Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 27, 1888, Page 1

EIGHTEENTH YEAR. THE NEW ENGLAND BLIZZARD It Rages With Terrible Violence All Along the Coast. MANY VESSELS REPORTED LOST. The Noble Work of the Volunteer Life Saving nealculable Damage Caused by the Stor Crew Hurricanes and Snow. Rostox, he terrible effects of (nst night's storm have been everywhere manifest along the coast to-day. Although the loss of life already reported is large, it would have been still greater but for the brave offorts of Captain James and his vol- unteer life saving crew of Hull, who are credited with saving twenty-eight persons trom disabled vessels. On Sunday afternoon o large three-master went broadside on the beach at Hull. Captain James and his men rushed for the life boat of the Mas: setts Humane society at Stony Be: and after strenuous cfforts they succecd bringing ashore a crew of nine men from the schooner, wh'e proved 1 be the Cox and sen from Philadelphia for Chelsea, with coal. The vessel is now fast breok ng up, Hardly had the band of rescuers com pleted their work at this place when another vessel was discerned on the rocks about an vighth of a mile further up the beach, but farther from shore than the other. ‘Hur- riedly rushing their apparatus to th most available location, they found tha the distance was too great to allow the use of a broeches buoy, and a lifcboat was auickly manned. The waves, 100, were tremendous, and it was only after a hird and persistont atruggle that the vessel was reached, their boat twice swamping in the attempt. The boat was at lust brought under the vessel's bow and a crew of eight men swung ther selyes luto it. The return to shore was perilous trip, the boat filling several times, hut it was finally thrown on the beach among tho rocks by a wave and entirely ed © volunteer life savers continued their patrol of the beach, and at daybreak sighte athird vessel ashore, about a half mile northeast of Abbott. She could not be reached by the brecehes buoy, and us their surf boat had been demolishicd, the tireless men started for Strawberry Hill station, four miles away, and returned with the Humune s new boat. This boat withstood the huge breakers and landed o crew of seven men. Not satisfied with the work already accom plished, Captain James and his band of twelve Started for Atlantic Hill, seven milc down the beach, wherg Lwo more vessels were reported ashors Here joined by Captain James Ande Humane society station at Crese Beach, and Cantain George T Brown, of the gov- ernment station at North Scituate. Thei efforts were directed to the rescue of five men who could be seen clinging to the rig. ging of onc of the vessels. The sea was run- ning higher thau ever known before at this pomt, and it was thought impossible to reach the wreek with a surf boat, Hunt guns were brought into use, and two lines were ulmost nultaneously fired across her forctop aptains Anderson and Brown. The men the rigging eagerly seized the line, and hawser aas pulled alicad, but just a8 a buoy was about to be sent out the line becaw; fouled aud the buoy was rendered uscless At this critical noment three young men Cohasset, named Ainsle, Antoine and § vador, manncd u small dory and at great peril attempted to clear the lines, In this they were unsuceessful. The surf boat wis then put outon its third perilous journcy. ‘The Waves were enormous, at times lifting the boat as high as the maintops of the di abled schooncr, but the brave crew never faltercd, and at last reached the vessel's stern. A quick as they were within hailing distance a nearly exhaisted scaman cr out from under a furled sail. - Captain James threw him a line, which he fastened around his body, jumped into the sea and was rapidly drawn into the boat by strong and willing hands. A dosperate attempt was made to force the surf boat foward to the foremast, but the waves would beat 1t back, and for nearly an hour they struggled before the suceceded in reaching and holding their d od position. The men in the rigging were v exhausted, and it was o dificult king for then to descend, but, one after the other, four of them descended in safety, Jumped overboard, and, ke the first, w druwn into the boat It was then discovered that the fifth sailor in the rigeing was o corpse, and his body was left in its icy resting place. The surf boat then headed for the shore and a safe landing wus effected amid the cheers of the spectators. When the storm struck the bout Captain Fales and one seaman refused to_go aloft und they were swept overboard. The others took to the rigging, where Steward 1, Broms, of East Boston, being unable to withstand the cold, died carly Sunday morn- ing ond was lashed to o mast by his = eompanions. 1f the vessel rides out the storm, as now scems hkely, the body will probably be removed to-morrow. About one thousand feet northwest of the boat, high and dry upon the sandy beacl within reaching distancs of Damon's pavil lion, lies the threc-master, Mattie . E: from Boston to Port Spain, with a gone The captain and crew were in the nigging for eiphit hours before she struck, but 1 eded in reaching the shore in safety an thoir boat Still another vessel was seen drifting about by the untiring band of re ers, and getting no response to their att 10 place life lines, the vessel was bog the gatlant crew, but 1o oue was on board Tu was the brigantine Alice. The erew re turned to shore and their noble work was done Hos1ox 8. Jolu, N of laths, dra during the storin yeste perienced o territic the bay, during which three of the coow were wasl'e 1 over board and lost. I'he schooner T K. Walke of Fall River, from Philadelphiz, is ashore at Hull. Captain West and his ‘first mato are reported lost. The schooner Ablott, of aud for Philadelpha_is ashore here ScirUaTE, Mass., Nov. 26— The large fish ing schooner Edward Norton, of and from Boston, went ashore on Pirst CLff point av 6:80 last night and inmediately went to piecos. H ew consisted of sixteen men, and fiftecn of them perished. DaNyers, Mass., Nov. % prosent storm is the worst ever experienced hero at this time of the year. Thewind blows i hur- ricanc, and the suow is drifted ton height of threo and four feet. The horse cars have Dbeen abandoned all along the line and rel {ous servie s atthe churches were susperde last night. Telegraph, telephone and electrie light wires are down, ' drains ave full and streats Hoo NEW YOu v. 2. —(Special Telegram to Tur b sterduy's blizard was te ribly seve long the North Atlantie const s well 48 in the iterior. Several