HEPPNER GAZETTE: HEPPNER, OREGON.
GOLDEN GATE GOSSIP.
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nent Society Men.
WHO NED GREENWAY IS
"California" Dyllyn and Ilia Lltlle Fist
Notes on the SturmMatters
Theatrical and Musical.
Sam Fbancisco, March I This city
tiaa been favored with a sample of the
weather of the wild and wooly West.
Dakota with her blizzards and Montana
with her cyclones could hardly produce
a more perfect article of weather than
our Glorious Climate got up with only a
few hours notice.
The G. C. was on a tear, there was no
question about it, and all day Saturday
and Sunday the rain poured and the
wind howled, and the deserted streets
looked bleak and gloomy in the dull,
leaden light. And it had a wierd, un -natural,
unstable appearance when one
looked at the Bidewalks which Beemed to
be wriggling and squirming sheets of
water.
The storm increased in intensity until
Sunday night when the gale was blow
ing at the rate of 72 miles an hour. And
the water poured down in solid sheets
with an intensity of determination that
was disheartening and drenching if you
happened to be out in it.
Un Monday the storm subsided, and
on Tuesday the weather was as smiling
as if it never had had an unkind
thought. But during its spree it had
done an immense amount of damage.
There was the usual shower of business
signs and loosely attached articles.
Fences were blown down and trees up
rooted, and in the outside lands near the
park, where houses are scattered, and
the sand dunes offer but slight obstruc
tions to the winds sweeping in from the
ocean, a few buildings were blown down.
Out in the Mission, usually the most
eheltered part of the city, the storm was
particularly severe. The old Mission
church, whose dilapidated appearance
should have roused pity, even if u feel
ing of veneration did not restrain, was
treated with disgraceful familiarity. The
tiles were torn from the roof and strewn
around, the rafters were twisted and
warped.
At the othor end of the city is the
"castle," whose turrets frown from the
summit of Telegraph hill. It is now
the property of Duncan Uoss, the Scotch
athlete, and is probably the most con
spicuous and unattractive object to per
sons arriving in the city by sea. The
winds evidently resented its uugainli
ness, for they played sad havoc with
the building. The metal covering oi
the roof and even the woodwork was
blown far and wide, and the building
received such a battering and buffeting,
that with its broken windows, it pre
sents quito the appearance of a respect
able ruin.
The most serious work of the temp
est was, however, on the sea. The ter
rible fate of the Elizabeth, which was
dashed upon the rocks, a few miles
above the Golden Gate, you have prob
ably heard of, through the telegraphic
reports.
One of the saddest features was the
fate of Captain Henry of the life saving
crew at Baker's beach. The crew
launched their boat and put out to eea
to find tho Elizabeth, and render what
assistance they could.
When they' left the beach a tow line
was thrown to the tug Kelief and they
were towed outward toward the bar. The
sea was running so heavily that the boat
was nearly swamped and they were
obliged to cut loose.
After pulling against the heavy sea
or some time, the tug Alert was hailed
and a line thrown to thein. The Alert
started ahead at full speed and the life
boat was drawn completely under water.
When she recovered herself, it was dis
covered that Captain Henry had been
washed overboard by the furious rush of
the water. He had hold of the tiller at
the time, and in his vain efforts to save
himself, twisted the rudder completely
free from the boat. As soon as possible
the tug was stopped and the boat was set
loose. A fruitless search was kept up
for some time, but in the dark, with
heavy sea and tide, it was useless. The
next morning his body was found,
washed up on the beach.
AT THE CLIFF HOUSE.
But the sea with all its terrors was a
grand sight, and on Monday, thousands
of sight eeora crowded on the cable cars
nd went out to the Cliff house to watch
the surf. Standing on the verandah,
one hundred feet above the dashing
waters, it was a grand sight to see them
pounding on the beach for miles to the
south, while with the fury of their on
ward rush, roaring like some wild ani
mal mad for his prey. On the other
aide the waves dashed with restless en
ergy against the cliffs, flinging massos of
pray over them. In front were the seal
rocks, usually rising 30 feet above the
water nbw submerged by the angry
waters. '
Farther out the sea was dotted with
the white sails of vessels that had re
mained at a safe distance from the
treacherous shore until the stofin had
abated. Now they were hurrying into
the harbor, beneath the bright rays of
the sun, that transformed the dashing
waters into a glittering cauldron.
THE HESS COMPANY.
The terrors of the Bea, however, are
nothing to the storms that beset theat
rical managers. At least Manager Hess
thinks so. He has been fulfilling a long
engagement in this city. That is, he
has been fulfilling part of two engage
ments. A couple of months ago his
company opened at the Orpheuin the
ater. The Orpheum is one of those com
fortable places where beer is served and
the smoke of unfragrant cigars mingles
with the dreamy strains of the niusic.
The Orpheum' has always been more
or less devoted to music more as regards
quantity, less as regards quality. They
have had one or two unambitious opera
seasons, innumerable variety and min
strel seasons. It is a resort of the lower
middle class, eminently respectable and
seldom altogether uninteresting.
The Hess eneagement was, however,
an ambitious effort, and was heralded
with great enthusiasm. The engage
ment was fairly successful foratime, but
the price of admission left but little
profit for the company.
