Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1889, Page 1

Twenty Acres of Business Blocks Licked Up Like Shavings, LOSS ABOUT FIVE MILLIONS, Just When All human Effort Was Powerless the Wind Suddenly Changed and the € Was Saved, The Worst Since 1872, Bostow, Nov, 28.—[Special Telegram to Tur Beej—Thanksgiving has beon ushered 10 in Boston Ly the greatest fire since the calamity of 1872, It bezan at 8:15 a.m. and by noon had burnt over twenty acres in the heart of the eity, entailing a loss of £5,000,000, The fire limt is bounded by Harrison ave- nue on the cast, the rear of Washington on the west, and Summer stroet and Essex on the north and soutn., It first broke out in the big dry goods honse of Brown, Durreil & Company by a badly connected electric hght wire and had un- doubtedly been burning for a long timoe be- fore it showed, for whea the alarm was fivst sounded the wholo rear portion was in flames, The building was a massive brown stono structure six stories high. The first two floors were jammed with dry goods and tie second floor was occupied by the Woon- socket Rubber company. The top floor was used 8 astore room by Jordan, Marsh & Company. Tho secomd, ttird, fourth and genoral alarms were sounded ono after another and inside of forty minutes thirty-eight steam and ten chemical engines were massed around the conflagration, but this deluge, combined with a pouring rain, had no effect, and the fire leaping across narrow Kingston street seized upon the five-story brick hat factory of Lamson % Hubbard, No. %0 edford street, and thesix-story brownstone building of Taylor Brothers, wholesale clothiors, cutting off the firemen, Thoy hastily beat a retroat, leaving engines Nos. 6, 7and 9 and Hays truck No. 14 to their fate. A lot of men, despite the furnace around them, pulled chiemical engine No. 2 out of danger, while three streaws of water played on them to keep them from roasting. Seemg the whole two blocks between Har- rison avenue and Chauncey street were bound 1o go, Chief Webber scnt calls for aid from Lynn, Salem, Lawrence, Lowell, Worcester and all the suburban towns. The varions railroads were hurriedly cleared, and by 11 o'clock the fire engines began to arrive in town, the mob of people who filled the streats cheering them lustily By this time the eutire town was alarmed, and business men came rushing frantically to their offices, only to be turned out of dauger by the police. Many wept, sworo and begged frantically to be allowed to get at their books, but they were kept from the crashing walls and afly- ing slates. Nothing Whatever of the contents of the’ building was saved, for the fire spread rapidly. By 11 o'clock the fire had engnlfed ull the builaings botween Har- rison and Chauncey and Sumner and Essex streets, when fortunately the strong south- east wind which had been prevailing, driv- mg the firo into the heart of the city, shifted to tho wost and blew the fire back over the burnt section saving Boston. ‘Iho casualties were happily fow, two lzddermen being the only ones injured fatally, one from fulling walls, the second from u gas explosion, which cut his head nearly off. Aftor crossing Chauncey street the wind changing enabled the firemen to balt it, but by this time no less thau 100 of the finest warenouses in the city had bLeen aestroyed. It wus in tho heart of the woolen and linen district, many of the buidiugs being the agencies and warchouses of the big New Englavad mills, and they had jusy got in thewr winter stock. The loss at noon is roughly estimated at £15,000,000, but no 1dea of the Insurance .can Jbe obrained. It is thoughv It will® be about two thirds, The residenco section being spared, there was an absence of those scencs which make a city tire 80 appalling. By noon the fire was uuder control, and Hfty engines were keeping it at bay. A Lnter Account, BosTox, Nov. 23.—Tho most disastrous fire from which Boston has suffered since 1872, and one in which the property loss rivals the great conflugration at Lynn Tuesday, broke out about 8:20 a. m. today in a six-story granite building owned by Jordan, Marsh & Company, and occupied by Brown, Durell & Company, dry goods, Bedford street, cornur of Kingston, The great fire of 1872 broke out on the coruer of Kiogston and Sumner streets, and the alarm for todoy's fire was rung in from the same box which heralded that memora- ble conflagration that consumed nearly #100,- 000,000 of property. The tirst alarm rung in today was im- mediately followea by the first general alarm n Boston since 1572, Toduy's contlagration raged for six hours and burnea over two avres of territory, cov- ered by magnificont structures und entailed 8 1088 DOW estimuted at 5,000,000, ! #encral alarm was soon followed by calls upon the neighboring cities and towns for assistance. Fiames were soon pouring from all the windows and tho roof of the Brown-Durell bulding. At 845 they hud spread to the shoe aud leather excnange biilding, snother large gramto struc- ture adjoiniog Brawn, Durell & Compuny on Beaford street. From tue other builu- ings the flames swept in great masses across Bodford street to the opposite corner, thonce across Kiogston streev along Bedford to Chavncy, where it was stopped 1o the store of Farley, Harvey & Cowpiny, the upper stories of which were burned, Thiee stores long Chauncy street toward Sumuner were On the south side of Bedford strect the fire jumped across Kingston street from Brown, Dureil & Compuny’s 10 the big sand- stone building owned by ¥, L. Awes and oc- cupied by Taylor Brothers, aud thisjwas con- suwed. “The great gramite buitding known #s the Nevins block at the corner of Chaunoy strect was the uext to go aud the cutire block ciear around Ruwe Place to Kingston streot wus cousumed, . The fire then erossed Chauncy street to he storcs which are enclosed in Exot Place, a smull sireet runniog from Harrison avesue to Umunux street. Here the fire. nen got control At Rowe Place the fire wus purtially ehecked from going toward Essex streot, but quickly moved toward tha Opposite sido to the iwmense Allen & Lurra bee buildings, occupying the square between Bedford street und ihe Harnson avenue ox- tension of Exeter Pluce, at woich point its further progress was chooked, ‘The scenos about the