Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 November 1889 — Page 1

A 510,000,000 FIRE LOSS.

The Shoe Town of Lynn, Mass.,

Visited By a Terrible Calamity.

THE FIRS BURNS TO THE OCEAN FRONT.

Fortunately '/here Were No Fatalities—Fire Aid Sent By Other Cities.

LYNN, Moss., November 20.—Lynn, the

city of shoes, was visited this afternoon

by tbe greatest lire in its history, and with two exceptions the conflagration is

the moat disastrous that has ever visited New England. The exceptions are the great tioston tire of 1.S72, which destroyed

$100,0011,(XX worth of property, and the Portland tire of 1S0G, which caused a

loss pf between £10,000,000 and ••512,000,OOO. Today's fire started at li:lf

o'clock a. m. and rBged more than eight hours, devastated a square mile

of the business section of the city, and caused a loss estimated at

about 810,000,000. In fact, the greater part of Ward Four is wiped out, as re­

gards the important shoe -manufacturing blocks anil prominent places of busi­

ness. The fire started in Mower's wooden building, on Almont street, over the boiler, and with such rapidity that

the lire department of the city wae pow-

Iess to cope with it. This large wooden building was soon doomed and the tlames

leaped across a r.urrow passageway and communicated with the six story brick

block, known as Mower's block. When the fire in these two buildings got well

under way it was evident a terrible conflagration would result. Almost sirnul taneously the four story wooden shoe factory of Bennett it Barnard, on Central aver.u3, and the four story wooden building on Almont street caught tire, and after a time a hurricane of flume was in progress which blanched the cheeks of all the spectators. For eight hours the flames had full sway, the efforts of firemen and citizens seemingly being of no avail, although of course they did valuable work.

The burned territory includes and is bounded by the following streets: Almont, Central avenue at ite junction with Willo-.v, Uuion, from its junction with Broad to the li ivden block,on both sitle?: Mt. Vernon street, entire Beach, on both sides as far down as Lee's lumber yard Washington, from Monroe through :to UnioD Uiilroad avenue, all of Exchange street, Broad, from the engine house, on both sidep, up as far as the corner of Exchange Spring etreet, entire: besides dwelling houses too numerous to mention on Suffolk, Amity,

Sagamore and Beach streets.

Aid arrived from Boston, Salem, Marblehead and surrounding towns, but their united efforts seemed to have little effect, on the hurricane of llames. Scenes of the great Boston and Chicago (ires were repeated in all their horrors. Mothers fleeing with babes in their arms, express wagons loading at busiuoss and dwelling houses, and transferring goods to a place of safety, in many cases a second removal being necessary. After the tire had been in progress two hours everybody declared it would continue until it reached the oceau. So it looked and so it proved to be the case. Four newspapers are burned out, the Item, Bee, l'ress and News, three of which are issued in the afternoon and one in the morning. Three national banks, the Central, Security and First. National, together with the Lynn institution for savings, located in the .First, national block, are all wiped out. Twelve of the finest shoe blocks in the city are in ruins and about twenty live stores. At this writing it is impossible to state how many dwellings are burnvd. They were mostly occupied by the po jr ctaess in the vicinity of Beach street, and the wharves. It is impossible lo give any estimate of the insurance, but conservative estimates place the lose at ten miliious.

There were many narrow escapes from accidents, but no fatalities are reported. The high brick tire wall on the B. F. Spinney block served as a barrier to the further progress of the tlames up Union street after the structure wae gutted. The most proffiiuenfb!ocks burned are as follows: Almont street—Mower's block and the block occupied by the Consolidated adjustable shoe company Central iquare aud Central avenue—Bennett A Barnard's block. Fuller's block, the Wooden block, in which was located the

Daily Times. Union street—B. W. Currier's new brick block, C. W. Reebe's brick block. B. F. Spinney's brick block, larce wooden building occupied by Titus Buckley, Karl's block, J. G. Brown's brick block. Ashcroft's brick blocif, Kirtland brick block, Buffurn brick block, brick factory occupied by C. J. Little it Co. and Cushicg Down? large wooden building occupied by C. W. Harwood and 1. S. Bovnton, the brick factory occupied by John S. Bartlett it Co., aud the wooden block of E K. Kiler. occupifd as a machine shop and planing mill. On Exchange street—M. H. Abbott's wooden block, the large Doak brick block, the wooden block, corner of Spring street, the brick block occupied by the L. S. Johnson company, the First National bank block and ten or twelve small shoe factories, the entire street being wiped out. Broad etreet—Sawyer it Chase's carriage factory, W. N. Breed IT Co's rive-story brick block. V. K. and A. II. Jones' five-story brick block, and eight or ten smaller wooden buildings. On Beach etreet—S. N. Breed it Co's

Weekly Established in 1823. TF.RR.ff,

lumber wharf and planing mill, B. Potter it Son=i' planing mill, Joseph Breeds' Sons lumber wharf, five or six carpenter 6hops and several dwellinge.

