Runs Ashore During it Dense
Fug anil Tliirk tt eathor-llcr 1*11x11 ion Danger-
inis—No Lives Last, us Vet.
Boston, October 29.—The steamer Pavo-
nia, of the Canard line, got ashore near
Duxbury in a thick fog fast night or
IT
nett .
position. The Panana sailed from Liver- ; deans do not expect to get control of the
pool for Boston on October 15. She is a house—and don’t desire it, they say. Tlie
barUentine-rigged screw steamer of 3490 democrats expect a republican to lie
tons burthen. Garnett Point, near to I elected in Mr. Arcot’s district in New
which the Panama went ashore, is the I York, and they will probably lose three or
north side of the entrance to Plymouth j four members from Ohio, and others here
harbor, Mass. j and there in other states. Home of their
aigh pine ledge, three miles north of Gar- is much doubt. The democrats expect to
lett Point. She lies in a very dangerous | lose some of their majority, and the repul
ANOTHER PRIEST MARRIED.
Father Arriullii., Mniryoi-iixl. of tin* St. Itonnviv
luce's Fcntieiscai* College. I in it at ex Faille
New York, October 27.- It seems to lie
getting quite common, if not fashionable,
for Catholic priests to marry and return to
tlie world. While the Sherman case is
still agitating some people in Brooklyn,
another clergyman of the same denomina
tion in this c.tty iias broken his vows and
taken to himself a wife. The priest is
Father Areadius Mogyorosi, of the Fran
ciscan order. He is about 85 years of age,
quite handsome, and was u shining light
in the order to which he belonged. He is
a brilliant scholar, and excels especially
os a linguist, He was made professor of
dogmatic theology, sacred scripture, and
Hebrew at 8t. Bonavcnture’s Franciscan
college, Alleghen, N. Y. During the
last five years lie has been
guardian, or local superior, of tbe same in
stitution. HiB actions sometimes caused
his friends to flunk he wns not sound in
Catholic doctrines, but he was no hypo
crite. He dlff not conceal his contempt for
the monastic! orders, and his opposition to
the celibacy of the priesthood. His moral
conduct wusabove reproach; but bis liberal
views made his friends fear that the Btep
he has now taken was not far off. At the
close of the scholastic year at the college
the reverend gentleman was to sail for iiis
home in Hungary. He did not go, how
ever, but instead came to this city, and
was married. From cards received by his
friends lu re, It is supposed that ho is at
present living in Boston with bis newly
rnude bride, ThiH lady is bell veil tube
Miss Edith E. Clare, of Newark, although
her mother, when interviewed, would not
admit that the girl had married a priest.
LOUISVILLE EXPOSITION.
The Pavonia has on board (i0 cab.n, 42
intermediate and 300 steerage passengers.
No further particulars will be likely to
come this afternoon. The fog outside is
very dense and the weather thick.
The dispatch announcing the disaster
was received about noon from Cautain
Woolfelden, master of the Pavonia, stating
that his vessel was ashore three miles
northeast by north of Garret light, which
is northeast from Plymouth and east of
Duxbury coast. The map shows that this
calculation would place nis ship directly
upon a high point, which is considered a
very dangerous point.
The telegram from Captain Woolfelden
losse’ may be balanced by gains elsewhere.
But whatever the result is, as to parties,
there will be a very large number of new
men in tbe next house.
TAKING IT EASY.
_ l
rrntx nt the National Fajiila! Fncoiiferniiil
r t!u* Result of tIn- National Campaign,
ntor Interest lx taken in tlie Neii York Mny-
!ty Contest.
Washington, October 28.—Strange to
also stated'that iiis ship was all right, and ! say, there is but little interest manifested
asked that help be sent to her. The tug, here in the approaching congressional
■ ' elections. Neither of the campaign com
mittees have any data of value to go upon.
Tlie general'expectation is that the demo
crats will hold control of the house of rep
resentatives.
There is much deeper interest in the re
sult of the municipal campaign in New
York city. The nomination of Henry
George is distracting the democratic forces
to some extent, but in spite of this canvass
Abram S. Hewitt’s election is quite prob
able. The caii voss of Roosevelt, the re
publican candidate, is made more hopeful
because of tne George following, but even
with this in the way, Hewitt's election is
looked for by a round majority.
