HISS Ntviss rtnntu II jhe Letter to Blaine Written With out Coaching. Jodf* p»'mer om,r*d Amtotanee, Bat She *■.» Able to Reply to the Secretary without Aeel.tance — Sploy Revelation* Promtoed. Chicago. March 8. — Mary Nevins Blaine, the divorced wife of James G. Blaine.’ jr., was at the Wellington house for a few hours. She waa en route from Sioux Falls, S. D., to New York and was accompanied by her lit tle boy, her French maid and a nurse. Mrs. Blaine did not object to having her name appear on the register of the hotel, but her first movement was to give orders that no reporter’s tcard be rent up to her apartments With Landlord Gage she left instructions to ray to newspaper men she appreciated (he courtesy of the press, but she had nothing more to say concerning her recent suit or of any matter connected with her manifold troubles of the past Then she ordered luncheon served in her rooms, preparatory to continuing her journey eastward over the Lake Shore at 3:30 o’clock. After luncheon Mrs. Blaine took a stroll about the parlors of the hotel, and, meeting a representative of the Herald, chatted briefly. The unfortunate young wife of Sec retary Blaine's scapegrace son when in good health is undoubtedly a most attractive woman. But illness and mental suffering have greatly changed her. She looks at least thirty years old. Her face is pinched and her com plexion sallow. Beneath her expres sive blue eyes there are deep, black lines, and the eyelids are also dark. She has by no means recovered from the severe attack of rheumatism which prostrated her a year or more ago, and there is a perceptible limp when she walks across the floor. She is unable to raise her right arm above her head and otherwise bears evidence of the great physical and mental suffering she has borne so long. Mrs. Blaine smiled sadly as sho extended her hand, which, be it noted, was once a very shapely one, but now is thin and pale to whiteness. She was dressed in a loosely fitting robe of brown, caught at the neck by a pearl and diamond horseshoe. “You must not attempt to interview me,’’ she said. “I have declined to see all newspaper men since leaving Da kota, and it would not be right to give you a fecoop,’ as I believe you call it But seriously, there is nothing for me to say. I do not want the notoriety which I have thus far found it impos sible to escape. In my letter to Mr. Blaine, sr., I have said all that could be said, and 1 have nothing to add un til the ten days have expired. If he fails then to produce the evidence I have demanded I will publish every atom of evidence I possess bearing on this case. I do not make this threat for a 'bluff. ’ When I was granted a divorce the whole matter ended so far as I was concerned. I did not want it reopened, but Secretary Blaine has seen fit to attack a sick woman through the press. "i mean now 10 aeienu myself ana i will not conceal one single thing. lVhen I strike it is between the eyes and not in the back. But then I am interviewing myself for you. You mustn’t print all I say. it would dc me no good. ” It was quite evident that Mrs Blaine had forgotton she was talking with a reporter. But as the thought of hei troubles came to her the poor girl could not help the outbreak. The tears stood in her eyes as she recalled Mr. lllnine's charges and then her in dignation got the better of her sorrow. At this point Secretary Blaine's lit tle grandson ran through the hall in search of his mother, and when he SDied her the troubled look vanished from his bright face. With outstretched arms and a joyful cry of “mamma" h« ran to her and kissed her. That Mrs. Blaine's love is centered in this boy nc one could doubt had he seen the loot of motherly pride that came into hei eyes. There was no ostentatious ex pression of affection on the part of th< young mother. It was the simple, en during love a good woman shows foi her firstborn. Little James Gillespie Blaine, non nearly 5 years old, is a manly little fellow who bears a strong resemblanci to his grandfather. He is well formed has a handsome face and great eyes tha< he uses as though he knew they weri meant for seeing people and not to b< hid behind bashful and drooping lids Be surveyed the reporter from head t( foot and then graciously held out hii hand. “I couldn’t find your room, mamma,’ he said, “and wasn’t I lucky to tint you?" The nurse came and took thi young gentleman away, in going hi bowed with the air of a courtier. "It has been hinted that you had thi assistance of someone in writing thi letter you addressed to Mr. Blaine con cerninjr his ‘personal statement,’ Mrs Blaine?” , “It is untrue, and you may say so i «is ever charged against' me. Yoi ®sy say I wrote every line of it my ?