firs were replete wilh excitoment and activity, The terri- ftory vounded by Kingston, "Beaford and Chauncy streets * wus ghe ‘;"nmw Wieatre of destriBlion. Here the conflagration leveled everything. Within an hour after tho fire alarm sounded the whole structure of Hrown, Durrell & Company’s buiding collipsed ~ with & tremendous crash, Flumes wore duumf from the doors 8ud windows and the interior of tne biock Was @ glowivg {urouce. ‘Lbe dry goods wnd” hich the white heat, iron_girders combustible articles with were packed burned to a e granite crumbied and the melted away like ico. The streams from tho engines were dissipated in vapor before they twuched tae fire. Suadenly the cry arose Thoe walls are falling! Back! Back!" Tho crowd surged back for thowr lives, Startled by the shouts the firomen dropped their hose and ran to save tho fire apparatus, ‘Thero was n confused and deafening rour and u donss cloud of smoke und dust mounted he en- ward. When it cleared away the luxvrious palace of trade had vanished, only a fantas. tio heap of bricks, shattored stono, twisted iron beams and brokon columns marking its site. Two engines and an nerial ladder and water teuck wore ruined bevond repair. The scone was one of thrilling erandeur, The towering Ames block, occupied by lor Brothers, was ablazo {rom roof to basement. “The floors foll with u stunning uoise loaving but the mere shell. From this building the flve was steadily eating its way through 1o Chauncy streot despite the thousands of gal- lons of water thrown on it. A succession of sharp explosions indicated the force of the compressed heated air in the firm's rooms, and broken gas-pipes wore playing tneir part in the conflagrution, ‘Iho immenso stores occupied by Samuel Williams and Brighum & Company, corner of Chauncy street and Rowe court, marked the furthirost progress of the th direction, Although apparently fire-proof, it was c etely gutted, On the corner of Chuuncy aud Bedford streets a largo bloclk occupied by Smith, Hogg & Gardner and others was in almost as bad a plight, and the bulldings between these two wers utterly destroyed. The leaping flames succeeded 1n crossing Chauncy street to the upper stories of the huge Allen olock, largely oceupied by Farley, Harvey & Company, and those adjucent as far as Bssex Placo. 1t was hard to direct stroams of water effect- ively and for a timo it seemed us though Warren street might yet be reached. The fivemen bere made a erand rally. Many lines of hose were carried through the store on Harrison avenue and the fos strong ly fouzht. "Other hose was taken up stairs and used from the windows across on Bed- ford street, Sull other streams were di- recteaon the flimes and finally the further progress of the fire was stayed. ‘T'wo firemen have been missing since morning and 1t is feared they were crushed by falling walls, Several narrow escapes are reported. veaal people in the building on the cor- ner of Kingston and Bedford streets were overcome by smoke, but were reseucd by the bravery. ot _ Pol Sergeant Kimball. Patrolman Hagnes and ~ ex-Councilmun Barry, A policems nd several firemen are reported seriously injured or burncd. The origin of the iire is not definitely known, but is attributed to clectric wires, Latter estimates of tho loss places it at nearly £.000,000. About two hundred firns were burned and 100 agenws of New York and western flems had their headquarters de- yed. i'he agents of a large number of insurance companies interested weraseen by a re- porter and asked as to their losses. The risks which could be ascertawed today amount to uearly 0,000, whiloa large number of compan are yetto be heard from. ‘Lhe fire, coming as it does, on top of the great blaze av Lynn, 13 a crushing blow to many of the smuller insurance companics, and it is not av all unlikely that it will cause the suspension of some of them. ‘The following is a list of the shoo and leather firms burned out, & great mauy of them being the Boston houses of large factories in other portions of New Englund: C. E. Aldrich & Company, the Appleton shoe company, W. F. Burratt & Company, A. Bates, the W. C. Brien shoe company, Bun- ton & Company, Copeland & Hartwell, John S. Fogg & Company, Frank S, Gage, J. W. Hart & Company, L. P. Hawkins & Com: pany, Howard & Foster, W. Ireson & Com- pany, L N. Keith & Company, S. Keith & Company, tho Lyon “boot and slipper Company, . T. Marshall, Adolph Meyer & Company, George H. Nicbols, J. A. Parker & Company, B. J. Patton, Perkins & Joyee, Joshua H, Purnam, Rogers & Wevover, Royce & Gaff, the Stim- son-Stephenson show manufacturing com- pauy, W. R. M. Teoney, L. W. Tyler, Walker & Brown, the Woonsocket rubber compuny, Myron Woodbury, the Drociton Inst co ¥, the Herbaert & Rapp compuny, the National thread company, O, O. Patton & Compuny, the Brockton-Blakely burnish- ing machiue company, George Clark, Duprey & uagas, Lotvs finding machine comnany, Wheeler & Cummings, Woodward & Wright, Leuther houses—R. G. Solomon of New- rlrhl N. J. 8. Bennew & Brothers of Lit- o 1alls, On nearly all of the above the losses are practically total. Brown. Durrell & Com- puny carried woods i stock to the value of upwards of £800,000 und the stock wiil be a total loss. ‘The msurance on tnis is $ Jordan, Marsh & Company’s shirt f; was insured for 000. The Woonsocket rubber company’ ock was iosured for 'm,:nm; Laylor Brothers, huts and caps, 75,000, . The Greatr Fice of 1872, The former great conflagration which swept over part of the area of the present fire commenced at 7 o’clock Saturday even- ing, November 9, 1872, raged all night and the greater part of Sunday and licked up #100,000,000 worth of property. In those fow hours 776 buildings, most of them mag- nificent structures of stone ana iron, were consumed as though they were built of wood. Twenty persons perished in the Hames, The fire broke out inalarge four-story Rranite store on the corner of Summer and Kingston streets. Bofore the firo engines arvived on the scene tho flames had com- municated to the other houses in the vicinity and in less than twenty minutes the whole vroad facadoes extending down Kingston and Summer streots were ono sheet of tlames, and the heat was so intense as to force the firenen away. A strong breezo sprang