If between the democratic factions
Roosevelt should slip in it would be of
great advantage to Blaine in his bid for the
presidential nomination. While Roose
velt is not actively an ally of Blaine, he
will not antagonize him. He fought his
nomination two years ago, but in the end
supported him through the good offices of
William Walter Phelps.
From Massachusetts the reports politi
cally indicate the defeat of Henry L.
Dawes for re-election to the senate. Ex-
Governor Long is pitted against him, j
with a strong following, especially in j
Boston. Long is a better scholar than
Dawes, a better speaker, and lias more of
what the Boston people call “culture” j
about him. It was mainly through Gover
nor Long’s eflort that the bill to extend ,
the bonded period for distilled isnirits was
defeated in the house of representatives. In '
Pearson, was at once dispatched to the
scene. The Boston tug boat company has
since sent two of their tugs to assist the
Pearson. There is a great deal of anxiety
in the city about the steamer. It is seen
by the position of the vessel, as given in the
captain’s dispatch, that she was a long dis
tance out of her course, which is explained
by the fact that the thick weather lias
prevailed for three days, and conse
quently no observation could have
been taken during that period. It is sup
posed that the captain, as soon as he found
it impossible to get the vessel off, went
a hore in a small boat to the nearest point
and telegraphed the situation.
All reports from that section indicate a
very heavy surf last night and this morn
ing at about 8 o’clock, when the steamer
grounded. The landing of the boats must
have been attended with imminent dan
ger.
afloat again.
Boston, October 29,—The Pavonia has
been floated and is now reported off Bos
ton light. She will arrive up about 6 a. m.
No Quake* lit Charleston.
Charleston, October 29.—There have
been no shocks here since Friday last.
This is the longest period since August 31
without seismic disturbances. The people
generally believe that their troubles are
over and a feeling of confidence is •having
an excellent effect on the community. The
Weather to-day is chilly and frost is re
ported in various parts of the state.
The (iri'iil Show sJI.VUMO lliiliinil, With Axxctx
W'lilrh .Ml!) Rrurh the Liabilities.
Louisville, Ky., October 21.—Imme
diately after, the large crowd attending the
exposition last night had been dismissed a
deed of assignment of the exposition com
pany was filed in tlie county court. It lias
been known for some time that tlie com
pany has been weak financially, as the
past season lias in :i»n a disastrous failure in
point of attendance. Tin; creditors ot'the
/concern have been pressing the manage
ment for the past several weeks, but the
officers have been able to keep the con
cern afloat by means raised by individual
indorsement. It is impossible .it. this
time to state definitely’the liabilities of
the institution, though it is roughly esti
mated that t hey will reach about $150,000.
! The company lias in its possession ftrst-
j mortgage bonds, railroad coupons and
j sundry accounts amounting to about
'$25,000. The buildings and fixtures ought
| not to realize less than $25,000, while the
I real estate is valued at $100,000. It is
j thought, therefore, that the exposition
company will be able to pay dollar for
| dollar to its creditors. Major J. M. Wright
sent in his resignation to the board of di
rectors last night. It was accepted, and he
! was immediately afterward appointed as
signee. All employes of the company,
.with the exception of President Wright
and Charles M. Kurtz, director of the art
gallery, were paid in full. The failure of
the Exposition Com puny is attributable to
the lack ol interest, f iken in it by city peo
ple. The falling oif this season, by com
parison with that of last, is over (10 per
cent. The country visitors this season
were largely in excess of last. Cap pa and
his military band left for New York this
evening. The crowd yesterday afternoon
and last night numbered over 25,000 peo-
ple. _ _
CENTRAL AMERICA.
An Attempt to Poison u President.
Chicago, October 29.—A special to the
Times from New Orleans says: A steamer
which arrived last evening from Puerto
Cortez, Gauternala, brings news of an in
teresting character from that country.
The greatest excitement was caused in the
town of Guatemala on tlie 10th instant by
the exposure of an attempt to poison the
president by two brothers, druggists in the
city. They prepared a poison and gave it
to a servant of the president with $2000 as
a bribe to administer it, but the servant
proved honest and handed over to his
master both the money and the poison.
The druggists were both arrested and put
to death.
Railroad building is active throughout
Guatemala and other Central American
republics.
A Steamer Grounded.
Chicago, October 29.—A Daily News
Montreal special says that the steamer
Lake Huron, of the Canada Shipping
Company, grounded at Belle Chasse,
twentv miles below Quebec, this morning.
