Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1886, Page 2

. 3 29 < RIOT AT ROOS' ROAD RANCH. An Aged Gentlemen Bratally Assanlted by a Trio, TWO HARD CASES CAPTURED. Juvenile Thieves—Board of Educa- tion— Cricketers—Changing Troops Suburban Trains—Minor Mentions, Riot at Roos' Road House. Roos’ road house, just outside the city Timits, on Leave t, was the scene of a disgraceful riot about 10 0’clock last mght in which aa aged gentleman named Steelo was horribly beaten by the proprietors of the place, who in turn narrowly escaped the vengeance of a mob composed of the injured man’s friends, Steele has been employed on the construction force of the Omaba Belt line and, while working near Roos’ mnce, run a bill at his bar.” Roos went the contractor who had employed Steele_ and asked that the amount due him bo kept out of the latter's wages. The contractor refused to do this and referred Roos to Steele himself. When Steele went to Roos' place last night Roos asked him about the bill, which he said amounted 10 $0.25. Steele denied that he owed so largo an amount. Hot words followea, and resulted in Roos making an assault upon Steele. Though an old man, Steelo held his own well and would have been match for his assailant had he not been pounced upon by Roos' two sons, young, able-bodied fellows. The three assailants then treated Steele fearfully, knocking him down ard pounding him in a horrible manner. Tlmr ceased their brutal as- sault only when they discovered that their vietim had sustained a brol limb in the melee. Some of Steele's friends had arrived by this time and he was picked up and removed from the vlace. When his fellow employes learned how he had been assauited and abused their anger knew no bounds, and a party of them started for Roos' place, determined to revenge the outrage. Their purpose would undoubtedly have been carried ont had they not been met by other and more sober employes and citi- zens, who suceceded in averting a riot, As it was, the party took possession of the place and for an hour or more a scene of great confusion prevailed. Steele was removed to St. Joseph's hos- pital and given the necessary medical at- tention. In addition to his broken leg he has sustained serious cuts and bruises about the head and tace. TWO HARD CAHE; CAPTURED. McCarthy and Paltmadh, Two Cass County Thieves, Captured by the Omaha Police. On Saturday mght Captain Cormick effected the capture of two men who are the leaders of a gang of thieves and who have been wanted in Cass county for more than a year. They are Vic Mc- Carthy and Mike Paltmadh. Both men were indicted by th 188 county grand jury about a year ago on the charge of hog stealing, but managed to cvade the officers and make their escape. They are well-known characters, and are sup- posed to be the leaders in a number of grand larceny offenses which have gone unpumshed in Cass county. They have made their headquarters near Platts- mouth, and have been the terrors of own- ers of horses, cattle or any other live stock that could be easily stolen and run out of the county. Since their indictment by the nd jury a fye:\\‘ ago Sheriff Eick- enbarry, of Cass county, has spent “a good deal of time and money 1 an en- deayor to effect their capture.” A reward of $50 was offered for the arrest of the men, and all of the police authorities of the State furnished with descriptions of them. Tho search has been unsuccess- ful, however, until on Saturday eve when Captain Cormick and Office Matza and Harrigan, who were retur ing frem the cigarmakers' picnic, met the two offenders on the Belle; road and placed them under arrest. The fugi- tives became as dumb as clams uvon their arre nd had nothing to say what- ever. T olice station herifl Eickenb: capture. city on Sunday, and on were quictly remoyed to the ana a felegram sent to 7, notifying him of the ved in the That gentleman ar i turned to Plattsmouth with i He was greatly pleased at having a lished the object of a y k, and eels that the arrest wi in the breaking up of the gang offithieves that has infested Cass county for several years, committing all manner of depredations and successfully evading justice at the law. McCarthy, one of the prisoners, is a brother of the McCarthy who killed a ‘man_ with an axe at Papillion in Decem- ber, 1883, BOARD OF EDUCATION, The Georgia Avenue School Bids Re- Jjected—The Text Book Question —Last Night's Meeting. A meeting of the bourd of education was held last evening, all of the mem- ~bers being present. A number of applications for po: as teachers and janitors w “and referred to the proper committees, . The committee on toxt books were in- structed to procure mathematical charts and Gaggy's anatomical studies for use in the schools, It was decided to allow the school children a holiday on Monday, May 31, in order that they may take a part in the decoration day services. % Phe secretary was instructed to place a telephone in Lake school and to provide the Lake and Pacitic schools with city water. The committee on buildings reported that they had let the <-untrncl§or an ad- dition to Lake school for $7,000. + There were twenty-four bids presented for the erection of the new school build- ing on Georgia avenue, The bids were ofinonud by the board when it was found that the Iowest bid for the construction of the building was §25,090, and ranged from that to $30,000. This amount bein; _greater than the limit allowed the board @ bids were, motion, rejected and the clork instructed to advertise for new bids. A special meeting of the board will be held at 5 o’clock this afternoon to confer with the architect of the proposed build- ing with a view of making certain changes in the