Tbe Central Congregational Church burned to the ground between six and reven o'clock. The handsome First national bank block costitlS.OOO to build it is weil insured located on the top two stories was the Oxford club, which had the handsomest club-rooms in E3se.\ count}: their lo68 is about 85,000, with a good insurance. The First Methodist and First Universalis! Churches and several school houses have been thrown open to accommodate burned out families.

Mayor Newhal, has called a special meeting of the alderjnen to take action Bnd appoint relief committees.

S. N. Breed it Co., the largest lumber dealers in Essex county, lose everything, including their handsome brick structure on the corner of Beach acd Broad streets. They es.imate their loss at £200,000 insured about 3125,000. They will open for business in the morning at the office of the Newball coal company.

Mount Vernon street was wiped out entire. Oa this street were located the large brick factories occupied by Francis W. Breed, Hewly Brother*, and WTm. Porter it. Son. Goodwin's factory on this street was also burned.

Dynamite and powder were used at frequent intervals to blow up wooden buildings, but with little effect. The fire virtually burned itself out, und at :i'0 was considered under control. Both companies of the Massachussetts militia located at Lynn were called out and put on patrol duty. Several of tbe shoo manufacturers burned out have country factories, and will transfer their business there for the present.

The Currier block on Union street wua a tive-story brick structure, and had been occupied on the lower floor only by W. N. Currier it Co. as a clothing' store, for two weeks. It was without question one of the handsomest clothing etoreB in the country, occupying tbe whole lower Hoor, and the inside linish being of quartered oak. The upper portion of the building had not been occupied, but was designed for business oflices. B. F. Spinnej 'a brick block on Union street wai erected in ISS0. It will cost 000 to replace if. he says. It wae insured for about two-thirds of its value. Faunce .t Spinney acd A. P. Legro it Co., shoe manufacturers, were located in this block.

J. N Smith's wooden b'ock, on Union street, cost $10,000, and an addition to it 82.000. The buildings W6rein0ured for ,•? ),500, and A. R. Smith BHJ-G most of his stock was removed.

A narrow escape from death was that of irnest Williamson, ivbo, in the early stage of tbe tire, volunteered to take a line of hose up a ladder in front of the D.jgyer building, on Willow street, to play from the top upon the west wall of the Mower brick block, also on Willow street. He was followed by several other venturesome men, some of whom were firemen, but almost aa Goon as they reached the roof, the intense heat compelled them to beat a hasty retreat, and the hose fell to the sidewalk. Williamson wan the last man to descend, and was nearly suffocated before he could get a footing on the ladder, owing to its being "dogged." He finally scrambled down in an exhausted condition, to the intense relief of hundreds who expected to see him perish. A tew minutes later the upper wall of the Mower block fell through the D.ig \er building, with tremendous crash. The left side of Williamson's face was blistered before he started down.

Thieves came in from Boston and elsewhere in large numbers and the amount of stealing was large.

A house bl'iwn up with powder at Broad and Exchange streets at j:-fo o'clock, shattered windows in all directions--, but the measure was effectual in stopping the progress of the fiamea in that direction.

William T. Ash, Flipper manufacturer in S. N. Breed's block, iB insured for c40,000, which will pretty nearly cover his loss, he pays. The streets were covered with a network of fallen wires, which somewhat impeded the progress of tbe firemeu. The depot of the Boston it Maine railroad was burned flat, and the flames then leaped across Mount Vernon street. At this juncture Lawyer Wm. li. Miles, Francis W. Breed and others asked Mayor Xewhall to have some of the brick blocks in Mt. Vernon street and the Cantral Church blown up wit.', dynamite in order to stop the spreading of the tlames. The mayor thought that such a course would imperil lives and be a hindrance to the firemen who were directing streams of water at that point. Several small buildings were, however, blown down on Exchange street, but the effect wae wry slight, so fierce was the current of the flames.

A. M'irtiu & C./s big brick block on Market street was covered from top to bottom with carpeting and kept wet.

The Daily Item proprietors esfimate their loss at S50.000 insured about $40,000. They will re-build at once. A fireboat could have done immense service in saving wharf property, but none was at hand, the two from Boston having got stuck on th» tUt-s. One small schooner was burned at S. N. Breed's wharf.