up und the flames sproad with remarkable rapidiy, ‘The firemen struggled heroically but in vain. Barricades for theiwr protection were put up, but they melted before the fiery element like wax, So terribly intense be- came the heat ufter @ whie that it passed through the brick walls of adjoining buildings to the fronts of war houscs on the other sides of the streets, igmting and consuming tho latter without any direct contact with flame. About 3 a. ., attewpts were made to stay the progress of the flames by blowing up the buildings 1 1ts pathway with dynamite, but proved futile, aud the magnificent portion of the city boundsd by Washiugton, Summer, Hedford, Water and Oliver streets burned to the water's edge. The entire space occupied by the whole- sale dry goods dealers, wool merchauts, boot aud shoe, hide and leatner dealers, aod clothing houses, met total destruction. Not 8 wool house was left standing. Every wholesale clothing house, with a_single ex- ception, was burned, and but thres or four dry .fundn commission houses were left standing. The fire thus burned over the widest avea of massive and apparently in- destruetible commercial paluees i America, sixty-five acres, Big don Blaze, Loxpoy, Nov. 28 —The White drapery estublishment at Aldershot burned toduy; loss £100,000, Stockinet Mills Destroyed. Hanrroun, Noy, 28.—Tue Stockmmet wmills of the Hurtford carpet works at Thowpson- wille burned last night, loss heavy, - A Bigaw st from Nebraska. Dairas, Tex,, Nov, 23,-J. M, Helmstetter came Lo Dallis some mouths ugo and married @ beautiful young lady here. A former wife arrived from Nebraska yesterday bringing alovg scveral young Helmsteuters, ‘The bigauiist was arrested at Rosk last night on atidavit of wife No. 1, be haviog fled to that town on her arrival, - Miners Katombad, Loxpox. Nov, 25.—A tremendous land slido occurred ot Bradenburg today, com- plotely chioking up two shafts and entombing ;uinmbor ©of miners whose rescue s doubt- THE SILVER ME ADJUURN, A Committea Appointed to Do Propaganda Work. EVILS OF DEMONETIZATION, It Has Worksd the Practicsl Violas tion of y Contract Kx st ing at the Tim» the Act was Passed, The Debtor’s Hope. ST Lovis, Nov, 23, —In the silver eonven- tion this morning a resolution by Fiteh of Novada was adopted, providing for the ap- pointment. of a national silver committee, which should be empowered to call another nationak silver convention and provide for the ciection of delegates; also to provide for the orgunization of state and nutional silver leagues for the promotion of the objects of the convention. A committee was selected, among the members being W. E. Phelps, Blmwood, Ill.; Allen Root, Omaha, Neb.: L. H. Weller, Nushua, Ia. Congressman Hland, chairman of the com- mittee on resolutions, presented tho follow- ing preamble and resolution as the deliberate opinion of the convention. Resolved, that the demonetization of silver has worked the practical violadon of every contract then existing in the Unitea States, entailed unaccounted losses, reduced prices more than 30 per cent and that its effects is practically to make debts pervotual that it causes a contraction of the currency, which reduces values until there is no profit left to the farmer, planter or men of small capital who depend upon the sule of their products for retarns for their lavor; that we belicve a certificate of thogoverninent, bucked dol- lar for dollar by gold and_silver com in the troasury of tho United States is a safo and sound currency and been approved by the people; that considering the contraction eaused by the surrender of national bank notes during the past three years und the vast sums that must be collected by the cancellation of gov- erument bonds during the next three ycars, the necessity of restoring silver 1s as ‘mani- fest as is tho justice of such a policy; that the gold and silvor of the west pouring in a steody stream upoa the east for forty years vitahized every form of business there and steadied aund uphield the credit of the nution through @ great wuar and mude re- sumption possible, and that what we now demand is as much more to the interest of the east than of the west as the prod of the cast exceed in valus the produc of the westy that we believe in the equal rights of gold and silver and the free coin- age of both, and that no nation ever had or ever will bave too much gold aud silver coina; now, therefore, be it lved, That the Pifuy-fiest coneress bo ed by this convention to provide au irst session for the opening of the mints of the United States to the fres und unlim- ited edinage of standurd siiver dollors of tho preseant weight and fineness, to be legal ten- der for all debts, public or private, equal with gold, and ' that when sueh provision is wade that the secretary of the treasury bo requested to coin £2,000,000 worth of silver as uow authorized by law. Mr. Bland announced that a gentleman from lowa, Mr. Weller, desired his report printed as t of the proceedings of the con- vention and he would offer no further oppo- sition to the udoption of the majority report. He did this in the interest of harmony. The report of the committee on resolutions was then adopted by a vote of 135 to 7. A resolution offered by General Ginter of Missouri favoring an international silver congress during the world’s fair was tavled, A resolution thauking the Associated press for the able manner in which the work of the convention bud been presented to the people of the United Stutes was unanimously adopted. Fiten of Nevada was called to the platform and dehvered an address, after which the convention took a recess. Mr. Fitch, in an exbaustive speech on the labor difficulties, laid all the blame for the poverty stricken condition of the working clusses at the door of the cavitalists who demonetized silver, “For twenty ars,”? suid be, “we have had abundaut prosperity, but at the end of it we find wealth centered i a few hands, What has the laborer for his twenty yoars of toil? He can bonst that theaggregate wealth of the nation has largely increased, of factories established, cities erected, rivers bridged, transcontinental highways reaching from ocean to ocoan. He can call the roll of millionnires and thou- sunds will respond where before the war there