Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1887, Page 6

THE DAILY BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OIFICE, NU. 13, PEARL SBTREET. Pelivered by carrier 1o any partof the eity at twenty cents per weok. B.W.Twrox, - - - TELEPHONES: Busiwess Orrice, No. & Niant Epiton No. 28, P MINOR MENTION. N. Y.Plumbing Co. Reiter, tailor. Summer goods chean. Fine coupes for ladies calling. Wm. Lewis, telephone Office 1419 Broad- way. The canning factory has started up d the season pronmuses to be a busy and prosperous one. A couple ot watches were found in vests ye;mmnr They are in the hands of parties at the lake. The democratic conyention, to select delegates to thestate convention, is called to meet here August 25. Permit to wed was yesterday given to J. W. Lonfi, of Clarion. Pa., and Miss Lizzie M. Seabold, ot this county. The Light Guards leave to-morrow night for the annual encampment at Ot- tumwa, expecting to be gone a week. All articles found at the lake likely to belong to those i the wreck, should be taken to the police central oflice for identification. A brown and bl preasted “box" coat Lake Manawa, the police station. J. H. Jones, a coon, known as ‘*Shi was arrested yesterday for beating up one of the colored celebrants, Juke ‘Washington, at the dance on the evening of Emancipation The members of the Council Bluffy Rowing association are requested to be present at the meeting this eve o'clock, at the oflice of K, E. the purpose of taking appropri on the death of Charles H. Ferson, their late member. Owing to the terrible shadow which has fallen upon the waters of Luke Man- awa, the band concert announced tor Inst’ night was indefinitely postponed. Due announcements will be made through the press to these holding tick- ets and to the others interested. The district court met yesterday pursuant to adjournment, but there was hittle to be done, none of the ma in hand being mnd{ for further hearing. Judgoe Carson will hold court to-day, ex- ecting to have some motions argued be- ore him. The saloon cases will come up before him on Monday. “The fighting chaplain,” TLozier, who is the chaplain of the G. A.R. of this state, is to give a lecture and entertain- ment Monday night under the auspices of the Union Veteran legion. He has won a wide reputation, both as a fighter and a talker, and a treat is promised all who go to hear him. The driving park stables are once more filled up with horses for the fall races in this vicinity. Alex D. on, with the Ounninghain stable of nine horses; Dr. Whitford's three horses, and Matt Col- in, the oldest driver in Americ with ve horses, ull arrived from Kansas City yesterday morning. loon men as well as the pro- sts are waiting with anxiety for on this side of the river of the two informers, 1 and Me- Laren. While the prohibitionists have filed an information charging them with carrying concealed weapons, the saloon men have planned on having them ar- rosted as soon as they reach this side of the river, the information having been filed in Justice Briggs' office June 2, Mmrl!hui the two with perjury in the case of the State vs A. Ritter. e e Manager. k checked double- yund yesterday on aits identitication at the apy Pacific house is the nearest hotel to the majority of real estate oflices in the city; 82 per day. s A Mixed Family History. A sensational und scandalous revela- tion of family history was made yester- day in the arrest of a man named E. D. Wilson, who is charged with making a fiendish assault on Laura B. Runyan, his wife's sister, about six years ago. 1t is claimed that his wife was visiting in Neola at the time. Her mother was called out by sickness at a neighbor’s. The father was drunk in another room. Wilson is said to have taken advantage of the situation and entered the young girl’s room through a window and made the outrageous attempt upon her. She scresmed and he drew a knife, swearing he would kill her it she yelled, and that screaming would'do her no good. It 1s claimed that he accomplished his purpose. She was oaly thirteen at this time and she kept the affair to herself to save disgrace. Such is the outline of the story which has now been told bfi"m girl to "Ed Baker, her present husband, who married her last Septcmber. Baker claims to have known nothing abaut the transaction until his wife told him about it a few days ago. Wilson had gone to Califor- nia, having left for there last May. Baker, on learning of his action, was proparing to go to California after Wil- son, but Wilson returned Thursday. Baker and Ed Runyan, a brother of the girl, arrested him on their own motion and took him to the city jail. Wilson claimed that Baker pulled a revolver on him and made him march to the jail without any warrant or authority, "He denied that he had ever used any force on the girl, but admitted that he had been unduly intimate with her. An in: formal inquiry was made into the facts and Williams was allowed to go free, it appearing that if there was any ground for bringing such a l;rusvmlliun against him it shoul have been begun eatlier, mstead of waiting for so many vears to pass without anything being done con- cerning it. ol For Rent—A suite of five rooms, nicely located, for light house keepiug. Avply &t 41 Muun street, Personal Paragraphs. Frank Miller returned home yesterday morning. William Wick, of illinois, is in the city visiting friends. John Gray, an Avoca attorney, was in the city yesterday. F. E. Ticknor, of Little Sioux, a Coun- cil Bluffs boy, is visiting his old home kere. Mrs. E. Burhorn and Mrs. Lou Ham- mer returned last evening from a two weeks’ sojourn at Colfax, W. N. Hateh, G. W. Killion and J. M. illion, of York and Washington town- ships, were here yesterday buying stock cattle tor their farms. — It you want