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< THE MORNING NEWS. l
I ESTABLISHED ISSO. IXCORPORAT*D 1888. >
| J. H. ESTILL President. (
MILLIONS LOST BY FIRE.
A SQUARE MILE OF RUINS IN THE
HEART OF LYNN.
The Flames Raging for Eight Hours
With Uncontrollable Fury—The Loss
Estimated at $ 10,000,000—The Ex
citing Scenes of the Boston and Chi
cago Conflagrations Re-enacted on a
Smaller Scale.
Lynn, Mass., Nov. 26.—Lynn, the city
of shoes, was this afternoon visited by the
greatest fire in its history, and,with two ex
ceptions, the conflagration is the most dis
astrous which ever visited New England.
The exceptions are the great Boston fire of
3872, which destroyed between $300,000,000
end $400,000,000 worth of property, and the
Portland fire of 1866, which caused a loss of
between $10,000,000 and $12,000,000. To
day’s fire started at 11:55 o’clock this morn
ing, raged over eight hours, devasted a
square mile of the business section of the city
and caused a loss estimated at $10,000,000.
In fact, the greater part of the Fourth ward
is wiped out as regards important shoe
manufacturing blocks and prominent places
of business.
WHERE IT STARTED.
The fire started in Mower’s wooden
building on Almont street, over the boiler,
and spread with such rapidity that the ex
cellent fire department of the city was
pow erless to cope with it. For eight hours
the flames had full sway, the efforts of the
firemen and citizens seemingly being of no
avail, although they did valiant work.
The burned territory is bounded by the
following streets: Almont, Central ave
nue, at its junction with Willow; Union
street from its junction with Broad to the
Boyden block, on both sides; Mount Vernon
street; the entire Central square: entire
Beach street on both sides as far down as
Lee’s lumber yard; Washington street from
Munroe through to Union; Railroad ave
nue; all of Exchange street: Broad stroet
from the engine house on both sides up
as lar as the corner of Exchange; Spring
street entire; besides dwelling houses too
numerous to mention ou Suffolk, Amnity,
Sagamore and Beach streets.
AID FROM OTHER PLACES.
Aid arrived from Boston, Salem, Marble
bead ami surrounding towns, but their
united efforts seemed to have little effect on
the fury of the flames. The scenes of the
great Boston and Chicago fires were re
peated in all their horrors—mothers fleeing
t ith babies in their arms, and express
wagons loading at business and dwelling
houses and transferring goods to places of
safety, in many cases a second removal
being necessary. After the fire had been in
progress two hours everybody declared that
it v. ould not stop until it reached the ocean,
end so it proved to be.
FOUR PAPERS BURNED OUT.
Four daily newspapers were burned out,
the Item, Bee, Press and News, three being
afternoon and one a morning paper.
Three national banks—the Central,
Security and First National—together with
tie Lynn Institution for Savings, located in
the First National block, were all wiped
out.
Twelve of the finest shoe blocks in the
city are in ruins, and about twenty-five
stores.
At this writing it is impossible to state
how many dwelling houses are burned, but
they were mostly occupied by the poor
class iri the vicinity of Beach street and the
wharves.
It is impossible to give any estimate of
the insurance, but conservative estimates
place the loss on the property at $10,000,000.
There were many narrow escapes from
accidents, but no fatalities are reported. The
high brick fire wall on the B. F. Spinney
Mock served as a barrier to further progress
of flames up Union street after that hand-
Eorne structure was gutted.
THE BLOCKS BURNED.
The most prominent blocks burned are
the following;
Ou Almont street —Mowers block and the
block occupied by the Consolidated Adjus
table Shoe company.
On Central square and Central avenue—
Bennett & Barnard block, Fuller’s block,
the wooden block in which was located the
Daily Bee, the Bergengroens block, the
brick block owned by the Daily Item.
On Union street—B. W. Currier’s new
briok block, C. Beebe’s brick block, B. F.
Spinney's brick block, a large wooden
building occupied by Titus & Buckley,
Earl’s block, J. E. Brown’s
brick Mock, Ashcroft’s brick block,
Jvirtland’s brick block. Bullies'
brick block, a brick factory occupied by C.
3. Little & Cos. and Cushing & Downs, a
large wooden building occupied by C. E.
Harwood and D. L. Boonton, a brick
factory occupied by John S. Bartlett, and
the brick and wooden block of E. E. Elder,
occupied as a machine shop and planing
mill.
On Exchange street—M. H. Abbott’s
wooden block, Doak’s brick block, a woodon
block, corner of Spring street, a brick
block occupied bv L. S. Johnson & Cos., the
hirst National Bank block, and ten or
twelve small shoe factories, the entire
street being wiped out.
On Broad Street—Sawyer & Chase’s car
nage factory, W. N. Breed & Co.’s five
story brick block, V. K. & A. H. Jones’ five
story brick block, and eight or ten smaller
buildings.
On Beach Street—S. N. Breed & Co.’s
lumber wharf and planing mill, B. Potter
" Son’s planing mill, Joseph Breed’s Sons’
lumber wharf, five or six carpenter shops
and several dwelling houses.
BURNING GF A CHURCH.
The Central Congregational church was
.rued to the ground between 6 and 7
o’clock.
Ihe handsome First National Bank cost
♦to,ooo to build. They are all insured.
I he First Methodist and First Universallst
church and several school houses have been
thrown open to accommodate the burned
out families.
