Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 27, 1888, Image 1
PHE OMAHA DAILY BEE EIGHTEENTH YEAtf. OMAHA. TUESDAY MOENING , NOVEMBER 27 , 1888. NUMBER 1GG THE SEW ENGLAND BLIZZARD It RngcD With Torrlblo Violence All Alontr the Coast MANY VESSELS REPORTED LOST. The Nolilc Work of ilic Volunteer Ijlfe Crew Incalculable Caused by tlie Htorni. Hurrlonium mul Snow. BOSTON , Nov. 23. Tlio terrible effects of Mst night's storm have boon everywhere manifest along the const to-day. Although Iho loss of life already reported Is largo , It would have been still greater but for the hrnvo olTorts of Captain Jnmes unil his vol unteer life Having crow of Hull , who nro credited with saving twenty-eight persons from disabled vessels. On Sunday afternoon n largo thrro-master went broadside on the bcitoh lit Hull. Captain James nnd his men rushed for the lifo boat of the Mussachu- lelts Hutnano society at Stony Beach , and after strenuous efforts they succeeded in bringing ashore a crew of nine men from the tchooncr , wh'e'i proved to bu the Cox and Urocn fi-oin Phlladcluhla for Chelsea , with coal. The vessel Is now fast bruukmg up. Hardly hnd the band of rescuers com pleted tticlr work nt this place when another vessel was discerned on the rocks about an nluhth of a mllu further up thu beach , but farther from shore than the other. Hur riedly rushing their apparatus to thu most available location , they found that the distance was too great to allow the use of a breeches buoy , and a lifeboat was quickly manned. The waves , too , were tremendous , and it was only after a hard mid persistent ntnigglu that the vessel was reached , their boat twice swamping In the attempt. The boat was at last brought under this vessel's ' bow and a crew of eight men swung them- Helves Into It. The return to shore was n perilous trip , the boat filling several times , but it was finally thrown on the beach among the rocks by a huge wave and entirely smashed , The volunteer lifo savers continued their patrol of the beach , and at daybreak sighted u third vessel ashore , about a half mile northeast of Abbott. She could not bo reached by the breeches buoy , and us their Htirf boat had been demolished , thu tireless men started for Strawberry Hill station , four miles away , and returned with thu Humane society's new boat. This boat withstood the huge breakers and landed a crow of seven men. men.Not satisfied with the work already accom plished , Captain James and his band of twelve started for Atlantic Hill , seven miles down the beach , whcrq two inoro vessels were reported asliore , Hnrc they wore joined by Captain James Anderson , of thu Humane society station ut Crescent IJeach , and Captain George H. Drown , of the gov ernment station ut North Scituate. Their efforts wcro directed to the rescue of flvo men who could bo seen clinging to the rig ging of ono of the vessels. The sea was run ning higher than over known before at this point , and it wus thought Impossible to reach the wreck with , a surf boat. Hunt guns were brought into use , und two lines were almost simultaneously fired across her foretop by Captains Anderson and Drown. Thu men in the rigging eagerly seized the line , and a hawser was pulled ahead , but Just as a buoy was about to bo sent out the line became * fouled and thu buoy was rendered useless. At this critical moment three young men of Cohassct , named Ainslo. Antoiuc and Salvador vader , manned a .small dory and nt great peril attempted to clear the lines. In this they wore unsuccessful. The surf boat was then put out on Its third perilous Journey. The waves wore enormous , at times lifting the boat as high as thu maintops of the dis abled schooner , but the brave crew never faltered , and at last reached thu vessel's stern. As iiiick | as they wcro within hailing distance a nearly exhausted seaman crawled out Irom under a furled sail. Captain James threw him a line , which he fastened aruuml his body , jumped into the sea and was rapidly drawn into the boat by strong and willing hands. A desperate attempt was made to force the surf boat foward to the foremast , but the waves would beat it back , and for nearly nn hour they struggled before they succeeded in reaching and holding their de- Hired position. The men in the rigging were terribly exhausted , and it was a difllcult un dertaking for them to descend , but , ono after the other , four of them descended In safety , Jumped overboard , and , like the llrst , were drawn Into the bout. It was then discovered that the fifth sailor In the rigging was a corpse , and his body WHS loft hi its icy resting place , The surf boat then headed for the slioru and a safu landing was effected amlil the cheers of the npectators. When thu storm struck the boat Captain Kales and one seaman refused to go aloft and they worn swept overboard. The others took to the rigging , wliuru Steward I. Brouifj , of Kast Huston , being unable to withstand thu cold , died curly Sunday morn ing and was lashed to a mast uy his " companions. If the vessel rides out the Btorm. as now seems likely , the body will probably bo removed to-morrow. About ono thousand feet northwest of the boat , high and drv upon thu sandy beach , within reaching distunuo of Damon's pnvil- lion , lies the three-master , Mattlo 1C. Katon , from Boston to 1'urt Spain , with a general cargo. The captain and crow wuro in the rigging for efo/lit hours before she struck , but then succeeded in reaching ttio shore in safety in thuir boat. Still another vessel was been drifting about by the untiring band of rescu ers , and getting no response to their attempt to placu lifo lines , the vessel was boarded by thu gallant crow , but no ono was on board , It was thu hrlgantlnu Alice. The eruw re turned to shuru and their noble work was done. Hiwiox , Nov. M. The schooner Avolon of S . John , N. H. , for Now York , with acaig ) of latliF , drugged iishoro on hpvtaclo island during the storm yesterday. The Avolon ex pcrloncod a terrillc gale in the bay , during which three of the o/ow were wuslol over board and lost. The schooner T. F , Walker , of Fall Kiver , from I'hiladclphir , is ashore nt Hull. Captain West and his first mule nro reported lost. The schooner Abbott , of and for Philadelphia la ashore I'ero. SiiiTi'ATi : , Mass. , Nov.'JO.Tho largo fish ing schooner Kdward Norton , of and from Doston , went ashore on First Cliff point at liiUU last night und Immediately went to pieces , Her crew consisted of sixteen men , and fifteen of them porishcd. DANVCU" , Mass. , Nov. till. Thu present Btorm is the worst over experienced hero at this time of thu year. Tuu wind blows a hur ricane , and the snow Is drifted ton height , of three and four feet. The horsu cars have been abandoned all along the line and relig ious sorvio sat the churches were suspendm ! last night. Telegraph , telephone und electric light wires are down , dr.iins nro full and Btreota llooiled. Nuw VniiK , Nov. 20.