a ern pump, chain pump er any other kind of a pum[. re- member wi currf' the largest stock and best prices in the city. Cole & Cole, 41 Main street, Sl R For Sale or Exchange. A good horse, buggy and harness. Will take a city lot in exchange. C. J. Colby, Maso! mple e Heisler's, coolest barber shop in the city, 508 Broadway, Melchior Bros.' cel- brated chairs and new fixtures, At the Pacific house *ou will save from Blc to $1 per day. vinced. S J. W. and E. L. Squire lend money, ry it and be con- DROWNED INMANAWA A Tloating Ooffin Loaded With Passengers Wrecked on the Lake. WORK OF THE WILD WAVES. A Day of Pleasure and Recreation Olosed by Death's Dark Pall. THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER, The Bodies of Three Recovered and the 8earch Continues. THE STORM'S WIERD REQUIEM. A Thrilling Struggte for Life Amid the Roar of Angry Elements and COries of Distress—Brave Men to the Rescuc—All the Detai! A sad accident occurred at TLake Manawa, ‘Thursday night, resulting in the drowning of several persons, The excur- sion of the Omaha Brotherhood of Loco- motive kngmeers had drawn a large num- ber of pleasure seckers, to that pop- ular resort, When the storm arose, about 830 o'clock, the remaining excursion made a rush for the three httle steamers, the Manawa, the C. E. Magne, and the Lady of the Lake, heaviiy loading each one of them. ‘The steamers were unable to carry the whole crowd at once, and consequently a large number had to remmn behind and wait for a second trip. The night was dark, the rain poured down, the lightning was quite vivid at times, and the lake was quite rough, owing to the strong wind which swept across it. Altogether the situation was not a pleas- antone to the excursionists who were eager to reach the north side of the lake to tuke temporary shelter in the hotel or start for home in the conveyances. The steamers were considerably delayed in starting, however, owing to the high wind. The Lady of the Lake and the C. E. Mayne reached the north landing in safety. The Manawa, however, just as it was about to pull out to cross the lake, at about 10 o'clock, was, according to one account, dashed against the landing with considerable force, thus breaking a hole 1 her side. The hole was not discovered until the steamer had got about half way across the lake, when it was observed that the craft was sinking. Thediscovery that the boat was going down caused the wildest excitement among the passengers. According to the statement of one of them, the captain ordered them to go for A rush was accordingly made, but 1t had a disastrous cflect for 1t SANK THE CRAFT and threw all the passengers into the water. Some clung to the wreck, others who had grabbed Life preservers as well as other loose articles floated 1in the water. Their cries for assistance were heard on shore, and soon several row boats came to their rescue. All who could be found were safely landed. Several persons, however, were missing, among the num- ber being Joseph Newman, son of B. Newman, of Omaha, Mr. Cartwright, clerk in Bell's drug store, South Tenth street, Omaha, Mr. C. H. Ferson, of Council Binffs, and one other man whose name could not be learned. There were no ladies among the pas- sengers of the Manawa. There were about thirty mea on the boat when it foundered. The Manawa was about thirty-five feet long and was a flat-bottomed sidewheeler. The news of the accident was not learned in Omaha until about 1 o'clock in the morning when some of the ex- cursionists returned home. Their ac- counts of the aflair were rather meagre, owing to the confusion and excitement surrounding the affair. They left the scene before definite results conld be learned, and therefore they were uncertain as to the number drowned. They could not possibly say that more than one man, Joseph New- man, had perished. Some thought that at least six or seven had been drowned, and, that the full facts could not be learned until daylight. The newsof the fatal disaster caused considerable excitement and inquiry m the morning among the people of Council Blufts and Omaha, especially among those of the latter city, who had relatives and friends among the ex- cursionists who had not yet returned. Quite & number of Omaha people came over to Lake Manawa early yesterday morning to search for the missing ones—- to ascertain whether they weresimply de- tained or were drowned. How it Happened. Mr. George Metcalf, of Metealf Bros., clothiers, Council Bluffs, recounts the story of the disaster ina manner the niost strongly corroborated by other witnesses. Said he: ‘It was afew minutes after 10 o'clock when the Manawa put out from the bathing beach to cross the lake to the hotel. 1t was then raining and a strong breeze carried the waves rather high, but not with sufllcient violence to frighten any of us. The other steamers —the C. E, Mayne and the Lady of the Lake—had preceded us and we could see their lights lying dead ahead and sate on the other shore. Thank God, we had no women or children on board! I cannot say how the boat was manned as I took no motice of surroundings. Messrs. S. H. koster, J. F. Day, H. S. Sheppard and H., H. Inman and myself all sat together about midships with our umbrellas held behind us against the rain, Only a few minutes passed when glancing down into the ash pit in front of ihe engine, I noticed that water was running into it, It seems strange enough,but I had merely time to call the attention of my friends to the fact when we felt the boat settling as it scemed to me, stern first. Some one in the reur shouted ‘all for- ward,’ but we had no time to obey the order when the boat shook and keeled badly, throwing the bow high in the air, The water, which seemed to me to be pouring in through every seam in the hall, rose as