Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 22, 1885, Page 1

A3 \ A g THE OmMAHA DALY BEE - FIFTEENTH YEAR OMAHA, YUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1885, NO. 8o0. LURES LIBERTINE, Cradled in Anict oretic Kiogston, Ho Descends to toe S ams of Boston, The Life and Love of a Massa~ chuse:ts Benefactor, The Dual Existence of a Dis- tinguished Brothel Keeper, His Name and That of His Mistress Hmbslm-d io & Gorgeons Semin- ary—Other Ceiminal Matiers, THE KINGSTON HYPOCRITE. DEATH OF AN AGED BUBORDINATE OF BATAN —THE DUAL LIFR OF A DEVIL AND HI8 MISTRESS Bpecial Telegram to The Bz, Bos1ow, Sept. 31 —There died in this city, Friday, the 4 hinst, Edwa:d S Sanborn, an old man who has been known to the police for many y: ars a1 propriotor of various houses of prostitation. There was buried 1n Kinga- ton, N H., thrae dage Later, Maj. Edward 8. Banboin, & con picuous, public spirited «m, widely knowa in his n\tive s a%oas & lib- cral patron of tho cawse of edusstion aad re- liglon, The strasge story of dual life truth- fully spp lies to the same individual, Ts wa: revesled by a ccn'est just begun over the set- tlement of hia large estates. The litigation which is peadiog will doubiless devslop the greatect sccal soncation New Eogland hus ha for man; a day. Tdward Sauborn csme of good Now Hamp- shire stock, wes biru 63 years 1go, in Kinis- ton, w8 was his father betors him, -~ One of bis sisters, the widow of the law Dr. Burilett, grandson of Guv. Bartlett, ono of the signers of the D claration of [udepsudencs, still ce ou ien one of the finest reeide in town. But I8 iwerd hud in his comporiticn a streak of grossners that with his more aristocratic instinets, made a straugs combnati o, About thirty yoars bg ) he secius to buve deliberately determinud to liv d uble exrtence. Ia his owntown he led an upricht life, supported arious public im, roveu (nte, ond in turn had been non sed by bis fellow townsmen, who a few yeurs sgo seut himm to represent them in tho legis ature. Bu, although retaluing his oitiz uship o Kupstos, SinSorn rpect tue greater portion ot L18 \ims during there three decad.s in Boston, His reco d ia this city bas bren thut of a libertine aud an unicru- putons money gotter. His share of the estate of his tatner, who ditd about twenty-five years 8 wus rome 837,000 Ta company with various womn he cowminced keeping brothels ut th west end. The places were nou of the lowest rort, and hs made money quite rapidly. Heiucreased bis investm-nts in pefarious houser, and coutirued to grow rich uunl he accumulated fully 8250,(0), He lived a most m serab e xistence No one enjoyed baviog buswe:s dealligs with him, for he 1wsisted on realizing mors for bis money thau auy oue elss ¢ uld got. So parsiwenions was he in his life lu this city that even after| he bec.me feeble he would walk s mile snd a half rather th.n psy horse car faro. His last #ohewe in Bostcn way uoceriaken about five years ago, when ho propwed to build a most Rorgeous house of prosticution in the country. The build ng was erroied, but before it coud be devoied to the vils purpose proposed the own:r was takon reriouJy Ul and he finally was compell d to eell 16, Abut seveuteen years vgo Saub ra met, iu this city, Mirs Julia A, Hilwn, then & pretty girl from Meune, Fiom that time uoul her death in April lust_ho two lived togoth-r. The mss elnsere sffsotion scewed always to exist be- tween them, ' ut thev weie nover married, Miss Hilwon was a partner ia a'l the business schemes of her puramour, o d durmg 1hs last few years ehe bad b eo s of & house of ill repute at N 20 Liywau strest, which San- born owned, aud where he made his home aud finally died, She was s shrewd s business man- ager as he, and sc uvulated property which has juss baen inventoried at over $30,000. After makiog & tew rifling biquests, shn be- ueath-d most of the pioperly to S nborn Tor will has 0ot yet beeu probated and her relatiyes in Mainy will contest it «n the ground of undue infla nee «n the part of 8.1 born, The trial of this cass will bring out the same story that the contest of Saubirn’s will will exposs, Me Saub.rm began ub.ut five years ago to courider plaus for the dis- posal of his wealth A will which he made at that time bequeathed $10,100 to Dartmouth college, aud made s sisters and thres children and & son of ex-Governor Noyes of Obiv, tex 10 all, his residu.ry lega- tees. Gove nor Noyes, it should bo eaid, ‘was & +ohool mate of Suuboro in New Homp- shire Not loug after thero was a breach in thy relations between Saaborn and his heirs- at-law, caured by reports being broughs to bim to the ¢ff ct that they deuounc.d bim for his maoner ot ife in Biston Ho declared he wou'd strike all mention of them from his will. At the eawe time he said to frisuds he had noy fels satifiod to 1rave his property to Dartmouth, becsu: o it would be meuti med for | day and thin weuld be forgo ten He wantud to do something for kis own town and &% the ssmo time have & memorial of bis vwn nume. He proposed also 10 immortalize the 2sms of his wisiress for during the last yoira of his life ho msads noseciet of his relations with her, Hoeven yrovifed i his will she <hould be buricd by bis +ide it #he or hee frionds de- sired it sud he had ercd in the village cemetery a mazuiticent white manb'e moou- ment. In 858 Sa.born cetermined to found and endow au academy, which would per- grtume the memory of biumself aud mistress. 0 bought a fiue locaticn of several & resnear the center of the town of Kiogiton sud built an elegant brick and groute edifics for the purpose. 