Mayor Newhall has called a special meet
°* tile aidermeu to take action and
choose relief committees.
, " *''■ Breed & Cos., the largest lumber
eaters in Essex county, lose everything,
ncluding their hands >ma brick structure
the corner of Beach and Broad streets,
mey estimate their loss at $200,000, with
insurance of about $125,000. They will
pen lor business in the morning at the
nee of the E. A. Newhall Coal Company.
an entire street wiped out.
Mount Vernon street was wiped out en
ire, and on this street were located the
i JE® brick factories occupied by Francis
1 Heath Bros., and William
Hu. J" ons - Goodwin's last factory on
js street was also burned,
ynamite and powder were used at fre
, |: lnt ervals to blow up wooden build
■‘gH,but with little effect. The fire virtually
■ out ’ an< * at 7:30 o’clock was
►JUMdered under control.
military CALLED OCT.
? or Pbanie* of Massachusetts militia
ijfJi j Hynn were called out and put on
lirer l v uty " Several of the shoe xnanufac
,,; l OCRed out have country factories
t , epL tr k a0 * er tbeir kindness therefor
pje Jtlofnimj ffetoi.
The Currier block on Union street was a
five-story brick structure, and has I een oc
cupied on the lower floor only by William
Currier & Cos., as a clothing store, for two
weeks. It occupied the whole lower floor,
and the inside finish being of quartered
oak, the upper portion of the building had
not b ea occupied, but was designed for
business offices.
spinney’s block.
B. F. Spinney’s brick block on Union
street was erected in 1880, and it will cost
$65,000 to replace it. He says it was about
two-thirds insured. Faronce & Spinney
nnd A P. Legro & Cos., shoe manufacturers,
were located in this block.
J. N. Smith’s wooden block on Union
street cost $16,000 and additions $2,000. He
is insured on the building for $9,500, and
says most of his stock was removed.
TO APPEAL FOR AID.
Mayor Newhall, in an interview late to
night. said: “Lynn has suffered the great
est calamity in its history. The business
portion of the city is almost wrecked, over
6,000 persons are out of employment,
and 200 families are homeless. The
city of Lynn will be forced
to issue an appeal for assistance. lam loth
to do so, but am obliged under the circum
stances to make such an appeal. It is im
possible to compute the less, but it must
reach somewhere in tha vicinity of
$10,000,000.”
BURNED AT SEA.
The Steamer Santiago in Flames but
all on Board Rescued.
New York. Nov. 26.—The ship A. J.
Fuller, from Liverpool, which arrived at
quarantine to-night, reports that on Nov.
20 at 4:15 o’clock she sighted a glare on the
sky to the westward as though from some
burning ship. The captain hauled the ship
to a couple of points, and ran directly for
the fire. Shortly after 7 o’clock, after run
ning 33 miles, she came up with a large
steamship in a mass of flames from stem to
stem. The ship proved to be the Santiago,
(British), from New York for Hull. By 9
o’clock the next morning the
Fuller pioked up four boats
containing fifty-nino persons, com
posing the officers, crew and passengers.
ALL ON A BARK.
All were put on board an American
bark, and among them were several invalid
passengers and a child of fourteen months.
A heavy sea was running at the time, and
made the transfer of the boat’s crew diffi
cult, but fortunately all wore rescued
without serious injury. Most of them were
greatly exhausted by their fight with the
fire aud exposure to the elements during
the night in the open boats. Several of the
officers and men were partially blind, and
the third mate totally so, and were under
treatment for several days after.
LEECHBURG FIRE SWEPT.
A Large Number of Business and
Residence Structures In Ruins.
Pittsburg, Nov. 26.—A special from
Leechburg, Pa., says: “Fire broke out in
this place about 6 o’clock this evening, and
for three hours raged fiercely, destroying a
large portion of the business and residence
section of the town. The fire started in the
Anderson block, aud, as a high wind was
prevailing, the flames spread in ail direc
tions. In less than ail hour the council
rooms, Cochran block, Leechburg Banking
Company’s building, and several blocks on
both sides of Main street were burning, and
the fiery element was still eating its way
through the town. The citizens were al
most panic stricken, and seemingly were
unable to effectively fight the fire witn the
primitive apparatus at their command.
HELP FROM PITTSBURG.
Telegrams for assistance were sent to
Pittsburg and Allegheny, and with the
welcome intelligence that engines were on
their way to the scene, the residents again
went to work with a will, and by 9 o’clock
the flames were under control. Before this
was accomplished, however, the postoffice.
Leechburg Advance building, Leechburg
bank building. Hill bank building, Coch
ran’s block, Squire’s block, and twenty to
twenty-five dwellings and stores were in
ruins. The loss will be SBO,OOO, and may
reach SIOO,OOO. It is impossible to estimate
the insurance, but it will be light. The
night is cold, and many homeless ones will
suffer severely from exposure.
A CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION.
Traffic Between the States to be Prac
tically Free.
Boston, Nov. 26.—A special to the Her
ald from San Jose, Costa Rica, dated Nov.
14, says that Don Ascencion Esquival and
Senora Esquival remain at the American
consulate, where they took refuge at the
time of the uprising. The principal Esqui
valists are leaving for Guatemala. Some
of them say the Rodiriquestas will pay
dearer than they have expected. Their
party is dead against a Central American
union, while the Esquivalists as a rule are
in favor of it. The Equivalists will go
north to swell the forces of the Guatemalle
cos, Salvadorenos and Hondurenos, and
little Costa Rica, with her scanty popula
tion thus surther deoloted, will be forced to
enter the union. The latest reports from
the Central American congress are those of
the third session.
