Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 17 January 1895 — Page 3

Page PDF (10.64 MB)

Back to issue view

fr'V#

J'V. u.%

S"V

*ixi

•v-3:

1S?§1

JSEE

J\ -3. "V -v

asonieplall

ONE NIGHT ONLY

A Mammoth Production of

ncle

19.

SATURDAY, JANUARY

The Arabian Dance. The Saw Mill Scene. The Kail road Train. The Brooklyn Bridge. The Boiler Explosion.

These scenes will positively be given on this stage or your money will be refunded.

Carry two sets of scenery, one larjye and one small, and

can give the production on any stage, no matter how small.

PRICES, 50c, 35e. Cliilfren. 25c.

Seats now on Sale at Harry Strickland's.

Music. Music.

'Phos. -L Orr the old reliable music dealer, has put in a stock of

New and Second-hand Organs,

6 00! 9 25:10 4012 40 7 3G am

v. 6 05 9 30| *10 40,12 55 7 40 1 08 7 54 6

Eastward.

I 3 3« II a polls v.!

8 25 .. 8 38

'f-

8 2)12

ii •.

Irani

•a

And wants people desiring any kind of an instrument to call and see liim. Money saved sure.

THOMAS J. ORR.

Wtsf, Main St:., Greenfield.

Inmaiia^oliy.

L£ a CJ li eL

Schedule of Passeru

Westward

's^t

AM AM AM A I'M *2 35 '5 30 i5 '3 4-0 0: 7 00

roliimljiis Urbtma i'iqua L'ovimrton Hradl'oni Jo Gettysburg (jreenville Wca vers is'"\v .Madison Wiley* New 1'ar.s Richmond. Centrevi'ilo. ... (ierinantown ("a mbnd^e (.'itv Dublin ..." :s rawns... Lewisville

aiiOHT SIXTY LIYES

Were Lost by the Disastrous Explosion at Butte.

FIFTY MORE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED

Many of the Victims Were Mangled Beyond Recognition—Partial List of the Dead.

THE RUINS STILL SMOULDERING.

Believed That Under the Many Acres of

Debris Will He Found the Bodies of

Many More Victims—Inquiries About

Relatives and Friends Coming From All

Parts of the United States—The Entire

City in Mourning—Liberal Response to a

Call For Money For the Relief of the Af

fected Families.

BUTTE, Mon., Jan. 17.—The buildings turned as a result of the awful explosion included the warehouses of the Butte Hardware company, ParchenDauehul Drug company and the Kenyon Connell Mercantile company, the electric light works, old Schlitz brewing building and a flour and feed warehouse. The contents were entirely destroyed. The loss is heavy but not yet estimated. The Northern Pacific freight dopot was completely wrecked and six wood cars burned.

It, is now estimated that the number of persons killed is 60. Nearly 50 are already known to have been killed. The city is in mourning and all flags are at halfmast. The relief meeting called by tlin mayor was largley attended, and committees appointed for tlio collection of money for the relief of the affected families. The people are responding liberally, and a sufficient amount to relieve distress is already guaranteed.

A number of the bodies are mangled beyond all recognition and never will be identified.

Identified Dead.

The following is the list of the dead identified: J. B. Miller, attorney, Salmon City, Idaho.

J. D. Cameron, fire marshal. George Filer, fireman. Jack Sloan, fireman. William M. McOrhee, fireman. C. E. Tracey. C. W. Englestou. Fred Kremback. Alburr, (ioddanl. J. J. McHale.

Conseagna.

Mike Meade. Will South. Jack Clianes. Sam Ash, fireman. Peter Norton, fireman. David Mos^s, fireman. Charles ,1' iy, switchman. John D. Jrudge, policeman. James

O'l

i'iiry. .. ...

Comzaque lievrier. Miles Mel .maid. Mike Deu le. George .-lloway.

JJailey.

