Bloomington Telephone, Volume 14, Number 36, Bloomington, Monroe County, 29 October 1889 — Page 2

Bloomington Telephone events of the week.

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A BUKROR OF TIIE IMPORTANT OCCURRENCES OF A WEEK

Things That Io Happen A Complete Record of Interesting Events the World Over Shocking Accidents, Startling: Grimes. Other Topics

NIHILISTS ACTIVE IN RUSSIA. The Capital Flooded with Revolutionary Documents in Spite of the Police The nihilists are again active in St, Petersburg, and the city daring the past month has been flooded with their revolutionary proclamations. The police are entirely at a loss to explain how thse documents are printed or distributed. It is asserted that the printing is done in Paris under the protection of certain high government officials tainted with revolutionary doctrines, and that the French, capital is also the headquarters of the nihilist newspaper, the Struggle, which is printed expressly for circulation in Russia, large editions being periodically spirited across the Russian border in spite of every police precaution, DEATH ON A BURNING VESSEL. four Lives Lost and Six Persons Injured on a Canadian Steamer. The steamer Quinta caught fire in the Bay of Quinta, near Pesetonto, Can., and before she could be grounded many of her passengers and crew were seriously hurt and four persons burned to death. They are: Mrs. Christie, mother of the captain, and her 12-year-old son; Mrs. Stacy, assistant cook, and her young son. The injured are: Aubina Kellar, Captain in the Salvation Army, seriously; Mrs. Anderson, the cook, badly burned; Enfineer Short, badly burned about the ead, neck and arms, bones broken; Fireman Hart, badly burned; Mr. St. Charles, suffering from asphyxiation; Colonel Strong, United States Consul at Belleville, Ont., badly burned. Several others .were slightly injured PENNSYLVANIA R. R. CO. An Increase of Nearly Half a Million in the Road's Net Revenues. The statement of the business of all lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east of Pittsburg for the nine months of 1889, as compared with the same period of 1888, shows an increase in gross earnings of $1,311,626, an increase in expenses of $829,235, and an increase in net earnings of $482,391. All lines west of Pittsburg and Erie for the nine months of 1889 show a surplus over all liabilities of $421,047, being a gain as compared with the same period of 18S8 of $500,793. KENTUCKY FACTIONS FIGHT. .Bloody Battle at Harlan Court House-Wilson Howard Wounded. , News has been received at Louisville, Ky., of an engagement between the Howard and . Turner factions, near Harlan Court House. James Dean, of Howard's prty, waskjlled and five others wounded. Wilson Howard and one of his principal henchmen, named Jennings, are among the wounded, and it is said that Howard's injuries are probably fatal. ' Three of the xdrner crowd were wounded.

EASTERN OCCURRENCES. A New Yobk dispatch says: Antonio Meucci, the Italian patriot, the friend of Garibaldi, and the man who claimed to have invented the telephone, died at the old "Garibaldi homestead" at Clifton, L. I. .Meucci was 84 years old at the time of his death. He "had been ailing for some time. The sickness which finally resulted fatally ito him took on a serious aspect about two months ago, when his tendency to heart disease was complicated bv dropsical symptoms. He

scourged with an epidemic of diphtheria and typhoid fever. Ten deaths have occurred from the latter disease and nearly as many from the former. The local physician has at present some fifty cases on his hands. Business has been almost entirely suspended. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A Richmond, Va., dispatch says: Very Rev, Father Vandovyver, late Vicar General of this diocese, has been consecrated Bishop of Richmond at St. Peter's Cathedral. The services were very impressive, and lasted for about three hours. Car

dinal Gibbons officiated as consecrator.

died in the full belief of the priority of j as8ipted bv Bishops Keane of Wheeling

v- L T . i vi - and Hard of Wilmington, .N. C. The Kerwhich, during the lucid intervals of his mon ag preftehed bv Bishop Keane. eichness, he declared must be recognized BiBhop vnndevy ror hns'ahvavs been noted sooner or later. j aR one of tD0 ni0st zealous and capable

