Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1887, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE' SUN’DAY . THE FINAL SUMMONS COMES Bx-Secretary Manning Passes Poace- fully Away at His Albany Home. A LIFE OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS. From Errand Boy to Proprietor—His Brilliant Carcer on the “Argus'— President - Cleveland's Condo- lence—Marks of Respect. Passed Away Quietly., Arpaxy, N. Y., Dec. 24.-Mr. Manning soemed 1o rally and brighten considerably this morning, to the surprise of his family. Hisson, who had been watching at his bedside without rest almost, went out for a short walk for fresh air. He returned ina few minutes and found that hls father was breath- ing faster and with shorter breaths, No mark of death was on his countenance, and though Mr. Manning had repeatedly requested his family not to witness his passing away, it was deemed best to summon the household, and in the presence of his family at 1:34 this after- noon, he quietly and gently ceased to breathe The funeral will take place Tuesday, De- cember 27, at 2 p. m., from St. Paul's I"pm'w pal church, All through the late afternoon and evening telegrams exprmhl:f sorrow and bercave- ment were received by Mrs. Manning and Mr. James H. Manning. Many notes of c dolence from Albany and the state officer were also Among the senders of messages were Governor Hill, Samuel J. Randall, Colonel Lamont and others. Daniel F. Manning was born in Albany in 1831, His father died a fow years after his birth, leaving his widow, son and daughter unprovided for. Whei nine years of e Dan began to earn his own living as an rand boy in the Argus offico, and it was ther that he acquired all his education and ex- perience. Mr. William J. Cassidy, the owner of the Argus, was not slow in discovering the peculiar talents of his errand boy, and niade bim a reporter before he was fifteen years old. Mr. Manning acquired in this posi tion an extensive ucquuintaned with public men, @s the Argus oftice was then the endquaiters of the northwestern democra and he soon became initiated in the mysteries of polit pulling. All through_the war b ported the procecdings of the New York Senute, and also all political conven- tions of importance held in the state of New York. Being thrifty and cconomical, he mavaged not only to support his mother and sister, but also to acquire a little compotency 80 that he could become a sharcholder in the Argus company when Mr. Cassidy, at the time of the close of the war, consolidated his paper with the Atlas and turned his busin nto a stock company. Mr. Manning then became city editor of the Argus and a promi- nent figure in local politics. At the death of Mr. Cassidy, in 1871, Mr. Manning became the manager of the Ar company, and improved its business fac in a skiilful manne rt in the manag tics He also took an active sment of the Comme ational bank, making it the financial de- partment of the ruled the state of Mr. democ pohitical machine that New York. In_ 1876 me a member of the entral — committee, in phe was considered as authorized to speak for Mr. Tilden. Becoming chairman of that hody in 1552 'he espoused the cause of Cleveland with great vigor, although strongly opposed to the latter's homination + stfirst. Together with Lamont and Apgar, both trusted licutenants of Tilden, he formed Cleveland’s political counsel and ‘practically controlled the patronage, Born a Catholic, Mr. N urch, of Manning becs atic state nning drifted into hich his first wife ‘was a member, and both of his sons belong to this denomination. His daughter, how- evi y has remained a Catholic. His first wife died about four and o dn 1885 ho married Miss the only daughter of an dry prince, alady of forty- t\\n years. Mr, was never credited with nmlmmuu in that di- rection. He was always a man of striking appearance and had much power as an orator, Since his illness his wife has ueen devoted 1o him, rarely leaving his bedside, Mr. Manning’s gnation as secret: the treasury was sent to the president summer of 1886, it being accepted February 14,1887, when it was found he could never thoroughly recov He failed to derive any great benefit from o trip to Europe last spring, | Flags at ¢ Half Mast. WasHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The president is- sued the following order this afternoon: “To all the departments:—The president has directed that the flags on all public buildings in the city of Washington be placed at half mast as a mark of respect to the memory of Daniel Manning, late secretary of the treas- ury.” He also sent the following to Mrs, Manning, at Albany, N. Y.: “Though in this hour of unutte: e grief your sorrow is too sacred to be shared, and too deep to be reached by earthly comfort, may I expressto you my sincere and tender sympathy, saddened by my own affliction at the loss of a true and trusted friend and loyal associate who but lately stood at my side in the discharge, with patriotic zeal, of & solemn public duty.” Treasury Ilulltllng Draped in Mourning WasniNGToN, Dec. 24.—Secretary Fair- child issued this afternoon an order referring to the death of ex- Hfl‘rumr% Manning and ordering that, as a mark of respect, the treasury dnpurtmum building be draped in mourning for ten days, that it be closed on the day of the funeral and that on that day the national flag be displayed at half mast on all public buildings of the treasury depart- ment and throughout the United States. It is ex mflml that President Cleveland, Secre- tary Fairchild and several other members of the cabinet will go to Albany to attend the funeral. The customary new year's recep- tion at the white house will be held as usual. i —_————— o A 2 Per Cent Compromise. SaN F'raxcisco, Dec, 24.—The creditors of ‘William DI(‘itbmll and John Rosenfeld, ', leaders of the bull ring in the wheat deal (. which collapsed ‘& few months ago, to-day agreed to accept the terms of settlement proposed by the committee of the call board . he claims against Dresbach amount to $7,200,000, and against Rosenfeld to §2,000,000. { !By the scttlement, as now effected, the i eroditors will receive a trifie over 2 per cent ¢ of their claims. ¢ b The Death Record. Newsure, N. Y., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Laura Walcott, Rankin, widow of the late R. G. . Rankin, died this morning. She was born at Litchfield, Conn. Her great grandfather was L the first governor of Connecticut. Her grand- ¥ father was one of the signers of the declara- & tion of independence. Her uncle was secre- tary of the treasury under Washington. Her i father, Frederick Walcott, of Connecticut, occupied judicial positions for forty years in his native staf e Bulls and Bears Declare a Truce, CHICAGO, Dec, 24.