CAI.A3ZJLTY 23 ' , TILE SOUTH.
Fcar/uirossofZife From High Winds and
Tidal Waves.
GALVESTOX , TEX. , Oct 14 The town of
Sabine Pass , at the mouth of the Sabine river ,
the dividing line between Louisiana and Tex
as , was reported to-day as entirely washed
away by the terrific storm of Tuesday night
and over fifty lives were reported lost out of a
total population of 200. All telegraphic com
munication was cutofL The place is sixty
miles from Galveston and twenty-eight miles
southeast of Beaumont , the county seat of
Jefferson county. It is thought the bar in
front of the town will prevent tugs from
landing , and tug owners here regard it as
useless to attempt to enter the treacherous
channel.
The following account of the great disaster
at Sabine Pass was telegraphed last night to
Houston from Beaumont : "This town is in a
state of intense excitement to-night at the
news just received from Sabine Pass of ter
rible loss of life and destruction of property
in that place from high water. We have now
no telegraphic communication with the pass.
all the wires being down , but an engine ar
rived here to-night over the East Texas rail
way that left there about 6 o'clock.
FI11ST XEWS OF THE DISASTER.
'Two citizens who rowed in a small boat
acrossan expanse of tossing , * " -.ers , a distance
of several miles from the toW of Sabine , to
the track , came in on the engine and gave a
heartrending account of affairs there. They
say the waters began to invade the town from
the gulf and lake together about 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and rose with unprecedcnt
rapidity. The citizens of the doomed place
did not realize their imminent danger until it
was to late to escape , when safety by flight
was recognized as being out of the question.
The people who were situated so thev could do
it betook themselves to their houses and re
sorts judged to be the safest The water
kept rising , and between 3 and 4 o'clock the
smaller houses began to yield to the resistless
force of the waves and not only moved from
their foundations , but turned on their sides
and tops. A little later Jlarger houses began
to give way and death by drowning seemed
in store for every citizen of the place.
DROWNED IX TIIEIIt HOUSES.
"With the yielding of the smaller houses
several persons who had remained in them
were drowned , and when the residences and
business places began to crumble the fatality
began to double.
I'ARTIAI , LIST OF THE LOST.
"The following is an incomplete list of the
drowned , as obtained from the gentlemen who
came over on the engine :
"Miss Martha Chambers , Jim Yondy and
family of six , Mrs. Otto Brown and two chil
dren. Homer Kincr , wife and child , Mrs. Jun
ker and her son , Mrs. Romery and family of
five , Mrs. Stewart and her daughter and son ,
Wilson , Mrs. Arthur McRcvnolds , Mrs.
McDonand and Jber daughter and grandson ,
Frank Mullegan and family , Columbus Martce
and family. About twenty-five colored people
whose names could not be'given.
"The above list comprises over fifty victims
of the storm , among them eome of the leading
families of the place. There are others and
manj * of them doubtless drowned without
any now living knowing anything of it. It is
feared that whole families in different parts of
the place have been siyept away Tvithout
leaving a person or a vestige to indicate their
terrible fate. It is said the situation during
the latter part of the afternoon was frightful.
The manifestations of terror and asjony by the
Deople looking face to face at death and real
izing that the re was no escape , the dyins cries
of the women , audible but rendered almost
noiseless by the roar of the mad sea , the
hoarse voices of men trying to save
those dear to them , all combined to make the
scene too horrible to be described. "
THE ENTIRE TOWN "WRECKED.
PORT WOKTII , TEX. , Oct 14. News received
here fromSabiue Pass is to the effect that the
greater portion of the town has been washed
away and about sixty or seventy persons
drowned bv the terrible storm of Tuesday
nisht Waters from the lake and culf rushed
into the place with great rapidity and dis
lodged the foundation of nearly everv house.
All telegraphic communication cast of Beau
"
mont is"iiitL-rruptid and the only information
procured that is strictly reliable was obtained
Irom men who have rowed over the vast ex
panse of water to Beaumont. These men say
that the scene is beyond description. The en
tire town is wrecked and the inhabitants are
frenzied with fear and grief.
The damage done by the storm at Beaumont
"
is also considerable , a"number of houses be
ing blown down and many of the principal
Inmbcr mills damaged. T&e track of the East
Texas and Sabine road is washed away for
miles in a number of places , besides damage
done to bridges and depots.
MEAGEU DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
ORANGE , TEX. , Oct 14. Details of the de
struction by the storm at Sabine Pass and
Johnson's Bayou come in slowly , and are yet
indefinite , though all agree that there has
been a great lo.s of life and property.