though it was pumped aboard and the furnace fires were presently extinguished with a great escape of steam. Our party and . I believe all the others, turned and jumped overboard, The steamer went down like a shot, and in the swirl she created we caught sight of her stack and awning braces still above water, and to these we clung. In this position about fifteen of us remained for fully twenty minutes, until we were taken off, but by whom I was too excited to observe. I saw several men abandon the awningand swim off for shore. Ferson was one of these. I have no reason to think that any others failed as he did. I am particularly desirous of stating that the cap- tain's first version of the affair, which rested the blame upon his passengers is untrue. There was no rushing about and to my certain knowledge no water came in over the gunwales until the craft was submerged. In my judgment she was leaking before we set off and merely foundered.” The Search For the Dead. The strip of black mud which does ser- vice through three miles of dock and iron weeds, as the highway between Council Bluffs and Lake Manawa, was thronged early erday morning with ve- hicles bearing visitors to the scene of the disaster. In the bright sunlight of the day the waters of the nittle sheet lay placidly oblivious of the havoc they had, with the storm’s aid, wrought during the night. Among the earliest arrivals were Messrs, B. Newn and J. W, Bell, of Umahy; Coroner Faul, of Pottawattamie coun and a large number of citizens volun- teering to the sad work at hand. For the implements to dredge and drag the bottom, large grapnels and lines strung with trout hooks were proyvided. An effort was made to enlist the ser- vices of some fishermen who had seines Iying idle at the footof the lake, but these amiable gentlemen declined to move a peg until $30 had been guaran- teed them. The guarantee was not made and the work was pushed without the seines, The fated steamer lay about 150 yards off the north shore and nearly that dis- tance from where she sank. The action of the waves had been stead- ily lifting her all night into the shallows and her stack and drenched awnings were plainly visible above water. The drag boats plied ailigently for- ward and back, across and around until about 10 o’clock in the forenoon when one of them made a catch which proved to be young Fersou's body. Almost at the same moment, and within a few feet of the spot, the trout hooks of another boat brought up young Newman. Both bodies were at once con- veyed to Field & Estep's under- taking establlshment in Council Biufls, where the work of removing the stains of their violent fate was despatched. The scarch for Cartwright and others tively pushed at the lake. Coro- ul meanwhile determined to defer the inquest until the remuining dead should be recovered. Cartwright's body was recovered about noon. Mr. Newman requested that the body of hisson should be taken to Omaha laste vening, a request which was com- vhied with. The Steamer and Her Captain. The Manawa seems to have been an ill-starred craft from the day she was launched to the night of her miserable end. She was built about three years ago by a Mr, Harvey Holloway, a Potta- wattamie county farmer, whose thrifty eye canght the future profit in such an enterprise on the little lake with its fast growing popularity. There is no nautical terms ayilable to deseribe her. She was neither a steam barge, a vacht, a fore and aft schooner, nor a chipper-rigged brigantine. She was simply a cranky, skiff-hke little struct- ure, of about twenty-live feet in length and seven feet in breadth of beam. She contained a little upright engine, and was origi- nally propelled by a serew. Her passen- ger accommodations were found in a strip of planks nailed like a bench around the sides. She opened her excur- sion career last year under the pretty name of Allia” May, but so many small mishaps brought her into disrepute, that the cuaning farmer painted out the old christening and with- out regard to marine laws or sporting rules substituted the name of the water on which she pli Manawa. The far- mer had otherwise “fixed her up” during the winter but the first thing she did this year was to sink at her mooring one night some weeks ago. ft was reported then that she sprung a leak, but the farmer protested that malicious party had scuttled her with an augur. Farmer Holloway saton the shore of the lake yesterday morning with every signal of distress hung out. His face was buried in his hands and though his plow and helmworn fingers he peered dismally out over the dancing waters to the wreck of his devoted craft. Mr. Holloway had no desire to talk, but he was constrained to say something when reminded of the account of himself that he would prob- ably be required to give. He then said that his regular engineer, one J. was off that night, and with assistance of a small boy to shove! in coal and bring him reports from the steam gauge he thought he could safely muke the passage. He manned the tiller and on leaying the beach wharf he bore off westward, skirting the lee shore so as to ain the protection of the willows, He then states that the storm the boat and created the confusion which, in accordance with his original story, already known, upset the boat. [t is his' lucky fateto be a good swimmer and as soon as he felt no bottom under foot he struck out and safely made the shore. He explains his adventurous en- deavor to run the boat alone by the thoroughly satisfactory and reassuring statement that ho ran asteam hay press one sumnmer, and knew all about engin ‘The facts in the case m, at the first glance, to be that the b suffered her disastrouns injury in landing at the beach wharf about fifteen minutes tefore start- ing on the fateful trip. At