BETTER TRANSPORTATION.
It provides for new steamer lines for ports
between Acapulco and Panama, and con
siders the question of improved railway
service from one end to the other of the
five republics. Traffic between the states
in natural products, and, with some ex
ceptions, in those manufactured from Cen
tral American raw materials, will be free.
The diet will continue to meet from year
to year, but after 1890 the number of dele
gates will be three from each republic.
The general government will begin Sept.
15 of tha coming year. From that date the
present republics will cease to be so called,
and will adopt instead the name of “States
of the Republio of Central America.” The
old Central American flag will be restored,
each state putting its particular shield in
the center thereof.
WHIPPED BY A WOMAN.
An Editor in Missouri Touched up
With a Rawhide.
Chicago, Nov. 26.—A dispatch from
Kansas City, Mo., says: “Last Saturday
Editor John C. Bickle of Cameron, Mo., in
serted in his paper an attack on the charac
ter of A. C. Weaver and his wife, a dress
maker of that place. Saturday night
Weaver tried to find Bickle, but failed.
This morning Mrs. Weaver purchased a
rawhide and stationed herself in front of
the postoffice. About noon Bickle appeared,
and Mrs. Weaver drawing the whip, began
to apply it vigorously.
BAISED WKLTS.
“Three times it fell with fierce force, rais
ing large, red welts on Bickie’s faoe and
hands. Then a printer seized Mrs. Weaver
and tried to take the whip from her, but
bystanders seized him and freed Mrs.
Weaver, who renewed her attack. Finally
Bickle caught the whip and started to run
away. The crowd closed in and Mrs.
Weaver threw a rock, which hit him on the
head. Then her friends persuaded her to
let the editor go, and he departed amidst
hisses. This is the second whipping Bickle
has received is the put MX weeks,”
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, ISS9.
HARRISON'S HANDS OFF.
HE REFUSES TO TAKE PART IN THE
SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT.
Reed’s Opponents Trying to Turn the
Battle Into One of the Solid West
iff Against the Solid Hast—McKinley 's
Claims and Some of His Losses.
Washington, Nov. 26.—Who is the
President’s candidate for speaker! Was
asked of Private Secretary Halford to-day.
“On the principles that all is fair in love and
war,” said Secretary Halford, "I suppose
some of the gentlemen who would like to be
speaker of the House would like to convey
the impression that their campaign has the
sanction of the administration. That is all
there is to such a story, and the President
does not intend to interfere in this matter
one way or the other.”
WEST AGAINST EAST.
“The solid west will face the solid east,”
say the four western candidates to-night.
They begin to admit for the first time that
“the east,” by which they mean the delega
tions from New England, New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, may be solid in
favor of Mr. Reed. But they add that the
fact will rouse the western feeling so that it
will be impossible for any western man to
vote for Mr. Reed. He may get the 67
votes of the east, but he will never be able
to get the 18 additional votes necessary to
nominate him.
LIKE HIBCOCK’S EXPERIENCE.
It will be Mr. Hiscock’s experience over
again, and either of the western candidates
or some man like Benjamin Butterworth,
not now a candidate, will be elected. Mr.
Reed, of course, denies that there is any
great weight in this western theorizing. He
says his western friends will stand as firmly
by him as will his eastern supporters. He
denies that he is a sectional candidate, and
he does not think he can be put in that
position,
ALL LIKELY TO LOSE.
Asa matter of fact, the western candidates
are as likely to lose votes as Mr. Reed is.
Mr. McKinley’s oolumn has lost from five to
ten,ten on his own admissions. Until to-night
he claimed four in New York and eight in
Pennsylvania, for example. To-night he
claims only one in New York and
six in Pennsylvania. Mr. Flood of
Elmira, who compelled Senator Platt and
President Harrison to appoint his brother
postmaster by threatening to resign and let
a democrat be elected, is the New Yorker
still claimed by Mr. McKinley. He is the
man of whom Corporal Tanner said that if
his brains were squirted into the eye of a
mosquito they would not affect the mos
quito’s eyesight, Mr. Flood thereupon de
claring that he would resign if Col. Tanner
was not removed.
WHY M’KINLEY CLAIMS HIM.
Mr. Flood is claimed by Mr. McKinley
on the strength of a remark he made to Mr.
McKinley last spring. The New Yorkers
already here, at their informal conference
to-night, agreed that Mr Flood would come
in just as "Jumbo” Baker of Rochester did
to-day. “Come in out of the wet,” said one
New Yorker. Messrs. Kelley, Harmon,
Scull, and Osborne, are tha only ones of the
six in Pennsylvania whom the McKinley
people will name. Senator Quay has as
sured Reed that the first three will certainly
vote for him. Mr. Osborne will hardly
stand out against the delegation.
The southern “squad” of patriots met
to-night, and agreed to go for the winning
man, if they could find out in time who he
is to be. They have pledges and promises
from all except Mr. Reed. Twelve of the
seventeen are for Mr. McKinley.
DELEGATES DINED,
Blaine on Record Against After-Dinner
Speeches.