From the corner of Soring street on the southerly side cf Exchange street to Btoad street was a row of wooden buildings varying from two to four stories in height, in which the shoe business was tirst conducted when the manufacturing center began to bo established in the vicinity of Central fquare. Starting from the corner of Spring street, the tirst building was occupied by Willis W. George, sole leather dealer, then followed in order the shoe factories occupied by Wm. F. Hill it Co, Isaac M. Atwill, James B. Chase, Smith ,t Queereaux (shoe trimmings), Charles S. Vittum, Milto D. Porter and W. A. Estes it Co. Some stock was saved from several of the buildings, but only small amount tn the aggregate.

A hopeful feeling prevails, and there is no question but that the public spirited citizens and shoe manufacturers will eoou rally from the terrible catastrophe.

Over 0,000 persons are deprived of employment, 200 families are homeli^s, and the mayor has issued a call for aid. Clothing is wanted most and quickly, too.

An I'nprecedenteil Reduction In Co*l. PITTSLIUKI., Pa., November 26.—The Pittsburg Southern coal company, composed of the nine largest coal firms in. this city, to-day cut the price cf ooai delivered at New Orleans 4 cents per barrel. This is an unprecedented reduction and was made, it is said, to prevent the formation by the smaller operators of a competing company.

COIM SWINDLE AT CHICAGO.

Fredericksen & Co., Real Estate Dealer?, Get Victims Among1

Rich and Poor.

THEY SECURE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.

Forged and Bogus Deeds and Mortgages Provided by the Wholesale for the Dupes

CHICAGO, November 20.—It is now said that the amount involved in tbe alleged fraudulent transactions of Fredericksen & Co., in connection with their cashier, Bidgood, who was arrested yesterday, will reach 81,000,000. The charge is based on alleged crooked transactions in giving mortgages on lands to which the Fredericksens had no title. These mortgages are said to have been pledged aa security for loans. Fredericksen it Co. have been doing a large business in Western railroad lands, selling, for the most part, 6mall tracts of forty or fifty acres on the installment plan, the purchasers usually being immigrants or poor people who wished to invest their earnings in farms. After a certain number of payments had been made Fredticltsen gave a deed, a' mortgage on the land being taken for the unpaid portion of the purchase money. These mortgages, it is alleged, were then given as collateral for loans or sold outright through the West.

Among otherp, Ex Gjv. J. A. Rice, of Wisconsin 11. Nunntmicher, cashier of the Merchants' exchange Dank of Milwaukee, aud E. G. Cornstock, a Milwaukee lawyer, are said to have been large buyers. It is now claimed that many of these mortgages are worthless.

Wnen Been at the station Bidgocd stated that connection with the company was merely as cashier, acd that he did not see how he could be implicated in Fredricksen's transactions. The business, he said, amounted to 50,000 acres a year, but he could not say how much of this was in mortgages. T. G. Cowie said that he represented his father-in-law, Ex-Governor Rice, of Hartland, Wis., who, he said, was a loser to the extent of $100,000 or more by the alleged" fraudulent operations. "Tbe charge we make," he said, "is that Fredericksen, Bidgood and D. G. M. Fredericksen were all concerned in this conspiracy. They got up fraudulent mortgages, went out on the street and gave men 65 to sign them. Then they went to capitalists with the mortgages and raised money on them. They gave mortgages on land in Minnesota, Ddkota and other parts of th^Northwest. There are hundreds of working people in Chicago who paid in their earnings to the Fredericksens, thinking they were buying land, and now find their deeds worthless. Many of these mortgagee were placed in Milwaukee. Among the purchasers are Mr. Kendrick. Mr. Brice acd Rudolph Nunnemacher, the cashier of the Merchants' exchange bank of Milwaukee. Stephen W. Rawson, the banker of Chicago, had some of them, but he is not in for much."

A afternoon pap*r says that eight or ten Eastern capitalists contributed $100,000 to the coffers of Fredericksen it Co., and E. G. Comstock,a Milwaukee capitalist, drops about $70,000. Cowie makes a statement in which he intimates that a prominent Milwaukee man assisted the Fredericksens by recommending their securities to his friends.

Bidgood was arraigned in a police court to-day, and his case was continued till Saturday, in bonds of $15,000. Mr. Cowie declares that he will secure the arrest of the missing Fredtrickeens if it becomes necessary to follow them to the end of the world. "There are about two hundred servant girls in this city," said Mr. Cowie, "who invested from $50 to $400 each in these bogus lands, and who, of course, have lost all but aside from these, there are bankers in Chicago who hold a lot of alleged mortgages which they might as well throw in the tire, because they are not worth a eon. Where all the money has gone I can't imagine, and that is something I have been puzzling my brains about for a long, long time. There ie from $500,000 to $700,000 to account for, and the only explanation I can give is that the major portion of it went up Milwaukee way. The Fredericksens have not a cent Bnd no property whatever. Now we have the papers to prove it, and Bre going to prove it in open court, that a certain Milwaukee man mentioned in this case has figured as the chief in these crooked transactions, and that he induced hundreds of people, among them his own friends, to go into this swindle." lle!ge A. Hangan, the receiver appointed by Judge Sbepard for Fredericksen it Co., asked leave of Judge Shepard to-day to resign his receivership. He says that he has been able to collect only $82.30, and that the concern had no assets except some apparently worthless papers. lie sees no need of a receiver, there being nothing to receive.