AT jrniiaaeipnia, Kev. vi i nomas Frederic Davies was consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan. The ceremony occurred in St. Paul's Chnrch, of which Dr. Davies has been pastor for many years. A distinguished company of bishops, priest st deacons and laymen assisted. Bishop Potter, of New York, preached the sermon. Benjamin T. Babbitt, the soap manufacturer, died at his home, in New York, after a lingering illness. He was eighty years old. The profits of his business tempted more than one attack by birds of prey. About ten years ago his head clerk, Charles Beckwith, robbed him of 200,000 while Mr. Babbitt was in Europe. Mr. Babbitt left a check book full of drafts signed in blank, which Beckwith filled out, cashed an I converted to his own use. He corered up traces of his dishonesty for months by doctoring the books. Mr. Babbitt's next nn fort urate financial experience was in connection with Mrs, reck, the notorons confidence woman. After this second experience his wife assumed the financial management of his business. The second victim of typhoid fever has died at Yale University in the person of Thomas J. Roberts, of the class of '92, of Soranton, Pa, He had been ill about two weeks and was a diligent student and kept, at hie books, when his physicians ordered him to receive medical attendance. Several other students are ill. Dr. Seaver says there is no danger of the fever becoming epidemic. At Larrabee, Pa., fire destroyed J. J. Newman's saw-mill and 3,000,000 feet of lumber, loss $24,000; J. C. Prendre store, loss 6,500; two barns and ten tons of hav belonging to D. C. Young, loss $2,000;. Mrs. D. C. Smith's boarding-house, loss $800. The fire caught in a heap of sawdust near the mill furnace. The lss on the mill and lumber is covered by iraurance. A. Dawson of Boston, who is highly connected, has been arrested at Moutreal

for forgery on the Mercantile National bank of Hartford, Conn, Six other forged checks were found on him. In Boston the statement that John L. Sullivan is bankrupt is said on good authority to be false. It is said that $20,000 of his money was placed in his father's keeping after the Mississippi fight, and the old man has it yet.

and yet one of the most modest priests of the Roman Catholic Church in Virginia. Pkfsii:ent Jaijkd E. Rkdfikijd, of the Little Bock, Mississippi and Texas Boad, died in his home at Essex, Conn. He was also President of the Saybrook Bank. A collision near Lvnnland siation, Ky., on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, between two passenger trains, resulted in the death of one man and the serious injury of several others. Van D. Heisen, of Millstown, Ky., was the most seriously injured, death resulting in a few hours. The others badlv hurt were: Rev. J. M. Brace, of Gleason, right arm broken near the shoulder: J.M. AVhecler, Worthington. Ky., fractured arm and injured internally; Mrs. B. A. Green, Ni'"holasville, dislocated shoulder; Elder AV, F. Rogers Horse Cave, dislocated shoulder and badly bruised. Ed Defines and wife, of Grten County, and four little children, the youngest not over two years old, were all badly bruised and internally injured, two of the children seriously. A Louisville (Ky.) dispatch says: A report, at first discredited, that Wilson Howard with a hundred men if besieging County Judge Wilson Lewis in ihe court house, at liarlantown, has received confirmation from the men who have just come in from that section. Lewis is said to have fifty men and to be fortified in the court house. Howard is the man for whose arrest largo rewards have been

i offered both ia Kentucky and in Missouri.

The report of the present trouble is probably exaggerated. Dr. J. L. Posey, of the Marine Hospital Service, on duty at Jacksonville, Fla., telegraphs to tho bureau that Dr. Porter reports another sporadic case of yellow fever at Key "West, Fla , nl in consequence quarantine restrictions h:ive been resumed. The p:tient is Mr E. Ellinger, who left Havana on the 21st of September for New York by sea. He came from New York by rail to Key West, Oct. 2, and was taken sick in a locality of tho city distant from that of tho former cases.

WASHINGTON'S VOTE. The Comet Figure Shown by the Official Returns. ( Thk official count of Washington Territory shows the total vote to be 38,443; Republican majc nty, 9,535. Olympia for State capital fell 2,000 votes short of a majority. The majority against women suffrage was 18,000; against prohibition, 11,900; for the constitution, 28,273. Olympia, North Yakima, and Ellensborg compete next year for the capital. THIEVES IN WANAMAKER'S STORE. Systematic Scheme by Clerks to Bob His Philadelphia Establishment. A Philadelphia dispatch says Andrew Graham's arrest for robbing Postmaster General Wanunaker's store of $1,000 worth of goods whiie he was employed there has been followed by the arrest of George Ingram, another employe. Detectives are looking for others who are supposed to be implicated in a systematic scheme to rob the store of a large amount. Foreign Christian Missionaries. The annual report of the Foreign Christian Missionary Society was read at the Christian Church Convention at Louisville, Ky, It embraced reports from missionaries in Japan. India, China, Turkey. Scandinavia and England. They showed that the mission work in those countries is in a prosperous condition, though it is attended in many places with great difficulties and opposition. Flonrinir Mill Burned. The flouring mill of the L. C- Porter Milliner Company, at Winona, Minn., has been destroyed by fire. The capacity of the mills w-is 1,400 bushels daily.