Suddenly tl.e engagement was termi
nated. The first information the public
received as to the termination of the
season was the announcement of a new
Beason at the Powell Street theater.
The Powell street theater is a new as
pirant for the favor of the lower middle
class. The new engagement was an
nounced with as much enthusiasm as
had characterized the former one, but
the publie did not respond with equal
cordiality. There was a lack of spon
taneity about the public enthusiasm.
Then came the usual complications.
"Carmen" was announced with Guille,
the ridiculous looking little French
tenor, as the principal attraction. But
when the time came the principal at
traction did not materialize. He claimed
that he did not receive the salary due
him and would not sing if offered $101)0
anight.
Manager Hess said he did not propose
to od'er him the $1000, but that he
would make him sing or know the rea
son why He had engaged Guille for a
year at $200 a week for the first six
months and $125 a week after that and
had always paid his salary. He is still
trying to learn the reason why, and has
gone to Portland with tho remnant of
his company, while Guille remains to
enjoy the salubrious breezes of San
Francisco.
This is the last of a short but un
broken series of unfortunate experiences
of the Powell street theatre. It opened
its doors to tho public for the first time
about the end of December, with a va
riety entertainment, nnd after a brief
season closed for repairs. The needed
repairs were purely financial, and seemed
to have been happily made. After a few
weeks of inaction another company
opened with a like fate. Then came the
Hess engagement.
THE CHEAP THEATRES,
The fact is there are too many of these
theatres in San Francisco. The Alca
zar, though run as a first-class theatre,
caters in the character of its attractions
to the same class of people. When the
freedom of beer and tobacco Is desired,
the Orpheum across the street offers its
hospitality. The entertainment is in
ferior, but the freedom compensates.
A few blocks away is the Wigwam,
also offering the attractions of broad
farce or specialty, beverages and cigars.
The Wigwam was erected by the Repub
lican managers during the campaign of
1884, and architecturally it is simplicity
itself. There are four unbroken walls of
brick rising to a height of about 20 feet,
and surmounted by a peaked iron roof.
The interior is equally simple and the
entertainment offered more simple still ;
but the admission fee of ten cents places
it within the reach of all and it is well
patronized.
Against these the Powell Street
entered the field, it was built for the
special purpose, and great things were
hoped for by tho management. But the
demand was satisfied by the others, and
the new temple of amusement lan
guishes. In the meantime, its competitor
around the corner, the old Tivoli, the
original oi the cheap and respectable
theaters, continues to prosper. Its pros
perity is more subdued, perhaps, than
in the older days, but the balance is on
the right side, and the enthusiasm oi
yore uiay be revived at any time.
The Tivoli now is reviving "old favor
ites" in the absence of novelties, Sutan
ella was the opera last week and ait rue-ted
goodly audiences, with the usual
smattering of I he 40J out on a lark.
WAR AMONG THE 400.
Last Friday night an event not on the
bills was presented, and if it could be
repeated every evening would crowd the
house nightly. It happened in front of
the theater just as tile audience were
dispersing. The people quiet.y going to
their homes were startled at seeing a
slender voung man, with slight blonde
mustache and a blue aye, from which
shot a determined lire, step up and
"slug" a dark, rotund, young man, some
30 pounds his senior in weight.
The slugger was George VVoolrich, a
nervous young man, well known and
generally liked among the jennesse dorse
of San Francisco. The sluggee was
Ned Groenway, sometimes unkindly
called the "rubber ring," because the
debutantes cut their teeth upon him.
The epithet is not only unkind, but not
altogether deserved, for unless the debut
ante is well-to-do she need not hope to
use him in this agreeable manner,
Mr. Ureenway is a well known char
acter in San Francisco. He appeared
here some years ago with letters of intro
duction to prominent southern families
from his relatives in Baltimore. He
was well received and was on tha top
crest of the wave until he lost his hea l
at a picnic at Angel Island and was
"rolled."
He rallied from this, however, and by
assiduous attention has earned a unique
position in society. He has absolutely
no rival. He is received in the "best
society" and is prominent at all social
events. He is a very useful man.
When a young lady wants to give her
first swell party, as did little Miss Ho
bart recently, Mr. Greenway is sent for,
and he is bo accommodating that he takes
charge of all the preparations. He en
gages the decorators and caterers and
music, he prepares the list of invitations
and excludes all improper persons, he
selects the supper and orders the wine,
he leads the cotillion and is the central
figure of the evening around whom all
his happy satellites revolve.
When the 400 form a dancing club Mr.
Greenway becomes manager, and un
selfishly takes upon himself all the
arduous duties. He engages the hall
and furnishes musicians, wine and sup
per. He collects the dues from the mem
bers, issues the invitations to the fav
ored few, sends out notices and, in fact,
does everything. He is such a generous
and useful man. Unsympathetic people
say he gets a commission from all the
tradespeople whom he patronizes, but
when was a great man not calundnated?
His trouble on Friday night was on
account of his extreme good nature.
His zeal to save tha club from loss led
him to strive to collect a debt due the
club from Woolrich. The debt had been
due for fully a week, and the large
amount rendered him suspicious that
Woolrich intended leaving the country.
So he harshly demanded the payment
of the $2.50.
