Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA
EIGHTEENTH YEAH. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOItiNlNG , APKEL 23 , 1889. NUMBER 312'
I'ilE INVASION OF OKLAHOMA
Ono of the Greatest Bvontsnf' \ V
History of the Border. T" S
A FRANTIC RACE FOR LANDS.
Socncfl oftho Wlldcut Excitement nnd
Confusion No Serious Trouiilo
Reported The Wonderful
Giowth or Gutlirlo.
SwnrinliiK AVIlh Honmcr/ ) .
bT. Louis , April 22. The Republic's Ar
kansas City special says : Oklahoma Is
open. The trials , struggles and sacrifices of
years nro partially rowurded. The history of
this day will forever bo n memorial In fron
tier annals , nnd will leava behind a heritage
of litigation which will bo fruitful to land
sharks und claim attorncyi , but will be de
structive to the claims of poor und honest
settlers.
The Santa Fo began running Its scetionn'
trains out of Kansas City ln"t night , and
picked up cars ut almost every station along
ttio route. Hundreds of people were waiting
at every depot , and If the cars , all of which
wcro filled before the border line was
reached , could bo coupled they would have
mndo a train miles In length. Thu crowds
were composed of speculators , adventurers ,
slgllt-scors , thieves , etc. The farming clo-
ino.it was not largely represented , us all
homesteaders have gone on before. There
were men in the cars from cvcrv great city
nnd linp'Ttant point In the country , and there
wns not n stuto or territory In the country
which did not Imvo Its representatives.
The newsimpor coach was the first out of
Kansas City. It contained representatives
of all thu leading newspapers In the country ,
who wore compelled to yield room and com
fort for the good of the cause.
At Arkansas City thcro were over seventy-
11 vo coaches tracked In the yards , awaiting
the rush. All these were lowered into the
yards some distance below the depot. The
crowd began giithcrini ; on the platform two
hours bofo ro day-light , nnd long before the
llrst streak of dawn the city was awake and
stirring. Thn streets presented a live ,
picturesque iippc-aranco. Hundreds , in their
impatience to get aboard , rushed down en
mnsso to the yards und nttomuted to force
nn entrance Into the cais , all of which were
Hccuroly locked. The excitement may bo
ludgcd from the fact that a large number ol
coach windows wcro broken out by people
unxious to secure scats. It was in vain foe
the ofllclnls to say tbat trains would run1 In
sections , 11 ft con minutes apart. Kvorybod.v
there wanted to bo llftecn minutes ahead ol
everybody , and not llftcen minutes behind
anybody.
Tnc first section inado up consisted of nine
coaches , a newspaper coach undone caboose.
It pulled cut nt8:4. : > , railroad time , drawn by
engine No. 2'iO. ( It wns DsIJO when the Iks
which marks the state line and the dividing
line from the Cherokee strip wus reached.
It wus greeted with n cheer which rolled
from the news car in front to the rustlers' '
cubooso behind. It marked the departure
from state government toward a country
where n government is yet to bo created nnd
established. Still the Cherokee country lay
between them nnd rainbow land.
Along the Pawnee trail the truin ulsc
passed caravans of boomers' wagons , innny
poing south , but some returning towards
Kansas. Hotwccn Willow Springs uml
Ponca aceney somebody in . the
newspaper car Covered a man riding on
the trucks beneath the conch. When the
train stopped at Ponca the adventurous
boomer on the wheels was taken up into the
car and elected an honorary member of the
press association. Ho gave his name as
Harvey Saddler , and said ho was born In
England , but had boon In this country for
nlno years , and had como all the wav from
Seattle , W. T. , to get n foothold In Okla
homa. He was elected as a representative
of the London Times , and also us a mascot
of the new city of Guthrio.
At thu last station outside of Oklahoma
territory there wns a great crowd of boom
ers who hud forsaken their teams nnd hoped
to got in quicker by rail. There being no
room inside , they climbed to the top of the
coaches , and the entire train , from one end
to the other , was lined with them. In
this way the line was reached about
five minutes'after IS o'clock. Hoforo tno late
dead line was reached and passed , however ,
a great transformation scone had begun and
was plainly visible to the watchers from the
train. First came in view whlto-toppod
wagons , gathered together in groups on the
level pralrio or m the little valleys which
alvorslfy the face of the country. It was at
once notlceablo that teams wcro not to bo
Been In nnv of those camps , anil it was plain
that they had been taken out of harness to
bo rode across the border by hard riders ,
who were to locali claims. A little further
on ami this conclusion proved to bo the cor
rect ono , for the entire face of the country ,
DO for as the best field glass could carry
was overrun with horsemen galloping
ao the southward. The fleetest horses had
evidently been picked for the work ,
and they were carrying their ridem
rapidly to the longed-for goal.
Hides of fifteen or twenty miles were made
In an Incredibly short time by old boomers
familiar with the country ai.d who know
whore desirable lands were located. The
flay was cloudless and far away in the horl-
lon , both cast nnd west , clouds of dust could
t < o seen ascending from the iioofs of hun
dreds of hoiscs rushing toward different des
tinations in most cases , but some of them
towar > \ the same one. A race for the same
jjoal cJuld be easily distinguished. The riders
were apparently ovenly.moiititod ; they wcro
neck and neck for a mile or two along the
trail ns far ns they could bo seen nnd their
eager and intense looks and their merciless
ilnshtng wcro sufficient evidence of the prize
they were running after. Ono saddled but
riderless norse wus seen galloping along the
trull , an ominous sign of some accident or
duality which had befallen thu rider.
Out of the dust which arose toward the
cast could bo scon , after the train hail
reached the summit of n high ridge , a wucon
caravan fully two miles In length and whluli
was being nncd to the utmost , speed or iu
torsos. The caravans were plainly out-ills'
lanced by the horseback riders nnd after
ibvcral miles of territory was traversed it
was scon , that the best prizes. One home-
iteuder , who had secured u magnificent
jnnrtor of rolling laud dug a nolo two or
ihrco feet deep at that ccrnor of it
fv'hero the surveyor's section wus locutoil
and where ho hud 3riven his stakca. Not
looking upon these evidence * of possession
is sufllcient to confirm his tl lo , ho seized i
Winchester , as the tniln ran by , and llrei !