that time, through some bad maneuvre she struck the stout little wharf bows with a shock which attracted the attention of those about. A cursory examination re- \'enliuf; no damage, nothing more was thought of it. It is believed by m:my that when the boat is brought up,she will be found to be badly strained with her null agape, showing that the collision at the wharf was the direct cause of her foundering. Accounted For, It was reported yesterday morning that among those on the unfortunate steamer were Leslie I. Stone and G employed by Harris & W tors, 820 South Fifteenth street, of Omaha, These young men had not reported at the oftice at 10 o'clock, and their em- ployers and friends were very anxious about them. Mr. Harris came over to the lake at noon, and at2 o'clock yes- wrdn& afternocn sent & message to Mr. Watson, his partner, that he bad found Stone allright. No trace could be found of Lindley, and 1t was feared he was one of the drowned persons. He has since turned up all right. Mr. J. E. Dietrick, of Ietrick & Guth, architects of Omaha, was somewhat un- easy as to the fate of his partner, Mr, Joseph Guth. In company with Mr. A, ‘T. Howk, of the drafting department of the Union Pacitic, Mr. Guth went to Lake Manawa Thursday about 5 o'clock, intending to retuen that night. Yesterday afternoon, however, Mr. Guth appeared at his place of business and set at rest all foars for his sufety. Was the Manawa scuttled? Various ru- mors are aflout to that effect, and some Ivance that theory as accounting for udden sinking of the steamer. When F. J. Day, one of the passengers, went on hoard hé found a brace and bit lying on the seat, but thought lstle of it at the time, simply removing them so that he could sit down there. ‘L'he owner ot the boat claims that when she sunk so speedily one morning at the wharf, two or th weeks ago, some one had bored a hole in her, as the hull will show. This circumstance, with the presence of the bit 1n the boat this time, seem the only facts on which the scuttling theory has been produced, Villiam ', Wappich, of C. E. ofice, Omaha, was successful with his boat in rescuing five of the unfortu- nates. Captain Anderson, of the merchants’ police, and Ed. Wright were in the first boat to re: the wreck. They met three men swimming from the steamer to shore having life preservers. They told Anderson to go on, as those on the steamer needed him more than they did. Two of these men were picked up by an- other boat and the third swam safely to shore. On reaching the steamer Arider- son found the crowd stunding on the awning of the boat, their heads just above water, and cautioned them about making a rush for his boat lest it should be mped. He says he never saw a wilder set of men, but under the circumstances they managed to load his boat with little confusion. He took in one after another until he had a dozen, and then by threats kept others from ge ting in, and by assurances of other boats soon being there, managed to get off with the load. The boat loaded so that the rail only was above water. Fred Carlton, of Harrington & Carlton, was among those who used a small boat in rescuing those from the wreck. Rcenes, Incidents and Interviews, Nearly all those who were on the ill- fated steamboat remained on this side of the river until yesterday morning. The consequence was that each dummy train took Omaha pcople some of the survivors of the accident and other Omahans who had remained at the cident to aid in the search ssing enes. Those who had been on the by were naturally ina dilapidated condition, as far as wearing was concerned. A reporter of was at tlie depot and questioned rivals on their experience of the mght. The general tenor of their stories corresponds with the main aceount given a few of the most pointed interviews are here given. The principal desire of the survivors seemed to be t reach thei homes to relieve their triends and rela- tives of anxiety concerning their safety. AN AGENT ACCOUNT of the accident was given by D, (. ford who on the ste: party started from the be that was being held in the hotel. Before starting the captain of the Manawa was qu to the strength and capacity s boat. He d it was_perfectly seaworthy and could safely carry lifty peovle. Mr. Bradford said ‘there were but twenty-three in the party and only eighteen “could be ac- counted for after the boat sank. He was under the awning and the boat went down without the least warning. He and most of the passengers went down with it. He was forced by the inflowing waters against the awning and experi- enced the greatest difticulty in getting clear of the boat. When he did so he found a number of persons clinging to the boat. It would remain a short time on the surface and then sink; the var- ties would then let go and catch the bout when it came to the surface again. In this perilous position they re- mained until the rescuing parties 1n row boatsreached them. klr\ Bradford was certain that Cartwright could not have vscu&wd, for he saw him under the awning when the boat went down, He was also sure, last night, that Newman and Ferson were drowned, for diligent search was made for them, and they couldnot be found. Ferson was from Councii Bluffs, and was bookkeeper in the gas works n that city. Mr. Bradford says that none of the boatmen or steamer employes at e Manawa made any at- tempt to save those struggling in the water. All the rescuing was done by those belonging to the Omaha party, When the; reached the shore ~half-clad and chilled, there being mo fire or accommodations to add to their comfort. There were about a dozen hfe preseryers on the boat and they were secured under the seats 8o that only two could be used. These were obtained by Pat Quig- ley and Charles Alcorn of Omaha. One man caught hold of the