- [ Special Telegram to TUB DIKI : Yesterday's blu/ard was ter ribly severe all along the North Atlantic roast as well us in the interior. Several of thu tttcauihhips which arrived brought ac counts of severe struggles with Atlantic gules the last two weeks. The Celtic of the Whlto Star , linn t\Krleni'cd ) | very bad weather. Hamilton 11. Salmon , a well known business inun of this city , sustained seven ) Injuries during thu voyugo and may bo crippled. The Btcamcr Alvah , which arrived from Hamburg nnd Portland with a cargo of merchandise tut no put-sunder * , suffered inorathan any ol thu incoming vessels. She labored la tro- iiiondoiiH seas for four days mid during that time nix sailors were disabled , sustaining fractures of limbs or Internal Injuries. Thu French steamer La Champagne was also very roughly handled. CAI-K MAV. N , JNov. . 20.-Tho sea * tire beating heavily tigulnsi the new bulkhead of the New Mount Yoruon tract. Thospr.iyft flying higher over the board walk at the lower eml of thu city than has over been known iioforo. The Iron ocean pier remain * yet. Aboyo the city the sea has. cut avvuy a breach from ton to flltccu fuut. The sdjht i ) a mugulllccnt one , and Is wit nessed by almost the cullro popytu- lion of the city. A Imlfwav house Just within the city limits Is n complete wreck , and now lies flat upon thu ground. The board walk , or boulevard , owned by the city , extending from Michigan nvenuo to Uhelsea , is almost entirely carried away. 1 ho beach Is strewn for miles with debris. A strong wind luwl a clear sweep nt the water , and it rolled towards Baltic avenue this morning In most alarming volumes. Residents - dents along the greater part of the nvenuo were compelled to use boats to get away from their Hooded houses. MIXIIATTAN HEUUI , L. 1. , Nov. 20. Thu tumpest rent-lied its highest strciiRtn hero at 1 p. m , to-day , the lido being very high and the breakers tremendous , with a strong northeast wind driving them on the esplanade , which runs along the whnlo front of Munlmtt'iu board. About seven hundred and fifty feet was thrown hlifli in the air , and destroyed from ono end to the other. Imme diately afterwards the depot at the west end of the Marino railroad was swept Into the sea bodily , mm In a few minutes more , fully ono third of the track of the road was also carried nway. Brighton pavilion was par tially curried nwuy , and it Is feared that the rest of thu bulldlngt , ns wull us what Is left of the mnrinu railroad nnd the east end of the depot , will .go at the next high tide If the storm continues. Lo.vo MIIA.NCII. Nov. 20. Cottages have been undermined nnd carried out to sen peacemnal. During the storm bulkheads have been torn away and the lawns of the summer homes of wealthy Now Yorkers have been swept Into the ocean. The loss is estimated nt from $ : T > ( l,0l ( ) ) to )0KK ) ( ) . Every bulkhead from Long Branch to Scabright has been torn outer or badly damaged. The beach from Sandy Hook to Barnugat buy Is covered with debris and wreckage. The Long Branch ocean pier was damaged by heavy timbers hurled asrainst It by the surf. The blurt ut Long Branch has been heavily cut out in places. At Deal 1 leach the1 life saving sta tion is in danger. Nearly nil the cottagers lost their clothing , and many of them their summer housus which they had erected on thu bluff. TIIK IIOUSK OK COMMONS. A Mmnlicr Hcrved With n Summons Under the Coercion Act. LOSDON , Nov. 2(5. ( In the commons to night Gourley ( liberal ) asked if the corre spondence on the American fisheries ques tion was to be produced ; whether it was the intention of the government to negotiate for a new commission , and whether , in the mean time , owing to the divergence of legal opin ion relative to the meaning of the treaty of 1S18 , it was intended to suspend the enforce ment of its provision. Sir James Ferguson , parliamentary secre tary for the foreign ofllcc , curtly replied : "The government will not publish any paper , nor make any statement on thu subject nt present. A modus vlviendi is in operation. " Smith , government leader , replying to a question , intimated that t io governme'nt , under the present circumstances , was unable to make any statement regarding the ap pointment of a minister at Washington , The house then went into committee of the whole * , und thu debate on thu land purchase bill was renewed. Purnell proposed nn amendment to the ef fect that no money bo advanced for the purchase - chase of more than a holding , if such holding were rated ut no less than . ' 0 yearly. Balfour contended that the amendment would Interfere with the smooth working of the plan of sale. David Sticehy , national member for South Gal way , stopped thu debate , appealing to the chairman on a question of privilege. He stated that ho wus leaving the house when nn attendant handed him what apneared to be an ordinary visitor's card. Upon going into the lobby a constable from Ireland served him with a summons under the coer cion act. Ho moved to report progress in order to give the house opportunity to dis cuss this audacious broach of privilege. Balfour deplored the incident , und did not know under what uuthority it had happened. On motion of Morley a committee was ap pointed to inquire into thu circumstances of the incident , consisting of Sir William liar- court , Mr. tNIorloy , Sir Charles Hussoll , Mr. Parnoll , Mr. Timothy Healoy , Home Secre tary Matthews , Mr. GoBohen , Mr. Madden , Sir Edward Class nnd Matthew Ridley. Parnell's amendment was afterwards lost by a votuof 151 to 111. AN IMl'OHTANr DECISION. The AHsltiiiincnt. Ijiiw of Minnesota Held to lie Constitutional. WAHinxoroN , Nov. 20. The stipremo court of the United States to-day rendered an opinion In the case of Henry R. Denny , plain- tiff-in-crror , versus Charles C. Bennett , as signee of A. B. VanNorman & Bro. , in error to the supreme court of Minnesota. The principal point raised in this case is that the act of the state legislature providing that whenever the property of a debtor is seized by execution against him , lie may make an assignment of all his prop erty not exempt by law for the equal bene fit of all his creditors who shall lllo releases of their debts and claims , unit that his property shall bo equitably dis tributed among such creditors , is repugnant to thu constitution of the United Status so fur us it affects citizens of other states than Minnesota. It was claimed by counsel for thu plaintiff in error that this statute is invalid because it im paired the obligation of contracts and also that It could have no extra territorial operation and could not therefore be binding