Washington, Nov. 26.— Secretary Blaine
gave a dinner to the delegates of the inter
national marine conference at the Norman
die to-night. Covers were laid for sixty
two persons, and beside the delegates and
attaches of the conference there were
present Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British minister; Baron Murnm, the
German charge d’affaires; Senor
Romero, the Mexican minister;
Vice President Morton, Secretaries Noble
and Rusk, Commodore Ramsay, chief of
the bureau of navigation, and representa
tives of the press association. Secretary
Blaine sat at the head of the table with Sir
Julian Pauncefote and Baron Murnm on
his right and left. Opposite him was Vice
President Morton, supported by Senor
Romero, and Capt. Richard, the French
delegate.
NO AFTER DINNER SPEECHES.
Tbe dinner was marked by a radical
change from the usual programme on such
occasions. After coffee and cigars had
been enjoyed Secretary Blaine rose and
said: “I am opposed to the practice of
speaking after dinner, and shall impose
no such duty on any one here.
Before rising from the table,
however, I desire to say that, speaking for
the United States, we are glad to welcome
the representatives of twenty-five nations
to our midst for such a purpose as draws
you together. I ask you to drink with me
the toast, "May the meeting of this confer
ence be remembered with much pleasure on
land, and result in greater safety on sea.”
Tno guests, rising, drank the toast with
enthusiasm, and then separated.
GIVEN FEDERAL PLUMB.
Tbe Commission of Columbia’s New
Postmaster Forwarded.
Washington, Nov. 26. —Attorney Gen
eral Miller to-day appointed Leo Brock
assistant United States attorney for the
Middle district of Tennessee, vice A. N.
Miller, resigned, and Charles Parlange
special assistant United States attorney for
the Eastern distriot of Louisiana.
The commission of Virgil P. Clayton as
postmaster at Columbia, 8. C., was for
warded to him to-day.
The President has appointed Otis H.
Bussell postmaster at Richmond, Va., vice
William H. Collingsworth, removed. It is
said at the postoffice department that Mr,
Russell is one of the most successful and
well-known business men of Richmond, and
a staunch republican. It is also said that
he has the indorsement of the leading
people of the city and others. No other
appointments of presidential postmasters
will be made prior to the convening of con
gress.
SHOT WHILE ON A HUNT.
One Man Dead and Two Dangerously
Wounded by Accident.
Washington, Ind., Nov. 26.—Willliam
Dyer, Ira Chamberlain and Sun Dyer,
while hunting sixteen miles north of here,
yesterday, were accidentally shot by George
Chamberlain. Sun Dyer died immediately.
The others are seriously injured. Cham
berlain’s double-barreled shotgun was acci
dentally discharged, and the oontents of
both barrels found lodgment in the bodies
of his companions,
UNAUTHORIZED DELEGATES.
Governors Sending Men to the Pan-
American Conterence.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The Inter
national American conference is beginning
to feel the effects of the misconstruction
placed by the governors of the several
states upon the law authorizing
the appointment of delegates to
the conference to represent the
United States. Under the law the
President nominated and the senate con
firmed the delegates authorized to be a|>-
pointed. It appears, however, that tho
governors of several states were under the
impression that they were empowered to
select delegates. Some time ago the state
department t>ecame aware of this misap
prehension from the receipt of letters from
persons who bad been duly acoredited as
delegates by state authorities, ashing when
the conference would meet, what their
duties would be, and gener
ally for instructions. To such
of these persons as addressed the depart
ment In this way a reply was made, in
forming them of the lack of authority for
their appointment, and acquainting them
with the true state of affairs. The depart
ment, however, failed to reach tall of the
persons interested, for, from day to day,
since the conference began its sessions, gen
tlemen have been calling at the head
quarters and presenting credentials and
letters of appointment made out by the
governors of states.
A DELEGATE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA,
The chief executive of South Dakota
made haste to appoint a delegate, who got
here in advance of several others from older
states of the union. When the conference
was in session yesterday an old gentleman
walked into the room. seated himself at tho
conference table, and for three hours sat
listening to a mixture of Spanish and
English which fell from the lips of the
delegates who were discussing tho rules.
As he left he explained that ho was a
delegate from a western state, and
evidently expected to be present at tho
next session, as be was careful to inquire
when that would take place. The last comer
dropped Into tho headquarters, and as ho
was deaf the officer In charge was at some
trouble to satisfy him that lie was not, as he
supposed, an authorized delegate to the con
ference.
A Beacon to be Repaired.
Washington, Nov. 36.— The lighthouse
board has given instructions for the repair
of beacon No. 9, North Landing river, North
Carolina, recently damaged by being ruu
into by the steamer Defiance.
Bond Purchases.
Washington, Nov. 26.—The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $133,150. All were
accepted at for aud 137 for
the 4s.
OLSON’S LYNCHING.
The Immediate Cause of the Tragedy
a Mystery.
Minneapolis, Nov. 26.— The Journal's
La Crosse, Wis., special says: “A dispatch
was received this morning about the
mysterious lynohing of Haas Jacob Olson
in Trempleau county, that serves to make
the mystery deeper than ever. Olson had
served a short term in the penitentiary for
putting powder in wood, by which he came
near destroying a family at Blair. On
the expiration of his term he had
frequent quarrels with his family over the
way affairs had been managed in his
absence, and his wife made a complaint
which resulted in his being nut under bonds
to keep the peace. He could not give bond
and went to jail, and was again released on
Nov. 19, and though his wife professed to
be still afraid of him, she made no com
plaint. He remained at home from Tues
day to Sunday night, when he was taken
out and hanged. No statement has been
received yet whether he had committed any
other offense or not.