jut ull of its contents and then emptied hi :
revolver , yelling like n cowboy or Com
mniu'ho Indian ull the time. Not on'.y ttu
fells , but tlio shots wcro responded to froir
ihe train , and u volley wont up into the all
Ii'om the ontlrn length of the suction , whlct
proved conclusively how well the parlyva *
irmcd , iu expectancy of what might happci
few miles out on the other side of the line
Tno train stopped ut thu military post
ivhcru thu white tents of the sol
fliers and ofllccrs , surmounted by
the national colors , were a gratifying
evidence of a power sufllclent to malntali
order , Troop D , of the Fifth regiment o :
cuvr.lry of Mm United States iirmy , ua :
quartered there , and the ofllccrh Bald that ui
the nuuad of the bugle a' high noon thin
bad been a movement r.mong the boomcn
camped along tnc bonier which had ex
tended along the entire frontier lint' , am
that they hail been ruling fast nnd furlou :
ever since , some of the prospectors running
to CiiUhrln to Ilia their entries , ur.d other ,
going to locate on land and secure prioi
right to possession by actual occupancy
The scene wux one of the moat plirriug unil
picturesque over witnessed. The smolri
of n myriad of campllres. lighted to cook the
first meal In Oklahoma , begun ( o ascend Ir
nil directions , nti'l before the first tralr
of If.nd speculator- ) rushed to thn futuri
great rlty nf Uutbrlo , thu farmer had al
ready become the possessor of a great dea
of land , and more than ono furrow of virgli
eoll was turned over to the BUU which hut
jnudo Iho d y ( lorlous M well us racier-able.
Ju-
It was twenty minutes nftcr 13 o'clock '
when tlio first section of the threat Atclilson
train reached the line , and Its progress from
tlioro was not rapid enough for the
rnpld men who wanted to got
there in a hurry before nil tlio
cream was skimmed off the milk. Novcrtlio-
less , it lacked hut a few minutes of 1 o'clock
when the train stopped In front of Gutlirlo.
Before the train cnmo to a stop It was seen
that somebody was already there ; intact ,
the town \vas well populated. Tents were
numerous on the eastern slope , and stakes
were sticking up out of the ground Ilka
poles in n bean patch. Men could ho seen
racing In the direction of valuable holdings ,
nnd the scene was as busy and animated none
ono ns it Is possible to Imngmu.
Thii profanity among the speculators was
both loud and deep. If thcro had been any
prospect of shooting at any time , It was
when thcso men foindthctnsclvcs ( bnnicd at
the game of freeze-out. But they wcro com
pelled to swallow their wrath , for , accord
ing to all technicalities in law , the men In
possession wuro the rightful owners , and the
men who had bcc'i loft out were the ones
who had been most persistent In their de
mands for the law's enforcement. There
was nothing to do but to take what was loft ,
and It was In Iho scramble for this that the
most serious scenes of the day were uro-
scntcd.
Every variety of men along the frontier
tnado up the army whloh charged the land
ofllconttho topot the knoll , not In a body ,
but In detachments. The land ofllco was not
the point of their destination , though It
stands at the corner of n section , nnd is
therefore the present center ol the town , but
It was to lots near by that the rush wus
mndo. Tlioro was'llttlo loft nour It. Stakes
hud already boon driven to almost the limit of
3120 acres of the town site. There was a small
margin , nnd this was being rapidly taken
out by the sumo men who had already ap
propriated ncai.y everything in sight. It was
but a few minutes till the line was reached ,
nnd the back action movement of taking up
lots which nobody had wanted before , be-
van.
When the second nnd third sections of the
train arrived aim found everything cornered ,
the nlr was blue for miles around the me
tropolis. There was nothing to do , how
ever , as every lot was protected by rillos
and revolvers , and If shooting began there
was no tolling where it wiuUl stop. The
only recourse loft to the utsnppolnted mon
was to buy out such holders of lots ns wore
willing to sell or run the risk of tuhirg land
outside the local limit. Both courses were
adopted , and a good number of Outhrio City
lots changed hands.
The first sale was by n man until oil Ilun-
nels , of Al van , Kan. , who sold a tweuty-llvo-
foot front lot , near the land office , f , r ? ! > , to
nn old doctor , n resident of ono of the In
dian reservations adjoining Oklahoma. The
purchaser refused $50 for the lot five min
utes later. Several transfers wcro made to
day , nnd others who nve determined to locate
hero drove stakes outside of the town lino.
This Is preparatory to the purchase of home
stead rights and the extension of the city
limiu.
No ono who had never seen a western town
take form and shape can comprehend how
quickly n full-rigged city with a doublo-
docked boom can bo put in running order.
Outhrie already has its Main street , its Harrison
risen street , Its Gutlirlo avenue and its Okla
homa avenue , and this morning it was n wil
derness where the antelope sported and the
jack rabbit Hopped its cars In the sun.
To-morrow afternoon , at 4 o'clock , the Hrst
municipal election will occiu. The election
notice appeared to-day in the Oklahoma Her
ald , n dally paper published at Uuthrie on
the llrst day of its existence. The council
will bo elected tit the same timo. Nearly ten
thousand votes will bo polled , as there uro
about tbat many mon In Guthrie with the
intention of becoming citizens. The leading
candidates for mayor are Adjutant-General
Hcioe , of Illinois ; William Constantine , ot
SpringileId.Ohio , ami T. L. Summer , of
Arkansas City. A strong dark horse is J.
Vnlney Hnggutt , of Huron , Dik. :
The Hank of Oklahoma opened for busi
ness ut Guthrie to-dav with a capital stock of
550,000. M. W. Lovy. a Wichita banker , is
president ; George W. Hobinson , a banker
of Wlnllcld , and lion. Horace S. Speed , of
Indianapolis , directors.
The new city Is Hooded with business cards
of all descriptions , representing every line
of trade and business , every profession and
every occupation imaginable. A mass of
mail Is expected to reach the Guthrie post-
olllco every day. It is now being mu by a
postal clerk detailed for that purpose ,
but Pmn , of Kiowa , Kan. , lately appointed
postmaster , will take charge in a day or
two.
two.A scheme which resulted in n practical
cornering or to\7ii lots to-day originated with
the Atchison , Topcka & Santa Fe r.illroad ,
probably in combination with a syndicate
who have been hard at work iu Arkansas
City for a week or more. A num
ber of mon have been going into
the territory ns deputy marshals and
others under permits as railroad employes.
The marshals wore simply commissioned and
not sworn , , and the railroad men were not
burdened with ofJIcial orders. They all dill
tlioir work to-day , and did It well. The ofll-
clals in the Guthrie land ofllcc say that the
men seemed to sprlngoutof thocnrtli us noon
approached , and that it did not take llftecn
minutes to occupy half the town site.
Everything is reported quiet alone
the Canadian. Purcell Is n deserted
village , now that the little station on the
Atchison road about clshteen miles north of
It is laid out as u town site. It is evident
that Oklahoma Is to be opened peaceably
and without blood Bhed. The cnsls was
passed to day. A great number of her citi
zens uro law abiding , and tho.io who uro not
will Uo suppressed by the strong
hand of froutier justice , aided
by the military authorities under command of
General I lorrltt. Thcro arc now about live
hundred troops In the territory , and they
will be kept here until order is assured.