Dr. John ce, one of the victims of the swindle, arrived this afternoon. "Why, that man Fredericksen was tbe most cold-blooded swindler I ever knew" he said. "I hold now $150,000 of mortgagee sold me by Fredericksen and every one of these bears a written guarantee signed by Fredericksen that the mortgages represent purchased land on which the amount of the mortgage has been paid. Of the whole $150,000 worth, 1 know of a number which are valueless. Beside myself, as has been stated. Cashier Nunnemacher. of the Bank of Iwankee. is one of the heavy losers, and C. D. Kendricks, a prominent real estate broi "r of Milwaukee, has lost every cent he hfJ, and has been forced to Bssign." "How did it happen that men of such experience as are Mr. Nunnemacher, Mr. Kendricks Bnd yourself could be so deceived?"'

That is one of the peculiar features of it. You see we knew Chicago men had been backing Frederickser, and it was because we euopoeea they bad investigated him that we trusted him. Kendricks, for instance. is an old abstract man, and is the last man one would suppose could be taken in by a manufactured mortgage, but he was. S. W. Riwson, a Chicago banker. I am told knew some time ago that Fredericksen was not all right and stopped doing business with him. In spite of his knowledge of the man he

HAUTE, IND., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1889.

was left with a large amount of Fredericksen's paper on his hands with no security, but the same kind of mortgages we all hold. I am not exaggerating when I eay that thousands of settlers in KanBas and Tows, who have as they suppose, paid for their land and got deeds from Fredericksen, have absolutely no title to it. The plan in such cases was a simple one. Fredericksen would get an option on a tract of land from some railroad company, and representing that he owned it would sell farms to ignoraDt emigrants, pocketing their money and giving them deeds to the land. If anybody questioned the title, Fredericksen would furnish an abstract showing a clear title." "How did Fredericksen get abstracts, and how could a fraudulent deed or mortgage be acknowledged before a notary public without Broueing suspicion?" "The easiest thing in the world. There were three notaries in Fredericksen's office who certified to anything, and every man in his employ, who was old enough, signed deeds and pjorigBges in blank, which Frederickson filled out at his leisure."

Dr. Rice said that six weeks ago Fredericksen confessed that he hired men on the street at $5 a piece to sign these mortgage?, and we made him give us the addresses of these men. Bes desthe ten men in his oflice, who were parties to the conspiracy, we have the addresses of seventy-five men who signed mortgages for land they never owned. Every one of these men wilt be arrested, as will nil of bis oflice force." Dr. Rice re fused to give the names of the men who are to be arrested but said they were under surveillance and will be secured as soon as tbe conference can be held with the state's attorney, Longenecker. This will be tomorrow morning, when Mr. Nunnemacher, who is expected from Milwaukee, will un Mr. Rice and (he plan of the prosecution will be determined upon. Dr. Rice added: "If we ever get Fredericksen back we will prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. Six weeks ago, wher. he confessed to Mr. Nunnemacher, Mr. Kendrick and myself that he had been issuing fraudulent deeds and mortgages, I was in favor of having him arrested but my associates thought the affair could be tided over. We did not know then the enormous extent cf the fraud and supposed four or five thousand dollars the limit-. We let Fredericksen go ahead and form a stock company, with $500,000 to cary on the business BDd we took most of the stock. Just at that time news of other crookedness, of which we knew nothing, was published and Fredericksen left, fsiuce then we have been in receipt of dozens of letters daily from all over the west. The exposure has been complete."

Dr. Rice 6B}s a number of the large dealers in railroad lands in Chicago hold a great deal of Fredericksen's paper, but are keeping quiet about it for fear it will injure their business.

SILVER CONVENTION.

T!»* Delegates Met in St.* Loiil* To-day-Met In the Huiii. ST. LOUIS, MO., November 20—The National silver convention 1 at the exposition building at 10 o'clock this morning, with about 350 delegates in their seate. It was 11:15 when James Campbell called the convention to order. After britfly reciting the inception of the project to bring the siiver men of the country together, Mr. Campbell introduced L. M. Rumsey, of St. Louip, as temporary chairman, and Albert Singer as temporary secretary of the convention. Temporary Chairman Rumsey was given a warm welcome when he rose to make his opening remarks.