.10 23 4 c,'/ a,

I 7 50 riav.!il 15

Alex AI (-Williams. W. H. In'(dan. Charles 1-iaiisen. Elttier (irt'eno. Ed Sloane. Alex Cad'ly. ,!oh:i .'uoi'g'.r.i. S. Delungi-ry. Pet IT No: ing. Ole Olstein. Charles A'son. George McDonald. Charles (i ut tenburg. Conzague iiarns. George u-'llraith. 1'roiessur Jiobbins. John T. iAlright. Matt Grosser. Oificer Kivnbeck. William Pierce.

7,7

I 3 04

tu^

ai 28 5 57

E-bS I 8 20j ill 40 (J 15 9: 11 461! 'z6 Ai 8 39: 1] 55 6 37

l£i i~-i |12'08 ,t"3

53."

12 15 6 58

I |:*g. 12:21 ... 12 29

Foster.

I.»

In 21 .. G'.C 1 26 3 13 0 i. I 32 8 ill 7C? 1 39 7 1-.: 145 7

10 02

Minrei 1 li. Kni-jhtstown L'tia flottsv lilt Cleveland (ireenfield i'ailadelpliia Cumberland. Jrvinnton I inliitiiapoIlN

15 7 2:. 2 02 8 £4 7 2 12 •2 15 171. 2 27 9 25, 8 2 34

10 37i

81!

1100

I I a 2 4 5 8 .... I i/° 3 00 ... I 8 37 7 451140 12 30 3 2010 15

AM AM I'M 1' J'M AM

MI •jo li

AM AM AM I'M

I'M I'M

"4 50 fg 00 *11 30i

Irvinsiton. Cmnlierlaiifl Philadelphia Greenfield Clevcl-ind Charlottsville Knijihtstown Ilimreith I,ewisville St rawns Dublin Cambridge City (iermantown Cent revilie ItCebmoud New Paris ... Wileys New Madi.-on Weavers Greenville Gettysburg .... liradl'ord .! .. Covington J'iqua Urbana I'OllllIlhllM ....

'3 30 5 10 4 PO 4 15 4 97 4 37 4 4.1 f4 5:i 5 T: 1?

8 14 ..

545

5 26 8 4612 06 f9 02 9 0612C17 5 47 9 1712 21! 5 58 9 3012 34 9 40121421 9 47 9 5612'55: 6 24 10 92 1 00! 10!07 6 4510 22 1 19| 7 001035 1 3:") 17 2110 56' f7 31 11106 7 3311 13 7 4711122 3 7 5811 33 •3 1111 46 3."

fi 09 6 20:

5 21

1 1

5'-, r.c

0 tl IF

7 is! 7 3.r

I lv

ii Vui

18'.

8 21:

iN.

,!8 8

I'M

8 34 12 23 H. 8 4612 35 9 40 1 25 11 15 3 15 5 45 8

?. c4'

0t!

bK',

I I'M I I'M

,1 Meals.

I'M

1 i'"la^ Stop.

Xo*. «. mid 21) conneel. at Columbus I'"! Pittsburgh arid the Kast. anl at itiHunuiid 1... Dayton, Xeriinand Sprm^licld, and \i. I |«.• Cinannati

Trains leavi Cainbri(]r Cifv .at \'J fv, a :n rtnd 12-00 l. "I. lor iiushvilie, ShelbvviIic. 1luinbiis and int.i-riin-d i.a!" 11 ion-, ri\ Cambridge Cil.y t12 30 iuid 16 35 LOSKI'H WOOD, 10 ,,\I 1•"(»111,

Genial Manager, Genaral Pais-ngar Agmi.

U-3r.-'J4-I.-fc l'rTTsiuiRuir, J'I:\N'A For time eards, rates of fare, thront-h ibautrai^o checks arid fi t.l 1 in .''M 1 11 N--ganiiriu tlio running of lr .i::s apj,ly any A^eat of Mm l-'ntinsylvaniu lanea.