—The board of trade ad- . journed over until Tuesday. There w market to-day, NEw York, Dec, 4, city to-day wore a holiday aspect. the exchuanges were closed all da The duce und stock exchanges closed last until Tuesday morning next. —'The lower part of the Most nl et -— Derailed By a Misplaced Switch, Cuixtox Juxerioy, Wis, Dec. 24.—The morning passenger train on the Chicago, Mil- ‘waukee & St. Paul railway was derailed by a misplaced switch east of that village. Bag. gageinan Link and William Daily, an ex- Press messenger, were seriously injured, s A Hundred Pauper Turks. New YoRK, Dec. 24,—Among the arrivals at Castlo garden this afternoon, were over a " *hundred Turks. They came from Bordeaux and are fiithy and destitute. The authorities at the garden have detained the Turks to await the action of the collector of the port. Tonoxto, Ont., Dec. #4.—It is announced + that the transfer of the Northern and North- westarn mlh\ y8 to the Grand Truuk is L. rackivaly compicted. ARMOUR AT DULUTH. The Great Packer to Make That City His Northwestern Headquarters, Doier, Minn, Dec, 24— (8 gram to the Beg. | It is a fact that Phil Ar- mour has been for some time past contemplat- ing Duluth as his next northwestern distrib- uting point. Plans have been drawn by Pierce, of this ¢ for an eight-story refrig- erator S0x175 feet to be erected on Railroad strect. The plans embrace a new system of cooling, of which Pierce is the in tor and which has met with the approval of Armour. Work will begin early in the spring. Duluth will become the northwestern headquarters of Armour's trafic and for the Vermillion iron country. A smaller refrigerator will be erected at Tower. Work at the latter bui ing begins next week. Its dimensions are to be 40x120 feet, two stories high, aad the Pierce system will be utilized here also. The importance of this cuterprise to Duluth can be well imagined when it is known that the entire northwest will be supplied from here and u special train of Armour's own cars will be employed constantly therein. 1thful Klepto wAskA City, Neb, Dec eciul Nebraska City cloped a most accomplished and sue- cessful child thief in,Christine Stang, ten years old, daughter of # laborer on the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy bridge. She was detected by her teacher in the public school after she had made Christmas presents to nearly every scholar in school, consisting of almost every kind of article kept in dry goods and notions stores, from a row of pins and_jack-knives to fine shawls and dress goods in all amounting to nearly enongh to stock a small store. A dozen different firms were represented in her collection yet none missed the goods or suspicioned the youthful thicf until she wus forced into a_confession and most of the goods returned by the father wio paid the damages. 1t is understood the girl will not be prosectted. When threateried Nk SENATOR SHERMAN'S POSITION ‘While Making no Active Oanvass, He Has Not Withdrawn. HIS FRIENDS NOW MORE ZEALOUS Lamar's Confirmation — Indications That He May Meet With Strong Opposition From Bepublican Sen- ators—Washington Personals, Senator Sherman’s Candidacy. WASHINGTON BUREAC Ti1E ()\nu\llu,% 518 FoURTEENTI STREEL, Wasmisaros, D. C., Dee. Although hourly expected for several days the death of ex-Secretary Manning, when it ame this afternoon, created a great deal of comment and universal regret, There were those who had hoped, and yet without hope, that Mr. Manning wounld pull through and live. Tnstead of merriment in Wi on ne; week there will be much for Mr. Manning left official life with the respect of all who came in personal contact with him and the enm His ability was unquestioned, he was of no one, while socially a gentleman of culture, education fine instincts. The programme of festivities at the White house and in al circles generally next week and on Year's day, has been cancelled. The réception by President and Mrs. Cleveland and the ladies of the cabidet at the executive mansion und their private residences, will not be held. The vresident and all members of the cabinet are expected to attend the funeral, and there will be mourning in the places where a fortnight since good cheer was anticipated to hold high carnival. with imprisonment she was willing to go if she would be let out for Chrissmas. ——-— A Racy Scandal & Wanoo, Neb. Dec. -[Special to the Bee.| he big slander case of Dr. Pelton against Mayor Dickinson for £23,000, which grew out of their church difficulties two ago, is now on trial in the district court. prominence of the parties and the r acter of the charges interestingte large erowds of sy landerous utterances, which the the defend to have n 5 Iton is guilty of all the erimes in the calende ““He was shot in a house of ill-fam “‘He lived in a state of adultery with his present wife forseveral years before they were married. *Dr, Pelton alleges that Mayor Dickinson accused him of having bee shot while in a very compromising situa with a domestic ‘and of being the author of several charges of a like character. The case \\ ill not reach the jury before Alll“l.l\ night. The Ph. Best Browi ing company, of Mil- waukee, has purchased a site near the Frea- mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley depot and the ¢ on of a it at Wahoo. llu- have broken ground for large building. They propose to make Wahoo a distributing point for their cele- brated Milwaukee beer. The waterworks company have completed their building on the outside and now placing the large boiler and pumps in posi- tion. They have laid considerable service pipe and ‘will be ready to turn on the water the first of 1855, A River Improyement Convention Dusrque, Ia., Dee. 24.