was less than five hundred. He can wipe the sweat from his weary face and re- flect thut among the 8,000 miilionaires may be enumerated twenty American citizens who gathered 150,000,000 from the toil and tears of 60,000,000 people. He can walk weary and shelterless in the shadow of the palace he has built, but may not enter, 1 seek not to assail the rignts of capital or to arouse against them the prejudices of poverty or unthrift, but for twenty years capital bas tampered with vhe people’s money and gath- ered to itself 1licit gains by increasing the burdens of industry. *“I'he fight for the restoration of silver is o fight of debtors against creditors, the laborer against the capitalist, tie poor against the rich. It is useless for the monopo- Lists to tell us prices have been reduced because of tho increased production in India. ‘Tnis may be anapproximate cause, but I say the prime cause wili be found in silver de- monetization alone. England has become today \he greatest silver consumer in the world, and yet i all ber vast empire sho produces less than 7 per cent of the world’s supnly, and Germany, the co-conspirator in the work of demonetization, produces less than 8 per cent. England is the bunco steerer of the world and Uncle Sam is the gentleman from the rural districts, How much longer will our miners, planters and farmers congent that the senators and representa- uves at Washington shall continue to legis- lute in the interest of Wall street! Is it not time for the American eagle to rise and shake the Liverpool salt from its tail! |Great applause]. It may be thatsudden remone- tization of silver would produce some temporary disturbance in all street, but the eastern aud western boundaries of 'this navion are not found between Peurl street and Broadway, We are here to represent the cottages and capins of this country and their interests should be protected though the bulls of the Wall street bucket shops bellow with rage. At the afternoon session a committee at large of ten members was appointed, includ ing Hon. A. E, Stevenson of Illinois, A committee was also appointed to prepure u memorial to covgress, after which the con- vention adjourned sine die. The delegates were given a banquet tonight at the Mer- chants' exchauge, . DRIVEN FROM HIS HOME. An Old Man Oharged After a Heartless Eviotion, Goreoxpa, 11, Nov. 28.—About two years ago Mr. Harrington Clannaban, learning through his officiul position as recorder of deeds of this (Pope) county that there was a defect in the title to certain lands then in the possession of old Nathan 1. Hart, bought in for the uominal sum of # an outstanding claigrand began au ejectment suit agaivst bim. Hart bad lived on tho la#br over thirty- five years, claiming it under a tax title, and had paid the taxes upon it and brought it w0 s high state of cultivation, but was, neverthe- ess, defeated, After attemptiug, unsuecess- lully, however, to obtain compéusation for Lis improvements, he was ovicted ava forced to seek a howe with his son-in-law, His 0ld nomestead was sold 10 o stranger, but only a few days after the trade a notice was posted on the door of the house threat- ening the burning of the building if anyone should endeavor to tako possession of it The With Arson FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 99, i n, purchasor beg 2 about | prepardtidns to move when, just as his arraogéments comploted, the building burtied. Hart was at once charged with the crime, arrested, wad his prelumasry examination sct for vesterday, but in’ the interim ho waived an ecxamination and was held in Loud. e is a man who hias heretofore stood well in the community, 18 seventy-five youars old, and was never ina court house until sued by Clannahan. His friends claim the arson was the work bf an encmy who wishes to get him out of the way, AT A OREVICAL STAGH, The Frenob Chamber in the Rstificas tton of the Blections Frocess. [Copuight 1859 by lames Gordon Bennet?,) Pants, Nov, 28.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to T Bee. |—The chamber has now reached a critioal stage in tho rati- fleation of the elections process. Up to the present it has dealt almost solely with elec- tions, ubout which not two similar opinions ware possible. Its future conduct will @ive 1t a measure of moderation and impartiality. So far the majority does not appear to have decided on any dircet line of pol It is divided betwobn two conflicting inclinations. On theohe hand the oppor- tunists, or at least the more moderato amovg them, thoroughly understand ‘that a syste- mativ system of invalidation would be taken 28 a signal of a revival of4a policy of intoler- ance aud party strife, while the radicals, on the other hand, have made invalidation a outrance their watchword, believing, with reason, that such a policy will effectually prevent any coalition between the right and the moderate republicans, On Monday last two members of the right were validated despite the strenuous opposition of the ex- treme left, whereupon the organs of that party broke out into a loud, fierce declama- ti0n againat the opportunists. The latter be- ame rather afraid of thew own moderation, and, to buy their pardon, at the ensuing set- ting annulled the election of Arnault, a roy- alist, against whom there were no re; causes for discontent. This, by the way, is a favorite way of acting with the ovpor- tunists, For every stop they make towards a moderate policy they take two towards rad- icalism. With regard to the invalidation of the election of Comte Dillon, the case was different. The law was formed, and a8 necessary consequence of the sentence of the high court of justice Dillon lost his rights of citizenship. 