Two brothers named Pomeroy were picked
tip by the schooner Andrew-Baden in iSabine
lake. They had been in the water thirtv-six
hours clinging to their capsized yawl. Their
mother and sister and Mrs. Captain Junker ,
her son and a little girl of the party _ were lost
The Pomeroys reiwrt that fifty lives were
lost at the Porter house , where the people had
collected as the best place of safety. It went
to pieces at 9 o'clock , and many persons are
missing.
DEATHS AT JOHNSON'S B.VTOU.
Still greater loss is reported from Johnson's
Bavou , where whole families were swept away ,
and not a house was left standing within five
miles of the lake.
Parties were organized last night and left on
the steamers Lamar and Emily P. with pro-
vistons and bedding. They are expected back
to-night , when further particulars will be ob
tained.
ENTIRE FAMILIES "WIPED OUT.
LAKE CHARLES. LA. , Oct 14. The lose of
property along the Cameron parish gulf coast
and for sonic distance west of Sabine Pass by
the storm of Tuesday night was fearfuL
The mail boat from Cameron parish reports
that theater at Calcasieu Pass was eight
feet deep at the lichthouse " , and that the en
tire country east "and west was submerged
Tuesday night , drowninc thousands of cattle
and ruining crops. No lives were lost at
Leesburg or Caleasieu Pass , but the following
are reported lost at Johnson's Bavou , La.
The entire families of Alfred Lambert ,
Marion Lukes , George Striver , Charles
Blauchet , Bradford Berry and two families by
the name of Franeswar , besides many others
whose names have not been ascertained.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN GALVESTON.
GALVESTON , TEX. , Oct 14. This citr has
been in a state of feverish excitment all day
over the dreadful news from Sabine Pass.
Many anxious persons have eagerly visited the
telegraph offices seeking further particulars
from the stricken town. The details of the
calamity are very difficult to obtain because of
the impaired facilities for communication with
Beaumont and Orange , the nearest points to
the unfortunate town , has been re-established
but the inhabitants of those places appear to
be awaiting the relief parties"that have gone
to Sabine Pass.
THE LOST CITY'S LOCATION.
The town of Sabine Pass is located at the
mouth of tho Sabine river within half a mile
of the extreme point jutting from the Texas
side , lies only four feet above the mean tide
mark and is bounded by a great swamp on
the west and Lake Sabine on the north. The
entrance to Lake Sabine is a mile and a half
above the town. The lake Is fifteen miles
long and ten in width with an average depth
of seven feet , which is always maintained by
the huge volume of water pouring into the
basin from the two navigable rivers , Neches
and Sabine.
CAUSED BT SUNDAY'S HURRICANE.
It was this lake , according to the most ex
perienced navigators on this coast , that de
stroyed the town. The hurricane of last Sun
day in the West Indies blew the waters with
great violence toward the Texas coast This
hurricane wave was first noticed on this coast
on Sunday morning , attaining its maximum
oa Tuesday afternoon , and wa"s maintained at
a high point by the impetus of the waters
behind. The hurricane itself did not reach
these coasts at all , as scarcely a breath of
wind was stirring when its tidal wave first
touched the coast When the maximum was
reached on Tuesday afternoon , however , " a
fierce northwestern gale sprung up along the
whole coast , and at Sablue this gale blew the
waters out of Lake Sabine and drove them
toward the gulf , where the lake waters were
met by the great swell caused by the hurri
cane. This resulted In driviui the lake Staters
over into the little town and"submerging the
country for miles around without a moment's
notice.
This account of the disaster is confirmed by
the experience here with the same gale ancl
all information from Sabine confirms the the
ory.
EN ROUTE TO THE PASS.
As soon as the collector of customs was ap
prised of the disaster he ordered the govern
ment tug Penrose to prepare to make a trip to
Sabine , and she started for that place at 2
o'clock this afternoon with a representative of
the Galvcston JXcua and several others on
board. The distance to Sabine is sixty miles.
The Penrose can not get back before to-mor
row. When the details of this awful disaster
will be known.
Private telegrams from Beaumont this even
ing confirm the reports previously sent re
garding tlie loss of life.
The dainace to property all along the Texas
coast will be great. At Beaumont and Orange
the gale did serious damage. It played havoc
amontr the lumber mills , but occasioned no
loss of life. The latest report places the lives
lost at Sabine at over sixty.
A WAR TO THE KXIFE.
Chicago farters Determined That It Shall
bo Ten Hours or
Chicngo special : The opinion is general
that a , long und bitter struggle between the
packers und employes at the stock yards is
inevitable. The ordering out of Armour's
beef men is looked upon as the signal for
war. All attempts by Delegates Barry and
Butler to negotiate or compromise the
questions raised by the strike have signally
failed. The packers have not shown a dis
position to discuss the matter in an official
mannerand the strikers are disposed to re
gard this treatment in the light of a chal
lenge. After the meeting of district assem
bly 57 early this morning Mr. Barry said
to a reporter : "We have formally declared
ivar on the big pork speculator and it will
be war to the knife and the knife to the hilt.