1t 18 & buldiog probubly bettr adapted o cduosional purposes vhan any iv the state, audt archiwcturally ic s the finest struciure withio mauy miles Ths buidiog itself snd two claboracely archod puteway- are plainly loscribod “saabora Seminary.” The buildiog was fiui-hed about a year sgo, and complet:ly furnirhed and ready for veou: panoy. e ooastruoiion way carelully super- totentended by Yoth donors Miss Hiton furpichid the Lbrury, aud fo s roow decigned forithas been pliced her life size bust, deli- cately cut in mabe. I iepresents her a8 8 rose of beauty; her features aro classical, delioste and refived So perfect are the lines that the easual observer gots the tmpressin that it is un idesl boead, snd the thought that it reprcsents & mistress of & brothel is revolticg and alwost beyoud credencs, In the hull betwern the waic walrways is a niche contuiuing a similsr bu ¢ f Sautorn, He was & snall o with par- ow forsh ad, but his vrey hair and'lung shite beard give hin & very patristchial sppesr- co. Below the bust is » rables in-eribed: ‘This seminary was founded sni «n lowed and this build n; erected by Edward Steven nbo/n n token of his r gerd for his Bative town sni his apprecistion «f the importance of education, A D, 188" The library was presented by Julis ‘Auu Hilton, Sinos the character of Sanb.rn sud the source of his wealth bar become kn wa by bis towns: men, there has bacn great deal of discussion over thoacceptan v of his benefactions, e —— Deules Bhe At mpted to Poison Her Hu baud, Niw Yonx, Sept 20.- [Special to Chicago Times ] ~William Darcach, broth r of Mis. Waud, of Mon‘rea), who, sccordisg §0 & story telegraphed from that city, was accused by her busbaud's friends of un attemwpt to poison bim, is @ resident of this city. Mr, Darrach oald to-day: *‘The story that Mre, Waud flad from Montreal ls false. She oama to New York » week ago an 1 remained days at ty honso.” meditated doing it, or that she has written any words which indioste any such purpose Mra. Wand denies that she +t- termpted t5 poicon her husband or that she ROUMELIA'S RISINC. proper relations batween hor and young Al- bert Smith, Briefly, her story is this, as her brother o8 it: Mrs, Boaudry, who in the published story is said to have led her as!ray, was her companion for several weeks thin summer at a waterirg place near Quabec, They saw on board of the boat from Montreal to Qushec, Albert Smih, of Montreal, whom Mrs Waud knew, and who was equally weil known to the Waud family at home, Arriviog at Quebec they parted from Smith, and Mrs Waud and Mrs. Beaudry went to tha sesside alone. Returnivg 0 Montresl, Mra. Waud began to correspond with Albert Smith, to whom she con- fided that the had had a misunderstanding with ber husband. She ma; ve usad bit- ter and passionate expressions concerning her busband in her lettirs to Swmitl Mr. Waud's relatives in tome manner obained posiession of these letters t) your g Smith They worked on Mre, Waud’s fears, prophe- eying all kinds of thibgs would be- full ~ her frightening her g0 that she was powerless to act for hersell, and they sent haron to New York to her brother, Mr, Waud, at the request of his fawily, under- went » medical exsmination afcer her depar- ture, and no trouble that could bs traced to pois'n was found, In Saturday’s Moutreal papers Mr. Waud contraricts and deuies the stutoment that his wife attempted to poison him, He Feen the Cliy and 18 1n for Repairs, MiLwavker, Wis, Sept. 2).—The Rev, Robert Sloes, of Greanburg, Iad., was taken to the Milwaakee county hospital tp day to recover from the effects of a week's debauch in this city. Ten daysago he engaged a room over a Weet Water streot saloon, sayiog that he proposed to “'see the city.” Soon after ho took two hali-gallon juge filled wi h whitky to his spactments, and he has mnot reen @ eobar moment sinco, Loast night Lo was taken very 11, nud when the police rrepouded to o call they found him in an in- eeneible condition, from which he hay not yet fully recovered. In his room was slso a quantity of opium, of which he is thought to have partaken freely durng his stay ¢ ere He 1a re dily identifiod by numer u receipts, his balt-fare permit on the Ciccinvati, Iudian- St. Louis & Chicago rail way, the man- useript of several sermons #nd other docu- ments Haviog taken nocaro of himaclf for the Jast two days biis bed and room were ip a con- ditivn that was disgusting beyond deserip- tion, When he arrived in the city he was well dressed, vout and tidy in his a, pasra and carri d in his vali-e a quantity of cloth- ing, which indicated his intention of beive ab. eent from homs for some tune, He ia vbout 40 yours o1, wesrs n dark chin-bsard, aud has the appearavce of being, what articles found wpon bim indicate, a wearer of the clerical gown. He will be woll cared for at the hospital, where he was taken this evening. e The Indiana Bosd Swindle, Inpisanarous, Ind., Sept. 2L.—A new phase of tho Iodiana township bond swindle was developsd hare to-day. Horetofore it has been generally understood that these wa:rants were simply fraudalent; that they had been isucdin payment for goods that were never deliverad, aand that Pollard and the dishorest trustees sharad in the procaeds T.-day B igar Stark, ¢ .suier of the Civcionati Natioual bavk, came to the ciy bungivg £36)0 of warrants, purporting to b isiuad by Eraest Ki'z trustre of the township in which this city is eituated. Ths wariants ware tubwitted to the insprction of Me K1z who pronounced them forgeries The war rants were oudorced by R. B. Pollard, snd were placed with the Ciucinnati bank as col- lateral by G E. Cook, proprietos of \he rus- vauded Jeunings county bank, of North Vernon Mr. Stark retamed a firm of law- yere in the interast of his hank, and what further steps will bs tukeu is not yet knowan. [ —— A Coon K ling Over a Orop Division, Torska, Kan., Sept. 20.—[3seclal to the Chiosgo Tribune ]~In a quarrel here this morning over a division of crops J, W, Jones shot and killed E, H. Whits. Both are col- ored men, and Jones has bien working White's farm cn sbares, They have had con- siderable controversy for a year. White levied on the crop of corn yesterday, and in tryiog to effect a settlement ti-day on the form, four miles from the city, dispute 81038 with the above result, White has b-en a member of the rchool byard of this ci y, bas edited the Coloreti Citizen and Tribane news- papers, and been quite prominent in local p itics. Jomes claims he did the thootng in walf-defense, White baviug threateued his life, The thootiog was done with an old army mus. ket. the ball peustrating the stomach, ~Afcer receiving the shot Whito stegzered toward Joues, when the Ia ter broke ths gun over his head, White di-d in a few moments snd Jones gave him-elf up to the sheriff, — Fatal Family Diunks. Sramrorp, Ky., Sept. 21.