To Cantiiro tlin Oiiorolccc Strip.
ST. Lotus , .April 22. Special dispatches
from the Oklahoma country say that every
body is on the qul vivo to make tha craud
rush Across the Hue at noon to-day. Largii
sums are being paid for swift horses that
purchasers may reach choice altos llrst.
There is as union , If not more struggling
for town sites than for sections. It Is said
that thirty-two town companies arc going for
Guihrio , about half thai number fop
Oklahoma City , and about twenty
for King Fisher , while thcro are applicants
for sites on almost every section. The trouble
between township companies promises to bens
ns dangerous ns among rlnini hunters.
A bold scheme has born concocted. It is
evident there 13 not room InOkluhoma ) for ull
the boomers , so sworn bands hsvii been
formed that these xvho uro loft out will make
a united rush and occupy the Cherokee Strip ,
hoping to got so many on it the government
will not tluu ! : Itri' > a to dwo them off.
Drowned m null ( /rock.
K > NKAS CITV , April 2'J. A Star special
from Arkansas City nays : Comparatlvoly
few of tlio wagon men reached the Okla
homa line until last night and this morning.
Salt Cicolc , which runs through the strip ,
and on the banks of which the Ponci reser
vation is situated , caused the Bottlers uiuch
delay. Italus have umilo It so
high that fording was dangerous ,
and oily n few wore foolhardy enough
to venture It. Captain Iiuyna , who with Ufa
company I'scartcd thu net tiers to the border ,
Influenced the Santa Fc road to luy planless
beside and between thu tracks of the railroad
bridge to get the emigrants ovei. In splto of
all prci'iuitloiis \vimmn and two children
and a nuinuor of uatllo ' .vr.rc drowned at the
brldgit.
Call-fill estimates by n S.ar reporter who
wus on Iho ground last night , rnvfulcd the
fact that within u radium of live miles from
the border the entrance to the I'cuc.n trial
fully Aye hundred men at least a
mile over the lino. No soldiers wer < 5
there to dispute their cutr.-incu or to tell
wbf.re tUo line wus. A great number of people
ple went lute Oklahoma ns early tin Satur
day night , A cattleman at lied Hock sulil
last night that as ho came through Okla
homa from ( lUlvuston Uo rount' 1 over u hun
dred mon in the bushes along ; thrc > uiL OUla-
htmn.
Arrivals.
At New York The Etna , irom Urooicn.
At .Southampton The Kibe , fiom New
York , arrived to-day ,
JOHN SHERMAN IS SURPRISED
Ho Had No Idea That Senator Quay
Felt Aggrieved.
DENIES ANY BREACH OF FAITH.
In Official Circles n Sponily Itocnn-
elllntlon Is hooked for The Pnb-
llo PrlntorHhlp Cann-
dlrtn Cnr Duties.
WASHINGTON Huututj , THE OM\TU BBB.
C13 FOUKTBBNTII STIIKKT ,
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 23.
Senator Sherman was much surprised
when ho rend Senator ( Juay'sstncturcs upon
him in this morning's papers. Ho said ho
had no Idea that the Pennsylvania senator
felt aggrieved , and that thcro had been no
breach of faith on his part. "If Senator
Quay believed that 1 had not acted fairly
with him , " said the Ohio senator , "ho should
have como right to mo , and wo could have
settled the matter without any feollng. I
have always regarded Senator Quay as ono
of my best personal fnomis , and would bo
the last man In the world to say ono word
which would be calculated to hurt his feel
ings. My understanding of It Is that ho
takes exceptions to an appointment which
was mndo nt the solicitation of Messrs. Me-
Kinlcy nnd Huttcrworth. " In ofllclal circles
the feeling on the part of Senator Quay Is
regretted , but It will all bo explained and
healed the llrst time the two senators meet ,
It is evident that Senator Sherman did not
Intend that anything should bo done which
would disappoint or wound the feelings of
Senator Quay.
CANADIAN OAK DUTIES.
"I have not yet had an opportunity tc
consider the question ns to the liability ol
cars from Canada to pay n duty when enterIng -
Ing this country , " said Assistant Secretary
Tichenor to-day , "but I expect to take Ui |
the matter at nn early day. " It was learned
nt the department that there have bcnn col'
lected a great many papers bearing upon the
case , und filed by representatives of the
roads running through that section of Cana
dian tcrritor.v between Suspension Hridgo ,
N. Y. , nnd Port Huron , Mich. Senntoi
Washburn , of Minn. , who is interested In
the Sault road , is ono of the most outspoken
opponents of the proposition to levy taxes
upon the cars , and a crroat many shippers ol
Uuffulo , Detroit , Port Huron and other points
oust nnd west Imvo also entered protests. It
is said that the proposal if carried out would
entirely ruin traflle on the roads running
throUL'li , and that the proposal to enforce
duties will , If decided against the Canadian
roads , result in nn appeal to the supreme
court und a long litigation. It Is hurdly
lilcely ut the present time that there will be
u decision in less than two or three weeks.
TUB PfllLlO IMIIXTIiltSIIIP.
Great anxiety is felt around the hotel corridors
riders over the appointment of n public
printer. The delay worries the candidates
and their friends. No ono knows , however ,
when the appointment will bo made. This
evening's Star says on the subject : "Quite
a number of prominent public mon have
advised the president to Hud his public
printer among men who have some acquaint
ance with the ofllco , for the reason that any
stranger , no matter what his executive abil
ity or knowledge of the business , cau be
nothing but a mere iigure-head for at least n
year. Hut fo.i- people realize what an im
mense establishment that printing ofllco is ,
and not more tnan half a dozen living men
know what un enormous burden it is oven to
nn experienced man. " In connection with
the expectancy and anxiety over the apppoint-
mcnt of a now public printer , a good stor.v
comes from that ofllcc. Tlioro are in that
establishment a number of employes xvho
.would like to continue to bo employes under
the present administration , and they some
times make the candidates' lives very miser
able. Thcv use every endeavor to make
themselves solid with the possibilities , and
some few of them succeed. When a new
candidate appears they never fail to call on
him , so that ho may bo Impressed with
their value and their friendly intentions.
They never miss a candidate. When the
dramatized Hobert Elsomero wns hero n
couple of weeks ago , a laborer who works
on the folding room lloor asked his foreman
if ho had seen Robert Klscmorc. "No-o , "
was the long drawn out response. "Who is
ho ? " Taking advantage of his superior's
evident ignorance , ho said : "Why he's n
now candidate for public printer. "
"Where is he stopping ? " inquired the anx
ious chief , who hud visited each candidate as
soon as possible after ho had arrived.