Woolrich is a Blight man, but he is
something of an athlete, and quick
tempered withal. He resented Mr.
Greenway's manner, and the latter is
now laid up fur repairs. lie in also ap
parently dazed, for he says : "Woolrich
approached me from behind and struck
me over the left eve before I could turn
around." This is unfortunate, for the
buds are mourning and the rubber ring
is laid up for repairs.
MATTERS THEATRICAL.
In the other theaters, the first-class
and downright respectable houses, we
have been having light but fairly good
entertainments. "All the Comforts of
Home," at the Baldwin, has been given
by a clever company and is one of the
most amusing farces ever presented here
without tne extravagance of the farce
comedy.
At the California we have been listen
ing to the catchy music of Dick Slahl's
"Sea King." Stahl has unquestionably
a great deal of musical talent. This last
opera is in many respects a decided ad
vance on, his first, "Said Pasha." In
the first place he has a plot above the
usual late description of comic opera.
The dialogue is not brilliant, but the
situations have some plausibility, and
the scenes give a great opportunity for
the picturesque feature, which has been
taken excellent advantage of.
The music of the "Sea King" is not
great in any particular, but it is all
through up to the situation, and it ib
never uninteresting. It has pretty num
bers in which one recognizes as success
ful the effort of the composer to reach
the sentimental and the romantic ele
ment of the story. It is fair to say that
Mr. Staid has in no case dropped his
music from a high standard, and the en
tire opera is in good taste. His forms
are frequently borrowed, and, as in
"Said P.isha" be has not always hidden
the source and inspiration of bis work.
Still there iB enough originality that he
can stand upon as justification for the
claim to be called a comic opera com
poser, and as he is stiil young, there is
no question but he is to do something
better in the future.
The humor is higher in "The Sea
King" than in most pieces of the kind,
although in the busines and gags intro
duced one sees the pernicious effect of
the clown farce of the New York comic
opera comedians. But the plot is more
on good, French lines, and it is kept
free fronrthe variety and specialty busi
ness strictly. Indeed, it is a Bign of a
gradual return to the legitimate comic
opera.
The central character is one which,
while it necessitates broadly comic ef
fects, keeps them within the scope of
the story. Mr. Graham, whose ability
as a genuine comedian, has long been
established, plays Dun Bamboula in a
constantly humor. ins aspect without
straining. He is called upon to do a
great deal of absurd and extravagant
business, but he manages always to im
press one as be in-.' Don Bamboula. His
costumes are ludicrous, but travesties of
the appropriate ones, and ho keeps a
smile on tiie faces of his audience all the
time. Mark Smith makes not only a
handsome Soa King, but a completely
romantic figure through the opera. His
rich baritone adds considerably to his
generally picturesque efl'oct, and he acts
excellently. Thomas II. Porsse also
looks well, and his rather vibratory
voice is not unpleasant.
Of the ladies, Kaliu Gilbert carries off.
the acting honors, but hardly the vocal
ones. She is an example of successful,
conscientious study and work. Whan
she was here a good many years ago
with "The Strategists" she did not pre
tend to sin?. Since then she has fitted
herself to comic opera, developed a voice
that is rather sharp, but generally use
ful, and Bbe is probably as clever an
actress for such parts as Hosita as there
is on the stage, Elsie Warren is a new
aspirant who has n sweet sympathetic
voice, but who has not hid sutlicient ex
perience to carry her part through with
complete success. The girls are for the
most part pretty.
CORINNK AND HER BURI.ESCiU ERS.
At the Bush street theater Little Cor
inne has just closed her engagement.
She has a clever company and a reper
toire of two burlesques. The first,
"Monte Christo, Jr.," is an English bur
lesque with all that that implies. Cor
inne is a bright, vivacious little actress,
with a wee tit tie voice, and the preco
cious ways of the child actress are still
clinging to her. Bertie Crawford, who
is an old friend in San Francisco, iloos
the leading page parts and adorns a pair
of tights as gracefully as ever.
The m its star of the company is Ber
nard Dvilvn, a burly fellow with a good
voice and no ability 'as an actor. He
has a bad temper too, and has had
trouble with one of the pretty chorus
girls of tho company, The trouble can
he best explained in her own words,
"It was in Carson City he did it,"
said she. "You see, as a rule, Mr.
Dj-llyn is too much of a swell to mix up
with any of us ordinary girls of the
chorus, but he canie out of the cars after
us at Wells, Sew, and that was how the
row began.
"There were a lot of Indians at the
station at Wells, and we girls got out to
look at thein, Then there was a little
store oh, the funniest sort of a little
store where they sold everything, and
there were Indians hanging around just
like real customers.
"We bought a few knlck-knaeks, and
then the lady of the store gave us each
one of these little rattle boxes." And as
she spoke the charming little chorus
girl stretched her loose-sleeved arm and
picked up a little toy tin rattle that was
on the bureau beside her.
"You see," she continued, "they are
not worth a nickel apiece; but they
were such fun, you know; and there is a
whistle at the end that makes no end of
noise. Well, Mr. Dyllyn came over
when we were playing with them, and
I told him he ought to bring one to Miss
Corinne herself, just for the fun of the
thing. But he was too proud for that,
and declined to handle one of the tovs.