on creditors living In different states from that of the debtor. The supreme court , In thu opinion by Justice Miller , holds that the statute is not repugnant to the constitution. In its opinion the court says that the statute could not , of course , upply to contracts In existence bofo'ru It was enacted , but that thu statute must be const rued to bo n part of all contracts made after it was en- .acted and that therefore it cannot bo called an impairment of contracts. Tn judgment of tiiu supreme court of Minnesota , holding tno statute to be valid , wus therefore af firmed. Justice Hnrlln road nn opinion expressing his inability to concur in thu decision of the court in this caso. A DUC1IIOSS Death of the Dnko of TIIOY..N. V. , Nov. -Commodore Cicero Price , father of the Duchess ot Murlborough , died tit his homo in this city at an earlv hour lust evening. Ho was eighty-three years of ago and death resulted from pneumonia. Ho was commander of the sloop Jamestown , United States navy , and , for disregarding an order with ruferenco to muster rolls , was suspended for two yours by Secretary Welles und put on half pay. Ho then cunio to his residence in tilts city and has lived quietly hero ever since , with occasional visits to Now York. Ho was greatly opj ocd to the marriage of his daughter , Mrs I.o'iis'llam- mersluy , to thu luku of Marlborough , and did not see bur afterward. Another daughter is thu wifu of Alfred Hunshuw , of Baltimore. A cablegram was to-night sent to London in forming thu duchess of her father's death. l < "nr the OpcnliiK of Indian Territory. BtXTKit SHIINOS , Kan , , Nov. 20.-- [ Special to TIIK BED , I An Indian territorial conven tion will bo hold in this city on Tuesday , the ISth of December , for the purpose of tukln ? active steps towards the early opening of the Indian territory to white settlers , nnd the allotment of land to Indians. This convention is called by prominent per sons from various localities , both In the ter ritory utid on Its borders , tor the purpose of securing the opening of tha cntiru Indian territory , and notblmply some particular sec tion of H.- The committees have arranged to give every visitor to the convention u trip into thu Indian territory. Arrangements will be made with the rail roads fpr a bpcclul ratu. Our committee ex tends n cordial Invitation to all persons who feel un Interest in this imitlcr , and our board of trade will give U a hciutyvclcguie. . WRECK ON THE RIO GRANDE , An Operator's Mistake Results in n Torrlblo Catastrophe. TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLED. A Number of Others Seriously nnd 1'erlinps Fntnlly Injured Fire Adds liorror to the Scene. The Orders Conflicted. COLOIIADO Si'itiNos , Colo. , Nov. SO. [ Special Telegram to Tun Hun. ] Ono of the most awful railroad catastrophes in this state occurred at 11 o'clock this morning on the Denver & Klo Grande road ono mlle below Hustcd , where the Salt Lake express on the Denver nnd Hio GVnndo collided with the north bound Hock Island passenger , killing two men Instantly and seriously Injuring sev eral others. The Denver & Ilia Grande loft the union depot at Denver at S a. in. , nnd consisted of a buggugo and mail , Immigrant , two passenger and a Pullman car crowded with passengers. It arrived nt Palmer Lake eight minutes lute , and started down the grade on this side , run ning about thirty miles an hour. One milo below Hustcd thu road makes a sharp curve and cuts through the bunk. Issuing from the cut , the engineer saw rapidly approach ing , the Hock Island .train not tlfty feet dis tant , and too late to make any effort to stop. A moment more and the two engines came together with terrific force and fell over in a inuss of Incxtricablo confusion. The tender on the Hock Island engine telescoped with the haggaga ear , nnd the tender and two baggagu cars on the Denver & Hlo Grande also telescoped. All thu pusscngcrs were thrown from their seats , and a scone of con fusion ensued. Men , women and children rushed for the doors nnd windows. The shrieks of the wounded wcro appalling , and , above all , was hoard the horrifying cry of "Fire I" Flames were seen leaping from the Denver & .Hio Grande baggage car , In which , by telescoping , cscapo to thu men Inside was rendered impossible. _ A dozen willing hands caught up axes and other tools nnd the men wcro soon freed. The flames spread rapidly and two Denver & Hio Grand baggage curs nnd ono immigrant cur were destroyed. With the aid of hand grenades the tlru on the Hock Island train was extinguished. Thu llreuian of the Denver & Hio Grand train was picked up some distance from the train. Ills injuries are so s nous that ho will probably die. The engineer of the Hock Island , with his II reman , hud both Jumped In m the cub windows and full down a bank , receiving Injuries about the head , though not serious. The engineer of the Denver & Hio Grand jumped , but was struck by thu cub door and seriously wounded internally , and received a cut on the head. In the Hock Island baggage car were' found the dead bodies of the express messenger nnd baggage man , both with fractured skulls. The killed arc : \V. H. PitiiTS , express messenger on the Hock Island. J. H. FLY.V.V , baggageman on the Rock Island. The woundc : ! are : MAIITIN MOXIIOK , engineer on the Denver & Hio Grande , slight fracture of the skull end badly hurt internally. Pi : mi Lux.v , fireman of the Denver & Rio Grande , head ahd face cut nnd internal in juries ; will probably die. Josr.ru DEititr , engineer , Rock Island ; head cut and boay badly bruised. HAIIHY SMITH , llreuian , scalded and face and head cut. The responsibility for the accident rests with the dispatcher. Conductor Tom Car- cnce , of the Hock Island train , received ord ers at Colorado Springs to go through to Denver , giving him the right of track. Con ductor Smith received his ordersat Uurnham , giving him the right of track to Colorado Springs. No blumo can be attached to the crow of either train. Many passengers had severe bruises and cats , but none wore seriously - ously injured , though their' escape is miracu lous. KUKMJ.V AGAIN. Neuroes Charged With Trivial Of- lenHCH nnd Urutnlly llltrc.ttcd. OHATTANOOOA , Tcnii. , Nov. 20. S , A. John ston , a drummer for a wholesale grocery of this city , is Just in from u trip which took in Smith , Jackson and Clay counties. Ho says a veritable panic exists there over the opera tions of a band which is supposed to be the Ituklux for the reason that negroes only are molested. The organization appears to have its headquarters at Carthage , in Smith county , but others assert they nro located at Tomkinsvllle , Ky. , Just over the border. About two mont.hs ago notices to leave , or quit certain practices , were chalked on the doors of many colored people's houses , par ticularly along the bottoms of the Cumber- hind river. No attention was paid to thu notices. A month ago a score of man sur rounded the house of Hicks Smiley , who lived near Gladdlco. and culling him out , tied him to u treu und built a 11 ro about him. The Unities were not allowed to touch him. though ho was hcatud up pretty well. Ho was then released ana driven into' his .house , after having ru- euived a dozen suiuct lushes. Thu very next night "Met" Tompkins was enticed from his house , four miles further down the river. His hair was sheared and his back tarred and feathered. He was told to warn his "thiev ing neighbor.