•ISKWA

W. UARIUSOtt A, OO

•jf

Agents. $73

w»*i*k. Kxolusivo territory. Tht K»iiii IHfthtttolxT. Wftshesnllth# dishi'sfor family in one mioufe. W»sh»'8, ririKitM atiti drfcit tlirno without wi'ttiu^ th»s haridn. You push he hut ton, he machine (loo

Hrichr, poiir*n**ti dishep, rful w|v«s. No Bcaidt'd

and

7T'i no„.i ...^j)|.1,In„r lr. .x. li h"H.!|.|iniirt,.( li:3|

JZL*.*

i-k Aj. 12. "i ufat uft. (I

George Wilton. William Smith, colorcd. ,T. B. Miller. Fred Bowman. Professo Robbins, or Robinson, who is also known as "Two Bear," was a famous hunter and a friend of Theodft-e Roosevelt oi New York. He had spent all his life in the mountains and was making preparations to guide a party through a practically unknown portion of the Yellowstone park.

Several visitors in the city are among the dead, among them being J. B. Miller, an Ida! lawyer.

The rnins are still smouldering, and it is believed that more bodies will bo found under the acres of debris.

Injured.

The following is the best available list of seriously injured: Mike O'Neill, em on the head and arm, badly mangled.

W. R. Oi jaw broken, tongue cut and teeth knocked out. John Cole, four ribs broken.

Henry Earle, back hurt and leg braised. James M"Elrov, kneecap smashed.

Melbourne Tracey, seriously injured in the bowels and an arm broken. George Devoy, back and hips injured.

William Singleton, right arm broken. C. A. St. Jlair, left hip badly bruised and arm injured.

Tommy xJonald, will lose his right arm. Henry Tiggerman. right leg broken and breast 1 idly injured.

W. L. Miles, stomach mangled and head badly bruised. John Colin, body badly scarred.

W. Grossen, back injured. li. A. Wc.il, back injured. Mike Connors, contusion of the leg. Frank llart, contusion of the face and body.

Nicholas Rogers, sprained ankle and wrist. Andrew .Iwift, fractured arm.

Henry kieinborn, fractured leg and aim. Tom Burns, fatally injured.

Mr. Bow, injuries so serious that there is litf 3 hope of recovery. Andrew Vliohaels, unconscious, but not seriously injured. —r-..Frazier, a boy, broken arm and leg.

Dave Coleman, head injured, but not seriously. Tom Coleman, injuries not dangerous.

T. J. Haud, broken arm and leg.

T. J. Reilly, leg badly bruised. James .Burns, broken leg and arm.' William MoAndrews, boy, back injured.

John Slom, compound fracture of arm and both legs.

Many Inquiries.

Inquiries are coming from all parts of the United States inquiring about relatives and friends who reside in the city and who were supposed to have been here at the time of the explosion. It i3 admitted by all that this is by far the most disastrous surface explosion that lias occurred anywhere in the country during recent years.

Thirty Tons of Explosives.

From all that can be learned the total amount of explosives that went up in the three explosions was nearly

tons.

There were 20 tons of giant powder alone that went up in one blast. THE BROOKLYN TIE-UP.

Fart of tho Trolley 1*1 ties Are in Operation— How Long Will It Last.

BROOKLYN. Jan. 17.—Rain and sleet yesterday added to the discomfort entailed upon the people of Brooklyn by the tie-up of the surface railway lines. Only two lines of cars wei*e in operation aside from the Coney Island line, which by coming to an agreement with its employes has kept out of the trouble. On the Fiatbusli line cars were run fitfully, as the exigencies of the company's mail contracts seem to dictate. The first two cars sent out. on this line were stopped by strikers a few squares from the powerhouse, but a determined front shown by the police had the effect of dispersing the would-be rioters.