Her forward compartments are full of
water. The pilot succeeded in beaching
the vessel at Indian Cave. The passengers
were landed in safety. Steam pumps and
lighters have been sent to he assistance.
PriondN of the Mltlo (Hunt of (In* OzarkM IHn-
giiHt«*«l—Wlnit 1m I’ll outfit of tin* S«iN|>«*iiNion of
DiHtrh'L.Wtor!)!*)' Denton,
Washington, October 29. There 1ms
naturally been a great deal of discussion
to-day over t lie presnlent’s order of yester
day suspending District Attorney Benton,
of the western Missouri district. As Ben
ton enjoys the distinction of being the llrst
of the democratic oflieials beheaded for
mixing in polities his case of course has
become one of general interest to people
from all portions of the country. Mis
sourians in Washington, however, have
manifested a special concern to-day
over the most unexpected decapitation
of Mr. Benton. 'They a "pour to bo unani
mously of the sentiment tint. Benton will
be regarded by tlie whole Missouri democ
racy as an injured, innocent and political
martyr, and tlmt. nis fortunes in polities
have been made l>v bis suspension. It. is
the common belief* here f fiat it will give a
big boom to Benton two years hence as a
candidate for congress if ho should desire
to enter tint fleld, and the friends of Con
gressman Stone, in whose district Benton
ivsides, regrot that circumstances should
have created a dangerous competitor, for
congressional honors in the future.
Mr. Bouton is very favorably spoken of
by the Missouri colony who know him
personally, and Gen. Clark, cleric of the
house, is especially warm in bis praise.
“Benton canvassed my district several
times when 1 was running for congress,”
said Gen. Clark this afternoon, “and I
found him an orator of unusual power.
He is a scholar who would make Ids mark
in any community, and a philosopher in
politics whose addresses were always de
voted to the discussion of the great general
principles of public aflairs. I think him a
man of much more than ordinary ability.”
Demornih. Agitated.
Jefferson City, Mo., October 2!).—The
suspension of Col. M. E. Benton, United
States district-attorney, by tbe president,
created tbo most profound regret here
anions democrats, l ivery person familiar
with the United States district* court here
and at Kansas City unite in Buying Hurt,
Col. Benton never neglected a single duty,
and, in fact, has transacted more business
than any predecessor. Ilis suspension can
only bo accounted for on the ground that
he iius been making democratic speeches,
something not looked upon by the demo
crats about the cupitol as a serious offense.
The feeling is against the president,
anil the democrats here were never so
worked up over a question for many years
buck. A number of the most prominent
democrats declare I hat Colonel Benton
has been deeply wronged, and it devolves
upon the. democracy of Missouri to nomi
nate him for governor to succeed Governor
Marmnduke. Colonel Benton is very popu
lar among the state officers and democrats
generally, and a tremendous effort will bo
made to see that he gets justice.
What Urn. Shields Thinks.
Skdalia. Mo., October 29.—Dr. D. H.
Shields, chairman of the democratic state
central committee, is here. He is a great
admirer of Col. M. E. Benton, and says
that 1’rcHidont Cleveland made a sad mis
take in suspending him for making demo
cratic speeches in the fifth district, as lie
has neglected the duties of his office at no
time, and him taken no part in nominating
conventions, etc. According to the chair
man, the rank and file of the Missouri
democrats takes no stock in civil service
lawH, and the punishment, inflicted upon
Benton will have the effect to make a
martyr of him, and lead to his nomination
for governor two years hence.
A Ilrtiv) Rank Failure.
Lincoln, Ills., October 29.— * 1 The Dustin
bank failure assumes greater proportioi
as the days puss. A Chicago provision
firm, A. 8. Osborn & Co., sent a represen
tative to-day to collect, claims of $5090.
t Dustin’s Montana liabilities now reach
I $95,000. Tbe liabilities toot up over$200,090,
| with only $117,000 ol'iissi ts in sight.
I The loss l,o depositors is -mu,(Mb and fal's
with fearful effect. Dublin is preparing lo
assign and it is barely possible tie will
! pay 25 cents on the dollar.
DRAW POKER IN THE OIL REGiONS.
I’lli- Noteworthy Sir
Nu
: Kim
| The topic was draw poker, and it Imd
been suggested to a group of half a dozen
; New Yorkers in the Astor house rotunda
* by a newspaper paragraph which said that
the 1 it Lie town of State Line was the great-
| est place for poker-playing in ail the oil
| regions
] “Welt, that’s saying a good deal,” said a
i man in tlie group, “for, considering the
| size of their average pile, the oil-fields
poker sharps will stick to a pair of aces as
I faithfully us anybody that ever took
cards.”