"At the National , " equivocated the de
ceiver.
"is that so , " replied the assistant superin
tendent. "I reckon I'll have to go down nnd
see him to-night. " And ho did go to the Na
tional hotel , nnd now ovcrybnly is laughing
at the recently exposed blunder.
COMITHOU.KII DUllltAM STUPS DOWN.
First Comptroller Durham , who has boon
trimming his sails under the Cleveland ad
ministration us u model reformer und econo
mist , is out of ofllco to-night. Along with
others he tendered his resignution upon the
incoming of President Harrison , but no
hurry wns shown to succeed hitn and ho wns
permitted to remain till now. A few days
ago he refused to allow the accounts of Elec
tion liiipoctor Davenport , of New York , and
took occasion In turning down the aeounts to
cast reflection upon Attorney-General Miller.
Ho Bald : "I do not propose to permit corrup
tion like this , nor to allow the government to
be run for political purposes , " nnd other
kindred rot. The secretary of the treasury
heard of the frcouso of Mr. Durham's tongue ,
saw his dctnagoguory , and to-day ho ac
cepted his resignation. Mr. Durham Is
posing as a martyr , and will , it Is suid , go
bacic to his old IContuclcy homo ana usk to bo
elected to congress.
AHMIS : scoitr.s A POINT.
Thcro Is a feeling here that Major Amies ,
now under trial , by court-martial , for as
saulting Governor Heaver , of Pennsylvania ,
has scored u point and will como out ac
quitted. It Is stated , in circles very ucur to
the members of the court-martial , that
Amies was appointed n member of General
Heaver's statT , on Inauguration day. for the
purpose of affording personal protection to
the president , nnd that nls dethronement
wus the work of Jealous army olllcors ,
OI.I ) DOMINION I'OI.lTIOf.
Ex-Representatives Wise und Brady , of
Virginia , were nt the white house und some
of the departments , to-day , seeking appoint
ments for reuubllcans in the Old Dominion.
Kx-Scnutor Muhono Is also hero , and is ex
pecting , dally , to bo sent for by President
Harrison. General Muhono thinks ho should
bo consulted about the distribution of ofllccs
in his stuto. Thu ndminUiratlon Is without
any detlnito advisors as to thu making of ap
pointments In Virginia , und the clash be
tween the WIso-Hrady and the Mahono fac
tions makes the muddle very dense , and
causes u dead-lock in appointments. Until
some arrangement can bo made whereby the
factious In thu Old Dominion are brought to-
fihthor , the various heads of the administra
tion will take direct control of the distribu
tion of ofllcos in that stuto. Thu clogging of
the appointing wheels in Virginia , it Is be
lieved , will be Inclined to solidify the party
In order that thu machinery may bo started.
ciiu.miKN' * n.vv.
There Is no city In the United States where
Knster Monday Is celebrated in the manner
or to the extent which prevail * in Washing
ton. " * U Is ebsentiully "children's duy , " und
t.u ; ! little ones enjoy It to the fullest possible
extent. ' ' 'Ills morning dawned clcur and
bright , with a etil ! northwesterly breeze
blowing. It was Juat BilcJ ; 'i duy " 8 would
huvo been selected for out-of-door SJ rtSj
nnd the children were out in force early to
get the full bcnullt of the charming weather ,
JJy H o'clock several hundred Httlo darkles
hud been dressed in all the gay colors
which their mothers could get together ,
and half an hour afterwards they
wuie on their way to the lawns
in the rear of the white house ,
each with a basket of eggs. 'ihcy
occupied the ground before nny of the
white youngsters put in nti appearance , but
by 10 o'clock tlioy were largely In the
minority. At that hour thousands of llttlo
ones were on the way there , nnd by noon the
lawns were literally covers ! with children In
nil sorts nf costumes and Of nil ngei , from
two years up to boys and girls In their teens.
Thcro never was nuoh ti crowd on any
previous occasion , nnd It seemed ns though
no children ever had such fun before. At 2
o'clock President Hurrisoti and his family
nnd guests cnmo out on the roar portico and
watched the sport for nearly an hour , amid
the strains of tno Marino band. Every ono
seemed to enjoy tha fun , Und it wns nearly
dusk before the crowds loft. Thousands of
eggs were rolled down the little hills , nnd
hundreds of llttlo stomachs nro aching to
night as a consequence of the gorging which
went on. To-morrow twenty tnnn nnd sev
eral carts "will bo required to carry nway the
debris. !
Miscntt.A > | nous.
Civil Service Commissioner Lyraan is
working to Imvo the civil service Inw extended -
tended over the ofllco superintendent of
the census , so that all of tha appointments
made to the bureau in this city will como
through the civil service commission. The
proposition Is bitterly opposed by nearly
every ono hero. An effort Is being made to
secure another extension of time when the
civil Borvlco law will take effect over the
railway mall service.
James H. Ellwood of the railway mail ser
vice Is here by invitation of the postofltco
department , It is understood. Congressman
Hopkins mid Mr. I , L. ' .Ellwood made the
light two weeks ago for young Air. Ellwood ,
as a result of which It was agreed that as
soon ns possible n now western division of
the railway mall service should bo estab
lished , with headquarters west of the Mis
sissippi , and J. B. Ellwood put In charge of
It. This , however , will require congressional
action , nnd In the meantime Mr. Ellwood
will probably bo made superintendent of
mulls ut the DCS Molncs ofllcc.
The llrst assistant secretary of the In
terior bus rendered n decision In the case of
Allen vs Reynolds , In which It is set forth
that Harvey Rei nolds mnde n timber claim
entry on January 2(5 ( , 4SS1 , of the northeast
quarter of section 2 , township 23 north ,
rnngo C. west , in the Ncligh land district ,
Nobrasita. nnd that on May 0 , 1SS5 , George
Allen lllod affidavit of contest against the
entry , alleging failure to break nnd plant
trees and cultivate the requisite number of
acres. A hearing before the local olllcors
resulted in a recommendation that the con
test bo dismissed , this notion being ufllrmcd
by tno commissioner of tlio land olllco. The
llrst assistant secretary ufllrms the decision
ot the commissioner In his dismissal of thu
contest , but provides that the entryman be
fore making llual proof bo required to Drove
full compliance with the requirements of the
law , the contest having boon based on the
fact of his Imvlnir broken a fraction less
than the ton acres which is necessary , In
the "Junior contest" 6f the same case ,
Allen , in addition to his former allegations ,
charges that Reynolds tnailo n contract to
deed ono-half of said tract to a Mr. Mouden-
hull if ho would do the Work nnd plant the
trees. As no copy of this motion was served
upon the defendant , and the notice of the
same did not state a causa of action , it could
not bo entertained by the first assistant
secretary , but whllo ho dismisses It ho re
quires that it bo transmitted to the local
ofllco to bo used after proper service shall
hvno been made , as the basis for a now hear
ing upon the charges contained in it.