—William Ball, a promineut disiller, was shot and kiled by bis son George, near here, The two had been drivkiog and quarreled, Young Ball was ar- rented, Pcmisvicie, Pa, Sept. 21L.—A horrible tragady occarred lant eveuing at Silver O evk, # winng village near here, Patrick O'Nrill aud wife lived with sn old woman, O'Nill’s aunt, whom Mrs. O'Neill accused of being the iusugator of frequent quarrels be- eween herself and bu band. ~ Yeeterday was the occation of a carousal and quarrels at O'Neill’s house, Old Mrs K-ff, the auat, was in bed, and Mrs, O'Neill takiog advan- tage of the opportunity severed her head from ber body with an axe, Mrs, O'Nsill was drunk, o ——— A Jall De'ivery Frustrared. Kansas Oiry, Mo, Sept. 21 The Times’ Navade, Mo, vprcial: George Thompacn urd X iward Hicds were jailed bere last Fridey for robbery. This moraing the sheriff dis- ocovered they had sawed theough the bars of their cell, formed a plot to kill him, and lib- erste P, P. Star, who is to be hangad next mouth for murder, and then escape, A sat of burglars’ twls were fouad sewed iaih ir cuffs, and $2 000 was accidentslly discovared +ewed up in Trompron’s underwear. Hinds' valise contaiced a stick of dynamite Thomp- #on has been identified a» & notorious crook, o — The (onks §ns stion Tonta, Mich,, Sept, 20.—Aldrich, wife and sop, who resiated the officers 80 sucsessfully Saturday, and finally caws to jail, but refused to give up their arms, were disarmed by the officers duriog the day Sunday, The officers seemed to have been much overawed by the 0-called prisovers, The house, barn, straw- stacks, und everything bslonging to the Ald rich family, except 8 wagon, were burned to ashes Jast night. The prisoners will bo ar- raigued this morniog — School House Burned, Special Telegram to The Bak, CoLunBbus, Neb,, Sept, 2L —The Pat Mur- ray school house, ln echool distrizt No, 8, was burned to the ground last nlght. Th the third school housa burned io the last mos th, i’:x vosed work of incendiaries, They should ung, o — Escape of Prisoners, Steubenville, Obio, Sept, 21.—Twelve per- #ous, prisor ere, (scapsd from the Jeflerson county jail last night by sawiug the cell win- dow bars and wakirg » hole !args enough to creep through. No impertant were amorg thew, Noos Lbave besn re \ured, chuiacters Varions Foreign Capitals, Eurofienn Powers Opposed to th Proceeding, The Cholera’s Course in the King= dom of Italy. Socialists in London—Disastrous Flood in 8pain—A Fall in Enropean Becuritles, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, THR RTUMELIA RISING. Sr. Prrensnuno, September 21, —The Rus- sinn press is jubilant over recent events in enstern Roumelia, but seemed surprised at the suddennes: of the rising and express be- licf that tha vffalr was arrapged at the meet- ing of emperors at Kremsiar, LONDON, Sapt. 2) —The Standard, com- menting on the risiog in eastern Roumelia, says: ‘‘We cannot believe that the piwers interested were ignorant of what was comivge If they were crava trouble may arise, Kn- gland 'has only thy faintest intcre:t, while Austria and Gurm iny are bound to ¢)-operate in keepivg the B orlin traaty intact, snd ic remsias to be seon how it will atfecs Russia, It tho trea'y prwers are acting in concers the sultan is poverlons,” PHILLIEPOLIS, 2l.—Agents to all RTBAL LOWe 4 ricnatory Lo the tresty of Berlin sent dispatches to thoir respeciive govern- ments npproving ths movimanie of Fiidey last. It 1+ rumored in tho va ious contul.tes in this city thay the ambassadors at Coustan- tinople have succee led in cisuading the porie from sending Tarki<h tro'ps to eastern Ro- 1aelia to regain p §sestion of th country. Privce Alixander of Balgaria, is expe tad to arrive hore to.day, Ths princs is rec.iviag enthusiastic o ns ab overy etation slong the route from Sofia, Paris,Sept. 21 —Frerch diplomats hope ths cusbreak in R u oelia will unite E- gland and Fiance. Inview (f the risiog bi g _an ap- parent scheme for the partition of Turkey Freanch 1 ewspapars urga that I'ance ehould acs coutiously in dealing wish ‘he matter and await a de_lara f Lord Salis uy’s pol- jey. Eiad Pucha, Tuckieh awbss had o long interview with Da Freyi ne regard- ing the insurrection in Eastern Rou aelia VIENsa Sept 2 .—An ioepiced article in the Feomderblatt states thot the uoio istic tend: ney of the Bulgarinns and Rumeli s have epeatedly excited the sericus astention of political circles. The powers, tha paper Bays, continus to cherish a de.ire to respect aud muintan the treaty of Beilin, The acton of Prince Al xander of Bulgais, in placiog himsalf ard his army at the head of the risivg, constitutes a geave violation of internstional taw, [t1s achallenge to Tarkey. Euarove caenot, for the beuefic of & snge Balkan | state, endorss this fnfracti n of treaty rights, entailiog cisrupiion of the balance of puwer and of the vational political fo ces of the Baksa penineuls, a« fixed by the Boerlin | treaty It i« premature to ray d fiitely what | o mmon action w1l be taken by the prers, ' bus it is certain thas the movement will be |koptin the nurrowest possible bounce, the PowCIs retainiog tupreme coutrol of events i th: Bulkaos Beruiy 8 pt 2L, —The Zeitung is contident thit tue nowers ura sble to deal with the crids. Vavious Kuropean ambassadors ou furlough a6 hurryiog to their posts, Sorra, 8ept. 21,—Gubnel Pachs, the de- posed governor of Kot msha, is 8 prisuner here, The national asembly bas been cummoned to meet Wednetday, THE CHOLERA, Roe, Sept. 21 —R-portafeom Palermo re- garding tLe progresa of the cholera ehow a dis tressic gatate of » ffaire provalling there. Thirty thousand paople have fl:d from the city; all shups are closed; the streets are almost de- serted; there is great scarcity of food and water, and the epldemic is increaring with frightful rapidity, atu.cked by the peopls every tims ihey attempt to diemnfect the houses where the disease exists, and meetwith great difficuley io carryiog on the work, Rowuk, Sept. 20. - The kivg has eent a dis- patch 10 Palermo expressivg greas sympathy for the suffering people. His majosty - lso sopt 810,000 (o be distributed among them, and places his villa at the dirposal of the sufforers, During the past twenty-four h' urs there have baen 182 new cases aud 123 denths from cholera reportea in Palsrmo. Rowk, Sept, 1.