- look out. " The first man seriously \vhlppotl was "Wat" Jenkins , ten ant on the farm of H. H. Haddock , near Hutler's Landing. Ho was given twenty lashes on the legs for the alleged illegal pos session of fowls , und was threatened with hanging next time. Molly Powell , a colored lass , whose reputation is not of the best. , was almost stripped of lior clothing , tied to a frisky mule and galloped a dozen miles up ami down the road near Ccllnn. Shu was threatened with tur and feathers and u duckIng - Ing in thu Cumberland if bho dlil-not go to Nashville. The latest victim is Henderson DuUo , u very old colored man residing near Carthage. Ho was the most severely pun ished of any who have yet been visited. Duke was accusud of stealing corn , The raiders havu created the greatest terror among the colored people , who say many of thu people warned aru good citizens , The whites appear Indillerent. An Incorporated Political Ol nb. I.N'uuNAi-oi.is , Nov. 20. The president elect passed u quiet but busy clay In his library. Ho had few callers. The Harrison Homo club , an organization with u membership of TIX ) prominent Indianapolis republicans , nnd which did somu ctTcctivo work in General Harrison's interest at Chicago und throughout the campaign , has decided to main tain n permanent organ i/.ation. Handsome - some headquarters will bu opened , where newspapers und political literature of uvcry Kind can bo found , anil out of town visitors entertained. Pending thu intervals between elections , the rlub will devote its attention to securing the enactment of laws looking to the amendment of the present election laws , for thu purillcutlnn of the elections and thu punishment of fraud and bribery. It Is be lieved that this will prove- ono of the llrst po litical clubs In the * Unitotl Status incorporated for this purpose , A Fatal NBW HOLLAND , Pa. , Nov. 20. By the explosion - plosion of a It eg of powder In the store of George Pnrmor , ut Scrufftown , on Welsh niounUiln , Saturday evening , his daughter Dcrthu , tun years old , was killed. Partner WIIH 1 utully Injured and hig wife and two or three children slightly Injured , Till ) Pirn Itrcord. SVII.MIV , N. S. W. , Nov. 20.Tho offlccs of the Town and Cjuiury Journal In this city , burned , causing u loss of 100,000. I'OWIMillhY'S OX1JY _ . * - Is That lln IB Aunlh IMnccd nt tlic Head of thu Order. INDIAN-ATOMS. Nor. 30. Powdcrly , In re sponse to n reporter's questions to-day , stated that he was entirely catisflod with the gen eral outcome of the convention , nnd con tinued : " 1 regret only ono thlnir , anil that Is that I ain again phiood at the head of the order. Personally , I tftn sorry for it , nnd I honestly did nol expect It , I might have stepped Into a better thing1. A position hnd been offered rae which meant moro money and less work. In fact , papers were drawn up and about ready to bo signed by which I would have received fOOOJ for about three months' work. " The grievance committed had nil the morn- inc , and thu coses of district assembly No. 4'.i ' , of Now York , wcro disposed of. A dele gation headed by James K. Qiilun was agreed by the convention to bo the proper one. A resolution was Introduced for tin ex pression of the convention on the strike of the switchmen In this city , and it was re ferred to a committee. The business of the afternoon was merely of a routlnu character. Ono of the llrst things done on reassembling was the passage of a resolution to adjourn the assembly sine dlo to-morrow at noon. The eoijimittco on appeals and grievances resumed work. The only cose of importance considered was that of George Schilling , who , as master work man of district assembly No. S4 , of Chicago , ayspcndud local nssomby No. 400. The local appealed to thu general muster workman , and was by him reinstated. Schilling there upon nupealcd the case to this body on the ground that thu master workman of the dis trict assembly , nnd not the general master workman , had authority to sus | > end local as semblies. During thu hearingof thu cnso Schilling vigorously denounced Powdcrly on thu lloor of the assembly. When Schilling concluded his statement General Muster Workman Powderly took the lloor nnd argued in lustitication of his action by claiming that when the dispute arose between the dis trict master -workman and tao gen eral master workman , the latter , being the superior olllccr , was entitled to authority. Tno debate being closed , the general assem bly llrst refused to sustain Powdurly's action in sustaining the local assembly , and then refused to endorse Schilling's appeal. By a small majority vote the whole mutter was then referred to the now general executive board. A number of other unfinished appeal cases weru referred to the executive board. The uewly elected general ofllcers were in stalled this afternoon. To-morrow the lesls- latlvo committee will submit Its report. It Is understood that Robert D. Layton and Ralph Beaumont will constitute the now committee on national legislation with Layton - ton as chairman. Tno following nnmod Cities nro applicants for thu place of holding'tho ' next general as sembly : Toronto , Canada ; Atlanta , Ga. ; New Orleans ; Toledo. O. : Albany , N. Y. , and Providence , R. I. It is thought to-night that either Toronto or Atlanta will bo chosen. BhAINU AS AN EDITOR , . StrooR Possibilities of Ills Deserting I'ollticH Tor Literature. New YOIIK , Nov. 2 < 5 , [ Special-Telegram to Tun BEE. ] The report published Saturday that James G. Blaine was about to become the editor of the American Magazine aroused interest umong publishers and local politi cians. There has boon so much talk about T Ua'mc's relation to the , .coming . administra tion that the report of bis prospective return to the editorial chair is a matter of more than ordinary imjKirtancc. . 