The commissioner o ' pensions has sent
commissions to the members of the medical
examining boards In Nebraska ns follows :
I. C. Hush , Broken Bow ; G. W. Weetor ,
Grand Island. Commissions have boon sent
to Iowa as follows : L.OWIS Schooler , J. O.
Skinner , J. G. Hill , DCS Monies ; J. T.
French , J. W. FlncrtyJ Knoxville ; A. H.
Stutstnan , Burlington.
AHMV MATTEHS.
Francis C. Grablo , of Omaha , is hero with
the approval of the soqretary of war.
The extension of leave of absence on sur
geon's certificate of disability , granted Second
end Lieutenant J. A. Lock wood , Seven
teenth infantry. March 13 , is further ex
tended two months on surgeon's certificate
of disability. Puituv S. HEATH.
SIX StiAUOHTEttED.
Horrible Murder , ilolihery and Araoii
in North Carolina ,
CHARLESTON , N. C. , April 23. Last Fri
day , W. P. Wood , a farmer , of Mason county ,
returned homo lo find his house in ashes , and
his wife , three sons and two daughters mur
dered. Axes nnd club and two lurgo bowie
knives , stained with blood were found. The
family had beeu murdered and then burned
in the building. A box which had contained
a sum of mouey belonging to Wood , was
found near the house , broken open aud rilled.
Yountr
HIAWATHA , Kan. , April 23. [ Special to
TUB BCB. ] Last night , nbout 12 o'clock ,
Frank Helvoy and Charles Minnik , two boys ,
aged respectively fourteen nnd 11 f teen years ,
broke into John Snydor's house. They sc
oured about 515 in money , but were fright
ened away before they finished their depre
dations. Ttiis morning Sheriff Cashman ar
rested them and lodged them in the county
Jail. The boys are sons of respectable
parents , and the community is In sympathy
with them. The young burglars will no
doubt spend u few years in the reform
school.
The Ccnloiuiliil 1'nrmlo.
NEW Youic , April 22. General Buttcrflcld ,
grand marshal of the civic and industrial
parade of the Washington centennial , sent n
letter to Mayor Grant , to-day , In which ho
announces that the parade wi 11 probably bo
thirteen miles long. It is absolutely neces
sary , ho says , that the streets be cleared of
all obstructions. Mayor Grant Is asked to
co-operate with the pollco to effect this re
sult.
The Went tier IndiuntioiiN. .
For Nebraska nnd Dakota : Haln , followed
by fair weather on Wednesday , winds shiftIng -
Ing to much colder northwesterly.
For Iowa : Rain , warmer southerly winds
followed on Wednesday by colder north
westerly winds.
Itcll'H Hi'Hlcnailon Accepted.
WASHINGTON , April 22. The resignation of
Nicholas M. Hell , superintendent of foreign
mails , postofllco department , has been ac
cepted by the posttnastor-gcnerul.
To Krcct a bounty .lull.
WiLiir.il , Neb. , April 23. [ Suednl to TUB
BKB.J By special election , on April 20 , the
Wllber precinct appropriated $1COO to tlio
erection of a county .Jail , The vote was
unanimous , 210 votes being cast. The fund
is to bo increased by the county to $3,000.
The jail will bo orcclcd'at , onco.
A I''nrm
COLUMIIUS , Neb , , April" 23. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Ben. ] David Brunkon , a
farmer living nine miles north , had his house
destroyed by lire , last evening. The loss
was $500 , Insured jn the German , of Freeport -
port , 111. , for $300 , The family had a narrow
escape.
Aoeldcntiif Shooting.
NiomuiiA , Neb , , April 22. | Special Tele
gram to TUB BEE. ] John Bern , n Boho-
mlun , eighteen years old , was accidentally
shot In the left shoulder und Ride by a shot
gun while endeavoring to break up a dog
tight with the butt end of a gun. It will piovo
futal.
A aiiHolino ftlovo
NEIIIIASKA Crry , Neb. , April 2'J. - | Special
Telegram to TUB HBB. | A gasoline slovo , In
the residence of L. H. Dicks exploded this
forenoon , setting 'flro to the house , which
was destroyed ; loss ubout S3 JO nnd covered
fcy Insurance.
Anxious fo
Nioiiiuiu , Neb. . April ' 52JSi > ocial Tele
gram to TUB Buiil Large numbers c ! "CO-
plo are crossing the Missouri river ut tnls
point , to boon hand , ready for the opening ot
tbo Sioux reservation.
Massachusetts Downs tboVator
Worshipers.
HOT LUNCHES AND OLD MAIDS.
The Allurements Used to Kntlcc
Voters 1'or thn Amendment
A Uglit Vote In
the Hub.
Tlndly Kcnton.
BOSTON , Mass , , April 22. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun UEC.I Constitutional prohibi
tion received n Waterloo In Massachusetts
to-day by the amendment bill bolng defeated
by over yfl.OOO majority.
The day was beautiful nnd outsldo Boston
a largo vote was polled. In the Hub the cer
tainty of n majority ngalnst It caused a fool
ing of indifference nbout voting. The prohi
bitionists tried to tnko advantage of this , for
their only hope of carrying thu state was to
lower the city majority. They spent lots of
money nnd had religious services m the
churches nnd women at all the
polls personally soliciting votes. Hot
lunches were served to these who
voted for them. Sunday school children ,
carrying ( lags nnd prohibition banners ,
marched through the streets headed by brass
bands. They would visit each poll and cheer
for the amendment , but all this brought no
result , the vote In Boston being 69,81)0 ) for ,
and ' .10,749 against. While this Is n fall oft
from November's vote for license , still it Is
only 3J per cent for ttio license party , whllo
over S3 per cent decrease for the prohibition
ists.
ists.Most
Most of the fighting nnd excitement out-
skip the city was In Lowell. The poor
liquor dealers who could not niTord $ r ,000
license , and believed , that they could make
more selling liquor under prohibitory laws
worked hard for the amendment , but were
beaten disastrously. The change of senti
ment throughout the state Is startling.
Capo Cod district is very conservative , and
cranks on local option voted a majority against
the amendment. Cambridge , which , after
n most exciting light gave over 1,000 against
license last fall , polled 2,000 against the
amendment to-day. Somervillc , the banner
temperance city , had its majority for prohi
bition reduced from 2,500 last fall to 200 to
day. Worcester county , the homo of farm
ers , and whore the best cider in the state is
made , would not stand nny prohibition that
prohibited elder , and gave n vote 13,000 for
nnd 17,000 ngrlnst.