"Well, then the next day he came and
told me Mrs. Kimball was raising
But I won't tell you what he said she
was raising, because I was talking to
him. I wis ever so much astonished
and would not take any stock in what
he was saying, but promised to see Mrs.
Kimball about it, and went away to my
own seat in the cars and left him.
"The next day wo got to Carson City
and Mrs. Kimhal sent for me. In the
meanwhile, by the way, he had advised
me not to say a word to her about it.
Well, I went up to Mrs, Kimball, not
knowing what on earth she wanted me
for; and tho first thing she asked me
was what I had been telling Mr. Dyllyn
that she did not like me for.
"I tolil her that I had never paid any
such thing to Mr. Dylln, and I think she
believed nie. Anyhow she rooked as
though she did ; and I wont home to my
boarding house. Hotels, you Bee, are
too dear for us girls in Carson City.
Then "
But Miss Mo an's account of the sub
sequent proceedings would fill seven
columns, and there is no reason what
ever why the brutal details of how Mr.
Dyllyn battered Norah Moran should be
dwelt upon in extenso,
Suffice it to state that when he learned
of the girl's interview with Mrs. Kimball
he went after her with blood in his eye.
He found her at the back of the stage in
Carson City, and there and then began
to beat her until her nose bean to pour
with the blood that his flogging drew
from it. Subsequently he came back
again and struck her in theeye with his
closed fist, and so hopelessly disfigured
her thereby that she has been unable to
go abroad since. And then he laughed
at her.
Mrs. Kimball paid the bill of the Car
son City doctor who applied leeches to
the girl's eye when it I ad swollen so as
to become absolutely unbearable. A
San Francisco doctor wrote the certifi
cate which proves the eye to have been
seriously injured. A San Francisco
lawyer, R. A. Fredericks drew up the
complaint in which she sues the star
male singer (or damaze", and a San Fran
cisco court has awarded her damages, so
she smiles in spite of the thought of her
damaged optic.
French Spite Against Germmy.
Paris, March 3 At the conclusion of
a ball last night which followed the
meeting of Deroulede's friends,
Deroulede recited a military poem
ending with the words, "Sunnez
la charge nous les Vainerons." The
charge was then sounded upon military
bugles, amid a scene of the wildest en
thusiasm. Laisant, during the course
of the evening, made a violent speech,
concluding with crying, "Dow n with the
allies of Germany."
A pair of wild moose are being trained
and broken into harness in South Sioux
I Falls, 8. D., for the benefit of foreign
visitors at the World's Fair in Chicagot
CANADIAN ELECTIONS.
Outlook for Candidates
and Parties.
THE CONSERVATIVE CLAIMS
The Liberals Are Said Not li lie In the
Fight, But Tomorrow's Woik
Will Toll the Story.
Montreal, March 4 As the ranks
close up and tho rustle of ballots are be
ginning to be heard, news comes from
every constituency in Quebec, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Ed
ward island of conservative gains nnd
enthusiasm for the old man, the old Hag
and the old policy. There is nut a con
stituency in the east, be it ever so strong
a liberal fortress, into which the shells
have not been thrown by the govern
ment leaders and candidates, and they
are doing fearful execution to the Wi
man fad, tearing it to tatters and scatter
ing panic and destruction in the liberal
ranks.
Where Premier Mercier ha done all
that lies in his power to woo the voles
of his French-Canadian companions to
the liberals, the unrestricted reciprocity
fight has been a dismal failure,
In Chombley, Prefontaine, an ac
knowledged annexationist, will be badly
defeated. In Chateau, Uuay, Brown,
who wants to succeed Holton, the Lib
eral, will be put out of tho way by the
voters in that county who are living right
on the border.
In the eastern townships Mr. Laurier
will undoubtedly be defeated in Rich
mond and Wolfe by Cleveland, and
Dyer in Bromo will win Fisher's seat in
a canter. Sir Heeler will save Hichelieu
from Mereier's nephew, Couins, and
Paquet will steal Guay's seat in Levis
from the Libera's. In this province
alone the Conservatives will hold all the
majority they had at tho dissolution and
have three or more seats to the good.
The issuance of pastoral letters by the
bishops to their flocks to vote against
the dominance of Washington in Cana
dian affairs on tho loss of the church's
prestige has had its effect and Thursday
will astonish those who appealed to the
French on French grounds alone. In
that they will find that, religion is far
above nationality in tho inhabitant's
mind,
St, Maurice with its two conservative
candidates is a cinch and Savage in
Shefford will receive a majority of over
200, Ivo's selection in Hherhroake is a
gift, and McMillan in Vaudrouil, Van
asse in Yamaska, Cranton in Temis
couata, Sir Adolphe Caron in Chi
eoutimi and Saiuenay, Turcotto in
Montmorency, Langovin in Three
Hivers, one of the conservatives in
Montcalm, and the three conservative
members ior Montreal have all prepared
for an Ottawa season.
The best campaign shaking anil work
ing for tho Tories have been done by
mugwumps, and St. John city and
county, that hot-bed of liberalism, have
been conceded to the Conservatives.