SIONB TWO CONTRACTS.
First Baseman Tucker Too Free with
Hla Signature.
Baltimork, Nov. 26.—Manager Barnie
of the Baltimore Base Ball Club received a
letter to-day from First Baseman Tucker in
which the latter declared that he intended
signing a brotherhood contract. Manager
Barnie then announced that on last Friday
he had visited Tuoker in Holyoke. Mass.,
and obtained the latter’s signature to an
agreement to play with Baltimore for two
years. Tucker at the time slated that ha had
signed with the brotherhood, but that it
was done on Sunday, and was not, therefore,
biuding. Since Manager Barnie’s return to
*this city Tucker received the brotherhood
contract, which ho now proposes to sign.
Manager Barnie exhibited his agreement,
and promises to make Tucker keep it.
Shortstop Miller of the Baltimores was re
leased to-day.
MRS. CROCKER’S MILLIONS.
Tho Money Willed to Her Four Chil
dren—Estate Worth $1 1.000.000.
San Francisco, Nov. 26.— The will of
the late Mrs. Charles Crocker was filed for
probate yesterday. It is dated Oct. 17,
1889, ten days before her death. It be
queaths her entire estate, valued at about
$11,000,000, to her four children, Charles F.,
William H., and George H. Crocker of this
city, and Mrs. Alexander, of New York.
Charles F. Crocker stated to-day that among
the papers found with the will there were
memoranda showing that his motber was
preparing another will, in which it
was her evident intention to
bequeath to charity, and to dis
tant relations money aggregating over
$1,000,600. The heirs will attempt to carry
out her wishes as expressed in the memor
anda, as fax as possible.
BURSTING OF A BOILER
Two Men Killed and Four Badly In
jured and Scalded.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 26.— The boiler at
the Allegheny Bessemer Steel Works at
Duquesne, Pa., exploded at 4 o’clock this
morning, wrecking the boiler house. Will
iam Marshall, the night foreman of the
rail mill, was killed outright, and George
Cooper, a fireman, died from his injuries.
Robert North, an employe, was badly in
jured, but will recover. Three men were
terribly scalded. Tbe damage to tbe mill is
aliout $3,560. The cause of the explosion is
not known.
AFRO-AMERICAN LEAGUE.
The Convention to be Held at Chicago
Instead of Nashville.
New York, Nov. 36. —1 tis announced
to-day that the Afro-American leauge
convention, called to meet at Nashville
Jan. 15 next, will meet ins Gad at Chicago,
on the same date. The region assigned for
tbe change is that {ft>xoiago offers better
accomodation, and' .believed to be more
favorably <P ed, Ptho "Afro-American
citizens.” J,' Ti
BOGUS LAND MORTGAGES.
A CHICAGO FIRM FLEECES RICH
AND POOR ALIKE.
The Oapltaliata Loaded Up With the
Mortgages as lnvestmenta-Unsus
pecting Settlers Given Worthless
Titles to Farm Lands, on Which, in
6everal Instances, They Made Im
provements.
Chicago, Nov. 26.— F. D. Cowie, son-in
law of ex-Gov. Rice of Wisconsin, swore
out warrants yesterday against M. C. and
D. M. Frederickien of Chicago, of the firm
of Frederickson & Cos., and W. F. Bidgood,
bookkeeper of the firm, charging conspir
acy. Bidgood is in custody, but the others
evaded arrest. M. 8. Frederickson is said
to have gone to Europe, and telegrams wore
sent to the New York police to intercept
him. The firm has been in the hands of a
receiver for several weeks. The issue of the
warrants is the latest phase of alleged land
swindles throughout the northwest, aggre
gating $200,0110.
NATURE OF THE FRAUD.
It is said that the amount involved will
reach $1,000,000. The charge is based) ou
alleged crooked transactions in giving mort
gages ou lauds to which the Frederickseus
had uo title. These mortgages are said to
have been pledged as security for loans,
r roderickseu & Cos. have been doing a large
busiuess in western railroad lauds, selling
for tho most part small tracts of forty or
fifty acros, on the iustailmeut plan, the pur
chasers usually being immigrants or poor
people who wished to invest their earnings
in farms. After a certain number of pay
ments had been made, Frederickson gave
deeds, mortgages ou tho laud being tukou
for tho unpaid portion of the purchase
money. These mortgages were then given
os collaterals for loaus or sold outright
through tho wost.
SOME OF THE HEAVY BUYERS.
Among others, Ex-Gov. J. A. Rico of
Wisconsin, R. Nunnenacher, cashier of
the Merchaui’s Exchange Dank of Mil
waukee, and E. G. Comstock, a Milwaukee
luwyer, are said to have been largo buyers.
It is now claimed that many of theso mort
gages ore worthless. When seen at the
police station, Bidgood stated that his con
nection with the company was purely as
cashier, and he did not see how he could bo
implicated in the Frederickson transactions.
The business, he said, nmounted to 50, 000
acres a year, but he could nofi say how
much of this, was in mortgages.
T. G. Cowie said he represented tho inter
ests of his father-in-law, ex-Gov. Rico, who,
ho said, was a loser to the extent of SIOO,-
000 by tho alleged fraudulent operations.
FRAUDULENT MORTGAGER.
“The charge wo mako,” ho said, “is that
Frederickson, Bidgood and D. G. M.