Loss, $L0,000; fairly insured. The eie- ! vatorof the Winona Mill Company ad- ; joining caught hre from sparks, and was

damaged to the extent of $500. Henry Villa rd Said to Be III Henry Villabd is reported to be lying seriously ill at his home in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Ke has not been in town since the meeting of the Northern Pacific directors took place. Mr. Villard is suffering from a severe cold. Our Exports of Merchandise A statement issued by the Treasury Department shows that during September last the value of merchandise exported was $ 65,074,371, as against $53,612,740 imported.

A Flood at Pasadena, Cat. AT Pasadena, Cal.'y business was suspended the other day owing to the unprecedented rainfall Street-car tracks were washed out, and traffic ceased. Railroad traffic was also interfered with. The streets and property have been badly damaged. Many basements and the first floors of houses were flooded. Japan's It me Minitfr hum a Lg. j Okuma, the Prime Minister of Japan, has had a leg amputated as a result of j the attempt upon his life. '

WESTERN HAPPENINGS. A noted Indian hunter of the Fond du Lac Reservation, in Minnesota, Wa-me-quance, has died on the reservation at the age of 101 years. His memory went back to the war of 1812 and long before that. A short time ago, in talking of his life, he stated that the British authorities offered him a big bribe to disclose to them certain movements of the American forces with which he was familiar, but that he refused their offer and was afterward connected with the American campaign. Kepobts from Princeton, Minn., say that forest fires between that place and Bridge man are destroying thousands of dollars' worth of property. At Greenbush Mrs. Hiram Whittier, while helping to light the fire, fell exhausted and was burned to death. A FOBT Smith, Ark., dispatch reports that a disastrous explosion occurred ia a coal mine at Bryant Switch, in the Choctaw nation. A miner's lamp came in contnct with a keg of powder, and the explosion of the powder caused one of coal dust, which set the mine on fire. Sixte en men were in the mine, the shaft of which is 500 feet deep, all of whom were taken out more or less injured, four fatally. St. Louis exposition has closed. The total attendance in forty days was 550,000 people and the total receipts $lo0,0U0. Goo'ls worth $250,000 were sold by exhibitors and contracts were made by them for tho sale of $500,000 worth of goods. A kepokt from Columbus, Ohio, is to the effect that Governor Foraker 13 very ill, and that it will be some time before he is able to resume campaign work. George H. Stkvens, Treasurer of the Penitentiary Board at Tucson, Ari., has disappuared, and his accounts have been found to be $0,000 short. The f-opious rainfall in California has damaged late grapes and wheat that bad not bien harvested. The precipitation has be n heavier than in any previous October in the history of the signnl service. At Wichita, Kan., an electric streetcar wos struck by a locomotive aud hurled sixty feet and nearly twenty passengers injured. Those most seriously hurt ure: Ollio and Sadie Muun, who were badly cut and bruised, and rCellie Henderson, of Qswego, Kan., who was injured internally. A grove near the track prevented the engineer from seeing the approaching car. Hob be us entered the postoflice at Fargo, D. T., at night, bound and gagged the clerk, Harry. Milton, and by applying a red-hot poker to the soles of his feei compelled him to tell them the combination of the safe. While they were working it Milton managed to free himself and securing a revolver fired at them. The thieves effected tUeir escape after securing $125 in cuneucy. At Huron, S. D., the State Enforcement League organized with a fund of $50,000 to aid in enforcing the prohibition laws of South Dakota. Tho officers are: President, Kev. William Fielder, of Aberdeen; Secretary, Kev. E. English, of Huron; Treasurer, F. H. Kent, of Huron. The Central Committee consists of one from each judicial district. At Lexington, Mo., the residence of ex-Mayor Ballard was burned, Mrs. Bailard, who was of unsound mind, perishing in the flames. She was alone in the house. The village of Woodville. Ohio, is

York, State

POLITICAL PORRIDGE. The Greenback party of New have nominated the following

ticket. For Secretary of State, the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Klinira ; Controller, John 3V Sullivan of Westchester; Treasurer, Joseph Madison Hall of Hamilton; Attorney General, Josexm Wright of WeedsporJ:. At New York, the 7th district County Democracy, in congressional convention, indorsed the nomination of Amos J. Cummings for Congress in that district.