—[Special Telegram to the B been issued by the Dubuque board of trade and the mayor of this city for a convention to be held here on the 17th of .hm o further the interests of the upper issippi river by making such um.mmunu a8 will make it more navigable for steamboats and other craft. It is expected that all the river between St. Louis and St. Paul will be represented at the convention, A memorial will be prepared calling the attention of congress to the pro- Ject andusking for an appropriation. Accidentally Shot. ERTON, Neb., Dec. 24.—[Special to the —John McClure, an_ eighteen-year-old boy, was severely shot by accident here yes- terday. MeClure, accompanied by another voung ¢ declivity MeClure fell, discharging th entire contents of his shot gun into his face. Tho wound" is serious but ot necessarily atal Fur. sl e Cabled a Christmas Greoting, LixcoLy, Neb, Dec. 24.—Patrick Egan cabled to-night a Christmas greeting to Lord Mayor Sullivan, Hon, William O'Brien and Mr. Mandeville, at present in Tullamore jail, Ireland. E ————— The Nicaraugua Canal. Guexapa, Nicaraugua, Dec. 24, steamer Hondo, having on board tho Ni augua Canal Construction company’s sur ing expedition, arrived at Greytown on F day, the 9th inst. The governor of Grey towh and & committeo uppointed by the ut it prosident extended u cordial welcome s impossible to obtain particulars in time for wWiring to-night. P Will Leave It to the Courts. Chicago, Dec. 22.—At a conference be- tween the attorneys representing Chicago and the recently annexed portion of Hyde Park village, it was agroed to carry the dis- Tlinois supreme court. to the Ben.]—George () Olmub\ was to-day appoiuted postmaster at Dwight, Butler county, vice Henry Glover, nmgnod e New Proverbs of the hlm(- Kiln Club. “I hev bin axed seberal timeso’ late,” said Brother Gardnes asthe meeting opened on the usual degree, “if dis club shouldn’t increase its stock of proverbs an’ maxims. De follerin’ new ones hev bin handed in by de committee as as- trology: “ Todus y am de hoek on which de poo’ man hangs his coat when he goes to bed,’ ‘ ‘When a man om too lazy to start a lawsuit his friends should gin him up fur dead.’ “ *We should not be astonished at the man who sells out fur 4 five-dollar bill. He puts his own value on himself, an’ he probably got it high 'nuff.’ SIf 1 wanted to beat a man out of two dollars I should pay him bmk twen- ty-five cents of borrowed money. *You kin beat de world by flatte twice as easy ns you kin by gn:'mn'\ 3 *‘Ithink we will adopt de above, which will increase our total number to 500, an’ avy iime member hits upon ythin' good he kin hand it in. Dar’ is sech a thing as hevin’ too much of sunthin’, but dat doan apply to proverbs an’ maxims,’ ——— The Last Alpine Vulture. London Times: According to the Swiss Journal of Ornithology, the Lam- geier, or Alpine vulture, may be re- gal led as extinet in lel/('l land. A solitary female specimen dwelt for the last lh)‘lll) five years on the Biotsch- hovn, in the upper Valais, and escaped countless attempts at capture. Buta little time ago, when the severe weather set in, a poisoned fox was left below the cliff, and proved a successful trap, and the bird \um Jound dead, The body wus stuffed and the museum at Lauezine; it measured ac um- the wings two and one-half 1183, or nearly eighty-eight and one- hl\ll inches. Possibly one or two soli- tary specimens may ‘still linger in re- mole eyries; but nfi quite certain that & nest is not to be found any longer, so that this much dreaded species may be considered to have disappeared within | the Swiss tervitory. placed in CALLING ON snv Senator Sherman has been visited by quite a large number of his personal and political friends during the past twenty-four hours in reference to the story that he had refused to allow his name to be presented for the pres dential nomination. The senator has by come a little impatient with the various r ports which have been sent ont regarding what is being done to bring about his nomi- nation. T have talked with him more than once of late in regard to his polilical future and have been assured by him that he doing nothing and was not inviting his fri topush the question of his nomination sires especially that it should be ki he has at no time said L Blaine and that he has at no time discouraged those who are in favor of Mr. Blaine's r nomination. The story published broadca: sterday that Senator Sherman intended to request u cessation of the use of his name as a presidential candidate has had the effect of being to him by wire and by mail and tongue many assurances of rencwed support and enthusiasm, and looks now as if the name of Sherman would be forged to the front more prominently than ever before, THE FIGHT AGAINST LAMAR. The members of the senate committee on judiciary have been receiving, by almost every mail for two weeks, charges against Mr. Lamar and petitions in opposition “to his confirmation as an associate justice of the supreme court, A few days ago there was ry prospect that he w be confirmed without drawing the partisan lines, but 1t looks mnow as if the republicans woula not 1y hold a caucus and resolve to oppose the ation, but that there would be at two democrati senators who object to conilrmation. It s that William K. Chandler, who and who received many amar was in the senate and the s nomination as secretary of the navy agonized by some republic: ans, will inat of Mr. Lamar his best Ty probable, however, that Chandler wi |l! ln- mllh‘d into icus and will be bound by caucus obligations to stand with his party and therefore he will be held to vote against confirmation. Most of the said is mow a senator, personal favors at the hands of Mr. when the latter forme charges against Mr. Lamar relate to his confederate records and alleged incapacit, but there been received clarges affecting his soc character that will cause him a good dea v may not finally stand against him in senatorial action. When Mr. Lamur's nvinination comes before the senate in so l ion, a good deal of very biiier debate is probable that not x will be engendered. xciting universal and is the pr Thi a little The matter is interest in Washington pal topic commented upon. PERSONAL evening's Star says: “Miss Pad- dockYdaughtor of Senator Paddock, of Ne- Draski accompanied by her cousin, Miss irace Paddock, of New York, arri in the city this afternoon, and will remain during thé session. . Senator Paddock will be assisted in_receiving during the winter by her niece, Mrs, William E. Annin, wife of Senator Paddock’s private secretary. Mr. Annin has rented a house for the year at 1906 Sunderland place.” The committee of gentlemen who have charge of the fund to purchase and present a residence to the widow of the lhte General W. S. Hancock, expect that the amount necessary will be subscribed immediately. It is stated that #15,000 has been subscribed in various amounts by the friendsof the late general, and the committee hopes to secure the remainder required in time to pre- sent Mrs. Hancock with the house that has been selected for her during the holidays. At present Mrs, Hancoclk is the guest of Captrin riffin, assistant to the engineer commissioner of the district, at his residence, No. 1640, Twenty-first street northwest. Perny S, HeATH. Vilas' Paper Postage Bill. WasiiNatoy, Dee, 24.