of the steamships which arrived brought ac counts of severe struggles with Atlantic gules the last two weeks. The Celtic of the White Star, line expericnced very bad weather Hamilton H mon, o well known busin mwan of this ci sustained severe inju during the voyuge and may be crippled, stoam: Alyali, which arrived from Hamburg snd Portland ' with & cargo of merchandiso but no passengers, suffered more.than any of the mcoming vessels, She labored in tro- mendous seas for four days and during that time six suilors were disablea, sustaining fractures of limbs or internal injuries. The French steamer La Champague was also very roughly handl CAvE May, huge Nov. 2. —The schooner Avelon of for New York, with a curg) ged ashore on Spoctacle islund The Avolon ox The seas are benting Licavil) w bulkhead of the New Mouut Veruon tract. The spray s tlying higher over the board walk at the lower end of the city than has ever been known before. Theiron ocean pier remains ot _Aboye the city the sca hus cut away a reach from ten to fifteen feet. The si:ht a maguificent one, and is wit nessed by aluwost the eulire popyl of the city. A just within the city lim wreck, and now lies flat The board walk, or boul city, extending ‘from Michigan avenue to Chelsea, is aln Lt entirely carried away The beach is strewn for miles with debris. A strong wind had a clear sweep at the water, and it rolled towards Baltic avenue this morning in most alarming volumes, Resi dents g the greater part of the avenue were compelled to use boats 10 get away from their flooded houses MuxuATiAN Beacu, L. L, Nov. 20 The tempest reached’ its highest strengtn here at 1 p. m, t&-day, the tide being very high and the breakers tremendous, with a strong northeast wind driving them on_the esplanade, which runs along the whole front of Manhattan beach. About seven hundred and fifty feet was thrown high in the air, and destroyed from one end to the other. Imme- diately afterwards the depot at the west end | of the Ma ruilrond was swopt into the sea bodily, ana in w few minutes more, fully onc-third of the track of the road was also Hrighton pavilion was par- 1ly carried away, and it is feared that the rest of the buildings, as well us what is left of the marine railroad and the east end of the depot, will go at the next high tide if the storm continucs, Loxa Buaxcn, Nov. been undermined and peacemeal. During the storm bulkhends have been torn away and the lawns of the summer homes of wealthy New Yorkers have been swept into the ocean. ‘The 10ss is timated at from §250,000 to £300,000, ory bulkhead Long Branch o Secabright has been torn out or badly damaged. The beach from Sandy Hook to Barncgat bay is covered with debris and wreckage. The Long Branch ocean pier was damaged by Leavy timbers hurled azainst it by the surf. The bluff at Long Branch has™ been heavily eut out in pluces. At Deal Heach the life saving st tion is in dan Nearly all the eottagers lost their clothing, and many of them their summer houses which they had erocted on the bluft, halfway house ts is a complete upon the ground ard, owned by the 26.—Cottages have carried out to sea from o o THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Member Served With a Under the Coercion Act. )%, Nov. 20.—In the commons to night Gourley (liberal) asked if the corre- spondence on the American fisheries ques- tion was to be produced; whether it was the intention of the government to negotiate for anew commission, and whether, in the mean- time, owing to the divergence of legal opin ion re to the meaning of the treaty of 1818, it was intended to suspend the enforee: ment of its provision. Sir James Ferguson, parlinmentary secre- tary for the foreign offce, curtly replied: “The government will not publish any paper, nor make any statement on the subject at present. A modus viviendiis in operation.” Smith, government leader, replying to a question, intimated that the government, under the present circumstances, was unable to make any statement regarding the ap pointment of a minister at Washington, The house then went nto committee of the whole, and the debate on the lund purchase bill was renewed Parnell proposed an amendment to the ef- fect that no money be advanced for the pur- chase of more than a holding, if such holding were rated ut no less than £20 yearly. Butfour contended that the amendment would interfere with the smooth working of the plan of sule, David Sheehy, 1 Summons Loxt tional member for South Galway, stopped the debate, appealing to th irman on a question of privilege. He stated that he was leaving the house when an attendant handed him what _apoe be an ordinary visitor's card. Upon iuto the lobby a constable from served hun with a summons under the coer- cion act. He moved to report progress in order to give the house opportunity to dis cuss this audacious breach of privilege, Balfour deplored the incident, and did not know under what authority it had happened On motion of Morley a committee was ap- pointed to inquire mto the circumstances of the incident, consisting of Sir William Har- court, Mr. Morley, Sir_Charles Russell, Mr. Parnell, Mr. Timothy Healey, Home Secre tary Matthews, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Madden, Sir Edward Class and Matthew Ridley. Parnell’s amendment was afterwards lost by a vote of 154 to 111, - AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The Assignment Law of Minnesota Held to be Constitutional. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The stipreme court of the United States to-day rendered an opinion in the case of Henry R. Denny, plain- tiff-in-error, versus Charles C. Bennett, as signee of A. B. VanNorman & Bro., in error to_the supreme court of Minnesota. The principal poiut raised in this case is that the act of the state legislature providing that whenever the property of a debtor is seized by execution against him, he may make an assignment of all his prop erty not exempt by law for the equal bene- Ait of all his creditors who shall file releases of their debts and claims, ana that his property shail be equitably dis tributed among such creditors, is repugnant to the constitution of the United States so far as it affects citizens of other states than Minncsota. It was claimed by counsel for the plaintiff in error thyt this statute is invalid because it im- paired the obligation of contracts ud_also that it could have mo extra rritorial operation and could not therefore be binding on ereditors living in different states from that of the debtor. The supreme court, in