A Conference

was held in the St. George hotel between the state board of mediation and arbitration, representatives of District Assembly No. 75, Knights of Labor, and Colonel Partridge, president of the De Kalb and Franklin Railwuy company. The conferonce lasted several hours. Master Workman Connelly of District Assembly No. 75, said that he was willing to call the strike oft' at any tiii" provided tho presidents would be willing to subiuit to the decision of tne board of arbitration and mediation

Who GavcJn

1:55 a. m.—The strike was declared off on the 1 'e Kalb and Franklin avenue trolley lines this morning. These lines constitute what is known as the Brooklyn City and Newton Railway company. The settlement was brought about through Mayor Schieren and State Arbitration Commissioner Feeney. Colonel Partridge says that this is practically a backdown on the part of the men, as he has conceded no pertinent points. ?'ay All Jind Today.

It is generally believed that the strike of the troliey motormen and conductors will be settled amicably today. Frc present indications arbitration will je resorted to, to effect this. The members of the state board of mediation and arbitration were exceedingly busy yesterday.

Ice Moves at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS,

Jan.

17.—The

JKITHRSON CITY,

ice in the

harbor in trout of the city moved at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon rather sit gi^liiy for one hour and stopped. T.'ie movement was caused by a rapid rise in the river on account of backwater. The movement of the ice did no damage to floating property.

Wheat, ISuriH'd.

Mo., Jan. 17.—The

plant oi the G. H. Dame Milling company and a warehouse containing 85,000 bushels of wheat burned to the ground this, morning. Loss, $8,3,000 insurance, -$(5,000.

BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Nous From Hero, There and J'lverywliero in Condensed Form. Mrs. (J. Sullivan, 100, dii-d at, Delaware, Ohio.

Philadelphia Democrats nominated exGovernor Pattison for mayor. It is believed that the royalists of France are preparing to talc.! some action view I oi' the crisis in France

Liy a boiler explosion at the Carnegie steel works at, Homestead. Pa., two men were killed and two seriously .scalded, impure wall"- caused it.

Vice Admiral James ^ph u.stone Erskiue is to succeed John O'.Manuey Hopkins, whose command of the British North American station soon expires.

Resubmission passed j.he South Dakota house by a vote of 4'J to 31. It will come up in the senate in a few days and is reported to have safe majority in that house.

An fippeal for aid has been issued by the miners of Lakeview and Thomastown, O., who are actually starving. They have had but six weeks' work, but the drivers refuse to go into mines. l^ee Cook, a locomotive engineer of Monticello, Ills., who went to Chicago with nearly $1,000, with which he intended going into business, was garrotedand robbed of the entire sum on State street.

Mayor Strong of New York has put himself on record as favoring Sunday opening of saloons during certain hours, as an experiment with public opinion, before making any change in the excise law.

At Gadsden, Ala., Joe Cunniugham, 13, crawehl ino a circular saw pit after a ball. One of his companions calling him, he thoughtlessly raised his head, which struck the saw, and was split to the shoulders.

Near South Beach, Greenwich Conn in blasting rock, a foolhardy Italian, attempted to force a dynamite cartridge into a drill hole by hammering it. One man was kilied and two seriously injured All Italian:

At Valdosta, Ga., Dr. Overstreet, a prominent, physician, was shot probably fatally, while trying to force an entrance into a house of ill-repute. Bertie Sellers and llattie Howell, two of the inmates, are under attest, awaiting developments.

Annie D. rv.dluh, one of the most accomplished female confidence operators in the country, is under arrest at Ka.isas City charged with having swindled Lem S. Lincoln, clerk of the Excelsior Springs (Mc.) hotel, out of §125 on a bogus draft. She lias records in Washington, Philadelphia and other eastern cities.

William K. Vanderbilt sailed yesterday on the Teutonic for Liverpool. Before he left an amicable arrangement had been made by which Airs. Vanderbilt will secure a divorce without contest.. The suit is now pending. The arrangement giv^s Mrs. Yandei bill $~!r!),M0 a year for life and the use of the Fifth a.venue and Newport houses during t.he minority of their children

Indications.