~ 8 x nsw ocases of cholera threo desths were repynted in Parma during the past twenty-four houcs, snd at Rovigno two new cases aud one death, GippaLTER, Sopt. 21.—There were thirty- eeven new caes of cholera aud f urteen deaths reported in the Spanish lines here ye-terday. Roye, Sept. 21.—The cholera is epreadiog in Sici v and the sicuati n is becoming weri- ous. Every town is cordoned, Coiflicts be tween the populace ard military me con- tinuatly ceeurring, and many persons have bern wounded, A large military force is to be dispaich:d to theiclun 1 to restore order, EOCIALISTS IN LONDON, Loxnox, Sept. 21, —An immense eocialist meeuing was held yeserday at the Lims houss. Thecrow ! prevented many attewpts of the police to arrest the speske s, but the officers fioally succeedrd io arresting Maon, recretary of the rocialistio liague, snd seven eprotatirs. Snvaral desperate aitempts were made by the mob to rescus the prisoners from the police bu; wers kept bacs by the free ure of tha polic-men’s c'ubs, The prisoners were to day br.ught b-fre the migistrate snd fined #ud iwprisoned for s shors period. DISASTROUS ¥LOODS, Mapsmn, Sept. 21 —Diastrous raine occurred in the southeastern part of Span duwing the pust twen'y.four hours. The ruin d scended in torren s, #n' #00n the nv. veifl swed their baok-, causng immensn do truction of property snd loss of wany lives, houser, teces an deat 1s being cirried ut to tea by the raging flood, which strotches for miles wroun i the city. A FALL IN BTO0KS, LONDON, Sept. 2L —Thare heavy fall to-oay in 1oternadonal securities, caused by events the past f w duys in R umelia, Tha AvVer ge lnlrm Turkish thares was from 2 to b n Frouch, 8 per ceut; gentee, 1 per in Russisus, 1 per cent, AN EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY, Roxg, Sept. 21 - Repeated she oks of earth- quake were felt 10 Bunevento to-day, causing # panic amoug the inhabitants, many of whom flsd from the town. A laige portion of the populace 18 camping cut in anticipation of fusther shooki TROUBLE IN ALBANIA, CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21,—Avarchy pre- Ibama Turkish troops and & body ave had an engagement 1o Prisrend. Nive battalioos of Turkish troops have been dispatched to the ecene of the trouble, CHINA MASSING TROOPS, Pavis, Sept 21— Alumirg reports were received here to-day, to the ¢ffect that China is massing » large force of troops upon Tunquin feontier, IN THE HANDS OF BRIGANDS, SaLonica, Sept. %1.—Rriganda have cap tured the Archhishop of Verias his piece and suother lady, Toey demand £3,00 for the ransom of ¢ ! P o — The Canadian Bcourge, MontieAL, Can., Seps. 2. —Twenty-eight 1 dosths from small-pox here Saturday, and The_sauitory officers are | 4 forty-one yesterdsy, making a total for the week ended last nignt of 216, Haurax, N, 8, Sept. 21,—The reported owe of emnll.pox at Wallacs hmbr, Cumber- land oounty, has caused considerable scare among the residents. A s.ilor, who was landed there by an American vessel, after- ward became ill, and the doctors pronounced the disease small-pox. Moxrara, Qaa, Sept. 21, The number of small-pox casss 1n St Henrl fa incressing Alarge parconiaze of the psople met on the strests of the village are fresbly p ckmarked, and nothing is done to check the dimase Owing to the death of some porsons in the eastend of ths city who wers not vaccinated +nd the rec)very of others wh) have been in- ooilated, many unbelievers in _ this mthid ot fghtig the disease ary snbmitting themselves to the operation, Tae disonse has mde it appeirance at [ber- villa in this provines, At a meetiog of the 'tz ns of St. Jos ph parich it was etated that the numbar of emall-prx cases in that place had pread to an alarming extent The Fronch people, it was smd, were careless ab ut the matter, and there was danger of & atfll further increase of the diseaso, - e— SPORTING AvFAIRS, RACING FOR THE RINNETT CUP. SANDY Huok, Sept. 21, - At2 p. m. nothing was seen of the yachts Genesta and Danutless which are to compstein » race from Sandy Hook Light ehip around Brauton's reef light #hip oed retuen, The wind i\ hight from the southe ust, the weather partly cloudy aud there ia & mod: rato sen Ca'ionary atuim tignals wero displayed this morning and iudications are of northeasterly winda and rain When near Sandy Hook lightship this afternoon, tow lues were cast «ff end the yachts mude anil avd praparad for a long trip, Ihe Luckeubich gave a preparatory sians at4:40 p m,, having placed her elf in poiten » liutle to southwest of the lightship, The Dauntlecs was under main and foresail, fore- stay sail, j b, fiyivg jb aud main c'ub top sail which covered her main gaff topswil The Genestn careicd & main 9.il, forestay auil, jib Hyiog gib, aud club topssil :10 the signal ©) etart was given, The ere then southwest £ the commitice wsing the live wan 5:13 and the Dountless £:23 Thus the former was haudicapped 8 minutes : nd the latter minutes, The Dauatle:s had set her j b, topail, snd main topmass stuyeall, The (snesta did not ket any more wal, but 8000 aftes eros«ing the line he cros ed the Dauntless ond bgan leaviog hier. Tae yachis were headifig ewstward The wind was véry light from south south- west and t © weathar olear, with a long swell on the ccann. At [i:30 the Genesta was abont o mils swhead. Wh n darknes set in the Geneata was obzerved to be nearly two milos ah-ad of tha Dauntless, Toa Luckenbich had lefs them and was headiog for home, Iraving ths Ocaan King to keep the yachts company. Toeir progress was not very fass s the wind was still very light, The ttat