Mauy of the smaller towns In the western
part of the state are badly Isolated , so re
turns are long in getting in , but over half
the towns , and all the principal ones , show
that the amendment bus been lost by over
35,000.
Prohibitionists are much discouraged , but
much satisfaction is expressed by the better
class of citizens over the victory.
IOWA NEWS.
The Crcston ainsons.
CKEBTON , la. , April 22. [ Special to TUB
BBE.I G. A. Frnmbes , thlrty-thlid degree
deputy of the Grand Consistory of Ohio , as
sisted by E. C. Harbor , of the same degree ,
deputy of the Consistory of Iowa , and other
equally as high Scottish Rite Masons from
various localities throughout this state aud
Nebraska , organized un A. & A. S. Kite Consistory -
sistory for the United States and territories
hero Saturday evening. The degrees con
ferred were from the fourth to the thirty-
second , inclusive , and on a class of twenty-
six. This consistory now has a membership
of'over 15,000 , and is rapidly increasing.
Degrees were conferred on the following
named Masons hero : T. L. Maxwell , J. G.
Hull , G. A. Avorill , M. F. Anderson. O. A.
Pease , George Van Houton , Q. W. lioniictt ,
T. W. Hobby , D. A. Porter , W. A. Hnwloy ,
W. H. Christie , H. Hutler , W. D. Daniels ,
E. C. Lucas , M. A. Haney , J. H. Harsh , S.
A. Eckorson , C. S. Milluril , .T. A. Uawls , S.
Keinlmrt , II. C. Kirfman , H. T. Hamilton ,
C. W. Eckcrson , Scott Armstrong , F. G.
Eason , A. Hoppo and M. Ehrlich.
The following orders were organized :
Lodge of Perfection , George P. Wilson , T.
1' . grand master ; Princes of Jerusalem , D.
A. Porter , M. E. sovereign ; Rose Croix ,
Rev. F. W. Eason. M. W. aud Per. ; Kadosh ,
W. H. Christie , illustrious commander.
Tliis organization will eventually erect n
Masonie Temple hero that will bo an honor
to the city.
An Unfortunnto Family.
AI.TOONA , la. , April 22. [ Special Telegram
to TUB Hr.n.J There has just happened n
very unusual combination of accidents in
ono family hero. Mrs. H. E. H. Woodrow ,
while getting into her buggy , fell and broke
her arm. She was taicen to n neighbor's nnd
a physician culled , who dressed her arm and
she rested quite well during the night. Mr.
Woodrow came to take her homo yesterday ,
nnd after their return home their little boy
was bitten through the hand by a dog , Mr.
Woodrow , seeing that the dog was going to
make another grab at the boy , ran to his as
sistance , when tlio dog grabbed him by the
arm , above the elbow , tearing the Ilesh mid
muscles from the arm. It then grabbed
him by the leg , near the hip , making a severe
wound before Mr. Woodrow could get to
thu door. When ho readied the door ho
shut the dog out. It Is not known whether
the dog Is mad or not , as ho left homo at
oneo and has not been seen since.
Trouhlo Brewing on thn Hands.
MASON CITV , la. , April 2ii. ( Special Tele
gram to Tim. ] That thcro is trouble brewIng -
Ing between the management , of ) owa rail
road lines and their employes , tlioro Is no
longer doubt. The oftlciuls of the lown Cen
tral and Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul were
In this city , to-day , but for what purpose'
unknown. On Friday the Central Iowa re
duced Its force In all departments of the ser
vice fully ono-thlrd. There are stronir ru
mors of a strike on the Milwaukee on the
port of the engineers und llremen. Most of
them now are working only on half time , nnd
any that they can not und will not submit to
n reduction of mileage , which it is said th >
management now propose to make. The bus
iness is so light , tne oflicmls claim , ttmtthoro
Is no other alternative but to curtail ex
penses in ull departments ,
A County Ho.it Content.
CHESTON , la. , April 23. [ Special to TUB
BnB.J Tha all-absorbing toplu of conversa
tion in this city , is the relocation of the
county scut , now situated at Alton. Citi
zens' meetings have bean call-.nl , not only
here , but m different portions of thu county ,
both for and against thu movement , influ
ential men of this pluco and Afton have lott
their unices , and with a llttlo hat gonu forth
for signers. Speeches Iwvo bairn urulii , and
everything done possible to get signers for
and against submitting the removal petition
to u vote. The tight so far lias been very
bitter.
A Moral \Vuvii nt Crunton.
CitmoN , la. , April 'J--fHpeclal to Tin :
Bun. ] Mayor Patterson , besides pulling
liquor Joints , gambling dons , disorderly
houses , etc. , has now ordered n goueral sus
pension of Sunday trading , Oijar stands ,
barber shops , incut markets , grocery storcn ,
und everything not absolutely a public- neces
sity , lilts been ordered closed nn the Sabbath.
The rule wfinl lut'J effect yesterday. Livery
stables , milk men and restaurants arc ex
empt , A pcnornl cleaning of streets mid
alleys has been ordered , and upon the whole
Crcston will Uo strictly moral.
Alt ! Per Kliv SulTorors.
WATDULOO , In. , April 23. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun HtiK.JA relief train is being
tnado up In this county to bo sent to Dakota
In nld of the ucoplo who suffered from the
prnlrlo fires. A car load of corn was re
ceived to-day from Wnshburn and another
car of smaller grain Is being filled. A car of
clothing , etc. , will bo Illled In the city. H Is
expected that the train will arrive to-mor
row.
A Hey IClllinl l > y tlilio Cars.
COI.VAX , la. , April 20. [ Special Telegram
to Titn Hnn.j A three-year-old child of a
minor named Carlson , living n few miles
north of hero , was run ovorand killed by the
Iowa Northern railway to-day. The child
had boon plavlng In a hole dug out by child
ren near the side of the truck nnd emerged
from It just In time to bo caught by the
train ,
Tlio Dnhmiitu ( nstnmstnrslilp.
DtniUQUt ; , la. , April 22. Senator Allison
has decided to recommend to President Harrison
risen the name of his old law partner ,
George Crane , for the ofllco of postmaster
here.i _
. AN IMPORTANT MOVE.
The Donilwooil Consolidated Milling
nnd Mining Company.
Ltuti CITV , Dale. , April 2J. [ Special to
Tin : Unr.,1 A move of the greatest Impor
tance h : > s taken place in the hills. A meet
ing of the directors of the Uoadwood reduc
tion works and Golden Howard Mining com
panies bus been held , nnd u consolidation of
the two companies effected. It was decided
at n meeting to form n now company enti
tled the Ucadwood Consolidated Mining nnd
Milting company , with a capital stock of
000,000 shares of the par value of $10 per
share , which will bo issued at SI tier share.