the opinion by Justice Miller, holds that the statute is not repugnant to the constitution. In its opinion the court siays that the statute could not, of course, appl to contracts in existence before” it was enacted, but that the statute must be construed to be apart of all contracts made alter it was en acted and that therefore it cannot be. called au impairment of contracts. The judgment of the supreme court of Minuesota, holding the statate to be valid, was therefore af- firmed Justice Harlin r his inability to « court i this casc. 1 an opin sur i the d n expressing sion of the - A DUCHESS BEREAVED, Death of the Duke of Marlborough's Father-in-Law. Troy,.N. Y., Nov. Comuodore Cicero father of the Duchess of Marlborough, his home in this city at an earlv hour last evening. He was cighty-thr rs of uge and death resultod from pncumonia, He was commander of the sloop Jamestown, United States navy, and, for disregarding an order with reference 1o muster rolls, was suspended for two years by Secretary 8 and put on haif pay. He then came to his residence in this city and has li here ever since, with occasionul New York. He was greatly opjosed to the marriuge of his daughter, Mrs Lous Ham mersley, to_the Duke of Marlborough, and did not sce her afterward or duuihiter is the wife of Alfred Renshaw, of Baltimore, ;ablegram was to-night sent to London in- forming the duchess of her father's death d quietly Visits to ‘or the Opening of Indian Terrvitory. BAxTER SPRrINGS, Kun,, Nov. 26.--[Special to Tk Bek. | —An Indian territorial couven- tion will be held in this city on Tuesday, the 15th of December, for the purpose of taking active steps Lowards the early opening of the Indisu territory t white settlers, and the allotment of land to Indians. "Phis convention is called by prominent per- sons from various localities, both iu the ter- vitory and on its borders, for the purpose of scuring the opening of the entiro Indian ritory, und not simply some particular sec- tion of it. The commiltees have arranged to give every visitor to the couvention & trip into the Indian territory, Arraugements will be made with the rail- roads for a special rate. Our committee tenas a cordlul invitation to all persons who | fecl un interest in this watter, and our board L of trude ¢ all a bearty welcowe, WRECK ON THE RIO GRANDE. An Operator's Mistake Rasults in a Terrible Catastrophe. TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLED. A Number of Others Seriously and rhaps Fatally Injured—Fire Adds Horror to the Scene. The Orders Conflicted. Cororano Srrixgs, Colo, Nov., 96.— [Special 'elegram to Tir Ber.]—One of the most awful railroad catastrophes in this state oceurred at 11 0'clock this morning on tho Denver & Rio Grande road one mile below Husted, where the Salt Lake express on the Denver and Rio Gronde collided with the north bound Kock Island passenger, killing two men instantly and scriously injuring sev- eral others, The Denver & Rio Grande left the union depot at Denver at 8 a. m., and consisted of a bagage and mail, immigrant, two passenger und a Pullman car crowded with passengers, It arrived at Palmer Lake eight minutes late, and started down the grade on this side, run- ning about thirty miles an hour. One mile below Husted the road mukes o sharp curve and cuts through the bank. Issuing from the cut, the engineer saw rapidly approach- ing, the Rock Islandstrain not fifty feet dis OMAHA. TUESDAY tant, aud too late to make uny cffort to stop. A moment more and the two engines came together with terrific force and fell over in a 4nass of incxtricable confusion. The tender onthe Rock Island engine telescoped with the baggage car, and the tender and two bagzage cars on the Denver & Rio Grande also telescoped. — All the passengers were thrown from their scats, and a scene of cor fusion ensued. Men, women and children rushed for the doors and windows. The shricks of the wounded were appalling, and, above all, was heard the horrifying cry of “Fire!” "Flames were seen leaping from the Denver & Rio Grande baggage car, in which, by telescoping, escape 1o the men iuside was rendered impossible. | A dozen willing hanids caught up axes and other tools and the men were soon freed. The flames spread rapidly and two Denver & Rio Grand baggage cars and one immigrant car were destroyed. With the aid of hand crenades the lire on the Rock Island train was extinguished. ‘The fireman of the Denver & Rio Grand train was picked up some distance from the train. his injuries are so serious that he will probably die. The engineer of the Rock Island, with his fireman, had both jumped from the cab windows and fell down a bank, receiving injuries about the head, though not serious, The engincer of the Denver & Rio Grand jumped, but was_struck by the cab door and seriously wounded internally, and received a cut on the head. In the Rock Island baggage car were found the dead bodies of the express messenger and baggage man, both with fractured skulls. The killed are’ W. H. Puipps, express messenger on the Rock Island J. H. FLYNN, baggageman on the Rock Island. The wonnded are: Martix Moxkor, engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande, slight fracture of the skull ond badly hurt internally. Prrer Lusy, fireman of the Denver & Rio Grande, head ahd face cat and internal in- juries; will probably die. Josern Berey, engincer, Rock Island; head cut and boay badly bruised. Harry Swiry, fireman, scaided and face and head cut. The responsibility for the accident rests with the dispatcher. Conductor Tom Car- ence, of the Rock Island train, reccived ord- ers at Colorado Springs to go through to Denver. giving him the right of track. Con- ductor Smith reccived his orders at Burnham, giving him_the right of track to Colorado Springs. No blame can be attached to the crew of cither train. Many passengers had severe braises and cits, but none were seri- ously injured, though their escape 18 miracu lous. - — KUKLUX AGAIN, Negroes Charged With Trivial Of fenses and Brutaliy litreated. CHATTANO00GA, Tenn,, Nov, 26, A. John- ston, a deummer for a wholesale grocery of this city, is just in from a trip whicl took in Smith, Jackson and Clay countics. He says a veritable panic exists there over the opera- tions of a band which is supposed to be the Kuklux for the reason that negroes only are molested. The organization appears to have its headquarters at Carthage, in Smith county, but others assert. they are located at Tomkinsville, Ky., just over the border. About two months ago notices to leave, or quit certain