ACROSS THE OCEAN A committee is being formed at Berlin to consider the question of digging a ship canal to connect Berlin with the Baltic Sea. It is proposed to cut a canal from Berlin to the nearest point on tho Hirer Oder, and thence to utilize the river itself by dredging and otherwise improving it as a ship canal as far as the Baltic Sea. The tithe agitation in Wales has brought a number of the Welsh clergy to the verge of starvation, and a movement has been started among them to appeal to the English church men for the assistance they so much need. ' Another atrocity is reported from Hamburg, Germany, similar to that enacted there last week. This time the victim is a 10-year-old girl, who was criminally abused and treated in a rno-t brutal manner. fcihx was the a slain by the use of a knife in the crudest manner conceivable, tho mutilations being horribly revolting. The body was found in an obscuie section of Hamburg, and the criminal's identity is ;is complete a mystoiy as that of the iiend of London whom he imitates. No an est has boon made, and the police d; purulent uppears to be entirely iu the d.irk. Tho popnlaca of Hamburg :s intense:; excited, and may resort to dire vengeance if any positive clew should le. d to the taking into custody of any vicious character. Fringe Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who is making a tour of Europe, has arrived in London. A London cablegram reports that the cholera is still raging in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates. During the last three months there have been 7fU00 deaths from the disease. The second Egyptian cotton crop is being gathered. It is far below the average. Another great naphtha well has boen struck at Buku, in Southern Kussia, Gkanp Duke Nicholas, uncle of tho Czar, is dying from a cancerous alioction of the ear. The llussian police at Odessa, Kussia, have arrested two men, said to 1 o Ameriais, charged with circulating large amounts of the new and dangerous forged 2;Vmble bills of the Bank of llnssia. 1 wo packages, purporting to bo bales of cotton cloth, which arrived from New York a few days before, were consigned to one of these men, and on examination by the custom officials they were found to contain nsarjy 1,000,000 rubles of these counterfeit bills. To aveit suspicion from themselves, they circulated none of the stuff in Odessa, but St. Petersburg and Moscow and other large ities have bcon flooded with it for thiee months. Tho counterfeit, which is undoubtedly of American manufacture, is so perfect that it pas ses from h and t o hand w i t hou t question, and everywhere, except at tho counter of the Bank of itusnia, appears to answer every purpose of the genuine bills. The Czar and his family have donated 400,000 rubles for the sufferers by the famine in Montenegro. A Zanzibar cable says: Lieutenant Gravenreuth, of Captain AVissmasan's expedition, surprised Bushiri's camp and

put his forces to flight. Lieutenant Gravenreuths men are continuing the pursuit of the rebels. A Lisbon cablegram says: Luis Lf King of Portugal, is dead. The King passed away quietly. He became unconscious some time before ho expired, and his life went out almost without a tremor. Paralysis was the cause of his death. The Duke of Bragau.a, who succeeds to the throne, will assume tho title of Carlos I. King Luis I. was born Oct. '31, 1839. Ho vras the son of the lat Queon Maria II, and the late Prince Kerdiuaml of Haxe-Couurg. Hjn royal mother was tho first sovereign of the lino of Kratfunzato break through the custom, which had prevailed for two centuries, of keeping up alliaiirea with iho reiiiin houses of Spain. Her union with Prince Ferdinand resulted in tho beginning f tho house of Uragaii.a - Coburg, the lY$t sovernign of which was her hou Pedro V., at whoso death, in ltflil, Luis succrowlod to th e "lirone. Tho young King took to wife Pia, the youngest daughter of King ctor Knmnuel of !ltaly. They were married Oct. 0, 1S2, when tho bridegroom was '21 ars old and the bride odv 25, From this union were born two sons, 1 he'elder of whom, Princo Carlos Puke of UraUn;:a, born in lrtti , is it cultivated man. Prince Carlos married a (laughter of the Count do Paris, the most formidable of pretenders to monarchical rule over France. King Luis haa beuii a wise and liberal King, toiling to establish freedom and education and encouraging railroads and ttdfgrapbs, but the people appear to have lost that enterprising character which made them so active during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. FRESH AND NEWSY. Several car loads of New England capitalists, with a few from New York and Ohio, ore investigating tho State of Toxas with a view of ranking investments. The provincial government of Quebec