plans that may lessen the cost of the structure. ‘The question of providing the schools “with free text books the coming r Was then discu: Mr. Copeland moved that the secretary be instructed to advertise for bids from the publishers for furnishing the text books. ‘This brought up the question of quantity and _the motion gave place to one ofiered by Mr. Livesey, that the superintendent of _schools be requested to furnish the board with an estimate of the number of books Yof the different kinds that would be re- quired for use in the next school year. Supermtendent James spoke concern- ing adoption of new school readers. ‘He did not ‘Hhink it advisable 1o order a complete set of readers of any series. It Wi ex‘yuriauoe that students learncd more rapidly, and did more effective nge of series of readers same nse of the fifth reader be discontinued, in the grades below the nigh school, as the sclections in the fifth reader now used are beyond the comprehension of the students below the high school. As a substitute he recommended the use of two series of fourth readers. Aftera desultory discussion of minor matters the board adjourned to meet in special session at5 o'clock this after- noon. Two Times Eleven. The regular weekly meeting of tne Omaha cricketers with the B. & M. eleven took place Saturday with the following result: OMATIAS, Bubb, ¢ Laaffe, b Mci*herson Heall, e and b McPherson Broateh, b Vaughan . riffiths, ¢ and b MePherson Wynuiler, b Vaughan . Clark, b Vauzhan Brown, run out.. Lueas, b Vaughan Townsend, not out Myers, b McPherson . Spalding, b Vaughan Suftield, run out, went in fi yes jocommomcous L] B, & M. McPherson, b Griftiths. Vaughan, run ont Taylor, b Griftiths. Francit, b Griffiths. Laaffe, b Grifiiths Roberts, b Griffiths. Purdon, b Griffith: Gavin, run out. Sandborn, b Broatch. Schoon, run out. (irube, not out. Byes Wides. Juvenile Burglars. On Sunday night a young lad, only 8 years of age, named Johnnie Bushman, was picked up by the police, charged with the attempted burglary of H. Dit- zen’s grocery store, on South Thirteenth street. The little fellow was taken to the city jail, and there confessed that he was one of a party of four young lads who had been carrying on a general petty lar- ceny business for some time. He said that the other boys, who were larger than he, would brenk out a pane in a store window and then put him into the build- ing to do the stealing. He had entered Mr. Ditzen’s store in this manner on Sunday afternoon and was heiping him- self to tobacco, crackers, ete., when he was caught by Mr, Ditzen. He gave the iption of his partners, and was allowed to go to his liome, to be called vpon as & witness when his accom- plices are caught. Changing Troops. The Second infantry, from Depart- ment Columbia, will replace the Fourth infantry at Forts Omaha, Niobrara and Robinson, headquarters at Fort Omaha. The Fourth infantry will be distributed as follows: Headquarters and four com- panies to Fort Cour d’Alene, major and five companies to Fort Spokane, one company to Boise Barracks. The com- pany of the Fourth infantry at Fort Leavenworth s to bo relieved by a com- sany of the Sixth infantry from Fort Jouglas and will go to the Department of the Columbi The Coming Editorial Excursion, President Correll, of the Nebraska State Press association, was in the city on Saturday and held a conference with General Passenger Agent Morse, of the Union Pacific, in regard to the proposed excursion of the editors the coming sum- mer. ‘The plans have not been tully ar- ranged as yet, but it is proposed to make an excursion to Portland, Oregon, by rail, thence b‘)' steamer to Sun Francisco, re- turning by the way of Ogden, Salt Lake and Denver. Suburban Trains, The suburban train accommodations have been formally instituted by the Bur- lington route, wnich will make a round trip rate of 35 cents during the summer to Bellevue and return. Trains leave Omaha at 6, 6:25 and 8: o’clock p. m. and arrive from Bellevue at 7, 9:20 and 10:40 o’clock a. m. of each day. The rat while made to commodate visitor: to the ritle range, will be open to all parties, & The summer garden formerly known as the Tivoli will be reopened to-night with a grand concert by the Musical Protective union, in which one hundred musicians will participate. The garden, which has been greatly improved and enlarged, now covers one block frem Ninth to Tenth streets. il stesir s sman Mutchler, of Pennsyl- publicly endorses Red Star Cough Personal Paragraphs. ngineer Rosewater and wife have rom St. Lows. C. M. Moore, of Chicago, is on one of his regular visits to Omaha, J. B. Pachell, of St. Loui in the city and will probably locate here. Swan, the well known Cheycnne 1, came in from the east yes- Sidney Wright and B. Borie, a well known banker of Philadelphia, are in the city. M. D. Roche of thi: Owen & Co.’s leu yesterday. . 