practices, were chalked on the doors of many colored people’s houses, par- ticularly along the bottoms of the Cumber- land river. No attention was paid to the notices. A month ago a score of men sur rounded the house of Hicks Smiley, who lived near Gladdico. and calliug him out, tied him to a tree and built a fire about him. The flames were not allowed to touch him, though he was heawd up prety well. He was then released ana driven into his ,house, after having re ceived o dozen smurt lashes, The very next night **Met” Tompkins was enticed from his house, four miles further down the river. His hair was sheared and his back tarred and feathered. He was told to warn his “thiev- ing neighbors to look out.” The first man seriously whipped was **Wat" Jenkins, teu ant on the farm of R. H. Haddock, near Land He was given tienty lashes on the legs for the alleged illegal pos session of fowls, and_was threatened with hunging next tinie. Molly Powell, a colored lass, whose reputation is not of the best, was wlmost stripped of her clothing, tied to & frisky mule and galloped a dozen miles up and down the road near Celina, She was threatened with tar and feathers and a duck- ing in the Cumberland 1f she didmot go to Nushville. The latest vietim is Henderson Duke, a very old colored man residing near Carthage, He was the most severely pun- ished of any who have vet been visited. Duke was accused of stealing corn, raiders have created the greatest’ te among the colored people, Who say max the people warned are good citizens, whites appear indifierent, -~ An Incorporated Political Olub, IspiaNaroLts, Nov. 26.—The president- elect passed a quict but busy day in his library, He had few callers. ‘The Harrison Homo club, an organization with 8 membership of 700 prominent Indianapolis republicans, and which did somo effective work i Gencral Harrison's interest at Chicago and throughout the campaign, bas decided to mam- tain & permanent organization. Haud some headguarters will be opened, wher newspapers sud political literature of ever Kind can be found, und out of town visite entertained. Pending the intervals between elections, the club will devote its attention to securiug the cuactment of laws looking to the amendment of the present clection lLuws, for the purification of the electious and the punishment of fraud and bribery, 1t is be lieved that this will prove one of the first po- litical clubs iu the United States incorporated for this purpose. The A Fatal Ex New Howuaxp, Pa., Nov. 26.—By the ex- plosion of a keg of powder in the store of George Parmer, at Scrufftown, on Welsh mountain, Seturday evening, his daughter Bertha, ten_years old, was killed armer was fatully injured and his wife and two or three childrei siightly injured, — o The Fire Record. Svoxey, N. 8. W., Nov. 26, - The oftices of the Towu and Country Journal in this city, burned, causing » 1053 of £100,000, POWDERLY'S ONUY RE Is ¥ He Is Again Placed at the Head of the Order, INpiaxaroLis, Nov, 9.—Powderly, in re sponse to a reporter’s questions to-day, stated that he was entirely satisfied with the gen eral outcome of the convention, and con- tinued: *1 regret only one thing, and that is that [ am again placed at the head of the order. Personally, Iam sorry for it, and 1 nonestly did nod expect it. 1 might have stepped into a botter thing. A position had been offered me which meant more money aud less work. In fact, papers were drawn up and about ready to be signed by which I would have received $5,000 for about three months’ work T'he grievauce committes had all the morn- ing, and the _cases of district assembly No. , of New York, were disposed of. A dele gation headed by James K. Quinn was agreed by the convention to be the proper one. A resolution was introduced for an ex- pression of the convention on the strike of the switchmen in this city, and it was re- ferred to a committee. The business of the afternoon was merely of a routine character. One of the first things done on reassembling was the passage of a resolution to adjourn the assembly sine die to-morrow at noon. The cogmittee on appeals and gricvances resumed work. ‘Iho only case of importance cousidercd was that of George Schilling, who, as master work man of district assembly No. 24, of Chicago, syspended local assemby No, 400. The local appealed to the general master workman, and was by him reinstated. Schilling there- upou avpealed the case to this body on the ground that the master workman of the dis- trict assembly, and not the general master workman, hud authority to suspend local as- semblies.” During the hearing of the case Sehilling vigorously denounced Powderly on the floor of the assembly. When Schilling concluded his statement General Master Workman Powderly took the floor and argued in justification of his action by claiming that when the disputo arose botween the dis. trict master -workman aud tiho wen- eral master workman, the latter, being the superior officer, was ontitled to' authority. The debate being closed, the general assem: bly first refused to sustain Powderly’s action in'sustaining the local assembly, and then refused to endorse Schilling’s apoeal. By a small majority vote the whole matter was then referred to the new general executive board. A number of other unfinished appeal cases were referred to the executive board. The newly clected general officers were i stalled this afternoon. To-morrow the I lative committee will submit its report, is understood that Robert D. Layton and Ralph Beaumont will constitute the new committee on national legislation with Lay- ton as chairman. The following named eities are applicants for the place of holding the next general as- sembly: Toronto, Canadai Atlanta, G New Orleans; Toledo, O.: Albany, N. Y and Providence, R. 1. It is thought to-night that either Toronto or Atlanta will be chosen, g BLAINE AS AN EDITOR. BT Strong Possivilitics of His Deserting Politics for Literature. New Yous, Nov. 2,—|Special Telegram to Tne Ber)—The report published Saturday that James G. Blaine was about to become the editor of the American Magazine aroused interest among publishers and local politi- cians. There has becn 80 much talk about TBlaine’s relation to the coming administra- tion that the report of Bis prospective return to the editorial chair is 4 matter of more than ordinary importance. -4Biainc is without oc- cupation. 