After tbe adjournment of the convention the committee on permanent organization, resolutions and credentials met. The Hon. R. P. Bland was made chairman of the resolutions committee. The committee on permanent ^organization had several nominations for permanent chairman, among them General A. J. Warner of Ohio, Senator Stewart of Nevada, the Hon. R. P. Bland of Missouri, and Mr. McMichaels of Colorado. All of the other names were withdrawn and General Warner was elected unanimously. Mr. Albert Sioger, temporary secretary, wae made permanent, with three assistants. The entire afternoon was epont in discussion of how the convention should vote. The matter was finally settled by the adoption of a resolution offered by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, that each delegation should be em ted to twenty votes, and that fell over that number in any delegation should be allowed one vote each. Mr. Warner thanked the convention for the unexpected honor, and said that a eubject than which none other affected tbe people of the entire world with equal weight was the silver question. Sine-* Germany, in 1S72, followed later by other European powers and partly by the United States, demonetized or limited silver as money, the question had been a vital issue, and in the discussion bimetalists had won the victory. What was asked was restoration of that money standard which existed for ages—that silver be placed on an equality with gold at the ratio whicb has existed. It was the duty of the country to reBtore what should never have been disturbed and this convention has assembled hereto decide upon the best methods to be pursued in reaching the desired end. II. B. Chamberlain, president of the Denver chamber of commerce, on behalf of that body, tben presented, in a happy speech, a solid silver gavel to Chairman Warner. A number of reso-. lutions, to be referred to committee on resolutions, were read and so referred. The committee is composed as follows: Arkansas, B. D. Williams Arizona, John C. LOPS Alabama, A. Irwin Colorado, T. B. Buchanan California, tne Hon. F. M. Pixley Idaho. Wm. Hindman Indiana, P*ter P. Kennedy Illinoip, the Hon. G. E. Waite Kansas, A. H. McLennan. Kentucky, Henry Watterson Montanr.. W. G. Galligher Missouri, R. P. Bland Nebraska, Wm. Wallace New Mexico, J. A. Manzanaris New York, Thomas Jordan Navada, Francis Y. Newbanks Pennsylvania, W. J. Chayney Texas, Chaa Longuemare Utah, C. C. Goodwin: District of Columbia, I. C. Mitchell Miehitran, the Hon. B. F. Calvin Wyoming, Wm. Grant Tennessee, A. J. Keller Virginia, John W. Porter. After tbe reading of a number of invitations for the delegates to attend various entertainments, and tbe announcement, that there would be a reception at tbe Merchant's exchange to-night-, the convention adjourned to ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

ALIBI TESTIMONY REFUTED.

Some of the Cronin Conspirators' Witnesses Discredited

Yesterday.

THE STATE'S REBUTTAL IS VERY STRONG.

An Adjournment of Court Until Friday—Arranging For the Verdict.

CincAiiO, November 2G.—The tirst witness called in the Cronin case this morning on behalf of the state was Bailey Dawson, who testified that on May 4, this year, he was in the Emergency hospital here, that he never introduced John F. Beggs to Colonel Babcock, but that on tbe night of the 11th he was present when Mr. Gleason did so. The "defense had introduced evidence that Beggs was at the Pacific hotel on the night of May 4th, and that he was .introduced to Colonel Babcock' on that occasion. Colonel A. C. Bcbcock followed as soon as this witness had escaped from the bands of Mr. Foster who conducted the cross examination, and corroborated Mr. Dawson's testimony. The cross-examination of tbis witness was loug, and productive of much amusement to the spectators. He remembered meeting Beggs at the Pacific, and that Beggs told him he bad been to see President-elect Harrison. "Before I got through with him. 1 thought he knew more than Ben Harrison did," said the witness. "You had that opinion. Vou are not a Harrison mar. I presume?" asked Mr. Foster. "Well, I. voted for Harrison." [Renewed laughter.]

The court here sternly rebuked the demonstration, but all through the cross examination the lawyer and witness had these little tilts, and Culonel Babcock WBS continually appealing to the court for protection. As the witness left the stand Mr. Foster approached him, and, being introduced, the two shook bands cordially amid considerable lBughter.

William Niemr.n was called on behalf of the Btate, and testified that he had been introduced to James Hyland, and that he was not th'e tall man who came into his saloon Saturday night. May 1th, or Sunday night, May 5tb, as Hyland swore. Nieman had given testimony that men answering to the description of Coughlin, Burke and O'Sullivan had been in his saloon in earnest consultation about 10 p. m. May 4th.