8. Gilmore, pr of the Rock and Plow company, Rock Island, I11., is the guest of lus sister, Mrs. A, Tre- man, Robt. Sorenson, who has been mailing for the Nebra Itivator for the past year, has accepted a position in the gencral oftice of the Nebraska and Iowa Tnsurance company. John A. MacMurphy sold the Schuyler Sun to Messrs, Howard and Hastings last week. Mac i8 going west, maybe, to write up the country. The new men will undoubtedly elect "Van Wyck and keep things straight in Colfax county, Whenyou come to Lancoln, stop at the Commercial Hotel, 1f you want home somforts. C. W. Kire HEN, Propristor. B Afraid of “Oaves," Workmen on the North Sixteenth street sewer were compelled to work Sunday, on the southern terminus of the drain, The line at this point runs through the “made earth,” which fills the bed of the old North Omaha creek. The soil is not yet as compact as that north of it, und pe- sheeting, demands as ion of the work as pos- sible, 1o avoid rains and the certain cay- ing in of the sides. For these reasons, the toree of contractors were Sunday kep busy throughout the da; Eor Sale—Ho North 14th St. f Captain Bubb, with his company of the ‘fenth Infantry, went down to the rifle camp at Bellevue yesterday for a ten days practice, ) ohn Gorman has been changed from the position of- assistant enginecr of the is city, one of Lord, ing salesmen, went dent speeay a U pusehold goods at No, 706 or two days. —— county buihllnff to superintendent of the wood work of the same Lodge No 11, Switehmans' Mutual Aid Association of the United States, will meet at Cunningham hall on the second and fourth Thursday evening each month at 7:30 p. m., by orders of 3. J. Kennady, master. e Upiou Sewing Maclune, 200 N. 16th st} NOT A MILLIONAIRE'S CLUB. The United States Senate Said to Contain Very Few Men of Wealth, Lhree Senators from the Pacific Coast Who Possess Enor- mous Fortunes, Considerable has appeared lately in the papers about the millionaires in the senate, writes a Washington correspon- dent in the New York Times. An inac- curate 1dea exists regarding that body of men. Senator Ingalls once said, in a good humored way, that the senate was *“a club of good, honest fellows,”’ and he meant only that, taken by and large, the seventy odd members of the chamber were as creditable to the country as any equal number of men that could be got together from the various states. He was doubtless right in that opinion, and Iimagimo that he did not desire to relo- gate to the senate any claims of righteous- ness beyond those made by all respecta- ble citizons. His remarks, which he has been accustom to repeating freely, un- doubtedly gave the cue for the expression, ‘“The Millionaires: ciub.” Let us look oyer the men from the gallery, assuming, of course, that they are in their places, which, it is sad to say, is taking a purely voetical license. Suppose we begin with Maine. Very well. The first face we see 1s that of Mr. Hale, who, surely enough, is a rich man. His large means mostly came to him from his father-in-law, the_ distinguished Zacharinh Chandler, of Michigan. He lives comfortably but without ostenta- tion,and deserves the comforts he enjoys. His colleague, Senator Frye, has only his salary and law practice to live on. He is an darnest, harc workiu% member, h 1 and is young enough to make his fortune yet. Crossing over to New Hampshire, we find thai Senators Blair and Pike both live witl csnlaries. Itis said that the former occasionally takes a timid “flier” in the real estate of his beloyed state, but in a very small way, and not, [ am_assured, with ifying _success. Both these men are q modest men, and their choice is creditable to the legislature of their In Vermont ator Edmunds is probbaly the wealth- iest member of the upper house from New England («sxcu})ting Mr. Hale). But he is a lawyer of pre-eminent ability, and had he deserted politics ten years ago might have gathered in enough lurge fees in his profession to have made him a very wealthy indecd. He is not inordinately ~rich now. Senator Morrill throughout his long life has been cconomical in his habits, has saved a reasonable amount of money, but is not even to be called rich. How is the outlook in Massachusetts? Not a rich man! Senator Dawes is very poor. As I heard him say the other even- ing, he began life as a farmer’s boy and had never known anything but toil and struggle ever since. His colleague Hoar—is to-day at a financial low mark. What little means he had w cently lost in attempting to build a home for his declining years at Worcester. Much sympathy is felt for him by his fel- low senators. The old Montagues and Capulets of Rhode Island are not here any longer. Their places are filled by two men of moderate means. Senator Aldrich is as handsome as_anybody on the floor He is in trade at Prov groceries, I believe, He attends to 1 refully and systematicall, Jhase is & quiet Quaker, who lives rupulously and within the limit of his Senators Platt and Hawley are almost too well known to need mention. The studious and active man, without large means, and the second is the editor and mainspring of a Hart- ford newspaper. He is rich only in abili- ty and friends, though he has ‘made his journal an excellent property. Leaving New England, "the middle states muy be briefly_scanned. In New York Senator Miller is only relatively a wealthy man. He undoubtedly enjoys a good Income from his manufacturing Plant and his patents, But his mone, all made hefore he went into poli- and his success is creditable in every sense. *‘Our own Evarts s rich only in nis bright intellect. His capacity for acting large fees is commensurate only with his talents. But he has no great ted interests. and his income must suf- greatly by bis presence in the senate. Kew “Jutsoy Senator MePherson it v entitled to be called rich. He accu- ted his fortune by thoroughly com- mendable business methods. do not think he claims to be a millionaire, but his friends assume that he is. His col- league, Senator Sewell, is a sturdy bro- duct ot hard work. Heis comfortably situated in life, and no more. He owns a pretty house in Camden, and manages railrond propertics intrusted to are, with shrewdness, Senator 211, of Pennsylvania, 1s invery hum- ble cireumstances financially. He hasno greed of money in his composition. Sena- merom is worth probably $2,000,000 000,000. His father was identilied nany of the great improvements in commonwealth, and during his _long ave his son and successor the bene- fits of his experience