*H. Within an hour after I had real Mr. Blaine's statement i was at worl on my reply. Not a living soul as Msted me, and neither did I submit i to anyone for approval or disapproval My lawyer asked me if I would rep); ®nd I told him 1 most certainly should hinted at giving me the benefit o 018 assistance, but I refused all sucl Proffers. had lived in the Blaine fatnil; Qd I knew as no one else could hov ° reply to this most unexpected at 80 *• Oh, dear, when is this heapin) 1 abuse going to end? Was it not bai nough to be obliged to go through i rial for divorce with all its attendnn otoriety? Was it not cruel to hea garbled extracts of my love letter »i>Te j to Puhlic and be branded a ? adventuress, who courted the soi * a prominent man? Mr. Blaine. **e, declares he will not publish thi iters.I ask for. But I will do cxactl; I said I would at the end of the tei and then the public will judg tether 1 am the designing woman o , re years who stole away a bo “ made him marry her. Mr. Blain »b.ifreat an£i powerful man, but h ail not ruin my character; no, not i "®r® *«n «m«« greater. I will light as hard u anyone when I am forced to do so, and I shall not stab my enemy *“ *}*• *»«* either. There shall be nothing that will stop me in a course once determined upon. How can men be eo cruel? Now I will not aay an other word. ” THE AMERICAN HERCULES. Sampson on Trial In London Charged With Jtobbcrjr, Lokdoit, March 5.—The case of Carl August Sampson, known as the"Amei lean Hercules,” who was arrested in New York a few weeks ago on a requi sition charging him with obtaining certain diamond jewelry and £770 money from Mrs. Margaret Bernstein, Pretenses, was further heard in the Westminster po lice court this morning. There was a ▼cry large attendance and a great deal of interest was shown in the proceed ings. Mrs. Bernstein, it will be remem bered, made the acquaintance of Samp eon while he was performing his feats of strength at the Royal Aquarium music halL It is said that she became enamored of him and sought to be con stantly in his company. Her husband separated from her and applied for a divorce, naming Sampson and one Tur ner as the co-respondents. During Mra Bernstein's acquaintance with Sampson it is claimed that he borrowed money and jewelry from her, promis ing to return the valuables when cer tain purposes were accomplished. At the beginning of the court pro ceedings this morning Mm Bernstein, took the witness stand. She presented a charming picture, attired in a close fitting tailor made gray woolen gown, which set off her plump figure to ad vantage. On her head she wore a hat of the new spring pattern, the grace ful arrangement of flowers and laces giving her pretty face additional charm. Mm Bernstein gave her testi mony in a clear voice. She was self possessed and confident in manner, and did not appear to mind in the least the hundreds of curious eyes that were gazing at her. Mm Bernstein claimed that her rela tions with Sampson were those of a lender of money only. Various love letters of hers were read, and she be came so agitated that she fainted. The case was adjourned till Saturday. COMINQ OUT TO IOWA. Thirty Farmer** Families From One Neighborhood In Illinois, Fairbukv, I1L, March 5.—The reoent exodus of farmers from the region sur rounding Virginia, I1L, is about to be paralleled by a similar migration of farm owners in this vicinity. The movement began today with the de parture of several families for northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, and it is understood that the remainder of the party will settle in the same re gion. Nearly all of the emigrants purchased their farms here twenty or thirty years ago at prices ranging from $20 to $40 per acre. The same land now brings about $100 per acre. T,he party consists of about thirty fam ines, and two special freight trains of twenty cars each have been chartered to carry their household goods and farming implements to their new homes. This is the largest exodus from this district that has taken place for