in ths yacht raca for the Bren- ton’s Reef chal:nge cup was wade this ufir- noon. Ap Awerican and an Austrian bark, which cleured this morniog, we e not sble to work off tha shore, ths wind having wona down, {hey were core to the lighrship and were tha only vesels in +ight, excent the ut hoat which does station du The tug :ann Kiog ©oes duty s » committee bo t, maguificont trophy, valued at 3 was offered by Commodore Jumes Gordon Bennett in 1872, avd is op'n &0 bo coutested for by yachts of sl nations The ditancs is fron: Sandy Hook lighsbip aronud Bienton’s resf lightship off Nowport borbor aid return, ateut 500 milea It was tirat won Ju'y 27, 1872, by the Rambler 0 houre, 5 mins , 59 recs, ind the same yacht succeesfuly detended it Sopten bar 21 Cfthat year o 43 hours, 25 mins, 32 eecs GATHERING HOSTS. Repablioars «f the Empire Siale As- sembliog for Their Convention, No Certainty as to ths Nominee for Governor. Supposed that Cornell Holds the Balance of Power, Probable Planks of t*o Platform— ‘Washington Notes - Notes trom the Railroads, (RSN NEW YORK vOLI'ICS. DELEGATES OATHERING FOR THE EEPUBLIOAN BTATE CONVENTION - THE CANDIDATES AND THE OUTLOOK. Sarato6A N, Y., Sept 21.—Delogates to the republican state convention are arrivicg in large vumbors to-day. There ssems as yss to be 0o coucentration uon any one candi- dato. There have been ab.ut twenty-hve rawes mentioned for tha firet place on ths ticket, the most promioent of whom are Alovzo B. Cornel!, Cornclius N, Blies, Lin W. Davenport, J. W, Deexal, Josaph B, Carr, Losvi P Morton, James D Warren, Willivm H. Seward aud James Wadsw rth, New York county is #sid to hod the key to the tiuation, and the city delegatos acs hard at work tryiog to harmonizs upon a candidate. A quict movement 18 on foot, it is eaid, to mace Col. Fred Grant the nomiuee for secrc tary of state. 3 Dele gates fairly swarmed in'o tywn on the aftrrnoou traines, and scenes about the hetels to night ars decidedly avimated. At this hour (11 p, m ) thers 14 0o changs in the situation from that indicted early 10 the day, except that Cornelins W, Blisa and Levi' Murtoo have tken the ' lead. leaviog Cornell a good thicd, While this is a fact, it is very app.rent that Cormell blocks the way to reaching sn ami- ciblo arrangiment without cousiierablo diffi ulty, an! unlew he can be gotten rid of by the friends of the other two geutiemen they will havs hard work ia carrying out their wishes, It is underatoood thwt Cornell holds & rufficient number of votes in the Now York gation 1o embarrass Blies and Morton, sud it is probable that this m.y necessitats thy naming of a new man, Saratoga, Sept 21, - MIDNIGHT — The Ki gs rounty (Brooklyn) dulegation held conferencs to-night and spuointed a commit- tee to cofer with Naw Yok couaty dele wn'es with & view to selec ing o canlida‘e upon whom both delegations cud unite. The state commi tee to-mgat held a me i g and decided 10 recommend the s*lection of Seoator Warren Miler for temporary chir- wan NEw YORK, Sept 21,—Tha Tribune's Sara- tova speawl on the forthcoming republican convention will ssy: Scveral p-rsons have been_preparing planks for the platform, and wn effoct will ve made to have it concias, snd at the gams time embraca the isru-s upon which the party will appeal to the voters, Senntor Miller proposes s p otention plink which will accept the revised tariff as s.tulic g the taiff question until a rew census is tuken, and aeprecating any further agitation of the qasstio s until trale is_better and the wages of laborers higher, Corporal Tanuer will propote m civil servics plank which will o The third racs was July 29, (:76 when tha Tdler wou 1cin the fwctimo of 32 hours, 18 mins , 16 sace, ‘I'he Id er b-ing ruhsequently +old t0 2o to QFicago, the cup rever o4 to the Now York Yueht cub, and the present is the fourth contest for it, THE TURP. NEw Yorg, Sept 21 —To-dy closed the neason at Sh-epehead Bay track, Tha run ping was in the main spiritles,, In the third race a good deal of dissati-facion was muifested 1n giving the rase v T.m Martin, T was the ppular opioion that it was a dead head or Long Kuit won the raca, Firet race—¥or all ages, non-winning al- lowanca - seven-eighths of amile: Dacoy Duok won, Pontiac second, Sum Brown, third. Time, Tores-quarters of a mile—For two-year- : Tospsctor B won, Bizgonet rec.nd, Scot- tieh Lass third, Time, 1:17, Mileand one-eighth - For three-year-olds aud upwarde: Tom Martin won, Hovg Kait secon 1, Swifth third, Time, 1:58. Mile and thies-eighths t'or three-year- olde: Greeufield won, Uarest secoud, Punka third. Time,2:283, Mile and’ » quarter —For throe-year-olds and upwarde: Freelaud won, Sovercign Pat second, Ten Strike third, T me, 2:124. Mile and an eighth—Longview won by a neck, Parole and Santa Claus dead heat for seound place, Tume, 2:00} BASE BALL YaSTRRDAY. At Brooklyn - Ciuciuna'i 3, Brooklyn 6. At Philudelphis ~Athietic 11 Louisville 6. At Buff \lo—Buffulo 0, New York 10 A Bloomingt n, L —Bston 1, Providenc 7. Exhibition game, THE TRIGGER, New YORK, Sapt. 2L, - The Hilton trophy, wor:h $3 001, was to-day shot for at Orved- woie by three teams of twelve men each—tha Uuited states regular srmy team and the New York apd Poiladclghis state teams The shooting was st 200, 700 and 6)0 yards, seven shots afeach dlstince, standiog b first snge aud optloval sttitudes at otbers, Th+ regulars won ith 997 gus of o possible 1,260 puints; the New York sia o tesm 963, and the Penusylivania btate team 947 poiuts, Holman's Sluwbac Robes, WasHINGTON, D, C,, Sept, 19~A story on C.ngresswan Holman, the great demoorat obj-cior aud economist, hiw fullowed him b ck to Washiogton from a military post on the frontier, Acc mmoditions were ecarca 01 Mr, Holman doubl.d up with a1 army ffizer. * Batter blow out that light, csptain it draws the mosquitose,” suid he congee mau who bad disrobed to his shirs, and was vvidently husitatiog about the next step. The cap ain was busy with his owa prepa a‘ions for bsd sud did not ast on the sugwesticni, Suddeuly turn n¢ howaw the s, are farm of Mr Holman in puns pa uralibus dirappea 10g be- oeath the shests, *‘Let me laayou a nigot whirt,” said the offiser, thinkiue that the con- wrowman bad myleid that article of bis ward- robe and was embariased for waat of it. “Toank you. ciptale; butnive: miod,” ra- plied Mr, Holmun, * bat we never wear such hings i my deestriot” L — Dakota's Countiu lon Makers, 810vx FaLLs, Dak., Sept, 21.