'VBlalno is wlthou.t.oc- cupatlon. It is knowhijliat after his defeat the advisability of his entering the field of journalism was discussed by him and his in timate friends. Walker Blaine does not like it out west , preferring literature to law , and being very closely associated with his father in taste und ambition. A prominent publisher near Astor Place said , when asked for an opinion , that he be lieved there wus more truth * in the report than most people fanplcd. "Blaine , " said ho , "need not quit politics to become an ed itor. If ho goes into tho'llterary field it will bo to make money and td hold and increase his influence. " "What publication will ho associate with ? " "That's a puzzlo. Ho'.wrbte for the Amer ican Magazine lust September , and It is gen erally acknowledged that' Blaine likes that periodical because -professes 'to bo strictly American , and' in full accord with his views. Then , too , hero is a now man agement nnd entirely now directory elected. The gentleman then manager , but now pres ident of the company , wont to visit Blaine soon after the publication , of his nrticlo nnd spent several days with him over what wcro regarded as future phlhs. It was reported thutBlainownsoffcrcd $30,000 and an interest for regular contributions. " Mr. Davis , of the American Magazine was seen at his ofllcc , TVJ'Uroadway , but declined to bu interviewed. BAIUN KI3TUACTS. IlcSnys lie wan Mistaken , and Exon- crntes I > r. Slonet. - EI-OIN , III , , Nov. 'JO. [ Special Telegram to THE HKH. ] The Sabln-Stono affair , which has wrought up Elgin for the last few days here , has finally boon settled. Dr. A. N. Stone has boon deemed innocent by the citi zens of Elgin from the first , and now the fol lowing humiliating confession from O , C. Sabin , his assailant , settles the entire matter satisfactorily to this community in general. The confession : Elgin , 111. , Nov. 2(5 ( , 1883. Dr. A. N. Stone , Elgin , 111. Dear Sir , At the time I made the assaulton , you on the lllth inst , I acted upon information which I believed to bo true , but since that time I have becomes con vinced that 1 aid you a great wrong und nn injury , not only m committing the assault , but in the statements which I made to a re porter of the Chicago 'Tribune , and which wcru published in that paper on thu 20th inst , and to Omaha papers , which wonu published thcrj on the d inst. , charging you witti im proper and imu enl conduct toward my wife , In Justice to you I now state that 1 am fully satisfied that yon 1 a/u never wronijcd my wifu , nor injured her in any respect , and that tliu statements which ( p.jcarcd In said news papers wcro wholly ta\m \ as far as they ro- iato to anything dcrogotory to your character - actor , i sincerely regret mv conduct in this matter nnd make , BO far as I can , the repara tion which Is duo to you from me. O. C. SIIIIN. Sab'n Is said to Imv6 deeded $ T > UO worth of property at Ueatrico , 'jNob , , to his wife , and to have g ven her letter of confession into the hands 01 E. D. Waldron. Wliltnmn1 to II J n Model , JVW by .hi/iitj f ; < ml-m lltnn'.U. ] LONDO.V , Nov. 2d.f-fNuw York Herald Cttblo-Speciul to Ttus BKB. ] Miss J. Wult Whitman , the handsome cousin of the poet , has been engaged by an eminent Danish sculptor as n model for'tho bust of Litera ture to appear uoxt ytir at the Hoyal Acad emy. The artist will firilco It tha greatest , effort of Ills lifo. Tha head and shoulders will spring from'n hu h volume. The design has Just been registered. I 'our ImflaiiH Killed. FouTSiUTii- , , Nov. 20. Word has Just reached hereof a terrible shooting affray nt Vlon , I. T , , which resulted In the death of four Cherokee Indians George Starr , Isaac Gertie , Jcsso Landrum and Bert Henzcn , Thu lust three named wore drunk , and Starr was one. nf the posse sent to arrest them , The shooting becumq general , and Ed Starr , brother of CDCorgo.was shot through the hand , Mine. HmiliuiKtr .Wants a Divorce. PAIIIS , Nov.'O. Bonlungor's.wlfo is tailing steps to obtain n , divorce. It is stated that ono of the richest Widows in Franco is will- iiiir to marry Uoulanjmr. . THE DEMOCRATS RETALIATE , They Appeal to the Courts of Wo31 Virginia. QUAY CLAIMS NINE MAJORITY. Upon the Pnco of thr Ketnrns He- publlcntin Have All the Dlfttrlcta in Dispute The Extra Session. WASHINGTON nonr.iuTiiB OM.UU Bnc , ) 513 FotmTr.RXTii STUBKT. WASHINGTON , D. O. , Nov. 20. ) The notion of the democrats In appealing to the courts of West Virginia for an Injunction to restrain the governor from issuing ccrtitl- crttes to the republican congressmen-elect , is in thu nature of n retaliation for the similar movement on the part of the republicans In old \MrginIa. There are a number ot le.uling republicans hero who think that the Gray- Mahonc policy is a mistake and will result to the disadvantage of thu party , as It cannot gain any congressmen by any such methods , for the courts are certain to deny the peti tion. But Quay' ' * object Is the exposure of democratic methods In the Old Dominion state , and ho does not expect to capture nn.v congressmen , but to spread before - fore the country In 'court the evidence collected by his detectives , who hnvo boon investigating the nllcgod frauds. It is n fact that in certain portions of Vir ginia tl.o negroes wore not allowed to voto. The white people wuro on hand early and got in their ballots , and then when the nugrocs came up every one of them was compelled to nmko affidavits and secure affidavits from his friends , for the purpose of causing ns much delay as possible , no ballot being ac cepted , except from whlto men , pending the production of the affidavits required. A democratic newspaper man who lives In Vir ginia , told me that In his precinct much timu was wasted in this manner , and that the polls closed before half thu negroes had been allowed to cast their ballots. Senator Quay has affidavits from several thousand who werothus prevented from voting ; n sufficient number to have changed the result in the statc- SKXATOH qt'AV'S SAT. Senator Quay announced this morning , with the same positivenuss that characters izes all his infrequent utterances , that the republicans will have a majority of nine in the next house of representatives. "I understand. " said ho , "that the demo crats of West Virginia are poing into court with their trouble. That is nbout all I know of Wust Virginia politics Just ut present. Wo shall have n majority in the house anyhow n majority of nine. I do not believu that the democratic governors of the doubtful states will give certificates of election to men who are not elected simply because they have the same pnliticnLfaith. I shall re f use to believe any such thing until I see it. There is noth ing to be gained by any dishonest or dishon orable conduct. It would bo revolutionary" . Very little is talked of at the capital bu t the probable complexion of the next house. The employes are struggling with the hpuo of n democratic majority , with all the indica tions against them. It now anpcars that the republicans have all the districts in dispute upon the face. of the