several years. It is said, however, that there need be no fear of a general depopulation, as the movement is brought about entirely by Iowa and Minnesota land owners, who have pre vailed upon the people to believe that they can better their fortunes by mov ing westward. A LIBERAL VICTORY. The Flection In South Derbyshire Seat, a Gladstone Man. London, March 5. —The liberals have carried the election in South Derby shire, Broad, the liberal candidate, having 5,803 votes to 4,553 for Melville, conservativa In the last election Henry Waddle, liberal, had 5,102 votes to 3,949 for Coke, the conservative and unionist candidate. The mining popu lation voted almost unanimously for the liberal candidate, largely because of the way in which the Derbyshire miners have lately been oppressed and persecuted by the marquis of London derry and other conservative owners of mining properties. BLAINE HAS THE GRIP. Had a High Fever Thursday and Friday Much Better This Morning. Washington, March 5.—The follow i ing official announcement was made at the state department today: “Secre 1 tary Itlalne is a victim of the grip. He i was taken ill Wednesday afternoon ( quite suddenly and severely. His fever was high on Thursday and Friday. He . is much better this morning and hopes to be out in a few days The Grecian Rebellious. Athens, March 5.—Great excitement t reigns and rumors of an approaching i revolution are heard everywhere. It is said that people in the interior are arming. In Athens the principal streets are ■ occupied by crowds discussing the si t 1 uation. Loud utterances are heard ' condemning King George for what is l called his usurpation, and the parti : sans of M. Deiyannis do not hesitate ' to denounce the king as a usurper who 1 is endeavoring to follow in the foot steps of his brother-in-law, *tlie czar. r and to substitute Russian rule for the constitutional government of Greece. E Already 300 partisans of the 1 deposed premier, M. Deiyannis, have been arrested, while the ex-mem ' I bcrs of the cabinet are closely '! watched This, however, has had no '! effect in quelling the popular excite [ j ment ‘ I The king has ordered that the mi i \ j tary and naval forces be kept in read - 1 ! ness for possible trouble, and it is sai r j that he had long consultations yester 1' day with the representatives of Greai 3! Britain and Russia. I -*—•« 1 Haw Marsh In Brazil. 1 Philadelphia, Pa., March 5.—Dr r' Reinstom. of New York, who has jusi ! ] arrived from Brazil, says that he saw fj in Brazil Gideon Marsh, the fug.uve r cashier of the Keystone bank. 11. • seems to have plenty of money and is j gnown to have received remittances t from Philadelphia. MOTHER RIOT IH GERMANY h Desperate Mob Sacks Shops in the City of Dantzic. Fhe Pillaging Dona In an Orderly Mannar and the Spoil* Distributed Among the Biota re According to Their Needs, Berlin, Maroh 4.—A dispatch from Dantzic says that serious rioting, sim ilar to that which took place recently In this city, occurred there today. As In Berlin, the trouble was caused by the large number of people out of work, and doubtless the flames of dis content were fanned by the emperor’s recent utterances about crushing and driving out of Uermany all those who oppose him. The spirit of restlessness, it may also be •aid, is kept alive by the prosecutions of the Cologne Oazette and the Frankfurter Zeitung, for criticising the emperor's acts, and the general opinion prevailing that the struggle between the people and the smperor, who has been likened to Nero by the Frankfurt^ Zeitung, has com menced in real earnest The troubles at Dantzic, like the troubles at Leipslc and many other places, began by a mass meeting of the unemployed, by fiery addresses made by agitators and by heated suggestions upon the part of socialistic orators. A delegation was then appointed to call upon the chief local magistrate, who had been warned that the trouble was brewing, A Delegation Walts on the Mayor. The magistrate referred to received the delegatiqn in the kindliest manner possible, listening to all they had to say about their grievances and gave them some good advice as to ob serving a peaceful attitude in spite of their deplorable situa tion. Finally the magistrate in formed the delegation that the local authorities anticipating some such visit, had taken steps to provide some relief works, upon which 200 of