I shall get to Richmond now before the con
vention adjourns and you may depend
upon it that Armour's meats throughout
the United States will be an unknown quan
tity in less than three months. We intend
to fight an aggressive battle , and Armour
will either be brought to terms or be rele
gated to the position of a dead packer ,
notwithstanding his millions. As far
as the men are concerned , we shall
take care of them , besides the closing
down of the industry here does not of
necessity do away with it. The demand is
bound to be supplied elsewhere if nothere. "
Illustrating the general feeling among the
packers , one of the most prominent ones
said to a reporter when approached on the
subject : "We don't submit to any system.
but that of ten hours for a day's work at
the ten hours' pay. Jn other words , an
unconditional surrender or nothing. I
attended a meeting of packers the other
day when the matter was fully discussed.
Green hands will be hired and broken in
rapidly. This can be easily done , but of
course it will take time to fill all places.
We , as an association , intend to start big
concerns again first. We have advertised
for men all over the country , and already
men are beginning to come in as a result of
these agencies. Armour and the Anglo-
American will be running with full forces
next week. This will win our battle. When
these two houses nre running full-handed
the fight is practically won. We can easily
lay up for a feuweeks , or months , for that
matter. Ten hours we will have and we
don't want to see any committee either.
If the men wish to return on that basis
they can do so as individuals. "
The opinion of this packer was read to
others and pretty generally indorsed.
The great fight between the employers
and employes of the stock yards has
assumed more serious proportions.
Armour & Co. are to make the test
case and establish the 'precedent of which
shall have the supremacy labor or capi
tal. All efforts at a compromise or even
consultation with the packers have failed ,
the strikers met last night and decided to
call out the beef butchers and the result
was about one thousand fi e hundred men
quit work. Immediately a committee of
men went over to Armour's repair shops , at
Forty-fifth street , near Halstead street ,
where between fifty and seventy men ar
employed. They went in , had a short
talk , and the men quit in a body , all. in
cluding the machinists , going out. The
engineers at Armour's also quit work this
morning. New men continue to arrive
hourly , and this morning the Lake Shore
dummy brought over two loads to Armour's
house. On the last trip , about 10
o'clock , the train was blocked all the
way down Irom Forty-seventh street ,
freight cars having been left on the
side tracks and switches in such a man
ner that the train couldn't pass.
Ultimately the men were compelled
to get out and walk. The new arrivals all
enter by the rear entrance , and iminediiite-
ly go to work. From the regularity with
which each house brings its quota there is
little doubt that the packers have agents
out hiring men. The new comers are looked
on contemptuously by the locked out men ,
and they are called ' 'Hoosiers ! " "Scabs ! "
"Mossbacks ! " and other choice names. It
is estimated that Armour has twelve hun
dred of them at work.
The scale of wages which the packers offer
their men is as follows : Scalders , $3.00
and § 4.00 ; scrapers , 53.25 ; shovers , § 3.00 ;
mess pork trimmers , $2.25 ; mess pork
choppers , $3.00 ; trimmers , S2.25 and
§ 3.00 ; cellar men , $1.75 and $2.25 ; tank
men , § 1.75 and $2.25 ; coopers , $3.00. This
is on a basis of ten hours' pay for ten
hours' work.
Cudahy expressed some surprise that the
men should blame Armour for the trouble.
Nelse Morris denies the statement credited
to him that the affair was a move on the
part of Armour to drive Swift and himself
out of the trade , and that he was endeav
oring to drive all the business from Chicago
to Omaha and Kansas City.
A. 3IODERJUDAS. .
Evansville ( Ind. ) special : About6 o'clock
this evening Linsy McKinzey , a drummer
of Henderson , a guest of the American
hotel , shot and instantly killed John Mar-
lin , an Italian , another guest , in the lobby
of the hotel under circumstances which
rendered the deed a cold-blooded crime.
The two quarreled last night at the supper
table and McKinley threatened Marlin's
life. To-day he purchased a revolver , and ,
meeting Marlin in the hotel , shooks hands
with him and apologized for his violent
actions of the night before , and then five
minutes later walked up to his victim and
shot him dead. He then walked coolly
awnv and wassauntering about the streets
when arrested. He said he did not know
why he did it. There is much excitement
among the Italians of the city and an extra-
guard has been placed on at the jail.
THE HIGHEST TIDE EXOW2T.