1t is known $hat after his defeat the advisability of his edtering the field of journalism was discussed by him and his in- timate friends. Walker Blaine does not like it out west, preferring literature to_law, and being very closely associated with fiis father in taste and ambitiou, A promment publisher near Astor Place said, when asked for an opinion, that he be- lieved there was wore truth’ in_ the report than most people fancied. *Blaine,” said he, “need not quit polities to become an ed- itor. If he goes into the literary field it will be to make money and t6 hold and increase his influence.” “What publi av's a puz tion will he associate with ¢ le. He wrote for the Amer- ican Magazine last September, and it is gen- erally acknowledged that Blaine likes that periodical because it professes w0 be strictly American, and in full uccord with his views. Then, too, there isa new man- agement and entirely new dircctory elected. ‘The gentleman then manager, but now pres- ident of the company, went to visit Blaine soon after the publicationof his article and spent several days withhim over what were regarded as future plas. It was reported that Blaine was offered §10,000and an interest for regular contributions.” Mr. Dayis, of the Auterican Magazine was seen at his ofice, 740"Broadway, but declined to be interviewed. e SABIN RETRACTS. HeSays He was Mistaken, and Exon- erates Dr. Stone. Eraiy, 1L, Nov. 26.—[Special Telegram to T Bek.]—The Sabin-Stone affair, which hus wrought up Eigin for the last few days here, has finally boen scttled. Dr. A. N. Stone has been decmed innocent by the citi zens of Elgin from the first, and now the fol- lowing humiliating confession from 0. C. Sabin, his assailant, scttles the entire matter satisfactorily to this community in general. The confession : Elgin, 111, Nov, 2, 1858.—Dr. A. N. Stone, Elgin, 1ll.—-Dear Sir. At the time I made the assaulton you on the 19th inst, I acted upon information whieh I believed o bo true, but since that time I have become con vinced that 1 did you a great wrong and an injury, not only in committing the assault, but in the statements which I made to a porter of the Chicago Tribune, and which were published in that paper on the 20th inst, and to Omaha papers, which were published thero on the 22d inst.. charging you with im- proper and imu 0 ‘al conduct toward my wife. In justice to you [ now state that 1 am full satisfied that you 187e never wronged m, wife, nor injured her in nny respect, and thit the statements which § pocared in said news papers were wholly falsc as far as they re- late to anything derogotory to your ¢ uctor. [ sincerely regret my conduct in_ this matter and make, so far as I can, the repara- tion which is due'to you from me, 0. C. BmiN, Sib'n is said to have deeded §500 worth of property at Beatrice, Neb., to his wife, and 1o have g ven her letldr of confession iuto tho hands of £. D. Waldron. e~ S Miss Whitman to B> a Model. (Copyright 1588 by Jdsmes Gordon Bennett.) Lospoy, Nov. 2h.—[New York Herald Cable cind to Tus Bee.]—Miss J. Walt Whitman, the handsome cousin of the poct, has been engaged by an eminent Danish sculptor as a model for the bust of Litera ture to appear noxt yewe at the Royal Acad- emy. The artist will make it the greatest effort of nis life. The head and shoulders will spring from s hugh volume. The design has just been registered —_— Four ingtans Killed. Fout Ssitiy; Ark, Nov. 20.—Word has just reached here of a terrible shooting affray at Vian, L. T, which resulted in the death of four Cherokee Indians—George Starr, Isaac Giertie, Jesse Landram and Bert Henzen, The last three uamed were drunk, and Starr was one of the posge sent to arrest them The shooting becamg general, and £d Starr, brother of George,was shot through the hund. L7y L Mme. Boulanger Wants a Divorce, Pakis, Nov.26.—Bonlanger's wife is taking steps to obtain o diverce. It is stated thut one of the richest Wwidows in France is will: i to marry Boulanyiary MORNING, NOVEMBER 27 THE DEMOCRATS RETALIATE. They Appoal to the Courts of West Virginia. | QUAY CLAIMS NINE MAJORITY, Upon the Face of the Returns Res publicahs Have All the Districts in Dispute—The Extra Sessic Wasmaros Buneiv Tue Osana Bee, 1 513 FOURTERNTH STREET, D. C., Nov. 2. | The action of the democrats in appenling to the courts of West Virginia for an injunction to restrain the governor from issuing certifi cates to the republican congressmen-elect, is in the nature of a retaliation for the sunilar movement on the part of the republicans in old Virginia, There are a number of leading republicans here who think that the Gray Mahone policy is a mistake and will result to the disadvantage of the party, as it cannot gain any congressmen by any such methods, for the courts are certain to deny the peti- tion. But Quay's object is the cxposure of democratic methods in the Old Dominion state, and he does not expect to capture any congressmen, but to spread be fore the country in court the evidence collected by his detectives, who have been investigating the alleged frauds. Itis a fact that in certain portions of Vir- ginia the negroes were not allowed to vote. The white people were on hand carly and got in their ballots, and then when the negroes came up every one of them was compelled to make afidavits and secure aMdavits from his friends, for the purposo of causing as much delay as possible, no ballot being ae cepted, except from white men, pending the production of the afidavits required. A demacratic newspaper man who lives in Vir winia, told me that in his precinet mueh time was wasted in this manner, and that the polls closed before half the negroes hiad been allowed to cast their ballots, Senator Quay has aflidavits from several thousand who were thus prevented from voting; a sufficient number to have changed the result in the state- WasHiNGT SENATON QUAY'S SAY. Senator Quay announced this morning, with the same positivencss that charactert izes all his infrequent utterances, that the republicans will have a majority of nine in the next house of representatives. I understand,” said he, “that the demo- crats of West Virginia are going into court with their trouble. That is about all I know of West Virginia politics just at present. We shall have a majority in the house anyhow — a majority of nine. T do not believe that the democratic governors of the doubtful states will give cortificates of election to men who are not elected simply because they have the same political faith. - Ishali refuse to believe any such thing until I sce it. There is noth mg to be gained by any dishonest or dishon- orable conduct. It would be revolutionary™. Very little is talked of at the capital but the probable complexion of the next