“But I knew of nil oil town that in the
summer of 1882 had about 15,(KM inhabi
tants,” the same Iran went on, “and by
November of that year the sole industry
of tiie town was draw poker. It was the
town of Garfield, in Warren county. In
the early partol'the summer the first wild
cat well in the Cherry Groove district
blew the drill out of the hole and began
flooding the country with oil. Within a
few weeks a railroad was running over
logs through tlie hemlock forest, a city of
shanties and tents had sprung up, and the
drilling wells were so thick that the bull
! wheels almost rubbed against one another.
It was estimated that 15,(KM persons were
on the top of that barren hill; there were
theatres, dance houses, pool rooms and
gambling hells; all the noted fighters ofthe
oil region were there and the boom was
the biggest tiling of its kind ever seen in
this country.
“But tbe oil came out like water from a
blister after half a dozen wells had been
sunk, and by tbe time snow fell every well
was a dry hole. About the only persons
left there when I visited the town, just
before tne holidays, were the keeper of
what had been the principal hotel, a
Hebrew clothier and a Chinese lauDdry-
man. The hotel man had u big house on
his hands, and was waiting for a chance
to sell it ior lumber. The Hebrew cloth
ier's peculiarity was that he came there
in his shirt sleeves, and no man ever had
seen him have a coat on. The Chinaman
was so fascinated by jack-pots that he
couldn’t get away. These three
residents had settled down to poker
playing, evidently to see which of
the three should have what
money they had left. They plaved in a
room that had been occunied by the Sun
day-school of the First Methodist church.
Every morning after a late breakfast the
hotel-keeper buttoned up his great coat
and walked leisurely to a poker room, the
clothier’s white shirt sleeves flashed
around the corner, and the flowing tog
gery of the Chinuinau fluttered in the blast
as he joined the other two men. They
kept up tlie game til) late at night. I mia
there three days, and saw no other indus
try.
“The next spring I was in Warren for a
day and Inquired how the game eamo out.
The Chinaman’s weakness for jack poU
ruined him, they said, and he was last seen
striking out ’cross lots for Oil City. The
Hebrew, clothier hung on bettor, but his
caution in the matter of bluffing enabled
the hotel man gradually to break him by
taking an ante out of him every time ho
had tlie age or drew cards, lie went, away
in his shirt sleeves in a blustering snow
storm about the first of March. The hotel-
keeper hud a pipe of natural gas running
into his liar-room stove and he sat hy the
fire until warm weather, and then opened
anothe** house up in the New York oil
fleld.” _ <
THE AMSTERDAM STRIKE.
Till* MilnilFin'(tlno's Rt fiiso to Ni‘volin!*• wH.Ii }I*"
Kiiluhtx of Lalior.
Amsterdam, N. Y., October 29.—Tho
Amsterdam Knit Goods Manufael urers’ \ --
sociution last evening sent the following
letter to Messrs. Bailey and M fInire, of
the executive board of the Knights of
Lalior :
Our association desire me to state tha t
they will adhere to the decision conveyed
to you in their resolution of October ldj to-
wit:
Resolved. That wo, the members of the
Knit Goods Manufacturers’ Ass > iation, of
Amsterdam, are not inclined to deal with
any persons with regard to the manage
ment of our private business interests, ex
cepting those identilied.with us ,t3 partners
or employes.
“We desire to express to you our per
sonal regard and esteem, and wish in r.o
sense to lie - understood ns refusi:*:* io per
sonally meet you as individuals, bn* we
can see no good to come from any official
meeting or any official action. We hiu j
heretofore made a contract *ith your
honorable colleague, T. II. Barry, which
hns from timu to time been broken, and i:i
fact, utterly disregarded by be local
Knights of Labor. We appeal d in our
extremity to your honorable national
chairman, Powderly, who, though depre
cating the condition of things * i.sting in
our city, condemned th * action
of tho local assemblies and sustained
our interpretation of said contract; yet
under all these eireumstanees lie utterly
failed from want, of authority or power
to enforce a fulfillment ofthe same upon
the Knights of Labor of this district.
Wherefore, then, should we agree to, or
contract wi’h any but our employes, and
thus subject ourselves and our industries
to further annoyance and interference.