whistle as the boat was going down the second time when the cylinder tlew out and sent him flying into'the water. He was afterwards rescued, ‘The pilot or engineer of the boat clung to the flag- stafl for a short time, then divested him- self of his clothing and swam to the shore. This man was somewhat under the influence of liquor and was the only one on the boat who showed the least signsof drink. Mr. Bradford said that he heard that Cart- wright had been struggling in the water and was heard to cry out that he could not swim. ‘Thereupon a man threw him a life-vreserver, but he failed to get it and was seen no more, ‘‘lt was very for- "Mr. Bradford continued,‘that no or children were on the boat as none of them could have been sa As soon as these who were r reached the shore they commenced hing for the missing ones.’” K Brad- a, employed at the depot brunen of the P Express company, in Omaha, was at Lake Manawa, and saw the dent from the shore. The boat disappeared entirely at first, and then came up again, and the passengers seemed to be all scattered around in the water. The first person to reach the shore was Pat Quigley, of Omaha, who came in on a life preserver. The next was Charles Al- corn. Umahans who did not go out on the steamer immediately procured row boats and started to the rescue. No effort was made by the other steamboats to save any one. A fearch for the missing ones was kept up until aaylight most of those from Omaha remaining at the scene of the accident, 4 NOTES AND INCIDENTS. Charles Alcorn, one of the saved had his favorite bull dog with him on the boat. The canine remained on the bow until taken off by a buat, making no attempt to swim ashore. ‘The night fireman of Unién Pacific en- gine No. 303, that draws the dummy en- zine, who was on the boat, stripped off his cln\hinfilxmdsw-\m to the shore, On nis arrival he could obtain no clothes, and was very cold. Finally he had to come to Omaha with an old rubber coat wrapped around him, A great many articles of jewelry, watches, ete., were lost, and the damuge to clothing was general, Ike Meyer, of Omaha, performed an act of heroism which entitles him to a medal. In. gome way he got posscssion of a life preserver, but seeing & man struggling 1n the water near by who could not swim, Meyer he- roically relinquished his “preserver’’ and struck out for the shore with nothing but his knowledge of swimming between him and death, Charles Cartwright was a clerk in Bell's drug store on Tenth street Omaha. He came from Weston, Mo., and roomed in the store, It was his custom to oven in the morning, and about the first known of his non-arrival home was when the other elerks arrived f’rsh-rdn_l‘ morning and found the doors closed. Mr. Bell was nformed of the accident byhis son, who was on the steamer, and came over at 2 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Bell imme- diately started for Lake Manawa. His body was recovered 1n the morning. Frank Alcorn, a brakeman on the Union Pacific, was on the ill-fated boat, and was sitting alongside of Cartwright, When the capsize took place they became separated in the water and that was the last seen of Cartwright by Lpan- ion, Alcorn seized a life-preserver, but could not put it on. He kept itin hs left hand, however, and pad- died to the shore. About twenty- five —minutes after the accident Mr. Alcorn says boats put out from the shore to the rescue. There were twenty- six persons on steamer, They left the shore at 10 o’clock and were 1n the middle of the_ lake when the accident happened. Mr. Alcorn places the cause of the accident on tho rushing of the crowd to the front part of the steamer. He says ther women or children on rd. guitar player, name unknown, s with Cartwright, at the time, and it s among the vietims. aloon keeper, Omaha cor- r of Capitol avenue and Twelfth strect, son the stewmer, [He says the accident cansed by the waves washing over stern of the b when the cap- tain ordered the passengers to the bow. ‘This caused the wator to tlow into the fire-box and extinguish the fire. The boat then sank immediately. Mr. Fuller kept himself from sinking for several minutes, when he was rescucd by a row-boat, A wan med Andrews was the first to ar- rive with his boat, and he did good work 1n rescuing the unfortunates, Fuller says those who were taken from the water im- mediately searched the shores of the lake for missing ones. ey found ten or twelve hats for whom no owners could be discovered. He felt certain that as many as six perished, £nd should not be surprised if the number would be in- creased to ten. He recollects seeing 8 lad about ten years old on the boat before the accident who could not be found afterwards. J. C. Elliott, of Omaha the C. E. Mayne, says he was not on his boat at the time of the accident. He had lett some time before and gone toward the Blufts, Had he been on board he certainly would ha gone to the aid of the unfortunates, beecause he knew that his boat was well enough equipped to stand the storm. He depre- cated, however, the act of one of his fellow steamboat men who deliberately shut him out, by means of com- bination, of sccuring much of the patronage of the gu The committce of the engineers made arrangements with Wolsey, the owner of the Lady of the Lake to do all the excur- sion work, and Wolsey, Mr. Elliott claims, combined with the owner of the Little Gem and the Manawa to help him, leaving the C. E. Mayne out of the deal The father of young Cartwright is now in Colorado atterding to his mining in- terests. He was notitied by telegraph of the sad fate of his son, Itisreported that the captain of the Manawa ref to allow any women or children to embark on his ‘craft which has led to the rumor that he was some. what doubtful of the safety of his boat. he