1t is sowewhat incompre- hensible that the right refused to accept the vosition and that it shouid by voting in Dil- lon’s favor have made demonstrations no less illegal than sterile. Of a more complete character is the election at Clagaucourt, Tho committee enguged on the question has so far not. been able to come to any definite decision. An opinion which appears' to obtain a large measure of support is that Juffrin's election is not quite satisfactory or lexal, but there is some slowness to formally move its invalida- tion owing to the fear that another election would result in the return of Boulanger, As the law at present stands the peovle, under universal suffrage, could elecy an ineligible not once but several tunes over. In somo quarters it is proposed that the law should be revised in the sense that any circoserip- tion which should persist in' electing an in- cligible candidate after hig glection haa been ouce annulied should forfsiv its right to re- presentation in parliament dariog the re- mainder of that session. s A SHIP BLOWN TO PIEOES, An Explosion That Shook the City of Marseillas, LCopuright 1589 by James Gordan Bennett.) MarseinLes, Nov. 23.—|New York Herald Cable—Speciul to Tus Bee.]—A terrible explosiou this evening caused widespread terror throughout the city. The three- masted ship Ville de Marseilles, with a cargo of 3,000 barrels of powder shipped for Mozambique, caught fire, An attempt was made to blow up the ship with dynamite without success. The fire in a short time reached the forehold, wnere there were 1,000 barrels of powder, A terrific explosion fol- lowed. All the windows fora mile around wore shattered. Fragments of the ill-fated ship were found 500 meters away from the scene of the disaster. No lives were lost. ‘The ship be longed to Singlar & Company of Marseilles. ——e——y Williamy Astor Chandler, Conyright 159 by James Gordon Bennstt.| Loxpoy, Nov. 28.--|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee. |—Willlam Astor Chandler has just arrived from a hunting expedition in Central and East Africa. Ho is In splendid health and spirits and suys he made a journey not acnieved by any other white man. He had an escort of 123 Zanzi- baris, He started from Mombassa und went to Ingieri, where Captain Dawanoy was killed. Only once did he have trouble with the Massal, when they attempted to steal a rifle from one of his men, He says the men who accompanied Stevens revolted at 1 ngieri. The return rpute taken by Stanley he con- siders the wisest possible sclection. Chand- ler left Zanzibar Novemper 3. e Americans in Lindon Kat Turkey. [Copyriaht 169 by James Gordon Bennst LoxooN, Nov. 28 —[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee.]—Americans here celebrated Thanksgiving day according to home fashion, or as nearly as it coutd bo approacied in & foreign land, Turkey was the principal feature of many dinners. Mince pie there was, too, but it was not the genuiue article. Dinners were given by Minister Lincoln, Consul Genoral New and by quite an army of unqfll?lnl Americans, all of wnom toasted the old! flag patriotically and enthusiastically. Americans and G (Conyright 19 by yames Grdon Bennat?,) Beruiy, Nov, 2.—[New York Herald Cable—Special 10 Tun H#e: |—Five hundred Americans dined inthe gréat ball of the Kais- erhoff this evening. Minmster Pnelps presided. The health of the president and emperor was drauk standing. Td the latter toast Herbert Bismarck respopded and proposed the health of Minister mrt.,-. He told how proud Americans were of their country and the guests applauded tempestuously. Alvary sang tho “'Star Spangled Hanner,” and gave as an encore “Suawanee River,” ans Dine, Minister Reid Giv) Dinner. 1Copuright 1839 by Jamss @orlon Benwait.) Paus, Nov. 28.—| New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tue Begl--Minister Reid and Consul General Rathbone gave dinners today, Among the guests at Keld's diuner ware Solomon Hirsch, milnister to Turkey, William Waldorf Astor apd Coptain linski. ! The Hekla, from New York for Stetting the City of Berlin, from New York; the Cavada, from New York for London; the Michigan, from Bos- ton. .3[; Baltimore—~The Casplan, from Liver- pool. < Ah()uecnlmwu»'l'hn Germauie, from New ork. At New York—The Frauce, from London. At Queensiown—The Anzona frop Now York. At New York—The State of Nebraska from Glasgow and the Cufic from Liverpool. 1889, CAPTURED BY AN ELEPHANT, A Nebraska Town Has a Lively Thanksgiving Day. SEVERAL STORES LAID WASTE, The Townspeopls duen Out and Subdue the Brute, But Not Until a Great Amount of D, Was Done, A Peounliar P West Poist, Nob., Nov. N egram to Tre Ben.] —The usual loungers at the depot this morning we han ordi- narily surprised when the up freight train, No. 4, backed in on the sidotrack and all hands were called to assist in unloading the local freight. To the great surpriso of all, Station Agent Drebert called for ono ele phant, AllL was commotion at once, but the animal was safely landed on the platform and, word sent immediatsly to Messrs. Sonnenschen & Valentine, the parties to whom the animal was billed, to me and receive their freight, Sonnenschein re- paired to the depot and was lost in admira- tion of the fine voints of tho animal, but when the freight bill was presented, which was ubout 8500, refused to pay the same, Word was at once sent to headquarters at Omaha to find out what was to be done. In the meantime the elephant had broken out of the crate . which he had been con- fined and had started up the principal stre of thocity. His first objective point was a livery stable, which fronted on the street, evidently i n_of athanksgiving din- ner. here he mude a raid upon the frontof Crawford & Draho's new brick block, smashing in _the entire plate glass frout. Crossing che street he entered the arug store of Thompson Brothers and de- molished one entire side of their nt storo building, His carcer of demclish- ing was stopned here. Coils _ of rope were thrown around him and, followea by tho entire populace of the town, was lcd back to the depot in triumph, It seems that Sonnenschein & Valen- tine tiad ordered the animal for advertising PUIposes some tme lust spring, but not hear- ing from their order, had weiven™ up all thoughts of ever receiving him, uud are not prepared to care for him, In tho meaatime Agent Drebert is anxiously awaiting orders from headquarters, while sixteen men are employed for the night to guard the animal. [Inquiry was mado at Untop Pacific head: quarters yesterday regurding the mammoth, but no one knew anytning concerning it, At last the general freight agent. J. S, Lehbetts, was found in the act of getting outside his annual turkey, and in reply to questions asked, he stated : “My dear sir I am not running a zoological garden, although I confess we have an ele- phant = on our hands, It s @ tine quadruped, and is as gentle as a kitten. 