Our paBt experience, and the experience
of others in similar instances, force these
conclusions upon us. Respectfull y,
“R. w. McCowatt, President.”
PRESERVING FISH.
A Novel Method Kcrenll) Introduced ut the Fn )-
IInIi Cnpltsl.
London Echo.
A rather novel method of preserving
fresh fish hns been recently introduced to
i bos*' interested in the trade and will prob-
| ably be adopted so far as the better qual-
I ities of that excellent food are concerned.
Mr. Roosen, of Hamburg, puts the fresh
j flail as caught into steel barrels, tits in the
head fond then pumps the barrel full of a
solution which contains borne Ic acid, salt
and some other antiseptics, until a press-
! urc of about sixty pounds is r. ached. The
i internal pressure prevents any accessor
| air, and the antiseptic solution preserves
the fish in a perfectly fresh e mdilion. The
| use of this antiseptic solution will prob-
1 ably lie regarded as an objection bv some
* people—those, for instance, who do not
| know that the gr< ater portion ofthe milk
, delivered in London is dosed with
I boracio acid or u, boro-glycarioe
i but it is perfectly harmless in Ibis connec
tion, and, conmined with the system of
j packing the fisli in barrels ui
should enable merchants to
delicate sole or the lordly sal:
. ly fresh condit ion, at a die ,
I obtained at preseiit.for it will
ocees iry to hurry fish to Lo.*
ut a cos! of five t*
| of water earring*
. drawback -that just as tin
| process will enable the deaio
I the slower and I nst expen: ,
; transit, so it u ill also enable
i the fish and si II at their pri< *
a - Ui*' pressure i- maintained
i barrel tlie lisli will be, to a.l
purposes, fresh.
| Iti'siilt of Ve**h'r'!ii)'[i Unci'*.CM*;, Il is.
| Memphis, October 29.—Fir.it nee, for all
| ages, I 1 -10 miles; Pettieoal won, Watch
’Em 2d, Freenie Louise 3d; time 1:51 [.
Second race, declared off.
Third race, for all ages, mile heats, Daus-
man won, Ellie II 2d, Emma* Mauley 3d;
time 1:47. Dausman won the second heat
handily, Emma Manley 2d, Eflie II 3d;
time. 1:4(1}.
Fourth race, for all ages, 11 miles; Sir
Joseph won, Hopedale 2d; time 2:15).'
Bulgaria.
GENERAL KAUt.RAILS' THREAT.
Sofia, October 29.—General Kaulbars,
Russian military agent, has addressed a
fresh note to the Bulgarian foreign minis
ter, in which he says: “In view of the ar
rival at Varna of government emissaries,
who are spreading reports that tlie pres
ence of Russian gunboats there is without
importance, I am compelled to inform
you that those gunboats will vigorously
affirm their importance if events render it
necessary.”
Ireland.
REFUSES TO REDUCE KENTS.
Dublin, October 29.— Marquis Ileadford
has refused to reduce rents on his estates
in county Covan. The tenants have ac
cordingly resolved unanimously to refuse
to pay rents at the present rate and each
will subscribe a shilling for every acre of
land he occupies towards a defence fund to
be used to prevent the ejectment.
Tin* Northern Edilors.
Raleigh, N. C., October 29.—This morn
ing the visiting editors from the north,
vviio have been here all the week, were
divided into two parties, one of which
went in a special train to Henderson and
the other to Durham. The business en
terprises of both places weie shown and
the visitors banqueted. To-nigut the
party of editors left for Charlotte.
Strikers Still Striking.
Chicago, October 29.—The employes of
the packing firm of Craig & Fitzpatrick, at
the stock yards, are still out. The firm
will resume work at an early day. They
have decided to allow th* h inds to return
to work if they prefer doing so, but at the
ten-hour system. They u ill operate their
house on the ten-hour system, and if neces
sary employ all new men.
Business Failures fur Hie Week.
New York, October 29. -The business
failures for the week throughout the coun
try as reported by R. G. D ;u, & Cm, num
ber for the United Stoics 198, ,::;d for
Canada 19, a total of 215 iiiilures,
pressor-',
leliv’er the
in in a reci-
rate than
* no binge r
*n hy train,
en ti in s l he expenre
There is, i. jv, ever, Uili
r.servati'.o
* to choo 'o
*■ means * f
hem to keep
. .or so long
.* the steel
i dents and