the unemployed could find work. As there are, according to the estimate, some 2,000 to 3,000 persons at Dant zic in need of employment, this reply caused further grum bling among the delegates. The delegation withdrew and later in the day some 200 men from the unemployed masses of Dantzic were embarked on board a steamer chartered by the local authorities and were taken up the river to the port where the relief works are situated. After the departure of the steamer the angry feeling which ani mated the hungry army of unemployed laborers began to get the upper hand of them. The Mob Sack* (lie Shops. seeing that the temper of the men was such that they might be excited to do almost anything, the socialist and anarchist oratora began to har rangue the crowds, telling them of their wrongs, of the oppression of the government and of the cruel bearing of the emperor, with the result that no sooner was the now familiar cry in Oermany of “Bread!” “Bread!” “Bread!” “Give us bread or give us work!” raised by the agitators, than a mob of about 2,000 men spread themselves in detachments over the neighborhood and pillaged a num ber of baker shops, which were com pletely gutted of their contents The police tried in vain to stem the human torrent, but it gained force with the dcmolisliment of the bakers’ shops and turned its attention to the butchers’ stores, which were quickly emptied of their contents. The Spoils Divid U Justly, Then there was a strange scene. Immense piles of stolen meats and bags of flour were gathered at conven ient spots and the work of equal dis tribution began. Sturdy rioters guarded these stores of provisions while others measured out the meat and flour to the starving men. But it was not for themselves that these pro visions were taken. Each man as he approached the distributing point was asked how many people he had in his family and upon the number being given he was handed a piece of meat and a measure or two of flour, accord ing to the needs of his household. 'Ihe Police Held at Hay. While this work of distribution was going on in an orderly manner in the public street, skirmishing parties of rioters were keeping the police, who were greatly outnumbered, at bay by pelting them with stones or charging bodily upon them and driving the au thorities from the scene of the riot. Other skirmishing parties emptied wine stores, grocery stores and other places where food and drink was to be had until every man among the rioters had laid in a stock of provisions of some kind or another. The mob in spite of this rioting was orderly, if such terms can be applied to riotera rhe Authorities I.enlent. During this time naturally the police were not entirely idle They formed into several detachments and repeat edly charged the mob. The latter far outnumbered the poliee, fought desperately with the policemen, injur ing t number ng of them and in sev eral cases completely routed them. Victory eventually rested with the police, but the rioters were not dis persed until they had done all the damage they had intended to. Mot over fifty prisoners were taken by the police during the whole course of the riots and many of these were rescued by the mob while being taken to the guard house. In view of the fact that the author ities are not inclined to be severe with the prisoners, no further rioting Is anticipated, especially as a commit tee of the influential citizens are tak ing steps to enlarge the relief worl.'-0®150; stoekers, 3270®! 00; feeders, 82.40®2 50. Hogs—Extreme ranges, 83.50®3.75 Produce nnd Provisions. Chicago, March 7. Flour—Spring patents, 31.40®! 75; wln ier patents, 8! 40® 1.75. Wheat—Cash, May, 31 >4e. Corn—Cash, lij^c; May, 12%c: new. Not 3, 83%®10c. Oats—Cash, 2814c; May. No. 2 white, 3114c; No. 8 white,JOc. Hye—She. Barley—56c. Timothy—81..8® 1.C9. Flax—31.0014. Whisky—31 14. Pork—Cash, 810.80; May, 811.10. Lard—Cash. 88 35; Mu y 38.43. Shoulders—3l.75®5.50; short clear, 36.25 short ribs, 85.7714. ; Butter—Creamery. 21®.'0c; dairy, 18® 35c Cheese—Full eream Cheddars, ll@UJ4e fiats, l]i4@l.'c; Young Americas. 12®.3c. Eg:a—Fresh, 141 v ® 15c. Bide*—Beavy and light green salted, 1c; salted bull. 4>*® >4C! green salted Jalf, t®«14o; dry flint, 8c; dry salted aides, <®7c; dry calf, 8®0c; deacons inch. 25c. Tallow—Not 1 solid, 4e; packed, 2® 294c ‘ sake, 4Xa Minneapolis. March 7. Wheat—Closing; No. I northern, i