has contributed a large quantity of provisions and goods for the relief of the starving Ibradoriaus at Point Esquimau, on the Gulf of St, Lawrence. Five hundred barrels of tiour have been sent by steamers. Ok the 22d inst. the Adveutists of Virginia wend in session a 1 day at Scroamcrsville, Spottsylvania County, awaiting the couiiug of the Lord, tho wildest excitement prevailing, but retired to their homes about midnight when satisfied that tho world was to exist a little while longer. It wag the forty-tifth anniversary of the going out to meet the Saviour in October, The annual convention of the Mutual Benefit Association of the United States Eailwny Postal Clerks held its annual session at New Orleans. Letters of reg.vt were received from Postmaster General AVanamaker and General Superintendent Boll, of the railway mail service. E. G. Drx & Co. 's weekly review of trade says; As. before, the monoy imrfcot is the ovo pcint oK anxiety. Kates are hinrr. but por!:m;)(j appvoht'iifiion is buidcvIki', lessoned. Country still calls for money la tely, but reports iYoiu n-jiuiy all interior centers of nupply show bit th" Kupply in considered nmpl- for eonmunvuil ncuds. There :u hrunieKS and iueread klrmnd ut Kansas City, and Heme stringency at Cleveland, but with an f:aier tendency. At Milwaukee th market U brisk at per cent. ; a Philadelphia customers are supplied at 6 to 7 per cent. Thj volume of trade continues large ; bank clearings exceed last year's, railroad earnings are encouraging, and eustbound shipments from Chicago are heavy. At Chicago the dry goods t rade lor the Meek fall below that of the corre-f-poundiug week last vear, and receiptu of wool and lard rail off one-half, but coal receipt arj larger, and receipts of giain and provisions show a good increase. St. l'aul rejoices in the movement ol '"Minnesota's largest crop, "and railroad reports indicate that Northwestern hues are choked with the enormous receipts from farm. Cleveland notes activity in all lines, with small rait s of ore 1-ccause unsold Hiippliea are scarce. 1 bo iron trade ic, s'.ill heal i by. The wool trado ii fit ill dull, ni:d while there is fair movement of dress goods and enlarged discounts have caused more business in knit g.odr. the demand f r m"n's woolens is strictJy modeiH'.e. The coUou manufacture is thriving and the trade in goods suti-fatory. Speculation ir higher prices in wheal; has not hern a'-tive since tho last Uovemmtn': report, and heavy Northwestern receipts, wit'i -canty exports, combine to depress prices, wbitv.i hav faiien cents for the wiek. CVru ha.-: declined a (juartcr. and oats 1JA cents, while pork products are a little lower. Coffee has yielded a quarter, and is weak. The coal business is better. The price of raw sugar has again declined an eighth, and of refined a quarter. The business failures number for t hi United States 12. and lor Canada 41. For Iho corresponding week Inst your the figures were 202 laiiurua in tho Viii ted States and 22 in Canada.