owner of Frequency of Such Accidents, “These accidents are of of yery fre- quentoccurrence on small laki Contractor Liston of Omaha. recall, about two years ago this time, when a simlar accident occurred on Lake Minnetonka in which Rand, of Minneapolis, and wife )lr und otkers, amounting to nine peo- ple, met with a watery grave.” ‘*There is more danger on one of those choppy httle lakes in a storm than there is one of larger dimensions,” said an old pleasure vesorter. And this fact i3 at- tested by a member of the B aff, who a few years ago, narrowly ped ' with a party of St. Louisians from going to the bottom of Devil's lnke in Wisconsin, a storm having arisen in five minutes which broke the little steamer into kindling wood. Obituary. Charles Cqrtwright came to Omaha in October last'and was first employed in the Clarke drug house, In January he entered the W. Bell, druggist on Tenth street, adjoining the railroad track. He came from Weston, Mo., where his fath: lis motker and one The elder Cartwright was 1n this city a few days ago on a visit to his son. The deceased was about twenty-two years of age and exceedingly popular with all who Kknew him. His employer and in the drug store are loud in their p: of his character and faithfulness to duty. Joseph Newman 1s ason of B, Ne man, a well known clothier doing bu: ness in Omaha, Young Newman was a clerk in hisfather’s store, and was very popular among his associates and ac- quaintances. He was nineteen years of age, and was born in Council Blufls, Charles H. Ferson was aged about thirty years. He was born at Fitchburg, 0 where his parents and brothe! ster still reside. He came to 1879, and has, during his resi- been connected with the gas his position being that of s| He was marrica about four yeais ago to Miss Louie Osborne, daugh- ter of Mrs. J. P. Cassady. He leaves also a litule daughter, Grace, a charming child. Mr. Ferson was a finely educated y in business und social greatly esteem He was a mem of the Methodist church, and in his habits was exemplary, He was of a retiring_disposition, and it was only among hss friends who knew him well that his best qualities appeared. He was & member of the Royal Arcanum. The time of the funeral cannot be an- nounced until telegraphic responses can be obtained from hi. nds in the east The Missing Rice Boy. David Rice, formerly pressman for the Council Blufts Herald, and now in the employ of N. M. Pusey, hada younger brother, a boy of about fourteen, who was down to the lake, He has not re turned nor b heard from up to 6 o'clock last evening. The boy was given a ticket for a ride on the Manaws and his brother was quite con day that the boy must have been lost. Inquiry among the passengers led to the almost unanimous reply that they were sure there was no such boy on the boat, as they noticed that there was not a child nor s woman on the boat. d there been & boy they would have seen him. One or two of the Omaha passengers. however, say they did see a boy, aged about ten years they thought. The Rici boy is very small for his years, which causes n belief that they were right in their assertions, The Lat The remains of Joseph Newman were taken to Omaha at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and immediately conveyed to his parent’s residence, 2321 Dodge street. ‘The remains of Charles Cartwright now lie at the undertaker's roomsin Council Bluffs, and to-day wil be forwarded to the residence of his father at Weston, Mo, The impression prevails that there are still more bodies to be found in the lake. Greedy Hackmen. There are many complaints heard of the manner in which those unfortunate enough to be at the lake during the storm were treated by the hackmen and others having conveyances. It is claimed that some of these insisted on having $1 each for bringing the passengers up to the city, and refused toaccept the tickets issued under contract with the engineers who arranged for the picnic on that afternoon and evening. One gallant en- gineer, who had a hack for himself and some ladies with him, tendered the use of the vehicle to some of the half-drowned and thoroughly chilled passengers of the steamer, knowing that it was more important for them to got up to the city than for him and the ladies with him, they not having been on the boat, They firnm‘ully took seats in the huck, and to their sutprise the d fused to take them unless they advanced #1 cach, The owner of the hack, learn- ing of this, promptly denied that such action on the part of the driver was by his orders or with hisapproval, and gave orders for the driver to take them to the ity at once, without money and without price. There are other instances re- ported in which the drivers of vehicles took advantage of the situation to reap & harvest. Some jus themsclyes by claiming that on such a might and with such roads it was little enough. The Inguest To-day There scemed to be a disposition on the part of the authorities to allow the L Manawa disaster to pass without holding any inquest or formal investigaiion. The sentiment of the public was, however, speedily found to be strongly in favor of a thorough sifting of facts to asceriain where the responsibility rests for this loss of ife, On learning this fecling arrange- ments were made yesterday afternoon for holding a coroner’s inquest. It 1s to be held at 10 o'clock this morning in the court room. The interest in the matter is so keen, that it was deemed Dbest to provide some larger room than is generally used for such oc- casions. Colonel Daily, the county at- torney, is to_conduet the investigation, ‘The coroner is to select a jury of three of the best citizens, Hon, W. H. M, Pusey, P. C. DeVol and A, C. Graham, Six of the passengers of the ill-fated steamer are to be subpenaed and the owner