Frederickson were all conoerued in this
conspiracy. They got up the fraudulent
mortgages, went out on the street aud gnvo
men $5 to sign them. Then they went to
capitalists with the mortgages anil raised
money on them. They gave mort
gages on land in Minnesota,
Dakota and other parts of the north
west. There are hundreds of working
people in Chicago who paid in their earn
ings to the Frederioksens, thinking they
wore buying land, and now they find their
deeds worthless. Many of these mortgages
were placed in Milwaukee. Among tho
purchasers are Mr. Komirick, Mr. fjryoo
and Rudolph Nunnonachor, cashier of tho
Merchants’ Exchange bank of Milwaukee.
(Stephen W. Rawson, a banker of Chicago,
also had some of them, but he Is not hit For
much.” It is said that much of this paper
was also sold in Milwaukee.
An afternoon paper says that three enst
ern capitalists contributed SIOO,OOO to tho
coffers of Frederickson & Cos., and E. G.
Comstock, a Milwaukeo capitalist, dropped
about $70,000. Mr. Cowio makes a state
ment iti which he intimates that a promi
nent Milwaukee man assisted the Fredor
icksons by recommending their securities
to his friends.
SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE.
Tho Daily News says: “The scheme of
tho conspirators was a simple one. Freder
icksou had plats of farm lauds in Dakota
and all parts of tho northwest, and by pick
ing out suitablo pieces a description could
bo filled out on a blank mortgage and sent
to the clerk of tho county wherein tho land
lay. No abstract of title is required by the
Minnesota law in recording mortgages
aud a mortgage bearing all the marks of
a genuine document, similar to those held in
great numbers against farmors, was soon
back in the hands of tho sharpers. Then it
was easily dispoaoil of to investors unless
the people to whom it was offered demanded
a complete abstract, which, it seemed, very
rarely occurred, although it is astonishing
that some of the shrewdest money man iu
Chicago were taken in by the scheme.
REAL OWNERS IGNORANT.
The real owners of the property knew
nothing of the scheme, of course, and tho
poor fellows who bought and partially paid
for their lands, receiving supposed abstracts
of title, settled upon them anil built homes,
put in their soods aud stocked place*, only
to bo swooped down upon by the real
owners and driven out. Thus the rich
holders of mortgages and tho poor occu
pants of tho land wore robbed. Among
Chicago people and banking concerns
iu Chicago who had confidence in
the Frederioksens and are said to have
invested in mortgages are F. G. South
worth, the Joliet steel man, who is said to
bo one of the biggest creditors of the com
pany; 8. W. Rawson, who, however, took
the precaution of perfecting his holdings,
and will lose nothing: the Dearborn Na
tional bank, which holds .a nice bundle of
paper mortgages, worth about two oents a
pound when paper and rags are in good de
mand, and the Chicago Loan and Trust
Company, which is iu the same boat with
the bank.
RUINED BY SPECULATION.
The Administrator of Several Estates
Turns Up Missing.
Chicago, Nov. 26. — A Mount Carroll,
111., special says: “Thursday of last week
Abram J. Lychty of this place was seen to
board a train bound for Chicago. Since
then all trooes of him have been lost. It is
reported that he is a defaulter for from
$20,000 to $50,000. He wus administrator
for several large estates, besides being
guardian for a number of heirs. It is un
derstood that some time ago he began to
speculate heavily on the Chicago board,
aud his donufall can be traced to that.”
SHORT MANY THOUSANDS.
A Bad State of Affairs in the Land
Office at Charlottetown.
Boston, Nor. 26.— A spocial from Ottawa
to the Herald says that a shortage of many
thousand dollars has been discovered in the
provincial crown lands office, at Charlotte
town, P. E. 1., and that the Charlottetown
Patriot says that Donald Fergerson, laud
commissioner, la charged with doing away
with the daily cash book, so that weeks
went by without a balance being struck,
while tno only record of the daily proceed
ings in existence is in Dio receipt book stub*.
ENGLAND’S CONSERVATIVES.
Lord Salisbury the Principal Epeaker
at a Conference.
London, Nov. 36.—A conservative con
ference was held at Nottingham to-day.
The principal address was by Ixird Salis
bury. He said the views of Mr. Gladstone
looking to separation of Ireland from Groat
Britain were making no headway. The
by-elections for members of parliament
were mere skirmisbos, and not fought on
the main iasuss. He declared that he was
in favor of forming a national party, which
must, he said, grow gradually. Such a party
could not bo created by one man. Lord
Salisbury addressed a mass mooting in the
evoning. He said ho would not support
the eight-hour bill, and it will boa great
mistake for tho workmen to havo such a
bill passed. Ho favored an oxteusion of
laborers'allotments and gave qualified ap
proval to free education. Tho dwellings of
the poor, he said, ought to be improved
through public assistance, and working
men should tie aided to emigrate.
BUBTON AT THE HOUSE OFBHAMB.
The Hart Claims, However, That He
Went for a Lawful Purpose.
London, Nov. 26.—Mr. Parke, editor of
the North London Press, was again ar
raignod in tho Bow street police court to
day ou a charge of criminal libel preferred
against him by the Karl of Kuston. The
earl in his testimony admitted that ho hod
visited the house iu Cleveland street, where
the alleged unlawful practices are said to
have taken place, but, claimed that ho had
visited there for a lawful purpose. Mr.
I’arke was committed for trial.
FRENCH POLITICS.
Count Dillon's Election Quashed- Ar
nault also Ruled Out.