WILL SERVE THEIR COUNTRY. Recent Appnintmpiir m roirior, in thi' (lovfvitncMt ,irv V The following appointments have been announced: iaehard K. Moan, of Arizona, AssociiMe Justice of the Supre.no Court of Arizona Oliver C. lioHbyshell. Superintendent of the I'hihtdolpiiia Idint, iangors - First Illinois li.-sirki, l.ohert, Pdair ; Kighth .Illinois, Jt-sse C. iio iv ; J irsl Wisconsin. Kobert H. Markhuni. Nicholas Smith, of New York, (.Vnr.r.l 1'broj llivers, Cuuaua ; Oliver V. W illiams, ; N'w Yoik, to be Lniti-d State-; Con ml at: Havre, 1'ianee. hand Office ltei.svt i.-- a:, u-1 1. MoCrea, at Las Cruces, N. M. ; Ui i.um Mctn.-k-cn, at looneville. Mo. ; Webb ..i. iiaii. ai Kirwin, Kan.; James Katon, at Oram! l-ori;s. N. J). Kcu-ivorN of Public- Muu - - -William M. bergi-r, ai Mtniu Ke, N. M. : Viliiam A. Smiley, at r.oonevilie, Mo. ChavKs H, CooK-y of Micnigaa bi-et-ial Agent of thw Bureau lor Uit CuliccUou oi luulwuy SiaLitiiics. UARKET lUSrOKTS. CHICAGO. Cattle- Prune ? 4. HO (fl! 5.00 Good 3.50 4.2-5 Common ' 2.50 3.25 Hoes-Shipping Grades 4 00 cjf -1.50 Sukkv. 3.00 (f- 4.75 Wheat No. 2 lied 78 ctj ,(i) Corn No. 2 HO (4 .30 Oatb No. 2.. 1 c4 M'-z Kvk- No. 2 U1o; .-12 liirrTKH Choice Creamery ) .22 Ciikkhi: Kull Cream, Hats J l- . -C .10 EotiS--Fresh IS .10 Potatoks Choice new, per bu.. .25 ,H0 PoKK--Mess 10.75 11.25 MU.WACKKK. Whejit Cash 7.J (0 VW, (Vuts-No, U a:)1.. .:ii. Oath--No. 2 White 21 :-J KvkNo. 1 12i..$ !H IJ,Mtm;Y - No. 2 "2 " " .-H POUK MOB8 11.23 tlUl.Tj DKTUOIT. Caiu:,k 3.00 4.00 Hoo.s a. 50 v: 4.5J FlHi:i;i' 3.50 f; 4.30 Whkat No. 2 Kt 1 HI , ,s2 CoiiN-No. 2 YelloA- M;P.cv .154 1' Oats No. 2 White 24 "; .2 TOLK1X). Whkat No. 2 Ued 80 c4 .fi'.j Cf hn Cash 33 t; Oats No. 2 White 21 & .21 NEW YOKK. CATTLK 2.50 ift 4.7; Hogs 4.5'J 5.23 Kmkhp 4.10 t 5 25 Whkat No. 2 Ked 82 84 CoitN No. 2 sd ,40 ( ) a T8 Mixotl West ern 2i (i Pokk Prime Mess 11.73 (jU2.25 Cattle 4.25 tt 5.f0 Hooa 3.75 $ 4.25 Whkat No. 2 lied 7iP.. .77 Cokn No. 2 2i. .fl .20 Oath 17 t) ,IH li'K-li)va 30 iyi .-(5 1NOIANAPOK1S. Cattlk -Sbippiuj; hteers 3.00 " i.CtQ ibtos -Choi(Mi Light 4.0J t' 1.50 hiiKi:iv--L-njumon to Prime 2.50 tt 4.2."i WiJKAT- No. 2 it. d 77 m1 .77J6 Cohv-No. 1 Whito v .33 t'U .34 OATd No. 2 White 22 .23 tUNCINNATI. Whkat- No. 2 Ked 79 ? .80 CoJtN- No. 2 34 (fl ,84 Oats- - No. 2 Mixed 21 1 .22 Uvk No. 2 45 ti ,45 M KANSAS CITY. CAT1XK Good 3.25 & 4.50 Medium? 2.2 3.00 Hutchors' 2.00 1J 3,00 HCK?B 3.75 c$ 4.25 HHK1 3.50 (jj, 3,00

HORRORS OF SHIPWRECK RAUM GETS THE PLACE.

i ; tEBIllBl-E TALK OF A BOAT'S CKEW PKESIDKNT IIAKIU SON NAMES BT1M At

Seven of the Stiiiorm of the Stomner tarnmoor Arrive in Philadelphia After an Almost Unparalleled Siege of Suffering in Jin Open Boat The Kent of the Crew IfjOtit

Tte seven survivors of the Earnmoor, which foundered

when 300 miles off Turk's

steamer at sea Island, and tell

have arrived in Philadelphia,

a story of terrible suffering. The Earnmoot struck a terrible gedo Sept. 4, which increased in force, and at 11:80 a. m. the folic wing day the vessel ave a lurch and foundered. As the steamer sank the port lifeboat floated off from the ship. The second officer, second and third engineers, four sailors, three firemen, and the cook clun to the boat and scrambled in. An effort was made to save the rest of the crew, and a drag was made of the painter, but tho boat was blown away and the oars wrested from the hands of the men so that no more could be saved. The cries of the drowning men, as they were dashed about by the mountainous waves, could bo heard by the m;n in the boat. The boat drifted into the gulf stream and tho air was warm; but this increased the intensity of their thirst 'The horrors of hunger on the second day became awful," said Carl Crane, one of ihe survivors, 'a:nd it increased as tine wore on. Wo nmnasred to pick up sea-weed, which gave us a little nutriment and cn the third day a flyiug-fish was cauit. This was immediately cut up into a portion for each man and devoured. We clso captured a sea-bat; and suvked its blood, and then ato tho i esh after it had dried in the sun. Th-3 first man to die was a peaman named William Kobinson anl the second was the tl.ird engineer, Thomas Hunt. One night while we were all asleep, except a German t reman named Flaggy, who waa on watch, he smldenl' became insans and jumped overboard. We were too weak to save him. We were without a compass, and steered by the sun by tiny and by the stars by night. Eleven vessels passed us. One, a British bark, we were certain saw us, ard deliberately left us to our fate When ;I0() miles on! Hatteras we wre picked up by a schooner. I can not describe in words our joy at the sight of this deliverance. We were so weal: that we had to bo lifted upon the vessel's dnck, and one of our men, Ed Johnson, a iSorwegian, fell overboard and was drowned."