of 0 boat, with those who hud any connec- tion with its management, are to_be called on to muke thelr statements. The testimony will be taken verbatim and 1t is proposed to make thorough work of it. No steps have been taken to put in cus- tody the owner and manager of the boat, Harvey Holloway, who was personally in charge of her when she sunk, The Jailed Informers. In view of the fact that the saloon cases are to be called up Monday, it is of spe- cial mterest that the two informers, whose testimony is wanted, are now lia- bie to be here. The two, A, P. McLaren and H. Darville, were arrested in Omaha and have been Kept in jail there for some time, thus preventing their appesrance when wanted nere before. They have been released, and have been rearrested, this time on & charge which will vplad them 1 the hands of the lowa authorities, so that they can be used for witnesses, The in- formation was filed in Justice Barnett's court some time u[in, charging them with carrying concealed weapons. They are now arrested in Omaha, as fugiti justice. It is expeeted that they will not objeet to being brought back fivrc, and they will be held in charge of the lowa icers until they can be given a chance heir evidence. ‘The attempt will to break down the force of their evidence, if they give any, by showing y worked tor money and then lves to the other side and made contradictory aflidavits. s from @ head of one, two and oar-old steers for sa Wil give credit'to reliable partics. Enquire of A. J. Greenamayer, 623 Mynster st., tele- 211, B Y Wanted—Two good boys to work in dining room at Kiel's hotel. Apply at onco. For Sale—A Standard bred stallion for one-fourth its value. Will sell on_time. Five years old. Will show 2:35 gait. A. C. Arnold, Denison, 1 The Drum Major's Case. Drum Major Corbee, alias Hawk, was brought up before Justice preliminary hearing cluded not to insist on th ing its evidence, but to tion. I'he bonds were placed £500, but there is little likelihood of h ng able to furnish the He went back to jail yesterday and will probably remain there until the grand jurY meets the 1st of Sep- tember and probubly long — 4 e n the city stop at the Street cars pass the door every fifteen minutes for all’ the depots. Meals 80 cents each. tate produc- examina- Parties. The excursion steamer and barge John M. Abbott is prepared to fulfill ¢ nts for excursions on the Mis er—either day or moonlight parties, Capacity 400 passengers, For terms and other particulars inquire of L. P Judson, 929 Sixth avenue, e CHRISTINE NILSSON, Description of the Home and Sur- roundings of the Singer. The home of Christine Nilsson in Ken- sington court is one of the most luxurious bonboniers in London,says a correspond- ent of the St. Louis Republican. It may really be looked upon bridal bower, for previously she o a house 1 Belgravia whici, though very fine and expensive, was not half so | charming as the beautiful nestin which the nightingale now reposes, made | one of the diva’s company at her last re- ception, id passed an hour or two of | that unilloyed enjoyment which it is oc- asionally given us mortals to experience. | e world-renowned songstress received | me with engaging and hospitable warmth | at the door of her drawing-room, an | apartment crowded with artistic furni- ture, richly ¢ ed and gilding, embroid- ered draper Wl an almost inceserin- able quantity of rare bibelots. A gilded cabinet bearing her monogram is quite | filled with exquisite ancient tans, several | of which are historie, having belonged to | and Norway, the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and many othe great ladies have given their photograp with lulogrnvhn and phrases of admira tion to the celebrated singer. Right well and lmpl(vy does the cel brated songstress look to-day in Ler muE blue gown of satin-faced surah, M without train, high neck und with the elbow sleeves which show to such aduan. tage the white and shapely arms. A touch of pink ribbon and a voluminous cascade of tine old point lace form an admirable background for the wonderful parure of sapphires and dinmonds with which her ears, neck, fingers and arms are adorned. She looks handsomer now she did a score of years ago, when avanal painted that exquisite full-length of her as Ophelia, which hangs yonder, “I was young and poor then," she says stroking her now plump cheeks, and by the use of the word “‘poor” in the sense of “thin” showing how great an influence her American connection has had in forming her English speech; for in Eng- 1and “poor’’and*‘lean’’ are not considered identical in meaning. With a hearty ad- miration that has truth ringing in eve: syllable Christine speaks of her fondne: for America, and her gratitication in t knowledge that she is liked there. She belongs to the Seandinavian race,a peopla who,tiore perhaps than any other,assimi- late well with our native population, and one can quite easily believe that if she were but _one of the many women who mhabit Ameriea, instead of being one of the greatest vrima donnas who ever lived,she would like,cven almost as much as ghe does, the free air and the socially noble institutions of the United States. The fair Christine is now the Countess Casa de Miranda, and [ was interested in the personality of her spouse. The count 18 a slender man of middle age, of about Nilsson’s own height, with dark com- Plexion and with eyes ' that require a cir - cular rimless glass stuck 1n one of them only. Immeasurably proud, and natur- ally so, the good gentleman seems to be fond of his renowned and fascinating wife; and the sant little daughter, who has brought them together,flits from one parent to the other, as joyous nas a bird in the sunshine, She is quite Span- ish in her coloring, and though she has fine black cyes, would scarcely be called a beauty. With the joy of happy mother- hood and wifehood gleaming™ brigh from her sapphire eyes, Nilsson herself a beauty, and her voiceis the angel!'s prayer it ever was. Am [ notto be envied? I, who wrile to you, sitting on a golden divan by lflé& son’s side as she sings Schubert’s ‘'Sér« enade,” Nettic Carpenter accompanying her on the_violin, and w7 at the piano! 