—The postmaster general has prepared a bill which will be in- troduced in the house us soon as practicablo after the reassembling of congress, materially differing from the present law relating to per- missable writing or printing on wrappers of second, third und fourth class mail matter. The bill provides that the words “sample copies” and “murked copies” may be priuted on the wrappers or enclosures of second matte and that in addition to the original print 15 of typographical errorsmay be enclosed. . The bill also pro- vides that any printing which is liable as third class matter may be placed upon wrap- Dora of suth mattor, hrovidod It is Bot tn the nature of correspondence, and provided fur- ther that sufficiently large space shall be left for the address. As to fourth class matter, the bill allows the samo advertisements to b printed on the wrapper us is permitted to be enclosed with the merchandise contained therein. - Almost a Riot. WAsHINGTON, Dec. 24.—A riot was nar- rowly averted at the navy yard yesterday, and something serious might have occurred had not a disciplined and armed force been on the ground. At the close of the work in excavating for a new inance foundry the supcrintendent aunounced the names of sixty men whose sorvices were no longer required. This aunouncement was followed by an ex- citing scene, participated fn by the discharged emplo They shouted out against such tre: and threats of violence wer made. pproach of an_armed body of marines which had been summoned broug ht the disturbance to an end The Mrs., Hancock 1. Wasni ToN, Dec. 24.—The committee of gentlemen who have charge of the fund to purchuse and present a residence to the widow of the late General W. 8. Hancock expect the amount necessary W scribed immediately. 1t is stated that § has been subscribed in various amoy friends of lho late ll‘lu‘l'ul_ [ % ine remainder required in lr(m'nl Mrs. Hancock with a house 1l be sub- , (00 that will be selected during the holidays. National Captol Notes. WasniNGroN, Dee. 24.—All the executive departments of the government closed at noon to-day, Reports to the navy depariment from the New York and Norfolk navy yards, where operations are making to build the great 5,000-ton armored war ships, arc highly satis- factory. At New York keel docks for the armored cruiser have been placed, aud the 1 but standing DECEMBER 25, 1887 ~IWELVE P GEb. shiip is being laid down. The new buildings are nearly completed. Good progress has also been made at Norfolk. The semi-annual eXaminations at the West Point military acadensywill begin on Janu- ary 8, and Inst about twp weeks. The fourth class is very large, numbering 127 cadets. The examination in this grade is very severe upon the students, who entered the acadomy tn June last, and|she indications are that about thirty will fail to pass and be dropped from the scrvice. Nebraska and lowa Pensions. Wasmisaros, Dde, 24— [Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The following Nebraska pen- sions were issued t§-daf: Increaset-George W. Goldsby, Baradai John Boddion, West Point; Jacob Wel meo City. Reissue —Robert La Font unm\ Towa pensions: ¥ m-\wm. Mother of Al- exander McClotchie, Manchester; minors of David J. ‘“Hmp. Teon. Original-B. F. Chapman, Nicol:James Dadidson, Monticello, Increase —John Mm ris, Montezuma: Jers miah M. Mallick, Carley Osage nuthon ('hauc Brown, Union. Reissue—Hiram T. Cord, Marshaltown SAIPERE He. The Weather To-Day. For Towa and Nebraska: Slightly warmer, followed by colder weather and light local snows: light to fresh variable winds. For Dakota: TLocal snows, warmer, fol- lowed by colder weather, light to fresh varia- ble winds, Ole A. Peterson, Zearing: Isaac M. N —————— TERRORS OF AN OPERATOR. Working in a Swamp Beseiged With Wild Cats and Snakes. St. Touis Republiean: T have worked in _some queer places, said Charles Elliott, an old- uuw rail- road telegraph operator to a reporter, as he ~.u.»u.-fi into the rotunda of the Laclede. Charlie hl\nl"l‘(l the key of a “paper machine” for years before sounders came into use, and has worked on nearly every railroad in the country, but like nearly all the nearly telegraphers.never cared to work for one company more than six months at a time. I held dowu a little office on the Union Pacific one winter way up in the Roeky mountains. where, for three months, snow was piled up over the top of the depot, and to look either up or down nn-n- ck, with the snow bunks twelve or fifteen feet high on eithe side, made one shiver. But T had plenty of coal and plenty of bhooks, and rather enjoyed it. At another time ] worked out in izona on the Atlantic and Paeific where all I could seeon either was a sandy was But the wovst suap I ever got into was about four years ago, and my railrond life ended with that job. I struck Kansas City about the last of June, hard up and out of work. I was ready to take anything that turned i s, when the superintendent of the S. & M. told me he could give me an office down in Arkansas, I accepted with alacrity, He warned that it was not a pleasant location, but that didn’t wor me a bit; that night I Im‘udml a tre armed with a George Elliott, Hatchie Coon, aceunt Oln-l'ul,nl' “The name looked rather lugubrious, and ev conductor that handled that pass looked at me significantly and smiled mpathetically, but I did'nt feel uneasy. Along in the afternoon I passed Mamilioth Spring and- Re venon. ‘What a delightful country th fishing and Iumtl.ng. W T thmu have a glorious time in these woods! But after 1 passed Hoxie the hills and clear streams disappeared, and .on either side of the track appeared dense