house, The employes are struggling with the hove of a democratic majority, with all the indica- tions against the It now appears that the republicans have all the districts_in dispute upou the face of the returns, and that it is only by a recountor mandamus proceedings that they can be doprived of the certificates, ‘The returns give the republicans the one dis puted district in Tennessco and the one in North Carolina; that in Louisiana; that'in Kentucky, and “hree in West Virginia, be- sides the Raynor district in Maryland. It is not thought likely that there can’ be such a wholesale overthrowing of apparent majori- ties as to reverse these returns, or enough of them to change the complexion of the house. If democrats should be certified from the d puted districts of Tennessco and North Caro- lina, that would not gve the majority to the democrats by several votes. i A SESSION, On every hand the probability of an extra session of the Fifty-first congréss is being aiscussed. In_vicw of the fifct that there will be no tariff reform before the 4th of March, and manufacturing enterprises as well as many important commercial connec- tions will be practically at a stand-still till *those interested know exagtly just what is to be done with the tariff, and no action can be taken if there is mot_an extra session before the summer of 1890, it is generally believed that there will be an extra session carly next spring. The next question of dividing Da- kota and admitting it as two states, although popular here does not figure so_scriously as the business inter of the country, which arc involved. What might be done in the way of turiff reform seems to be more serious than what is likely to be done. 1t is ation that the business community wants stopped, and that demands an extra ion of the next cougress to stop it. REASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS, 2mble on next Monday. fow evidences of the meeting in sight, however, Only two wembers put in an appearance at the capitol to-day, and the only changes undergomg are in the way of dusting carpets, chairs and desks. The com- mittee on appropriations is hard at work pre. paring jts regular annual appropriation Dills, with a view of having one realy next week, if it can be reached in the ordmary run of business. No one expects anything to be done with the tariff, although the senite is to go right ahead with the consideration of 1ts bill whenever it has opportunity to do so. MALL CHANGES, Changes have been ordered in the time schedule of the Star mail route between Cumminsville and Petersburg, Neb., as fol lows, to take effeet December 10 Leave Cum- minsville Mondays, Wednesdays and [rid. at7a.m., arrive ot Petersburg by 4 p. . Leave Petersburg Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 4. m., arrive at Cumminsyille by 4 p. m. REPRESENTATIVE CANNON'S VIEWS, Representative Joe Cannon of 11linois, who is one of the brightest of the republicans, and who is spoken of for the speakership, was asked to-diy if the lower house of the Rift first congress would be republican, Hesaid ; SChave never doubted that the republicans elected a majority of the mext house, and therefore do not doubt that they will organ- ize and that a republican speaker will bo elected. This is of far greater importance than the particular man who will be elected "What do you think of the reported plan of the democrats to admit some of the terri tor a8 states this winter:” “Well, [ am in favor of death-bed repent ance if it's of the right kind. Dakota must be aamitted or no territories will come in." S - The Sw en's Strike. IxpiaNaroris, Nov. 2. —The switchmen's strike did not extend to-day to the engineors or firemen, as was anticipated. The situa tion remains unchanged, except that all road: are moving trains to-day and to-night, and the blockade is nearly overcome. New men are applying for work at every o the superintendents say that they will bave no dificulty in supplying cvery striker's place within the next fow days. The day, taken as a whole, was ratber disastrous to the strike d'there is a visible weaken ing mani by some of their number. The general of rs of the locomotive brother- hood and firemen’s association did not put in their appearance to-day, 48 was gIven out they would. It caunot be reliably ascer- tained that cither of those organizations hava taken auy steps towards sustaining the strikers, e Cashier Tallman Indicted. Cuicaco, Nov.* 26.—~Thomas Tallman, cashier of the dofunct Traders bank, was indicted by the grand jury this morning on the charge of embezelement, for received deposits knowing that his bank insotvant NUMBER 166 YGOOD-BYE FOREVER." The Shaw-Yohe Elopement Results in a Divorce Suit. Cricaao, Nov Special Tue Bre, |—The clopement of May the “Crystal Slipper” company, and & young man named Shaw, which occurred early last summer, is still fresh in the minds of Chicagoans. To-day Shaw's wife sub a lot of testimony before Judge Shep at will result in hor getting a divorce eof o few days. Mrs, Shaw is the daughter of W. N. Caldwell, and she was married to Shaw in 1887, During the production of the “Crystal Slipper”” at the Chicago opera house, young Shaw was par- ticularly attentive to May Yohe, who charmed more gilded youths than She secemed, howe! to prefer “Ebie' Shaw, whose father is a mitlionaire member of the board ade, and & member of the big firm of Shaw & Co 8" attention was and nobody who knew him prised to pick up the papers on the of July 4 and read that Prince Prettiwitz and “Ebie” had disappeared. Later devel opments showed that they had taken a train and gone cast. In a day or 80 May Yoho r turned to Clicago, though her mother stoutly maintained that she was at home confined with & cold all day, and then deo uinls of the existence of anything wrong between young Shaw and the pretty actress flew about thick and fast Finally the scandal quieted down and many people belicved that the escapade was harmlass freak of two young persons. Not 80 young Shaw's wife, Afteran investigi tion by her lawyer she flled a suit for di- voree, specially alleging adultery on the part of Shaw with Miss Yohe. This morning, before Judge Shepard, n stipulation was presented by the attorneys for the respective parties consent'ng to sub- mit the case to the court without a jury, and allow a divoree to be granted on the deposi- tions of Mrs. Shaw, taken in Dupage county and the evidence 'of a Wagner sleeping ci conductor and porter. The deposition of Jacob N. Green, s “1am a porter on the Wagher sleeper from Chicago to New York. I ranoutof Chicago the afternoon of July 2, 1858, on the Lake Shore & Michican Southern railway, leaving the Van HBuren street station at 5:30 p. m. 1 know Mish Yohe. Isaw her twice at the Chicago opera house —once in June, 1858, and again in July. When our train reached the y-second street station Miss Yol rded the car. She was accompanied U Shaw. They went through to acuse, N, Y., and then left the train. She and Mr., aw occupied section 11 1 the car. At Clevelund an officer brought a telepram for Miss Yohe, and I took him back 1o herberth. Miss Yohe refused to accept the dispateh. ‘Yoke is not my name,’ she said. My name is Shaw, and I am the wifc of this gentle man.’ The ofticer retired without dehvering the dispatch, At Buffalo another telegram was received. A messenger brought it and 1 tok it to Miss Yohe, but she refused to accept that also. ‘People think Pdon't know my own name,’ said she.” The deposition of Conductor George Rush more, of No. 1419 Pacific avenue, Brookiyn, covers the same ground. Mrs. Shaw s she has not seen her husband since the elope- ment, but reccived the following from him.” “Dear Jessie: 1 will leave here to-morrow, bound for Australis. I may never sce you in this life wgam, and T have one request to that is, that you teach our dear_little baby boy to think well of its father. Never. if it is possible, let him become familiar with my life. Good-bye forever." - VERONA'S LATEST. Lucky Baldwin's Lady Friend Wants to Be a Mayor. Los AxcrLes, Cal., Nov. 26.—Society here is greatly exercised over Verona Baldwin's latest escapade. Verona, it will be remem- bered, received, three years ago, $20,000 as a compromise for settling her suit for breach of promise against old millionaire Lucky Baldwin. She has evidently spent all this money, as two weeks ago she paid a visit_to San Francisco with a son of mllionaire Fal lon, of San Jose. The brother of Fallon got into trouble by trying to kil his wife at a hotel, and Verona and her lover returned to Los Angeles to avoid being mixed up in the scandal. This morning Verona came out in a card, asking the public to vote for her as mayor of Los Angeles. She heads her card with a quotation from Third Corinthians, cighteenth verse, and declares that she 18 inipelled to become a candidate because she has been refused emplovment as a clerk® on the score of her sex. What her latest move means no one knows. -— The Cedar Falls Railroad Suit. Ci10AGo, Nov. 26.—In the suit of Morris up and others, trustees of the Cedar Falls & Minnesota railroad company, against the Illinois Central, the Cedar Fails & Min nesota, and Dubuque & Sioux City railvond companies, Judge Blodgett decided yester- Qay that the Dubuque & Sioux Falls com- pany must submit itsclf to the jurisdiction of the court by the first Monday in February, or the suit would be dismiseed. The Cedar Falls road leased its line from Waterloo, I to the Minnesota state line October 13, 156t 1o the Dubuque & Sioux City road for forty years. Am ze was subsequently exc cuted by the Cedar Falls to Jessup & Forrest on bonds for §1,407,000. In 1367 the Dubuq & Sioux City ' leased its own road from Dubuque to Sioux City 1o the llinois Central for twenty years, with the option of taking the lease in perpetuity, The 1ilinois Central agreed 1o assume the lease of the Cedar Falls road and the pay rentals due it, In 1556 the Illinois Central threw up the lease of the Dubuque & Sioux City. Jessup & Forrest clum that the llinois Central is liable for the other twenty years' rental of the Cedar Falls road, but the Ilinois Central denics this. The Sioux City road has never been brought into court, and the Ilinois Central moved to have it sibjected to the jurisdiction of the federal court or disiniss the bill of complaint. Judge Blodgett decided that the Dubuqgue & ux City road was an indis. pensable party to the suit, and entered the above or Itis likely thut the bill will be dismissed, because the Tinois Central con rols the Dubugie & Sioux ( and e latter is not likely to volu nter its appearance, us sugeested by the court. - An Old Lady's Love. Los ANagLEs, Cal., Nov, 26, —A that has caused much gossip hus just place here beuween Mrs, Francisca ) gall, an wealthy widow, and Edw handsome young West Indian, wh ents live in Kentucky. Mrs. MeDugall's son beeame intimate with Jesurn at the Uniyersity of Virginia, where both wer studying, and persuaded him to come to Los Angeles. He was a constant visitor at the MeDugall mansion, and the mother soon fell in love with him. Her reiatives here ap pealed to Jesurn's mother in Kentucky to use her influcnce in by s the match, but to no uvail. The couple went to San_ Fran- 0 and were married to the great disgust of the widow's relatives. Jesurn, before he went to college, made a reputation as an am ateur athiete in New York. He s remarka- bly handsome, and his bride looks old enough 0'be his wmothier Pelegram to Yohe, of most noticeabdle, was much sur- rninge marriage LR Laying the Wircs for a Strike. 1. Louis, Nov A local paper says: Although, as far as can be learned, local trades sozieties have not received any inti wation from Chicago of the organization of ecight hour movement to bo carried through at the couvention of the American Federation of Labor, which is to mcet in this city on D bt that the movement 1s well under i, Circulars explaining and u nyg it hay 0 ull organizations supposed to A scheme, and it will probably " work of the couvention AlLer.cal socialists are the push scheme, and it s their idea to have it c » & focihs in 1890, the probable result of which will be a wencral strikes an ember 11, there is ne d Pathetic Scones at the Evlotion of the Towa Sottlers. A MOTHER'S NEW-BORN BABE, It Sucoessfully Appeals to the Syme pathy of the Sheriff and His Tosse—Littlo Jim Korte right's Nerve. Houseleas and Homeloss, Font Dover, Ta, Nov, 25, -Everybody in Towa is talking about the evictions. You hear the subject discussod on the trains, at the tables and in the sto Tho idea of b g set out on the highway without an hour's warning is repugnant to the American mind, in spite of the twelve of the su- remo court which sustain tho owners of the nd. Here is Thanksgiving at hand, the season of home cheer and home plenty, and here are homeless familios with their cook stoves, their beds, their cabinot organs, their books, their pictures, and their all strewn along the roads half'a mile or more from the nearest occupied house. 