In Gloucester there are two Conserva
tives running, as there are in Uesti
gouche and in Victoria, Hon. Mr. Costi
gan's county. The Liberal candidate
won't save liis deposit. Out of the 10
votes New Brunswick has the Conserva
tives will capture 12 at least,
In Nova Scotia Sir Charles Tupper,
Sir John Thompson and Hon, O. If.
Tupper have confounded tho opposition.
Mills, in Annapolis, will increase his
majority of 28 in 1887 to 300. Cumber
land will increase Dickey's former ma
jority of 1000 by 300, and in Digby Jones
has an airtight over Bowers, who is per
sonally popular there. Both Kenny and
Stairs will be returned from Halifax,
leaving Mr. Jones only the McNabs
island vote; while in Pycloo Hon, C. II.
Tupper may as well have been elected
by acclamation,
RECIPROCITY WITH HAWAII.
The lllll Passed by Congres--A Million
for the Mlashaippl ltlver.
Washington, D. C, March 2 In the
Senate this morning Fry called up the
House amendment to the tonnage sub
sidy bill and moved to non-concur in
tho amendment in that the request of
the House for conferees be granted.
Morrill moved to concur in the House
amendment. Cockrell, Harris and Rea
gan stated their intention to vote against
it and Vest stated his intention to vote
for it, because otherwise it was certain a
conference reDort would make a worse
bill,
After voting down half a dozen amend
ments offered by Vest, McPherson and
Morgan for free ships, the reduction of
the subsidy, etc., a vote was taken on
Morrill's motion to concur in the house
amendment for postal subsidies. Agreed
to: Ayes 37, noes 33. The bill now goes
to the President.
Sherman offered a resolution electing
Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, as
president pro tern., to hold office during
the pleasure of the Senate, and Gorman
offered a resolution tendering the
thanks of the Sonute to Ingalls for
the eminently courteous, dignified
able and absolutely impartial manner in
which ho presided at its deliberations
and performed the duties of president
pro tern. Both resolutions were agreed
to and the oath of oliice was adminis
tered to Manderson.
The House bill, relating to the treaty
of reciprocity with the llawiian Islands
passed. Also the House joint resolution
appropriating $1,030,000 for the improve
ment of the Mississippi river to be im
mediately available.
In lhe House today the conference re
port on the bill to repeal the timber
culture law was agreed to.
Cutcheon, of Michigan, moved that
the House non concur in the Senate
amendments to tho army reorgani
zation bill, hut on a point of
order the bill was sent to the committee
of the whole. Subsequently the speaker
stated an error had been made in
referring the bill to tho committee
of the whole. It should have been sent
to the committee on military affairs, and
would be so referred.
On motion of Carter, of Mon
tana, the Senate bill passed, grant
ing the Missoula and Northern railroad
company the right of way through the
Flathead Indian reservation in Mon
tana. Did He Blunder?
London, March 2 The Emperor ha ,
it is stated in a Berlin dispatch, decided
not to demand any explanation from
France as to the treatment of his
mother. He will ignore the insults so
far as official action is concerned, but
continue his change of policy in regard
to Alsace-Lorraine and French interests
generally. No efforts will lie spared to
make the I'.erlin art exhibition a suc
cess. The patriotism of Germany is ap
pealed to and the overwhelming offers
teceived leave no doubt that the German
artists will be much more fully repre
sented than they might have been had
France not undertaken such a hostile
stand. Sweden, whote artists have been
of late making their way to the front
rank, northern art being quite a fad just
now in Paris, will testily its good will to
Germauy by some of its best produc
tions. England is pledged to make the
best display possible, and both tho pope
and King of Italy will do what they
can to please the Kaiser. The Aus
trian press expressed warm sympathy
with Germany, and undoubtedly reflects
the sentiments of the Vienna artist'.
The Berlin artists openly charge that
jealousy bad as much to do with the
course of the French as patriotism, that
they were afraid of the growing claims
of Berlin to take the lead of Paris as a
center of art. Both artists and the im
perial government are therefore the
more resolved to prove that the French
jealousy is not without cause.
Lord Randolph Chnrchiil is showing
very great indifference to party affairs.
The noble lord acts as if lie had some
thing on his mind. That something
makes him very unhappy. He avoids
the Prince of Wales, whose admirer he
used to be and only seems anxious to
get away from England. His trip to
Egypt has not made his case any belter,
and now he proposes a prolonged plunge
into Africa. His Paddington constitu
ents don't care and the government will
not object to the "Candid Friend." He
will s art fur Africa some time next
week.
One of the literary curiosities of the
day will be Mr. Gladstone's sketch of
Lady Hamilton, the Mistress of Lord
Nelson ; Mr. Giiubtone goes into the sub
ject with a purely historical interest,
and not with any purpose either to ex
tenuate orexaggerate the conduct of the
woman who attached the only stain to
the fame of England's great admiral.
He has discovered new datn.it is said,
and he will soon lay them before the
public.
The number of men now employed on
the relief railways in Ireland is stated to
be over 8000, bosides many women and
children. The new line of railway in
Ireland between Mitchellstown and
Fermoy will be opened this week.
Thirteen hundred employes have been
dismissed from the government powder
and military equipment works at
Spanau.
Captain Krenzler of the German East
Africa Company is here, home on sick
leave; he thinks about half of German
East Africa offers great advantages for
trade and agriculture.