and wisdom. ‘The son is a shrewd business man, and knows ¢ investment when he sees it. Contentment is the ma thing after all. Look at Senators Sulisbury and Gray, of Delaware. They dwell in a snug little where a modest inconie isnot held in disrespeet, and wl their sularies suflice to muke them indepen- dent. Neither man is _rich, and neither has the taint of avarice in his blood. Senators Gorman and £. K, Wilson, from the adjacent state of Maryland, are com- fortably fixed, so far as the world’s goods g0, Neither ! cun complain of poverty, ut they are far from the border lands of wealth” as fixed, for example, by the Pacitic coast or Fifth avenue. Supposo we hasten westward. Both of Ohio's senators are very rich There is no disputing that fact. But how of In- diana? Senators Voorhces and Harrison are not Cra:suses by any means, The*‘Tall Sycamore’ is rich 'in a fund of humor a8 exhaustless as the asphaltum lake at Trynadad, but money does not haunt his dreams or his pockets, Harrison is a good liver, a quiet, agreeable person, who warms up occasionally and deals hard political blows, but he is not rich, Sena- tors Logan and Cullom, of Lilinois, come under exact)y the same ecategory. Gen. Logan may be worth $50,000 or 70,000, but not more. His public life is pure and untainted, and he owes his greatness not to any nfluence of money, but to his sturdy and imperious honesty, Mr. Cul- lom resembles President Lincoln in other vespeots than facially. He is poor. A hard work he finds little time for so- cial festivities and less to accumulate wealth, The northwest does not disclose to our sight any very rich men. In Michigan Senator Palmer has accumulated a for- tune n the tobaceo trade. It has been the slow work of years and the result of much chewing on the part of the well pleased customers, but Senator Conger is still poor, and his deyotion to the duties of his p life threatens to keep him s0. Crossiug the lake to Wisconsln we we find two excellent spocimens of the great northwest. Senator Sawyer is rich above the average, but makes no parade of it. Senator Spooner has only his youth, quick, bright {alents as a lawyer to earn his fortune for him. He lives on Cu&nw_l hill, quite near Senator Ingalls, and gives his best energies to his con- stituents. is—with Kenna, of West Virginia—really one of the promising young men of {le senate, In #linnesota neither senator cun count bis wealth as greater than many of his neighbors. Sen- ator Allison, of Lowa, inherited a large art of his ‘wealth, but it 1s not fabu- His tolleague, Mr. James F. Wilson, is a hedt, gray bearded old entleman, who has comparatively lit- tle means. i In Kansas botly senators are dependent on their salaries. But the Pacifie’ codst? Yes; the senators from California, Oregon, Nevada'and, by a streteh of geography, I might include Colorado, are known to be verg wealthy. Scnators Stanford, Fair and: Hearst have more mnnu‘y than all the rgembers of the senate and house put jtogether, I suppose. Senator Jones has: got rich again from Iis Alaska mines, But the solid south? True, it is solid in its poverty. Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, is a rich man, I sup- pose. Senator Camden, of West Virginia, certainly is worth three or four million and Senator Mahone, of Virginia, has probably one million to bless him when he leaves the chambet, Senator Brown, of Florida, has probably half as much, but thatis the end of the story. The southern senators are poor. Possibly five out of the thirtyhave an income as great or greator than their salaries, There is little use in naming them. Now that I think o am satisfied that there are as many rich men in the house as in the senate. They will be harder to find, but they are there. idute L iy The Increase of Storms. St. Paul Pioneer Press. It does not scem possible any longer to question the assertion that violent storms are increasing in number and intensity. Doubtless that increase is far less than the imagination, filled with pictures of rocent ruin and forgetful of the past, would suggest. Still, we can hardly doubt that itis real. This season they have been unusually numerous and dostructi The summer months ha not yet begun, and ‘there is scarcely a section of this cauntry which has not borne its blow. Irom almost every state has come, at one time or another. a report of ruin, while the hurricanes of this week have covered the whole of the gr middle belt of the continent as far east as Pennsylvania. And as if to show that no special cause, but some great f.zm-ml influence werc at work, the very est report of the tornado details its ravages in Spain. What can be the cause underlying this vast demonstra- tion must be & subject for interesting conjecture. There is not as yet even tenable hypothesis. From such effects as were wrought at Sauk Rapids we turn away completely mystified. But wnen these storms hegin to put_their deadly it s girdlo around the earth entir that we ought to find at I plausible speculation. There i The electrical accompaniments are too marked to have evaded observation, and it has been suggested that the enormous increase of machinery, upon eve belt and pulley of which electrical en s constantly accumiulating and pa: to storage in eafth ér air, together with the multiplication of ele al circuits for which the earth actsas a ground wire, may have somg causative connection with these atmospherie phcnomena. The conception of the eafth asa vast Leyden jar, at whose discharge the elements are convulsed, arl inte; ing one, but too fanciful. Tt can hardly reccive substan- tial support from science. Beyond s guesses there is little to be sai But there is one thing that ems ome none. we