Articles of incorporation have been applied
for , and the company will bo organized Im
mediately upon their nrri'nl , aud new stock
will be Issued to thu holders of shares in the
old organizations shortly thereafter. Tlio
Golden Howard Is one of the best mines
in the Uuby district , nnd it was
mainly upon ere from that property that the
trial run of the works recently burned was
inudo. The consolidation of the mine nnd the
mill will add greater stability to the enter
prise. The combination wus effected at the
request of eastern capitalists , who have sub
scribed for stock in the now company to the
amount of $25,000. The remaining 515,000
necessary to erect new works will bo raised
In this vicinity , und for this purpose u report
of the condition of the Golden Reward prop
erty has been ordered to be made and pub
lished by the company. Thomas H. White ,
the mining expert , who recently visited
Mexico Mill other points in the interest of an
English company , has been selected as the
man to make the report , and he
has already entered , upon his duties. The
report will bo compiled mid issued by the
time that the corporation's papers arrive , and
subscriptions to the stock nro solicited. ThU
now enterprise Is virtually the centralisation
of the mining interests of this vicinity , as
the new company intends to purchase a num
ber of oilier properties , nnd also erect cus
tom works. The project is excellent and no
trouble will be experienced in obtaining the
desired capital.
Work has been commenced upon the now
chloriimtion plant in Garden , In the Ida Gray
district , and a degree of activity has been
reached in that vicinity , which surpasses that
of auy mining camp of the Hills ut
present. The general Impression pre
vailing Is that the -now- - process
will prove a successful manner of treating
the hitherto refractory ores , and as there
are numerous bodies of a high assay value
existing in the vicinity , the district , is expe
riencing a "boom. " Hrlcks and lumber are
being rapidly delivered , carpenters and ma
sons are busily engaged , now shafts and
tunnels nro being opened , surveyors nio
staking out claims , old camps arc being put
in tepair , and everything Indicates good
times for the district during the coming sea
son.
son.Prof. . Vincent and a party of English capi
talists interested in the Harnoy Peak Tin
company have arrived in the southern
hills , and nre visitins tlio property belong
ing to the company. It is stated
upon the authority of Samuel Utitc-
myer , the president of the company ,
that 200 men will bo placed nt work on tlio
uroporty in a few weeks , nnd three tin dress
ers accompanying the party are now at the
mines. The company appears to bo deter
mined to commence operations in earnest ,
and the outlook for great activity throughout
the southern hills during the coming season
is most favorable. Tliero is no doubt any
longer of the existence of tin in
ncti quantities in the mines in Ouster
and Peniiington counties , und It Is but a ques
tion of time until the United States will ho
supplied with sufllclent of the metal for
home uonsumtiou from this section.
Ynnlcton Flroiucti Pnrado.
YANKTON , Dak. , April 22. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : UCE. ] Tlio firemen paraded
this afternoon in now uniforms nnd wcro
reviewed by the mayor nnd council. A
feature of the parade was the presence of a
brass band comprised oj Antiel Indians , who
headed the procession nnd inudo excellent
music. To-night a grand ( Iranian's bull is In
progress at Turner hall , the Indian band
furnishing the music.
Indian Jlorse Thloves Captured.
PiBitUB , Dak. , April 22. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Hun. ] About iwonty-llvo
miles southeast of Pierre , on Chapollo creek ,
A. Guthrie , sheriff of Hughes county , after
an exciting chase , captured two Indians who
had stolen seven horses from J. A. Jones.
One was overtaken on Saturday nnd the
other on Sunday. They gave their names us
Iiittlo Heml nnd Fire Tell. Considerable
Qxcltument prevails , but Sheriff Guthrie has
them safely lodged in jail.
St nt Up II'HP Five Yonrs.
VANKTOX , Dak. , April 2) , [ Special Tele
gram to THE HUB. I M. T. McLuuglilln ,
convicted of forgini ; the mumo of Honmon
& Kingsbury to cheeks , nnd negotiating
ono of thorn , was sentenced to-dav by Judge
Trlpp to live years in the Sioux Fulls peni
tentiary. The check negotiated wus
about $10.
Pull Three Hundred Foot ,
DKAWVOOP , Dak. , April 2.2 , [ Special Tnlo-
gram to Tilr Hr.n.J In the Hoincstuku today -
day u minor named Kredoricks fell from the
two hundred-foot to the live Hundred-foot
level , asd was instantly killed.
A J HAHtroiiH Fire.
\VISN-HK , N'ob. , April 2J. [ Special Tele-
grain lo Tun Biii ! . ] Henry Von Sofdern , a
fanner living seven iiillen north of Wlsner ,
lost his burn and agricultural impleincntn ,
ill roe head of horses nn-1 GOO bushels of corn
by lire , last night. The ow-ior was also
badly burned In his efforts to save his stock.
Ho wus kicked by u hcrso and was dragged
out of the burn by his wife , almost lifcles.i.
I'l nvod dp Dyiiiimllo JSnmh < t.
Asmv , Nob. , April 22. | Sicclil : to
TIIK HKJS. | A. man by the nnmo of Males ,
while plowing on a farm of James Snoll , two
mile * cast of Ashland , plowed out a keg con
taining ulghtcen dyimmlto bombs , cap * , and
ubout twenty-live feet of fusa. The kojc liuU
this iippoarmire of huvju buun underground
r. year or more. It was near the railroad
truck.
I'ontoon Iirlduc. ;
DAKOTA CITV , Nou. , April 22. jSpcclal to
Tim HIK. : ] Work on the now pontoon
bridge tit Covington Is projresing ru ; > M1y.
Already Bixty-llvo of the 200 pontoons tire
completed , nnd n gaiii ; of live men nro ut
work on the remaining ones , which nro ox-
peeled fj bo completed in ubout ttlx wttlis
Safe Arrival of a Portion of Thoifl
nt Philadelphia.
CAPTAIN MURRILL'S STATEMENT *
JIo Tells of the Abandonment oCthf
Ill-Fntcd Stcnnier nnd the Trans
fer of Her 1'coplo to
the
- Snfo In Port.
Pnii.ATim.rniA , April 23 , The stentnshl )
Missouri , with 305 people from the wrecked
steamer Danmark , arrived tit the American
line company's dock this evening. All of tin
Dannmrk's passenger ! look hearty nnj
bright , nnd show no signs of the hardship !
which they must have necessarily endured ,
The general passenger agent of the ThliiRi
vnlla line stated that nil would bo forwarded
to tlioir destination from this city If satis
factory arrangements could bo made. Neurlj
nil thu emigrants lire bound for points lu till
west.