Mr Stanhope, secretary of war, stated
yesterday, the present ministry has
been a long time in office and might be
expected to remain much longer.
a report is current in tne cuius tnat
Ashmend Hurtle has declined to retire
from tho admiralty.
The British Protectionists are setting
to work with great earnestness, and it is
said the cordial good will of the Conser
vatives is given to the movement. Col.
Howard Vincent is indefatigable in
urging his views on his fellow members
of the Parliament and he has the statis
tics of depression at Sheffield, Manches
ter, Brad ford and other places at his
finger's end.
The latest story is that the plush
trade of .Manchester has been ruined by
the McKin Icy hill. The royal commis
sion on labor proposes to take testimony
on this subject with a possible view to
the next election.
C'.TTKREl) TO THE VOtlH WINDS.
"Tuck" Movers strange Request Is Cur
ried Out,
New York, March 2 llonry Meyers,
better known to the Staton Islanders as
"Puck" Meyers, an odd genius who died
recently, left a will in which there was a
provision that his remains should be
cremated ami the ashes scattered to the
four winds from the Statue of Liberty on
Bedloe's Island. This odd fancy sent a
number of the members of the Staten
Island Schuetzen Corps to tho Island
yesterday to witness the execution of
that portion of the will. Landing about
3 o'clock in the afternoon, the party as
sembled near the generous feet of the
Lady of the Torch, Frank Rinchler,
captain of the Staton Island Schuetzen,
was master of ceremonies. lie carried
under his arm a small Japanned caniB
ter. In this were four paper parcels,
each containing about one pound of
ashes. Written on a slip of paper at
tached to the canister were tho
words, "Ashes of Henry Meyers,
incinerated February 21st, 1801, Folio
5-(i." To Mr. Wegerly,. one pack
age was handed, Mr. Fred Webber and
Mr. Chris Boehe, of the Garman benev
elent society to which order the deceased
belonged, each received a package and
Mr. Fink of the Shuet.en corps took the
fourth. In delivering the ashes to those
who were to scatter them, Captain
Uinchler spoke briefly, "Hero are the
ashes of old 'Puck' Meyers. He was a
good man ; 1 nover knew of any wrong
he ever did."
"That is so," said the others, and
walking to the four corners of the Pedes
tal, the packages were broken and tho
ashes shaken to the winds; they van
ished quickly. The party then adjourned
to the restaurant, where Meyers' good
qualities were recalled and anecdotes of
his eccentricities told.
A LOSS TO Till T1IIF.
Senator Hearst's Heath Comes lit a Very
Unfortunate Time.
New York, March 2-Thc World this
morning says: The death of Senator
Hearst will not decrease the value of his
thoroughbreds as the death of Mr. Bel
mont did, for the Senator had his entries
in all the stakes altered several months
ago from "George D. Hearst" to "G.
Hearst & Co." In this way all the valu
able engagements of the Senator's fine
stable will not be lost, ft is not thought
that the Senator's Bon will continue the
stable as he has shown very littlo inter
est in horses.
The old Senator's death comes at an
especially untimely period for the turf,
the death of Mr. Belmont nnd the prac
tical retirement of Mr. Scott and Mr.
Ihivgin having left a big gap in the
ranks. Mr. Hearst rarely bet on his
own bores, and although he was a famil
iar figure at the clubs. He '.v as practi
cally unknown in the ring. He was
universally beloved for his kindly gentle
and iino tentatious ways.
"Cncle George" he was lovingly call
ed, and his old-fashioned democracy wa9
as refreshing as dew in the desert.
While the people are mourning in Wash
ington theie is many a wet eye down
among the humble stable boys at
Shecpshead bay and Gravesend.
Foreign Mail to be Sorted on the Ocenn.
New York, March 2 On April 1st the
trial of the experiment of sorting letters
on tho steamers of tho North German
Lloyd company during the passage over
the ocean will be commenced, and much
curiosity is being expressed as to how
the new plan will work. According to
the arrangement made between the Ger
man and I'nltpd States postal officials,
two men will be placed on each vessel
carrying mail, one a German and the
other an American. Some idea of the
work they will be compelled to perform
is gained when the fact is considered that
each vessel carries on an average over
200 bags of mail matter; at times the
amount is much larger. It takes 40 men
four hours to Bort one of the steamer
mails, and the steamer clerks w ill have
pretty much all of their time for a week
taken up in sorting the letters, and that,
too, often when the ship is tossing and
themselves confined to limited quarters.
So far there has been no extensive ap
plication for sorters' positions on the
vessels. To the delight of the New York
clerks, the appointments are made from
Washington. The bags will be labelled
by States or postal routes and shipped in
mail cars immediately upon arrival.
THE KHEDIVE'S DIAMOXOS.
A Chance for Tacome Swells to Got
Some Big- Stones.
New York, March 4 Lawyer P. T.
Sherman was seen this morning with
regard to the report that the famous
diamonds presented by the Khedive of
Egypt to General Sherman's daughter,
Mrs. Fitch, in 1875, were about to be
sold. "It is not true that the entire col
lection is to be sold," said he. "Several
years ago Mrs. Fitch divided tho dia
monds among my sisters, and now my
sister Lizzio Sherman intends to sell her
portion, but, as far as I know at present,
my other sisters all retain possession of
their shares. My brother and I have no
interest in them. Please state emphat
ically that there will be no public sale.