Fair,

sli

winds.

htly warmer southwesterly

WEST VIRGINIA REFUSES.

Will Not Treat With Virginia Concerning I*a*t l)ue Debts.

CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 17.—Holders of so-called West Virginia certificates received a set-back in the house Tuesday. A resolution refusing to confer with the Virginia commission in regard to a settlement of the state debt question ou the basis proposed was adopted by a unanimous vote, and it is not likely the question will again come up at this session, although there is a disposition to recognize West Virginia liability for some amount not yet settled upon.

The feeling is that the Republican party can not afford to take any action leading to a settlement until the people of the state .^ave an opportunity to express themselves at tho polls in regard to it.

There was a regular avalanche of bills in the house, and cne cierks were fairly overwhelmed. Forty-seven were introduced there, and six in the senate. Among the house bills was one providing for working convicts on public roads a mechanics'lien an eight hour law, and one appropriating $2,000 for the West Virginia soldiers monument at Gettysburg.

House committees wore appointed, and all are hard at work. This promises to be distinctively a business session, and efforts will be made to complete all important work within the constitutional limit of 45 days.

Governor MacC'orkle's reception in honor of the legislature was a brilliant affair.

As the Senators See It.

CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 17.—Several Democratic and Republican members of the state senate, when asked by an Associated Press correspondent today concerning the prospective action of the upper house of tho legislature regarding the resolution adopted by the house yesterday declining to enter into any negotiations with the commission from Virginia regarding fixing the liability of this state for a share of the old state's debt, were unanimous in saying that the senate would probably concur, with the understanding that its action is not to be construed as in any way determining the question of West Virginia's indebtedness. All think that if West Virginia owes anything the amount should be paid, but think it unjust that the mother state should arbitrarily fix tho sum of the indebtedness. It is probable that there will be considerable discussion given to this subject during tho present session of the legislature, though it is impossible to forecast the character of the final action.

LEGALITY OF THE INCOME TAX.

liut Six Senators Favor Referring It to the Courts.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—After a debate covering a week the senate yesterday voted down Mr. Hill's proposition to refer tho legality of tho income tax to tho courts, only five senators joining with Mr. Hill in supporting the proposition. But the vote was not taken until late in the day, and up to that time there was a spirited debate that the Hill proposition has called out. Mr. Vest was the principal speaker of the day, and in view of his service on the tariff conference committee, there was great interest, manifested in some of the committee secrets which he felt justified in disclosing. In the course of his speech Mr. Vest called attention to the gravity of the tariff war which foreign countries had begun against the United States as a result of the one-tenth sugar differential.

Although Mr. Hill failed in referring the income tax to the courts, lie seen red the adoption of an important amendment limiting the interrogatories of tho officers seeking to collect the tax. The amendment will have the effect of compelling the treasury department to change its regulations as to collecting the income tax. Mr. Lodge's effort to have income tax officials placed under civil service rules was defeated. The income tax appropriation was then agreed to, and the deficiency appropriation bill passed. Mr. Aldrich secured the passage of a resolution calling on the president for information as to the negotiations with Germany in regard to the tariff and retaliation.

House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—When the morning hour expired the house went into committee of the whole for the further consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, it was discussed until 4:35. Adjourned.

Tennessee Fratricide.

FAYETTHVILLE, Tenu., Jan. 17.—On Stewart creek, a few miles south of here, Ike, Bill and Sam Williamson became engaged in a quarrel over family affairs. Bill had an ax and was attempting to strike Ike, when Ike shot him with a shotgun, killing him instantly. Bill had an unenviable reputation. There were several indictments against him.

Glass Works to Resume.

CENTRAL CITY, W. Va., Jan. 17.—The large plant of the Central City Glass Manufacturing company will resume operations Jan. 20, after a closedown ot about 30 days.