The state then introduced the driver and the man who rented the carriages to O'Malley the night of May 4th, and these witnesses contradicted another portion of the testimony of the defense. Robert P. Stanton and Harry L. McMahon, proprietor and foreman of the printing office where O'Sullivan's cards were printed, were the next witnesses and gave evidence contrary to that of O'Sullivan's men concerning the delivery of the cards.

Frederick Ebersold, inppector of police was then called, lie said that, neither Oliicers jwan nor Crowe, whom he sent out to investigate the Cronifl murder, ever reported that the milkman. Mertz, told them that be heard fighting or sci tiling in tbe Carlson cottage.

Mrs. Marie Brunz testified that the husband of Caroline Iloertel purchased from her, during the last week iu April, the lock which be put on his door to keep his wife out of the house. This was in contradiction of a witness for the defense, who paid the lock' was purchased after May 4.

Albert tl. Kleincke, who lives near the Hoertel house, testified that in the week ending May 4th he saw Mrs. Hoertel effect an entrance to her bouse by climbing up a ladder and entering a second story window. Christ Thiersen testified as to the reputation of August Salzman, the man who testified that the new lock was put on Hoertel's door after May 8th. Thiersen swore that he would not believe Salzman under oath, but the evidence was stricken out, since it did not appear tha' tb« witness knew Salzmau's reputation. EJward A. King testified that he would not believe SalzruBn under oath. Charles Riferty and Charles Newman also gave Salzman a bad name.

At the opening of the afternoon session Frederick Huchkirsch testified that he would not b«lieve Salzman under oath. ChriBtof Brunke said Salzman had the reputation of being a very bad man who beat his wife.

Pat Dinan, tbe owner of the white horse, was then called. He testified that when he was being questioned oy Captain Schaack on the presence of Coughlin, and when Schaack asked him for a description of the man who hired the white horse, the witness replied: "You can do your own describing. Coughlin knows him and saw him. and can describe him to you better than I can."

Andrew B. Anderson testified that he was in Nieman's saloon two or three times on Sunday night, May 5, between 7 and 10 o'clock. There were ten or twelve persons there on each occasion. (This was in rebuttal of the testimony of the Hylande, who testified that they drank with O'Sullivan at that time, and that no one else was in the place

Chester P. Smith tben took the stand. He testified that he had made an examination of the files of all the daily papers in Chicago, for the purpose of discovering on what date the name of Coughlin was first mentioned in connection with the firing of the white bor6e. It was not mentioned prior to May 25th. This was to contradict the evidence of a witness for the defense who testified that he SBW it about ten days after the murder.

Edward H. Bailey, one of the editors of the Lakeview Record, testified that he had no recollection of anybody calling at biscffi.ie and getting a bundle of O'Sullivan's cards, as testified to by O'Sullivan's employe, Minnehan.

State's Attorney L:.ngenecker then announced the case for the people closed. James Feltam was then 6worn in rebuttal in behalf of defendant Beggs. Feltam was secretary of the Republican ward club meeting at tbe Grand Pacific hotei on the evening of May 4th. Tbe minu'ps did not show whether or cot Bailey Dawson was there. Mr. Forrest announced that he would introduce some rebuttal testimony at tbe next session of the court, to phow the whereabouts of the witness William Coughlin on the night of May 4tb.

The court then announced that

owing to the il'inesa of the little daughter of Juror North, the court would adjourn until Friday in order to allow him to go to her bedBide.

After the adjournment of the court there was a consultation between court and counsel as to the order of the arguments to be made before the jury. It was finally decided to leave the matter to the court. Judge_McConnell will announce his decision on Friday morning.

THEY STRUCK IT RICH.

Two Thousitnd Acrc* Which Cost $1.30 Per Acre Worth S75 Per Acre. LOUISTILI.E, Ky., November 20.—A number of local railroad men four years ago uuited in tbe purchase of 'J,OCO acres of land in Marion county, Florida. Tbey paid $1 50 per acre for it. Several days ago they were notified that a vein of phosphate bed been discovered on the tract, and a Florida real estate agent offered $75 an acre by telegraph a dBy or so later. Yesterday the chief of tho land oflice at. Jacksonville confirmed the truth of the report in answer to their queries, saying that the vein was a very rich one and tbe discovery had created great excitement in Florida. Among the fortunate purchasers are Vice President Cushman Quarrier, of the Louisville it Nashville General Passenger Agent C. P. Atmore, W. B. Kniskern, C. B. Compton.

J.

A. Boyd, J. B. Browning and John II. Milliken. The stockholders held a meeting yesterday, and Mr. Quarrier was dispatched to Florida at once to take steps to develop the discovery.

A STEAMER BURNED.

The Srtutiago Destroyed by Fire—Rescue ot l'ii«KetigerH.