forests of gum and cypross. The ground was perfectly level, and little pools of stagnant water numerous. As I went on toward my destination the gloom ness increased, and in spite of myself 1 commenced getting blue. About 5 o'clock in the ~afternoon the train stopped, the fiendish brakeman enteved mui\o\h-d ‘Hatehio Coon’ with a sickly grin, I collared my valise and got off. Tt was raining one of thc nasty, stick that are disagresssble anyw il aione on that railrond dump with water stretehing out on both sides of the track far as I could see through the dense forest, and with the great dark cypress treos hang ov it was simply awful. Down the tri one hundred yards or so 1 saw-a htllc tent, the only evidence of the existence of humanity besides the railroad in this wilderness. I walked down and found this was the telegraph office over which of the depot a section house. =5 1 was to preside. The operator whom I was to relieve, met me and corted me inside The only furniture was an old, dirty canvas cot, a broken-down chair and little table, which held the instruments. I sat down on the cotand absolutely wept in my lnnelmo‘m and the sense of utter desolation. To brighten me up, the operator, after hc had reported the train, told me stories of the pleasant features of the place, of the mummoth mosquitoes, of the bears that nosed around the neighborhood, the maniacal 2 of the wildeat which could be heard in the evening and the friendly fuakes which crawled up into the tent sor cumlmnmnhlnp. He was going away and was happy. We would catch the next ight train and go to supper. Where did we eat?” Oh, just up the rond nine or ten miles, at Big Bu\. There was a section house there. Th train came along. It was minus n cuboose, 50 T had to ride on top of a box car through that infernal rain for two hours, for freight trains have to walk along there. Big Bay wasa town. It had a grocery store and a sawmill be- sides the section-house. The supper consisted of soggy potatoes fried in oceans of fat, corn bread heavier than lead, molasses and coffee. There was no such thing as butter and we swect- ened the coffee with molasses. The landlady was fat and greasy and dirty, differing in the first particular from the other inhabitants. This section boss was long and sandy and thin, with the yellow wmploxmu 80 popular in the nn-u,h]mrhuml 1iy subordinates were ditto. The flies were awful. The table was placed on either'side to accommo- date the boarders, « THe tablecloth was of oilcloth, and hnd’ evidently served in that capac \w mthmn being cleansed for an indefinite period. Before I had finished my supper.! caught sightof the French cook in thekitghen. T got up, went out and sat ou the end of a tie and meditated, The seetion man came out and sat on the rail und told stories of track-walkers whd had been en by panthers iy that vieinity, while the owls and the I)ullh-nu‘a chanted a doleful accompaniment. There was an operator at Big Bay, Ie oceupied a 6x9 shantys that had been originally intended fov a hand car and tool house, This was otir sleeping room, The next morning, affer a hreakfast, which embodied the same me: us the supper, I saught 2 {reight train and e dowa to Hatchie Coon. The tent which formed my office was set on a platform of rough planks, upheld by viles driven into the swamp. The only dry land was the railvoad dump. It was dark even when the sun was shining, and all through the day the dvl-{) fiml- teral grunts of the bullfrogs add the lonesomeness, I found the instru- ments literally covered with mos- quitoes, attracted by the bright metal. "hu\' were a size and ferocity hitherto unknown to me, and it was only hy con- tinuous exertions that I could keep them away from me. Down in the swam underneath and around the tent, Yfiuould see numerous snakes,” A TIE-UP ON THE READING. The Convention of Employes De- cides on a General' Strike. PASSENGER MEN EXCEPTED. Nearly Sixty Thousand Laborers Will Be Idle — Prospect of Further Complications. The Company's Side of the Case. Sixty Thousand Men Ordered Out. PuiraneLrin, Di 24.—A convention of the Reading road employes assembled here this evening and ordered on a strike every- body in the employ of the company with the exception of passenger train employes. The order to strike includes coal miners in the employ of the Reading company, und will effect nearly 60,000 men, About seventy-five dele tendance representing every branch of the road from coal handlers to miners, and in- cluding all classes of trainmen. Committees from Port Richmond and Elizabetbport pre- sented their grievances to the couvention, The representatives from Elizabethport stated that the Knights there were di charged for refusing to load Coxe Bros', barge. They had understood that the Read- ing company was not to interfere in the Lehigh strike, but to load Coxe Bros’. barge would be aiding the Lehigh operators, and this the men refused to do, while many Schuylkill barges were lying idle, They stated that 150 men had been discharged, the officials refusing to settle the matter by arbitration. A similar complaint of refusal on the part of ofticials to arbitrate was presented by the Port Ricl mond representati The convention the went into exceut sion and upon its con- es were in at- o clusion announced that there would be a gen- eral tie-up of all mines and all coal trains on the road. It was stated fur- ther that passenger men would also be or- dered out soon it it should be found neces- freight and 10 convention udopted resolutions censur- mxlhl'(umpxm\ for violating an e of agreement o year ago which sp 1 that man employed by the company shall ve fair and " just investigation of any or complaint entered bofore he shall be discharged or The convention will resume its morrow to hear complaints and direct the general plan of resistance. General Manager McLeods s: that the question involved was not one of wages, but whether the company should manage its own affairs, or whether they should be managed by Nl‘lu)!lo\\‘ He had been forbearing at ali times, he " suid, prant- ing requests which were ubsolutely unrea- sonable, with the sole purpose of preventing a sale of the property under foreclosure, and a disintegation of the whole system. The situation of the property now, the general manager said, is different. The property is about to pass again under control of its own- ers, and a8 a reorganization is assured, the company kas determined to enforce disci- pline, no matter at what cost. id to-night Another Strike Threatened. PorrsviLLe, Pa., Dee. 24.