A friend has offered to buy my sister's
share if she desires to accept her offer.
There will be no publicity whatever
given to the affair. The entire collec
tion is worth, I suppose, about $40,000."
Pittsbl-ro, March 4 Mrs. Thomas W.
Fitch, daughter of the late General Sher
man, today confirmed the report that
tho famous diamonds sent by the khe
dive of Egypt as a present to Miss Sher
man on her marriage to Lieutenant
Fitch in 1875 are to be sold. Mrs. Fitch
said the death of her father had nullified
the promise made directly upon the re
ceipt of the jewels, that they were nover
to be transferred from tho keeping of the
family while the general lived.
The diamonds, although given ab
solutely to Mrs. Fitch, were divided soon
after their receipt into four equal shares,
and given to Mrs. F'itch, Mrs. Lieut.
Thackera, Miss Lizzie Sherman and Miss
Rachel Sherman, the four daughters of
General Sherman. The whole collection
is valued at $185,000.
Although appreciating: the honor of
the gift Mrs. Fifch said the collection
would probably soon pass out of the
keeping of the Sherman family. She
herself, a few days ago, authorized a rel
ative in New York to place her jewels
upon the market. Mrs. Thackera will
also sell. Mrs. F'itch said her reasons
for disposing of the diamonds were in no
way inliuenced by her husband's busi
ness misfortune, but that Bhe was con
trolled entirely by circumstances of no
interest to the public.
FEARED JUDGE LYNCH.
The Klllotts Removed to the County
lull f.ir Safekeeping.
Columiius, Ohio, March 2 W. J. El
liott and his brother, P. J. Elliott, were
removed to the county jail from the
city prison shortly after midnight last
night by ordor of tho police commis
sioners, W'ho mot especially at the may
or's residence and concluded that as the
Sunday newspapers would contain
notices referring to tho tragedy of last
Monday, it would be safer to havo the
prisoners in the strong county jail than
in the flimsy city prison. This was or
dered, notwithstanding that the persons
inchargeof the newspapers referred to
gave assurance that tliey would make
conservative references. The prisoners
were jsafe behind tho bars and doors at
the jail before it was known to tho pub
lic that the transfer was to lie made. At
the jail the Elliotts were locked in sep
arate cells. In an editorial over his own
name W. J. Elliott simply asks suspen
sion of public opinion until he is tried.
In the news columns of his newspaper
he publishes in full tho articles in last
Sunday's issue of tho rival nowspaper
by its editors and Osborne, the man he
shot, in order, as he explains in a
preface, that tho public may judge of
the provocation, lie states self-defenso
w ill be his plea.
INCENDIARISM CHARGED
And lhe Insur&nro Companies Decline
to Pay ( ross Suits Filed.
Gai.vkbton, Tex., March 4 A suit bus
been instituted by tho Mutual and Arm
strong Fire Insurance Company and Fire
Association, of New York, against
Samson Heidcnheimer and the Texas
Cotton Seed Oil Company for tho recov
ery of $5(1,000 paid by them as part of
their insurance on tho Texas Standard
Cotton Seed Oil mill, which was burned
April 8th, 1800. Plaintiffs allege incen
diarism and conspiracy to defraud on
the part of Samson, president of the
Standard, also a non-complianco with
tho terms of insurance when tho risks
were taken.
Suits havo also been filed against Isaac
Hoidenheimcr nnd M. Lnsker by Joseph
Mart, attorney for tho Insurance com
pany and E. W. West, for damages for
malicious prosecution in connection with
the chaigo to-cxtort money growing out
of the investigation of the burning of
the mills and subsequent indictment of
Samson and Isaac lleidenheimer for ar
son in connection thorcwith.
SEN ATOIt WILSON'S SUCCESSOR.
He Will not He Appointed by the
Governor.
Baltimore, March 2 Governor Jack
son has decided not to appoint a suc
cesor to the late United States Senator
10ihriam J. Wilson, and the seat will re
main vacant until the Legislature, which
meets in January next, elects a new
Senator. Governor Jackson will then
be a candidate himself. This act, how
ever, is not the basis of his action ; the
main object aimed at is to bring out a
strong Democratic vote at the (all elec
tions, when the various sections of the
State blessed with "Favorite boos, ' will
undoubtedly do their b.-st at the polls in
view of the pending elections.
German War Ships Returning.
Berlin, March 4 The Gorman squad
ron, consisting of the Kaiser Vandeusch
laud, Frederick Karl, Van Preussen and
Pfcil, under tho command of Hear Ad
miral Schroeder, which has been visiting
Austrian waters, started back for Ger
many yesterday. A ball was given in
honor of the visitors on one of the Aus
trian war ships.
Indian Speculators Warned.
TAin.KU.t-AH, I. T., March 2 -Fix-Chief
Bushyhead and John Jordan, who have
figured as speculators in the Cherokee
outlet, have received a letter from the
interior department insisting upon their
leaving the Cherokee strip.
BURNED TO ASHES.
Emma Abbott's Body is
Cremated.