THE MARKETS.

Review of the Grain and Cattle Markets

For January 1G.

l'ittsburg.

Cattle—Prime, i'6 25(0,5 good, $4 75(tj 5 00 good butchers, $4 3e($4 (50 rougu fat,, $3 20@4 00 fair, light steers, $3 40^ 3 80 light stockers, $2 80^3 25 fat I cows and heifers. §2 50(t§3 40 bulls,stags and cows, $2 0U To fresh cows and springers, $15(^35. Jlogs— Philadelphia*, $4 90(^5 00 best mixed, $4 85(0)4 95 Yorkers, $4 70@ 4 80 pigs, 4U®4 00 roughs, $3 00($ 4 25. Sheep Extra, $3 25(^3 GO good, common,

[email protected] yearlings, $2 2o(^3 30 best

lambs, $4 15(^4 50 common and fair lambs, $4 15i«,4 50 common and fair lambs, *2 50((j.S 00 veal calves, §3 00(^0 25.

Cincinnati.

Wheat—55 IhC. Corn 42%(f.e44^c. Cattle—Select butchers, $4 10(g 4 5u fair co good, §3 40(a)4 00 common, $2 25(/)3 35. Hotrs—Selected and prime butchers, $4 35 (0,4 55 packing, $4 2o(n,4 35 common to roughs. #3 t50(cft4 05. aheep—$1 50(^4 00. Lambs—jS2 50($4 00.

Chicago.

Jlogs—Select butchers, $4 40(^4 50 packers, $4 15(0)4 35. Catt le— I 'l ime steers, 15 H.)({£,5 05 others, $2 75($4 15 cows .and bulls, $1 50(3)3 5d. Sheep 00(g)3 50 lambs, $2 75(cj4 50.

New York.

Cattle—$1 40(0,5 25. Shcepluuibs, 13 50@5 25.

-$2 2«(0|3 85

RICH IN INTELLECT.

His Poverty Was So Great, However, That He £nded His Life.

In ten beggars there are nine liars. This is not a Persian proverb it is something I know to be trijp, declares a writer in Kate Field's Washington. My story—if a record of actual fact can be called a story—is about the tenth beggar.

I mot him'ono rainy afternoon" as I was hurrying along near Washington square, New York. Of course he asked for something, and of course I refused. I went on half a block to the office I was in search of, found no one in and turned back. The man was still standing on the corner. Several persons passed him, but he did not offer to speak to them. I fancied he had tho air of one new to his trade and not yet past feeling ashamed of it. Ho was a man about 35, of medium height and slightly stooped. He had an abstracted look, as of an absentminded person, but the expression of his faco was not unpleasant. Finally ho wore glasses, and I think this was the real reason I stopped and spoke to him. "Excuse me, sir, for speaking to you," ho said in reply to my question, speaking with a strong German accent, "but I have no money I can get no work. "What was your work?" "I am a teacher of Latin, French, German." "Are you a graduate?" f/V

Ho drew himself up with some pride. "Ach, yes. I am doctor of philosophy of the University of Jena.

Doctor or no doctor, he was getting wet, and so was I. I walked him over to a little restaurant, and there he told his story.

He had been a teacher in tho gymnasium at Potsdam, ho said, and hearing of tho largo salaries paid in America came here in November. He applied at Columbia and the University of the City of New York and wrote some letters, but of course at that time of year thero wero no vacancies. He had tried to secure private pupils, but without success. Becoming discouraged and having no friends to turn to, he simply drifted about tho city week after week till his money was gone. "Tempora mutantur, ho said. "I did not like to beg, bnt what could I do?"

When I told him I had studied German, he fairly glowed. "So you have read Heine—Schiller. Aro they not wonderful?"

For months, 1 suppose, ho had heard nothing but the siting of the streets. To meet a person who knew his favorite authors was a rare pleasure, and ho sputtered away about them in his broken English for somo time. Finally ho told me that his name was Hoevel, and that he was unmarried.