—A joint commit- tee of Knights of Labor and the Miners' Amalgamated association conferred with General Manager Whiting to-day in refer- ence to the miners’ wages for the coming year. It is understood the committee insisted upon the rate at which the men are now working. It is not anticipated that the de- mand of the men will be conceded, and in that eveet a gencral strike will probably fol- low. The Situatio ReADING. Pa., Dey Thousands of cars loaded with coal are now standmngon the sidings north and south of Reading, where trains have been run and fires drawn from the engines. Hundreds of applications were received to-day from men_anxious to go to Port Richmond and take the jositions of the strikers, The first contingent of fifty was sent_to-night. Freight trafic is also ata standstill. All Quiet at” Port Richmond. PimraneLents, Pa., Dec, 20.—AllL is quiet at the Port Richmond coal wharves this morniug. The strikers are orderly. Super- intendent of Police Lamon has_ issued orders at Reading. Lo police licutenants to keep the entire force reserve and detail officers at the station hl)\!‘ll‘!l until further orders. = ot Mrs. Crandall Convalescing. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 24.—The condition of Mrs. Julia Crandall, who was shot by her husband at Balston, Monday last, is un- changed, although the prospects for her re- covery linprove cvery du THERE'S A MARKET 'FOR IRON. It is Wanted For Other Purposes Than to Build Railroads With, New York Sun: The iron trade has been long regarded as a barometer of the markot. Iron enters so largely into domestic and industrial service, gives employment to so many men, and draws s0 largelp upon subsidiary industries in its process of manufacture and distribu- tion that it has come to be looked upon as something of a financial king, to whom all other forces \ finance and in- dnstr\ are tributary. isa chief factor in the cost of rai umh. it contribut largely to the building indus it taking possession of the sea,and in the Kitchen it is about equally necessary with the cool All the featires of mod- ern ¢ ti cept its virtues, aro becoming iron-clad. But if it be true that the iron trade is a ruler of the market, we are not in eve pect quite so prosperous as we wer ow ago. Steel which only recently sold at $40 p are now selling for'#32—a rather single Still, on manufacturers hopefully. There is profit, they in the manufacture of steel rails at $52 per ton, some of the manufacturers most favorably located having reduced the cost of production 1o no more than $22 per ton, while the least favoved can plo(‘ul’u ata cost only $2or $3 higher, But others again say wages are paid on a standard of 340 per ton; and, il this be true, it will be hard to oncile it with the first statement. But it is to be ob- served that even those who make the latter claim speak also with a conli- dence that would certainly be a litue isplaced were it quite true that wages are paid on a $40 per ton bu It is sometimes a little hard to reconcile con- flicting view easons given for the decline in re of steel rails should be thought satisfactory. At the beginning of the year it was estimated that there would be about 12,000 milesof new railw: built in the United States Lefore the close of the cuyrent December, and all transactions were founded on this esti- mate. But we know now t the num- ber of miles constructed will fall very much below 12,0005 and the the estimates for next year do not v above 7,000 miles. The demoralization in the stock market isthe causeof thissudden check. The new roads have not been able to place their bonds so readily as their pro- moters anticipated, They were build- ing upon a stock boom which not only did not come, but which found a_ substi- tute in a stock depression, The year closes, therefore, with great expecta- tions unrealized. There is a lesson to be learned from the situation, which thoughtful menare not slow in learning, Tt is not so much to the iron industry that we must look when we wish to cstimate the coming ling decline to take place in season. i talk the customer continues poor. The govern- ment has recently gone into the manu- facture of cannons and ships, add soon, P(Nfllhl\ it will turn xllh‘!lVlnn to iron-clad forts and batteries. But it is not held that this enterprise can ma- tervially effect the market furthe haps. than to help steady the price for pig ivon. Such an entirely new plant is demanded for all government work that were we to construct a navy equal in size to half the navies of the it would have no appreciable on existing establishments, is still anvther and very wide ly open. The quantit i m'l-hllm-nn'ul work is vi the qus Vv of such work is are about thi and manufactu in the city of New York alone, and such firmsa all over the countryin all the large cities. They construct everything from a complete house to a door post or lintel A few years ago iron frouts for busi- ness places beeame quite the fashion, and at one time they scemed destined to supplant all other” material for this ice. The its per- world, influence But there field al- of iron used ry large, and ed in constructive parts pid! qrowin seattered articular s or warchouses or factovies demanding light were very great. The strength of the material permitted the constr of buildings that advantages ction were substantially glass houses, and 1t soon hecamoe very popular. The partiality of the late T Stewart for ivon buildiu by the two monuments to his one erected on Broadway Park avenue, the great d house and the misfortunc of the strueti s is att memory and other on ¢ woods ware- But it was the first efforts at g iron building that the nee of the material proved, st, the cause of its ngth of the iron e architect to compose his almost exclusively of there are architec demand a certain br tween apertures to gratify the sense of provortion. In the struggle for light these traditions were disregarded wit the result that men soon began to rary of structures which violated their artistic sense, and the; back to the different nds terinl that have been consecrated by the ages. Not that ivon fronts and en- tive iron buildings are no longer con- A walk