—The threat- ened troubles ia tha constitutioual convention were adjusted by the adoption of a substitute tor Campbell’s il of rigte, which declared all political power inherent in the peopls, Allfree goveruments being founded on their authority, they bave the right to alter the forms of gaverument, aud declares the state of Dakots au iuseparable part of the uuion, and the f-deral constitution the supreme law oi the laud, o —— Smalipoxin New York, New Youg, Sept. 2',—8he health officers are makivg every flort to discover the source of the sudden outbreak of emallp x in & Graud streat tenement house sud stem it be fore it gaius headway. Saturday night a child was taken eick with the disease, bince theu two more patients ill with the diseace have been xemoved to ths hospital, Two uf & Kind, ‘WasHINGTON, Sept, 21.—Secretary Endi- cott returned to Washington last night and is ot his desk to-duy The presidect to-day appointed the followlng postwasters: Oliver ) ;).I-. Muu&icslln.flhlndll: u(.’ vio-nW.F J, off, wispended; o FI Qottre orb Boott, Kansas, A d clare that war veterans should have prior.ty in certifization nfter pasking an examinazion, Separate resolutions will charga violation of tne priuciples of civil service refrm by re- cen’ appointments in the New York custom Louse and in other ways. Acother plank wili bs proposed daclaring in favor of the stoppsga of the coinngs of sil- ver dollars. O her planks will declare in favor «f mun‘c’pal and legislative reform ard will demind thas the colored voters of the south ba given the right to cast their ball ts and to have them fairly countod, If the convention should lsst beyond oae day, a3 now seems probable, the platform will by reported to- MOrrow, e mE— WASHINGLON NEWS, A CHANGE IN MAIL BERVICE, ‘WasHINGTON, Sept. 2L—The postmaster general has ordered that the exchauge of mails between the postoffic:s of Benson, Arizona, and Nogaler, Maxico, ba discntin- ued, and that all Mexican mails heretofore forwarded via Benson, Arizons, be ssnt via Nogales, Arizona, to be incladed in the ex- chango 'betweea that offico and Nogales, Mexico. TENDERED AN OFFICE. The nffice of chief of postoffise 1nspection has beeu tendered by the postmaster-general t Wiliam A West, of Missisrippi. Mr, West is & prosperous farmer liviog near Ox- ford, Miss , ani has ¢ngaged successfulle in merc mtile pursuits in 36, Louis and Now Ocleans, tnd bay been president of o bank in Oxford, Mr, West was at the department to- day, &nd has the tender under consideration. THE BROBETARY CONVALESOING. Sacretary Lamar, who has been confined to his house for the last fow days with o cevere sttack of it flaenza, is reporce | as belng soma- what better to-night, His physiciacs, while entertuining 10 appreheniion” of eerious re- rults, have urgad the recre.ary not to leave his bouse for several days. READY FOR THEIR SHOFS, Thoe Evening Star exprosses tha belief that the civil rervics commission will be reorzanized before lobg aud new men a, pointed through- out Indisna is alvesdy 10 the field with a candidate for Mr, E tou’s place in the person of Peof, James H, Smart, public iastructor of the state. e — Among the Hailroads, £1. Pavw, Micn,, Sept 21.—Newa received from Montana in railroad circles this evening 8ay the Union Pacidc’'s Utah Northern par- 0w gauge branch in the territory is changirg the gauge of bridges, Itis beliaved here the comymuy is prepsting to make the line standar! gavge fu auticipation of the North- «rn Paclfic building » broad gauge to Butte City, CrLeveLAND. Ohio, Sept, 21, ~Judgment for nearly $3,00,000 was rendered by Judge Helsley in the common pleas court to day sgainst the New York, Obicego & St Louis ralway compapy. Tue claim against tie cowpany was present d io the thape of three ogonovit notrs, the largest of which, for $2040,000, was exccuted December 1, 1884, to W, H., Vanderbilt, president of the road, The next largest note. for $373,000, was made psyable to the Lake Shore & Michiga Soutbern railroad company. The third uote was for §:60.000 and was drawn in favor of H. B. Hollioe, bearivg date March 24, 855, Boma time a0 the Union trust company of Now York, ssked the courts hera to compel the Nickal Piate to settle for a large equip- meat of rolling stosk purchased of them. Lo- day the Nickel Plate made answer to that suit, cluiming that the road was not lewally urgen zed originally, and that the contract with the Trust company is therefore void, Tia road wants the rolling stock sold and the pioceeds divided pro rate smong all the creditor, MoNTERAL, Oat , Sept. 2L —The Oanadlan Pacilic suthorities have for some time enter cainod suspicios 1zad by thar c 10 the ecc don north of Lake Superior were swpped. sud url the different sections ordered "lolu One contractor aline peid mote than $1000.0 too hat they were being victim il enginvers snd coutraciors About @ wonth sgo all piyments Lo contractus Femensurement and another £50,000. The fu'l amount ag gregates half a milion dollars. bave discovered th.t engineers who were re landed proprietors and were engaged in teneive buil worth from £30,000 to $10,700, which had beer sccumulated in & wondertul is stated that crimioal acd of will be institntad, implicated have retained leading counsel t moasurements are incorrect, Prrrsuvna, Pa , Sept, 21.