NKW YOKK, November 20.—The steamer Euevgie, from Bremen, arrived here to-day, reports that at noon on the 25ih inat., off Nantucket, she spoke to the ship A. J. Fuller, from Liverpool to New York, which signaled, "Have on bcrard crew and passengers of 6teamer Santiago. All saved. Ship destroyed by fire."

No other particulars were obtained. The steamer referred to is possibly the British stoamer Santiago, which sailed heDce November 17 for Hull.

The Santiago was a steel barkentine, rigged screw steamer of 4.1SS gross tonnage. She was built at Middlesborough, England, in 1887, and was owned by P. Wilson, Sons & Co.

The value of the cargo was about $140,000, aud the vessel was valued at $.'150,000. There were only two passengers on board the Santiago.

A Pennsylvania Town Yiwltcil. PITTSUURO, November 20.—A special from Leechburg, Pa., says: A fire broke out in this place about 0 o'clock this evening, and for three hours raged fiercely, destroying a large portion of the business and residence section of the town, and entailing a loss of at least $80,000. The citizens were almost panic stricken and seemingly were unable to effectively tight the fire with the primitive apparatus at their command. Telegrams for ussistance were sent to Pittsburg and Allegheny, and with the welcome intelligence that engines were on their way to the sceue the residents again went to work with a will, aud by 9 o'clock the Haines were under control. The night- is cold, and the many homeless ones will suffer severely from exposure.

The f-ilnntlon »t Itio De .Iiiueiro. PARIS,' November 20.—Cable despatches received by the foreign otlico Trom De Janeiro say that no foreign government has yet recognized the provisional government of Brazil and that the Brnzilian minister will await the decision of the assembly before claiming recognition. The French officials in BrHzil have been instructed to maintain the good relations formerly held with the imperial government. All the foreign consuls in Brazil are receiving similar ordere.

l?narl of Normal .School Visitors. Mr. W. E. Sheldon of BostoD. Professor J. W. Luyne, superintendent of the Evansville city schools, and I'rofeseor George E. Felts, superintendent of tbe Allen county public schools, have been chosen by the state board of education as the board of Normal school visitors for this school year.

A I'oHtnittBter for Kichmouri, Vii, WASHINGTON, November 20.—The president has appointed Otis II. Russell postmaster at Richmond, Ya., vice W m. H. Collingsworth, remo\ffed. No other appointments of presidential postmasters will be made prior to the convening of congrecs.

Washington Notes.

Representative Evans and W. M. Baxter. Tennessee. bail a short talk with the president In the lnleretts of Judtje Hammond tor associate Justice.

Chief PostoHme Inspector Kathbone Is Informed of the arrest of A. K. Bonsai! at Cleveland. Ohio, upon a charge of violating the postal laws relative to lotteries.

Medical Director Francis M. (iunnell. ex sitr«eon general of the navy, and recently president ol the medical examining board, has been detached frem the latter dutv, and will on the 27tli Instant be placed on the retired Itst of the navy on account of Kge. This will came the promotion of lledlcal Inspector Kdward K. Bogert, Surgeon (ieorise I. Brush and Assistant Surgeon John Hancock Hall.

The powders which Secretary Tracy lias been Instrumental In arranging to have manufactured in this country for use In the navy are the brown prismatic ponder and a smokeless pow.Ier. The secretary has been Informed by Jtr. Kraftmeler. managing director of the London tc Chilton powder company of England, which manufactures these powders In England, that he has made an arrangement with the contractor now furnishing powder to the United States navy, lo manufuiture them In the United Suites.

Foreign Notes.

Three hundred Boulanglsts under M. L. Errlsse will soon visit Cieneral Boulanger on the island of Jersey.

There Is an unconfirmed report that 5 rt'O armed men are engaged lu an uprising agaliiBt Ulppoljte at Haytl.

The Americans In Berlin will give a great Thanksgiving dinner. Four hundred tickets uave been sold. Bismarck will make a speech.

Sir JMyn Baring, the British consul here, and Colonel rt'adehou.se are Inspecting Wady Halta. The Harras are preparing for the threatened advance ot the Mahdlsts.

In the lower house of the Hungarian diet to-day llerr Jokai. the author enlarged upon the necessity of preserving the closest union with Aurtrla, and supporting the foreign policy of the monarchy. He extolled Premier Tlsza'g services to the country. Count Aphonyl, the Conservative leader, declared that the tirst condition before the Introduction of beneliclal reforms was the downfall of Htrr Tlsza.

A conservative conference was held at Nottingham yesterday. The principal address was made by Lord Salisbury. He said that the views of Mr. Gladstone, looking to ih« separation of Ireland from Great Britain, were making no headway. The by- elections for members of parliament were mere skirmishes and were not fought on the main Issue. He declared thaf he was In favor of forming a national party which must. h« said, grow gradually.