do know, one digturbing influence which we have done our bést to accelerate. It has passed beyond question that the pro- gress of forest destruction is an impor- tant factor in th¢ préduction of climatic excesses. ng denudation of the earth's tends to make ex treme ch: The root-filled rese voirs of the soil do not retain a rainfall to be doled out as vegetation needs, but the bare earth alternately bakes under the sun and sheds the “storage of the clouds into destructive torrents. The not drawn out ge tly, but is cumulated until it rushe: down in fierce sheets, Temperature is not graduated to suit the requirements nimal and vegetable life, but fierce heats and freez cold de- stroy the equability of ate clime. The million clectri which existed in every leaf of the f withdrawn; and the . like heat and moi ed until it vents itself in viole X plosions. Whatever be the first or final cause of the storms which now draw to themselves attention never given before, they find an effectunl aid and promoter in the felling of our tforests. The economic adyantages of forest pre wion have been admitted in theory and spurned in practice. : Subject will com- mand a bette nce when we are made to underst At we are not only cutting from under us visible sources of wealth, but are adding annually to the resources of the dreaded tornado. are Rea! Estate Transfors, The following transfers were filed May 15, with the county -clerk, and reported for the BE: by Ames’ Real Estate Agencv: I‘(‘ImI‘IL' llfl:\k\h‘n and wf to Franklin B, 50, t 11 blk G, Shinn's2d add Omaba, Herman J add Oimnaha, as L Binry,n2g ) W ngle, to William V. id nlgoof 1t § blk 194, 01). Hn “atvick and wf to William F McM It Oblk 5 Patrick’s 1st add Oimna- ha, w d 0, Williwn I* MeMilian, single, to Charles O Lobeck, 1L 9blk 5 Patricl =700, ) John T Hllflll Xl\Vlll \\fmllh'nrx\'t‘, ((“u .h-:ln’, ts 1, 2, 8 and 4 Fairview, Douglas Co, w d— 200, 1. to Eliza 1 Charles 1¢_Sherman, single, Houston, 1t 13 blk 14 West End add Omaha, W d—S1,100. : Osear Liddle, single, to Elizabeth Kuhl- man, n 67441t of It 9se'{ of self sec 27-15-13, Douglas Co, w d—8540. George 1 Bogzs wnd wife and_ others to Alice 8 Kuhn Whinuety, it 3 blk 10 Omaha View, Omalia, w d=S000. Patrick W \.L.u aud wife to Thomas “Treuberth, It 6 blk's 'E Rogers add Omaha, w d—$1,600. Alvert S Billings “and wife to Flora M Wl‘l%h“l 10 blk 3 I'BQ:H add Omaha, w d— $2.15 i P G Himebaugh and wife to Hanne Schmidt, 1629 bik THInfebaugh's add Omaha 230, 3 Y Alfred It Dufrene and wife to Mary J King, 1t 12 bl 6 Parker's add Omaha, w d— 000, Wi E Clarke and.wife to Mary J King, Its 5and6blk 3 llaua‘("qm place Omaha, w d— 4, 100, vi Jacob € Denise and wife to Julia M _Cain, 1t 17 blk 1 Denise'sndd Omaha. w d—$0675, E B Cole and wifeto David Kaufman,Its 8, 9, and 10 blk l,':'uullbl‘lz:m and Himebaugh's add Owaba, w b—§j . d Owuba, o bk W ta Minnie Micha son, It 6 blk 9 Kountz's 4th iudd Owmaba, wd —§100. Algernon 8 Paddock and wf to_Jay G Du- Bois, its 8, 9 and 10 bik 6 Jerowe ark, Owa- ha, w d—$1,500, tghi Tsaac S Hascall, single, to James E Riley, 2blk 10 Kountze's 4th add Omaha, w d— ) George W Meg tree, m 1501t of | L 100, Lars Rasmuson and wife to Peter Rasmus- on,it 5 blk 2 Boggs & Hills 2d add Omalia,w d ath and wi to John J Lank- 20 Burr Oak add Omaha,w d Caroline Bluwle and husb to Julius Nagle. w12 ft of Its 57 and 55 Hartman’s add Oma- widow, to Palmer Belden ce add Omahia, W d—$4,000. nd wi to Isa Has- 7 i of 1t1 blk 8, 500, 1ts 25 and 5 Tex Augustus Kou eall, 4 of 1t 1and. w ) Kountze's 4th add Omaha, w d . Isare 8 Hascall and others to The Publie, Haseall’s subdivision see 51415 Douglas Co, —dedication. 5 AN AMERICAN ADVENTURESS. Death at Nice of Fanny Lear, Alias Hattie Blackford. HER WORLD-WIDE NOTORIETY. Numerous Escapades In America and Europe—~Her Lialson With a Rus- sian Grand Duke, Nephew of the Czar. Fannie Lear, the famous adventuress, whose death at Nice was announced by cable the other day, was known to thous- ands in Philadelphia, her home and birth- place. Her mother and child, the former now a gray haired old woman and the lattor a young lady grown to womanhood arc both living here in retirement. Her father's church is still standing, the house she was born is quite unchanged, and some of the men who were her yie- tims and some who no doubt were as much or more to blame are among the prominent citizens of Philadelphia. Up to the time of her marriage Hattie Ely, which is her true name, had nothing more to her detriment than the vanity, ambition, and willfulness that are so often accompanied by such great beauty as she undountedly possessed. Her father, the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, named after his maternal grandfather, who was cnaplain to congress, succeeded the Rev. Dr. Alexander as pastor of the old Third Presoyterian church, at Fourth and Pine streets and became the most prominent minister of the denomination in Phila- delphia and one of the most prominent in the United States. He was of Puritan stock and both his father and grand- father, on both patern and maternal sides, were mimsters. This is the sort of ancestry that Fannie Lear came trom. Ministers for three gencrations on her (:\t}mr' ide and her maternal grand- nther After Dr. Ely’s death, while his widow was traveling in Virginia, Hattie, then 16 and very beautitul] accldentally met with & youn, med Blackford, who was' employ i i the Baltimore & Ohio railro: o fice at Parkersburgh, W From a casual meeting on the train she fell in love with him. He followed her and a week afterwards, while the mother and daughter were on the way to Phila- delphia, Hattie left the train on the pre- text of going to buy asandwich