Paris, Nov. 26, —The Chamber of I>opn
tlos has quashed the election of Count
Dillon.
The election of M. Arnault for Montau
ban was declared invalid on the ground
that ho was elected through clerical press
ure.
Throe hundred Boulangists, under Le
lionise, will soon visit Gen. Boulanger ou
the Island of Jersey.
Tho surplus iu the budget for the year
1889 was 49,000,000 frunos.
Pope Leo and the Irish.
London, Nov. 27, 3 a. m.—The Times
correspondent at Brussels says: “A Belgian
statesman who has recently visited Romo
claimed that the popo was compelled
to abandon his attempt to pacify
Ireland because the oiergy of that country
threatened to rebel against papal authority
in case ho persisted in his intention, as their
living depended upon tho nationalists.”
Emin's Thankfulness.
London, Nov. 26.—Mr. MacKinnon,
E resident of the Emm relief committee,
as received a letter from Ernie Pasha
dated Msalala, Aug. 23. Tho writer thanks
the subseritiors to tho relief fund anil the
members of tho committee for tbeir gener
ous help, which he says saved a handful of
forlorn ones from destruction.
SatolU’e Next Mission.
Rome, Nov. 26.— 1 t is reported that Arch
bishop Hatolli, on his return from Washing
ton, where ho represented the pope at the
university inauguration, will be sent to
Ireland on a mission similar to that of
Mgr. Persico.
Germany's Socialist BIIL
Berlin, Nov. 26. —The Reichstag com
mittee adopted the socialist bill on its
second reading to-day. It wag decided to
post|ione discussion on the question of ex
pulsion, in order to allow time for a com
promise.
Pig Iron’s Price.
GLASGOW, Nov. 26.—There was a severe
fall in the prices of pig iron to-day. Hootch
warrants fell to 61 shillings 5 ponce. At
Middlosborough the prices of Mid lon borough
warrants declined to 67 shillings 9 pence.
The Vatican Left Out.
Rome, Nov. 26.— The popo has not been
invited to send a delegate to the anti
slavery oongress at Brussels. It is sup
posed that he was ignored at tbo instigation
of the Italian government.
Vienna Bankers Fall.
London, Nov. 27, 3 a m.— The Chronicle
says that Messrs. Kuedler, the famous
bankers of Vienna, havo failed, with liabili
ties of 2,51X1,000 florins.
A Railroad Strike In France.
Paris, Nov. 26. —Five hundred men em
ployed by tho Western railroad company
have struck for higher wages.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY.
A New Master of Machinery—Fall of
the Official Ax.
Charleston, 8. C., Nov. 26.—Another
turn was given the official guillotino oper
ated by Receiver Chamberlain of the South
Carolina railway to-day, and the heads of
eight victims fell into the basket. The
eight victims were employes iu the car
peuter department of the oar shops. It is
said that thoy will have an abundance of
company by Dec. 1.
An official order appoints J. IT. Agnow
to tho position of master of machinery. The
new appointee consolidates two positions.
Ho takes the place of P. J. Cochrane, who
recently resigned, and has charge not only
of the machine shops, but also of the oar
shops, thus combining the two offices.
who na is.
Mr. Agnew is 33 years old, and ha* been
oounectea with the Pittsburg and Western
railroad for fifteen years, in tho machinery
department.
It is understood that J. M. Smith, who
has been filling Mr. Cochrane's place, will
be retained unless be is elected railroad
commissioner by tbe legislature, uow in ses
siou. The guillotine, it is said, will fall
again to-tnorro w and the day after, and keep
on falling. The ranks of the conductors
will be thinned out. Receiver Chamberlaia
said to tbe Morning News correspondent
that tho purpose was to reduce the expenses
of the road as much as possible without
crippling its working power.
Rumora of a Consolidation.
Boston, Nov. 36.—A rumor has been
current in dry goods circles tor soma days
to the effect tnat a consolidation bag been
effected of the print works, whioh will em
brace the Manchester mill at Manchester,
N. H., the Pacific at Lowell, aud the Indian
Orchard, Mass., mill, the consolidated in
terests to be controlled by British capital.
Treasurer Sal tons of the Paciflo mills was
asked yesterday about tbe report, but would
neither confirm nor deny it.
Mrs. Bouthworth Held for Murder.
New York, Nov. 26.—The coroner to
day committed Mrs. Hannah Bouthworth
to tho Tombs without bail toawait trial for
the murder of Stephen l’ettus on Fulton
street on Friday lost,
( DAILY, $lB A TEAR, I
< 5 CKNTB A COPY. V
i WEEKLY,*I. A YEAH, f
AFTER DEVEAUX’S SCALP.
THE COMPROMISE PROPOSED BY
THE BRUNS WICKERS.
It Includes the Immediate Appoint
ment of “Tom” Johnson to Bucoaad
Capt. Wheaton and the Appoint
ment of Deveauz as Deputy Col
lector- Dunn the Man Wanted at
.’Sruuewlck.
Washington. Nov. 26.—The immediate
removal of Collector Wheaton, the ap
pointment of Tom Johnson as collector at
5 svannah, and the appointment of John H.
I/oveaux as deputy c dloctor at Savannah
■ mmedintely—this is tbe compromise pro—
pod to-day by C. P. Goodyear, C.