A PRECIOUS URN FULL
She Was Afraid of Being Burled Alive
And Provided by Will for an
Electrical Test.
Pittsburg, March 4 It leaked out to
day that the remains of Emma Abbott,
the famous opera singer, were cremated
in this city two weeks ago.
It was on account of Miss Abbott's
aged mother that the cremation was
kept secret. She is past 70 years of age,
and quito feeble, and strongly protested
against the burning of her beloved
daughter's remains. The executors
feared that if she was notified of the
cremation she might insist on being
present, and might not be able to re
cover from the shock. It was decided
about three weeks ago to take the body
to Pittsburg and have it secretly cre
mated. Two weeks ago last Saturday
the executors, Messrs. Houghton and
Dunning, of New York, and Major
James L. Mitchell, of Indianapolis, met
in Chicago. Sunday evening the casket
was removed from" the vault and was
placed in a plain coffin for its trip to
Pittsburg. Mrs. Clark, Bister of the de
ceased, who was at the Continental
hotel in Chicago, is the only relative
who was present when the body was re
moved for shipment. A ticket was pur
chased for the body and the trainmen
had no intimation as to whose remains
were in the box. The three executors
accompanied the body to Pittsburg.
The cremation took place in Samson
crematory. The arrangements had all
been carefully made and when the train
arrived Mr. Samson himself met it and
conveyed the remains to his crematory,
situated in the basement of his under
taking establishment. Mr. Samson's
son, who is a partnor in the business,
did not even know whose the corpse
was. The cremation occurred Monday
evening. The body was lifted from the
casket and placed upon an iron lifter.
The singer still wore the same dress the
corpso appeared in when so many friends
viewed it in Chicago on the day of the
funeral, and withered flowers still rested
upon the body. The features of the
dead woman were still as natural as the
day she died.
In accordance with the request of the
will the electrical test was applied to the
body and it was then gently rolled into
the furnace. Only the executors and
Mr. Samson and his son stood before the
glass doors of the furnace and saw the
flesh and bones of the sweet singer turn
into ashes.
In two hours the work was done.
Ashes enough to fill a half-gallon cup
were tenderly gathered and placed in a
silver nrn, which was sealed and handed
over to lOxecutors Houghton and Dun
ning, the paramount proviso ot the
singer's will had been carried out, and
tho wish which she had many times ex
pressed to her intimate friends had been
gratified.
Messrs. Houghton and Dunning car
ried the sacred urn with them to New
York and placed it beside the bonds and
other valuables of Miss Abbott, locked
in the safety vault. In that vault the
ashes will rest until the Abbott monu
ment at Gloucester is completed, which
will be some time this summer. Then
the silver urn will be carried to the
Gloucester cemetery and buried beside
Miss Abbott's husband at the foot of
the monument.
WHERE IS EMILY?
She Took a Funny, Roundabout Way
and Gut Lost.
San Francisco, Mar. h 4 Henry L.
Warden, of Portland, Oregon, arrived in
this city on Monday in search of his
daughter. Two weeks ago 10-year-old
Emily Warden loft her home in Portland
for Snn Francisco for the purpose of
filling a situation. From her father's
story it Rppears that she was fully in
structed as to how she was to reach her
destination. It has been ascertained
that she alighted at Sixteenth Street
Station in Oakland, took a giirney to
tho narrow gauge depot and doparted
for this city. Since then nothing has
been heard of her. Kailroal officials
have made every effort in their power to
aid the father in his search but with no
success.
Millions I'ald for Mines.
Cuicaoo, March 4 A gigantic mining
deal has just been made. Those inter
ested are seven English and five Amer
ican capitalists. They have purchased
throe silver mines at Port Arthur, Out.,
the Porcupine, the Badgor and the West
End. Tho amount involved is about
2,000,0110. There is said to be about
100,0 )0 worth of ore in sight, and the
three mines are reported as being among
the richest in tho world. The property
has been transferred to Herbert M.
Nichols, of Denver, Colorado, to hold for
the purchasers.
Gave Ills Son a Good Berth.
Washington, I). C, March 4 Among
the closing official acts of Senator In
galls' career in the Senate was the ap
pointment of his son Ralph to tho place
of a clerk of the committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia. The office is an an
nual one, and has attached to it a salary
of $2120 a year. F'or over three years it
has been bold by T. J. Haig, an expert
stenographer and an efficient clerk, who
thoroughly expected to draw the salary
during the coming recess. His displace
ment was a surprise, and is considered
to be hardly a fair reward for his faith
fulness. GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The treasury department has decided
that bonded refined sugars may properly
lie retained in Bealed cars until April 1st
next.
It has leaked out that the remains ot
Emma Abbott, the famous opera singer,
were cremated in Pittsburg two weoks
ago.
Tho President has appointed Jay
Lynch, of Washington, as agent for the
Indians at the Yakima agency in Wash
ington. The governor of Kansas has signed
tho bill to prevent combination among
persons engaged in buying and selling
live stock.
David Stern, city and county auditor,
of San Francisco, died last night from
apoplexy. He was a California pioneer,
li.S years of age.
The conference between Chief Arthur
and the Kio Grande Western officials
has resulted in a satisfactory settlement
I of the engineers' grievances.