and al- lowed her mother to go on alone. Join- ing Blackford they drove to a convenient man and wi married. At the he was very mature and precocious. hin a year her husband began to go to the bad. Whether she had anything to do with it is not known. He became addicted to drink and their life was un- happy. She became gloomy for awhile and then gu Her husband died. Many conflicting stories of his death ex- t, and it is hard to tell how it was caused. Some blamed his wife, but he s time a physical wreck, and it s most probable that he committed Ju the war the widow came to Philadelph ith her child and began to attract great attention, For a he was employed in the mint, unpleasant notoriety was one summer at Long Branch, where she cut a figure and was much talked about. Then she came to Philadelphia and be- gan to be socially ostracised. She was next prominent at the Moya ball, and her name was associated with the famous man about town John Tobias, who after- ward married ““Daisy” Elliott. On one oceasion she said: “John you are the most notorious man in Philadelphia, and L am the most notorious woman, and think we owe it to society to get mar- ried.” At one time she seriously deliber- ated on this step. Some time after this she began to figure_unples i the courts and was_spoken of black- mailer. She brought suit for ch of inst a now wel nown , and, although sym- 5 ide, she sccured a v ,000. en she endeavored to wreek the domestic pence of her counsel, who was one of the most eminentlawyers in Pinladelphia, It claimed that she entrapped him in an unfortunate posi- tion and sccured a large sun of money from him, Then she furnished a house on Rittenhouse street, and not only be- came a notorious character herself and helped rain many men, but was insteu- mental in seriously naging the repu- tation of & number of prominent women. Her Louse was the resort of the most fushionable club men and some of the most prominent professional men. There is & prominent city oflicial, now in office, who on one occasion while at her housc discov 1 that under a delusion a lovely and estimable lady was about to be en- trapped into her dwelling. At the door ! opped her and saved the reputation elf and famil, About this time s another case in which she was ¢ a_gentleman now t in the Philadelphin club and scted to having hisname publicly wted with hers. cscapudes were almost legion. tened with prose- here, started upon when she first went abr ted with a areat racing m of one of thy finest yaehts aloat, and a short time afterward” she began to be notorious i P When Lloyd Phanx, the York millionaire, was about to be m: ricd, Hattie Blachford, or F as she then began to call h ied to him and caused ow York, The relatiy ady he was to murry investig e and tound it utterly fuls the marjage was solemnized.” Aft there was hardly a month_in which the cable was not burdened with her exploits. She me acquainted with the prin of Wales, and was for a time a favorite with hi » m with the of France, » employed set. She was al yalty and aristo is said, was for a tim tically. Imination of her romance was in Russia. Lt was in the winter ot 1871 that she met_ono night at a ball the and Duke Nicholus Constantinowich,a cousin of the present czar of all the Russias, At that time she was still a woman of extraordinary beauty. She had dark hair in great profusion, and an un- perial sort of forehead, broad, open, and white as ivory. Her 'dark flushed under her long lashes like dismonds, and were all uglow with wit and kindness. The nose was lirm, yet with that d aquiline which denotes resolution and courage. The mouth was full and soft, the upper lip small and formed like & bow. Her teeth were as living pearls and her complexion Lair . small hands and taper fingers, a fizure such as a fairy might envy—such is thie deseription of the Awmerican beau- ty who on that night stole the heart of Grand Duke Nicholas. She did not stop Little fee there, but stole also the diamonds of the weak young man’s mother, The grand “duke was @ big, heavy, Stupid young man, fierce and bruta in = his passions, but really not in they the least insane, as pretended him to be. The course of the true love of the "G, D.,” as she delizhted to call him, with Miss ' Blackford did not yun uniforily smooth, - When under the intluence of rage or wine “nobeggar in his driuk could be more foul in his lan- uage than his irperial highness, nor did fo"Sontine his unmanlincss to speeck Truth to tell, be frequently beat Mi Blackiord, and oue night, in a fit of jeal- .ousy, he blackened her eyes and bruised her from’ head to” heel, “This gentle act very. lmnr(l‘y brought the liaison to an nun- timely end, for Miss Blackford, holding an American passport, claimed the pro- tection of the United States minister, Mr. Jewell, which would have been afforded her had she not upon the last moment decided upon keeping quiet. The theft of the diamonds was finally discovered, and the adventuress was thereupon escorted across the frontier, while the grand duke was sent far into the interior. The young woman then returned to Paris, where for a couplo of years her low vistoria, with Russian horses, and isvhrostchie, in blue gaberdine and square cap, was one of the sights of the Bois. Inan eyil moment, while at the high tide of her dubious prosperity, she was tempted to write a book, and in the autumn of 1875, with the aid of a hack writer of the bontevards, she astonished and delighted the Parisian world by a volume entitled “Le Roman d'une Amer- icnine en Russie.”” The text of the ro- mance was, of course, her liaison with the Russian grand duke, who figured in its pages as the “G. IM."’ Her anticipations were more than justified, and she became the reigning sensation, Her book was suppressed by the police, all copies on sale at the booksellers were released and she herself was ordered to quit Paris at the express demand, it 1s said, of the royal family of Russia. But the sensation was continted by the sale of her effectsat the Hotel Druot. The crowd there on the day the articles were on view was enormous. Some of the things were very handsome, and particularly her drawing room furniture, which was covered with black satin, relieved with vuftings of pink. Her dining room chairs were in crimson morocco, stamped on the back with her monogram in gold. Her glass and chinaware were also very elegant, but a good deal abused and chipped. One of the objects that at- tracted most attention was a long, high book case in fine marquetrie, containing a number of elegant bound volumes. ‘The busts ana portraits of the royal fam- y of Russia, were included in the sale, as was also the furniture of the cele- brated ‘‘weeping chamber,” all hung with black velvet sprinkled with silver tears, wherein these art momentos of the most noted 'l ages in the lady’s career were placed. A large portion of her wardrobe was also disposed of, in- cluding a splendid Chinese embroidered opera cloak, which had been so well known at Mabille and in the Boise. The Blackford, on her expulsion f Paris, betook herself to }mly. where fatal to youths of ingled the young bunt Mirafiori, the left-handed son o ctor Emmanuel, in her toils. But this time the fair American reckoned with- out her host, or rather without her hostess, for the mamma of the young entieman, the celebrated Countess Rosina, was not going to stand any non- sense of that kind. So the count, who , of course, a married man, was in- formed by his mother that if he did not at once and decisiv urnto his home and his wife he should be forthwith or dered oft’ on military duty, while the po- lice were charged with the task of po- litely showing Ta belle Amevicaine out of his ‘majesty’s dominions. It is said that the fair lady’s interview with the chief ot police was most amusing. “T'll write a full account of this to the DParis Figaro,” quoth she, in a passion, *‘Madame, wiil you begin now? e pens, ink and vaper,” was the courteous rejoinder. Howeyer, the Italian authorities did things handsomely; they paid all the lady’s hotel bills and t her ofl' in good sty Driven from Italy, the Blacktord yearned to return to Paris, and was pi mitted to do so on condition of her gi ing up to the French authoritics all the letters, portraits, heirlooms, ete., that -nted to her by the Grand Duke All of these curjositics, many \ly prized by the Rus- y. were disgorzed and r rightful owners. The ad- venturess settled down to a compary Iy quiet life in the gay capital and was soon lost sight of by the world at large. R()BI)IGRS_RN D MURDERERS. Reported Arrest of the Murderers of Train Messenger Rellogg. Cnicaco, May 17.— Information has reached Chicago to-night that two men om the detectives believe to be the mis- nts that boarded the night express on the Rock Island railroad and murdered United States Express Messenger Kellogg and then robbed thesafe of $20,000 in cash have been . Sundy morning succeding the fwo strangers took breakfust at’ the farm_louse of Omin Austin, in Kendall connty, e miles north of Morris, w the robbery is supposed to have been mitted, They insisted on setting with th faces toward the door - Mrs, Austin cidentally discovered they - we armed, © After breakfast they Do belook themselves to a neighhoring clump of woods, Many other suspicious circumstan led to the belief that the r 10 others than the train robbers. le breakfast incident as tives have final s meanwhile accumu that they are the The men have been o where they are en ness, and have been Austin, It is talked to-night that the arrests, it not already . made, will take place to- WOLTOW. Imitating Victoria, New Yoni, May 1n.—Society in Tarry- town was thrown into a flutter of excitement this evening by the public announcement that Miss Grac orse, eldest danghter of , niece of the late Commo- had eloped with the fannly Minter, 5 a missionary preacher W's Island penitentiary. y hasone of the most spacious and résidences in Tarrytown, Miss now Mrs. Minten, is 2 old, highly educawd and attrac- aud has been much couried. age. During the ab- to-day they drove to North Tarrytown and were married, returs- ing to the liouse, intending to kecp the mat- ter seeret, It became noised aboul, and they fled and are now supposed to be in hiding in town. ‘The family are very much ang and humiliated over the nafu o — years tive, n Minten is 23 yea sence of the” family of Summer coats and vests arrived at Ramge's. sl g Nebraska Woather. For Nebraska: Fair weather, followed by local raing; slight changes in temperature bbbl B bt e et Seotdoiaes S BUSINESS MEN, Merehants and those engaged in office work arosublect to Dyspepels, Constipation, & feel- ing of despondency and restlessnes, ull caused by & disordered liver or stowms Shnmons Tlyor Rogulator removes the by estub- *ishing & goo 1 digestion and no i erence to business while taking it. uso President of 5. W PILES! How many suffer torture day after day, mak. ing life a burden and robbing existenco of il pleasure, owing to the secvet sufloring trom piles. Yot relief is ready to the hand of almost anyone who will systomatically take Simmons Liver Regulntor. 1t has perinanontly eured thousands. No drastic, violent purge, but & gentle assistant 1o Nature. @ONLY G P2 Has Our Z Stamp in lled on Wrapper. J. H. ZEILIN & 0., Philadclphia, Pu, NUINE CHICAGO GRALN AND PRODUCE. Dooline in Wheat Marked—Cattle Unoven— Hogs Alone Strong. THE MARKET GENERALLY DULL. The Agony Over in Corn-Oats Show General Weakness—Slight Rise Along the Lino at the Close. Crrcaao, May 17.