When lie had finished his meal, ho said in Latin, "Let us go.

*""r

"I have work to do this afternoon," I said, "and I cannot stay any longer. Where can I seo you? Whero do you live?" "I livo anywhere. I have no home." "But where do you sleep?" "In a big place. It is

Ho promised to come, and we parted. That night I told the story to a crowd of young fellows at tho boarding house. They seemed interested in the man, and tho upshot of it was that we decided to form a German conversation class and engage my doctor of philosophy as leader.

As I half expected, business made it impossible for mo to keep my appointment tho next day. But tho day after 1 was at tho appointed placo ten minutes ahead of time. I waited and loitered about that corner till the policeman grew suspicious. Till half past 5 I staid there, but the man did not come. I never saw him again. Mr?

All this happened nearly a year ago. The other day I picked up a recent copy of The Evening Post and read this item: "Emil Hoevel, a German teacher of languages, committed suicide on the steps of tho York vi lie police court in East Fifty-seventh street, this city, by stabbing himself in the heart. The man, it is said, had received a university education in Germany. Despondency over his poor success in securing pupils and his poverty wero tho causes of tho act.

Then I wished I had kept niv appointment on tho first day. 4

Hebrew, Israelite and Jew.

Jew refers to tho religion which tho Jews profess. Hebrew refers to a language which they no longer speak and has consequently no meaning at the present time. Israelite refers to a nation which they at one time formed, and it

ias

j)r,.Sent no signification except

when reference is mado to the ancient nation. Tho Jews are a religious community, and that is all that separates them or rather distinguishes them from their fellow citizens. The Jews do not call themselves Hebrews. A few who do not know any better may call themselves so, but they aro wrong. Thoso who know what is right call themselves Jews, and that is the only correct name.— Rochester Tidings.

To Tame Rats.

Rats must have access to water or they die. A trapped rat may easily bo tamed by allowing no water but that offered in a spoon, for the creaturo soon I leari^s to rocognize the hand which supI plies this all important necessary.

S&fesfe'-

MRS. AMELIA BLOOMER.

Death of the Woman Who First Mad* Dress Reform Famous.

Mrs Amelia Bloomer, at one

time

tho most talked about woman in the United States, died on Dec. 30 Jasfc The use of the bloomer in bicyclo riding revived tho story that she invented tb«C garment made famous by her name, and only recently she said that, though she had been among the first to wear it, sb® had not invented it. At no time in her I career, though, did she ride a bicycle.

Amelia Jenks was born of Now England parentage in Homer, N. Y., May 27, 1818. Six years later her parents I removed to Seneca Falls, N. Y., and thero on April 15, 1840, she was married to Dexter C. Bloomer. She became interested in the subjects of temperance and woman's rights and lectured oa them. In 1849, after contributing articles to various papers, among tliem Tho Waterbucket—not the wastebaskefi —she started a semimonthly of her own, The Lily.

At that time it was tho fashion for women to wear many skirts, and the stylo prescribed that a woman's dress should form tlio largest possible circumference. Hoops were not yet introduced, and in order to attain a fashionable expansiveness of skirt it was necessary to wear so many petticoats that their weight was extremely fatiguing. On this account Mrs. Bloomer was anxious to adopt some sort of dress reform.

In 1851 the Seneca County Courier published an article written by a man advocating the Turkish costume as a sensible and becoming dress for women. Tho Courier man had been very severe and sarcastic in his comments on the woman's rights question, and Mrs. Bloomer, in tho next issue of The Lily, accused him of so far abandoning his conservative views as to recommend trousers for women, and a good natured controversy was carried on for somo time.