MOBILE , AL > . , Oct 12. The storm last
night was heavy along the coast and vessels
were detained from sailing. The tide rose
higher than ever before known. The tele
graph office at Fort Morgan at the entrance to
Mobile bay was flooded and the operator
reached dry land by swimming : . Thirty New
Orleans bound passengers are detained here
by a washout on the Louisville and Nashville
road this side of New Orleans.
A POSTAL ItEGULATIOy.
An Order From Postmaster General Tilas.
Postmaster General Vilas hns issued an
order that whenever any letter prepaid at
less than one full rate of postage , or any
third-class matter not fully prepaid , of
obvious value , such as magazines , music ,
pictures , books , or pamphlets , scientific or
otherwise , likely to be of permanent use or
personal value to the addresses ; or parcel
of fourth-class matter not lully prepared
and being otherwise mailable , is deposited in
any postofiice and addressed to any other
postoffice within the United States , it must
be post-marked with the date of its re
ceipt , indorsed "held for postage , " and , ex
cept in cases mentioned below , the addres
see notified by the next mail by an official
postal card , and request to remit sufficient
postage to fully prepay it to destination.
Such matter should then be held two weeks
for reply , and if , at the expiration of that
time , the required postage has not been re
ceived , it should be marked unclaimed
and sent to the dead letter office ns
uninnilable. Matter directed to places
so remote from the mailing office that the
notice cannot be returned to thead
dressee in two weeks , may be held not
longer than four weeks. But upon the re
ceipt of the proper amount of postage , the
btamps should be affixed to the matter so
as to cover but a portion of the words
"held for postage" and properly cancelled
before forwarding the same. When held
for postage matter bears the card or ad
dress of a senuer from within the delivery
of the mailing office , it should be immedi
ately returned to such sender for proper
postage. Notice of detention must not be
sent to the addresses of matter properly
held for postage which is directed to foreign
countries ; but if the name of the sender be
unknown it should at once be sent to the
dead letter office. If a sender himself pays
the postage before the addressee , the letter
will be indorsed "Postage subsequently
paid by the writer , " and the additional
stamps affixed. Should the postage be
afterwards received from the addressee , it
will be promptly returned to him.
A reward of $200 will be paid by the
pobtoffice department , upon conviction in
the United States court , for each person
who may have been engaged in robbing or
attempting to rob the United States mails ,
by attack , while the mails are in transit
upon aiy post route. This offer is appli
cable to offences committeecl during the fis
cal year ending June 30. 1S87 , and the re
ward will be paid on satisfactory evidence ,
to the person causing arrest and convic
tion.
sioux : CITY STILL EXCITED.
Belief Growing That the 3Ian Who Could
Tell Imiwrtant Facts Has Seen Put Out of
the Way.
Sioux City special : However much the
public desire , the probabilites now are
that the Haddock murder case will not be
reached during the coming term of the dis
trict court. Among those incarcerated in
the county jail now awaiting trial are two
charged with murder and four with at
tempted murder , besides others charged
with grave offenses greater than any grand
jury \Voodbury county was ever called
to investigate , so that the three weeks'
session will have little or no time for this
most important case. H. L. Leavitt was
taken back to Kingsley to-day , where he
will remain in charge of Attorney Wood
until the cases are called. It is not deemed
safe that he should remain here. Last
night , it is understood , he was in com
pany with a body guard of law and order
lefigue members , all o ! whom were armed.
Attorney General Baker is in the city con
sultingith the state's attorney , and the
points and evidence for the prosecution
are being gone over careIulIy..Tt is stated ,
pemi-ofiicially , that the salclllmt , George
Trieber , before he left the city , ote out a
sworn statementwith reference to the
tragedy , and who did the shooting , which
is now in the hands of the attorney. This
is to the effect that the "Bismarck" man
arrested in California was the one hired to
do the shooting , but as he approached Mr.
Haddock from behind , he weakened. At
this Leavitt appmached and saying , "Here ,
now , don't let tl.is be a fizzle , too , " drew
his revolver and fired.
Chief of Police Nelson has not reached
here as yet with his man Bismarck , but one
of the rumors current to-day was to tho
effect that he would not swear that Arens-
dorf did the shooting.