Daily Established in 1851.

ND ABOUT TOWN.

The Butchers Hold a Meeting- to Consider the Drrssed Heat Question.

A MAJORITY ARE OPPOSED TO BUYING FROM CHICAGO.

They Admit, Howevor, Ttmt the "Big Four" is All Powerlul— Other Local.'

There was a large attendance nt the meeting of the butchers' association Monday evening and the proposed advent of the Chicago dreesed meBt people was the subject of mnoh discussion. While majority, cf those present were opposed to buying meat from the Chicago people it was deemed inadvisable to pass any resolution to that effect. N^ls Morris will build cold storage bouse near Main and the railroad crossing and endeavor to get the butchers' trade. It is understood that Armour will make no further effort to establish an agency here, as the members of the Big Four hnve nn agreement by which they do not enter in competition with each other. The butchers admit that wherever the Chicago people try to take possession of the trade they usually succeed. The worst feature of their advent here is that in event ibey succeed in forcing tbe butchers to buy from them, not less than one hundred wageearners now engaged in slaughtering will be thrown out of employment.

OPENING OF ROSS STHEET.

The of thr City CommiKuloiwr.* to View ilit* Property. The city commissioners met yesterday to view the property that, would be benefited or damaged by tbe opening of

RUBS street, from First to Third streets, and to 'ile descriptions of the property. Before the resolution calling the commissioners to reassemble in the matter remoostracce by property owners and the railway companies was read in council and referred to the committee on streets and bridges. It is probable that the street will be opened in spite of the remonstrance.

Tbe opening of south Fourth street through Coates college property has been abandoned by the council for the present.

AMUSEMENTS.

This evening Hoyt's farcial comedy, "A Tin Soldier," will be presented at, Naylor's by a capable company of comedians, headed by Ljuis Wesley and Paul Dresser, the well kuowu author. The company is better than any Mr. Hoyt has ever had, while a great ileal of new business specialties and music haB been introduced, making the ^eifnrmance more attractive than ever. The advance sale has been quite gratifying.

To-morrow afternoon anil evening Fisher's musical extravaganza, "A Cold Day,'' will constitute tha Thanksgiving bill at Naylor's opera house. The piece is 6poken of as a laughable absurdity and in the hands of the present capablecompany it is said to be a lug success. Prices for matinee aud evening performances will be the same, To, f0 and 2o cents.

Mr. Edward llarrigan and company appear on Saturday eveuing in the delightful play "Old Lavender," one of the most attractive in Mr. llurrigau's repertoire.

Tlir IS(j£ Four ArrliUmt.

Fireman Shane, who with Engineer Strickland was on engine No. 100 of the Southwestern-limited when the driving rods came loose as the train was running at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, died from his injuries after being taken to Greenr-astle. He leaves a wife and child at Mattoon. The tram left here late and was trying to make up lost time. The accident occurred on the curve near Fern, and at about the same place where Engineer Redding nnd son were killed. Engineer Strickland, who returned to his homo at Mattoon Monday evening, received but Blight injuries. The damaged engine was taken to Mat toon yesterday, as were the remains of Fireman Shane.

vliifc KntVrtafnmoi»t:«.

There will be four dances tbis evening that will be protracted until after midnight to welcome Thanksgiving morning. The Ijiiot Eud Jolly club will dance at Cuampet'fl ball, the electric light employes will dance ut Germania hall, the switchmen will dance in Dowling hall and the Pastimes will celebrate: their tirst anniversary at Quintan's hnl 1. Professor Oikar Duonweg will give his tirst class reception at Uowling hall Friday evening, and a reception lu hie juvenile classes Saturday afternoon.

Marlon Stewart

Marion Stewart was arraigned in tbe: circuit court for assault and battery with intent on James P. Foley, near Foleyville, in October, 18SS. That part, of the indictment relating to intent was nollied, and the defendant pleaded guilty to assault and battery. The court heard tbe evidence and fiued Stewart and costs, which will aggregate more than 31.00. Stewart, being unable to pay the flue or give bond in the sum of eCOO, was sent to jiil.

At th* Silver Convention.

Colouel Thomas II. Nelson is at tha Southern hotel at St. Louis, acd Messrs. M. C. Rankin and J. A. Allen are at the Laclede while attending the silver convention. Mr. W. R. McKeen, who waa elao named by tbe governor aBoneof the delegates, will not be able to attend.

righting Building and Loan Associulions KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 26.— State Treasurer Noland has addressed a circular to all county attorneys of Missouri directing them to commence legal proceedings against each arid every building and ban assciation doing business in their counties. A Btate law requiring these associations to deposit 3100,000 in cash with the e'ate treasurer recently went into effect, and notona association has complied with it,