along Broadway wiil fy any person that the taste ructures still prevails; and on Riverside drive an iron d\\vlhng is under construction which 1o demonstrate that the material is not neces y at war with proportion, and has been more sinned against than sin- ning. But that will not disprove the claim that hotel. con- ve tem- down- hled exteriors apertures, and ral traditions which adth of wall be- move finally went of mu- structed. soon sati for ch s expected n-on is just now under a led to realize the ex- pectations o raised in its behalf when it was first introduced as a terial for exterior walls, Yet the natural advantages of iron ave still manifest, It is susceptible of hnm"‘ rolled into pll\ius of any de r, a8 well as being and’ other decoretive forms, The charga, therefore, that an iron building is disproportioned is not necessavily true. It need not differ in tions from a building of brick or marble. The windows may have just the ponderance to which they are entitied, and no mor ma- ed its propc and the columns, capitals and entablature may rise to the « of massiveness that satisfies the ¢ But this would be humbug, says the architect. The standards of propor- tion, and the architectural character of the decoration eptable to taste, have grown from the nece used. The columns of a Greek portico were 50 many feet in thickness because such a body of stone necessary to support the pediment; and the wall will ce a breadth between the windows because it is demanded in support of its upper layers and the roof. Aniron colum larger than an applo tree willl have no cause for being in any conceiyv hh- It tel, or arc srree ities of material se, and an iron lin- h plum-d over a win- dow opening through an iron wa would represent an unprinci- pled piece of fiction, These seem like valid objections toiron asa building material, but they are somewhat strained. 1t is the structure than the decorative featur ture that have grown from necessity, At all events, they bear against wood with almost uquul force, and no one ever objected to wood as a proper material {o use in the constructin of buildings. For the restiron is probably the most durable material tobe found in At the rather of architec- the world, and it is always new. end of an incalculable cyele of time a resh ¢ of w paint would alway: an iron building as attractiv ever, But it would not be safe to make any prediction in reference to the future of iron as a building material. It is easy 10 see, h()\u‘\vl‘ that much nf its former build- n greater ren- as ity will return when iron > constructed with sense of architectural merit. The Par hotel on Park avenue shows something of the capability of the material for a building of grand proportions, and it scems 1o bo admirably well adapted for cottage designs of the better class on ac- count of the facility with which it may he worked into forms of delicate tracery it would be followed into the b, arge that it is an imi- tator of its betters, ,and that it only af- flects to need atures that decorative belong to brick and stone when it is stiff enough to stand alone. But it will be alss hard enough to stand against that can be thrown against i arned 10wy ( certain any nspersion t after the huwl~ s hav tically attrac "hére can be no doubt that fron has :d the architectural field to stay, ente and to grow up with the country. 1t has already displaced wooden beams in &l bulldings that make any pretensions to heing fireproof, and its utility for stairs, columnt to support cross beams, and other interior fittings is beyond question. 1t is slow of combustion. It is eapable of being a very lively con- tributor at u midnight carnival of the five fiend, but it enters into this sort of cnu-rmimm-nv. reluctantly, and is there- fore thought more trustworthy than wood. volume of trade and the probable course of vrices asto the industry of railrond building, equipment and repair. The latter is the chief industrial interest on this developing continent, and it is likely to remain chief for many years to come, But the railroads are carning only 4 or 5 per cent. Thus say nu- finan- cial philosophers, and they sry, too, that this isenough. But the men who are- asked to put their money in railway curities, seem, nevertheless, to be satisfied with such returns, and show an inclination to try something else. 1t will take a world of booming to k or 5 per cent securities at par when bet- ter gleanings can be found in other fields, But the railways are not the only hope of the iron trade, and so it still rémains measurably prosperous while its chief e McNeally Turned Loose. Saco, Me,, Dec. 24.—A telegram was re- ved from Halifax last evening stating that the authorities d not luwfully hold ¥ McNeally, who robbed the Saco bank, any Jonger and had released him from custody. They failed to find_any of the buuk prope:ty on him. One of the bank trustees said : is just as safe in Halifax ps he was in pool. He cannot be extradited onuny-c uu.u the baok may briog. st into columns | TALKS ON WESTERN SPORTS. A Bad Turn in Pusfllatlc Affairs in St. Paul. TOMMY MILLER AND THE SPIDER, The Former Cautioned Not to Talk Too h—-Gossip About Other Fights—A Talk With Seele. Pugs m the Northwest. [Correspondence of the ile n~\n'|\|md\ seems to be closely watching events across the briny, pugilistio matters seem to have taken a bad turn in the northwest, As 1 foreshadowed in my last letter, the forfeit money for the finish fight between Tommy Warren and Patsy O'Leary has been withdrawn, but the rest of the scheme miscarried. Tnstead of reposting it as a forfeit for a fight between O'Leary and the Spider, the backers of the two men quietly put it in their pockets, and ns a result both fights are off. 1was sorry to sce this matter turn out in this way, as L always have had an idea that O'Leary is u better man than Warren, and 1 would have liked very much to have seen a fight between the two, as it would have been sure to have been a good one, O'Leary left for the east Wednes- day feeling very sore. He said he would never have consented to have the stakes drawn had he not been assured that they would be immediately reposted for his fight with W As it is O'Leary has been doing nothing except training for the past month, and he can't be blamed much for feel- ing sore, And now, following the announcement that the feather-weights