1t looks hard. It inspires bitter feelings which will rankle a long time, Mr, Kichard Snell, whose father owns thirty or forty of the little farms from which the evictions are taking place. is not u monster, e would never be picked out of crowd as a man given to grinding the face of the poor, He is a wholesome looking young man with & good face, und he evidently feels that the situation 1s disagreeable. He said to-day T know it 1 have no legal riy are simpl nature of ihe ownor The sottlers are more submissive than secms possible at first under such trying cir cumstances. Many a farmer or househoider, as he reads of the” evictions, will feel his Llood warm up when he lo oks around upon Iis little ones and thinks how it would be in his case. He will mutter to himself, *T'11 die first.”” But take the whole sceuc. Here 18 the marshal, reading to him from a long sheet of paper. It bewius with the subduing “Now in the name of the United Stutes of America_you are ¢ommanded.” 1t goes on through the confusing and tortuous rigamu- role of technicalities, und finally it ends: “Now witness my hand and seal 1ELviLLe W. PULLER, “Chief Justice of the United States,” Four times out of five he will listen to the writ, look around helplessly fora few min- utes, and then, as he sces his furniture in danger from rough handling, he wiil turn in and actually help the ofiicers to eviet him. The most scusational scene was at the res. idence of Mr. Hover. As the posse ap proached the house they were coufronted by a loaded gun in the hands of Mrs. Hover, She threatened to shoot, and explaimed that there was @ very sick woman in the houso whose life would be endangered by their en- tering. ‘The marshal and his men “neverthe less battered down the door, und on the se ond floor found & woman with & bave but two days old, and finally determined to let the family remain for the time being. But few will bow to the inevituble as chece- fully as did little Jim Kortright, the other night, He Jived on the plice his father bougl from a man who entercd it and £ot a_patent onit. Around the house was a_fine prove of trees, whigh Jim had seen grow from tho time they were set out until their trunks were a good deal bigger thau hig body. Jim saw the eviction of hisneighbor, Chance Pig- mun, going on, and he came over through the corn field, his three little children trotting along beside him, He nodded to the marshal and asked: “Got anything for me?" “‘What is your nume?”’ Marshal Holbrook said *Jim Kortright," he replied, “I'm on sco- tion 85, I suppose you arc after me, too.” Mr. Holbrook looked over the papers and found the writ. “Yes, Mr. Kortrignt," ooming to you next.”’ “I thought so,” commented the philo- sophical Jim. *“It's gotting lute and I reckon you might as well begin rizht away.” It was getving late. ''he sun was just sinking. Alongside of the Pigman and Kor right farms was brush and timber land, ox- tending down through “the breaks” to the Des Moines river. No better | in_the whole country could have been selected, if the disposition had existed among the settiers 10 come up unawires and pepper the posss with buckshot. 1t has been oy a month or s0 since a marshal was fired upon from w corn field and wounded. But Holbrook de- cided to take the chances of a surprise. While part of the posse finished up Pigman’s cvietion the rest went over to Kortright's, Little Jim led the way into the house and in avery few words told his wife what was coming. She looked at the stove, where the pot of potatoes for supper was steaming, and made no reply. Little Jim picked up a butcher knife, went into a front room and commenced unscrewing the fixtures of a bracket lamp, Kortright's home was a good h from the road, and everything had to by hauted out to it, ‘rhe house was u story and Alf with a kitehen behind, and it was well i with furniture. The oldest daughter, -checked yirl, was away at a neighbor's visiting when the’ eviction™ began. She r turoed just in time to see her cabinet organ and the parlor sofa carried out of the front room. In the posse was a man numed Scin whom she had met at dances, and the uc quaintanceship somewhut witigated the tere rors of the .cviction to her. She even sut down and played a couple of tunes tor Sein before the organ was hauled away to the road “Where will grandpa go?" asked the girl as the last wagon load wis being heaped up, o, darn it 1 don’t know,” said little Jim, with a little indication of breaking down ab last. Ho had held up wonderfully till then but it seemed hard that the evietion should have happencd just when his old favher was down on u visii from Sioux City. The old gentleman's valise was brought out and pus on top of the load. “The Kortrights scattered out to find sheiter for the night. The little children went across the fields o one neighbor, Mrs, Kort- it and her daughter started another direction, and the old grandfather trio 1 still athird route. ‘Then the serious question of a stopping place for the posse arose. Kiver land settiers are not noted for their hos. pitality to evictors. ‘They have been kuown 1o refuse any price for lodgings aud food. Lattle Jim 8tood by and neard the boys de- bating wiether it was best o go to Lehigh or 1o Webste: “I'll tell you what you can do,” he sug- costed, “Ehere's the house not” nailed up ot I'll carry some of the bedding back into itand you fellows can all slecp thero if you want to. Pve got to lie out on the ground and take carc of these things in the roud, The cattle are running loose, and everything will be before moviing if 1° don'g watch This proposition fairly stagg 1 one of the boys said to Jim *Kortright ab—lofa Here you've done more work th of us moving yourscif out, and now you pro- POsSe 1o hiave Us slecp in your house while you Jic in the rowd all night aod watch your things “1ain't no d——d slouch,” said magy, us be turned ww - The settlers Mor our Donae, la., Nov. 26.—Something of a sensation was created when it became erally known that ¥ Governor Larabee taken a hand in the Des Moines river lund evictions, ‘I'he publicity of the letter from the governor Lo the county attorney of Webe in which the former displays a favorable " disposition toward the settlers, gives them new hope, and, in connection with stand taken by United States Senator Allison, leads them to nops for & remuneras tion from the next congress, The deputy arshals have returned o Fort Dodge, aftor made fifty fumilies homele ior Larabee’s letter has made @ cone change in public s ntin thie docisions hard, but these people upon the lund, ~ They snding upon the good lits. he sad, “we're If milo wd the posse, nice man, any Ltwo the little Hopeful, had