1t is for sale. It will drive nd, and will not kick elephant is very fond of children, but was never known to eat more than one at a time. He four years old quito a while agu, was sired by Jumbo, the late Barnum mammoth, and is dammed —his dam is unknown, He has a record which T now forget, and is 160 nands high. You can have him by paying the frewght coarges and the cost.of the baled hay he hus eaten and will eat."” 0, yes, I'forgot; I also have & box of white snakes, the same species that are on exhbibition at the musee. I see that their Dbills say that but one lives at @ time. This isa mistake. The one they have was born triplets. 1 haye the other two. In addition I huve two white monkeys at Sioux City. These aro very rare in these parts, In fact, they are scarce. But if you sce any one who wants a couple send them around, and, by the w don't forget my elepnant. He will be painted white without additional cost it single or double, is & over the traces. Th you desire, A pleco of the white mes please,” and Tebbets resnmed his meal, Southwestern Ncbeaska Trachers. Nenrasga Crry, Neb., Nov. 23.—|Special to Tur Bee.| =The Southwestern Nebraska Teachers’ association mev in the district court room in this city this evening, with a large uttendance. Hon. E. F. Warren de- lvered the andress of welcome, which was responded to ny Prof. Blaymy of Bellevue and Superintendent F. D McClusky of Lin coln, Superintendent Rakestraw of tne Nevraska City schools delivered an interest- ing address, after which g brilliant reception was given at the Young Men’s Christian as- sociation hall, The programme for tomorrow will be full of interest. In the morning Prof. G. B. Barber of the state university and Superin. tendent Wells H. Skinner of Crete will read several interesting papers, which will be fol lowed by discussions, participated in by Superintendent Fordyce of Auburn, Super- intendent Gardner of Tecumseh and Prof. Ostrom of Nebraska City. A lecture by Hon, J. Sterling Morton, on the subject of ““I'rees,” will be an attractive feature of the morning exercises. In the afternoon the session will be held inthe institute for the biind, and those who will take part in the exercises there will be Prof, A, M. Ch berlain of the Christian university of - coln, Rev. George Hindley of Weeping Water, Superintendent G. R. Chatnam of Humboldt, * Superintendent W, W, Drum- mond of Platismouth, Miss S. G. Kreibeil of Syracuse, Miss M, Evelyn 13liss of the state normal school at Peru, Prof. J, B. Parmales of the institute for the blind, Mrs. Emma Ed- wards, Biliot school, Lincoln, and Superia- tendeat ¥, D. McClusky, Lincoln. Stute Superintendent George B. Lane, Superintendent J. L. M in of Nemala City, Superintendent M. G, Jones of Salem and Superintendent C. P. Cary of Fairbury, will take part 1n u discussion, The evening exorcises at the court room will consistof a business mecting, reading by Prof, E. W. Huunt of the state univel and a discussion by Prof. George . ham of the state normal school, and Superin- tendent T, H. Bradbury of Wahoo. The present session i one of the most in- teresting and important ever held by the us- sociation, Buffalo Mil's Daughter Married. Norvn Prarre, Neb, Nov. 25.—H. S, Boal and Arta Cody were married at the Cody residence in the suburbs lasv evening, The ceremony was performed according 1o the ritual of the Episcopal churen, Only rela- tives and a fow intimate friends of the con- tracting partics were present, No cards were issued, The youne people left after the ceremony for Denverand points west. Among toe numerous and elaborate presents was a araft from the bride’s futher, Colonel Willhiam ¥, Cody, for 5,000, and a deed to a cosy cottage in which Mr, and Mrs. Boal Wwill take up their residenve on their return, A County Treasurership Contest, Keanxey, Neb, Nov, 28.—[special Tele- gram to Tue Bee1—A contest in the county treasurership was filed in the county court ata late hour last night, R. M. Grimes, the republican candidate at the recent election, was beaten by H, Fred Wiley by 170 votes, and Grimes brings action on the grounds of illegal tickets bewng used by the people’s party. “Republican state Licket! wi printed on the top of these tickets, . and the people’s candidates were printed’ on the same, Attorney General Leese has decided that theso are specitic grounds for aSuccess- ful contest by Mr, Grimes. Central Oity Postoflice Burglarized, Cextean Crry, Neb, Nov. 25—|Special Telegram to Tiix Bre.)—Early this morning burglars broke iuto the postofiice, blew open the safo and securcd #5300 1 cash, mostly out of the money order department, which thy postwuster is pot allowed 10 deposit i ower than nationnl ban There is no clue, al- though the perpetrators are believed to bo one of a local gang, Will Have tv Amp. CrNtrAL City, Nob., N 28.—[Special ogram to Trw Beg. |- Albort Nelson, liv ing five miles north of Chapman's had his hands 8o badly mashed in a corn sheller Tues. day that amputation was necessary. - ) A SALOONIST. tats His Hande, MULOT A Hastings n Sccurcs Dag Caused by a Whisky-Deinking Son Hastivas, Neb, Nov, 2. An~import damugo suit has been decided in the dist court. The case is one that arises under tho provisions of the Slocumb law and is abou as follows: In 1888 Henry Frieling ran o sa 1o0n in this city in his wife's name, door to the suloon Georgo Wood kept a billinrd room. Wood's son, Lew Wood, n minor, assisted his father in attending to the billiard room. Earlg in Octobor Wood went to Colorado and loft the boy in charge, Soon after Wood left the boy commenced drinking and inviting his comrades, also minors, to drink with him, for which ho spent, tiearly all the moucy received fo. billiards, On Octobe the boy learved that his father would return in @ day or two, His courago forsook him and he dared not face his father, Ho took all the money ho had left, aboit $ib, and skipped out, - Wood returned and found tho Villiard room closed and tho boy gone. He did not learn of the boy's whoreabouts until the Junuary following and the boy did ot return home until last September. \Vood sued Fricling and his bondsmen and claimod $4.200 damages. In tho trial of tho cuse all of Wood's vlleations were proven, The de- fonso did not put a witness upon the stand, apparently relying upon the plea that 1t was unlawful for Wood toemploy the boy around the billiard room, The Jury was out about one hour and rotirned a verdict fixing tho duinages at §.165. Frieling has moved to Denver and his bondsmen are left to seutie the bill. 1t will now Lo hard work for a sixtoou year-old boy to obtain a drink of in this city e b HARRY HALL RECAPTURED. Apprehended By Warden Hopkins at Provo City, Utah LiscoLy, Neb,, Nov. 23.