1 will hear no lesser vocalizin, after that exquisite dream of melody, and so depart, down the gobelin-tapes- tried oak staircase, past the morning room in claret velvet, the dining room in Spanish leather, the quaint hall with stained glass windows, in which stand men servants in livery. and then into the prosaic worid of spoken speech, the queen's highways of Picoa- dilly, Bond strect and the Strand. = o z PRINTING BOOKS IN LUCKNOW, An Immense Concern Where Koran and s Prepared. The Kishore publishing house 18 sltu- ated on the Hazart Gunge, the main strect of Lucknow. The buildings are numerous but low, mostly of one story, after the native fashion, and exceedingly plain, Many of them are mere sheds, where the work is done 1 full view of others on the pre s, The roofs ard brick tiling. These buildings cover # vast space, which is_divided int ‘F and nondeseript passageways run- ning at allangles with each other, an: deseribing such curves as one can find in the denser parts of Lubeck and Nurem- berg. I entered the rromis s by a long lane running at right angles from the main _ street, says Bishop Hurst in Harper's Magazine. No one in passing along the street would suspeet, unless he should turn into the lane, the number of men hard at work at the farther end or the wonder- ful magnitude of their operations, Th are constantly coming in from al] and even from _Afghanistan, and Turkey, m Europe, The many people engaged in carrying on this business have all they can do to fill the orders and prepare for new ones on the way. Were the buildings covering such an area as this in Europe, and four or five stories high, yet turinng out n more work than these primitive huts and sheds, their value conld not be less than $500,000. But in Lucknow those many buildings and the ground covered bythem would notscll for more than about £40,800. 'The huts have no wooden floors, Mother earth is the common restings place. The men and boys in groat nume- ers sit on the carthen iloor in all possi itions and_carry on their work, type, read proof, and bind the sheets while sitting squat on the f;rmuul. There is a great disproportion between the amount of type and the volumes printed. While there is an immensg quantity of type used in Kishore's house, the lithographing of a whole book is a favorite precedure. 1 have a copy of the koran, bought upon the premise, which is one foot long and eight inches broas and I am quite sure that not a type used in ihe printing of it. The plates ure Iithographs, and of excellent finish. As this p ar volume was intended to be illustrated in colors, the difliculty was to supply the cuts, This, of course,could have been met by a separate impression, But that 1s not Kishore's method. All these blanks are filled by colored illustras tions applicd by hand. These are quite rudely done, and ¥ pictures are and to an oriental attrac For the koran whi \ving 317 pages, with numerous manua! illutrations, bound in full leather, the price was only $2.50. a@hBut while o large portion of the work in this Mohammedan publishing house is done upon stone instead of type, there ig isalso an inmense amount of ' the usual type-setting and ting. The Arabs and 3 the whole alphabet, in sev ! of curves which can be easily executed by | sharp tools. eSS A Lost Fotato Crop. urnal: In the early days of Uncle € : Tutly, the pres- treasure ter mining with 53 for se years, concluded to go to farming for a change. At that time potatoes communded a Tigh price, and after considering the matter for some time, thought it would be a good move to plant a few acres in spuds. “Not being familiar with the cu nof that almost ndisvens Le inauired into the matter < told to plant them deep. George accordingly sallied forth with a plow, followed by a man with a spade, A deep furrow ‘was run cross the field and the man with the spade would dig . postiiole and drop in a few potatoes, then fill up the hole with dirt. As the farrow was planted in this queens and princesses; a Chickering concert grand piano is partially covered | with an unusually fine China crape shawl, embroidered in colors, trimmed | with a multi-colored fringe and looped p here and there with rare old silver | Sculptured ivories, burnished n ancient ormolu clock, with | with costly erystals, | « like diamonds, a | marble bust of the diy buhi-table under the gr: palm, and at least a score of photograp of crowned heads, whose sovereign fin gers have offered these tributes, with their autographs, ta Christine Nillson, are a few of the many interesting ob jects upon which the charmed eye of t yisitor falls, The lovely Quecn Merce: of Spaiu, the empresses of Russia and Austria, the queens of Greece, Sweden | triends to | country I | holes to the lower levels, is o 1uss of pos manner, George would turn his plow the other way and throw the furrow back over the post holes in this manner, 1 George walted pus tiently to sce the first sprout. It nevee ean Chinese who saw how the spuds wore plant home for theig Lo0k out for potato tops om we scurched for After awhile ho Insion that he was not rand avundoned the disgust. Those potatoes are and partics who are into the secret say they have been growing under gronud from year to year,until the whole from the Lottom of the post- that s even came to the ¢ tatoes, and if they could discover th pl they could furnish the world wit potatoes for the pext century.