returns , and that it is only by a recduhfor 'Jh'atid&mus proceedings that they can bo deprived , of the certificates. The returns give the republicans the ono dis puted district In Tenncssco and the ono in North Carolina ; that in Louisiana ; tliat-in Kentucky , and * hreo in West Virginia , be sides the Haytior district in Maryland. It is not thought likely that there can be such a wholesale overthrowing of apparent majori ties as to reverse these returns , or enough of them to change the complexion of the house. If democrats should bo certified from the dis puted districts of Tennessee und North Carolina lina , that would not give the majority to the democrats by several voles. TJIK KXTHA SK-SIOtf. , On every hand the probability of nn extra session of the Fifty-first congress is being discussed. In view of the fact that there w'llbo ' , no tariff reform before the 4th of March , and manufacturing enterprises as well as many important commercial connec tions will bo practically ut a stand-still till those interested know exactly just what is to be done witli the tariff , and no action can betaken taken if there Is not an nxtr.i session before the summer of 1S90 , it is generally believed that there will bo an extra session early next spring. The next question of dividing Da kota and admitting it as two states , although popular hero docs not figure so seriously as the business interests of the country , which nro involved. What mitrht bo done in the way of tariff reform Hoems to bu moro serious than what is likely to be done. It is the agitation that the business community wants stopped , and that demands an extra session of the next congress to stop it. KKAS3KMUUNO OK CONOItliSS. Congress will reassemble on next Monday. Thuru aru few evidences of the meeting in sight , however. Only two members put in an appearance at the cupitol to-day , and the only enanges undergoing are In the way of dusting carpets , chairs and desks. The com mittee on appropriations is hard ut work pre paring its regular annual appropriation bills , with a view of having ono ready next week , if It can On reached in the ordinary run of business. No one expects anything to bo done with the tariff , although the senate is to go right ahead with the consideration of its bill whenever it has opportunity to do so. MAIL CIIANOKH. Changes have been ordered in the time schedule of the Star mail route between Cumminsvillo nnd Petersburg , Nub. , as fol lows , to tuko effect December 1 : Lenvo Cum minsvillo Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 a. m. , arrive ut Petersburg byI p , m. Leave Petersburg Tuesdays , Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 a. m. , urrivo at Cumminsvillo byJ p , m. llIil'HIiSKNTATIVI ! CANNON'S Vlf.W. Representative Joe Cannon of Illinois , who is one of the brightest of the republicans , and who Is spoken of for the spcukership. was asked to-day if the lower house of the Fifty- iirst congress would bo republican , Ho said : "thavo never doubted that the republicans elected a majority of the next house , nnd therefore do not doubt th.it they will organize - izo and that a republican speaker will bo elected. This is of fur greater Importance than the particular man who will be elected spfi'ikcr. " "What do you think of the reported plan of tl.u democrats to admit K.OIUO of the terri tories ns states this wlntcrj" "Well , I am In favor of death-bod repent- nncu If it's of thu right kind. Dakota must bu uumlttcd or no territories will como in , " Tim ttwllcliiiicirn Slrlko. iMUANAj'or.is , Nov. 20. The switchmen's ' strike did not extend to-day to the engineers or firemen , us was anticipated. The situa tion remains unchanged , except that all roads uro moving trains to-day and to-night , und the blockade Is nearly overcome. Now men are applying for work at every oflluc , and the superintendents say that they will have no difficulty In supplying every htrikor's place within the next few days , The day , Uiken as a whole , was rather disastrous to the strikers , and there is a visible weaken ing manifested by some of their number. Thu general officers of the locomotive brother hood and firemen's association did not put in their appearance to-day , us wax given out they would , It iMiinot bo reliably ascer tained that either of thosu organizations havn taken uny steps towards sustaining the strikers , _ _ Cashier Tallmun Indicted. Ciuc'AOO , Nov. ' * 2 < ! . Thomas Tullmnn , cashier of the defunct Traders bank , was Indicted by the grand Jury this morning on the charge of embezzlement , for having received deposits knowing that bis bank was lusotvnnt. m : F pun via it. " The Sli.Tvv-Yoho Klnpctncnt Uesult.i In n Divorce Suit. CnirAiio , Nov. 20. [ Special Telegram to TituBcK. | The elopement of May Yolic , of the "Crystal Slipper" company , and n young man named Shaw , which occurred early last summer , is still fresh In the minds of Cliicngouns. To-day Shaw's wife sub mitted n lot of testimony before Judge Shup- nrd Hint will result in her getting n divorce In the course of n few dnys. Mrs. Slmw Is the daughter of W. N. Cnldwell , nnd she was married to Shaw in 1S87. During the production of the "Crystal Slipper" at the Chic.igo opera house , young Shaw was par ticularly attentive to May Yoho. who charmed more gilded youths than one. She seemed , however , to prefer "Kblo" Shaw , whoso father is n millionaire member of the board of trade , and n member of thu big firm of Blnko , Shaw it Co. "Kblo's" attention was most noticeable , und nobody who know him was much sur prised to pick tip the papers on the mornintr of July 4 nnd rend that Prlnco Prettlwitz nnd "libio" had disappeared. Later devel opments showed that they had taken n train and gone east. In n day or so May Yoho re turned to Chicago , though her mother stoutly maintained that she was at homo confined with a cold nil day , and then de nials of the existence of anything wrong between young Slmw nnd the pretty actress How about thick nnd fast. Finally the scandal quieted down nnd many people believed that the escapade was a harmless freak of two young persons. Not so young Shaw's wifo. After nn investiga tion by hur lawyer she filed u suit for di vorce , Hpcelally alleging adultery on the part of Shaw with Miss Yohu. This morning , before Judge Shep.int , n stipulation was presented by the attorneys for the respective parties consent ! IIR to sub mit the casu to thu court without a Jury , and allow n divorce to bo granted on the deposi tions of Mrs. Shaw , takun in Dupngu county , and the evidence of n Wagner sleeping cur conductor nnd porter , The deposition of Jacob N. Green , says : " 1 uni a porter on the Waghcr sleeper from Chicago to Now York. I ran out of Chicago the afternoon of July 2 , 18SS , on the Lake Shore & Mlchlcun Southern railway , leaving thu Van Buren street station nt S ; 'M p. m. I know Mis i Yoho. I saw her twice at the Chicago opera house -once in June , ISbS , and again In July. AVhen our train reached the Twenty-second street station Miss Yoho boarded the cur. She was ncrompuuicd by Slmw. They went through to Syracuse , N. Y. , and then luft the train. She nnd Mr. Shaw occupied section 11 in the car. At Cleveland an officer brought a tolepram for Miss Yoho , and I took him back to hcrburth. Miss Yoho refused to accept thu dispatch. 