will not battle, comes the statement from Harry Gilimore that his X chowith Charlie Gledson is off. It will remembered that on the night of the fight at Miuncupolis, Gleason ng challenged any 15-potind man United States for a fight to a finish for Ll This challenge was im- mediately epted on behalf of Gilimore Several Minncapolis sports made up - purse of 5250, and all the arrangenients were made in_private in But Gilmore re He says, in explanation of his course, that us he hias concluded to ' make Minneapolis his home, e docs not want to lay himself liable to arrest, He L sigmed the articles for the was understood that the mill would be steictly quict, with only those present who had made up the purse. Gilmore says that in stead ~ of being kept quict by the other side, the date and place of the fight was known even by the boot-hlacks, and thus an- other pugilistic event is o Until Paddy Norton made Gleason quit in a fow rounds at Duluth 1tly, he was very well thought of in this ¢ He' is quick as lightning,” hits hard, and is an lingly elever boxer, but it is said he lucks one great essentinl 10" a good fighter—sand. At any him whipped, refused to fight any more after 1 stift blow on h's o, he hus got no busi #lmore, for the latter is one of the very cleverest men in the business, besides Dbeing one of the pluckiest. Gilmore is at least going to have another g0 with Billy Myer, of Streator, Iil., for which he has been pining cver since his recent defeat. Gilmore still maintains_that it was a chance blow with which Myer knocked him out, and promises his fricnds he will ot be disposec of so eusily this time. I myself think that Gilmore will win the com- ing fight, which is to occur on the 20th of January, but where Tam unable to state. Tke Weir, the Belfast spider, has gone to Boston to zet his wife and bring her out west, as he intends to remain inthese parts until he has taken the conceit out of some of the ambitious feather-weights out this way. next fight is with Tommy Miller of your city on the 11th of next month, and 55 Gmaha vill have a chegice of secing one of the for his size in the world. I sce telling the Omaha people how he will just “kill” the Spider in no time. War- ren was going to do the same thing before they got together, but, although T have never sech Millor in tho ing, I would advise him to profit by Warren's example and not talk too much, Among ( Tow-(ilo! from the in th i the heavy-weights the week has been compuratively although a atch between b diff and Paddy Ryan has been made, and the articles signed by the former and sent on to San Francisco for the latter’s autograph. These two ‘‘big ones” ought to make a good fight, and will if the thing is on the square. There is no denying the fact that Cardiff is a pretty clever man with his fists, great generalship in the fame, Pat Killen has expressed a desire to meet Jake Kilrain or Jem Smith or some of the other big fellows, but it is doubtful if he will have his wish gratified, and Pat will have to content himself by continuing to knock out all the ambitious ‘‘suckers” that show up in the northwest. Imay be laughed at for making the statement, but I consider Kilrain one of the very best men in the country to-day, BASE BA| 881D, I met Frank Secle, the genial manager of the Omaha base ball club, at the Merchants' hotel yesterday, and had quite a talk with him on base ball matters. 1 asked him if he thovght Milwaukee would jump into the American association to fill the vacancy in that_organization, and he said he did not. Jim Hart, the Milwaukee manager, he said, was too nm\rn for that. Milwauk with a team well up in the race for the pennant, is amoney-making town, whicb it would surely have if it entered the association, and it “HI and past and his ring has won him lots of it, a8 it did in the when its team le said lose money, Northwestern league in 1885, was playing & losing game, M his team for next year was the exception of one first-class pitcher, and he will have none but a first-class Here is a littlo item that wi Omaha base ball cranks. 1t is taken from u letter on curious incidents happening in ball games during the pust scason by th baso ball writer, Chadwirk: “A cu cident happened in the contest of May 16 ut nudmum Conn., between the Bridgeport and Dunbury teams. It is a ruie of the game that any ball hit from the can he legally caught, provided it is not caught ou a re- bound from the ground, and_any object other than the person of a ficlder. Bufif it'is caught after rebounding from the hands or the per- son of any fielder engaged in the game teh is a legitimate one. In the case in tion a high ball was batted to the ficld and both Lovett and Wilson ran to catch it The ball as it fell first struck Wilson's hands, and, singular to relate, after he had three times failed to hold it secu bounded from his hands it went Lov was standing close by ready to assist in the atch. Lovett similarly failed to hold the ball securly, but on the second rebound from his hands Wilson grasped at it agaiu, sud this time the catch wi (e, aff tinct Imlurn-u 10 Mmake ine e nh h before thu ball could reach the ground.” Ox Looken. —— Bardin and Kennedy Matched. Messrs. Hardin and Kenuedy have signed articles for a live bird shoot for #0 a side to take place on Tuesday or Wednesday next, Hardin to shoot at twenty-five biras and Kene nedy at twenty-six, —_— Discriminating Against the Farmers. OAKLAND, Neb., Dec. 24.—(Special to the Bee.]—Complaint was made to-day to the state board of transportation against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaba railroad by the Farmers’ union of this place for 300 damages on account of discrimina- tion. The Union has been refused cars sev- eral times where the elevator men were not. Yesterday and day before they .were refused by the agent, on the ground that he had myd(, rs from the superintendent to relieve the elevator men first. The Union saw this order to the agent, and immediately made complaint. They turned away 10,000 bughels of corn on Thursday, becanss tirey could not rs. ‘The Union nas been shipping from to six cars of corn per day, and the -e paid for the grain has been more than ihat offered in any of the surrounding towns, The Union is very indignant over the dis- , when so much corn is coming in propose to see whether the vuilroad can so discrimingie,