—A large number of Peuusylvania’ railrond offioials will start enst to-morrow on their anuual tour of in- spectiol amored o railroad circles that an im portant mestiog of railrond wen will be held in New York to-morrow to consid ¢ _the sale of the Sou b Pannsylvania. Vanderbit, it is understood, will be present, Joialet i Y Objreting ty Tanff Redunotion, New Onceass, Sept. 21,—~The produce ex- change has adopted a resolution to the effect that they learn with astonishment and alarm that the collector of the port of New Yok has recommend:d thetecretary of the treasury to permit the introduction of broken rice at 2) per cent ad valorem duty, and also t.e following: R-soived, That as represontatives of pro- da of and deslers in do tic rico in the state of Louisians, we pro ugalast such evasion of the «x/s ing tar/ff laws o Realved, That wa declara broken rics, as fmp rted, to bs pure uomanufactursd p otectrd by a specific rate of duty. The whola of the foreiga rica 1mported could be easily bioken in punding to clean is, if it is adwitted almost free of duty. Ronclved, That we respectfully urgs the secrotary of tha treasury to protect the pro duzer snd reveiuss of the government from such a construction of existing laws, Thy rugar ex:hange has wiso adopted a eeries of 1esolutions to tha wame geniral effect. e e o Praparing toDsiean the Jnmmission, Niw Youk, S:pt. 21.—A Washington special says: Tho resignstion of Chairman Dorman B, Baton of the civil service com- mi+lon was sent in beforo Mujor Hinckley, of Naw York, bronghit action in the United States circuit court to test th conatitution- wity of the civil sorvics lw, and there s good reason to believe that he will withdraw it unil the aciun has been tried. The president has ropre- sented to him that his resiznation at the present juucture would bs intarpreted we s rout and a mgn of weakosss, and mighs i1 flusnce tha resu't of the trial. The pr dent hay promi-ed to the civil kervica r-form nssociation that the constitationality of the law 87l ba stoucly detended, wnd the object of M, Eatou's visit t» Wachington at this time i8 to preparo a defenss in tha sction which i1 £1 by orongh bafors Jadge Walase a Now York oa Friday e — Thn Temp-rancs Disc NasavirLy, TENN, Sept. 20, [Special to Chicago Tiibuine,] Joseph Page thot and fatally wounded William Hamlott on Wharf avenue this evening, Hamlett, who i3 52 yeora old and the proprietor of a emsll store, was talkiog to some children about the evil effects of drinking whisky, avd in the cur+e of his rewarks raid uo man who was wdaicted to the use of liquor o uld prop rly attend to businew, Page, who has long been suffering from con umption aud using sidmalants therefor, told Hawlett he was a liar, Hawlct: 1fs the children snd w.lked out iato the s reet, beiog followed by Paga. who repea ed what ho had raid. The latter immediately struck Page, who draw n revolver aud sent a 82-ca bra ball into Hamlett's side The ball passed from one side to_the others perforatiog the lungs and liver, Haulets fell und Pag: ran away. Offiza's wens in pur.uit aud captured him a' ok tr-night. svion Ended XIn Fioaociat Trouble, Harrispuee, Va, Sept. 21, The Shenan- doah Iron company, at Miloes, ia this county, has defaulted on the pagment of eowe of its indebtednese, and a bi 1 was filed i the circuit court of the Uuited States to-day asking for an irjanstion aud recsiver. The partiesto this action are tha Seventh National bank, Udion Teust, Safe Doposit sud Lusurancs company. Kighth Navioval bank, and Joho Milnes, sll ot Pailadelohia The liahilivies of tha compsny are about $900,000, $500 000 of which is first mortgage bonds, Th remuinier is a floating 1acebtcdness, An it junction and receiver are asked for by oceditors represent- ing the floating debt. e — Causcd by Impuce Water, ‘WiLkessarge, Pa, Sept :1.—An outhreak similar to that of the Plymouth fever has ‘made its appearance in Nauticoke for the past fow day. Lt ia reported late this eveniog that several families are stricven dowa with the disease, Tas mijority of cases are situsted upon o hill uear town which has always boon considered the healthiest par:s of the place, The epidemio is sald to be caused by the use of well water poluted ia goms unknown man- nes, — ——e ¥Michigan Mil w Closlug Down, Dersorr, Mich, Sept. 21,—Spacials from Menominee report that all wills on the Mich- 1gan side of the line have been closed by the owners on account of the ten hour law, which hes just gove Into (ff-ct. At firet it was de- siced to have the men sign contracts waiviog their right to rosp the benefit of the now law, but the opposition was such that the mill owners finally shut down to await develop wents, At Mauistes 1,09) moa ¢re out of ewployment bscau-e they refused to accept a proportionate reduciion of pay with the chapged hours, e —— e Work Mesamed st Iock Springs Mines, Creyesse, Wyo, S:pt. 21 —Work was resumed st Rock Springs ooal mines this moroig. Al Chivamen went to work, wil whito mechanics, cngineers, blucksaiith, firemen and osrpentsrs employed in the winer. more trouble is antizipated, e — A Tender Livk Recalled, New York Sun, *You would b sstonished to hear ani see the queer people who 8metlimes come to our tlice, obeap Costham street street restaurani, $The other day & man ciywe iu duoclug the afternoon und 8.i4: ‘1 was here in the morpfug and gos fiur small saussger, a bowl of coffee, two rolls of bread. & pat of butter snd two potatoee, all for 10 I thought ha bad relished what cents.” we gave bim and had come back to tey it sgain, so L eald: ‘Certainly, sir, and we can let you have tke things for tne ceped. what L want, not tackle, 1 was satisfied dayou kriow, 1I'm hungry agal I hav a kind of hankerlng sfter ibat sausage, v 1 can'v imagine what was ‘he matie with we thay [ ocould wo! eat it bl thing." get, and we cau'c always olligo them, Datectiver ceiving salaries of $1(0 & month were wealthy thort time. Tt vil proosedings Many of the contractors detend them, who will plead that the re. also The white coal miners who declived to work were paid off. Eversthing is quiet, andno d the keeper of a very seme me small price | pouads st 224 every dsy In the year, Sandsys not ex- ' " ‘Thenk you very wmuch, re. plied the maw; ‘bat that 18 pob exstly Fact 1s, I drank the coffer sud at; all the bread and buotter and | Mis both the pitatoes, and I fiuished three saugrges; boy the foucth saussge 1 could But now, worning; 8o U've jost stepped in to sre s has jast been completd, and it shov. | 1f the cook ¢ uldu's buniic up and Lt that by blunder or freud the company 'ass | me heve another chance atIt. Iu's pa'c pasd o its contrac.ors hundreds of thous 4nd« & dollars iu excers of the amount of work hit been wueh, for, you koow, aad you won't lose soy That's the kind of cussomers wa THE RISE AKD FALL. ne st ome o o biow | PPi0ES 10 Chicage’s Mart Fluctaating Ficroely figh and Low, Oattle Figurss Undergo No Re= markable Change. Hogs as Low as At Any Time for Ssven Years, ‘Wheat a Good Artcle of Bartery Closing Higher Than Saturday — Other Markets, CHICLGO VE 8TOOK, CATTLE. Special Telegram to the Br, Ci0AGo, Sept. 21.