Downing of Brunswick and ox-Col
lector John T. Collins, formerly of
Brunswick, but now of New York, who
nro here trying to prevent lieveaux
from finally getting lfis commission. This
delegation has been to the white house and
the treasury, and has mode repreeentation*
to the effect that the people of Brunswick do
not not, Doveaux ns collector, and that bis
appointment would interfero with th btisi
ness growth of Brunswick, which is now
tali” u bUiU UP ’ th ° y ** y ’ “' jrt uer * “Pi*
REALLY A COLOR LINE FIGHT,
They do u.<t say much about Doveaox’s
color publicly, but dwell on tha fact that
no is a Savannah man. Privately they talk
about the setback DoveeuxV appointment
pveg tbe white protection moruinent. They
Insist that Dunn is Brunswick* choice, and.
tnat the compromise they prnpoeo it tha
oulv way out now that the mistake has been
mad tof appointuig lieveaux. TTiey have
interested the administration, but it it not
yt certain that they will bo
ah la to got what thy want. ‘Oeveaux baa
M*l indorsement of Buck and all the otber
Adding republican*, including all Uarrisou’t
prominent appointees In Georgia. Coograa
man Grogvouor of Ohio, whom the Brunt
wickers counted on to hoip them oust lie
voaux, has refused to do so. Tom Johnson
has 1 men telegraphed for by Goodyear.
RUMORB OF REVOLUTION.
Hyppolite’a Hold on the Haytian Presi
dency Bald to be Him icy
nW Yore, Noe. 26.—Tho Dutch steamer
I’riuz Frederick, Hendrick, from Port au
Prince, Nov. 26, which arrived to-day,
brings nows to the effect that at the time at
her Bailing the state of affair? at Port an
Prince was rather unfavorable to Gen. Hyp
polite, and that fears were entertained
that there would be an uprising
for the purpose of deposing him
from the presidency. It is reported that
there are 5,600 men armed and engaged in
tlie movement. At the offices of Kuaardt
6 Cos., agents of the Pritiz Frederick, all
knowledge of any insurrection on tue island
of Hayti was denied. Tho captain of the
steamer has reported at tho office, and said
nothing about it. There were ten passen
gers on the steamer, and it is thought that
•"ine one cl the number started the rumor.
None of the pjssengers oouid bo found.
NOY BELIEVED BY PRESTON.
Washington, Nov. 36. Mr. Preston, tha
Haytian minister, does not believe that tha
report* of the revolution in Hayti against
Gen. Hyppollte ore true. Ho received a
telegram from the consulate in New York
to-day stating that tho mail had arrived,
and that there was no news. He is sure
that ho would have been telegraphed of tha
Circumstance in the event that letters con
tained any allusion to a fresh uprising, and
bn is furthi-rruore of the opinion that anew
rev, lution has not occurred, because tha
people have uot bail time to recuperate
from the effects cf their recent troublse.
NECESbiTY OF INDICTMENT.
An Important Point of Law Before m
United (states Judge.
Danville, Va., Nov. 36.—An interact
ing aud important point of law was argued
in the United States court to-day. Tha
United Status district attorney 1110 l an in
formation against several persons ctiarg and
with violating the federal election laws, and
wanted to try them before a petit
jury on this information with
out formal indictment by the grand
jury. The counsel for the defense
claimed it was unconstitutional to try any
citizen for a capital or mfainous offense
unites ou indictment by a grand jury. The
district attorney held that the chargee
agaiust these men wore not infamous crimes
in the eye of tho law, and hence could have
been tried simply upon his “information.”
Judge Paul reserved his decision, saying
that tho question was one of too grave im
portance to be disposed of too hustily.
NEGRO COLONIZATION.
Terms of the Concession Granted by
the Mexican Government.
City of Mexico, Nov. 36.—Particular*
in regard to tue recent concession for tha
establishment of negro colonies in this
country are published here. The conces
sionaires are Henry C. Fergusou aud Will
iam H. Ellis, American citizens,
who are authorized to establish
agricultural, mining or manufacturing
colonies in the states of Vera Cruz,
Oaxaca, Guorroro,|fMichoacan and San
Luis Potosi, subject to the conditions of tha
general colonization laws. At least a thou
sand colonists must be settled within three
years, and each year thereafter for ten years
at least 206 must be settled. The maximum
number of colonists allowed to be brought
here in ten years is 20,006, and a proof
must be given of their good moral char
acter and industrious habits.
BAD TRAIN WRECK.
An Engineer Fatally, and Five Other
People Badly Hurt.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 26l—Tha
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road passenger train, No, 3, left the track
three miles west of Greensville this morning
on a heavy down grade and reverse curve.
The engine, postal, express, baggage, first
and secoml-ciass coaches, and two tleeperc
went off. Engineer Gregg Dunn was
thrown under the engine and fatally in
jured. Tbe express messenger aud fou*
passengers were badly hurt. The postal ca*
and its contents were destroyed, v
A Cut In the Price of CoaL
Pittsburg, Nov. 36.—The Pittsburg
Southern Coal Company, composed of the
nine largest coal firms in this oity. to-day
cut the price of coal delivered at New Orw
leans 4 cents per barrel This is an unpre
cedented reduction, and was made, it i*
said, to prevent the formation by smaller
operators of a competing oompany.
Loss of the Hecla Works.
New York, Nov. 26.—The loss by tbe
fire at the Hecla iron works in Williams
burg lost nignt, is about $100,600. An ex
plosion is sup(K>sed to have started the fire.
The amount of the insurance is unknown.
Five hundred or 600 men are thrown out oil
employment.