—([Speclal Telegram.]— Wheat was dull and spintiess. The early opening was at Saturday’s closing prices, but the market was withont vigorous support fromany quarter, although the decrease in the visible was estimated at 1,500,000 to 2,000,- 000 bushels. Foreign markets came in steady, and frost and storm news was abundant. Outside conditions were favorable to holders, but quotations indicated the predominance of a different sentunent in the pit, for prices slowly but steadily declined from very near- ly the beginning. June was the firmest month on the iist of futures, and August the weakest. The first hour and the last halt hour were the weakest of the trading during the forenoon’s session. June dropped off je, July 3{c,and August lc early, and remained sullenly steady until after 12 o'clock, when & general decline of ¥@xc took place. The last break was brought about by McFatlan, Roche and others, who acted on New York dispatches, that there was no sale there for the 600,000 or 700,000 Dushels that reached that port via lake, canal and river Sunday and to-day. Roche sold about 7,000,000 bushels the last half hour or 50 and others were not far beind him. LATER DISPATCHES, Later dispatches were received by grain merchants that freight room had been en- guged in two steamers for 135,000 bushels and that other engagements for a much larger quantity, which has not yet been located, had been made. This news checked the de- cline and gave ita firmer closing than seemed possible & few minutes previous. At 1 o'elock wheat showed a loss of 1¢ on June, 125con July and 1%¢c on August. Trading is now very well distributed through the three wmonths. CorN—Corn broke #/@1ec, June being the weakest. A good many small traders, who ailed onto” after the alleged Lester deal of Friday and Saturday, sold out this morning, and ihe easo wi I the market went down under their offexings led the crowd to conclude that maybe there hadn’t been a deal after all ¢ agony in corn seemns to be over, at least tor the present, judging from :.Il:g l:mwul".\llce and temper of the erowd in OE\‘I'\'A()L\L‘ were fairly active and easier, showing a loss in sympathy with wheat an corn of 3@ PROVISIONS. —Provisions were rather soft at the outsct, but hardened up later. Lusi- ness in a speculative way was dull, and cash trade is deseribed as only fairly a The closings show very littlé change from Satur- ay. Wheat was. weak on the afternoon Doard until toward the close, when the mar- ket rallied and carriod prices back to the 1 o'elock elosing. Lester was a_lieavy buyer on taking 24 boatioads at New York, and re- ported at negotiations for wore. Corn was casier, and provisions fairly steady. 2:40'p, m.—Puts on June whoat, Taic; calis, T6ige. OHICAGO hl\'l‘i STOCK. CireAco, May 17.—[Special Telegram, |— CATTLE — Receipts were over _estimated this morning, and buyers were bidding de- cidedly lower, They “‘hammered” the mar- ket lines very hard, but did not succeed in getting prices much, if any, lower. In some ses buyers thought values were a shade lo er,and 8o did some salesmen, but oth in quoted prices stronger than on Sat: and so the market was very une ding was slow early, bnt became more ac- tive and closed stronger. General trade was not quotably different from what se of last week. 1t was ab Other markets were o cattle, 550 N bronght $5.25, perior, Neb., marketed 227 hy 1200 1b cattle at $5.25, with two 5,00, iloas—At the opening made about 5ie lower, more was regained, cl 1o 1200 1bs, attle company, Su- 1062 to 923 1bs at a few sales were 20 for best heavy d £4.15 sked ce for sorts for or he: Packers and shipperg 14.55 for best assorted s, light sorts, sold at cent, STERLING EXCHAN actual rates,$4. 1 sp—Dull but steady; 545 for sixty days; 24.55} for STOCKS és of stocks di- vided between eains ad losses, but all were within % per cent of Saturday’s close. The prices for the general list were firm throngh- out during the morning but. there was somo slight shading off toward the close, The market closed steady and dull, STOCKS ON WALL STREET. 89 cont bonds... &N, W U. 5, 41" New 4’ T0C 107 LakeSh L. & Micl Mo, Pacitic &' ore. . 1 2415 O. R & Novsonss Northern Pa B preferie 5514 CHICAGO PRODUCE, Chicago, May 17.—Flour — Dull and unchanged: winter wheat, $4.40; southern, $4.0004.50; Wisconsim, 34500 Michi- gan soft spring wl 004,00; Minne- soti bi @4, patents, $4,65@5,00. t opened s¢ for near cash, 7@ y opened irmer; declined 1@ Iaje, closing"within S of fnsido ‘prices reached; cash, 3515@s5%c; May, 85%c; June, 80 Gais—Quiet and slow, and declined from ?nlm‘\h;u close; cash, 28)gc; AMay, 25)o) une, 28'c. Rye—Dull at 5934@60c. Barley—Dull at 5. Timothy—§irm at $1.63@170, ax Whisky: Pork — Irregular within ovened steady at Saturda: b@ige, later beeame st side figures, and_elosed cash and May, 5.5 Lard—Dull'and ve smaull range; s close, decline ier, rallied to out- At medium fizures; June, 850, ¢ little change; cash 00, o and May, $54705; June, 85.97)4(@6.00, Bulk Meats—Steady and unch shoul- ders, $4.1004,20; short clear, $5.00@>5.05; shoit ribs, 5,524 Quict; creamery, 18@i%c; dairy, Full cream cheddars, 10@10e; cddars, new stock, Wg@ie? S@ite; flats, new, 10@10kc; young . 10@10! e, 014y w;n;{ greon salled, ges bull Indes Wiakt, 18@\de; calt Tides-( 1, Tier light, Sig 754c; dry salted, sking 10@1ic; de rease, white country, A, 4}feg 'y brown e, Receints, Shipuments. 1, bbls. 15,000 15,000 7,000 157,000 55,000 861,000 145,000 .. 7,000 5,000 00N Boaiv.—~Wheat—Steady and Corn—Easy; June, dbe. Oaty— June ¢, Lard-sleady and uw uged.