Among the most sensational rumors cur
rent was that with reference to the mys
terious disappearance of Henry Peters , the
brewery wagon driver , mentioned in these
dispatches last night. Your correspondent
paid some attention to this matter , and
finds among residents near the brewery a
strong belief that he has been foully mur
dered , in corrpboration of which they say
that on the night of August 22 an alterca
tion was heard at the brewery , and Hen
ry's voice was recognized. The next day a
new driver was on the wagon. It will be
remembered UiatLeavittstar.esthat Arens-
dorf proposed to send Peters to Germany
because of his knowledge of the affair. It
was developed to-day that Henry's trunk
alid effects are still at his boarding house
here , that he paid his board a day before
the fuss above referred to , and has been
heard of by no one since. He took noth
ing at all with him and is said to have
some money on deposit at one ol the
banks. No satisfactory explanation is
given of his absence , and Mr. Arensdorf ,
his employer , will from necessity be com
pelled to produce Henry in order to fully
establish his innocence.
SO3IE WASHEfGIOy GOSSIP.
Wardepartment clerks express profound
regret at the determination of Secretary
Endicott to retire from public life. They
have found him unexacting and a firm ad
vocate ol civil service law. Every man
feels confident that his position is secure so
long as Endicott is in charge , and has a na
tural dread of a change. The secretary is
not in sympathy with the duties of his
office and not having the positive charac
ter ol his predecessor , Lincoln , he is greatly
annoyed by the jealousy of army officers ,
out is strong enough to contend with the
hot-headed people he has temporary com
mand of. The trouble between himself and
General Sheridan , ancl between the latter
and General Drum , and again between Gen
erals Howard , Miles and Drum has had
the effect of turning him against all thinga
having a military flavor.
PROBABLY GOXE TO CANADA.
Chicago dispatch : Freeman Fearnley has
disappeared from his usual place of busi
ness , 141 South Water street , and it is said
that he has gone to Canada. Fearnley wa *
president of a corporation running a lineo *
refrigerator cars over the Illinois Central ,
Louisville , New Albany & Chicago-and
Eastern Illinois railroads , to which was
added a genenil commission business. Itis
charged that he has been running up freight
bills with railroads and the different dis
patch and express companies , and that he
has failed to remit to his customers until
his shortage amounts to over § 25,000.
BRIEES ABOUT THE FAIR SEX.
Mrs. Langtry has the reputation ol being
a very generous person.
The Baroness Burdette-Coutts wants all
the young men to marry.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's two daughters
both belong to the profession of journalism.
Mrs. Logan , the wife of Senator Logan , is
soon to return to Washington for the win
ter.
ter.Mrs.
Mrs. Livermore is sharpening her pencil
preparatory to demolishing Ouida in a
magazine article.
Mrs. Folsom is going to make her homo
" " President Cleveland's
at "Pretty Prospect ,
country place.
Mme. Patti will give a farewell concert in
the Albert hall , London , before sailing for
the United States.
The Prince of Wales' daughters have
taken it into their royal heads that they
would like to cross the ocean in a yacht
like Mrs. Hcnn.
Mrs. Anna L. Jack , the novelist , writes ,
looks after the dinner , sews on buttons for
twelve children and looks to her husband's
shirts.
Miss Celia Thaxter has made the Isle of
Shoals more famous than the Isles of
Greece , but for winter quarters and solid
comfort she prefers Boston.
Mrs. Bayard Taylor says she enjoys liv
ing in New York better than any other city
in America. It was the scene ol her hus
band's literary triumphs. s
A plucky Dakota girl , Miss Stanley by
name , has lived alone all summer on her
claim , near Waterbury. She wouldn't
have a man around for a pension.
Miss Hiaata , a Japanese lady , is study-
Ing in a western Maryland college prepara
tory to engaging in a mission work in
Japan. She is a very intelligeut and
attractive girl.
Miss Anna Dickinson has been summer
ing in the Wyoming valley , and she feels
much refreshed and in condition for the
literary work which she proposes to en
gage in during the winter.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague is living quietly
in New York with her daughter , but will go
back to Paris after the body oi her father
has been transferred to Spring Gro\e ceme
tery at Cincinnati.
Charlotte Walter , Countess O'Sullivan ,
the great tragedienne , resides during the
summer in Weissenbach on the banks of
the Attersee , where she has been visited by
the Empress of Austria.
PERSONAL AXD OTHER A'OTES.
Edward Hanlon is still a great favorit *
in London.
Philadelphia does not know itself with
out John Wannaraaker.
E. P. Roe , the well known author , sports
a coal-black beard and moustache.
Attorney General Garland > els ten yean
younger since ho took his vacation.
Gen. Toombs' lands in Texas have paid
in $15,000 , and aregood for$50,000 more.
Daniel Webster , according to Ben : Perley
Poore , was a trifle weak in Latin quota
tions.
Old Prince Albert of Hohenzollern , ac
cording to the late Liszt , called music an
expensive noise.
Mr. Gladstone feels in better health than
he has done for a long time. He is as
strong as one of the ancient Irish kings.
Prince Bismarck , is very fond , It is said ,
of the naughtiest kind of French novel ,
but every great man has his little weakness.