'Yoku Is not my name , ' she said. 'My nuino Is Shaw , und I nin the wife of this gcntlu- mnn. ' Thu officer retired without delivering the dispatch. At Buffalo nnother telcgrnm was received.A messenger brought it and 1 took it to Miss Yohe , but she refused to accept that also. 'People think Pdon't know my own name. ' said she. " The deposition of Conductor George Rushmore - more , of No. 1-1 1'J ' Pacific avunun , Brooklyn , covers thu sumo ground. Mrs. Shaw says shu has not .seen her husband since thu elope ment , but received the following from him. " "Dear Jessie : I will leave hero to-morrow , bound for Australia. I may never see you in this life again , and I have one request to make ; that is , that j-ou teach our dear little baby boy to think well of its fatner. Never. if Ills possible , let him become familiar with mi' lifo. Good-byo forever. " , VEHONA'S LATEST. Iinckr Baldwin's Ijadjr Friend Wants to Bo n Mayor. Los ANOKI.BS , Cal. , Nov. 20. Society hero is greatly exercised over Verona Baldwin's latest escapade. Verona , it will be remem bered , received , three years ago , $20,000 as a compromfso for settling her suit for breach of promise against old millionaire Lucky Baldwin. She has evidently spent all this money , ns two wcoks ago she paid n visit to San Francisco with a son of millionaire Fallen - lon ; of San Joso. The brother of Fallen got into trouble by trying to kill his wife at n hotel , and Veronn and her lover returned to Los Angeles to avoid being mixed up in the scandal ! This morning Veronn came out in n card , asking the public to vote for her as mayor of Los Angoles. She heads her card with a quotation from Third Corinthians , eighteenth vorhc , nnd declares that she is impelled to become a candidate because &ho has been refused employment as a clerk' on the score of her sex. What her latest inovo means no onu knows. - * The Cedar Fnlls Railroad Suit. CHICAGO , Nov. SM. In the suit of Morris K. Jcssup nnd others , trustees of the Cedar Falls & Minnesota railroad company , against the Illinois Central , the Cedar Falls & Min nesota , and Dubuque & Sioux City railroad companies , Judge Blodgott decided yester day that the Dubuque & Sioux Falls com pany must submit itself to the jurisdiction of the court by the first Monday in February , or the suit would bo dismlseed. The Cedar Falls road leased its line from Waterloo. In. , to the Minnesota statu line October HI , 1SOO , to the Dubuque & Sioux City road for forty years. A mortgage wus subsequently exe cuted by the Cedar Falls to Jcssup & Forrest on bonds for ? M07,000. In 1607 the Dubuque & Sioux City ' leased its own road from Dubuque to Sioux City to the Illinois Central for twenty years , with the option of taking thu lease in perpetuity. Thu Illinois Central agreed to assume the Icasu of thu Cuilur Fulls road nnd the pay rentals duu it. In ISbd the Illinois Central threw up the lease of the Dubuque & Sioux City. Jessup t Forrest claim that thu Illinois Central is liable for the other twenty years' rental ot thu Cedar Falls road , but thu Illinois Central denies this. The Sioux City road has never beun brought into court , nnd the Illinois Central moved to have it subjected to thu jurisdiction of thu federal court or dismiss the bill of complaint. Judgu Blodgutt decided that the Dubuque & Sioux City road was un indis pensable party to the suit , ami entered the above order. It is likely that the bill will be dismissed , because the Illinois Central con trols the Dubuqilo & Sioux City , and the luttur is not likely to voluntarily enter its appearance , ns suggested by thu court. . - 4. - An Old ( jiidy'H Lovo. Los ANfiKi.ns , C.il. , Nov. 2il. A marrlago that has caused much gossip has just taken place hero between Mrs. Francisca McDu- gall.u wealthy wnlow , and ICdward Jcsurn. a handsome young West Imlr.ni , whoso par ents llvo In Kentucky. Mrs. McDugalPs son became intimate- with Jcsuni at the University of Virginia , where both wuro studying , and persuaded him to como to Los Angeles. Hu was n constant visitor at thu McDngiill mansion , and thu mother soon fell in lovu with him. Hur relatives hero ap pealed lo Josurn's mother in Kentucky to use her influence in lrcul | < ing the match , butte to no uvuil. The couplu went to Sun Fran- cihco and wcro married to the great disgust of the widow's relative * . Jcsurn , before hu went to I'ollugu , made u reputation as un am- uteur uthloto in New York. Ho is remarka bly handsome , mid his bride looks old enough to bo his mother. the Wii-un for n Strike. ST. Louis , Nov. 20. A local paper bays : Although , us fur ns can bu learned , local trades so ictloi have not received any lull- mation from Chicago of the organization of un eight-hour movement to bu carried through at thy convention of the American Federation of Labor , which Is to meet In this city on Dwcnibor 11 , tdoro Is no doubt that the movement u wt-ll under , vay. Circular * explaining and urging it hnvo been hcnl to nil civganizivtluns suppo-ied to favor such a scheme , ana It will probably bo the Icmling work of the convonlion. The American socialists lire thu pushers of the scheme , und it is their Idea to have It como to a IOIMH in Ib'Jd , the prpbublo result of which will bu u strike , Pnthotlo Seotios at the Eviction of the Iowa Settlors. A MOTHER'S NEW-DORN BADE. It Successfully Apponln to Iho 8yiu pathy nf the Sheriff nud Mis I'osso Little .Mill Kort- rlcht'a Nerve. Ilonsclons and Four DODOK , In , Nov. -LJvorybsJy ) in Iowa Is talking nbout the evictions. You hear the subject discussed on the trains , nt the tables and in the stores. The Idon of ba- mg set out on. the highway without nn hour's warning U repugnant to the American mind , In spite of thn twelve decisions of the supreme premo court whlcn sustain the owners of the land. Hero is Thanksgiving at hand , thu season of homo cheer and home plenty , and 1 hero arc homeless families with their cook stoves , their beds , their cabinet organs , tholr bonks , their pictures , and their nil strewn along the romls hnlf a mlle or moro from the nearest occupied house. It looks hard. H inspires bitter feelings which will rankle q long time. Mr. Richard Snoll , whoso fnthur owns thirty or forty of the little- farms from which the evictions are Inking