—[Special Tele gram to Tne Harry W. Hall, alias Walton, alias Wright, who escaped from the state penitentiary January b, 1858, whilo un- der a life sentence from Cheyenne county for murder and robbery, was captured today at Provo City, Utan, by Warden Hoplins, wno has been on his track like a veritable sleuth hound since his appointment to the po- sition he now holds, Finll's escupe is doubtless as fresh in th public mind as though it were but yesterd, It was attended by such_circumstances that anpleasantness resulted between the gover- nor and Warden Hyers, and ultimately led to his resignation or removal, Warden Hopkins is en route home and, barring accidents, will reach this ety with his prisoner Friday night. AGR HERE'S AL SCHEME A Plan to Have Sullivan and Jackson Fight on Lake Tahos, Cansox Nev., Nov. 28, -Sports 1 this city and Virginia are makiug o schewme to have Sullivan and Jackson fizht on Luke Tahoo for §25,080, the mill to take place on a hig barge in the center of tho lake. The barge, which is to be bailt for the occasion, will be a raft made of logs borrowed from tho Luke Tahoe Flume company. The ruft will bo larger than an acre of ground, and will in the center a pit twenty-four fect square, filled with earth and tamoed down hard. T'bere will b big tent over the ring to keep off the sun, and the raft will be reached by steamers piying from the skiore, The raft will be anchored on tho state lino, and only the holders of $100 tick- ets will be permitted to witness the mill “The managers at presenc wisb to be kopt, background. They exvect to recsive ,000 gate monoy, give a $25,000 prize, run wins from San Francisco to Truckee for ticket hoiders, and have a fight to a finish without gloves. Having the raft on the line of the two states, the exact location will not be nawed unsil dn hourbofore the fight, the authorities will be evadeld, and none of the experiences of Richburg repeated. The air is alwa cool and pleasaut at the lake, and the id 10 have the fignt early in the spring, with the permission of the California_Athleti club. Several moneyed men of San Francisco are in the scheme with parties in this staie. GOULD AFLER THE ATCHISON, A Rumor on Wall Street Which I8 Gen rally Believed. New Yoik, Nov. 28.—[Special Telogram to Tup BEe.J—A rumor has been persist- ently circulated during the past woek that Jay Gould is trying to buy enntrol of Atchi- son stock. A decline in the stock is said to have been engineered for that purpose in the face of the sunouncement of tho success of the reorganization plan. It has even been hinted that Gould is behind this movement and is picking up stock in both New York sud Boston, Yesterday a special dispatch was received on Wall stroet which read as follows: “Manipulation of Missouri Pacific, Atclison and St. Lows & San Francisco is atracting attention and is generally crod- ited to Gould, whose holdings of Atchison have been estimated as high as 200,000 shares. Although no stock appears in his name, a large umount has been_transferred 10 Grant & Company of New York. Jiy Gould hus always beey credited with a de- sire to obtwn ‘the control of the Atchison and St. Louis & San Francisco roads, There is a great deal of gossip about the 'Frisco compuny in Wall stree SANIA ¥ THE £ HOLD U Nine Gamblers Arrested on Suspicion of Peing the Robbers, GAINESVILLE, 8, —[Special Tel- egram to 'Iuk Bre.]—Nine men supposed to be the perpetrators of the robbery on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa F'e Monday night near Herwin, Indian territory, are now in jail. They are all gamblers, Some of them were arrested at Ardmore and two at Ber- win, The arrests were made by deputy marshais and City Murshal Honeyeutt of this place. ‘Fhe oMicers are very reticent, buy it is clauned that they have s strong case. ‘T'he prisoners were taken across the countr; to Berwin this afternoon, There is u rewar: of $1,000 each for the arrest and conviction of the robbers, Other arrests are expected w follow at once, Two of the robbers are known to have been 10 this city last nightand disappenred us mys- teriously as thoy came. The authorities will 0ot g1ve the names at present, but admit the arrests, Deputies are still scouring the country in the vicinity of Herwin, e L Yiving Righ on Charity Money. WINNIPEG, Man, Nov. %.—The police bave discovered that a man named Inglis, who acted as custodian of the relief money of Spokane Falls at the time of the great fire and who, it‘is alleged, skipped with a large amouut of the woney, was in this eity this weck scatteriog money lively in high life. They suy he left for Toronto Tuesday. Aasbal s The Weather Report. For Omaha and vicinity~Fair weather, For lowa—Fair, For Nebraska aud South Dakota- mueh warwer; variable winds, soutbierly, Pair, becowing e Wreck on the O, & O, IgoxtoN, O., Nov. 25. —A disastrous wreck occurred at Ceredo, on the Chesapeake & Obio rond, this morsing. A train was thrown from the track by a washout and the enginoer and two brakewen killed. NUMBER 162 NEW YORK SOLID EOR REED, In the Spoakership Race the Fleld is Far Bohind. IS ALMOST WON, THE PRIZE If the Maine Man's Swiftly Fiying Feot Fail Nov Heis a Winner— Western Men Hom May Trip Yet, 513 PovRTEENTI STRERT, Wasuisaion, D, C., Nov, 88, Nothing will defeat Roed in the race for tho speakership at this stazo but the disgusy of tho mowbers from the west, south and northwest at tho application of the unis rule. ‘Lhis old time method of g con- ventions and creating artificial sentiment in fuvor of one wan was abandoned in New York state years ago. It nover thrivea to any gieat extent in the republican party and the attempt to bring it to tha frontasa factor in the presont eampaign has disgustod thoso wen who are in the habit of thinking jor