M. de Brazza , the explorer , has decided
to let the natives develop the Congo and
the Western African territory in their own
way.
Blondon , the famous tight-rope walker , is
now G2 years of age. He lives quietly in
Peoria , III. , and has given up walking on
ropes.
The king of Greece has purchased an ele
gant mansion in Copenhagen , and will prob
ably make the Danish capital his home
very soon.
The famous "Extra Billy" Smith is one
of the wonders of Virginia. He has just
celebrated his ninetieth birthday , and ia
active as ever.
Lieut. Brainard has not had enough of
Arctic exploration to satisfy him. He lias
some idea of making his permanent home
among the icebergs.
Ca.pt. Henn , the yachtsman , is out of
pocket some $10,000 by his experiments
with the Galatea , whereas ho expected to
carry home a comfortable little nestegg.
James Bell , the Scotch challenger , is a
rich shipbuilder in Glasgow. He and his
family are great sailors , and there are few
varieties of seas which they have not been
over.
Ex-Cadet Whittaker writes a card to a
Charleston paper in which he says : "As a
colored man I shall protest against every
vote my race shall cast at the coming elec
tion for any white congressional candidate
in this district.
IXTESTIGATIXG SCHOOL WORK.
Washington special : Mr. Nicholas Tara-
tinoff , of Russia , is hers studying our sys
tem of common schools , which do not exist
in the czar's realm. He warmly approves
o ! our plan of co-education of the sexes ,
and declares that the average intelligence
in the United States is the highest in the
world. He is from the province of Georgia ,
south of the Caucasus mountains , the
cradle of the world , noted in times past
for its beautiful women Mr. Taratinoff ,
however , declares that the Georgia girls
of to-day are not so attractive as their
sisters in America. Petroleum is one o !
the great products of Russian Georgia , and
the kerosene trade of that province is
rapidly revolutionizing the commercial
world. Cotton is raised in large quan
tities clear down to the foot of Mt. Ararat
on the southern border of the province.
ANOTHER 3IAX GOES WROXG.
Westburg ( L. I. ) dispatch : Joseph R ,
Hunting , lawyer , justice of the peace , Sun
day school superintendent and leader in
good works generally , and possessor of tho
confidence of the entire community , waa
some time ago given by Frederick Willitts ,
a New York broker , for safe keeping about
$150.000 worth of negotiable securities.
Willitts now claims that Hunting proved
false to his trust and hynothecated $40-
"
000 worth of the paper"getting $31,000
which he used in speculation.
It appears that Hunting has gone in debt
to surrounding tradesmen to the amount
of several thousand dollars , and to-day
one of these creditors attached his prop
erty.
THE XEWS ZY A XUTSHELIi.
The Windsor hotel at Roselle , N. J. ,
destroyed by fire last week.
James Commee's saw mill at Port Arthur
was burned with a loss of $100,000.
The Paris Liberate accuses England ol
trying to create enmity between Germany
and France.
A. Roclzendorf , of Hampton , la. , dropped
dead at Aurora while in conversation with
a liveryman.
Iroquois sold by Pierre Lorillard for
$20,000. William H. Jackson , ol Nash
ville. Tenn. , was the purchaser.
A herd of cattle was driven away by
thieves in Western Nebraska. The cattle
were discovered thirty miles away.
The Iowa W. C. T. U. held memorial ser
vices for the Rev. Mr. Haddock. The or
ganization was declared to be non-parti
san.
san.The
The reports of the storm on the Gulf have
not been exaggerated. There is great suf
fering and destitution and contributions
are being sent.
Donovan , the newsboy who jumped from
Brooklyn bridge , is making prepations to
repeat the feat at Genesoe falls , where Sam
Patch lost his life fifty years ago.
Two American and one English company
are contesting the contract to be awarded
for the drainage of the Valley of Mexica ,
which will involve an expenditure of 56-
000,000.
The report of Lieutenant Governor Dewey
states that the schools of the territories
are in good condition , that the land is
being rapidly broken for cultivation and
that the Indians are contented and cheer
ful.
First Comptroller Durham has submitted
his annual report to the secretary of the
treasury. The number of accounts settled
by the first comptroller during the past fis
cal year was 27,479. The number of vouch
ers examined was 272,920. The amount
involved was § 2,890,735,554. Comptroller
Durham recommends the enactment of a
general statute of limitations fixing a time
when claims against the government be
come void. He nsks legislation respecting
the delivery of drafts to attorneys for
claims and the assignment of claims against
the United States.
Ilf THE A'ORTHH'EST.
Probability of an Invasion of the Blood In
dian * From Canada.