—Trade opened rather quiet, S.desmen, who had usofal aud good uatives, which were scarce, made an ¢ffort to get wore money, and ocentionally & lucky one rucceeded, but ia n goveral way thore was littlo or no change, Tuxavs and Northwestern rangers were in better demand, and cold fully as strog as last wo k. Low grade native stock remains dull and contivu s to sell at low prices. Stockers and focders in light supply, aud little or no demsnd, Thoro were but a fow country buyers present, and the few transactions recorded wero on speculativa account, Shipping steers 1350 to 1700 1ba, £530@ 6.00, 12/0_ to 1350 lbs., $49)@b 40; 930 to 12 0lbs, 83 9)zd 8). T h T\ x s cattle atrooger; 990 to 105 1by, @3 0); 750 to 900 bs., $2 80@3 30; 600 o 7-0 lva., 82 0@ 8,00 Western rangers firmer; natives and half-breeds, $3 60@D (0: cowe, §2 50@3 H0; wintered Texaus, $3.2.@ alas—40 Moatava, 1122 Ibs, Montsna Toxans, 1010 1os, g1 ¢ a0, 1,179 1he, $4.50 8 4 Colorado Texno, €01 ine $,6'; 819 half-breeds 1,110 1bs, $4 00 899 Wyow Tex 1070 lbs, $3.00; 408 Montana, 1,265 lbs, $5 10, HOGS. "Thero was a sharp down drop of 57106, and only a mod-rate demand at thas, The drop wai on sl grades from bt to poorest. Pricos are gradually weakenng snd aro now duwn to nearly the low rangs of the moath of Septew ber io 1378 and 1 Board of trads speculatore are selling hog products fae Ju ary delivery on the basis of ubout §3 prics for hoga in November and December in the Chicago market, makii g the price i the country aveus as low as st any time for the past soven years T day rouch and eommon sold at £85) 875, fair ts good packicg sorts w6 §3 9.@1 10, wod the best mack-t pigs aro closely ass r ed heavy at 841544 25, Pack- iug aod rhippivg 250 10 83) L, @135 light weigh's 130 ¢) 170 1bs, $420@4 40; 180 t0 210 Ibs, $8 50@4 10, THE GR AN MABKET, WHEAT, Spesial Telegram to The BEg. CHICAGO, Sopt. 21, —Ths market developed lifs und strength to day. Tho moviog cause 18 Cifficult to diccover, but it was declared that willers i the northwest were coustantly advacciog their bids for wheat, snd that » full advanes of 6. had occurred during the a8t week. Xt was also stated that a batter ‘demand had been develop:d in tho Eoglish marke: toc American flour, and thare was the piomite of rather s laiga decrcaso in the visivle supply of grain The market opaned with heavy offecinge, under which prices fell back to 83%: for November or e from the opening. Krom this point tha demand began to impiove, aud there was a sharp advan-e to wmid contilerable excitemeat, Thare areastion to 85 followed by a rally to 8583, which was thy highest point of the dsy. T e market then flustuated withio & narcow rauge, and olosed on the regular board lo higher thun Saturday. CORN, Corn was wesk at tho openine and beoame more so as the session advanced. Receipts were suffi jently free to bring oat liberal oroers, While there was histle if soy support to the market, warm weather pravailing throughout the northwest calmed the fears of frost for the time beiog. ‘The decline, followed by a partial recovery, was fic. OTHKR MABKETS, Qatawora vory quict wad prices shaded off a. racti Provicione raled quict and firm, prices show- ig Littlo c.ange. The Werkly Grain CHICAGO, Sept 21.—The followlog figures, taken from an cffizial atatement of the board of trade to bs posted on 'Chauge to-morrow, +how the amouat of grain in sight in the Uni'ed States and Cavada Sasurday, S:pbime ber 19, aud the amount of increass wud de- crease over th)y precesding weok: atemont, Tocrasse, (3,021 6. 42,687 *Dycrassa. Pas amonnt of grain 1n stors in Chicago elovators at tho same timy was: Bushe's, 12,834,655. 483 711 'he Weckly Iovicw ot Britsh Tead g Lonoox, Sept. 21, —The Mark Lane Hx- press, in its review of the Britl:h grain trade duriug the pust week, says; Biokea weather with occast ual ruins during the week, have tended to delay burvest, Sales of Eoglish whant during the week were 70,411 qu rters b 315 10d, sgainst 75,130 at £3,10d duciog the correspouding week last year. Foreign whont is oull, The ff cosst market has lost its activity and has toned duwn, The first cargo of Aweriomn red winter whe ¢ wrrived during the week, aud was sold at 82s 104d, Five cargoes of whiat arr vad, six were sold, tive withdrawn aad four remaned, indudiog one of Califoiniss, At to-day’s market there were large oelivories of wheat. Toe weather was clenr ano 136 sun was shini g, much to the disavpointwent of trade Flour was dully prices closed st 843 Gorn, beans aud peas were steady. Oats dul), snd barley in better icqgairy, e —— Eigin Dairy Marker, CHICAGO, Bepts 2L, - Toe Luta. Oean’s El- gin, LiL,, wpegial: Hn the board of teade to. day buttar %as weak, and declived 4o over last weok's prices, Regulur sales, AL Cheess quist aud dull, Sales, 100 boxes s 6@ Te, Ll ne Wea her, ‘WasaiNoron, Sopt, 21 —~For the spper sippi: Geveraly f-ir weather, exoept losal 14 s W extreme porthern portios, vorthe westerly wind avd Jower tewperatese, with ovol wive sud higher barometer For the Missouct Valley: Generally fale weathor, northwesterly winds beousivg vari- wble, Bigher barvweter sud lower temperaiure with wool wave, & e — e The Fire ke coxd, Housoror, Kin., Sept. 2L —An incendiary fire this morning destroyed the largs goneral stores of 8. A. Brown & Co., and Hysloger & Rosepthal, The builalugs were owued by Paul Fisber aud H. Prawt. Totsl loss esti= mated over $100,000; ip urance unknown,