place , is nut u monster. lie would never bo picked otltofil crowd ns n man given to grinding thu face of the poor. Ho Is a wholesome looking young man with n good face , mid hu evidently feels that the situation is disagreeable. Ho said to-day : " 1 know it looks hard , but these pcoplo havu no legal rights upon the hind. They are simply there dupondlng upon the good nature of the ownurs. " The settlers uro more submissive than seems possible nt first under such trying cir cumstances , Many n fanner or householder , us hu rends of the evictions , will feel his blood warm up when he looks around upon his little ones nnd thinks how It would bo in his case. Hu will mutter to himself , "I'll die llrst. " But take the whole sceuu. Hure is thu marshal , reading to him from n lonir sheet of paper. It beirins with the subduiug "Now in the mime of the United States of America you uro o.iimmimlod. " It goes on through the ron fusing nnd tortuous rlgamn- rolu of technicalities , and finally it ends : "is'ow witness my hand and seal. "Mr.i.vn.t.K W. FIM.I.KII , "Chief Justice of the United States. " Four times out of llvo hu will listen to the writ , look around helplessly for u few min utes , und then , us ho sees his furniture in dnnger from rough handling , h-5 will turn In and ai'tuiilly hulp thu officers to oviet him. The most sensational scorn * was at the res idence of Mr. Hover. As the possu approached preached the house they were confronted by n loaded gun In the bunds of Mrs. Hover. She threatened to shoot , and explained that tliero wus n very nick woman In the house whoso lifo would bu endangered by their cu- tcrlng. The marshal nud his men neverthe less battered down the door , und on the second end fioor found a woman with a batie but two days old , and finally determined to lot the family remain for the timu being. But few will bow to the inevitable as cheer fully'ns did little Jim Kort right , the other night. Ho lived on the place bib father b.iugl.t from u man who entered it and got a patent on it. Around the housu was a ilno grove ot trees , which Jim had seen grow from the time they were set out until their trunks were good deal bigger than his body. "Ilin saw the eviction of his neighbor , Clianco Pig- man , going on , and ho came over through the corn field , his three little children trotting along beside him. Hu nodded to thu marshal and asked' : "Got anything for me ? " "What is your ntlmoi" Marshal Holbroolc said. "Jim Kortright , " ho replied , "I'm on sec tion 35. I suppose you are after me , too. " Mr. Holbrook looked over the papers and found the writ. "Yes , Mr. Kortrignt , " ho Bald , "wo'ro coming to you next.1 "I thought so , " commented the philo sophical Jim. "It's getting late and I reckon you might as well begin right away. " It wus getting late. The sun was Just sinking. Alongside of thu Pigman nnd ICort- right farms was brush und timber land , extending - tending down through "tho breaks" to the DCS Molnes river. No better place in the whole country could hnvu been selected , if the disposition hud existed among the settlers to como up unawares nnd pcpi'er the possa with buckshot. It has been only n month &t so hlnco a marshal was fired upon from n corn field and wounded. But Holbrook decided - cided to take the chances of a surprise. While part of the possu finished up Pigman'a eviction the rest went over to Kortnght'H. Little Jlin led the way Into the house and In a very few words told his wife what wan coming. She looked at the steVe , whuro the pot of potatoes for supper was steaming , nnd made no reply. Little Jim picked up n butcher knife , went into a front room anil commenced unscrewing the fixtures of u bracket lam ) ) . Kortrlghfs homo was n good half rnllo from the road , nnd ovurythlng had to bu hauled out to it. The house was a story nnd a half with a kitchen behind , and it was well lllleJ with furniture. The oldest daughter , a red-checked girl , was away at a ncighbor'H visiting when the eviction bugnn. Shu re turned just In time to see her cabinet organ and the parlor sofa carried out of thu front room. In the posse wus H mun niiincd Suln , whom she had met at dances , and the ac quaintanceship woinowhut mitigated the U-r rorti of the .eviction to her. Shu oven sat down and played a couplu of tunes tor Sulu before the organ wus hauled uwny to the road. "Where will grandpa gol" nskod the girl as thi ) last wagon loail was being hcapud up , "Oh , darn it I don't know. " said littk- Jim , with a little Indication of breaking duwn at , last. Ho had hold up wonderfully till then. but it seemed hard that the eviction should liuvo happened Just when his old father WHS down on a visit from Sioux City. Thu old gentleman's valise was brought out and put on top of thu load , The Kortrlghts scattered outtofind shelter for the night. The littlu children went across thi ) fields to ono nelglibur , Mrs. Kort- right and hur daughter started in another direction , und thu old grandfather trio 1 htill u third route. Then the serious question ut I1 ! u stopping place for the possu arose. Kivur hind settlers uro nol notud for thulr hos pitality to evictors. They have b-jen known to rufuso tiny prlco for lodgings and food. Little Jim stood by und heard the buys debating - bating whether it was best to go to Luhigh or to Wubstt'r. "I'll toll you what you ran do , " ho sug gested , "Thuro's the house not nailed ui | yet. I'll carry some of the budding back Into ) it and you fellows can all sleep then ) If you want to. l'v got to lie out on ttiu ground and taker-arc of these things in the road. The cuttle are running loosu , and everything will tiu broken before morning if 1 don't watch. " This proposition fairly staggurud the posse , and ono of thu hoys said to Jim : "Kortright , you arc a h 1 of a nice man. Hero you'vo done moro work than any two of us moving yourself out , and now you propose - pose to have1 us sleep in your house while- you lie In thu rood all night und watch your things. " "I ain't no d - d slouch , " said the little man , us liu turned away , The Ki.'ttloi'H Moro Hopeful. Four DOIXJK , la. , Nov. ! M , Something of n bcnsatlon was created when it became gen erally known that * Governor Larubco hail taken a hand in the DCS Moines river land evictions , Thu. publicity of the letter from. the govcrw to the county attorney of Web bler county , In which thu former displays a favorable disposition toward the settlers , gives them new hope , und. in connection witli the stand taken by United States Senator Allison , leads them to hops for u remunera tion from the next cuniircss. Thu deputy marshals have returned to Fort Dodge , after having made fifty families homeless. Governor Lurabuo'u letter has made u con * M.U-niiilo change in public sentiment in tlu Jurl of the state ,