Helena ( Mont. ) special : Advices from
Northern Montana contain the startling
intelligence that the Blood Indians , on the
other side of the line , are making active
preparations for war upon the inimical
tribes in Montana , and that they are al
ready massing their forces with a view to
concentrate them at some rendezvous be
fore making their raid over the border.
Parties near Fort Conrad report that al
most every day armed and mounted bodies
of Blood warriors , numbering from ten to
fifteen , are seen to arrive at Marias , but
their destination is unknown. The object
of so much skirmishing among the redskins
is said to be a warfare upon the Ventres ,
who have incurred their hatred by depre
dations upon their stock and the occasional
removal of a few scalps from the luckless
beads across the line. For these unfriendly
actions the Bloods threaten dire vengeance ,
to exercise which is the main object of the
present uprising.
These rumors are so well founded that
the military authorities of both the United
States and British America have taken
steps toward quelling the tumult and have
placed the available troops in the best pos
sible position for the protection of life and
property , should the threat of an Indian
invasion be made good. Troop L , First
cavalry , under the command of Lieut.
Backus. Y. H. troop , commanded bv Capt.
Hunter , and two companies of infantry
( Oatterson's and Harbech's ) have been or
dered to Ft. IJelknap , where they are now
encamped. Troop F , First cavalry , is now
at the coal banks and the Box Elder. Be
sides this stir among the United States
troops , the rumored invasion has excited
the Canadian authorities , and it is re
ported that the militia regiments will be
bent to the Northwest at once to reinforce
the mounted police.
THEHADDOCK 3IVRDER.
Sioux City special : Under the impres
sion that Chief Police Nelon would reach
here to-day with "Bismarck. " one of the
alleged Haddock assassins , trains from the
south have been met with many persons
to get a glimpse of the German , but his ar
rival is not yet recorded , although the sub
stance of the statement the prisoner will
make has been obtained from good author
ity. This is to the effect that Charles Gan
ders is * he real murderer , two having been
hired to commit the dead , obtaining money
thsrefor. Ganders approached Mr. Had
dock and made a motion to strike him ,
when the minister made an effort to use a
missile he was carrying. At this juncture
Ganders drew his revolver and fired. Gan
ders is a new character in the tragedy , so
far as the public is aware , and is at large.
It is pretty evident that the right man will
be named soon , as about all the partici
pants are talking and telling diiferent stor
ies. To-day Sheriff McDonald received
notification that owing to the very large
amount of business to come before the
grand jury , which had been cited to appear
Nov , 3 , the date would be changed to the
2Gth of the month. It is possible the con
spiracy and murder cases may yet be
reached this term.
DEFAULTER BRADLEY ARRESTED.
Cleveland dispatch : Last Monday a well
dressed man about forty years old accom
panied by his wife arrived at Silver Thorns ,
suburban hotel at Rocky river , six miles
from Cleveland. To-day "Matt Pinkerton
of Chicago placed the man under arrest and
at 2 o'clock this morning left on the Lake
Shore road with him bound for Chicago.
The man proved to be J. F. .1. Bradley , the
defaultinc manager of the Pullman sleeping
car company , who disappeared last July
after having embezzled $35,000 from the
company. Bradley formerly had charge of
the Pullman interests at Chicago and
Detroit.
A RICH CATCH.
New York dispatch : Miss Fay Temple-
ton , the somewhat erratic comic opera
singer , who married William West , the
negro minstrel performer , and who was
divorced from him three years later , has
sailed for Europe 7a company with Howell
Osboru. It is stated in some quarters that
they have been married. Osborn is one ol
the richest young men in Wall street. His
wealth is counted in millions. The couple
were together ab
Saratoga last summer ,
when lay said they were married , but
iiowell saa Iney were not.
Party feeling between the Oindoos and Mo
hammedans in Delhi. India , is running high
because of the murder of a Mohammedan re
cently. Bloodshed is feared.
PAYING CASH.
Some of tho Evils of tho Credit Sys
tem in Itctnil ISuhliicss.
Perhaps in the millennium , of which
those who dream dreams have had faij
visions , people may pay as they go , anil
thus the accounts of the world will be
vastly simplified , sajs The Sttn Fran
cisco Chronicle. But until that time ' t
comes we may look to see the old crsd. '
! !
it S-stem prevail , with all its vices.