Cnntnln Mnrrlll'H Story.
PiiiMDiariiu , April 23 , Captain Hamil
ton Mtirrlll , commander of the Missouri ,
furnishes the following statement :
"Wo loft Liondon with u general cargo for
our llrst trip to Philadelphia on March 23 ,
On April B wo sighted the stuamshlu Dan-
mark Hying u signal of distress. Wo bora
down on the steamer and found her disabled.
Captain ICnudson , her commander , reported
that the tall end of his shaft was broken and
ho wished mo to tnko the passengers to Now
i'ork. Owing to the state of tlio weather
nnd because of thu fact that 1 wus not
prepared to accommodate such a number
of people , I declined to ncccdo
to his request , but offered Instead to tow his
vessel to the nearest port. JTliU offer Cap )
tain Knudsen accepted. The vessel pro
ceeded slowly , heading northwest for St.
Johns , Newfoundland , which was considered
the best port to make under thu circum
stances. The wind blow with trcmcnuoua
force nil night , aud progress wns most dif
ficult.
"On April 0 , at 5:80 : a. m. , finding that wo
could make no headway iu u westerly di
rection , und seeing lea to windward , 1 da-
elded to abandon my hope of reaching St ,
Johns , and determined to make for the
Azores Islands. I signalled my
determination to the captain of
the Danmurk , and he agreed
that this was the best course to pursue. At
7 a. m. the Danmurk signalled , 'We are leak
ing considerably. Tliero is now three foot of
water in the alt hold , and gaining rapidly. ' I
asked what 1 should do , and the signal came ,
'Keep on towing. ' Two hours later tha
Danmark again signalled us that 'The Dau-
inark Is sinking. Wo must abandon tha
ship. Will you take our passengers I" With
out a moment's hesitation I signalled back ,
'Yes ; will take all on board aud do the best
I can.1
"I then cut the tow lines , nnd wo dropped
down to the Danmnrk. Chief Ofllcer Elcn ,
of that vessel , came on board the Missouri
and informed me of the condition ol
his ship. Ho said that Captain
Knudsen uad decided that for the best inter
ests of those on the ship it would bo bettor lo
abandon her and get nil thu people on board
the Missouri while thcro was yettime. . A ,
heavy swell was running during all this ter
rible day. making the work of removing tha
people ire in the sinking ship ono of great
difllculty , and it was only by the hardest
kind of work that wo were able to avoid ac
cidents both the people und to the coats *
The women nnd children were removed first ,
und after them the male passengers aud
crew.
"At 2 p. m. wo finished the work of trans
ferring the passengers , having consumed
nearly five hours , and getting everybody
with the exception of the oillcers safely on
the Missouri without a single accident of any
kind. An hour later the barometer began ,
falling , und I sent word to Captain Knudsoa
and his olllcors to leave the ship aud coma
on board the Missouri , and after getting ; n
some provisions from the Daumark , which ,
had now settled very perceptibly in tha
water , that vessel was finally abandoned , i
Captain Knudsen being the last to leave thu
ship. I then counted heads and found thab i
wo had , in addition to our own crow , forty-
five men und four passengers , 000 cabin and
steerage passengers , andslxty-nlno of the of
fleers and crew of the ill-futcd steamer.
"Our last view of the Danmark showed
the vessel to bo rapidly going down , her
stern being almost oven with the sea , and
the water brcaKing over hor. Wo throw
overboard most of our cargo , consisting
principally of bales of rags , in order to make *
room for the large addition to our passen
ger list. On looking over our provisions wo t
found , after n careful estimate of the
number of mouths to feed , wo had only
cnouirh food on board to last three days , and
I decided to make all possible haste to reach
St. Michaels , which was 720 miles away.
"On April 7 , at 12 a. in. , about ten hourt
after the transfer was inado , Mrs. Llnna
aged eighteen ycu'rs , u Danish woman who
was on her way to America to moot her hua
band , gave birth to a girl In my cabin. Tha
little stranger was christened Atlanta Miss
ouri. The child was born during u howling
storm , which rocked thu vessel und caused
the sea to break over us. We had started
for St. Michaels with ull on
board ut 5 p. m. of the Otli
The weather very threatening and the wind
increased in violence ns the night were on.
Everything possible was done to inuko tha
passengers comfortable. Awnmgs und sulla
wcro brought out and used as a partial Viro-
tectlon to the panic-stricken emigrants. Tha
gale kept increasing in fury , nnd u tremendous
deus sea wns running , which was continually
breaking os-or the vessel , and , taken alto-
gettier , things looked dubious , Hy daylight ,
April 8 , however , the gale materi
ally decreased , and wo were nbla
to make fair progress , and oa
April 10 wo arrived nt St. Michaels. Oil
April 11 wo landed , ' 1TO of the passengers and
crow of the Dunmark , including Captain
Knudson. On the same day wo sailed
from St. Michaels with : ) ii5 people from the
Danmurk , Including eight of the crow of that
vessel. We hud Hue weather nil the wuy to
Philadelphia , und a remarkably small
amount of sickness on board , considering
the crowded condition of our boat. "
To-night ut 11 o'clock u special train on
the PciiiiBjlvunin road conveyed nearly ,
three hundred of the passengers towards
their domination in thu west and northwest.
The remaining sixty-live or thereabouts , who
wuro destined for points In the
cast also loft over the same lino.
The majority of those bound wc t
nro going to Minnesota , Dakota und other
points In that section , while u few go us fur
as Washington tcrritor.v. They will bo no-
companlcd by agents of the Thlr.gvullu Hue ,
nnd v\lll ho roprovlsinncd at Chicago ,
The Dual leave-taking between Captain
Murnll und the passengers of the Danmurk
was affecting. For ull of these who grasped
his hum ! , the master had u smile and u kind
word of well-wishing.
Hellof For ItcHtltutu K m turn lien.
WASHINGTON , April 22. Secretary Win.-
dom aiithorUcs to-day the commissioner of
emlgrutlon ut Philadelphia to use the emi
grant fund In meeting all proper expenses In
giving relief to the ilcbtltuto emigrant pas-
scngurs of the wrenko 1 steamer Danmurk.
brought to Philudciphlu on the steamer Mis
souri ,
Cdliiinhiu' Dally Pup or ,
C'oi.t'Miii'K , Nob. April 23 , [ Spooiul Tola-
jrrni'i to Tm : HBB. ] THe Dully Telegram ,
c-'lted by D. F. D.wh , made Its lint appear-
ancu M 5 p , m. , to-day , The Democrat , n
weekly paper , will bo changed to the WecU ;
Telegram , The ritl/cns uro celebrating it'i
advent this uvenSntr , and congratulutiuf Mr/
'Javis on hh now enterprise.