thémseives. But Senator Quay of Pennsylvania owes his own volitical prominence to his ability to compel others 10 bow to his will In spite of their own ind vidual inclinations. Senator Quay is the ono man who is trying to coerce the entire Penn- WasHiNGTox Buneav T Osany Ben, } sylvania delegation into voting as ho dictates, and the chances are that he has been suc cessful. The unit ruloin New York is a scheme first suggested by ox-Senator Platt, He has not attempted to followbrs to vote for L a compel any of his He is too adrois tatosman to try any such scheme, He knows that to try the coercion voli be ruinous and he has in quenc cons quictly at work through bis most trus hieutenants all summer to bring about a unit policy _on the part of the mombors from N York, He kuow at thie outset thav his particular friends are Reed nien, and it was therefore only necossary that'they should muks their colleapues see thut the bettor policy would be to unite on somo man. ‘Ubis plan has worked to a m and the action of the New Yorkers night in deciding to support Mr, Reed was on y what every one knew last woek wonld be the outcome, nator Hi ck, who arrived hero yester- has given out the dea that 1t was to him that was due the unity of action on the rtof members from Noew York, but if Senator tiscock had announcy 1 last spring that ho wanted Reed ed the result might ¢ Dbeen that the unit rule would have never becnapplied in New York. 1t would have had a contr cffect and in- stead of ity of action the ninctecn mom- bers would have been likely to have voted for nineteen different candidates if there had been so many in the f Reed had consulted Mr knew who was wanted fo It is interesting to note d. Ic was not until Platt that bo really spoaker, in this connection that the men claimed as certain to vots for Reed ail, ov nearly all, come from the. sec- tions of tne country where the nfluences of the Union Pucific railronds are strongest. It 18 particularly trug that tho solid New England subport claimed for him 15 due in ereat measure to the effective work of one or two Boston gentlemen who avo greatly inter- ested in a change in the interstate commerce law desired by the Canadian Pacifio. The votes of the menibers from Oregon, of the members from Minne:ota, Kansus and ottior western states which are claimed for him are also said to be controlled in a measure at least by oue or the other of the two great corporations above referred to, Still, in ite of all this und the atmosphere of Read which prevails everywherd the friends of the other candidatés have by no means given up hiove, McKinley in purticular de- clines to admit thut ho is defeated; on the contrary, several of his friends prodict that ne will gain many Reed votes after the first ballot, and they even go 8o far as to promptly cover il bets aguinst him when odds are of- fered. But Mr. Reed has about four out of five chances in the speakership fight the way 1t stands tonight. MISCELLANEOUS, The gereral superintendent of the railway mail sevics has divected the postmaster ay Sioux City to dispatch the through reai tered pouch from his office for Omaha v the Sioux City & Omauha railway Postofgy . m., except Sunday, commencing’ Noupareil has hoen omitted from the muil service on the routo between Nop- pareil and Marsland, Neb., to begin Noven- ber 20, The service will begin av Lawn, Aftér reurning from cuurch today the president ate dioner with his family and vassed the remaindor of the day very quietly, cretary Windom and fumily spent, the day in Brooklyn and Postmaster General Wana- muker at his country house near- Phila- delphin. Secretary Blaine was indisposed during the forenogn, Major Willium S, Worth, Eizhth infautry, Fort Robinson, spent the day in the city and ioft this evening for Now York. VEuY S, Heata, e THE FAST MA.L PARTY, nd the Canadian Pacifio It Has an Enjoyable Trip to the Brite ish Dominions. PoRTLAND, Ore., Nov. 23,—[Special to Trs Bee.]—The Union Pacific fast mail party, that left. Omaha about ten duys ago, reached Portland oa their return trip this morning. They have made a thorough investization of the mail fucilities afforded to people to the north of Portland, particularly in the Puget Sound country, ‘Tho trip from Portland north inclu stops @t Tacowa, Seattle, Port Townsend, and as far north as Victoria, which is a thriving city situated on Vancouver Island, At each of tho above places the prominent residonts were conferred with, and thew views ob- tuined as to what additionel increased mail survice was needed, They all expressed their satisfaction at tho establishment of new mail service on the Union P acific, and were exceedingly anxious that the service be still further extended totho north, This will probably result in the establishment of & fast mail circuit between Poruand and Victoria. But short stops were made by the party en route to Victoria. It was at this point that the msiznia of the British government was. first seen flying from masts of mer- chant marine. As soon as the Olympia, the steamer that convoyed the tourists across the placid waters of Puget Sound, reached the harbor a special comwittee of the board of trade of that place approached and extended 8 welcome to the ambassa- dors of the stmwes. Carriuges wore prossed into servico and & drive was t ken about the city, Monday night the visitors were banquetted ut the Clarence hotel and an elegant repast wnnr.npreud. On the return today the memberk were ten- dered a cordial reception by Mayor Moran and board of trade of Seattle, A sumptuous dinner was served, after which a drive about y wis takeo, ‘The party will reach Omaha Friday afternoon. ————— Causod n Ru Wavsessune, Pa, Nov. 23, —Ex-Sheriff Spragg made an assignment yesterday which involved W, I, Lantz, cashier of the Farmers' und Drovers' Nationsl bank, and port canscd a small run on the bavk, he directors assured the depositors of the bank they were verfectly able to pay the ue- Dosits. [teverses n cattle ventures in the west was the cause of the failure, The lia- « bilities will reach wany thousands, el Presidont Young Burrenders Prrrsuune, Pa, Nov, 25— Pre Young of the Lawrence bank surrendered the Bank, i biwself late lust pight aud gove bail in the | sum of §2,500 for a beariog W cduesday,