And these vices are many. Their chiei
results is that they make existence a
hard struggle for thousands of hones1 !
and energetic business men ; that they
put a premium on dishonesty ; that
they waste ma : ' . } * a good estate in litiga
tion , and that they force the men who
pay cash to bear a portion of the bur
den caused by the improvidence or
knavery of those who live on credit. It
is perhaps true , as asserted by political
economists that credit has many advan
tages when properly extended , but thft
tendency is always in the direction ol
carelessness. If men could always
judge the integrity of their neighbor. *
accurately , the cred.t system would bt
deprived of half its dangers. But as
we are all liable to be deceived , the cash
plan seems tiie only safe one. Jf adopt
ed it would put an end to the specula
tive ventures which so frequently dis
turb the equilibrium of trade , and it
would largely restrict the number oi
men engaged in all kinds of business ,
and would force these men in more
productive branches of industry. One
of the worst evils of the large cities ,
in this , as in all other countries , is the
overcrowding of all mercantile busi
ness. Ten men desire to keep a store
and earn an easy living where there is
legitimate business for only one mer
cliaut. The fruit of this is rnniou *
competition and a heavy percentage ol
failures. Every failure means loss tc
creditors , frequently the crippling o :
line business houses carried on foi
years in an upright , and honorable man
ner. The general adoption of the cash
system would do much to prevent thij
overcrowding and it would compel hon
esty besides.
But even granting that in wholesale
trade the credit system oilers many ad
vantages to merchants of which il
would be a hardship to deprive them ,
the same argument can not be ad
vanced in regard to the retail trades.
Here is the direct meeting of the con-
stimcr with the merchant , and there il
no good reason why the cash systcir
should not prevail. We have inherited
the credit , system from England. It ii
a relic of an aristocracy which argues
that the plebean trader must be kept in
proper subjection and the bt-st way tc
do this is to withhold as long as possibk
the coin which rightfully belongs tc
him. The wealthy clas.-es in our large
eastern cities adopted the same ideas.
It is no uncommon incident to line
butchers , grocers , and other ret ail deal
ers in New York with unpaid account !
of millionaire customers running ovei
two or three 3 ears. The men wil ,
tell you that they arc perfectly sure tc
be paid in the end. unless their cus
tomers' fortunes should suddenly col
lapse , but they are constantly hamper
ed for the cash which those wealth }
customers could pay with eas" . but ap
parently never dream of doing , save ai
long intervals. The dealers send in
their bills regularly every three or sis
months , but those intimations are re
ceived as a su re matter of routine , and
it is seldom that any attention is paic
to them. Retail dealers in almost everj
department of trade could paralle
this instance. There was a case re
cently of a dealer in rare books in New
York who failed because he was unable
to collect the accounts on his books ;
many of them belonging to wcalthj
b bliophiles. If he could have collect
cd these debts which represented onlj
a fair prolit on what he had paid fo ;
the books , he would have escaped tin
disaster that overwhelmed him after i
quarter of a centurv " of actve busiues :
life.
A Severe Judge.
Judge Bickleton is very severe.
"When a man neglects a summon :
which comes from Bickleton's court
he generally makes up his mind to paj
: t heavy line or go topiison. Then
are times when the judge is cruelly un-
ju < t , and still there are time * when lu
is strangely mere fnl. Bill Xixon. win
was summoned the other day. failed tc
appear. When a deputy sheriff Iiac
brought him into court the judge fierce
ly turned upon the unfortunate man ,
and said :
"Mr. Xixon. did you not receive t
summons to appear before this cour
yesterday ? " '
"Yes , sir. * '
' : Why didn't you come ? "
j"I was sick , your honor. "
"A very lame excuse , sir. Mr. Clerk ,
enter up a line of liftdollars agains
Mr. Nixon , and , Mr. Sheriff take
charge of tiie negligent gentleman un
til the fine ; s paid. "
Judge. " ' said Nixon , "now that I'rr
fined , I'd just as well tell you the truth.
I was drunk yesterday. "
"
Ah ! Well , that "alters the case.
Mark oft' the iine , Mr. Clerk. " Arkan-
saw Traveler.
Rewards of Literary Labor.
Mr. Julian Hawthorne , who ought tc
know something about it , fortifies ,
with the results of his observation 5u
England , the recent statement of Tut
London S .cclator as to the meager re
wards of authorship , which , contrarj
to popular notion , are really below
what they are here. He tells of a novel
publ shed some time ago by the Mac-
raillans , two or more editions of which
were readily sold , and when the ac
counts were squared up it was founc
that the author owed the publ sher $20.
Messrs Blackwood. whose binding i :
second to none among English publish
ers , when approached by an autho :
whoe novel they had published in
formed him that it was a suilicient re
numeration to have placed their names
on the title page. There are probablj
not ten authors in England , says Mr
Hawthorne , who can swll a novel , ser a
rights in a magazine include'1. for $300
li"wouldn't bu surprising to see tin
authors joining a Knights of Labo
procvs ; on if this sort of thing keep
on. Uos'.on Herald.