Just about this time Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Miller, daughter of Gerrit Smith and a cousin of Mrs. Elizabeth C'ady Stanton, went to visit in Seneca Falls. Sho woro a costume which consisted of a short skirt, full trousers and an ordinary bodice. Mrs. Bloomer, looking from her window and beholding tho queer toilet for the first time, laughed at it In a few days Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton appeared in a short skirt and trousers, and in a week Mrs. Bloomer was persuaded to discard her ordinary garments ami put on the dress which thenceforth bore her name. Her first reform costume was of figured silk, and the trousers, which were gathered at tho ankle, wero of the same material.

Nothing was more unexpected to Mrs. Bloomer than the sudden notoriety winch came to her. Nothing was further from her mind than the idea of setting tho fashion. She did not wish to poso as a dress reformer and had assumed tlio peculiar costume merely for convenience. But she calmly pursued her work at the editorial desk and upon tho lecture platform, always championing the cause oi' women and never referring in any way to her costume.

Und -r Pr sidents Taylor and Fillmore Judge P.loonier was postmaster of Seneca Falls, and Mrs. Bloomer was his deputy. In the performance of her duties in the postoiiico Mrs. Bloomer iort skirt convenient and

found her conifi u'tabl iumo sure: tioii of Ti hundred to si Bloomer did in was ofti t'emtd

cents a

night." "There are places where you can stay for 15." I realized the heartlessness of this as soon as I said it. "Yes, but they are—you call it bum."

I deliberated a moment. "Can you meet mo at this corner at 5 o'clock tomorrow? I don't know that I can do anything, but I'll seo. And if I'm not here tomorrow come the next day at the same time. I'll be there one day or the other."

But the fame of her eosrapidly, and the cireulaLiJy jumped from a few several thousand. Mrs. lii:e the notoriety and to resume the heavy,:/

burdensome petticoats. People traveled miles to see her r»nd east curious glances at her ankles. Exaggerated and bsurd stories were circulated about her Amazonian form and masculine garments. Tims the first American dress reform movement was started. It was not a'sthetic, it was not graceful, and it was: finally lampooned out of existence.

Mrs. Bloomer abandoned tho costume to which she had given a namo after wearing it seven or eight years. Why sho did so was never made public. It is known, however, that it was always: a source of anxiety lest sho should bo remember. only because she onco woro an odd costume. Sho was also very sensitive of tho ridicule that costume bad caused to bo heaped upon her husband.

In 1853 Judge and Mrs. Bloomer removed to Mount Vernon, O., Mrs. Bloomer shortly afterward disposing of The Lily. In 1854 she was one of a committee to memorialize the legislature of Ohio on a prohibitory liquor law. In 1855 tho Bloomers removed to Council Bluffs, where they have since resided.

In 1850 Mrs. Bloomer, by invitation, I addressed the legislature of Nebraska on woman's right to the ballot. The torritorial house of representatives shortly afterward passed a bill giving women the right to vote, and in the council it passed to a second reading, but was finally lost for want of time, the limited session drawing to a close. Mrs. Bloomer took part in organizing the Io(f.'» State Suffrage association and was at ono time its president. Poor health compelled her of late years to retire from active work in the cause.

In 1842 Mrs. Bloomer joined tho Protestant Episcopal church, of which sho remained a member all her life. In 1S!H) her husband and siie celebrated their golden wedding.

Fruit. Destroyed.

KiiiZMti'THTDWN, Ky., Jan. 17.—The cold snap has played havoc with tha fruit interests in Hardin county. Tho reports from the leading growers on Muldraugh Hill lea\e no doubt that, a large part, if not the. entire peach crop, is destroyed.

Lotiisvil Ic !5o:irl ot" Trade*

JJOUIXVILLK, Jan. 17. —Colonel Morris Belknap was elected president of the board of trade by the directors. Mr. Charles T. Ballard, I lie retiring president, was made first vice president.

flour lit*- KU'cl*l.

BOSTON, Jan. 17. Lu joint convention, the house and senate formally declared lion, ie.orge F. Hoar re-elected as United Susies senator.