DSLIIJMKATKLY' SHOT DOWN.

A No'orlous St. I-onin Lawyer KU'o'I In C'o?il Blool. A St. Louis dispatch says; B. M. Chambers shot and instantly killed Frank J. Bowman at Ferguson, Mo. Both are well known in St. Louis. Bowman was an attorney here for several years, .and made anything but a favorable reputettion. The killing grew out of the trouble between tho parties over the old Times newspaper. Chambers was a large stockholder and principal owner of the paper up to the time of its demise. Bowman was also interested in it. He bought among; other things the press franchise of the paper, and has been in litigation over the matter with Chambers ever since. At the time of the tragedy, Frank J, Bowman, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff (jarrett, called at Mr. Chambers house in Fergusou. His purpose was to levy an atj tachmant on Chambers' life interest in his wife's estate, or whatever other property he mig ht be able to find. Bowman said: 'I have come to levy on your property' "All right," said Mr. Chambers and he entered the house. In a tew moments he stepped out into the yard a Rain, and he then had a double-barreled shot-gun in his hands "Garrett, you get out of this place and get out; quick," he said to the deputy sheriff, Garrett walked away. Then Mr. Chambers turned to Bowman and said: "Now, Bowman, I'll give you three minutes to get out of these grounds." Bowman did not n:ove. In an instant Chambers raised the gun and poured the lead into Bowman's heart. The men were standing close together, and tho full load took effect in Bowman's chest He fell dead in. the yard. Bowman never spoke, and dieid instantly. Mr. Chambers walked into the house and quietly remained there awaiting arrest. He seamed very cool and collected after the killing, and did not appear to think ho had done anything but what he had a right to do. Bowman was one of the best known men in St. Louis, although his reputation was very unsavory. He practiced law for many 3'ears hero, but removed about three years ago to Now York. Previous to his going he figured in a couple of very shameful scandals. He st:ed his wife for divorce and afterward compromised the suit on her cross bill, paying her a large sum of money. Shortly after it was given out that he bad married a worn an in the East. A s soon as this became known, a Chicago woman, who claimed a common law marriage with Bowman, sued him for divorce in Chicago. He fou&ht the case hard, but the courts decided the Chicago woman was his wife and gave her the divorce. This left Bowman very much mixed up matrimonially. Bowman was at one time prominent at the local bar, but he was disbarred several years ago for crooked practices and since then he has largely forfeited the

esteem of respectable persons. Chambers and Bowman have been at daggers' ends for years. Chambers was formerly president of the Butchers' and Drovers' bank, of this city, but became a bankrupt twelve years ago. Ho has since enjoyed a big income from his wife's estate. Tho levy was on a judgment twelve years old, Inspectors Knocked Out of Their Jobs The announcement is made at the Treasury department that in view of tho fact that examination has shown that the evident co:itrolliug reason in many cases for the anxiety to secure the post of inspector of foreign vessels is the limited work snch inspectors have to perform, Mr. Windom has decided, for the tsake of economy, and good administration, to dispense with the services of such inspectors at Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco, and have their duties performed by local inspectors

The M:trin Conference. In the international marine conference at Washington a resolution was passed unanimously declaring "that it isthesen-o of the conlerence that there shall be no change in the masthead and colorod lights as at present used.'' A committee was appointed to prepare all available literature on lights and sound signals in shape to be easily considered by the conference. lHiring the discussion of fog signals a suggest on was made that a code of musical .signals of two or three notes, to be produced by whistles or fog horns, be adopted.

The Illinois Man's Appointment a &urpri to the Politicians His Previous Record The Annual Keport of the Pension Office Gossip from the Nation's Capital " Washington telegram. The President has appointed Gen. Green B. Raum of Illinois as commissioner of pensions, and he has assumed the duties of his position. This action was a surprise, as Gen. Raum's name had ne t been prominently mentioned in connection with the office. Green Ferry Raum is a native of Illinois and one of the beat known politicians in that State. He was boi'n Golconda, Pope county, Dec. o 182J. After receiving a common-school education h studied law, and was admitted to the bar in lfcifoi. Three years later he went to Kansas and affiliated with the free-soil party. This made him obnoxious to the proslavery motion and he returned to Illinois, settling at Harrisburg. At tho beginning of the rebellion hemade many "war" speeches, and subsequently entered the 8rmy- He rose to therani of Brigadier-General and took part in many important engagements, particularly distinguishing himself in the battleof Corinth and tti Atlanta campaign. At Missionary Ridge he was wounded, but immediately upon recovering resumed active service in the field. At the close of the war he went into the railroad business for a brief period. In bSO'i be was elected to Congress and served from March, 6()7, to March, 186U In l!S0 he was president of the Illinois Republican convent ion, and in the same year was a delegate to the national convention of that party in Cincinnati. He was appointed commissioner ot internal revenue-Au.-. v, !s;f', and retained that office until May ts.j. During that period he collected $8ot,l "00,001 and disbursed $'0,000,000 without loss. Since 1:' Gon. Raum has been rmctio

i ing law in Washington. Ho is th author

of a work entitled 'The Existing Conflict Between the Republican Government and the Southern Oligarchy." Tho annual report for the fiscal year 188 -Si) of the commissioner of pensions has been submitted to the secretary of tho interior and is now in the hands of tho public printer. Following is a summary o.J the main features of the report: There wera at the close of the year 489t7vtl pensioners. There were added to tho rolls durius tho year the names of 51,921 new pensioners, and the names of 1,754 whose pensions had been previously dropped were restored to the rolls, making an aggregate of 5',(K5 pensioners added during the year; 16,507 pensioners were dropped from the rolU for various causes, leaving a ntt increase totherolUof 37,16S names. Tho average annual value of each pension at the close of the year is shown to have been $i;i. The aggregate annual value of pensions is $04, :3 The amount paid for pensions during the year

was (SP, 275, 11 & The total amount dis

bursed by the agents for all purposes was $9,I31,9H& In the aggregate 1,248.146 pension claims have been filed sines 1861. and in the same period 7bi, 121 have been allowed . Commissioner Tanner recommends the establishment of two additional pension agencies, to relieve the overworked offices at Columbus, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Topeka, Kan. He recommends that Congress be asked to amend the act of June 6, 1 874, so as to extend the benefit of all pension laws as to rates to all pensioners whoe pensions have been granted by special acts passed subsequent to said data, and that the benefit of pension be granted to the widqws of soldiers who died from causes originating in the service prior to March 4, 1861, during the time of peace. He further recommends, as did his predecessor, that the act of March 3, 1T7, be amended so as to grant pension to those who, having participated in the rebellion against the United States, subsequently enlisted in the navy and were disabled therein. he injustice and unfairness of the act of Congress approved June 16, 18K), the report says should be corrected. This act limits the right of pensioner to receive $72 per month to those who were receiving $50 per month at the date of said act No provision is made therein for granting said rate to those who were totally helpless on said date, but were not receiving $50 at said time, and none for those who have become totally helpless since that date. The anomaly is presented of two men equally disabled, possibly living side by side, the one receiving 72 per month and the other $50 per month. The commissioner asks attention to the fact that the act of Aug. 7, 18S2, which terminates the pension of a widow on account of immoraiity, makes no provision for continuing the pension to the minor children of the soldier when the widow's pension is terminated. He asks that Congress be requested to correct this palpable injustice. The Commissioner earnestly recommends that whenever an invalid pensioner dies the usual pension be granted to his widow, or, if he leaves no widow, then to his minor children, without regard to whether or not his death was due to any ca rse incident to the service and line of duty. The commissioner favors granting pensions to all soldiers who are disabled. He says: 44As the war period recedes from us and age and its attendant infirmities affiict the veteran who served his country fai tii fully and well a quarter of a century ago, it is a very serious question whether the government doas him justice in limit

ing the application of the pension, laws to those disabilities only which were contracted in the service and line of duty. I earnestly recommend that a pension be granted to every honorably discharged soldier and sailor who is now or may hereafter become disabled, without regard to whether such disability is chargeable to the service of the United States or has bee n contracted since discharge therefrom." The commissioner also favors a pension for army nurses and makes an earnest appeal on their behalf. Foreign Brevities. The Vatican will shortly publish all the . documents in its possession supporting its claims to temporal powers. Count Okxma, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been slightly wound3d by a would-be assassin. The latter committed suicide. The Chineso government is negotiating for a loan of $40,000,000 for the construction of railways. Thk German steamer Marco Brnnner. which was recently wrecked on the lied iea, was looted by Arabs. The Russian revenue for 1888 wa 34,. 300,000 rubles in excoss of the expend! tures, which were 13,000,000 rubles beiow the estimates. A company has been formed in France with acapitalof $10,(00,000 to lay a cable from Marseilles to Buenos Ayres. Interest on the capital is guaranteed by tae argentine Government.